Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-04-01
ITEMS CONDENSED.

The State Normal School at Blooms
burg, Pa will open for the Spring
term on Monday, March Goth, 1909.
The laboratories, library and gym.
nasium, the new halls of the literary
societies and the Model School are
pleasing to all earnest students
For further information address d.
J. Waller, JT,, Principal
Joseph Banks,a stationary engineer
has been arrested at York, charged
with throwing vitriol on his wife for
the purpose of revenge.
After suffering a long time with
what she thought was Indigestion Mrs
william A. Wingart, of Norristowu,
vomited small frog.
The principals of the various public
schools of Chester have been instruct
ed to allow no child TO leave school in
charge of any person whose credenti-
ais are at all suspicious.
Lebanon city councils have suffered
veto in their efforts to effect re-
peal of the old borough ordinance pro.
hibiting the setting off of fireworks
on July 4.
Elias Smead, farmer of Minor
township. Lancaster county, is in n
serious condition as the result of in
juries he received By the bursting of a
circular saw
Despoddent because he was out of
work and having no prospects of get
ting any. Addison Gehris, of Allen
town, took dose of arsenic with sui
cidal intent and will probably die.
. Charles Trego. a farmer. residing near
Coatesville. was attacked by boar as
he went into pen to drive the pork.
ers out and severely gored in the leg
before he could be rescued.
Peter Nelson, OF Oil City, found 8
human skull III a garbage can and the
matter caused some excitement until
an investigation showed that the skull
had been stolen from the Office of a
physician.
Playing around brush fire with
several companions at South Bethle-
hem, Little Mary Ssbins' clothing
caught fire-and she was so frightfully
burned that death resulted in short
time
The longest and shortest men in
Washington county are inmates Of the
county home. They are Earl McCon-
nell, whosw,AitSi1s less than fifty pounds
and is under two and one.haif feet in
height, and Pat Bane, who is seven
feet two inches tall.
Luzerne county's $4,000. .ooO court
house is being, destroyed more rapidly
in proportion than ii took to construct
it. A breaker owned by the Lehigh
Valley Coal company is causing the
destruction by sending down coal dirt
by the ton This is blackening the ex-
terror and settling on the beautiful
marble pillars and fine furnishings
The city Of Reading has two Juvenile
organizations, the members OF which
devote every moment Of their spare
time to the industry of the needle and
thimble, their work being sold and
the proceeds given to charity.
Contracting embrauous Group from
nursing her three children who are
down with the disease, Mrs. Harold
d. Bihler, Of Pottsville, 35 years old.
choked 20 death Saturday within
twelve hours from the time sne was
seized with the malady.
For stealing two-ceut newspaper,
Thomas Smith colored man of North
Wilkes Barre, was fined $3.50. The
sa me dose administered to some of the
newspaper stealers in Danville might
put q stop TO the habit which some
people here lave acquired.
Sohuylkill oounty's streams owing
so the former presence OF sulphur In
them from mining opeations are de,
void OF trout Sportsmen are now en-,
gagged in stocking them on an exten
sive scale and several hundred thou
sand fry will be distributed this sea
son.
NJ. L. Firing, of Monocacy the mai
carrier between the railroad station
and the borough postoffice has, during
the past thirteen years, travelled IL, 25
miles, making eight trips Of one mil,
each way and one trip Of two mile
every day. He has in all that tim
never missed day.
According to an opinion of Jung
Oarnahan, the Allegheny county worl
house. being county institution an
receiving no aid from the State, ha
the right to hire out prisoners. Th
decision was given in the case OF
number OF labor organizations VIII
sought TO restrain Superintendent
Leslie from letting ont prisoners o.