Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-07
~ SHULTZ, M.
items CONDENSED.

The Thomas Iron company will re-
sumo work at its furnace, in Alburtis,
Berks county, which has been idle
since last March.
Frank Cullen a blacksmith, who
was terribly burned in the Boyertown
theatre fire almost year ago, is still
receiving hospital treatment and has
not been able to work a day since the
disaster.
A Ieper arrived in New Orleans last
week half starved and penniless after
having walked 2, 800 miles from San
Francisco to seek refuge in the lepers
home near that place.
Otto Bergen, farmer of Reserve
township, Allegheny county, used a
preparation containing phosphorus, TO
make his hens lay. The stuff was mix
ed with corn meal, which was thrown
on straw and the chickens scratching
around caused the phosphorus to set
fire ID the straw aud the chicken house
was burned.
Daring 1908 there were 450, 900 bar
rels OF beer brewed in Reading and
40, 900, 900 cigars were manufactured.
Miss Lydia Worthington. of Ply
mouth, Luzerne county, on Saturday
night in dream sprang out of bed
opened a window and lesped out, but
one foot caught somehow and she dan
gled from the window sill, screaming
loudly. The inmates of the house in
other rooms did not hear her, but two
men passing by did and, break ing
open the door, rushed up and rescued
her, saving her from horrible death,
perhaps.
There we're 1, OBJ marriage licenses
issued in Lancaster county during
1903, which was fifty-seven less than
in 1907.
George H Beam in attempting to
lift fish net out of the Lehigh river
at f aston, fell out of his boat and was
drowned
The plsn inaugurated by President
Lawrence Kiester. of Lebanon Valley
college, to raise $50, 600 for the college
by January 1, was successful, as the
amount contributed is $50, 1l2.
Daniel Fl. Erdman, president of the
Allentown Democrat Publishing con-
pauy and treasurer of the democratic
county com nittee of Lehigh county.
died on Saturday morning, aged 4S
years.
Mrs. Charles Gormley, OF Philadel-
phia, aged AZ years, on Saturday
swallowed some carbOlic acid, having
taken it by mistake for some cough
medicine, and died in short time in
great agouy.
The death rate in Philadelphia dur
ing 1908 was II 16 per l,0o0 the low
est rate in the history of the city. The
total number of deaths was IS, 304.
The deaths from tuberculosis were
9,065. pneumonia. 2,643, heart disease
3, 2,473, summer complaint under years
1854, typhoid fever 5S3.
Benjamin Miller, a Civil war vet
erau OF Lancaster ,oaged so years, end
ed his life on New Years day by
shooting himself in the head with
gun. He pulled the trigger with his
toes.
DR.. j. @. Biddle, for twenty five
years superintendent of the Ashland
hospital, Schuylkill county, and noted
as a skillful surgeon in limb smputa-
tious, has during that period made
?, 800 amputations, all with the same
saw.
Mrs Eliza A. Steinmetz, who died
recently in Allentown, leaving an es-
tate of $40. 1000. bequeathed al! TO her
daughter except one dollar, which i
to be placed in the hands OF trust
company and the interest paid annual
ly to her son, the Rev. @. II. Stein
metz, during his lifetime.
In the home of Mrs. Robert Fols-
tick, in Allentown, a 3-year-old ch.iA
on DAbuEuhN lStl ibll but u bt 6h't
it's cries awakened the other member
of the family just in time to save
their lives as the rooms were tilled
with gas escaping from the kitchen
stove aud some of the children were
almost overcome already.
James O. Kelch. of Philadelphia,
who died few days ago, left al es-
tate of $4,000, the bulk of whicu is
to be held in trust for the use of his
wife, daughter and granddaughter aud
on the death of the last OF the three
the principal is to be divided equally
between the Masonic home, Metho.
dist orphansge, Home for Aged Coup
les and Union Home for Old Ladies'
The tobacco barn on the farm o
Nathaniel Erb. in Penn township
Lancaster county. with five acres o
tobacco in 1t. was destroyed by fire oil
Saturday. Loss $1,000.