Annie BLANK, of Telford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry BLANK, died suddenly on Tuesday of paralysis of the heart. She had been sick with malignant diphtheria but had completely recovered from it when death resulted. She was aged 12 years.
Mrs. Daniel GRUBB, of Frederick, died on Wednesday morning at the age of 84 years. Death was due to general debility. She is survived by the following children: Samuel, of Gratersford; Sophia, wife of Henry BOLTON, of Gilbertsville; Mary and Ella, at home, and two step-daughters, Mrs. Peter S. RAHN, of Bowers Station, and Mrs. William CRESSMAN, of Zieglerville. The funeral will be held today. Interment will be made at Keeler's Church cemetery. Rev. W.B. FOX, of Sumneytown, will officiate.
Infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Frank HEYDT, of Hill Church, died on Monday of consumption. It's age was five months. The funeral was held yesterday at Hill Church. Rev. H.W. WARMKESSEL officiated.
John GRABER, the fifteen month old son of Mr. and Mrs. John GRABER, of Pennsburg, died yesterday morning of cholera morbus. The child was only sick since Tuesday. The funeral will be held on Thursday at the Pennsburg Reformed Church.
The hennery of Jonas HARING, of near Hillegass, was robbed of seventy-five chickens on Monday night. The thieves evidently were acquainted with Mr. HARING's chicken house for they did not enter by way of the door, knowing that it was connected with an alarm at the hotel. They backed their wagon up to the window and entered through it. The same house had been robbed several years ago and Mr. HARING then put up an electric alarm, but for some reason or other it did not work on Monday night. Suspicion rests on the culprits and they may be arrested shortly.
Melvin KURTZ, of East Greenville, a student at the Mt. Airy Theological Seminary, at Philadelphia, was taken sick at that place and returned to his home on Saturday. Several days later he began to show symptoms of small-pox. The house was at once quarantined. Mr. KURTZ's condition developed into small-pox, although only in a mild form.
A daughter of A. RUMER, of Skippack, was nearly drowned on Friday evening, while trying to cross the Skippack creek between her home and school. She was rescued by Elias and Clinton SPRINGER. The other children who had to cross were unable to get home that evening. The creek was very much swollen from the heavy rains.
A brakeman by the name of BICKEL, of Allentown, employed on the Perkiomen Railroad, had his hand smashed yesterday while unloading a barrel at East Greenville station. Several fingers were broken and the hand badly mutilated. He returned home with the next train.
Eugene BISCHOFF, who for the last ten years was employed in the office of the "Bauern Freund" and "Democrat" at Pennsburg, has resigned his position. He will engage in city newspaper work hereafter.
Florist O.C. TRUMBORE, of Pennsburg, presented the Zion Church, Zionsville, with two large bouquets of carnations, roses, etc., which were placed near the pulpit during the communion services on Sunday.
Rev. Charles P. KEHL, of Dillsbury, Pa., spent several days this week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William H. KEHL, of East Greenville.
Barber George DAY, of this borough, this week, erected a fine cabinet in his shop on Main street.
The public sale of household effects of A.B. CROLL, of this borough, will be held this afternoon.
Sneak thieves entered the small summer kitchen of Nicholas KEHS, of East Greenville, on Monday. They did not take anything of much value. They evidently were frightened away before they entered the house proper.
Wm. KECK, a farmer residing in Upper Hanover township, near the New Goshenhoppen Reformed church, will relinquish the farm next spring. He this week dug the foundations for a new dwelling on the road leading from East Greenville, to the church. He expects to finish it this fall.
Quite a large number of cellars were flooded during the heavy rains in the latter part of last week. One portion of the Pennsburg Hotel, cellar, was flooded and as there is no drain from it, the water had to be removed with buckets. Two hundred and eighty-five buckets full were carried out on Saturday by the hostler W. BOYER, assisted by the clerk Charles SCHOLL.
William I. SMITH, of Hillegass, had a miraculous escape with his life on Saturday evening, while he was on his way to the Red Hill Coal and Lumber Yard. Shortly before arriving at the railroad Mr. SMITH heard the regular train which is due at 5.27 pass and he did not know that a special followed. He leisurely drove towards the crossing and when his horse got on the track he noticed that a train was on him. He quickly gave his horse a start but too late, for the cow-catcher on the engine caught his rear wheels and dragged the team along the railroad for a short distance where it fell off. The horse tore loose from the buggy and ran away. Mr. SMITH was thrown into the top of the buggy and received slight bruises about his body. The horse was later caught and after securing another wagon he resumed his journey home. The close call shattered Mr. SMITH's nerves so that he was unable to attend to his usual duties for several days. Oswin REITER witnessed the accident and he tried to prevent it by shouting to Mr. SMITH not to pass, but on account of the noise his wagon made he did not hear it. The train that struck Mr. SMITH was a special loaded with Firemen from Allentown, who were on their journey home.
In walking on a wet and slippery board on Saturday, Mrs. Henry RICHARD, of Tylersport, fell and broke her arm. The fracture is near the wrist. The patient is doing as well as can be expected.
Adam B. MENSCH, of Upper Providence, was very unfortunate last Saturday while hauling a load of feed for his son-in-law, Rev. Jesse H. MACK. He was on his way home from Collegeville and as he was crossing the railroad bridge at David ALLEBACH's place a train was coming up from Yerkes, but was quite a distance below yet. Nevertheless one of the horses heard it and made a jump which threw Mr. MENSCH off the wagon on the other horse and then down on the ground, alighting on the head, tearing one ear nearly off and receiving a deep cut in the head and the wagon wheel going over his left leg right above the ankle, mashing the bone entirely. The horses ran to ZIMMERMAN's place, only a short distance, where they were stopped. Abram T. ALLEBACH saw the accident and at once telephoned for the doctor and took Mr. MENSCH home. Mr. MENSCH is very weak but is doing as well as can be expected, although the doctor amputated his leg this week.
The farm of the John FINK estate, of Sassamansville, consisting of 30 acres of farm land and seven of timber was sold to J.F.B. FINK on Saturday, for $1100.
A warrant has been sworn out before Justice Charles MILLER, of Lansdale by Henry LONGAKER, for the arrest of Harry HORNER, of that place, charging him with embezzlement. HORNER was formerly employed by Edward TORBERT, near Newtown, Bucks county, as a professional horse trainer. Six weeks ago he came to Lansdale and set up the same kind of business. He secured the privilege of training several horses in the town, using the Lansdale race track for the purpose. He took board at the residence of Nelson KNIGHT, but failing to come to time with the money, Mr. KNIGHT issued an attachment against parties who owed HORNER to secure his bill. On Thursday last HORNER took a horse belonging to Samuel C. KRIEBEL, of North Wales, another belonging to Henry LONGAKER, of Lansdale, and a carriage which he purchased of Robert LOWNES, which it is claimed he did not pay for, and proceeded to Philadelphia, where he entered the outfit at public sale at Nichol's bazaar. The horses and carriage were sold, but HORNER has not since been seen in Lansdale. Justice MILLER saw him in Harrisburg on Saturday, but at that time did not know of the warrant sworn out. When he left HORNER neglected to pay the wages of two Doylestown boys. Elwood YOUELLS Jr., has a claim of $6.50 and Allen GOODWIN one of $30.
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