The Conshohocken Recorder, June 12, 1896

              (Eljc Ccmsljoljockctt ttccorftcr.
NO. 151 i
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY.
CONSHOHOCKEN, Fin DAY, JUNK 1*2, 189(>. £1.00 PEB YEAB
T0P.CS OF TWO TOWNS
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V\ I h NOW |N ||o| || Hi ii:i 11 I.II-.
■ ITII► H i ll v I.
v,i- 11.II iv Hani ■ Is confined to bei
homo by sickness.
In.l-'i laker Thomas J. Carroll is vlsit-
Ing in Gettysburg.
Mi-~ Julia Btemplc is sojourning for a
week in Atlantic City.
Mi ,'uni > i-. ivi.u gave a dance In
their ooach house last evening.
Mr. John siniinit. o( Philadelphia, ma
visiting Mends in this borough on Bun
ilny.
Mi— Elisabeth Harrington, of Phila-delphia,
ma visiting relatlvea here yes-terday
i- James Regan, of Philadelphia,
KM visiting fii I" in this borough mi
Sunday.
Mi. Joseph Messmer, of l'liiliuli'l|ihin.
was visiting relatives in this borough OD
Bund*].
Mi-.- Mary Harrington, of North Kim
street, was visiting friends In Philadelphia
ihi.- week
Mi. John Walsh, ..f Philadelphia, i-spendlng
ilii- week wit ii relatlvM on
SuxUi avenue.
P^Bk"gatc James I!. Iliillmnl mill Messrs.
I'..mill mill .lnliii K. Light h'ft this
morning for 8t. Louis.
Ellwood, a young son »»f Mr. .1. BUwood
Lee, fell from a swing al hishomeon Wed-nesday
and broke hie arm
Mi. William Waidlc. a former resident
of this borough, now of Philadelphia, i-visiting
fiii'iiiis in this borough.
Magistrate William Smith attended the
oomiuouoc ii exervlsea of the Boldlers
Oiphan Schools al Cheater Borings on
I lay.
'■ii— !. / i Moore, daughter ofex-Poat-
III I-I.-I Jesupli K. Moore, is home from
the W< .: uh si II State Normal school on
hi'i '. i alinn
Town Council wa.- in session on Wed
IVI ■:., until imlf jirtst eleven
o'olook. v, Iio says theooanollmen do not
sen lln'ii salarii-
Letten for tin* following persons ri'-
miilii iini'laiiniMl in the post ouTcc: ('has.
K. Ilawlali.il. I las Missouri Well-. I.en-ardArmstrong,
Morris Ilawltin-, George
Wong.
A inns,, belonging to Liveryman Bail
ran away in West Conshoh i"ken on Tues-day,
wrecking the wagon aud harness.
The horse was slopped by John Llten-berger.
i . M. A. MoGonagle, D duth, Iowa.
who baa been the gueet of her ther-ln-law,
Mrs Joseph Gouagle, Pourthevenue,
lefl yesterday, for Methner, Massaohusetts
io \i-:i relal
Dr. Qeo. '. Stiles, who graduated
from the University of Pennsylvania In
1808, attended the thirtieth annual re-union
of his olsss at the Hotel Bellevue,
Philadelphia, on Tuesday evening.
During the thunder storm on Tuesday
eveuing the swltobbmurd In the eleotrlo
light work- was burned out by the light-nlng.
All the eleotrlo lights In the bor-ough
were oul foraboul half an hour.
Rev. Father Klnahan reoelvudoo Wed-nesday
the gold lal and diploma
awarded to Bl Matthew's Behool for Its
display at the World's Pair, ltoth the
'lit.i.,ma anil medal are handsome work.- of
A son was mm last evening t, r. iinil
Mrs. Prank Beekhart
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN
Win. MeKemle has passnri a BU ssful
examination for tii-t year at the Temple
College, Philadelphia.
Behool Director Wm, Prance's father
and sister from Boston, Ma--, are visit-ing
him this week,
An axohange says it is a blessed thitur
that a man oan neither pal himself on the
hack nor kick himself Otherwise they
are many who would be engaged in one or
the othei of these performanoes all the
time.
QeorgeThomas Lukens, a - f Mr.
•j Lukens, graduated from the I'ni-v-'
i-iivof Peunsvlvanla on Tuesday. Thfl
of Bachelor of Arts was conferred
on him. Mr. Lukens also won a prise In
the i ollege
To-nlghl the ICaffee E latoh for the bene-fit
of the Baptist church will be held at
Mi Charles Davis' residence, Pourthave-nue
and Hallownll atreet, and promises
to be a grand sucoess. Make it more of a
si .-s- by your attendanoe,
.1. o. K. Roberts, the editor of the
PI niwiiii' Messenger, losta pooketbook
on \iotiilay oontalnlng railroad pa—.'-.
Some papers aii'l money. Mr. Hoharts
a Under oan 1-.----I■ the i y if the
book and the real of Its oontente be return-ed
to him.
The vanity of mothers, ooupled with
Idle ha 111, Ut for the dude ele.
■ '■•■iit o i I'II" little boy of lo-ilny
Is often a veritable god to tin' mother,
and has hi- hair banged llkea girl, is
made i" f '"I hlmsulf too tdco to makr any
i if in- own. Borne one wipes
hi- feel :r iii'. i ii' Idy, washes and
him. II,' is not allowd to anno-clatc
with oth.'i h tya an.I has the oompany
..r :-ii ofhlsown age if there are any
quite II i Tii.-" little dudeleta
oiue the oomlng race of dudes
"Do not .all all III-II .1 lad b -at- who do
n..t pay their 'li'l.ts." ih'.'lareil a well
known resilient who thinks before he
-peak- and who generally Bays something
that counts. "What would you do if you
w ire only getting 10 or 11 oi oven 181 cte
an hour foi in eight or niuo hour day ami
UaVi alatge faiuiiy to .-upp.,... luxes to
pay and stekness to meet? Tosucha man
a holiday is u mockery, a week's shut
down Is a calamity. Want is waiting for
him at every window. Privation -talks
aboul his hearthstone and heart a has,
dread de-pair aud utter hopelessness are
■eaVtiis very heart strings, awaiting only a
visitation by stokness, a orlppllngaooldeot,
a few day - lay-off to plunge him Into their
very depths."
Kiss Sophia Billot of Atlantic City Is
visiting Mrs. I., it. Tryon.
A phonographic and banjo entertain-ment
will lie gives in the Free Baptist
Church on Saturday evening, June 80th,
Msmbersof thsWlssahlokon Banjo t'luii
will assist in the e cerlaiiinieiit
Mm. Amanda Itanium, from ths Gospel
Reapers Home of I'hiladclphia. will preach
on Sunday night it 7.4o p. in., in the
Bbenesei Chniiel of the Holiness Christiau
association Preoohlng at 10.40 a. m .
by tin- Pastoi.
Quite an enjoyable ohuroh social was
held at the home of Mrs. (ieorge (res- by
ths members and friends of the Free Bap-tist
Cliureli on Tuesday evening, which
proved quits ait enjoyable affair, after
singing and games, an enjoyable repast WIL-enjoyed
by all present,and at a seasonable
hour all repaired to their respective homes,
feeling that social church fellowship i-sweet
and liles-ed.
The Gulf Sunday school will give a fes-tival
oil the grounds of th" public BOhool
on Saturday afternoon and evening, June
87th Children will be admitted free dur-ing
the afternoon.
SURPBIBI I'Atnv
A very pl.iisaut surprise|>aity was given
at the home of Joseph (iiiftii i Saturday
evening. Among those present were the
following:
David /.ell, Lower Merloni Miss Sue De
Haven, Lower Merion; Mr. and Vrs. Jos.
Crawford, Conshohookeo; Mr. William
Crawford. Lower Merion: .Mi— Annie
Crawford, Lower Merion: Miss Bmily
Crawford. Lower Merion: Mrs. Martha
MeKee, Lower Merion: Mrs. Wm. Ramsay,
Hryn Mawr: William Ramsey, Jr., Bryn
Mawi: Helen Itainsey, Hryn Mawr: Mr-.
Catharine Pearoe, Philadelphia; Miss
Bmlly T. Pearoe, Philadelphia; Miss Annie
N. Pearoe, Phlladelphlaj Mr. ami Mrs.
llender.-on Supplee, (lulf Mills: Mrs.
Catharine Supplee, Philadelphia; Mrs.
I.i./.ic Blsbtng, Plymouth; Annie liisbing.
Plymouth; Mrs. Mary Thomas, Norris-tOWnt
Until Anna llainiltoii, Norristown:
Lbnrie Hamilton, Norrlstown; Roberl Am-bler
and wife, I'hiladclphia: Thomas Con-rad
and wife, Phlladelphlat Fanny Con-rad.
Ethel Conrad, Belle Conrad, Phila-delphia;
Alva Conrad, Norrlstown; ('.
Jones and wife. Upper Merion; Wilfred
Jones, Upper Merion; Li/.zie Junes, Nor-rlstown;
J. ZeJ] and wife, Hiyu Mawr:
Helen Zell, Bryn Mawr: Catharine Deal,
Bryn Mawr, Mrs. Win. I'. Fairund, I'hll
adelphia; Mrs. Win Davis. Consho
booken; Kinlly Davis, Conshohocken;
Mr.-. S. Kerrier. Conshohocken: Mm. 9.
MoGulgan, Consbohookeni David Btevens,
Upper I'l.vicenee: Ida Orimtli, Nnnls-town:
Mis. K. Ilicklngs, Norrlstown:
Mrs. M. Kcrper. Norristown.
Mr-. .1 Henderson Bupplee, from Phila-delphia,
Is In her 87th year, enjoying the
besl of health, and reninrkahle activity.
Mr. Roberts' Book
Mr. Isaac Huberts, cashier of the Trad-esinens
National Hank of this borough has
Written a book dealing with the currency
question. It i- from a "gold" standpoint?
In his piefaee, Mi. Huberts says: The
man who is the most directly Interested in
the dlSOUSSlon of the free coinage of silvci
is the workingman. If thai were to be
adopted as the linaueial pottoy of thu coun-try,
he would be the Mist to be Injured, ami
ill all probability his injury would In' last,
ing. In the term workingman Is Included
every one who works, whether by brain or
muscle, and who receives pay for his la-bor.
In spite of the deep personal Interest of
tic workingman in this question, ho seems
to pay but little attention to it. This Is
doubtless due to the fact that Its presenta-tion
Is usually obscured by the use of tech-nical
terms and all the driest details of
du-ty mimics. An attempt is here
ma !■■ to present to him the danger to his
interests which free coinage would Involve
with as little use of the repellent technical
terms of monetary science as is possible.
Mrs. Poth's Trial
Hrs. Sophia l'oth, wife of Frederick J.
I'olh. of Philadelphia, was placed on trial
in Norrlstown, yesterday, upon theaharge
of unfaithfulness. Tin- offenses or rather
series of ollenses, are alleged to have been
committed last Summer while the defen-dant
was boarding at Proepoot Terrace,
near Collegeville. this OOUnty. The name
connected willi '. is. l'oth is Earl Wollas-ton,
a in-other of the proprietress of the
Terrace.
Mrs. Inez Danvcrs. a servant in the
l'oth Mansion, furnished the Information
that led to Mrs. roth's arrest Inez
served as maid to Irs. l'oth. She men.
pied the stand fill of yesterday and passed
under a critical cm-a . viiinlnatlon. She
was very explicit as to exact times and 00-
oaslonsof vrs. Poth's alleged Infidelity
Mis. l'oth has not lived with her hus-band
for several year-. She was arrested
oo February 1-1 by two private detectives
and taken to the office * of her husband's
counsel In I'hiladclphia. wherosho claims
she was kept a prisoner for three hours,
tlic detectives offering to let her go and
give her 14000 if she would consent to al-low
her husband to procure an absolute
dlvorco. Mm. l'oth denies the charge
and claims it is a scheme to get rid of
paying her ijilil a month alimony she Is
now receiving
TOWN COUNCILS SESSION
IIOHTfl mi SPRING Mill kVBHUia I OS
-llir.KKti Bl col N. II . rAZ AND RIOT"
CM ORDIH kNOBi »DOPl KH.
A long session of town council wa- held
on Wednesday evening. All the members
were present, and very nearly all seemed
in a talking mood. The streets, the trol-ley,
tress and very nearly everything in
the borough were considered
A petition signed by aboul forty proper-ty
owner- was read asked that Kighth
avenue be graded from Hallowed street to
Wells.
Mr. ROSS -tal'd thai a -.HI vey ha- al-ready
l«'en made of the street, and sug-gested
that council meet on the street
adopt a grade.
On motion of Mr. Long council will
hold a special meeting en the avenue on
Wednesday evening of next weak, toss-tal.
lish a grade.
Borough Solicitor Meyers advised conn.
oil thai he had received *-'ii from the
Sheriff from the sale of the Cresson prop-erty.
The i y was turned over to the
treasurer.
A petition was presented i noil
addng that Spring Mill avenue be
ope i to it-full width from Harrystreel
to Poplar. It was signed by about (Hie
hundred citizens.
Mr. Kiiulrrgan moved that the petition
b« referred to the street committee for In-vestigation
regarding the probable oost,
the committee to report at the next meet-ing.
The motion was opposed by Mr. Cains
who thought that council should well i-sider
soy motion to widen this avenue
Th -t would amount to probably thou-sands
of dollars.
Mi. Ross did not agree with Mr. Caine,
lie thought the improvement wa.-a
BBBBrj one.
The motion was passed.
After hearing the report of the Street
Committee, Mr. Crimean moved that the
street Committee ■',. authorised to have
put in immediately all ■■uibaml guttering
not now in on Third avenue between Ful-lest
and Maple streets, and to tile the
necessary liens for doing so.
I'ol.tcK KBP0B1 .
Chairman Booth of the Police Commit-tee,
report**! that all the lire plugs in the
borough had 1 It tested anil found in
good condition. lie alSO loud the follow-ing
report:
The are lights were ont 870 hour-, and
the incandescent light-'.'it hours. There
were four arrests during the month: two
were discharged and two were committed
to jail.
Mr. Booth alSO di led councils atten-tion
to the frame buiidnig erected bj
Poulterer A Co.
Mi. Ross moved that the Building Com-mittee
Investigate the matter and report
at the next meeting.
Chairman Ito.-s of the Pavement Coin-uiittce
reported that he hail engaged Flor-ist
Davis to trim off the brunches of ull
trees in the tairough nine feet from the
ground.
Ordinances were read the second time
regulating the riding of bicycles on tin
streets of the borough, levying n lav ol
sev.ii and one-half mils on the dollar
The ordinance regulating the s] I of
trolley cars running on the afreets of the
borough was also read thea ml ti A
vote to refer It back to Die Hailway Com
mittec was lost by th" following vote:
Vc- Messrs. Bate, Coins, I g. Mur-phy,
Itos- and liowker.
No -Messrs. Cavanagh, Clark, Crl an,
(irillilh. Kiniliegan, Lacy. O'Brien ami
Steiuplc.
Mi. Crimean moved an amendment to
tl idlnanoe be adopted requiring the
placing of fenders on the oai..
The amendment was carried uniini
mouidy.
Mr. Rosa amended the ordinal to
make the inotorman of the car liable for
the Una Imposed by the ordinance. This
Wa- adopted.
Mr Crimean offered mi amendment
making a penalty for violating the "fen-der"
clause of the ordinance a Hue oftSS
This was also passed.
Mr, Murphy offered un a ndiuenl
making the curs come to a full stop at on-ly
Third avenue. Hector street, Poplar
and Cherry street... The amend nt was
lost.
Mr. Boss now moved Hint the tax ordi-nance
In' considered. .Mr. Crimean
amended th otion to have the onlinan
ces lead ill the regular order. The
amend it was passed
The ordinances regulating bicycle till-ing
and Mxlng I he tax rate were adopted
After some discus-ion thetn.li.-vordinance
was also passed.
Orders were granted as follows:
Hoard id Health $ H"i IK)
Police .' I, CO
Fictile light 440 00
Gas d 00
Work on street
I nl.-i.--l oa bond IU0 (K)
F. II. I.ul.be. di-. oimt 4i t"l
RSOOBDSS Publishing Co. 84 00
Public Ledger, adver. 10 Ot)
W. P. Meyers, legal -elvicu loll till
The treasurer'- report was read SB fol-
| i\\
Buluncc III treasury, Muy I;; •- II.I.: no
Tax of 18114 000 to
Liquor licenses ^lS (ill
Orders paid June III
Balance in treasury
* 1187 84
8708 Hi
8952 0 i
Try n can of Hupkfii.' Suimicl Hominy
HolUdOoro). it i»ik-h-ioiiH. Pollqt,loo
isooa MI
Mi. Storapleasked that an Inosndeeoenl
lamp be placed at the bend on Heotoi
si t between Ash and Harry Mr. Ross
amended the motion to have the incandes-cent
lamp at Fourth avenue and Harry
-licet be moved to the bend ami an arc
light be placed at Fourth avenue and
Harry street. The latter was adopted.
A Terrible Death
Patrick llanley. Jr.. nge ninuteen yuars.
residing on the Conshohookeo pike, a
-hoit di-ia above the old cemetery ol
St. Matthew's church, I with n hoi riblc
death, la-t Wednesday afternoon.
Workmen we ngaged in cleaning the
old well on the farm of tl state of th,.
late John Tiacy. and as the well is Some-thing
ovel one hundred feet deep I he
work i-done with sonic diniculty. and re-
M -1he services of sot me with more
than ordinary nerve Young lluiilev was
of a very ambitious character, and agreed
todotl leaning at the bottom of the
well, although Thomas O'Neill had been
supposed to do it.
Descending to the bottom, llanley was
managing tic work in an excellent man-ner,
when the descending bucket dis-lodged
a loose stone In the side of the
well, which fell to the liottoin. a hundred
feet below, and with the velocity gained
by reason of the great height, crashed
through llanley's skull and Into his brains,
killing him instantly.
Cooper Wright, employed as a driver
for F. Channing Potto, wn.s passing at the
time of th.. accident, and went to the bot-tom
of the well, tied a rope around the
dead body, and with considerable difficulty
it was brought to the surface, where an
affecting scene took place w hen the aged
father and family saw the lifeless corpse
Of all that remained of a favorite son and
brother.
The body was given in charge of Under-taker
Thomas J. Carroll, and Coroner
Milton It. Kurt/, of Norristown, notified.
An Inquest was held at Carroll's under-taking
parlors, last evening.
The Pines
We acknowledge with many thanks the
following contributions for riie Pines re-ceived
within the hist few weeks:
Mrs. Jss. Ii McFarland, * 10 Ofi
Mrs. Alan Wood, Jr., 10 00
Mrs David I.. Wood, 10 00
Mrs, Win. I.. Perot, Jr.. 10 mi
Mi- i B, Bokfekh. 10 00
Mi-. Isaac i; rts, 10 00
Mrs. Walter Llppiuoott, n oo
Mr- Ruth T. Roberts, 10 00
Mi-. G M. Bales, 10 00
The Missc- Miller. ;( nn
Miss Springs, •> oo
Mr-. It. H. Ellison, II) INI
Mr. Wm. I,. Perot, Jr.. 4 00
Miss Ann W. Peansll, 10 00
Mrs. Thomas Huberts, .1 00
Hi's. Kcv.-cr. services for one day.
Mrs. Wm. Behool, two pillows and some
dishes.
Mr James W. Harry, drugs.
Everyone is cordially invited to our gar-den
paity on Tuesday, the Kith, from 4
until 10 O'olook, no trouble will be spared
in making everything as attractive as pos-sible,
and all guests may IN-sure of a good
tl • There will be music ami a good
BUpper will be served tors very reasonable
sum.
In case of rain the party will be post-poned
until the seventeenth.
Foi thoa immodatlon of their blende
in Conshohocken. a stage has been en-gaged
to carry them free between tin
Philadelphia and Heading Railroad stn
lion and Tin Pines. Si intervals of aboul
half an hour, beginning at half-pasl three
o'clock.
Birthday Party
Master Roberl Elliott gave a birthday
only Io hi- many little friends lust Tues
day evening, between4and T o'clock, at
denoeon Tenth avenue, in honoi
of his seventh birthday.
Roberl received many useful and hand-some
presents.
Too much praise cannot be given ti
Mrs. Elliott and Mrs. Stewarl Davis foi
taking so much pains In making the littli
ones happy and enjoying II iselves.
The little ones also did jnsttoe toata-ble
well laden with fruits. I team and
cake-.
Those present wete the following: Miss.-
Eva Moore, Fanny Campbell, Murin
M e, A'uiie Corrigun. Liule Lougaete.
Elva .Ionian, Elsie Moore, Helen Nuss
Maud Weaver. Annie MoGuigan, Elsie
Davis. .Maria Ruth, May Flliolt. Id;
Davis. Messrs. Qeorge Bweimlar, Jr..
Harry Poulk, base Erefble, Willie
Sweiuilci, Samuel Foiilk, Kilos Slavin
Jr., Willie LongSore, James Hiker. How
aid Elliott, BUwood Jones. Albeit Me
Oulgan, Willie Elliott, Irvin Campbell
Andrew Long. Jr.
Inspecting a Bridge
A jury consisting of Alvin 0. Alderfer.
of Lower Salf.ud. QeorgS M. Hallman. ol
Conshohocken. and James A. Hurst, of
Norrlstown Tuesday Inspected the nee
c,unity bridge which crosses the Perklo
men oreek at SobwenksvtUe, found it sat
Isfactory and reoomn led its a ptai
by the oommlsslonera
The bridge is a Kit) foot span of Iron and
cost aboul (1000. The raise work was
. away by the January freshet whei
near!] pleted. and the bridge has just
been finished.
HOOD'S PILLS cure Liver rrja*
Illllousness, Indigestion, Headache.
A pleasant laxative. All Druggists-
POLLUTION OF THE RIVER
i.i.iiNAoi: IN-II.I ion in i.ue,, or CIIIIA-DBLPUIA,
RBPOBT8 OS I1IK SEW. AOJI A I
KORBISTOWR AND Till- llollol on.
Chief Ins| tor of Drainage '• geS,
Hughes, of the Board of Health, yesterday
submitted to that body a supplemental re
port on the pollution of the Sehuylkill
River and Its tributaries within the limits
of Norrlstown ami Conshohocken. It al-so
doula with the culm bunks between
Mellon Station and Port Kennedy, in
Montgomery county. Thereport submit
ted last week dealt with the pollution ol
the river within the .-ity.
In hi- report submitted yesterday chief
Hughes said: "On June 4 and .1. with
the assist r [osi tor Mali I made
an Investigation of Saw Mill and Stony
1 ks, which now Into the river al Nor
rlsto u. Montgomery county, I'a. The
former is a highly polluted ami repulsive-look
ing stream, the character of the |Millu-tion
consisting of foivut matter, slauglitci
house ofTui and house sewage, which is
discharged into the creek at various
|"iints covering about the distanco of I
mile from its mouth. Stony creek n IvM
a large amount of sewage from the State
Insane Asylum. The institution has up-ward
of'JIM It) Inmates, including employ
ces. The plant for the disposal of its
sewage is what Is known as sub soil
drainage system. The sewage is pumped
or flows to receivers from whiohlt Is dis-tributed
by gravity into a piii'e of mead
ow land containing al t sil acres;
Booted With the drainage system Is an
overflow pipe, six inches in diameter,
which dischargee a volume of sewage into
the oreek equal to the diameter of the
overflow pip". There is also another line
of drain pipe extending from the Institu-tion
to the creek from which house sew-age
is continually flowing Into th eek.
NoliltlsloW Ns -KM Kits.
"The sewerage system of NorristOWD
con-isls of underground sewers on the
several streets, probably aggregating
about tin dies In length, tl utloi- ol
which are either into the crocks hereto-fore
mentioned or directly into the rivet
It was u very noliceuble fact thai vet]
little house sewage, if any, was llowiug on
to the highway in any of the sewered
-tlets, which would indicate that It
tlowod to the river through the medium of
the sewers. The nil ml.. 'i of ho'i.-es hav-ing
drainage systems connected with the
sewers is estimated at aboul -Jooo.
"Conshohocken, Montgomery county,
I'a.. situate fourteen and one-half miles
above I'hiladclphia. discharges sewage in-to
the river, tl baracter of which is sim-ilar
to that entering theilverul Norris
town.
■•The alleged coal culm dumps reported
at this Ollloe, said to be situated on the
line of the Philadelphia A Reading Rail-road,
between Merion Station and Port
Kennedy, do not, in my opinion, contrib-ute
to the pollution of the river. A-a
matter of fact, the so-called 'culm bunks'
ate the sides of the roadbed and the coal
dirt deposited there, I am informed, was
for the put pose of preventing the growth
of vegetation.
No II I.M I'ot.i.t tto.\ TnSBS.
"No dumping of eoal culm has taken
place here for the past six or seven years.
In ninny places the roadbed does not ex
tend within 100 feet of the river, ami only
ut one or two places was the culm deposit
referred to found to extend to the wharfs
edge, and then only in a very small ipian-tity.
and not worthy of mention. The
source for the pollution of the river from
coal culm must be sought f.n nearer ihe
eoal region.
"I would respectfully suggest that the
nuisance herein mentioned be referred to
the State Board of Health for Its action.'
The suggestion that the report be re-ferred
to the state Board of Health met
the favorable consideration of the local
board, and It was furthei decided to send
a copy to Councils, f Press
"Mother Miller"
On Memorial Day Fred Taylor I'ost. No
III. '• A. It., accompanied bytheOlty
Hand of Cauiden and Co. F. '.'ml Kegt
Inf . N. (i. P., Visited the grave of Mi-
Ann Eliza Miller, late of Atdinoie and
paid a titling tribute to bat in ry.
Mr-. Miller's remains are buried in Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Philadelphia. During
the late war she was a resident of Phila-delphia,
and by her labors of love and de
Votlotl to the sick and wounded SOldleTB
who were sent to tl OldDunlapCar
tinge Hospital,"al Kifih and Buttonwood
-i reel - Bhe endeared herself to many of
the soldiers of the war." to whom she was
reverently known as "Mother Miller."
When occasion required she made a hos-pital
of her own home ami many a suffer-ing
-oldici was I he recipient of her tender
care and attention. The exeni-csat her
grave consisted of addresses by I'o-t Com-mander.
Win. II. MOON and I'ost Chap-lain,
I.. F. Shepherd. Bolo by Miss DavU
"My Mother's Face." ami music by band.
after which a beautiful floral wreath, the
gift of the citi/.i'iis Corps of Post 10, was
placed upon the grave.
William darter's New i.uk Store, 71 Fayett*
-tri-i-t, t'liii-linlitickcn. 1.,'HilbiK place in town
BtWhlOD to |iurclii,-c l>ry <1 U of every de-
-. ii|,ii..ii. i\in,\ i; t- IIII,I Notions, UHJHM
ami Gents1 Furnishings, Underwear, ami Toilet
\ iit. i.i.. Children'^ in.--. -. Daps, Bibs, etc, sod
mi eiiiUo— v.u i ly of barSjales in nil line- .if
n i-. Wo arc continually reoelvlns. a la
from tlic laadtng factories.
our -Mallow does not iimkc S|,riiiK. biii one
■wallow of One Minute Ooegta Curs brines re-lief.
Hurry'- i:» tiuuiri- Drug stole.
His Arm Torn Off
William Barrett, ageslxt] years, a
well known resident of West Conshohook.
en. employed as foreman in the picker
room of the Conshohookeo Woolen Com
puny's Halligoiningo woolen mills, met
with a serious accident, on Tuesday after
noon.
Barrett Was engaged in cleaning a Ian
which revolves al a high ra f-| d, and
while go doing had shifted the belt from the
pulley, but while hi- left HI in was in I he
steel box oontalnlng the fan. the belt be
i nine attached again, through - e man-ner
and the heavj paddle- revolving with
great velocity, tore llcnr-ii (Tomtit
et at the elbow.
Dr. Lewis Tryon was Immediately sum-moned
ami rendered the unfortunate man
temporary aid. with the assistance ofsome
ofti uipioye-. whoso preset d mind
prevented death from profuse bleeding, by
checking the How of blood at once. lie
was later removed to charity Hospital.
where the arm was amputated half way
between t| |bow and th" shoulder.
Ml. Haiict i. doing as well as can be
ex] ted, under ti Ironmatai -, and
mile-, .some unforeseen trouble art ea
will recover.
I,ast Days at Cheltenham
The large assembly room of Chelten
hum Military Academy «t OgOUtS S
Oiled with friends of the graduating class
on Wednesday morning when n isr-atees
Incident to the twenty-fifth annual
ooniiiicnooiic'iit were held. The address
to th,. graduates was made by John lions
ton Merrill, a graduate of the da— of Id,
In which the students who will no longer
be attached to th,. institution were given
salutary advice. At the oonoluslon of the
addrc-- diplomas were ptc-cut-'d and
prizes awarded, and the program cm
eluded with the "\h i billon of in Hilary ox.
eroises
Following is a li.-t of the graduates: Har-rison
Null Boyd, Harold Cross, Herbert
Aiphona Dawson,Harry aifred EUigelbert,
John Truman Bvans, John Gilbert, Eu-gene
Eaten Grimm. Maorulllao Hoopes,
Maurice Alexander Lamberton, Augus
i i. ii; i— MaoOonnell, Samuel Met larj
:ird. William .1. Met tell, John Kirk
McCurdy, Charles ClrUond Stlllman,
Miss Philadelphia
The iiistaiitancous success which "MISB
Philadelphia'* has attained at the Chest-nut
Street Opera House i- due. not only
io Hie excellent company which ha- i n
collected to present the characters, bin
likewise to the marvel.m- display of hu-mor,
sparkling dialogue and the beautiful
and catchy mii-ie, all of which lend en-
•hauti i to tin-(lever, unique plots ol
the burlesque, created as it were, to reach
the lea it- of every l'emi-yl'. anian, a- SO It
certainly has, foi at each and every per-formance
the enthusiasm shown Is mar-velous
and oan only be described as repe-titions
of the furore created by the long
tun of "The Old Homestead," "itlttle
Tycoon," und "Princess Bonnie," and.
tin- new c\iiavugau/.a bid- fair to outdo
the splendor auil biicci.-.- of its three pre
decessore.
Local Items
The quarterly meeting of the North
Peon District Baptist Young People's
Union WHS held in the Baptist ohuroh of
North Walee, on Tuesday evening. Dele-gates
were priwnt who gave reports from
all unions represented in the district
William w Blutter, of ambler, president
of I he union, had charge of the program.
Ml IE.B Worstall, ol Doylestown, con
ducted the consecration aorvloe.
A n ling ,>r th- United Dairymen's
association will bo held al il reamery,
Bleventnaud Wood -:i lets, Philadelphia,
on Saturday.
Coroner Kurt/, on Tuesday investigated
the sudden death of Martin O. Coreon, Of
I,aus.Iile. and ascertained that death was
due to fatty degeneration of the heart No
Inquest wa-s dec i isary.
William Thomas, the engineer in the
power station of 1 lie Roxboroogh, 01 t-uiil
Dill and Norristown Hailway while
attempting to insert a plug attached to a
Ive wire on Sunday, totiohod the iron
frame by the window, reoelvingan awful
shook and blowing oul the plug. Medical
help was soon procured ail last accounts
from him were favorable, The delay to
machimi. wa- VI tj -bolt.
Blmlra, wife of Kllaa Qodshaik, of l.u-con.
tin-county, died Thursday of blood
:: ug. d '.'I > -ais Mrs. (lixlshnlk
aboul -iv weeks ago had an attack of ty-phoid
fever and was approaching her uan.
al health, when she became allli.i,
carbuncles on the book. The... resulted
in bl I poisoning and ill her death.
A Bits i"i lie new Lutheran Church al
iwn has ii i scoured on Not I
Charlotte street andwork will be common-oedou
the new si I II, hue at
the Lie] leans ol Pottatowu have
imule arraiigcinenis to hold a Itionstel M'
tieaiion meeting of the Republloan Pre I
dential nominee at Banatoga Park, on
June ii. Governor Hastings, Adjuiinn
General Stewart, Cougruasinau VI
Senator Penrose and other prominent
apeakers ■> tpe tl ■ I > > ■ present
The Sehuylkill Valley Traction Com-pany
is fast pushing its liu" I" College-ville
and ox] i- in a few days to have the
i ..id in readiness tot operation.
Did yon ever think bow readl I] Iha Mood Is
i.oi-.u<.1 by 101,-tip.iiioii* Bad tu I mssna
bsdhsalthand prematura old isn. DoWllt'a
Little Rsrly Iti-.r-. tin- aunoui little pill-, over
conic ol,-tiM.ilc i -li|.;t»ioii. llano. - l^cliaiic.i
Drug Store.
Wo. .ii. ,i..,'. Ke« Vo.u Store, Tl lay, u,
' o-hoiio, i.-u. i'a.. i- iii, ic.i.biii,- plaoa
in tow ii at M inch to purobaso bargain! In Dry
1......1-. I'.m, > I......I-. Notions, Trlnunlogs,
Qsnts* FurulshliigS| eto.
CRIMINAL COURT
THE UASEn TltlKll THIS WEEK IS THE
KORBISTOWR i IIIMIN n
i ol 1(T.
A number of persons indicted for the
larceny of coal from the Philadelphia ami
Heading Railroad wen- saved from con
vlotlon Tuesday afternoon by forty test
The aceu-c.i. lifted, to number, me resi-dents
of Btowe, a suburb of I'otlstown, on
the line dividing Montgoinery and Berks
counties. Not oaring to try so many per-sons
jointly. Judge Svvalt/. divided the ac-cused
Into two squads, The testimony
ahowi d Unit a car load of coal iu transit
an accident, dumped Into a Meld
near Btowe, There were aboul flfteen
tons of tin- black dla nds. and the ac-cused
were Indicted tor appropriating the
eoal. Under an act ot Assembly th.- act
must have I n oommlttod within 1800
feet of the county Mile Io give tfaeOOUnty
it.-authority It was shown that the
poiut from widen the coal was carried was
IMOfeet from tl umty line. The Com-monwealth,
therefore, had to abandon the
charge ,,f larceny, and theaooosedwere
tried for receiving stolen goods, with vary-ing
results.
Com vs. Isaac Rosenberry. Cruelty to
animals.
Boos II. Itaiiin. of West Point, testi-fied
that on the 20th of January, lie w, lit
to Frederick's blacksmith shop. Ill* dog
accompanied him. lie heard a shot Hied
back of the shop and the dog began to
yelp. He went out and saw the dog drag-ging
himself through the -now. He had
been shot through tl,,. back. Mr. liailln
followed Hacks to the -hup at which Kos-enberry
worked. Ilaum told HosenbertT
he had -hot the dog and now he should go
out and llnlsh him He got his gun ami
went out and killed the dog.
Rosenberry ic-iiiicd that the dog had
I hint ami wa- ii public nul-ance.
and being a public nuisance he shot him
as any pei sou had a right to do. Several
residents of A.-t Polnl testified that the
dog was a large lavage animal. He had
attacked several of tlicin oa III" highway
and upon theh own premiseB. He would
upset slop barrels, get in cbloken yards
and in gonerul the dog was a nuisance to
the neighborhood. It was contended,
therefore, b. the def. use that Hosenberry
had a perfect right to shoot the dog. and
in di . ■. w:i- not guilty of cruelly to
animals,
Not guilty. Prosecutor to pay oost •
The Trial of Bonte
During the trial of Joseph Booto, ac-cused
of killing John 11. Eokert, the pris-oner
wa-s put on the stand. He said lie was
'_'S years of age, that he was born in Italy,
came to this country about four and a half
year-ago. and is a ragpicker bj profess
ion. tin March 11 last, he testified heand
Monastero entered the market and asked
the price of apiece ofmeat at the -tall of
Karue-t Kckeit and endeavored to pur-chase
it for IIv its I.-— than the asking
price. Joint II. Eokert who had been
standing at a stall on the opposite side of
the aisle, came actoss and told defend-ant
that if he wanted the meat for twenty
cents he should lake it. if not. he should
go away, lie called hliu a dago and Other
insulting name. The Italians left ttie
the stall and the defendant walked away.
Bckerl came up to him and hit him with
his ll.-l. Defendant then turned about
ami they got together. Framis struck de-fendant
several limes. They were finally
separated ami Francis walked outside of
the market. Eokert then took off his coat
and walked up to def hint and struck
him on the month with his list, knocking
him down; he jumped upon him and bit
him in the face. After they had been
separated, Bonte went outside. When he
got outside of the door, he looked back
to see his friend Monastero, who was
standing where they flrst started. Wit-ness
called to Monastero to came out.
Eokert came out. cams Up to witness and
began t" light again; Francis and Eokert
both struck the witness, who inorder to
save his life drew his knife and stabbed
hi-aggie—or- The knife he used was
riot the large one offered in evldei , but
a small Aineiioan pen knife. Witness did
not know what became of thai knife and
denied thai be had handed ii to Monas-tero
a- testified to by Mr. St, Clair, Bon-te
testified that he fled beoauss he was
afraid the men with whom he had a light
would be after him. He denied that ho
had boekoi.od any one to come out of the
market.
Francis, the witness staled, -truck hitn
as he was aoout to leave the market ami
also when Eokert oameout upon the pave-ment.
A verdlol of involuntary man
slaughter was renden d.
Entrance Examinations
The examinations for entrance to the
Department oft neroe and Finance of
lirexel Institute, Philadelphia, will be
held at th" institute building on June to
iinl 10, beginning Si '■> a. m. Any young
man or woman sixteen years of age or
over may be a candidate at thlsexamlna-
1 ■ No examination fee i- neoessary.
' |eotS upon which applicant) are
■ v unined are Arithmetic, History, Geog-raphy,
and English. Graduates of high
schools arc a,huittcii without examination.
Tin- depart nl offers thorough oont
in Hook-keeping. Commerce and Finance,
Eoonomlos, Stenography, Typewriting,
and prepares for Civil Service l',\aininu-lions.
Krcil. .1. Bloombsll, Ibe watchmaker, olieapSSl
and beat. HeotontraetoppoalM PoatOOtao.