Clippings from the Pennsburg Town and Country newspaper, Saturday, November 19, 1904

CITIZENS OF RED HILL ORGANIZE A FIRE CO.

The citizens of Red Hill held a meeting in the L.B. MILLER cigar factory on Tuesday evening, to discuss the question of organizing a fire company. John VONDERHEID was made chairman of the meeting and J.P. KLINE, secretary. After the question was fully discussed it was decided to organize and sixty-two citizens signed as members. The meeting then adjourned to meet again on Thursday evening. At this meeting a permanent organization was effected and the following officers were elected to serve until a general election will be held: President, L.B. MILLER; Secretary, John M. PFLIEGER, Treasurer, J.P. KLINE; Financial Secretary, Charles W. SEASHOLTZ; Chief, John VONDERHEID; First Assistant, William VONDERHEID; Second Assistant, Charles G. HEIST; Trustees, Charles B. BREY, R.E. JACKSON and Owen W. SCHWARTZ. A committee was appointed at this meeting to frame by-laws. The organization will be known as the Red Hill Fire Company No. 1, and will meet on the second Monday night of each month on the second floor of C.G. HEIST's general store, until a more suitable place can be secured. The company expects to secure a hook and ladder truck and a chemical engine. They will also erect a regular Town Hall next spring, in which Councils and the Fire Company can meet and the fire apparatus be housed.

FARMERS WILL MAKE IT HOT FOR GUNNERS

The farmers in the vicinity of Sassamansville, have been discussing the dog shooting affair of their neighbor Isaac LINSENBIGLER, ever since the occurrence and according to the general feeling of them, they will make it hot for all gunners that will come their way next season. The possibilities are that the farmers will form an association and not allow a single gunner on any farm within a radius of four miles under penalty of the law. Should any one trespass he will be prosecuted at the expense of the association to the full extent of the law.

PRINCIPAL OF EAST GREENVILLE SCHOOL RESIGNS

Prof. LANDIS, principal of the East Greenville public schools, this week tendered his resignation to the school board. Yesterday was the last day for him to serve as principal. Mr. LANDIS has been in poor health for some time and he decided to resign in order that he might take better care of his health. He will return to his home near Hellertown. No School in the high school room next week. The board expects to elect a principal who will be ready to open by Monday the 28th.

WILL DELIVER ANOTHER LECTURE AT SEMINARY

Rev. A.R. SCHORMAN, of Pennsburg, will deliver his second lecture on Calvin and Zwingle, at Perkiomen Seminary, next Tuesday, November 22, promptly at 7.30. The public is again invited, there will be no admission fee, but a collection will be taken. Mr. SCHORMAN's lecture on Martin Luther was very interesting. He has proved himself a master of fluent, forcible German, and it is an opportunity for every lover of the German language to attend this series of lectures.

POOR HEALTH TAKES A STUDENT FROM COLLEGE

Frank HERSH, of Pennsburg, a student of theology at Gettysburg, was compelled for the present to discontinue his studies at that institution on account ill health. He will devote his time to other work until his health will allow him to continue his studies.

WENT ON A TRIP FOR DEER

Victor H. STECKEL, of Pennsburg, H.G. ROEDER, Ambrose and Oswin SEASHOLTZ, of East Greenville, left on Tuesday for Monk's Pond, Pike county, where they expect to shoot deer. They expect to spend a week or ten days in the wilds of that county in quest of deer.

ENGAGING SNAP SHOTS

Susan BECHTEL, of Philadelphia, visited the family of Mr. and Mrs. Charles TITLOW, on Sunday. She is a sister to Mrs. TITLOW.

Channing BINGHAM and Mr. SELLERS, of Philadelphia, on Tuesday examined the accounts of the Farmers' National Bank, of Pennsburg.

C.A. KNEULE, proprietor of the Pennsburg Hotel, made a business trip to Norristown on Tuesday.

Mr. and Mrs. John MEST, of Allentown visited the family of Mr. and Mrs. Milton T. KLINE, of this borough, on Saturday and Sunday.

Oscar FOX, of this borough, spent Sunday in Philadelphia.

Misses Gertrude WELKER and Alice RUMMEL, of this borough, made a business trip to Allentown, on Saturday.

Miss Agnes MOYER, of Philadelphia, visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. George MOYER, of near this borough.

Mrs. Annie HUNSBERGER and daughter Edna, of Ambler, formerly of this borough, visited relatives and friends in these boroughs on Sunday.

Rufus RENNINGER, of Philadelphia, spent Saturday and Sunday in these boroughs with relative and friends.

Mr. and Mrs. H.H. RENNINGER, of Sassamansville, visited the family of their son, Wm. D. RENNINGER, of this borough, on Sunday.

John CHITTICK, of this borough, spent several days last week in Philadelphia.

Mr. and Mrs. John KEELOR, of this borough, spent Sunday in Allentown attending a funeral.

E.J. WIEDER, Jr., spent Monday and Tuesday, in Philadelphia.

M.K. GILBERT on Tuesday made a business trip to Philadelphia.

Mr. and Mrs. Herman HILLEGASS returned on Saturday from a ten days visit to the St. Louis Fair.

Rufus RENNINGER, of Philadelphia, on Saturday returned from a visit to the St. Louis Fair. He visited his brother Wm. RENNINGER ere he returned to Philadelphia.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Roeller KULP, on Friday, a daughter.

Mrs. Wm. JOHNSON and Mrs. David BIERY were in Allentown, on Monday.

Miss Ida GILBERT, of this borough, visited her parents at Bechtelsville, on Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank BAUMAN visited relatives at Sassamansville, on Sunday.

Mrs. Alfred WELDER, of this borough, is seriously ill for the past few weeks.

Rev. C.M. DELONG, of East Greenville, made a business trip to Philadelphia, yesterday.

A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. HOCH, Jr., of this borough, this week.

A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph MUMBAUER, of this borough, this week.

Mr. and Mrs. A.W. DIMMIG, of East Greenville, made a business trip to Allentown, on Thursday.

H.B. KEELY, of East Greenville, is having a steam heating plant placed in his residence on Main street, that borough.

MADE BEQUEST TO ORPHAN'S HOME

The will of W.K. GRESH, the Norristown cigar manufacturer, who was killed by being knocked down by a team, bequeaths $1000 to the Trinity Reformed Church, of Norristown, and $500 each to the Orphans' Home at Womelsdorf and the Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church. The remainder of the estate, valued at $500,000, is divided between his wife and children.

HOW MANY SEEDS IN 165 POUND PUMPKIN

A pumpkin weighing 165 pounds, lying in the show window of Baker E.F. ROMIG at Emaus, attracts the attention of many a passer-by. Mr. ROMIG intends to hold a guessing match as to how many seeds are contained in his mammoth pumpkin.

VALUABLE FARM SOLD

The Harash BICKEL farm containing 125 acres, situate near Pleasant Run, was on Thursday sold at public sale to Kalbach & Sons, of Reading. The tract includes a number of good buildings and considerable woodland. The price paid is $2600.

PENNSBURG MUSICIANS AT NORRISTOWN

Claude HARLEY and David E. CROLL, two of Pennsburg's musicians, last Thursday evening played solos in the Trinity Reformed church at Norristown. The former performed on the piano and the latter on the violin.

AGED CORN-HUSKER OF UPPER BUCKS COUNTY

It seldom happens that one who has passed the four score mile stone of his age is as sprightly and active as Peter SELL (picture), of near Steinsburg, Upper Bucks county. Eighty six years ago Mr. SELL was born in Lehigh county and all his long life was spent on the farm. At the age of 25 he married Barbara MUSSELMAN, of near Steinsburg, and soon thereafter bought the farm of his father-in-law. This he cultivated successfully for 34 years. He then moved to Steinsburg, on a lot that he had acquired and cultivated it with care for 21 years. His wife then died and he disposed of both lot and farm and since made his home with Francis MUSSELMAN, his son-in-law. During all of his long life Mr. MUSSELMAN (should be SELL) has been in robust health and he is still hale and hearty. He delights in out-door work and is never idle. The haying season of the past summer found him swinging his Dutch scythe and later he cradled grain with the vigor of former years. He worked his own truck patch and when the corn husking season arrived he was found in the field tearing out the golden ears of corn, husking 217 large shocks. Mr. SELL is the father of twelve children and a number of grand children, and although so far advanced in years bids fair to out-live many who are much younger than he.

FACTORY PROMOTER HELD AS SWINDLER

Preston A. YOUNG, of Allentown, a promoter of cigar factories and other schemes, was arrested on Thursday, charged with attempting to swindle farmers in the vicinity of Guthsville, Lehigh county. It is alleged that YOUNG promised to start a big cigar factory at that place, purchased a property and after the community was agitated in the prospects of securing a new industry, he began to sell bonds, which are now said to be absolutely worthless. P.J. STEPHENS, a farmer, invested $100 in the enterprise, but when a lawyer told him that the bonds were not worth a cent he had YOUNG arrested. The bonds are crudely drawn and printed by an amateur. YOUNG gave bail for court.

FARMER IS KICKED AND INJURED BY A HORSE

Levi WELLER, the tenant on the farm of John L. BAUER, situate near Bally, was kicked by a horse while leading him to the watering trough. He was hit on the shoulder and was almost knocked senseless. The prints of the horse's hoof could plainly be seen on Mr. WELLER's body for several days. The kick caused his arm to swell to twice its natural size and for several days he could hardly move the member. He is now again able to attend to his usual duties on the farm.

PENNSBURG BOY SECURED POSITION IN PHILA.

Morris HOFFMAN, son of Mr. and Mrs. William HOFFMAN, of Pennsburg, has secured a position as stenographer for a Philadelphia firm. He entered upon his duties on Wednesday.

MAN AND WIFE WERE CRUSHED IN THEIR MILL

Mrs. Levi HEIL was caught on Wednesday, in the machinery of a grist mill operated by her husband in Ephrata, Pa., and in an instant she was being whirled around and around at a terrific speed. In his efforts to release his wife, HEIL's clothing also became entangled in the machinery, and for a time it appeared that both would be literally beaten to death against a corn chopper, which their bodies struck in every revolution of the shaft. Their heart-rendering screams for help attracted the attention of Mr. RETTEW, the owner of the mill, but by the time he reached them the chopping machine had been broken by the compact of the blows from the bodies, and this had stopped all the mill's machinery. Mr. HEIL's left leg was broken in two places, his wife also suffered a fracture of the leg, and both of the victims were horribly cut and bruised about the bodies. Their condition is critical.

NEWLY ELECTED PASTOR WILL BE INSTALLED

James O. OSWALD, of Spinnerstown, the newly elected pastor of the Trinity Reformed and the Chestnut Hill Reformed churches, of near Spinnerstown, will be installed on Sunday, Nov. 27th. Services begin at 10 o'clock a.m.

WILL START A NEW BUSINESS

William J. GILBERT, of Pennsburg, will start a Saving Fund business, under the name of Eureka Saving Fund. The object is to save money for all its members who will make small weekly deposits with him.

NEW HOSTLER AT THE PENNSBURG HOTEL

Geo. SHADE, of Pennsburg, on Thursday morning took charge of the hostler stand at the Pennsburg Hotel. He will be assisted by William BOYER, the former hostler, for an indefinite period. Mr. SHADE had charge of a similar stand at the American House, Pennsburg, until H.B. HEBERLE, the liveryman located his livery there. Mr. SHADE expects to secure a number of teams and run a livery in connection with the hostler stand.

ENTERED INTO REST

SUMMERS - Died, Tuesday afternoon, at 4.15 o'clock, at his home on Main streets, Pennsburg, Samuel SUMMERS, of cancer, aged 57 years, 10 months and 2 days. Mr. SUMMERS was in ill health for the past two years but was able to be up and about until eight weeks ago. He was born in Sellersville and learned the trade of a carriage builder which he followed there for a number of years. He then moved to Pennsburg where he continued the business for about ten years. He later started the painting and paperhanging business which he continued until his illness. He was married to Mary, a daughter of Rev. and Mrs. A.L. DECHANT, who survives, with the following children: Laura, wife of J. Harry NUSBAUM, of Lehighton; John, Wilford, Clarence and Edmund, all residing at home. The following brothers also survive: Henry, of Green Lane, and John of Philadelphia. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 1 o'clock, at the house and interment will be private on the Pennsburg Reformed church cemetery.

HOOVER - Died, Monday, at her home at Klinesville, near Pennsburg, aged about 50 years. She was a daughter of the late Peter HARTRANFT and the widow of Algernon J. HOOVER. One son Dr. John H. HOOVER, of Washington, R.I., and her mother survive her. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon at her home. Interment will be made private today at Blue Bell, this county.

COPE - Died, on Tuesday, at his home at Woxall, A.T. COPE, aged about 43 years. He is survived by his wife, one son and one brother, Irwin COPE, of Pottstown. His aged mother also survives. The funeral will be held on Monday at the Old Goshenhoppen church. Interment on the church cemetery.

WENTLING - A child of Mr. and Mrs. James WENTLING, of near Harlem, died in the forepart of the week. The funeral was held on Thursday at Salem Lutheran church. Rev. George PETERS officiated. Interment was made on the church cemetery.

HARING - Died last Monday at the home of her son-in-law, Enos BENNER, on the Ridge Road, near Morwood, John HARING, aged 95 years, 11 month and 27 days. The funeral was held on Sunday at the Lower Salford burying grounds.

GAUGLER - Died, on Sunday at the home of her nephew, Henry NASE, near Hillegass, Miss. Esther GAUGLER. The funeral was held yesterday at the Keeler's church, near Frederick.

MOYER - Died, Monday, at Bergey, Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham MOYER, aged 30 years and 17 days. The funeral will be held today, at the Franconia Meetinghouse.

SCHANTZ - Died, Sunday, at his home at Kraussdale, Christian SCHANTZ, aged 81 years, 4 months and 19 days. He is survived by his widow and the following children: Daniel and Rebecca, at home; John, of Allentown, and Harrison of Congo. The funeral was held on Thursday. Interment was made at the Zionsville Mennonite church.

KULP - Died, on Saturday, at the parents home, Mr. and Mrs. Allen KULP, near Pennsburg, an infant child, aged six months. The funeral was held on Wednesday. Interment was made on the Lutheran cemetery, Pennsburg. Rev. W.U. KISTLER, officiated.

SCHLICHTER - Died, at Limerick, Jacob SCHLICHTER, of diphtheria, aged 20 years. The funeral was held on Thursday. Interment was made on the St. James church cemetery, at Limerick.

SMITH - Died, Monday at the residence of her sister, Mrs. Samuel ROGERS, of Limerick, Georgianna SMITH, aged 50 years. The funeral was held yesterday at Philadelphia. Interment on Hillside cemetery.

LATSHAW - Died, Tuesday, at Ironbridge, Alice, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Horace LATSHAW, of typhoid fever, aged three years. The funeral will be held this afternoon at the Upper Skippack Mennonite Meetinghouse.

IMPRISONMENT DROVE FARMER INSANE

As a sad sequel to the arrest and imprisonment last week of Isaac LINSENBIGLER, of Sassamansville, on the charge of cruelty to animals, the New Hanover Township farmer was on Wednesday forenoon declared insane by a commission in lunacy appointed by the court and he is now an inmate of the State Hospital for the Insane at Norristown. He was last week committed to the Norristown jail for shooting hunting dogs on his farm, after refusing to pay a fine. On Saturday he however paid the fine and left for his home. He arrived at his house in the evening and shortly thereafter he started to threaten his wife and children with death and to make matters worse he secured an ax and brought it in the house. His wife fled to neighbors for refuge and the children were retained in the house. The neighbors were apprised of the threats and the entire neighborhood was in a state of excitement for several days for nobody dared go near the house for fear of being harmed. Since these acts everyone coming in contact with him was alarmed. He has continually threatened to end his life and said that all dogs had to be exterminated. In fact so greatly was the alarm felt by his family that application for a jury in lunacy was made to the Court on Wednesday forenooon. The commission heard testimony in the offices of Attorneys LARZELERE and HILLEGASS at Norristown after which they declared him insane. LINSENBIGLER, who is 51 years of age, is considered a well to do farmer. He has a wife and seven children and they are sorrowful because of the turn of the affair. The man has always been considered a thirfty and saving tiller of the soil and although at times slightly queer no one thought that his mind had been affected. So much as to entirely unbalance him. It is thought that his recent arrest and imprisonment preyed upon him to such an extent as to make him a lunatic.

MEETING OF LITERARY SOCIETY

The Hosensack Literary Society held its regular meeting on Friday evening. The following programme was rendered: Declamation, Nannie HANGEN; Select reading, Jennie HILLEGASS and Sallie SCHOENLY; Essayist, Almeda MILLER. Sentiment Roll, Agnes ROEDER, Annie ROEDER, George STAUFFER. Next followed the regular debate, the question, Resolved: "That more time should be to mathematics than to language," was discussed affirmatively by Harvey HOFFMAN and Warren OBERHOLTZER; negatively by Warren SCHELLY and William GEISINGER. The Judges, William STAUFFER, Edwin ROEDER and Elmira ROEDER decided negatively. After general debate the house also decided negatively. The editor of the budget was absent after the critics report the society adjourned.

TWO HUNDRED ATTEND DOG'S FUNERAL

"Spot," a bull terrier dog owned by Miss Henrietta COPPER, of Chester, died Saturday and Sunday it was interred in a handsome casket. Several hundred neighbors were at the funeral. Services were held over the animal's remains and a bouquet of roses costing $8 graced the box, which stood on a bier in the parlor of the owner's home.

FELL AND BROKE HIS LEG

John F. RAUCH, of Red Hill, on Sunday evening fell on the sidewalk in that town and broke his right leg above the ankle. He slipped on account of the snowy walks and fell causing the fracture.

RAISED FIFTY-TWO BUSHELS OF RED BEETS

F.G. RIEGNER, of Boyertown, raised 52 bushels of red beets this season. They are a new variety of very nice shape and size and good quality. He stored them for his winter trade.

FIRST STORM OF SEASON WAS RECORD BREAKER

This section of the Perkiomen Valley was on Sunday visited by the first snow storm of the season, and had we not read the prophecy that Elias HARTZ, the Reading Goose Bone Prophet made we would not have been prepared. It began to rain long before daylight and by nine o'clock it turned into hail and snow and continued all day with high winds. The weight of the heavy snow on the telegraph and telephone wires was too much and it broke them. On Monday morning our streets were covered with broken wires. The telegraph wires on the railroad were also out of service from Saturday evening until Monday evening. Both the Delaware and Atlantic and Keystone telephones as well as the local line were out of service for the major portion of the week. It is thought that had the snow not melted and had laid upon the ground as it fell, it would have been eight inches deep. The snow fall, at Hosensack and farther north was greater than at Pennsburg. The public road leading to Palm from Isaac ROEDER's farm was drifted and impassable. The large ice house which the Knickerbocker Ice Company, of Philadelphia had in coarse of erection at their dam at Green Lane, was blown down by the high winds and must be started from the foundation to rebuild. The building operations which have been in progress in these three boroughs were given a set-back. Sixty-five telephone poles were blown down between Emaus and Macungie. Milton L. MOYER, carrier of R.F.D. No. 2 route, of Macungie, had his first winter experience. When he reached the mountain he found the snow a foot deep and the roads badly drifted. At one place he got stuck and had to cry for help. Two farmers came to his assistance and shoveled his team out upon which he had to go through fields for some distance.

FINED FOR NEGLECTING HIS HORSES

A.M.F. FOGEL, a truck farmer of Breinigsville, was ordered to appear before Mayor LEWIS at Allentown, on Monday afternoon to answer a charge of cruelty to his horses brought by James STUBER, agent for the Society of the Prevention of cruelty to Animals. The latter had three witnesses to state that FOGEL left his horses stand in the streets from 10 a.m. until after 5 p.m., on Saturday and that the animals suffered from neglect. FOGEL's defense was that he was partly intoxicated and forgot the team. He was fined $10 and $2 witness fees, which he paid.

AGED WOMAN WAS ASSAULTED

Alone in her home at Bridgeport, Mrs. Lydia ROSS, the aged widow of a civil war veteran, was brutally assaulted by a negro fiend. She was awakened by a noise and realized that a man was in her room. She sprang from bed and grappled with the intruder. The assailant finally beat her down and esaped. It is supposed the man sought her pension money which she had just received. A cigar box found in the room the next morning may serve as a clue to the culprit, for it was the identical box purchased from Mrs. ROSS that Saturday afternoon, by a negro.

BAKED THOUSANDS OF PIES IN ONE YEAR

The orginator of penny pies in Reading is Mrs. Robert IRVING, who has baked thousands and sold them to school children since she has been engaged in the business. From May, 1903, to May, 1904, she sold 10,790 pies of all kinds. Many bakers have tried to force her out of business by making up penny pies, but they failed. Mrs. IRVING says that the success of making pies lies in her use of the best of materials. She is 69 years old and is still active.

DRAWN AS U.S. DISTRICT COURT JURORS

Ex-County Commissioner John E. DUBBS, of Locust Valley, and Squire Leon L. SNYDER, of Zionsville, Lehigh County, were drawn on Saturday as grand jurors in the United States district court to meet in Philadelphia, December 12-15.

SHOT HIS OWN ARM OFF

Leaning over the barrel of his gun while his companion took a drink, Fritz, a young man of Hazleton, had his right arm shot off on Saturday.

WILL BUILD LARGE HALL

Charles F. MOTZ, the proprietor, of the Red Hill Hotel, has made arrangements to rebuild his sheds and hall which were recently destroyed by fire. He has engaged the services of contractor Clayton H. FRYER, of Pennsburg and a plan for a frame building 60 by 116 has been prepared. Work on the new building will be started at once and the building is to be erected as quickly as possible. The hall will be built about forty feet further back from the turnpike than the old shed, and will be four stories high. The first floor or basement will be made for the stabling of cattle, the second for horses, the third will be made into a public hall and a portion of it will be used for the storage of hay and straw, while the fourth floor will be used for the meeting of lodges. A portion of the second floor will be fitted up with a ten pin alley, a pool room and a shooting gallery. The building will have a French roof and in general it will be the roomiest and best equipped shed in this section of the county.

BOY AND GIRL BURNED

Two Allentown children, 4 and 6 years old, respectively, were fatally shocked by a live wire on Tuesday while a dozen or more persons were more or less shocked in their endeavors to release the little victims. Susie BOVANS saw a wire dangling from a pole, and each time the end came in contact with the ground it emitted a shower of sparks. This attracted the child, she toddled toward it and seized it in her hands. In a second she was screaming in agony, and try as she might she could not release her grasp of the wire. Her little brother, but two years older, heroically rushed to his sister's aid, and he, too, seized the wire, and with the same result. Then it was that a number of adults tried to rescue the children, but no sooner would they touch them than they would be hurled to the ground by the force of the shock. A lineman was soon found and cut the wire, but too late. Both children were terribly burned, and their deaths are momentarily expected.

SUED ON $1,000,000 MANSION

To avoid a disputed payment of $150,000 or more, Percival ROBERTS, the multi-millionaire, of Lower Merion Township, this county must answer in Court at Norristown on November 21, where suit is brought against him by George F. PAYNE, contractor. The suit grew out of the erection of Mr. ROBERTS' million-dollar mansion, for which PAYNE had the contract. Mr. ROBERTS discharged him from the job for alleged faulty work, for which PAYNE seeks to recover for his outlay and loss of contract. It is likely that at least three weeks will be necessary to try the case, because of its importance and on account of the amount involved. There will be more than 200 witnesses, many of them experts in building. An extra session of court will be held and the panel of jurors that served at the October Court have been called for the special session.

BARBER TAKEN IN CUSTODY

John M. BRUNNER, of Emaus, a barber, was arraigned before Mayor LEWIS, at Allentown, on Saturday, charged with disorderly conduct. When arraigned he said to the Mayor: "The end of time has come. I have no time to wait for you. My special train is waiting at the station to go to Bethlehem, which is now the Zion City of the good. Time is at an end." By this time his Honor was looking over the top of his glasses, an interested listener. He finally said: "Well, now; you just go in the other room before you catch that special." The prisoner refused, and it took the combined efforts of three of the heftiest officers in the Court room to put him in a cell. BRUNNER was later turned over to the poor authorities.

GUN BARREL BURSTS AND MUTILATES HAND

While gunning Monday morning Daniel FOUNTAIN, of Moorestown, N.J., met with a painful accident through the explosion of his gun. As he was about to fire his first shot of the season the gun barrel exploded near the stock and his left hand and wrist were badly multilated.

PURCHASED A FARM AT ZIONS HILL

William MOYER, of Chestnut Hill, purchased Allen WEIL's farm at Zions Hill for $3300. Mr. MOYER will take possesion next spring.

COAL DEALERS CAUGHT BY CLEVER SWINDLER

Between 8 and 9 o'clock Monday morning coal teams from the yards of James F. BUTZ, George F. FEIFEL and Koehler Bros., Allentown, drove up to the house at No. 129 Church street, and attempted to unload coal. The drivers could get no response to their knocks at the door and when neighbors told them that the house had not been occupied for several weeks the men began to compare notes.

Each had a load of pea coal on their wagons and their suspicion became aroused when it was learned that in each case a check had been tendered in payment for the coal. On the return of the drivers it became evident that the coal dealers had been made victims of a clever swindle. On Saturday evening the officers of the above coal yards together with that of E.E. SMOYER, Fourth and Gordon streets had been visited by a young man apparently about 22 years of age, who ordered a ton of pea coal to be delivered at the above number. He said the coal was not needed until Monday morning. He gave in payment in each case a check for $15.50 to which the name of S.W. KLINE, the baker, at No. 1325 Turner street, was signed. The cost of the coal, $5, was deducted and the change $11.50 was handed to the fellow without any further questions. The checks were made payable in each case on the Merchants' National Bank, and Mr. KLINE, whose name was forged to the checks has no dealing with that bank. The swindle was reported to the police when discovered Monday morning, but no trace of the fellow could be found. Mr. SMOYER had intended to deliver his order the same afternoon.

MAY GO TO LAW OVER AN ADOPTED GIRL

Legal proceedings will probably result over the possession of an 11-year-old girl adopted some time ago by Mr. and Mrs. William McCARTHY, of Pottstown, who took the child from a charitable institution in Berks county. An aunt of the adopted girl now demands the child. Mr. McCARTHY asserts that as the little girl has been legally adopted and has become attached to her foster parents, he will not part with her.

FREES MAN FROM JAIL

Harry Victor EMANUEL, the expert telegrapher, was released from jail, at Norristown, shortly after 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon. He was sentenced on October 10 to 30 days and $500 fine for his connection with the West Manayunk pool room. His sentence expired on Thursday, but as the fine was not paid he was not released. Saturday afternoon a woman dressed in black appeared and produced the necessary amount to secure EMANUEL's release. The attorneys for the telegraph operator refused to divulge her name, but intimated that she was a close friend and had saved the money herself to secure his release. EMANUEL and his friend left for Philadelphia at 5 o'clock that same afternoon.

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