Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-04-23
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In the new police force OF Reading
are seventeen men who served in the
Civil war as soldiers, one, oolored man
and two Poles.
After Morris Collins, of Chester
pike, near Philadelphia, had doot0Ted
himself two months for the cure of
what he believed to be indigestion he
learned on Wednesday that he was
suffering from the fracture of two
ribs.
Counterfeit $50 National bank notes
raised from 81 notes, have been put in
circulation this week in Pittsburg
Miss Agnes j. Stinson, who died a
few days ago in Norristown, has be-
Queathed her home in that city to be
home for the Woman's Christian as
sociation.
a few dasy ago William Steffy, of
Auburn, Schuylkill county. aged II
years, while cutting some kindllng
wood slightly scratched a finger at
nail protruding from the wood blood
poisoning resulted and on Thursday
the boy died.
The city councils and citizens in
general of Pittsburg are not going in
to ecstacies over the .nouncement
that Andrew Carnegie proposes to
make another gift of So, 900, 900 to the
Carnegie Technical school, because of
the provision that the city purchase
additional ground at cost of 81, 000,-
90.
An explosion of gas in the Wood
ward colliery, near Wilkes-B Barre, on
Saturday, fatally injured three men
and seriously injured two others, all
rock miners.
James Charma, shot through the
heart at Port Kennedy, Montgomery
county, several days ago, died of his
injuries on Saturday. His assailant,
Andrew Stephens, will be arraigned on
the charge of murder.
The county commissioners Of Luz
erne county ordered recount Of the
ballots in several districts in which
charges of fraud were made, but the
recount did not alter the result of the
late primary as at first announced.
The first prize in the competition for
plans for the $120, 900 peuitentiary to
be erected at San Juan has been award
ed TO Horace Trumbauer, of Philadel-
phia. The amount of the prize is S2,-
900.
The executors of the will of Joseph
F. Sinnott, the millionaire distiller,
who died over year ago in Lower
Merton, Montgomery county, have
been allowed fee of 1922, S44, on a o
per cent basis for settling the estate.
An examination of the stomach OF
cow belonging to Harrison Miller, of
Niante, Montgomery county, that died
few days ago, showed that she had
swallowed about a pound of nails and
piece of wire about foot long.
Thirteen boys were arrested in Pitts
burg on Friday charged with being
implicated in various petty robberies
in the East Liberty section and on
Saturday they were all held for juv-
emile court trial. None of the boys is
over 13 years old.
The commissioners Of Washington
county have decided to increase the
bonded Indebtedness of the county
$500, 600. halE of which Will be used
for the construction Of the Donora-
Webster bridge and the remainder on
improvements.
4.year-old adopted son of Herman
STANCE, of York, is very i'll with pneu-
monia, and Mr.. and Mrs. STANCE being
members of German faith cure sect,
refuse to allow physician to admin
lister any medicine, saying they would
rather go to Jail than abandon their
faith
The whited bones of a man were
found in a furnace OF the Crucible
Steel company at Pittsburg, on Satur.
day, and Jas none of the workmen are
missing it is believed that some de-
spondent person committed suicide
during change Of crews early in the
day.
ID. W. Zook, missionary, returned
to Mount Joy, Lancaster county from
India, ON Saturday, bringing with him
she 10 monthold twins of Josiah Mar,
TIA and wife, also missionaries to India
fio-n Lancaster county. who both died
three months ago of smallpox. Rela-
tives Will care for the orphans.
The police administration of Read
ing has decided that none Of the police
force dare wear side whiskers. Offic.
ers may retain their mustaches and
may get special permits to retain hand.
some imperials, but that is the limit