Clippings from the Berks and Schuylkill Journal, Saturday, October 17, 1874

City and County

The Poor Fund

The Mayor received from "A Lady," $2.00; from "Mite," $1.00; from Annie Miller, South Fifth street, $2.00. A poor girl named May Yocum, North Ninth Street, was supplied with a pair of shoes, she being nearly bare footed. Mr. E.L. Spickler, furnished a half barrel of cakes for the poor, which were given out.

Episcopal Convention

The General Episcopal Convention is still in session in New York. The proceedings thus far are without special interest. The House of Bishops on Thursday confirmed the election of the Rev. Dr. E.R. Wells, as Bishop of Wisconsin. The question of the confirmation of Dr. Seymour, of New York, recently elected Bishop of Illinois, was under consideration on Thursday and yesterday. He is opposed for ritualistic and Romish tendencies. The result was still in doubt.

The New President of the Sixth Street Passenger Railway

On Saturday morning a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Sixth Street Passenger Railway Company, was held for the purpose of receiving the resignation of the President, George R. Frill, Esq., which having been duly accepted, Hon. George D. Stitzel was unanimously elected President. This is an admirable selection. Indeed no better one could have been made. Under Judge Stitzel's administration the Sixth street line is sure to be a grand success.

The South Mountain Railroad

The constant activity displayed in the building of this road has surprised even its most sanguine friends. Although the panic has severely retarded its progress it has nevertheless kept employed a force of 300 workmen along the line between Harrisburg and Hamburg. The survey east of Hamburg to the Delaware is finished, and the engineers are now running a line east of that river. The grading at various points along the line is completed and the whistle of the locomotive will be heard in this valley before very many years.

The City's Health

The health of the city has been remarkably good during the past three weeks, the number of deaths for each week being exactly alike, viz: eleven. The causes of this mortality remain unchanged, no important case being reported. Diarrheal diseases are diminishing, there being but one on the mortuary record for the week. For the same week last year there were seventeen deaths, showing that our death rate is lower now than the previous year. Our city's health has never made a better exhibit than at this season of the year.

The City's Credit

Last Monday, immediately after Colonel Arthur, the City Treasurer, entered his office and before the Mayor had signed the Loan and Tax Ordinances, there were applications for $14,800 of the new bonds of the city to be created under the new Loan Ordinance. Col. Arthur thinks there will be no difficulty in putting the whole loan on the market in a short time. We have it from the most trustworthy source that the money is ready now to take at least $70,000 of the bonds. So much for the credit of the city, and there need be no fear that all its obligations will not be met.

Board of Election Vacancies

The manner of filling vacancies in the Board of Election officers on the day of election, under the act of 1839, is as follows: If the minority inspector shall not attend on election day, the defeated minority candidate for judge acts as the minority inspector. If the majority inspector shall not attend, the judge appoints an inspector. If the judge shall not attend, the majority inspector appoints a judge. If any vacancy is not filled within an hour after the opening of the polls, the voters of the division elect a person to fill the vacancy.

Court items

Next Saturday is the regular Rule Day of October term, upon which the judgment list will be called, Orphan's Court matters, and general Court business transacted.

Court will open at 10 o'clock in the morning. The Hon. J. Hagenman, additional Law Judge will preside.

Monday, October 26th is fixed for Argument Court. The Argument lists of the several courts comprise a large number of cases. The Hon. W.J. Woodward, President Judge, will preside. Court will open at 10 o'clock in the morning.

"Freedom of the City"

In old times it was customary to give distinguished guests the "freedom of the city in a gold snuff box," but we have never seen it distinctly stated what that meant. Reading is more liberal -- it gives the "freedom of the city" to anybody to go up in a balloon in our public squares. In order not to seem invidious, we suggest that the freedom of the streets be given to all circuses, monkey shows, horse races, prize fighters, not excepting games of chance, such as French Pool, sweat-cloth, and the like. This would be equal and exact justice to all, besides affording idlers and street 'gamins' an endless fund of amusement.

Railroad Bankrupt[c]y Case

At the hearing before Judge Cadwalader, in the U.S. District Court, Phila., last Wednesday in the matter of the petition of certain creditors making an adjudication of Bankruptcy against the Berks County Railroad Company, Messrs. Cyrus G. Derr and James Ryon, Esqs., appeared for the creditors and asked leave to file an amended petition and sundry affidavits. Leave was granted and the time for answering was enlarged to Wednesday the 21st inst. In the meantime depositions will be taken. This prevents the proposed sale of the road to-day (Saturday the 17th).

The Berks County Railroad Company was represented by Hon. Wayne MacVeagh, of Harrisburg, and Messrs. S.L. Young and F.R. Schell, Esqs., of Reading.

The Hamburg Excursionists

The grand excursion from Hamburg to Harrisburg on last Saturday, was composed of the Emanuel M.E. Sunday School of Hamburg; St. John's Sunday School, Port Clinton; Miller's Church Sunday School, of Upper Bern township; and of citizens from Hamburg, Shoemakersville, Shartlesville and Port Clinton, and was accompanied by the Hamburg Cornet Band. The excursionists numbered about 800, a great many more who would have gone being prevented by the threatening aspect of the weather. They arrived in Harrisburg at one o'clock in the afternoon, and headed by the band proceeded in line to the executive department, over the auditor general's office, where the musicians struck up the air. "Hail to the Chief." Henry Houck, Esq., deputy state superintendent of common schools introduced the party to Governor Hartranft. His Excellency, the Governor, bid them welcome in a brief address, after which the band played another popular air. A general hand-shaking between the Governor and the visitors took place.

They left Harrisburg at 3 p.m. and arrived home safely in the evening, the utmost good feeling having prevailed during their trip, all being extremely pleased with the hospitable reception extended them.

More Ballooning -- A Narrow Escape

Mr. John N. Shearer attempted to ascend in a balloon last Saturday, from Penn Square, and made a narrow escape from a horrible death. A young man named Bennethum, who had accompanied him before, was seated on the concentrating hoop or ring immediately under the balloon, while Shearer stood on the trapeze bar below. At about 2 p.m. the word was given to "let go," but the balloon had arisen not more than thirty feet, when Mr. Shearer found it necessary to discharge some ballast, and called to his assistant to cut a bag and throw out some. He did it as quickly as he could, but by this time the balloon had got above the portico of the Keystone House, and Mr. Shearer found it was too late to do any good. He found that he could not escape the telegraphic wire, which is the dread of all aeronauts, and which would have cut both Mr. S. and his assistant, or dashed them against the top of Jameson's building on the opposite corner. To save the life of himself and his assistant, Mr. Shearer, jumped a distance of at least twenty feet, and fortunately landed safely on the Keystone House portico. The telegraphic ware was torn, and the balloon, with young Bennethum in the hoop, shot up rapidly but gracefully to a great height, and sailed off in a northeasterly direction. The young aeronaut took matters coolly and bowed his adieu to the immense crowd below.

Mr. Shearer immediately proceeded to his room in the Keystone House and donned another suit of clothing -- (one of his suits went off with the balloon) -- ordered a carriage, and left by the Perkiomen turnpike, the direction which the balloon had taken. He drove to Pleasantville, in Oley township, twelve miles east of this city where he found that his protégé had safely landed, and packed up the balloon ready for shipment back to Reading. Young Bennethum landed without the least damage to himself or the balloon, and received much assistance from the people of Pleasantville and vicinity. The party immediately started on their return home, and reached Reading at 8 o'clock, on Saturday evening, and were warmly congratulated on their arrival at the Keystone House by many friends.

Another ascent was made by Mr. Shearer at o'clock on Monday afternoon, also from Penn Square. This time he met with no accident. The balloon sailed off gracefully and landed in Chester county, opposite Pottstown. Mr. S. returned to Reading by the 6 p.m. train.

Sales of Real Estate

Haak, Bickley & Boyer, sold a building lot in East Reading, at the southeast corner of 16th and Cotton street, 30 by 105 feet to John Beadencup, for $350.

Also two lots on the North side of Perkiomen avenue, between 17th and 18th street, each 20 by 110 feet, to Benneville Grow, at $325 per lot.

The Curry property on South Fifth street, was bid up to $11,090 (McCulloch & Co., auctioneers) at the Keystone House, last Saturday and the sale was postponed for the present.

At the Keystone House, on Saturday, Auctioneer Lyon sold 20 shares of Reading City Passenger Railway stock, to Charles H. Schaeffer, Esq., at $50 per share -- the par price.

The Oakeley property on North Fifth street, was bid up to $11,000 and withdrawn.

Charles Hill and Obediah Romig purchased from Charles Nuss, a two-story brick house and lot, 20 by 230 feet, on the west side of Tenth street, between Washington and Walnut, for $5,505.

Sheriff's Sales of Real Estate

Sheriff Mishler (Deputy Sheriff Wolff acting as Auctioneer) sold the following properties last Saturday:

A one-acre lot of ground with steam tannery and dwelling house situate in Sinking Spring, Spring township, to Hoff & Millholland, for $950.

A four-acre tract of land with a two-story dwelling house, kitchen, frame stable, &c., situate in Amity township, to George S. Kieffer, for $5,500.

Eight acres of woodland in Pike township, to John F. Guldin, for $1,225.

Eight acres of cultivated land situate in Pike township to H.S. Matthias, for $200.

Ten acres of Chestnut timber land situate in Pike township to Daniel Stitzer and John D. Hoffman, for $670.

Ten acres of Chestnut land situate in Pike township to Daniel Stitzer and John D. Hoffman, for $495.

Lutheran Reformation Festival

All the Lutheran congregations in Reading, will unite in celebrating the anniversary of the Reformation by a grand festival, in St. James Church, on the 31st instant. Short addresses will be delivered by Rev. Dr. J. Fry, of Trinity Church, and Rev. J.J. Kuendig, of St. John's Church, the former in English and the latter in German. The festival will, however, partake more of a musical character, particular care and attention being given to the preparation and execution of appropriate pieces. A Reformation Symphony has been especially composed for the occasion, by Mr. John Endlich. One of the prominent features of the programme will be the rendition of "Ein Feste berg ist unser Gott." Some of the best musical talent in the city has been engaged and organized into a festival choir. The solos and choruses will be given with the organ accompaniment, under the direction of Prof. H.F. Eberhardt, the accomplished organist of St. James Church.

Runaway and Narrow Escape

Mr. George Sassaman, butcher, of Boyertown, met with a narrow escape from death while in Boyertown the other day. He had driven to that place for the purpose of disposing of some beef, and while attending to a customer, his horses frightened at a blast from the sinking of a well, and started off at full speed. In trying to catch one team he was thrown with great violence against a curbstone, and his lower chin was torn entirely loose, and his face and head were badly hurt. The horses ran against a sign post in front of the Union Hotel, which stopped them. A little son of Mr. Sassaman's was on the wagon all the time, but fortunately escaped without injury. Mr. Sassaman's injuries were attended to by Dr. T.J.B. Rhoads.

Personal

Rev. Dr. B.M. Schmucker and J. Fry of this city, left last Monday for Jamestown, N.Y. to attend the annual meeting of the General Council, as Delegates, from the Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania.

Mr. William R. Lewis, of the Ubil House started last Monday on a hunting tour along the Alleghenies in the southern part of Bedford county. He is going gunning for wild turkeys but may possibly draw a bead on a deer or two.

More Womelsdorf Robberies

Thieves are still on the rampage at Womelsdorf. Last week the cigar manufactory of Spang & Erisman was entered and six hundred cigars stolen. The cigars were not stamped, and therefore the parties might be detected when they offer cigars not having the United States Revenue stamp on them. The Lagerbeer saloon of John A. Matthew was also entered through a back window, but the parties were disturbed before much booty was taken possession of. The cellar of Isaac Eckert was also entered. To effect an entrance the thieves dug out part of the wall leading down the stairway, which made a noise and awakened the inmates when they left in haste. Mrs. John Seltzer, living about a mile below town, was also visited by a party. They having made a noise, a daughter of Mrs. Seltzer, who possesses more courage than most of our men do now-a-days, went into the cellar where the thieves were operating, and pointing a revolver into their faces, demanded an unconditional surrender of all things taken in their possession, when they submitted to the terms and left in a hurry. No doubt the party were the same that stole the cigars above mentioned, as they left a lot of cigars at the last named place.

Topton Items

On the 10th inst (Sunday), crowds of people went to the Topton furnace, curiosity brought the writer down too after Sunday School.

At about 4:15 p.m. everything being in readiness, Miss Emma R. Pott, daughter of Benjamin Pott, formerly of Pottsville, was lifted by her father, in the presence of a large crowd of spectators, into the lower part of the furnace stack. One of the workingmen then gave her a lighted lamp, and there and then "Miss Emma" ignited the combustibles which were in the stack, and in a few moments the smoke issued from the top of the stack on the Topton furnace. The blast was put on in the morning. Everything works like a charm thus far.

The planing mill of Messrs. Andrews & Frederick, Allentown, has been deprived of its machinery and removed on wagons to Topton, it having been loaded on last Saturday night. Messrs. Andrews & Frederick will hereafter conduct their planing mill business in Topton.

The Topton school closed on the 16th inst., thereby giving the pupils two weeks vacation before the opening of the winter term. This will also give the teachers an opportunity to attend the County Institute which will be held in Kutztown next week.

Leesport Items

The public schools will be opened on the 19th inst. The schools are now graded and the School Board have spared no pains in securing the services of competent teachers for the ensuing term. Mr. Alten Boyer will have charge of the Grammar School, J.S. Fisher of the Secondary, and Mr. Shoemaker of the Primary. The West Leesport School Board have also brought their schools up to a very efficient standard. A teacher from Philadelphia has been engaged to take charge of the Grammar School. A private subscription having been taken up by the citizens to increase his salary ten dollars more than that which has been paid heretofore by the board.

The furnace of the Leesport Iron Company, which has in its employ 75 hands, has been running on full time, and is paying the usual wages, notwithstanding the panic and its effects. This Company is now running a branch road from the Reading Road to their limestone quarries.

Flagging has been laid in front of a number of residences, while many other improvements that are being made almost daily, testify to the prosperity of this growing town.

State Trustees -- Kutztown Normal School

In conformity with an act passed at the last session of the Legislature, the State Superintendent has appointed the following named persons to act as State Trustees, to represent the interests of the State in the management of the Keystone Normal School, at Kutztown, Pa.: Rev. S.K. Brobst, Allentown, Pa.; Col. Thomas D. Fister, Kutztown, Berks county, Pa.; John W. Bickel, Esq., Pottsville, Pa.; and David Schaeffer, Ulrich Miller, Esq., Geo. K. Kutz, Esq., Elijah De Turk, A.D. Levan, and Lewis K. Hottenstein, Kutztown, Berks county, Pa.

Return of President Gowen

It will, no doubt, be extremely gratifying to the numerous friends of President Franklin B. Gowen of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company, to learn that his health has been entirely re-established, and that he will sail from Liverpool for home in the Republic on the 20th inst., and may be expected here by the 10th of November.

Local Brevities

Always hitch your horses when you stop and thus avoid runaways.

The milliners are all busy. Hard times and panics don't affect fashions.

A vein of cannel coal three feet thick has been discovered in Forest county.

A break in the Union Canal near Jonestown, Lebanon County, is reported.

The pumpkin and buckwheat crops are reported to be unusually large this year.

Two hundred and ninety quarts of milk are sent daily from New Berlin Station on the Colebrookdale Railroad.

At the coming general election in Pennsylvania the polls will open at 7 o'clock, a.m. and close at 7 o'clock, p.m.

Four Reading gunners are reported to have shot sixty wild pigeons between the Temple and Kutztown a few days ago.

Mellert & Co. shipped on Friday last eleven cars of six inch iron water pipe to Bristol, Pa., for their Borough water works.

The Reading Hardware Company have reduced the wages of their employees ten percent.

The Boyertown public Schools opened on the 5th inst., and in the upper school there were 42 pupils and in the lower school 49 with a prospect of a large increase.

Samuel Miller, of Heidelberg, newer Womelsdorf Railroad Station, raised a potato of the Peerless variety weighing 2 pounds, 2 ounces and the weight of two small pennies.

Chicken thieves have been making raids upon the henneries in some parts of Reading during the last week. Cross dogs are in demand.

Richard Darlington and Edith Darlington, his wife, celebrated their golden wedding on Wednesday of last week at their residence in West Marlborough, Chester county. They were married October 7th 1824.

Phillip Zieber & Son, Real Estate and Insurance Agents, have sold five acres of ground, situated on Lardner's Lane in North Reading, belonging to Jacob Bushong, to Fricker & Bro., for $9,000.

The electors of Muhlenberg township will hold a special election at the private home of Gabriel Gehret, in said township, on Thursday, Oct. 29th, to decide upon changing the polling place from Leinbach's to Temple.

Work on the new blast furnace at Bechtelsville, this county, is being pushed forward with vigor. The foundations have been excavated and new crossings are being placed over the railroad for hauling stone and other purposes.

Following are the shipments of stock made to Reading and vicinity for the week ending Oct. 10th; Reading, 105 hogs; Pottstown, 13 cattle, 51 sheep; Womelsdorf, 20 cattle; Royer's Ford, 52 hogs; Shoemakersville, 78 cattle.

Hamburg is industrious. Its plow manufactory is busy; the three large tanneries all have steady work; the flour mills run on full time; the coach factories are at work all the year round, and the brickmakers are hurrying up their work in view of the approaching winter.

Mr. Isaac Hinnershitz, of Hampden, raised a radish in his garden that is hard to beat. The full length of the radish, including root and top, is 6 feet 7 inches. The radish proper measures 2 feet in length. The circumference is 23 inches and the diameter 7 3/4 inches. Who can beat it?

The annual meeting of the stockholders of the "Douglassville and Yellow House Turnpike Company," will be held at the public house of John B. Wentzel, Amityville, this county, on Monday, the 2d of November, 1874, between the hours of 1 and 4 o'clock p.m.

Mr. Thomas D. Bausher, at Elm and Reed streets, has a copy of the first edition of the Philadelphia Ledger, dated March 25, 1836. Although somewhat stained by age, it is still in an excellent state of preservation, and as a relic is highly prized by him.

The corner-stone of the new Reformed Evangelical Friendship Church, on Cotton street above Tenth, was laid last Sunday afternoon in the presence of a large audience. Addresses were made by Rev. Joseph H. Kutz, pastor and Dr. T.D. Royce.

A re-union of the Independent Order of Red Men, of Lodges in Lancaster and Chester counties, will take place at Coatesville, on the Wilmington and Reading Railroad, on the 22d inst. Besides lodges from the counties mentioned, there will also be lodges present from Wilmington, Lancaster and Reading.

E. Penn Smith, of Womelsdorf, has an apple tree of the Crouser variety that over 50 bushels of picked apples have been taken from. There are some twenty odd trees in Mr. Smith's orchard which are all loaded down with splendid fruit.

In Bayard Taylor's description of the Indian Summer which occurs in the next month, no lines are more familiar than these:

"When the maple turns to crimson;
And the sassafras to gold;
And the gentians in the meadow,
And the aster in the wold,
When the noon is lapped in vapor,
And the night is frosty cold."

Mrs. Elizabeth Stoltz, residing at Fourth and Washington streets, has a peach tree which is quite prolific. A branch of the fruit was sent to this office, and the peaches were pronounced by those who tasted them exceedingly fine. They are very large, and the tree, to use a trite phrase, fairly groaned under the weight of the abundance of the fruit on it.

John Haury, the sculptor, is at present engaged in executing an order for two statues to be used in the ornamentation of the Grand Opera House. The one, a statue of Shakespeare, he has now on hand. The other is to represent Mozart, the composer. Each will be about five feet in height. They were ordered by Mr. George M. Miller.

Last Saturday evening about 9 o'clock, as Mr. John Slonaker, of Limerick, was driving down the turnpike with his wife, when about a quarter of a mile below Pottstown he was stopped by a footpad who caught the horse, and demanded money. Mr. S. gave him a blow or two with his whip when the rascal let go the horse and clutched at Mrs. Slonaker's dress which was badly torn. The robber escaped.

Some miserable scamp placed large stones or rocks in the road near Unionville, Berks county, last Sunday evening, fixing them in the wagon ruts on the side of the hill, with the evident design of causing accidents. It is supposed that the spiteful villain intended thus to injure persons coming home from the Temple M.E. Church dedication, but we learn that all the carriages passed along safely. -- Pottstown Ledger.

The Schuylkill Canal Company have just commenced locking up their loaded canal boats, to prevent the coal shipped over their canal, from being stolen. The hatchways are put on and secured by an iron bar running lengthwise of the boat, the end of which is sealed with a metallic tag, similar to those used by the Reading Railroad Company on their cars, with the name of station from where the coal was shipped stamped upon it. This rule was rendered necessary on account of so much coal mysteriously disappearing from the boats.

A meeting of the committee to revise the premiums awarded at the late exhibition of the Berks County Agricultural Society was held last Tuesday evening. A premium of $15.00 and a diploma was awarded to Edward Davis of the Berkley Trout Ponds, for his fine display of trout. The Society have procured a splendid new diploma, which will be issued to exhibitors for the first time this year. There is a general demand for the publication of the award of premiums, which in justice to exhibitors should no longer be postponed.

The Keystone State Normal School numbers nearly three hundred students. Under the able directorship of Prof. A.R. Horne, this institution has made encouraging progress. The Board of Directors have under consideration the advisability of purchasing a handsome ten-acre lot which fronts the main building. Their purpose is to erect additional buildings thereon, so as to furnish room for new comers.

The Messrs. Mellerts intend erecting two large residences in North Third street, between Greenwich and Oley, two stories high, with Mansard roofs and in accordance with an entirely new plan. The lots are 40 feet front and 228 deep. The houses will be 22 feet front and 70 feet deep. They will be 30 feet from the pavement and the grounds are to be terraced. They will have three bay windows, two on the side and one in front, and contain all the modern improvements.

The Reading College of Physicians and Surgeons at their last quarterly meeting discussed a number of questions of interest to the profession, received reports, &c. Dr. D.L. Beaver of this city having made application for membership, the censor reported favorably and he was duly elected a Fellow of the College. Adjourned to meet on the 4th day of December, at Dr. Walter J. Hoffman's office, No. 103 South Sixth street.

The Postmaster General has decided that on and after the 1st of January next, the postage charged on newspapers circulated outside of the county where printed, must be paid in full; at the office of mailing, at the rate of 2 cents per pound. Postmasters will be furnished with special stamps for the purpose to be attached to receipts at the mailing office. As this matter concerns publishers only, it is not necessary to enter into special particulars at this time at least.

The public schools of Caernarvon have been in operation nearly one month, and are progressing admirably with an excellent corps of teachers. The school board this year, as usual have shown their liberality in granting the teachers full time while attending the County Institute at Kutztown and it is to be hoped the Directors themselves, at least as many of them as can make it convenient, will attend, thereby encouraging their teachers to attend punctually.

Mr. John Sheetz, drover from Englesville, this county, made a narrow escape from drowning on Thursday last, while driving from his home to Kutztown. In crossing a stream over which was sprung an arch, he noticed the water flowing over the road. Supposing that this was caused by high water, he attempted to pass over, unconscious of danger. He soon found his mistake. The culvert had been washed out and Mr. Sheetz's horse and carriage tumbled into the turbulent stream, and but for the assistance that was soon on the spot, he and his horse would undoubtedly have been drowned.

Messrs. John Plank, of Caernarvon, and Capt. William I. Clous, of this city, purchased the "Mengel" farm of 164 acres at public sale, on the 7th inst., at $157.70 per acre. Besides being a valuable farm it contains an inexhaustible bed of limestone, with three kilns worked to their utmost capacity. This in connection with the stone they are now burning at their kilns erected at Kenney's siding, on the Wilmington and Reading Railroad, will enable the enterprising firm of Clous & Plank to manufacture and ship a beautiful pearl-white lime that cannot be excelled in Pennsylvania.

"The Temple" Methodist Episcopal Church, in North Coventry township, Chester county, about half a mile form the line of Berks, has been enlarged and remodeled, and was on Sunday re-dedicated with appropriate services in the morning, noon and evening. The congregations were very large on each occasion. Among the well-known citizens present from Berks county was County Commissioner Lord. Philadelphia and Chester county clergymen preached the sermons. There was a debt on the church of some $1,600 and the collections taken at the dedications amounted to about $1,100, leaving only some $500 yet to pay.

A notorious counterfeiter named Thomas Ballard, was arrested in Buffalo, N.Y. last week, and committed with his reputed wife and another woman, employed as 'shovers,' in default of $15,000 bail each, for trial in the U.S. Court, to be held in Cayuga, in November next. Over one hundred thousand dollars in counterfeit bills were found at their headquarters and the bills, it is said, were so well executed as to deceive good judges. Ballard is said to be the most expert engraver and most clever counterfeiter in the United States. He is a coachmaker by trade, and stated to a reporter who interviewed him that he formerly worked at this business in Reading, Pa. He claims to possess a secret that would render the counterfeiting of bank bills impossible, and offers to communicate it to the Treasury Department if he is let off.

List of Jurors. Grand and Petit for November Term.

Following is the list of Grand Jurors for the November Term of Quarter Sessions and Oyer and Terminer, beginning Monday, the 9th prox., at 11 o'clock a.m.:

  1. Boyer, Levi, farmer, Richmond.
  2. Ball, Henry, clerk, 3d Ward.
  3. Beardsley, William, farmer, 9th Ward.
  4. Bishop, William, nailmaker, Birdsboro.
  5. Buskirk, Ephraim, farmer, Ruscombmanor.
  6. Fetherolf, William, farmer, Albany.
  7. Hermann, John G., innkeeper, 8th Ward.
  8. Kessle, Jacob, hatter, 3d ward.
  9. Kissinger, Isaac, laborer, 6th Ward.
  10. Lease, Solomon, drover, 9th Ward.
  11. Miller, James, butcher, Spring.
  12. Muth, George, carpenter, 7th Ward.
  13. Melot, Daniel, merchant, Fleetwood.
  14. Newlan, Lewis, machinist, 6th Ward.
  15. Orr, Jesse, moulder, 1st Ward.
  16. Quinter, Samuel, laborer, Exeter.
  17. Rothenberger, Fred, farmer, Ruscombmanor.
  18. Ruth, John, Laborer, 1st Ward.
  19. Seaman, William, farmer, Upper Bern.
  20. Steinbach, Aaron, foreman, 7th Ward.
  21. Schmeck, William, farmer, Maxatawny.
  22. Schell, Peter D., merchant, Washington.
  23. Scheetz, John A., farmer, Heidelberg.

Petit Jurors to attend November Sessions, commencing Monday, the 9th:

  1. Baber, Samuel, farmer, Greenwich.
  2. Balthaser, Jeremiah, farmer, Upper Bern.
  3. Buckley, Michael, machinist, 7th Ward.
  4. Brumbach, Levi, inkeeper, Spring.
  5. Custer, S.L., Justice of Peace, Amity.
  6. Delp, Isaac, farmer, Maidencreek.
  7. Dietrich, Jacob A., lumber dealer, Hamburg.
  8. Ehst, Daniel, yeoman, Boyertown.
  9. Fink, David, inkeeper, Hamburg.
  10. Frederick, George, farmer, Longswamp.
  11. Grant, M.K., butcher, Boyertown.
  12. Hepler, Henry C., laborer, 5th Ward.
  13. Hill, James S., farmer, Cumru.
  14. Kurr, Isaac, farmer, Tulpehoccon.
  15. Krutzer, John H., miller, Womelsdorf.
  16. Ligget, James, tailor, Birdsboro.
  17. Lorah, Geo. K., Justice of Peace, Amity.
  18. Lyon, John, machinist, 4th Ward.
  19. Mohr, Charles S., tanner, Perry.
  20. Miller, Michael, tanner, Upper Tulpehoccon.
  21. McIlvain, Morton, iron master, 7th Ward.
  22. McIlvain, William, iron master, 7th Ward.
  23. Plank, David K., yeoman, Caernarvon.
  24. Rambo, Francis, plumber, 7th Ward.
  25. Rambo, Thomas, blacksmith, 6th Ward.
  26. Shearer, Peter B., blacksmith, Exeter.
  27. Selford, Samuel, merchant, Robeson.
  28. Seltzer, Daniel, farmer, Lower Heidelberg.
  29. Shappel, John, farmer, Windsor.
  30. Shadel, William, carpenter, 8th Ward.
  31. Till, William, machinist, 1st Ward.
  32. Witman, Abraham, shoemaker, Ontelaunee.
  33. Weber, Fidel, machinist, 2d Ward.
  34. Woodland, William, yeoman, 9th Ward.
  35. Ubel, William, laborer, 3d Ward.
  36. Yeager, Frank, machinist, 1st Ward.

Petit Jurors to attend second week of November Sessions, commencing Monday, November 16th:

  1. Althouse, Harrison, farmer, Cumru.
  2. Evans, Charles, farmer, Lower Heidelberg.
  3. Fisher, Jacob G., wheelwright, Colebrookdale.
  4. Focht, Samuel H., carpenter, 3d Ward.
  5. Fox, David, hatter, 5th Ward.
  6. Felix, Anthony, farmer, Union.
  7. Filbert, Henry, farmer, Heidelberg.
  8. Gruber, Erastus H., ploughmaker, Penn.
  9. Getz, Aaron, blacksmith, 6th Ward.
  10. Halu, Peter L., farmer, Lower Heidelberg.
  11. Heidenreich, Wm. H., yeoman, 9th Ward.
  12. Hoch, Rudolph, farmer, Richmond.
  13. Klopp, Wm. K., merchant, North Heidelberg.
  14. Kauffman, Levi, farmer, Centre.
  15. Ludwig, Frederick W., hay dealer, Amity.
  16. Landis, Nathan, merchant, Pike.
  17. Leibelsperger, Daniel Jr., farmer, Richmond.
  18. Maurer, Mahlon H., innkeeper, Douglass.
  19. Marburger, Wm., farmer, Upper Bern.
  20. Norton, Wm., clerk, 6th Ward.
  21. Owen Benjamin, printer, 7th Ward.
  22. Reber, John B., coal dealer, 4th Ward.
  23. Schoch, Nathan, merchant, Upper Bern.
  24. Saylor, Charles A., photographist, 7th Ward.
  25. Schwenk, Henry, blacksmith, Upper Tulpehoccon.
  26. Schaeffer, Wm., machinist, 9th Ward.
  27. Seidel, Benneville, farmer, Bern.
  28. Seiders, Charles, bricklayer, 6th Ward.
  29. Schweitzer, Wm., yeoman, Cumru.
  30. Scharman, Levi, carpenter, 6th Ward.
  31. Trexler, Henry J., yeoman, Longswamp.
  32. Terry Moses (colored), barber, 8th Ward.
  33. Updegrove, Levi, farmer, Union.
  34. Wilhelm, Joseph, farmer, Jefferson.
  35. Wenrich, Isaac, farmer, Jefferson.
  36. Wenrich, Samuel, drover, Spring.

Traverse Jurors for the first week of November Common Pleas, commencing Monday, Nov. 23d:

  1. Brown, Perceval, L.M., innkeeper, Tulpehoccon.
  2. Briner, Lewis, merchant, 6th Ward.
  3. Deppen, Adam G., yeoman, Womelsdorf.
  4. Eichberger, Franklin, miller, Bethel.
  5. Fronheiser, Jacob, yeoman, District.
  6. Folk, Joseph, wheelwright, Muhlenberg.
  7. Fronheiser, Abraham, farmer, Pike.
  8. Guldin, Amos, farmer, North Heidelberg.
  9. Gubril, Jacob, yeoman, Robeson.
  10. Grim, Wm. K., yeoman, Boyertown.
  11. Gehris, Charles, farmer, Muhlenberg.
  12. Graeff, Moses K., yeoman, 8th Ward.
  13. Hassler, Frederick B., Justice of Peace, Upper Bern.
  14. Hain, Geo. W., merchant, Birdsboro.
  15. Hiester, Geo W., carpenter, 9th Ward.
  16. Kline, Peter A., merchant, Greenwich.
  17. Keller, Wm. C., stonecutter, Alsace.
  18. Kirby, Solomon, farmer, Maidencreek.
  19. Koch, Daniel, miller, Fleetwood.
  20. Landle Charles Jr., farmer, Rockland.
  21. Moser, Mayberry, carpenter, 8th Ward.
  22. Munnich, Adam, farmer, North Heidelberg.
  23. Miller, Samuel H., merchant, Bernville.
  24. Moore, Wm., yeoman, Womelsdorf.
  25. Mengle, Jeremiah, farmer, Ontelaunee.
  26. Potteiger, Hiram C., teacher, Marion.
  27. Reber, Gideon, laborer, 8th Ward.
  28. Stratton, Joseph (colored), barber, 1st Ward.
  29. Shultz, David R., clerk, 7th Ward.
  30. Seidle, John D., blacksmith, Alsace.
  31. Schaeffer, Edward, carpenter, 7th Ward.
  32. Schweimler, Sohn, laborer, 1st Ward.
  33. Tryon, John O., physician, Tulpehoccon.
  34. Weber, Anthony, laborer, 9th Ward.
  35. Walker, Henry, innkeeper, Hereford.
  36. Hagenman, John K., teacher, Albany.

Traverse Jurors to attend second week of November Court of Common Pleas, beginning Monday, November 30th.

  1. Abeling, John, merchant, 4th Ward.
  2. Adams, Amos, farmer, Bern.
  3. Bush, Hezekial, laborer, 1st Ward.
  4. Burkhard, Wm. F., tinsmith, Perry.
  5. Barnett, John B., merchant, Tulpehoccon.
  6. Bechtel, Wm. B., merchant, Washington.
  7. Conrad, Anthony, carpenter, 5th Ward.
  8. Esterly, Henry, butcher, Birdsboro.
  9. Fister, Daniel, yeoman, Albany.
  10. Groff, Franklin, farmer, Jefferson.
  11. Glase, Jacob W., clerk, 4th Ward.
  12. Gebhard, Wm., farmer, Brecknock.
  13. Huyett, Gerson, farmer, Spring.
  14. Heizmann, Raymond C., jeweler, 4th Ward.
  15. Heisler, Evan, miller, Lower Heidelberg.
  16. Jackson, Henry, ropemaker, 9th Ward.
  17. Kline, John, farmer, Tulpehoccon.
  18. Kutz, George farmer, Maxatawny.
  19. Kutz, Edward, shoemaker, 1st Ward.
  20. Lengel, Jared, constable, Bethel.
  21. Laucks, Daniel B., laborer, Oley.
  22. Mory, Jacob, coal dealer, Colebrookdale.
  23. Moll, Franklin, farmer, Longswamp.
  24. Rick, James, merchant, 7th Ward.
  25. Ringler, Israel W., yeoman, 5th Ward.
  26. Ruth, Eli, farmer, Union.
  27. Scheaffer, George, blacksmith, Colebrookdale.
  28. Seidel, Franklin, farmer, Maidencreek.
  29. Houdt, John, fuller, Penn.
  30. Stamm, Cornelius, bricklayer, 6th Ward.
  31. Shartle, Jacob, yeoman, Womelsdorf.
  32. Saylor, George Jr., machinist, 2d Ward.
  33. Spang, Peter, drover, Womelsdorf.
  34. Walter, Samuel, Justice of Peace, Pike.
  35. Wentzel, Charles, mason, Alsace.
  36. Wirt, Daniel, farmer, Upper Tulpehoccon.

Married

Lewis-Righter -- On Oct. 13th, 1874, by Rev. S.G. Grove, at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. John W. Lewis to Miss Libbie M. Righter.

Steinbach- Hottenstien -- On the 8th of Oct., by Rev. G.H. Landis, James K. Steinbach to Miss Annie Hottenstien, both of this city.

By Rev. W.F.P. Davis -- On September 24th, John Stiely, to Valeria Stiely, both of Lower Heidelberg township. On October 3d, Peter B. Fisher, of Spring township, to Kate Grimes, of Cocalico township, Lancaster county.

By Rev. Thos. C. Leinbach -- On September 25th, Jacob U. Kintzer, to Lizzie A. Martin, both of Womelsdorf. On October 3d, James A. Geissler, of Womelsdorf, to Agnes Beidler, of Marion.

By Rev. F.K. Huntzinger -- On October 6th, Solomon Lausch, to Amanda Lesher, both of East Cocalico, Lancaster county. On October 10th, Jacob H. Kissinger, to Lizzie F. Foreman, both of Reading.

By Rev. J.J. Kuendig -- On October 8th, Christian Ludwig, of Reading, to Anna Elizabeth Stitzel, of Heidelberg township, Berks co. On October 8th, Gottlieb Behm, of Wurtemberg, Germany, to Anna Maria Schollenberger, of Windsor township, Berks County.

By Rev. D.D. Trexler -- On September 19th, Benjamin Franklin Greim, of Bernville, to Ellennora Schoener, of North Heidelberg.

By Rev. Chas. H. Leinbach -- On September 24th, William Fahler, to Emma C. Swope, both of Lebanon county.

By Rev. A.J. Herman -- On August 15th, Wm. Drees, of Upper Macungie, Lehigh county, to Sally Hine, of Maxatawny. On August 16th, William Fretz, of Upper Macungie, to Emma Freet, of Lowhill, Lehigh county. On August 16th, Amandes Snyder, of Lynn, to Sarah Old, of Greenwich. On September 5th, Amandes S. Sterner, to Kate Smith, both of Longswamp. On September 5th, Franklin Schaefer, of Fleetwood, to Andora Keiffer, of Lyons. On September 5th, Menden Deel, of Maxatawny, to Amanda Levan, of Upper Macungie. On September 19th, Benjamin S. Benecoff, of Greenwich, to Lucy Kunrath, of Upper Macungie.

By Rev. L. Groh. On October 3d, John M. Boyer, to Leah L. Hatfield, both of Little Oley. On October 10th, Milton R. Davidheiser, to Annie K. Linderman, both of Pottsgrove, Montgomery county.

By Rev. L.J. Moyer -- On October 3d, John Trout to Malinda Meninger, both of Earl township. On October 3d, Jacob Hoffman, to Mary Kahler, both of Colebrookdale township.

Submitted by: Nancy.


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