Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - October 22, 1904 DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS IN THE UPPER END The citizens of the Upper end of Montgomery county will be given the opportunity during the next few weeks of hearing the issues of the present campaign discussed by some of the foremost speakers of the Democratic party. A number of the candidates for office will also be here and address the voters. There is a great demand for speakers from every section of the county, which goes to show the feeling of the voters. Democratic Chairman Charles D. MCAVOY, assisted by the Democratic Executive Committee is actively engaged in arranging meetings and they have almost completed the arrangements for meetings in different sections of the county which will be held almost nightly from now on until election day. This evening a meeting will be held in BARNDT's Hall, Sumneytown, and the speakers will be John B. EVANS, Esq., of Pottstown; Charles H. BRUNNER, of Norristown, candidate for District Attorney, and Dr. Titus ALBRIGHT, of Hatfield, candidate for County Treasurer. Numerous other candidates are expected to be present. The Red Hill band will be present to enliven the occasion with music. Pennsburg Meeting. An open air mass-meeting will be held at the Pennsburg Hotel on Monday evening, at which the Red Hill Band will furnish the music. The issues of the campaign will be discussed by the following prominent speakers: Hon. Arthur DEWALT, State Senator from Lehigh County and late candidate for Auditor General; Hon. Joseph J. BROADHURST, of Langhorne, Congressional Candidate for this District and Chas. H. BRUNNER, candidate for District Attorney. The following candidates for the legislature will also be here as well as Chairman Chas. MCAVOY, and make brief addresses: George HAMEL, Jenkintown; Arnold PHILIPPS, Abington, and Jonathan D. HUBER, Niantic. Should the weather be unfavorable so that the meeting could not be held outside, it will be held in the Odd Fellow's Hall. The date for the East Greenville meeting has as yet not been determined upon. FOUND FORTY SUITS IN A SEWER Forty suits of men's clothing were found in a large water pipe on the old York road, near Jenkintown on Sunday morning. Nearby in an orchard was also found a sack containing twenty extra pairs of trousers. The supposition is that freight trains were robbed of the clothing and they were secreted in the pipes to be removed later. WIFE GOT ONLY ONE NEW DRESS IN 16 YEARS "My husband only bought me one dress in sixteen years," declared Mrs. Charles STAUFNER, of Richboro, in the Doylestwon court on Monday. The jury was to decide whether this constitutes non-support. She has sued her husband on that charge. LOST A VALUABLE HORSE BY DEATH On Sunday John REPPERT, of Alburtis, hired a team from Morris HERTZOG, the livery man at Macungie, and while at Treichlersville, Berks county, three miles from Zionsville, the horse was attacked with colic and died within a short time. BUTCHER HOUSE BROKEN INTO AND ROBBED The butcher house of John SAYLOR, of Pennsburg, was on Friday night entered by a thief and robbed of some steak and roasts. Mr. SAYLOR is unable to say exactly how much was stolen. RAISED MANY POUNDS OF POTATOES IN ONE ROW D.N. SCHULTZ, proprietor of the Hillside Farm, at Hereford, raised 144 pounds of potatoes in a row that was 57 feet long. This yielded almost three pounds of tubers to the foot. The potatoes were of the Irish Gobbler variety. COMMUNION AT HOSENSACK CHURCH Rev. O.S. KRIEBEL, will hold his communion services in the Hosensack church on Sunday morning, October 30. Preparatory services on Saturday previous at 2 p.m. at the same place. PREACHING AT THE SEMINARY Rev. Geo. K. MESCHTER, of Worcester, father of Prof. C.K. MESCHTER, will preach in the Seminary Chapel, tomorrow evening, at 7 o'clock. Music will be furnished by the Seminary choir. POISONING HUNTING DOGS Without any apparent motive, somebody is poisoning valuable hunting dogs belonging to Pottstown residents.