Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - June 17, 1905 TOTTLER LOST The young daughter of Francis GILBERT, of Green Lane, who is staying with her grandmother, Mrs. Louisa GILBERT, of Pennsburg, for a short visit, was on Thursday sent on an errand to the hardware store of John F. WEYAND. On concluding her purchase she started to return home, but being a stranger to the place she lost her way and wandered about town. As the child failed to return home, the grandmother became alarmed and went in search of the child. Finally after a search of two hours during which the entire town and the surrounding sections as well as the railroad were fully covered the little girl was found on Main street, towards the northern end of town in a bewildered state, but otherwise none the worse for her wandering. COMMENCEMENT AT MUHLENBERG The 38th annual commencement of Muhlenberg College, Allentown, will take place from June 25th to 29th in the Lyric theatre. The exercises will consist of orations by the students of the senior class, and the conferring of degrees, awarding of prizes, etc. The baccalureate address will be delivered in St. John's Lutheran Church on Sunday, June 25th, by President John A.W. HAAS, at 10.30 a.m.; Tuesday, June 27th, 2.30 p.m. Senior Class Day on the College Campus; 8 p.m. Freshman Class play in the Lyric theatre; Wednesday, June 28th, 10 a.m. Junior Oratorical contest, Lyric theatre; 2 p.m., annual meeting of the Board of Trustees in College chapel; 2 p.m., reunion of the Euterpean and Sophronian Literary Societies; 8 p.m., alumni promenade concert on the College Campus; Thursday, June 29th, 10 a.m., Lyric theatre, commencement; 2 p.m., annual meeting of the Alumni in the college chapel. TENDERED A PARTY Misses Ella and Carrie MILLER, of Geryville, entertained a few of their friends on Saturday evening in honor of Miss Mary WALTON. The evening was very pleasantly spent, playing various games after which the guests partook of a bounteous lunch. Those present were Misses Mary WALTON, Ella and Carrie MILLER, Mamie THOMS, Lottie MUMBAUER, Lillie HENDRICKS and Messrs. Robert KLINE, Howard HALLMAN, Herbert DIEHL, Ralph HALLMAN, Fred. HELLER and Harvey HENDRICKS. TRAIN KILLS TWO BOYS Penrose WEIDMAN and Raymond FREYBERGER, 12-year-old boys living at Baumstown, while walking along the tracks of the Reading Railway a short distance south of Birdsboro, late on Tuesday night were struch by a southbound passenger train and instantly killed. CUT THROAT WITH RAZOR William C. WALKER, aged 42 years, of New Centreville, Chester County committed suicide on Tuesday by cutting his throat with a razor. The head was almost severed from the body. The act was brought on by despondency caused by recent heavy losses. NEW PRESIDENT FOR LEHIGH Henry S. DRINKER, of Haverford, general solicitor for the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, was elected president of Lehigh University, to succeed the late Dr. T.M. DROWN. WILSON ON TRIAL FOR HIS LIFE The trail of James WILSON, for the murder of John EBERTS was called by the court at Allentown this week. The entire jury panel of 48 was exhausted and only six jurors had been selected when Judge TREXLER ordered the doors closed and talesmen were selected from the audience to complete the jury. The case was opened for the Commonwealth by District Attorney SCHANTZ and details leading to the commission of the crime were presented after which the District Attorney submitted the confession of WILSON as evidence. After considerable sparring on the part of the defense the ruling of the Court admitted the confession. This point gained, the prosecuting attorney rested his case. The defense, after outlining its side, called witnesses to prove hereditary insanity, but as the prisoner at the bar was to be tried the judge directed the defense to make an effort to establish the mental condition of WILSON before tracing a taint in his forefathers. Various companions and fellow workmen of WILSON were called, as well as several of the teachers of his boyhood days, and all testified that the prisoner frequently committed acts that indicated weakmindedness. From the evidence submitted during the process of the trial up to this time the verdict of the jury is hard to predict. SCHOOL BOARD ORGANIZES The School Directors of the Borough of East Greenville, met for organization last Friday evening. N.B. KEELY was re-elected as President; F.M. MOLL, as Secretary, and A.J. LORENTZ, as Treasurer. The following committees were appointed: Grounds and Building, GREULICH and DERR; Books and Supplies, KEELY and HERSH. The term was fixed at 9 months, schools to open on Monday, September 4. The salaries for the ensuing term were fixed at $55 per month for the Principal, Grammar $45, Intermediate, Secondary and Primary grades at $37. A.W. ZERBE, of Schuylkill county, was elected principal. Misses Mabel HERBEIN and Rosa KRULL, of East Greenville, were elected as teachers of the Secondary and Primary rooms respectively. This far no teachers have been elected for the Grammar and Intermediate rooms. WRECKED LOCOMOBILE In taking a trip to Schwenksville in his locomobile last Saturday, Albert WELDER, of Pennsburg, accompanied by J.T. DRUCKENMILLER, drove into a rut at a high rate of speed about one mile north of Zieglersville, while he was on his way home. One of the front wheels was shattered to pieces and the momentum caused the machine to turn turtle in which Mr. DRUCKENMILLER was hurled into a mud puddle and Mr. WELDER fell into the roadway and was pinned down by the machine. When an inventory of the damages was made it was found that Mr. WELDER sustained a severe injury at one of his knees and Mr. DRUCKENMILLER was but slightly hurt, while the machine was almost completely demolished. The remains of the crash were loaded on a wagon on Monday and hauled to Pennsburg. MAN STRUCK DOWN BY AUTO While V.H. STECKLE's automobile was on its way down Main street, Pennsburg, last Friday evening, Milton ROEDER attempted to cross the street at the Pennsburg hotel in advance of the oncoming auto, although the lights were lit and an alarm was sounded. The auto struck Mr. ROEDER and hurled him to the ground but he sustained no injuries. His only remark on getting up was, "I was not thinking." The sudden stop caused a severe strain on the machine and as a consequence one of the levers of the steering gear was broken. MET WITH A RUNAWAY ACCIDENT In trying to entertain several of his friends by giving them a ride on Sunday, the horse of William SWEINHART, of Congo, ran away. The occupants of the carriage were thrown out, the wagon was upset and the top was entirely demolished. Fortunately no one was hurt.