The Conshohocken Recorder, September 4, 1896

              @!)c Consljoljockcn Bccorfor.
NO. 1530
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY.
CONSHONOCKIIX, FBIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1890. #1.00 PEH SEAB
TOPICS OP TWO TOWNS ontiw Into thu hoi f John Burnley
on 'I'II.--..hiv night, were frightened away
llMU "I literati uinccrnlnn ine people thai ,,v Mm- ll"nil".v »'"• heard them trying
wc know in both boroughs.
worn I his
li will Mill I..'
Otter etat
Kail overcoats have i n
week.
Saturday i- Laimr Day,
celebrated here.
The First National Bank basfylB.OOOol
the luuds ol the Mai i depoalt,
Mi mi i Mrs. II. C Jonas have returned
from a »s il in \iw Boglaad.
Kate Folay baa nld a bouse and lot in
this borough to Mary C. White for $800.
Ret ii. Uololessei la attending thu Q.
A. R. uatloiial encampment al St. Paul
John Wood -h Is placing a n bei ol
bis patented bollera In the Bwed
n;ii-
'< i ii i i iv • i n minion services will !»•
held In the Presbyterian Uhurolion Sun-day
morning.
Mi-, Samuel rowusend, who waa burl
HI the Methodist planlo, "ill be broughl
i" hei home I • from Norristown to-morrow.
A great many nf <»ur residents went to
Philadelphia yesterday to oateh a glimpse
of l.i Hung Chang, the diatlngulahed
t'hin.
Mrs. Jamea Kllpatriok and ran children
of SnsnJbsUgh, Iowa, is visiting her par.
ants, Mr. and Mis. Samuel Townsend ol
this borough,
\\ Ishlng to niak m for full atook i~
oanslngJ P. DeHaven to offer a numbei
of bargains this week, The prioea of
many artli lea have been greatly redu 1.
Mr. Thomas A. Hurray, a theological
student al 8t Mary's seminary, Baltl
more, Hd., will return on Sept r.'th. to
oontinue his studies for the holy priest-hood.
The Hebrew Net) Ifeat Login, al sun
down mi Monday and lasts until sundown
mi Tuesday. As a oonsoquenoe nil the
stores owned by Hebrews will be olosed
mi Tuesday.
The artesian well bored at the mills of
the J. BUwood Company la now giving ■
a copious flow of pure oold water. The
well i> 282 feet deep and is supplying am-ple
water for ti ills.
Tan shoes will be worn this winter
says an exchange. Vee, especially those
who have a pair and no money to buy
new ones. There's nothing like adapting
one's self lo the stj lea.
A meeting of the Bryan and Bewail Club
will be held In th" A. <> II. Building this
evening .1! eurhl •■' ■'■ ck. Sp akei ■ will
iw pi. -iii wiij will give iii- illver side of
I he 1 111 ten j question.
The undertaking establlahmpuls of Allen
liallman of this boroughand Norristown,
have Deon levied on by tho sheriff. The
articles In the Conahohooken store will
l". sold mi Thursday next.
Tin. Lanadale Reporter aaya' Miss
Hannah Brooke, one of the Lanadale
- .-h .»ii teaehers, Is 1 ble to take her plaoe
In tli" Krai ar room, through sickness,
IIIHI Mi- Martha Coonlcy is suhatttotmg
fin hor.
The Ions Teuula fl of Bridgeport
will send'representatives of their club to
contest with the Wlndemere elub, of this
borough, mi Saturday, on the lattefs
.-.niii-.. mi Fayotte Btroal above Tenth
at anuo,
'I'h.. person who says the days of per
sonal courage havagone by, don"! know
what he hi talking about. Last week
a bravo oonduotor alone and unaided,
put a burly new woman tramp i>rr hla
f 1111.
It is ~.iiii that one of oui promising
young n is about to be sued tor breach
"r I" Ise, by anequallypromlnenl bache-lor
maid. The grounds foi (he suit are
that, mi several oooaaions said young man
did woat and exhibit in hei presence, a
lapel button, stating " Let's Get Married."
She agreed, and now the y ig mini Is in
trouble. Lot this serve as a warning to
button wearera
WEST C0N8B0H0CKBN
Mi- Aniii,. Baldwin la waiting in Phila-delphia.
Mrs. McCaully la confined to bet home
by sickness.
Isaac Qrlffltfa is up (he State
ning expedition,
Mrs. Aifi.'ii Hull -,. is visiting In
Weal 11,..1,.1.
Mrs Charles Smith has rnooverad from
ii.u recent III
Mr James Murphy ami children are
visiting in Philadelphia.
Miss Nellie Hushes has fully recovered
from an attack of typhoid fever.
Harry Dougherty la suffering from a
1 Anger, the result of being struck
w ill a ball.
A regulai tlngof the school board
was held on Tuesday evening. < Inly -
tine business was transacted.
The Philadelphia a Reading Railroad
Company have changed the name of
West Spring Mill station to thai of Wood
Lane.
Mr. ami Mi- Frederick Wood huve re-turned
from the upper part of the State
where they have I spending their va-cation.
Thoa, P. Dougherty waa presented with
a rush-back rocker reclining ohalr, by tbo
business men of the borough, aa a token
of esteem.
Al the meeting
iia\ . veu'ng ! sepli 11 tress « 1 - olo 1 id
in - 1 ■ r. Ill K, loir, who reilgned at
III" .1 llj :■■'
Wm. Gamble we given a hearing on
Wednesday by Magistrate Bl on a
charge of tresspasi preferred by Mr. <«il-uigham.
He waa lined ami discharged.
Thieves who wore trying to effect an
to open n window.
About two yearn ago II.m.. Uoeinan, of
tiulf Hills, whllegunning for rabbits was
accidentally shot In tho arm The wound
never healed right, paining him at times
and Interfering with the pursuit of hla
trade ol plasterer. Do Wednesday, there-fore,
Hi-, Geo. M. Stiles and Willlai
MeKenale removed a small place of bone
from the arm. that was causing the iron
i'l". ami ills now hoped Mi Mosman will
soon i«. ;i~ a/ell as ever,
MASSACRI: AT
A Cruel Hatshu Slaughter o( the War ol
tin- HCKIIUIIIIII. Naaaswsl t» Ike
Slain.
Histurkal Kcunioo
The Montgomery County Historical Bo-clety
baa perfected arrang tits for n
hlstorloal 1 don In the Lutheran Church
fur- ai Sohwenkavllloon Beptembor 16, thoaf
lair to be in the nature of a picnic The
address of welcome will be delivered by
Rev. N T. Schmidt, pastor of thoohuroh,
who will be responded to by Rev, Thomas
it. Basher, D. D, of Norrlatown. The
principal paper of the day will in- read by
lion. ||. W. Krutz. on ••Washington's
tamp al Penuypaoker's Mill." The mill
to which reference is made still stands,
along 1I10 Perktomen near Schwenksvllle.
It belongs io a man by the num.. of Kraw-or,
and Is operated by the lessee, George
Shoemaker, Authorities dlffai as to
whether Washington < 1 i< I hall bis army
there for the night Mr. Knit/ will un-dertake
to demonstrate that he did.
Another papei to be read on the same oc-casion
has been prepared by Blwood Rob-erto,
treating of the Valley Forge camp
ground. Rev. Matthias Bheeliegh, of
Fort Washington, will read an historical
poem on "The Perklomen.
Horse Thieves al Work
There la consternation among the horse
owners along the Perklomen Valley on ao-i-
oiint cf the frequent robberies. The last
of these occurred on Wednesday night,
when a valuable Canadian mare, a falling
top oarriage add a sot of hnrnonn were
'•• '<*■• 1 fr the stable of William Prbser,
near here. A reward of |800 has 1 n of-fered
for it.- return. 11 is snpposed thai
the work is that of 11 gang who take the
stolon animals to Philadelphia, an 0110
home was rifovciiil in a sales stulilo thoro.
That thoy havo an Sgeot horo who is well
acquainted with the horses Is shown by ■
oase a week ago. One of the horses stolen
w.i-a in,., young animal, that could not
be driven to a wagon having a top. When
the horse was taken a One top boggy was
pulled out uf the wagon-house and an old
road oail back of it taken, showing thai
the thief know the peculiarity of the home.
A'""o thill 1 horses have IMM.II stolon
within a radius of ten miles of that plaoe
'luring the past throe weeks.
on a gnu-
W. C. T. U. Nates
TI gularn ting of the 9mi W. c.
T. U. will be held at the home of Mrs.
Sarah Smith, West Oonsbohooken, on
Thursday afternoon next at half past two.
Tho Loyal Temperance Legion will
bold their meeting on Saturday at 'J.:ln.
nt Mm. S. Davis.
Tho annual convent ion of I ho Woman's
1 brlatian Temperanoe Union of Montgom-ery
County will ho hold on Thursday, Oc-tober
1st. lu the M. B. Church, Conaho-hooken.
Had a Loaded Revolver
Spooial Policemen Bristley and Kirk-
Patrick, of the Reading Railroad, arrested
U young colored men. Harry Young,
Jerry Johnson and David stark-, each SO
year- of ago, and claiming t" have hom.-s
in WuMon. N. c, on tho eharge of va-grancy
ami trespassing at .lenkintown.
They wore taken to Nun i-l.iwn. and
when arraigned before Justice Lenhardl
staiks was found to have a loaded revol-ver
in his possession.
PLYMOUTH
George B Rltter. the oldest resident of
Ply ith township, died on ruesday, al
lllokorytown Hotel, of which hto daugh-ter,
Mr-. Rosa 1 Vtarpla, is proprietor,
in hi- 08d year.
Mi— Anna Talliiuin, of Plymouth Meet.
Ing, Pa., has returned home after 1 tan
days' sojourn with Friends at Atlantic
City.
The First day school will hold their
"i al picnic al Log Cabin, Wissahlokon,
on the after oof Beptembei the 19th.
The schools of Plymouth township
opened 00 Tuesday with the greatest num
bet '.'1 ever enrolled In the high school.
In the other depart nta In the building
then were 88 prosenti
Mm. Mary Reg, mother of Orlando
Hex. Is lying ill at her son's, I lor 10
oovery is dOUbtiul, She bSS I II sick for
three weeks.
David /.oil still continues to Improve
the propoiiy occupied by Mr. James.
Barry FiUman, Jr., has entered the
N'ni.i—a -lino as i-lork.
.1. Randolph Richards has returned to
Schissler's oollege and will continue his
studies this winter.
Drayton Htrayer, formerly teachei at
I Plymouth Valley aohool, will leave tor
Lewbbunron the 18th of this mouth. Mo
I will study medicine.
Dr. William CaUioart, of Qwynedd,
will preach at Cold Point Sunday, Ben
tember 8,
A number of tho teachers of Cold Point
Sunday school look a |aunl to Mill Grove
mi the Porkli in last rhursdaj
11.1.1.-HI matter muoti whetlior -i.:. bead
ache, biliousness. Indigestion and aonstipaMon
an caused by negleel or by nnavoMable .u-e
stances; DeWltfs l.iulo Barly Risers will
-1 lily ours tlieni all. Harry's BsehengoDrug
store.
I If all I ho sis'liili.alil o\plo—i.iu- Issuing
from the Revolutionary struggle, nol one
has 1 n handed down that conveys BO
much meaning aa "Remember Paoll!"
The one hundred and nlnet Hi anniver-sary
of the massacre al Paoll will be cele.
iiiatod on September in. as the correct
date of the anniversary falls this
• Bopl ii.u 90, rh • com 10-
mtive program will embn -i hes,
martial movements, an I pati lotlc exei
Th ourrences between the Bat
tie of the Brandywine. on September II.
17 77. an. I the massacre al Paoll. nine days
as folio* After the battle,
the American Army moved out of the Val-ley
of the Brandywine. The portii f
tbo army under Gon. Inthony Wayne was
ord re 1 by Washington i" lead the ad-vance
and open battle on the morning ol
Beptembor 10, which seemed Imminent In
the neighborhood of Goshon Mooting
Rouse, Chester County. The advance
force under Wayne, and Lord CornwaUls'a
light Infantry, began skirmishing and ■
ooufllcl would probably have followed but
for a violent rains! 1,
the Continental Commander ordeied
his forces to the elevations of Great Val-ley,
north of the road from Lauoastei to
Philadelphia, remaining until about 1
o'clock In the afternoon, awaiting the ad.
°a of the British. During the storm,
which continued for bouts, Cornwallls's
men encamped along South Valley inn
and vicinity, Gen. How.'- headquarteia
being at the Boat Tavern and Lord Cora.
wallis'sal a faun hOUSQ i oar by. The
same afternoon t r • ■ - Amerioans moved
northward to Yellow Springs. Al thai
point the discovery waa made that the
army was mi. Iili.nn.I to light, the rain
having damaged Its ammunition. Next
day the march waeoontinued to Warwiok
Furnace, In the northern pan of 1
c 'y. when npply of arms and
ammunition was secured, the fumaoe be-ing
used as an ordnanoe station. While
there Gen. Wayne waa ordered with his
division, about 1,800 men and four 081
to join Hon. SmaUwood, moommandol
the Maryland soldiers, wl position was
at that time back of the British. Wayne
and his 01 nan.1 started on the D
having orders to cut offtb 1 y's bag-gage
irain. and thus Interfere with his
march toward B ■ IUJ Iklll Vail ty, thus af-fording
the 1 'ontlnentals time to cross th 1
ii*. 1 and march down the other side.
Tho 18th of Septorab ir found Wayne
encamped near 111 - - spot now marked by
the Paoll inoiiiii 1, and about four
miles bask of Howe's men. Ii Is probable
Wayne was ea| hilly selected by Wash-ington
for this work, a- in. was well ac-quainted
with ti Igbhorhood, bis home
being but a few miles away. On the fol-lowing
day Wayne noted the movements
Of tho British. Thai 1111,ruing, as tho
enemy was beating the reveille, Wayne's
11 advanced within half a mile of th..
liiili-h oamp, and found they hud not
moved. During the morning Wayne ad-dressed
a number of letters to Washing-ton,
in which he stated th nemyare
very quiet, washing and cooking, Thej
win probably attempt to vs toward
evening. I ,.\| 1 1},.,,. Maxwell on the
left flank every moment, and aa I lay mi
their right, we only want you in ih.ii rear
to complete Mr. Howe's business. I be-lieve
In- I w- nothing of my situation,
as I have taken every precaution in pro
vent any Intelligence getting to him, al
the same time keeping a watchful eyeon
bis front, Hanks, and real."
The British did nol move, but Wayne
1 Ived information on the 80th that on
the following morning the enemy would
move toward the Bohuylklll. \i this pe-riod
Gen. SmaUwood was near the White
Horse, and Col. Chambers was sent out to
act as guide i" the American's oamp.
Wayne's Intentions wore to move upon
the enemy's rear while II was leaving for
the Bohuylklll. Pickets and sentinels
were placed on roads running to the llrit
lab camp, and other precautions taken to
avoid a surprise by tl nemy, During
the night a resident of the neighborhood
visit.Ml Wayne and Infori I him that a
servant of one of hla neighbors lie bad
1 n taken prisoner by the British and
liberated had beard Howe's n talk of
an attaok thai would be made npon the
Continentals bet 1 ning. Wayne
■nted Immediately by strengthening and
renewing his outpost.-, remaining In strong
hope thai Bmailwood's arrival would
siiongii his position. During these
hours Tories in the neighborhood kepi
Howe posted as to matters ami the lo-cality
of the American's oamp, and oven
'nfm 1 him of the Continental watch-word
for that night. ■11 we are, and
there they go."
Hon. Grey and Col, Mnsgrave of the
Hessians were ordered ool to 1 Wayne.
Grey's m noountered on two of
- pickets, who Bred and mad.,
iin-ii escape nil,or picket* were stabbed
and the patrolling offtoei in—ing thou,, be
conveyed the lutelllgei to hla command-
ST. Wayne nailed his men to arms, the
'•'>• "1 p. men, the British ar you:"
sounding upon the midnight stillness
Finding the a y advancing upon the
right, Gen. Wayne's 01 lei - to Ool Hump-ton,
second In command, were to wheel
Hi" division by sub-platoons to the right,
march off by the left, and gain the road
leading toward White Morse. In tho
darkness the division wi led, the artil-lery
moved off, but hy some mistake by
I'AOI I ''"' """'l''"" ""' troops foiled to move,
alll gh thr inters had 1 n Issued.
Part of the troops went right, others
wrong, and I hoy showed up within the
light of their oamp Rre, affording the
British an advantage unexpected. After
midnight, Hon. Grey known as "No
Flint Goooral," by ordering bis n to re
ve fllnta from their gun-, thai nol a
-hot should be Bred gained Gen. Wayne's
left.
THE SILVER COUNTRY LOCAL CHURCH NOTES HicviLi; BRIEFS
The Herald says In speaking of the
Mr. John t. Tracy'. Views Reurdlni the moo, of the Norristown ul , sa, tthB| h%oini on |a Qur d|((eren|
I'nliliiil Outlook in Ihc Northwest.
Rallied by their gallant leader, the Con-tinentals
gave lire 1.1 11 nemy 11 numbei
of times, inn iii,. UiMish forces being
nearly double, the Amerioans retreated to-ward
the White Horse. The British knew
no mercy, Grey appeared al the head ol
hi- battalion and cried out." "Dashon
light Infantry!" The Infantry bayoneted
OVery nun mot, and the oamp was -ol on
tiro. A Hessian Sergeant, boasting of the
exploits of that nicht. exclaimed! "What
■ '' Ing about barefoot, half clothed,
ami in the light of their own Brest These
showed ,1- whore to . -1 j: i —. - Iholn, while
thoy OOllId not s is, I BtUOk them my
self like -.1 many pig- after another,
uiiill the Wood ran nut of the ihholeof
my musket" The American Army had
about 180 killed and wounded. The re-port
of tho Britihh, eight killed, waa
thought to I rroi US, and it wa- sup
posed the numbei waa greater. Of the
American dead, Bfty-threo wore buried in
one grave. A pile of atones marked the
.-[mi when these brave Continentals were
Interred nntil Sept. 90, ISI ;. when the Re
publican Artillerists of Chester county.
assisted by citizens, scooted a monument
over the grave. Tl Ilitary oompaoiea
or Cheats! and Delaware Countii
obased she land, twenty-thi un-ee, sur-rounding
the 1 lament, and converted it
into a patado ground.
The anniversary of the mnnOBIIIU nils
r.u years celebrated by military compa-nies
and a largo numlior of ottUSMW as
sembled. The present shaft was « ted
on the hundredth annlven u j. Sept 80,
1877, of the massacre. It is of Qulnoy
granite, twenty-two and a half foot In
height.
Not fai tram Paoll is the Wayne man
sion. a large sim dill, o of ample pro
portions, once the borne "f Gen, Anthony
Wayne, who was known as '.Mad Antho-ny."
A number of the rooms 1 tain tin
sain,. furniture ami daooratiotta a- wlu-n
the Illustrious ion..mi occupied them-
Majoi William Wtnyne, President of the
B01 letyofthe Cincinnati, gres^grandson
of "Mad Anthony," is proprietor of the
historic estate. A g the numerous rel-ies
of Interest attached to the old mansion
la the military coat worn by the General.
The Waym - originate from lighting stock,
bat not one of them arose tosuohproml-nsi
.''- Gen. Wayne, He was appointed
hy Congress colonel of the Fourth Penn-sylvania
Battalion in I77f|, and was dis-patOhed
to the Canadian frontier Hi-bravery
and vigorous action won for him
promotion, and the following year be was
made Brigadier General, ami commanded
a division at the battle of Itiandywiiio.
One of the most gallant i urrei s in
bis military life was that in I77B, when
the enemy al Btony I'oim was spared by
Mm, 11 nhor of them the men who
know no inoroy in II iv,n massacre."
For this 1 ungios- presented him a vote ol
thanks and a gold medal. After the cap
tun of Cornwallis a| Yorklown. \\\, i.
ington sent (ion. Wayne to take 001 and
in Qeorgia. The mlslson aooompllshed,
1 ho l.ogisiaiuro „r the State reoognund
hi- sei 1 Ices by presenting him with a valu-able
form.
lie wa- elected 01 f the State Ceo
sors of I'onn.-yivania In 1788, and a mem-ber
of the Assembly In 1784. Five years
afterward he was a member or the Penn-sylvania
Convention, ami au advocate ol
the Constitution of the United Btatas
"on Wayne In 1793 rai tod Gen. Bt
Clair in the Indian war on the western
der. Too battle of the Miami of the
Lakes was won by Wayne. Ili-oinl
oaino I)..,-. 14. 1796, ai Presqus i-i... Peon
sylvania. A few year- later his SOD. Col.
Isaac Wayne, brought the remains to the
family lol at Si. David's Churoli. They
wore pui In a box attached to a gig ami
transported from Erie*,to the iinai resting
plaoe. Kaiiroads had not yet been con-structed,
Tli,. Pennsylvania State Socie-ty
of the Cincinnati on Jane •">. 1811,
erected a mom it to the memory of
their i.rave brother soldier.
This hero of Chester County was on i
occasion court-martialed, the charge be
ign made by Col. Rlohard Uumpton. The
oharge "That Gen, Wayne had ti |y
notice of tl nemy's Intention to attack
the troops under his command on the
night of the 90th of Beptember, ami not-withstanding
that intelligonoo, ho n.i-glootod
making a disposition until it was
too late either to annoy I ho onoiny or
makes retreat without ti tmost danger
ami confusion." A fnii Investigation was
made, and u onclusioo arrived al was
"The oourt do aoqull him with the high
eat honor." It Is supposed Hurapton was
envious of Wayne's rising reputation.
Iluinpion- horse was shot from under him
at the battle of Brandywine, whore be
had ii command, mid he iluliiieklod his
-addle and placed it mi another horse.
Re ranked high in the notl f Washing-ton.
Iliuupton's niiiiie f^he was one of the
original members of th.. Booiety of the
Cincinnati^ appears between those .>i Gen.
Anthony Wayue and Gen. William Irvine.
II.. was an Englishman. His death 00-
ourred in 1804.
Silver I using liriiuml.
unlay: Conshohocken will be ropi
in a numbei •■! events, and tho work <>r
olilnliing Iho hills of the si-lor OOTOUgh j
John (J. Traoy In company with Charles l'"N ""'""'" lM """ll iditlou. They
pnutioe sprinting on a good put n tho
pike. Thoy will he dangerous oompetl-lols.
ar. In--.
Other news of interest to our
Church people.
Messlnget ami Hsrrj Martin have returned
from n nip to the Northwest, The fol
lowing Interview wa- had with Mi Trao]
IUJ tho political ..ml,„,k m thai
-.-.•I ion
Mr li i y said, whll \ ]ou y was
mi.' of pleasure, -lill I waa anxious ami
earnestly sought all Information upon the
Dg topic id tho dav, tho inoii.y
• I in- lion.
("he States of Michigan, Wisconsin and
Mi -oia have i n considered more or
. itable states in the coming cam
palgn. Minnesota particularly BO from
' 'be Dei irata hav mlnated u
mdldate for Governor, John Llnd,
Ivor Republican ami a Bcandana-vian.
When ii Is considered Mil spoils
alon lain- sixty thousand Soaiidana
vians, and thai Mr. Llnd while In Con-did
i II.-h I'm the advancement of
the northwest in bettering their water fa
ollltles ami otherwise cheapening the
ousts of rood transportation, 01 as one
largo millet of Duiiiih -aid i , we owe
hin, a debt of everlasting gratituda, While
hi- election i- partly edod the gold
adherents fool sure ho oai t carry the
electors with him.
Duiiiih Is the hot-bed of free sUverlsm
in the northwesl and has many strong ad-herents
to Its cause, i.ui day by day they
are fast In.ing ih.-ir follow.us, and in eon
on with leaning business men.
many only a short time ago strong be-ol
the 16 to l theory, now to a
man are gold standard men. Asoneofthi
largest operators of the northwi
lot : silver advocate said to i We
are receiving an object lesson, Its almost
animpnesiblltty.no matter bow gilt edge
the security may be for us to borrow any
money to .any on our business, and con-sequently
most are oompelled to shut
down.
i'o mj surprise I was shown the tax
certificate of M r the richest men of
': ■ ■ tax on bis magnificent
home went by default and was pun-ha.—.!
Company. This certificate
|"'.. Interest at rate of 19 per cent. i»'i
Duiiith with a population of more than
i pie, all gained in -J(l years, and
the Superiors with theii 90,000 population,
whore II yoars ago a wilderness prevail d,
are now at a complete I land-still, building
operations having entirely ceased, stores
vacated and municipal Improvements
abandi d. In former years said a load
Ing miller we oould oounl on at least ten
million dollars ..f Canadian m y to
veoui orops this yeai they not ool]
rent e to Bend us any, but demand what
thi j have already here, tn foot the onlj
strung adnerenta of silver with whom I
eame iii contact wore ti boomers,'
whoso ideas of plenty of money, nomnttei
what the kind, will again pli nctitloui
values mi their land.
In Miihigan I am personally acquainted
with if the largest lumber oporatoi -
nearly all formerly the strongest kind ol
" nrats, and like myself siiii bolieven
of pure Demooraoy, are out In strongoppo
sltion io the Chicago platform and it
champlona,
In my opinion, before Novouil nine
the folly of SOI f our people in Irving I.
force this great oountry on a oheapmonej
basis In opposition to the rest of theolv
lllzedando merolal world, will i an
soapparenl thai their following will beal-
-i wiped out The campaign of ednoa
ti.in is Indeed having it- affect in He
northwest,
I was more than pleased to see the abl<
book on the llnanolal question, bv om
townsman, Mr. Isaac Robertsi Is being
sought after and read to a large extent
wherovei I visited
Huh oonlid.'i and prosperity !''•■
stored, the shores of Lake Superior ban
iiiiimito.i prospects ahead. Duluth ha-a
splendid harbori food produate for Iran ■
portation can be handled for n nomlnn
sum. The II • mills are without i-nni
A Tru« (rank.
Mr. Wheeler (crossing (he cyclone
bel ■ ■ I'm glad 1 res "5'
cyclonic: i■:— li h.
The hold which the bloyole b K on the
oountry Is pretty general, but we have
heard of no plane where i'l s taken s
greater hold hi proportion to population
than the clay ol Battle Creek, Miihigan
There are twenty-nine bicycle dealers In
Battle Creek and 8,000 wheels are rlden
tor every -i.\ of the population.
WlmUivoi else may he charged Up
the Apostle Peter he was truthful
In hi- fish stories. Be la on record as
.saying: ••Toiled all night and oaugbl
nothing."
Foot Ball
The foot bail tea fthe PI m has
elected the following officers: F. B. Btaley,
manager; I. W. WlUtins secretary and
treasurer; Albert Rambo, captain.
LOCU ITEMS
The Ambler fire house will be doubled
in size,
An a .ian well being drilled mi th,
property of Walter H. Jenkins, of Gwy-nedd,
has reached the depth of 380 feel
and has an output of only -I gallons ol
water a minute.
The extensive lime quarrying business
of A. Hlair A Co.. has passed Into 111.
hands of Mr. liiaii's partner, .1. Ileston
Tinlil. of Port Kennedy, the latter having
purchased Mr. BkuYa Interest In thi
leases, eto,
The Sheriff has levied on the undertak-ing
estabnshmenl of Allen W. Rahman,
of Norristown, under execution on Judg-ments
aggregating $8666.
The bricklayers, carpenters, -tone ma-sons,
plasterers and painters are inking
steps for organizing a |olnt labor union,
and a i ting with that end In view will
be held this week In Norristown,
A charter has i a granted to the Nor
ristown Wire Company; capital stock
.-."in.mm. The Inoorporatorsare Phlladel
pliians lloniyC Kiigliind, Alma Taylor
Henry Beatty, F. M. Jaquith and .1. II
Binge, Jr.
Haurioo Bhulta, 19 years of age, rosld.
ing at Lanadale, while running after ga ni
Tuesday morning, near home, waa I
In tho arm.by hla own gun, which wa
oiilontally disebargeil. The arm uinj
have io in. amputated.
Tin. secretarlesof tho raulnal lire in
-ni'', impanles of Montgomery and
The Temperance Hall Hible Class
The sessions of the olass for study of
-ii" Bcrlptures win be renewed at Temp-erance
Hall, on Third avenue, on Sunday
next, the 6th. of Beptember. Tha meet,
Ing win begin at 9.1S o'clock in the morn-ing,
Th.. lesson will ho upon id,, subject:
'The Pursuit of Happiness," ami the pan
if the Scripture for oontideration will i)u
ii" twenty-sixth ohaptorof Isaiah, it is
lo be hoped the atttmdanon at this firsi
nitiiinii meeting win be large, and run of
iragement tor tl ninths i< me,
(lie sessions are free to everybody and a
I wrdlal Invitation la extended to the pan.
lie to I... present. Mr. Clark is the teacher.
Calvary Church
P leolith siinilay afler trinity. Sllll-lay
school, 9.16 a. m. Therectora bible
'lass, and Miss Lukena1 bible alsss will
esume their sessions at 9.16 Morning
wvloe and sermon with Holy Oommnn-on,
10.80. Offering Conuaunton Aims.
Svenlng service and sermon at 7.00
Viek-day evening sorviio to-night (Krl-
IftJ al 7.80. The rector Will Login a
erles of familiar addresses mi the book
■' common prayei.
Methodist Hpiscupal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church oornar of
layette and film streets. Rev. J. Whsr-
Hi Bradley, paster. Bnnday -,-i 1 at
'.I'n a. in. Sacrament of the Lord's Bup-
■1 at lll.lin a. 111. I'roai'hlng hy pastor
it 7.48 p in. Revival services every
light next week except Saturday. Bp
rorth League service at T p. m. w,. ex
••ml n oordlal welcome to all. Beats
St. Matthew's R. C. Church
Services ar.. hold on Sundays as fol
IWSl
Pint mass 7 o'clock n. 111.
. 8 1 mass 8.80 o'clock n. in.
I.ato mass 10.30 o'olook a in.
\''-|iei-,iinl Benediction B.80 p. m.
Baptist Church
Bnnday School at :i a. m, Presohing at
1 10 a. in. and 7.-I.", p. in. Prayer t-
. Wednesday evening at7.46. Chris.
Endeavoi Friday evening ,-,i 7.45.
-\n ni' rdially Invited to attend.
Presbyterian Church
Preaching at 10.80 a. m. and 7..PI p. m,
by the pastor. Morning theme ••I'ui.iio
Worship ' Babhath school 9.16 a. m.
Young pooples mooting at 3.40 o'.-lock.
The Ambler Methodist Bplsoopal
< 'Iniroli his i n remodelled and Improved
at a ....-I if several hundred dollars.
WHITEMARSH
In transcribing from tin: Uioks of:-. K.
Worrell, assessor, for Hie eulleetois mid
the aohool board, one of the clerks in the
'"I i' the oouiiiy oommlari ra omitted
half a page audio lu I theasasssed valua-tion
in Upper Dublin township about |80,.
NX. Tiie errorwas duMovered in time and
ins i II rectified.
The Whh -niaishtownship pnbllcsehoois
rtpeoed on Monday of this week. Tho
iohiMii ai Fort Washington had about
HI pupils. >H-S Clara Bisenhart, of
KulpvUle, who wa- teacher bud year,
resumed oharge. she has entirely re
•overo.i fioni hei r ni i,i,y -io accident.
Among the visitors at the school were
Wi. Frank W. Lookwood, president of
thesohool board. The present school
iiiiiiiiiug wa- erected in 1869, Formerly
.ii.ioI was hold in Lyceum hull, which
has I II hiiilt for over lllll years Joshua
and Samuel Morris many veins ago left
a fund lor II aintaiiimii f the White
marsh Union school, and all the scholars
Within a mile of the .Morris form had tho
right of attending. This area Included
parts of Springfield, Whltemarah and Una
per Dublin townships. The Interest on
ii.. fluid used to keep the building in re.
pair and often employed an assistant or
uldi'il lo the salary of the regular toucher.
rheboard of trustees are siiii elected in-itially.
Thomas Hitting, new of Ambler,
angbt thesohool for several yoms prior
Buoka counties, have organlced with Wii- o I860, and at onetime, tha writer has
parison. In a single Duluth mill tl Im. Ifom R. Price, president; AlfrcdM. Wild- beard him state, he had 99 pnplto present.
periai," eight thonsand barrels of flourcai man, secretary, and J. B. Erenson, tress- to suoh occasions he was often assisted
be turned out In 94 hours. urer, to Investigate the large numbei of
Minneapolis while not having the bane bicendiarj Bros thai hav • ured lu these
in of water -hipping facilities, still has tl i
great advantage of a wonderful watei
powii win ih in A i mpeosatM
ih.'in in theii op posit ion to the Duluth
mills; hut said au ardent Dulutblan, 91/
miles up the river we now have ih tele
us foi a 90,000 water horse power thoi
win-re will Minneapolis be?
The PUN
Tin' following contributions have i
donated to the Pines, foi which the man
sgemenl desto I 11 (tend their thanks:
Mt- Booth, olothing and toys, .Mr-.
Bate, olothlug, i i-. Linn-, clothln - Mi
Da-1d W I, vegetables and 9 dozen of
',ii-. ll.iward Wood, vegetables,
Mrs, Rlohard Wood, vegetables, Mr. Bta
wart, tomatoes, Mr. Webster, corn and
i a I it ing
Mrs. David Wood, '.' dozen egg.-, i
b uskel toraat lekets of corn, Mis.
kfoyer, olothlug, peach preservesand sugar,
Mrs. I'oilmen, boa Of Imltous.
M'lnv a day's work Is loss l»y -uk bfladaohs,
i-aii-.-.i i.\ Indigestion and -i< wfa troubles.
li.■« HI ■ i.u11, i;„iiv Rlssnan Ihc moati-ffeol
nal |iill f..i ,.\. r. |n§ -II. I. iliilii'iillii--. Harrys
Bai hangs Di ug store,
counties during the past year.
Qanners in Montgomery ooimty raport
squirrels to be plentiful In that section of
the State. The season opened Tuesday.
Two bones and a buggy wore stolen
from the barn of .lames Dougherty, at
Phoenlxvtlle. and one luii.-o from the
premises of Charles Decker, al Limoriok,
on Tuesday night.
A movement Is on foot to erect a Re-ton
I Church al Telford, Bubaoription
,'i , era are i Ivlng nu rous Bignatures,
B 9. Rasas]] has oontraoted to build
three bouses on the lot at tho comer of
Llndenwold and Butler avenues, Ambler,
al Boost of about tSOOO each,
Robert Smith and Waltei MoCuiiough,
ul- for tho Blnger Sewing Ha
ohlne Company at Norristown, have beei
H». James rraoy, sugar and po mi,»ing for the past weak. They carried
with them some borrowed money from the
i pie of Norristown.
Th.' II.mi., foi th,. Aged and Indigent,
established In Frederiok township by the
Eastern District Conferen ■•• of the Menno-niic
Church, wasformally ope I mi Wed-lay.
Rev. w. s. Gottaball, of
Bohwenkevuie, presided.
The premises corner ol n.iny street and Plrst
!•■ ii... im. .i up f..r a Mr-i tins- undertaklug
iiii-iu.— Will be sold on easy terms ot will be
routed to responsible parties ir after Bepteni-
:■. il-i. ISM I ..i tai naapplr to M \l(Y B ,M,-
OONAULBAda itratrlilS) i. unii »ve ■
I' ,k,n
Always in soason, Ropklnn1 Rfeamed Hoi
. ihiii.-.l ion,,. Klssant I n in Mil.
inn. Uto.
ilny
■y oi I'll Idol aud inure advui I
I'lpii.-. ami sometimes olasaos won. oom-tolled
to recite In the part oaad as a
Iwelllng.OAl thai ii iverythlng (ram
In- iilphiibut to surveying was taught hy
me teacher in- -m saor as teacher
was the lateJa - Kelael, Bsq., of PnfFs
•..riii.i, win. with his wife resided in the
dwelling atlailied lo tho BBaOOl Imihling.
I 'leroa also taught then In the 50a
and during war time. He was a teacher
there when the terrible railroad accident
ooourred. The .smallpox had been very
badearly In the spring ol 1858 and aohool
had tone olosed on thai account. In order
to make up the required time sessions
wero being bald through July, At the
time ot the accident Mr. Pierce hurried to
the scene and was injured by ■ tlmbei
■ him mi iho head, llie sol i
li' I lalgo .won alter tl w DOOM
was erected ami until nun. msroua
school facilities were Inteodi I and the
rise of iiii-iu.'— -I'lhini.- In nearby cities.
Auiiii i Qaietto,
slink.- Into four BlUMS.
vii. II- I l.i-.. .1 powder fur HM Bset li
11., whole system Is drained and undemdnad
I., in.ii.i. ni slaers and open sona DeWltsj*s
Wit.ii Basel Salve speedily bealj mam. n i-iii.
ibi ,i ptu .ni.. kii.iun. n.oiy- BsetsMuri
Drugstore,
euro- painful, swollen, Utina f.-.t and In-
-laniiy ink,.- Hi.- sill.,., .an ofoomsand bunions.
ii- the greatest toil discovery of the age.
kill II- Pool Base make*. iinlii-ilniiiK or new
. : sasy. ti Isaiaalnhnmianii swaallua.
callous and hot, Hnd,aehing test. Try it hxlay.
Bold by all druggists and shes ssovaa n> mall
' stamna i rial paiikaga i-'i.'Ki:. AU-draas,
All.-a s. Olmssad 11 Koj N. v.