The Lutheran Congregations, of the Sumneytown and Keelors churches were on Sunday apprised of the fact that their pastor Rev. William B. FOX, of Sumneytown, wished to resign. The resignation was presented to both congregations and it is to go in effect on April first. The reason why the Rev. Mr. FOX will resign is ill health. He is well advanced in years and during the past year his health began to fail him and the reverend gentleman decided that this step would be best for him and also for his congregations which he served so faithfully for thirty-seven consecutive years. Until about a year ago the Pennsburg and Sassamansville churches belonged to the same charge and were served by Rev. FOX. During his pastorate at these churches the number of members of each has increased considerable and his work will stand as a monument in the Perkiomen Valley. While pastor of the Pennsburg Congregation the large and handsome church edifice was built, but on account of the charge being then divided, he could only enjoy the privilege of being its pastor for a short period.
He however was instrumental in having the charge divided as it was entirely too large and too far apart for one pastor to serve all. So he was retained by the two nearest and most convenient congregations. His congregations are loath to accept the resignation but probably will for by so doing Rev. FOX will have less work and worrient and his former health may be restored.
After spending part of Sunday at Schuylkill Haven to visit another brother, Harvey and John SCHAEFFER, aged fifteen and nineteen years respectively, boarded a coal train to return to their home near Bernville, Berks county, in the afternoon. They decided to get off at Hamburg but the train was going at a good speed. Both jumped and were thrown under the wheels. Harvey was instantly killed and John had a leg cut off and was otherwise injured, his death following in an hour.
Lansdale is to have another new industry. This is to be large canning factory in the northeast end of town. W.E. MORRIS, who for several seasons has conducted a canning factory at Line Lexington, intends to move the industry to Lansdale, where he can have better shipping facilities. He has bought ground and will have a switch to connect with the railroad for freight purposes.
Thieves on Monday night entered the home of John and George STEINMAN, near Chapel, Berks county, and stole a ham and some clothing. They entered the summer kitchen and there found the wash from which they took some under clothing. A ham that was in the same kitchen was also stolen. They first trimmed off all the fat and threw that on the floor. The work was evidently that of tramps.
The John SCHLICHER homestead near Palm was this week purchased by Mrs. Annie CUTLER, of Des Moines, Iowa, at private sale. Mrs. CUTLER was formerly of East Greenville. She is a sister of Clement SCHLICHER of that town.
Frank BARNDT, of Sumneytown, has decided to build a double dwelling house in that town. He will also erect a barn. Work on the buildings will be started as soon as the weather permits.
The creditors of Charles G. HEIST, of Red Hill, will meet at the office of C. Henry STINSON, the referee in bankruptcy at Norristown, on Thursday afternoon, March 23, at two o'clock.
Elmer KLINE and Miss Ida GERHART, of this borough, on Sunday visited the latters parents, Mr. and Mrs. Granville GERHART, of Finland.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. BAINES, of East Greenville, were visiting in Allentown on Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. S.S. ADAMS, of this borough, made a trip to Allentown on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin FREED, of this borough, were visiting in Allentown, on Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Celesta TRUMBORE, of this borough, made a trip to Philadelphia on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. SNYDER, of this borough, spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives at Allentown.
Horace KLINE, of this borough, visited his daughter at the Keystone State Normal school at Kutztown on Sunday.
Mrs. D.S. KERN, of this borough, and grand-daughter, Alda HILLEGASS, spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives at Emaus.
Jacob M. KURZ, of this borough, visited his mother at Philadelphia, who is ill, on Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles THOMAS, of this borough, visited relatives at Allentown, on Sunday.
Mrs. Dr. W.H. HUNSBERGER, Mrs. G.H. HART and Mrs. V.H. STECKEL, of this borough, made a business trip to Allentown yesterday.
John KULP, a former resident of this borough, but during the past few years an enlisted soldier, on Saturday returned to his home with Mr. and Mrs. Absolom KULP, of this borough.
Wilson HALLMAN, of Zionsville, attended to some business in these boroughs, on Wednesday.
Mrs. A.L. AIMEN, of Oreland, Pa., on Saturday and Sunday visited her foster mother, Mrs. Hannah KRAUSS, of East Greenville, and the family of Mr. and Mrs. Milton KRAUSS, of Palm.
Myron FETTERMAN, of Allentown, was visiting in this borough on Sunday.
Clayton H. FRYER, of this borough, will vacate the house in which he lives in April and Josiah RENNINGER, the owner, will occupy it himself.
Albert KNELLER, of Tripp, South Dakota, is spending the week with his cousin George HUBER, of East Greenville. Mr. KNELLER expects to remain in this vicinity all summer.
Mr. and Mrs. David B. RAUCH, of Huffs Church, and John B. RAUCH, of Sigmund spent the week with the former's son, J.M. RAUCH and family, of East Greenville.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. YODER, of East Greenville, last Friday.
Miss Helen OCHS, of Allentown, is spending the week with her sister, Mrs. Rev. G.W. LUTZ, of this borough.
Mrs. Sophia BIERY, of Orefield, spent several days this week with the families of M.N. HUTTEL and S.S. ADAMS, of this borough.
Mrs. Dr. TRUMBAUER, of Vera Cruz, on Wednesday visited the family of Oliver SCHANTZ, of this borough.
Charles M. REED, of this borough, is making preparations to begin work on the new double house which he will erect on the lot opposite the home of Jefferson BITTING. Work on excavating the cellar will be started in a short time.
Mrs. Eliza REED, of Hillegass, will move into the tenant house of Jefferson BITTING on Main street, this borough, until the new house which she will build this summer is completed. This week they moved some of their household goods to Mr. BITTING's house.
I.G. RAHN, proprietor of the Eagle Hotel, this borough, will on Monday, April third take possession of his recently purchased hotel property at Palm.
D.K. GRABER, of this borough, this week started to move into his new house recently erected on the lot next to his dwelling.
George BUZZARD, the hostler at the Eagle Hotel, in this borough, has secured the hostler stand at the Trumbauersville Hotel. He will enter upon his duties about April first.
Archie FAVORITE, of Pennsburg, and Martin KAPP, of East Greenville, two cigar makers, on Monday evening started on a trip to Covington, Kentucky, where they expect to secure work at their trade.
Mrs. Enos HUNSBERGER, of this borough, was critically ill several days this week. She is on a fair way for a speedy recovery.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence HUNSBERGER, of this borough, yesterday.
Richard WOLF (picture). Boyertown takes pride in having the champion butcher of this part of the State for one of its citizens. Recently he killed a 2200 pound steer, skinned and dressed it and placed it inside of the refrigerator in the remarkable short period of twelve minutes. Mr. WOLF is a native of Germany, having been born at Dresden, in 1863. At the age of 14 he was apprenticed to learn the butchering trade. After finishing his apprenticeship he served three years in the German army. In 1887 he emigrated to the United States.
On arriving in this country he worked in packing houses in New York, Chicago and St. Louis. Later he located in Reading, going into business for himself.
In 1900 he sold out his business and entered the employ of H.Y. LECHNER, of Boyertown, with whom he continued ever since. During the winter drawing to a close, Mr. WOLF frequently killed from 20 to 25 head of cattle a day with the assistance of one helper, and he claims that not at any time was a record breaking effort made. But he is at all times ready to accept a challenge from any butcher of this section to enter into a contest for the championship. The contest to be for money or for the fun which so novel a scene would create.
A Mr. KENT of Allentown a front brakeman on the Perkiomen Railroad yesterday forenoon met with a serious accident at Schwenksville, in which he lost both legs and will in all probability lose his life. He was working on the local freight No. 58 when the accident happened. While trying to fix a knuckle at a car while in motion at Schwenksville, he fell on the rail and had both legs cut off below the knee. Dr. BECHTEL was summoned who stopped the flow of blood and the unfortunate man was hurried by a special train to the Phoenixville Hospital. The amputation was there done in a surgical manner and the possibilities are that he may recover, although he lost considerable blood and grew quite weak until he arrived at the hospital.
A surprise party was on Monday evening tendered Charles FETTERMAN of near Chapel, and a large number of his friends spent a pleasant social evening. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Leon FETTERMAN, Mrs. Edward KLOTZ, Mrs. Jonathan GEISINGER, Charles FETTERMAN, Lulu FETTERMAN, Charles E. FISTER, Clyde HUBER, Ellwood HEYDT, Levi FETTERMAN, Stella FETTERMAN, Mabel FETTERMAN, Homer SCHULTZ, Sadie SCHULTZ, Stella HUBER, Cora SCHULTZ, Mabel SCHULTZ, Rosa SCHULTZ, Oscar SCHULTZ, Frank GRESSLY, Edwin ECK, Charles MESCHTER, Freddie CONRAD, Sallie TREICHLER, Newton TREICHLER, Harry ROBERTS, Lillie COVELY, Katie GERHART, John GERHART, Samuel GERHART, Horace HIESTAND, Edwin SCHIFFERT, Willis SCHULTZ, Adaline KRIEBEL, Amanda KRIEBEL, Mary KRIEBEL, Minerva KRIEBEL, George GERHART, and Ammon STRUNK.
David O. BIELER, of East Greenville, had the second finger of his left hand painfully bruised this week while working on a sliding ladder. The weight of his body on the one ladder caused the fastening of the other to give way and when the two slipped together his finger was caught between the rungs. It was a miracle that the finger was not broken and smashed.
Twelve shares of the Farmers' National Bank, of Pennsburg, were on Saturday sold at the Thomas BARNDT sale at Tylersport at the highest prices they ever sold at. Five were sold at $167.50 each, five at $171 and two at $169. They were all pruchased by Levi SHELLENBERGER, of near Sellersville, a director of the Sellersville National Bank.
Milton MOHR, of Church Hill, Bucks county, was before Justice of the Peace Andrew C. GROFF, of Sellersville, Tuesday afternoon, with charges prefered against him by the Pennsylvania Society Protection Cruelty to Animals of neglecting to properly provide for seven cows, two heifers and two horses. Witnesses testified that the cows looked like skeletons with skin drawn over them.
That they were filthy and had manure in the stables from 18 inches to two feet deep, and could not see that any bedding had been used. The only feed they could find in the barn was hay. Dead chickens were lying in the entry of the barn and it appeared as if they had been there for some time. Some of the cattle were so weak that they were not able to stand up. Mr. MOHR had been notified by the society two years ago that he must take better care of his stock and give them better food or they would proceed against him and several times since the warnings had been repeated, but he paid no attention to them until complaints came in so thick and fast that they decided to prosecute him. Judgment was rendered against Mr. MOHR and a fine of $10 and costs were imposed upon him. He acknowledged that the cattle did not pay him and promised to dispose of his cows.
N.H. LEESER, proprietor of the Palm Hotel, this week lost nineteen hams and shoulders which were damaged in his smoke house. Mr. LEESER thinks one of the hams dropped into the fire, which was built for smoking the meats and set the entire contents of the house on fire. The fire was detected ere the building was destroyed but not until after the hams were all badly damaged.
Walking as a cure for corpulence has been advocated by doctors of Hazleton so extensively that a walking club has been organized to test the remedy. Mayor KUIES and City Clerk HUGHES, both of extensive girth, are prominent members. Twenty-three others make up the club roll. As soon as the weather opens the members will take five-mile rambles daily.
A big dog belonging to Wm. HEIL, of Macungie, tore loose from his kennel with a chain still attached to his collar, on Sunday evening and while roaming around the premises of Dr. H.M. SCHELL he hung himself on a fence. His howls were kept up all night until he was discovered and released in the morning.
Upon authority of the Supreme Court, supplemented on Wednesday, by the Pardon Board's extension, the next step in the EDWARDS-GREASON murder case will be a motion at Reading on the part of Samuel GREASON's attorneys for a new trial. Should the motion be allowed the case cannot be tried before the third week in June. There is a possibility that GREASON may be liberated without a trial. Should Judge ERMENTROUT, before whom he was tried, grant a new trial, District Attorney KUTZ may conclude that the evidence of the Commonwealth is insufficient against him to put the county to the expense and move for a nolle pros. GREASON says he is confident he will be out in time to eat his Fourth of July dinner with his family in Carlisle, in celebration of the fourth anniversary of his arrest. Mrs. EDWARDS will scarcely be hanged, if at all, before next winter, and she may escape with life imprisonment. Both GREASON and Mrs. EDWARDS have listened to the reading of the death warrant 10 times, and both have been under the eyes of the death watch for two years.
Farmer Lewis JOHNSON and wife, of near Perkiomenville, on Saturday night met with a mishap at the Green Lane railroad crossing, which might have been very disastrous. They were driving and on their way to Pennsburg but when they came to the railway crossing, half of it was occupied by a freight engine taking water at the plug. Mr. JOHNSON stopped in front of the Keystone House to wait until the engineer would withdraw the engine and clear the way for public travel. Instead of doing so a railroad employe told him to cross the track. He did so as ordered and when in front of the engine the horse was scared by escaping steam and ran around, throwing Mrs. JOHNSON out of the wagon on her head. She was slightly bruised but luckily escaped serious injury. The wagon was demolished.
A flying board shooting match will be held at the Red Hill Hotel, on Saturday, March 25, for the largest steer in the world. The steer is owned by Charles F. MOTZ and is a wonder. The shoot will begin in the forenoon at ten o'clock. This will be one of the largest shoots ever held in this vicinity. Some crack shots from a distance have expressed themselves as being present and take part.
A man in Texas who swallowed a five-cent piece 20 years ago has just coughed it up. We will give a reward to learn the process by which he was induced to cough up the coin. We have a few subscribers on whom we would like to try it. - Allentown Democrat.
Falling between the front car and the engine tank of a special freight train on the Perkiomen Railroad at noon on Thursday when just outside of Port Richmond, Marcus H. TRAUGER, a young brakeman, residing at 636 Greenleaf St., Allentown, had his face entirely severed from the rest of his head. Both arms were cut off and the body otherwise horribly multilated. The accident occurred just after reaching Port Richmond where the train stopped to pick up a number of cars. TRAUGER gave the engineer the signal to move after they had been picked up and repeated the signal and started to walk over the cars to the head of the train. No one on the train saw him tumble from the cars but a grade crossing keeper noticing a crowd which had begun to collect in great excitement up the track after the train had passed signaled the crew which soon realized that TRAUGER was missing. The remains were removed to Philadelphia from where the train had started at 11 o'clock on Thursday morning and the body was taken to his home at Allentown yesterday. TRAUGER is 29 years old and is survived by a wife and two children. He had been working on this branch of the road only two months but had previously been located at Hellertown.
Harry D. RENNINGER the merchant, at Sassamansville, on Tuesday had quite an experience while returning to his home after making a trip by team to the Farmers National Bank, at Pennsburg, on business for Bank Director Jonathan SCHANELY who could not make the trip that day. When near the home of Wm. I. SMITH, at Hillegass, he met a heavy double team and on account of the high drifts of snow on both sides the two teams could not pass each other. After exchanging greetings for a while the drivers of the teams concluded the only way to get out of the dilemna was to unhitch the horse in Mr. RENNINGER's buggy, which they did and place the buggy on top of the snow drift. The horse was also crowded into the snow far enough to allow the heavy team to pass. After the loss of considerable time and temper the two men continued their journeys.
Ex-Register of Wills Harvey D. FELLMAN, of Richland township, Bucks county, while cleaning up a garret on one of his farms found a neat little bunch of $5 and $10 gold pieces snugly hidden and knotted in a fine handkerchief, which was partly rotted and decayed, the coins dropping out as bright and fresh as from the mint. He has deposited the money in bank, and notified the legal heirs of the estate of the find, since he believes that the farm is cheap enough without the gold.
George KNEEDLER, tenant on Dr. M.J. BACKENSTOE's farm, near Emaus, took one of his mules to HABERSTRUMPF's blacksmith shop in Emaus, last Friday to have it shod. The animal refused to stand to have the work done, and between them it was concluded that it would be the best mule if it was dead, so they killed it and the carcass is now being reduced to fertilizing material.
William B. WEISER and Miss Hattie A. FRETZ both, of Earlville, Berks County on Saturday drove from that place to the parsonage in Pennsburg, of Rev. W.U. KISTLER, where they were married. After the ceremony the couple drove to the home of George AUGSTADT, near the St. John's Lutheran Church, at Spinnerstown, who is an uncle of the bride where they spent Sunday.
Michael YOUNG, an aged and respected resident of Lower Salford, near Harleysville, died suddenly on Sunday evening while eating his supper. He was in his usual health when he sat down to the table. His family was amazed to see him drop forward with his face on the table. They hurriedly went to his side but were shocked to find that life was extinct. He was eighty-five years old and his death was due to apoplexy.
Shortly after nine o'clock on Monday evening the family of William BREUNINGER, who resides at Sumneytown in a stone house, between the store of Barndt & Cressman and the stables of the Red Lion Hotel, detected smoke in the second and third floors of their house. The entire family but two children had already retired but when they detected the smoke the family was aroused and an investigation was made. They soon found that the fire had started at a defective flue and had made its way to the frame annex, where the weather-boarding were already in flames. An alarm was spread and with the timely arrival of help and the formation of a bucket brigade the fire was extinguished before it got beyond control, but not until after an hours hard work. Luckily there was not much air stirring to fan the flames into a blaze for if there had the hotel sheds which is frame and stands within two feet of the annex would without a doubt have been ignited and had it once been on fire Sumneytown would in all probability have been doomed as it is an old town and the houses are built very close together. The Goshenhoppen Insurance Company appraised Mr. BREUNINGER's loss at thirty dollars.
After starting a fire in a stove in the wash house adjoining the Central House, Sellersville, Monday morning, the party left it to burn up. In a short time afterward flames and smoke were seen emerging from the shingle roof near the chimney. The fire alarm was immediately sounded and after some heroic work by the landlord Henry SHISLER and the neighbors it was placed under control ere the fire company had turned the hose on the building. It was a fortunate thing that the fire was discovered before it had gained much headway, as there are a number of frame buildings surrounding the wash house. A very large frame shed and stable belonging to the hotel is very close by and would have been hard to save if the fire had got beyond control.
The pupils at Schwenksville under the instruction of Prof. Claude HARLEY of Pennsburg will give a piano recital in the Heidelberg Reformed Church of Schwenksville this evening. The recital will be given for the benefit of the Sunday School of the church. A lengthy and very entertaining program has been prepared. The last number on the program will be a march entitled "College Carnival" composed by Prof. HARLEY and this will be the first time that it will be played in public by the composer. He will be assisted by Miss Susie KREMER in the rendition of this new march.
Eddie, son of James B. DRY, tenant on Winfield DELONG's farm, north of Bower's, Berks County, was driving the cows into the stable when he had to pass one of the fat bulls, which kicked him on the leg, fracturing it.
Possessed of unusual faculties in locating Indian relics, Daniel N. KERN, an archaeologist of Allentown, who is the owner of one of the largest collections of curios in this State, last year added more than five hundred specimens to his already extensive display. Mr. KERN, apparently, can scent an Indian relic, no matter how small, from afar, and he has found scores of them in frequented places that have been covered by other collectors with but meagre results. In 1904 Mr. KERN walked 125 miles in his quest for specimens of the red men's handiwork, and he visited forty different farms in the counties of Montgomery, Berks, Bucks, Lehigh, Monroe and Northampton. He discovered many hitherto unknown Indian villages, and upon the sites formerly occupied by them he secured a total of 556 specimens. They include 295 arrows, 39 spears, 21 war points, 107 knives, 5 axes, 2 hoes, 29 hammer stones, 33 turtleback knives, 8 celts, an anvil, weighing 18 pounds; 27-pound sledge hammer, 4 ceremonial stones, 2 drills, 3 scrapers, 2 long pestles, 4 bell-shaped pestles and 1 war club. Mr. KERN's collection numbers 4000 specimens, and he intends some time in the future to present it to a worthy college.
Mrs. Barbara KREAMER, of Creamery, was on Tuesday awarded $2500 damages by the court at Norristown, for the loss of her husband who was run over at a grade crossing on the Perkiomen Railroad, above Collegeville, in May 1902. The suit was brought against the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company. This was a retrial of the case. At the former trial of the case Mrs. KREAMER got a verdict of $700. Upon motion of Mr. EVANS, attorney for the Railroad Company, a new trial was awarded at the last session of argument court.
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