Bissel-Coleman -- In this city, at the residence of the bride's father, by Rev. J.M. Anspach, Peter Bissel, of Cordalia, Mo. to Rosa Coleman, of this city.
Krouse-Firing -- By Rev. A.N. Sembower, April 29th, 1875, Franklin S. Krouse and Miss Sue F. Firing, both of this city.
Parvin-Moers -- On the 29th ult., by Rev. C.F. McCauley, D.D., Mr. Samuel Parvin and Miss Ellen C. Moers, both of this city.
Martin-Schlegle -- On the 29th of April, by Rev. Dr. Fry, Mr. Henry Martin to Miss Ellen Schlegle, both of this city.
By Rev. L. Groh -- On April 13th (?), Morris Merkel, of Colebrookdale, to Amanda D. Dotterer, of Engelsville. On April 17th, George B. Riegner, of Siesholtzville, to Amanda C. Heydt, of Bechtelsville. On May 1st, Wm. K. Herb, of Pike, to Margaret G. Bradford, of Washington.
By Rev. R.S. Appel -- On May 2d, Moses Bower to Mary Leonora Leiby, daughter of Stephen Leiby, both of Hamburg. On May 1st, in Shoemakersville, Cyrus K. Rickenbach, to Mary Stoudt, both of Ontelaunee. On May 1st, Levi Haas, of Center, to Emma A. Zeller, of Ontelaunee.
By Rev. Maxwell S. Rowland -- On April 24th, Mr. James Setzler, of Spring City, to Miss Emma A. Hiser of Philadelphia.
By Rev. C.Z. Weiser -- On April 24th, Mr. Daniel A. Haas, of Pricetown, Berks county, to Miss Hannah Marsteller, of Greenville, Montgomery county.
The Directors of the several School Districts of Berks county held their Triennial Convention in the Court House, last Tuesday afternoon, for the purpose of electing a County Superintendent of Public Schools to serve for the ensuing three years. The Convention elected Prof. Samuel A. Bear, of Friedensburg, this county, Principal of the Oley Academy, to the position. Prof. Bear is an experienced and earnest educational worker. He is a graduate of Franklin and Marshall College, and a gentleman of fine scholarly attainments. He will no doubt fill the duties of the office with acceptability to the people of the county. Prof. Bear's competitors for the Superintendency were Prof. D.B. Brunner, of this city, and Prof. I.B. Hankey, of Kallynean Academy, Boyertown. Prof. Brunner, the late Superintendent, has been faithful to his trust, and has conscientiously performed the laborious duties connected with his office, and by his able management has materially advanced the public schools of the county. In his retirement he bears with him the good wishes of many friends in every section of the county.
Henry Crouse, Esq., Treasurer of the Minnesota Relief Fund, acknowledges the receipt of $23.75 collected in Marion township, by J.L. Mayer, A.N. Potteiger, and M.S. Thierwechter, the committee appointed for that township.
Henry Bushong, Esq., of this city, has disposed of the Moyer farm, in Marion township, this county, to Mr. Elias Fidler, for the sum of $20,000.
Matthias Mengel, Esq., of this city, has sold his farm near Earlville, this county, to a gentleman by the name of Grim, for $10,000.
The well known firm of H.R. & A.S. Boyer, who occupy one of the palatial stores on the south side of Penn street, between 5th and 6th Reading, are creating quite a sensation among the ladies by their magnificent opening of the Spring Fashions in their line of goods, which commenced on Thursday and will continue to-day and all of next week. Their stock is superb. Our lady readers should give them a call.
From April 14th to May 3rd, 180 light boats passed up and twelve loaded ones down the Schuylkill canal. The boating business looks exceedingly dull at present.
The Court last week granted a decree dissolving the corporation known as "The Birdsboro Iron Foundry Company," which had been incorporated under the Act of July 18th, 1863, pertaining to manufacturing companies.
On the premises of Ephraim Penrose, in Maidencreek township,is a grape vine supposed to be a native seedling, which has been producing grapes for several years of excellent quality. It is a prolific bearer, and the clusters are large and handsome. The grapes have the general appearance of the Concord, but have less of the foxy taste characteristic of that variety. It is evidently a distinct variety, but bears a closer resemblance to the Concord than to any other variety. The vine is exceedingly hardy, and although standing in an exposed situation, it escaped the winter without injury, while other vines on the same farm were frozen. Mr. Penrose exhibited specimens of this new variety at one of the meetings of the Berks County Agricultural Society last fall.
The splendid new store building, public hall and dwelling, in the borough of Birdsboro, the erection of which was commenced last fall by the Messrs. E. & G. Brooke, and which was nearly completed, was destroyed by fire last Monday night. The fire was first discovered about 11 o'clock by Isaac G. Steinrock, proprietor of the hotel diagonally opposite from the store building, who was closing his hotel for the night. The fire was also discovered about the same time by Mr. James Henry. An alarm was promptly given and the citizens soon assembled but as Birdsboro is without a suitable fire apparatus, very little could be done to save the building, and the handsome new structure fell a victim to the fury of the flames. The fire spread rapidly, and the building was entirely destroyed in the course of a few hours, only the walls being left standing. The embers of the fire were still smouldering among the ruins next morning.
The building destroyed was commenced last September, and was situated on the corner of Mill and Main streets. It had a front of 45 feet on Mill street, and extended 118 feet in length. It was two stories high, with a Mansard story on top. The walls were constructed of "Forest" sandstone, and the building when finished would have been one of the most complete in the county outside of this city. The storeroom on the first floor was 80 feet in depth and was finished so that it would have been occupied next week by Mr. George W. Hain, to whom it had been leased. Mr. Hain was in New York, purchasing a stock of goods. The upper or third story, was intended to be used for the purposes of a public hall, for musical, dramatic, and literary entertainments. A dwelling was attached to the building which would have soon been ready for occupation, the plasterers having been still engaged upon some of the upper rooms. The estimated cost of the building is $12,000, upon which there was no insurance. Mr. Raymond Moore, masterbuilder of Birdsboro, had the erection and completion of the building by contract. There are various theories as to the origin of the fire, but the fire was undoubtedly the work of an incendiary. It is supposed to have started on the second floor, in a narrow entry, in one of the most secluded portions of the building. An incendiary could have ignited the fire, and been afforded sufficient time to make good his escape before the fire could be discovered. Two "tramps" were observed loitering about the premises about 10 o'clock on Monday night and it is supposed by some that they set fire to the building, which supposition is rendered the more plausible from the fact that several vagrants who were in the habit of loitering around the building a week previously had been notified to leave by the Borough Constable, and the building may have been fired from motives of revenge.
There were no carpenter's tools, and but few articles of value inside the building. During the fire, Mr. Jacob Hook was slightly hurt and bruised by being struck with a shutter that had been thrown from one of the upper stories. A portion of the doors, shutters and stove fixtures were saved. Birdsboro is sadly in need of a Steam Fire Engine, and the necessity of this indispensable aid in conquering the fiery element was forcibly evident on Monday night. If there had been a fire engine in the borough the fire might have been subdued with comparatively small loss.
Mr. Raymond Mohr is busy cleaning away the debris of the late fire at the new dwelling and store building of E. & G. Brooke, Birdsboro, preparatory to rebuilding the same.
Officers Deeds and Hoyer arrested four tramps on Wednesday on suspicion of having set the building on fire. Two of them, Daniel Richard, and his brother, called "Hopper," were loafing around the town this winter and were ordered to leave last week, but were seen lurking about the place the evening before the fire. When ordered away they made threats concerning what would be done on their return. They had a hearing before Joseph R. Kerst, Esq., Wednesday morning. They hail from this city and though young in years are evidently old in crime. The two Richards were committed to prison for a further hearing, the other two were discharged, having shown conclusively that they had nothing to do with it.
The Board of Licensers have been in session all week, in the Grand Jury Room, in the court House, to hear applications for licenses. They took up the county licenses first. The licenses granted are as follows:
| Albany | Hereford | ||
| William Heinly | O.S. | Henry Walker | do |
| Amos Greenawalt | do | Jesse Willowe | do |
| Nathan Stump | do | Lewis Moyer | do |
| Benneville Shular | do | Jefferson | |
| Nathan D. Trexler | do | Charles Hetri | O.S. |
| Jesse Miller | do | John S. Holm-n | do |
| Maggie C. Metz | N.S. | Elias Stout | do |
| Alsace | Kutztown | ||
| Charles Dengler | O.S. | William M. ---m | O.S. |
| Susan Roland | do | Charles Kut- | do |
| Peter Fies | do | Ulrich Mille- | do |
| Geo. Babb | do | John Gerne- | do |
| Jacob Heckman | do | Daniel Zimmerman | do |
| Franklin Schmeck | do | Henry P. S--edler | do |
| Amity | Wm. F. St--ner | do | |
| Wm. Davidheiser | O.S. | James O'B-- | do |
| J.B. Wentzel | do | Longswamp | |
| Henry Reider | do | Frank Sc-- | do |
| Levi Hartman | do | Richard W--tz | do |
| A.H. Rhoads | do | Philip Fo-man | do |
| David Hunter | do | Ulrich Bel-- | do |
| F.R. Stettler | do | Henry B. --hrbach | do |
| Bern | Matthias --ecker | do | |
| Franklin G. Hain | O.S. | Wiliam Jacobs | do |
| Jos. K. Rentchler | do | Sebastian --mon | do |
| E.S. Strouse | do | E.H. Tr--ler | do |
| Henry Gauker | do | George --wman | do |
| John Savage | do | Maidencreek | |
| Bern Upper | P.Y. Ta--or | O.S. | |
| Jacob G. Haag | O.S. | Peter A--m | do |
| Jos. S. Hicks | do | Muhlenberg | |
| Chas. Moyer | do | Thomas Leinbach | O.S. |
| John Carl | do | James Schmeck | do |
| Daniel W. Wagner | do | Samuel Wentzel | do |
| Samuel H. Tobias | do | Polly -oming | do |
| Bernville | John --eymoyer | do | |
| Dan'l K. Potteiger | O.S. | Mar-- | |
| Francis Kirsch | do | John --ertz | O.S. |
| Brecknock | Isaac Moyer | do | |
| Aug. Schweitzer | O.S. | Peter --offman | do |
| Bethel | James Zerby | do | |
| Daniel Baschore | O.S. | Ma-tawny | |
| Isaac S. Gerhart | do | Dan'l Madtis | O.S. |
| William P. Snyder | do | Geo. Dress | do |
| John Emrich | do | Amos Barto | do |
| Larimer Webber | do | H. ?. Fisher | do |
| Daniel Bordner | do | John Kemp | do |
| Harrison Zerbe | do | Geo. B. Yoder | do |
| John ?. Wilhelm | do | Isr-- Wentzel | do |
| Boyertown | Ontelaunee | ||
| Charles Grant | O.S. | James Dunkel | O.S. |
| Samuel Sperry | do | Henrietta Mengle | do |
| F.M. Heller | do | Reuben Wanner | do |
| Franklin M. Bucher | do | August Kerling | do |
| Michael Beltz | do | Henry Daum | do |
| Frank S. Boyer | do | Oley | |
| Birdsboro | Peter Y. Edelman | O.S. | |
| John Eyre | O.S. | ?. O. Griesemer | do |
| Isaac G. Steinrock | do | Ivan Mentch | do |
| Effinger Dengler | do | --el R. Sayer | do |
| Caernarvon | Penn | ||
| Mrs. John Gable | O.S. | ?. Z. Begenstose | O.S. |
| David K. Plank | do | Henry Kershner | do |
| Robert A. Gillmer | do | Levi S. Bright | do |
| Colebrookdale | James K. Filbert | do | |
| Solomon Stetler | O.S. | W.K. Balthaser | do |
| Centre | Pike | ||
| Benneville Loose | O.S. | Nathan Landis | O.S. |
| Daniel Kauffman | do | George H. Hess | do |
| Reuben Ludwig | do | Perry | |
| Cumru | data | Elias Becker | O.S. |
| George Beyerle | O.S. | Jacob Adam | do |
| Jeremiah Fritz | do | Simon Dreibelbis | do |
| Jos. R. Schmucker | do | Chas. J. Dreibelbis | do |
| Henry Kurtz | do | Geo. B. Boyer | do |
| Lewis G. Fritz | do | Sam. S. Unger | do |
| John Mengle | do | Daniel J. Saul | do |
| Michael A. Shade | do | Richmond | |
| District | H.?. Miller | O.S. | |
| Benjamin Moyer | O.S. | Gustavus Dreibelbis | do |
| John H. Landis | do | Joel Becker | do |
| Douglass | Frederick Boyer | do | |
| E.D. Swavely | O.S. | S.D.F. Kohler | do |
| Mahlon H. Maurer | do | Thomas Schmeck | do |
| Earl | Henry H. Kline | do | |
| Simon Clouser | O.S. | Robeson | |
| Jeremiah Wentz | do | Jackson --eard | do |
| Exeter | Levi H. Brown | do | |
| Richard Lincoln | O.S. | Aug. Eshelman | do |
| Levi Hill | do | Joseph Seyfrit | do |
| George D. Weidner | do | Ruscombmanor | |
| D.H. Snyder | do | F. Rothenberger | O.S. |
| Oliver Hinnershitz | do | Rockland | |
| Abraham Snyder | do | L.F. Guinther | O.S. |
| John Jackson | do | John Bortz | do |
| Fleetwood | John Mast Jr. | do | |
| Isaac O. Lesher | O.S. | Spring | |
| Percival Brumbach | do | Samuel Ruth | O.S. |
| George Dewees | do | Evan E. Lutz | do |
| Jacob Gift | do | Ellen Krick | do |
| James C. Reding | do | Abraham E. Weitzel | do |
| Greenwich | Levi Brumbach | do | |
| Jacob Stine | O.S. | Tulpehoccon | |
| Charles Bleiler | do | Henry Brobst | O.S. |
| Charles A. Kline | do | J.J.J. Moyer | do |
| Reuben Smith | do | Gereon Deisher | do |
| Isaac L. Detrich | do | L.J.W. Bordner | do |
| Heidelberg | Frank Gassett | do | |
| Isaac Schlessman | do | Cyrus R. Donough | do |
| H.R. & J.D. Lutz | do | John Christ | do |
| Heidelberg, Lower | Jarret Loose | do | |
| John R. Clark | O.S. | Isaac M. Harner | do |
| Heidelberg North | Tulpehoccon Upper | ||
| Jonathan L. Klopp | O.S. | Percival Goodman | O.S. |
| Peter Schwoyer | do | Solomon Graeff | do |
| Frederick Hain | do | Moses Henne | do |
| Esther Althouse | do | B. Himmelberger | do |
| Z. Undercoffler | do | Union | |
| William L. Fisher | do | F.H. Umstead | O.S. |
| Hamburg | Windsor | ||
| Joseph R. Shomo | O.S. | Mahlon A. Sellers | O.S. |
| Elias Shomo | do | Washington | |
| William F. Tetter | do | James Steyer | O.S. |
| John Confer | do | Abr'm Trollinger | do |
| Abraham Bowman | do | Augustus Kuhns | do |
| John Rupp | do | N.T. Wolbert | do |
| Christian Maler | do | J.E. Bowman | do |
| Reuben Adam | do | Jacob A. Smith | do |
| David H. Fink | do | Womelsdorf | |
| Francis Fissing | do | John R. Koenig | O.S. |
| Stephen Dunkel | do | Levi S. Oberly | do |
| A. Shollenberger | do | Elias Heckman | do |
| John S. Spotts | do |
The following applications were rejected:
| Colebrookdale | Maxatawny | ||
| David Engle | N.S. | John Frederick | N.S. |
| Fleetwood | Penn | ||
| F.B. Barto | N.S. | W. Himmelberger | N.S. |
| Hamburg | |||
| Charles Faust | O.S. |
The board did not consider the application for license upon which no new bonds in accordance with the recent act of Assembly had been filed. These comprised about one-fourth of the applciations. In most of these cases, it is understood the applicatnts have abandoned their intention of asking for license.
The applications from the city were considered yesterday. A special day will be fixed to consider all applications against which remonstrances have been filed.
Submitted by Nancy.
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