Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - May 20, 1905 CHILD ACCIDENTLY HANGS ITSELF TO BED Emily, the eleven-months-old-daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry MOLL, of Allentown, met death in a most peculiar manner on Saturday afternoon. The child had been placed in her cradle for her afternoon nap shortly after the dinner hour, and the cradle, an old-fashioned one placed close to an enameled iron bed, in order to prevent its rocking and awakening the little one. About three o'clock it is supposed that the child awoke, and, crawling from its cradle to the bed, crept across this and fell over the side. In falling, its head was caught in the iron work of the side, and the child was strangled to death. When the mother came up stairs to see about the child, at about half-past three o'clock she was horrified to find the child in the position above described, quite dead, although the little body was still warm. Medical aid was summoned, but the child had been killed almost instantly. Coroner SCHEIRER was notified, and after investigating the circumstances, found that death had been due to accidental asphyxiation, and no inquest was necessary. WILL ERECT A FIRE HOUSE AT RED HILL John P. KLINE, of Red Hill, will erect a building on his lot alongside of the L.B. MILLER cigar factory in Red Hill. A portion of it will be used as a restaurant, another as a storage room for the fire apparatus. The second floor will be used by the Red Hill Fire Company, as a club room and a portion of it as a council chamber. The building will be 36 feet front by 14 deep. The work of excavating the cellar was started on Tuesday and the building will be finished as quickly as possible. DISINTERRED BODY BURIED 32 YEARS AGO Isaac CLEMMER, of Lederachville, on Thursday removed the remains of a child of Henry CHARLES, of Rudy, from the Lower Salford Mennonite burial grounds near Lederachville, and interred it on the Old Goshenhoppen cemetery. The body had been buried thirty-two years ago. When Mr. CLEMMER came upon the coffin, he found the outside coffin all decayed, but the inside one was well preserved. When it was opened and examined nothing remained but a tuft of hair and a pair of slippers. AUTOMOBILE SCARES HORSE The horse belonging to J.A. TAGERT, proprietor of the Spring Valley Dairy Farm, of near East Greenville, ran away in the borough, of Pennsburg, while Mr. TAGERT was delivering milk to his patrons, on Saturday evening. The horse took fright at a passing automobile and Mr. TAGERT, took him by the head so that he might lead him past the auto. Just as the auto had passed him he made a bolt and loosened Mr. TAGERT's hold. At break neck speed he followed the course of the turnpike until the road below the Pennsburg Church where he turned in and there upset the wagon. He continued on his mad flight until he ran into Mr. TAGERTs shed at the church. Along the route he was interfered with by people trying to stop him but without avail. All along the route, bottles in which he serves his customers fell out and were broken. After the horse was caught and the wagon was fixed he found that about two dozen bottles were broken and all the milk in those as well as in the cans was spilled. To his surprise he found thirty filled quart bottles intact. The only damage done besides the loss of milk and bottles was a bent rear axle, several panes of glass in the sides of the wagon, broken and three top posts split. ELECTED OFFICERS OF SUNDAY SCHOOL The Sunday School of the First Mennonite Church of Philadelphia on Sunday elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Superintendent, Andrew S. BECHTEL; Asst. Supt., Ezra G. ALLEBACH; Secretary, Edwin E. EHRET; Treasurer, A.B. BECHTEL; Pianist, Harry S. HOOD; Cornetist, E.G. MOYER. The superintendent and assistant were former residents of Bally and Green Lane respectively. They were newly elected the rest were re-elected. The vacancy for superintendent was caused by the request of the veteran superintendent, Charles H. MOYER, who served in that capacity for more than a quarter of a century, who asked to be relieved and a younger man be selected in his place. GRAPES UNDER GLASS ALMOST RIPE Perhaps the most novel grape farm in America is found on the Muhlenberg Hills near Reading under a glass roof, Lee FRIDAY started six years ago the culture of grapes for the tables of the milliionaires. The vines now bear leaves 10 inches long, and the bunches of grapes are nearly ripe. The varieties grown differ from those grown in this locality and are the Muscat of Alexander, Black Hamburg, Barabosso, Madresfield, Court Hamburg and Muscat and Black Alicante, and some of them are expected to bring $2 a pound. Another grape conservatory is at Phoenixville, and it is operated by Mr. FRIDAY's father, who annually raises a ton of high-priced fruit for the Christmas tables. DIED AS DAUGHTER WENT FOR REMEDY "I have a pain in my side; get me a mustard plaster," said Mrs. Deborah Y. REIFF to her daughter, at Norristown on Sunday evening. Miss REIFF left the room to comply with her mother's wish. When she returned Mrs. REIFF was found on the floor. She had been attacked by valvular disease of the heart. Mrs. REIFF was 65 years old, and a prominent resident. One son and two daughters survive. CONGRATULATIONS BY THE YARD Eli M. RAPP, who was recently re-elected superintendent of the Berks county schools over four other aspirants for the office, received by mail a monster document from Kutztown. It was seven feet long and bore several hundred signatures of students at the Kutztown Normal School, who congratulated Mr. RAPP on his re-election. MAD DOGS SCARE EMAUS Two supposed mad dogs threw Emaus into a great state of excitement Monday. One of them, a red hound, crept under an outhouse in the rear of BUCHMAN's bottling establishment, where he was shot by John J. HENNINGER. The other, a black shepherd, bit several other dogs and ran out the road towards Shimersville. He was shot at while passing Schwartz's Crossing, but was missed.