Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-02-03
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So long as the sleighing remains
good the mayor of Franklin will not
sign the new curfew ordinance.
Fl. @. Frick, of Pittsburg, through
the Red Cross society has DEBATED
so, 600 to the sufferers from the Paris
food
After thirty-two years of continual
service, T. II. Wilbur, former presi-
dent of the Lehigh Valley railroad,
has resigned as the borough treasurer
of Bethlehem, because of i'll health.
Archbishop Ryan will dedicate the
new Catholic church of Our Lady of
the Blessed Sacrament at Philadel-
phia next Sunday. 1t is for the neg
roes of the northern part of the city.
Louisa Schock, of Allentown, got Il
verdict of 81 damages in the Lehigh
county court in each of two suits in
which she sued for slander The de-
PENDANTS We're Mrs. Joseph Hager and
Mrs. William Schock. She asked for
So, 600 in each case.
Meat dealers in the west end of
WiIliamsport report that as the result
of the anti-meat eating crusade that
has been put i'll force there their sales
have fallen off one-third to one-half.
But it is said that in another part of
the city sales have been on the in
crease.
Charleroi housewives were made the
victims of a travelling salesman last
rate while they thought they We're pur-
chasing fine linen. The fellow would
show piece of genuine linen, keep
ing the muslin roll in sight and would
give them the muslin in return for
their money. He made a number of
sales and got away without getting
caught
Authorities of Washington and jeff
erson college at Washington are stir
red by a charge made in a recent is
sue of college magazine that stud
ents of the school are addicted to the
use of drugs. The heads of the college
are conducting an investigation. No
victims were found as the result of one
test although some suspected students
were asked point blank if they were
guilty. President Moffat will take up
the investigation personally today al
though he has no faith in the truth of
the charges.
Enormous business is being done by
the state banking institutions under
the control of the state banking de-
partment according to the report of
Commissioner Smith, recently made
public. the summary of business as far
as November 6, 1909, is given for 293
trust companies, 1874 state banks and
eleven saving institutions. The trust
companies had resources of 1912. 933,
G58 81; they held trust funds of S7S3,
1856, 5S1. 30 and to the corporate trus-
tees to secure issues of bonds to the
extent of 50, 900, Al, 1854. The re-
sources of state banks were $115, 949,
1903. 90 and they held trust funds to the
amount of 81, ,663, 0S7.G7 The savings
institutions had resources to the
amount of sl87, 2O6, o46.S2.
Judge R. E. Lovett, successor of the
great Hartman and president Of the
Union Pacific railroad, refused to
discuss the high food prices situation
when asked about it at PottstOwn. He
said that he represented too many in
terests to give his personal opinion
on the matter. Just before he had
been asked his cook threw some empty
strawberry boxes out into the snow.
When the steamer Grown Point ar
rived at Philadelphia from London
recently she had aboard four men, in
a half starved condition, who had
boarded the ship as stowaways and
were not found until the ship had
been four days out. They were slowed
away among the paper stock and
when found were nearly dead from
the poisonous fumes of the cargo. Two
of them are Americans and were let
go their way while the others We're
held for examination. The men gave
thier names as Pedro Gimes, l.. II.
Harrison, Joseph Richards and Joseph
Layers.
Five men and several grocers have
been arrested for carrying on what
seems to have been systematic rob
berry of expensive oils, wines and fan
cy groceries from the front of French
Wholesale Importing company ware
houses at Philadelphia. The goods
were piled in front of the houses un-
til they could be taken into the build
ing. 1t is alleged that the men would
take away small quantities of the
goods at one time and sell them to the
grocers The practice has been going
on for over year and several thous-
and dollars worth of goods have been
taken.
Thirty cases of measles have been
reported at Sewickley, a suburb o.
Pittsburg. Children under 10 years OF
age are not allowed to attend Sunday