Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-04
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WITNESS WORRIES INTO SUI
eide. Worried because he is an i'm
portant witness in an approaching
murder trial in the courts of Luzernt
wick, attempted to commit suicide by
shooting himself, but his boarding
mistress wrested the revolver from hi.
grasp and had him locked up.
PREVENT DUAL DROWNING -
Lee Greasy and John Rinard, OF
Bloomsbury, saved the lives of Alden
McCloughan and Harry Search, both
of Catawissa, when they were swept
into the deep water opposite the river
bridge while wading. They were in
the last stages of drowning when the
rescues were effected
BOASTED TOO SOON.-''Yes l am
good for another day or two in the
harvest field" boasted Charles Shoup,
of Bangor, an active septuagenarian
and Civil War veteran. Soon after he
fell from load of oats and fractured
hree ribs.
EASILY DISLOCATED-Joseph F.
Evans, contractor, of Norristown,
weighing nearly 300 pounds, in turn
ing suddenly in bed, dislocated his
shoulder. 1t required three doctors to
readjust the joint at the Norrlstown
hospital.
HORSE VISITS BARBER SHOP. -
While horse was being offered for
sale at bazaar on East Main street,
Norristown the animal dashed through
a barber shop window and S25 was
lost on the deal. At the time of the
accident 1922. so was bid for the horse
After the excitement attending the
runaway was over it was again offer
ed and was bought for $195. 80.
STOLE GINSENG. AT Wellsboro
thieves stole 800 worth of roots from
a ginseng bed owned by Mrs. Rumsey,
widow of the late Orrin D. Rumsey,
beside practically destroying all the
remaining plants The Rumsey GIN
seng bed was pronounced the finest in
northern Pennsylvania, and Mrs.
Rumsey would soon have realized a
nice sum from it.
SMALL PIN PARALYZES.- Will
liam Bechtel, prominent hotelkeeper
of Nesquehoning, had his entire left
side paralyzed in a peculiar manner.
Lying on couch he was playing with
his little daughter when the point of
breastpin, worn by the child, pene-
trated his breast near the heart, strik-
ing one of the nerves leading to the
brain.
GOT THE AXE. - While Willie
Thomas, an eight-year- old son of Rob-
ert Thomas, of Martins Corner, near
West Chester, was playing in a local
blacksmith shop with some other chill
dren, a little girl companion exclaim
ed: Put your foot ON that block and
1 vii! cut it off - Willie accepted
this dare of the girl and placed his
foot upon the block, when the girl
welded an axe and cut off his toe.
BURSTING WHEEL KILLS.-Wil-
liam L. Donmoyer, of Lebanon, was
instantly killed by the bursting of a
fywheel. He discovered that the eng
inc furnishing power TO his train of
rolls was running wild and rushed
fp shut of hn 4 -;
when the wheel burst into fragments.
One of the flying pieces fractured his
skullT
WANTED TO BE SHOT.-A the
home of David Moser, of Montour
township, Columbia county, we'll
dressed young man inquired if Mr.
ing its nature the latter was astounded
to hear the young man reply II want
you to shoot me. - Instead Moser turn
ed him over to physicians. He was
cared for and held under restraint,
and later it was learned that he was
Charles Jacuel, of Shamokin, who had
escaped several days before from the
care-ot the physician by whom he was
being treated and who, it is feared,
had fallen in a mine breach.
DREAM OF DEATH VERIFIED
Several evenings ago Mrs Rose Bun.
nell, of Conyngham, dreamed that a
little spirit was lowering around hcr
pillow. and when she reached for il il