Ref: Town and Country Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - October 8, 1904 MEETING OF MUSICIANS The Music Department of Perkiomen Seminary which is becoming widely known for the sound musical training its students receive, begins this year under more favorable circumstances than ever before. Among the many improvements made at the Seminary during the summer was the separating of the music department from the rest of the school. The practice rooms, now all together, have been newly papered and made to look cheerful and pleasant. Several organizations have already been started and others will follow. The Young Men's Glee Club met for its first rehearsal last Thursday evening. There will be about fifteen in the club. The Mandolin Club is being organized and the members hope to secure David CROLL, of Pennsburg, as their director. The Mozart Club had its first meeting of the year on Monday night. Miss Nellie STOVER was elected president; Miss Rosa MERSHON, vice president and Miss Lillian HENDRICKS, of East Greenville, secretary. A Beethoven sonata for four hands was played by Frieda and Mary KRIEBEL, followed by piano solos by Elwood ROEDER and Rosa MERSHON. An orginial sketch of the life of Mozart was read by Lillian HENDRICKS, and after a vocal solo by Mrs. WEIRICH, the program was closed by a piano solo by Prof. WEIRICH. The club will meet every two weeks. DIED FROM EFFECTS OF AUTO ACCIDENT Dr. Cyrus J. BLANK, of Buffalo, N.Y., formerly of Coopersburg, Pa., had a leg crushed in an automobile accident at Yellowstone Park on Monday and died after the limb had been amputated. Mr. BLANK was accompanied on his trip by Robert BARRON and Llewellyn GERHARD, of Coopersburg. Dr. BLANK was a veterinary Surgeon and was 45 years old. Three years ago he was married and the wife but no children survives. He was born at Coopersburg and is survived by his aged mother at that place and three brothers and sisters. The party were in a coach and driving through the park when the horses shied at an automobile and upset the coach, which crushed Dr. BLANK's limb and injured him internally. Two horses were killed and all the occupants of the coach were more or less injured. The funeral will be held from the home of his mother, at Coopersburg. Interment will be made on the Blue church cemetery. FAMILY ALMOST ASPHYXIATED BY COAL GAS During Monday night a number of people in the home of Mrs. Charles MILLER, of near Macungie, escaped death from the effects of coal gas. The gas escaped from the stove in the sitting room and penetrated the bed chambers in which Mrs. MILLER's two daughters, a son, son-in-law and two children were sleeping. When they were awakened they were almost overcome. A physician was summoned and after freely vomiting they slowly recovered. The stove pipe was filled with soot deposited from wood which was burned during the summer. JURY DISAGREES AND IS DISCHARGED Henry LEAR ex-president of the Doylestown Bank, charged with misappropriation of funds from that institution, will have to undergo another trial, probably at December term. The jurors, who heard the evidence in the case, since Wednesday last before Judge MCPHERSON in the United States District Court, Philadelphia, were unable to agree on a verdict, and were discharged. TRANSACTIONS IN THE ORPHANS' COURT The following transactions from the upper end were before Judge William F. SOLLY, of the Orphans' Court, at Norristown, this week: Petition filed of John R. BITTING to open adjudication in the estate of John S. DIMMIG, of Upper Hanover. Petition to order sale in estate of Samuel M. SCHOENLY, of Upper Hanover. Petitition to order sale in estate of John F. WILE, of Lower Salford. Petition for order of sale in estate of Elizabeth L. HEFFNER, of New Hanover. ENTERED VETERINARY COLLEGE IN MICHIGAN Allen B. RITTER, of Pennsburg, who ten days ago left for the St. Louis Fair has entered the Veterinary College, at Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he will spend the winter and take a course in the practice of veterinary medicine. He passed a satisfactory examination to enter the graduating class and he expects to receive a diploma by next Spring. BOY SETS HAYSTACK ON FIRE The barn of Samuel KRAEMER, Sr., at Hummel's Store, Berks county, was on Tuesday totally destroyed by fire, together with a lot of hay, grain, tobacco and farming implements. The fire started in the barnyard, where a grain stack was set on fire by a little boy. The loss reaches several thousand dollars. COMMITTED SUICIDE WHILE ON A VISIT Miss Katie MCLAUGHLIN, 22 years old and a well-known young woman, of Norristown, despondent over an alleged disappointment in a love affair ended her life shortly after 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The deed was committed at the home of her sister, Mrs. Joseph LEVIS, living in Pinetown, a settlement about one-half of a mile east of Oaks station, Lower Providence. The deceased had been visiting at her sister's home the past week. She was melancholy, and every effort was made to cheer her up. While alone for a short time, the woman swallowed the contents of a vial of carbolic acid. She was found unconscious a few minutes later by a member of the family. Dr. BROWN was summoned, but death ensued ere his arrival. The body was taken to the home of her mother at Norristown, from which place the funeral will be held. GRAND CHURCH SOLEMNITY Forty hours which commenced on Sunday morning at 7.30 at the Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament at Bally, came to a conclusion on Tuesday evening at 9 o'clock. The services were conducted by Rev. Joseph WISSEL, of St. Peters Church, Philadelphia, he was assisted by Rev. Wm. WACHTER, of St. Elizabeth Church, Philadelphia and Rev. SAUERS pastor of the Church in Bally. The eloquent sermous of Rev. WISSEL were listened to with undivided attention. About a hundred little boys and girls in white were in the procession Tuesday and presented a beautiful appearance. The members of St. Joseph's Society turned out in a body to honor the occasion DIPHTHERIA AT ALLENTOWN Willie, a ten year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey LENHART of 516 Auburn Street, Allentown formerly of Hillegass, was taken sick on Tuesday with diphtheria and died on Thursday. Another son Norman, one and one-half years old is also down with the same disease and is critically ill, as is also the youngest child of Ammon SWARTZ, a brother-in-law who lives a few doors from the LENHARTs;. Mr. LENHART is a flagman on the Perkiomen Railroad and while a resident, of Upper Hanover lived at the Queen of the Valley Farm. BICYCLISTS RUN INTO A HERD OF CATTLE While Wilson HARTENBAUER and a number of his workmen on Monday, were on their way to Sumneytown on bicycles, where they are employed, they ran into a herd of cattle which were being driven on the road. A complete shake up was the result. The cattle started on a stampede and ran over men and bicycles. Mr. HARTENBAUER was severely injured about the arms and abdomen. Every bicycle was more or less damaged and two were complete wrecks. STARTED NEW OIL MILL James S. MILLER, of Sumneytown, this week started his new linseed oil mill which he recently built on the site of the old powder mill. Michael YOUNG of East Greenville, the oldest and best linseed operator in Eastern Pennsylvania, assisted in getting the mill in good running condition. Mr. YOUNG was the operator of the Hillegass oil mills up to the time of its abandonment and that oil had a reputation in many states, always selling at a higher price than any other manufacture of linseed oil. WILL BUILD A HOUSE IN PENNSBURG W. Jerome GRACE, of Philadelphia, this week purchased the lot below Dr. W.H. HUNSBERGER's residence on Main Street Pennsburg from the Executor of the Philip THEABOLD Estate. He has made arrangements to build a dwelling house on the lot. Work will be started at once and it is to be finished as soon as possible. COMMUNION AT ST. PAUL'S CHURCH Rev. O.F. WAAGE, of Pennsburg, pastor of the St. Paul's Lutheran Church, near Red Hill will celebrate the Holy Communion at that Church on Sunday November 13. Preparatory services and confirmation will be held on the Saturday before. WILL PREACH IN THE SEMINARY CHAPEL Rev. W.U. KISTLER elected pastor of St. Marks Lutheran Church, of Pennsburg, will preach in the Seminary Chapel on Sunday night October 9, at seven o'clock.