Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - August 27, 1904 HIGHWAYMEN STEAL $5112 Dana WHITE, paymaster for the O'Rourke Engineering and Construction Company, of New York, was held up near Paterson, N.J., by four masked men on Wednesday morning. He was forced, at the point of three revolvers, to surrender $5112, the amount of the company's payroll. WHITE was accompanied by two body-guards and was on his way to pay the workmen who are engaged in building a reservoir. When near a mountain their horse was shot and killed and the three men were covered with revolvers. WHITE tried to jump from the wagon and he was assaulted. From the bottom of the vehicle the money in a bag was snatched and the highwaymen fled. It is the opinion of the police that the robbers were employed formerly by the company. No trace of the robbers has as yet been found. COSTLY FUNERAL FOR A DOG Prince, a pet dog belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Charles DAVIS, of Pemberton, N.J., who died recently, was given a costly burial. About fifty society people of the town attended the burial. Impressive services were held at the grave and an undertaker had charge of the funeral. The dog was lowered in a grave in an oak casket with silver handles and white satin trimming. The mound formed after the grave had been filled up was literally covered with flowers. Later a marble slab will mark the location of the grave. FELL FROM THREE WHILE PICKING PEARS While B.F. BUCHER, of Delphi, was engaged in picking pears from a tree of John HEIMER's one morning this week a limb broke and he fell to the ground injuring himself about the head and sustained severe bruises internally. Dr. C.B. DOTTERER was summoned to render medical aid. No bones were found broken and while the injuries are not considered serious he suffers excruciating pain and is confined to bed. AN UNFOUNDED RUMOR A few weeks ago a rumor was published in several papers that the family of Wayne BITTENDENDER, of Clayton, had been increased by twins, a boy and a girl. The news was unfounded at the time, but on Tuesday the boy reported promptly on time. The girl however failed to turn up thus far and the probabilities are that it has been missent or lost on the way. The parents are satisfied however the way it is. HARVEST HOME SERVICE AT SPINNERSTOWN Rev. Oswald, the newly elected pastor of the Trinity Reformed church at Spinnerstown, will have harvest home services in that church tomorrow forenoon. OLDEST RESIDENT OF KUTZTOWN DIES Daniel H. HOTTENSTEIN, the oldest resident of Kutztown, died of general debility. He was a trustee of the Keystone State Normal School and wealthy. He is 91 years old. A REMARKABLE APPLE TREE AT BOYERTOWN John STEPHEN, of Boyertown, has an apple tree on his premises that has a cluster of 28 large apples on one limb, within a space of 12 inches. CHICKEN LAID LARGE EGG Samuel G. ECK, of Chapel, has a chicken that laid an egg which measured five and one half by eight inches. LOST WHEN HEAR HOME Harry MITCHELL, aged about 26 years, of Upper Hanover township, was hopelessly lost on Sunday evening, while about to return to his home near the New Goshenhoppen Reformed church, from the Evangelical campmeeting, which was held about a mile from his home. Mr. MITCHELL is in the employ of farmer Samuel SCHLICHER and on Sunday evening he wended his way to the campmeeting in Schultz's grove a short distance away. At about 10.30 o'clock he started on what he thought was his way home, instead he followed the Shimerville-Treichlerville turnpike until he came to Old Zionsville. Here he saw the churches and knew he was in a strange place. He aroused people living there and asked them to direct him to the New Goshenhoppen church, for he knew he could find his home then. After receiving the directions he retraced his steps until Treichlersville was reached when he, instead of turning to his left as he came to Treichlersville, kept on the straight road, at about daybreak he came to the Clayton creamery and seeing a farmer he again asked to be directed to his home. He followed these directions and reached his home on Monday morning, at nine o'clock, footsore and tired. He claims that he walked all night and the distance he covered must have been about twenty miles. SEVERAL ARRESTS IN KOHLE MURDER CASE J.C. MILLER, 40 years and Michael WELSH, 40 years, both of Manayunk, were this week arrested and held in $500 bail each as witnesses in the Louisa KOHLE case, whose body was found at the foot of a high cliff near that town on Sunday. PLANTED TWO POTATOES AND RAISED MANY Miss Amanda FRY, of Hereford, planted two potatoes in her garden and this week she dug up forty-three pounds of tubers. There are some among the lot of exceptional size. The yield was an extraordinary one. PURCHASED A HOUSE IN PENNSBURG Nathaniel FREY, of Corning, this week purchased the brick house in the lower end of Pennsburg, known as the Adam MILLER homestead, for $1400. Mr. FREY is making alterations on the premises and will take possession shortly. WELL ATTENDED CAMPMEETING The campmeeting of the Evangelical Church which was held in Joel SCHULTZ's grove, near East Greenville, for the past week, was the largest attended meeting held in this vicinity for many years. The camp was exceptionally well attended last Sunday. PENNSBURG HOTEL OPENING THIS EVENING Charles A. KNEULE, the new proprietor of the Pennsburg Hotel, will have his opening this evening. The Citizens' Band, of East Greenville, will render a musical treat in the form of a concert. SCALDED BY HOT COFFEE Miss Emma MCCOY, of Norristown, was painfully scalded by having several cups of coffee accidentally spilled over her neck and left shoulder. She was compelled to take to her bed for several days.