Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-02-11
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A clay pigeon sailing from trap as
Walter Smeltzer of BittersvilIe, York
county, was stopping over it, cut the
mans ear almost entirely off.
The large tobacco warehouse of Her
man Stein, cigar manufacturer, of
Lancaster, was badly damaged by fire
on Thursday afternoon. There were
800 cases of tobacco valued at S32, 600
partly ruined by smoke and water.
George Coohrane, aged 80 years,
night watchman at the Walton hotel,
at Homestead, near Pittsburg, was
found dead in his room on Thursday
evening, seated in front of burning
gas stove so close that his feet were
burned to a crisp. 1t is believed he
died of heart failure.
Enooh A. Swope died at his home in
Philadelphia on Thursday in his 93d
year. Mr. Swope has been n member
of the Independent Order of Odd Eel
lows for seventy-two years and was
the oldest Odd Fellow in the State,
both as to age and years of member-
ship.
Theodore Smoyer,a a prominent farm
er of Upper Providence township
Montgomery county, recently fell
through an open hatohway in his barn
and sustained a compound fracture OF
the right leg. Blood poisoning set in
which was followed by lockjaw and
on Thursday he died in great agony.
Hayes Williams was tried aud ac-
quilted last week in the Chester coun-
ty criminal court, of the charge of rob
bing the store of J. W. Parker, in
Toughenamon, and on Thursday he
went to Mr.. Parker. confessed that he
had committed the robbery and took
him to the place where he had con
cealed the goods
Justice of the Peace George NJ.
Weaver of Imperial, Allegheny coun-
ty, on Thursday sent to the marriage
license Office an application for IL
cense to Goetano DorazZio, aged %
years, and Alba Bertuzzi, aged l2. The
consent of the girls father acoompsni-
ed the application but the clerk refus-
ed to issue the license.
Harry Heddinger, alias Samuel Mill
er, of Schuylkill county, who though
only 30 years of age, has served total
of fifteen years in prison for various
crimes, was arrested on Thursday. on
a charge of robbing the Reading rail-
road station at New Philadelphia on
December 10 and again on Jaunary 81,
and he has confessed his guilt
grain of corn lodged in the bron-
Starr, of Joanna. Berks county, on
Saturday. causing his death.
Thieves entered the post office at
Enols, Cumberland country, on Fri
day night, blew open the safe and car
ried Off over 5000 in money and stamps
John Widenhaver. fell into a vat of
boiling water at meat packing plant
in Shamokin, on Saturday. and was
horribly scalded. He is not expected
to recover.
There were thirty three cases of
measles in Darby, Delaware county,
during January, and the board of
health has had hard work stamping
out the epidemic.
Patrick Mcintyre, prominent resi-
dent of Mahanoy township, Schuylkill
county, was instantly killed on Satur-
day by falling coal. at Packer colllery.
william Laubenstein, the Oldest car
rier on the force of the Reading post
office, has resigned after service OF
twenty-siX years.
For FIVE weeks a revival has been in
progress in the First Christian church
in Johnstowu, resulting in l53 pro-
fessed conversions.
Two negroes seized aud gagged Mrs
Peter Politics, near her home at Wash
ineton on Saturday evening" 2pd then
robbed her of 500
Dr. Abel G. West, native Of Vir-
giuia, has the distinction o, being the
first coored physician in Reading,
where he recently opened an office.
Frank Cummings and Logan Bed
dow, of Washington, have been arrest
ed for soaking French poodle in oil
and then setting the dog on fire.
An epidemic of scarlet fever at Du.
pom, near Wilkes Barre. has become
quite alarming and the State board OF
health has been appealed to for assist
auce. During the last four weeks there
have been twenty-six deaths.
While Rev. G. II. Dunlap. pastor of
the Presbyterian church at Avalon, a
suburb of Pittsburg, was preaching to
his congregation on Sunday evening
on the dangers of laying up treasures
on earth where thieves break through
nd steal. his home was ransacked and
quantity of silverware, jewelry and
some money taken.