Jesse KRUPP, formerly a well known farmer living just north of Lansdale, died on Tuesday at his home in Perkasie, aged 78 years. His funeral was held yesterday. Interment at the Orvilla burying grounds. Deceased for many years lived on the KRUPP farm in Hatfield township, just north of Lansdale, which he sold some twelve years ago for a factory site and on which is now located the Phoenix Iron Works, which has since passed into the possession of the American Foundry Co. KRUPP's Crossing still exists there to perpetuate the former owner's name. In early manhood Mr. KRUPP married Sophia WIGNER of Towamencin, but she died about thirty years ago. Subsequently Mr. KRUPP married, this time Elizabeth GOODMAN of Perkasie, who survives him. After selling his property in Hatfield township he moved to Perkasie, and has since resided there. Frank KRUPP, the well known Lansdale painter, is the only surviving child of the first wife. Mrs. KRUPP, the surviving widow, is the mother of Mrs. William BEAN, of this borough.
Catharine K. BAKER, of Binghampton, New York, died on Wednesday night at the age of 67 years of cancer of the liver. The remains were shipped to Pennsburg the next day and owing to not making the necessary train connections at Allentown, an undertaker was engaged to convey the corpse to Pennsburg during Thursday night. He arrived here at 3 o'clock yesterday morning. The body was removed to the home of Enos HUNSBERGER from which place the funeral will be held today. Services will be held at 10 o'clock at the house after which the body will be removed to the New Goshenhoppen Reformed church cemetery for interment. Mrs. BAKER's husband died about six years ago. The maiden name was KULP and she is survived by one son, William, of Binghampton, and the following brothers and sisters of this vicinity: Silas KULP and Annie, wife of Enos HUNSBERGER, of Pennsburg; Willoughby KULP, of near Red Hill; Franklin KULP, of near Philadelphia; Benneville KULP, of Pleasant Run; Emma, wife of Thomas HEIMBACH, of Frederick; Charles KULP, of near Spinnerstown; and Nathan KULP, of near Pleasant Run.
John JACOB, was buried on Tuesday morning. Services were held at the home of the late deceased, after which the cortege proceeded to Christ Reformed church, Niantic. The body was consigned to its last resting place in the cemetery connected with the church. Deceased was born in Upper Hanover township, Montgomery county, but lived on his farm in Douglass township ever since his marriage. He died on the 24th day of July, 1902. Aged 72 years, 4 months and 29 days. Leaving to survive him, his widow, Elizabeth (RENNINGER) JACOB, two sons, Edwin and Oswin, of Niantic, and to daughters, Sallie, of Pennsburg, and Lydia, wife of Frank A. ROHRBACH, of Niantic.
A son of Abraham ALDERFER, of Pottstown, died aged 29, of pleurisy, on Tuesday. Funeral not yet arranged.
Mrs. John STEARLY, wife of John STEARLY, of Limerick, died on Wednesday of consumption. She is survived by her husband and one child. The funeral has not yet been arranged.
Mrs. Amanda HUBER, wife of Jacob HUBER, died of apoplexy in Reading, on Sunday morning, aged 43 years. Deceased moved to Reading from New Hanover. The remains were prepared for burial and sent to the home of his parents at New Hanover for interment.
David S. HARPEL, a respected citizen of Lebanon, died last week, aged 62 years, and was buried on Saturday. He was born in this county and was a pattern maker by trade. He also taught school, but when the Civil war broke out he enlisted in Company A, 179th P.V., of which company he became first lieutenant. In 1860 he married Catharine SMITH and in 1867 moved to Lebanon. He was a member of the Lutheran church, G.A.R. Post, No. 42, and Lodge No. 121, I.O.O.F. He leaves a wife and five children. He has quite a number of relatives at Anise, Perkiomenville, Green Lane, Pleasant Run, Pennsburg and Hillegass, who attended the funeral.
The intelligence reached Schwenksville, on Saturday that their former townsman Louis FAVILLA had died at his home in East Vineland, N.J., and that he was buried on Saturday afternoon. He was a native of Italy but spent the greater part of his mature years in this country. He was a plaster image maker by trade but made a fortune as milk dealer in Pittsburg. His second wife was a sister to the late N.H. KEHS and he lived at Schwenksville, a couple of years. Now he married for the third time an Italian woman and lived with her in the town in which he died. He was making preparations to visit his native country. He was of a kind and genial disposition and was well liked by everybody who knew him. He has several children with his first wife living.
H.W. STETLER, the shoe manufacturer of this borough made a business trip through the upper end of Berks on Monday and Tuesday.
Florence and Charles ESSER, of Kutztown, the children of J.B. ESSER, of the Kutztown Patriot are spending several weeks with Dr. W.H. HUNSBERGER and other relatives in this vicinity.
Melvin KURTZ and Frank HERSH, accompanied by lady friends and Charles ORT left on Wednesday evening to take in the excursion from Allentown up the Hudson on Thursday.
J. Erwrn ZERBE who has been assisting Rev. O.S. KRIEBLE in preparing the Perkiomenite left for his home at Sacramento, Schuylkill county on Thursday.
Mrs. Edwin MOYER, of Reading, accompanied by her children spent a part of the week with the family of E.W. SCHOLL, of this borough.
Lee, son of Warren HILLEGASS, of Philadelphia, spend Sunday with his grandmother, Mrs. Sarah ROEDER, of this borough.
Mrs. E.V. HENDRICKS and Mrs. Dr. J.G. HERSH, of East Greenville, and Mrs. Dr. W.H. HUNSBERGER, of this borough, attended the funeral of their cousin, Miss Katie JACOBY, at Norristown on Monday.
Dr. Calvin LANDIS, son of Adam LANDIS, of this borough, accepted the position of resident physician of the Pottstown Hopital and assumed charge on Thursday.
Abener LACHMAN and wife, Mr. and Mrs. George LACHMAN, James LACHMAN and his daughter Lizzie, all of East Greenville, were in attendance at the funeral of a relative at Manayunk on Monday.
Miss Katie SALLADE, of Schuykill Haven and Miss Bertha GILBERT, of Reading, spent Sunday with the family of Wayne WEIL, of East Greenville, and other relatives in this vicinity.
Miss Flora RUMBEL and Mrs. Annie EISENHARD, of this borough, spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives and friends in Philadelphia. They made the trip by Trolly from Collegeville.
D.K. GRABER, of this borouge, sold a heavy draught horse to SCHWEYER and LIES, the marble dealers of King of Prussia this week.
Mr. and Mrs. William MOYER and son of Philadelphia, and Mr. and Mrs. Howard HARPEL, of Pottstown spend several days this week with George HOCH and family of this borough.
Dr. J.E. BAUMAN and ?.C. BEANS Esq. of Telford, were noticed among the visitors in this borough yesterday.
The room in Odd Fellow's building formerly occupied by the restautant of W.J. SCHAFFER, is offered for rent. This would be a suitable location for a machinist or carpet weaver.
State Senator John A. WENTZ, of Fort Washington, was noticed in town yesterday.
Daniel K. GRABER, of this borough, is having his dwelling painted both inside and out. Allen DRESSLER is having the contract.
Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon HILLEGASS, Mr. and Mrs. Francis SHELLY and Mr. and Mrs. E.K. BECHTEL, of East Greenville, visited the family of Rev. G.B. WALBERT at Macungie.
Mrs. F.C. HARING and Mrs. Robert GREGG of East Greenville spent Sunday at Allentown.
Rev. Thomas LEINBACH has organized a catechetical class of 34 at the New Goshenhoppen Church.
George DAY has resigned as barber with Charles KNEULE in order to become organist of the Reformed Church. His place has been filled by a young Greek who will employ his spare time in persuing his studies at the Perkiomen Seminary.
Miss Bessie KRANSLEY, of East Greenville, is the guest of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. KRAUSS of Allentown.
John F. WEYAND and son Charles, of this borough, made a trip to Norristown on Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. John A. KAUFFMAN and daughter Ruth, of this borough, are off on a three week's vacation to Sunbury.
Mr. YOST of Stahler & Co., druggist of Norristown spent Monday in this borough.
John WELDNER, of Green Lane, met with an accident on Monday at Anise. In driving along at the home of Lewis Nester, his horse stumbled and fell into the gutter, breaking the shafts. No one was hurt.
Miss Hanna B. YEAKEL, of Bally, a graduate of Neff's School of Oratory, Philadelphia, is giving a six week's course in Mind Development. Quite a number of people have become interested in this line of work. Among them I.W. KEHS, Mrs. Sue F. GLAES, Mrs. F.C. BAUMAN, Jennie BAUMAN, Isabella WALTERS, Blanche WALTERS, Victoria WALTERS, Addie HUBER, John YERGER, James WALTERS, James HUBER, Jesse HUBER, Jonathan D. HUBER, George YODER and others.
Charles EDWARDS, a clerk in the Coplay store of the Person & Riegel Company was electrocuted on Wednesday evening, at 7.30 o'clock. He went into the cellar to get something, and touched a live wire which was not known to be there, and was seemingly instantly killed. His long stay in the cellar could not be accounted for, so an investigation was made and he was found dead. His hands were burned by the current. Later it was learned that an electric light wire had been crossed and EDWARDS went into the cellar to get some lard. It was dark and he was groping his way and thus came in contact with the live wire, which caused his death. Later one of the clerks went down into the cellar and also came in contact with the wire and was slightly burned. EDWARDS is about 26 years of age and is survived by his wife and two children, the oldest of which had undergone an operation on the day on which the father was killed, at St. Luke's Hospital.
The explosion of several large casks of gasoline on Wednesday caused severe burns to several men and threatened serious damage to the buildings of the Perkiomen Bridge Hotel, at Collegeville. Sewell CRISSMAN, an electrician while at work in the building containing the dynamo which supplies light to the hotel, dropped a flaming taper on the floor close to a cask of naphtha. The stuff ignited, and the interior of the building was soon in flames. In the building at the time were Dr. Henry BOWERS, proprietor of the hotel; John DUMMER and CRISSMAN. The latter two were painfully burned about the hands. The fire did considerable damage to property.
W.J. SCHAFFER, the Hokey Pokey dealer of this borough, lost his horse this week from an attack of spasmodic colic. Mr. SCHAFFER was on his way home from a trip to Spinnerstown, when a short distance beyond Geryville the attack came suddenly. A veterinarian was sent for but before he arrived the horse had died.
H.J. GREASER, of Lederachsville, recently lost forty young chickens in one night and could not account for their absence. On Thursday of this week he discovered a ground hog marching from his hennery and promptly killed her. She had again been on a raiding expedition.
Samuel BINDER, of Pottstown, aged 80 helped to bind wheat at Dr. J. NESTER's farm last week. The doctor always prided himself on the great rapidity with which he could make the sheaves fly, but he found to his sorrow that Mr. BINDER, although of so advanced an age, was his equal.
Charles MILLER, of Red Hill, is preparing to build a new brick house this fall. He bought the ruins of the shoddy mill at Hoppenville, and has engaged Cornelius KLINE and Edwin KLINE, Jr., to clean the brick, after which they will be used to construct the new house.
Mr. KERR, of near Perkiomenville, who has reached the advanced age of four score years, is still hearty and he was last week noticed mowing grain in the field. The neighbors watched this performance with great interest.
Adam GASTON, of Philadelphia, formerly a resident of Woxall, left on a trip of three months to Ireland.
Albert BROTZMAN, a 16-year-old youth, employed by Baker Julius NEUMAN of South Bethlehem as a hostler for a stable of horses, was arrested, charged with the serious offense of hanging 10-year old Nathan CRISTOL. BROTZMAN caught young CRISTOL, and tying a cord about the little fellow's neck, hoisted him over a halter rope, which was one of two to which a horse was securely tied at the NEUMAN stables, and pulled him up off the floor, causing the victim's face to assume a ghastly hue and his eyes start from their sockets. Samuel CRISTOL, a brother of the victim, happened by and fired a brick at BROTZMAN, who let go the cord, allowing CRISTOL to drop and relieving the strain on the cord. Nathan arose and with his brother Samuel went to their home nearby, where they acquainted their parents with the treatment meted out by BROTZMAN. CRYSTOL, Sr., had BROTZMAN arrested on a charge of aggravated assault and battery. Justice ENRIGHT heard the case and held the defendant in $100 bail for Court, his employer becoming surety.
Fire destroyed the large cigar factory of William F. CRESSMAN, of Sellersville, early on Saturday morning, the blaze being discovered about 12.20 o'clock. The fire Company turned out promptly and every effort was made to save the property, but without avail. The factory contained 75,000 cigars which were almost totally destroyed, either by fire or water, 40,000 of the lot had been packed and boxed and were to be shipped on Saturday. The fire is supposed to have been of incendiary origin, and there are various reasons on the part of those familiar with the building to think so. It also seems as it some one perfectly familiar with the factory had set the fire. A spigot had been left running and the bars of one of the windows, carefully secured the evening before, were found broken open. The building was insured for $1500 in the Norristown Mutual, and there was a similar amount in the same company on the stock, but this will not half cover the loss. The factory will be restarted, but it has not yet been decided where.
The Bondsmen of Charles REINHARD, of Quakertown, who is accused of having set fire to his wife's barn at Plover, have surrendered him. Alderman FREY, of Allentown, committed REINHARD to jail.
The late William F. BECHTEL, of Washington township, Berks county, willed one-half of his estate to the Mennonite Church, but this becomes void for want of sufficient time, as the will was made within 30 days before the death of Mr. BECHTEL, which occurred on July 15th, while the will was dated July 12, 1902. Mr. BECHTEL directs his executor to sell his real and personal property, with the exception of the stock in the Belmont Mining and Milling Company and the stock in the Bangor Mining and Tunneling Company, which he shall hold for two years, and if the dividents increase, three years after his decease; should they depreciate in value the executor shall sell the stock when he can realize the most for them. After the payment of his debts he gives the one-half of his estate to the children of Irvin H. BECHTEL and the other half to the Eastern District Conference of the Mennonite Church of North America. Mr. BECHTEL was the half owner of the large paper mill in Montgomery county, and owned a farm of about 50 acres in Berks, besides valuable personal property making the estate worth from $10,000 to $15,000. John L. BAUER, of Bally, is executor.
Rev. Gustav BRUEGGEMALL arrived at the Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Bally, a few days ago. He is a nephew of Father NATHE, and the meeting between them, owing to Father NATHE's condition, was quite pathetic. He was born in Krueberg, Westphalen, came to this country in his youth, and studied at Buffalo, N.Y., and afterwards went to the American College, in Lorroain, Belgium. He was ordained to the holy priesthood, July 13, and the day following sailed from Bremen on the Kronprinz, accompanied by Father MASSON, who is president of the college. He arrived in New York, Tuesday, a week ago, at 9 a.m., and went to Bally by way of Philadelphia, accompanied by Fathers MASSON and USSMAN. He sang his first mass in the Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Bally, Sunday, July 27.
A few weeks ago Levi KELLER, of Plumsteadville, Bucks county stepped on a nail which penetrated the sole of his shoe and caused a wound of considerable depth in his foot. No Attention was given to the matter as the nail was perfectly new and no pain was experienced. Last Friday Mr. KELLER found that the joints of the foot were growing stiff, that his tongue had lost its accustomed pliancy and that his jaws were growing stiff. A physician was consulted and it was decided to apply anti-tetanic serum for lockjaw. This treatment has been kept up at regular intervals ever since. Mr. KELLER has improved under the treatment and the physician hopes he may be able to succeed in restoring him to perfect health.
Methodist minister Rev. O.C. BURT, of Quarryville, who was suspended from his duties for attempting to elope with Miss Annie SHENK, one of the members of his flock, refuses to vacate the church parsonage. He has been warned by the trustees of the church to move out of the house in which he resides, but refuses to go, because his salary from the Mt. Hope charge, of which he is also pastor has not been paid. Rev. W. KERR, of West Grove, will succeed Rev. BURT, and the trustees are anxious to place the parsonage at the disposal of their new pastor upon his arrival, but will be unable to do so unless they can get Mr. BURT out by some means or other.
Frank PALUMBO, the merchant tailor, of East Greenville, will on September 1, move to Ambler and engage in the merchant tailoring business there. Mr. PALUMBO is teacher of the Ambler band. East Greenville loses a worthy and much respected citizen, and every one is sorry to see the departure of Mr. PALUMBO and family.
Five persons were shocked by lightning at Allentown on Tuesday afternoon in one building. They are Mrs. Jon. APPLE, her two sons, Harry and William, a man named TRUMP, and man whose name is unknown. Lightning struck a building in which they had taken refuge from the storm. Mrs. APPLE is painfully burned and her condition is serious.
George B. SCHLOTERER, a train dispatcher, of Allentown, formerly of Ironbridge has bought the store of the late Rev. Isaac KULP, of Gratersford, from his widow. Possession was taken yesterday. The store will be conducted by Mr. SCHLOTERER and his son Warren, who will be taken as partner.
Mrs. Daniel BOOZ, of Tylersport, recently lost the sight of her right eye suddenly. She has no conception as to how it occured as the eye ceased to perform its functions without previous notice. She is the daughter of Abraham CASSEL, the antiquarian, of Harleysville, who is almost totally blind.
Edwin, son of Mrs. Henry T. MILLER, fell from the hay mow in the barn of Oliver PENNEPACKER, of Trappe, during the early part of the week and broke an arm.
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