Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - April 15, 1905 CHESTNUT HILL MAN FOUND DEAD IN BED The family of W.P. ROTH, of Chestnut Hill, near Limeport, Lehigh County, was shocked on Saturday morning to find in bed the dead body of John DICE. Mr. DICE, was a widower for the past fifteen years and ever since he made his home with the family of his daughter Mrs. W.P. ROTH. Mr. DICE has been a retired carpenter for a number of years and during the past few years he has had several apoplectic strokes but was not incapacitated for any length of time. He was in his usual health and spirits on Saturday evening when he retired and no cause but an apoplectic stroke during the night, can be given for his sudden death. NOW WILL YOU BE GOOD MR. EDITOR A verdict for $3175 was returned by a jury on Tuesday in the Montgomery County courts in favor of William J. BINDER, editor of the Pottstown Ledger, in his suit for libel against the Pottstown Daily News Company, a rival publication. The suit was based on a two-column article in the News a year ago criticising the Ledger. Ex-Judge GORDON, of Philadelphia, counsel for the defense, argued that the article was simply a criticism of a rival newspaper, and that if a libel had been committed it was an "it" which had suffered damage and not a person. Judge WEAND charged the jury that the attack was unjustifiable. "The publication of justifiable matter without malice," said the Judge, "is the only complete defense." DISTRICT ATTORNEY STOPS SELLING OF BEER District Attorney KUTZ of Berks County has issued an order warning social clubs, fire companies and like associations not to sell beer at any of their gatherings. During the last winter several organizations held large fairs at the leading halls at Reading, when beer was sold. One of them holding a fair last week received notice on the opening night that they would be prosecuted if beer was sold. The bar room was locked, and as a result the bazaar has not been the financial success it was expected to be. District Attorney KUTZ says that the law will be rigidly enforced. This action was brought about by the complaint of citizens. BOUGHT A HOTEL BUT TENANT WON'T MOVE Enoch ROTHERMEL, of Molltown, Berks County arrived at Shoemakersville several days ago to take possession of the Mansion House, which he recently purchased. Elmer E. HINTERLEITER, the tenant, had not yet moved out, and refused to vacate. ROTHERMEL was obliged to store his goods in a barn. HINTERLEITER says he secured a lease of the hotel for another year before it was sold. As the license for the place is held in abeyance, the town has become perfectly dry. WILL GO TO FATHERLAND Gottleib BANKE, of Pennsburg, who has had charge of the Pennsburg Tollgate for the past two years will on May first quit the position and on May 15 he expects to sail for the Fatherland. Mr. BANKE has been in this country for four years and likes Pennsburg better than Germany but he says his relatives and friends in the old country beg him to return and to gratify their wish he will do so. BAND FURNISHED MUSIC AT MOVING Having engaged the Alburtis Band to play all the latest popular airs when the men loaded and unloaded his household goods and to head the procession of the teams hauling his furniture, Frank KEHM moved from East Texas to W.H. MECKLEY's farm near Alburtis. The engagement of a band at a moving is considered very novel, but those who partook in the affair, enjoyed it immensely and some promised to adopt the same course when they next move. Lots of refreshments were served by Mr. KEHM. In the evening a special orchestra was engaged to make things as merry as possible. MAN SEVERS TENDONS AT WRIST WITH HATCHET W.W. TOMS of Quakertown met with a very serious accident last week while working at the Rockhill Stone crushing plant. He was using a hatchet which had just been made very sharp, and in cutting a piece of timber the hatchet glanced and struck his left wrist severing some tendons and an artery. He was taken to the office of Dr. O.H. FRETZ of Quakertown who sewed the wound up and made the injured man as comfortable as possible, but it will be some time before he will be able to use the hand again. CARPENTER WAS INJURED BY FALLING SCAFFOLD Jesse DRUCKENMILLER, of Pennsburg, a carpenter, while working on the new hotel sheds at Red Hill, was, on Monday, injured by a falling scaffold. A short piece of scaffolding on which he stood, gave way and he fell a few feet with the wood upon him. He received slight bruises and was unable to work for several days. POST MORTEM HELD ON JESSE GERY A post mortem was held on Jesse H. GERY, of Palm, on Monday by Drs. F.R. BRUNNER, of Eschbach, and A.O. GERY, of Palm. They found that his death was due to cancer of the liver as had been the diagnosis of the attending physician. They also found eighty-three gall stones, some of them as large as a walnut. WIDOW'S HOUSE WAS ROBBED OF WATCHES One night last week the residence of Mrs. A.R. SCHWEITZER, New Berlinville was robbed. Entrance was gained by cutting out a window pane through which they reached and opened the window fasteners. Two gold watches and a meerschaum pipe are missing. Every drawer in the house was ransacked for money, but only two dollars were secured. HAS MANY BUNCHES OF WINTER ONIONS J.W. TRAPP, a truck farmer of Lanark Lehigh county, has about 25000 bunches of winter onions that he now offers for sale. He on Saturday sold six hundred bunches at Allentown. ANNOUNCES HIS CANDIDACY John S. SHELMIRE, the present incumbent of County Commissioner has announced his candicacy for a second term. Mr. SHELMIRE is the minority commission and he seeks the renomination at the Democratic Convention. He has sent cards to the workers throughout the county asking for their aid. FAMILY MOVED TO ALLENTOWN WITH BABY COACH A Russian family consisting of father, mother and four children, the oldest 12 years, and the youngest 6 years, attracted a good deal of attention on Monday afternoon at Norristown. The family had landed in Philadelphia only a few days ago and were on their way to Allentown, where they had relatives. The belongings of the family were loaded on a baby's coach. The party left Philadelphia early Sunday morning and walked the entire distance to Washington Square until evening where they slept in a barn.