Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-05-13
~ SHULTZ. NJ.
ITEMS CONDENSED.

Conshohocke school board has de-
termiued to publish the names of de-
linquout taxpayers.
Lancaster's daily consumption Of
filtered water is 1856 gallons per capita,
at cost of less than six cents per !, .
600 gallons.
Under the influence of an anesthetic
Mrs. Minnie Battley, aged 43, died at
the Shenango valley hospital. New
CASTLE, while undergoing a minor op-
Grafton.
Senator Crawford, of Allegheny
county, who is in the McKeespoTt hos
pitsl, where he was operated upon for
appendicitis, is said to be critically
i'll.
Friends of Senator W f. Grow, of
Uniontown, are authority for the
statement that he is not candidate
for the Republican nomination for
auditor general
Pottstown high school students de-
bsted the question whether an ed
tional test should be made as a quail
tioation for voting and the affirmative
side won.
Samuel A. Grocer. the millionaire
manufacturer and philanthropist, of
Upland, is having handsome par
sonage erected at his own expuese for
tho rrT7rN, H.
jeremiah Collins, of Marble, Della
ware county, was kicked in the stom-
ach receiving probably fatal injuries
hy horse he had purchased in Phila-
Gelphia, the day before.
There is an epidemic of measles in
Hellertown. and in the public school
alone, taught by Miss Florence Abel
eighteen out of sixty-three pupils are
down with the disease.
John A. Seide1s, of the First ward
OF Chambersburg, who has just enter.
ed upon another term as justice of the
peace, has been serving continuously
in that position since May 1879.
Miss Barbara Hester, who died in
Maytown last week at the age of 30,
left four children, twenty three grand
children, thirty.six great grand chill
dren and two great gerat grandchil-
dren.
Charles Price, of McKeesport, an en-
ploye of the Westinghouse Air Brake
company, at Wilmerding. has been
missing since Monday. He started for
work that morning but did not arrive
at the plant. He is 35 years old and
has family.
Because OF the prevailing high price
of cereals, Peter Adams, of Perry town
ship, Berks county. has just threshed
a dozen stacks of wheat which had
been standing on his farm for ten
years. The grain was still in good con-
dition, 1t is said.
Precisely one year after losing an
arm in railroad accident Frank Good
man was killed while walking on the
railroad at South Bethlehem.
The unsentimental Pottsville court
sent Joseph Laffan to Jail for six
months after the jury had found him
guilty of hugging and kissing two of
the towns bellies.
A Pottsville jeweler who refused to
return a watch left with him by
patron for repairs, was convicted of
theft in the Schuylkill county court
last week.
One York county woman makes her
boast that she has fed 1000 tramps
during the last year. 1t is nothing of
which to be proud.
Falling to the floor during faint
ing spell while ironing, Mrs. Martha
Buehler, OF Leesport, was badly burn
ed on the neck and chest by hot iron
toppling over on her.
While drilling foriwater at the Doy-
lestown ice plant the workmen struck
a vein ofIcrudeloiI, then a vein of
soapstone, and, alta depth of $50 feet,
came to fine stream Of water.
Samuel Slusser, wife and five chill
dren left Mount Holly Springs, Cum
berland county, onssday last week for
the State'of Colorado. They have
push cart and army tent and will
travel the entire distance on foot.
Pottstown's Kings Daughters viii
have tag day to raise funds for
free bed in the local hospital. and Bur
gsss Brooks has given them permis.
sion to have their stations on the
street corners.
The members of the Sunday school
OF the Second Baptist church, German.
town, celebrated the fiftieth anniver-
sary OF their organization Sunday. The
school has 723 officers, teachers and
pupils.
Tamaqua's council has concluded
that it will take $40, 900 to run muni-
cipsl affa rs during the comrg year.