Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-14
ITEMS CONDENSED.

An effort is to be made by the di-
rector of public safety in Scranton to
abate the SCOT nuisance, which it is
stated has become so bad in the central
part of the city that grass will not
grow in the court house square.
An aged farmer, of Washington, Pa >,
having two sons, engaged a woman
who had two daughters as his house :
keeper. The farmer married the young
est daughter, aged sixteen years; one
of the sons married the other dsugh-
ter, and the other son married the
mother OF the girls. All are living to-
gether in the same house.
1t costs money to be big city. Be-
cause of the annexation of three new
wards the Hazleton city council esti-
mates that an appropriation of $33, 900
more than last years budget will be
required to run the city this year.
Information has been received OF
the death in Spokane, Washington, of
G. Haines, a native of Lancaster coun-
ty. Haies was detailed with she ex-
pedition under General Mcclellan, in
1859, to survey the international bound
ary line between the United States
and Canada.
Two Italians. Constantine Scapone
aud John Sleek, were arrested in
Wilkes Barre by Captain Walsh, of the
secret service. They were charged by
the local police of passing counterfeit
half dollars.
Indiana county is apparently gradu-
ally getting on the water wagon. Only
twenty three persons are applying for
license to sell liquors in the county
this year. In 1906 there were thirty
eight in 1907 thirty three, and in 1908
twenty seven.
- IN dispot1ng Of an estate valued at
So. 600 the will Of Jennie Linn of Phil
adelphia directs that the deed to her
cemetery lot is to be placed in the
easket and buried with her.
There were fifty-seven mining fatal
tiles last year in the two districts CEN
tering at Pottsville and representing
eighty oollieries.
Harrisburg is wondering how it can
raise cash to install the vast new sani-
tsry sewerage system required by the
State health chief
WorkmeR near the culm pile at the
Greenwood washery of the Delaware
and Hudson Coal company at Green
wood, below Minooka, found the body
of a man. The body was charred to
such an extent that it was Hnrecogniz-
able
Tied to a small tree with his own
belt buokled around his throat, the
body of John Vestoff aged 10. was
found in woods at Upper Darby,
near Philadelphia The police author
tiles of Clifton Heights, where the boy
lived, believe that he was murdered,
and are looking for three men who are
said to have had a quarrel with him
last week.
The recent rains and thaw have
caused the Lehigh Valley and Phila-
delphis 81 Reading Goal 81 Iron 90.
to withdraw the tank trains which
have supplied the collieries in the
Schuylkill field with water since the
drought that had gripped the region
since last August, entailing hundreds
of thousands of dollars to the operat-
ing expenses to the coal companies.
Fire of mysterious origin was dis
covered in st. Matthew's church, Sun
bury, shortly before the opening Of the
evening service Sunday night. 1t was
in closet in the choir room between
the Sunday school and the church. 1t
had smouldered there for some hours,
and was finally detected by the intense
odor Of smoke and extinguished.
Surveys now being made or just
completed in Western Pennsylvania
foreshadow extensive electric railway
developments. Seven different com 70
panes have laid out routes to cross
eight counties.
Thomas Williams, of Shenandoah,
aged fifty years, miner employed in
the Locust Spring mines at Locust
Gap, was caught under fall of rock
at nine O'Clock yesterday morning.
meeting with instant death.
M. J. Duffy. station master of the
Lackawanna road at Halstead was run
down and killed by the flyer No. 6,
just in front of the station Monday
afternoon, when he ran out on the
tracks to rescue woman who was in
danger Of being run down by another
train going in an opposite direction.
The Middle Greek Electric company
new light and power plant in Sun
bury, will be in operation within the
next 80 days time, as all the contract.
for the boilers and machinery have
been signed