The Conshohocken Recorder, February 14, 1900

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TOPICS OP TWO TOWNS
Keass «l intercut toitcrilof lheoe»ple thai
we know In both p^riwrW
Other teat.
Of$■—
Mi I .I1..J1V Si. > is seriously ill.
1) i \ is. of Hector street, la
seriously ill at his home
A daughter of Martin Hushen Is i-.HI
fined to her home by illness
Tlic North Extension <>f the Alan
Wood Company started to-day after an
UDenees of six week,
Mrs Mat lack conducts a children's
(laming school In the ('.. A. R. Hall
■Ten Saturday afternoon.
Tin Wain Company is having a
water main extended down Maple
■tree! from Seventh avenue.
The Monday Evening Dancing Class
will give a hop In 1". 0. S. of A. Hall
mi Friday evening. February 23rd.
The Rev. Berber! .1. Cook, Dean of
the Convocation of Norrlstown. will
visit the mission at Hatboro on Thurs-day
afternoon.
The real tattle of I'alrick Quigley
on Mini street has been levied on by
I In- sheriff and will be sold on Wed-nesday.
March "lb.
The V. M. A. A. will give their sec-ond
annual bazaar In their rooms In
the Murray Building on Friday and
Saturday evenings. April 20th and 21st.
A series of picloral sermons on Pil-grims
Progress is being conducted In
the Baptist Church, by Rev. H. Col-clesser.
The first one was held on
Sunday evening,
Mrs. Effingham Perot will address
the ladies of Calvary Church and
ofhers at the Parish House, on the
subject of missions, on Wednesday at
1.46 I'. M. All are invited. Tea will
lie served.
John, the only child of William J.
ami Mary Ford, and grandson of David
nnd Mary Keefe died at his parents
home this morning. The funeral ser-rieea
will be held on Thursday after-noon
at two o'clock.
The Heading Hallway Company is
altering tho old "scale House" at the
Junction of the Plymouth and German-town
branches in this borough Into a
blacksmith shop. The numerous re-pair
jobs for both the branches will be
made here. This Is only a small start,
but It is possible that the company
may locate at that point repair shops
that may grow into a big plant.
An Item is going the rounds about a
girl dying from tight lacing. The
Fourth Ward Philosopher commenting
on the fact, says: "The corset should
be done away with, and if the girls
can't live without being squeezed, we
suppose men can be found who will
sacrifice themselves. AH old as we are
We would rather devote three hours a
day without a cent than to see girls
dying off in this manner. Office hours
any old time.
Rev. II. .1. Cook, pastor of Calvary
P. E. Church, and dean of the Convo-cation
of NorriStOWn. visited Christ
Church, Pottstown, Sunday morning
and filled the pulpit. Rev. Mr. Cook's
visit was In connection with the mis-sionary
work of the diocese of Penn-sylvania.
In which he Is an enthusias-tic
laborer. He gave a detailed state-ment
of the condition of the mission-ary
field In the state and told what had
been accomplished during the past
rear and the plans for the future. Rev.
Mr. Cook's report showed a highly
gratifying progress in all branches,
There was a slight fire at the home
of John McDcrmudy on Spring Mill
avenue near Walnut street, on Sunday
morning at nine o'clock. It was caus-ed
by a defective flue, Walter B.
Morris and George Robinson first saw
the fire and Immediately started to
pour water on It from buckets. They
inii' assisted by Amos Jones and Mrs.
Robinson, while Mr. Robinson's son
gave the alarm to the Washington
Fire Company. When the latter ar-rived,
however, the fire was under con-trol.
The damage will only amount to
a few dollars.
A Jewish wedding was held at six
o'clock on Sunday evening In Quigley's
Mall. Miss Minnie Kakasky of this
borough nnd K. F. Wlneberger of Phil-adelphia
were married by Rabbi Eng-laiuli
1 of the Hungarian Synagogue
of Fifth and C.asklll streets. Philadel-phia.
Mr. and Mrs. II. Berkowltz of
this borough "stood up" for the groom,
and Mr. and Mrs. Rakasky "stood up"
for the bride. There were about one
hundred guests present from Philadel-phia.
Pottstown and this borough. Mr.
and Mrs. Wlneberger will , reside In
Philadelphia.
A lecture by Rev. Herbert J. Cook.
rector of Calvary Church, entitled
"Some Folks and Others" will be given
under the auspices of the Men's Guild,
in the Parish llulldlng, OO Monday
(veiling. IVdrunry 19. at R o'clock.
The proceeds are to used in procuring
new books for the Free Library. Tick-ets
may lie had from Mr. BfllWOOd
Jones or from any inetnlier of the
Guild.
The lecture of Rev. Mr. Cook on
'Some Folks and Others" was deliver-ed
at Bustleton last winter. Of this
lecture, the Rev. Mr. Ilotchkin, the
rector, said in Substance, "Wo have
listened with great pleasure to the
lecturer, who has given us an address
Showing much study and full of good
points; happily combining honor and
serious thoughts.
Montgomery Cemetery. Norrlstown
WB8T CONSHOHOCKEN.
Hester S.. wife of Samuel Rlgier, COUNCILMAN CAMPBELL,
dieii ;,t her home. 51.1 Spring Mill ave-nue,
on Saturday. The funeral ser- A surprise awaited Councilman .lolm
will be conducted to-morrow af- w. Campbell when he arrived home
leriioon. at 1 o'clock at her late home. OB Saturday evening last alter look
The interment will be made in the ing after some political matters of bis
Barren Hill Cemetery. I ward.
The funeral services of Matthew; lie was met in the hallway Of bis
TInsley was held in the Methodist home by a number of his friends who
Church yesterday afternoon. The ser- had come to celebrate his birthday.
vices were conducted by Rev. B. T. I He was also met in the parlor by a
Siring, assisted by Rev. J. Whnrton Inumber of the members of his Sunday
flradley. Interment was made in School (lass, of which he has h»en a
teacher a number of years, In the
Methodist Sabbath School.
Rev. H. T. String, pastor of the
Methodlst Church, on behalf of the
young ladles, presented him with a
beautiful parlor lamp and a handsome
gold pencil, both Of which were very
much appreciated, and In a well-worded
address ho said the lamp could
be used to throw more light on tin-lesson
nnd the pencil to make a black
mark against those who came in late.
The whole party then retired to the
dining room, where refrestments were
served. The rest of the evening was
spent in a very pleasing manner.
The guests then retired to their
homes, wishing that he may still live
to enjoy many more returns of the
day.
BASKET BALL CHAT
loiuhuhockei Heals Taaahauicr and tier-mnntunn
aad lakes a Firm Urip
nn Third Place
—Mrs. Edwar Lucas, of Mechanios-ville,
died on Friday.
—Revival meetings are being con-ducted
In the Gulf Christian Church.
—Merion Square Lodge, No. 210. I.
0. O. F. paid a fraternal visit to Gulf
Lodge. No, 525. on Saturday evening.
—The George ('lay Fire Company
will give a package party In their hose
house on Saturday evening. March
17th.
—The regular monthly meeting of
Rising Sun Building and I»an Asso-ciation
will be held to-morrow even-ing.
—John DcIInveii. of Mechnnlcsville.
was stricken with appoplexy on Fri-day.
His condition is somewhat Im-proved.
—Miss Munshower. of Fortieth
street, Philadelphia. Is spending a
week with her cousin. Miss Alice
Wilfong, of MM■hanicsvllle.
—A secret organization badge was
found on Ford street on Friday even-ing.
The owner can have the same by
apply to "The Recorder 0000."
—A special meeting of the Alumni
Association of the West Conshohocken
High School will be held on Mondny
evening of next week. Business of
Importance will be transacted.
—The entertainment given in the
Free Baptist Church on Saturday even-ing
was a decided success. The
building was crowded to its fullest
capacity.
—Supervisor Hushen has closed the
mouth of the Cedar avenue sewer. The
water Instead of running down Into
the creek which flows through the
Morehead estate Is now carried down
Ford street to Front. The pipes used
to convey the water to the river arc
too small for t.ie Increased flow, and
the borough will have larger ones laid
this Week. This change was brought
about through a threatened law suit
with the Morehead estate.
—There are indeed few fox chases
without some incidents whether they
I setting or not. but a peculiar In-cident
which brought to a close one of
the most exciting chases ever held in
Lower Merlon happened on Wedn, s
nay. Reynard, closely followed by a
large number of hounds, led the hilar-ious
sportsmen over many a hill and
dale, through thickets and swamp In
his endeavor to elude them, but all In
vain. He led a merry hunt for many
hours, however, before he was com-pelled-
by nature—to give up the
ghost and fall a prey to the hungry
aounds. From 9 o'clock In the morn-ing
until 3 in the afternoon his fox-ship
was on a continual chase for his
life. Through nearly every farm In
Lower Merlon he sped at almost light
nlng rapidity and had he gone a little
further he would have reached the
famous "rocks" of the Philips Estate
and there found harbor.safe and sound
from both hounds and hunters, as
there Is no fox-hunting allowed here.
but worn out and exhausted, too weak
to maintain his lead in front of the
hounds, he was overtaken on the Grif
flth Farm. Just outside the borough
limits. The horsemen were left some-what
in the rear and when they rode
up to th) bounds to their chagrin the
brush had been secured by a hunter,
who was not In the hunt only long
enough to reap the reward. This hunt-er
was Isaac Griffith, who enjoys all
sports as well as the next one and who
will preserve the brush with as tender
care as It would receive from any of
the chasers. He not only knocked the
chasers out, but also bis father, Jos-eph
Griffith, and Borough Treasurer
Davis, who was handicapped to a con-siderable
extent by a shortness In the
lower extremities, who were hurrying
toward the scene with the same pur-pose
In view. The brush Is one of the
finest seen this season and Isaac priz-es
It very highly.
EDWIN T. WILSON DEAD.
Edwin T. Wilson died this morning
at his home, ,.V1,1 Abb u street, I'hila-lelphla.
Mr. Wilson has been slightly ill for
several weeks past, hut mi Saturday
night he became much .worse and died
this morning. f
lie was born in Philadelphia, on
September nth, 1885. In 1876 he re-moved
to Spring Mill and has lived in
this vicinity until about a year ago
when he removed to Philadelphia.
Mr. Wilson has always been an act-ive
Republican and has held the office
of Constable, Assessor and Town
Clerk In Whiteiiiarsh township and
Councilman, Tax Collector, and As-sessor
In this borough. He was a can
dldate for Judge of Elections on the
Republican ticket of his division In
Philadelphia this year.
Mr. Wilson is survived by three
children, Caleb W., of this borough
and Sarah A. and 11. Toivnsend. of
Philadelphia.
Mr. Wilson's gentle and kindly
disposition made him hosts of friends
wherever he has resided, who will lie
sincerely sorry to hear of bis death
THE 0. A. It. ENTERTAINMENT
The following will be the program
rendered at the entertainment to he
given by the George Smith Post, on
February 15, in their hall.
Music Harry's Orchestra
Vocal Selection. .Faded Coat of Blue.
Mr and Mrs. Frank Collins.
Sola H. Grey Stcelc
Recitation Prof. It. F. Corrigan
Character & Song. Paul Smith & Sister
Piano & Violin Gable Sisters
Recitation Myrtle Smith
Solo John A. Collins
Recitation Miss Edna Ambler
Violin Solo John A. Harrold
Solo, John G. Collins
Declamation.. Miss Josephine Crowley
Musical Recitation,
Miss Mabel Smith and Mrs. Brown.
Duet John A. and John G. Collins
Duet,. .Misses Esther M. Tracy and
Josephine Crowely.
Taps, or the Dying Soldier's Request,
Paul Smith ami Sister
League with the intention of easting ELECTION OFFICERS TARDY.
his lot with the major organization,:
as be la sorely In need of rest. The experience of those officials
It Is likely that be Will again be her* who are entrusted with the duty
wearing a suit before long and will be j of carrying out the provisions of the
seen at ■ I'm w ard posit inn on the Baker Ballot l^aw Is that the longer
liOROCGH TKICAS1RER ROBBED.
FREDERICK PHILLIPS DEAD.
Frederick Phillips, of I-ower Merlon,
died in the Bryn Mawr Hospital on
Friday night. He had been 111 with
pneumonia only a few days until his
death.
He Is survived by a wife and two
children, who were In Europe, nnd are
now on the ocean on their way home.
Mr. Phillips was the oldest son uf
KorO Phillips, of Philadelphia, who
died worth millions. The Estate owns
nearly a thousand acres of ground In
Lower Merlon township, the Red Rose
Inn. Stoke-I'ogis Nurseries ami other
properties.
Ex-Borough Treasurer Simon Pagel,
of Norrlstown, was badly injured last
evening In an encounter with a thief.
Mr. Pagel Is the proprietor of a shoe
store on Main street. While standing
Inside of his store he saw a man grab
a pair of shoeB and start up the street
on a run. Mr. Pagel followed, and
after a chase of several squares cap-tured
his man. in a struggle which
ensued Mr. Pagel was struck several
times In Uie face, hut he pluckily held
on to the. man until assistance arrived
TheJFS was no officer In sight ami Mr
Pagel and another man Started to con-duct
the prisoner to the police station.
After they had gone several squares
the thief broke loose and hit Mr. I'ag
el a terrible blow between the eyes.
The latter reeled and fell to the side-walk.
Several citizens, among them
Charles Royer, were also badly used
up in their effort to capture the man.
After another chase of several squares
the thief was captured by Officer Smith.
Ai the City Hall he said lie was John
Alexander, of Chicago. lb' claimed
to lie a printer, lie was committed
for a hearing.
Manager Mack" George and his hand
of basket ball warriors, aocompanled
by nearly a hundred rooters took the
town by Storm on Saturday night and
tol over tWO hours no one was noticed
who was not a member of this push.
r rived in town at 7.52 over the
I'hihulclphla & Reading Railway. At
the station they formed in line and
headed by their genial manager went
forth unto the scene of battle. From
the instant that the "healers" put their
feet mi Conshohocken soil until the
10.37 train cast bound pulled away from
!!■■ station there was a continuul up-roar
among them which seemed to ef-fect
the whole borough, all sorts of
ejaculations filled the air mingled with
snort songs composed solely to be sung
after they had accomplished their great
Victory, and meeting with an unpleas-ant
surprise rendered them for the
benefit of those present.
Never aid Old Basket Ball Hall ex-perience
such a time. The member*
of the i lull of that old familiar Ger-man
name—Taannhuser—had their
their "Dutch up" and things assumed a
live!] manner from the beginning. It
was Taiinhanser everything from the
start and such a "whooping up" was
never given a visiting crowd.
Their bells were ringing.
Their rooters were singing;
Their Hags were high in the air
I'.ul the hoys of our town.
With a .rash threw them down.
And we looked for their fl^g but
'twas not there.
The visitors arrived on the floor
ii-i ami the uproar was fierce. 'Jul-iet
i (' was the center for ihe Wheel-mii:
and for five ininuiis a di at tning
cheer resounded wbloh made the wails
DI the quaint old church crack In
practice the visitors located the basket
with ease and the manner ill which
thej passed was clever enough to baf-tii
any team of players. Things ap-peared
different for the locals, as
Moore was not on hand.
Shortly following the visitor.- the
locals filed into the cage and another
round of applause went up. After a
few minutes of practice everything
was iii readiness for hostilities.
Captain Crawford sprung a surprise
by putting l-ang in at attack with
Ruth and going In at guard himself
with Ouster.
Referee Wilson, who is a little
"Georgia" Washington in regards to
punctuality, started the game at exact-ly
at 8.30 and then a fierce struggle
ensued. The Wheelmen could not pos-sibly
lose and the locals did not Intend
to. hence the fierceness of the contest.
The men were evenly matched in size
at tin start, but the visitors succeeded
In scoring six points before the locals
tallied once. Oves scored the first two
goals of the game and Potts the third.
Crawford instilled life into his players
with a field goal, but Potts scored an-other.
Ruth then dropped one in and
Lang duplicated. This was all of the
scoring in the first half, and the visi-tors
repaired to the dressing-room In
i be lead by the score of 8 to 6.
After the usual Intermission the two
teams lined up with the same players
Ruth scored the first goal In this half
and tied the score, but Oves put his
team in the lead five minutes later
with a field goal. This was the end of
the Wheelmen's scoring, but the locals
took a brace during the last stages of
game and the following goals were
made: Caster 3, Lang 2, Cox and
Ruth each one. The final score was
22 to 10 in favor of the locals.
The features of the game was the
playing of Custer. Crawford and Ruth
for the locals and of Potts and Oves
the visitors.
Conshohocken Tannhauser
Ruth forward Oves
Slnims
Ijing forward Potts
Rudolph
Cox centre W. Roth
Oves
Custer guard Helte
Crawford guard McCullough
Goals from field- Ruth 3. tang 3,
Custer 3, Crawford, Cox, Oves 3, Potts
2. Offence Lang. Referee—Wilson.
Time—20 minute halves.
tin- Philadelphia Athletic Club team.
—:o:—
The Penn Treaty Wheelmen will be
here on Saturday evening.
between the Resell, ,11
Mills team will be played before the
Conshohocken—Penn Treaty game is
Is started
—:o:—
Conshohocken tightened their hold
on third place by (bleating the Ger-mautown
Y. M. C. A. at Gerinnntuii n
last night. In a roughly contested
game by the score of 11 to 7.
In the first half the locals clearly
out-played the Germantowners and
had things their own way. Gertnan-towii
scored the Brat two points of the
game on a goal from the field by Glas-sy,
this, however, proved their only
goal of the first half, while Consho-hocken
succeeded in running up a to-tal
of 8 points. In the second half the
home players began to rough it up for
the locals and the game from then on
was nothing but foul after foul. Ger-mantown
scored two goals from the
Held on long shots and a goal from
an offence, while the locals secured
a goal from a foul and one from the
field, making the score 11 to 7 In favor
of Conshohocken.. Moore, Custer and
Crawford did good work for Consho-hocken.
while R. Smith, Glassy and
But! did the best work for German-town.
The line-up:
(lei iiuintown Conshohocken
R. Smith forward Moore
Walker forward Lang
Bnts
Glassy centre I loi
Worstcr guard Custer
lowing guard Crawford
Goals from field It. Smith. Ilutz.
Classy. Mome 8, Custer 2, Goals from
offence- Moore. I 'mi ing. Offene, s
It Smith ::, Walker. Worster. ('lining
S, l.ang 2, Crawford ;:. Cos. Iteferee-w.
I'. Hampton. Time 10 minute
ha lies.
The following is the standing of the
interstate League clubs:
W.
Penn Wheelmen 2
Tannhauser Wheelmen 2
Conshohocken 3
i lancock l
Qermantown l
it stands the denser grows the Igno-rance
concerning Its requirements as
to the maner of placing names on the
A game i oiiiciai |)allot.
Owing to some election officers fall-ing
to file the various nomination pa-pers
In time, as required by law, there
will he a number of changes and omis-sions
'n several districts of the county.
The Democratic ticket for Plymouth
township will not contain the nominee
for Justice of the Peace, neither certl-ii
,,t" or nomination papers having
been tiled after the former was re-jected
•«•• a technical Irregularity.
The Republican nominee of that town-ship
II'M appear on the ballot by u >ml-natiin
papers, the certificates having
been rejected.
Neither Republican nor Democratic
tickets will be on the ballots of the
Sixth Ward, Pottstown. Both parties
sent In the certificates of nomination
too late.
The Horsham Democratic, the
Pottstown West Ward Republican
and the Upper Gwynedd Democratic
columns will be vacant.
In Con. ■ ohocken the candidates of
both parties for Justice of the Peace
uie rejected, the nominations having
been made too late, according to the
ruling of Solicitor Solly, of the County
Commissioners. The vottrs of Can-thohocken
will now be required to ex-iri
ss their choice for Justice in the
last blank column of the ticket.
WILLOW GROVE PARK
IMPROVEMENT.
I.. I'.C.
1 M'I
1 ,887
9 ,G00
•> .:::;:
3 .250
The Union Traction Company Is con-sidering
plans for the erection of an
addition to the Willow Grove Park
music stand. It will be built of steel
and brick, and terra cotta. Its seating
capacity Will ll»0. It is to be a large
open shed, affording protection from
sun and rain to the audiences th ll will
as* r. ble there to hear the music next
summer.
THE TROLLEY
The New Director! and Ofllcera Extea-iloaa
to be made aod Ike Lonshohockco
LIB* Collected wlm tke chcataot
lllll Llse
Messers. C. D. Beetle, William Not-ingliam.
Frank O. Briggs, John T. Dyer
and Horace C. Jones directors of the
Sohuylklll Valley Traction Company
resigned on Saturday. The vacancies
were tilled by the election of the fol-lowing
new directors: John A. Rlgg.
of Reading; Robert N. Carson, Edward
J. Moore and John R. MacEaden, of
Philadelphia, and Henry C. Moore, of
Trenton. N. H. tareclere, was retain-ed
as a member of the board and as
general solicitor of the company.
After the election of the directors,
the following officers were chosen;
President John A. Rlgg; H. C. Moore,
Vice President; E. J. Moore,Treasurer;
W. C. Autenbaugs. of Philadelphia,
secretary and N. H. tarzelere. solicitor.
Mr. A. G. Davids was re-elected gen-eral
manager and suiierlntendent of
the road and he will of course make no
serious changes In the employes.
It was stated after the meeting that
an Immediate effort would be made by
the new directors to push the road to
Pottstown by the way of Trappc.
Other extensions will also be made
from time to time, among them pehaps
one from Hlckorytown to connect with
the Schuylkill Valley line at Harmon-ville
and into Conshohocken and to
extend the line through Spring Mill to
Barren Hill.
H. C. Jones would remain secretary
and treasurer of all the underlying
companies which made up the Schuyl-kill
Valley Traction system.
THE MOORE FARM.
' VALI.KR WATER."
OGONTZ BRIDGE.
An unusual thing occurred at Ogontz
on Sunday on the Reading Railway in
the attempt to replace a bridge where
the tracks cross the Old York Road.
The construction department began
work at 11 o'clock Saturday night. The
old bridge was first removed nnd then
the new iron structure was swung into
position, resting on a temporary wood-en
structure.
The work progressed favorablyuntil
'■', O'clock Monday morning, when the
trestle suddenly gave way under the
strain, and the structure sank about
three feet.
Sin h a contingency had not been
anticipated, and It was not until noon
that the efforts to replace the bridge
began to meet with success.
The new bridge Is an iron struc-ture
of 200 tons weight. It takes the
place of a stone bridge which was
built in 1854. When finished the
areaway under the bridge will be
widened to seventy feet. Heretofore
the trolley tracks were put two feet
from the piers of the old structure.
ANOTHER DEATH
FROM DIPHTHERIA.
To "The Recorder";
In reply to letter In last Friday's
issue In regards to "yaller water." as
.-;:i termed, there are several causes.
First, when a service pipe Is frozen,
or only slightly frozen, the Ice causes
rust In pipe to loosen, and when water
i sdrawn from a faucet the water will
have a rusty color until pipe is thor-oughly
cleansed.
It also could be caused by the cut-ting
of a service plpo, breaking or
cracking the rust from the inside of
pipe, and pieces of rust will lodge In
fittings and from time to time dis-lodge
and cause a slight coloring in
the water. The water drawn from hot
water faucets is often noticed dis-colored,
which Is caused by boiler not
being cleaned out often enough.
The water company Is still holding
the offer open to extend new services
from water main to curb line free of
charge. It would be well for those
considering the new supply to take ad-vantage
of this offer. The company
will also for a few days put the meters
complete at curb line free of cost to
those who sign contracts for proper-ties
now being supplied. Water will
he turned off In a few days from prop-erties
not signed for and cost of con-necting
and fitting meters will have
to be paid for by owner.
PLUMBER.
Mrs J. K. Miller. Newton Hamilton,
Pn.. writes. "I think DcWItt's Witch
Hazel Salve the grandest salve made."
It cures plies and heals everything.
All fraudulent Imitations worthless.
H. Maxwell Harry and W. E. Sup-i-'
ee, West Conshohocken.
W. S. PbllpOt, Albany. Oa., says.
■ iieWiiis Little Barly Risers did me
more good than any pills I ever took."
The famous little pills tor constipa-tion,
biliousness and liver and bowel
troubles.
H. Maxwell Harry and W. E. Sup
Idee, West Conshohocken.
See a lot of men and women in an
other column carrying on their leads
great loads uf grapes at Boa Vista
vineyards. Portland, for making Into
vine It Is Interesting. Rend all
nbOUtHL Spcer. N. .1. wines are made
from the same grape the oldest and
finest prouucod in the world.
—tot-
John Wilson, who has been on the
staff of the Interstate League of um-pires
Since the opening of the League
season, ollii iated at his last game of
season mi Saturday night under that
organisation.
Mr Wilson was one of the first to be
sib, ted for the staff and his work
since his appointment has given satis-faction
tO all parties concerned In the
games fiver which lie acted as the offic-ial.
He has made many friends in
this borough who will learn with re-gret
of bis resignation.
The oaUM Of this step is overwork.
Mr. Wilson is wanted at all games, and
he has i n officiating at as many as
t", in r games i week and the strain is too
much.
The National league would like to
si, ure his services but John says he
did not resign from the Interstate
The wife of David K. Moore, of
Montgomery Square, died on last Wed-nesday
evening of diphtheria, after an
Illness of only a few days. This is the
third death in the family within a few
weeks from this disease, which seemed
to lie of a violent form from the first in
every ease first Ida died, then last
II, ek EDstella succumbed to the terrible
malady, and now the mother lias fallen
a victim id the epidemic. Resides the
husband two daughters and a son yet
remain, Mr. Moore's grief over lib,
loss is almost unbearable, and now we
learn that he too Is ill worn almost
out by the cares and anxiety over bis
loved ones. The eases Is Indeed a sad
one.
Ceo. Barbe. Mcndota, Va.. says,
.sothing did me so much good as Ko-ilol
Dyspepsia Cure. One dose re-lieved
DM, a few bottles cured me." It
What yon eat and always cures
dyspepsia,
H. Maxwell Harry and W. E. Sup-plce.
West Conshohocken.
We have a full line of fresh meets.
all our own killing. Also half-snioked
lologna sausage, mush, scrapple, pud
dings, of our own make, that have no
superior In town. John H. Grifflith.
7., Layette street.
BURNED BY TRAMPS.
The Fidelity Insurance, Trust and
Safe Deposit Company, of Philadel-phia,
and Joseph F. Sinnott and Wal-ton
Pennewell, trustees of Andrew M.
Moore, deceased. Borne time ago
brought an action In ejectment against
Albert H. Moore, son of the deceased,
ard one of th» proprietors formerly of
the Olrard House, for ■ farm of 189
acres at Colmar. this cm-nty. At the
trial a complete legal title in the de-ceased
was shown, but the defendant
claimed the equitable title under a
trust which he claimed resulted to him
from the payment of the purchase
money. The evidence tending to es-tablish
the trust was submitted to the
Jury by the Court and a verdict gor
the defendant was r<ndered and Judg-ment
was entered on the verdict.
An appeal was then taken to the Su-preme
Court and yesterday Justice
Dean handed down the opinion of the
Court, reversing the judgment of the
Common Pleas Court of Montgomery
County. This establishes that the
farm was owned by the deceased free
from any resulting trust.
The Colonial Inn, at Rosemont. was
totally destroyed by fire on Friday eve-ning.
The Inn Is located on the tan-caster
pike, half a mile from the Penn-sylvania
Railroad station, and Is wide-ly
known throughout Montgomery and
Delaware counties. The Inn Is only
0] en during the summer months and
has been closed since October. The
place is supposed to have been set on
Ire by tramps, as several were seen
■ n the grounds prior to the fire. The
residents who first appeared on the
scene discovered evidences of a fire In
the kitchen stove and the remains of
a meal, as If parties had just vacated
'the place.
The Reading Railway Company is
making war on loafers In the passeng-er
stations along the North Penn
branch.
Montgomery County maintained 89
convicts in the Eastern Penitentiary
last year.
The Phoenixvllle Medical Society
has adopted a black list, and the names
of all persons who are able but refuse
to pay their doctor bills will be put
on it.
Pottstown hns a "Jack the Hugger."
and the young men of the town are
laying for him with big hickory clubs.
Charged with stealing brass tunings
at the Warwick Iron Works. William
Seasholtz, a Pottstown lad. was arrest-ed.
Nearly 2G,000 books were loaned at
the Phoenixvllle Library during the
year closing January 31.
Wedding Rings, Engagement Rings.
[Pancy Rings made to order. Our
I land-made Rings, will look bette-.
I.:, a longer nnd Cost less, when bough:
of BLOOMHALL. the Jeweler. Hector
street.
DIED.
John Dlrr, Poseyville, Ind., says, "I
never used anything as good as One
Minute Cough Cure. We are never
without It." Quickly breaks up coughs
and colds. Cures all throat and lung
troubles. Its use will prevent con-sumption.
Pleasant to take.
H. Maxwell Harry and W. E. Sup-plee.
West Conshohocken.
WASHINGTON.
R1GLER—On the 10th Inst., Hester
S.. wife of Samuel Rigler. The rela-tives
and friends of the family are re-spectfully
Invited to attend the fun-eral
services, on Wednesday afternoon.
•it I o'clock, from her husband's resl-leaoe,
MS Spring Mill avenue, Consho-hocken,
Montgomery county, Pa. ta-il
rment at Barren Hill Cemetery.
Wilson On February 13. Edwin T.
Wilson.
The relatives and friends are Invited
U) itteiul the funeral services from his
late residence, 322 Alden street, off
Fifty-Eighth and Woodland avenue.
Philadelphia, on Friday afternoon at
' o'.-i, ok.
interment In Fernwood Cemetery.
1 "He plays well that wins." Hood's
The Recorder. II.on a year In advance j Snrgapul.|lla wins victory over disease
1 because it possesses genuine curative
I power.
The next Pennsylvania Railroad
three-day personally-conducted tour to
Washington. D. C, leaves Thursday.
February 15. The rate $11.50 from
Philadelphia, with proportionate rates
from other points, covers transporta-tion
for the round trip, meals enroute,
transfer of passenger and ordinary hag-gage
to hotel, two days accommoda-tions
at the Arlington, Normandic
FUggS, or Bbbltt House, services if M
perienced tourist agent and Chaperon
:n short, every item of necessary
expense during the entire trip.
For accommodations at Willard's,
Regent, Metropolitan, or National Ho-tel.
$2.50 less. Side trips to Mt.Vemon,
Richmond. Old Point Comfort, and
Norfolk at greatly reduced rates.
All tickets good for ten days, with
special hotel rates after expiration of
hotel eoupons.
For Itineraries anil full Information
apply tO ticket agents: Tourist Agent.
11'it; Broadway. New York; 4 Court
Street Brooklyn; or address t'.eu. W.
fold Assistant General Passenger
Agent, Broad Street Station. Philadel-phia.
The Recorder, $1.00 a year In advance.