Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-05-07
ITEMS CONDENSED.

Chris Deibbel and j. Wilkinson, OF
Sharon, have been found guilty of sell
ing oleomargarine that had been col
ored. This is the second time that
Diebel has been convicted.
In one year six COWS belonging to
John Keen, of Warwick. Chester coun-
ty, produced seventeen tons and $40
pounds of milk, or an average of over
,76O-pounds, or 720 gallons each.
John S. Weaver, of Kinzer, Lancast-
er county, an expert in the culture of
tobacco seed. has received an order for
broad leaf seed from Pricrne Havajo
Rao III, of Baruda, India.
The Reading Coal company while
opening new drift at Ellangowan
colliery, near Shenandoah, on Satur-
day, struck the Mammoth vein TWEEN
ty-five feet from the surface,
Four of the six policemen in Phoe-
nixville are more than six feet in
height and each of the big four has
become popular favorite because OF
some act of heroism.
John Welles Hollenbach, wealthy
resident of Wilkes Barre, on Saturday
added twenty seven acres to his pre-
vious gift of over seventy acres OF
land, to be used for park purposes Civ
ing the city park of over one hun
dred acres.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Gillingham,
of Beaver. Falls. celebrated their TWEEN
ty-fifth wedding anniversary last
Thursday night. They have seventeen
children, all at3home, andTnone marri-
ed. Mrs. Gillingham was 15syears of
age at her marriage.
Frank Movey, of Monongahela, on
Friday night received a Black Hand
letter demanding $500. A year ago he
received similar letter demanding
800 and he did as demanded through
fear, but this time he turned the let
ter over to the police.
L. S. Fenner, or Franklin, vino was
Civil war veteran, on Saturday re-
ceived check from the war depart
ment for 50. rs with note explaining
that it was due him sincelNovember.
1861, his pay for that month for some
reason having been short.that amount.
The Boyertown relief committee, at
a meeting on Saturday, decided to dis
tribute balance of 50, 900 yet in their
hands among the fifty-six orphans left
by the opera house disaster on January
l3 The money will be paid to the
guardians or care takers of the orph-
ans, who must be reliable persons.
Reading soup houses have been clos
ed after having supplied $4,000 meals
free to needy persons during the past
winter.
Harry Hadager and John Jordan,
coke workers, were run down by an
express train and killed at crossing
at Scottdale on Sunday.
Dedicatory services were held in five
new church edifces in Pittsburg on
Sunday and ground was broken for an
other.
In compliance with a general clos
ing order issued by Mayor Guthrie
many ice cream parlors and cigar
stores were closed in Pittsburg on Sun.
day.
The trolley road extending from
Philadelphia to Doylestown has made
arrangements to hereafter carry milk
regularly from points along It's line to
Philadelphia.
While attempting to cross Oil creek
at Mystic park, Venango county, on
sunday afternoon in canoe Joseph
Donohue, aged % years, was drowned
in sight of several friends
A rooster belonging to w IT. Will
son, of Washington, has taken charge
OF a brood of little chicks that were
abandoned by their mother hen. Ev-
cry evening he takes them under his
wings for the night
A new coal breaker is in course of
erection at Jeansville, near Hazleton.
to be completed by fall, which will
have capacity of 3. 600 tons of coal
day 1t will be one of the largest in
the anthracite region.
While Charles Leebove, aged years
was with other boys watching a game
of base ball at Chauncey street and
Bedford avenue, Pittsburg, on Satur.
day afternoon, a foul ball struck him
on the head, causing concussion of the
brain, from which he died on Sunday
afternoon.
Fire destroyed the barnon the prop
erty of Mrs. Daniel Melville. near
Upper barley, Delaware county, on
Saturday night. Ten wagons were
burned and four valuable horses per.
ished in the flames The origin of the
fire is not known