Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-02-18
ITEMS CONDENSED.

Remove and South Remove are to
have the free delivery about July /.
after the residences have been mum
bered
A few days ago Washington county
hunters participated in a fox hunt.
Four foxes were routed, but none of
them was captured.
Twenty we cave-ins have occurred
during the past few days III one sewer
district in Reading Improper back
filing is given as the cause.
\ seventeen foot vein OF coal has
been discovered twelve miles south Of
Bradford, at Crawford Junction. A
test OF the vein is now being made.
At a horse sale in Reading a mule
was put up. but there were no bid
ders. The bride, however, was sold
and the mule was thrown in as a bar
gain.
\ pipe organ costing 80, 200, has been
installed in the Methodist Episcopal
church at Wsynesburg. Andrew Car
negie contributed half of the money
and the Wesleyan Daughters the re
mainder.
The York County Agricultural So
oiety is nothing if not up TO date. 1t
is arranging for display which will
illustrate the progress Of aerial naviga
tion, the same to be shown during the
fair to be held next fall.
Henry J. Cam, prominent farmer
OF Millcreek township, Lebanon coun-
ty, is in a critical condition and may
die from blood poisoning. He scratch
ed one of his fingers on a rusty nail.
The trial of civil case in the courts
OF Franklin county was stopped re-
Gently for an unusual reason. Juror s.
+. Kuhn was seized with severe at
tack of bleeding at the nose. and this
caused the postponement.
At Eastou, on Thursday, J. E.
Dougherty, of Yonkers, was sentenced
to five years in the eastern penitenti-
ary. Last week he entered the store of
b. Cohen, in Easton, knocked Cohen
down with a hammer and then at
tempted to rob him. He was caught
before he could get away.
One of the largest castings ever
poured at the plant of the American
Steel foundries, in Chester, was turn
ed out Thursday, for the stem OF the
battleship Florida, now under con-
struction at the Brooklyn navy yard.
The casting is thirty feet long, eigh-
teen feet wide and WEIGHS over go, 900
pounds.
BY reason of his foot becoming fast
ened in the betting of the machinery
in the plant of the Arasapha Manu-
featuring company at Chester, James
Lanahan, a dyer. was whirled to his
death on the shafting. His body was
terribly mangled. Lanshan was 80
years old and leaves a widow ana four
children.
Mrs. Mary Nieman, native Of Po-
land, died in the almshoase, in Luz
erne county, on Saturday. "ged ll2
years.
Llewellyn S. DeHart, of Gabels
willie, noticing a number Of bees in his
house, sawed hole in the floor and
came upon hive from which he Sc
cured one hundred pounds of honey.
The borough of Highspire, Dauphin
county, and Athens, Bradford county,
have been placed under quarantine for
rabies, by State Veterinarian Pear
son. who has ordered all dogs to be
muzzled or penned up.
Stanley G. Taft, of Pittsburg, was
held up and robbed of several dollars
by a negro Friday night Taft claims
relationship to President-elec Taft.
and on Saturday, when asked concern
ing it, young Tsft's father replied
I'VE are both descendants from
Adam
James J. Monday,a prominent man
ufacturer and contractor of Philadel.
phia. while on his way 20 the plant Of
the Philips Steel Pulley company, on
Saturday, carrying loco in shot
bag, was jolted and robbed in crowd
ed street car by two men. One was
captured, but the one with the money
escaped.
Charles Oominsky, a miner, on Sat
urdsy, lay five hours. pinned under
tons Of slate that had fallen on him
in au isolated room OF the Besseme
mine, at Russelville, Butler county.
before he was discovered. He was bad
ly injured but is expected to recover.
J. Wesley Scott. Reading railroad
freight conductor, of Reading. was
instantly killed, and Brakeman W. d.
Heck and w. G. Smith were seriously
injured in freight collision in fog
at Birdsboro, on Monday morning.
The conductor was pinned under the
onboose, which caught fire, and he wal
burned to death.