Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-20
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loading shotgun, which had been a
relic of the family for several genera.
tions, Frederick Murphy accidently
shot his brothers, James and Wood
ward, who were playing near. While
the Murrhys were entertaining guests
one of the visitors spied the gun stand
ing behind door in the kitchen, and
the elder Murphy warned those pres
ent not TO touch it. The older of the
sons, however, said il was empty, and
he believed he would remove the rust
from it for the purpose of hunting
squirrels and pheasants. While he was
in the act of breaking it the trigger
struck against a chair and loud re-
port followed. The younger boys were
playing on couch and the contents
struck them.
MONUMENT TO COMMEMORATE
FORGE. -Commemorating the erect
ing of the first iron forge in I'LL, a
granite monument has been erected
along the French Creek. at Coventry
Vile. Chester county. 1t bears the in
scription, Coventry Forge, 17l1. ~
Upon it is also carved a brief history
of the forge, which was used in times
when the English king held the Colon
les in subsection. Hundreds Of cannons
and muskets used in the Revolutionary
war were moulded at the forge. The
monument was erected by the Chester
County Historical Society.
MOURNERS GET SCARE.-About
100 persons in attendance at the funer-
al of Mrs. Anna Bailey, an aged wo-
man. at Loganville. were given shock
while the body was being prepared to
he lowered to its final resting place.
One of the supports upon which the
casket was placed broke, and the corpse
was precipitated TO the bottom of the
grave. about six feet The jar loosen
ed the upper part of the casket lid;
but the pail bearers and others quick
ly brought the body to the surface and
the lid was fastened and lowered.
TO TAX BACHELORS Speaking
in the Baptist church at Allentown,
Evangelist J. ]. Wicker advocated an
extra tax on bachelors. He said: " Mar
riage makes the home and homes sare
the salvation of the nation. | believe
every man should marry, and if he
persists in walking in single blessed
ness he should be taxed twice as much
as a married man. If he will not sup
port family. let him do something
to support the state.
ADVICE FOR LONG LIVING If
you want to live long and be happy,
get plenty of sleep. and do not let lit
tie things worry you is the advice
given by John Pollitt of Chester, who
recently passed his ninety-frst birth
dav. Mr Pollitt has always enjoyed
remarkably good health. He never
chewed or smoked tobacco and has al
wavs eschewed strong drink.
COSTLY MATCH PLAYING
PLAYING with matches in the straw
stack on the farm of Valentine Urich,
of West Myerstown. tenanted by Ezra
Splitter. at Hamlin. the small grand
son of the latter caused the destruc-
ton by fire of one of the finest barns
in Lebanon Valley. The stock was
saved. but the crops were consumed.
The loss is So. 600.
KILLED ON CULM BANK. An
unknown man supposed TO have been
a tramp. was found by the workmen
of the Alaska colliery, of Mt. Carmel,
living on a cuIm bank, his body burned
70 a crisp. 1t is supposed that he went
to the bank attracted by its warmth
and was overcome by the fumes while
taking nap and was roasted to death
TARGET SHOOTERS KILL BOY,
While shooting at target which
they had up in field, one of the shots
from a party of men, including John
Lawson, Ferdinand Hough and James
Christian, all prominent men OF wash
ington. went wild and hit and killed
the four-year old son of Fl. c. Forrest
er, a wealthy farmer near Midday.
WATERS COST. .-Beneditto Tri-
poda. who shot and killed Mariana De-
Pasauale in West Scranton, because
the latter objected tn an insult offered
the wife of Bennie Ricardo when she
spilled a glass of water on Tripoda,
has been sentenced to twenty years in
the penitentiary.
BLOCK AND TACKLE BURGLAR
A burglar entered the bedroom of
Charles Hinkle, of Shamokin, early
Tuesday as he slept. and with rope
owered Hinkle's trunk containing
;175 from a second story window, broke
it open and escaped with the money.
CRAWLS AFTER POISON. The
wo-year.old son of George Mundell,
If Reading, cTawled on top of chair
and removed from the sideboard box
Of pills and swallowed twelve of them,
-ash containing one-tweltth grain of
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