Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-08-26
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WANTED Local agent to advertise
and introduce the new educational
work WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY and
ATLAS OF the WORLD. Must be edu-
Gated and able to furnish good refer
euces as to ability and character. The
SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COM
PANY, AKRON, OHIO.
AT meeting of the Darby school
board committee was appointed to
perfect fire drill for the schools and
introduce it to the pupils at the open
ing Of the fall term.
Councilman Klein, of Pittsburg, has
been ordered rearrested by the court
for failure to renew his bail. pending
recent appeal from judgments in the
graft cases.
George W. Baxter, an operator, Of
Cleveland, dropped dead in the lobby
of Pittsburg hotel as the convention
of.Old Time telegraphers ended. He
was prominent in his profession.
Zsrbe, the Pittsburg man who built
an aeroplane and had the misfortune
to have it destroyed in storm last
MAY, is said to be building another
machine of type entirely different
from any now used.
IsaacyDunn, colored, of Williams
port, was7at work on the rectory Of
church whenEthe bell on the church
next door started to toll for funeral.
The toIliugTof the bell is thought to
have caused his heart to fail, for he
dropped over dead.
A car in Pittsburg jumped the track
on bridge.2OO feet above the earth
near Kennywood park, and the passen-
gers, screaming with fear, were hurled
TO the floorEin:heaps. The car stopped
before it lesped, but two persons were
injured as 1t was.
As a result of conference with at
torueys representing the United Mine
Workers Of America, District Attor.
nev O'Brien, of Scranton, has decided
to conduct a rigid investigation into
the granting of mine certificate TO
Charles Steumach, who was killed be-
cause of his ignorance of the mining
laws.
NJ. H. Vanhorne, of Columbia, n.
J., bought an auto IN Pennsylvania
and rode from Esstou to Doylestown
in it, When he started the thing in
Doylestown it-started out at terrific
gate and collided with a telegraph
pole. He became disgusted with the
thing as a result and offered it for sale
for $50. There was a rush OF persons
willing to purchase, but the machine
was landed by the fire chief.
A scourge of cholera among the early
settlers in what was then known as
Birmingham. caused the members OF
St. Michaels' Roman Catholic church,
in South side, Pittsburg, to make
solemn promises to celebrate the an
niversary of the day as holy when the
plague should be checked. 1t was
checked and the promise has been
kept, 500 people attending mass and
services in the church on Thursday
Media, died from lock jaw caused by
RAINING a fishbone into his foot.
Hugo Hansen. a Dane living on
farm near Pittsburg, saw three negroes
in his orchard stealing apples. Taking
a dog he raced them, when one of them
turned and shot him. His wounds may
prove fatal.
At the close of the year ending April
30. there were 167 branches OF the
Young Mems Christian association in
the State. These had enrolled l,427
members, which is an increase OF near
Iy thousand over the previous year.
The Catholics of Pittsburg are con-
templating the erection OF new $500, =
900 high school. All the churches in
the diocese will aid in the support of
the institution, the building of which
will mean that the other Catholic
high schools will be abandoned
School Director John McAfee, of
East Natmeal, near Pottstown, was on
his wav to meeting Of the school
board when his horse ran away and he
was thrown on psling fence. along
which he was dragged. He held on to
the reins all through the accident,
Nailed to the door of the Slatington
police station was notice that Robert
Pierce. a well known slate operator
would be killed by September 10. The
man cannot explain the mysterious
threat and is unaware that he has any
enemies that might seek his life.
A squad of policemen in disguise
raided the cigar store of Joseph Senio
OF Chester, and confiscated some gam
hing apparatus which they foun'
there. Senior, who IS we' known II
spurtiug ciro;es. aud some others, wer
nIayinR poker when they were caught