Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-11-11
ITEMS CONDENSED.

educated and able to furnish good re-
ferences as to ability and character.
THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING
COMPANY, AKRON, OHIO.
Coke production from the Uniontown
district for the week ending October
80 broke all records. 1t was 4i3, ,25f
tons
Edward Kiefer, an employe of the
Reading stove works, was instantly
killed by being struck by an emery
wheel which made 5000 revolutions
minute and broke from it's bearings.
Wellington Ross, farmer drove
fifty feet over u precipice near Sha-
mokin with two horse team. The
animals were killed and he lay seven
teen hours before he was found. He IS
still living.
Francis Faco has been taken from
Pottsville to New York where he will
be deported to Italy. He violated the
immigration laws in coming here, as
he has prison record He entered the
country in disguise.
Antonio Merrio, a peddler, of Car
negie. was robbed at Cannonsburg and
beaten so badly that he had to be sent
to a hospital. Three ribs were broken,
his skull was fractured and he was in
jured otherwise. Two unknown men
were the perpetrators of the deed. He
was relieved of his pack and 800.
Great crowds attended the funeral
of the MedicoC Chirurigcal student
Michael Lavelle Burke, who was in
jured so badly as the result of foot
ball game with the College of Phar-
macy team, i'll Philadelphia, that he
died. He was buried at Shenandoah
and thirty-six priests were present at
the funeral services.
George LoXterman was so badly in
jured at Pittsburg by being struck by
an auto driven by Patrick J. Connel-
ley, that he died in half hour. He
was aged years and was picking up
his school books when the accident
happened. His sister caught him by
the hand and tried to pull him from
harms way and was nearly run over
herself. The chauffeur is ont under 81,
900 bail
Az the result of playing with fire,
two children of MI andIMrs Benjamin
Patterson, of Dinsmore, Washington
county, set the house on fire and their
little l8-months- old Sister was burned
TO crisp in her cot. The parents were
absent from the house for a short time
and when they were returning the
children ran to them screaming and
told them that the house was burning.
They tried several times to save the
infant but were driven back by the
flames The children lighted broom
at the CRATE of the stove.
@. ID. Edding of near Butler, held a
tiobert rife to his head with the in
tent of suicide and though his son held
his hand and SAID ''Don't do it papa, "
he pulled the trigger and ended his
life.
Fifty thousand dollars property loss
WAS caused by freight wreck near
StIoudsburg, ON the Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western railroad. There
were sixteen cars in the wreck, which
was the result of sideswipe in "a cut.
Attorney Oliver Evans, of Limerick,
a member of the Norristown bar, shot
at a rabbit and the bullet passed over
its head The animal was hypnotized,
it seemed, by the occurrence, for the
man was able to pick it up. He let it
go again, and again the bunny acted
a. if it were in trance.
Trainmen on the Reading and Har-
risburg division of the Reading road
made better time during the month of
October than they have for two years.
All have been steadily employed.
About ?, 600 cars of coal are mined
daily and one day last week eighty
eight loaded freight trains traversed
the division.
Mayor Magee of Pittsburg, and
State Health Commissioner Dixon will
discuss sewage disposal system for
the Smoky City tomorrow. The idea
is to drain the water regardless OF the
city lines. 1t is pretty well settled thar
the city and the nearby boroughs
should not have separate sewers but
that there should be una metropolitan
system.
Northumberland county was the first
10 turn i'm the official returns of the
elections. The secretary of the COM
monwealth addressed a con2ratulatory
letter to Prothonotary Dissingor ON ac-
count of this.
Charles Inman, aged II, an employe
i'll Chester factory, was stabbed in
the hip, chest and thigh by com.
panion during "A fight. The weapon
used was penl1nife. The wounded
boy is expected to recover.
Albert LANCER, a New York thug
pleaded guilty to seven indictmenti
ranging from burglary to ATTEMPTED
murder at court at Lancaster. He sho
Constable Keesey when that office
placed him under arrest for selling