Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-04-02
ITEMS CONDENSED.

Joseph Fl. Jameson, farmer OF
Elversou, Chester county, owns three
COWS that in year produced milk
valued at 1898 3S.
Reading hotels have put pet dogs on
their black list and none can be taken
to the rooms of the guests.
George Smith, of Marshall's Greek,
Monroe county, has lamb six weeks
old that has six perfectly formed legs.
Four COWS and two horses perished
in the incendisry fire which destroyed
the large barn of Levi Kepler, near
Pottstown, early Sunday morning
Pittsburg will entertain the nation
al council of the Presby terian Broth
erhood today.
The State railroad commission has
completed its preliminary work of or
ganization and is ready to go to work.
An individual who advertised for a
wife through the columns of Pitts
burg paper received 131 replies from
women living in Pittsburg and vioin-
ity.
A confiding young woman has jour
neyed all the way from Damascus, the
worlds oldest city, to Greensburg, to
wed fellow countryman who await
ed her there.
Crazed by Spiritualism, Sarah Nor
dell, aged 80 years, committed suicide
at her home in Philadelphia by drink
ing wine, morphine and prussic acid,
She longed for the joys painted by the
mediums.
Thomas Robinson, whose home is
near Outcrop. Fayette county, was 81
years old last Saturday. He has never
been over 100 miles from the place of
his birth and during the sixty years
of his married life has not been away
from home more than one day and
night.
Rufus Eschbach, who owns farm
near New Tripoli, Lehigh county,
has very valuable ram among his
other belongings The other night a
strange dog entered the sheepfold and
attacked a yew. The powerful ram
charged the dog. breaking leg and
infiicting other serious injuries. Lat
er on the intending sheep thief was
shot by Mr.. Esohbach.
State Treasurer elect ESheatz has
written to John ]. Oates, a business
man of Charleroi, Washington county,
to the effect that when he assumes the
duties of his office he will deposit the
funds of the state in the different
banks and trust companies in as equit
able a manner as possible and no po-
litical party organization or clique
will be permitted TO have anything to
do with the placing of the peoples
money
Kittanning Justice has dismissed
the charges brought against four prom
inent residents of that town for using
dynamite to remove the ice in the
Allegheny river which threatened the
destruction of their boats The charges
were instituted by direction Of the de.
partment of fisheries which held that
the men should have obtained permis-
sion before using the dynamite
A dispatch from Oil City says that
the Petroleum bridge, the first struct.
ure to span the Allegheny river at
that point. thirty-fve years old and
recently purchased by the county, has
been condemned and closed to vehicles
and street Car traffic.
During a drunken brawl among a
lot of aliens at Monongahela., George
Slawicshy, i Pole, was slashed twice
across the face by knife in the hands
OF au unknown assailant. The sight of
both eyes was destroyed.
The nineteenth annual commence
ment exercises of the Carlisle Indian
school are in progress this week There
are twenty-seven graduates.
The novel spectacle of moving fire
to position convenient to water
plugs was witnessed in Chester recent =
ly whou n blazing box car was manned
and ruu to position near the water
supply, Then the fire was extinguish-
ed.
Six Italians arrested at Sewickley,
Allegheny county, last February for
alleged threats against prominent per-
sons, have been discharged and the
costs put on the county. The district
attorney admitted that the sensational
charges brought against the accuse d
could not be substantiated.
The Franklin constable who threat
ened to arrest every woman giving
prizes at card party has got into the
tolls himself, having been arrested
and fined s. and costs for tacking a
notice on telegraph pole.