Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-24
ITEMS CONDENSED.

ILIIHO OOIsb bblIbIOs
Lookjaw, resulting from splinter
in her foot caused the death OF Am
auda Benton. OF McKeesport,
Clifton Sheldon was sentenced to if
teen years at Philadelphia, for the
murder of John Robinson, Both men
are colored.
After a forty years absence, Henry
Austin returned to Mauayunk, to find
his old home torn down and his par
ents dead
Samuel Manning. OF Monongshela,
died SIS the result of blood poisoning
resulting from a scratch He received
this small injury by being thrown
from his wagon
Mrs. George H. Myers, of Bethle.
hem, has received Black Hand letter
threatening 10 anu!hilate her well
known husband with bombs unless
81, 600 is paid.
John Matthew, Pittsburg l.neman,
fell forty feet from a pole On which
he was working and was uninjured.
His overalls caught on a spike pro-
jecting from the pole, breaking his
fall.
Mrs. Walter Dommel, Of Lancaster,
has confessed to the authorities that
she murdered her two weeks old in
fsnt The woman, who has been separ-
ated from her husband for some time,
is in Jail.
Max Rogssy, tailor of South
Bethlehem, laboring under an impres.
sion that be was being bounded by
European detectives and because an
expected letter from his wife had not
come. committed suicide
Tie OonnellsvilIe ooke regions show
by their increase in business that good
times are surely approaching, last week
beat the same weeks record in the
previous year by 5000 tons. An in
crease in !, 600 cars has been made in
the shipment.
Finding the knife with which she
was cutting bread covered with blood,
Mrs. George Brumbaugh. Of Gettvs.
burg, Investigated, and found that she
had cut a garter snake in two The
reptile had crawled into the loaf after
it was baked
John Sullivan, Of West Chester, was
killed at Berwyn on the railroad, He
was working on the tracks and as the
train approached he dropped his crow
bar on the track. The train struck the
bar, which in turn struck him, frsct-
uring his skull. He leaves a widow
and nine children.
SeArchers for Leo Lov!tsky of Pitts
ton. who was strangely missing from
home, found his clothes on the bank
of the Susquehanna river. 1t is believ-
ed that his fishing rod fell in the
stream and that he wsdded in after it
and was drowned
Joseph White, while dumping dirt
to fill in the lot of r. c. Horn, at
Pottsville. fell with horse, wagon and
all, down a fifty foot embankmeDt into
the Sohuylkill river. AS the water was
shallow he escaped with few bruises
The horse was unhurt
The Bijou theatre at Pittsburg was
bought by K!aw and Erlsnger for
$3.50, 0OO
SchseffeT, the chicken farmer, sccus-
ed of murder, at Allentown. who was
considerably shaken up over being
proven guilty, recovered his nerve
enough to try TO bribe a trusty with
s25 for a steel saw TO aid in his es-
cape from prison Schaeffer denied the
story.
Because her husband, George Hip
Pile an electrical engineer Of Potts
Vile, met his death by crossed wires
on pole of the Edison Electric Il
Illuminating company, his widow ask
ed for 22O, 600 damages. She claims his
death was due to carelessness on the
part Of the company, the wires not
being insulated,
The fire at tie California Ore mines
at Boyertown, is still burning and the
odors arising therefrom are very OBJ
noxious. The residents have called the
attention Of the board of health to the
fact. The earth is cracked about the
mine hole shafts and is very warm
This is causing much trepidation
among the citizens, who fear the fire
may cause oaye-in.
A horse owned by John Furney,
drayman Of Waynesboro, was found to
be sick several days ago, and a veter-
marian was sent for. He discovered
that the horse had swallowed quaint
ity of nails and other hardware An
operation was performed, and the
animal was placed on the road to re-
c0ve-v.
The Lehich valley Transit coupsrv
will spend 81, 200, 600 u improving its
lines 10 Allentown