The Conshohocken Recorder, March 9, 1900

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TOPICS OF TWO TOWNS
ItMM of Interest concerning the people thai
».■ know in both Koroughi,.
.Tiber chit.
The Roxborough Degree Team will
exemplify the degrees in the odd Fel-lows'
Hall, to-morrow evening.
Then will he ill the ll;i|iiist Church
on Sunday evening an interesting song
service. Including u short Gospel ser-mon.
P. .1. Delaney has a Columbian half-dollar
of 18SI. This is a valuable coin.
The vida Rebekah Lodge, No. 62.
will hold Ita tenth anniversary In the
I. O. 0. I-' Hall, Second avenue and
Harry (treat, this evening.
WoodA l.afferty have purchased a
in w line of spring millinery goods.
The Alcotl Club will meet on Mon-day
evening at the home of Mrs.
Brehm, Fifth avenue.
I. I'. DeHaven advertises In another
column a Dumber of spring harKains
that will interest the women readers.
The real estate of the Mark Jones
(state on the Conshohoekcn Pike will
he offered at public sale on Saturday,
March Mth.
Ishmael Heald, a former resident of
this borough, died early on Wednesday
at the County Home. The funeral ser-vices
were held this afternoon, the In-terment
being in Gulf Cemetery
The Manual Training and Iluildlng
Committees of the School Hoard will
meet to-morrow evening at Graham's
■tore to award the bid for heating; ap-paratus
of tin .Manual Tralrlnc Build-ing.
The acetylene gas making plant was
pat in the Presbyterian Church on
Wednesday, an i the light tried for the
first time on \\V inesday evening. It
Is a beautiful light, steady and clear
very nearly like sunlight The trus-tee*
of the Church are very well pleas-ed
with It.
Oscar C. the son of James H. and
Mary F. Platt died on Wednesday ev-ening
In the 17th year of his age. The
funeral services will be held on Satur-day
afternoon at half-past one o'clock,
from the home of his parents, 101 West
Fourth, avenue. The interment will
be in the Montgomery Cemetery.
J. E. Rogers and wife, Samuel Minus
Robert Herron and daughter, Ellen,
and BOH William, attended the meeting
of the Survivors "of the Eighty-eighth
Regiment, at the home of General
Louis Wagner, in Germantown, last
evening. The association presented
the General with a handsome gold
headed cane.
Two horses attached to ■ wagon be-
_ id the Crystal Spring Brewing
any, While standing In front of
the brewery, became frightened and
ran away Wednesday morning, down
Hector street. A wagon loaded with
truck belonging to William Neill was
struck by the runaway team below
i tree! and wrecked. The fright-ened
team still plunged down Hector
until they came opposite Simon
Oaul'S grocery store, when they struck
the milk wagon of .1. (J. Freas, turn-completely
around, and badly
Wrecking it. A hoy who was In the
milk wagon at the time escaped Injury
and bravely held on to the horse. The
Brewing Company took both wagons
in charge and will stand all damages.
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN. ST. MARK'S CONCF.RT.
SCHOOL AFFAIRS,
There was little done ut the regular
meeting Of the Conshohoekcn School
Board 0D Wednesday outside of rou-tine
business.
It was reported that Treasurer J. S.
Hippie was now in condition to take
Charge Of the treasury again. He has
has greatly improved during the past
lew weeks.
Mr Jones spoke of a lecture about
tin- Battle of Gettysburg to be deliv-ered
in the G. A. R. Hall on Wednes-day
afternoon. He thought this was
an admirable opportunity for the pu-pils
of the schools to study history at
first hand and In an entertaining man-ner.
Mr. i'. iiiins agreed with him. and
on his motion the schools will be
closed at half-past three and the pupils
taken to the hall for the lecture.
Superintendent l.undis' report was
as follows:
Scholars enrolled 644
Average attendance 656
Present every day 145
Not tardy 573
Pay pupils 47
Amount In saving fund $206 32
Tuition received 18 43
BLBVKN JURORS YIELD TO ONE.
Phillip Kuntz was yesterday con-victed
of voluntary manslaughter In
Causing the death of Pierco William
Cope at West Manayunk. On the Mrs'
ballot the Jury stood one for convic-tion
and eleven tor acquittal. The
second ballot stood ten to two, and
gradually the men who favored acquit-tal
were won over. Kuntz and Cope
were engaged at the Pencoyd Iron
Works. Quarreling about a piece of
Wort Cop* gave Kuntz a thrashing.
friends sepnrated them, but the quar-rel
was renewed, and Kuntz in defend
Ing himself with an eight pound ham-mer,
struck Cope on the head. Kuntz
contended the blow was unintentional.
Carpel weaving nnd carpet for sale
at Kehoe's, 217 Hector Street, opposite
the Catholic School.
—William Ristine is on tho sick list.
—The members of the Free Baptist
Church cleared more than $25 by their
birthday party last Saturday evening.
—The regular meeting of the Loyal
Temperance Legion will be held in the
Holiness Christian Church to-morrow
afternooon at 2.30 o'clock.
—The household goods of Rev. T. J.
I. Wright were shipped to Chester on
Wednesday. Rev. L. F. Bauseman
will occupy the parsonage next week.
—If you see your neighbor going
along with a swelled Juglar, do not
ask him what Is the matter. He has
the mumps. They are prevalent In
tins borough at the present time and a
number of our older residents as well
as the children have fallen victims to
this malady.
—The following communlcatlen has
been received by THE RECORDER:
The Council of 1899, with a Democrat-ic
majority of three, tho first time In
six years they have had a majority,
has been the most successful and ben-eficial
to the taxpayers for the last
fifteen years. The have reduced the
tax rate one mill while at the same
time they have placed the streets In
better condition than ever before.
They have appropriated $150.00 to the
Gco. Clay Fire Company and have a
sinking fund of $1226.00, and a balance
of cash amounting to $492.52, also a
tire account cf $13.26. That the value
of this Council has been appreciated
l» *be Voters of the '.'.rough was
si wn on election day hv electing »
'iui-isi and whole Dcm i-nli - "run
'il in a boro'i"h which h*n ha ! a He-
••a'diean majority of for'.v.
—In the peaceful Gulf graveyard
. esttrday afternoon we I laid to rest
all that was mortal of the late Julia
A. Williams. The funeral was the
largest held In this borough In late
years, and was attended by her rela-tives
and many friends who came to
pay a last tribute to the departed. The
mill of H. C. Jones & Co. shut down
long enough to allow her former fel-low
employees pay respect to one
whom always commanded their re-spect
and • steeiu The services were
conducted by the Rev. E. E. Hoffman,
of the Free Baptist Church, and the
choir of the Free Baptist Church sang
"Never Alone," "My Saviour First of
All" and "Saved by Grace." The pall-bearers
were Albert Hannum, John
Stunners, Charles Nagle and William
Lovett. Some of the floral tributes,
which were numerous and handsome
were presented by the following:
Gates ajar, palm leaf and bouquet by
the employees of H. C. Jones & Co.;
cross and crown, by John Robinson;
pillow, by brother and sisters; gates
ajar, by nieces and nephews; cross
by George Benz and wife; bouquet of
white carnations, William H. Earl;
bouquet of roses, Miss Amanda Moore;
bouquet of white carnations, by Miss
Fannie Robinson; bouquet of lilies, by
friends; bouquet of roses, by Miss Mag-gie
r.atnid;in; wreath, by Uncle and
cousins of Phoenlxvllle; bouquet of
lilies by the Misses O'Brien; bouquet of
lilies, by the Misses Cowan; anchor.
by Mrs. Moeller and Mrs. Joseph Earl,
of Philadelphia; bouquet of carnations,
by Mrs. Emma Roats. of Philadelphia;
bouquet of lilies by Misses Rachel and
Irmn Riles; bouquet of carnations, by
Miss Lilly Webb; bouquet of roses, by
Mrs. R. E. Gamble, of Philadelphia;
bouquet of Miles, by Mrs. Earl, of Phil-adelphia:
bouquet of carnations and lil-ies,
by Miss Fannie Robinson.
—Every member of Town Council
was present, at the first meeting on
Wednesday evening when a busy ses-sion
was held. The most important
question taken up was that of the bor-ough's
lights. Officer McShane report-ed,
twonty-orv lights being out last
month. This with other complaints
aroused the borough rulersnnd through
the course of discussion It was decided
to make a round of the borough and
investigate the cause, if possible. It
Is probable that the number of lights
will be increased, as Council will ascer-tain
the need of them. The street com-mittee
was Instructed to repair Ford
street near Noblett's row, which Is in
a very bad condition. The grade on
Front street above Bullock avenue Is
to be raised from 8 to 10 Inches In or-der
to complete the Improvements now
In progress on that thoroughfare.
Councilman Cowan, who took his seat
on Monday morning claims thut the
road which passes his house lakes in
ten feet of his property. The property
was surveyed only a few duy since,
when this fact was learned. Council
will make an investigation regarding
the matter. The drainage of Mr. Nob-lett's
stable was reported as a nuisance
and ordered to be Investigated. It is
also probable that paved crossings will
he put In at all crossings as the Street
Committee as been ordered to find out
the cost of laying one at Front and
Ford streets. All bills awaiting pay-ment
were ordered handed to the Fi-nance
Committee three days before the
meeting of Council at which they are
to be paid. An ordinance regulating
the trimming of shade trees In the bor-ough
will be drawn up for passage at
the next meeting of Council
Tho prettiest plant of the season Is
a "Cineraria." 25. 35 cts; extra. 50 cts.
Carnations, violets, etc.. Harry's
Floral and Seed Store, 115 Fayette
street.
A very enjoyable concert was given
in the Q. A. It. Hall liy the Young
Men's Bible class of si Marks Church
last evening. The following was the
program:
PART I.
Piano solo Miss Nellie McGlathery
Vocal selections Miss Bella Sutton
Recitation Harvey Fields
Mandolin selections
Miss Carrie Bludwin
Sketch. "Mind Your Own Business."
Cornet selection George Longaor*
Vocal selection John Collins
Pinno selection Miss Trego
PART II.
Cornet duet Hill Brothers
Recitation Miss Edna Ambler
Violin selection I<eonard Smith
Vocal duet Davis Brothers
Sketch, "Roses and Thorns."
Piano selection. ..Miss Amy Hampton
Recitation Mr. Smith
Hanjo and Mandolin Banjo Club
Phonograph selections Prof. Bell
Frank Cloud, accompanist.
A RICH MAN'S DREAM
A Sketch ol Frederick Pnlltip* ind of ihc
Stoke Poils harm Across the River
Where Millions hive
Been bunk.
Gl'LF MILLS.
—John Stocks of the Battleship In-diana
spent a duy this week with his
parents here.
—Mrs. Samuel Guthrle is confined
to her residence suffering from pneu-monia.
—Thomas Daly, of Meehanlcsvllle,
will hold a public sale of personal
property and real estate on Monday
next.
—Miss Anna Stocks, daughter of
James Stocks, was agreeably surprised
on Saturday evening last by a large
number of her young friends from Nor-rlstown,
Conshohoeken and this Im-mediate
locality. Music, games and
other amusements were indulged in.
Refreshments were served.
—The latest "gag" around Gulf Mills
is "Have you seen tile dog man?"
CRIMINAL COITRT NEWS.
On the evening of the 8th of Febru-ary
It was testified that the defendant
come to the house of Thomas Mrfool.
In !. weddand, where Michael Ra'feity
was Harding and without any prowl
cation violently assaulted the latter
Defendant had previously made "iren>s
ogn-rst him. McCool test'flei! ihut In
had 1-rard Rnfferty cry for holy and
Red R: no to his assistance After the
hreat n of the peace the defendant • 'oiiM
not lie found for several wA>.
Defendant swore that w'li'e sitting
In the room talking with Rr-fferty. the
latter drew a revolver, pointed It a<
him. rnd threatened to shoot his heart
out. Whereupon, In ord ■: to pro'r.et
bin self, he admitted he had a scu'fh
vith Rafferty. The latter positively
denied that he pointed a rt< olvcr ul
i ho defendant.
Daniel Campbell was tried on the
charge of aggravated assault and bat-tery
and tramping.
Several witnesses testified that he
had frequently begged food and money
and slept In Clegg's barn.
Michael Carey, of Manayunk. testi-fied
that he was In the neighborhood
of Clegg's barn on the night of Angus'
27. 1898, when he and some others
caught Campbell in an unlawful act
A fight ensued, during which Camphor
went into Clegg's hnrn. In a few min
i I es Carey went In and struck a match
and as he did so Campbell cut him In
the arm with a razor. All of the mus
cles were severed so that Carey has
practically lost the use of his arm and
hand. His hand Is very much withered
and almost helpless. James Kenny
immediately after the cutting, went In-to
the barn and saw Campbell have u
razor in his hund. Officer Napely tes
lifted that Campbell admitted that IK
cut Carey.
The prisoner admitted that he had
n razor, but denied having done th
cutting. He stated also that he was
set upon by four or five men and terrl
bly beaten.
A warrant was issued March 29, 1898
but the prisoner was not caught Until
a short time ago.
Verdict, Guilty.
When the Ixiwer Merlon Township
Commissioners adjourned last evening
after a four hours' session behind
closed doors, the secretary said he was
"too hungry" to give any facts for pub
llcation. It Is understood, however
that the bond of the Township Treas-urer,
I.evl S. Cllne. was fixed at $75.-
000. and the Merlon Title and Trust
Company accepted as his security, and
that John S. G. Dunne was chosen
chosen Road Engineer. Mr. Dunne
was A. J. Cassatt's road engineer for
■ number of years.
To secure the original witch "uizel
salve, nsk tor DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve, well known as a certain cure
for idles nnd skin diseases. Beware of
worthless counterfeits. They ure dan-gerous.
H. Maxwell Harry and W. E. Sop
plee. West Conshohoekcn.
Borough nnd School tax"s received
all this week and next Mnndiv at
John J- Meyers, Collector. 121 Favette
Steel. Five per cent, will r>e added to
all unpaid taxes nfter Hnrah 12th. 1900.
F.dward F. Gallagher wl.l start a
Mutter. Egg. Poultry ami Farm Pro-duce
route, March 13. 1900. and supply
customers with the best In the market.
as everything will be brought from his
own Plymouth farm.
England had its William Morriswith
high ideals and much money.
Philadelphia had its Frederick;
Phillips also with high ideals and
millions behind him.
One revolutionized house decora-tions
and domestic art, for he lived
long enough to do it.
The other died too soon.
The Philadelphia!! knows Stoke
Pogis as a lovely estate somewhere in
the suburbs, with a dear little Inn
in Its center where the gentry of the
country drive over und get their din-ner,
and the bicycler of social position
with a well-filled purse can refresh
himself at a dinner that the Bellcvue
would not disdain to serve.
But they do not know much of the
ideal that was behind this Venture of
"Fred" Phillips', as every one knew
him and called him.
He came from a family that were
erratic: he was taciturn, little given
to talking of his dreams or aspira-tions:
little given to consulting other
men about his plans.
His few Intimates knew the dream
of Stoke Pogis that lay behind what
the public called "a Phillips whim."
The public at large had Stoke Pogis
impressed upon their minds through
one of the most tremendous lawsuits
of the city that dragged Its length
through court after court.
The Phillips family and the farm
known as Stoke Pogis were the nu-cleus
of this lawsuit.
Since those years Stoke Pogia hns
grown quietly and away from public
garni the public thinking that the Red
Rose Inn of Itself and the desire to be
aione was the end and aim of "Fred"
Phillips and his great farm,
I<ast week this millionaire was
burled and his dream was buried with
him. It may be that the 800 acres or
more of Stoke Pogis will be quartered
off and sold.
If so. the greatest Ideal of a rich
man In this State will become as a
soap bubble.
Stoke Pogis took Its name from the
estate of William Penn in England
and It has just the landscape beauty
that the great Quaker loved.
It Is full of green trees and running
brooks and soft uplands and blue val-leysand
clear cut horizon.
The central point of attraction of
the present Stoke Pogis Is Red Rose
Inn. This unique and remarkable hos-telry
took Its name from the qualm
and lovely custom which still obtains
in some parts of Pennsylvania, notably
at Overbrook on the Main Line.
A red rose, the most beautiful and
fragrant to be found, was annually
presented to William Penn, or his rep-resentative,
by certain of his public
lease-hold tenants In lieu of quit-rents.
In this little inn the old custom Is
still continued by the presentation
of a red rose to all patrons putting
their names on the visitor's book.
Mr. Phillips tItought long over the
name of hla estate and finally decided
that the two names which he adopted
were the best to link the traditions of
the ideal past with what he hoped was
the Idel future.
Mr. Phillips visited Penn's old lands
In England, called Stoke Pogis. and
found that his tract of country was
similar In area and general character
to the great estates of the Proprietary.
This was one reason of Its name.
The final reason was that It was sit-uated
at the angle of the Gulph and
Spring Mill Roads, which were sur-veyed
by William Penn and marked
by granite milestones bearing his
arms.
One of these, In excellent preaerva
tlon, stands to-day upon the property.
This property Is near the am ■lent
Merlon meeting where Penn preached,
and In the old Stoke Pogis of England
Penn's place adjoins the famous
Churchyard where Thomas Gray wrote
his immortal Elegy.
It is rather curious that tho great
William Morris, who had similar Ideas
to Mr, Phillips, should have chosen
for his estate one that Included tin
quaint old house that so many tourists
V> to see; Its significance engraved on
Its old brass door-knocker, Thomas
Gray."
Every spot surrounding the estate
Of Stoke Pogis Is linked with tradition
and history.
There are the Gulph Mills, when
General Washington's army encamped
In December, 1777, and at which the
Sons of the Revolution have recently
put a memorial. Valley Forge, where
Washington besieged the besiegers;
the old Wayne homestead, with all its
associations with "Mad Anthony" and
curious shrine that visitors go to see.
In nnd around Stoke Pogis are some
ot the great roads of the Common-wealth.
1 In se were colonial highways, lead-
':■!■ from the Interior of the Province
and from their Importance and value
ti.e great Pennsylvania Railroad sys-tem
was evolved.
Along these famous highways the
I the quaintest colonial Inns preserved
in America—The General Wayne, the
Red Lion, the Green Tree, the Blrd-ln-
Hainl. and the Kiiig-of-l'russla.
Win ii one considers Mr. Phillips'
temperament and his great
dream it Is easily Imagined that he
searched the United States o'er and
O'er and settled back upon this estate
because he could find no other linked
With brilliant traditions; through
whose warp mid woof ran such glor-ious
stories und such Important his-tory,
and whose natural beauty lent
Itself With a happy smile to this rich
man's dream.
Such imagining is wrong.
Twas fate, not Mr. Phillips, who
chose this spot, which was expected to
be the most co-operative, artistic farm
life, controlled by aristocrats, In the
world. *
Mr. Phillips' father left him the es-tate
as a bad debt.
He had never noticed the place be-fore,
He took the land upon his shoulders
With all the rest of his father's ten-iiiillion-
dollur estate, as executor for
the other children, and supposed he
would sell It.
Iii looking over the lands, comput-ing
their value and placing their price,
he dreamed his dream.
It came to him slowly, took hold
upon him vitally, grew to be his mania,
to which end he sacrificed all his mon-ey
and finally his life.
He believed that he would finally
succeed in his Ideals; and had he lived
lung enough perhaps he would. He
was a keen business man as well as a
dreamer, and he was content to go
slowly as well as surely.
Mr. Phillips' father, Moro Phillips,
was one of Philadelphia's famous per-sonalities.
He came here from New
Orleans before the war with plenty of
money, made dealing In cotton.
lid he came from Spain,
some said from France; some said he
was a San Domingan refugee.
This wns before he went to New Or-leans.
As for him. he denied nothing, af-lirnied
nothing.
lie said he made his money in New
I n s.
He lei rumor build about him many
an interesting fabric;—that he was of
royal blood, that he was a peasant,
that he was a grandee of Spain who
bad (led for political reasons, that he
was anything;, everything, except what
he claimed to be.
Ills money increased and when he
was win th ten million dollars It was In
8 day When that much available money
made a Croesus; a power of fabulous
strength.
It was natural that of n man who
had made such a fortune by bis own
bunds nil society nnd commerce should
gossip and be curious.
He lived In a fine old house on Wal-nut
street where the Witherspoon
now is. The sons were all great whips
and hunters and lived like English
squires rather than Louisiana Creoles
or Spanish Hidalgoes.
When he died his millions were left
to the children with "Fred" Phillips
as his executor. The choice spots of
commercial Philadelphia were his. The
land of the Witherspoon Building.
Kelth'a Theatre, the Lafayette Hotel
and many other buildings well known
to I'liiladelphinns.
Then began the first investigation
of whnt rumor hud olways declared.
This investigation was done by the
eldest son. Moro. who claimed to have
found thut his father was of noble
Spanish origin; so he took to himself
the title of the Duke of Moro and mov-ed
himself nnd his title to the Isle of
Wight, where he bought an estate and
built a wonderful house and lives there
to-day In almost feudal elegance.
He was a great artist by nature and
tourists go miles to see his estate and
hi- bOUia on the little British Island.
When one considers that it was de-signed
and built by Sir Christopher
Wren: that It has been adorned with
tne most marvelous pictures and stat-ues
and carpets; thai the Duke himself
ilw ,ys dresses in satin knickerbockers,
silk Blockings, high heeled patentlenth-er
slippers with great silver buckles,
then it is no wonder that the place Is
one of the wonders of the little island.
The heroic lawsuit was the next step
that kept public attention directed to
the Phillips name.
It was a claim brought by other chil-dren
against "Fred" Phillips contend-ing
that they had nol received the snf-
Ri ii in Interest on their property and
saying that he put too much money In-iii
the dream of Stoke Pogis.
After suits and countcrsults the own-er
of the Red Rose Inn wus acquitted
Of nil misdirection Of money, und he
turned over to one of the trust conipan-e
tl(o direction of the properties
and money belonging to the other
mi mberi of the family.
This plan the Duke would not allow
for himself: being Inspired by the
dream of bis younger brother. He In-sisted
upon throwing his lot with him
and Idling his surplus money be di-rected
by his brother for the realiza-tion
of the cooperative farm.
I red" Phillips first thought of call-ing
stoke Pogis the "White Farm."
It expressed his Ideal better than the
lasi name.
His belief was that there lived enough
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THH BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG.
TO THH RECORDER:
I see by the last issue of the RE-CORDER
that Luther W. Mlnnlch will
give a lecture, with views, of the Bat-tle
field of Gettysburg In the G. A. R.
Hall, on Wednesday evening.
Mr. Mlnnlch should have a large au-dience,
as he fully understands his
rubject. and Is able to explain the bat-tle
In Its fullest details. He is a K si
dent of the town, and was there al the
time of the battle.
Mr. Mlnnlch Is a very Interesting
nnd eloquent lecturer, and this is an
opportunity that all of our residents
should embrace and encourage with
their presence, for the following rea-sons:
First, It is very instructive,
second, . it was at that battle that the
rebellion against a free people received
its death blow; third. There were more
men killed there than during the
whole of our Spanish-American war.
and the Brltlsh-Boer war to date.
All who can do so should go and
give the lecture our endorsement, be-cause
so many of our old comrades of
the Grand Army have taken part In
that great struggle. One of our highly
respected citizens was one of the first
Union men on the field of battle, ready
to give his life In defence of his coun-try,
state, family and home, thnt this
country should be first In war, first in
peace, and first In all business matters
of the council of nations.
A FRIEND OF THE SOLDIER.
BASKET BALL CHAT
(Uncock Administered a 'rushing Defeat to
■he Locals. Tannhaustr the
next Opponent*.
WELL SUPPLIED WITH CUTLERY.
Harry Jones and John Thomas, who
claim Baltimore as their place of res-idence,
were arrested at Merlon on
Wednesday afternoon by Officers Jen-nings
and Mulvaney of the Pennsylva-nia
police. The men had fifty razors
and knives, clippers and a variety of
trinkets. They claimed that the had
purchased the razors at Harrlsbiirg.
Columbia and Lancaster, but the offi-cers
believe that they stole them. The
men were committed for a further
hearing.
COUNTY APPEALS FROM
TURNPIKE AWARD.
The County Commissioners on Wed-nesday
filed un appeal from the award
of a jury of view on the Reading and
Perkiomen turnpike. The jury award
eo $15,000 for freeing six miles of thi
turnpike. The ense will now be tried
In Civil Court.
LOAN ASSOCIATION'S
GOOD RECORD
The Directors and offlcera of the
Hryn Mawr Building and Loan
elation gave a banquet on Tuesday
evening In observance of the twenty-fifth
anniversary of Its organization.
The association has matured sixteen
series of shares, and Its losses during
the entire period of Its existence have
not amounted to $5.
TROLLEY WIRE THIEVES
AT WORK
For the third time within six months
thieves on Tuesday night visited the
Chestnut Hill Trolley Line where It
runs through a stretch of unoccupied
country, a short distance below Nor-rlstown,
and curried off n lot of heavy
feed wire. Difficulty was experienced
In running ears between Chestnut HID
and Norrlstown on Wednesday be-cause
of the break in the system. The
loss to the company will amount to
about $200.
NEW TELEPHONE COM-PANY
AT AMBLER
The Ambler Telephone Company has
been permanently organized at Ambler
by the election of the following named
Odlcers: President. John S. Buchan-an;
vice-president, L. S. Moore; secre-tary.
William S. Acuff; treasurer. Jos-eph
S. Angency; directors, John S. Bu-chanan.
I.. S. Moore. Rev. A. H. Rufe.
William J. Devlne. William S. Acuff.
Joseph S. Angency. and Dr. D, W
Shelly. William J. Devine has been
made superintendent and will at once
commence the work of erecting the
line.
POTTSTOWN'S POLICE
ALL RKPI'ULICANS.
The following police appointments
were made in Pottstown on Tuesday
evening by Chief Burgess Horace \
Ouster: Thomus E. Humphrey, chief:
Clarke E. Suhold, Harry L. Bwavely,
George Shenk, Edward Hamilton. Mil-ton
II. ScblichUir. James Diimbolton.
Thomas Dearolf and Oliver Kepner.
All nre Republicans and they at once
succeeded the old Democratic force.
which party had enjoyed the monnply
of police appointments for eight years.
Mrs. Harriet Evans. Hinsdale, III.,
writes, "I never fall to relieve my chil-dren
from croup nt once by using One
Minute Cough Cure. I would not feel
safe without it." Quickly cures
coughs, colds, grippe und all throat
nnd lung diseases.
H. Maxwell Harry and W. E. Sup-plee.
West Conshohoeken.
Conshohoeken proved to be the eas-iest
proposition Hancock has met this
season at I'rankford A v. line Hall last
night, the Baal score being ;:>; to it> in
Hancock's favor. Hancock started the
scoring u minute after slay, and was
never headed, the liisi half (losing In
its fuvor by the score of 18 to 9. Con-sidering
the fustneks of the game,
the play wus exceptionally clean
until two minutes before the close,
when Lung and Charlton were disqual-ified
for "slugging." The line-up:
Hancock Conshohoeken
Mathers forward Ruth
Campbell Eiiam
Hackett forward Lang
Ouster
Charlton centre Cox
( v.
W. Ilaldeiuan.... guard Crawford
Goals from field Ruth, Lang :! Ill-lam,
Cox. Crawford, Mathers 2, Hack
ett 8, Charlton 2, E. Haldeman. V.
Ilaldeiuan 5. Goals from offences—
Custer 2. Offences-Charlton 3. Ruth.
Lang, Custer, Crawford. Referee I
Wilson. Time—20 minute hulves.
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The following Is the ■tending Of the
clubs in the Interstate League cham-pionship
race:
W. L. P.C.
Hancock 7 3 .700
Tannhnuser 6 3 .067
Conshohoeken ii ,') .545
Penn 4 4 .500
Germantown 1 ft .100
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Manager "Jack" George and his
Tannhauaer team, accompanied by a
large number of rooters will bo tie- op-
•o-'epts <>r the local team to-morrow
Blghl at Maskel Mall Hall. Consho-hoekcn
and Tannhauaer are trying
hard tn beat each other out In the race
and while there is no greal danger nf
the Philaih iphians winning the game,
they will appear on the Boor with their
1 a combination, with the hope
of scalping the local team and thereby
pass Hancock, Menu and Tannhauser
will oppose each Other tO-nighi at
Llederkrani Hall, and it is dollars to
doughnuts that Tannhauaer will come
out on top and by winning from tho
hicais to-morrow night would lead the
League. Her chances are extremely
doubtful, but who knows hut that the
unexpected might happen. It will he
a fierce contest no matters who wins.
POTTSTOWN JUSTICES,
During the entire wek of Criminal
Court Judge Swurtz's time wus occu-pied
by numerous minor cases return-ed
by Justices of Pottstown, and he on
Wednesday took occasion to show his
disapproval of the acts of such Jus-tices.
When the case of George Au-man.
charged by Mrs. Calvin Keen
with assault, had been Hied the Judge
in charging tne jury said: "This is
one of those cases that should never
have come to court, and there are too
many petty cases of that kind from
Pottstown this week. Sometime I
shall Instruct the jury to put the COSl
upon the Justice, and it will have a
suiutory effect, as it ippi ones before In
lliis court for a -short time after a Jus-tice
had the costs imposed upon him.
You will carefully ascertain If this
case was instituted in revenge, if so
the costs should be Imposed upon the
prosecutor, for the object of the
courts is to bring offenders to justice
ami not to wreak vengeance."
In another assault nnd battery case
returned by a Pottstown Justice and
heard after the above the Court direct-ed
the Clerk of the Courts not to pay
the 'Squire's costs.
I Borough and School taxes received
I nil this week and next Monday, ut
1 John J. Meyers. Collector. 121 Favette
I steet. Five per cent, will be added to
' all unpaid taxes after March 12th, 1900.
DIED.
BOWMAN. On the 6th inst.. Sue
A., wife of Frederick C. Bowman
and daughter of the late David
Meweis. iii her Nth year. The rela-tives
and friends of the family are !e-
•peotfully invited to attend the funeral
on Saturday. March 10. 1900. from her
buabend'a residence, HarmanvUle,
Montgomery county, pa. Servlcea In
Cold Point Baptist Church. Inter nt
af Cold Point Cemetery.
GOSHEN. On March 0. 1900. John
R. Ooshen, In his 69th your. The rela-tives
and friends of the family, also
I. 0. 0, F. Lodge. No. Ml, and K. of P.
Lodge, No. 137. are respectfully in-vited
to attend the funeral services on
Saturday afternoon, al i o'olock, at
his late residence, Mnnatnwnn Avenue,
Ijiper Roxboroiigh, Pa. Interment
private at Barren Hill.
Lewis Ackerman, Ooshen, Ind., says.
'DeWltfi Little Barly Risaan always
bring certain relief, cure my headache
ind never gripe." They generally
cleanse and invigorate the bowels and
liver.
H. Maxwell Harry nnd W. E. Sup-ple*.
West Conshohoeken.
F.ddle F. Il.uve. \inc:ica's favorite
Boy Baritone, will appear at W'asliita
Hall. Saturday evening;, March 17. In
"A season of Sum.'." Moving pictures
will be presented of the Knulish-Bocr
and Spanish-American wars, including
atereopticon of the great diamond
mines of South Africa. His son
the latest song hits of the season and
are profusely Illustrated by the most
eminent artists In this line. Remem-ber
the date and day.
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