Mrs. Caroline KNEULE, relict of Theodore KNEULE, of Pennsburg, died yesterday morning at half past four o'clock, at her home. Deceased was 52 years, 8 months and 24 days of age. She had been in ill health for the past year, but was able to be about. For the last two weeks she was confined to her bed. Her death was due to dropsy and heart disease. About 25 years ago she was married to Theodore KNEULE, who preceeded her in death by four years. Mrs. KNEULE was born in Baden, Germany. She is survived by three children, Carrie, Eugene and Frederick, all reside at home. One brother and three sisters also survive her, they all live in Germany. The funeral will be held on Tuesday afternoon, at 1 o'clock at the house. Services in St. Mark's Lutheran church, Pennsburg. Rev. W.B. FOX will officiate. Interment on the church cemetery.
Frank H. McNOLDY, a popular young merchant of Schwenksville, died at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McNOLDY, on Monday morning, after a two weeks illness of typhoid fever. Deceased was a member of the firm of McNOLDY & PANNEPACKER, general merchants. He was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. McNOLDY. His age was 22 years, 5 months and 28 days. Mr. McNOLDY was a graduate of Pierce's Business College. The funeral was held on Thursday, at the Old Goshenhoppen church. Rev. C.R. FETTER and J.L. ROUSH officiated.
Sylvester OBERHOLTZER, of Kulpsville, died Wednesday, from typhoid fever and perforation of the bowels, aged about 35 years.
Solomon KALB, died at the residence of his son-in-law, H.Y. HAUCK, at Frederick, of consumption on Monday. He was a blacksmith by trade and a veteran of the Civil war and a member of the Schwenksville Grand Army Post. He was about 74 years of age and is survived by his wife and his daughters, Mrs. H.Y. HOUCK, Mrs. H. GROFF, of Lansdale, and his sons Joseph, of Colorado, and Jacob. The funeral was held Thursday and the remains were buried at Keelor's church cemetery. Rev. W.B. FOX officiated.
Mrs. Elizabeth BATZEL, wife of Milton BATZEL, of near Delphi, died of typhoid fever, on Sunday morning, aged 35 years, 8 months and 22 days. Three of her children are ill with the same malady. She was a daughter of Jonas DISE. Funeral services were held on Tuesday in the Mennonite church, Schwenksville, by Rev. W.S. GOTTSHALL.
Irene AIMS, the 11 year old daughter of Edwin AIMS, of Bally, died last Sunday morning of diphtheria. Services were held at the church of the Most Blessed Sacrament, on Monday morning. The interment was private, owing to the contagion of the disease. This was the eighth death in the vicinity of Bally, caused by diphtheria, in less than a year
Mrs. George ROHRBACH, of Huff's Church, died last Thursday after a short illness. The funeral was held Tuesday; interment was made at Huffs Church cemetery. Rev. HUMBERT officiated. Aged seventy-six years. Her husband preceeded her in death many years ago. Deceased is survived by two sons and two daughters as follows: Martin and Milton, of Huffs Church; Mrs. Edwin RIETER, of Hoppenville, and Mrs. Wm. LESHER, of Reading.
Thomas MILLER an aged resident of Milford township, residing with his son Edwin, near Geryville, died on Tuesday morning at 3 o'clock. He had been suffering for a number of years with rheumatism which was followed by dropsy and enlargement of the heart, which cause his death. Deceased brought his age to 82 years, 11 months and 30 days. He is survived by a widow, three sons and three daughters. One son and three daughters having preceeded him in death. The funeral will be held today. Interment at St. Paul's Lutheran church cemetery. Rev. O.F. WAAGE will officiate.
Mrs. Catharine GODSHALK, aged 86 years, of Lower Salford township, died early Monday morning. Her son Elias GODSHALK, of Harleysville, died the same day, only about two hours later. Mrs. GODSHALK was a life long resident of Lower Salford township, and lived with her son-in-law N.Z. KEYSER, of Skippack.
Amanda, wife of Jeremiah CONRAD, of Douglass township, died on Sunday morning at her home near Passmore, of consumption, at the age of 35 years. The funeral was held on Thursday. Interment was made at the Huff's church cemetery. Rev. J.E. FREEMAN officiated at the home and Rev. HUMBERT at the church.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Montgomery Trust Company, of Norristown, on Saturday John M. JACOBS, the youngest son of Dr. John N. JACOBS, of Lansdale, was elected treasurer of the company to succeed Clayton H. ALDERFER. The latter resigned his position several weeks ago. Mr. JACOBS is well known in this locality, having been teller at the Perkiomen National Bank for a number of years. He for the past ten years was Secretary and Treasurer of the Lansdale Trust Company.
Llewellyn S. SHIMER, the merchant at Shimersville for many years, sold his stock to his head clerk, Henry KERN, who will take possession on February 17 next. Mr. KERN has been a faithful employee of Mr. SHIMER for the last twenty-two years and has made a host of friends. He is a brother to Postmaster D.S. KERN, of Pennsburg. Mr. SHIMER will devote his time to the insurance business.
Warren HARTMAN, son of Cashier Morris L. HARTMAN, of Boyertown, was appointed assistant teller in the Farmers National Bank, of that place, and went on duty on Thursday. The young man just returned from Poughkeesie, N.Y., where he had taken a course in Eastman's Business College. The increasing business of the bank necessitated additional clerical force.
Horatio N. GULDIN, aged 78 years, and Mrs. Mary SHANER, a widow, aged 80 years, both of Pottstown, were married in the Evangelical Church at Gilbertsville, this county, on Saturday, by Rev. J.O. BAHNER.
Thomas KEHS, of Bally, who served in the United States Army, returned home after an absence of three years. The relatives and friends were indeed pleased to see Mr. KEHS again, who relates thrilling stories of Army life in Cuba and the Philippines. Mr. KEHS was met at the station by his father William, who had his horse and carriage decorated with flags and national emblems.
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Casper SCHWENCKFELD, a noble, was born of Catholic parents at Ossig, Germany, 1490, and died at Ulm, 1562. After due preparation he entered upon court service to withdraw under God's guidance to become an intense student of the Bible, the church fathers and the Greek language. He said: "Upon God's gracious call I gave myself wholly to my Lord Jesus Christ." He aided in the spread of the Reformation movement in Silesia, for which he received the thanks of Luther himself. These two men could not agree concerning the nature of Christ's presence in the Lord's Supper, and estrangement followed. Thrust aside by the religious leaders, Schwenckfeld maintained his position and won many friends to his cause. There was a promising prospect that Silesia would embrace the Reformation by the Middle Way as the movement under Schwenckfeld was called. Notice was soon served on his duke, Frederick II by the King, that the new teacher must be punished. To save his friends, this saint of God left home to be a wanderer all his life. To his death he was a faithful, consistent and unyielding defender of the glory of Christ.
Henry G. KRIEBEL, of Hereford, a butcher employed by his brother Allen G. KRIEBEL, was married to Miss Annie RITTER, of near Siesholtzville on New Year's day. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. I.B. RITTER, of Emaus at the parsonage. The groom is the youngest son of Mrs. Elizabeth KRIEBEL and the bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry RITTER.
George HERBERT, of near East Greenville, tenant on the James SCHOFER farm purchased the farm of William FOX, of Upper Hanover township. This farm is located near the borough line, on the Goshenhoppen turnpike, and is a valuable one. Mr. HERBERT will take possession in April. Mr. FOX has since purchased the double dwelling house of Mahlon HAAS, located alongside of the Eagle Hotel, in this borough. Mr. FOX expects to move into one of them himself.
John BAUS, of East Greenville, this week secured a marriage license to wed Miss Clara N. JOHNSON, of North Wales. Mr. BAUS has recently purchased the Barto Hotel.
Owing to the rapid spread of the dreaded disease of small-pox in neighboring townships the school directors of Douglass township were this week instructed by the State Board of Health to organize a local board in that township. The post office at Fagleysville, New Hanover township, was closed on Saturday and a strong quarantine placed there. This post office is carried on by John ROAS, the village store keeper, one of whose family became afflicted with small-pox and it was necessary to close both the post office and the store. The mails that arrive at Fagleysville are taken to the residence of Jesse GEIST near the post office where they are distributed and where the persons residing in the village may obtain them. Thomas RHOADS, employed by butcher J.B. HERB, of New Hanover Square, who had small-pox, was found dead in bed last Saturday morning. It was one of the worst cases in that village. Dr. G.A. WEIDA was summoned, who made preparations to bury him at once. Mr. I.W. STETLER and George F. MOORE, trustees of the old Leidy's burial ground, were immediately consulted by order of Dr. WEIDA whether he would be allowed to be buried there. They consented, whereupon Charles RENNINGER and Ambrose HENDRICKS dug a grave and the Board of Health of New Hanover ordered a coffin from Undertaker JONES, of Sassamansville, who delivered the same Saturday evening. Dr. WEIDA and Jno. BERTOLET wrapped the corpse in a sheet and put him in the coffin and took him out of the house. Undertaker JONES conveyed him with his hearse to the graveyard on Saturday evening between 9 and 10 o'clock and buried him. Daniel KEYSER, Jr., of Salford Station, has small-pox. A child each in the families of James M. REED and Aaron GRUBB, of Perkiomenville, have the small-pox. Mr. REED has his creamery closed. Mr. GRUBB has six children and the mother is blind. Perkiomenville school is closed on account ot two cases of small-pox which are in the families of Aaron GRUBB and J.M. REED, one in each family, but they are not serious at this writing. There is one case of small-pox in the family of Henry SCHOCH, of New Berlinville. The school of New Berlinville which was closed several days on account of small-pox, was fumigated and reopened last Monday.
BRIEF NEWS NOTES (Matters of small importance that have occurred within the last week in the two towns of Pennsburg and East Greenville and their immediate vicinity)C.A. MACK, proprietor of the Buff Poultry Yards, and George M. MACK, of East Greenville, on Monday attended the great poultry show at Philadelphia. Mr. MACK made two entries at this show and was the successful winner of third prize on Buff Plymouth Rock cock, and second prize on breeding yard of Buff Plymouth Rocks. He has also entered a grand exhibit at the Boston poultry show, Massachusetts, which is to come off the 14th of this month.
Rev. O.T. MOYER, pastor of the Evangelical Association of Milford Circuit, will have services in New Berlinville on Sunday morning at 10 a.m.; Bethesda at 2.30 p.m. and East Greenville at 7.00 p.m. An invitation is extended to attend these services.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob B. ESSER, of Kutztown, and children Charles and Helen spent several days with relatives in these boroughs.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. HILLEGASS and children spent New Years day with the formers parents Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan P. HILLEGASS, of this borough.
Dr. Norman RAHN, resident physician of Charity Hospital, Norristown, was a visitor in these boroughs on New Years Eve.
Miss Martha YOUNG, of Souderton, spent several days this week with relatives and friends in these boroughs.
Frank G. ORTT, of New York, left on Tuesday for his home after spending several weeks vacation with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Stephen ORTT.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry FOX, of Philadelphia, visited the formers parents Mr. and Mrs. William FOX, of near Pennsburg, over New Year.
Mrs. F.F. RUTHARDT, of this borough, and son Howard returned to their home on Tuesday after a three months stay at her mothers place at Sumneytown. Mrs. RUTHARDT visited there and took sick. She was unable to return to her home during this time.
Mrs. Harvey SHADT, of Boston, and Mrs. Allen ALBRIGHT, of Allentown, were the guests of Mrs. William DIMMIG, of East Greenville, several days this week.
As a result of a Christmas spree and the culmination of a fight at the Cornwall Hotel, in Upper Milford township, near Emaus, Alexander KOZELO, a Hungarian, was on Thursday night hit on the head by a base ball bat and died eight hours later. KOZELO was about 27 years of age and boarded with Joseph BASKO, another Hungarian, near the DONALDSON Iron Company's pipe works. He had been in this country about three years and was employed at the pipe works ever since. He has a wife and three children in Hungary. The employes of the pipe mill did not work on Thursday. KOZELO was entertaining a fellow countryman, George HASWELER, of Parryville, who went to Emaus to spend the day. Together the men visited the Cornwall Hotel in the evening and indulged freely in beer. While standing at the bar four young men entered the bar-room and ordered drinks. They were Herbert ENGELMAN, the hostler at the hotel; Charles BLANK, Fred. HEIST and Charles STAUFFER, all residents of Emaus. It is alleged that BLANK started a quarrel with the Hungarians and slapped KOZELO in the face. All were feeling the effects of their drinking, and, in a short time, the six men were mixed up in a fight. The participants were pummeling each other at a lively rate. The fight was transferred into the dining-room of the hotel, which adjoins the bar-room. Here the Hungarians picked up chairs to defend themselves and the others fought with whatever objects they could handily reach. It is stated that one of the men, who was armed with a base ball bat, struck KOZELO over the head. The latter dropped unconscious to the floor. He was standing in the doorway leading to the dining room when struck. It was at once noticed that KOZELO's injuries were serious and it had the effects of bringing hostilities to a close and in dispersing the participants. KOZELO was taken to his boarding house and as he didn't recover consciousness Dr. M.J. BACKENSTO was called at 10 o'clock Thursday evening. He found him suffering from a fracture at the base of the skull, the result of the blow of the bat and at once expressed his doubts of the man's recovery. Dr. BACKENSTO did his best for the man, but shortly before 2 o'clock the next morning he died. His friends took charge of the body and notified his brother at Mahanoy City and a brother at Pittsburg. Four Arrests Made. Detectives Henry S. SMITH and John HAINES were put on the case by District Attorney LICHTENWALNER, and the next afternoon the four young men were taken into custody. STAUFFER furnished bail in $1000 before Squire Wesley C. WENNER. Acting under instructions from the district attorney ENGLEMAN was committed for murder and BLANK, HEIST and STAUFFER will have to answer for being accomplices. STAUFFER was released and the other there were taken to jail. Coroner GOHEEN last evening held an inquest over the body of the murdered man at the Cornwall hotel. He empaneled the following jury: Nathaniel BENFIELD, Thomas B. BACHMAN, Alfred W. HENDRICKS, Charles F. ACKER, Morris SCHWARTZ, Jesse W. RENINGER. The testimony of BLANK, HEIST and STAUFFER was heard. ENGLEMAN refused to make any statement. No definite information was elicited that would fasten the crime on any one of the men. Dr. BACKENSTO testified that in the autopsy he found the skull fractured in two places on the left forehead and at the base and that the fractures were produced by two blows. The jury rendered this verdict: "That Alexander KOZELO came to his death at the home of Joe BASCHKO, in Upper Milford and that the cause of death was fractures of the skull inflicted by a blunt instrument in the hands of either Herbert ENGLEMAN, Charles BLANK, Charles STAUFFER or Fred. HEIST, one or the other or all of them. ENGLEMAN, the hostler, was tried on January, 1900, on a charge of attempting to shoot Wilson BITTING, a school teacher, in BRUNNER's school house, Lower Milford. A charge of shot was fired through the school house window by ENGLEMAN, but teacher and pupils escaped being hit. ENGLEMAN's defense was that he shot at a rabbit, but missed it and the charge went into the school-room. He served sixty days in jail for the offence. He is 19 years of age and has the reputation of living at a fast pace. BLANK is 28 years of age and worked at the Emaus furnace. He is married. Fred HEIST is 24 years of age and was employed during the summer at BINDER Brothers' brick yards. STAUFFER is a young man and has borne a good reputation up to this time. Landlord Also Arrested. William H. BORTZ, proprietor of the Cornwall Hotel, Emaus, where Alex. KOZELO, the Hungarian, was beaten to death last Thursday evening with a base ball bat, was Monday arrested on charges of keeping a disorderly house and selling liquor to minors and on Sunday. District Attorney LICHTENWALNER is the instigator of the prosecution. BORTZ gave bail before Alderman FRY for a hearing.
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