Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - June 17, 1905 FATHER AND SON INJURED IN RUNAWAY Jacob WAGNER, a well-known resident of New Hanover, and his son, Lloyd WAGNER, the latter a student at Perkiomen Seminary, were victims of a seriuos runaway accident on Monday while they were driving from their home to Pennsburg. Mr. WAGNER was driving a spirited horse, and as the team approached Pleasant Run a young woman with an umbrella appeared on the road. The horse shied at the umbrella and got beyond control of the driver and ran away. He dashed down a bank throwing both Mr. WAGNER and his son out. The young man landed on his head and was painfully injured. His father fell heavily on his shoulder, fracturing it and receiving other injuries. Young WAGNER, although painfully cut, held the horse, which had fallen to the roadside. Finding that his father was injured he mounted the horse and rode as fast as he could to Swamp, a distance of four miles, and called up a Boyertown physician by phone. In the meantime his father had been placed in a carriage by residents of the vicinity in which the accident occurred and taken to the Swamp Hotel. An examination of his injuries showed that he was suffering from a fractured shoulder blade and bruises. His son was badly cut about the head and face. Both injured men were afterwards removed to their home. The carriage was badly wrecked while the horse escaped injury. IN BICYCLE ACCIDENT Charles BENNER of near Vera Cruz, formerly a resident of Pennsburg and employed by William H. HERSH as a section hand, met with a painful accident on Saturday morning. He used a bicycle to go to his work and on descending a hill near Vera Cruz the fork of the machine broke, throwing him on his head. In the fall he received severe scalp cuts. Dr. Albert TRUMBAUER of Vera Cruz was summoned to relieve the sufferer after which he was removed to his home. ALUMNI BANQUET The open Alumni Meeting of the East Greenville High School, on Saturday evening, was well attended and the program well rendered. Immediately after the exercises the members of the Alumni were served with a banquet at the Keely House. Rev. C.M. DELONG, Messrs. Rufus KERN, Melvin KURTZ and Howard ROYER, Misses Rosa KRULL and Elizabeth HERBEIN responded to toasts. Prof. J.P. SCHAFFER acted as toast master. TRYING TO BLOW UP THE MAYOR A fiendish attempt was made at Lebanon to blow up the city steam road roller by placing a quanity of soap cut into small pieces into the water tank. The engineer in charge made the discovery in time to avert an explosion by drawing the fire. The roller was operated on the street close to the home of Mayor WEIMER, when the discovery was made and indications point to the intention of blowing up his home. CHARGED WITH THEFT OF HARNESS John HARTMAN, and Frank GEYER were arrested at Norristown on Monday and held on several charges of larency. During the last week harness has been stolen from the stables of Jacob SHAINLINE, Christian DARING and John SPRING. John HARTMAN was arrested while trying to dispose of some of the stolen articles. He made a statement to the police, in which he implicated GEYER. HORSE AND MULE KILLED BY LIGHTNING During a thunder storm a horse and mule belonging to Judson PHILLIPS, of East Nantmeal, Chester County, sought refuge under a tree. A bolt of lightning struck the tree and both of the animals were killed. ALLENTOWN BAZAAR IMPROVED Dr. Jesse Z. HILLEGASS, formerly, of Red Hill, has built nine new box stalls at the Allentown Bazaar, repainted the entire inside of his large stables and in his hospital levelled the ground and dug a well to supply the horses with water. ROMANCE IN WEDDING A pretty little romance has just come to light with the announcement of the recent marriage of Carroll DUNN, a popular barber, of Boyertown, and Miss Lillian Russell YEAGER, of Baltimore, Md. The ceremony was performed by Rev. William H. FORD, of the First M.E. church, of Boyertown. DUNN went to Boyertown a year ago from Parkesburg, Pa. Five years before he first met his wife and his attentions won her. Then they drifted apart and neither knew the whereabouts of the other until a few months ago when, while using the phone in a hotel at Boyertown, DUNN heard a familiar voice and recognized it as that of his old sweetheart. Developments followed rapidly, the date was set, and the young people have since treasured the accidental crossing of the telephone wires as one of the happiest incidents of their lives. Mr. DUNN is the son of Postmaster John H. DUNN, of Parkesburg. He will leave next month with Mrs. DUNN for Clarksburg, Va., where he will assume charge of a hotel recently erected by the Y.W.C.A. NEWSPAPER MEN AT READING The newspaper men of Berks and Lehigh counties had a reunion at Reading on Sunday on the invitation of John D. MISHLER, of the Reading Academy of Music. They took in points of interest in and about Reading and made a side trip to Boyertown. Supper was served at Mineral Springs. RESTAURANT PROPERTY CHANGES HANDS Wm. H. STROUD, has sold his Railroad House restaurant property at Collegville to Harry RINGLER, of Ironbridge. The price is reported to be $17,000. Mr. RINGLER will take possession on July 1st. Mr. STROUD will live retired. He expects later to reside on his farm along the trolley, below Perkiomen Bridge. INSANE FROM AUTOS Stephen BUTEL was made insane by seeing automobiles shoot through the village of Green Ridge, near Shamokin, his place of residence. He thought they were devils and imagined they were pursing him to cause his death. The man has been removed to an Asylum. LEG FRACTURED IN BALL PLAYING Joseph FITZPATRICK, a clerk in the furniture store of T.J. McCABE, of N orristown, had a leg fractured while playing ball. In trying to catch a fly ball he came in collision with another player and was hurled to the ground with terriffic force. On attempting to rise it was found that his leg was fractured. READS WITHOUT GLASSES AT 90 Mrs. Catharine WOHLBACH, of Bethlehem, who is nearly 90 years old and who can read without glasses, shows to visitors at her home a bottle of red cherries preserved in alcohol which she picked forty-six years ago, and a cucumber preserved in a bottle which she raised fifty-one years ago. ADJUDICATION HANDED DOWN In the Orphans' Court on Saturday morning Judge W.F. SOLLY handed down an adjudication in the estate of Reuben D. UMSTEAD, late of Frederick township.