Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-06-16
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name. Samuel Olawson recently took
unto himself his fourth Lwife, in the
person of Miss Catherine Piper, OF
CherIytree.
John W. Roberts, young Chester
resident, after being deprived of the
sight of one eye for fourteen years on
account of its having been pierced by
bullet from an air rife now sees as
well as ever, following a delicate op-
Grafton by Philadelphia specialist
L. D. Nellis, a miner, lost both eyes
in a. recent explosion in the Blanco
mines, near Kittanning. The force of
blast had put out his lamp and he
was relighting it when portion of
the head of the match he was using
fell into can of powder and caused
il to explode.
NJ. a. Milliron, formerly superint-
endent of the Somerset county schools,
now a resident of Kittanning, has two
chickens joined togther like the Siam
ese twins. They are the product of
double egg and are joined at the sides.
One is hen and the other a rooster
and they have many quarrels.
The wife of Perry township, Sny-
der county, farmer has discovered a
good cure for troubles caused by the
pesky English sparrow. The birds were
destroying her young lettuce and, aft
er trying,other remedies without avail
she conceived the idea of soaking
bread with whisky and placing it in
the lettuce beds. This she did and
the birds devoured the food greedily.
They became so drunk that they lay
on the ground in a stupor and she kill
ed them by the hundreds.
Paint is not good eating for COWS.
Four Jersey bovines belonging to resi-
dents of Scenery Hill, Washington
county, tried it and three died, while
another is in a serious condition. The
can of paint was thrown in the pasture
and the next morning the generally
peaceful animals were seen rushing
about the lot, attempting to gore the
other COWS. 1t was thought that they
had rabies and a veterinarian was
summoned. 1t was soon found, how
ever, that what was wrong with them
was paint
William r. Sheppard, the fourteen
year old boy charged with the killing
of his stpefather, Jeremiah McManus,
at Rock Ledge was found guilty of in
voluntary manslaughter at Norristown
on Saturday. Judge Swartz allowed
the boy to go on probation. Young
Sheppard shot his stepfather while the
latter was beating the lads mother.
Seven -year-old Gerald Ninihan, of
Carnegie, was struck by an auto while
he was riding on his bicycle and sus-
tanned three fractured ribs and a
bruised left arm; yet he crawled ont
from under the machine, one wheel of
which had passed over him, and never
whimpered.
Contracts for new structural work
and car building to the value of SlO,-
600, 600 much of which affects Pitts
burg, were placed this week.
Nesbit Wetzel, aged IA, of Salona,
Clinton county, suffered a concussion
of the brain, when, with several other
bows he was leaning against the rail
ing of an old bridge and it gave way,
precipitating them to the bed of the
creek, eight or ten feet below.
Carmon Bosolina, aged 8 years, was
killed by an auto on the streets OF
Wilkes-Barre recently. He is said to
have dashed from the sidewalk direct
Iy in front of the car. 1t was driven
by Allan Glennon, who says it was 60
ing slowly, with the horn being blown.
Lulu Eldridge, a 7-year-old evange-
list, preached at one of the opening
services of the campmeeting of the
Church of the Poor, which began re-
Gently in Ketterman's grove, near
Mount Etna. She took as her subject
''The Bible During the Campmeet-
ing"
The question as to whether counties
can apply for State aid in reconstruct
ing roads without concurrence of town
ship supervisors has been settled by
Deputy Attorney General William
Hargast, who has decided that they
cannot do so, except when roads have
been taken under the provisions of the
county road act of 1895.
Northumberland county commissions
ers have decided TO go before the court
and ask that the Reading and Pennsyl-
vania Railroad companies be made to
pay for part of the maintenance of
trespassers taken from freights and
confined in the county jail. At times,
as high as twenty to thirty persons
have been taken to the Jail at one time
on the charge of riding freights.
In order to restrict the waste of
water the Pennsylvania water supply
commission, in report to the COVER
nor, suggests that this State follow the
plan of New Jersey and levy a tax
uhen mora than a cartaiu amOunt nf