Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-11-19
Y SHULTZ, NJ.
ITEMS condensed.

bia, widow OF the late Hugh M. North
distinguished member of the Ian.
caster bar, has donated SO, 600 to st.
Pau's Episcopal church, Columbia,
to liquiiate debt OF that amonnr.
Ministers of New Castle are taking
action jointly for the abo ishmeut OF
Sunday funerals or at least limiting
them t. onty suoh eases a. seem abso-
lutely necessary.
For shooting RABBIT near Emaus.
Berks county, without license. Lion
Batzigsls, foreigner. was on Thurs.
day fined total of $50.
The contract for the erection of the
Panther Greek hospital at pamaqua
has been awarded to J, Andrew Bresl-
in, of Summit Hill, for $50, 600.
Egar G. Rhoads. rural free deliv-
cry mail carrier of Athol, Berks coun-
ty, expects to deliver all his mail by
automobile, giving the best rural mail
service in the county.
Owners of dogs in West Chester who
refuse or neglect to pay the annual tax
imposed by the borough ordinances
will be arrested and fined by the bur.
CESS.
Enos Nase, of Sellersville, Bucks
county, who is SO years of age, is still
hale and hearty and goes fox hunting
and catches ground hogs with the vim
of a man of less than half his age.
Mrs. Sarah Bowers, who died recent
ly in Reading, bequeathed s., 900 to
different Catholic charitable institu-
tions, but as the will was made only
twenty-three days before her death the
bequests are invalid.
William H. Grim. OF Hamburg,
Berks county, who has raised four
crops of alfalfa the past season, has
placed thirtytwo steers in his barn
which he expects to fatten with this
crop--a new experiment for that Sec
tion.
By the explosion of the boiler of a
300 barrel oil gusher near Butler on
Saturday evening William Aggas was
fatally injured and Abner Hamilton
seriously hurt. The we'll, spouting oil
and gas. caught fire and hundreds of
barrels Uf oil were burned.
@. Y. Rhoads, of Amityville, Berks
county, sold a stranger $50 worth of
chickens and he was rendered check
for 800. Rhoads gave him the change
and afterwards discovered that the
check was worthless, but by telegraph
ing to the express company he recover
ed his chickens and is out only the $50
change paid out
The marriage last week of l.. d.
Kelly, Of Harmonsburg, Crawford
county, and Mrs. Mary Kierstead, is
the elimination of love romance
that had it's beginning in Virginia
about the close of the war. when Kel-
ly was a member of Pennsylvania
regiment and Mrs. Kierstead a widow
living in Virginia. Kelly is nearly
80 years of age and his bride few
years younger than he is.
The sexton of Temple Shomro Ha-
BIRTH, in Reading, discovered two men
in the temple, playing cards on Sun
day, when he locked the doors and
telephoned for the police. Then he
went inside and told the men that
they would be arrested when they
seized him, took his keys, unlocked
door and escaped.
While a spirited horse belonging to
Samuel 7. Matthews, OF Pottsville.
was being driven along the main
street on Saturday, the animal kicked
in the dashboard and shattered one of
the drivers legs. The sharp, ragged
edges of the broken bones severed an
artery and before the flow of blood
could be stopped the man bled TO
death.
The largest concrete bridge in Berks
county has just been completed at
Daubenville, across the Sohuylkill riv-
er. 1t is 300 feet long and cost $50. =
600.
The progressive citizens of Sohuyl-
kill Haven, Sohuylkill county, are
working to secure New England in
dustry that makes ball bearings and
gives employment to 500 persons
Three sewers in different parts Of
Pttsburg broke on Sunday because of
the rain and sleet which fell. The
street damage and loss because of food
ell cellars and Easements will be $500, :
000
The Lehigh Valley Coal company
has started the construction of an i'm
mense reservoir near its Blackwood
colliery, Sohuylkill county, SO as to
be prepared to meet future drouths. A
tunnel. 900 feet long is being dug
through the Sharp and Second noun
tains to reach the water Of Black
crack