Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - August 20, 1904 SUICIDE BY HANGING William JORDAN, an aged and respected citizen, of Coopersburg, shocked the community in which he resided, by committing suicide on Thursday noon. Mr. JORDAN has of late been subject to spells of melancholy induced by being compelled by age, to retire from the activities of life, but was about as usual on Thursday, but at noon he was missed when summoned for dinner. An immediate search was instituted and his lifeless body was found hanging on the second floor of his son's carpenter shop about two squares from his own house. Deceased was a man of prominence during his years of activing. He was a well known contractor and builder, his specialty being church steeples. He was a prominent member in the councils of his party. He was postmaster of Coopersburg during the administration of Cleveland and at different times held borough offices. The coroner of Lehigh county was notified, but on investigation decided an inquest unnecessary. Mr. JORDAN had attained the age of 77 years and is survived by his wife, who is almost blind, and two sons and two daughters. ANNOYING PETTY THIEVES Burglars are becoming a very common thing at Palm. On Saturday night all the milk of John MOYER was stolen from their milk house. On Monday night a call was made at the barn of J.W. BUTZ, and at the little barber shop of William HOFFMAN. A number of trifling articles such as hats, caps and some children's clothing were missing the following morning. Later in the night Mr. BUTZ was arouse d from his sleep by the barking of the dogs of H.Z. HEIST and N.H. LEESER. When he took a peep from his bed room window he noticed someone walking up the pavement. Nothing was thought about it until shortly afterwards footsteps were heard coming in through the alley along the railroad and down towards Mr. BUTZ's barn. The party was watched until the barn doors were pushed open and the intruder entered. A light was noticed all around the barn, but only at short intervals, until the person was noticed immediately in front of the window towards the house, making a flash of light which exposed himself to the eye of Mr. BUTZ, who was watching his chance for a good aim at the rascal with his rifle. Just than a fair chance offered itself and the rifle was popped off and the bullet entering the window right where the burglar made his last flash, putting a hole through the window just the size of the bullet, but no marks around the inside of the barn can be found where it struck, which is fair evidence that it was carried along with the burglar instead of a lot of boodle, which he very likety expected. SPECIAL SERVICES On the Sunday evenings of August 28, September 4 and 11, Rev. Albert Rudolph SCHORMAN, of Perkiomen Seminary, will deliver three interesting discourses for the people of Pennsburg and East Greenville which all are invited to attend. The themes of the discourses are as follows: First evening: Das Leben nach dem tode; Auferstehungs Frage. Second evening: Die innere Herrlichkeit unseres evangelischen Glanbens. Third evening: Die Wiederkunft Jesu Christi Aufrichting des Neuen Jerusalems. The discourses will be held in German. Rev. SCHORMAN is a native of Germany but our people have had no difficulty in understanding him. In which church and at what hour each discourse will be held will be announced in the next issue of Town and Country. All are heartily invited to attend. FIREMAN BURNS HIS MONEY A fireman on a Philadelphia and Reading freight train had the misfortune on Tuesday to throw his pocketbook containing $100, into the furnace of his engine with a shovel of coal. In taking his handkerchief out of his pocket the man accidentally pulled along with it the purse and as it lay unnoticed among the coal, shoveled it into the fire. BOY AND GIRL MISSING H.T. DUNLAP, aged 16, and a young woman, both from Philadelphia, and boarding at the Central Hotel, Rieglesville, were boating on the Deleware on Monday evening and failed to return. A search was instituted and the boat was discovered below the falls on Tuesday morning. It is feared the young people have been drowned. AGED WOMAN LOST Leaving her home on Saturday afternoon, at 1 o'clock, to go a few hundred feet into the woods for an armful of wood, Miss Sallie Ann SHUYLER, aged 92 years, living on the mountains above Macungie, missed her way and got lost. By taking a wrong path she became bewildered and for hours roamed through the woods, over rocks and through brush and bramble until she finally went down the side of the mountain and reached the road leading from Macungie to Hensingersville. At 6 o'clock she arrived at the farm house of Oliver FRITCH, in a thoroughly exhausted condition. The old lady was well known to Mr. FRITCH, who gave her a good supper and took her home. Her rambling covered a distance of about three miles. She was missed at home and an alarm was raised. A searching party of about twenty men went out on the mountain in all directions, but none was successful in taking the right one. DEMOCRATIC DELEGATE ELECTION The Democratic voters of the election district of Pennsburg are requested to meet at the public house of Charles A. KNEULE, on Saturday evening, August 27th, between the hours of 6 and 8 o'clock and elect 3 delegates, to represent said district in the Democratic county convention, to be held in the Opera House, Norristown, on Tuesday, August 30, at 10 o'clock a.m., for the purpose of nominating five persons for the Assembly, one person for Sheriff, one person for County Treasurer, one person for Coroner, one person for Director of the Poor, one person for Surveyor. Also to elect one person to serve as Committeeman for this Election District. BOY USES MATCH TO CURE SNAKE BITE William VANBUSKIRK, of East Stroudsburg, was fishing along Broadhead's Creek when he stepped back and trod upon a rattle snake. Before he had time to move the snake had bitten him in the calf of his right leg. The boy took out his knife and cut a deep incision where a little mark showed the snake had struck and then taking a burning match he applied it to the wound to cauterize it. This done he hurried to a drug store and procured alcohol, with which he bathed the wound. There was a little swelling but the prompt treatment evidently had the effect of removing the poison from the bite. The lad is getting along all right without a doctor.