A daily paper and a number of weeklies in this and adjoining counties have during the past week published an article relative to the recent celebration of the 65th anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Simon B. HAUCK, of near Perkiomenville. They speak of Mr. HAUCK as still managing his large farm and doing the work with the aid of but a small boy. We would like to inform our worthy contemporaries that Mr. HAUCK has been deceased for the past seven months and therefore no anniversary as published could have been celebrated last week.
Frank SCHREIBER, of Allentown, formerly of Hosensack, and Miss Sue YEAKEL, of Bally, were married on Saturday. The couple were taken from the home of the bride by team to Pottstown, to the residence of Rev. C.S. WIEAND, an uncle of the bride, who performed the ceremony. The couple was then conveyed to Palm station where they boarded a train for Allentown at which place they will reside.
Ruth Pearl, the nineteen-month-old child of Charles E. BUCKLEY, of Hillegass, died on Sunday. The child was only sick for a short time. The funeral was held on Thursday at the Sumneytown church. Interment on the church cemetery.
Annie ETTER, a fifteen-year-old girl of Reading was found on Sunday morning bruised and bleeding in a wood shed. She was found in an unconscious condition and was removed to a hospital where she died on Sunday. George GANTZ, a 21 year old man of Reading, was arrested on Saturday evening for disorderly conduct. It was ascertained that he had blood stains on his hands and chin and after being closely questioned he made a partial confession to the crime. He admitted that he met the girl on Saturday evening and said they took a trolley ride. He then pretended to see her safely home but in stead took her into an alley, through an open lot into a shedding where the deed was committed. The young girl resisted his advancements and it appears a violent struggle was the result in which the young man struck the girl upon the head with either a board or bottle as numerous broken bottles lay close by. The girls skull was fractured which caused her death. The young man has a reputation for being of intemperate habits and he must have been under the influence of liquor when the deed was committed.
Eliza SCHULER, relict of Raham SCHULER, of Macungie, died on Tuesday afternoon of typhoid fever after an illness of several weeks. Mrs. SCHULER was in her 82d year. She is survived by two daughters, Sarah, who resided with her mother, and Eliza, wife of Thomas H. LEH, of East Greenville. Her husband and one daughter preceded her in death by many years. The funeral will be held this morning. Rev. M.O. RATH will officiate.
Christain S. WEISS, of Allentown, employed in the repair shop of Fred. F. KRAMER's music store on Tuesday shortly before noon attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat. He is of a melancholy disposition which is the cause of his attempt on his life. Shortly before noon one of Mr. KRAMER's clerks found WEISS lying in a pool of blood behind a counter in the basement and a hasty examination showed that he had cut his throat with a knife used in the repair shop. Several physicians were summoned and found the wound only skin deep and four or five inches long. The gash was sewed up with fifteen or sixteen stitches and WEISS was then removed to the hospital in a cab. WEISS is about 42 years of age and has a family. His father was the late Francis WEISS, of Weisenburg, one time clerk of the orphans' court and for a number of years county surveyor. Weiss' condition is reported as being very favorable and is not likely to result seriously.
The marriage of Martin KAPP, of East Greenville, to Miss Stella KULP, of Pennsburg, will be solemnized at Reading to-day. The couple left with the 7.30 train for Reading where Mr. KAPP formerly resided. The wedding will be performed at Mr. KAPP's home. After spending a few days with relatives in Reading the couple will return to East Greenville on Monday evening and begin housekeeping in their newly-furnished home on Church street, in that borough. Mr. KAPP has been a resident of East Greenville for the past five years and has made many friends here. Miss KULP is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Silas KULP, of Pennsburg.
William H. BOYER (picture), hostler at the Pennsburg Hotel, claims the distinction of having served more years as a hostler than any other man in this county. When nineteen years of age he accepted a position as hostler at the Kulpsville Hotel. After serving a number of years he decided to learn the trade of a cigarmaker and secured a position in a factory at Trumbauersville. He started in his usual happy manner, but after a few day's experience it suddenly dawned upon him that work of this kind was not of his taste. To demonstrate this fact he picked up the board and threw it out of the window and at the same time declaring that the work was entirely too light for him. He then returned to his old trade, that of a hostler and accepted a position at the Pennsburg Hotel, which was then conducted by D. K. GRABER, the present county commissioner. That was twenty-three years ago, and with the exception of but one short year's absence, "Happy Bill" has been seen daily at his post. During his long career as a hostler William has made a host of friends. His ever happy and pleasing disposition has made him a great favorite among the young people in this vicinity. A talk with him is always interesting and amusing. He can give you correctly almost all the occurrences of any consequence in this vicinity for years past and as a story teller he has no equal. Mr. BOYER is a well known auctioneer, having cried many sales in this end of the county. He was born about 59 years ago, near the St. Paul's Lutheran Church, in Upper Hanover township, and is a single man. His long industrious life has been comparatively free of sickness and today he is an exceptionally active man.
A surprise party was tendered Miss Katie GERHART in honor of her birthday anniversary at her home near Hereford, on Wednesday evening. The surprise was a grand success, as Miss GERHART knew positively nothing of the arrangements being made several days previous. In the early part of the evening she was sent to the home of an neighbor who managed to keep her until the guests had arrived. Upon her return she was surprised to find the house filled with her friends. The welcome she received will ever be remembered as the happy faces met her with a glad shout. The evening was spent in playing all manner of parlor games and the rendition of several musical selections. At a later hour the guests were invited into the large dining room were a sumptuous collation was served. The following guests were present: Mr. and Mrs. Samuel URFFER, Mr. and Mrs. ????? GERHARD, Mr. and Mrs. Frank GERHARD, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin URFFER, Mr. and Mrs. James URFFER, Mr. and Mrs. Howard HEIST, Mr. and Mrs. H. MARKS, Misses Eva GERHART, Verda GABEL, Rebecca and Amy GERHART, Tivilia GERHART, Annie REESE, Martha KOCH, Katie KLEINSMITH, Lydia GERHART, Maria LANDIS, Mabel and Clara SCHULTZ, Massie MEITZLER, Julia GRABER, Ella KOCH, Cora SCHULTZ, Sadie HAAS, Lydia and Ella LESHER, Ella WENDLING, Laura ECK, Annie RITTER, Messrs. Isaac GERHART, James SCHELL, Joseph YEAKEL, Alfred MOLL, Frank SCHELL, James and Victor SHERER, Henry GERHART, John KULP, Elwood HEYDT, Wm. GABEL, Wilson, John, George and Edwin GERHART, Wm. B. GERY, Morris HARTMAN, Stuart WEISS, Raymond HEIST, Cyrus and Charles HUBER, Howard HIESTAND, Charles BREY, Victor ROEDER, Horace MARKS, Herbert, Edward and Howard HILLEGASS, Oswin MOYER, Charles, Eugene and Joseph GRABER, Edwin KECK, Calvin ALTHOUSE, Henry STAUFFER, Addy ZIEGLER, Henry SCHULER, John TRUMP, Albert HILLEGASS, Irwin GERHART, Horace KRAUSS, Daniel GERHART, Jonas LEVY, Elmer HIESTAND, James LESHER, J. Willis SCHULTZ, Calvin MEITZLER, Albert SCHULTZ, Charles SCHULTZ, Calvin HEADMAN, Milton GERHART, Jacob GERHART, Harvey MESCHTER and Ira E. SALLADE.
The home of Granville GERHART, of this borough, was the scene of a merry gathering on Wednesday evening. The occasion was in honor of the 10th birthday anniversary of his daughter Neda. A pleasant evening was spent in playing parlor games. During the course of the evening the young people were given a sumptuous collation.
The village of Pleasant Run on Saturday evening, was the scene of one of the largest surprise parties given in that vicinity for a number of years. William J. KERSHNER, postmaster and merchant, was tendered a surprise in honor of his 42 birthday anniversary. The friends succeeded in congregating at Mr. KERSHNER's home without his gaining the least knowledge of their presence. After all arrangements had been completed Mr. KERSHNER and the guests were ushered into the large dining room where a bounteous supper was served. The remainder of the evening was spent in a social manner. The guests returned to their homes at a later hour. The following were present: Mr. and Mrs. H.W. NEIMAN, Willie, Harvey, Mary and Verd NEIMAN, Mr. and Mrs. Horace J. MILLER, Frank, Norman, Melva, Herbert and Harlan MILLER, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. BRENDLINGER, Mr. and Mrs. John STYER, Ella, Charles, and George STYER, Mr. and Mrs. Henry K. FREED, Lizzie WALTER, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson B. SMITH, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob WENTZEL, Sarah, Amanda and Maggie WENTZEL, Mr. and Mrs. John NEETZ, Emma, Annie and John NEETZ Jr., Frank NICE, Elias NICE, John MOLL, Irwin GERHARD, Milton GERHARD, Henry GOUGLER, William ZERN, Kate ZERN, John HOFFMAN, Morris NESTER, Herbert RENNINGER, Jonathan BENDER, Warren, William, Kate and Phoebe BENDER, Lewis GRAHAM, Irwin BICKEL, John ZERN, Lizzie KULP, Henry YERGER, Nathan FREYER Jr., Milton SPECHT, Calvin HOUCK, Harrison R. ERB, William MAYNES, Albert HILLEGASS, Equillas NACE, Francis HAAS, and Dr. Daniel G. BICKEL.
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