Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-06-09
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complain of smut i'll their wheat.
Earl Diffenderfer, Wrightsville
boy. who was recently struck by an
automobile, has died of his injuries.
John Ballinger was blasting stumps
with dynamite near Lancaster when
he got to close to a slow fuse and lost
all his teeth
En- route from New York to Middle
port ON Jersey Central train, Mrs.
William J. Edwards gave birth to
son as the train reached Tamaqua.
Out of the forty-two young people
who recently took the examination lot
teachers certificates in Bucks coun-
ty, but five were of the male persuas-
ion.
There are on file with the state high
wav commissioner at Harrisburg, ap-
plications for the building of 4,762
miles of state road in different parts OF
Pennsylvania.
Public school children in Lower
Merton township, Chester county, were
given a holiday on Thursday because
of the dedication of the new 5000, ,ooo
township high school,
At West Chester recently two street
venders of ice cream were arrested and
fined S25 and costs by local magist-
rate on the charge of selling ice cream
that was not up to the standard.
George Sherrer, aged 25 years, an
electrician, was electrocuted Thursday
at Bethlehem, when 2, 300 volts passed
into his body, while he was doing some
repair work at the residence of q. Nj.
Schwab.2
Eight men were killed and num-
her wounded when an explosion OF
dynamite occurred at the cement rock
quarry of Mill B of the Lehigh Port
land Cement company, West Coplay,
Thursday morning. The cause OF the
explosion is a mystery.
Ephraim Brubaker, aged 10, was
killed while scuffling with his broth
er Benjamin, age II, at their home at
Mannheim, Thursday. The younger boy
wanted to assist in hitching up team
but his brother objected, seized whip
and an after him. Ephraim triod to
get the whip and in the scuftle was
thrown to the ground. Benjamin s
knee struck the stomach of his broth
er, an artery burst and instant death
followed from internal hemorrhage.
Quincy Rupert, of Quakertown, re-
Gently fell into a cistern in wagon
house and met death. His neck was
broken. His father went to search for
him and fell on top of the body, es-
Gaping injury.
Alvin Ebersole, while trying to hive
swarm of bees near Marietta, recent
ly.was nearly stung to death. He went
70 the office of physician and fell
unconscious. To revive him was not
an easv task. The bees escaped.
Many State senators and representa-
tives have declared to the Philadel-
phia Press their appreciation of an in
vestigation into how the States mon
ey has been expended in connection
with the building of the Rittersyille
State hospital for the insane.
Miss Josephine Dougherty, an act
ress of New York, after searching all
over the United States and Europe for
her father, Samuel T. Dougherty from
whom she has been separated since she
was ? years old, believes that the miss
ing man is in Philadelphia and has
asked the police to locate him.
The new big stationary engines for
Mahanoy Plane are being constructed
at the Scott works, in Reading. They
will be finished by the end of Septem-
ber, it is thought, and when they are
installed, the capacity of the plane
will be doubled. Other improvements
at the plane will be completed about
the same time.
Captain John V. McAlpin, late of
company @, Sixteenth infantry, and
Captain Derby B. Ncagley, late of
company \, Eighteenth infantry, have
been discharged from theiI Offices in
the National Guard. They were declar-
ed unfit to discharge the duties OF
their office, " because they had failed
to settle accounts in a satisfactory
manner and the State had recourse to
rhair bOnlsmeu
An old Williamsport resident recent,
ly informed a representative of one of
that town ; newspapers that June ,,
1913 it was so cold that the corn in
the fields was frozen from the top tC
the ground, and that in the orchard.
under the apple trees the ground was
black with frozen fruit. The freezing
did not hurt the corn Emuch he said
and the farmers who made no attemp
to replant reaped a full crop. Those
who replanted between the old hills
however, had many stocks for theiI
trouble, but little corn.
One of the Oldest landmarks in north
ern Northampton county is being tori
down. 1t is an old log building a
Ackermanville, known for years as tn,