Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - July 23, 2004 CHILD KICKED BY HORSE The four year old son, of Wm. HACKER, of near town was kicked in the face by a horse on Wednesday of last week. The horse had been grazing in the field when the little boy walked up to him and got him by the tail. The horse kicked the boy in the face, breaking the lower jawbone and knocking out several teeth. He also had a piece of the tongue cut off by getting it between the teeth. The child suffered great pain and Dr. STETLER, of Spinnerstown, was immediately called and made the child as comfortable as possible. VISITORS FROM THE WEST Charles HALDEMAN and wife, of Hamlin, Kansas, are visiting the former's brother Reuben HALDEMAN at Creamery, this county. Mr. HALDEMAN until recently was a progressive farmer at Hamlin, he having disposed of his farm of 160 acres for $12,000 and has retired. He went west a number of years ago when the price of land was very low and was very successful in his undertaking and also cleared a neat profit from his sale recently. POLICY PLAYING MUST CEASE IN ALLENTOWN Distric Attorney LICHTENWALNER has exploded a bombshell in the camp of the policy shops of Allentown, giving notice that all persons in any way connected with the business must stop at once or be indicted by the Grand Jury at the September session of Court. He claims that he knows all the places where policy is played and every one of the city and surrounding towns, who is in any way connected with it. SHOT WILD CAT NEAR KUTZTOWN The farmers in the vicinity of Kutztown, have been annoyed for the past few weeks by a chicken thief that could not be apprehended until last Wednesday, when Eugene REINHARD shot one of the largest wild cats ever seen in that section. The cat measured thirty inches in length and had claws almost two inches long. CHILD AT STRYCHNINE AND LIVES The two year old son of Adam MECK, of Reading, ate half a box of strychnine pills, enough to kill ten men, on Sunday afternoon. Unconsciousness followed and it was thought the child had died. The parents were about to call an undertaker when a doctor was summoned who saved the child's life. FOUL PLAY CLAIMED BY DYING MAN Before dying at the Allentown Hospital, Alexander KUBOLI, who was run over by a trolley car at Egypt, a few days before declared that he was pushed in front of the approaching car. The coroner is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death. A TINY BABY Mr. and Mrs. Edmund SMITH, of Berwick, Columbia county, are the parents of a child that weighed less than a pound when born two months ago. The child is perfectly developed and appears to be in excellent health. It has gained about a half a pound since its birth. INDUSTRIOUS CHERRY PICKER Daniel AUGSTADT, of Basket, Berks county, picked 1700 quarts of cherries from his trees this year and sold them in the Reading markets. CHERRY STONES CAUSES DEATH While feasting on cherries, at Pottsville, Michael ZERB, swallowed stones and all. The stones formed a lump in his bowels from which he died in great agony. A SPRY OLD MAN Jacob MOYER, of Bernville, Berks county, who is in his 93 year took a turn at harvesting during the past week. NOT AS BAD AS PAINTED Eli TRUMP, an old resident, 77 years of age, living at Corning, Lehigh county, who caused an uproar in his family by threatening and attempting to kill his children and then himself, was arrested by Constable JONES and William MARKS. Mr. MARKS was to take the lead. But the arrest was wrong. They found nothing with him except a pocket knife. It was said that he had been armed with a pistol and a double barrel shot gun which is not true. He is back from jail again. They found out that everything said of him was a story. Eli TRUMP will not hurt anybody, if they use him like a man, for we know him for the last thirty years. ALUMNI HOLDS BUSINESS MEETING The Franconia Alumni, held its regular business meeting last Wednesday evening at the home of Miss Minerva BARNDT. The following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year. Pres., Alvin GODSHALL; V. Pres., Rein GODSHALL; Treas., Clayton MOYER; Cor. Sec., Minerva BARNDT; Rec. Sec., Verda AUCHY. It was decided to hold the annual picnic on Wednesday, July 27, along the Perkiomen, at Green Lane. OFF TO BUY JERSEY CATTLE T.S. COOPER, breeder and importer of Jersey cattle at Coopersburg, on Wednesday sailed from New York for England on the White Star Line steamer, "Baltic," the largest steamer in the world, being 725 feet long. Mr. COOPER expects to go direct to the Island of Jersey, and from there to France, to select some Percheron and French coach horses, and intends to return on the White Star steamer "Cymric," on August 4th. A PLUCKY CONDUCTOR Benjamin BATZ, a freight conductor on the Lebanon division, of the P. & R. Railway, fell from his train on Saturday while running 30 miles an hour, and rolled into a field with a broken ankle. He succeeded in catching the eye of the flagman, the train was stopped and the conductor brought it through to Reading. NEW NORRISTOWN SCHOOL NAMED The new $50,000 school building to be erected at Norristown, will be known as the James A. WELSH School. This was decided upon at a meeting of the School Board recently. Mr. WELSH has been a member of the board for thirty years, and only recently resigned the chairmanship of the property committee.