Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-11
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London, England, TO De enGefeu dt tue
great horse show in that city.
At the burial OF Captain Alfred J.
Standing, near the famous Mollie
Pitchers grave in Carlisle, students
and instructors from the Indian school
paid touching tribute.
Irene Peters, aged / years, while
plaving with matches in the rear yard
OF her parents nome, in Slatinston, ON
Saturday. set fire to her clothing and
was fatally burned.
The York Bridge company, contract.
or for the Mifflinville bridge, near
Bloomsbury. which collapsed last Dec.
ember, killing eight men, has decided
to grant pensions to the widows OF the
men who were killed.
Many Of the 500 students OF the West
Chester State normal school are now
accepting positions during the vaca-
tion as farm hands, book keepers, clerks,
hotel walters at the seaside resorts and
other duties.
James f. Dolan, constable OF Leb-
anon, was acquitted of the charge OF
murder, onsSaturday, of two Hungar-
ians whom he killed on the 18th of
last December in a fight resulting from
making g-arrestssinsth foreignsquarter.
Residents about Hsrwick and Ches-
wick, Allegheny county, are greatly
disturbed by the appearance of
strange animal, reported to be a panth-
er that recently escaped from a circus
train while going from Butler to East
Pittsburg. Pigs and chickens are miss
ing and people are afraid to 90 out af-
ter night
Pietro Mareno and Dominic Car
tano. of Beaver Falls, recently traded
wives, Mareno giving Cartano $3.50 in
cash to boot. After two weeks Cartano
regretted his bargain because his wife
wanted butter on her bread twice q
dav. Each took back his former wife,
but Cartano refused to return the cash.
Mareno went to Justice Kurtz to en-
ter suit, but his case was not enter
tanned.
Early Saturday morning County
Detective John S. Englefert, OF Pitts
burg, went to the home of Joseph Pat
terson to arrest John:Patterson on the
charge of robbery, when Thomas Man
ming and Wilbur Patterson, armed with
pistols. resisted the officer. a running
fight ensued in which Manning was
killed, and the detective received two
bullet wounds. Joseph Patterson, faith
er and three'sons, 7John, Wilbur, and
Joseph, jr.. aresunder arrest.
While Councilman a. J. Smathers,
Of Evans City, Butler county, accom-
panied by his wife, was driving across
the tracks of trolley road at Mars on
Sunday evening, his horse balked and
the buggy was struck by trolley car.
Smathers was killed and his wife bad
" injured.
Three thousand persons attended
an all-iay service on Sunday in St.
Micbael's church. Tilden township,
Berks county, when fine new church
organ, costing s3, coo, was dedicated.
Fires Of a mysterious origin destroy
ell the homes of Charles Craumer and
James Y. Taylor, ON Sunday after
noon. in different sections OF Butler.
Both families were sitting on Jheir
porches when the fires started in the
attes.
A newly organized tuberculosis
league in Pittsburg proposes the erect
ion Of q monster hospital at that city
Tor the treatment Of cases.
tDistrios Attorney Reel, Of Schuyl-
kan county says the recent public
hanging in Pottsville has had the ef-
feet of checking crime to great ex-
tent
While John Sumley, of Reading,
was picking coal along ythe railroad
on Saturday he was. run down by a
passing train and had both legs cut
off
The new church Of the Fifth United
Brethren congregation at North York
was dedicatedlon Sunday, 1t cost Sl5,
coo and was dedicated without debt.
Dairymen of Crawford county,
questioning the right of municipal
boards OF health-to require the tuber.
culin test to insure wholesome milk,
have organized and taken out an in
iunction to restrain the board from
enforcing the order.
On Sunday the body of John E. An
derson, agedE40yyears, was found ly'
ing alongSthe West'Penn Street Rail
way track, near Brownsville, Fayettt
county, with.a.bullet hole in his skull
the result of asquarrel.with some one