The Conshohocken Recorder, March 23, 1900

              Consljoljockctt flccor&cr.
PUBLISHED EVEKY TUESDAY AND FRIDA*
Kll 11)10 CON'SIIOHOCKEN, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 19<K). $1.<K) PER YEAR
ropics OF rwo TOWNS
llemt ol Istercal conccrnlni tfce people Ifcit
we kso» In both BoroufnB.
Otker ckil.
Mrs. Qeorga Jonct is confined to her
home by Illness.
•riir many friends of M. L. Nuss will
regret to learn that his condition Is
serious.
Stanley Morris was removed to
Charity Hoapltal on Wedneeday, where
a surgical operation was performed
on bin.
The Alcott Club will meet at Mrs.
Berk'l at Sixth avenue anil Harry
street on i ueaday.
Mi. and Mrs. I). 11. Ross and daiigh-ter
are spending a short vacation at
Old Point Comfort
In the Baptist Church on Sunday
evening there will be a song service,
with a short sermon.
P. J. Delaney has removed his store
from No. 10 to No. 12 Hector street,
where the post office used to be.
Mrs. Margaret Jones Is having an
.artesiau well sunk ut her home on
Eighth avenue uud llallowell ■treat
The Economy Clothing Store an-nounces
that the spring stylos of cloth-ing
are now on exhibition nt Hector
and Kayette streets.
Charles Heber Clark will deliver an
address on "The Duties of Citizens" in
the Jeffersonvlll Presbyterian Church
on Saturday evening.
It Is desired that all the members of
the Jr. 0. U. A. It attend the meeting
this evening as very Important bus-iness
will be transacted.
Mrs. Samuel Meredith entertained
the young people*! dancing olaaa, as
well as the mothers of the di acere, at
her home on (fourth avenue and Harry
street, on Saturday evening.
The members of Cons'udiocken
Lodge. No. 117. K. of P., are requested
to meet at the lodge room on Sunday
afternoon at 12.45 p. m. sharp to attend
Brother Farrier's funeral.
Alfred c. Funk, of Philadelphia, a
former resident of Ambler, and a son
of William Funk, has recentlypttr.-has-ed
■ lot. LfiOzM teat, In axAmore for
$4000 of John I". Itowker. of Consho-bocken.
The returns for paying off the mort-ftind
of the M. E. Church will be
made to-morrow evening at th-1 church.
A very Interesting entertainment has
been arranged after which refresh-ments
will be served.
Anthony Scharlf Is having a new
boiler and engine placed in his terra
mi ia works at Spring Mill preparatory
to starting It In operation again. He
is receiving a large number of orders
for pipe and believes this summer will
be a prosperous one for terra cotta
makers.
The valuable estate of Mark Jones on
the Conshohocken Pike. In Plymouth,
will be oflered for sale on Saturday af-ternoon.
There has been a demand for
small hotiBes in Plymouth recently,
owing to the Increasing number of em-ployees
of the American Magnesia
Company, and this tract therefore
should bring good prices.
Miss Elliot, formerly a teacher in
Conshohocken, now a deaconess in the
Missionary jurisdiction of Salt take,
will make an address in Calvary
Church on Sunday evening at 7 o'clock.
Miss Elliot's many friends will be glad
of the opportunity to hear the story of
seven years' work among the women
population of Utah.
Rev. Herbert J. Cook, Rector of Cal-vary
Church, delivered on Tuesday ev-ening
one of a course of lectures. In
St. Asaph's Church, Dala. the Rev. C.
S. Olmsted, D. D., Rector. The sub-jects
and lecturers are as follows:
March 1, Thomas Kent, by the Rt. Rev.
James D. Morrison, D. D., I.. L. D.,
bishop of Duliith; March 8. Richard
Hooker, by the Rev. William M. Grot-on.
Professor of Dogmatics In the Phil-adelphia
Divinity School; March 15.
John Jewell, by the Rev. John R. Mos-es.
Rector of St. Mary's, Wayne, Pa;
March 22, George Herbert, by the Rev.
Herbert J. Cook, Dean of Norrlstown;
March 29; Joseph Butler, by the Rev.
Richard G. Moses, Rector. Merchant-vllle.
N. J.; April 5. John Keble, by
the Rev. Frank 11. Reazor, Rector of
St. Mark's Church, Orange, N. J.
Theodore Spence , of North East.
Md.. is visiting relatives here.
Councilman John W. Campbell is
1 oaflned to his home by what his num-srOUS
friends hope will be a slight 111-
III ss.
School Director John S. Hippie Is
rapidly recovering from his nineBs.
lie has been on the streets this week,
looking the picture of health.
i lie Police Committee of Council has
given out contracts for the refurnish-ing
of the Council Chamber to John
A. H. Minns and Roberts and
Hi redlth. it is expected that the work
will be finished before the next meet-
Ing on April llth.
Andrew McFecters, who has been
confined to Charity Hospital for six
weeks with a broken leg. was dischar-ged
On Wednesday. He Is still lame,
but hopes to be fully recovered In a
few Wl'i'ks.
GRACE MURRAY.
The grim reaper death visited our
borough on Tuesday and claimed as
Its victim, Grace, the beloved wife of
Frank Murray.
! '• ceased had been 111 but a short
time with typhoid fever and her death
s n shock to her many friends.
Of a gentle and pleasing disposition
she was a loving wife, affectionate
mother and kind neighbor who made
ft [ends wherever she went. She is sur-vived
by ,". husband and three small
children. The funeral services will be
h hi to-moirow afternoon at her hus-band's
residence, Hector street, at half-pnst
1 o'clock. The interment will be
1 1 Hate at the Gulf Cemetery.
IIEMOOUATIC CONVKN'I ION.
The Democratic primaiy meetings
wiil he held at the different polling
-laces on Saturday evening to elect
lelegates to the County Convention
The purpose of the convention will
he to elect ten delegates to the State
convention to be held at Harrlsburg
on April 5. These delegates also
1 tot Mo: t| rnery's delegate to the
1:1 <l<>; ill convention rt Kansas City on
July 1. Tl e*e are a large number of
prominent Democrats who wish the
honor of belli named state delegates.
: them is John Casey of this
borough, and there will of course be a
number of friendly contests made
throughent the county on Saturday
for delegates.
The candidates for National dele-
M.IS are four in number and an inter-esting
contest is expected therefore to
oe settled next Tuesday. The gentle-men
desirous of this honor are H. B.
Dickinson. Esq.. and Henry 1. Fox,
Esq., both of Norrlstown; Hon. W.
Henry Sutton, of Lower Merlon, and
Prof. S. U. Brunner, of North Wales.
These gentlemen are all good Demo-crats
and each one would make a fair
representative of the party In conven-tion.
All have pledged themselves If
the honor Is conferred upon them to
serve their constituents in the best
possible manner.
SCHOOL DIRECTORS MEET.
EXETER WRECK SUITS.
Suits were Instituted on Tuesday
against the Philadelphia and Reading
Railway by relatives of victims of the
Exeter wreck on May 12 last. The
plaintiffs are Mrs. Elizabeth Shelly,
widow of Elmer E. Shelly, of Hatboro;
Mrs. Katharine C. Wentz, widow of
Henry C. Wentz. of Norrlstown; and
Rev. William E. Stabler, of Lebanon;
Harry and Eugene Stahler, of Norrls-town,
sons of William Stahler, of Nor-rlstown.
To Becure the original witch hazel
salve, ask for DeWltt's Witch Hazel
Salve, well known as a certain cure
iir les and skin diseases. Beware of
worthless counterfeits. They are dan-gerous.
H. Maxwell Harry and W. E. Sup-plcv.
West Conshohocken.
School Directors of Montgomery
County assembled at the twelfth an-nual
convention In Norrlstown, yes-terday.
Those who took part In the discus-sion
of educational topics were S. J.
Garner, Dr. George W. Hols^eln, J. B.
Goentner, Charles Llvezey, W. H.
Myers, J. V. Poley, Borough Superin-tendent
J. G. Gotwals, County Super-intendent
R. F. Hoffecker, Assembly-man
Jason Sexton and Rev. W. O. Fage-ley.
Officers were elected as follows:
President. Cyrus H. Caloy; vice-presi-dents,
W. W. Potts, Jesse S. Kriebel;
secretary, F. M. I«ockwood; treasurer,
R. F. Hoffecker; Executive Committee,
Daniel M. Anders, Joseph T. Hallman,
H. S. Kriebel, Jesse S. Kriebel and
Charles A. Myers.
BOROUGH OFFICERS BANQUET.
The lion and the lamb wen peaceful-ly
together last night The numer-ous
contests tor supci tnaey in town
Council during the past year were for-gotten
while us the guests of A. I.
Murphy, the retiring member from the
PENN VICTORS
the Pen 11 Wheelmen likes Hill out of the
Lou,1 lo I must Exciting
(Jane.
With all the sUllnes of death the
Fifth Ward, they ate the delicious I ]0,.ai8 w,.nt down to defeat at the hands
things provided by mine linst llarrold,
and listened to the words of cheer and
good fellowship that each vied with
the other In iponklngof Ins erst -while
opponent.
Twenty councilman and officers and
"exs" were present ns follows: A I.
Murphy. Burgess rirlch. T. F. McCoy,
President Caine. M. J. O'Brien, W. E.
Toner. Christopher O'Brien, J. J. Mur-phy.
M. F. Moore. Aiuln w Long, Amos
Jones, Richard II. Ilnte, Charles W.
Jones, J. II Holland, John A. llarrold.
B. F. Corrigan. T. J. English. Wil
Ham Maconachy, William F. Meyers
and II, B. Hcywood.
The following was the menu:
Oysters on the deep
Wnter CreBS Olives
Chicken ('roquets petite Pols
Orange Sherbert
Russian Cigarette
Oysters fried in crumbs
with celery Muyonaisc
Fruit Coffee Began
ICn (lloria
James B. Holland acted as toast-muster,
as only James B. can. and each
one present made a speech, told u tale
or sang a song.
Mr. A. L. Murphy, who was the orig-inntor
of these banquets, told of the
great good they did. in making the
members better friends, and bringing
them closer together, so that they do
not look with suspicion upon every-thing
brought forward by the members
of the opposite party, but are willing
and anxious to work together like
brothers of a happy family. This Is in
great contrast to the active worfan
that used to be carried on between
the members of opposite parties. The
borough is the gainer by this peaceful
condition. More economical methods
are now used, owing to this absence
of friction, and the best interest of the
borough Is now considered first, when
formerly party advantages were first
thought of.
Burges I'lrleh spoke of bis deferral
nation to safe-guard the borough's In
terest. nnd asked the assistance of tin
members of Town Council to that end.
J. J. Murphy gave an amusing reel
tatlon and songs were sung by C. O'-
Brien, M. F. Moore anil Andrew Long
Mr. Holland told of the bitterness
that existed beween the members of
the different political patties when he
was a boy, and warmly commended
these banquets and the u I that Is re-sulting
from them.
After each had finished his share of
the entertaining the banquet was
brought to a close by the singing of
"Auld Lang Syne" and the voiced de-termination
of the members of Coun-cil
that another one will be held next
year
COLONIAL SUPPER.
MRS. JOHN G. YOST.
Mary Ann, wife of John 0. Yost, of
Mainland, died suddenly Thursday
morning, March 8th, of paralysis of
the heart. Deceased was aged 67 years
and 1 month. She is survived by a
husband, two sons and two daughters
as follows: Warren, of Parkersford,
Chester county; Horace and Miss Na-omi,
of Mainland; Mrs. Wilson Price,
Kulpsvllle. The funeral was held on
Wednesday. Interment at Christ
church. Rev. J. L, Becker officiated.
She was a member of the Lutheran
congregation.
Mrs. Harriet Evans. Hinsdale, 111.,
writes, "I never fall to relieve my chil-dren
from croup at once by using One
Minute Cough Cure. I would not feel
safe without it." Quickly cures
coughB. colds, grippe and all throat
and lung diseases.
H. Maxwell Harry and W. E. Sup-plee,
West Conshohocken.
ALL PHYSICIANS HERE
AND IN EUROPE
Who have used Sneer's Port Grape
Wine recommend It in preference to
any other for its medicinal properties,
especially tor femules, debilitated per-sons
and the aged.
One of the most popular and success-ful
entertainments ever given by the
ladies connected with the Presbyterian
Church was the Colonial Supper and
Museum of Relics held last night. The
rooms were crowded to the doors and
upwards of four hundred partook of
the festivities, representing, beside the
fashionable element of Conshohocken,
groups of guests from Norrlstown,
Bridgeport and other neighboring
towns, and all were supplied with an
elaborate menu.
A very deep Interest was shown In
the exhibits of the various collections
of relics, photographs, and curious
things in general relating to the early
history of America and representing
her racial, religious and spiritual con-ditions
nnd customs. One of the most
unique in character wus the display of
curios from the Alaskan section of our
country, consisting of articles of dress,
furs, Implements, tokens, trophies of
the chase and many other knlcknacks
representing the type of our Antic
citizen. These were gathered by Fran
els A. Zehringer. who, while connected
with the U. S. army, sent these things
home to his mother as souvenirs of his
travels. Other exhibitors were Mrs
S. Dewees, W. D. Harry, J. O. Gardner,
B. Rands. S. O. Smyth, and others, all
of whom cheerfully loaned their treas-ures
to the benificent cause which was
the object of this moat enjoyable gath-ering.
Mr. HelntS, the well-known preserv-er
of catsup, pickles, etc.. sent to the
committee a large collection of bis
manufactured products, which receiv-ed
the commendation of those particu-larly
fond of such relishes. Notwith-standing
the large supply of specialties
provided, many of the tables sold en-tirely
out long before the evening's
close,
It was one of the most happy even1 1
that has taken place In Conshohocken
for a long time.
"1 was nearly dead with dyspepsia,
tried doctors, visited Mineral Springs,
nnd grew worse. I used Kodol Dy3-
Tbat cured me." It dl-
FAR.MF.KS LOOK.
Seed Potatoes, at Reading Freight pepsla Cure.
Station. Conshohocken, from 75 cents' gests what you eat Cures Indigestion,
to $1.25 per bushel, on March 29th and : sour stomach, heartburn and all forms
30th. L. M. Sollenberger. ! • mar 27 I of dyspepsia.
Wm. Orr. Newark. O.. says, "We
ol I'1 1111 Wheelmen on Tuesday night,
and to-day joy reigneth in the heart*
of the Phlladelphlans. it was s teal
that has nevai boon accomplished In
the 1 xlstenoe of the team and ii would
not have happened when it did bad
the locals been In fit condition to piny
IBS Conshohocken was not in
condition to play was DO tault of ivnn
and the gome will go down in hlstorj
as one of the greatest victories ever
achieved by her and also .1 the
hardest games for the locals to lose.
despite their crippled condition.
Comparing the two teams there la
no reason why Penu should not have
won and bad she not it would huve
been a disgraceful defeat. With all
her great team of stars in perfect con
dition—big and strong—she appeared
on the floor, while, the locals, on the
m her hand, are broken up anil in no
fit condition to play. Custer went in
to the game when he should have been
home. But there was nothing else to
do. Cox Is out of the game and Long
was compelled to play centre, while
Ruth was hurt badly enough to retire
any player but he stuck ever lastyigly
at it, but the effects showed itself
plainly.
The game was the roughest exhib-ition
given In this borough this sea-son
and had the rules of the game been
adhered to there would not have been
enough players on either team to finish
the game, for there was not one who
did not commit an offence which would
warrant his disqualification. John
Wilson was the official and he under-
Stood how useless it would have been
to try to keep them in the bounds of
rules and consequently a smash in lie
eye that was almost blinding, a kick
in 1 lie ribs that would cause a kink in
the neck or a jab In the stomach that
forced the breath to leave the players
for several seconds were looked upon
is minor offences and a foul called.
In the first half the locals outplayed
the visitors and when the whistle
sounded for the intermission they were
In the lead by the score of 7 to 4.
I'enn Wheelmen scored first when llat-tersby
dropped a field goal and Weaver
followed this up with a goal from a
foul four minutes later, lttitb then
. geu the ball for the locals on a throw
the entire length of the floor and two
minutes later scored again. This In-stilled
life into the players and tin
piaying became faster and three min-utes
inter Moore put the bail in the
basket. Weaver then scored another
goal from a foul and Custer was close
at his heels with another one from a
foul. This ended the scoring in the
first half.
In the second half I'enn's reserve
players came to their assistance.
Dunn had been kept out of the game
until the last ten minutes of play and
was then put in with greatexpectations
but he dlappointed. He was put
ugalnst Crawford and the little fellow
wus dragged through the fastest ten
minutes of his existence as a player,
He scored u goal from a foul and other-wise
deported himself but could not
score from the field. W. Shaw was in-jured
and forced to retire. He was
substituted by Battersby whose place
was filled by Pfaff. In this half Penn
was much more fortunate in tlicit-throws
for the basket and while they
succeeded in scoring seven points
against two by the locals their playing
did not excel that of Conshohocken,
many of the shoots mnde by the local!
would strike the net and rebound.
Battersby scored first In this half on a
goal from the field but Long drew the
locals farther ahead with n field goal.
but Rambo eluded Moore and scored for
the Wheelmen which was followed by
a goal from foul by Dunn the score was
now tie at 9. Battersby closed the scor-ing
by batting the ball in the basket
The features of the name was the
playing of Lang. Crawford and Ruth
for Conshohocken and of Battersby,
Shaw and Bossert for Penn Wheel
men. The final score was 11 to I in
favor of Penn. The line-up:
Conshohocken Position Penn
Moore attack Ilium
(Weaver)
Ruth attack Battersby
Lang centre Boaseri
Custer defence Rambo
Crawford defence Pfaff
(Shaw)
dials Battersby .'!. Ruth 2, Mi
Lang. Rambo. Goals from foul—Wea-ver
2, Dunn, Custer. Referee—Wil-son.
Some one In the audience took down
the crowd by whistling the cripple
rag time quick-step while Shaw walked
Ofl the floor after being injured.
If Dunn expects to come Into the
game during the hist ten minutes of
play and put Crawford out of the bus-iness,
he had better make hi-
3 .727
5 .615
5 .583
6 .57J
13 .071
town, Crawford had the ball ready to
shoot when \\'caver culled time, allow-ing
that he strained his unkle. Bob
did not seore und the fuke provedfutlle.
should censure the Penn pluy-eis
for this act as he was the official
In both Instances.
—:0:—
To-morrow evening the local bas-ket
ball team will Journey to Phoenlx-rllle
to ploy the Olympic A. A. of that
place The management of the Phoe-niwille
team have been deslrlous of a
gome With the local quintette for a
long nine and their game with Han-cock
With whom they played a tiemade
tin in the more deslrlous to get a wack
at the local boys. The Phocnlxvllle
team has been playing a hard game all
D and latter on they will make
their appearance here in this borough.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
W. L. I'.C
Hancock g
I annhauser 8
l'eiin 7
Conshohooken 8
Qermontown 1
To Tin: RECORDER:
I' 1 present indications the local
basket ball team is in a deplorable
condition, physically. There Is not a
player who is not suffering some 111
' 'its ft the hard games the team
has played this season, and after the
I'enn Wheelmen appeared upon the
floor it would have been a surprise to
the writer had the locals won.
There is not a man playing who can
stand the strain that has been forced
upon the local team. From the early
part of December they have been play-ing
from one to three games a week
with almost the same line-up and now
there is not one man on the team who
is in condition to play a full game.
A team like Conshohocken should
carry at least eight men who could
take each other's place on the line-up
play and Just as good a game as the
other. There are plenty of players
who would be glad to play with the
locals and players, too. who would
prove a greai help to the team at the
present time. The men that Manager
Bed m tin- beginning of the"sea-son
have both developed Into stars.
am, have been playing a steady game.
ittit beCBUI • tWO good players were
in the beginning of the season
it does not mean that two more good
ones should not be added at the latter
While other managers are signing
players every week Conshohocken
111 working the same five. Cus-ter
is in no fit condition to go on a
Boor, lie is one of the greatest guards
that basket ball has ever known and
he should be taken care of rather than
be battered around and be put in a
game In the condition he was In on
Tin sday night. Cox is out of the game
for the rest of the season and Ellam is
not played enough to give him prac-tice.
There are more good players
need A and if they are signed to play
out the present season they might
prove a profitable find for next yer.
Now Manager Cox why not land, at
least, two more good men and give us
a team that the world can not beat?
AD. MIRER.
ADMITS HE ROBBED
MR. CRANKSHAW.
WILLIAM M. LIKENS.
John Darrell, who was arrested in
Philadelphia on Wednesday, on the
charge of robbing the residence of John
donoea H. Crankshaw, of Norrlstown,
of several hundred dollars' worth of
silverware, admitted his guilt, and
was committed for trial. Darrell told
the authorities he had attempted to
etiiei a dozen residences in Norrlstown
before he was successful.
The young man called at a pawn-broker's
establishment at Thirteenth
and Mt. Vernon street, soon after It
had been opened for the day and pre-sented
three valuable pieces of silver-ware,
upon which he asked the loan
of $1. The broker became suspicious
and the young mun became timid when
he was asked certain questions. The
broker sent one of his employes for a
policeman without the youth knowing
it, and when the bluecont arrived the
young man almost fainted. The youth
said that the silverware had been giv-en
to him and declared that it would
^e an outrage to arrest him. He was,
however, locked up, and when search-ed
articlesof silverware were found in
every one of his pockets. He also had
some concealed In the waist-band of
his trousers. The collection consist-ed
of knives, forks, spoons und many
other things.
With the discovery of the additional
articles which he had in his possess-ion
the prisoner confessed how he gain-ed
possession of them. He also ad-mitted
that he had stolen the overcoat
and hat which he was wearing. The
police telegraphed to Norrlstown and
the reply confirmed the prisoner's story.
He said that he robbed the house sin-gle-
handed. This statement anin/.cd
the police, for the youth looked any
thing but a thief. The story of the
robbery told by the young man was ar-raigned
later in the day before Mag-istrate
Jernion at the Central Police
Court, showing that he executed the
"Job" like an experienced burglar.
Although young in years, he is old in
"jobs." He claims that his ruination
was brought about by a man whom he
mel a year ago. His companion, who
has since died, had the reputation of
being an expert house-robber, and the
youth worked under his tuition.
The prisoner is apparently no more
than IT years of age. According to
his story he came to this country lour
I ITS ago from Liverpool. England,
Where he was born. He has no friends
here. He was out of employment
when he became acquainted with his
tutor In crime. It is alleged that tbev
committed several robberies together
and were always lucky enough to evade
arrest. Captain Miller describes young
Darrell as the slickest young burglar
he ever saw. "Uuless he reforms,"
said the captain, "he will become one
of the most dangerous criminals in
the country."
The young burglar operated so clev-erly
at the Crankshaw residence that
none of the family heard him. He
left his old hnt at the house. He walk-ed
all the way to the city with his
plunder. He was held without ball by
the magistrate and was taken back to
Norristown during the afternoon by
Chief of Police Rodenbaugh.
IS DANCING PROFITABLE?
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN
Notes ol Interest from the Tows Sirou the
River Tto"ia» Harrier's
Death
—Henry .Smith is critically 111 at his
home at Quit Mills.
Count]' Superintendent R. F. Hof-fecker
visited the schools in this bor-ough
on Tuesday.
—Miss Mary HcKansiC will have an
opening at her millinery establishment
on Friday. March 30th.
B marriage license has been grant-ed
to Elmer Harrison, of Gulf Mills,
and Catherine S. Hall, of this borough.
—A large number of our sons of
n ll have changed their occupation and
arc now loafing at the different baker-ies
in this section.
—The members of Camp No. 18. P.
O. S. of A., are requested to meet at the
Indue room at 12.46 o'clock on Sunday
to attend the funeral of their deceased
brother. Thomas Farrier.
-In the will of the late Charles
Rodenboh. he leaves $200 to the Balll-gomingO
Baptist Church and $50 to
the Baptist Education Society. The
balance of his estate is bequeathed to
relatives.
—Rev. J. Anderson, n colored evan-gelist
and ex-slave, will preach in the
Holiness Christian church on Satur-day
evening and Sunday morning. On
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock he will
give a sketch of his life while in slave-ry.
In the evening the pastor. Rev.
Frank Baiiseman. will preach the third
sermon of a series on the "Seven
Churches of Asia."
—The bazaar given by the George
Clay Fire Company In their hose house
laBt Saturday evening was a most suc-cessful
affair. $115.90 being realized.
The following articles were secured by
the following named persons:
Silver Cake Dish, Katie Dempsey.
1 Picture, Reese M. Davis.
1 Afghan. Bernard Rosson,
I Bog Flour, Oeo. Mnsgraves.
1 Box Cigars. Geo. Silk.
il cans Tomatoes, John Kelly.
I Cake. Isaac Moody.
1 Picture. S. B. Powell.
6 cans Corn. E. Bally.
2 pounds Butter. Francis Jones.
'; Bushel potatoes. William Blalr.
Unknown, George Havener.
I Itoast Beef. T. F. Cavunaugh.
Anna Rachel, wife of James Howe.
Jr., died -yesterday afternoon, at her
homs on Cedar avenue, after a linger-ing
illness, in the 35th year of her age.
The funeral services will be held on
Monday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. Inter-ment
will be made at the Gulf Ceme-tery.
William M. Lukens died In Phila-delphia,
March 18, aged 76 years. He
was an old-time resident of White-ui.
ii.-h and u prominent man in the
township. In his young days he lived
with Peter Chllds and attended Sandy
Hill school. When he grew to man-hood
bo kept store at Marble Hall for
many years and also dug iron ore in
SprlngQeld township on the Charles
Yeakle farm for some time. He served
leverol terms on the Whltemarsh
School Hoard and was county com-iniiteeninn
from his district. His
brother, Prank, is at present assessor
ol Middle Wliitemarsh district, while
his other brother, Hiram, now deceas-ed,
was for over half a centuiv aaj
i toyed as compositor on the Doyiea-iown
Intelligencer.
The funeral services were held from
his son's residence in Philadelphia,
Tin sday evening and interment was
Wednesday morning at Barren
lull Cemetery.
THE METHODIST CONFERENCE.
never feels safe without one Minute „pleU arrangements witl
m7u\£W&JmTlmnmA ' ' «-• * »?< «~u°d
pneumonia. We think it is the beat b ;" h" «tarte, Willie IS ai
medicine made." It cures coughs and but be is Dunn (dona) when he goes
all lung diseases. Pleasant to take ust "Bob."
harmless nnd gives Immediate results. '..i,„ok" Weaver tried to work the
H. Maxwell Harry and W. E. Sup-1 "k WI.IMI turn to worn mi
plee. West Conshohocken. game that Dunn worked at Gcrman-
The following appointments of the
Northwest District of the Methodist
Conl'i rence was announced on Wed-nesday:
W. I.. McDOWELL. Presiding Elder.
Ambler T. It. Crooks.
Cheltenham—Ell Pickersgill.
Conshohocken—B. T. String.
Iioylestown A. P. Hodgson.
Evansburg D, 0, Kauffman (supply).
Qienaide J. L. Qenaemer.
Hatboro—W. J. Mills.
.In rettown J. K. Kingsley.
Jenklntown Edward Cline.
Lonsdale s. c. Carter.
Montgomery Square Clarence T. Isen-
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Norrlstown First Church, Q. w. Bai>-
lluws Auntie, A. I. Collins:
oak Street J. C. Wood.
North Wales Hubert llelherington.
The prettiest plant of the season is
a "Cineraria, 25, 35 cts; extra, 60 cts.
Carnations, violets, etc., Harry's
Floral and Seed Store, 115 Fayette
street.
D. J. Meaghor is responsible for the
following in the tansdale Reporter:
Upper Morion township has been in
the throes of the greatest excitement
the past two or three weeks over the
question of dancing. Not as to its
moral aspects were the people perplex-ed,
but as to its economic side consid-ering
its wear and tear on a cherished
Institution of that township. Stewart
Fund hall is the name of the building
donated to the township as a place for
holding literary exercises, and has
been In use over a quarter of a century.
Meeting! of all kinds are held In the
building. The literary exercises are
usually early disposed of at the bi-weekly
meetings of the residents. Af-ter
the mental exercises are finished,
the hall Is cleared and dancing reigns
quprenie. At a recent meeting of the
SS, it was learned that the chairs
were played out. largely because of the
summary manner they were hustled
out of sight to prepare for the dances.
The replacement of the chairs brought
out the cause of their misuse. It was
decided that new chairs be bought, and
no more dances held there. Imagine
the consternation among the lads and
lassies as they scurried about working
up interest in the dance cause. The
trustees were reconvened in full—less
than a quorum having given out the
dictum of no more dancing. The line-up
was: For dancing. Mark Suppler,
John Hampton. Edwin Conrad. Harry
Schweyer; opposed. Adam Barrett.
Lewis H. Davis. Thomas l/ing.
So now dancing will replace a too
long sitting of literary lights. Many
brain racking and Important questions
of a literary nature have been discuss
ed there. For Instance this one: "Do
all cloven foot animals chew their food
twice?" This was animatedly debated
for several sittings without reaching n
conclusion until a visitor was :,iked
his opinion. He replied that he "did-n't
know for sure but thought the devil
did."
Ni w is the time to plant Sweet Peas:
the finest mixtures, 10 cts. per oz.
Harry's Floral and Seed Store, 116
Fayette Street.
THOMAS FARRIER DEAD
Thomas Earlier died at his home—
the Davis Homestead— on Ford street
In West Conshohocken on Wednesday
afternoon, aged 70 years. "Tommy"
as he was familiarly known to every
one In this borough, was a life long
resident of this vicinity having been
horn In Lower Merlon Township, near
Mill Creek In 1830.
When quite young "Tommy" re-moved
with his parents. William and
Catherine Farrier, to Swedeland, Upper
Merlon. When 14 years of age the
family moved to Gulf Mills and he se-cured
employment In the mill of Beth-el
Moore!. He was employed in the
carding room but a short time, when
his boss, while In an angry mood, kick-ed
him on the leg. The bruise had
rooted and passed through his system,
causing abscesses and for sixteen years
he was a great sufferer, and when able
to be about at all used crutches. He
finally recovered and became able to
resume work.
He has been a resident of West Con-shohocken
for more than fifty years.
He held a responsible position in the
Conshohocken Woolen Mills when
George Bullock was at the bead of, nnd
owner of the establishment, but re-signed
twelve years ago to accept the
lanitorship of the West Conshohocken
Public Schools. Whil' acting In this
capacity Mr. Farrier commanded the
esteem and respect of both teachers
and pupils through Ills cotirtcsv and
pit aslng manner. As janitor he 'was
ever punctual ill fulfilling the duties
Connected with It. and during his en-tire
service perfect satisfaction was
given by him.
His final illness came upon him
nnout eleven weeks ago in the form of
I Stroke, and after lying in a critical
condition for some weeks ha rallied,
and his family had hopes for IIIB recov-ery,
but on Wednesday s changs for
the worse came and he died in the af-ternon
surrounded by bis family.
Mr. Farrier belonged to a number of
secret organizations and alwaystookan
active pint in the affairs of each. He
was the oldest member of Consho-hocken
Lodge. No. 117. K, of P., bav-in:
become a member In I860. He was
also a member of the Washington Hoso
Company of Conahohocken.
He Is survived by a wife, three
daughters, two sons, three brothers
nnd four sisters. The relatives and
friends of the family, the pupils of the
Wi st Conahohocken public schools
and all organisations of which he was
-,' member, arc respectfully invited to
attend the funeral on Sunday after-noon,
nt half-past one o'clock. The in-terment
will be made In the GulfCem-
!etery.
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