Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-30
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ferences as to ability and character.
THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING
COMPANY. AKRON, OHIO.
Coaldale will get National bank
with capitalization of $25, 00e.
Over 800 pounds of turkey were re-
quired for the Christmas dinner at the
Berks county almshouse.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Ebers and their
son Charles, of Pittsburg, were thrown
from a sleigh drawn by a runaway
horse that had been frightened at IT, e
noise of a mill at Etna. All were in
jured seriously
With the assistance of the operators
the Young Mems Christian association
has begun wide campaign in eastern
Pennsylvania for the establishment of
mining institutes throughout the an
thracite regions.
Ten persons We're injured, c. H.
Myers probably fatally, when a car on
the Pittsburg, Harmony, Butler and
New Castle railway ran into another
five miles south of Evans City. Six of
the passengers hurts were of minor
character.
When the murdered Mrs. Maria
Woods, Braddock nergess, aged ~,
was buried, many of the wealthest
families of Braddock and Hawkins at
tended the funeral. She had been a
servant in many we'll known families
and all whom she had waited on were
represented at the services. She was
killed during quarrel and Grant Nc
Cleary, boarder at her home, is
charged with having committed the
crime.
Two hundred young men and women
were caught in dance hall at Darby
by the recent snow storm and were
unable to get home, most of them liv-
ing in Philadelphia. They danced on
not thinking about the drifting snow
outside and when they We're done with
the merrymaking they found the street
car lines tied up and that the borough
had no hotel accommodations Most of
them were cared for by Darby resi-
dents, after having remained in the
dance hall over night.
One dollar a qaurt for milk was Of
fered in Tioga because the milkmen
were not able to supply their custom
ers during the recent fall and drifting
of snow Many babies suffered. A man
approached one of the milk dealers
and asked for quart. The dealer said
he could not spare it. Then the man
offered dollar. He told the milkman
that he wanted it for baby. The
man would not take the dollar and
said that if the fellow was not telling
the truth he hoped he would suffer for
it.
Mrs II. Raymond Davidson, of Sha-
mokin, first wife of ball player said
to be of the Tri-State league who died
in Reading last week. has not eaten
anything since last Friday and is in a
serious condition. She is worried over
her husbands S alleged matrimonial
escapades.
James w. Friend, aged 65, vice presi-
dent of the Pressed Steel Car COM
pany, died at Pittsburg recently, after
being in i'll health for several months.
He was an office holder in many other
corporations.
Realizing the great danger of fire in
Philadelphia and how hard it would
be for the horses to get through the
deep snow, the number of horses in
@ stations has been doubled.
st. Michael's seminary, in Read
suburb is being turned into a tub
ihe llosis sanitarium for the use of the
missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart.
Nine year-old Henry Yenzer paid
back Henry Schroeder, of near Guths-
Vile, who had adopted him, by cody
setting the latter's barn afire. The
structure was destroyed. Veneer had
been adopted to fill the place of a
dead boy but has been returned to
his parents.
Joe Ascutio an employe of the big
tannery at Ridgway, Elkacounty, was
shot and killed at Johnsonburg where
he went to visit. lie had received
Black Hand letters but paid no atten-
tion to them. He was approached and
asked for his assessment sby Joe Pom
netti, it is said, and when he an
swered that he had not paid it, the
shooting began. Ponnetti was injured
in the rumpus one other man is un'
der arrest.
Tipped off by an anonymous letter
supposed to have been written by a
jealous rival, the police caught Char.
les Beaver, bail jumper under in
dictment for a jewelry robbery COM
mitted at York two years ago. Beaver
had stolen home over Christmas tc
see his relatives and sweetheart. The
officers surrounded his home neal
Smvser's station, York county, anC
surprised him. John Engle, his bonds
man, had offered $50 reward for hi
capture. In a short time the 81 ,OO
bond would have been forfeited.