Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - July 2, 1904 INSTRUCTOR RESIGNS AT PERKIOMEN After serving as Vice-Principal and Instructor of Latin and Greek for the past two years of the Perkiomen Seminary, Prof. Maxwell H. KRATZ has resigned to take a course in law in the Law Department of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Mr. KRATZ was educated in the public schools of the county and after attending the Normal School at West Chester, taught two terms in the public schools. Later he entered Perkiomen as a student to prepare for College. He graduated from the University of Princeton with the class of 1900. On graduation he accepted the professorship of Greek and German in St. John's Military Academy at Manlius, N.Y., from which place he came to the Seminary two years ago. Throughout his career Mr. KRATZ took a great interest in athletics, and while in our midst was the coach of the Seminary base-ball and foot-ball teams. Mr. KRATZ made an enviable record for himself while in our midst both as a student and teacher and the many friends he has here regret his departure. WORSHIP WITH COATS OFF Rev. William L. BOLLMAN, of the Salem Evangelical Church, Reading, at the session of their Sunday-school last Sunday urged the members of his flock to make themselves comfortable by telling the women to take off their hats and the men their coats. The Rev. BOLLMAN on being interviewed said: "The announcement applies not only to young people, but to those of all ages attending our church. It refers to all services, including congregational and the Young People's Alliance meetings. "As a result a number of women removed their hats and men their coats on Sunday, when, as you know, the heat was terrific. We do not want warm weather to interfere with the attendance at our services, and you know the discomfort caused by wearing hats by the women or coats by the men keeps not a few away from the Sabbath services. Rather than wear them, no matter how anxious they are to attend, some would remain in the cool of their home, or go somewhere where they can with propriety remove them. "There were a number of persons in attendance at our services and meetings Sunday hatless and coatless and the remark was general that it was a very excellent innovation. They said that comfort and religion are a much better combination than suffering from heat during worship." HORSE STRUCK BY TRAIN While Howard HALLMAN and lady friend, of Lederachsville, were out driving last Sunday evening, their horse took fright at a freight train as they came near Kuhn's Crossing above Gratersford at about 10.30 o'clock. Mr. HALLMAN did not hear the train till his horse was in full speed and beyond control, when both jumped from the carriage. Every effort to stop the team was futile and both team and train arrived at the crossing at the same time. The horse was struck and thrown down the bank with a broken leg and the carriage was partly wrecked. Neither of the occupants of the team was hurt. The injury to the horse was of such a nature that the animal had to be killed. BURGLAR PEPPERED WITH SHOT One of the freight engineers, of the Perkiomen Rail Road, Charles SCHLICHER, of Allentown, discovered a man making an attempt to enter his house during Wednesday night. Mr. SCHLICHER took his double barreled breech loader, slipped in a shell and aimed for the intruders legs. The report of the gun was followed by a howl of pain and Mr. SCHLICHER saw the man drop to the ground but before he could reach the scene the would be robber escaped. DISHONEST LETTER CARRIER SENTENCED Lewis J. RAYEUR, of South Bethlehem, pleaded guilty in the United States District Court in Philadelphia on Wednesday of stealing money from the mails, and was sentenced by Judge MCPHERSON to an imprisonment of 15 months in the Eastern Penitentiary. RAYEUR was a letter carrier of South Bethlehem, and postal inspectors sent there to investigate thefts from the mails detected RAYEUR by mea ns of decoy letters. BROKEN NECK LEADS TO ARREST OF BREWERS Charged with selling beer by the keg to clubs composed of minors, George J. and Adam J. STOCKER, of the Stocker Brewery, Reading and Charles DIEHL and William SCHWARTZ, employes, were placed under arrest. The prosecution grew out of the death of Elmer KERCHOFF, aged 18, who fell and had his neck broken while carrying a keg of beer the Sunday night before. NEWSPAPER WILL CELEBRATE CENTENNIAL The Bucks County Intelligencer will round out its one hundredth year of existence on July 7, and exercises will be held in the Town Hall to mark the anniversary. Many of the State's newspaper veterans are expected to be in attendance. Among the speakers will be General W.W.H. DAVIS, of Doylestown, and ex-Postmaster General Charles Emory SMITH, of Philadelphia. BOOT HEEL DEATH TRAP FOR SNAKE In mowing a meadow one day last week John BELTZ, of Washington township, Lehigh county, felt something dangling around his leg. On looking to ascertain what it was he found a copperhead snake had fastened its fangs in his boot heel with such force that they stuck fast. BELTZ quickly stamped the life out of the reptile but almost fainted from the shock. VISITORS AT RED HILL Rev. and Mrs. Harvey WELKER, of Bluffton, Ind., and William WELKER and wife, of Allentown, are spending the week with the parents of the Messrs. WELKER, Mr. and Mrs. William A. WELKER, of Red Hill. FOUND DEAD IN COAL BIN Jacob S. WALT, an employe of the coal firm, of Metz and Leaf, of Pottstown, was found with his neck broken, lying head down on the side of the coal heap in one of the bins in the yard on Monday afternoon by one of the members of the firm. The unfortunate man had been engaged in his present employment for the past two years and was known to be steady, industrious and sober. His duties were to unload coal from the cars and do other needed work about the yard, and he was engaged in some of his work when he met his death. A physician was summoned immediately after the body was found, who made a thorough examination and found that the neck was broken and that there were three holes in the skull. The opinion of the physician is that death was instantaneous. As to how the accident happened nothing can be definitely known. Foot marks were found on the plank walk along the trestle about seven feet above the place where the body was found and while prssing along this walk the man must have lost his footing or been stricken with a sudden dizziness to cause the fall. The survivors of Mr. WALT are a widow and two children, of Pottstown, a brother Samuel WALT, of Schwenksville, and a sister, Mrs. Lizzie FREDERICK, of Boyertown. JAIL FOR ELECTION OFFICERS P.J. IGO, Thomas GRADY and Martin LALLY, members of the First Ward Election Board, Shenandoah, have each been sentenced to four months' imprisonment for conspiracy to prevent the voters of that ward from voting. It was shown that they closed the polls at 10 o'clock in the morning on the plea that they feared a riot, but causing 700 citizens to lose their votes. Judge BECHTEL, of Pottsville, said their crime was "next to murder," and although 200 citizens petitioned him not to send the convicted men to jail, he said he felt bound to imprison them. PASTOR'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY The 25th anniversary of the pastorate of Rev. O.H. MELCHOR, near Pleasant Valley, Bucks county, to-day. An elaborate program has been prepared and many clergymen from neighboring congregation will participate. Rev. MELCHOR's charge is composed of Trinity Church, Springfield, Christ Church, Springtown and Durham. TO FIGHT FOR BIG ESTATE The WORMAN Family Association, of Pennsylvania held a meeting at Doylestown, to perfect arrangements to prosecute claims to an estate valued at $300,000,000. This great fortune belonged to Christopher WORMAN, a silk manufacturer of England and has been accumulating for more than a century and a half. A.R. PLACE, a Lansdale Attorney will go to London as the representative of more than 200 claimants. SAFE CRACKERS WORK IN VAIN Thieves broke into the office of the SAEGER Milling Company, Allentown, one night last week and blew open the safe door with some high explosive. The booty secured consisted of a few personal papers of no value to the burglars. It is supposed that a gang of hoboes who have been bothering the residents of the vicinity for some time are the guilty parties. POSTAL THIEVES SENTENCED William MARSHALL, who was recently convicted by a jury in the United States District Court for the second time on the charge of breaking into the post office at Port Kennedy, last October and Edward PATTON, who pleaded guilty to the same offense, were sentenced by Judge MCPHERSON to two years and six months each in the Eastern Penitentiary. CAMPMEETING OF MILFORD CIRCUIT The annual campmeeting of Milford circuit of the Evangelical Association, will be held in the grove of the estate of Joel SCHULTZ, one mile West of East Greenville, beginning on Wednesday evening, August 17, and close on Thursday, after the evening service, August 25th. DEATH THROUGH BREAK OF EMERY WHEEL Philip N. STUFFLET was found with his head badly mutilated lying in a pool of blood in the tool grinding room of the McClentive-Marshall Construction Company, Pottstown, on Monday. The man expired without being able to tell what happened. And the only thing to tell the tale was an exploded emery wheel.