Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-04-16
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The Allegheny County Sunday school
association claims to be the biggest in
the United States.
The new state railroad commission,
which last week commenced formal
hearings, has received numerous COM
plants and set of rules for practice
before the body has been prepared.
f. W. Ream, whose home is in
Mannheim, Lancaster county. has sued
Miss Barbara Wallick, of Marietta, to
recover So, 600 damages for breach of
promise.
Newton Schrock,a a candidate for the
Republican nomination for sheriff of
Somerset county at the recent prim-
aries, was assaulted in the office of the
Commercial hotel, Somerset, and SER
iously injured because he refused to
set up the drinks.
Patrick McKenna and his sister,
Miss Cathreine McKenna, the former
aged 70 years, the latter 73, died twen-
ty-four hours of each other at their
home in Pittsburg last week and were
buried at the same time.
Otis Wood, whose home is at Bald
Mount, near Scranton, killed his aged
mother, Mrs. Lucretia Wood, shooting
her as she entered the house, mistak.
ing her for burglar, he says. He was
arrested. The man is 40 years old.
Venango county has not had an ex-
ecution for forty years, but double
one is shortly due, Mike Holda and
James Strait having been condemned
to death. Lawrence county has kindly
consented to loan Venango's sheriff a
scaffold for the event.
A furious wind storm swept over
Berks county early Saturday evening.
It's greatest force seemed to be con-
ceutrated at Temple, where the roof of
the engine house Of the Temple fur
mace, weighing many tons, was lifted
from the building and dropped in
field 100 yards or so away.
While the children of Frank Put
nam, of Rock Lick, Greene county,
were playing Jail on Saturday, they
locked Clara, aged II years, in the
barn and then set fire to some straw
which burned rapidly and destroyed
the barn. Clara was painfully burned
before she escaped.
The heavy wind storm which passed
over the state Saturday evening did
much damage. In Schuylkill county
many barns and samll buildings were
blown down. At St. Clairsville a
house in course of construction went
to bits In the vicinity of Norristown
thousands of dollars worth of damage
was done. including the unroofing of
houses and churches.
Physicians at Mahanoy City have
organized and hereafter any patient
changing doctors will have TO prove
that the doctor he is Diminishing has
been paid.
John Kesser. aged co. was put off q
trolley car near Schuylkill Haven, and
has died of exposure. His election
from the car is now to be investigat-
ed.
Work is to be resumed on the big
dam across the Susquehanna river at
MoCalls Ferry as soon as the water
recedes sufficiently to put the men to
work
III Mercer county last SATURDAY. the
primary elections were so hotly con-
tested that in some of the precincts
the ballots were exhausted. This led
to the closing of the polls where the
shortage was in evidence.
\ spark from a locomotive set fire
to house in Plymouth township,
Lehigh county, and the flames spread
to two others aud all three were de-
stroyed. The families OF Frank Kelly,
Andrew Getty and Robert Burns made
narrow escapes.
John Rodaman, a native of Bridg-
ton, N, j., died in the Jail at York
early Sunday morning. He occupied a
cell with four other pIisonrs and the
discovery that he was dead was not
made until several hours after it had
occurred. Death was caused by con-
sumption.
Sunday night the window of candy
shop in Philadelphia looked so attrao-
tive to gang of boys that the wind
ows were broken and a raid on the
sweets was made. \ fight followed
and grew to such magnitude that a
riot call for the police was sent in.
Nine arrests were made.
f. o. Stahler, of Topton, Berk
county, has constructed an ornament
al clock in the shape of locomotive,
and when the minute hand reaches the
half hour and hour points the locomo o.
tive starts to run.