The Conshohocken Recorder, March 27, 1900

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TOPICS OF TWO TOWNS
Items of Interest concerning the people thai
wc know la both Borougniv
other chat.
Miiw Buuna Blmon has recovered
from a MY< I'' cold.
Howard Miller is having ins Pnyette
street barbershop re-decorated and Im-proved.
The baiaar of tin v. if, A. A. to have
been hflil on April 21) and 31st, lias
been Indefinitely postponed.
Officer Hastings arrested John Du-gan
mi Saturday, charged with drunk-enness.
Burgess Ulrica fluid and dis-charged
him.
Alexander Martin & Son are the
agents for vitrified paving and also
for building bricks. They have sold n
great many thousands of bricks dur-ing
the [last few years.
A. M. Wepfer. of Hector street below
Poplar, has engaged the lerTlcei of
Frank Kane, a practical Norristown
barber. He also contemplate* making
extensive Improvements.
Alexander Martin & Son have re-ceded
the contract for the erection or
the handsome stone stable and bil-liard
rooms for .1. BUwood I<ee at his
place Eighth avenue and Fayette
sin at
James II. Holland and wife. John
Booth and wife, Miss M. A. Roberts,
John K. Light and Samuel Roberts,
were registered at the Roxborough
Hotel. Atlantic City on Saturday and
Sunday.
Mrs. Hannah Fox, widow of James
T. Pox, of :J5i Hector street, leaves to-day
for Harrishurg, where she will
make her future home. Mrs. Fox Is iit\
old resident of this borough, having
lived at the above residence tor the
past forty-nine years and her many
friend! will no doubt regret her
loss. She will reside with her daught-er,
Mrs. Henry Fulmer.
The winter season, now at Its close,
has not been very remarkable, except
for the absence of snow, which in this
part of the country, at least, has cer-tainly
been less than i:. 01
winter In u long series of years. The
average temperature has not been very
low, though the cold weather T. TIC "ir.
chunks," and at last three very sold
snaps have been experienced. Taken
as a whole, the winter has not b-en a
very severe one.
There was great excitement among
the local sports on Saturday aftetno in.
It was caused by a bet, the wager to
be a supper for twenty, that a certain
horse could not trot from Fourth ave-nue
to Potts' Lane on the Consho-hocken
I'ike inside of three minutes.
The horse was given a trial and cov-ered
the ground In exactly three min-utes.
The supper will be eaten on
Saturday evening, the invitations have
not yet been issued.
The committee in charge of the pop-ular
entertainment given tinder the
auspices of Host 79, G. A. R.. wishes
to announce that the fifth series of
their musical and literary concert will
be held In the G, A. R. Hall. Thursday
evening. April 5. The committee have
taken every precaution to have the
best of order prevail and the pro-gram
as gotten up will certainly excell
all former entertainments. Secure
your tickets early. Doors open at 7.30
o'clock, performance at 8 o'clock sharp.
The ISraden entertainers of Philadel-phia,
will give one of their popular en-tertainments
In St Mark's Lutheran
Church, Thursday evening. March 29,
The program will consist of "A Journ-ey
from Bethlehem to Olivet, riilrty
Minutes With People We Have Met,"
together with moving pictures. Mrs.
Kind ley liraden who has long been a
contributor to the newspapers and
magazines, will also give illustrated
war recitals from her own writings.
Aniongs others being "Silver Heels,"
and "He Didn't Come Home Will, The
Rest." Prof. W. A. Webb, composer
and organist, will be the accompanist.
A large audience is expected.
Charles Baylltz, who is one of the
best known residents of the town, will
leave on Thursday to live In the Sol-diers'
Home, at Hampton, Va. Mr.
liaylltz enlisted at Duncannon, Perry
county, as a private in the Ninth Penn-sylvania
Cavalry from April 19, 1861,
until October 25, 1805. For meritorious
service he was promoted to Corporal.
He was one of the first Union soldiers
to reach the top of Lookout Mountain.
After the war he came to this bor-ough
and has lived here since. He
has been active in Republican politics,
having been a constable of the Second
Ward for a number of years, and is
now election inspector of that ward.
Philip Fisher, of this place has a
collection of old augers gathered at
public sales about the country that Is
surprising. The oldest Is one made by
James Wood, who started the Iron
works at Conshohocken. The auger Is
made of square iron with a tip of steel.
It was made over 100 years ago. It will
very likely be given to some historical
society. Another auger is one made by
John Conard about 1814. He was the
father of the present auger makers
here at Fort Washington. Another
was made by Brook, who started the
works In West Philadelphia now own-ed
by Pew. Brook is called the father
of auger makers. The auger is over
100 years old. One auger In the col-lection
was made by McNeal and Gar-ni
t in Chester county. Another one
is made by Noah Snyder. who carried
on auger making 70 years ago In
Qwynedd township on the State road.
The augers are quaint looking tools.
only a very few are 111 condition to be
used. They all have wooden handles
and such a thing as a brace was in
those days unheard of. Nearly all of
tin in are of iron, and all have met
with some accident and are covered
With rust. Ambler Gazette.
II, F. Davis entertained the Young
Ladies' I lancing Class at his home,
l-.ie.hth avenue Bad Harry street, last
I veiling.
The regular monthly meeting of the
BaptM Social Union will be held this
evening at the residence of George M.
Wlllams, on Seventh avenue.
Depositions were heard by the court
yesterday afternoon preparatory to the
appointing of a Jury to rehear the
James Morrison case for damages from
the borough for the change of grade of
the street In front of his property. The
c i will have to be re-trled.
A delightful masquerade of the
Young People Dancing Class was given
In Bens'f parlors on Saturday after-noon.
The children looked very brave
.mil handsome in their fancy costumes,
and thoroughly enjoyed the affair.
Following the dance a cake walk was
given Those voted the best walkers
were Agnes Kindergan, l.ena Hines,
Helen Bosnian, George Benz, Frances
Summers and Emma Davis.
CALVARY Clirilt'll NOTES.
PBNN CLUB-MUSICALE.
The I'enn Club gave a very enjoy-able
musicale last evening In the club
rooms.
Qeorge Parry, of Philadelphia, gave
i Hois from Faust and II Trovatore,
and Illustrated ragtime music In a
number of different ways.
Max Von Hammersteln, of the Phila-
: Iphia Mesuem, followed Mr. Parry
with a number of very pleasing selec-tions.
A. A. I.'-idsay recited "Spartacus"
i I J. J, Mi >• ra gave a number of rec-s.
John Rt.binson sang "The
Holy City" and H. Grey Steel, Harry
Maconachy and Gerald O'Byrne sang
soloe.
MISSIONARY MEETING.
tin Thursday evening cf this week
at 7.45 o'clock, Mrs. Bcaman, lately
i"ii china, and formerly a home mis-llonary
In Montana, will address a
missionary meeting In the Presbyter-
Ian Church. Miss Thomas and Mrs.
Goodwin will each sing a solo In the
devotional service. Mrs. Beaman is a
member of the Baptist denomination
and is the daughter of the distinguish-ed
Prof. Bliss, of Crozer Theological
Seminary, at Chester, Pa. The meet-ing
is held under the auspices of the
Woman's Missionary Society of the
Presbyterian Church and the public
are urged to attend as the address is
sure be one of great Interest. Mrs.
Bsaman is the guest of Dr. Highley, a
allege clnssmate.
Y. M. A. A. OFFICERS.
At a special meeting of the
Y. M. A. A. on Sunday afternoon, the
following officers were elected to serve
for three months:
President—Edmund J. Rafferty.
Vice-President—Patrick J. Leary.
Financial Secretary—Daniel J. Red-mond.
Recording Secretary—Francis J. Bul-ger.
Treasurer—John J. Redmond.
Corresponding Secretary—John J.
Burke,
Trustees—James J. McDade. Chair-man:
James Redmond, Edward Letght-ham.
George Connelly, John Burke.
Patrick Leary, Thomas McGuIre, John
Redmond.
MITCHELL'S SPRING OPENING.
The spring opening of the D.
Mitchell Estate, clothiers and furnish-ers,
of Norristown, will be held on
Saturday. This Is one of the hand-somest
and largest stores In the coun-ty
and any one in need of clothing
will not go amiss by purchasing there.
PLYMOUTH.
A charter was Issued at the State
Department at Harrlsburg on Thurs-day
to the American Magnesia Cover-ing
Company, Plymouth, Montgomery
county; Capital. $30,ooo.
The Montgomery county Judges have
decided not to wear gowns while on
the bench, although the bar suggested
that they do so.
Rev, George H. Booemlng. of Wlssi-nomlng,
has accepted a call to the
Presbyterian Church of Ambler, and
will take charge about April 15.
To seenro 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.
The prettiest plant of the season Is
a "Cineraria," 26, 35 cts; extra, 60 cts.
c,ii nations, violets, etc., Harry's
Floral and Seed Store, 115 Fayette
street.
Subscribe for THE RECORDER.
The Rector preached a sermon Sun-day
morning appropriate to the Fasti
vui of the enunciation
The hour of the early Communion
has not been (hanged: It is still 7.45
A. M.
There was a most interesting mis-sionary
meeting on Sunday evening.
After a shortened evening prayer, the
Rector gave an ai count of the begin-ning
and development of the domestic
missions of the Church from the days
of the venerable Bishop Keniper in
1835. He was the first Bishop of the
Northwest. Bleven Bishops now oc-cupy
the same territory, with numer-ous
chapels and churches and many
thousands of communicants.
Miss Sarah Elliot, well known in this
borough, followed with an address on
Utah and the difficult Mormon ques-tion.
Miss Elliot is a tine speaker,
possessing personal magnetism, a clear
voice, and the art of expressing her
thoughts on a subject with which she
is perfectly familiar, and in which she
Is moBt deeply Interested. A large
congregation, including many person-al
friends of Miss Elliot, was present
to hear her graphic account of seven
years work as a Deaconess of the Prot-estant
Episcopal ( .uirch In Utah. In
regard to the Mormon question Miss
Elliot fully agrees with her Itislmp. the
Right Rev. Abel Leonard, 1). D., that
the only effective remedy will be a
Constitutional Amendment, forbidding
polygamy In the limits of the United
States.
She characterized the Mormon
religion, as a pagan one that degrades
mankind and is a menace to the United
States. There arc 63,000 converts to
that religion last year—more than was
made to all the rest of the Christian
churches In the country combined. The
Mormon doctrine, she said, is that
Adam was a God. That he created a
great many souls that will be lost un-less
they can be saved by being per-mitted
to enter the bodies of the Mor-mon
babies. Therefore the Church ad-vocates
plural marriages so that there
will he a great many children, and in
consequence a great many souls saved.-
Durlng the years 1884 tp< 1890, while
Utah was a territory, the United stale?
Government prosecuted all who mar-ried
more than one wife. This was
called the period of persecution. After
the territory became a state the United
States Government had no control over
the residents of the state,, and the law
against polygamy became a dead let-ter.
During the past few years the preach-ers
of the religion have been going
through the state telling the Mormons
that they must live up to their relig-ion—
this means that they must have
more than one wife.
The Mormons are making tremend-ous
gains throughout the West. There
Is the main temple in Salt Lake City.
and now another temple Is being built
in Iowa.
Miss Elliot favored an amendment
to the constitution prohibiting polyg-amy
In any state in the Union. This
would stop the plural marriages In
Utah, and It would be the only law
that would do so.
The offerings at this service In be-half
of the Bishop's Schools for Mor-mon
children was over $03.
The usual I.enten services this week
all are cordially Invited: Tuesday and
Thursday, 7.30 P. M.; Wednesday and
Friday, 8.15 A. M.; Saturday, 4.30P. M.
The Rector will soon organize the
Confirmation Class.
McCRYSTAL vs.
McCRYSTAL
A Taatled-up Divorce bull In which ch»r»cs
• r- made and
Denied.
LADIES' AID SOCIETY.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Pres-byterian
Church have already cleared
$204.35 by their Colonial Tea given
last Thursday evening.
The following officers were elected
at the annual meeting held last even-ing:
President—Mrs. Elizabeth M. Harry.
VIce-Presidents—Mrs. Richard Hate,
Mrs. Joseph Garess.
Secretary—Miss Cairns.
Treasurer—Mrs. F. B. Rlghter.
Executive Committee—Mrs. William
Maconachy, Mrs. H. C. Messenger, Mrs.
Clark Gllchrist, Mrs. S. G. Smyth, Mrs.
Frank Shay, Mrs. Eliza Little, Mrs.
David Harry, Miss Ella Magee ami
Miss Ella White.
Honorary Executive Committee—Mrs.
J. F. Sheppaid, Mrs. J. II Bckfeldt,
Mrs. John Knox, Mrs. Daniel BtSWart,
Mrs. James Beatty, Mrs. Robert Mc-
ClemenU.
THE LITTLE BLUE BOOK.
The March number issued on the
15th, revised and enlarged. Every
business or traveling man should have
It. Send one dollar for one year, or
ten cents for single copy. Revised and
Issued once a month. Address Little
Blue Book, Milton, Pa.
M. B. Smith, Butternut. Mich., says,
"DeWltt's Little Early Risers are the
very best pills I ever used for costlve-ness,
liver and bowel troubles."
H. Maxwell Harry and W. B Sup-plee.
West Conshohocken.
Gold medals to HARPER whiskey
at New Orleans * World's Fair, Chi-cago.
Try it. you will endorse the
Judge's verdict. Sold by J. A. Harrold
Conshohocken, Pa.
I In- following clipping from the New
York Morning Telegraph was publish
• ii in Friday's Norristown Herald:
James McCristall is tall, durk.w. ,n..
a heavy brown inustache and is an in
curable stammerer," was the only
statement made to Justice Fitzgerald
yi st, rday In the Supreme Court to
identify the Individual so described
with .lames McCristall, the defendant
in an action for absolute divorce
brought by Pauline Frances McCris-tall.
Usually a photograph of the defend-ant
in a divorce suit Is Identified by
the plaintiff or other witnesses, else It
is clearly proved that the defendant is
the person charged with violation of
the marriage vow; but these evidences
were lacking in this case.
The McCristulhi were married at
i;race Church, Newark, N. J., March
29, 1895. Mrs. McCristall testified that
her husband left her the following
August and she had not seen him since.
She asked to be allowed to resume her
maiden name of Baring.
Henry B. Lafferty, a Philadelphia at-torney,
swore that, In consequence of
a communication from Mrs. McCris-tall's
lawyers, he went to Consho-liocken,
Pa„ and found a James Mc-
( ristall living there with a woman
known as Mrs. McCristall. They lived
with Mrs. McCrlstall's father, a man
named Coonan, the leading grocer of
the town. When he called he saw a
man who said he was McCristall and
accepted service of the summons and
complaint in the action.
"He lead the papers very carefully,"
said Mr. Lafferty, "and then said: '1
mi the McCristall named herein. 1
will attend to this matter. Get out'
I got."
"What was the man like?" nsked
William J. Campbell, Mrs. MoOrlstsJl'l
counsel.
"He was tall, dark, wore a heavy
brown mustache and spoke very dis-lolntedly,
as if he had an impediment
in his speech."
Lawyer Campbell said Mrs. McCris-tall
had tried for two years to trace her
husband. After the papers had been
ICl n I on him he wrote several letters
to the witness' law firm. In which he
admitted that he was the McCristall
Hi the case.
Herman E. L. Beyer, editor and pro-prietor
of the Newark Times, look the
stand, and said he had been McCrls-tall's
best man at the wedding, but had
not seen him sice a few months after
the marriage.
"I can identify his writ-ing,"
he added, because we were close
friends, and he used to write irsrSM
for musical compositions which he al-most
invariably submitted for my opin-ion."
Mr. Beyer then Identified the letters
produced as McCrlstall's writing.
Justice Fitzgerald asked Beyer if he
had ever seen McCristall write, and he
said he had not.
"Well, I can't admit the letters in
evidence," said the Judge, "because no-body
here has ever seen McCristall
write. What was McCristall like?"
"He was tall, dark, wore a brown
mustache, and was un Incurable stam-merer,"
Beyer replied.
Samuel M. Wilson testified that he
knew James McCristall in Consho-hocken,
who lived in the Ward Hotel
there and was known as a single man.
The hotel was owned by Charles Hoy-
Ian, a brother-in-law of Miss Bailie
Coonan. who lived with him ami his
wife. She and McCristall went away
for a while and when fhey returned it
was said they were married. They
then went to live with Miss Coonan's
parents.
Justice Fitzgerald reserved I he de-cision
In order to see if he could de-cide
whether the Conshohocken Mc-
Cristall Is the defendant.
Relatives of Miss Coonan, who mar-ried
Mr. MrChrlstnll inform "The Id
ciirder" that they had no knowledge
that McChrlstall had been married be-fore
until the article appeared in the
Herald. They emphatically deny the
testimony given by Lafferty.
Mr. McChrlstall was very popular
when he lived here. Quiet, gentle-manly
and obliging he made ninny
friends, who believe that he had no
intention of wrongdoing.
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The following communication from
him explains tself:
Editor "Recorder."
Dear Sir:—
I wish, through your paper, to cor-rect
an article in the Norristown Her-ald
of the 23d inst.. in reference to my
former wife entering suit for a divorce
In the New York Supreme Court.
Many thing set forth in this ram-bling
clipping proposed to be taken
from the N. Y. Morning Telegraph,
an (alse, as every one who knows me
Intimately can testify.
It Is true my former wife entered
Bull long after alleged proofs were tor-warded
to me by mail that she was
This may or may not have b- en
to mislead me in order that she and
her paramours could secure a divorce,
because otherwise it was impossible.
i be Brst statement we were married
in lsua is false. 1 was then In Europe
:. >i ii s. We were married In 1889 and
1 subsequently left her lu 1892, after
strong pi oofs of her infidelity, one of
tne hundreds being the finding of her
in a closet in the room of this Mr.
Beyer, the genial editor of the Newark
times, who manfully championed her
cause in court by testifying, and, as
mid limits it, bis testimony is
a tissue of falsehoods. I am not "a
tall dark man with a heavy brown
mustache," nor did 1 stammer nor had
I lost my voice the time he knew me.
My wiles i II.-S. ilness and my parting
from her was the direct cause of my
ion' being affected.
Strange if 1 have lived eight years,
two of which 1 spent in Brooklyn and
last year in Jersey City while she re-sided
in New York, without hearing
from her, if, as she swore, she searched
tWO years tor me. My place of busi-ness
in Jersey City was quite a prom-inent
place on a prominent street.
Another word about Mr. Beyer, I
have several letters in my possession
Which 1 received from his former af-fianced,
then ■& Miss Reuter, In which
she aW gee he Jilted her for my wife
and caused her to attempt suicide by
opening an artery In her arm.
Another false statement is my wife
petitioned the court to have her re-sume
her maiden name of Baring. Her
maiden name was Wursh. She must
have been masquerading under an as-sumed
name.
I have lived and suffered these long
years in silence; the time Is ripe for
my innings.
JAMES MCCRISTALL.
JOHN BURKE ROBBED.
UASKET HALL.
Captain Crawford and his team of
basket balleri went to limenixviiie on
Saturday evening and took a fall out
ol the lean) of that place to the tune
01 is i
Prom the beginning it was apparent
the Olympic boys were out-classed by
far. and the chief feature was the goal
throwing of the Conshohocken team.
The gume abounded In rough playing,
the home team trying to rough It up
for the locals. Despite the rough play-ing.
Referee Laulor was lenient und
only one foul was called, Lang com-mitting
the offence. The playing of
Ruth and Crawford for the locals and
and of Klenk and Springer for the
home icam was of the star order. The
line-up:
Conshohookea Olympic
Ruth forward Lambkin
Neville forward Klenk
centre Springer
Crawford guard Miller
guard Kirk
Coals from field—Ruth 4 .Crawford
3 Ijng. Neville, Klenk. Offence—
Lang. Referee—I-aulor. Umpire—
Timer—Showalter. Time
20 minute halves.
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The locals will go to Philadelphia
to-morrow night and try conclusions
with the Penn Wheelmen at Natat-jr-inm
Hall. The contest will be an In-terstate
League game.
Hancock will make her last appear-ance
in this borough on Saturday night
nnd a great game is looked for.
It was learned last night that Ed-ward
A. Mechling had resigned as man-ager
of the University of Pennsylva-nia
football team. Manager Mechllng's
resignation has not been acted upon by
the Hoard of Directors, but It has been
known for some time that he contem-plated
this step. The reason thnt
Mechling osslgned for resigning was
that his work in the IJIW Department
demands all his time. The man who
will probably be elected to succeed
Mechling is Theodore Lane Bean, of
this borough, the present assistant.
i ■•!•. The schedule for the Penn-sylvania
team ha.: been pratioally com-pleted,
so thai the new manager will
have but little to do until the football
lesson opens in September. During
Mechllng's management the financial
end of Pennsylvania's football team
has been well cared for. Coach Wood-ruff
said last night that Mechling had
pilule the beet manager the team has
bad since he had been connected with
it.
John Burk, of 22 South Sixth ave-nue,
was robbed of $44.10 on Sunday
night. The thieves climbed on the
roof of a rear porch and got into the
house through u window. The money.
consisting of $50 In un envelope, placed
in between the mattress and the bed.
and $7 in a pocket book under the pil-low
of the bed, were taken us well us
a child's bank having in it $12.10.
The thieves loft in such a hurry that
part of the money and two shawls were
found on the floor of the room near a
w ilnlow.
Mr. and Mrs. Hurk were visiting a
neighbor, while the robbery was com-mitted,
but It Is supposed that a
neighbor's child, who attempted to go
Into the home to play with Mr. Burks
children frightened the burglars away.
The whole house was ransacked, but
nothing was lost except the money.
Mr. Burk will give a reward of $25
for information that will lead to the
conviction of the thieves. Among the
money taken were two $20 bills.
FARMERS DISCUSS MILK PRICKS.
About a year ago the Hires Condens-ed
Milk Company purchased ground at
Malvern and erected a large factory
building thereon. When the works
were completed the company notified
the farmers of Chester and Eastern
Lancaster counties that they were in
the market for all the milk their dair-ies
produoeed. The prices paid were
quite satisfactory and before long al-most
every farmer within ten miles
delivered his milk each morning to
the factory. The business relations
between the farmers and the Hires
people were most friendly until about
a week ago. when the company asked
the dairymen to accept a lower price
and also sign an agreement regulating
the sale.
To discuss the propositions and to
properly organize the farmers of Ches-ter
and ljancaster called a public meet-ing
in the Malvern Hall for yesterday
afternoon. Several hours before the
meeting was called to order by Chair-man
Oliver Smedley, of Ooshenvllle.
the farmers began to arrive and stood
In groups around the various street
corners and discussed the contract.
At 2 o'clock fully 400 representative
farmers were in the hall.
Joshua Hebberd, of Wlllistown. ad-dresseil
the mooting and advocated a
fair consideration of the subject and
suggested a uniform price per each
six months. Farmer Moore, of Phoe-nixville,
advocated the demanding of
2\i cents per quart in summer and 3
cents per quart in winter. There was
considerable opposition to the pur-chase
of milk by the quart, as many of
the farmers produce a much richer
milk than others, and they said it
would he fairer to sell by butter fat
weight. A long discussion was In-dulged
in relative to price and manner
of weight or measurement.
A committee composed of James
Moore, of Phoenixvllle; W. W. Evans,
Of Wlllistown; and H. W. Davis, of
BaM WhitelaiHl. were appointed to
confer with the Hires Company and
submit the contract as revised by the
meeting, and It was advised that the
committee report at a subsequent
meeting to be held on Thursday after-noon
at 3 P. M., In the Mulvern Hall.
SIDEPATH LAW'S INTRICACIES.
In an argument before Judge Swartz
yesterday on the application of the
Side Path Commissioners for a man-damus
to compel the County Commis-sioners
to levy a tax of 50 cents upon
each bicycle owner, the contention was
raised that the act of Assembly creat-ing
Side Path Commissioners is un-constitutional,
in that it fails to pro-vide
for uniform taxation. How would
t be possible to tax the bicycles of mi-nor
or of women, was asked.
NURSES LABOR DROUGHT DEATH
NORRISTOWN ATTOR-NEY
STRICKEN.
II. II. Dickinson, one of the oldest
member! of the Montgomery County
bar. was suddenly stricken with apop-lexy
last evening. He was removed to I
his home, where he lies in a critical
condition. His name was to he pre-sented
to the Democrat convention to-day
as a candidate for national dele-cite.
» L.
Mrs. Alice M. Styer, aged 28. of Nor-ristown.
died on Sunday of a disease
contracted in a hospital in Phlndelphia.
Mrs Styer decided to study medicine,
and entered the hospital three months
ago as a nurse. While In the dis-charge
of her duties she contracted the
disease from a patient, which resulted
in her death.
An Odd Fellows' Lodge isbelngform-pil
at Tylersport, Montgomery county.
Lewis Ackerman, Uosnen, Ind., says,
"DeWltt's Little Early Rishers always
bring certain relief, eure my headache
and never gripe." They generally
cleanse and Invigorate the bowels and
liver.
11 Maxwell Harry and W. E. Sup-pler-.
West Conshohocken.
"What's In a name?" Everything,
when you come to medicine. When
you get Hood's Sarsaparllla you get
the best money can buy.
Siibicribe for THE RECORDER.
"HEEDS ARE FRUITS.
Words are but leaves." It is not
what we say, but what Hood's Sarsa-parllla
does that tells the story. The
many wonderful cures effected by this
medicine are the fruits by which it
should be Judged. These prove It to
be the great, unequaled remedy for
i sin. rheumatism, scrofula, salt
rheum, catarrh and all other ailments
due to impure or Improvised blood.
Hood's Pills
mild, effective.
are non-Irritating,
Si a Id of men and women In an-other
column carrying on their heads
great loads of grapes at Boa Vista
vineyards, Portugal, for making Into
wine. It Is Interesting. Read all
about It. Speer, N. J. wines are made
from the same grape the oldest and
finest produced In the world.
Subscribe for THE RECORDER.
WKST CONSHOHOCKEN
Notes ol Interest from the Town across the
River fl o-ias Farrier's
haneril.
—Miss Olive McCollum entered the
West Chester State Normal School yes-te
day.
—Mr. Theodore Stillwagon and Miss
Nellie Dellaven, a daughter of it. II
Dellaven. were married on Saturday
evening by Rev. J.B. Fenwick.
— Edward Redgruves, a former resi-dent
of this borough, but now of Ches-ter,
has returned home after a pleasant
visit to relatives and friends here.
—A number of young people of the
Free Baptist Church hanquetted at
Henz's parlors on Saturday evening.
A most delightful evening was passed.
—The members of General Hancock
Temple, No. 18, O. U. A., are prepar-ing
an interesting program to be
rendered at their birthday party on
Saturday evening. Refreshments will
BIBO be served.
—Charles Yoho, a highly respected
resident of Swedeland, died on Thurs-day
at the home of his son-in-law,
William E. Davis. The funeral ser-vices
were held yesterday. The inter-ment
was made at Norris City Ceme-tery,
Phoenixvllle.
—The Williamson Manual Training
School at Media, has reopened after be-ing
closed for several weeks owing to
an epidemic of diphtheria among the
pupils. Howard Clark, who was vis-iting
In this borough during the time
the school was closed returned to the
institution yesterday.
—The funeral of Thomas Ferrler
took place from his late residence on
Sunday afternoon and was the largest
held In this vicinity in many years.
For hours before the services great
crowds thronged about the house to
pay homage to one who has been
B resident all his life. The different
organizations of whlrh he was a mem-ber
turned out in a body to pay respect
to their deceased brother, while the
teachers and pupils of the pttbllcschool
came to take a last look at one, who
through faithfulnes in fulfilling his
duties, became almost as one of their
number. As the cortege slowly drew
Sway from the house the bells of the
Washington Fire Company, of Consho-hocken.
and the public school were
tolled. Services were conducted in the
Gulf Christian Church by Rev. John
Conrad, of Philadelphia; Rev. J. B.
Fenwick, of the Gulf Christian Church,
and Rev. H. Colclesser, of the First
Baptist Church, of Conshohocken; the
remains were laid to rest In the ad-joining
cemetery. The pall beams
were selected from the Washington
Fire Company, Conshohocken Lodge,
K. of P.. Council 241, Jr. O. U. A. M.,
and Camp 18. P. O. S. of A.
DEMOCRATIC ('(INVENTION.
Ibe Democratic Convention was held
in the Court House, Norristown. this
morning.
Saturday night's Democratic dele-gate
elections held in the various dis-tricts
of the county created the great-est
interest everywhere because of the
fact of the lively contest that was be-ing
waged by the friends of the four
candidates for delegate to the Nation-al
Convention namely Ii. B. Dickinson,
Esq., and Henry I. Fox, Esq., both of
Norristown; Hon. W. H. Sutton, Hav-erford.
and Prof. S. U. Brunner. of
North Wales.
The business of to-day's Democratic
convention was the selection of ten del-egates
to represent Montgomery county
at the State Convention on April 5
and also to name the national delegate.
There were a number of candidates for
the former honor, all of whom have
been already mentioned in these col-umns.
This year's election of nation-al
delegate was different from what
has formerly been the custom. Here-tofore
the Stnte delegates were given
the honor to name the national dele-gate
but a change of the party's rules
calls for the election of such n delegate
by the convention assembled.
Among the delegates from this bor-ough
were:
First Ward—Daniel McCloskey.
Michael Nevlns.
Second Ward Patrick Morality,
Harry Wertz.
Third Ward—Terence Quinn.
Fourth Ward—Thomas Clark, John
Meany.
Fifth Ward—No primary meetings
were held.
WOMEN AS LICENSE HOLDERS
The Court yesterday granted all the
liquor licenses In this county which
were In force last year, numbering 240.
The Judges, however, called attention
to the fact that they were somewhat
averse to the granting of licenses to
women.
Petitions were filed remonstrating
against the reissuing of hotel licenses
to Charles Shaw and Henry Bower, of
Collegeville, unless they agree to dis-continue
the attractions of music and
dancing at their hotels.
"I was nearly dead with dyspepsia,
tried doctors, visited Mineral Springs,
and grew worse. I used Kodol Dys-pepsia
Cure. That cured me." It di-gests
what you eat. Cures Indigestion,
sour stomach, heartburn and all forms
of dyspepsia.