An infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. GEHRIS, of near Hillegass, Upper Hanover township, was found dead in its bed on Saturday morning. The child was about three months old and had been in ill health for the last few days prior to its death. The funeral will be held today at the New Goshenhoppen Reformed church.
Mrs. Lydia MILLER, relict of Peter MILLER, of near Geryville, died Wednesday of infirmities due to old age. She brought her age to 86 years, 11 months and 30 days. Her husband preceeded her by death by about five years. The following children survive: Daniel, of Geryville; Henry, of Philadelphia; Joseph, of Sellersville and Jacob, of Trappe. The funeral will be held on Monday at the St. Paul's Lutheran church. Services will be held at the home of her son Daniel. Interment at the St. Paul's Lutheran church cemetery.
Tobias REIFF, of Reliance, died on Tuesday of grip and an abscess of the liver, aged 74 years, 4 months and 13 days. He is survived by his second wife, nee Lucinda BENNER, and 2 children, Allen G., Esq., of Soudertown, and Mary Magdalene, wife of J. Andrew HARTZELL, of South Perkasie. Mr. REIFF was for about 15 years a director of the Farmer's National Bank, of Pennsburg, and for 27 years in the store busines at Franconia Square dating from 1853. The funeral will be held on Monday. Interment at the Indian Creek Reformed church.
Mrs. Catharine NACE, of Trumbauersville, died of consumption on Friday morning. She was a widow and is survived by four children, the oldest being in her fifteenth year. Her parents and one brother and two sisters survive. The funeral was held on Wednesday.
Helen DOLGA, just three years of age, daughter of Louis and Maggie DOLGA, of Pottstown, met death on Saturday night under distressing circumstances. The child happened to be in the room alone for a minute or two while a lighted lamp stood upon the table. She reached after an object on the same table when the lamp was overturned and the oil escaped and saturated her clothing and at the same time the flame from the lamp ignited the clothing. The poor little one ran out all ablaze screaming with pain and for help. The mother, assisted by neighbors, ripped the burning garments from the child, but not before its body was so seriously burned that death ensued a few hours later. A physician was summoned and rendered the little sufferer all possible aid, but could not save her life. The mother's hands were painfully burned in her efforts to rescue her child. The furniture and carpets caught fire, but were soon extinguished.
Robert KEIPER, of Spinnerstown, and Miss Lizzie FLUCK, of near Geryville, were privately married on Wednesday evening. The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. O.C. KEIPER, Esq., and the bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tilghman FLUCK.
Isaac NACE, of Harleysville, was on Wednesday married to Miss Lizzie KRIEBEL, of Lucon. The couple will start housekeeping near Harleysville.
On Saturday morning at 9 o'clock, one of Dillingersville's respectable young men, Quinn C. KLEINSMITH, was married to Miss Emma R. DONEY, of Powder Valley. The marriage ceremony was performed at the parsonage of Rev. O.R. FRANTZ, of Old Zionsville. Upon the happy couple's arrival at the home of the bride, a splendid collation awaited them.
A serious accident happened on Wednesday near Niantic to Oliver KEISER and John and Andrew ROSENBERGER, of Milford Square. They were on their way to attend the public sale of Samuel BAUMAN, near Congo, and while driving along the rough road near Niantic one of the traces broke and the horses became unmanageable. They started to run away and upset the wagon, throwing the occupants out on the rough road near the Charles MOSER place, which was just recently repaired with crushed stone. John ROSENBERGER was picked up in an unconscious state and badly lacerated. The other occupants received only slight bruises. Drs. I.B. YEAKLE and F.R. BRUNNER were summoned, who examined Mr. ROSEBERGER's injuries. They found a number of ugly lacerations in his face and one eye almost knocked out. The injuries were dressed and he will have to remain at Charles MOSER's home for several days, whither he had been taken after the accident. The horses were caught a short distance from the scene of the accident, but not until the wagon was pretty badly smashed. After having repairs made at a blacksmith shop, Mr. KEISER returned to his home at Milford Square with the team, while Andrew ROSENBERGER remained to nurse John ROSENBERGER who, by the way, is his cousin.
John B. CLEMENS, of Morwood, and Henry WITMAN, of Franconia Square, are candidates for the appointment of Justice of the Peace to succeed U.S. GEHMAN. Mr. GEHMAN was re-elected Justice of the Peace at the February election by the highest vote given any other of the candidates, but on account of receiving an appointment in the Custom House he is unable to serve as Justice.
Ulysses GEHMAN, of Earlington, has been appointed to a position as messenger in the Custom House, Philadelphia, under Collector THOMAS. He entered upon his duties on Wednesday and will make daily trips to the city. His general store at Earlington, where he is doing a prosperous business, will be conducted by his clerk Harry RUTH.
Henry TRUMBAUER, the United States mail carrier between Pennsburg and Geryville, tendered his resignation to take effect today. He will on Tuesday move from Geryville to the Eli KUMMERER farm near Trumbauersville. His successor on the mail route will be Jonas MOLL of Geryville, who will serve the unexpired term of two years.
Aaron POOL, a farmer residing near Salfordville, has had the misfortune to lose one horse by death each year for the past six years. This week he lost the sixth horse.
James G. MENSCH (life tenant) and James G. MENSCH, Ella M. SHIMER, Kate M. MENSCH, Vinnie O. MENSCH and the Norristown Trust Company, executor and trustee under the will of P. Calvin MENSCH, deceased (remaindermen) vs. the borough of East Greenville. This is the long title of the trial which began in court room No. 2 before Judge WEAND on Wednesday afternoon and which at the time of going to press is being continued. The case came up on an appeal from a jury of view which awarded the plaintiffs $2400. Both sides were dissatisfied and appealed. The plaintiffs own a mill property on the banks of the Perkiomen creek. In 1895 the defendant borough established a water works about one and a quarter miles above the mill, thus diverting the water of the creek to the use of the borough. Previous to that year it is alleged the mill was always well supplied with water and did a good business, especially in summer time. Since the water works were established, it is claimed, the mill is unable to run as fully as before, its earnings falling off one-fourth or more and less rent is obtained for it. The same witnesses were present that were at the trial before a jury of viewers in Pennsburg last year and the same facts were brought out as we had then fully described. The plaintiffs' witnesses were not all heard up to this time. The case will in all probability not be finished before next Tuesday.
Dr. J.T. ROTHROCK, of West Chester, who had tendered his resignation as Commissioner of Forestry, has withdrawn it and will continue at the head of the forestry movement in Pennsylvania. Dr. ROTHROCK had a conference with Governor PENNYPACKER Monday morning, at which the Governor urged him to remain in the service. Dr. ROTHROCK finally consented to continue in office and he recalled his resignation after Governor PENNYPACKER had promised to co-operate with him in his work.
Rev. N.L. BECHTEL, the new pastor of Grace Church, East Greenville, will move from Slatington, Lehigh county, next week into the parsonage vacated by the Rev. OT. MOYER. Rev. MOYER on Wednesday moved to Slatedale, Lehigh county, where he has been appointed by the conference. Rev. MOYER has been with us for the past three years and he and his family have made many friends here during their stay.
David MEASE, of Zion Hill, met with a painful accident while felling a tree. The tree caught Mr. MEASE and pinned him to the ground. His cries for help attracted the neighbors who succeeded in getting him out. Dr. TRUMBAUER, of Coopersburg, was summoned and attended the injured man. It was found that both bones of the right leg were broken between the knee and ankle. He is doing as well as can be expected.
Four separate remonstrances are filed against the application of Isaac R. CASSEL, at Kulpsville, but all allege the same reason against the grant. They declare that the license has lapsed for five years because there was no necessity for the sale of intoxicants, the Bean Hotel being only 150 yards distant.
The dwelling house of C. YUHL, of near Pleasant Run, was discovered to be on fire and if it had not been seen so soon it would have been totally destroyed. Half of the roof was burned, before the fire was gotten under control. The prompt assistance of the neighbors saved the rest of the building.
A comedy company, composed of six members was recently organized at Kumry, Bucks county. Robert MUMBAUER was elected as President and Manager. The company will give its first performance in the Geryville School Hall, on Saturday evening, May 30.
Four persons were injured at Norristown, on Tuesday evening, in a collision of teams. Mr. and Mrs. Edward DURAND were driving in DeKalb street, near the borough line when their rig was run into by a team driven by George DAGER and Harry WOODIER, of North Wales. All four were thrown into the road and badly injured. DAGER and WOODIER were removed to the Charity Hospital.
Thomas L. SNYDER and James DERRY, of Swedeland, were arrested, Monday for Sunday shaving, under the Blue Laws, and prosecuted by Norristown barbers.
On the ground that it would save the county money, Poor Director WOODS urges the erection of an insane hospital at the Berks County Almshouse.
Mrs. Thomas SIMON, of East Greenville, one day last week was minus seven dollars in the short space of about fifteen minutes. She was attending to her household duties and had laid a five dollar gold piece and several one dollar notes on the table alongside of waste paper. Without thinking she had picked up the paper, notes and gold piece and threw it into the red hot coal stove in order to burn up the waste paper. She went about her work and in about ten minutes the thought flashed into her mind that she had thrown the money into the fire with the waste paper. She hurriedly took the lid from the stove and to her amazement she saw her five dollar gold piece in a lump and red hot. The gold was taken from the stove but the two dollars in notes were no more. An effort has been made to have the gold piece redeemed.
The garret of the late Levi KREIDER's home, near Macungie, was a veritable bank. A few days before he died Mr. KREIDER took his son up into the cramped quarters under the roof, and leading him to an old and long-unused chimney, took therefrom a bag containing $1050 in gold coins. Then from another old chimney the father took a second bag, and this contained $150 in silver, and finally from above a scantling under the shingles he took an old book, between the leaves of which were $210 in bank notes. "This is all yours, my son," said the aged father, "and now that I am about to die I want you to take good care of it." When the son took his little fortune to the bank to deposit he learned that his father had kept a secret deposit there, much larger than the hoard in the old garret. All this the old man had quietly saved from several decades of self-denial, though he owned and had fully paid for several fine pieces of real estate. The deceased was a step-father to Pierce BARR, of East Greenville, and Geo. E. BEAR, of Schwenksville.
Rash MOLL, of near Siesholtzville, Berks county, yesterday attended to some business in East Greenville, and while there he visited the saddlery of Thos. LEH & Son. He wanted the horse's bridle repaired and took it from the animal after tying him to an iron post with a strap. While Mr. MOLL was inside the horse in some manner broke the post and started to run up the pavement with the wagon hanging on, until near the Eagle Drug Store where the wagon became detached. The horse was caught at the KEELY House. The animal was painfully hurt at his hoof and the wagon was demolished.
L.B. MILLER the cigar manufacturer of Red Hill, on Saturday made one of the largest shipments of cigars that has been made from that factory for some time. He shipped 1,000,000 cigars on that day. The cigars filled two box cars and it required one day to load them. The cigars are some of the best made and the firm has no trouble selling them. The factory is busy the whole year around.
Edwin MOYER, of Clayton, this week shipped one hundred bushels of potatoes to Philadelphia.
Cedar Grove Stock Farm, situate near Finland, Bucks County, is the home of one of the most wide awake business men in this locality. The following is a cut of H.H. TRUMBAUER (picture) and a copy of his home and buildings. The farm house was erected in 1751 and is still in first-class condition. It was renewed inside and out by the present owner several years ago and is occupied by Clinton FRETZ, while Mr. TRUMBAUER occupies the handsome new stone house seen in the distance. Mr. TRUMBAUER was born at Finland about forty years ago, in the house at present occupied by August SCHULER as a hotel. He is descended from the stock which originally settled Trumbauersville and from whom that thriving town derived its name, his grandfather being the long deceased and formerly well known Reuben TRUMBAUER, of Finland. At the age of one year the parents of Mr. TRUMBAUER removed to Philadelphia where he spent his boyhood days and where he attended schools. His vacations were spent with his grand-parents. Through his rambles in the open air he imbibed a love for country life and dreamed of the future. These dreams he is now realizing. At the age of twelve Mr. TRUMBAUER left school and secured employment in a cigar box label manufactory where he worked for a year and a half without missing a day, which is the more remarkable as he had to walk three miles both morning and evening to go to and return from work. Mr. TRUMBAUER still feels proud of his enviable boyhood record. After leaving the printing office he worked for his father until he was twenty-one years of age. At sixteen he took charge of a butter and egg route and during the first year sold goods to the amount of $40,000. With his characteristic energy he now applied himself so closely to his business, that within eight years, the time devoted to this route, he nearly doubled the business and in that period sold more than a half a million dollars worth of goods, and of this amount lost less than $200 on bad accounts. At the age of 21 he bought out his father's partner and at present he and his father are still partners, having their store and office at the N.W. corner of Front and Pine streets, Philadelphia. Their joint interests in the country are, the Finland, Trumbauersville and Limeport creameries, which are conducted with great skill and to the extend to their several capacities. Besides the above enterprises, Mr. TRUMBAUER has also a half interest in a cracker bakery in New York City. His partner being Charles P. FEST. They give contant employment to fifty hands in this industry. At his home, near Finland, he is engaged as a breeder of Guernsey cattle, Shropeshire sheep and Berkshire swine. His farm is a model of neatness and his stock is second to none on the market. This far the life of Mr. TRUMBAUER has been intensely active and his successes are a magnificent illustration of what may be done by a person of vim and pluck, sustained by good health. Mr. TRUMBAUER attributes all his success to his early hustling; and so active a life is certainly deserving of success.
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