Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-18
ITEMS CONDENSED.

So,ue cruel boys at Columpla 'ie"
or IN a dogs tail and set fire to It,
The dog took refuge in the barn Oh .
Hioh Levan and it took fire and came
varv near being destroyed, on lhu's'
day evening,
large vessel filled with melted
nit,h was upset on roof IN fo'tsEil'o
and ran down towards William fellI'
Rather than Jump to the ground u uAs-
tance OF forty feet, Fehr struck To MS
osit;on and was terribly burned Oy
the hot LIQUID on the arms hanus ""u
one leg.
A. one service on Whitsunday LILO
nersons partook of the Holy Commuh'
ion at Hams Reformed church. "ern'
ersville, Berks county
The Pennsylvania Funeral Direct
ors' association which held lts ahhu
convention at Uniontown last "eeA'
increased it's membership loo during
the year and its members no" HULL
Der nearly 1 200.
Officer Miller, of the Reading ponce
force. snatched up 4-year-oid 1onn
Fetterman from the railroad tla'hS
inst as a fast express came dash'hs
along. that would have crushed tne
child to death.
George Monahan, of York, has peeh
.atoS and in default of 81, 900 bail
has been committed to Jail on charse
of having thrown acid upon MISS
pertba wilmer. to spoil her beauty
Members Of the borough council OF
wast Cbester hare again taken up the
matter of providing the town win au
rn.to.date sewerage system, and nave
arranged to submit their plans 10 the
people and have vote taken "lle'"el
4. loan Of s125, 900 shall be made 10 pay
for the Improvements.
Each voter of Pottstowu Wall be ASK
ed nv the borough council TO SEM oy
mail his "yes'' or mo- on PROPOSE
tjon to borrow $50. 900 for street paw
ING and sewers, and also TO add one
Mill IN the tax rate for the payment OF
interest on the proposed loan
A niece of glass nearly an inch IN
length and half an inch broad. that
pepetrated the boot of George Lease
NJ Kutztown, Berks county, fourteen
vears ago. was removed last week, and
the edges were as sharp as when tlie
glass entered the foot.
Louis Koplar, of Minersville, schuyl-
kiu county. was run over by an auto
mobile andEalmost denuded OF MS
clothing, yet.he escaped without SER
ious injury.
Elias Sewers, of Reading, has been
continuouslylfor fifty years in the en-
nlov of the Reading1 Railroad COM
pany, except,fortnineI Imonths during
the Civil war, when he served IN the
Union army.
The hymu,,,' Long, gsLive.the Pope,
oomposed.by Rev. j. Ii. Ganss' OF
Carlisle. of which a. million copies
have already been printed, promises TO
become the universal hymn for the
pope.
Rv the will of the late Elizabeth
Lacey of Wrlghtstown, Bucks county,
Anna NJ. Reading, q colored woman
who had been for many years faith
fpl servant to the deceased. inherlts
thirtv-two acre farmlvalued at So'OoO
Freda Brown, of Warren, aged.
wears. on Saturday in violent tit o.
coughing coughed up tack th"V sI'
had swallowed three years ago l
was black from oxidation and the chl4'
had been-given up as hopeless cast
of tuberculosis
Constable. Elmer Miller, Of Butter
was Summoned on Sunday by neish
bors of John, ,Nevin, to interfere in
family quarrel at the Nevin home. ii
did so and after saving Mrs. NeVll
from a bad beating she turned on tn
constable, dealt him knockout blow
with beer bottle and then fed.
The police force of Wilkes-Barr
made a raid on gambling dens satuI
dav night and found three in whlc
twentv.eight men besides the proprie'
ors were captured. The men were fine
S12 80 each and the proprietors wei
held under bail to answer at court.
The railroad men of the Lehlgh n
gion observed Sunday as their annui
Memorial Day by decorating the grave
OF their deceased brothers in the GEM
teries, followed by public exercises
the opera house in Hazleton.
Zion Lutheran church at Mannheim
Lancaster county, had its annual fea
of roses on Sunday to pay the anna
rental of red rose to an heir Of Bare
Henry William Steigel. the found
of the town. who had given the groul
to the church. conditioned that such
payment be annually made. Sever
thousand persons were in attendance