Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-03
n SHULTZ. M.
ITEMS CONDENSED.

State Game warden Berrler on sat
urday afternoon at Harrisburg report
ed four arrests for violation of game
laws.
Elizabeth Frazier, aged 80 years, of
Chester. who had bean selling papers
for years, dropped dead at her home
Friday night.
A meeting OF experts in typhoid few
er is to he held in Reading today to
consider plans 10 stamp out tue epi-
demic which is now raging in that
city.
The heaviest porker slaughtered in
Berks county so far this year weighed
900 pounds and was owned by Henry
Buffenmoyer. of Shoemakerville.
The Pittsburg WestmoreIand Coal
company will erect a ooking plant
near it's Acme mine, ten miles fr ON
Monongahela. Contracts have been let
for 200 ovens and other improvements
which will cost about $500, 900.
Two accidents, which may have
fatal termination, occurred in Lam
caster on Saturday. Miss Helen Raus-
ing set fire to her clothing while emp
tying pan of hot ashes, and Mrs.
Delilah Lebar fell down a stairway
with a lighted lamp in her hand. The
blazing liquid enveloped her body and
she was horribly burned.
The use of tobacco by school boys
was denounced at the recent meeting
of the Armstrong County School Di
Tectors' association and school boards
were urged to adopt measures restrain
ing the use of cigarettes among pu-
pills.
A man in Oil City on Saturday
threatened to shoot William Allen,
druggist because he refused to sell the
man poison for suicidal purposes.
Benjamin Irwin and Charles Neel,
of Cochranville, Chester county, charg
ed with cunning on Sunday. were fin
ed s25 and costs. They had killed two
rabbits.
A we'll dressed and very pretty young
women held in Pittsburg for shoplift-
ing says she will serve any number of
years in Jail before she will reveal her
name.
Daily, instead of weekly payment
to motormen and conductors was put
in force yesterday by the Rapid Tran
sit company, of Philadelphia, and all
will be paid in cash instead Of by
checks as heretofore.
Russell Reed, of Burtville, Potter
county, claims to hold the best record
for good health in the county. He is
seventy years old and has never
been obliged to spend minute in bed
on account of sickness.
The barn of Andrew Henderson, near
Penbrook, Dauphin county, was burn
ed on Sunday. and afterwards the re-
mains of man were found in it. 1t
is believed that tramp had entered
the barn to sleep and had set it on
fire.
John Novak, a miner. died at the
State hospital at Hazleton, on Sun
day after suffering for five weeks from
broken back, sustained while at
work. During his confinement his
family moved away and their where
abouts is not known.
Rev. DR.. Andrew Culver, the oldest
Presbyterian minister in Philadelphia
celebrated his S9th birthday anniver-
sary on Thanksgiving Day and on
Sunday he preached a birthday ser
mon in Grace PRESBYTERIAN church
which he founded 1871 and is now its
pastor emeritus.
W. Frank Quickel. Of York, was ar
rested at his home on Sunday charged
with the theft of platinum pins from
his employer, the New York Dental
Supply company. He cond acted his
thieving for about three years and it
is believed stole about $l2, 600 worth
Of the valuable metal. He has cou-
fessed
AS Rev. S. b Bennett, pastor of
Summit Presbyterian church, West
Villa avenue and Green street. PhiIa-
dalphia, was coming down the steps
of the church on Sunday night lie
found 4-months-old infant lying on
the steps wrapped up in several news.
papers. The child was taken to the
Germantown aImshouse.
Fire of supposed incendiary origin
destroyed the plant of the Ephrata
Hosiery company, at EphIata. Fifty
persons were employed at the plant.
Fire has been discovered in one OF
the shafts Of the Enterprise oolliery
at Shamokin and experts have beer
summoned to devise plan to exiting
uish the flames. In the meanwhile 50(
men and boys are out of work