Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - May 23, 1903 FRACTURED LEG A SECOND TIME Liveryman P.B. ESHBACH, of Boyertown, whose leg was fractured at the knee cap a few months ago, from which he was just recovering so as to be able to go about with a crutch and a cane, had the misfortune to stumble last Wednesday afternoon while in his stable and fractured the same leg again at the same place. ANOTHER OFFICE SEEKER SATISFIED William DEHAVEN (spelled DeHaven), of Linfield, who was a member of the Legislature of 1901, was on Monday appointed to a $1400 clerkship in the Internal Affairs Department, at Harrisburg. Mr. DEHAVEN is also postmaster at Linfield, and conducts a general store there. AN EGG WHICH IS HARD TO BEAT William H. SALLADE, Esq., of Hereford, Berks county, recently found a large egg which was laid by one of his chickens. It measured seven and one half by eight and one half inches. The egg when broken was found to contain three yolks. RAILROAD WRECK AT MERTZTOWN Mertztown, on the East Penn Railroad, was the scene of a bad freight wreck Sunday afternoon. An east-bound fast freight, while running at a high rate of speed, was suddenly stopped by the bursting of an air hose. About in the middle of the train a flat car was broken in two and mounted by a number of other cars. John HANISER, of Easton was taking a free ride on the flat car and on account of the wreck was badly hurt. The tracks were blocked and a special was sent from Allentown and the passengers transferred around the wreck. On the same train the injured man was taken to the hospital at Allentown, where it was found that he had a number of bad scalp wounds and face laterated. PENNSBURG BOROUGH'S ROADS Supervisor Samuel B. KEPLER, of Pennsburg assisted by Geo. FOLK, on Wednesday measured the roads in the borough. The borough has exactly three and one half miles of roads to take care of.