Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-04-08
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At the age of 70. william Adams, a
OWL war veteran, went to sleep IN
South Allentown lumber yurd and
died
A hen % wears old IL the partnership
possession of Q. d. and j. l.. Schel-
hammer, Of Chair, Berks county.
Raymond Ayers. Il years old, com
mitted suicide at New Danville, Ian.
caster county, by shooting himself IN
the right temple.
While preparing asblast at a colliery
near Shenandoah, D0minick Daracet
exploded it before he got away and
was horribly mangled.
Carving concealed weapons is being
treated as serious offense in Lack
awanna county and those found guilty
are given terms in Jail.
The opening of Scranton's new Ma
sonic temple was held Friday evening
with special exercises. Thesnine Ma
sonic lodges of that city participated.
While Paul Sismasus was placing
six sticks OF dynamite and caps in
safe place away from hisaefamily, at
Shenandoah, the dynamite exploded,
fatally hurting him.
Walnut logs are being cut on Chest
nut Hills, near Pottstown. for ship
ment to Germany, where they will be
cut into strips almost as thin as
paper for veneering.
After being absent for nine years
from mis- home in Reading and his
whereabouts being unknown, Lewis
r. Hunter has been declared legally
dead and the estate goes to his wife.
While Charles Lichty, of Paradise,
was talking in a hotel entrance at
Lancaster he was joslted in the crowd
aud his pocket picked OF a wallet con-
tanning 81, coo in cash and $4,000 in
checks.
With the resumption of operations
in the Timing department Of the Cheer
tin plant of the American Sheet and
Tin Plate company at New Castle, 500
men returned to work who have been
out of employment since last June.
The first free library in the city of
Lancaster was opened Saturday. 1t is
a gift of the late Eliza @. Smith.
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successful the next Democratic State
convention will be held at Allentown.
In her will Mrs. Ellen Williams, of
Slstington, left her husband 81, the re-
mainder of the large estate going to
her children.
Charles II. SeibeEt, % years old. of
Reading, was strucksby an engine on
the Lebanon Valley railroad Saturday
and instantly killed.
George A Ienks, dean of the Bucks
county bar. died at Newtown, Satur-
day. He had been justice of the
peace for forty-eight years.
BY applying.the emergency brakes
an engineer on the Schuylkill Valley
railroad prevented the killing of g.
year old child at Norristown.
Emulating.the larger cities Hazleton
will have three mounted officers on its
police forcesafter today. They will do
duty in the suburbs of the city.
For slashing with knife his sweet
heart, jennie Taylor, Jacob Wonds,
Jr was sentenced at Lancaster Satur-
day to serve four years in the Eastern
penitentiary.
Bernard Riley, of Norristown. was
crushed to death at Conshohocken Sat.
urday by draft of cars. His foot was
caught in frog and he was unable to
free himself.
Charles Colwell, of Kittanning, has
been sued for 325. 900 by his daughter
in-law for alternating her husbands
affections. The case was brought in
the common pleas court of Pittsburg.
The wander-lust struck fifty inmates
OF the Berks county poor house, with
the advent of warmer weather after
they had been we'll cared for all win
ter.
Residents of Downington will sue
out an injunction against the Pocoma
Ice company to prevent the building
of dam on Brandywine creek above
that village. The people assert that
they want no Johnstown affair.
Charles Ammett. 10 years old. of
Olaysville, Washington county, became
a candidate for a Carnegie hero medal
Saturday when he plunged into the
swoolen waters of Buffalo creek and
rescued his 4-year-old cousin. Carl
Sneller. from drowning.
The estate of Samuel Bittenbender,
at Seasoltz ore mines has been adjudic-
ated and each of his four children re-
eeived 81. 926. SO. After she death of
Bittenbender his executors found over
$i5, 900 in gold coin IN hia desk.