The Conshohocken Recorder, November 20, 1908

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PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
CONSHOHOCKEN PA. FRIDAY XOVEMBEB 20 1908
GULF MILLS
ITEMS OF INTEREST GATHERED
BY OUR LOCAL CORRESPOND-ENT
=OR OUR READERS.
Thomas Lennen has made extensive
Improvements about Ma property
along tbe Qull road In Upper Merlon
this place, Including the en ctlon
"i an addition in the rear, grading
about the large yards, etc,
John i <ini.1.1. tormi i :.> pastor
of the Gull Mill.- Christian Church,
i bis Msi birthday las: Bal
m-day. He wishes, through the "Re
cordi i." in gratefullj acknowledge Che
MM ol the many post cards remi m
branci .- as well as thi letti rs ol con
gratulatlon.
Actlvltj Is being r< inmed about the
extensive blue marble quarry of
s' Bwi y< . ,v Lelsa at Klng-of-PruasIa,
Notwithstanding (be depression in the
times quite a large quantity of marble
has i n taken from the quarry con
Signed to different places, but now
prospects look decidedly brighter and
the workmen are nuking practically
full time after a period of short work-ins
hours similar to thai ol many oth-er
Industries. The firm expect to se-cure
the contract tor furnishing the
blue marble tor the new addition to
the High School at Atlantic city,
which will be erected in conformity
with the original structure, built some
ago, all the stone ciiniing from
tbe King of Prussia quarries.
Wlnfleld W, Walker, residing on the
Adams homestead In Upper Merlon
ii in Klng-of-Pruseia, and engaged In
iii • threshing business, seems to be
unfortunate with the large trae-i
ngine which he uses as an op-toi
iiis many ma
al weeks ago a colored man em-tl
bj Walker ran the engine over
■ bank near Margin's dam while the
r was absi at but a f< w minutes,
engine was not damaged-, but two
i- in a baling machine were
wrecked, since this accident Walker
took bis paraphernalia to Lower Mer-lon
near West Manaynnk. to hale a
large quantity Of hay and straw. A
man who had been employed by him,
imi was discharged owing to miscon-duct,
came to the conclusion thai he
would take his best girl on a pleasure
ride on the traction engine for the'
HAMMERSTEIN'S OPERA HOUSE
Philadelphia on Tuesday night,
when the grand opera season opened,
tell that tbe eyea of a whole continent
were fixed upon it. The hotels w< re
crowded, so were the restaurants, and
wherever one went the talk was all
of opera.
Tlmea have changed since the nights
wh< D amiable family parties from
GermantOWn, Chestnut Hil and man;.
other peaceful settlements, first be-
NO. 2'S BANQUET
MOST SUCCESSFUL AFFAIR EVER
GIVEN BY THE COMPANY. HELD
ON TUESDAY NIGHT.
COURT HOUSE APPOINTMENTS I GAS TANK EXPLODED
New Officials to Make Few Charges—
Pottstown Man to Succeed ti i Late Washington and I'm rest
Conshohocta n Fire Companj No. 2
held their Beventh annual banquet in
their hose house on Tuesday ei
rovers were laid for one bundn d
and fill> die and it was the most suc-oame
acquainted with the delights of ,.,.„.,,,,, .,,, ,
... .... . .. , _ ''" "fair ever given bj the com-
D. H. Hitne
be Solicitor?
The
-Shei/e or Jen); ns to
William Pox, a blacksmith employed
the shop of .Joseph Cavt
streets, met
with what might have been a ai r-accident
Tuesday i renlng and al-
1 b( i atK nding to his duties
his face and hands arc- badly bin I.
Mr. Fox lesides iii a portion ol the
Court Odd Fellows Hall building, corm r of
novelty of the trip. The man took the
engine from a shed one night, where
it had been placed by the owner.
and was on his way toward Mauauuik
to meet his sweetheart when detected
03 Walker, who heard him passing
along the road. The man was. arrest-ed.
In the death of Kniily S.. widow of
Mahlon Rossiter. at Wayne. Delaware
county, on Tuesday, removes from that
Community one of the oldest residents.
Mrs. Rossiter was aged 7 1 years. She
a eery estimable woman, well
known, and had a wide circle of
friends, not only in the vicinity of her
home, but In other towns along the
main line of the Pennsylvania rail-road.
Mrs. Kossiter was formerly a
resident of Mt. Pleasant, Chester
county, where she resided many
years previous to removing to Wayne.
The Rossiter family were among the
pioneer settlers in .the lower portion
of Chester county, which adjoins Mont
gomery a short distance from this vil-lage.
The husband of deceased was
noi only prominently identified with
the public affairs of the township in
which he resided, but was also an ex- ■
tensive i state owner and engaged in
the contracting business.
me.de at tin Academy.
For this awakening al the Quaker
community Oscar Hammersteln chiefly
'I' si i vea en dlt. lie it was who In
his taunts, his sneers, his challenges,
proclamations and trumpet blasts
aroused this town from its slumber-ous
acquiescence in the old ways of
local opera management
Y( Bterday, shortly before the open
ing of his new Philadelphia Opera
Mouse, he issued a final statement
protesting in poetic terms that he held
opera as "the embodiment of all that
is gentlest and tenderest. bravest and
most heroic." and adding "whether its
theme be love or war .or both. It is
truth—sometimes truth idealized, but
always truth.''
Descending from the abstract to the
practical, he declared, with reason, too,
that nothing was more calculated to
promote good citizenship than grand
opera, and then, soaring again for a
moment, he concluded thus:
"Grand Opera is more than mush.
more than drama, more than specta-cle,
more than a social function; it is
the awakening of the soul to the sub-ind
the divine."
But even Mr. Hammersteln admltt
that Without the cooperation of so-ldi
tj his ambition to give grand opera
In Philadelphia would hardly have
I" i ii realized. (In the social side he
I mi e of 0, Helde Norrls,
whose influence did mush to persuade
tbe wealthier PMladelphlans of the
propriety Of subscribing for Mr. Ham
meratein's boxes and orchestra seat i.
Tuesday night when the doors of
the new ami Imposing temple of mu
sic were opened, at Poplar and Hi oad
streets, not one-fourth of those who
clamored for admission could be ac-commodated.
In the boxes were many prominent
in local society and business circles.
During the evening Manager Dippel
(.ime over to look at the new house.
Henry BJ. (iillig had also come from
Now York for the same purpose. Anil
the theatre was worth looking at. even
i hough it was still unfinished and
though the paint on many of the pan-els
had not dried.
More than 000 Philadelphian clergy-men
of all denominations were pres-ent
at last night's performance of
"Samson and Delilah as Mr. Hammer-stein's
guests. It was the first presen-tation
of the beautiful opera in Phila-delphia.
Realism hitherto unapproach-
Sd marked the production. In the
Temple scene Mr. Hammersteln has
designed and built a temple In reality
on the stage. It is so arranged that
when Sansom in his wrath rends it
asunder there is a crash of debris and
stone, windows and pillars, and the
l>opulace is really burled in the wreck-age.
This scene, fortunately, is the
finale, otherwise it would be impossi-ble
to stage. •
Mr. Hammersteln gives assurances
that the pace set by the opening nigh*
will be lived up to and as he remark-
: ed In his si ib to the public he wants
pany,
'i he burgess, membi rs of Count ii.
i!"' wives ami lad] friends of the
members were the guests.
Thomas Began, president of the
company, w< loomed the guests and
told them of He- rapid strides made
b* No. l' since iis beginning.
•' "is ago, with one hand truck ami
a part of a stable for a hose house
till the present day. Now the com
pany owns the pretty two-story fire
house at Ninth avenue and llarn
sue,.!. a chemical engine of the lat-est
model, an up-to-date hose truck,
fifteen hundred feet of hose, two hors-es
and a large moving van.
He graciously thanked the members
and their friends for their untiring ef-loris
in bringing the company to its
present condition, as one of the best
equipped tire companies in the coun-ty.
John Ii. Smith was in charge of the
entertainment ami the program of his
selection was greatly enjoyed and ap-preciated.
Miss Aha Biddle, a singer,
well known to our townsfolk, delight-fully
sang two songs. John B. Smith
gave one of his inimitable monologues
and sang a song, and Win. Moonoy and
II. Butter. Sr.. entertained with some
old-fashioned minstrel selections with
the banjo and bones, while Harry But-ter,
Jr., gave a good exhibition of
Jig dancing.
\ ii r Presldt nt Began gave a tew
witty recitations ^he guests were invit-ed
into the banquet room, where Cater-
(i Bens had provided the following
Menu.
Roast Turkex
Stuffed a la Heiiz
tliblel Sauce
Celery Cranberries
Mashed Potatoes
Green peas Olives
Gherkins
Assorted Pastry Ice Cream
Bread Sticks Coffee Cheese
The supi rvlsion of the banquet was
.In charge of George Benz, Ja., and for
his care and thoroughness was warm-
Ij congratulated by the diners.
After the banquet, Barrett's orches-tra
rurnished music for dancing which
was enjoyi d until the wee small hours
ol the morning.
selection of deputies t,.
""■ newlj elected offh In
offices at the County
-^.im .,,,,,,,0,, that I, ipper Second avenue and Hector street. .»d
::;„'"; ' sof»™*>.< — is also Janitor In char* of .arge
_ ,% ', tructure.
1 '"' U;'K 8MI ' ' Th. building is lighted hi acety-
Garner will ap,o.„. How.ard • , , :;, |)Un, ,,,.
, l'a
(, c T ' '•"* "- '"»■•"• Tuesday
and FZ MJ'T '" ' ' """" ' ™*J»eon
«.. transcr s- Har X . ' ** «
. x stown, Deputy , - - , M,a„„n. , ,, M „,,,„,,
idisns <•„,„•(• „ . \ ,. , s"""' stance. He was badly burned
,: wa,r isJisS'
$1 PER YEAR
'SNEAK THIEVES
ARE AT WORK
SNEAK THIEVES STEAL A PAIR OF
TROUSERS FROM IN FRONT OF
JACOBSON'S STORE ON FAY-ETTE
STREET.
A portion of the acetylene plan! was
reeked, mid fragments
strewn about the cellar
NEW SERIES OF STOCK
Howard s. stlllwagon will continue
ns his deputies hi Hie office ol Clers
of Court. Harrj w. Akina and Charles
V. Flnley, of Xorristown. The Citizens Saving Fund and Loan
.(•colder of Deeds Henry T. Hum Association has just closed its tenth
sicker will probably make no c lange year and issues a new series of stock
II ion .Monday, the 2Srd Of tins month.
Stock can be subscribed for at the of-lice
of the Secretary. Henry M. Tracy,
15 Fayette street, or al Llttle'8 Hall
on the meeting night.
The n port oi the association which
has just hern Completed shows the a.-
social ion io be in a very prosperous
condition and has not felt tin effects
"i the bard times tor the past • ear.
I' BhOWB Inai ii has been the means
of relieving the wants of
who have saved up this nest egg In
"'"•"■ w,-!" ' ' Bb««>< ""•' " ■ «■ better times. ;,s withdrawing stock-pecte,
tin,, Edward Blsenhans, ., for-jholdern were paid during the year up-c
who is conversant * h all wards of $17, Notwithstanding
he unties of the office, will £erve. this th , increased and the
George K. ITeakel, Xorristown. and sets of the association are ,,„»■ ,
Dante St. wart, Conshohocken, iub- than $222,000. The association shows
iican transcribers, ami Charles O'Neill,
mi an the retention of George W. Keys,
of Whltemarsh, Deputy; Joa C
Moore, of Conshohooken, Index Clerk;
Harry Aiker. Norristown, Mortgage
Clerk; and the following tram,
J. 8. Karrington and Main; .■ .1.
Clayton, Norristown; Henry 1; yser,
Soujlerton; Willis 11. Bare, Bridgeport;
and Wilson Alison. Worcester.
With Robert ('. Miller going to liar
rlsburg as Assemblyman It will be
necessary to have a man to tax his
mi Mr. OWciM i..'(-auBB*WltH.i'voTp",W'fW'«PnT TrhlfhTTtadi, .
• Commissioner Mr. O'Neill's district i" th< Bryn Maw, Hospital and prob-
CRIMINAL COURT
grown children. Two sons of the de-ed,
who survive, are prominent
1 itd< nts of Alt. Pleasant at the pres-ent
time. Morris Rossiter. the well
known contractor, who erected many
of the new dwelling houses In the vi-cinity
ot his home, the new Mt. Pleas-ant
public school building and a num-ber
of fine mansions at Wayne; Wil-liam
Rossiter, also engaged In the con-tracting
business; Elwood Rossiter re-siding
on a large farm In Upper Bucks
county and Major Rossiter, engaged
In business In Philadelphia, and a
prominent resident of Wayne, with
whom his mother resided. The funer-al
took place this morning from her
bite residence, West Wayne a\o|iuo.
The Interment was private.
• I the people to take an interest in grand
'"' ' «"-vlvi>d l» a large family Of|0pera, which he says is the solution
oi Its BUC< ess,
GOYNE—RICHARDS
Getz-there Soft Naptha Soap for sale
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YOU CAN BUY
All the Standard Brands of Choice
Whiskies, Wines and Gins at
TALONE'8 WHOLESALE
LIQUOR STORE
Elm Street.
The residence of Mr. and Mrs.
George Richards, of Ml chain street,
Norristown. was the scene of a pretty-but
quiet wedding Wednesday win 11
their daughter. Miss Keulah Richards,
was united in matrimony with Mr. Hi-lary
M. Goyne, of Lansdale. The
home was beautifully decorated with
plants and cut flowers and only the
immediate relatives of the contracting
parties were present when Rev. George
A. Kercher, of Grace Lutheran Church,
Xorristown performed the ceremony.
Miss Richards was attired in a white
silk gown and carried carnations. The
couple were unattended. After the
ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Goyne left for
Atlantic City. Upon their return they
will reside at I.ansdale.
JUST A MINUTE
The Philadelphia Co., main office
149 W. Main street, Norristown, will
hold office at Neville's Drug store ev-ery
Thursday. Broken lenses re-placed.
Eyes tested free.
Judges Swartz and Weand heard a
number, of pleas of guilty In court
room Xo. I yesterday and imposed
senences.
William Qraber, of of Xorristown,
plead guilty to felonious entry and
larceny. Game Warden Thomas Al-lison
caught the defendant taking
brasses from the engine of the merry
go round at Plymouth Park. The de-fendant
has a bad record, having serv-ed
time both In this county and Phil-adelphia.
The Court sentenced him to the Baa-tern
Penitentiary for a term of three
years,
Joseph Chase, colored, of Xorris-town,
admitted entering the photo-graphic
gallery of Hear] K. BUSSS, in
Norristown* and stealing two mando-lins,
also an Italian shoe store on
Main street, and taking four pairs of
shoes. Chase had been in trouble be-fore
when sentence was suspended on
the plea of his stepfather. Sentenced
to three years In Eastern Peniten-tiary.
Harry Daley stole a horse from a
farmer of Klng-of-Prussia. He had
been hired with hira for two weeks.
Sentenced to the Eastern Penitentiary
for four years.
Edwin F. Bonsell stolen a raincoat
from the Philmont Country Club, be-longing
to Air. Andrew. Sentence,
one month in the county jail.
Xorristown. Democratic trans rlber.
This will, however, depend upon Mont-goner]
Chrlstman, the new .
caatic member. H is believed
ever^ that he has no reason nut 1 con-tiim
for
cast the same number of voti tor
Mr. Chrlstman as it did for Dr.
his Democratic running mate. I'm
the place made vacant in the hi
transcribers bv the death of llai lei H.
1 Mtiicr the name of Mr. Finn, of
Pottstown, is mentioned.
The office of county solicitor, c
the desirable berths on the "hi I." in
the giving of the Commissioners may
be assigned to .1. |>. Hale .lenkim who
has served for about a dozen years.
Or it may go to Conrad S. Shei. a, or
it may go to some other attorney.
The Board of Poor Director- will
probably make no change In Its
since there Is no change In the p; rson-ml
of the board Itself. Therefore
Preaa Styer will be continued a 1 sec-retary
and solicitor; John R. Klndlg,
president; and on down with !h<
present steward and other officers.
on hi II |i- r
(int.
YOUNG MAN TRIES TO DIE
Lewis Handy, aged IH years, who re-ably
will not survive, as the result of
drinking laudanum, presumably with
I'll intent. Handy w< nt to a
store iii [than Wednesday afternoon
and, saying that hh> mother was ill.
purchased the drug. Later he Was
found unconscious by the roadside.
Handy had 1 n employed on farms
in the vicinity of [than. No reason
Is known for his attempt to end his
lite.
About eleven o'clock on Saturday
evening, while Payette street wai mil
" >l'le ami the electric arc lights
u'" l"11 « brightly, .1. Jacobson,
proprietor of the gent'a furnl I
;•""'" ■>' 6» Payette sired, while work-ing
at his counter, noticed two men
standing in front ,,| his door I>.
which he had goods bung up foi
The, me,, thinking they were
>»" observed, on.- ol them quickly
stole n pair of trousers and nil
Up the alley beside .lacobson's store
through the hack yard ami jumped
over tin- fence ami ran down another
alley reaching Hector street and dia
appeared, Mr. .lacoboon had seen the
whole proceeding ami grabbing tin-man
who BtOOd wafeh. forced him in-to
his store and called a policeman.
According to Mr. Jacobson th.- officer
refused to arrest the man until a War
rani was issued. It being late, it was
not possible to get ih,. warrant until
the next day when, Mr. Jacobson ap-peared
before Magistrate l.ongacre
and had a warrant issued for Jamea
id vere,
On Monday evening Revere called
at the store and offered to see that
the trousers were relumed if the war
rant would he withdrawn, claiming
that he did not know the name ol the
real 1 id' 1. only knowing him DJ I
Mr. Jacobson insisted that the real cul-prit
should bring the stolen trousers
to his Store before he would withdraw
the warrant against Itevere. Revere
brought th. trousers back, still claim
did not know the name of the
actual thief and then disappeared,
: ] warrant is in the hands or the
offlci rs lor his apprehension ami they
expect to arrest him in a few days,
when they believe they will also ap-prehend
the one whg did the a 1
Ing.
A DECIDED HIT
Villa Nova's Minstrel Show.
SPRINGHOUSE BURNED.
Building on the Abraham Farm
Upper Merion, Toflly Destroyed.
Fire broke out Thursday afternoon
in the spring house on the Abraham
farm near Ahrams station, Uppe; Mer-lon,
close to the Philadelphia and
Heading railway. The farm is now
occupied by B. Baker Supplee, who is
engaged in the milk business. .
The origin of the flame Is a mys-tery,
but was supposed to be dui io
sparks tr a passing locomotive.
The building was entirely mined, to-gether
with dairy utsentiles, milk, but-ter
etc A shed adjoining used for lions
Ing farming machinery, was also de-stroyed,
but some of the imple nts
were saved.
Railroad employes rendered valua-ble
assistance toward preventing the
dwelling house from igniting, ami It
was not damaged. They also endeav-ored
to extinguish the flames.at the
s)n inghouse, but were unsucci -ml.
as they had gained too much hea, vay.
The loss Is fully covered by in mi.nice.
The Vlllanova College Glee Club
Wednesday night gave its annual min-strel
show in College Hall, Villanova.
About thirty students took part in the
program. College athletes took an ac-tive
part, the interlocutor being Jack
Smith, the centre on the football
team. Eddie Casey, the husby tackle;
Tommy Kane, the quarter-back, and
Harry, full-back, were among the par-ticipants,
others who distinguished
themselves were Bobby O'Brien,
George Barr, Michael Sullivan, Arthur
Plnneau, Tommy Kane. Henry Casey,
Will Moore, James Savage. M. I.. Sul-
! 11I I 'ai lick Colangelo.
At Littles Opera House last night
the management Introduced in addi-tion
to its regular program of vaude-ville
and high (lass moving pictures,
the great modern moving picture nov-lecture
ami dramatic recital
that runs with the pictures as they
change In rapid succession on the
screen. -To present this attractive
novelty the services of the originator
and master of the feature. Mr. W.
Stephen Bush, of Philadelphia, had
been secured, and it was the unani-mous
opinion of the audience that It
made the dramatic and historic feat-ures
doubly interesting to have them
illustrated in such an eloquent manner
as shown by Mr. I(u~h.
LOSES POWER OF SPEECH
DEATHS
JOXES.—On 6th day. 1908. Mary
Jones, aged 77 years. Funeral from
the residence of her sister. Rachel F.
Webster, 519 East Hector street, Con-shohocken,
Pa., on Second day at one
o'clock, in Plymouth Meeting House,
at 2.30 o'clock.
Henry Drake olvll aervlce commis-sioner,
who spends .1 portion of the
year at I.ansdale. is iii a critical con-dition
at his home. i:':,ii Ob, gtnul
street. Philadelphia, as a result of an
automobile accident in Fairmouni
Park last Kriday. Since the unfortu-nate
occurrence, when Mr. Drake was
thrown from the machine, he has lost
all power of speech and a clot of blood
I forming on the brain has prevented
him from recognizing members of his
family.
Mr. Drakes family physician, Dr.
Samuel S. Stryker, Is in constant at-tendance,
and early Wednesday morn-ing
it was decided to summon a num-ber
of prominent surgeons for consul-tation.
The accident occurred in an auto
mobile belonging to John P. Ilarlan.
La Puro, clean Havana, 5 cents,
by all dealers now.
Sold
Itching, bleeding, protruding or blind
piles yield to Doan's Ointment, of 171., (hosier avenue. As the ma-
S^ir;^' «»«">• chine crossed the bridg er the
S( huyikiil river at Strawberry Man
sion a bolt broke, and one of the front
wheels came off. Both Mr. Ilarlan
and Mr. Drake were thrown out. Mr.
I larlan esrapi d Itijtirv.
VALLEY FORGE CHAPEL.
Work of Mr. Burk Endorsed by Mis-sionary
Chapel. •
The work at Valley Forge under the
Rev. Mr. Burk was endorsed by the
first missionary council of the third
department of the Protestant Episco-pal
Church, was unanimously voted to
recommend to the rectors. Sunday
school sup, rintendenta and officers
that Offerings he made throughout the
Church for this purpose on Sunday.
I'( hruary 21, 1909.
The resolution was offered by the
Rev. John S. Gibson, rector of Trlnit)
Church. Iluntingion. W. Va.. in an
able speech, and uas seconded b> the
Rev. Martin Algner, of the Diocese of
Central Pennsylvania.
Bishop Whitaker endorsed the mo-tion
and expressed his regret at the
absence of the Bishop of Virginia, who
was to have spoken on the subject.
In his absence the Rev. Mr. Burk
was invited by the Council to present
tin claims of this patriotic work.
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J. BRESSEX ♦ ♦
LADIES' AND GENTS' ♦
TAILORING ♦
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9 West Elm Street. ♦
Conshohocken, Pa. ♦