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&l)e CotiBljoljockcn Mecor&er. No. 3349 PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY CONSHOHOCKEV. ,Y. FJUDAY, DECEMBEH 1(5. I NOTES OFJUR TOWN ITEMS OF INTEREST CONCERNING THI i OUH BOROI QH ■ IED FOR RECORDER hi in meet al the daj ai enli James Crow i :, to jail on Wedi . ■, .■, Heywo .1 to anewer :l molting hi- step-mother. Roger* a mi,., in,., were adjudged Involuntar) bankrupts on Tuesdas Collei tor i" .1 c Jones, ' li>' will I to Jail all who refute to pay 11 • taxi - This is in a. cordani ■■ with the ■da HI Town Council. 1 ouni ilman M ond ward, Is a candidate im reni linn. Th< ra are three 1 andldate in tha ward, John Campbell, F .1 EUoomhall and Mayall May. Two are to IM ale. ■. I ol Conahohodken Fire ni>. No i to a aemble al the I Dg al 1 I." ,,,,. |„ i 11 Band 10 be bold in their rooms. Marj v.. a ill!- O'Brien occurred morn-ing 11 1 in Si. SI M «*W:. SECOND AVENUE NOT VACATED ng. The 1 ommltteee in charge of the pr< paratlon ol tha oantat 1 to be given In Presbyterian Church on Thursday evening, December *7, are making dll-efforts to have all In readl 1 in' Utennometi ., da below aero on Wei aday morn-ing, sine,, thai time II grad iiallj been getting warmer and ■■ at noon it had succeeded in climbing n|i to N del : i hi Oral meeting; of the Columbia Building and Loan AaaodatlOZI held last evening. Over seven hundred have 1 11 taken and tha look is very promising. One thous-and dollars was sold at par. AH amicable action ol Bjecuneni in Qirard Trust Company at al., execu- ■ -. 1 Leslie Rodgers, has been entered In the Prothonotary'a office. It 10 the Albion Printing Works in tins lioi i Chart* Brandt and Frank Garde-had u Bghi at tha mill on Wed-nesday and Brandt was arrested 10 au-aarge or assault. After be-ing out on bail for a day the trouble Was adjusted by Cardemon.l win lug the charge. IN DEFERANCB TO PUBLIC OPIN-I" ■ COUNCIL. DECIDES Nor TO \ •'' VI K THE AVEN1 B DELLN r TAX PAYERS TO UK FORCED TO PAY. Al Hi" 1 eting of Town ■ "" We Inssdi 1 renlng, the ■ Ing petition, In regard to 1 eating of Second Avenue was read: 0 tii.. President ami members of Conshohot ken Council: - $1 PEB YEAH Xue theme ol on on Hi morning in the Presbyterian Cbnrch win be ■ with tha is of the Pn tenan General Assembly's com on iho subject with the reoommi Slolo lie .„.-, ■ n the local mar-thai from 1 Would lii.iniiti,., . i ul the prll agMng rks will Thi ■ • •-,!■• it 1 IIH evening, ol and the 1 1 In antioipatlo affair and 'li 1 Inter-hburn and Dui e's Ireland b> autlful Bcei land i"ii«rnt , iniurvinn D dialogue is needed to make on,, real life. Illustr 11 Frl-l! »V I in and ITU Hatlni on Sal I peri aul In N ■ ommodlty prices v Hun's Index number, came a rise in em;s and dairy products, There was a slight advance 1 metals, bul breadsti ffs and meats were li war, and fne Item miscellaneous wa : 1 It may not lie generall) ■ rade In immerclally, both In ill" don Including poultry, run ary large Bgures annually, Average price al this time is al 0111 thi n June and January of this year; January, IttM and August, 1902, and la 8 pi r cent be-ir, whin the aver age « r many yea T1"''■■ mioiis tan" comedy cnaeted 111 the Italian colonj on Wed Or. vano 1 on the inn,plaint of his wife . 1 with striking her In tl re. She had a badly swollen eye to attest to the correctness of the charge. The couple had only been married three weeks lad hardly gotten over the honey • 1 a hearing ami i out by his father, when goln ■ from the Magistrate's office the I Pletro and forced him to go along with her The father and when the wife Won out and was carrying off her bus hand, he promptly withdrew the ball h"'"i and Pletro had to go in the its. tlon house The rather's intimation that Pletro leave the wife was finally changed so that he renewed the bail and tin- couple returned to their home '■■ try u again, .lollea Hoa I to hold up the until the money comes In. Costello wen. notlfli lornlng 0 by accident on the railroad at DowningtoM during the night . Mr, to Itownln i he has brothers and i ling. He 1 s "leaili occurred In pun m Downingtown hi may be brought here for Interment. nUtomobilea have raised the price Wahoea and rubber boots I'ara ir, which a year ago could be bought for less than SI a pound |g now worth Ji.io. Before bicycles were popular the same grade of rubber could be bad for 50 cents. The de-mand for rubber tires for bicycles in- 1 the price of rubber 60 per cent im- automobiles with their '"''' jTlTWtal .f"'"|"'|-""""t"|y jMUtit 1111 ' for their tires and rubber shoes correspondingly go up in price The luxuries of the rich thus pineh the toes of the poor. -me Young Men's Athletic Associa-tion played a very successful pool and ; tournament with St Veronica's lie Club and defeated them 102 halls In pool and 40 points in shuffle After the tournament both clubs and mends retired to (he rceptiou room and partook of an elaborate sup-per, prepared by the well-known cater », George Benz. After th" sup-per there was a delightful programme arranged between members of both l'i'!',1\£l'l<;h,,was e»ioyed by all pres-ent. 1 he following players represent- ";' '"" T. M. A. A.: pool „„>,,,,., BtriCk .eary. George Connelly, John i.edmond. Albert Knooht and Thomas lire. Shuffle teams: Joseph Mul-len and Edward Raffertv, James Red-mond and Joseph Connelly, John Red-mond and Manaus Sweeney, James Mo- Dads and Martin Hlgglns. Wa tha undersigned property owners dfullv protest aga vacating of that part of Second avenue, between Man.. Street and Spring Mill avenuo. v.,. would consider such action an ainst the interest of the other nearby property owners, and de- Cldedly against the interest of tho bor-ough in the future. Wlnneld B. Harry, John j. Meyers, II. K. Murray. J. Magee, Michael Daly Henry V. McCurdy. Win Wright. R. j Crawford. Howard W. Jones. Edward 1 Campbell, Charles J. Willlman. F. H Righter, James O. Jones. Sr.. Dan- • 1 I' Freas. A, J. Repperl, Edmund K Williams. Henry Nagele, Robert Herron, Peter Hlggins, O. Griffith, Thomas F. O'Brien, Emily C. Kline, Jonn A Tlernan. Christian Nag.:. " Davis, John Knox, Charles F. Mil-ler. Samuel Beaver, John Crawford. ■ W. Jones. Jas. I.. Jackson. Dav-id Dana, llenjnmln 1. Kav. James A Dougherty. J. Harry Williams. II ..olen. John Robinson. Rowland Orlf-liths. John I). Farrier. Luke F. McCall, n 9, Whltton, Cyrus B. Hippie, Oeo. "■ Kl irt Davis H. K Bell . Wm. .1 Miller. John Ho.ly. Thoi Marv I.an-ahan. Margaret B. O'Byrne. Han Wm. J. Ford. Henry Nuss, . William M. Connelly, ker, Thomas F. Matthews. Murray, Harry w Murray, Lace v. John W. Forrest, g. John S."ofji Joseph Al-n HcBvoj -aeh Itude Ixidge. No. 21«: iple, Daniel K Coyle, Chalk-ley Fox, John I. 1 j, William Me- H, John Kills. John .1. Crimean un, William liurton. shall, John P. Worts, Franklin Harrison, Thomas H. Kay. Wm II Famous, J. D Pechln, BC D. Shaffer and i". K Bddleman, trustees of washtng-imp. No. 121. P. O. S. of A.; II T. Baker, Wm. II Shaw. John Neill, John Raiily, Taylor G. Ilelff, William NeviffB, Win Herron and J. 1' 0> Haven Mi- Bate made a motion that the va-cating ordinance be laid on the table. Mr Campbell wanted It Indefinitely postponed, hut at the suggestion of 1 ni Ross, a motion was adopted permitting the Street Committee to withdraw the ordinance. DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS PAST COMMANDER JONES Joseph C. Jones, of this borough, a Past Commander of George Smith '-ost, O, A. R„ has Anally decided not to bo a .and,dan for State Com-mander of tin (Jrand Army. Mr. Jones had the enthusiastic supron ,/ th, 1 embers of the G. A. It. in this county, and the efforts of his friends, though only made for a few days, showed that he would undoubted ly win, but the .^real amount of work lone in the office, the traveling through the State visiting the dlffer-ew- nits and the time to be takon were too much for Mr. Jones to take from Ins business, .id be has finally decideu not to bo a candidate as follows: Hal in Treasury, Nov. 9 $2140.10' John J. Meyers 2100.00. Bchuylklll Valley T. Co 11.50 Duplicate. 1903 100.00 P. 4 R. Rwy. Co 1. 11. Nuss, Burgew 30.00 [ 1. (lark, I, r liens for guttering 76.35 T1.MPORAR1LY INSANE •Affliction risked | letwiler, To Orders paid o. Fifth avenue and Hallowell street, : temporal-) insa erday, but to-day be is in his right mil though still weak and nervoi.s Mr. Datwtler Is a ba »iena. i_-ist week his little daughter was taken ill with scarlet fever, and owing to bla employment :.• was com-pelled to stay away Irom his home 14479.46; . .1X61.67 ,,.,,.-„ ,,, rlai nwoy irom 111s Home - wniie it was under quarantine, Mr k lu,.. .;., 1.. ..# _ _ NO.;-, LET! .;■ IN i I BNT. I WM turn HI la the Repuuli-ion the ..Ui n an I rvt .. . tur 1 attention to the nea 1 ' when tha organlsatii n 1 aramount to the Inti It. makes no dlfferenc there Is an organizatlou Hi" very presence of which . • me very (heopy of democ-racy, Mankind, it would appear, like ' governed by the powerful, either acquired or Inherited power. It makes no difference—so long as there Is some Otta I" issue orders. The whole theorv of national government has tended to-centralisation of power. TheJ niieil States as a nati, 11 is better and stronger, with the doctrine of Btate nghtB definitely settled, and parties are better ruled by "leaders" than by the old way of leaving uffalrs to dele-gates selected by voters. Men trained illOcal affairs are better adapted 1 Hi" purpose of serving the people than are the people themselves. Man-kind In bulk Is a curious quantity and not always to be depended upon to do the right thing at the proper time It is apt to be controlled by whims or ca-pr. ee, and to act deliriously In response first who •ca-tch•es its ear. For this reason discerning states-ne-men of affairs are not . leave the welfaro of their parly 1 undependable, If uncontrolled, popular! will of its membership. Lead, was established to guide th" part: m.nd, hold the membership in sublec 'ion to accepted party tenets and to tho discipline 0/ conservative methods • • • Pure democracy la a myth. In >»n organization Is the question of the lect'pn of officers left to the spont eous and popular selection of members. The acts of the unthlnMng 1 and generally predominate numer ly might make - Judicious grle "•" i'l!laVBVce wa ro,1Kht '° b,,a' , '""'"HPlVtor I 4 body, me tempora-ry chafi ma.,-1„ the preliminary work of organizing any new movement la generally selected before the gather-ing assembles, as Is also the persons who are to catch the temporary chair-man s eye with certain motions sug-ms or nominations. The deliber-ations have the appearance of being impromptu but back of nearly all such are one or more persons who pulled' tho strings, unknown to the crowd. lOd under I . hat .i 1 men n-i.' ill west-el .t down.' 1 entire)] un ,1 ,1 ed ■ . mi, ..., I a in ::,„,. M ,„, 1 ,,. Eh the 1 well groomed and well di for the trial. Wl he was unkempt at Wther he made u Una appearance to toe jury, who took compassion on him ■ccause of his straightforward s, the occurrence to know what he did and t«.tia«d in fact, that his mind t wood. The amount of alcohol he -»1„ B ""PP""101" 'eatlfled to con-suming on the day of the murder gave credence to hie story. n j £, ODDS AND ENDS The following trom uur Young KoJk„ "1T.WW "0Wla8y " ls '" "Peak words which may "have a douuie meaning and tho embarraesment caused there- A small boy had been lu the habit ol -'^plying me evening paper to a cer- """ m'uister, who discovered one ev- .".".g that he bad not the penny for lament. -That's all right," said th* hoy: "you can give it t0 me to-mor-row night" "Hut, my boy," ,ntZ 4*sed the minister, Impressively/"l may not be alive to-morrow nl/ht," -—■■ answered the 'bov ■■■illy, "It'll •-.. H A ' 'a still wondering wh loot of [■"» thinking sob »VESJ COrlSflOHOCKEN ITEMS lTl':Vs ur -r PROM THE SgS! WE Rivau R RECORDSS hool childreu jf this lay's vac "in during the holidays. ' Hoffman, after more than ceupy u,e pul s on ciumlaya. ''•aptist Church as us- ■J'1"- Weighing has been fine all week '''" "'J' "ic"> Jingle of bells in this ";'•;" ■' the fact that the ,"ir '"" Indulged In by all who '"""'"" "-ugh to secure . Re* i. i'. Bausman, who went to "•"I OB Monday to conducTre- „hfhl? c»»e<l to bis home It ren,°" Wednesday owing ■ '"serious lllnee, of his daughter 1 h. child, however, was much better mterday and is now consld.red oTJt waiTo, ,came l.,w'thout a moment's •\>■'M.gtoa highly , ,llcnt of kriUgeport on Wednesday evening, namely Lawrence Furlong. Mr. Fu£ tong was a blacksmith and was eni- 1 at Mark's quarries, just above "',rll U,r*M«h-1 H« ha" "nlahe.1 M. work on Tueedaj and had started for Mih Richard Reason, a one-|«g- " J • inploye. who a year or more ago lost a leg by a fall of stone m the SSfW T, 6 tW° me" Were ^'"versing » en lurlong auddenlj reeled and , '„,. '''""i,1 "e"1 over hlm- b»t could Id ,o",r -h,m- TheU the erl»»,e ««•»• but wLhenh',t"hhe''°d.o°cUtgohr (aorrriv*edP"h>e»lcpiaron-. •>»'»■' ed Furlong dead. Undertaker 1 hereupon took charge of the corpse and removed it to Mr. Furlong's boarding house. He w.B the father of Mrs. Michuel O Donnel. .... T;<w""e " waa "inter quarantine. Mr. Balance 8U.78l«)etwiler is of a nervous disc .and the anxiety canaed by th" illness -■"' FELLOWS' TEMI'LL " "«Mns * • • MISS WILKINS' DEATH POLITICAL JTEMS Mr. Lee. of the Finance rommlttee. nteil a report of the 1903 la.v du- ■•■ In the hands ,,f Vrank J C Jonas for collection. It showed that all the money possible had been ted excopt about $200 owed the borough by tax payers who own no real estate. Those amounts vary from seventy-live cents 10 ninety cents rt.ter considerable discussion Coun- I.I reftned to settle the duplicate, and red It back to the collector with Instructions to collect these small amounts. The c< lie t< 1 1 as the power to have each delinquent put in Jail until the tax is paid, and Council took 1 ml thai it was not fair to tin - who paid their tax to exempt I ■ ty-flve and nlnetj sent 1 ■ ■ the large majority of whom are perfectly able to pay, but won't do SO Mr. Lee advocated 11 tho names of all those who do no their tax, with notice that If not paid within thirty days l»gal means would be taken to compel payment .e funeral of Samuel Elliott will '■row afternoon al 1.:;.» o dock from his late residence Harrs ■*«**l The Interment will be al the ".,.' is ho,,, '" Wllmii rto D 1 . i„ 1833 and came to tins bon ,.,, for • "' •', w' * "•" ther Compan the Alan Wood Company for n number of years, lie was a liartei 1 of ..'ashlngion Pire Compi time was 1 .,, n,. u;, "Is" '"I" "i the oldest mombei I. O, O. F„ and member of Town Council from the 1-irsl ward in 1879. and served as I!,,, ough Si 1 ervlsor three years \ widow »nd s daughter, ami also two brothers and two Bisters survive him 1.," children are Maria, wife of John ■-Vim- '■' 'bert T Elliott, of Man-. 8 r ,,rp" of Tenth avenue ""' ';■■"■'' '■ and sisters are Robert Ann WIIaotL Ol '•ilMi.nci.i,,. and Mrs. William Hunk 01 this borough, Oratltude Lodge and washing! ■ 1 pn ■ 1 mpany :,,,, |nYltad to attend the fun Instead ol being a recent convert to Republicanism John Oettra. the new secretary of the Republican County I 'mumi.e. has not vo,,.,i the Demo-cratic ticket since 1894. * • • There is something in the air that denotes a storm brewing In politics In Montgomerj county in the near fut- Ure.—Mchiiilc> correspondence In Jen-kintown Times-Chronicle • • • There will be a swing around in the l-ourt House on Januarv 1st, The Democratic Treasurer and Sheriff will op '""•' W by Republican officials No aiinoiiucements have yet heen made Of the deputies of the recently elected officials, and the .u.pens. is Ikely „, continue until the officers are inducted into office. • • • '';•• M 11 Oberholtzer has been ap- P-i ed by the ,,,„rl as Burgess Sf Sl ' "1 '" SUi c-ountv Treas- ww-eleol Henry ,.. m^ r,:Myl Henry I' Hunsioker, the popular and SSefU coal feed and fiSS"dSS fhe I Ra.h'1 8 s'ati<">. is out early for "i" Republican nomlnaUon ol Record-er of Leeds. His las, run was encour-aging and his nun friends would like com, •;:"'"""•' "" has a formidable :""""';"'"' ll"" a w Bshbacb, of I PPer Hanover. Aiidiinr Qeneral w. iv snyder, of Spring t„>. will g„ ,0 Florida to re-cuperate bis health. Beef -.a and mutton and all kinds •f smoked meats at Moser's Meat Market Mir: Hei The borough has an agreement with the Reading Railroad Company that each Is to pay one-half of the cost of the culverts under the Fayette street bricge over the tracks of the railroad These culverts are now worn out, anil the company asks that new ones |„ The cost, estimated by the company is «758.69. Town Council thought that the price was high, and lommlttee was Instructed to get other estimates before agreeing to t.ie work. A resolution offered by Mr. Grav that an arc light be placed at Ninth avenue and Harry street, was referred to the Police Committee with power to place the light there. The grade plane of t'.e tract 1 [ ;!r'M'ls ' nded by Eighth n> Fayette street. HaUowell street rnd the borough line, was not pre-ented for consideration of Council. It was de-cided to extend the grades down each avenue from Hallowed to Wells street and present the plans at tho next meet-ing of Council. I)r. Hlghley presented a resolution asking for Town Council's consent to the opening of First avenuo from Ma-tt lOd street. Outside of the oulldlng now being done in that neigh-borhood, tho opening of the street Is lary in order to get rid of the drainage of the street. On Mr. Little's motion the consent waa given as fol-lows: Resolved by the Burgess and Coun- ' Conshohocken In Town Council assembled, that consent Is hereby giv-en to the opening of First avenue from Maple street to Wood street, as laid out on the borough plan, as prayed for 07 the petition of sundry citizens to the Court of Quarter Sessions of tho in and for Montgomery Coun- I'assed at a stated meeting of Town II held ,he n„, ,lay of nec her, A, D. 1904. DAVID II. ROSS. ... . „ President of Council uicst Harry B. Heywood, Clerk of Council Orders for the following amounts were grained: ' a Pharmacy I 10 00 Recorder Publishing Co ' 1495 | [onshohocken Has Light Co. ... 93$ I H. Hate 242.00 Miss I-ranees A., daughter of David . and li., late S J Wilkins died h Mr at her home 323 Spring M;n gVertneT"*' -^"»"«**«•■ "n T,i' Ing, alter a few days' illness of pneumonia. Miss Wilkins was a school teacher who placed dutv before health, ami while suffering from last taught up to Fridav at the Plymouth Meeting public school i-neumoiiia, in an advanced form, had developed before she consulted a phy-sician, when 1 had taken ; such a firm hold that it would not I yield to treatment. Mi -s Wilkins was , <>■' a genial dlspoeltijn and made I friends of u!l whom she met. She i^ mourned by a large circle of fried: In addition to her father, tin ! ters. Miss Qrai a, wh 1 is at home Mrs rdiwood J. Wanner, of rjorrli to Mr Ellwood Shnr, or Roxborough, two brothers, J. Milton an I David, 1 Jr.. survive her The funeral w 11 take place to-morrow afternoon al 2 0 Interment will be itrictl) private a: ale cemetery, Nurristowa rii.. friends or alias Franca Augus-ta Wilkins ware much shoe!:. 1 bj thi news of her sud,leu demise Although ill the week previous to her death and In spite of the severe weather, she bravely stuck to her pott until the w.ck wa.. over, returning home on Fri-day last In a serious condition, I: which she nevi r rallied. To th" win ..new and loved her hist I 1,11 is ing energy, keenness mind am ready sympathies • ..1 iroubli were almost v.: out a ;- -.i!cl. Well versed In c < the no!! ins 0f Ine dn . a self r ' i:,i. unusual person-alUj was r. ••. She will !„• ,.,,-,n, ..issod !■■■ ■:. 01 r midst. it Is well to noto In this connection ti.at leaders never come from below al-ways from those higher up In author- 1 y-lhat Is the big leaders make the little ones. If Tom Jones has the six wards of a town at hla hack through "opularlty and he lacks that ea- Nal with the leaders of the county this trouhle was too mtieh for hn can never make any head- Mr Detwller. On fhursday 1 -ning W 1 ay,1S.5ll &&■ R|l"" '" 'be same 1 t. Moyer had o-.-asion to go Into the , "'" Smlth wM1 b® selected as the d ther he ^ "rat the selection Is frown- Smith has never done any-was very depressing to him. Affairs wi ■■ on Wed-nesday night by ih fort ol Ml to effect an ■ .,■:, tha hi 1 e, la with rtaole of I ,.: ,:,,.,. hl. tonnd Mr Detwller ll- tpld Mi «'r 'hat ha ■ ike trouble for ihoaa " , ible for his afflictions. | ,..uls ed an attem train hlm. .1 s"V..r ; truggla I ■ was remove I to his home. This morning I much r„>|. ter and will 1 11 right in a day or IWO. ROBBKRIES AT SPRING MILL The home of larn Ba , . nt Spring Mill, was . 1 ;,.,i | on Wednesday nigh •, ,| ■, silverware, and clothing 1 : . Mr. Bwi taken. IIHVN MAWR ROB IE Ir 0 upon a 01 oirc . 1" « are I: i.nc* to the Baltimi ■ ■ iic • who have been dyn wfes 1 ,ng the Pennsylvanl Line, ,k(B " - — «-=.w. uuu,: uny-consequence at the polls aid • muster a corporal's gui It Is soon found, however ,■■■■ .•• ied at thi : If Bill Sas th ,■ 1 ; 1 Ing in 1 lb his ant to the plum tn • • • rs I have tried to set • i" thinking 0 1 al the; ■ where th, ■ "are at," and to hem with the new Ifronts them, and also [0 s them accept gracefully the wla- 01 leadership, if not with all thi say and do. TO TAX ALL HUNTERS UseMosots country-made Sausage and Scrapple. For sale at 1,. . Milrd avi an. nlll| .,, S|IIIV 3(|, _ lor ttrect IASON K Mi Running llke mad down the street dumping the occupants, or a hundred Other accidents, are every day occur It behoovos everybody to have n reliable Salve handy and there's ','"!"; '""" 2*2-00 llueklcn's SffihffPftfii"1 '"" 1-lKht Co. .187.84 ■s'lh" ll'irn- ,,-s. Kiwrninn ; ii 'M'Kle.v i5,.54 Piles disappear cjulcklj uTde ^^S S5L*?i BtVm, !«••» Ing effect 26 cent's at Neville's . ,'? VR Drug "wvnies Philadelpht"ia'U&RHalelraodaindgCo 125.55 Railway Co. 37.82 W. Jones |03r Tho Block & Tile Paving Co : u; Jacob Hcrtzog W, P, l.inviiic ,. ■iichael Daly For Christmas g Is go to Kehoe'S in ih" Business Block DENTIST 31 (i pay, 7 a Bl to I GAS ■ HETIC Hector street, for Chrl mgnioy . holly and lycopodlum, I ■LS, due January,st I WOlk Hi lh»» lABAd . ll.,.. _...- M1.30 2J.7B 5.00 218.JB .. .,....., , HUM ■ gr work HI ih„ lowSSl possible | l«12-2.'{ J1807.37 'en M _. J2727.37 I ha report of the Treasurer wa read Dr. Joseph ECalbfus, secretary of the State Hoard of Oame Commit - hai prepared his annual report, which will be acts I upon at the meeting of the board In Harrisburg on Decem-ber 22. The reaort re 031 .."nds that .1 law-be passed placing a las of %l on . n rj hunter In the Htate for the purpose of purchasing qunil for t piir-poees. Dr, Kalbfus would Ilk" lo set apart certain territory of the late f ration where protection en be given to bids and animals and wh re nobody would be permitted to hunt. He finds that the law prohibiting 1 • of game killed In this state is evaded by nun who formerly hunted for the market and who now hire oes as bunti .alary, their employer receiving all of tho game that Is slaughtered. Dr. Kalbfus is particular!) onposed to the hunting of fa 1 pj He that It is the custom of owners o. bird dogs to take the dogs into (he or deer hunting purposes. under present conditions be ihinks Uial tWO deer :„ „„,. .,.;, ,,„ ., many for one man, and that th lum-ber should be reduced to one deer lor one hunter. He is opposed to a law limiting the shooting ,,f deer to buck ...jr. Ho says that If such t law be passed the woods will be full of dc 1,1 oms killed by hunters, who would not ctaiM 1 em through feai of the pen- Dl Kalbfus suggests that the open season for woodcock and for gray and black squirrels begin about October 1 or about two weeks earlier than at ' He also would like to atop the summer ehOOtll g of woodcock and trt wood di eka. lie r mmends that :i " for <|iiall and for wild turke) begin November 1. as this would prevent their being killed off while »erj 1 .he BUSPS Robert C ■ alias 'v,lx" ''■' '• hi i • alias "Frisco Slim.' Butler I <', inches tall and pounds. Both 1, . ,,„,,. 1 wl'h Philadelphia timl 1. an | •i.e Jons along the Main Ui afl evl lance of having 1 by a Inlet Bailer, th ■ pol ee say is an esnei 1 , . ,. i,-ker. ' ' ed in ■ ' ■ < 1 Pinkerton n n wenl from Fhilaoelphia and them, with a third man named William BenneU 'Cal Bill." as ,1 clanger trio if burglars, who had nil bi "ral sentences. The postal anthorltiaa ba 1 re that Case, and Butler have in Maryland for a •• r 1 Phllnlelphla del, lancea point to tl Mai-i tnese '■ ■- ■ Jobs bavs eking 1 le, Pa . fie ,.1 1 1. Butlep <" '■ ntenee In the Western Phn urg. Clayto 1 K one, the Lansdal ■ 1 man, whi 'I'h :\ good li-: umI , ne« 1 1 • he efficiency of a police forco ls not always shown by the number of UJ made In the course of a given ! The prcsenco of a well dla-ied for,-,, has a salutary effect In preventing which far outweighs Its ilnese for the mere detection of "" ilneJe. My attention was called to this the other night at City Hall police headquarters, A simple us character had beeu banished from t he town that (.ay upon a very forcible order from Ui.er Rodenbaugh. For years past this , liaracter, who is slightly crippled and therefor not amenable to the tramp laws, has turned up in Intervale ol a >,ar or two. Aftcr-everv appear-ance here, there is something doing Ir. the burglar) or petty thieving line I 1 ■ re has always been difficulty tr, onnect tha unwelcome visitor witb II of the acts, his part being ureeum I ably to make plans for less afflicted pals to execute. • • • Weil thin character made his aprov here last week after a long «' '■'■ I en Captain Rodenbaugh ■ ins street, ti.-u official gav,. tl tier exactly three hi ■■ m . : on the warning and so '. aerredationa have been reported Thi ■•' will not appear In reports tc or figure in the public eye at serving special m-rlt h:i | led hero to show one way I "The Bible ls not a charu. keeping it on our shelves, or locking It up in a closet, can do us any good Nor It Is a story hook to reader amusement. It is sent to teach us our duty to Ood and man, to show us from wnat a height we are fallen by sin and to what a far more glorious height we may soar If wo will put on the wings of faith and love. This is the use of the Bible, and this use we oi.ght to make of It. Use It, then, for this purpose, each according to his means. All Indeed have not much time for reading; but every oue who - it may manage to read a verse or Two when lie conns home of an evening, and of a morning before go-ing to work. Now a couple of verses well thought over will do a man more than wholo chapters swallow,,| thought. Do but this little. ho Judges us accordi; ;•■•' . and who looked with 'r on the mites of the poor than 00 all tho golden ofi . run. will acccp .,, Ver- j BUT soul:; to gI-01 this, their dally l,i,„. ■ is the way 01 life, will to sic the way. II" ad : ou the wings 1 just spoke 1 " ' '' ■ you up to —Augustus W. Hare. , ' ■' ','-,* c 1: r 1 :our " - - ias recovered his pro «y The host ' ,, P0"06 for™ """•« th ler bad sold 11 in Philadelphia for 118, ' HISS WRIGHT TO '■I 11.D NEW ■■' M 1. a U Wi in has purol :""r ■ 1 of land in Roberto' n 1 ■ ■ Wa ere 1 large new school building, u will be fitted up with a gymnasium ass room in addition b , uplis' Th,. ground I irom the Pennsyk roBil. leal .-moke Is "The Woodvale" our dealer. ,. !''": »nd seal rings away Below in pried thai others can sell th.-. for At Bloo ihaii-s. ■ n-.^r ji.-aet. Fine Fie,,,;, i-rui, Ho, box, il.50 or SJc. a lb. At Ilens's. John II Griffith, headquarters for! turkeys, ducks hlekene and geese All' are home ra ■,; tender Christma ■ ,i,,,-. monl Store, LIE Payette reel Fancy Vv'v' «""•• "I1 .\.\.\ Moil ami Hlstletoi wreaths Kol> ly, Lycapodlum, Heather, Boxwood t.alax. Imortelle, etc *!12-n ' If you warn a line of Christmas toys for the children, you can get 11. RBADTHH RECORDIS 11 a Vear atKen!''" '"nSh°- oteworthy event to oocur on Jan ' will be the removal of Optlcla: larkcr rrom his present stand ' M I n loeated for 26 vears to .10 DcKaii, street, in I'hillp i'uili Building, nearly opposite »!r. 1 1 pn -.111 locution. • • • ' :■'"' ipects of a white Chrlai-pareel carrying part of th.- xeai has begun. The snow, however '' I up the ib-maud „n Hams ' laus for automobiles. The superior ii.v of the horse for all weather ro»- diuons was :■ 101 itrated by the big fail of snow The tool of the auto and the lipp and swish of the re I devil are absent from it,,. SIlow mantled laud ■Noilher is the merry Jingle of tbl sleigh bell an overwhelming quantltv Although the sleighing |H «xre||..nt ""'". n>« I" '"• a lack of stylish ct- »bou( Most ail the slelgbi of the rural type w"" " •ciipanis using them for Ltin. Ineaa purposes. Sleighing for »tvl0 *e seems ,0 be a uy-gdne • • • S Melrose mil. •ears for I ■ I lie ls nol "The Judgment of Christ, the Son i revelation of things •is they are. His Judgment does not change the judged; it simply showB them. It is not. as far as we can foncelve, a conclusion drawn from the balancing of couflrrtlug elements or a verdict upon a general Issue. The Judgment of God Is the perfect manifestation of truth. The pun-ishment of Ood is tho necessary action of the awakened conscience. The Judgment 1B pronounced by the sinner himself and he inflicts inexor-ably his own sentence. In our pres-ent state a thousand veils hide from us the motives, the thoughts, the con-ditions which give! their real character to men and the conduct of men. We Judge others by what we see in thorn: and, what Is more perilous still, we are tempted to Judge ourselves jy what others can aee In us. But in •he perfect light of Christ's Presence everything will be made clear In Its ssentlal nature, the opportunity which e threw away and knew that we threw way, with Ins unralculated potency of ng, the temptation which we -uirted In the waywardness of selfish strength, tho stream of consequence h has flowed from onr example, :he harvest which others have gath- ■red from our sowing."—Bishop West-cot t. • delphla, Weojj H. Kirkpatrick and Wrung* i-ukeus Receivers of the Odd Fellows' Hall Association, which conducts the building at Broad and Cherry streets Messrs. Kirkpatrick and Lukens are also the trustees appointed under the deed dated October 3, 1898. The proceedings were Instituted by a number of bondholders, whose hold-ings at the time the bill was filed aniounted to J96.300. Since that time other bondholders Joined In the pe-litlon for a Receiver to manage the luture affairs of the Association, which have become very much Involv-ed. ,,J"'}fi" u 'bat both. 1111 appointed Receivers, but Judge Gordon wa^ at first adverse to aucu appointment. He explained that at one time ho would have been • ' willing to acquiesce in the c ouri a suggestion, but ovelopmenta had changed his opinion. The trust B) Which the two men have boon ap-to a Receiver-ship, except that the) had no power to sell ami dispose 01 propert) as they ■ ions of the association, A difference hid occur- "" '""' lee and he waa not sure mat 11 would oe removed. Lawyer Jobnuon thought that the two "Tuetee -factory and servo all interests of the association i.nd said thai n they could not agree aa ;" toe 1 lanageinent of tho at-tain, of their trusts one or the other 1 oul 1 seek the aiad of the Court. After some further discussion as to the ad-wsabllity ol appointing both Mr. Luk-ens and Mr. Kirkpatrick tho two law-yers consented to their appointment aa .receivers, and all proceedings were dismissed for the present BECK TO SPEAK The Thirty-ninth (jiass of., "lerce Bchoo will be publicly graduated at e American Academy of Music, Phll- ;'f r I'M ' T, ,he eVen,ng of December ^I'liv \ The annual address will be delivered by Hon. .lames M. Beck, and Ueneral Horatio C. King will deliver ho address to tho graduates. Mr. Isaac H. Clothier will preside, Hev J .Spnrhawk Jones, D. D., will offer wiue«ahd BLa~rw E,lwar" ««l rbJenI'eadiicti,onn.cretofore. pronounce the CASE—CARLISLE At Old St. David's Church, Radnor foor?mnSerrilvy o*fr" °(iierMmISa"ntKo"wln",r>anndCarLlllBelu°-- -en-in Francis L. Case. Twelfth Cav- ( on \'u I . ' "i0k PlaC0 at 4 O'clock j on Wednesday afternoon. - Kodaks and Brownie. Cameras for " ll to |26. Hafo- N&orrli own, pn. 1 51 B. Main street The Pope Bicycle Dally Memoran- ■um Calendar for 1905 contains a mem-irj. nlum leaf for every day In the year ■iu :i(ij original sayings In favor of :••' 1 roads, good health, outdoor exer- ■l«'. and that great vehicle of health- <hing, the modern bicycle, by our 1.011 eminent living men of marked am implisbnient. The calendar is free it Pope Mfg. Oo.'e stores or any of our eaders can obtain It by sending Ova -'-cnt stamps to Pope Mfg. Co, Han-oi I Conn., or 143 Slgel St.. Chicago. Don t fall to get a 6-lb. DOx of mix- >"ou can get greens for your Christ-mas yard and all kinds of toys at Mc- , -nully, "nj Hector street, Conshohock-en, Pa. I or s nice roast of beef or a fine iteak. give alosor a trial. Strictly uo-iodreesed, flneet vuallty *———•* aeeee»»»» ♦ DR. LAMBLEY 4> ; e> DENTIST a, Philadelphia Dental Rooms * Fayette Bt and First Ave., a. tover Bell's grocery) «• Conshohocken a. KKeehhooee'l•.'''wHretc7t"o'r fsutrreCeht.rl"t">» «»ods at nt ^ J'°?er8 country-u,ad« Sausage ol smoked meats at Moser's Meat Markc,. 303 Hector street. Fruit Cake and Pound Cake and l-'"'> I ake, 40c. a lb. At Benz's. ,''*' Koser-s eountry-maae Sausage, and scrapple. For sale at 118 wTt tor slreVr"" "nd " 'tUr%- ,M *^ ^^♦♦» » f Palnlaaa Extracting a: 9 A. M. lo 7.30 p, M ointment ♦ •♦ 14) 4) ;♦ ■ ♦ ♦ « DR J B. MAHN. DENTIST 1 Fayette Street Blectrical Equipment. Hours:—1 A. M. to a P • nrll 'I'hoi-,. Cl w. ♦♦♦v»e»»*»»»e»ee«a »» ♦♦♦»♦♦♦»»*«»»»»», ■-•o»r
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Title | The Conshohocken Recorder, December 16, 1904 |
Masthead | The Conshohocken Recorder |
Date | 1904-12-16 |
Year | 1904 |
Month | 12 |
Day | 16 |
Volume | 23 |
Issue | 50 |
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&l)e CotiBljoljockcn Mecor&er.
No. 3349
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
CONSHOHOCKEV. ,Y. FJUDAY, DECEMBEH 1(5. I
NOTES OFJUR TOWN
ITEMS OF INTEREST CONCERNING
THI i OUH BOROI QH
■ IED FOR RECORDER
hi
in meet al the
daj ai enli
James Crow i :, to jail on
Wedi . ■, .■, Heywo .1 to
anewer :l molting hi- step-mother.
Roger* a mi,., in,., were adjudged
Involuntar) bankrupts on Tuesdas
Collei tor i" .1 c Jones,
' li>' will I to Jail
all who refute to pay 11 •
taxi - This is in a. cordani ■■ with the
■da HI Town Council.
1 ouni ilman M
ond ward, Is a candidate im reni
linn. Th< ra are three 1 andldate
in tha ward, John Campbell, F .1
EUoomhall and Mayall May. Two are
to IM ale. ■. I
ol Conahohodken Fire
ni>. No i to a
aemble al the I
Dg al 1 I." ,,,,. |„
i 11 Band 10
be bold in their rooms.
Marj v.. a
ill!- O'Brien occurred morn-ing
11
1 in Si.
SI M
«*W:. SECOND AVENUE NOT VACATED ng.
The 1 ommltteee in charge of the pr<
paratlon ol tha oantat 1 to be given In
Presbyterian Church on Thursday
evening, December *7, are making dll-efforts
to have all In readl
1 in' Utennometi ., da
below aero on Wei aday morn-ing,
sine,, thai time II grad
iiallj been getting warmer and ■■
at noon it had succeeded in climbing
n|i to N del :
i hi Oral meeting; of the Columbia
Building and Loan AaaodatlOZI
held last evening. Over seven hundred
have 1 11 taken and tha
look is very promising. One thous-and
dollars was sold at par.
AH amicable action ol Bjecuneni in
Qirard Trust Company at al., execu-
■ -. 1 Leslie Rodgers, has been
entered In the Prothonotary'a office. It
10 the Albion Printing Works in
tins lioi i
Chart* Brandt and Frank Garde-had
u Bghi at tha mill on Wed-nesday
and Brandt was arrested 10 au-aarge
or assault. After be-ing
out on bail for a day the trouble
Was adjusted by Cardemon.l win
lug the charge.
IN DEFERANCB TO PUBLIC OPIN-I"
■ COUNCIL. DECIDES Nor TO
\ •'' VI K THE AVEN1 B DELLN
r TAX PAYERS TO UK
FORCED TO PAY.
Al Hi" 1 eting of Town
■ "" We Inssdi 1 renlng, the
■ Ing petition, In regard to 1
eating of Second Avenue was read:
0 tii.. President ami members of
Conshohot ken Council:
- $1 PEB YEAH
Xue theme ol on on
Hi morning in the Presbyterian
Cbnrch win be ■ with tha
is of the Pn
tenan General Assembly's com
on iho subject with the reoommi
Slolo
lie .„.-,
■
n the local mar-thai
from 1
Would
lii.iniiti,., .
i ul the prll
agMng
rks will
Thi
■ • •-,!■• it 1 IIH evening,
ol and the 1 1
In antioipatlo affair
and 'li 1 Inter-hburn
and Dui e's Ireland b>
autlful Bcei
land
i"ii«rnt , iniurvinn
D dialogue is needed to make on,,
real life. Illustr
11 Frl-l!
»V I in and
ITU Hatlni on Sal
I peri aul In N
■ ommodlty prices
v Hun's Index number, came
a rise in em;s and dairy
products, There was a slight advance
1 metals, bul
breadsti ffs and meats were li war, and
fne Item miscellaneous wa :
1 It may not lie generall)
■ rade In
immerclally, both
In ill" don
Including poultry, run ary large
Bgures annually, Average price al this
time is al 0111 thi n June and
January of this year; January, IttM
and August, 1902, and la 8 pi r cent be-ir,
whin the aver
age « r many yea
T1"''■■ mioiis tan" comedy
cnaeted 111 the Italian colonj on Wed
Or. vano 1
on the inn,plaint of his wife . 1
with striking her In tl re. She had
a badly swollen eye to attest to the
correctness of the charge. The couple
had only been married three weeks
lad hardly gotten over the honey
• 1 a hearing ami
i out by his father, when goln ■
from the Magistrate's office the
I Pletro and forced him to
go along with her The father
and when the wife
Won out and was carrying off her bus
hand, he promptly withdrew the ball
h"'"i and Pletro had to go in the its.
tlon house The rather's intimation
that Pletro leave the wife was finally
changed so that he renewed the bail
and tin- couple returned to their home
'■■ try u again,
.lollea Hoa
I to hold up the
until the money comes In.
Costello wen.
notlfli lornlng 0
by accident on the railroad at
DowningtoM during the night . Mr,
to Itownln
i he has brothers and
i ling. He
1 s "leaili occurred In pun
m Downingtown hi
may be brought here for Interment.
nUtomobilea have raised the price
Wahoea and rubber boots I'ara
ir, which a year ago could be
bought for less than SI a pound |g
now worth Ji.io. Before bicycles were
popular the same grade of rubber
could be bad for 50 cents. The de-mand
for rubber tires for bicycles in-
1 the price of rubber 60 per cent
im- automobiles with their
'"''' jTlTWtal .f"'"|"'|-""""t"|y jMUtit
1111 ' for their tires and rubber shoes
correspondingly go up in price The
luxuries of the rich thus pineh the toes
of the poor.
-me Young Men's Athletic Associa-tion
played a very successful pool and
; tournament with St Veronica's
lie Club and defeated them 102
halls In pool and 40 points in shuffle
After the tournament both clubs and
mends retired to (he rceptiou
room and partook of an elaborate sup-per,
prepared by the well-known cater
», George Benz. After th" sup-per
there was a delightful programme
arranged between members of both
l'i'!',1\£l'l<;h,,was e»ioyed by all pres-ent.
1 he following players represent-
";' '"" T. M. A. A.: pool „„>,,,,.,
BtriCk .eary. George Connelly, John
i.edmond. Albert Knooht and Thomas
lire. Shuffle teams: Joseph Mul-len
and Edward Raffertv, James Red-mond
and Joseph Connelly, John Red-mond
and Manaus Sweeney, James Mo-
Dads and Martin Hlgglns.
Wa tha undersigned property owners
dfullv
protest aga vacating of that
part of Second avenue, between
Man.. Street and Spring Mill avenuo.
v.,. would consider such action an
ainst the interest of the
other nearby property owners, and de-
Cldedly against the interest of tho bor-ough
in the future.
Wlnneld B. Harry, John j. Meyers,
II. K. Murray. J. Magee, Michael Daly
Henry V. McCurdy. Win Wright. R. j
Crawford. Howard W. Jones. Edward
1 Campbell, Charles J. Willlman. F.
H Righter, James O. Jones. Sr.. Dan-
• 1 I' Freas. A, J. Repperl, Edmund
K Williams. Henry Nagele, Robert
Herron, Peter Hlggins, O. Griffith,
Thomas F. O'Brien, Emily C. Kline,
Jonn A Tlernan. Christian Nag.:.
" Davis, John Knox, Charles F. Mil-ler.
Samuel Beaver, John Crawford.
■ W. Jones. Jas. I.. Jackson. Dav-id
Dana, llenjnmln 1. Kav. James A
Dougherty. J. Harry Williams. II
..olen. John Robinson. Rowland Orlf-liths.
John I). Farrier. Luke F. McCall,
n 9, Whltton, Cyrus B. Hippie, Oeo.
"■ Kl irt Davis H. K Bell
. Wm. .1 Miller. John
Ho.ly. Thoi Marv I.an-ahan.
Margaret B. O'Byrne. Han
Wm. J. Ford. Henry Nuss,
. William M. Connelly,
ker, Thomas F. Matthews.
Murray, Harry w Murray,
Lace v. John W. Forrest,
g. John S."ofji Joseph Al-n
HcBvoj -aeh
Itude Ixidge. No. 21«:
iple, Daniel K Coyle, Chalk-ley
Fox, John I. 1 j, William Me-
H, John Kills. John .1. Crimean
un, William liurton.
shall, John
P. Worts, Franklin Harrison, Thomas
H. Kay. Wm II Famous, J. D Pechln,
BC D. Shaffer and
i". K Bddleman, trustees of washtng-imp.
No. 121. P. O. S. of A.; II
T. Baker, Wm. II Shaw. John Neill,
John Raiily, Taylor G. Ilelff, William
NeviffB, Win Herron and J. 1' 0>
Haven
Mi- Bate made a motion that the va-cating
ordinance be laid on the table.
Mr Campbell wanted It Indefinitely
postponed, hut at the suggestion of
1 ni Ross, a motion was adopted
permitting the Street Committee to
withdraw the ordinance.
DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS
PAST COMMANDER JONES
Joseph C. Jones, of this borough, a Past Commander of George Smith
'-ost, O, A. R„ has Anally decided not to bo a .and,dan for State Com-mander
of tin (Jrand Army.
Mr. Jones had the enthusiastic supron ,/ th, 1 embers of the G. A. It.
in this county, and the efforts of his friends, though only made for a few
days, showed that he would undoubted ly win, but the .^real amount of work
lone in the office, the traveling through the State visiting the dlffer-ew-
nits and the time to be takon were too much for Mr. Jones to take from
Ins business, .id be has finally decideu not to bo a candidate
as follows:
Hal in Treasury, Nov. 9 $2140.10'
John J. Meyers 2100.00.
Bchuylklll Valley T. Co 11.50
Duplicate. 1903 100.00
P. 4 R. Rwy. Co
1. 11. Nuss, Burgew 30.00
[ 1. (lark, I, r liens for
guttering 76.35
T1.MPORAR1LY INSANE
•Affliction risked | letwiler,
To Orders paid
o. Fifth avenue and Hallowell street,
: temporal-) insa erday,
but to-day be is in his right mil
though still weak and nervoi.s
Mr. Datwtler Is a ba
»iena. i_-ist week his little daughter
was taken ill with scarlet fever, and
owing to bla employment :.• was com-pelled
to stay away Irom his home
14479.46;
. .1X61.67 ,,.,,.-„ ,,, rlai nwoy irom 111s Home
- wniie it was under quarantine, Mr
k lu,.. .;., 1.. ..# _ _
NO.;-, LET!
.;■ IN i
I BNT.
I
WM turn HI la the Repuuli-ion
the ..Ui
n an I rvt .. . tur 1
attention to the nea 1
' when tha organlsatii n
1 aramount to the Inti
It. makes no dlfferenc
there Is an organizatlou
Hi" very presence of which .
• me very (heopy of democ-racy,
Mankind, it would appear, like
' governed by the powerful, either
acquired or Inherited power. It makes
no difference—so long as there Is some
Otta I" issue orders. The whole theorv
of national government has tended to-centralisation
of power. TheJ
niieil States as a nati, 11 is better and
stronger, with the doctrine of Btate
nghtB definitely settled, and parties
are better ruled by "leaders" than by
the old way of leaving uffalrs to dele-gates
selected by voters. Men trained
illOcal affairs are better adapted
1 Hi" purpose of serving the people
than are the people themselves. Man-kind
In bulk Is a curious quantity and
not always to be depended upon to do
the right thing at the proper time It
is apt to be controlled by whims or ca-pr.
ee, and to act deliriously In response
first who •ca-tch•es its ear.
For this reason discerning states-ne-men
of affairs are not .
leave the welfaro of their parly 1
undependable, If uncontrolled, popular!
will of its membership. Lead,
was established to guide th" part:
m.nd, hold the membership in sublec
'ion to accepted party tenets and to
tho discipline 0/ conservative methods • • •
Pure democracy la a myth. In >»n
organization Is the question of the
lect'pn of officers left to the spont
eous and popular selection of
members. The acts of the unthlnMng
1 and generally predominate numer
ly might make - Judicious grle
"•" i'l!laVBVce wa ro,1Kht '° b,,a' , '""'"HPlVtor I 4 body, me tempora-ry
chafi ma.,-1„ the preliminary work
of organizing any new movement la
generally selected before the gather-ing
assembles, as Is also the persons
who are to catch the temporary chair-man
s eye with certain motions sug-ms
or nominations. The deliber-ations
have the appearance of being
impromptu but back of nearly all such
are one or more persons who pulled'
tho strings, unknown to the crowd.
lOd under I .
hat .i
1 men n-i.'
ill
west-el
.t down.'
1 entire)] un
,1 ,1
ed ■ . mi, ...,
I a in ::,„,. M ,„, 1 ,,.
Eh the
1 well groomed and well di
for the trial. Wl
he was unkempt at
Wther he made u Una appearance to
toe jury, who took compassion on him
■ccause of his straightforward s,
the occurrence to know what he did
and t«.tia«d in fact, that his mind
t wood. The amount of alcohol he
-»1„ B ""PP""101" 'eatlfled to con-suming
on the day of the murder gave
credence to hie story. n j £,
ODDS AND ENDS
The following trom uur Young KoJk„
"1T.WW "0Wla8y " ls '" "Peak words
which may "have a douuie meaning
and tho embarraesment caused there-
A small boy had been lu the habit ol
-'^plying me evening paper to a cer-
""" m'uister, who discovered one ev-
.".".g that he bad not the penny for
lament. -That's all right," said th*
hoy: "you can give it t0 me to-mor-row
night" "Hut, my boy," ,ntZ
4*sed the minister, Impressively/"l
may not be alive to-morrow nl/ht,"
-—■■ answered the 'bov
■■■illy, "It'll •-.. H A
' 'a still wondering wh
loot of
[■"» thinking sob
»VESJ COrlSflOHOCKEN ITEMS
lTl':Vs ur -r PROM THE
SgS! WE Rivau
R RECORDSS
hool childreu jf this
lay's vac
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Contributing Institution | Conshohocken Free Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Contact | If you have any questions, contact Branch Manager at smason@mclinc.org or call 610-825-1656 |
Description | Conshohocken Recorder Newspaper |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | application/pdf |
Language | English |
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