Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18
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tetanus caused by being gored by
bull. The case is so unusual that scores
of doctors have examined the case.
CARRIE NATION AT DELA'
WARE GAP. Carrie Nation, the
worlds famous woman saloon smash
er, is summering at Delaware Water
Gan. where she arrived last week. AS
vet Carrie has not interfered with the
LIQUOR traffic in that vicinity, but the
hotel men are watching her every
movement.
RUSH BEFORE AUTO FATAL
Frank Lenhardt, of Norristown, rush,
ed directly in front of slow moving
automobile and was Immediately kill
ed.
CAR SMASHES PORCH-A heavi-
ly loaded trolley car coming down
from Flagstaff Park at Mauch Chunk,
Jumped the track, kept on across the
street and tore down the porch of the
residence of Harry Teeney, on Broad
way. No one was hurt.
UNHURT IN AUTO DIVE, j. H.
Brommer. of Landingville, rolled down
a thirtv-five foot embankment in a
heavy automobile, and although the
automobile was smashed to pieces he
escaped without the slightest injury.
HICCOUGHED TO DEATH-Abel
Mutton of East Bangor, died from an
attack of hiccoughs following cholera
morbus. He had the paroxysms for
three days without relief and was in a
state of coma the last twenty-four
hours.
BABY FATALLY BURNS GRAND
PARENT. While pressing her hus-
bands suit, Mrs. John Evans, of Ban
gor, had her clothes set atire from
gasoline which was upset from a cup
by her three -year-old grandson. She
will die.
HAT AS GOOD AS JAIL KEY. -
Brought back from New York to an
swer the charge of aiding her husband
to walk out of the Schuylkill county
Jail in the disguise of visitor, Mrs.
Ray X. Higgins said: "Why all did
was to take my husbands hat in to
him, and did that openly. Every
body could see me bring it in. A hat
is certainly not jail breaking weap-
on. "
CATCHES LARGE CARP. In try
ing to land a six pound carp Mt Spruce
Greek Miss Bessie Gallagher, of AL
-oona, was almost dragged into the
Juniata river several times. The fish
took the bait on fly and royal bat
tie followed. Miss Gallagher, being
quite piscatorial artist, eventually
landed her prize, the largest of the
species caught there this summer.
DROPS FIFTY FEET, UNHURT.
Caught ON high trestle with a
train rapidly approaching and no
avenue of escape from being run over
except to swing from the crossties,
John Sherwood, negro youth, fell
fifty feet Despite the terrific fall he
escaped without a broken bone and
after dusting off his clothes he con-
tinued his journey without assistance
or medical attention.
COURT HOUSE A PRISON. With
the county jail at Pottsville crowded
with 225 prisoners, the authorities will
be obliged to put new prisoners, who
continue to be rapidly committed, in
to special rooms in the court house.
This is condition of affairs which
has never been equaled in this county
and the authorities are unable to ac-
count for the wave of crime.
IDENTIFIED BY TEETH. An un-
known man who fell dead at the st.
Clair Reading railway station, last
June, and was buried at the almshouse
has been identified as Samuel Hazon.
A letter received from Hazon's sister
in Philadelphia, leaves no doubt that
he was her brother. A queer coincid-
ence about Hazon's sudden death is
that his brother also died at Chicago
in the same sudden manner Hazon
was peculiarly attired in green-strip
ed suit, brown shoes and white neck
tie, and had two gold-filled teeth that
led to his Identification.
EARTH SWALLOWS MAN AND
HORSE-Whilep plowing near Swatara
the earth gave way beneath j. a.
Balsbaugh, and horse, man and plow
were precipitated about nine feet. The
horse struggled until it died, but Balls
baugh escaped injury. This is the sec
ond time that an occurrence of the kline
has happened in that section, and it i.
feared that there is some underground
cavity into which the earth's surface
is sinking.
BABY SWALLOWS CHURCE
MONEY. Y.-Swallowing eight coppe.
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