Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - July 25, 1903 FUN BUT NO WISDOM A number of boys of Lower Salford this week lit an empty powder keg in the street. A small quantity of powder had remained in the keg and on becoming ignited an explosion followed. One of the flying pieces struck Abraham LANDIS, son of Henry LANDIS. The flames on the flying fragment singed the hair on the boy's arm and his eyebrows. KIDNAPPER CAPTURED Garfield A. AYRES, of Conshohocken, attempted to kidnap the daughter of Robert ELLIOT, of Norristown. He picked up the girl, held her in his arms and started to run across the fields with her. Several men pursued him and on overtaking him handled him roughly. The man has been lodged in jail at Norristown. A BIG CATCH OF FISH Llewellyn WYNING, Harry Fred and Thomas HECKMAN, of Reading, caught 350 pounds of eels, catfish and carp and a few bass at Douglassville. One of the carp measured 39 inches and weighed 18 1/ 2 pounds. Six others measured 30 inches each. FEROCIOUS BOAR ATTACKS FARMER William M. MATTHIAS, a farmer of Shanesville, Berks county, was driving an old boar, when the animal became infuriated and turned upon him. His arms and legs were badly lacerated by the boar's tusks. The boar was fought off by farm hands and was finally killed. LIGHTNING BOLT HITS TREE NEAR HOUSE A large cedar tree in the yard of John I.C. GERY, of East Greenville, was on Wednesday noon struck by a bolt of lightning. The tree was shattered. Mr. GERY was just taking dinner at the time and he at first thought the electric bolt had entered the house. PUBLIC SALE OF HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS A public sale of household furniture, carpenter tools and numerous other articles, the property of the late Henry G. SMITH, will be held at Hoppenville by William H. SMITH on Saturday August 1. BOY SET FIRE TO HAY MOW, IS BURNED TO DEATH Edgar the four-year-old son of John BONHALL, of Millersville, Lancaster county, was taken to bed by his mother on Monday afternoon to take a nap. The mother laid down along side of the boy and fell asleep. During her nap the boy got out of bed, grabbed some matches and proceeded to the hay mow in the barn. In some manner he set the matches on fire and ignited the hay. The smoke entering the house, awaken the mother. The barn could not be saved and when entirely consumed a portion of the child's body was found in the blackened ruins. LEAVES FOR ANOTHER HERD OF JERSEY CATTLE T.S. COOPER, the well known importer of Jersey cattle, of Coopersburg, left on Wednesday for Europe, on the American liner St. Paul, from New York for Southampton. He expects to visit the best herds of cattle in Europe and to make the best selections of Jersey cattle on the island that can be found. He expects to return on the White Star liner Cyrmic, Capt. THOMPSON, commander. CHILD'S FACE AND THROAT TORN BY VICIOUS DOG A five-year-old son of George ENTENMAN, of Norristown, was attacked by a large dog on Tuesday while the boy was at play. The animal tore the child's face and throat and would probably have killed him had not William STEWART beaten the animal off with a club. HAYMAKER FELL AND DISLOCATED SHOULDER Richard BUCK, of Hillegass, while trying to rearrange a power hay fork last Saturday lost his footling and fell. In falling he grasped a beam with his left arm and dislocated the shoulder. Dr. W.H. HUNSBERGER was called to reduce it. TELEPHONE WIRES TORN DOWN BY STORM While a severe thunder storm passed to the south of Pennsburg, on Wednesday afternoon, an electric current broke the wires of the main line of D. & A. Telephone Company, at Red Hill, and burned out the instrument in the store of George M. WELKER.