Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-08-05
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David Colehower, of Reading, while
visiting his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Smith, Berwick. was
bitten on the body by poisonous in
sect and blood poisoning resulted The
lad is now in a serious condition.
Three persons. George Bishop, John
Garabone and William Christopher,
and also twenty dogs, were bitten by
mad dog at Norristown. The bitten
persons have been sent TO the Pasteur
institute at New York for treatment,
and number Of the CANNES nave been
shot.
David J. Richardson, cashier OF the
closed Cosmopolitan bank OF Pitts
burg. was held in SO, 900 bail for the
October term OF court. He Is charged
with making false entries aud false
reports to the comptroller of the cur
Yency; also with the abstraction and
rnisapplication of the funds Of the
bank.
The little son OF Mrs. NJ. Malioy, Of
McKeesport, while playing with a
glass toy picture, swallowed it and
was choking when his mother pushed
tha thing down his throat. 1t is now
lodged in his stomach. The woman
was unable to pull the obstruction out
and the child was in serious danger OF
choking to death His condition is
serious.
The baby Of Mrs. James Lorah, OF
Allentown. was given a dose of it's
mothers medicine instead Of its own
and was killed as result.
One OF the Hazleton school directors
is starting a movement to have cook
ing, darniug and mending taught in
the schools.
The railroad commission as Harms
burg has received petition from
Philadelphia that the station on the
Baltimore and Washington railroad at
Sixty-hfth street be reopened. This
station was closed ten years ago
a league OF the taxpayers in Mercer
has bsen organized to fight graft.
Deputy Fish and Game Warden Hol-
land, Of Bloomsbury, reports that 800
pollutions of the State streams have
been stopped, up to this time.
The barns of,two Lancaster county
farmers With all the year crops were
destroyed by fire. The unfortunate
losers are James Rabuck and Jacob
Hostettes.
James Haggerty, Of Philadelphia
died in the Hahnemann hospital. He
was the eighth victim of the collapse
Of the Archambault building several
weeks ago. The man was unconscious
for 100 hours after the accident and it
was known from the staIt that he
could not recover.
The Reading Railway company is
going to change its route to abandon
the Perkasie tunnel. It will do this by
skirting Tunnel hill, just above Perk.
siss and by doing this will lessen the
time of the run between Philadelphia
and Bethlehem. The old tunnel is in a
bad condition
Leo Perrine. prisoner in the house
Of correction at HolmeAburg, serving
a three months term for picking pock-
cts, escaped from that institution
while in a delirium from typhoid few
az. The fellow was nude at tde time
Of his escape and MAJ lave been
drowned in the Penpypacher creek,
through which he had 10 win.
Franklin Scheiher, We. G4ova -
Richboro, Bucks county, yur h.. ar,l
while trimming o gr@pe y.ua some
time ago ami severed an artery. The
wouul Was healing nicely Jut Scheif-
e- sueczsd this other day aud the CON
traction Of the muscles was so sudden
that ne started 10 O!eeH again anu al
most b.ad to death before the flow was
stopped He was removed to Phila-
delphia hospital, whsre he is now i'm
proving.
Gsrret Linderman the former South
Bethlehem millionaire. vas released
from the Lehigh county jail after hay.
ing served one year for contempt OF
court. He was co-exeoutor with Mrs
Emily Ashe in the estate of Robert
Rathbun and failed to make good in
the sum of $50, oOO Friends got to-
gsther and raised enough money that
coupled with what he got by the sale
~ some property was enough to cover
'he feijLqu.rc" au6 obtain his re
lease LiGisrmaa f.. nv !enutl, =
iay:r2 iJst his million ~ si'ecul ,tiJu.