Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-27
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Reading will have II. GA school chill
dren when the schools open during the
first week in September.
J.H. Smith, OF Mead township,
Crawford county, raised 1922 bushels
of wheat from four acre tract OF
land this year. His oats crop averaged
ffty-seven bushels to the acre.
Moses Frelich, a Jewish newsdealer
Of Philadelphia, who has for years had
q hard struggle to keep the wolf from
the door, has just received intelllg-
enoe of the death Of his grandfather
in Russia, and that he is tile sole leg
stee of an estate worth $3.50, ,OOO IN
American money.
There were sixty-fve new cases of
typhoid fever reported to the health
bureau in Philadelphia last week.
William Gebhard. of Pottstown,
found a pocketbook containing Sl4o
and the owner gave him ten cents for
returning it.
Some farmers in Lancaster county
are growing alfalfa and the third crop
for this season is being cut now, which
is much better than the second crop
was.
Henry Faucett, of Dillworthtown,
Chester county, who has been a bee
raiser for thirty years. has now about
100 hives of bees and this season they
produced nearly four tons Of honey.
A quantity of dynamite was explod
ed one night recently ON the mill pond
of Elmer D. Campbell, near Milford
Square, Bucks county and hundreds
of fish were killed. Fish wardens are
investigating.
Stewart Snyder died in the North
ampton county prison on Saturday, Of
typhoid fever, of which there are now
twelve cases in the prison.
Early on Saturday morning Mrs.
John NJ. Schwem, of Philadelphia,
aged 64:years, while returning to her
room after a chat with her invalid
husband, fell down a flight of stairs
and was instantly killed.
Max Beinstock, Philadelphia boy
II years old. passed through Pittsburg
Friday, on foot to Nevada, he said,
his story being that if he reaches
Nevada, walkingsthe whole distance, he
will be given 800 acre farm.
At the risk ofihis own.life, Benjamin
vondersmith, chiefiot the Lancaster
fire department, early on Saturday
morning saved two children from be-
ing burned to death in a fire which
badly damaged the residence Of Lester
W. Sims.
Friend Kitlinger, of Trunkeyyille,
Forest county, was arrestesd at Tion-
esta, on Saturday, charged with at
tempting to kill his wife during
family quarrel. 1t is stated Kitlinger
shot his wife twice with shotgun,
the contents entering her face, breast
and back.
Two chiefs of police in Apollo,
Armstrong county, have resigned in
as many weeks on account OF too
much knocking and an outside man
is to be tried now, as the council has
secured J. H. Brady, assistant police
for two years in Dubois.
While Councilman Henry Staksel. of
Pennsburg, Montgomery county, was
fishing on Friday big bass dragged
his fishing rod into the water. Staksel
Jumped into the stream after it, but
got beyond his depth and was in dang
er of drowning, when Irwin Day came
to his aid, pulling him out and secur-
ing the rod, but the fish escaped
Fire resulting from an explosion aft
er Charles Jones started wood fire in
an office stove on Saturday, destroyed
the big machine shop, toy room, boil
er house, office and several other small
er buildings of the Novelty works at
Bethlehem. Several thousand dollars
worth of Christmas toys were burned.
The grape crop in the grape belt
about Erie will be exceptionally large
and of much better quality this year
than usual.
Royersford and Spring City, along
the Schuylkill river, have typhoid few
er in an epidemic form, the former
having sixty-eight ceases and the lat
ter over one hundred.
The county commissioners of SchuyI-
kill county are arranging plans to wipe
out the entire debt of the county
amounting to 5000, 900. within the next
five years.
In an encounter with two burglars
in the house of Frank Mccullough, OF
Beaver, early on Sunday morning
Herman Mccullough, an 1S-year-olc
son, was shot in the right thigh ant
the bone was fractured to the knee
The burglars escaped. taking will
them some silverware aud glassware.