The Conshohocken Recorder, March 2, 1900

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TOPICS OP TWO TOWNS
Hems ol Interest conccrnin* Iht rvoplc Ihil
we kiow in both Hiirougkt.
Oilier chat.
\, i lousl) ill-
'rii,> 111.-1111.1111■ i ■ ■ v registered ■"•■• <l- -
ai noon yesterday.
Mrs Lorenzo Jonee, of Philadelphia,
it former restdt lously 111
The Mil ■ i 11 Meara, of i '■■■■■-.■ rai i,
Australia, are visiting Councilman W.
J Ford.
A Colonial Supper will be given in
Hio Presbyterian Church on Th
evening, March -'-'
Bervices were bald in Bt Matthew's
and Calvary Churches on Wed
—the first day of Lent
Roberts & Meredith have a window-fni
of vary handsome pictures thai are
attracting much attention,
The street committee are having a
covered culvert put aoross Fayette
streei at Fourth avenue.
Sherifl .1. K Light on Tuesdaj •■ i n
lug was elected ■ director of the
Tradesmen's Savins: [fund.
The Loyal Temperance Legion will
meet in si. Mark's Lutheran Church
on Saturday afternoon, at 2.80 o'cUx i>.
Mrs. Annie l.cc accompanies Mr. and
Mrs. .1. F. Bowker on the Ir trip to Nan
Orleans and other places in tiio South.
The extra services of the Methodist
Church have resulted in thirty fion>
verts, twenty of whom bl joined the
c -luirch.
j. Bllwood i ee has had plans drawn
for a large stable and billiard i
he erected ou the fear of ins ground at
Blghtb avenue and Fayette street
Jonathan Cleaver has I- ,un I his
plumbing business from Elm street
near Fayette to the P. 0, 8. t f A. Build-ing
at Fayette street and Second ave-nue.
Rev. W. Barnes Lower, who preach-ed
in the Presbyterian Church during
the recent evangelistic meetings, will
also preach this evening at the ser-vice
preparatory to the communion.
William ii. Longacre yesterday re-ceived
a letter from his brother, Pare]
Jacobs, a soldier in the Philippines,
that was mailed on January 25th tak-ing
over a month to reach its destina-tion.
The large conservatory of W. S.
Harry Is putting on its spring dress
During the winter many Improvement!
have been made there.
During Lent the Girls Friendly So-ciety
of Calvary Church will meet on
Friday evenings instead of Tuesday
' M nings as heretofore.
An entertaining exhibition of . ke
walking was given in tie
Hose Company's fair last evening BJ
Misses Bean!) and Lille Ma]■
John J. Crimean lias purchased the
brick house and lot adjoining his ho-tel
at Fayette and Hector streets from
Maryette Lawson for 12800. lie doe-not
intend to make any .
for some months, imt he ultimately In-tends
to tear it down and enls
hotel to a tour-story building.
The Conference of the Methodist
Church will be held on March 14th.
The congregation of the church has
unanimously asked that Mr E
returned to this borongh, audit is prob-able
that ho will lie relumed. II. i
very popular lure, both in and outside
of the church and his return will be
appreciated,
William Little has purchased three
lots on Fayette sii t neat Tenth ave-nue,
adjoining ground of Frank J. ('.
Jones, from Joseph C. Jonea He has
given the contract to Samuel Davis for
a very handsome three story brick
BOUSe. Work will lie started immed-iately
and it is expeeled the house will
he finished this summer.
The Washington Hose Company fair
will lie continued for another Week,
ending Saturday. March lath. There
has been so much rainy weather dur-ing
the past two WNkS 'hat the man-agers
have decided to continue it an-other
week Washington Camp, No.
121, has donated live dollars to the fail-
There will be no admission charged
children this afternoon.
The Metropolitan Insurance Com-pany
Issue a weekly paper Railed
"Roll "f Honor,'' containing a record
of the work done by the dim rent Sup-erintendents,
assistants and agents.
Robert Powers, a new assistant here.
is Mth man of 2200 assistants. Patrick
Kelly Is the 67th of UOO kgl ntl B. 0.
Orllp, formerly assistant here is sec-ond
highest agent of the whole staff
throughout the country. These are
particularly good records, and augur
well for the futun advancement of
these men.
The organization of the Shaw
Threshers' Association of Washington
Camp, No. 121. of this borough was ef-feetcd
on Wednesday evening. The
officers were installed by State Thresh-er.
H. L. Skeen. of DOWnlngtOWn, who
was assisted by Alfred ('. I'hannell.
Assistant state Thresher, also of
Downlngtown. spring t'lty associa-tion,
No. 2. was present and toon an
active part In the ceremonies. The
local association is No. s, ami already
has twenty-two members on Its roll.
The object of this association is to
further the advancement of sociability
among the different camps of the Or
der.
i he tradesmen's Saving Fund will
lew series of stuck at the May
D I i ill.):. 'I in Bday, May 22nd.
K i in, Jr.. is celebrating
Hi, fifteenth anniversary of his start-ing
in business bj reducing prices.
riie regular meeting of the Women's
Col DS w ill be held on Monday
OTI nine., in (.'. A. II. Hall.
loo. I Darrar & Bro. are having a
Bpeclal sale of wholesale sample shoes
ai their store, js Fayette street.
William Maeoiiachy, administrator,
will have a public sale of household
furniture to morrow afternoon at8lsth
a.' line mill Fayette street.
\moim the attendants at the l'liilo
patrlan Ball in Philadelphia on Mon-day
night were Councilman and Mrs.
J. A. Harrold.
The thermometer registered 45 de-
■•.:-e. a iii the shade at noon to-day, but
the high northwest wind makes the
weather seem much colder.
Charles W. Jones was examined this
week for admittance to the bar of
Montgomery County, and has success-fully
passed. The formal admittance
will probably be made some day next
All traffic over the canal bridge was
suspi nded from 9 to 12 o'clock on
Wednesday morning, while workmen
Dgaged in making needed re-pairs
to the flooring.
Numerous repairs have been made
to the electric light station within the
, as- two months, and workmen of the
companj are D I engaged in changing
pubs and wires where they have been
I y worn. The company Is putting
the plant in first-class condition.
Coushohorkcn is as much interested
as X i.isfown In the proposed suit of
I hlladelphia against the latter bor-ough.
The sewage of this town is
dumped into the river and If Phila-delphla
can prevent Norrlstown from
doing it, Coushohocken will be treated
likewise.
Harry I'linn has accepted a position
with a hat manufacturing firm In Phil-idelphia.
;diones arc being put
in the residences of James B. Holland
and Irvin Moore and In the feed store
of Mrs. T. J. Qulgley and the livery
stable of Charles Skeen.
J. A. Cahill's trotter is earning fame
for its owner by distancing everything
that attempts to pass it.
The article In this issue on Thomas
Lelper was prepared by S. Gordon
Smyth for the Philadelphia Press. The
illustrations are used In "The Record-er"
through the courtesy of The Press.
The article and illustrations appeared
in The Press on Sunday. February 17.
\ BURPRI8B AT THE
M. B. PARSONAOE.
\ double celebration, Washington's
Birthday and the birthday of the pas-tor's
wife, came off according to a
well-planned program. During the
afternoon and evening the children
and grandchildren w< re expected, but
they were only the pioneers of a com-pany
that took full possession. As
they were wall armed and fully sup-plied
there was nothing to do but to
to the demand -tin uncondi-tional
surrender. We were released
from prison (the parlor) when dinner
was announced.
Besides the abundant preparation
for the "inner man," the table and din-
Ing-rooin were beautifully decorated.
"Old Olory" had the right of way;
along the whole length of the table
festooned with the "trl-eolored rib-bons."
stamped on the napkins, and
tastefully hung around the room;
even the favors were fastened to the
lapels With "red, white and blue" rib-bons
These had on the face side pho-tographs
of Qeorgc Washington and
Mrs. B. T. String.
There were present the Hon. David
Craig. formerly of the Seventh Ward,
now of the Twenty-eighth. Philadel-phia:
Mrs. David Craig and their
daughters, Misses Mabel and Rthel;
Mrs. Lloyd Yonker. Mrs. K. Slaugh
and Miss Katie Slaugh, Mrs. R. W.
Devlne and Miss Katie Devlne, of Phil-adelphia:
Miss I.lllle Dayett. of Pen-cader
Hundred. Delaware: Miss Mabel
Houpt. of Wilmington. Delaware.'
These were escorted by Mrs. Alfred
String Palmer, Mr. W. P. String, Mr.
George C, String, late of Havana. Cuba,
and the grandchildren, LeightonString
Palmer and Miriam Palmer.
Dinner was served at six o'clock and
refreshments at nine. During the In-termission
congratulations and wishes
for many returns of the day were
abundant. After a speech from Mr.
Craig. brim full and overflowing with
wit and pleasant in ss to which Mr.
String responded on behalf of his wife,
the company left for their homes on
the 10.37 train highly delighted with
their trip to this time honored town
and to the parsonage of the M. E.
Church.
WHEELMEN TRIUMPHS
Is a Oi.se ol Kick* and Schufl Ihc Penn
Wheelmen succeed* in W inaing
from III* Lacals.
PLYMOUTH.
WEST CONSIIOHOCKEN.
.—B. 11. DeHaven has purchased a
new horse for his ice delivery wagon
—Numerous improvements are being
mile io the mill of C, Harrigan In this
borough.
John Wafer is again able to be
about after a serious illness lasting
ior several weeks.
Bervices were held In St. Ger-
: i ndos Church on Wednesday in com-ra
tion of Ash Wednesday.
—The personal property of Henry
fair, mi tin- Hughes Farm, at Gulf
Mills, were sold on Tuesday.
John W. Rlnehart, administrator
of the rbtate of James Hilton, has sold
i house and lot of hind, I3V& porches,
to Mary J. Quthrie, of Dull Mills.
lames George, who has been vis-iting
relatives in this borough for the
il il wet k returned to his liomeinNew-nrk.
New Jersey, yesterday.
—The regular monthly meeting of
ml Board will lie held on Mon-day
evening In the school building.
B*V, I, I". Ilauseman. the recently
appointed minister at the Holiness
Christian church In this borough, will
i-MIii e charge on Sunday.
—Prof. Ralph E. Johnson, principal
of the public Schools in tills borough.
anil Miss Cora Pennypacker, of Phila-delphia,
were united In the holy bonds
of matrimony last evening nt the res-idence
of the bride's parents in the
latter city.
The thirty-fourth anniversary ser-vice
of the Swedeland Union Sunday
School will be held In the school on
Sunday afternoon. April 1st. The ser-vices
will consist of music, the read-me
of the annual reports and address-es
by local clergymen.
—An energetic resident of the upper
end of our borough was seen after the
rain yesterday busily engaged in turn-ing
up the soil of his garden In antic-ipation
of an early spring.
Harry Keown moved on Wednesday
to Cold Point.
Daniel Matz, of Schwenksvllle, will
farm for M. Jarrett. Mr. Jarrett is
looking for a house, as he will leave
the farm April 1st.
James Long, who recently fell and
broke several ribs, is on the road to-ward
health. He Is able to be about.
A horse and cart belonging to Rich-ardson
& Ross was struck by a north-bound
passenger train on Wednesday
afternoon at the crossing leading from
the stone crusher at Mogeetown. The
cart was demolished, but the horse es-caped
serious injury.
William 1.ukens. of Cold Point has
steam heat put all through his house,
also gas Jets. He will have a battery
put In so that he can light the gas In-stantaneously
by pressing a button.
He purposes building an eight or nine
room cottage near the road, sometime
thlB coming season.
M II. Smith. Butternut. Mich., says.
Hewitt's Little Early Risers are the
very best pills 1 ever used for costive-ness.
liver and bowel troubles."
H. Maxwell Harry and W. E. Sup-plee.
West Conabohocken.
CALVARY CHURCH.
First Sunday in Lent. Bible Class-es
and Sunday Schools. 9.15 A. M.
Morning service with Holy Commun-ion.
10.30, Offerings, Communion alms.
Evening service, Preacher, Rev. W. H.
Falknnr, Rector of St. Philip's Church.
Philadelphia.
Service to-morrow (Saturday) 4.30
P. M., Monday, at same hour.
Men's Guild and Beneficent Society,
Monday. 7.30 P. M.
Service. Tuesday evening 7.30,
preacher, Rev. Edgar Campbell, Rec-tor
of St. Peter's Church. Phoenixvllle.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Preaching by the Pastor. 10.30 A. M..
and 7.30 P. M.. Sacraments of the
Lord s Supper at the morning service.
Junior Y. P. S. C. E., 2.30 P. M. Y. P.
8. C. E., 6.45 P. M.
DIED.
FORMAN —In Norrlstown. on 2d
month, 2xth ultimo, 1900, Hugh For-man,
In his 82d year. The relatives
ami friends of the family are respect-fully
Invited to attend the funeral,
on 7th day, 3d month, at 2 o'clock, at
Plymouth Friends' Meeting. Inter-ment
at Plymouth Friends' Burying
Ground.
Carpet weaving nnd carpet for sale
at Kehoe's. 217 Hector Street, opposite
the Catholic School.
To secure the original witch hazel
salve, ask for DeWltt's Witch Hazel
Salve, well known as a certain cure
for piles and skin diseases. Beware of
worthless counterfeits. They are dan-gerous.
H. Maxwell Harry and W. E. Sup-plee.
West Conshohocken.
GRAIN-O! GRAIN-O!
To-day we are 15 years old—Kin-dergnn's
Meat Market, corner of Fny-ette
street and First avenue. To-day
and to-morrow we will sell our halt-beat
and ham balogna, hogs-head
cheese, puddings, etc.. nt less
than cost, In honor of our 15th busl-ii
These goods are the finest
made nnd cannot be bought elsewhere
in town.
1 Remember that name when you
want nn appetizing, nourishing food
' drink to take the place of coffee. Sold
by all grocers and liked by all who
have used it. Graln-O Is made of pure
grain, it aids digestion and strengthens
the nerves. It is not a stimulant but
a health builder and the children as
well as the adults can drink it with
great benefit. Costs about M as much
. us coffee. 15c. and 25c. per package.
. Ask your grocer for Graln-O.
I ! mar 23.
The largest delegation that evet ac
companied the local flasket ball team
on a trip from home went to Natator-ial)
Hall. Philadelphia, on Wednes-day
evening when Conshohocken play
ed a return game with the Pens Wheel
men.
The game was a rough and tumble
contest and could not be styled basket
bail under any consideration. There
was nothing about It that resembled
basket ball except the ball, and it would
be entirely too mild to style it foot-ball.
It was the style of a game that
Penn wanted to play on the local floor
on Tuesday night of last week and quit
because they could not. and had the
locals done right they would have
played, not the baby act, but the prop
eract. under such treatment, both at
the hands of Umpire Zobel and the
Penn Wheelmen team, it looked at
one stage of the game as though the
contest would be brought to an abrupt
end, but then, Penn would huve show
ed herself up entirely too much before
her crowded house and thought of the
attendance at other games, and the
contest was finished.
For the first time this season the
Wheelmen secured an umpire thai tol-erated
their style of play- much more
so than the style followed by the lo-cals—
snd It was sizz! biff!! bang'!!
anywhere from two to four men—never
less—to one of the locals, and it cui S
figure where they tackled or where
they struck Just as long as they kept
the locate' score down.
It was evident from the start .that
Penn did not Intend to allow Consho-hocken
to win If It cost her her entire
team—through being disqualified and
while there was only one member dis-qualified
there should have been at
least two others. Not only were they
allowed to remain in the gams but
Referee Zobel was almost totally blind
when It came to seeing the fouls tin y
committed. Battersby fouled Moore
continually and should have been dis-qualified,
but instead he went on In
his usual style, while Moore, on the
other hand, was afraid to play the
game, lest he be put out. As It was
there were shouts from Penn's roofers
to "put Moore out" before he could
win the game from the Wheelmen.
Dunn fouled Custer on numerous oc-casions
yet he was only penalized twice
while Zimmerman dared to foul Rutb
in a most open manner. On"~bne 00-
casion Lang followed Rnmho the full
length of the room nnd prevented him
from scoring In a perfectly open nnd
fair manner yet the Wheelmen tallied
on a free throw from a foul called OB
Lang. This la the kind of a game that
was played all the way through. It
was most disgusting throughout and
Zoebel was roasted unmercifully by
the rooters of both teams.
The game was started at ten minutes
after nine and two minutes later Bat-tersby
came down the floor and by-some
means got hold of the ball and
put It in the basket. Moore tallied
one from a foul two minutes later and
also caged it again seven minutes after
play was started which tied the score
but Dunn put his team In the lend with
a goal from a foul. Moore, however.
tied the score with his third goal from
fouls and Dunn finally put the ball in
the basket again from a foul. Moore
then tied the score and finally placed
the locals In the lead at which position
they remained until the half ended.
About a minute before time was up In
the first half. Rambo and Lang, who
had been mixing things up at a lively
rate, came to blows. Zoebel only saw
tang, but he did the proper thing (so
they say) and disqualified both. Ruth
took Lang's place and Zimmerman was
substituted for Rambo.
In the second half the locals started
off at a rapid rate but Penn soon found
out that they could do pretty near as
they pleased, and played them so close-ly
that before either of them could
throw for the basket the entire IVnn
quintette was upon their backs. De-spite
this kind of playing Ruth and
Cox both made pretty shoots for the
basket but each rebounded and fell to
the floor. Penn scored first on a foul
In this half and tied the score again.
bnt Moore came Into evidence once
more and placed his team in the lead
on his sixth goal from fouls. This
was the end of the locnls scoring, but
Penn tied the score on a goal from a
foul and goals from the field by Dunn
and Bossert ran their score up to 10
points. The final score was 10 to 6 in
favor of Penn Wheelmen.
The features of the game were the
rough playing In general by the
Wheelmen, the calling of fouls by
Zoebel. and the playing of Cox and
Crawford, nnd the free goal throwing
of Moore. The line-up:
Penn. Conshohocken
Weaver forward Moore
Dunn forward tang
Ruth
Bossert centre Cox
Battersby Guard Custer
Rambo guard Crawford
Zimmerman
Goals from field—Dunn. Bossert,
Battersby. Goals from offence—Moore
6, Zimmerman 2, Weaver, Dunn. Of-
|. in is Weaver 2, Imnn 2, Battersby
-. Rambo 2, Zimmerman i. Moore 2,
8, Ruth 4. Cox 2, Referee—E.
Zobel. Time 10 minute halves.
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I1ETWKE.N THE HALVES
Mi ill her. of last year's base ball
le.im. joined the ranks of the Consho-hocken
rooters, but his services were
in ; required, The "Kid" looks well
and says he will play here in the
Sohuylktll Valley League, if his ser-
1 ii 1 - :ll e required.
The Conshohocken rooters occupied
Urn hit side of Natatoriiim Hall, und
during the progress of the game he-
1 he Penn Reserves and the J. L.
Glbbs whooped for the Glbhs boys,who
v.' re beaten 50 too.
Where was Referee Wilson?
Tannhauser to-night. The boys will
stand a better show winning, from the
tact that Tannhauser plays a gentle-men's
game.
That l'enn Wheelmen has a host of
followers was evident from the noise
made when they cinched the game
with their two field goals in the second
half
Germantown will he here to-morrow
night. Who will be the official?
A push from Tannhauser was pres-ent
nnd occupied seats with the Con-shohocken
rooters.
The female rooter for Penn, who
tried to distort the physiognomy of
one of the local players, by lending
him a slap in the Jaw was evidently
rattled because Weaver could not get
a goal.
The local management, although
they paid Penn Wheelmen the guar-antee
[or the forfeited contest in this
borough, has protested the game, and
the Hoard of Arbitration will decide
whether Or Dot the guarantee will be
refunded.
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ConshOhOCken'S defeat on Wednes-day
night by Penn Wheelmen and
Tanhhauser'S defeat last night by
Hancock has bunched the first four
M Closely that a single defeat
will throw- either of the leaders Into
the fourth notch. To-night Consho-hocken
will try conclusions with I'aiin-liauser
on the letter's floor in Phila-delphia,
and before the dawning of
another spring morning either one of
the lenders will be resting in the
fourth hole. The following is the
standing of the cluhs, with Consho-
11 in the lead:
W. L. P.C.
Conshohocken 5 3 .626
Tannhauser 5 3 .625
Man,oil; 4 3 .571
Penn 4 3 .571
Germantown 1 7 .125
THOMAS LEIPER
The Pioneer ol Isliad Insiportailus AD
Article by S, dor don
bnytbe.
BASF. BALL
Manager Harmer, of the Roxborough
Baseball Club, has arranged a series
of games to bo played with the Wissa-hicknn,
East Falls and Manayunk
clubs. The following have already
been signed by the Roxborough Club:
[van Loos, pitcher; F. Schofleld. catch-er;
Win Humphries, pitcher; Shaw,
third base; Albany, second base; F.
Casey, shortstop and F. Hoffman, left
field and pitcher. Amateur clubs de-siring
games can address communica-tions
to Manager John W. Harmer, 276
Hermitage street
Harry Bulger, of this borough, has
been signed by the Catholic High
School teuiii, of Philadelphia, ns a
1 atohi r.
MINISTERS ASSIGNED
The following assignments of min-isters
for the year for this county have
been made by the East Pennsylvania
Conference of the United Evangelical
Association: Lansdale. G. D. Swel-gertl
Hatflcld and Worcester, J. K.
Hoffman; I'ottstown, I. E. Johnson;
Hoy. rsford. II. P. Hngner; Trappe,
J. A. Sellers; Norrlstown and Ply-mouth.
A. Markley.
Lewis Aiiki rninn. Gnshen, Ind., says,
"DeWitt'S Little Karly Rishers always
bring certain relief, cure my headache
and never gripe." They generally
cleanse and invigorate the bowels and
liver.
H. Maxwell Harry and W. E. Sup
pleo. West Conshohocken.
The prettiest plant of the season is
.1 • Cineraria," 16, 35 cts; extra. 50 cts.
(ai nations, violets, etc., Harry's
Floral and Seed Store, 115 Fayette
street
IS years old to-day—Kindergan's
Meat Market. See specials in another
column,
Wedding Rings, Engagement Rings.
Fancy Rings made to order. Our
Hand made Rings, will look better,
tast longer ancfCoat leas, when bough:
of BLOOM HALL, the Jeweler, Hector
street
WHAT DO THE CHILDREN DRINK?
Don't give them ten or coffee. Have
you tried the new food drink called
CUUN-0? It Is delicious and nour-ishing
and takes the place of coffee.
The more Oriiin-0 you give the chil-dren
the more health you distribute
through their systems. Graln-O is
made of pure grains, and when prop-erly
prepared tastes like the choice
grades of coffee but costs about \i as
much. All grocers sell It. 15c. and
gee. ! mar. 23.
The Recorder, $1.00 a year in advance.
When Thomas Lei per came into pos-session
of bis large Delaware County
1 si me there were some stone quarries
upon the tracts lying along ('rum and
Ridley Creeks. These quarries had
been operated for many years and their
product attained an excellent rcputa-try
for their superior quullty.
try for their auperlor quality.
The rapid rise and solid growth of
Philadelphia kept the demand for good
building stone constantly on the in-crease
until the prompt delivery of the
orders became a matter of serious con-sideration.
The solution of the ques-tion,
however, was at hand when
Thomas I .el per conceived the idea of
building a canal from tidewater of
Cram Creek to the quarries at Avon-dale.
The plan was to utilize principally
the creek Itself which was In places
wide, deep, and well adapted for such
a purpose. The grades were to be ov-ercome
by a system of locking und
short water levels.
In 1790 the matter had been so far
developed that Thomas I-eiper made
application to the Pennsylvania As-sembly
for the privilege of carrying
out his plans, and about the same
time a representation was also made
to the Assembly In behalf of the peti-tion,
by twenty-eight of the principal
masons and bricklayers of Philadel-phia,
who claimed "that the stones
raised from Lelper's quarries are the
best produced in the neighborhood of
the city for the purposes of curbstones,
Hags and house-building."
Notwithstanding the energetic sup-port
of these men, and his own person-al
influence, Leiper's petition was op-posed,
John and Richard Crosby who
owned and operated a forge near the
great Southern post road, objected be-cause
It was feared their mill dam
would be ruined by the canal. The
most formidable opposition came from
the members of the Assembly Itself
who believed that the Idea was chimer-ical,
visionary, and ruinous, thus the
w isilom of the Legislature, great as It
was. proved unequal to the emergency
so the bill failed.
Thomas Lelper out of these difficul-ties
evolved another expedient which
he partly describes in a notice appear-ing
in The American Advertiser. April
1, 1793, and rending in part, as follows:
—Card to the Public—"The subscriber
having failed In his application to fa-cilitate
the transportation of stone to
this city by opening a canal from the
quarries on Criim Creek, to the tide-water
of the River Delaware, has en-deavored,
notwithstanding, to ensure
an abundant supply of that article by
means of an approved and regular land
carriage. In which waggons capable of
carrying upwards of 10 tons will be
constantly employed.
"He returns thanks for the orders
he has heretofore received, but regrets
that, from unavoidable cause, he could
not preserve a perfect punctuality In
executing them. He has. however, sur-mounted
many difficulties by shorten-ing
and Improving the road, as well as
by enlarging the size of the flats and
waggons which he employs, so that,
besides 4000 feet of curbstone now col-lected
In Philadelphia and at the land-ing-
place on Crum Creek, he expects
In the course of the ensuing season to
cut double the quantity that was used
In the city during the last year. He Is
therefore ready to contract for the de-livery
of any quantity of curbstone,
building or' foundation stone, flags for
pavements, and Weaver's freestone in
the rough, at any place >• port in the
United States.
The subscriber, meaning at some fu-ture
time, as well as for the public ben-eflt,
as for the advancement of his own
interests, to renew his application to
the General Assembly, is preparing for
the perusal and information of his fel-low
citizens, a statement of the pro
reeding and arguments rspecting th
proposed canal on Crum Creek, from
which, he trusts, it will appear to a
very disinterested and candid mind,
mind, that similar plans have received
the sanction of the legislature; that
his proposition combined public good
with private Interests, and that us,
and value of the property of his neigh-bors
so far from being Injured, would
be materially improved and appreciat-ed
by the success of his design."
As nn advertisement writer Thomas
lelper seeins to have been a success, ns
subsequent events will show.
It is probable that the "land car-riage."
described here. Is the first men-tion
made of a practical attempt In the
use of tramways—for such we may as-sume
It. was, and destined soon to rev-olutionize
modes of travel and Inaug-urate
the magnificent system of rail-ways
which to-day encircle the globe.
In 1797. Thomas Lelper advertises
that he "will enter Into a contract for
the whole of the curbstone that may
be wanted this year for the Biipply of
the city and districts, at 3 pence per
foot lower than such atone can be fur-nished
by any other person. It will be
warranted the best that ever came to
Philadelphia." and cites from a certlf-j
Icate Issued by Mr. William Covert and
'other City Commissioners, dated
(Continued on fourth page)
THE CRIMINAL COURT
The Cases Io be Tried in Court next week
UnislitiliiHken not Kepresented
Tkere
I he Mm b Term Of Quarter Sessions
Coin 1 will pollvi ne next Monday morn-ing
The lisi of cases to I'II before '.he
grand jury has been arranged by Dis-trict
Attorney Hciulrii ks as follows:
MONDAY FORENOON.
Milton M. Moll, false pretense.
Charles Edward Newman, f. and b.
Calvin Keen, highway robbery.
John Miller, larceny, aggravated as-sault
and battery.
Mamie Ryan, larceny.
Daniel Campbell, buggery.
Roy I'allugi. larceny.
George Harper, arson.
David Hans, false pretense, and lar-
< any,
Isaac B. Haines, forgery.
I.ii ob Williams, felonious entry nnd
forgery.
Joseph Kemmcrslander. tramp.
Edward Doyle, Christian Wldmler,
tramps nnd nuisance.
Augustus Schmidt alias John Bil-lings,
false pretense and tramp.
MONDAY AFTERNOON.
.lolin Kelly, felonious entry and lar-ceny.
Mark Wilson, tramp.
George Helm, irainp and nuisance.
Elmer Kulp. Charles Edward Moore.
Morris Williams, larceny.
Mary Ann McCann, alias Margaret
Mullen, larceny.
Henry Diehl, alias Johann Smidt. as-sault
and threats.
William Seasholtz, larceny.
William F. Emery, rape.
TUESDAY FORENOON.
Edward Collins, larceny. John Has-son,
larceny.
Park M. Fetters, forgery.
Andrew Parcynskl. larceny.
Maivi and Lena Parcynski, receiving
stolen goods.
Maggie Short, assault ami battery,
1 Ii gander McCoy, adultery,
George Kelly, larceny.
William Holmes, felonious entry and
larceny.
W. S. Sloterer. larceny.
George Stonier, assault and battery.
John Uriiiton, aggravated assault
and battery.
Charles Nettwlsh, forcible entry.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
William Manger, assault.
E. A. Stahlnecker, false preti 1
M. B. ('. Flack, false pretense.
George Aiinian, assault and battery.
WEDNESDAY FORENOON.
George Q. il, lllday, assaull and bat-tery.
Philip Kmitz manslaughter.
Herbert Bramble, alias Chick Wag-tier.
William See. larceny.
\ndri w Golden, assault ami battery.
Albert Sampson, fraudulently ob-taining
board.
THURSDAY FORENOON.
Abram Goldstein, receiving stolen
goods.
George Fensner. aggravated assault
ami battery,
John F. Hoffman, assault and bat-tery.
SA'II It HAY FORENOON.
Samuel Molina, non-suppmi.
WARRANT TOR
RECREANT HUSBAND.
A. C. Mi Lane, who came from Ilur-rtsburg
to Norrlstown aboutslx months
ago, has disappeared, leaving a wife.
two small children and an unpaid ho-tel
hill, amounting to $150. A war-rant
has been issued for his arrest on
the charge of obtaining board under
fals. pretences. Mrs. Mcl.ane, who
W.IB left in destitute circumstances,
says this Is the second time her hus-band
has deserted her within a year.
THE AM111.ER TELE-PHONE
COMPANY.
The charter for the Ambler Telep-phone
Company is expected to arrive
in Ambler the latter part of this week
Already without any canvass Ol the
town there have I u f>2 phones re-quested
by residents of Ambler. The
poles of the Ambler Electric Light.
Heat and Motor company will be used
for a nominal rental for the stringing
of the wires, and already samples of
'phone* have been received by the lo-cal
company. Nearly all the stock has
been subscribed and it is expected that
work will be actively begun after the
charter arrives and the company is or-ganized
permanently.
ROBERT KNIGHT JOHNSON.
Robert Kim.In Johnson died nt an
early hour on Wednesday morning, at
his home in M.-rion. of pneiiino,,. in I
Bright'! disease. Mr. Johnson had
been the Republican commill
for the General Wayne district for
several years past. He was born April
28. 1866, and had. be, n a resident of
Lower Merlon for ten years, being en-
•.-agii! iu teaming and general hauling.
.'■'is. Harriet Evans, Hlnsdale, 111.,
writes, I never fail to relieve my chil-dren
from croup nl once by using One
Minute Cough Cure. I would not feel
safe without it." (Juickly cures
coughs, colds, grippe und all throat
and lung dlseal
II. Maxwell Harry and W. E. Sup-plee,
West Conshohocken.