Mrs. Jacob B. BINDER, aged 44 years, of Harleysville, died on Tuesday, of consumption. She is survived by her husband, a well-known undertaker and carriage builder, and several children. Last March, Mrs. BINDER buried a son, who died of pneumonia. At that time she grieved greatly over his loss, which was the remote cause of her own death.
Mrs. S.B. LATSHAW, of Barto, died very suddenly Thursday morning about five o'clock. She had been suffering more or less for over a year, but at the time when her death came she had been in usual health. She died in the absence of the family, during the time they were taking breakfast. She was found dead in her bed, lying exactly in the same position as last seen by her husband. She is survived by her husband and two daughters. The funeral will probably be held Tuesday, November 11. Interment at Bally.
John SCHANTZ, a resident of Spinnerstown died suddenly on the street last Thursday while on his way to a physician. He was about 78 years old and a widower. He was buried at St. Pauls Lutheran church, near that town on Wednesday.
Frank M. FOX, of Pennsburg, and Mrs. Catharine BICKEL, of Pleasant Run, will be married this morning by Rev. O.F. WAAGE. After the wedding they will leave for Worcester. They expect to return on Sunday evening after which they will reside in East Greenville. Mr. FOX is stripper boss in Otto EISENLOHR & Bros'. cigar factory at East Greenville.
James Y. GEIGER, of Boyertown and Ella H. WENTZEL, of Pottstown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James WENTZEL, were married on Saturday evening. The groom is a shoemaker and is doing a prosperous business at Boyertown.
Aaron RICKERT, of Perkasie, died Wednesday evening from the injuries received while working around a circular saw on Monday. RICKERT had been engaged in cleaning the saw dust away from under the saw while the same was in motion. He had been warned by the foreman in the mill, Mr. WILLET, not to go to close to the machine, but to use a long-handled shovel provided for that work. RICKERT partly crawled under the machine, and, upon standing up was cut across the back by the quick revolving saw. A peculiar noise in the mill was heard, and turning in that direction Mr. WILLET saw the injured man almost prostrate and bleeding profusely. With the assistance of other men he was placed on a stretcher and carried to his home in Perkasie. Dr. C.D. FRETZ, of Sellersville, was summoned. Upon examination, the injuries were found to be serious. Across the back there was a gash of about twelve inches long and fives inches deep. Five ribs and five arteries were completely severed. His left lung was cut almost in two - a gash about six inches long.
Amos, the three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ulysses MOYER, of Bally, one day this week drank a half cupful of Iodine. The child saw the Iodine standing on a window and thinking it was good to drink, picked it up and swallowed it. It was at once detected and a physician was summoned who administered emetics and tried to save its life. It is in a critical condition and not expected to recover.
Warren CASE, of Bally, on Monday morning was violently thrown from a horse, which he was riding, to the ground and was injured. He was riding through Bally when the horse stumbled and fell. Mr. CASE fell under the horse and painfully sprained his hand and wrist. The horse was also injured about the head.
Mrs. KLEINSMITH, mother of Milton KLEINSMITH, of near Pennsburg, fell down a flight of stairs yesterday morning and was injured. She is 88 years of age and was visiting her son at the time of the accident. She was picked up in an unconscious condition. Dr. John G. HERSH was summoned who found her badly bruised about the head.
Katie, the eighteen months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William ROSENBERRY, of Skippack, last Friday, fell out of the second story window to the ground, a distance of about fourteen feet. She was uninjured.
John TRUMP, an aged resident of Chappel, fell from a wood chest in his house on Sunday and fractured his arm. Dr. A.O. GERY was summoned who reduced the fracture.
John MESKO, a young Hungarian of Pottstown, was on Tuesday afternoon arrested by Detective John O'CONNOR, of Pottstown, on a charge of murder, at the Allentown depot. MESKO hit George MILLER, of the same place, on the head with a shovel on Monday morning and his victim died later in the day. MESKO at once jumped on a train and went to Allentown. Detective O'CONNOR just missed him, but taking a train to Philadelphia and going to Allentown via Bethlehem, he reached that city just a few minutes before the train that carried the young murderer. The detective arrived in Allentown on the 4.15 p.m. Lehigh Valley train and twenty minutes later the East Penn train on which MESKO was a passenger arrived at the Terminal station. As he stepped off the train he was arrested. He made a desperate resistance, but was subdued and handcuffed. He was locked up at the Central Police Station for several hours and Tuesday evening Detective O'CONNOR took the prisoner to Pottstown. Later he was committed to the Norristown jail. MILLER, who was an American, and MESKO were both moulders at the foundry of the Stanley G. Flagg Company, near Pottstown. The two men had several quarrels over the ownership of certain tools and an hour before MILLER gave MESKO a sound thrashing. The latter was evidently bent on revenge and his opportunity came soon after. While MILLER was in a stooping position at his work, MESKO approached from the rear, and with a shovel dealt MILLER several terrific blows on the back of the head. MILLER fell like a stricken ox in the hands of the butcher and MESKO fled. MILLER revived and was later taken to the hospital where he died at two o'clock that afternoon. His skull was crushed. MESKO is only about 18 years of age.
A shooting accident which might have resulted fatally occurred at Limerick Square last Thursday, when Horace, a young son of Daniel M. KLINE, the hotel keeper at that place, shot himself in the hand with a heavy calibre revolver. The ball fortunately was deflected to his hand and no serious injury was inflicted. If the boy had held the revolver at a few inches different angle it would have entered his body. The escape was a narrow one. In the absence of his parents he secured the weapon, pretented he was an Indian scout and twisted the pistol about like he had seen in pictures of the Wild West. The trigger was accidentally dropped with the aforsaid result. Of course the explosion caused a big commotion and several persons rushed into the room expecting the boy to be mortally wounded. He will likely lose a finger or two.
Shortly before 4 o'clock Monday afternoon, fire was discovered at the residence of H.M. HAUCK, of Boyertown. His wife started the fire in the heater, which caused considerable smoke to issue through the cellar grate, which was noticed by several of the neighbors, who informed Mrs. HAUCK. An examination was made, when it was discovered that the floor was on fire through which the pipe extends. The fire was extinguished with several buckets of water.
On Friday evening the team of Jacob PRICE, of near Harleysville, came in collision with Oliver SHUPE, who was riding a bicycle, in front of J.M. PRICE's store, at Harlesyville. Mr. PRICE was accompanied by his sister Sallie and both were thrown out of the wagon, receiving slight bruises. The wheels of the wagon passed over Mr. SHUPE, but fortunately he escaped with slight injuries. The shaft of the wagon was broken, and the horse was caught a short distance from the scene of the accident.
One morning this week Christian SCHELLY, of near Milford Square, drove to Allentown with a three-horse load of hay, and left his team standing on Chew street near Hall. The horses started to walk up Hall street and when opposite the stable of George WETHERHOLD collided with a cab. The wheels of the cab and hay wagon were locked together and the hay wagon turned over on its side. Luckily the horses did not try to run away.
Cards are out announcing the wedding of Luther F. GILBERT, of Bechtelsville, and Miss Anna M., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.H. BACHMAN, of Tower City, which is to take place November 12th at 12 o'clock noon, at the home of the bride's parents, Tower City. After December 1st they will be at home in Bechtelsville. The groom is employed in I.R. EHST's printing office, at Bechtelsville.
Frank W. KRATZ, merchant of Telford, has purchased the house of the late N.H. KEHS, of Schwenksville, for $1500. Mr. KRATZ was a former resident of Schwenksville.
Although he has only one arm, William T. EHST, a school teacher at Bechtelsville, has shot thus far this season fifty-four squirrels and twenty-seven partridges.
Mrs. William KOCH and daughter Ida, and grandson, of East Greenville, visited the family of H.F. KOCH, of near Boyertown.
Mr. and Mrs. William FOX, of Pennsburg, visited friends at Dillingers on Saturday and Sunday.
Stanley GARDNER, of East Greenville, visited his mother, who resides at Allentown on Sunday.
P.J. MOORE and sister Mrs. REICHERT, of Philadelphia, are spending the week at the American House, Pennsburg.
Mr. and Mrs. George WELKER, of this borough, made a business trip to Allentown on Saturday.
John M. EHL, of Philadelphia, spent Tuesday in this borough with his mother. He came here to cast his ballot.
Dr. Henry BOBB and Adam J. DIMMIG of East Greenville, on Tuesday made a trip to Fleetwood. They were sent there as a committee from the New Goshenhoppen Reformed church to extend a call to Rev. Daniel SCHAEFFER.
Frank HERSH, of Gettysburg, Charles ORTT, and Wallace KEELY, of Bethlehem, Fred. WAAGE, of Philadelphia, all students, visited their homes on Tuesday. They came home to vote.
David P. WILLIAMS, of Philadelphia, has been spending the week in these boroughs. He represents the North American Newspaper of that city. He offers a large book with a fifty two weeks subscription to that paper. The book contains the official report of the Spanish-American War, the life of the late President McKinley it is profusely illustrated. The book alone is worth more than the subscription price. He met with good success since he started to canvass the towns.
Rufus RENNINGER, of Congo, on Monday assumed the position as telegraph operator at the Pennsburg Depot. Mr. RENNINGER learned the art of telegraphy at this depot under the instructions of F.F. RUTHARDT.
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