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&lic Conslioliocktm Hccorto. / r-n-ni icurn VXTTPW TTIP.SnAV M). -MM) HJBLlfcHF.D EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY CONSHOHOChEN, PA., FRIDAY, PEBflUABY 2, L9<K). $l.n() PEll YEAB TOPICS OF TWO TOWNS ItSSM ol lalsresl concernlst the people tint we know In both Horoutnt. Other ci«'. III.' Women's Relief Corps will meet on Monday evening In O. A. R. Hnll. • A child of Daniel Kenoe, of the Nortli I'M.i li oonflned to its home by Illness. A seven year old daughter of John Boyle is confined to her home by ill - HISS Miss Rittcnhouse. of Baltimore. Md Is visiting Miss I.illie Jones, of Spring Mill avenue. The mercantile appraiser iitnl his as- Blatant were calling on our merchants on Tuesday. There will l>e a song service with a short sermon In the Baptist Church Sunday evening. Letters of administration in the M tate of John Kogarty have i u grant-ed to Mary Kogarty. Beginners Will be admitted to the primary department of the public school on next Monday. A baby of Daniel Kirkpatrick re-siding on Hector street near Poplar street. Is 111 at Its home letters of administration In the es-tate of George lloQtmlgal have been granted to Henry M. Tracy. Esq. The Alcott Club will meet on Tues-day evening at the home of Mrs. Smith on Spring Mill avenue below Apple street. Private Watchman Andrew Mae- Keeters fell on the Ice on Wednesday and broke his leg. He was removed to Charity Hospital. This is the Keaat of Purification, sometimes called Candlemas Appro-priate services were held in Calvary Church this morning. Next Sunday will be the llfth anni-versary of the Rectorship of Rev. Her-bert J. Cook, of Calvary Church. He will preach n special sermon at the morning service. The Insurance company yesterday adjusted the loaf caused by the Are at Dr. I> It. Heaver's home last Saturday. Harry Martin represented Dr. In the transaction. Mr. Norman Batsman ami Miss Han-nah W. Doan, both of Norristown, were married at the parsonage of the Baptist Church, by Rev. n Oolelesser, on Wednesday evening. At a meeting of the Fourth Ward Democrnts on Wednesday evening, ex-councilmnn Henry O'Brien was named as a candidate for Town Council, to take the place of W. B. Inner. The steam heating apparatus at the Presbyterian Church has been entire ly revised and will be in full operation on Sabbath. The services, morning and evening will be held In the main iiudi ence room. Poor Director Allen 0. Bieler's out-door relief district comprises Consho-hocken. Plymouth, Norriton. I.ansdale Hatfleld and all other places bet' een those points. Mr. Boiler's postofflce is EaBt Greenville. The Harry Orchestra will assist at the evangelistic meeting on Sabbath at 2.30 P. It., at the Presbyterian Church Messrs Reppert and Graiml will alst assist. A service of music will be hell between 2 nnd 2.30 o'clock. The pub-lic Is invited. The Manayunk Advance says: Rev. |i. B, I^wis has quite a large class of young men at the Manatawna Baptist Sunday School and there Is room for more. The class Is growing weekly. Mr. I.ewlB has excellent ideas In Sun day School work and his suggestions have been a great help to the school. The ladles of St. Mark's Church will give their annual supper on Saturday evening In P. O. S. of A. Hall. It Is to be hoped that the ladies will be gen-eroiiBly patronized, as they have the name of serving the best Uppers. Those who have patronized tiffin In John Redmond, and Jami Connelly, W. iiul-gi ; .m,| l!i i 0. II.. 38; John Rellly and Dsnli B dmond, Jr., v. \i A. .\ Mrs Blii iii tii Murray is seriously in. School Direct) - John B Hippie suf-fered a sei inns affliction mi Tuesday, when he temporarllj lost his speech. He attended to liis Imsinoss as usual. but could not talk. On Wednesday hs began bo whisper and i* now in fair ,■ indltlon in I..- all ii«hi In a few days. The membt rs ol Washington Camp, So. Ill, have organised a Btrawthreah-p tssoeiatlon. Itspurposstatopromote sociability, and bettor the finances of tin Camp The following officers will ne Installed on Wednesday evening. February Uth: Cast Treasurer, L. B. Haws: Treasurer! BL i< Bddleman; Assistant Treasurer, <:. Rlghter; Engi-neer, A. w. Jones; Secretary, T. H. Kay: !<•■, per of the stack B- T. s. Hal-lowell; Btraw Tramper, 9. s. Derrj Keeper of bats. Qeorge Webb; Guard of the stack. H. 0. Campbell. The primar] meeting of the nemo-cratlfl voters of the. Second Ward was i eld on Tuesdaj evening and the fol-lowing nominatloni scale: Town Council. J. Casey. School Director. Bdward Raflerfcy, Inspsetor, John Whnbn. in pursuance of circulars sent out I'V bishops the appointment of census solicitors has lieeiiniiiib'111 many Cath-r »llc churches, The duties of the soii-eitors are to take name and age of every Catholic mas woman and child, oks are returned to the bishops. ,h< names are copied then by their eierks and the original books ami data sent to the secretary of the Pope at Rome, Thia will be done in every rsilsh In the United State*, and from the figures thus obtained can be found tin number of comsnunlcanta of the , innch In this country To-day brings us Saiiiilenuis day,cel-ebrated in the ChlIKh bj the religious festival of the purification of the Hies sed Virgin, but the flay la more popu-lar known by otttstele barbarians as "ground-hog day Many supersti-tious p opls believe tbtl on this day the ground-hog or irood-chuck, after having slept in his hole all winter, comes inn and take* a peep at the weathei and if the situ shines so that he can see his shadow he cpiickiy re-turns to his hole and lleeps there for six weeks longer his Instinct teaching him tint if the sun shines on Candle-mas there Will follow six weeks of se- ,,ie winter. If this animal does not shadow it will remain out. and ,n early spring may he looked for. This Is an old time superstition, and many farmers regard this day with an anxious raze. If Candlemas day be bright and fair, •.'.'inter will have another "tear," Bui If Candlemas ilny be cloud and ruin. Winter Is gone ami will not come again.. fudging from the weather to-day. we will yet fee plenty of winter. A KKimr U;Y RECEPTION. Mi snd Mri J i'i" \l ii it. i.. a dance at "Leeland" las) evening, The beautiful man. hand-some I] di ooratad with plains and Over one hundred gu its wi re pn s.nt from this borough, Not i koxborough, Philadelphia and places The recelVI rs were Mr. and Bllwood Lee, Miss Ma] B • Mrs, Mini.. Lee, Mis. Hettle Wood. J. Carl lie La Cow and Harry Martin. After the reception the young folks enjoyed dancing until the mid nl [hi hour. BASKET BALL CHAT toashohoiken Heat* Y/eng. Freaae'e lirtt Oa-ie. Schedule lor (hit Week ARREST HIM ON BIOHT, Tin re is no greater or more dai oiis traveling nuisance in the county than the tallow who goes from In use to house, iii town an i country, leaving sample packages of paten) mi dl Of foods in house.'-. i,n porches, door Itepi Or i" yards. This thing has I en done frequently In this town during Hie past year. Only a few da] a lady used a package of baklni der left at her home, with the ' that all who ate of the food wer sick. Numerous cases of Illness tri m a similar cause have been 11 from various parts of the country in the past few months Due 0 IB ir policeman should have strict orders to arresl on sight any person dl uilng medicine or food samplea in thus way. n is too di ngen us a pracl Ice to I"- tolerated. " wis W \i( TAX REFUNDED. WHITPA1N DEMOCRATIC TICK ' The following ticket hat be i Inated by the Democrats of Wr, township: Judge ol Election Oeo. W ".rooks. Inspector, Fred, it- Linds ■■. School Directors, W. Pri y, J. H. hree years; F\ C. Hoover, two Supervisors, Win. MeCann . Richard Roynan, Tai Collector, George M ir phy. Auditor. Samuel Keeper: Town clerk. Norman Hart. DAMAOES FOR A LIFE Attorney I.. M. Child*, counsel for UlS widow of l-'phi lat i ol Won-, si. r township, on Baturda ternoon anten d aull agalnal the Ing Rsilwaj company and the St. ny i reek Railroad eompanj for dai Inclined by the death Of her husband a fanner, who was killed al a crossing on the latter road at Belfry station on the afternoon of December 23rd, while he win returning from the i niladelphti markets Both eoropa nlea are involved because of the tact that the stony Creek mad is op by the Reading conii Ml | At the inquest held by Conn Glathery the jury severely censured I ne railroad and recommended a watch in in. One has sines been placed at the l i issing. -Mrs. Childs will likely ssk lor $20,000 damages from the railroad companies. 11 a roughly contested game, at Key atone Hall, Philadelphia, an Weduea day ni. M locals bad little diffeulty in defeating the Wang by the score of |7 I,, 11, Crawford played his second Km with locals and in the absence Of Neville and Ruth, who are both on the sick list. Frease. of the second team, and a promising young was put In With Moore at for-ll, showed up Iii great form. his playing surprising the members of the first lean,, and he succeeded in ... the ball three times. the beginning it was Consho-hocken'a game, the score at the end of the firs! half being 11 to 6 In favor of the locals. Iii the second half the i arsre able to score only one field goal while the locals added 16 points lo their SOOTS. The line-up: 0, ang, Conshohoeken. W.it!, forward Moore n la forward Krease Fisher centre Cox Ituth guard Crawford Mien guard Lang Coals from Held— Essenwein, Wlrth, Fisher " Moore I Krease 3, l.ang 3, Crawford. Coals from offences—Es-i '. Moore. Offences—Wlrth, Cox, i ang. Referee B. Zobel, Penn ■ '. it ball team. Time 2l> minute halves. —:o:— (in SHI Frease, who played attack foi the loeal team In the Wang game. promise of developing Into a id iyer. During the past two be has been connected with ring Mill and Conshohoeken Tte- 18, and bis game on Wednas-narked his advent into fast He has not yet been signed i Cox, but if his work of Wednesday nlghi continues, he will on) onl) be signed but will be placed earn as a regular player. He : yel young,and there aremany points hich he must torn Inn self In order to make a star. Though classed as only a second rater, many admirers who trust that this la onl] the beginning of a brll-ireer In basket ball for this player, and some of our h >st consider thai before he is In imnani long will rank among the top-nolchers of the country. May it, I., the means of bringing many-vic-tories to the local team. Intei nai Revi nue Collector McCialn sde defendant In 'lommon ideas Courts, of Philadelphia, on Wedn In a suit brought by The J. Bllwood i.ee Company, of this borough, dealers in surgical Instruments and supplies. They want to recover $3113.08. which, the] Itate, they paid for war tax stamps on medicated gauses and cot-tons. They claim ihal these goods were not subject to tax when sold by them under certain conditions. It is said that this is but a forerunner of a number Of Other suits of a similar na-ture, where stamps have been purchas-ed and used under the belief that they were necessary NEW TROLLEY LINK PROPOSED. A trolley line from Phoenlnville to Brldgeporl is the latest proposition in that method of travel. Several capi-talists have called upon John L May, through whose property al Valley Forge the road would pass,with a rtew ot obtaining the right ol waj THE CONVOCATION OF NORRISTOWN. MCKORYTOWN ;>onic Rcmlniscincca ol George N. torson Annul ihc Milage across the L'ouatry CELEBRATED ins EIC.HTl.rni BIRTHDAY Mr. Albert Conard on Thursday pas-sed his Koth birthday and the event was celebrated by a dinner at the home of Mrs. Isaac Conard. Those present were: Wm. II. Conard and wife, John N. till] and wife, Philadel-phia; John Walton and wife. Blue Bell; Charles Llvezeyand wlfe.Spring-house: B. W. Mammal and wife. Fort Washington; S. Webster and wife, Conshohoeken. Mr. Conard was born In Whitpaln township on the old Con-ard farm, which stands midway be-tween Blue Bell and Sandy Hill. His grandfather. Joseph Conard, had UM acres and at his death his sonB Joseph nnd John divided the property. John, the father of the subject of this sketch, took the lower part and erected build-ings and a log shop for blacksmithing and making of augers. He had LI children, nine sons, of whom but Al-bert. Lewis and Isaac remain. Al-bert married Martha D. Ball, of Quak-ertown, who died about isr,7 or 58 Tin \ moved to the property now occu-pied b] Jacob Huckle ami the next rear to the Old Bhie House properly. now Fort Side Inn. then In 1849 moved to where he now resides. They had hlldren, William, Mary. John. Ellen. wife oi Charles Livesey; Sarah, who lied time years ago; Ada. who mar-rli d H. w. Mammal. Mr, Conard is a very active man foi his age and is at present still engaged In the manufac-ture of angers al the Conard auger I si lory, of Fort Washington. He still swings the hammer on the anvil uid turns out as good work as ever and the next day after his birthday was forging ear and chair hits for shipment to the north and West May he enjoy man] such happy occasions as his 80th birthday proved to he. The Convolution of Norrisiown met yesterday In the church of the Sav-iour, Jenklntown, the Rev. Roberta Colas, Rector. The Rei Herbert J. Cook, Dean, presided. There a/as a good attendance. Calvary Church was represented by the Rector and U Charles l.ukens and Reese I'. Davis. At the business meeting Rev. W. 11 Bnrk. of Norristown. was secretary. Reports were received on missions at Ilatboro, Ambler, Royersford. Bridge-port, and those in the parishes of I.ansdale. Norristown and POttstOWn. Expressions of condolence were ex-tended to Rev. Edgar Campbell, and Rev. Roberts Coles, Charles Ink ns and Rev.A, A. Marple were appainteda committee to draft resolutions on I he death Of II. K. Brown, a layman of thl Convocation, from St. John's, Norrls-town, A missionary meeting in Hi, evening was addressed by Rt. Rev. W. II. Brown. Bishop of Arkansas; Rev. J.Thompson Cole, ofSt Paul's, Ogonts; Rev. !•'. II. Argo. Of Rocklcdge, and Rev. A. J. Barrows, of St. Janus Pi kiomen. THE CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION County Chairman Solly will shortly appoint conferees to meet a similar delegation from Bucks county to fix a time and place for the conventions to elect District National Delegates and nominate a person for Congress. The former convention will probably be held In Bucks county and the latter in Montgomery. The work of both wil be cut and dried In advance. Con man Wanger seems assured of a re-noiiiiiimion without, any serious oppo-dtion, and whether Mr. Bolly or Mi Hosier be the National Del choice; will be made by the leaders and its ratification left to the convention. AFTER MKRCANTII.K TAXES other years will be sure to do SO again The proceeds are to clear off some of the indebtedness of the church. One degree above zero makes yester-day the coldest day of the i winter. The next coldest was Decem-ber 31, when the mercury got down to 8 degrees and to-day when it also touched 8 degrees. Although partially Inured to the cold by two days soiling afforded In the frigidity of Tuesday and Wednesday, all who were compelled to be out of doors suffered as they haven't Buffered since the mem-orable blizzard, almost a year ago. What wind there was came either from the west or the northwest, and can led enough frostlness to nip lUCh ears and noses as were not amply protected against the stinging blasts. The weather department does not promise much let up in the frigidity for sev-eral days. The second series In the shufflebnard tournament between the Y. If, A. A. and the Active Association of th V. O. H. wns played on Monday evening In the Y. M. A. A. room. The former came off victorious, winning the three games. The games were more elos.lv contested than on the previous Occa-sion, some good playing being done on both sides. The first game was evenly contested up to thirty, it being nip nnd tuck, first one in the lead then the other. Following are the scores: First game—Casey and Sweeney, A. 0. H. 32; Rafferty and Jamet Redmond, Y. M. A. A.. GO. Second game—John Brennan and C, O'Brien, A. 0. H., 33; WKST CON8HOHOCKBN Eta James B of Chester, tor to thl* borough yester-day. Iliv. and Mrs .1. 11. l-'enwick re-turned yesterday from a visit to New ■ Slate. Earl, I young son of Henry Hall. Ini i to his home with scarlet (. »er. This is grimnd-hoK day.'and indi- ■ point to a six-week's Beige of king wlntt r's reign. —I«n ' nnmben of skaters are an-jojdiaT ''"'' inp 8kat,n,! on ,ne nams liong thi Gulf Click. i he regular meet Ing of the School Hoard Will be held era Monday even-ing, —The membere Of the Free Baptist i sre sndeavortm to make their tinmen! on Saturday evening. February 10th, a rousing success. The funeral services were held y, atl rday morning over the remains of Mr§, i'atrirk Dougherty. High Mass Ol Requiem was celebrated in St. Oer- ChUrch by tin- Itev. D. P. O'- Connor. The interment was made in St Matthew's New Ocmetery. ltev. T I. .1. Wrinltt, pastor of the Holiness Christian Chtireh Is con-fined to his bed, threatened with ty-phoid fever. Kor several weeks back l(..v Wright has complained of feeling aworn to which unwell, but was unwilling to give up, and on Tuesday he became so bad thai be was unable tO net out. Services ,., being conducted nightly with an evangelist from Philadelphia in charge REV. K. I. HYDE'S JOKE While several of our residents were talking of the tiro at Dr, Heaver's, and the danger of theCalvarjf church, the oilier day. licv D, It. Hyd'' said: ir the church seres m catch lire, tin-organ would no dim Id lie totally des- "Why so." asked Olieof the hearers. "Because the Bremen can't play on It,'' was the reply-lb, n ill present smiled. Henry stapler, the mercantili praiser Of Montgomery county, who is operating in this borough now, has at ready canvassed a large portion of the lOnnty and says thai lie believes thai the letnrns for the whole county will .-now three limes as many inoivliunts :.nii tradesmen liable under the 0 IW ,ICt as under the former one. riiis makes correspondingly It ,-d wuk tor Mm, but he is going iH ii ayi tematically. Many of the small shop ki apt I •lot keep any books, or at least Imperfect accounts. To all such In Structlona are that they must keep broks. This year they have bo make Statement of what their sales are fin ii week, ami then the appraiser multi-plies that by 52 for a year's sab Kites them accordingly. The plaein ol suitable signs in front of their pi 11 >>s of bnsinasa la required by law, and lb, re is a penalty of $10 for a falluri to comply with that requirement Tbi t wil all learn these points by anoths year, and there will be less trouble. Are agents, ti avellug sal Hi ble to pay a commercial tax upon IbSlr sabs" has been ask. d. A ■ persona who Bell goods on coraml in nt attorney says not. I In y sell goods thai COmca I Stores and business plans in the citj end the proprietors of those plae bound in make proper returns, duly would Inciudi th goods sold hero. All BUoh salesmen and aommlaalon dealt are in the same class with clerks In .nil are not subject to the mercantile las. In order to expedite bis work Mr. Stapli r has adopted the plan ol a ml m: or giving to each merchant or anop-koeper a blank form to till up,and lie ii calllnglater to obtain thereturn ,-, 'me of them pay no attention to luese notlcea and wall until he i ilia .md then giv. him a reluctant state-ment of the facts. To-morrow evening the Oermantown V. M. C. A. will open the second half of the season on the home floor with the locals. The Oermantownera nre look-in n forward to show the home team a good Hue and from the present out-look they are not looking In vain. Until and Neville arc out of the game. but Frease. who did such good work on Wednesday night will be substi-tuted, and with Moore as his partner. be should lie able to give a good ac-cotint id himsef. The Oermantowners feel proud over their showing In the Brat half of their last game here.whbb suited with them In the lead 5 to 2. With the men, who have been on the hospital list nearly all season, In the the] should worry the locals eon bly. —:o:— The local team will open the second [ the Interstate League season veiling, with the Tannhauser Wheelmen at Philadelphia. The .ni have been greatly strength-ened by the addition of Slmms. Ru-dolph, and Oven, formerly with the Pennsylvania Bloyote Nntionai League team, and consequently have one of the Strongest teams In the League for an opener. The local team still feel Hug of defeat In this borough. the Wheelmen defeated them III thi early part of the season, and lently play to redeem them-s dves. NSW PHILADELPHIA TELEPHONIC BLICAN8 OF UPPER DUBLIN. A charter was granted at II burg, on Tuesday to the Telephone, 11 legraph and CaMeCompany ofPenu-sylvania. The capital of the company is $25,000. divided into BOO shares of 150 each. The company is chartered to operate in Philadelphia and all the counties of the State. The ^corpora-tors are Joseph B. McCall, Charles M Swain. Jeremiah J. Sullivan. Charles A. Porter, and William McLean. Jr.. all of Philadelphia. Thii company is a branch of the Telephone, Telegraph and Cable com-pany of America, and ils Organisation is a stop iii tin- development of thai corporation. Charles M. Swain on Wednesday, at his office In the City Trust Building, said: Joseph II. McCall is the organizer of the new company, and the only one who Is in a position to give much in-formation about it. Now that the charter has been granted for Pennsyl-vania, no further steps in the way of organization can be taken until the directors meet." McCall went to New York on Wed-nesday to consult with Martin Malon-ey. the promoter of the parent orsani-zatlon. W. .1. Latin, the president, and his associates In Philadelphia pro-fessed complete ignorance of Malon-ey's plans. The Telephone, Telegraph and Cable There was an Informal coin Ol leaders of Seventh district in Phlla dl 11illiII to consider the matter of bold ing the Congressional convention. II waa thought for the sake of economy tnat the district convention to B1 ct National delegates nnd altei might be merged with the Com ionnl convention. Congressman Wan gcr who was present was consulted in the mater, but as he is in the hands of bis friends he did not care i<> voice a preference, seemingly satisfied to rest content with any action the committee might take. It was finally agreed to continue ns heretofore and bold two conventions. The Congressional een ventlon will be held in Mucks and the National delegate convention in Mont goineiy. The latter will lie held first, some time in May. and the Con long] convention will be held late In June The dates will be fixed by coii-ferress. Thomas Mulvey, the man who looks rernor Stone, is now securely : BS manager of the famous old Inn al lliekorytown, where so many of our famous men were born. It is on the line of the electric cars from Nor-ristown to Barren 11111, Chestnut Hill and Philadelphia, and in the healthy ne region of the Plymouth Vai- ,v. It has been a famous place for -Hangers and travelers for many gen-erations, and the present proprietress, Mrs. Marple. has enhanced Its reputa-tion by the selection of such an ex-pertenced and gentlemanly restaura-teur and host for her hostelry. With all the vicissitudes of time and death, there are certain old localities for refresnn snl i thai survive like oa-ses in the desert sands. At Hickory-town, my father and his brothers and sisters were, most of them, born and ared, and here his father kept the village store and also farmed. Here In ancient times the Conestoga wag-ons lined the Oermantown turnpike road at eventide at times for half a mile. That travel has departed. Here in end the wood stove the rude fore-era of the hamlet gathered to moan v.r the decay of the forest trees, and to ... n.l.T what in the world they would do for fuel In the future as lowed the wood beneath their sturdy stroke. Coal and gas, steam and elec-tricity were not within range of their imagination. But now I see that all these agencies in to be superseded by the garnering of the heat of the sun. An Inventor at Washington can burn clay into bricks. heal I house and cook his dinner by - ui the sun. Oil wells were unknown In our State and railroads undreamed of. Indeed, Uncle Alan W. "orson often told me that he rein, i - !>■ is well when the fust carriage came to Quaker Meeting at Plymouth. Prior o that time people walked or came on horseback, and a stone horse block for to mount from stood at Ply-mouth, as one stood at Owynedd Meet-ing till a very late day. Perhaps these ■• stones for horse-back riders II then I have not observed lately. The old landmarks must he ved; they teach history. Saw Mill run in Norristown takes its name from a famous old saw mill thai along the creek on the farm northi ISt i Norristown, on the large plantation that belonged to the founder and pro-lenltor of the Meridltb family In our Oltnt] and especially in thai region and In Plymouth township, on the farm lately owned by Andrew Hart. Now the only mill on that stream Is a very ancient one. inside the borough limits, owned and occupied by Ben-jamin Brown, corner of Walnut and Brown streets. Norristown. This last -In nld lie purchased for a park and the mill preserved as a precious relic. It Is quaint and to it Is attached quite a little farm, and the stream and mill race make the place quite romantic with Its trees of the primeval forest siiii extant SOLD ADULTERATED BUTTER. William Stewart, proprietor of the grocery store at First avenue and Fay-ette street, was compelled to furnish JlllOO bail before Magistrate I., nlni.lt. of Norristown, on Wednesday evening on two charges, one of selling "oleo" and the other of disposing of adulter-ated butter. Stewart is proprietor of five stores in Philadelphia. He was arrested two weeks ago on the charge of selling -oleo." and settled the case by paying a fine of $200. His manager. Edward Stiibbs, was also arrested and com-pelled to furnish ball. Deputy Food Inspector Robert Simmers, of Phila-delphia, made (he arrests. When the first arrest was mnde Dr, i. w siiniiorland. of College-ville. is ill for the first time In 87 j ears. The Republican primary election on turdaj i veiling, for Upper Dublin, proved to be one of harmony nnd good will. Tin expected contest for lower ml supervisor did not develop, and but i une was placed in nomination for each position. In all 134 voteswere cast John L. Shoemaker acted as Chairman and T. F. Shoemaker and Daniel Stout as clerkB. The tiokel is SB follows: Supervisors, Charles Donal. Qec B Conwuy; School Directors, Dr. Tims. .1 Clemens, B. 0. Ford; Collec-tor. Hicks l.ukens; Auditor. Ed. H. Johnson, ,li : Town Clerk, Edgar Rob-i b,, election officers for Upper Dublin. Bast district, were nominated mi Friday evenng. The present offi-rere nominated as folows: Judge of Elections, Thomas S. Shoemaker; tor, Rodger Smith; Registry IMwin Simmers. , adulterated pepper was taken along • 'oiuranv of Amer ca was chartered si b) th. e Inspector to .be anal,ysed, ,la.ter Win a Simmers returned to the Btew-ert store to secure knowledge In i to inspectors that Stewart had refer-ied to in Philadelphia as being fixed he saw a flashy sign In the window. "Good butter Jl cents a pound." He finitely asked another man who hap-pened along to go In and get hlra a half a pound of that good butter, some ! crackers and cheese. The butter was none other than the oleomargarine, for Trenton on November 9. lSflfl, with a capital stock of tao.ooo.ooo. fully sub-scribed. W. J. I-ntta was elected pres-ident, and the main Offices of the ,om-pany were opened in the American Se-curity Building. 100 Broadway, New York More than 3000 Independent telephone companies, embracing near-ly all the States In the I'liion. were Included In the organisation, which Is the first dangerous rival to the Bell FI'CIITVK BURGLAR RUN DOWN. Charles Mantell, a fugitive from Jus-liee. was arrested this week In I'ltts-burg, and Will be brought to this coun-ty to serve a sentence for burglary. Ho was found guilty of several rob-bi rii s at llaverford. and while on his wav to Jail to await sentence, slipped the handcuffs and made his escape. Mantell is wanted at Enston for com-mitting a $3000 robbery. Mantell and another prisoner were handcuffed together. Just as the psr-ty real bed the large iron gates in front of the jail, Mantell slipped the hand-cuffs. He start..! down Airy street and had a good start before Sheriff Light and several deputies went In pursuit. In fronl Of the City Hall Mantell dropped I is bat. but did not stop to pick It up. He continued out DeKalb street and llaappearcd after he entered the side sard at the parsonage of the DeKalb i M. K. Church. A diligent search was made for the .seabed convict, but he could not be located At the time of his escape, Sheriff Light offered $100 reward for his capture. svstem to come into existence. ■ The chartering of, t.,he Pennsyl,vani.a Bse,,lling which Stewart bad before pud ""K " branch of the company by I'hlladel-,,he »200 flne-phla capitalists is the most important step in the movement since the forma-tion of the parent company. Philadel- Mr, and Mrs. John Swing, of Potts-town, were nearly asphyxiated by ea The Norristown Tinplate works are inoperative from the lack of material. It takes bUl a minute to overcome tickling In the throat and to stop a By reason of ils failure to I B county bridge over Swan,i, the Oroton Bridge Company, i I York, according to the terms of the ei ntract Iris forfeited $2E for every day since last December ISth, making an aggregate of over $1.10". about $100 icsa than the contract price. •I was nearly dead with dyspepsia.. tried doctors, Visited Mineral Springs, and grew worse. I used Kodol Dys-pepsia Cue. That cured me." It di-bat yon eat. Cures Indigestion, lh, heartburn and all forms of dyspepsia. II Maxwell Harry and W. E. Sup-plee, West Conahohocken. 1phla capita t deeply Interested '' ,'i"t " ''' ■** ,, „ , ,. ' Norristown s chief of poll a v ,<■;< In the project. ^ ftw< m ^.^ n..m||W m ||laI locality than at any tinu within the past fifte. n years. c'ougil"by"llie'use"of OneTilWte Cough Park M. Fetters, an insurance « Cure, this remedy quickly cures all at I'ottstown, was Committed to the forms of throat and lung troubles. Norristown jnj| on Tuesdav lo answer Harmless anil pleasant to take. It . . for.pry prevents consumption. A famous cnarges or torgery. Specific tor grippe and Its after ef-, fi eta Dill! THIEVES AT NORRISTOWN. f II clcra of the borough of Nor- Isti wn are up in r.rms and they have ailed m on Hie police for assistance. Hilling the past week more than a do» u valuable dogs of the borough have :i - n spirited away The heaviest is is are Dr, w. ft Miller, Mrs. S. B. OrlfHth, Attorney I. P. Knlpe. Hiram Bat set and Justice of the Peace Har-old Cm son. ■ 1 \ N V SCHOOL CHILI.,tEN ARE SICKLY. Mother Dray's Sweet Powders for t hidicn, used by Mother Gray, a nurse In Chlldren'a Home. New York, Break Mr, .1. Sheer. Sedalia. Mo., saved his It Maxwell Ilarrv nud W B. Sup child's life by One Minute Cough Cure, nice wes7conano„opk°n Doctors had given her up to die with up Colds in M hours, cure Feverish- Dlee. west eoughc, colds. grippe. pneumonia, la SB, Headache. Mmnarh I r leS, Carnations the leading mld-'nter bronchitis and throat and lung Iron!,- Teething Disorders, and Destroys •nt , w ,: -, its " Is and 3.1 cts per lCS. Relieves at once. Worm* A M drugglsts, 25c. Samp-d ," llan- H,,: nSStU Hairy H. Maxwell ..any and W. E. Sup-! }c) mi,lied KRRB Address Allen | , , pioe, West Conshohoeken. :Olmsted, I.eHoy, N. Y. . reo it>.
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Title | The Conshohocken Recorder, February 3, 1900 |
Masthead | The Conshohocken Recorder |
Date | 1900-02-03 |
Year | 1900 |
Month | 2 |
Day | 3 |
Volume | 18 |
Issue | 96 |
Coverage | United States -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Conshohocken |
Subject | Conshohocken (Pa.) - Newspapers; Montgomery County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Type | Text |
Technical Metadata | Digitized from 18x microfilm at 330dpi true optical resolution to 8-bit uncompressed TIFF master files. Searchable PDF derivatives shown here are downscaled to 150 dpi / Medium quality. |
Date Digital | 2011-12-01 |
Digitized by | Creekside Digital |
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Contributing Institution | Conshohocken Free Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Contact | If you have any questions, contact Branch Manager at smason@mclinc.org or call 610-825-1656 |
Description | Conshohocken Recorder Newspaper |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | application/pdf |
Language | English |
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Title | Page 1 |
Subject | Conshohocken (Pa.) - Newspapers; Montgomery County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
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Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/ |
Contributing Institution | Conshohocken Free Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Contact | If you have any questions, contact Branch Manager at smason@mclinc.org or call 610-825-1656 |
Description | Conshohocken Recorder Newspaper |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | application/pdf |
Language | English |
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