Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - October 15, 1904 FROM OUR CORPS OF ABLE CORRESPONDENTS CLAYTON Mr. and Mrs. Reuben BEITLER were in Long Swamp on Sunday visiting friends. Mr. and Mrs. W.A. CLEMMER were in Schultzville on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank JACOBS and son Henry were in Sumneytown on Saturday and Sunday visiting his mother. Reuben BEITLER is filling his silo. Christian PETERS, of Green Lane, is doing the work. Mr. and Mrs. Charles BEITLER, of Huff's Church, and Annie BEITLER, of Siesholtzville, spent Sunday with Reuben BEITLER and family. Miss Jennie REPPERT, of Green Valley, visited her friend, Miss Mabel ACKERMAN. Miss Matilda COVELY and Verna HIESTAND, of near Clayton, were on a visit to David COVELY and family of Harlem on Sunday. Miss Sallie LEIBENSPERGER, of this place, visited Frank BUCK and family, of Siesholtzville. Miss Lizzie HARTLINE visited her friend Katie BEITLER. HARLEM Mr. and Mrs. Adam Y. SIESHOLTZ, of Allentown, were the guests of David SIESHOLTZ and family. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene GREGORY and Mr. and Mrs. Oliver MILLER, of Bechtelsville, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel GREGORY and Mr. and Mrs. M.M. GERY. Girdie and Florence SIESHOLTZ, are here to spend a week with their grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel GREGORY. Dr. STECKEL, of Allentown and Mrs. William COVELY, of Vera Cruz, were the guests of D. and L. ROTHENBERGER and families. The sale of Daniel ROTHENBERGER, of Siesholtzville, was largely attended and fair prices realized. M.M. GERY was the auctioneer and H.B. BAUER clerk. The saw mill of DELONG and SCHUGER was moved from Siesholtzville to the company's farm near this place. Jacob STUFFLET is the manager. The farm of Aaron DANKEL, of Red Lion will be sold at public sale on Saturday October 22. John H. GERY and Miss Lucy BITTENBENDER paid a visit to Mr. and Mrs. I. ROHRBACH, of near Mecks school house. David BAUER and M.M. GERY, were at Dillingersville on business. CRESSMAN Rev. D.H. REITER will have communion here tomorrow morning. Preparatory services this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Wilson WISLER who was seriously ill in the former part of this week is convalescing. Mr. and Mrs. Milton HILLEGASS, of Red Hill, Harvey VOID, of Philadelphia and Mr. and Mrs. Samuel VOID were the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles VOID. Henry MILLER and Wm. S. KELLER are improving their buildings by giving them a coat of paint. Milton BIEHN, of Quakertown, has the contract to erect a new steeple on our church. FINLAND Four children of Monroe SCHWAGER, are suffering with diphtheria. Dr. ROTH of Red Hill attends. C.K. TRUMBAUER and children and Miss Lillie GEBERT, of Lansdale, spent Saturday and Sunday with H.K. TRUMBAUER and family. William CARVER and wife moved to Trumbauersville on Tuesday. Miss Sallie PFAFF left on Wednesday for Atlantic City where she expects to spend the winter. George FREED and wife and Miss Hannah SCHWENK, of Red Hill, were the Sunday visitor's of H.A. SCHWENK and wife. Benjamin HARING is on the sick list. Misses Laura and Alice TRUMBAUER made a trip to Salfordville on Monday. G.W. GERHART who was sick with catarrh fever is slowly improving. H.A. SCHWENK unloaded a car of feed on Monday. PLOVER C.A. EBERHARD lost one of his best cows by death on Sunday. Edwin RAUDENBUSH will move into the tenant house of J.D. EBERHARD on Friday. S.D. MILLER our mail carrier has a goat team. Watson HERSH, of Allentown, and David SCHULER, of Walberts were here on Sunday visiting their parents. Mrs. Albert M. FREED and children is visiting her parents at Aineyville for the last two weeks. HOSENSACK Erwin SCHOENLY, of Zionsville, and his brother, David SCHOENLY, of Philadelphia, were visiting their friends in this vicinity on Sunday. While driving down Mill Hill, the horse kicked and broke a shaft. Both the men escaped without injury but the horse received a few scratches. Elmer HILLEGASS left on Tuesday to buy a carload of cattle. Alfred HILLEGASS in his cornfield raised a pumpkin that weighs 62 1/2 pounds and circumference is 65 inches. RED HILL Born to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. SEASHOLTZ, a girl last Wednesday. Mrs. Jacob HENRY has scarlet fever. The house was quarantined on Wednesday. C.G. HEIST delivered a load of furniture to Tylersport on Wednesday. Wm. GENZLER'S house is ready for the plasterers. DILLINGERSVILLE The following visited Mr. and Mrs. Albert FREED on Sunday: Mr. and Mrs. Calvin FREED, of Allentown, Mr. and Mrs. Milton FREED and children of Milford Square and William FREED. Edwin MILLER and James WAGNER visited friends at Richlandtown on Sunday. HILLEGASS Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. WELLER and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton GEHO all of Pennsburg, were visiting David FOX and family on Sunday. Wilson SACKS, of Allentown, paid a visit to the family of C.E. BUCKLY on Saturday and Sunday. Stella ESCHBACH who has been visiting relatives and friends in Allentown for the last three weeks returned home on Saturday well pleased with the nice time she had. Mr. and Mrs. George YERGEY, proprietor of the Pleasant View Hotel at Sanatoga accompanied by the expert fisherman Wm. SNYDER, of Bally, were fishing along the branch on Tuesday but were unable to tell what the fish looked like. Mr. SNYDER, however caught six sunfish in a short time. The rest of the party concluded to go back to the hotel and rest rather than walk along the creek all for naught. John KEPLER, of Philadelphia, spent part of Friday and Saturday at Haring's hotel looking after his crops which Mr. HARING has in charge. He has a tract of land situated between the Minniehaha farm and Red Hill. Reuben BAUER and family and Henry BAUER and family visited the family of Solomon LETTERHOUSE on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Milton GERHART of Trumbauersville, visited the family of Mr. and Mrs. Jonas HARING on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. SIEGFRIED of the Perkiomen Paper Mills visited relatives at Allentown on Saturday and Sunday. ZIEGLERVILLE John K. CLEMMER is now busily engaged in roasting corn and making corn meal for his immense trade. Frank D. ROSHONG will shortly move into the SHANER homestead recently purchased. The American Ice Co., shipped the last ice from their Zieglerville house this week. SCHOLL, SCHWENK and GRIMLEY are still busy at Spring Mount shipping ice. FRUITVILLE J.B. FRANK received a carload of steers this week numbering twenty-one in all. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan ADAM entertained friends from Reading and Manayunk on Sunday. N.G. HEYDT and son Charles made a business trip to Boyertown on Tuesday. Christian STAHL and family entertained the following guests on Sunday: D.G. OBERHOLTZER and family, Albert STAHL and family and Frank SCHULTZ all of Allentown. Mr. and Mrs. Frank ADAM visited friends at Manayunk on Sunday. Frank BUCK and lady friend from Fagleysville and Richard BUCK, of Hillegass, visited Mr. and Mrs. William BUCK on Sunday. KRAUSSDALE Mrs. Austin URFFER of Emaus, spent last week with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. H.S. KRAUSS and Mr. and Mrs. A.A. URFFER visited the family of William TREICHLER on Sunday. TYLERSPORT A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles NASE, this week. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob SHOLL spent Saturday and Sunday with Philadelphia friends. Oswin KOBER bought a promising young colt last week. Lookout boys he'll pass everything on the road with this one. Miss Alice GERHART, of Hatfield, spent the week with her parents of this place. CHAPEL Mr. and Mrs. W. BRENSINGER and child visited the latters parents in Blooming Glen over Saturday and Sunday. Jonathan GEISINGER lost a valuable cow by death this week. J. Willis SCHULTZ who had an operation performed in the German Hospital returned home on Thursday. Dr. A.O. GERY and family were in Philadelphia on Tuesday. Mrs. Irwin SCHULTZ is seriously ill at this writing. MORWOOD Rein G. GODSHALL made a business trip to Philadelphia on Saturday. John H. FREED is indisposed suffering with a carbuncle. HILL CHURCH The youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. MOYER, of near Pikesville, died and was buried at this place on Sunday. Rev. H.W. WARMKESSEL officiated. ***************************************************** BOY DIES AFTER BEING BITTEN BY A DOG A bite from a mad dog, which he received on Labor Day, caused the death on Tuesday morning of Willie FASSOLD, the 3-year-old son of Christopher FASSOLD, of near Scranton. Hydrophobia developed last Sunday night, and the child died in much agony. SAD STORY OF JUVENILE WANDERER Only 11 years old, and claiming that he had not slept in a bed for six months, Harry YETTER, who said he lived in Dale street, Philadelphia, and had no parents, was locked up at Pottstown, on Tuesday night. HAD AN OPERATION PERFORMED An operation was performed on the foot of Henry K. BERGEY, of Souderton, on Tuesday, by Drs. VAUGHN and KEELER. They amputated one of his toes.