The Conshohocken Recorder, September 17, 1897

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PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
NO. 1044 CONSHOHOCKEN, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1897.
TOPICS OF TWO TOWNS
ema ol Intercut concerning the people thai
we know In both Borougha,
Other ch«t.
$1.00 PER YEAR
visiting Mis. Sulllo
li-tllllUHl
Mis* May Ross is
Beck i)f Ijtnsdale.
Miss faille Oroaantore baa
from t visit t,> Wilmington
Miss blasts Kail* of mi*borough baa
boon admitted toCbaritj Hospital.
Mi— Flora R, Bulahaw lias returned
tram .i visit to r.'iiitivoH in Wilmington.
a. Tety anBwwjafiil tarn waa given in the
W. 0. T. U. ballon Tiinnlnj everting; by
tbaladlea ol tho union.
John Bokfeldl ratamad to Batmabem
on WINIH ■i.iiy i> teanma bin studies In
Lchigh lniv.M-.iiy. This Is his lenloi
year.
The "*■"- ***—-1 frtr thn anaoon on Wed-nesday.
The past yea* haa bam one ol
til" moat prosperous sine., its establish-ment.
Tin' household goods .if Howard Auoh
will In offered for sale on Saturday at-tamoon
at two o'elook at bia home on
Barry street above lleetor.
It-'v. .1. F. Boaarar win return to-mor-row
from the meeting of the lynod in As-buiy
Pan and conduct aarrloaa aa usual
In St. Murk's Church on Sunday.
Sarah I.. Radeliffof Hector Is visiting
this wook in Midway, Chester County, in
tho vicinity ofOoatsville aathe guest of
Mi. and Mrs. William Greenwood oottia
BamryeHfla farm In Valley Township.
An Arkansas editor, reading thai a
young lady in Now York kneads bread
with liar gloves on, says: '-Wo need broad
with oar boota on; w.< need bread with our
pantaoni and if oat sub^oribors in arreaa
don't piy up s i we shall need broad
without anything on "
It la now Ireely predicted thai potatoaa
will the Ooming winter bring a dollar a
bushel. It Is tho smallest crop of the
year. The failure is almost general
throughout ilie want, and the price la al-ready
00 cents a bushel In Kansas.
A patter has been received from T I'.
McCoy and Frank Messenger who have
arrived safely In IndlanapoUe. They rode
00 their wheels from Pltteburg to tho for-mer
plMce in live days and report very
rough roods. They will return home next
week.
Coroner Kurtz on Tuesday afternoon
held an Inquest In the case of the Italian
girl who died near this borough on Mon-day
night, while being brought here In a
wagon. Dr. Pines of Oerniantown |.-ii
fled that she was ill with scarlet fever and
that the death lesulted from that disease.
A verdict in accordance with this testi-mony
was given.
Mr. L. I.. Kaveuson, a prominent soap
manufacturer of Philadelphia, will open
tho Prohibition campaign on Saturday
evening at a mass meeting at First ave-nue
and F.iyotto ■treat Ho will tall why
he thinks Dr. Swallow should command
the votes of the Intelligent citizens of
Pennsylvania. The mooting begins at
eight o'clock.
The lirst run of tho Washington Camp
Wheelmen was held on Tuesday evening
when 85 of than accompanied by 15 mem-bers
In a coach, visited tho Itozborough
Camp. The visitors witnessed the initia-tion
of 11 candidates, listened to a number
of speeches and did Justine to a banquet
President Howard Huberts was preen,,!
with a handsome bouquet. The race homo
was won by Howard Jones closely follow-ed
by George Rights* end Eooeh Bddle-man.
The Interiors of one thousand of the
most attractive homes in tho United States
have been photographed by Tho Ladies'
Home Journal. One hundred of the best
of these pictures will be reproduced in that
magaalne. The first article ol the series—
"Inside of a Hundred Homes"—will ap-pear
in the October Journal. Bodohain-bors,
reception aud dining rooms, liath-rooms,
halls and apartments of every kind
will be pictured just as they are In dally
use. Each picture contains dozens of sug-gestions.
Every womau is Interested in
taking a poop Into the most attractive
homes in tho land, to see how they are
furnished and arranged. She wants to get
practical hints and new Ideas for furnish-ing
her own.
Women are branching out further and
further since the bicycle period began, and
now another step is taken owing to the
riding of the silent steed. It Is astonish-ing
to And how many women of all ages
and sizes travel in their bicycle suits, not
merely when journeying by rail to some
good place for biking, but in regions whore
it Isn't oven worth while to take thalr
wheel-, along, and often upon tups where
It Is just traveling, with no Intention of
settling down anywhere. So oommou has
the attire become for tourist that it hardly
causes a stare hooks of envy from the
long-skirted women are about the only de-monstration
that It calls forth. In a short
skirt the travellers defy rain, woariness,
warmth, heavy satchels and pretty nearly
every other III that tourist flesh Is heir to.
There need lie no question about the ele-gance
of the garli. A few inches less of
skirt In no way Interferes with liter llnlsh,
and as a matter of fact most sucli suits are
the smartest of the smart, bearing the Ir-reproachable
tailor stamp. It Is noliee.
able that the wearers are Invariably
distinguish d by an expression of great
good sense. Thoy are not the streng-nluded
or radical sort at all, but they are
plainly women with minds of their own,
and pretty contented minds, too.
Take a trip on Sunday ou ono of tho
three low rate excursions over P. H. it. on
Sunday next. See printed schedules else-where.
William KciiYer has resigned as motor.
man of the Bohnylklll Traction Company,
Jonas Qolgla} is making arrangements
I- area) ■ caroosesl on Spring Mill avenue.
The Security Saving Fund on Tuesdav
evening sold #1000 at par. The receipts
amounted to 98084.
The stock and fixtures „f II. II. Morris'
plumbing shop on Klin street wore sold by
tOO sheriff this moiulng.
A concert will be given In the Tomper-enoe
Hall on Saturday evening, Oct. 3ud,
(or (he benefit ot the Baptist Church.
■V very large fair. In which all the Cath-olic
Churches of Philadelphia and this
viciuity will be Interested, will Is, held ,.«,.
ly In the winter In the big building in
which the Sacngorfest was held. It is to
be iu aid of the Catholic Protectory at
Fatland.
Constable James (lllmore arrested
Charles liarkse, of Philadelphia yesterday
ou the charge of selling without a license.
He was selling imitation gold spectacles
for gold ones, claiming that lie found them
and could therefore sell them cheap. He
was given a hearing this morning by Mag-istrate
Harrolil and discharged.
The annual reunion of tho 184th rogl-luont
of l>. V. will l.e held to-day in Paoll.
William Williams aud Frank Smith, of
Went Conshohocken, members of the as-sociation,
are In attendance. A party
from this borough, consisting of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph C. Jones, i.r. and Mrs. W.
W. Potts, Mr. and Mrs. John Pugli. Mr
and Mrs. George Keys, Miss Anna liariy,
ili-s. Smodioy, Mrs. Wilson, mid Rev. ii.
I'. String drove over to the reunion this
morning in a drag.
.lames Moany, who as stated in a recent
issue, was arrested charged by Samuel
I'hipps with keeping a speakeasy and with
''' »y.if 998, was given a bearing by
■I Into HorroM on Wednesday even-ing.
Phlppa testui ..i that ii i was la
Joseph Burns' store at lleetor and Poplar
streets on a Sunday where he had purchas-ed
beer from demy; tint he hod *22 in
his pocket when he went In there and
nothing When lie came out. Warrants
were sworn out for Burns and Meany, the
latter g.ive himself up, but the former lias
not yet bean arrested. Meany Instilled
thai lie was. simply "tending store" for
Hums, who got the money received for the
beer. He know nothing about the money
In Phipiw' pockot. Meany was discharg-ed,
there being no evidence to connect
him with tho crime.
When hot weather Is the order of the
day some :nen are bravo—others are eco-nomical.
Fashion's edicts have no terrors
for them. On the 1st of the month straw
hats were officially called In. This order
is seldom enforced Immediately, the wear-ers
of tho light hood covering being given
fifteen days iu which to make the change.
The 15th has passed but still there are
plenty of straw hats In use, aud dealers
who hail been oxpecting a great fall trade
ID new styles are looking sad. The straw
hat has taken a now loaso In life, thanks
to the weather conditions and the courage
of men. The wholo tlilug is probably ex-plainable
In tho words of one who has
braved traditions. ••All hats look alike
to me," said he, defiantly. "I don't look
at dates, ' but at conditions. It's warm,
isn't It? And It's going to stay warm. I
don't see why, while these things are thus
I should descend to felt."
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN
—John Bustard of (lulf Mills was visit-ing
lu Norrlstown this week.
Kev. A. B. Canlleld will preach at
Swodohuid ('Impel on Sunday at 8.10 p. m.
Kev. D. MeAlluster of Phllodelphia.
will conduct services In the (lulf Church
on Sunday morning unil evening
—A number of our residents wish the
council would emulate that across the
river and borrow money to expend on the
streets.
—Part of the Coiisholiockeu Wooleu
Mills are working double time, and part of
0. Harrlgan's Worsted mills are working
until Dine o'clock.
—Tax Collector Hurley will be ready
to receive 18117 taxes on Saturday, The
00 days during which five per cent, will
lie deducted from tho taxes will expire on
November 80th.
—William Nippos.who yesterday pleaded
guilty to soiling watered milk In Philadel-phia,
Is a farmer, In Lower Merlon, and
last July the milk he served to a retail
dealer on North Fiftieth street was found
to eontaiu 14.5:) per ceut. of water. He
said his dairy house hod bseu broken Into
and tho milk taken by some oue. Ho was
ordered to pay the cost.
— Kev. I). Siinderlln of tho First Free
Baptist Church, and wlfo will leave on
Saturday for Dagsboro, Del., whore they
will be met by friends and proceed by
carriage to Ulaekwiiter, Del., where Mr.
Sanderlln has been called to take charge
of a ten day camp meeting. His pulpit
will lie filled Sunday. Sept. lilth. by Rev.
A. E. (,'uuflold of Norrlstown, and Sun-day,
the 30th, by Kev. i). McAlester, of
Ph ilodolphltt.
The Republican Convention
A Quiet lad Peaceable Convention to
Nominate County Offlcera bv the
Republlcani.
A very quiet and harmonous convention
was held by the Republicans to nominate
county officers lu tho Court House, Nor-rlstown
on Tuesday.
One of the features of the day was the
nominating speech of Congressman Wan-ger,
placing Juuge Swartz In nomination.
The ticket nominated Is as follows:
Judge of the Courts (without opposition),
Aaron S. Swartz, Norrlstown; Prothono-taiy,
Michael s. Kuip, Pranoonia- Direc-tors
of tho Poor. Franklin Eppohliner.
Koyorford (three years' term), and Wll-liain
H. Kuder, Norrlstown (one year);
Jury Commissioner, John II. McDowell.
Upper Hanover.
For Prothonotary, Jonathan M. Nel-man,
of Pottstowu, withdrew his name.
The flist ballot resulted: Michael S.
Kulp, 104; William McElhaney, of Lower
Morion, 54; Henry W. Kelff, Dower Sal-ford,
47, and Abraham S. Itosenberger,
of Hatfleld, 89. The second ballot stood:
Kulp, 137; McElhaney, 53; Kelff, 41; and
Roeenberger, 18.
As soon as the list of delegates was call-ed
William I*. Young, of Pottstown, was
on his feet, and asked that a committee of
tivo on resolution-, be appointed, and that
all resolutions introduced be referred to It.
His object was to defeat any schmne of
the Anti-Quayltes to Introduce Inflamma-tory
resolutions In open convention, as
Charles Heber Clark had done at the last
couventlou. This precaution appeared to
be unnecessary.
The Committee on Resolutions reported
the following, which were adopted without
a dissenting voice, amid cheers:
The Republicans of Montomery county,
lu convention assembled, felicitate them-selves
nnd congratulate the oouuty upon
the accumulating evidences of the return
of prosperity since the Inauguration of
President McKlnley, and gratefully en-dorse
the action of Congress In adopting
and of President McKlnley in approving,
wise tariff legislation, whereby improve-ment
In Industrial conditions has been
greatly stimulated; and our commendation
Is cordially bestowed upon our faithful re-preseutatlve
HOB. Irving P. Wagner for
his earnest and assiduous labors towards
the result achieved.
Resolved, That we heartily Indorse the
platform of principles adopted by the re-oent
Republican State Convention and the
nomination of I,ovi G McCauley for Audi-tor
General and of James 8. Beacom for
State Treasurer: aud we shall zealously
labor for thoir triumphant election as well
as for that of tho several candidates this
day nominated by ua.
Resolved, That the faithful and Impar-tial
discharge of the duties of the Presi-dent
Judgeshlp by the Hon. Aaron 8.
Swartz during his term of office, his sterl-ing
manhood aud great capacity for Intel-llgont
lalior. strongly commead him to the
suffrages of all our citizens irrespective of
party and we confidently appeal to thorn
to make his election overwhelming.
Local Political Item!
The Coushohocken delegation at the
Republican county convention divided Its
support, part supporting. McElhaney and
part supporting Kulp.
Some of the local politicians are already
'laying pipe" for the Imroiigh nominations
next spring. An effort will be made to
make a change lu the councilman and
school illroctors.
John K. Light attended the county con-vention
on Tuesday to meet his many
friends who are political workers. J. K.
is woll acquainted aud popular with the
Republican workers throughout the coun-ty-
THE TOWNSHIP NEWS
apneninza and lacldeiti la variola
of the outlylaf districts
surroundlnz "a.
The Democratic primary meetings to
elect delegates to the county convention
will be held lu tho different wards on Sat-urday
evening. There Is little Interest
taken lu them and uo contests are ex-pected,
George H. Alkor, tho present Demo-cratic
Jury Commtsslouur, Is out for re-election.
In the event of tliers lielng only
two candidates he aud John II. Barge,—
the latter will lie a winner with votes to
spare, so thinks the Norrlstowu corres-pondent
of the Lausdale Reporter.
Candidate John L. Troy's name for
Jury Commissioner will not be presented
to the Democratic convention. Ex-Reg-ister
of Wills Albert Holfrenstelu is being
Importuned dally to stand for the Pro-thonotaryahlp
nomination. The Democ-racy
set great store on capturing the Pro-thonotaryship.
The Domocrats of Montgomery will
hold a convention In the court house, Nor-rlstown,
Tuesday, September 81, to form
a county ticket. Delegates to the Con-vention
will be elected at primary meet
lugs In townships and boroughs through
out the county uexl Saturday evening.
Iu reference to a political unheaval in
Pennsylvania. |n which Mr. John P.
Elkln was ono of tho interesting figures,
ho declared that uo matter bow tho anti-
Quay combination should be formed, who
composed It, how strong It might be or
for what purpose directed, the defeat of
Senator Quay could not lie secured If
that gentleman desired a re-election to
tho United States Senate.
over
grove
Vlolatlar. the (lame Law
Violation of tho game laws proved a
pretty serious matter for three foreign
laborers, near Bryn Mawr, the other day,
and Special Officer D. P. Knaphlo added
to his growing reputation as a veritable
sleuth hound by his discovery of the clever-ly-
hlddou spoil lu places where few would
look to find It. Suspicion that the men
were out for illicit gunning was aroused
whou th >y were seen to sally forth in the
morning, with old-fashioned guns
their shoulders and head for the
where robins aud fllokers abound.
Knaphle lay in wait for them, and on their
relin n charged them with shooting birds
which are protected by law. They vigor-ously
denied the offense, but the constable
arrested them on general principals anil
took them to tho lock-up. Nothing in.
orluiluatiug was found about them, until
Knaphlo, In reaching- into the hip pockot
of one of the meu to make sure that he
carried no concealed weapons, felt some-thing
soft. Further investigation revealed
that tho culprit had an Improvised game
bag In his trousers, aud seven or eight
dead birds were carried within. The other
men wore similarly loaded with game, aud
Eton tho three tho constable secured 33
robins and throe flickers. 'Squire Ralph
N. Warner, of Ardmoro, Imposed a flue of
930 upon the offenders, and the costs a-luounted
to ftlO more.
At tho State League of Republican
clubs convention at Wllllamsport, last
week, the following were elected delegates
from the Seventh Congressional district to
the National League Conventional Omaha,
Nebraska, next year: Hon. I. P. Waugor,
Hon. H. D, 8aylor, James B. Holland,
W. P. Solly, A. D. Petterolf, Wiu. P.
Bach, E. W. Britten and Charles W
Schuyler.
PLYMOUTH
A salvation army camp mooting will be
held In Plymouth Park ou Sunday.
Narclssa station, on the Trontou Cut-off
was broken Into last woek. Tho thieves
effected an entrance by breaking tho lurgo
piste glass in the window. They then
broke the ticket window and crawled
through to the room where books, papers,
aud telegraph instruments are kept. Thoy
evidently were huntlug money, but were
not rewarded. Thoy contented them-selves
by breaklug everything In their
reach. Tho lamp and bracket was broken
into fragments and the oil spilled over the
floor and the lloor was strewn with burnt
matches. It is a woudor that the building
was not burned down. Nothing was taken
but a piece of tobacco and a few cigars.
Th« trackwalker discovored the condition
of affairs about 1 a m. Weduesday.
()na of tho worst sections of this coun-ty
to befuddle a traveler by reason of tho
complex character of the cross roads Is
the region between the Oermantowu aud
the Sklppack pikes In Plymouth nnd
Whltpaln tewashl|is. The roads are Don.
orous. and none seem to run parallel.
Consequently they cross each other at all
soils of angles, and there are -short cuts"
to almost every hamlet In the two town-ships.
And yet some of the Inhabitants
are not satisfied. A petition Is being cir-culated
asking foi tho appointment of a
jury by tho court to lay out a road extend-ing
from Hallowell avenue, as Ite junction
with the Oermantown pike, north-easterly
to the township Hue road, connecting with
the road at Bluo Bell. Already there aro
4 roads within u mile and a half, all run-ning
practically toward the same direc-tion.
Most of these aie rough, neglected
and not conducive to confortable travel.
The road question will not be solved by
creating additional roads. More money
and care should be bestowed upon tho
highways already In existence. When
those are fit for travel, teamsters and
others will be aatlsffed to go a short dis-tance
out of tho way, lu order to have tho
use of better roads. The policy of build-ing
now roads iu order to save a low peo-ple
a few yards of drivlug, aud then al-lowing
the now roads and most of the old
roads to remain In a wretchod condition Is
ono that cannot be too severely con-demned.
[Review.
I minus College
The fall term of I'minus College was
parti opened on Wednesday with on address In
Bouibergur Hall by the Itev. Madison 0.
Peters, D. I)., pastor of tho Blomlngsdale
Reformed Church. New York city.
The term opened with the assurance of
a successful year In point of numbers.
There have been twenty-six additions to
tho collegiate department; twenty-tlu r
whom will enter the Freshmen class. The
additions to the Academy will bo ubout
twenty, thus assuring to tho pioparatory
department a good year. Tho Academy
building has undergone a number of ben-eficial
Improvements during the past sum-mer
month.
A number of changes havo been mode
among the Faculty of the academy and
college which will prove beneficial to the
students as woll as to the authorities. In
the academy Mr. E. W. Lent/, has I „
elected principal In the place of Professor
A. J. Uarbaugh. resigned. Mr. Let/.
will be assisted by Whartou A. Kline in
English, Mr. J. Linn Barnard in history,
Professor Olassniam of Johus Hopkins
Cnlvoralty, In geometry and physics- Mr.
Kelter, In algebra, aud Miss More In
voice culture.
Mr. Raymond Dodge, Ph, D. has been
elected in the place of Professor Mairn,
resigned. Professor Dodge Is a graduate
of Williams College has Just finished a
four yearn' course at the University of
Halle, Germany. Ho will have charge of
aesthetics, political economy and high:.
W. H. Klaso, of Danville, will have
charge of the gymnasium iu place of Pro-fessor
Warren O Parker, resigned. Rev
Demy, of Norrlstown, will assist Dr.
Good In pastoral theology.
LOCAL SPORTING NEWS
Items of lull-rest for ihc admirers af wheel-log
and baae ball, with tome
pointer- for all.
A Washington despatch In this morn-ings
Philadelphia Record says:
Senator Haylor, of Montgomery, In
whom Senator Pontoee Is specially Inter-rested,
Is still unprovided for. He arrlv.nl
hore to-day, aud may call ou tho President
with Peuroee to-morrow. He Is still
anxious to go to South America lu a di-plomatic
capacity, but will probaDly con-sent
to take something else If the Presi-dent
does not rind It convenient to give
him his choice.
LOCAL ITEMS
The puddle mill of tho Glasgow Iron
Coni|mny, at Pottstown, resumed opera-tions
on Monday after being Idle since last
January, anil gives employment to 76
hands.
The I'mea
Tho following donations are gratefully
acknowledged by the managers of "Tho
Pines:"
Mm. David Wood.... 8 baskets of tomatoes
Mis. (',«i|ier gnoog
Miss Frances Meredith hats and shoes
Mm. James Tracy cake and preserves
Mrs. Churlos Lukens basket of apples
Mrs. Perot com, tomatoes and cabbage
Mrs. Alan Wood Jr potatoes and corn
Miss .Maggie S. Carrol bread
Mrs. Stewart water uielona
Mrs. Coulston pickles
Miss A. II. Blsblug tomatoes
Mrs, Isaac Roberts tomatoes
Mrs. Win. Potts Jones. ..apples and sugar
Mi Redmond a palm now shoes.
Attractive Figures
coma wllh good health. II la easily aaea when
« Woman lies perfect health, her face and figure
ShOS II. The painful disorders and dlmue* that
afflict womenklnil make themselves seen aa well
aa telt. Hull oyea, blotched or -all,,,, laee, and
awaited torm, follow Iheui. Tills Ix the time to
tan to the right remedy. Dr. Pierce'. Favorite
Prescription builds up anil strengthena the sys-tem,
and regulates and promotes every proper
(unction. It's a quieting, -."thing nervine. II
corrects and cures, safely and aurely, all those
delicate derangements, weaknesses! Irregular-mi
diseases peculiar to the sea. For young
Crime la Ablagton
Kdward D. Drown, a florist, of Woldon,
Ablngton township, was in Norrlstown
Tuesday forenoon to Invoke the aid of the
Sheriff and the District Attorney In sup-pressing
incendiaries and potty thlovos in
Ablngton and Cheltenham townships,
aud was disappointed to loarn that before
the authorities could lie of any servioe to
the citizens iu the present emergency it
would be necessary to catch the persons
who am annoying them by torch and rob-bery.
Two weeks ago last Saturday night, Mr.
Drown related, the Carmel Presbyterian
Church at Edge Hill and the Baptist
ohuroh at Oreland wore set on fire by lu
oeiidlaries, the churches being saved only
by the accidental discovery of the flumes
In their Inoiplency. Since theu there have
beeu uo less than twenty robberies In the
immediate neighborhood. Amongst tho
victims of those depredations are 8. B.
Hoover, George Rennlger, John Schllm-me
A Son, Robert Scott and James Ram-soy,
at Gleuslde, and a dozen or more
others, Including the Philadelphia and
Reading railway station at Edge Hill,
which was robbed.
The citizens believe the neigh hoi hood Is
infested with an organized gang of firebugs
and thlovos, aud will take Immediate step
for breaklug it up.
WnlTEMARSfl
Letters testamentary In the estate of
Martha Dager bavs beeu granted to Eu-gene
0. Dager.
G. W. Helllngs has sold tho stock aud
fixtures of his meat store at Port Wash-ington
to Fred Arnold, who took Immedi-ate
possession.
It Is rumored that the Traction company
is trying to buy of the administrators tho
farm of Charles A. Yeakle, deceased, and
probably locate a |iark there. Por this
purpose It Is certainly one of the finest
located places-beautiful scouery and a
line stream of water.
Mrs. Levering, 83 yearn Lafayette, was
riding down a stoop bill on Monastery ave-nue
from Roxliorough to tho Park on Tuoe-day,
when a teamster pulled across iu
front of her. Sho was drlvou to tho side
and collided with a pile of stones, throw-ing
her off. She sustalnod contusions of
the left knee and lioth hands and a com-pound
fracture of the nose.
It Is stated on what Is considered good
authority that a syndicate has purchased
about SO acres of the Clinton Rorer form,
at the foot of Chestnut Hill, and tho estate
of Charles lloydrlck, consisting of four
acres. One of the purchasers is said to be
Thompson, the scenic railway billder. It
Is believed that tho purchasers propose to
establish a first-class park there.
SPRIN0 MILL
Prayer meeting this evening at tho home
of James McFetridge, (Friday)
The Work of the Flower liuild
Through the vacation time aud warm
days of summer the beautiful woik of the
Flower Guild has gone quiotly forward.
Each Thursday many flowers have beeu
kindly given from large and small gardens
and sent by an early train through the
gratuitous favorof the Express Company
and the enthusiastic labor of a dozen girl
collectors, to the sick and suffering In
Homos and Hospitals lu hot and wean-
Philadelphia,
Many thanks and expressions of grati-tude
have arrived for the donors.
More than thirteen hundred lovely bun-chos
of flowers have boon sent during the
summer, and with the opening of the Pub-lic
School a now Interest has been awaken-ed
as tho children lovo dearly to send How-are
through thoir teachers. Soveuty-elght
bunches were sent by tho Prlmnry Depart-ment
on the first Thursday that the work
was suggested to thorn.
Next Saturday, In addition to the regu-lar
work, largo quantities of goldon-rod
will be sent to decorate an Italian Mission
Church in the heart of the city.
A small amount of money Is necessary
for incidental expenses, so that contribu-tions
of money as well as flowers will be
welcome. Aud iu the autumn glasses of
Jelly are particularly desirable for the sick
whom the society has been cheering.
Miss Katie Tracy, the Treasurer, of
Payotto street and Seventh avonue will
gladly take charge of contributions, as
well as any other of tho members of tho
Society.
in
girls Just entering womanhood, woman at the
critical "change of life"; nnd every women who
Is "run-down" or overworked, It's something to
romomber llial there's a medicine thai will holp
you.
To the Capitol for $2.00
In what manner can ouo secure more
advantage for the outlay of $2.00 than to
make a trip at this price to America's
( apltol? Everything to be soon one wishes
for. Don't fall to go
The two dollar round trip excursion rate
to Washington I). C. over P. R. R. is like
getting six dollars for two dollars.
Whirled Arouad a Drill
Charles Scliaffer, President and Chief
of the Phoeulxvllle Fire Department, met
with tho most shocking accident on Wed-nesday
whilo at work in a machine shor
of the Phoenix Iron Works. Schaffer
was working with a radial rotary drill,
when the tool caught fast to his clothing.
Ho was whirled around aud his clothes
all torn from his person. Tho drill en-tered
his abdomen and disembowelled
him. SchatTer was removed to the hos-pital,
but It Is thought he cannot recover.
Ho Is 0« yearn of age, and the oldest vol.
nutaer lire chief In the State, having been
chief lu Norrlstown and Royereford.
Take your pick over the I'. It It. Wash-ington:
AniiuiMills! or Baltimore.
Hold Chlckes Tilevea.
Thlovos entered tho hon hou.se (,f Lawn
Davis, of King-of-PrussIa on Tuesday
night and stolo 15 valuable chickens there-from.
The poultry was dressed outside
the door, as the feathers and blood wore
found there Wednesday morning. The
nocturnal hen lifters came and left the
premises by means of a wagon, as tho
tracks were seen along the road, but could
not be followed on account of the heavy
dust.
Ali.mi three weeks ago a largo number
of chickens wore taken from the property
of Mark Supplee, who lives but a ahort
distance from the Davis' resldeuce. It la
supposed that the thieves were the same
pintles and that thoy had returned to clean
out Mr. Suppleu's stock, but finding the
door of his coop locked devoted their at-tention
to Mr. Davis' property.
The residents In the vicinity are Indignant
over the robbery and have prepared them
solves for another raid. Suffice It to soy
that should the pilferers return they will
meat with a warm reception.
Sued Her Children for Support
Mm. Anna Rebecca Zearfoss, of Nor-rlstown,
has brought suit against her live
children for support. She Is a widow,
aged 58 years, aud has been a resident of
Norrlstown for 20 yearn Recently she
has beeu sick and unable to support her-self.
This suit is brought under the act
of 18115, which pi ovules that a Justice
has no power to decide the case, but must
hold tho defendant for court.
A Farnice Explodea
One of the puddling furnaces of tho
Longmeod Irou Works exploded on Wed-nesday
morning, narrowly escaping caus-ing
a serious accideut.
It is tho etiston after a heat lias been
drawn to cool the furnace with wet cinders
preparatory to ro-loadiiig It for another
heat. This was boiug done about eight
o'clock by James Corrtgan and Job Mason,
when tho steam from tho cinders caused
the furnace to explode. Fortunately tho
llylug bricks wont In a direction that there
wore few workmen, or tho result may
havo been many serious Injuries
Corrigan and Mason were slightly burn-ed
about the hands and face, anil Edwaid
Loughery was hit by a llylug brick, but
none wore hurt enough to keep them from
their work.
Tho flying Arc sot the roof of the mill
on fire, but it was quickly put out by the
employees with tn ill's hose.
The explosion caused n groat oxcltment
until It was found out that little damage
had boon doue. The loss will probably o-mouiit
to $500.
Than Is no excursion of more advantage
to the Intelligent Public than that to An-napolis.
Dont fall to go Sunday next.
A (ireal Game at Oakvlew
If the weather is favorable, one of the
largest delegations that ever left thie bor-ough
will accompany tho local ball team
to-moROW afternoon when they will
Ogam cross bats with the crack Norrls-towdteam
at Oakvlew park. Conaho-
1 k'" will have nearly the same
tcuui as they have been playing, and a
groat gomo Is expected. Great excite-ment
prevails here among the leading
business men, and many predict a victory
for the local team. The game will be
Colled at 3.45 sharp.
Base Ball
"Hooters" from this borough will see
that ('ousliouockeu is cheered throughout
the entire game to-morrow
A Foot Ball Team Orraalzed
The Coushohocken Foot Ball Team was
organised in tho Sons of St. George 11*11
ou Tuesday evening, Alfred D. Ram bo.
who was captain of lust year's team will be
captain and uiuuagor of the team. All
tho old members of the Pioneers have
agreed to become members of this years
toum, aud iu addition several others have
expressed thoir determination to try for
places. Those who will practice with the
team are: William Carter, William Ham-soy,
Robert Plorson, JoUn Keyser, Robert
Crawford, William Shaw, Samuel Neville,
Harry Bulger, David Custer, and several
others who havo not yet definitely agreed
to play. The first practice of the season
will be held to-night.
The loam has leased the large field of
the John Tracy Estate on the Consho-liockeii
Pike near the basin This will be
leveled off and put In good condition for
playlug. A fence will be erected around
it aud a grand stand placed in one end.
Work was begun ou Wednesday and It Is
expected that It will be finished to open
the season with a game on Saturday,
October 2nd. Who the opposing team will
bo has not yet beon decided.
The grounds will be used next year for
base 1ml I and probably for other a thistle
exhibitions. It is Intended that the beet
of order will bo maintained aud good,
clean exhibitions of foot ball given.
The management are under a pretty
heavy expense and certainly deserve the
support of the people.
I'enn Square Clab Meotlaf
The fall meeting of the Penn Square
Driving Club was held ou Wednesday af-ternoon.
The best racing of the season
was witnessed and the results were aa
follows:
Nearest 4 minutes.
Annlo, G. Rex i
Suntle, O. W. Barker .»
Iirlcktop, P, Saiwazl 8
Nellie, P. W. Williams 4
Time, 4.00.
2.50 class.
Joe E. Swain, Hoxworth 8 1 1 1
Zeulik, Bates 1 4 8 3
Tboinus JefTemoii, Ogden 2 '-' s S
Time, 2.47, 2.44i, 2.48, 2.45.
2.40 clues.
Roan Billy, Niblock 1 1 1
Valoo, Colloday 2 a 8
Wllkes, John C'upp ..4 3 3
'lime, 2.87J, 2.86}, 280.
Three great advantages In tho three
low rate excursions over Pennsylvania
Rail Road. See printed schedule.
Davis J. Webster's bottlod milk Is
solutely pure.
ab-
Take your pick over the P. It. It. Wash-ington;
Annapolis! or Baltimore.
A Kciiiihui of Academy Pupils
About forty-five pupils of Tromont
Academy, which was conducted about
fifty yearn ago by Rev. Samuel Aaron,
held a reunion yesterday at George W.
Rlghter'sfuini. in Upper Merlon Town-ship.
Nearly all those piesont havo at-tained
distinguished positions hj ||f„, and
the occasion was an enjoyable one to the
mature men who s|ient the aflernoou n>-
countlng Incidents of their school days.
Tho occasion was uii-inforiual afDtlr.
Ono hour was spent In listening to speech-es,
Judge Wound presiding. Professor
John W. Loch, who succeeded liev. Sam-uel
Aaron In tho management of the lii-ti-tiltlon
and conducted It successfully untl
live yearn ago, read a paper. Addresses
were made by W. Coraon and Clinic.
Barney, of Norrlstown, and j. Qelslnger,
of Phlludolphlu. After a supper was ser-ved
on tho lawn the men who were Tro-mont
pupils iu 1841) adjourned, agreeing to
moot again In live years.
Whou bought here and you discover
same quality could be purchased slsewhsra
for lees money report, and we will return
the difference. Uwder of the leaders in
meats. Kludregan, 79 Payette street.
Sole purveyor hereof genuine balf-amokea
and hum bolognu.
Niagara Falls~
The last two ten-day exclusions of the
present season to Niagara Falls via the
Pennsylvania Railroad will leave Phila-delphia,
Baltimore, and Washington on
September IU and October 12. An ex-peiienced
lout 1st ugeut aud chaperon ac-company
each excursion.
li.vuislon tickets, good for return pas-sage
on any regular train, exoiusive of
limited express trains, within ten days,
will be sold at #10 from Philadelphia,
Ball Washington, and all points on
the Delaware Dlaisloii: $9.70 from Lan-caster:
from Altoona and Harrlsburg;
98.90 from WIBlsmaportj and at propor-tionate
rates from other points. A stop-
Ofl 1 will Is, allowed at Buffalo, Roches-ter,
and Watkins returning.
A special train of i'lillmon parlor care
and day coaches will bo run with each ex-cursion.
For further information apply at near-est
ticket agent, or address George W.
Boyd, Assistant ■ Geuerol Passenger
Agent. Broad Street Station, Philadelphia.
Royal eaakss the food pure.
whulcsume and dsllclaais.
There is no excursion of more advantage
to the intelligent Public thun that to An-napolis-
Dont fail to go Sunday next. aov«. auiso POWMS eo., aiw voss.