The Conshohocken Recorder, May 4, 1900

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PUBLISHED EVEBY TUESDAY AND JKHAV
NO. 1922 CONSIlOIlOCKEiN, PA., PRIDAT M VY 4, H)00. $!.')() PER YKAH
Short Hie
TOWN NOTES.
Tales sad Nolcs Abu.il
Tuwa aid Ike Pcuplc Who
Arc in li
i here is a gresl scarcity of hoi
this neighborhood,
VII mi "ii i of Iron Castle, No. 82,
K. tl, ii. are earnestly requested to i><'
present ;ii the regular stated session
i n Monday Evening as business oi Im-portance
will hi' transacted.
While Jonathan Cleaver was driving
uuwn Payette street on Wednesday af-ternoon
be was urn into by ■ trolley
iar. The wagon was overturned and
tar, Cleaver was thrown to the ground.
• was fortunately not seriously in
Inrud. id' was attempting to drive
i in. i in,.M,:...i.\ii':.N i 11 \i.
i., .Ii. .11111 Mis. i iI'll■ > ... I kuWIl*.
.1,. Woman s u.h.r«..,,. ,..!. I.... ||w, ,, -,,-u^ when struck, The
II. >.i Monday evening In u. .». ii. iiai..
i iminas bauen ol i... u>u, J I ■•
iundent, «... -i.iu.if, in. i..is II.-ii .....
1,, i k.
Mr. and Mrs. ft. I.. i-i
»., weeks pleasure trip to i ui u uuu
I IllnpoiiS.
j. w. Campbell and wifi .... -, i u«i
in., a few days on the Bsuing i s,
• in sapenke Bay.
• i,c itotemi nis ui the I'rudi smen .
an,i First Notional Banks are publish
in in another column.
i in' Loyal i emperaui Legion will
n.i el in morrow afternoon al -■'■» In
M. Marka Lutheran Chun b.
ktov. Hanii'l B, law is, writes I Mel
i HI articles tor the "Baptist Union,
published weekly In Chit ago.
iii,' Airnii i niii will moel nexl Tues-day
evenim at' the home ol Mrs Den
inn iinih avenue and Harry Btreet
i be damage done by the are at Pat-i.
a«-y was adjusted by the fire In-surance
company, The losa amounted
tn ISO.
The Oonahohooken Boelal Club will
live a burlesque Cake Walk and dance
in Wnshita Hall on Thursday evening,
May list.
Miss Kutle Ward of Fourth Ave-nue
ui Monday pussed the examination
in shorthand, at the Union College i>f
Business, Philadelphia.
Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Eastham. for-mer
residents of this borough, wore in
town on Wednesday, on their way to
Mr. BbStham'S new field in Minnesota.
A public sale of household goods will
he hi'iil at the home of Mis Elisabeth
I ui na at Ninth avenue and Many
I on Saturday afternoon at one
n i lock.
The Boonomy has received ■ Inrgi
line of Spring Suitings thai will Inter-eel
prospective buyers. Their adver-tisement
on the fourth page will In-terssl
you.
The putting In of the water meters
Is an unending source of amusement
for a great many residents. I'lnnibei
ITncrnn always has plenty of specta-tors
watching his work.
.The Conshohockcn High School Base
Ball Team will combat with n stronj
team from the Mt. Airy Institute fin
the Denf and Dumb at Conshohoeken
Ball Park on Saturday oft" i n i,
The Conshohoeken base Hall Park
is in use daily by amateur teams from
ihi- borough. John J. Crimean has
captained a number of teams that
played then this week, and he is gain-ing
a meat reputation as a pitcher.
Last nil-Ill was a red letter night fin
the knights ol Pythias. Visitors were
pi st nt train Mer.on Square Lodge and
from I'ealiiidy Lodge of Rnxhnrongh.
The recently elected officers were In
stalled iiy a degree team from Peabody
i I'dgp.
M. I'". Davis has resigned as one of
the trimmers of the I. Wood & Co., and
has Started OUl lor himself as a plas-terer.
Mr. Davis learned plastering
under the direction Of his father, and
worked a number of years at It He is
one of the best ill this vicinity.
Liizabcin. the widow of Robert
Thorp, a former resident of this vicin-ity,
died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Chadwiok, 1581 Bpangler street,
Philadelphia, on Tuesday. The funer-al
services will be held this afternoon
the Interment will be in the Cull Cem-etery,
Base ball teams captained by John
M. Murphy. Hie clerk at the Central
Hotel ami by Professor John W. Miller.
played an Interesting game of hall yes
IIirday. The score was 17 to 111 In fav-or
Of the Professor's team. The feat-ures
of the game was the great running
catches by Captain Murphy and the
first base playing of Prof, Miller.
The Minute Men of the Presbyterian
Church, James Coulter. Captain, is n
voluntary society which has with little
display accomplished great good in the
church in charitable enterprise, readi-ness
to help where active men are need-ed,
visitation, prayer meeting and Un-like.
The monthly meeting lakes
piaee on Sunday at 2.80 P. M.
Q go Mallcn has given the eon-tract
for extensive repairs to his hotel
to Jones & Lnferiv. The work has al-ready
commenced. The Boor of the bar
room will he lowered, and a largi
building will he erected at the rear of
the present brick building, and the
whole painted and made lieaiitlful.
The supper which was held in tin
basement of the M. D, Church last
evening was a most successful affair in
spite of the had wealher. Kroni 1 to
III o'clock the people Megan Hoiking tO
the church and alioul •.< o'clock the food
supply began to lower and It was nec-essary
to send out and replenish the
supply of eatables. The supper was
oi f the moel beautiful that has ever
I n held 111 this borough anil It Is
thought that a large sum w.i be rea-lised.
AbOUt 450 tickets were sold out
of 600 and 868 persons enjoyed the sup-per
which was prepared for them.
mi so broke loose from the wagon but
lUghl before ho had run very far.
i el I Ian is- n died Suddenly from
" :ut disease on Sunday al his home in
Philadelphia. The funeral services
held on Wednesday, and were al
ui. .i by a numb, r of his friends
this borough, Mr. Harrison and
iii in i le of this borough,
an lod about four months ago,
A FORMER RRSIDBNT KII.LRP
.'.n ,h ,'ator aecal' in which oecured
•! ei slay morning in the wholesale
• store i f Qeorgi it. Danonhowef
■ s.ii Bt'ondway and Kalghn Avenue
a. precipitated two men head-
,ii. the third story to the cellar.
. I them John llalbey, .'ill years.
,. Chesiliul sh 'jet, Cninilon died al
in si Immediately. The other—Joseph
J. Allen, 412 Royden Btreet—escaped
serious injury.
I'he two nun. who are employees of
In iii i.i. were loading goods on the el
ivator when there wasaanapplngover-
.leail. The elevator swayed, then tilt-ii.
and the two men slid oft into the
lopths below. Tin bottom of the ele-vator
broke Immediately and crashed
town, but was caught at the second
•itory.
Mr. Danenlinwer immediately sum-moned
an ambulance and Mr. Dalbey
was sent to the Homepsthlc Hospital.
ilis back had been broken, and Ills
skull fractured in the fall, and he died
ui the way to the hospital. Allen.
who had not lost consciousness in the
hoik, did not want to go to the hos-pital
ai first, but Mr. Danenhower In-sisted,
and sent him there in his ear-iage.
After being examined al the
hospital he was sent home. In accord -
niee with his request.
When Allen was seen at his home
Wednesday he said that he had Just
kepped 0D the elevator when he was
itiddenly precipitated to the depths be-low.
In falling he injured his hip ami
knee.
The cause of the accident is believed
to have been a strain around the drum
ml upper part of the elevator, which
was only partially loaded when it fell.
\n examination showed that the main
.ait of the machinery was intact. The
I t the strain is believed to be the
inaking of a safety rope, which oe-mrred
'he previous day.
Mr. llalbey, the victim of the neei-lent
was a well-known resident in
loilth Camden, Me was born in this
borough, and soon after the outbreak
if the war. in 1X1:!. he enlisted ill the
.ne Hundred and Thirty-eighth Penn-lylvanlS
Volunteers. Me rose from the
inks to the position of first lieuten-ant,
lie was connected With various
■ecret Societies among Others Council
No. 17. of the Red Cross; Fidelity
Lodge No. 8, of Camden; Ancient Dr-ier
of United Workman, and the Year-ly
Beneficial Association of Philadel-phia.
Mr. Dnlbey leaves n widow nnd a
ion. 'i'he latter, an employee of the
inn. was forced to wilncss the fatal
iccldent
The School Board at the regular
me. mm on Wednesday evening nxed
me Uuuimencemeui H.iy for theschools
as i• 11. i: • > tune 28nd. Che schools will
i lose on I'hursdoy, June List and I lie
uaj was Used al the suggestion of
i M.i. Landes
I he Hoard decided lo have Hie Hall
decorated, and apolntod the following
committee to attend to all that needs
attending to al the Commencement;
Me.sirs. Bowker, Jones. Miller, Collins
ami Leonard.
Prof. Landes asked Instructions re-garding
i in securing of a speakei from
>.i; of uiwii. After sumo discussion
the Board decided tnat Conshohoeken
could furnish speakers that would suit
the audience.
tin motion of Mr, Bowker, the Build-ing
Committee was instructed to get
bids for the painting of the outside of
the schools aim the whitewashing of
the cellars, i< Is the Intention to have
this work doni during the vacation.
in ■peaking of the arbor Day exer-ilses,
Prof. Landes, said thai the tree
planted by the Primary Department
had been raited from anacorn gathered
in the woods across the riverand plant-
I in a small can in 1 In- room.
Treasurer Miller reported the follow-ing
as the financial condition of the
treasury!
Reel Ivi d from .1. S. I lipple
Received from Prof. Landes
A QUIET TOWN
A Philadelphia Reporter'* Views ol Hour
luws Is This
weaaiy.
83178.81
178.48
Orders paid up to date
88867.28
81058.48
Balance in treasury $2293.81
I'n f Landes reported the following:
Pupils enrolled 887
Average daily attendance 640
Present every day 145
Not tnrdy 520
Tuition received $2fl..riX
Placed in Savin; Fund 1228.88
Orderi for the following amounts
were granted.
W. J. Keys 84 00
Laundry 1 16
0. li. Thwaltea, plumbing IB 81
William Wright 0 OS
II. M. Harry, drugs 2 40
D. & A. Telephone Company 10 00
W. T. Hate A Son 5 00
11. C. Messlllgcrs Sons 4 70
I II Landes, books 5 00
W. P. Walters s> Bon ' 2 CO
It. F. Hoffecki r 3 00
Milton Bradley & Co 7 71
J. P. DeHnven 25 02
Win. Bummers 3 45
0. A. It.l ui:■•■>■ 1 00
The following are the Craduates of
the Conshohoeken High School for
1900.
Lizzie Streeper.
Anna Weaver,
i Is Pii i son,
Carrie Campbell.
Fannie Campbell,
Eva Keys.
Carrie MacKenile.
Lulu Cox.
Busts Buckle.
Frederick Zimmerman.
Oliver McClenicnls.
James Murray.
Wilford Jones.
ST FA M F.I I AI.IVK.
FIRE IN FREDERICK.
The frame porch al the stone dwel-ling
Of Mrs. Philip Qrubb, 111 Frederick
township, was destroyed by tire on
iiiesday. How the fire originated Is n
n ystery. I tut for the prompt response
Of the neighbors the whole dwelling as
well as the OUthonSOB would have been
consumed by the llnines. l.oss is on-y
slight eover.il by insurance In the
tioshenhoppen Mutnnl Fire Insurance
ompany.
WHEELWRIGHT SHOP lU'KNRD.
The wheelwright and blacksmith shop
..t Samuel Sturgts, and the ofllcc of
uaglstrate Mahlon Francis, of West
Manayiink, were burned to the ground
on Wednesday evening. The origin of
the lire Is unknown.
For a time it looked as if the exten-sive
lumber yards of Joseph I.. Miles
would fail a prey to the flames and the
entire place would he wiped out for
want of (Ire engines.
The lire started In Samuel Sturgis'
Wheelwright and hlucksmithlng shop,
on River road above I ireen Lane bridge.
This was a frame structure nnd It
went up like tinder. As there is no
lire department in West Mnnnvunk,
■ here was nothing to check the flames.
They quickly spread tO the frame of-fice
of Justice of the Peace Mahlon
Francis. The safe was the only thing
saved, This building was only across
the street from the lumber yard. The
chemical wagon from the Manayiink
Fin- I'ompany crossed the river nnd
prevented the spread of the fire In thnt
direction. An empty house owned by
Steamed alive was the horrible fate
that befell John Sykea, 50 years old, of
llol Manayiink avenue Roxborough,
in employe at the Bhawmonl pumping
Station, while engaged In cleaning boil-ers
yesterday morning, Bykefl was
employed as a Bremen and one of his
duties was tO occasionally clean mil the
interiors of the massive marine boil-ers.
The oilier employes take their
turns al this work. It was Sykes'
turn yesterday, ami about 1 o'clock he
crawled Into the manhole through
which they usually enter anil then in-to
the cavernous depths of the boiler.
William BttnSOn, a fireman, was in,1
aware that Sykes was inside. Prepar
atmy to starting the machinery be
tinned 00 the steam. It filled the en-tire
interior of the boiler Immediately
and made such a noise that the i i i
ized cries of the imprisoned man with-in
could not be heard,
Frantic with the pain of being scald-ed
he groped his way to the opening
and fell partly outside. Employes ran
to his assistance and dragged liIin out.
but he little resembled the man who
had gone In a half-hour before. The
skin had peeled entirely off his arms.
neck nnd chest, and his fnce. head and
body were literally parboiled.
The Manayiink patrol wagon wns
summoned nnd was on the scene In
twenty minutes. The victim was hur-ried
to St. Timothy's Hospital. The
physicians fear that having inhaled the
steam he has little chance of recovery
J. I. Carson, l'rothonotary, Washing-ton.
Pa., says. "I have found Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure an excellent remedy
In case of Stomach trouble, and have
derived great benefit from Its use."
It digests what yon eat and cannot fall
to cure.
H. Maxwell Harry anil w. R. Sup-nlee.
West Conshohoeken.
otto Korb, Grand Chancellor, K. P.,
Boonvllle, Ind., says, "De Wltt'a Witch
Hazel Salve soothes the most delicate
ikln ami heals the most stubborn ulcer
the Reading Railway Company, a short I with certain ami good results."Curi
distance from the blazing buildings ■!-1P11!!-Jj** rt,B ,lis,'il>i,,s' """'' ''"y
,, , aught fire nnd soon burned to the, "^'Vfaxwell Harry and W I'.
ground. The total loss is about $3000.1 ni0Pp West Conshohoeken.
Sup
* Illel , inll.e ilia, j .. . i
antes in a MI.u.ui i.nc mum uo,ii no
uitj nan is .0. .lieu .1 most primitive
. 1 111. III.IIL ui ultle less man IUUO 111-
... mi, ,.ms. 111 u is Hue. ciouriowii
.11 .....IIIKOIII. 1 j county, annul one nine
uum the oiiy limits seams a relic 01 a
century BO,., uy. u has neitner gas,
.11111 11 nyill, U'lepuoue, lloliei I101
met1 ..,.,,i.,,..canon ny railway to
. nil., nipii.,1. . he electric ear has in
vadeii eveij ukUOT town ol any OOttSO-qm
n. 1 1,. ,.i in, ciiy oi Brotherly love,
nut BlUUg t in- : ili'iil Streets Of l-'lolir-town
no clang oi trolley bell is heard
Within 1 in- limits ol tins old-iashltm-eu
low 11 are buildings winch were en 1
ted over a century ago. The quaint
to let modern progress interfere With
citizens, set in their ways, resolute not
their Diode of life, make the place 1111-
ique aiming towns near this city. Not
far from the bustle and turmoil of a
metropolis, the place seems to exist
that 11 may show members of the pres-ent
generation how their forefathers
lived. New buildings have been erec-ted,
li Is true, and a brunch of the Read-ing
railway, with terminus ut Consbo-
■iii.kin and Orelaud passes through
i- uuu mw 11, but against further Inno-vations
Inhabitants make decided pro-test.
Mention of a prospective trolley
inning ihrough the place is the
signal 01 general uprising, and if such
a modern means of lighting as gas IH
even hinted at a rebellion awakens.
SO the citizens continue going to bed
ndie light, hay wagons from up-
..uuiry still lumber slowly down the
turnpike and convival spirits yet meet
and idle uwuy the hours ut the old
1 arn era' and Citizens' tavern, the
I Hack Horse hotel, and especially at
in, . pi-inglii Id house, once and long
known as Stahluecker's.
Nothing could bo more quaint than
these groups of aged wiseacres whoset-tlfl
a fairs of the nation to their own
satisfaction in the tavern of Flourtown.
Old, indeed, arc thesehostlerles. Some
01 Hi 'in date from back in the middle
of the lxth century, others from the
•ally years of the lath century, but
their frequenters are yet Quite in har-
111 ■. 11 > with the time-worn appearance
Oi their meeting places. Underthelow
■ of antiquated barrooms the
townsmen On wintry days nnd nights
huddle dose to the stove and discuss
local news more often than that con-tained
In the city newspapers. The
taverns are their clubs, where the pipe
of peace is puffed and pleasunt coin-ladeship,
uud where palaver is held
over weather, crops and all those ques-tions
so vital to them and so trivial to
the outside world. Living thus in their
lulls community, the average l'iour
limner seldom ventures far away from
his beloved home. A trip to l'liiiadel-phiu
is looked upon us nn undertaking
il meat moment nnd evenderniantown
is considered fur away.
About the oldest Inhabitant, Charles
1'eal.le, aged K.'i years, has not been to
the city in 61 years, nnd his brother,
William. 7!i yeurs. only rarely ventures
away from the farmhouse Just outside
the town, where both the brothers were
born. Together with their cousin.
Haniel Vi akle, a man of XI years of age
I er I'l tow ners are (he on-ly
old si;i\ivnrs ol a family which came
HI Aiueiiia in 1784. "My great-grand-father,
Christopher Yeakle when 80
years ol age came to Ibis country with
lowed mother Reglna, utter re-
,iglous persecution In Bchleswig, Qer
1...1 ) ineir Dative land." said William
Ve.ikle at his farm tne other day. "In
1342 he built the Los cabin al Mermaid,
below Chestnut HOI, where it stands
(o Ibis day. Old fashioned enough it
looks now, hut then it wns one of the
onlj houses in that section of the
country and no doubt considered a
worthy residence. Christopher lived
B number of years. He married
a : bad children and from these chil-dren
sprung another generation. My
.'all i r. Jacob Veakle was his grand-child.
He came to Flourtown In 1 "
and limit this farmhouse, where he
,.Vi : nnlil the day of Ills death. Von
our family has sonic right to the
title of oldest Inhabitants. Charlea
Veakle is growing feeble, but his nen
tal faculties are still good. "My niein-ory
embraces the better part of thecan
tnry." snld he, "and I can easily re-member
the time when heavy timber
surrounded this place. The town has
•ut changed greatly since then. The
citizens do not line to niter old ways
and customs. The old is good enough
for them. They would rather travel n
few miles out Of their road than have
a trolley line, which they consider
would endanger life and limbalongthe
Bethlehem pike, i remember many a
hi | II aking and harvesting festival at
the tavern In my young days. The old
Valley Orecn hotel, which has llol been
run ns nn inn In the last 40 years wim
In full swing then. Hut all the tav-erns
were old even when I was a boy.
These harvesting festivals were partic-ipated
In by farmers, who used to jour-ney
from up th« state long before the
North I'enn railroad was bnill. They
sold the results of their year's work
down in the town and often spent DOSt
oi the profits In enrousing -at the tav-on.
I,-IIIIning ni inen farms
i li, i, l ,i. Nol ib i'enn WOS loll II some
o, and about 10 years later
ui which pass,-.- through our
town, i in- latter is nol of much use
howet ei. for n i una to out-of-
Uie-way places The Creshslm branch
oi .in Pennsylvania rain.,ad, built sev-eral
>.ns ago, is better. II runs down
a llttie over a mile from Flourtown,
and many ol the Iar s semi milk to
: | i hat way. But then, as 16
years have passed since I ban- been to
I'lin.i i Ipbla the waj of getting there
does nol seriously affect me."
I ■. i lei, the son of Isaac Veakle, who
I at lie famous old Wheel I'll III |l
tavern at Chestnut Hill is the third and
;ed survivor of Christopher's de-iill:..
Ilis entile life, too. has
ipeal 111 the vicinity. Btrange,
Indeed, it is that sleepy old Flourtown
i ti without Improvements aonear
tin eily. said be. "The citizens do
i in lo ian to keep pace artth the
times, It is a relic Of another century
and : B I recall il in my younger days.
so ii ippears at present. While weold
felle\ B niiisl die, I be lown reiiuiins,and
U'ks of age show less iii its Rev-olutionary
walls (ban on our wrinkled
brows, While the world watches the
rise , mi fall of empires these peaceful
old Inhabitants are content to look mi
ami in their tranquil nonpartlssnshlp
tOilOW the doings of others. Ihi-msclves
wlthi ul ambition to lake pal I in the
Strug :les for modernism and progress."
- Philadelphia Press.
PLYMOUTH.
STOLE IKON FOR A LIVING.
Seventeen year old John Hudock, of
PottStown, testified before .dagistrnte
Lenb ii,ll. on Tuesday that he was
comp 'lied to steal iron from tin- Penn-sylvania
Railroad by bis father. The
Ited that when he refused to
steal bis father whipped him unmerci-fully.
On one occasion, the hoy testi-fied
the senior Hudock threatened to
shoo- hiin if he did not bring home
more iron The boy said his father
mil l.iadl a living for several veins by
-i.. From thi I ■ -1--lit ears in .the
vi.ii' ly of PottStown. When Hudock
was nn sled his home was searched
and ■■ ton of iron that bad been taken
liei lie Pennsylvania Railroad was
recovered. Hudoek admitted to the
Mag! rate thai he had for several years'
mad i living by stealing iron. He
said 'ni on an average he would take
fron hi . '"'il ISO i pounds a
wcel . The largest haul he ,-vr made
was in the neighborhood of 3000
pom Is 'Ihc Iron was disposed of to
Woi; Zimmerman ,a PottStown junk
denb \ Voting Hudock said Zimmer-man
Killed the iron away every three
.lays Zimmerman was arrested on the
ehni" e of receiving stolen goods and
was to have had a hearing on Tuesday.
He failed to pul in an appearance and
his i TI of 1800 was forfeited. He left
Poll- own early on Wednesday morn-ing.
Hudock and his sun anil Jacob
Van sky, 18 years old. were held for
(rial.
David Zell, will build an addition to
his house. II Will be I I feet siplale.
two stories high. B, P. Boater will do
ihc carpenter work.
The funeral of Irvin Marplc took
place from his father's residence, n
lib korytown. on Tuesday Inlerineiil
at Cold Point Cemetery.
Mr. William lleaton. who recently
moved to Daniel Williams' farm, had
a slight paralytic strnkc last week.
On Saturday afternoon Miss Cairi,
Mai/.'i young friends gave her a sur-prise.
It being her 16th birthday.
Mr. Haworlh and Miss Anna S. Rid-ing,
of Cold Point, were married at
NorriStOWn on Thursday of last week
mil moved Into their newly purchased
home on Green street road, near Ihc
Qermantown turnpike, formerly !»■
longing to ihc i.nft estate.
The entertainment given by the
steadfast Hand, of Cold Point, was a
lecided success. The rendition was
idmiralile and lo those who only desire
amusement we report it eminently snt-sfSCtory.
They have been asked to
repeat it at the Trolley hall for the
benefit of the Lodge of American Me-
•nanlcs, also at Flourtown and Fort
Washington for the benefit of the
hiuehes al that place. They hnve
SOOUt $41 left after paying all expenses
The Narcissa Literary Society met
it Willlnm Noblet'a nt Cold Point. The
next meeting will be on the evening of
the loth of May. on account of the Ply-mouth
Aluminl league entertainment,
which OCCUra on the 12th. at Trolley
hull. We have no doubt that they will
;lve the public something worth hear
ing. One feature will be a debate on
■Resolved That Collges Should Aliol-sh
Kootbnll."
puoi'D TII.I.FRS OF TIII-: son.
WIST CONSIIONOCkliN
Noll'S III IflllTCR
Kivcr
bum the Town urium Ihc
and ihc Nearby
Hi in i
THE HANK'S PURCHASE,
The Manayunk National Bank, win
celebrate iis thirtieth year of exlsteno
by erecting a new. large and lian.-'onu
hank building at. the comer of Main
and Levering sin- is. Manayiink.
Tb • properly nmv occupied by M. W.
Kerk ■singer, has I n purchased from
ii. heirs of ihc late John Bowker ami
SOtl lias been given Mr. Kcrkcslager
Dial he will have lo remove ns the
buildings will be torn down to give
place lo a modern banking house.
The present bank building will be-iniiii
the property of the llowkers and
I... Qeorge C. and John I-'. llow-ker,
leal agents and attorneys, will oc-cupy
il. after the bank's removal for
their business.
igressman living P. Wanger, of
N'ori slown. will deliver the nddress
in connection with Memorial Ony exer-
, i-, :.i Irsinus College, Collegevllle.
\ PERFECT CATHARTIC.
Is one which does not wrench the sys-tem
or leave it weak and exhausted.
A perfect cathartic is found in II I'l
Pills They are praised everywhere,
and after once being Hied they soon
permanently lane the place of the old
fashioned drastic pills, such as "our
grand-fathers used." Hood's I'llls are
i h,. , nly pills lo take with Hood's Snr-laparllla
and they greatly aid that
medicine in its cleansing nnd purify-ing
work.
A TRIP TO THE zoa
In order Unit those who desire to
visit the famous Philadelphia Zoolog-ical
Garden at this season of the year
may do so at a small expense, the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company hns
arranged for a special excursion on
Saturday, May 19, 1800. Excursion
tickets good on trains indicated, and
Including admission to the Garden will
be sold at rates QUOti 'I
Children between I've and twelve
years of age, half rates.
Train Excursion
I.enves, Rates
Franklin avenue.. .9.24 A. M. 00
lown !'.27 " CO
Conshohoeken 9.88 " B0
Returning, the special train haves
Zoological Garden Station for Rending
ai 8 I" P. M. mme day: passengers for
points north of Rending will change nt
ng to regular train.
This excursion affords an excellent
opportunity to see the lines! collection
Of living animals in the world. The
great Memorial ami Horticultural Hall
are bill a short distance away.
! May IS.
One of the niosl interesting clubs in
the world is the Farmers' Club of
Pennsylvania, which was founded in
1786 by Gen, John Cadwalader, Robert
IfOITiS, the financier of the revolution,
ilenjiiiiiin Rush and others equslly em-inent.
Us membership is limited in
twelve persons, and It meets once a
month al (he residence of each ill lurn
o enjoy the hospitality and talk aboii|
farming.
The present members of the Farmers'
lull are such hoi ny-hanilcd sons of
toll as Clement A. (Irisiom, President
if the American steamship line; AJexj
under J. Caaaatt, President of the Pennl
lylvanla Railroad; ICIisha Packer Wil'
bur. Bx-Senator J. Donald Cameron}
Justii e Henry Green of the Supreme
'oi.it of Pennsylvania, who has one of
he tin, st country (daces in the world
near Beaton, Pa., Judge Ornlg Biddle
. i the same court, who lives in I'hila-lelphla;
Frederick Praley, President
of the National Hoard of Trade, who is
98 yens old, hut In perfect possession
III all Ilis faculties with an excellent
appetite and digestion; James Logan
Fisher nnd Rudolph Kills. The latesi
accession to the club is Hdward DeV.
Morrell, who married Miss Drexel, of
, ulladelphlS and $2(l.O0O,0O0. He ex-pects
lo conic to Congress pretty soon
as the successor of the late Mr. Ilar-mer,
the father of the House of Repre-sentatives.
There is n vaeoney in the
club caused by the death of Frank
Thomson. President of the Pennsylvan-ia
Railroad, who wns one of the most
enthusiastic members and never per-mitted
business to interfere with his
attendance upon its meetings.
Bach member of the club hns his
month assigned to him. and his dinner
is always given on the evening of
Thursday previous to the full moon.
Mr. Fraley entertains at his country
nlaee near Ogontz every January. Mr.
Cameron gives his party at the farm
"Loclilel" on the Siisipichinnn River
neat Marrisburg In February, Mr. Fish-er
in March. Mr. GriSOOffl in April nt
his I rvi |y place called "Dolobran,"
near Hnveiford. In June tin club al
ways gi es to Ohesterbrooh farm, when
Mr. Ca .ul breeds carriage horses: In
July the dinner is given nt Judge Bid
ule's 1. sldence at Torresdole on th
Delaware; In August Mr, McVeagh in-vites
them to Brookfleld farm, neai
this loringh: in September they visit
Mr, I- ill ■ at Maiich Chunk; In Novem-ber
Mr, Wilbur Is the host at his stale-ly
homo near South itelhleheni. and in
Decenil 1 r Mr. Morrell glvi 1 the dlnnei
ai Ilryn Mawr.
All of these gentlemen are actual
farmers although they do not literally
follow t!.e plough. They do their man-ual
Inhor by power of attorney, Rneh
owns n farm nnd n lot of cattle and
horses nnd hns nn opportunity to brag
about them at the monthly dinner.
I consider One Minute Cough Cure a
most wonderful medicine, quick and
safe." It is the only ham!"ss remedy
thnt gives Immediate results. It cures
coughs, colds, croup, bronchitis, grippe
whooping cough, pniienionin and nil
throot and lung diseases. Its early
use prevents consumption. Children
always like It nnd mothers endorse it.
H. Maxwell Harry and W. R. Sup-ples,
West Conshohoeken.
The regular iiiiy meeting of
the School Hoard will be held on Mini
day evening.
John Adams has accepted a pot 1
lion (111 lie sioke Pogis" I'arin and
will asasume pla new dutio on Mon
day.
"( in 11 fulness" is Hie subject of a
spieial sermon nexl Sunday morning,
by Rev. W. 11. Bldredge, al Balllgo-
Baptlsl Church,
While preparing supper in her home
.ni Tuesday Mrs. Tague saw names
coming f 1 Din the woodwork about the
kitchen chimney on the second floor.
in a short lime the names hud envel-oped
the frojiie kid Inn and rupldl)
made their wfcy to the main pnrli I
the bouse. Tin house is situated on
the Culf Road about a mile west of
West Conshohoeken ami ti mploy
s of McFnrland':. mills who had
ins! seii win 1, hastened to the scene
and quickly organised a bucket brigade
and saved the barn and Other outbuild-ings.
The loss will amount to nearly
$1B00, 1
Tin- .alsiib-iits of Noblltt'a row
have not the kindly liking for the wat-er'
comptwq that they had this time a
year ago.' Last year the families of
this iniminediate vicinity clubbed to-gether,
had a pave-wash put In, pur
coaxed a hose ami kepi the dust in
front of the row settled iii grand style
ill for the paltry sum ol Ibr Pillars
Thi- year the company raised the
tvater rent for this purpose nnd SO
.orilingly asked the families to pay
nine dollars or have the dust A meet
ing was held when it was decided that
the price was exorbitant arfd "we will
toll rale the dust."
While walking nut the other BV
'■ning, not knowing what lo do with
himself, a male resident sauntered
lown in the Reading Station on the
1 side, it was time for the 7
trnln from Philadelphia and he decided
to see if he knew any one who wua on
ii and so waited. He did nol have
MJ wail long until the train pulled In
.11.1 in the second car he spied ■ female
resident ol this borough sound asleep
ui the first s. at. sin Is employed at
anc ei the lure.' (day houses in Phila-delphia
and after the rush nl the afb r
noon matinee sin- was "too tired for
anything." so she said and fell asleep
wliiie coining home. The I rain's stop-ping
did not hnve the effect of awak-ening
her and the male resident in-foi-
med 1 In- conductor who Immediately
aroused her. She was startled. She
de a rush for the door rubbing her
• is and walked down the steps very
hecpishly. she was confronted bj
iber popular resident of Consho-hoeken
who recognised hi r and spoke
\eiv politely. she quickly "braced
up" and wilh a pleasant, winsome
■mile passed the time of day. lie did
not understand the game bui the Drst
man did nnd enjoyed it very much.
The lady had n narrow escape of being
carried through to the end of the
train's Journey which might have been
as far as Williamsport. If (here is
any organisation fighting against play-houses
here is a point In its favor. The
young lady says sh" will not go to
Sleep again: she furl her slid "I fell
awfully cheap. I am well acquainted
with thai conductor and 1 will nevei
hi ai the end of il."
—The regular meeting of Town
Council on Wednesday evening was a
long session and much routine bn
was transacted.
Mr. Boyle read a communication
from the burgess, complaining of the
filthy streets and suggested thai gar
be ollectora be appointed. 11 waa
decided tO have an ordinance drawn up
prohibiting the deposltlngof, tilth on
he street; also an ordinance for curb-ing
and paving Bnllock Avenue to
" Tnireii atreet
Mr. Clinton presented an ordinance
n quiring lamps on blcycldl and an
ti.11.1.bib s. and reginal Ing the
th( n Of. I! was the opinion of Soli.i
•.a Moyen that tne ordinance must In
•lude lamps on all veuiclos, else it
VI Id not be lawful, Consideration
'.-i ricd nnlil next meeting.
Mr. M.Cough stated. Thai he had
■ocolved numerous complaints from
residents on bad. streets for nu-.rr !'n;hl
and he moved that six new lamps he
erected. Mr. Clinton seconded Mr.
hcQOUgh. -•!'. Davll thought Council
should go slow in the matter, as addi-tional
lamps would run up the expen-ses
very considerably. He was of the
opinion that a I Kb more careful and
ludlclous distrib itlon "f the pn ■ nl
i ould '1 ■ th ' demand. Mr.
Boyle was of the Ban pinion The
roll was called en the subject, and
Mesaera, Boyle, Cowan and Davis vot-ed
against the new lamps, whileMessrs
McOongh and Clinton voted for them.
Mr. Noblt refused to vote.
Spring Plants and Seed, fine quality
of vegetable plants and tested garden
ami Bower oed for spring planting.
High grade Carnations of own growing
and artistic floral arrangements, our
speeialty nt Harry's floral and s 1 ,1
stoie, 11s Fayette Btreet
Klndregan's llalagnos and Half
smokes, are the best: Hams and I' e ai
the sweetest.
Rev. W. E. Sltier, W. Canton. N, Y..
writes, "I had ilyspi twin over twenty
ivirs, nnd tried di b" ind medicines
.viilu-ut benefit. 1 .v persuaded to
us" Kodol Dyspepsia Cn-e and it helped
mi from the start. I b Hove il In he
a ; enaeea for all forma of Indiges-
• i. n." it dli' "is what v .a cat.
Bicycles to hire and repaired al 10
nn 11 "i -ti "i. Opposite the
Catholic school.