The Conshohocken Recorder, March 10, 1908

              ®lje Consljoljocken Utanbts.
I'l HUSHED EVERY ilKSDAV AND FRIDAY
1375 CONSHOHOCKEN' PA. TUESDAY- MARCH 10- 1908. $1 PER YEAR
A VALUABLE RELIC
W. D. ZIMMERMAN'S VERY INTER-ESTING
AND VALUABLE RELIC.
Among the rare and Interesting rel
of earlier Umea Shown al the re-ccni
exhibition In Norrlstown,
original patent loaned by \v. i>. Zim-merman
b] Which William Pemi,
throogh his proprietary deputies,
granted William Palmer a large tract
of land in Whitpain township, then
a part of Philadelphia.
This old document, dated the sex
enth day of the second month, 1702,
and recorded in the Rolls Office at
Philadelphia, the eleventh day of the
same month, is a fine example of the
careful penmanship and quaint word-ing
of that time and, thought much
-discolored by age, the parchment is
still intact, while the ink has with-stood,
to a remarkable degree, the ef-fects
of more than two centuries of
time. The instrument bears the slg
natures of Edward Shlppen, Thomas
Story and James Logan, three of the
four deputies empowered by Penn to
act for him. A part of the cord by
•which the great seal of the Province
•was laced or fastened to the parch-ment
Is still attached, but the seal it-self
is missing, having doubtless been
detached by some former holder who
appreciated its value as a souvenir.
The document Is particularly valued
by its present owner because of the
fact that his native place was a part
of the tract therein mentioned, the
same having been purchased many
years ago by Ins grandfather and lat-er
owned by his father. A copy of
the instrument follows:
William Penn, True and . Absolute
Proprietary and Governor in Chief of
the Province of Pensilvania, Territo-ries
thereunto belonging. To all to
whom these Presents shall come send-eth
greeting. Whereas by my Inden-tures
of Lease and Release, bearing
date the six, twentieth and seven.
twentieth days of ye second month in
the year one thousand six hundred
eighty two, I granted George Palmer
late of L'onesuch, in the County of
Surrey, in ye Kingdom of England,
now deceased, his heirs, assigns, for-ever,
five thousand acres of land and
whereas the said George Palmer, by
his last will and testament, bearing
date the fourth day of the fourth
month and year aforesaid, devised to
William Palmer, his fourth son, his
heirB and assigns, forever, eight hun-dred
acres of land part and parcell
of ye said five thousand acres of land,
which said eight hundred acres was
by virtue of my warrant, laid out by
order of the Surveyor General the first
day of the twelfth month in the year
-one thousand six hundred and eighty-five
to the said William Palmer, and
whereas In pursuance of another war-rant
from myself bearing date the
twenty-seventh day of .March, one
thousand seven hundred and one, the
said eight hundred acres of land was,
by order of the then Surveyor Gener-all,
resurveyed tl lev.nth day of
the third month following and found
to contain eight hundred, thirty-two
acres oi:e hundred and fifty-six pen h
es of land, being situate in Whltpalne
Township in the County of Philadel-phia,
beginning at a post set up for a
corner near a marked Hickery divid-ing
it from Elizabeth Jackson's land;
from thence by the said Elizabeth
Jackson's line of marked trees north-east
lour hundred sixty and six perch-es
to a second post set In the ground;
from thence southeast by Richard
Whitpalne's line of marked trees two
hundred eighty and six perches to
-a third post being a corner dividing it
from the land of John Palmer; from
thence by the said John Palmer's line
of marked trees four hundred sixty
and six perches to a fourth post divid-ing
It from the land of the said John
Palmer and Plimouth Township; from
thence by the said line last mentioned
two hundred eighty and six perches
to the first mentioned corner post, con-taining
eight hundred and thirty-two
acres and one hundred and fifty-six
perches <>f land. Now at the special
Instance and request of the said Wil-liam
Palmer that I would confirm to
him the premises, know yee that, as
The Finest Selection
OF WHISKIES AND WINES
And The Choicest Beer By the Keg
Can Always Be Had Here.
N. TALONE
130 8. Elm Street.
'Phone orders delivered.
.Both Phones.
or thi isideratlon In my saii'I \ I'/. |{() IJOI * I""'1*
Indenture ol lease and reli ase men-tioned
and ol the quit rent hereinafter
for other good Onuses and
considerations me hereunto moving,
i have given, granted, released and
confirmed and by these pn Bents, tor
my heirs and successors, do give,
gram, release and confirm unto the
said William Palmer, his heirs and
a>sign. forever, all that the said eight
hundred and thirty -two acres and one
hundred and Dfty-slx perches of land
BS the same is set forth, bounded and
limited as aforesaid, together with all
mines, minerals, quarries, meadows,
swamps, marshes, crlples, pastures,
savannas, woods, underwoods, timber
and trees, wayes, waters, water cours-es,
liberties profits anil commodities,
advantages, hereditaments, appurten-ances,
to the said eight hundred and
thirty two acres and one hundred and
fifty-six perches of land or to any
part or parcell thereof Belonging or
In any wise appertaining (three full
and clear fifth parts of all Royall
Mines, free from all Deductions and
Reprisals for digging and refining, on-ly
excepted) and also free leave to
haul and hunt fish and fowle in and
upon the said eight hundred and thir-ty-
two acres and one hundred and fif-ty
six perches of land to the said Wil-liam
Palmer, his heirs and assigns, to
the only proper use and behoof of
the said William Palmer, heirs and as-signs,
forever. To be holden of me,
my heirs and successors, Proprieta-ries
of Pensilvania, as of our Mannor
or reputed Mannor of Springels-burg
in the said county, In free and coraon
soccage by fealthy only for all servi-ces,
yielding and paying therefor
yearly from the date of the first survey
to me. my heirs and successors, one
English silver shilling, or the value
thereof in coin current, for every hun-dred
acres and so proportionably at
or upon the first day of the first
month In every year forever at the
city of Philadelphia to such person or
persons as shall be from time to time
appointed to receive the same. In
witness whereof I have (by virtue of
my commission to my Proprietary
Deputies for the said Province and
Territories, bearing date the eight and
twentieth day of October last past)
caused my great seal of the said Pn
vince to be hereunto affixed. Wltne
se Edward Shlppen Griffith, Owen
Thomas Story and James Logan, my
said Deputies, or any three of them,
at Philadelphia, the seventh day of
the second month In the fourteenth
year of the reign of King William the
Third of England, and tW two and
twentieth of my commission, Anno
Domini 1702.
EDWARD SHIPPEN
THOMAS STORY
JAMES LOGAN.
BOROUGH SOLICITORS
The following communication was
received at this office. We do not
vouch for its troth:
An act passed by the last Legisla-ture
makes the term of office of Bor-ough
Solicitors elected in 1907 three
years. All such officers elected last
year, therefore, holds office until PUP.
In case of death, resignation or va-cancy
by any other reason or cause
the successor to such vacant office
should be elected only to flfl the mi
expired term of the officer originally
elected. In 1910 Solicitors will be
again elected for three years.
The above was submitted to former
Borough Solicitor Benjamin Harry,
who, In conversation with a Recorder
representative, said that he had care-fully
read the act In question. In
his opinion the law did not apply to
Conshohocken. The act was an amend-ment
to the general borough law, and
as Conshohocken has a special char-ter
of its own, the general borough
law does not apply to It. The solici-tors
here will therefore be elected
annually as In the past.
The, however, does apply to West
Conshohocken. The act is not manda-tory.
The boroughs may elect solici-tors
for three years, or any part of
three years. Mr. Donnelly, however,
was elected for one year, as has been
tne custom in the past. If the coun-oilmen
wish, he can be elected for
a term of throe years.
GETS I5 YEARS
COURT IN SENTENCING CULPRIT
SAYS HE COULD BE SENT TO
JAIL FOR LIFE.
JAWOOD LIKENS
DIES
ONE OF OUR FOREMOST TOWNS-MEN
PASSES TO THE GREAT
BEYOND.
When Jesse Brown, the Conshohock-en
burglar, who had pleaded guilty
to seven bills of indictment, was
brought forward for B< ntence BatUT-day
morning his attorney, Henry I.
Fox, made a strong plea tor leniency.
He Stated that this was a most singu-lar
case that his actions showed that
he was mentally deficient, that he
had taken goods Which were of no
profit or gain to him, bric-a-brac that
could be bought in a five and ten cent
store for 5 cents, stuff that he could
not use himself. He called to the
stand the Rev. Harvey J. Knight, the
defendant's pastor, who thought the
defendant mentally unbalanced. Me
told of his experience with the defen-dant
at church and at revival service.
He said Jesse would get up, speak of
the glory, justice and mercy of the
Lord and then later on deny these
qualities of the Saviour, calling him
unjust and unmerciful.
On imposing sentence the court
said that if what the pastor stated
was true it showed that the defen-dant
was a dangerous man to be at
large, that he has no sense of right
and wrong. He said that .he would
send defendant to the penitentiary
and if he would become insane he
would be sent to the asylum. The
Court continued that he would not
be justified under the circumstances
to take a more lenient view. If he
would sentence him to the full ax-tent
of the law, he could keep him
in jail for life, yea, twice the pro-bable
length of his life.
The Court then sentenced him on
three bills, suspending sentence- on
the others. The sentence was $.">(i
fine and 5 years in the eastern peni-tentiary
on each bill .each sentence
to be computed from the expiration of
the other, making a total of $150 and
THE RELIEF ASSOCIATION
1r
When the doctor is called he asks:
''How are the bowels?" They are gen-erally
wren:;. Ills visit might have
been saved by a timely dose of Lane's
Family Medicine.
Bicycle repairing and supplies
Kehoe's, 217 Hector street.
at
Send your orders for Rag Carpet
Weaving to Kehoe's, 217 Hector street.
Report and an Appeal from the
Committee.
The Association for the relief of the
people of Conshohocken who are tem-porarily
in need, had received in con-tributions
of money up to March 6th,
$720.65. The expenditures made after
careful Investigation of each case for
which help was asked, somewhat
exceeded the amount of money on
hand at the date named.
Relief was given to applicants from
both boroughs, and nearly half of tne
money paid out was allotted to the
borough of West Conshohocken.
The necessity for help to the worthy
poor has not ended and more money
is required to meet bills now due and
to carry forward the work until busi-ness
improves and warmer weather
conies.
We appeal, then, again to kind
hearted persons to send us funds.
Particularly is this appeal addressed
to those prosperous people In the
neighborhood who have heretofore
failed to respond to the call made by
this association.
Our work has been to help those
who actually required help and to re-lieve
from that service those well-to-do
persons who have not time or op-portunity
to investigate the matter
of the worthiness of applicants for
charity.
When the association shall wind up
Its operations the accounts will be
audited and a reckoning given to the
contributors and to the public.
Kindly send checks or money to Mr.
Thomas F. McCoy, Treasurer, Fourth
avenue and Fayette street, Consho-hocken.
F. J. BLOOM HALL, Burgess.
THOS. F. McCOY. Treasurer.
CHARLES HEBER CLARK,
REV. JAMES P. PARKER,
REV. DANIEL A. KEYS,
REV. J. F. SIIEPPARI'.
REV. J. T. GRAY.
REV. WILL F. BARB,
REV. A. II. BRADSIIAW.
REV. ADNKR J. DAVIES,
Committee.
lawood L-nkens died, at nine o'clock
this morning, at his i ie, sixt;i ave
one and Fayette street.
Mr. I.ukens has not been in good
health for the past two months, but
his illness was not considered si rlous
until a few days ago. His end came
Buddenly tins morning and was a great
shock to the community,
Mr. I.nkens has been one of the Jcad
ing men of the town, taking interest
in its growth and in the comfort and
prosperity of our residents. He has
served In Town Council and in the
School Board. His term in council
ended in 1906, and at that time the
voters of his ward were very anxious
that lie should return, but he declined
a renonilnatlon.
He was a director of the Flrsi Na-tional
Bank of this borough and also
of the Quaker City National Bank of
Philadelphia. He was one of th -
ganizers and long a director of the
Tradesmen's National Bank, of this
borough.
Mr. Jawood Lukens, a prominent
manufacturer and business man of
Conshohocken, Is a Son of Lewis A.
and Mary Thomas (Wood) Lukens,
and was born March 8, 1834, In Leba-non
county, Pennsylvania. He receiv-ed
his education in private schools
and Treeniourif Seminary, Nbrristown,
and graduated from the Polytechnic-
College of Pennsylvania, at Philadel-phia,
in IStii, as civil engineer, having
served In the Pennsylvania militia In
the emergency calls of 1862 and 1863
—first in the Eleventh Regiment and
second in the Grey Reserve regiment,
of Philadelphia. After his graduation
he was tor a time engaged with an
engineer corps, engaged in BUT!
a route tOT the Pan Handle Railroad In
West Virginia and Ohio, and later was
A MIDDAY BLAZE
The Stable of Clarence Wood, in
West Conshohocken. Destroyed by
Fire This Afternoon.
SPRING MILL
The frame Btable ol Clarence Wood,
on Morehead avenue, Weal Consho-
B, caughl lire about quarter past
one o'clock this afternoon.
An alarm was turned into the Qeo.
Clay Fire Company, of West Consho-hocken
and the Washington Hire Com-pany,
ol this borough. Both compa-nies
responded and worked heroically
to save> the building, bnt the Ore
had gained such headway that very
little of It could be saveil.
The Bremen devoted most of their
time in saving the buildings surrouinl-ing
the burning structure', as most of
them are frame ami in very close prox-imity
to It.
The flames could be plainly seen
from Fayette Street and attracted a
groat many of our townspeople.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
a term of 15 years in the penitentiary, engaged in surveying in the oil Melds
of Pennsylvania. In 1867 he took a
FRANK SPERLUNTO & SON
Philadelphia Tailors, 20 N. Elm St.
SUITS MADE TO ORDER
Cleaning, Scouring, Pres-sing
and Dyeing neatly done
at reasonable prices. Also
alterations and repairing
neatly done.
GIVE US A TRIAL
position in the employ of Alan Wood
& Co., remaining with this company
In that capacity until 1873, when lie
was taken into the firm. He remained
a member of that firm until 1881. On-on
the latter date he withdrew from
the business and built, in 1882. the
the l.ongmead Iron Works, for the
manufacture of muck bar iron, ami op-erated
these works until 1894, giving
employment to ninety men. In 1 SIM
a stock company was formed with Ja-wood
Lukens president and treasurer
and A. L. Murphy, secretary, an I the
works were enlarged by the addition
of a finishing mill for the manufacture
of Skelp iron. This enterprise gave
employment to one hundred hands.
In 1883 he was one of the prime mov-ers
in building and equipping the Con-shohocken
Tube Works and has been
president of the Conshohocken Gas
and Water Company, and vice presi-dent
of the Tradesmen's National
Bank of Conshohocken.
In 1868 Mr. Lukens married Susan,
a daughter of Dr. Hiram Coraon. la-wood
Lukens was a man of man
c e ilent and useful traits of character,
Energetic, prompt and pains-taking in
the discharge of every duty, he left
nothing to chance or good fortune, and
believed that Rood luck Is but the re-sult
of good management. Persever-anceand
patience were among his most
striking characteristics and he made
himself thoroughly acquainted with
the minutest details of the business
he may have in hand. His power
of analysis and combination, and bis
fine executive ability enabled him to
secure the skillful and successful exe-cution
of his work in any business
or financial enterprise, In which he
was engaged. As a citizen, .or.
Lukens was highly esteemed by all who
have business or social intercourse
with him, while his integrity and hon-or
were unquestioned He was a mem-ber
of the American Institute of Min-ing
Engineers; the Engineers' Club ol
Philadelphia; the Franklin Institute,
and the I'nion League and other e lul>s.
THE GEM LEADS OTHEPS
Vaudeville will again i" sin a on
tin stai at I: P tpnlar
when very One Wing and buck
ing will be BhOWn by Mr. John son. a
skilled ezperl in the art. In addition
to this great vaudeville, high
moving pictures will be shown. Mr.
Al Huston will sing an illustrated song
at each performance. Admission, five
cents.
20 NEW MEMBERS FOR THE
GIRLS FRIENDLY SOCIETY
At 7.15 to-night, at the Young Peo-ple's
service in Calvary Church, twen-ty
new members will be admitted Into
the Girls' Friendly Soc/jty. It is a
beautiful service. The directress,
Miss Lukens, has been preparing the
candidates for several months. This
chapter is one of the largest in the
diocese, it numbers about 150.
The Hector. Rev. Archibald' II.
Bradshaw, will preach, and his subject
will be "A Holy Character." The
choir will be out in force so in every
way it wijl be a most attractive serv-ice.
The Brotherhood of St. Andn
Junior and Senior Chapters—have
charge not only of this service but
those on Thursday and Sunday nights.
Every Tuesday night during Lent is
set apart especially for the young peo-ple.
The other themes dlsouaaed by
the Hector will he: "A Holy Friend-ship;"
"A Holy Love;" "A Holy Mar-riage-"
"A Holy Home."
Certainly, you are young. Come!
Be interested and never grow old.
A VISITOR
The Rev. James II. Lamb, rector of
St. David's. Radnor, will preach in
Calvary Chun"*. Thursday night. He
is an old friend of Dr. Atkins and
many Others here. He will be wel-comed
by many.
Thursday nights in Lent prominent
men of this diocese will preach. A
list of very fine speakers is publish-ed
in thtB Lenten leaflet. Do not miss
seeing any of them. You are welcome.
All are welcome, it is Thursday
night so as not to interfere with other
services. Now is the time to broaden
out and hear big men that will help
you and do you good. A feast of
good preaching is in store for us all.
Let us Improve our opportunities.
DAILY SERVICE
Calvary Church is now having a
daily service until Easter—Mondays,
Wednesdays, FrldayB and Saturdays—
;u i.;;u p. m. The Junior Choir of -'■
voices leads In the music. The rector
Is giving tour series ol talks. Mondays,
■sins Against the Holy Ghost; Wed-nesdays,
Fellowship With Christ;"
"Fridays. "The Holy Communion and
Its Meaning;" Saturdays. "Christly
Fellowship with Men." All are wel-come.
The attendance is much larger
this year than last at these services.
If you come once you will come again
and then you will get the habit.
Thus one half hour can be well spent.
Why don't you try It?
PRIESTS IN AN ACCIDENT
Horse Frightened at Automobile and
Men Thrown from Carriage.
Father .lames It. McC.arry, assistant
to Father Francis fair, of St. Pat-rick's
Church, Norrlstown, and Father
Moron, a guest, were thrown from a
carriage Saturday afternoon by the
horse taking fright at an automobile
near Bridgeport, and both bad a nar-row
escape from serious injury.
'rin> two prlesti were driving up the
lver road when they met an automo-bile
belonging to Doctor Henry, of
Phllade i rved to
iele and Upset the WBgOU. Both
■ burled from the
and dragged over the road. The
finally broke away and wreck-ed
the wagon. Doctor Henry took
the priests to the Office of Doctor El-lershaw,
In Bridgeport1, where a scalp
wound sustained by Father McGarry
was dressed.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM THE
NEIGHBORING VILLAGE CON-DENSED
INTO SHORT
PARAGRAPHS.
Mrs. William Crawford is convales-cing
at her home on Hector street,
alter a lew days' illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wane, of Phila-delphia,
we re visiting .Mr. ami Mrs.
JOSeph Hotto. or Hector street, on Sun-day.
Mr. and Mrs. .lames Ramsey and
Family, of lloxborough, spent Sunday
at the Hastings' residence on "ector
■tree t.
The funeral of the late Philip Orun-der
took place on Sunday afternoon
from his resilience on Mt. Pleasant
avenue.
James Baldwin, of Pittsburgh, and
Mr. Thomas Baldwin, of Philadelphia.
are visiting their parents' home on
Hector street.
Henry Btaley, janitor of the Sprint
Mill school, is convalescing at his
home on Cedar Grove road after a few
weeks' illness.
Mr. ami Mrs. Horace Logan and
family, of Philadelphia, spent Sunday
at the Crawford residence on Hector
and (tighter streets
Mr. and Mrs. FranKlIn Welsh and
daughter Katherine, of Philadelphia,
are spending a few days at the Welsh
home on Railroad avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Kllpatrlck
■ad Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schofleld,
of Roxhorough, were renewing ac-quaintances
here on Sunday.
The following words can be observ-ed
while passing the Silica Works os
Silica avenue, on a very neat sign:
Robert T. Potts.
Justic-e of the Peace
General Business Agent.
The wrestling match Is over as far
as Graver Is concerned, as he has lost
his nerve and is willing to pay the for-feit
of $5 rather than lose $25. which
he had bet on the side line. Mr. Da-vidson
is no doubt a very clever wrest-ler
as he is quick and very handy.
Those who want their tickets exchang-ed
will call before Friday at the Mor-ris
Building, room 23, on Mt Pleas-ant
avenue.
Quite a number of friends and rela-tives,
which included some Red Men
of the Conshohocken Ixnlge, met at
the Kriebel residence, on Hector
street, Saturday evening, in honor of
the 22nd birthday of Mark Kriebel.
A very lively evening was enjoyed by
all who attended, also a very pleasant
evening as far as eating is concerned,
as you could have anything from salt
to clam chowder. The popular songs
sang were admired very much, espec-ially
the song "l^t's Stay all Night."
Miss Lillian Rumsey, of Rbxborough,
also rendered some very pretty selec-tions
on the piano, as did also Miss
Mary Kriebel on her mandolin. The
Included the Misses Lillian
Rumsey, Maggie Ramsey, Bessie Hast-ings.
Marx Rigg, Jennie Kriebel. Mary
Kriebel. Mar? Hastings. Maggie Hast-ings
and Ernestine Smith and Messrs,
Robert and Charles Peacock and Al-fred
Aredon. oi New Jersey, and Hugh
Adams, Walter Welsh, William Hast-ings
and Frank Kriebel.
CONSHOHOCKEN BIJOU
A great program is exhibited at the
Bijou to-night and the remainder of
the week. Miller & Hopkins, eccen-tric
dancers and singers, will perform
every night on our stage. Change of
program Wednesday, Friday and Sat-urday.
The latest moving pictures,
shown. The first picture is "A Duel
After the Ball," showing the richest
masquerade ball, for some reason' an
insult occurs at the ball and the duel
takes place. The second picture, "A
Ken Way of Traveling," beautifully
colored. Both of thc;se subjects are
entirely new. never having been ex-hibited
in Conshohocken before.
For Wednesday and Thursday we
will exhibit "That Mother-in-law is a
Bon " and "A Melon Race," very ex-c
Iting ami iunn>.
Headquarters for Bpaldlng'a Base
Ball goods, at Kehoe's. txi II
street.
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