The Conshohocken Recorder, June 17, 1902

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BADBRS.
larnh Jones is confined to hci
.1 will.ml .loii.'s is making ;. ape.
In the • i.. I Ion (it burglar alarms.
A tn-iik. parly from iliis borough
went in Widow Cruvi' mi Saturday il
oon.
A large iniiiilii i "f en i.-shlcnts
hi nrfl Sousa nl Willow tirovc on Sat-urday
and Sunday.
Tlllle llallowi'll is confined to
her homo mi Seventh avenue and Kur-il
i .il, . I hy illness.
Alfred Nolilil i xpi cts lo have his
crush, r on Spring Ml" avenue
in operation this wii'k.
Letters of administration in the es-tate
.a till/.UKcth l>ilks have I n
ited to Clinton Hilks.
Anothei tin mill was started in the
Stanford mills yesterday. Thin makes
two tin mill: in operation there
Rev. and Mrs. will F. Hare will give
. Ill ion In the in.ml" is ni St.
Mark's Church In the church on Friday
i in. of the sheci mills in the Water
.Mill liuike down yesterday. The mill
wall he Idle nlMiul two weeks until the
repairs are made.
\ number of the ladles of the town
. i Ivclj . am isslng for signers to
a petition asking Town Council to
the nl i. els watered,
it was I.. i !< : on Saturday night
thai Waphil i I't li No '•:), I O. II M .
Of till I hoi'oui li pay a visit to Wil-mington,
on Saturday, July 11'.
I IClnicr Plersnn gave a party
lo hi il his li.nni on Hector
on Saturday afternoon, in cele-i
■ v.mli hill Inlay.
The Ri v. .1. I". Sheppnrd. of the
Pr« I'M i Ian Chinch and the It. \ I'.l
lxl(i R|j !l (111. Mctll.ldlsl Clllllch.
mil exchange pulpits next Sunday
in. rnlng.
i'. Sheppnrd is moving Into
in Manse to-day. The
s will lie occupied hy
Wl-I. I'. Hare, the pastor of St.
s Church.
Tin li lor ol i' ilvury Church
enjoyed a pleasant visit
ai the lie. tiny iii Trinity
Menioiial (Vnnreh. Anililer, the quests
and Mis. u. |.;. lirestell
Hi I l."i Novelty Show nave their
rmani i in this borough on
..... n.tlil an.i >esi( id.i.. morning
went In I'heenixvllle where tin v op-ened
an engagement last evening.
The i< .ii . state HI' the late Joseph
Warburton, consisting of two houses
and loi of land on Fighth avenue
house anil lot of land and store prop-on
lie,.lor street, will be sold on
Saturday afternoon, June 81, at 2 .>'-
Yloek.
Children's Day exercises were held
in the Methodist Church on Sunday ev-
The church was filled with
scholars of the school and grown peo-ple.
A special program was prepared
lor the occasion ami it proved to be
nay interesting, The church was
beautifully decorated with plants and
eni lloweis.
The (.son for ban Sshlng opened
'li.i and for many weeks now the
local nngler will be in the height of
[lory, The wnter in the Perklo-men
creek and the Schuylklll River Is
very muddy nl present and as thai
do. i not bode good luck for the fisher-man
he will wall a few days before he
his line.
Here is a hint for the gardner. It is
said that orange peel thrown nlioiit the
■ us will keep away cats who de-io
sii upon one's choicest low
plants and walk through the smaller
o iii say nothing of digging up the
ground. A florist recommends instead
Ol the peel, which would not please eV-IK
a sprinkling of chloride of
lime, which also keeps various forms
^i rodents away.
i he dances given hy the Magnolia
Pie i-ure C'liih of this borough at Klrk-
I'av lllon, linrren Hill, are draw-ing
large crowds ol the young people.
vim delighl in this pastime. The dun-ate
run every Saturday evening.
luslc is furnished by Prof. Dnrrrett'B
Orchestra. Hereafter there will be a
leclal car run from Barren Hill to
this borough so as In accommodate the
nple who alien.I these dances
On Thursday evening an Illustrated
lectur l 'The Evils of Intemper-ance"
will be given In the Methodist
Birch. No admission will be eharg-liut
a collection will lie taken to
■ Id the cause of the association under
mhose auspices the lecture will be de-livered.
The lecture Is said to be very
Interesting the illustrations being pre-arc.
l expressly for this lecture. It
Mil be given under the auspices of the
Knt i Saloon League and the views will
delude several illustrations from "Ten
•lights in a liar Room." The Ai.;l-Sn-
Lcnguc is working among other
'i me for Pennsylvania some
Of local option, this being the
' onst of the Rocky Mountains
which there i- no legal provision for
ascertaining the will of localities con-cerning
the granting or refusing of
llll'il' li. ens. s.
Cut this out and take il to J. Rufiis
r's drug store, West Conshohocken
nd Win. Neville's drug store, I
cken and gel a free sample of I'h.nn-eilain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets,
IK be i physic. They cleanse and In-vigoii
inach. improve the ap-pelile
and regulate I he bowels. Regli-
. per box .1 Rufiis llarr.
huliiicken and Wm. Neville,
Milioeken.
It's the disagreeable things tiiai we
ought to remember to (on
Saturday was Flag Day. C.insho-hocken
was too busy to observe it
When a man gets out of politics the
people begin to wonder how mneh be
gets out.
it is a | i thing to count the
says i in. Philosopher, "bin even
then a lot ol u forge) to pay It"
Qeorge Sw< Imler, .n . of Ninth ave-nue
spc ni ■ tew days with bis aunt,
lira. William Sianby. al Reading.
Mi. and Mrs, I'hilip Kriebel and son
ol Korrlatown ipenl Sunday with Mr.
ami Mis. Samuel Krichcl on Tenth
avenue.
Prof, j. ii. Landla li in w. si Chea-ter
attending the commencement ex-ercises
"I lie Normal School in that
plat e.
Theodore L. Bean and Frederick I.
Clark have graduated from the IJIW
' iieut of the University pi Penn-sylvania.'
Some people are such natural born
liars that they look ashamed of them-
Bvery time they are naught tell-ing
the truth..
The I. o. 0. !•'. trolley party will be
given on Friday evening. The car will
leave Second avenue and Fnyeito street
at 7 I". o'clock.
The driving horse of .lames IS. Hol-land.
Esq., fell yesterday at Sixth ave
DUS and i'nyi Me street and was seri-ously
Injured.
During the summer months the
ni a itore of Graham & Johnson will
. ning, except Pi Iday
and Saturday, al elghl o*clook. Tula
early cToaing started yesterday,
The id Bun U Chick a
surprtti yesterday. They got him In
ami presented him
with a cane. He was greatly aur-pprll
i d and pll used with the gift.
Mr. and .Ms. I'.liin Cry and Mr. and
Mra, Harvej Pry and son. of Potts-town
and Mi. and Mis \II.-II Cry of
I'liila.lell his Spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mi CJi orge Bwelmler -of Ninth
avenue
i ladies oi Calvary Church,
through tin- Women'a Oulld, are mak-ing
the annual collection this week In
behalf of Charity Hospital. An offer-ing
a In the church on Bon
iiay morning for the same object
The session of the Presbyterian
i liuicii a. ting iii hai iniiiiy with tIn
of many In Hie congregation
> i upon the use of the new
ni- an i lymiiii in iii.. Sabbath
Ip of the .-lunch. The congrega-
III i.-. the ni s book tbe first
' I thereafter, i"-
yniih and McClemeiils ale the
committee through whom copies of the
hook can be purohl
The Missionary Committee of the
Convocation of Norrlatown consisting
of tin- Dean the r. tor of Calvary
Church, tbe Rev. A. A. Mantle, of
Norrlatown, Wm, Drayton, Ban., of
Philadelphia, and Mr. Charles Lukens,
of Conahohooken will bold a special
in.,line al the Parish House on
Thursday of this week at half-past
two,
The newly appoinled trustees of the
proposed Rectory at Royersford con-alsting
of the Rev, w II. Burbank ami
.Mi Wm. ii. Reeves, of Phdenlxvllle
and Mr. Richard 0. Johnson, of Roy-i
■rsfonl have also been Invited to meet
thai missionary coinmitt.-,-.
John Stott fell down stairs at his
lion c on First avenue ycsler.lay. nml
was so badly injured that It is feared
lie will .He. He was found at the bot-tom
of the stairs hy his wife uncon-scious,
having struck his head against
one of the steps, lie was removed to
his bed and a physician summoned,
but he has not yet regaind his -.
Mr. Slntt is BDOUl seventy years of age
and has lived here a great many
The HI. Rev. Lelghton Colemac, 8. T.
II. Bishop of Dataware . acting for the
Bishop of Pennsylvania, confirmed In
Calvary Church on Sunday afternoon,
a class of 27 persons. 13 males ami 14
females, the largest class for several
years pasi. They will make their flrBt
commiiion on Sunday morning next
at 7.46. A special sermon will be
preached at the In.'.n service following
by the Rev. Mr. F. M. (iroton. the
Dean of lh< Divinity School of West
Philadelphia Bishop Coleman will
meet the newly confirmed class soc-ially
at Hie Parish House in the near
future on some evening to be appoint-ed.
STREET SPRINKLING
TO the Recorder:—
Permit me to add a word of com-mendation
of the article In last Pi I
R. ,, ni, i in regard to street
sprinkling and also m your editorial
thereon. I'm- ihe lasi two years at-tempts
al sprinkling bj private sub-scription
have been made, but the re
subs with a block sprinkled here and
a dusty one there, have not been very
: u loi y. That some systematic
arrangement ahould be made for the
aake of health, comfort and economy,
will noi be disputed, and ihe sugges-tion
that it should be done by the bor-ough
ieem to be the one promising
il and moal aatlsfsctory results
in tlie mere Item of preserving the ma
cadam pavmenta, much of the cost of
sprinkling will he returned In lessen-ed
repairs.
I -in. . i. I) Irust thai Council may
see its way deal iii making the nee-appropriation.
Yoius very truly,
LEWIS N LUKENS
THE HAKKISRURG CONVENTION. SUPPOSED ROBBER ARRESTED
WANGER IS RENOMINATED
The Republican Congressional Con-vention
of the Eighth district, com-prising
Bucks ami Montgomery coun-ties,
was held al Citherns' Hall, Quak-yosieniay
i niim. Dele-gates
Ace preaenl from every district
in tin. two counties, and the in
manifested In ti" proceedings showed
that tin party was united and prepared
IO work for success of the party at
tue polls nexi November. County
Chairman Bhelly, ol Doylestown, called
the convi nfl a to oi der, and to
retain i of the two County Committei
meal set retaries
of the convention. Dr. Joseph Thom-as,
of Quakertown, was made porma-of
the convent Ion, The
rice prealdenta were Dr, Dllwood Cor-soii.
of Norrlatown, and Aaron P.
Stover, of Quakertown.
Hon. Irving p. Wsnger was nomin-ated
for Congress by acclamation. The
nominal ech was made by John
Rex, "f Norrlatown. Mr Wanger da-ih,
thenkla
ADDRESS TO FRIENDS.
a
Henry Williur. of New fork, a
well-known minister of the Society of
Friends, nildri'sscil a large audlenoe
at Plymouth Friends' Meetlng-houw
on Sunday afternoon, on "Social Pur-ity"
and kindred topics.
The speaker said that the drink hab-it
ami the so-called "social evil" were
intimately connected. He opposed any
legal recognition of either by license
laws intnde.l to "regulate" them and
bring a revenue to Ihe public treasury.
ii.- Illustrated ins remarks by anec-dotes,
Witty comparisons and apt poet-ical
quotations.
other speakers were Alvln, Hainan,
Bllw I Roberta, Lukens Webster,
kary it. Llvesey, Charles Bond, Tims.
\\ hiiiiev and others.
FILTHY TEMPLES IN INDIA.
Sacred cows often delllc Indian tem-ples
but worse yet is a body thai'■ pol
luted by constipation. Don't permll It
Cleanse your system with Dr. King's
..ew Life rills nnd avoid untold mis-ery,
They give lively livers, active
bowels, good Indigestion, line appetite.
Only -."'(■ ai Neville's drug store.
party tor the honor, and hoped thai
the entire Republican ticket would be
elected next fall Hon. Walter J.
Smith, Of Iowa, delivered u witty
apeeefa and urged the Republicans of
the district to exert every possible ef-fort
to re-elect Mr. Wanger al the
n..\i .lection. Music was furnished by
the Qermanla Band.
The following resolutions were adop-ted:
"The, Republicans of Bucks and
Montgomery counties m Congression-al
coiivcnUon assembled heartily
thank I'lsldeni Roosevelt for the aide
and zealous manner in which he has
ad forward th statesmanlike con-duct
of public affairs Initiated by the
beloved and martyred William McKln-ley,
ami assures him of their un-wavering
support in his wise and
patriotic policy.
We cordially endorse the nomination
oi the eminent Juris) and cltlken, Hon.
Samuel W. I'cniiypnrker, for C.minor,
and felicitate ourselves upon the as-surance
of victory in this campaign
and ihe administration of the chief
Of . !•• Slate upon the
■id of tin purity and integrity of
hla personal lite, and we pleilge ear-ipport
to him and to his felloW-OSndil
' lue noi only to party
fealty, bul eapeoially on ibis occasion
III recognition of the demand for the
higbeel type ol cltlsen In our itand-ar„
bearer.
W -Cy adopt the platform of
principles or the recent Republican
.(invention and we pledge our In any
Insisti in ( upon Ihe foinplct. re. limp
lion oi lb. pledges therein contained,
in behalf of continuing Improvement
laws anil of the renoiiiinatlon
ami re-election of our representative
in Congress, lion. Irving I'. Wanger,
' tl ■ ' i it" -esi of his constituents
and mi,mimic sly present him as our
ite to succeed himself, In what
Will Is tin Eighth district in our State
confident of his triumph and of onr
needs receiving his attention, and of
II.' Wlm ■■' i: (Sines for Ihe public
good, receiving his unwavering aop-port
Tbe delegates from this borougfi
an is follows:
First ward, William Neville.
.- "nd ward. F. j. Bloomhall,
Third wani. John K_JJght
l'ouiih ward, John Nelll.
Cifih ward, Oeo. W. Ruth,
Plymouth, West, Thomas Haydn.
mi Tuesday nigh' the city contnln-
(d abOUl 10.000 more-people than could
be accommodated In the hotels, bul
thanks to the parks anil grass plots.
• 1.1 \ one was ai commodated, who
cared to be. tin returning from the
P, 11. 11. Station, a little after mid-night,
with a friend who had jus> ar-rived,
WS passed a grass plot on Which
about 100 mi'ii had taken up their
lodgings. They were all tired hut in
the best of spirits, and one could not
help appreciate the funny side of the
situ.itlon when on passing theni, sonic
one would jump up nnd approaching
you with tin1 affability of a confidence
man would tell yon in- could accommo-date
you with a bed. and would walk
back ami mark you out u space on Ihe
grass.
Thousands slept this way on Tues-day
night anil furnished many amus-ing
sights. The popular way of sleep
Ing was to remove .me shoe, this to lie
iaed for a pillow ami aleep fail- down-ward
so that you might not be awak-ened
too early by the sun.
In the hotels hundreds slept in
'hairs while other hundreds frequeiit-
I the bar rooms and did not care
Whether morning ever came. Ram:.
were marching all night and theli
music helped to keep Ihe street crowd
in d spirits.
On Wednesday every one was up
"arly and hustling for tickets of ail-n
to Ihe Convention, soiling
for their night out of
doors. These cards were very hard to
obtain ami three Montgomery county
boys, whom i chanced to meet, were
lamenting their "hard luck" In noi be-bla
to secure tickets, when a hap
py Idea struck them. Seeing an Ice
in, they gave the driver a dollar
i I, v his wagon (lose to Hi awning
it th. Convention Hall, and climbing
upon the roof Of the wagon, soon gain-ed
the roof of the awning and were
•ning In a window when an of-ii
(r saw them and ordered them down.
The i rowd Which had been watching
rheir performance began to "guy"
them but the boys were OQUal to tin-i
in and bowed anil smiled to the
crowd. By tins time the officer be-ingry
and started out the win-low
after.them. The boys moved to
laps but instead of going
■ wan) up and Into the convention
with 'b. ( In eis of the crowd and. the
chagrin of the officer.
Another ntnuslng entrance Into the
ntion was made by a tall, lanky,
bland face individual, with a theologi-cal
walk. He walked up the steps with
a slow, measured step and upon being
accosted by the door-keepers for tirk-ets,
weakly replied "T-1-c-k-e-tl i have
no ticket;" ami walked quietly on, to
Ihe aniazeinini of ihe door-keepers.
Immediately upon the adjournment
of the Convention the crowds- stinted
for home, very tired hut still in good
in us ami while the adherents of the
different candidates were radical in
their opinions, yet there was a show
of good fellowship which has in the
past and will continue in the future to
cement the Republican organization.
Officer ibai.i. tills morning had a
warrant issued by Magistrate Hey-wood,
charging Martin Brennan with
committing the Mbbmiea In Consho-hocken
mi Friday morning.
Brennan is now in the Philadelphia
police station ami will be brought to
this borough this afternoon and given
a hearing, lie is the man who was
selling lead pencils around the town
50 CENTS A BARREL
SAVED ON BEER
The action of the beer brewers'
poor' in reaorrini agalnai a reduc-tion
In the price of beer on July I is
naturally a disappointment to the re-tailera
of Philadelphia, as it will be to
thorn of other cities affected. The de-cision
was made on Wednesday at
Saratoga, N, v.. where the United
stales Brewers' Association has been
on Wednesday and Thursday of last holding iis annual convention last
week, ii is thought his pal, who can-no
tbe found, was with him when the
robberies were committed.
While Bogene Beaver was going to
Philadelphia OS Saturday evening, he
i a policeman get In ai Mana-yunk
wltf a handcuffed n-iaoner. lie
recognised the prisoner as the man
who visited their home on Thursday
if last week trying to sell lead pen-dli
and whom ii is thought helped to
lo do nil the robbing that ook place
hen- on that night.
The prisoner Is a well known
"crook" and had In en arrest.il In'Man-ayunk
on account of his bad reputa-tion,
and wan being taki n to the Cen-tral
police station to see if he was
wanted for anything.
When Mr. Heaver told of his suspic-ions
to the ooicei it was decided to
hull him until the Conshohocken p6-
and, while il was not the of-ficial
.ii i of the convention itself,
is almost a.. far reaching as if it had
been.
mi the 1st of July the i ost to each
I I'-wei will be .;n cent! per barrel less
Ihan at pies, in in iln Internal revenue
i.ix paid. To the tax of $i per barrel
put on al'lei the Civil War, and since
retained, another $i was added tot war
reve purposes after the Bpantah-
American trouble ensued, it la three-fifths
Of the latter tax that Is about to
be removed, and the retailers of beet
have been anticipating thai the brew-ers
would share SO cents to It with
them, as the whole tax was added to
the price of the beer by most of the
In ewers when it was put on. Some of
ihi'in divided the lax later between
lli.-ius.lv. s and the saloonkeeper, but
others added the whole tax, and one,
IN NO HDRRY TO NAME REGISTER WpST CONSHOHOCKEN
lice could be communicated with. This -it least of them would not even allow
.w..«a«s d.Io..n-*e.. . .u^ ......... ..._ «., .... . .
When the prisoner was questioned
as to his whereabouts on Thursday he
acknowledged that he was in Consho-hocken.
The prisons! and his pal, who was
lot With him, are well known "crooks"
and the pal answers to the description
of the man who had been seen In Mrs.
i.ies home.
The prisoner was held for a hearing
I his afternoon at two o'clock.
LANSDALES BURGLAR CAUGHT
UHAI) THK RKCORDRR il a year
A caucus of the Montgomery Coun-ty
delegates was held on Tuesday af-ternoon
in tin- rooms of Resident
clerk of the House Charles Johnson.
Asa P. Marl,by was elected presi-dent
or tin' caucus ami Harry II. Bey-wood
was elected secretary.
The delegates decided upon the fol-lowing
recommendations to the Con-ventlom
Members of the state Committee, It.
It. Fried and Joseph Rosier.
Member of the Committee on Reso-lutions,
John 0. Prlzer.
Member of the Committee ul
d( minis. Charles Johnson.
Mi mi"i- of the committee of Organ-isation,
Harry B, Rfeywood.
Honorary vice president Qeorge w.
I.eainan.
STRUCK BY A POLE
Howard Foiilkc. residing In Ply-mouth
township, a conductor on the
Conshohocken branch of the Schuyl-klll
Valley Traction met with serious
Injuries while In the discharge of his
duties shortly after ten o'clock Thurs-day
night.
His car was hurrying toward Con-sliohoi
ken with unite a number of
passengers abroad, in order to oollect
all iIn- fans I'oulke was upon the plat-form
alongside the car. Just as tin-
Coiishohocke!i*l!asc Hall park was be-ing
passed he was struck upon the
head by one of the many poles which
are close to the tracks at that point,
and hurled to the ground.
The (in was Immediately stopped
as nearly all the passengers had wit-nessed
the accident. Foulke was
picked up more dead than alive nnd
hurried to a phyaietan'a office, ijiter
he was taken to his home where he
«as ranting easier on Friday. His in-juries
consist of many bruises and lac-eration!
about Ihe head and body.
Qel i tret ample of ntiamTieiiain's
• lomach and Liver Tablets at J. Rufiis
llarr, WestOonaHohocken or William
M.vHIe's drug store. They are easier
o lake and more pleasant In effect
than pills. Then their use. Is mil fol-lowed
by constipation as Is often the
as,- with pills. Regular size. 21c per
box.
a KF.AI. FR1KND
"I Suffered from dyspepsia and Indi-gestion
for fifteen years," says W. T.
Bturdevanl of Merry Oaks, N. C. "Af-ter
I had tiled many doctors and med-icines
to no avail one of my friends
persuaded me to try Kodol. it gave
Immeulate relief, I can eat almost
anything I wnnt now and my digestion
Mood, i cheerfully recommend Ko-dol."
Don't try to cure stomach trou-ble
by dieting. That only further
weakens the system. You nod whole-some,
si lengthening food, Kodol en-ables
you to assimilate what you eat
by digesting It without the stomach's
alii.
UB\D THE RECORDER, tl a jeur
The arrest of Qeorge Brendel, on
Sunday morning may lend to u solu-lion
of the mystery surrounding the
various robberiea oominltted al Lana-dale
during the last month.
Tic Bl of William Spare nnd
Milton Keyser, on Green afreet were
.no red early OB Sunday morning, and.
besides small sums of money, edibles,
silverware and shoes were stolen.
At the horns of Lukens Swacz tin
robbers were discovered while break-ing
open the blinds. Mr. Swart/ shot
at the offender from the be.iro.ini wln-d
the thief Bed.
In making his departure the fugitive
burglar dropped u package, but re-turned
soon afterward to secure It. It
was at this time that Mr. Swarlz rec-ognised
the person as (Jeorge Brendel,
a German, who lives with his brother,
Alexander, a short distance away.
Constable Ri ese Fesmire, of Upper
Owynedd was notified, and a warrant
for his arrest was Issued by "Squire J.
Winflel.l White. A search of the house
was made hy the constable and Mr.
Keyser. when the stole articles, ex-cepting
the money, were all found.
While the house was being search-ou
George nrendel made his escape,
and after a long chnse was captured
in I wood near-by.
When taken before S.piiro White
Brendel admitted his guilt, and was
placed In the borough jail.
The home of William Btursehecher
was robbed about a month ago. anil
Ihe linger of suspicion pointed to
Brendel, bni no evidence could be se-cured.
The search on Sunday revealed
the fact thai Brendel is the guilty one,
for a heir-Clipper, which was taken at
that time, was Found in the Brendel
home.
At the time of the Sturz.-hei her rob-bery
nliout $30 in money, several
pounds of butter and jewelry were tak-en.
The Saturday night previous to the
robbery Mrs. Alex llrendel hail been
In the Btursebecher home, ami Mrs.
SIUIV.Ibi'iher had occasion to go to the
desk for money, when Mrs. Brendel
remarked that she had considerable
money on hand.«and a "big haul" could
ne made The anbbery was committed
the following Monday, or live weeks
ago yesterdny.
when the Btursebeeher home was
robbed a cradle In Which a child was
s I''"g was moved from the bed, and
it Is the opinion of tbe family that
they wen. chloroformed, for Mrs.
Btursebecher saw a man In the room.
but could not speak.
Just a week ago Sunday three houses
were entered and attempts made to
break into two other houses on Third
si reel
It Is believed that llrendel is guilty
Of all these crimes.
Brendel came to l.insdale from llal-
'ir ''• M.i., about three months ago.
HORSE COMMITTED SUICIDE.
A home belonging to a peddler com-mitted
suicide in Spring Mill yester
day.
Whil driving along the Darren Hill
Road, the horse became unmanageable
and ran away. The driver could noi
control him, and the horse ran Into
the Spring Mill creek. The driver es-caped,
the horse was drowned, the bar
and wagon broken and the con-tents
( I the wagon wore thoroughly
soaked with water.
RKADY TO YIELD.
I used DeWltt's Witch Basel Salve
for piles and found It a certain cure "
says S. R. Meredith, Willow ilrove.
Del. Operations unnecessary to cure
pi.es. They always yield to DeWltt's
Witch Basel Salve. Cures skin dl
•s, all kinds of wounds. Accept no
counterfeits
the retailers the "M. per oent^rebati
granted by the Government on the
purchase of stamps in large numbers.
Philadelphia brewers are reticles! in
their declarations as to what they in-i.-
n.i to .in. Most oi the large con-are
in lib' pool, but tin i
■mailer brt weri who ace not. land
wlu.se joint output may be sufficiently
large to disturb the general local
trade, excepting when- n is carried on
in saloons bound by pecuniary or oth-er
trade conditions to the brewers. A
proprietor whose place is virtually
owned by a brewer lakes the latter's
beer exclusively, and at a stipulated
price per barrel. In other oaaca trade
lias I n built up on I certain bear in
a placi thai is so dependent upon it
ihai a proprietor could not safely
shift to another brew, even If il wen-equally
good and $1 less a barrel In
Where this is the case, the
brewer naturally keeps stiff In his
:-i ii i .
Although the ."id cents a barrel,
vhlch the reduction in tbe Govern-ment
lax Is about to make a special
- of discussion between brewer
■ mi i i in Important matter to
them, the consumer is not likely to be
counted In the case, no matter which
way It may be settled. It does not
amount to more than a tenth of a cent
!" i gUl B, so that no t cent beer wave
will hi- brought In sight without a
much larger production in the tax or
in the cost of the product. To the
brewers S nts a barrel is a matter
ni serious consideration, eapeoially if
they turn out 80,000 or in. I barrels a
year, and several establishments have
an output amounting to twice those
tignien and more every year. The re-cently
taken census shows that there
are Iii Philadelphia fifty-nine .stale
lisbineiils for the production of malt
Illinois, with more Ihan 10,600,000 In-vested
In land and buildings and half
as much more In machinery and
iqulpment paying $1,228,000 annually
In wages, and turning nut every year
an aggregate product of the value of
over 112^00, ,
I'cihaps the consensus of opinion
among tbe retailers is thai In the nat-ural
'course of trade movement brew-era
In Individual cases will offer a re-duction
of at bast H cents a barrel.
either In order to hold or make cus-tomers,
and thai before long Ibis will
be Increased to 50 cents, the amount of
ihe reduction in tax. While the effort
has more than once I n made to form
a brewers' trust, it has not been mo-ll,
and the nearest form of -
blnatlon thai has been arrived at is
ih-- -pool;" but it is not believed thai
- Ill b. so uniformly binding as to
glvi 'fie. tivi results to any concerted
en !. ami- to have Ihe brewer add the
Ire lax reduction to his profits ;:.\.
DAI8IBS IIKFtilti-;
THE SCYTHE.
Baby lives are destroyed In aummer
cholera lii.antiim. The attach of
tin disease Is sudden, its progress is
so c, 1 lines -icriibly rapid. Moihers
who have given their children Perry
Davis- Painkiller can tell how this
mi inieni has checked the diarrhoea
ami vomiting, and put tho little pat-lent
OUt of danger. 28 and 50 ets.
The fame of Hat-graves' Big I! iii
road Shows, which exhibits lion on
Thursday. June ttth, has preceded it
and I h • pi ople of Ibis place are await-ing
its coming with iii-restraine.i im-patience.
This superbly equipped pop-
(en price segregation is now making
iis sixtli annual 'lour and is atronger
ami more perfect in its apportionments
and enaemble than any other like or-ganisation
travelling, The large corps
of artists, including world-renowned
equeatriana, acrobata, trapsasj perform-ers,
aerial marvels, performing horses,
I onies donkeys, eli.. the funniest of
ninny clowns, a brass band that en-joys
a high reputation tor excellence,
WOndWrflll educated Arabian horses,
trick donkeys, ponies thai can do ev-
. I I thing bul talk, and a bosl of other
marvellous ami entertaining features,
together with the mngnifloenl chariots,
wagons and voluminous paraphernalia
required tor the presentation of euch a
mammoth entertainment, are trans-ported
on a train of sumptuously ap-
I pointed Pullman sleepers ami bos ami
platform cars, A grand street parade
1 ..-ill be given dally.
Then is room tor considerable spec-ulation
as lo what the GOVI rim; will
do in lie- matter of appoint li
tei of wills tor Montgomery county.
PI' n are two 01 thn a 1 tot m 1
winch, petition! for the appointment
oi certain men to the office of Register
"t wills in Montgomi 1 v • ounty, bul as
>" 1 nave taki n no action on the mat-aid
Governoi stone, when Inter-viewed
al the Executive Mansion laal
evening. Th.- Governor was dlalnolin-
(I to talk of the lilllng of the va. an
( y caused by tbe appointment ol
biter freed aa Coiner In the Phlladi 1
l-liia Mint, but he admitted he bad
11' elvi d a p itltion for tbe appointmi nl
of ex-Represi niative McGlsthery.
Concerning the merits of the randl-dati
s for the appointment of Ri
of wills the Governor refused to talk,
He did not remember the names 0f the
other men who have applied, aid h
said their papers were in ihe Executive
Department at the Capital.
"When will the selection |„. „,,-,,p
public, within a week?" asked the COI-II
spondent.
Governor Sti replied—"in the due
' ouise of official business. I can say
nothing further."
In the beginning of the preconven-tlon
fight for the Gubernatorial nom-naiion
Montgomery count] was eon-liileied
10 be In the Blkln column, bul
-on.1 lime before the County Conven-tion
was held tin sentiment was
1 hanged, and the leli gati ■ to the SI n-
Convi ntion wi re Instructed to vote for
Judge I'eiiiiypai kei.
United Slates District Attorney Hol-land
labored zealously for Quay In the
Bght and there is .-v. ry reason*) 1 be-lieve
ih.it If Mr. McGlathery aided Dis-trict
Attorney Holland in turning the
county over to Quay, Governoi stone
wm not feel inclined to appoint him
to the lucrative office tor which he
SSks.—Phila. Ledger.
INTERESTING ITEMS GATHBRBD
FOR 1)1 U READERS C.V nril
WEST BIDE CORRESPONDENT.
COAL PRICES WILL DROP
A drop in coal pi ices, both of an-thracite
ami bituminous '
tor thlt ..., 1, b] Philadelphia dealers.
The top notch has be n reach during
the past week, ami there promI
be a steady drop from tins time on,
1 artlcularly In soft coaL
Bituminous coal sold here on Friday
for $"...;.! and anthracite tor $7.50, The
oal flguie was $.i.l,i more than
the ruling price before the anthracite
Strike, The rapid increase was caused
by the change from pea and liuck-wbal
sizes of hard coal for steam pur-poses
In soft coal, and by the fear that
President Mitchell would call on the
soft coal miners to go out on a sym-pathetic
strike.
advices received In this city say thai
Mitchells strike in West Virginia has
been a failure and thai less than 10
per cent of tin- men are out Whether
or noi this is true, the fad remains
thai coal is Kilning In from tin- West
Virginia fields by the thouaanda of
ions and shipments are br.-aki lg all
records. There is no trouble whatever
in the Western Pennsylvania iiei.is,
from which Pennsylvania draws Its
1 'st supplies, and the railroads an-offered
far more coal than they can
handle. Local dealers look for a
heavy decrease in price's dining the
next ten days.
The situation In the anthracite trade
is s, in,iwhal peculiar, in the Oral place
there is little demand for steam ilses,
as nearly all of the big establish-ments
in the city have adopted the use
of soft coal. There is, however little
supply on band.
As regards household BUMS, broken
siiivo and egg, with the advent of
warm weather and the change from
tiie use of ranges to gas stoves, has
caused the demand to fall off IS per
cent And tin- discovery has 1 11
made that ihe supplies in yards in
Ibis city is far larger Ihan had been
staled.
Many deal' r- had been slocking up
for months in anticipation of a strike.
and they are abb' to supply all de-mands
for email.quantities. Advices
received here on Friday from ,\'i v,
fork state that Speculators realize
thai they have been OSUgbt and are
willing 10 Bell out ai far lower pricea
than those demanded two weeks ago
Local apeculatora who sent agenta
through the mining legions lo buy up
small lots of hard coal and who tind
thai the railroad companies are charg-ing
11 a a heavy pei diem rate tor
the use of cars, admit that they have
over-reached themselves and are wil-ling
to sell .mi at red 1 rates
among operators In this city and
1,uir agents the feeling of confidence
tnat they will win the atilke is in
shaken, They say tbe nun must yield,
thai as a rule the mines are being kept
omparattvely free from water and
hal 11 lai ) "f the millers are anxious 10
go lack to work, being kepi ou| 0f III-
: HI by fear of violence Phila
1
VIRULENT CANCER CURED,
Startling proof of a wonderful ad-vance
in medicine is given by druggist
(!. w. Roberts, of Elisabeth W. Va. An
old man there had long Buffered with
what f I doctors pronounced Incur-able
cancer. They believed iii
hopeless till he used lOlctric llilteis
and applied Buoklen'a Arnica Salve,
which treatment completely cured him.
When Cloctrlc Hitters nre used 1.1 ex
pel bilious, kidney and microbe pofai-ons
at the same time this salve -
IIH matchless healing power, bioo.i dis-eases,
skin eruptions, nlcsrs and sons
vanish. Bitters 50c, Salve 88c al Wm.
.vevlllc's.
HEAD TIIE RECORDER $1 a year
Onlj six days more ol si hool.
William l.ow.-ry, spent Sunday ill
I lovleslown. Pa.
William Martin attended the Repub-lican
Convulsion at Qiiuk.-rtown yes-ti
1 day
Paul Carl, of Philadelphia visited
ni. brother William 11 Barl, of this
borough, on Sun.lay.
Mr. and Mis. I.ini'onl I' Barrett, of
Philadelphia, apt nl Bui y with Mr,
Barretts parents in this borough,
.Miss oilva Mi Collum, of the Went
SI in Normal St hool, la spend-ing
In 1 vacation it he] home in this
borough.
Miss .Mary .M,M, n.iinin. ,,f Philadel-phia,
a former n-sideni of tins bor-ough,
renewed old acquaintances on
Sunday and yeaterdaj
The Children's Hay - .f u,e
Gull Chrlstlaq Sunday School will be
held in the Church on next Sunday af-ternoon
al I o'clock.
Miss Annabelle ftearnslde, who has
rloualy ill at her parents' home,
on From street tor the past two
mvsleacent
The m.-inbi is of the Holiness Chris-tian
cinir.-h conducted open sir aer-vlces
11 Pront and Ford streets, before
.1 large assemblage, on Bunday even-ing,
Miss Selena King, of King of-Prnaala
and Walter Mclntyre, of Valley Forge,
were married yesterday afternoon al
the parsonage of the Holiness Chris-tian
church by Rev. 1.. c. Banssman.
Tin Children's Day exercises of the
Holiness Christian Bunday School
Which was 10 have I n given last ev-ening
has been postponed until next
Sunday evi nlag.
The first time a woman cries after aha
is man led sin reads over all the love-
1 - the nthi r men have written
her, for a lovt -letter is something a
-I nder-hearti d woman cannot bring
to destroy.
Children's Day lervici al thl Free
Baptlal ciiuich on Sunday evening
■ the building to be orowded to
almost suffocation; 'the 1 xeri laaa were
rarj Interesting and thoroughly enjoy-ed
by all of tin huge congregation.
The Ri publican primaries to eleol
to the Congressional Con-vention
hold ai Quakertown yesterday,
Id In the borough on Saturday
evening, in tbe Fusi ward William
Simons was elected, while Borough
treasurer Qeorge w. Davis was sleet-ed
in the Third ward. There was no
delegate .elected in the Beqpnd Ward.
The commencement exercl 1 of the
Philadelphia Conservatory of Music
will be held iii the Auditorium of Odd
Fallows' Temple, Broad arid Cherry
Philadelphia, this evening.
those who will receive oertifl-niti's
10 teach is Miss Lulu DeHaven,
"r ">is om-li. She received a di-ploma
from the Institution hud year.
She is also 11 graduate from the West
Conshohocken High School. Miss De-laven
is an accomplished pianist and
has given much time ami attention to
the study of music She has already
a number of pupils under her for in-structions.
She Is quite popular |n
both boroughs anil a large number oi
her friends will attend Ihe exi 1. is. s.
The "Old Folks ' s.M i,es ii! the Hol-iness
Christian Church on Bunday
ware wall attended all day. in the
morning the pastor. Rev, 1. F. iiause-man,
preached an appropriate sermon.
In the afternoon the Holiness Meeting
was 1,1-id ami again the service was
given to the enjoyment of the old folks
who had accepted the opportunity of
being present nt a meet ing held for
their especial ben.'lit. Al 7.1a p. m.
tbe evening lervloe was begun iu the
cbui.-h. Evangelist Edwin L. Hyde,
win. has endeared himself to the older
generations of ibis riolnlty, was secur-ed
to deliver the eer i to his old
Mends and tl llfl.ee was filled. Mr.
llyih's remarks wire most Interesting
and the service which closed the day's
religious festivities was richly enjoy-ed
by the entire gathering. Mrs.
Cramer of Philadelphia, who has
much repute as a slnajar was in at-ti
n.i.in. e and rendered selections at
each service She Used Ihe banjo*
as an accompaniment "Old Folks'
Day" is a novel feature in Bbaneser
Chapel and was introduced hy Mr.
i Ian,., „an. The sue, ess,wll b which il
' MUM year encouraged him to repeal
it this year and still greatei IUI
crowned bis efforts and it is safe to
say thai "Old Folks Day" will find Its
way into other churches. Bbeneser
chapel was decorated In a rustic man-ner.
A cedar an-li was erected direct-ly
In front of ihe pulpit, back of which
«as a bank of palms, ferna and nolle,I
plains Tin- altar was hidden under a
i blooming Bowers from which
their fragrance was wafted through
the Interior ol the ohuroh lending no
little amount of pleasure to those
present Rocking .hairs were substi-tuted
in place of benches in th.- front
of the Church and these were occupied
l,v "' hi i- of th.. Bunday school
scholars whlli fans were furnished by
the church. Dinner ami supper wero
furnished and after one.- reaching the
' worship in the morning any
aged person was wMcome to remain un-til
khi i ins. oi ii,, , renlng aervlcn, Mr,
man is highly elated with his
In trying to make 11 1.1 peo-ple
happy and . oiulnrla ble nl I, ,1:1|
Sunday iu bis pastorate y.ar.
Comments by those who attends : give
Ihe genial ami kind-hearted i
much puns,
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