The Conshohocken Recorder, February 3, 1900

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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.
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(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.
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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>.