The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-08-15
Bucks County Briefs

Hendricks found a strange man chew
ing away on blackberry bushes and
apparently insane. AS soon as posi-
Bile he was removed to the county
prison, where he was given medical
treatment, but Tuesday morning he
died. Death is believed to have been
due to epilepsy. All that seems GER
tain is that the mans name was Carl
Leets and that he was an itinerant
cigarmaker, who had been through
the middle West. Coroner Howard P.
White has taken hold of the case and
is trying to locate friends or rela-
tives.
Defendants of the late Israel Stoop,
of Newtown township, held reunion
Saturday at Dewey Park, Hulmeville.
Fiftyone were present and INDUCED in
various games. There was no formal
program. One death in the family
was reported, Mrs. David Stoop, of
California, formerly of Newtown.
! There were no births. In the absence
of Samuel l. Stoop, of California, the
president, John Lefferts, of Phila-
| delphia, presided. The secretary is
Mrs. Edward Livezey, of near Pine
vile.
So fragrant have violations of the
dog laws become in Bristol that DR..
George L. Bushong, of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, after a canvass
of the situation, announced Monday
that prosecutions soon would be begun
in several scores of cases. DR..
Bushong finds that more than dozen
mad dogs have been shot in Bristol
this summer, after having bitten six
persons, besides Is head of livestock.
He declares there are over 500 I'M
licensed dogs in Bristol. Most of
these are owned by unnaturalized
foreigners, who cannot legally possess
dog.
The beautiful home of George
Raymond, on North Pennsylvania ave-
nue., near Palmer street, Morrisville
has been purchased by the First
Presbyterian Church at a cost of So,
500. The house will be used as
marse for the new pastor, the Rev.
l. ". G. Mytton ard his family, The.
new manse will be known as the Lloyd
Ridge Memorial Manse in memory OF
Lloyd Ridge, who was one of the
active members of the church prior to
his death.
The barn, butcher house, hog pen
and several other small buildings on
the farm of William H. Lewis. four
miles southwest of Dublin, two and a
half miles from Mount Pleasant, IN
Hilltown township, were completely
DESTROYED by fire between 6 and Z
o'clock Friday evening.
The canal company's dreging ma
chine was taken by Point Pleasant on
Monday morning to dig out some
of the bars washed in the canal by
the late heavy rains. There have been
no boats running since then.
While out picking elderberries sew
eral hundred feet south of the Lulu
Park race course, Quakertown, Friday
afternoon, William and Franklin
Rosenberger the two small sons OF Mr..
and Mrs. Webster Rosenberger, OF
18th and West Broad streets, dis
covered the body of a man lying IN
pond of water. The two frightened
lads met Erwin Hetrick, who notified
Charles Rhoads and Charles Wilson,
neighbors of Eckert, who identified
the body as that of Eckert.
Springtown Church of the Evangel-
ical Association has been remodeled
and beautified during the summer and
presents fine appearance. Reopen
ing service will be held on Sunday,
August 18th. Bishop Thomas Bowman
of Allentown, Pa, who preached IN
this church sixty years ago at re-
vival, will preach at 10 o'clock.
Sellersville cigar mokers entered the
strike which has affected the cigar
manufacturing district in this section
of the country, when the Sellersvllie
local branch of the Cigarmakers
Union walked out on Wednesday at
noon.
George Hansell, of Mechanicsville,
son of Mr.. and Mrs, James Hansell,
| has arrived home from overseas, hav-
| ing been discharged from Camp DIX
on Wednesday after serving nine
months in the 32Sth Repair Unit. 1t
has been rumored that he was in the
Army of Occupation.
Mrs. Herman Baronek, an aged
woman, residing at 71S West Broad
street, Quakertown, was painfully
burned about the face, hands and neck
last Saturday while preparing dinner
She was bending over cook stove
attending to a wood fire, when a
celluloid shade which she had been
wearing over her eyes for some time
suddenly caught fire, enveloping her
face. Attempting to smother 1t by
pressing her apron against her face
caused the flames to spread back to
her neck and hair. 1t is likely the
burns may cause total blindness as