David W. HARTZELL, a well-known resident, of Anise, died last Friday after a lingering illness of heart disease. Mr. HARTZELL was the founder of the store business at Anise and was instrumental in securing a post office for the village. He was appointed postmaster when the office was established and continued to serve in that capacity until his death and was loved and esteemed by a host of friends. He is survived by his wife and three children, Mrs. Jonas YOST, of Anise, Samuel, of Green Lane, and Henry, of Boyertown. The funeral was held on Tuesday. Burial at Sumneytown. Rev. J.L. ROUSH officiating.
An infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Henry BILLGER, of Woxall, died last Sunday. The funeral was held on Tuesday. Interment at the Old Goshenhoppen church. Rev. C.R. FETTER officiating.
Mrs. Abraham HARBERGER, wife of Abraham HARBERGER, of New Hanover, was buried on Monday on the Lutheran cemetery. Rev. J.J. KLINE, of Pottstown, officiated.
Samuel REPPERT, son of Mr. and Mrs. Augustus REPPERT, of near Pikeville, died after being ill with diphtheria for a few days, aged 14 years. The funeral was held last Friday at Hill Church.
Allen HARNER, the 16-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charless HARNER, of Argus, died on Sunday and was buried on Thursday.
Mrs. Joseph TYSON, of Towamensing, died early on Monday morning of cancer of the liver. She is survived by her husband and three children, Annie, Lizzie and Mrs. Jacob BEAN, all living at home. She was buried on Thursday at the Towamensing Schwenkfelder Meeting House.
Mrs. Emeline V. REIFINGER, widow of the late Henry M. RIEFINGER, died at the home of her son-in-law, John DETWEILER of near Gratersford, last Monday morning, aged 70 years, 2 months and 14 days. The funeral will be held today at 11 o'clock a.m. Wentz's church. Burial on the church cemetery. She is survived by her five daughters, Mrs. Jacob SEIPLE and Mrs. George MILLER, of Lexington; Mrs. Henry DIETERLE, of West Point; Mrs. John DETWEILER and Mrs. Robert JOHNSON, of Gratersford; and the following brothers and sisters: Leonard V. and Louis V. SPARE and Annie V. and Sallie V. SPARE.
William LINDERMAN, the Limerick Square tinsmith, dropped dead of heart disease on the street about 10 o'clock Wednesday evening. A trolley motorman discovered his body. His age was 53 years. He leaves a wife and 3 children. Funeral next Monday at 10 a.m. at the house. Interment at Limerick church.
Charles J. FEGLEY, of Gilbertsville, Lehigh county, died suddenly of heart failure aged 62 years. He was helping a neighbor to harvest his grain when stricken and expired almost immediately. Mr. FEGLEY was at one time one of the leading horse dealers of the State, and was well known by horsemen.
While the funeral" of Philip BETTINGER, of Minersville, a nonagenarian, born on the same day as Pope Leo, and a strong adherent of the Roman Catholic Church, was being held, his son, William BETTINGER, 60 years old, died of grief. They had been inseparable in life and fate ordained it that they should be united in death.
The corpse of C.W. COOPER, aged about 35 years, was found in the bath room of a prominent Atlantic City hotel, on Tuesday morning. He was the son of John COOPER, of Ambler. The young man was staying at the sea side on account of poor health, but becoming despondent, he entered the bath room, placed the tip of the gas jet in his mouth and deliberately turned on the gas. Life was extinct when the body was found.
Lightning killed Benjamin VAULUVANEE of Erwinna, Bucks county, instantly, a scythe being the conductor. Mr. VANLUVANCLE had been mowing in the yard and was seen approaching a tree, presumably to hang up his scythe during the storm, when, just as he raised the long blade, a blinding flash came and he fell lifeless. There were no marks on the tree, but the scythe was shattered at the base. The bolt followed the handle and then leaped to a lawn mower nearby, passing thence into the ground. Mr. VANLUVANCE was for several years proprietor of the Bedministerville Hotel, but retired last spring.
William RAMSEY, a young man, of Upper Merion, accompanied by a young lady, met with a serious accident on Sunday morning between Abrams and Port Kennedy while on his way to Church. In turning at a corner the horse became frightened and upset the buggy. The young man struck his head forcibly on the ground and was rendered unconscious, while the young lady was thrown out and but slightly injured. The young man is in a serious condition.
A bay horse owned by Grocer John SMITH, of Mahanoy City, was bitten by a rabid dog several days ago, and developed hydrophobia early this week. Between vicious snaps at all close objects the horse tried to bark. An attendant, not understanding the nature of the horse's sufferings, was bitten on the thumb when he attempted to pacify it. The animal died.
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of William CRESSMAN, of Coopersburg, on the charge of forgery. In March he presented a check at the Second National Bank, of Allentown, for $275, alleged to have been signed by Mrs. Cecelia STAHLER, of Centre Valley. The check was cashed and a short time afterwards it was discovered that the check had been forged. CRESSMAN is in jail now, serving a sentence for several forgeries. He will be arrested again as soon as he is released from jail.
John S. KLINE, of Reading, who was until recently Superintendent of the Memorial Church Sunday School of that city entered suit for $5000 damages on Monday against Rev. Dr. H. DOHNER, pastor of the church. In the proceedings of Mr. KLINE alleges that he was expelled from membership of the Church on charges brought by Dr. DOHNER, which charges he declares are false and without fact.
Abraham OBERHOLTZER, an eleven year old boy, of Woxall, met with an accident on Tuesday morning that may cause him serious trouble to recover, and after healed, he will be maimed for life. The boy resides with his step-father, Eleasor BERGEY, who had been mowing grass in his yard. After finishing his work he left the scythe standing on the ground against the fence. The boy, while playing, came running along, stepped on the scythe and then fell. In falling the blade almost severed his left leg at the knee joint, all the tendons were cut, the bone was laid bare and profuse hemorrhages followed. Drs. GROFF and KEELOR were hastily summoned to dress the wound. An anaesthetic was administered and after long and tedious effort the wound was properly dressed. The physicians say it will take from five to six months to heal the wound and that the boy will have a stiff leg for life.
A man calling himself Charles H. TRIMMER, a painter by trade, disposed of two checks for fifteen dollars each, to Norristown parties, last Saturday evening. The one was tendered in payment of a bill for $2.50 for room rent, and the other for a board bill of $3.50. In each case he was given the change and when the checks were presented at the bank for payment on Monday, it was found that TRIMMER had no money on deposit, and the man had disappeared.
A valuable horse belonging to Jacob EDLEMAN, of Perkiomenville, was killed in a peculiar manner last Saturday. The owner had driven to Finland, to attend the public sale of Michael HERSCH and a shower coming up he placed the horse into a cow shed. When Mr. EDLEMAN was ready to hitch up after the sale he found that during his absence the horse got his head wedged into a hay rack and struggled to disengage it until he broke his neck. Two hundred dollars had been refused for the animal only a short time ago.
Miss Grace REDDINGTON, of Philadelphia, and Miss Bessie GRESH, of Little Oley, Berks county, narrowly escaped drowning near Boyertown. They were fishing near the old foundry dam, when Miss REDDINGTON felt a tug at her line and pulling on it, found she had a monster carp on the hook. Miss GRESH ran to her assistance, and they got the fish along shore. Just as they were about to land it Miss REDDINGTON lost her foothold and fell in the pond, followed by Miss GRESH. Their cries attracted the attention of passersby, who came to their rescue. The girls, greatly frightened, managed to hold on to the carp, which measured thirty inches.
Victor STECKLE, Jacob GERHARD, Leo SECHLER, Elmer KLINE and Clarence HUNSBURGER, of this borough, were off on a fishing trip to GERHARD's dam, Finland, on Monday. They succeeded in catching a number of fair sized bass. Jacob GERHARD was the most successful angler of the party. He captured nine bass and a large eel.
F.L. MILLARD and John KOSISKE, of Pine Glen, accompanied by the keeper of the Spruce Run Game and Fishing Preserve, of Luzerne county, were found fishing by special Fish Warden Charles A. BURRELL, of Wilkes-Barre. The warden asked to see the contents of the fish baskets carried by the men and they refused permission. He attempted to look into the baskets and they resisted him. BURRELL finally knocked MILLARD down with his gun and handcuffed both of the men. He then secured the team of the fishers and took them before a Justice of the Peace, where, on investigation it was found that the baskets contained thirty-five trout, twenty-eight of which being less than six inches long. The Justice fined the men $10 for each trout illegally caught, making $280, and then fined each man $100 for resisting a game warden, making a total of $480. This was paid and a statement signed declaring their guilt.
Annie, the ten-year-old daughter of Henry HARTSHAW, of Valley Forge, was assaulted on Saturday by James LOCK, aged 18, and employed as a farm hand by Mr. HARTSHAW. The girl had been sent to the field to take care of a number of cows but failed to return home. An elder sister was sent to look for her and it was found that LOCK had beguiled her into a secluded spot and assaulted her. The girl was taken home and her story was told. LOCK was confronted with his victim and confessed his guilt but made a cringing plea for mercy. He was given a hearing and committed to jail. LOCK was previously committed on a similar charge but managed to escape punishment.
While Wm. R. BREY started to drive out of the barnyard at the farm of Chas. L. WALT, on Saturday, his horse became unmanageable and threw Mr. BREY out of the buggy. The horse ran a short distance when he became entangled in the lines and fell on the bank alongside of the road. Mr. BREY escaped injury although some damage was done to the buggy.
John MCGILL, a discharged teacher of Foster township, Luzerne county, met Philip BRIOR, a director whom he blamed for his displacement, and beat him into insensibility on the main street of Freeland.
Jacob D. DETWILER, aged 14 years, son of Henry T. DETWILER, of Telford, Bucks
county, left his home on Sunday, July 6, and has been missing since. The
boy's father offers a reward of $25 for information concerning the boy. He was
last seen at Souderton, from which place he took a trolley car for Allentown.
The
boy is described as being five feet, five inches tall and weighing 140
pounds. He has black hair, with a gray spot in the hair above the right temple, and
dark eyes with a scar at one of the eyebrows. When he left home young DETWILER
wore a dark mixed cheviot suit with small stripes an inch apart, a black
slouch hat and a light necktie mixed with red.
On Thursday night of last week, at about 2 a.m. Henry SELL and his hired man, Leo WINGERT, were awakened by the screaming of a pig, they at once arose and proceeded to the pig-sty. By this time the pig had ceased screaming and on arrival there they found a pig missing. There was no possible way for it to escape, unless it was taken from the sty. They have not heard, or found anything of it as yet.
Thomas F. DIEFENDERFER, of Allentown, has withdrawn as a candidate for the Judgeship of Lehigh County. His brother John is a candidate for the same office and rather than oppose him Thomas decided to withdraw. The remaining candidates are John DIEFENDERFER, C.A. GROMAN, M.C. HENNINGER and ex-Judge Edward HARVEY. From present indications the fight will be between HARVEY and GROMAN.
Walter REINHARD, of Shamokin, was stunned by lightning last week. Since the shock his hair have commenced to fall out and the doctors are of the belief that he will become entirely bald.
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