The Conshohocken Recorder, June 8, 1900

              Sljc Consljohockcn Hccor&a*.
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
NO. 1932 CONSHOHOCKEIS PA., PHI DAI .IIJNK 8, liMK). $1. PEH fBAB
TOWN NOTES.
Sbuil lild mill Nolen Vhu.n
lnwn and Ihe People Ak«
Are la II
id.
i illle i: Date is visiting friends
in New Voi I. 1'iiy.
Ml i Sarah Waters is visiting IHI
oouiln, Mra Mm i is
Qeorge Webb will remove from this
bo gh i" Wilmington, Del., next
■reek
i be i hi'i mometer climbed up in ss
degrees in the shade yesterday after-
MISS Helen \V. Wood graduates to
daj ii the Drexel Institute of Philadel-phia
Conahohocken was well represented
in Court ihi- week, on both sides of
the railing.
Davis I \\iii.I.I tella in another
column of aerated milk thai in- is nil
in bare
Dr. .1. Q, Thomas attended the meet
inc. ni 'In' Medical Association al 41
buttle City Hiis wei k.
Letters ol administration in the es-i
Hannah s. Miller have been
■ranted in David Miller,
Tin- Economy Clothing Store lias a
red llnl advertisement in another mi-nimi
thai is Interesting finding
Mr. anil Mis. '/chringer have relurn-
,,l from a \isit in their Hjm. imp of I'n-ole
Sam's boys stationed in Detroit
Bids are being received for extensive
alti ration to the residence of Jawood
I.nl, ns al Sixth avenue and Favette
street.
Mis. I! (' Shade lias juxt received
from I'n del a, I, Tinkler who is a sol-dier
in Manilla, a photograph painted
i.n ilk.
The trolley officials are beginning to
think that summer has come—one
Bummer ear made Its appearance yes-terday.
Prof. Landla will have the Annual
Teachers examination in the nigh
:", liiiul on Saturday. beginning at seven
o'clork in Ihi- morning.
James B, Holland. Ban,, win deliver
■iniii. n, .-nunt day address to the
graduates at the Commencement exer-cises
of the nigh s, i i on Friday if
ternoon. June 22nd.
Miss Ilelln Wilson, sister to Mrs.
Walter II. Morris, arrived here on
Tuesday from Mnekalle, Ireland near
Londonderry Ireland. She will makeher
home with Mrs. Morris at present.
Next Sit day will he olmerved as
Children's Day In the Methodist
Church. A very interesting program
has been prepared hy theSundaySchnol
which will hold their services In the
evening.
Win. n. Ball, of this borongh was
given n henritiR yesterday morning he-fore
Magistrate Harry of Norrislown
on the charge of non-support preferred
by his wife anil committed to Jail in de-fault
of gSOO hall for rourt.
Councilman Maoonaohy has given
the eontraet to A. Martin & Son for the
erection of a large store room in front
of his residence on Fnyottc street near
Sixth avenue.
\ Martin \- Son have received the
COUtracI to alter and enlarge the resl-dence
of Charles Beber ('lark on Fifth
avi inn ,lining Mr. Clark's absence In
Rhirope.
The i. miwood Lee Company has nn
extensiva .xhiidt at Atlantic city this
Week luring the sessions of tin- I'hy
■telan'a Convention. Misses Sallie
Martin and Kllsnbetb Ilresh nre In
i h i: ii nf the exhibit
Perry smith of this borongh will
have charge of the music lor the Chil-dren
Day services on Sunday in the
I'iii'iiii's Congregational church, on
Mai MM.rough street nenr Frankfort!
avenni. Philadelphia.
Officer llarrold arrested two hoys
early iliis morning on Kayette street.
They were Wesley Walker aged 12
years, nf High street Qermantown and
Harry Holmes aged M years of Wayne
stieet. Qermantown. They were runa-way
bora, and I hey looker it when the
officer lathered them in about daylight
Tli. y were returned to their homes to-day.
The annual exhibition of the work of
the scbolara of the public schools will
he held on Friday and Saturday the
lath and 16th of this month. The man-ual
training exhibit will lie held nn the
afternoon and evenlnR of June lath In
the manual training building, and all
day on Saturday, the I lit li in bulb the
manual training and the other school
buildings.
The former rule which made June 16
the first day on which a straw hat could
be worn With propriety is no lunger ob-served
ami it is the weather rather any
purely conventional period that now
marks the time for this Important
change nf dress. The popular style of
the season represents moderation In
the highest degree. The brim is mod-erately
narrow, the crown moderately
high nnd the straw moderately rough.
The i losing meeting of the oiris
Friendly Society of CalvaryChurch waa
held in the Parish Building on Tuesday
evening. A Rrent many of the mem-bers
were present and thoroughly en-
Joyed the closinR exercises. One of the
most pleasing features of the entertain-ment
was the awarding of prizes for
needlework. The Judges were Mrs.
I.iil.eii-. and Mrs. Cook. Three prizes
were awarded. The closing number on
the program was "cake and ice cream."
Charles Parker, of the J. BUIwood
I.e. Printing (Mllceis eolllilled to llis
bonte i>v nine
Tli.- annual picnic id' the Conahohoc-ki
n i.ii. i.IIy Society will be held at
Valley Forgi on Thursday, June "1st.
Pedrlck's Candy store, us Payette
street, mi Fridays ami Baturdaya maki
special pi i.es on certain i andli a They
are bargains
Lillian Davis will graduate In tech-nical
dressmaking to-day, at the Drexel
I list Mile Of Industrial Arts and Science.
Philadelphia.
Frank McElhntton, ol Philadelphia,
an I Miss Mar] M. Null v ,,| North Klin
■ ii. 11 His borough, were married al ::
o'clock on Wednesday nftern In St
Matthew's R. C. Church by Rev. Kin
tiehitm. A large number of fi iends
AItnisstd the ceremony.
FLAG DAY.
Flag Day will be celebrated on Sat
unlay. June H'.th by Washington Camp.
The services will begin at seven
O'clock in the evening.
The following win be ihe program
■ a i be exercises:
ll lection Spring Mill Hand
Iddress It. T. s. Hallowell
Prayer,
'Our Flag is there.'' School children
Selection Spring Mill Hand
Columbia School children
Address Rev. .1. F. Shoppnrd
•star Spangie.i Banner,
School Children
Selection Spring Mill flnnd
"America." School Children
Hen.lii tiun, ...Kcv. YV. Barnes l.ow.i
The chorus will be under the direc-tion
of Will a Davis.
The school children will meet in the
P. O. S. of A. Hall at half past four to
morrow afternoon.
CHILDRRN'S DAY.
Children's Day services will be held
'n St. Marks Church on Sunday even
lag. The following will be the pro
gram i
Processional.
Invocation.
\ll dory. Laud and Honor School
Scripture Lesson.
Twenty-third I'sal in Primary Class
Prnyer,
Jesus King of C.lory School
Greetings. Howard Ixingaere and
Bella sutien
Praise Him Primary School
Responsive Bzerclse
Thoughts of Heaven...A Primary Class
Solo Maria Bwelmler
Little One like me...A Primary Class
Sweet Story School
Responsive Rending
The Children's Hosanna A Class
Little Friends of Jesus. A Primary class
The Sunday School Army ..School
A Scrap of n Story Lizzie Staley
Tell Mother I'll be There, .Carrie Ray
Ring! Ring! HriiiR! School
Dialogue. "Only an Orphan,"
Joy-Hells School
Floral Hell Exercise,
Concerning the Orphan.
Pastor's Address.
Offering for the Orphan's Home
I lark! Hark! the Song School
MT. VERNON lNSTTIT'TE.
The commencement and prize contest
of the Ml. Vernon Institute of Elocu-tion
and languages was held last even-ing
at the Broad street Theatre in the
presence of a large and appreciative
audience. The exercises were opened
by the Mt. Vernon institute Banjo Club,
which played several times during the
evening and nlso accompanied Mr,
Frank W. Ogden In a xylophone solo.
The II. R. contest for three gold medals
was as follows: The Arena scene from
"Quo Vadis," by Florence Graft Han-kinson:
"Forest King's Race." by liar
i > V. Zajnttl; "l'arepa Rosa's Protege,"
by Maie Sherwood Maloney; "As the
Moon Rose." by Josephine Helen Crow
ley. of this borough and "A Rose of
Home." by lladdle Knorr Thorman.
The class contest for one gold medal
consisted of these monologues: "De-butante."
by Charlotte S Rector; "A
Nigger Baby." by Kitty M. Hush, and
"The Ambitions of an Amateur," by
Miriam Virginia Carpenter. May Mar-guerite
Boater, M. K.. gave a scene from
'Inguinal', ami lona Mae Nowlen. M.
U., the "Soul of the Violin." There
wire also vocal selections from Miss
Agnes H Border, Mr. .1. Harry Home
and Ihe OecJIlan Ladies' Quartette.
The C.reeian Mirth DrillanilTableaiix
closed a very enjoyable evening. The
medals were nwarded as follows
First. Miss llanklnson; second. Miss
Maloney; third. Miss Thorman: class
medal, Miss Keelor: thesis medal. Miss
Crowley,
W. S. MusHcr, Mllheim. Pa., saved
me life of his little girl by giving her
One Minute Cough Cure when she was
nying from the croup. It Is the only
harmless remedy that gives humiliate
results II quickly cures roughs, colds.
bronchitis, grippe, asthma nnd all
throat and lung troubles.
II. Maxwell Harry nnd W. E. Sup-plee,
West Conshohocken.
"I had dyspepsia for years. No med-icine
was so effective ns Kodol Dys
liepsla Cure. It gave Immediate relief.
IS QUAY TO BLAMR.
in ibe Recorder.
Some of the members of the Norris-inwn
Town Council objected to paying
a bill of $•»". I- for expenses of four
members of the Board of Health to the
State Convention of Sanitarians, why
mil have some of thS Philadelphia pap-ers
send their detectives up to invesli
rale. I'll bet they would find Quay at
i he bottom,
REPUBLICAN.
WHEN SI'MMEIt HL-tllNS.
To the Recorder
Summer is supposed to begin June
SI, but evidently the S. V. T. Co. thinks
it should begin June fi or 16 dnys ear-ller,
aa thai Is the time they put on
Slimmer cars Hut to prevent the pass-ngara
from being too suddenly shock-ed.
Ihe company only put on one open
car.
X. V. 7.
GUMBBS—MKRCBR,
Rebecca Palmer Mercer, daugh-ter
of Mrs. Henry Mercer, and Francis
Macomba Qumhes, were made man and
wife Wednesday in Race street Meeting
House. Philadelphia. It was the eere-nii.
ny of the friends that made the
twain one.
The bridesmaids were Misses Mary
Khikson. Lowella Mercer. Isabella!'res
son. Mary Wood. Nellye Wood and Ber-tha
Palmer. The following were ush-ers;
Charles Wetherlll C.umhes, Caleb
I'nsson. c. Wetherlll C.umhes. William
Wetherlll Gumbes, William Wetherlll.
John A. McCarthy and Jaspnr V. Ilrln-ton.
After a reception In the Ahllne Mr.
and Mrs. Gnmbea Brit lor a short trip.
Hi. v will reside .'lafOuks.
DOC 111'AH,i> SI'IOTHE.
Charles Held. 21 years old. wns found
dead iii tlakview Park, Norrlstown.
yesterday afternoon, his dog standing
guard over the body. He had shot him-self
in the head with a revolver. Held
hail been an Inmate or the Hospital for
Hie Insane for a year, and four weeks
ago was discharged as cured,
SPRING MILL.
Rev, Wm. Robertson of West Phil-adelphia
will preach at Joshua Mission
Sunday evening. June 10th.
A Lawn Fete and Strawberry Festi-val
will be Riven for the benefit of
Inshua Mission, at Spring Mill, on the
lawn of Miss Mary Wilson, corner of
Joshua and Ridge roads, on Saturday
evening, June nth. ntno.
PLYMOUTH.
A festival will be held In the Eight
Square School linns., on Saturday af-ternoon
and evening, The proceeds
will be used to purchase a library for
the lower end of the school district.
The other end of the district has a li-brary
at the Hiekorytown school, and
an effort Is now being made to get one
for this end of the district. President
I'leaver is very much Interested and
working energetically for the project.
The School Hoard of Plymouth town-ship
met Monday afternoon nnd after
transacting necessary business the old
board adjourned. The new board or-ganized
by electing Jonathan Cleaver.
President; Charles W. Lewis. Secretary
and Qeorge Coraon, Treasurer.
The School Directorsan,d tea. Iier*will
bold their annual reunion at the resi-dence
of the new president on the even-ing
of Wednesday, June 18.
The commencement exercises of the
district will be held nt the Casino. Ply-mouth
Park, on the twenty-third.
There will be five graduates.
The next meeting of the Plymouth
W. C. T. D. will take place nt the home
Of Mrs. Isaac Sheppard on Wednesday,
June 1:1th. nt 2.HU P. M.
Narelssa literary will meet Saturday
evening at Edward Mewhlnney's. The
society will meet the Conshohocken so-ciety
at that place the latter part of
this month and then will adjourn until
fall.
The Alumni entertainment came ..IT
at the Trolley hall on Saturday evening.
The debate. "Resolved That Our Col-leges
Should Abolish Foot Rail." was
well contested by Rebecca Wood and
fl. K. Hreeht on the affirmative, with
Alice M. Crater and W. S, Campbell on
the negative. The judges selected were
Rev. B. R. Tllton. C. II. Furmnn and
lames L. Williamson who gave their
decision In favor of the negative side
Important meetings of Cold Point
Council, Jr. O, fj. A. M. will he held on
Tuesday evenings. June 12th anil 19th.
mi i, is will lie nominated and elected,
nnd a number of important questions
will he acted upon. A full attendance
of the members Is desired.
The easlcat anil most effective method
of purifying the blood and Invigorating
the system Is to DeWltt's Little Karly
Risers, the fa in 011s HI He pills for clean-sing
the liver and bowels.
H. Maxwell Harry nnd W. R. Supplee
W. Conshohocken.
Rev. W. B. Sltzer, W. Canton, N. Y..
writes. "I had dyspepsia over twenty
i years, and tried doctors nnd medicines
Two bottles produced marvelous re-j without benefit. I was persuaded to
suits," writes I.. II. Warren. Albany. ( use Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and it helped
WIs. It digests what you eat and can . me from the start. I believe It to lie
not fall to cure. | a penacca for all forms of indlgea-
THE SCHOOL OFFICIALS
The HuKlnrs* ol the old Hoard and Ihe New
Olllcia a elected at the r'orKaniiallon,
held oa Wednesday Kvealnc
For the Hist time In the memory of
the Oldest member there was trouble in
geiiing a ipiiuim of the Conahohocken
School Hoard on Wednesday night.
When (be time had arrived, there wiire
OOly seven members present. After
three ipinrleis of an hour dramming
up. three more members were seemed
and the meeting opened. Messrs Bow-ker,
Holland. Ilatina and Slnnotl a/ere
aii lent
Treasurer Miller reported as follows
Balaam in treasury, Mny 2 $2898.81
received from 0. W. .bines $98.tt
Received from .1. J. Meyers $ ,
Received from w F. Graham ...12.40
Orders paid,
)4821.2i
13868.09
Hniance in treasury, (15S8.1B
Prof. I-nndis reported as follows:
Number of pupils enrolled COS
Average dally attendance ",22
Pn sent every day 154
Pay pupils 41
Outside tuition 29.02
Saving Fund 116.88
Directors visits ]9
Parents visits is
Citizens visits 111
Superintendents visits 21
Prof. Landla also reported thatacom-mittee
from the West Chester public
icl is visited our schools on Thurs-day,
May 84th. The committee con-sisted
of Prof. Jones, who was formerly
ai) ei inteiideiit of our schools, and
Messrs. Darlington and Baldwin. They,
thoroughly Inspected the schools and
specially the manual training school.
Thiy were greatly pleased with all the
icboola, complimented them very much
saying that the schools exceeded any-thing
that they had seen.
After the adjournment of the old
Board the new mmhers presented their
certlflcates as follows
First Ward Dr. William Hall and
Patrick Lacy.
Second Ward—Dr. Qeorge M Stiles
Third Ward—A. L. Miller,
Fourth Ward—William Cleaver.
Fifth Ward W. F. Smith.
Frank Collins was chosen temporary
president.
Mr. Morrison nominated Dr. Stiles
for permanent president. He had noop-posilion
and was unanimously elected,
Mr. Lindsay named Mr. Jones for sec-retary.
He wns unanimously elected.
Mr. Lindsay named Mr. Miller for
treasurer. Ha was likewise elected by
the vote of every member present
The Hoard adjourned to meet on
Monday evening. June 1Mb lo elect
teachers, fix the tax rate, and to have
the announcements of the committees.
Orders for the following amounts
were granted:
J. P. Dellaven $5.54
W. Wright 2 40
W. J. Keys 27 17
W. T. Hate & Son 4 85
Daniel Ollbert f. 0(1
J. J. Fineran 11 01
W. P. Jones 21 50
H. C. Mesalnger Sons 2 8S
H. M. Harry 1 88
Rlectric Light Co I M
Oas Co 7 61
.las. Davis 11 20
Win. Summers 00
I .auinh y | :,{)
W. P. Walters I1 20
Recorder BaMMhlng Co n os
L. P. Jones. mUSlC 1 Sfi
F. J. Jones 1 if
LOWER MRRION SCHOOL HOARD.
The Lower Merion School Hoard or-ganized
on Wednesdnyevening. William
McElhaney. of Peneoyd. snec ling
Hugh w. Barrett, the retiring member.
William J. Clark was elected President,
Dr. Joseph Winter. Secretary and Wal-ter
Ilevan Treasurer. The tax rale was
fixed at 4 mills.
WKINLKY'S LATEST PORTRAIT.
A short time ago President McKin-ley
sat fur photograph, which he has
pronounced the best ever secured. A
copy of this portrait, In colors, with
facsimile of the President's signature.
on each picture, will be given free with
every ropy of the greatest "Philadel-phia
Sunday Press" next Sunday (June
i«). it is n souvenir everyone la cer-tain
to prize, both because of Its merit
us a work of art anil Its timeliness, In
View of the fact that kfcKlnley is cer-tain
to he renomlnated at the National
Convention week after next. The size
Of the picture Is 14 by 20 Inches nnd
every one will be perfect. The dem iml
will be erent: hence It will be well lo
order next Sunday's "Press" enrly.
SHARK INTO YOI'R SHOES
Allen's Foot-ense, 11 powder. It cures
painful, smarting, swollel feet and in-growing
nails, nnd instantly takes the
sting out of corn and bunions. It's the
greatest comfort discovery of the age.
Allen's Foot-False makes tight or new
ahoes leel easy. It Is a certain cure for
sweating, callous nnd hot. tired aching
feet Try It tO-day. Sold by all Irug-gista
nnd shoe stores. Hy mail for 28c,
In slumps. Trial package FREE. Ad-dress.
Allen S. Olmstend. LeRoy. N. Y.
! 0 29.
WORK OF THE COURT
William Rex and Reuben Stemple.
two buys of this borough, were charg-ed
"lib the larceny oi 101 id iron
and tool! from the foundry of J. Wood
Bros. Co.
Calvin Rigg, on the i,lb of April, Saw
the buys bury the iron anil a puildler's
liar in an open lot.
1 he boys testified that the] did got
st. al anything from the mills, but that
Iliev picked a lot of old iron from the
In a cinder bank. They buried
it In keep rag pickers and other boys
from gelling it. Their intention wns
In sell It.
Sheriff Light testified thai ihere
were Inns of old Iron waste .broken
tools, etc., hi the cinder bank: that it
was a usual thing for people to get iron
from the bank, and thai lie himself, In
1 11 .niie by. had gotten tons of old
holts, lines, shovels, iron, elc, from the
bank.
\ 11111111 >■-1 nt witnesses were Called to
prove thai the boys had n good clmrnc-tei
I'm honesty.
Calvin Rigg. watchman at the Wood
mill, testified to seeing one of the boys
carry some Irn, which they buried near
Hie yard from which it was stolen. He
ln-i saw them on the mill property. He
dug up with Officer Couriluff n puddle
bar and an old anvil, which he Identl-lieil
as the properly of the J. Wood
At Bros, The value of the property ta-ken
was worth one dollar as scrap Iron.
The boys on being confronted by the
witness with the charge offered to re-turn
the iron if nothing was done with
them.
Officer Courduff, of this borongh. nr-rested
the two boys on a warrant. He
heljied to dig up the scrap iron which
arai buried on the railroad property.
He ami Mr. Rigg were alone. Hefore
list 1 ab' Btemple offered to tnke
the iron back to where they got It, bill
■ lid nl say where they gol II.
rlatrate Smith, could not remem-ber
Which boy It was hut one said If
I hi IK L.II v.i will take It back where
1 '! It.
VALLEY FORGE.
The Grand Jury ignored the bill
. harglng Deputy Sheriff Thomas Colli-sion
with assault and battery and
plai e»| the costs on the prosecutrix.
Delia Dougherty. After the Court had
sentenced her to pay the costs. Mr.
Coulston. in his official capacity, took
charge nf her.
1 nil, Carlton pleaded guilty I.i the
charge of stealing a gold watch and
, Bain from his employer, Patrick J.
Cunningham of Whltemarsh township.
Oarlton is a painter by trade, lie was
lid in commit the crime through drink.
The Court sentenced hiin to pay a line
of $.". and costs and to undergo Inipris-inment
in Jail for n period of nine
I'lnlll ilB.
Thomas Qllmore, of Montgomervville
was convicted of perjury yesterday in
swearing thai his fiance, Anna Stevens,
laughter of John I". Stevens was over
21 veals eld. In order to procure a mar-riage
license. Mr. Stevens bad refused
iiis consent to the manage, ami had
warned Qllmore thai the girl was only
18. liiliniire's defense was that accord-ing
lo the custom of Ihe county, he
alone applied for the affadavlt ns to the
girl's age. on her authority, she dis-tinctly
Informing him that she was of
lull ; ge.
Mi Stevens objected to the wedding.
-' nf Hie disparity in the ages.
(Iiliii.ue being in years old.
After Ihe verdict wns rendered, Miss
Stevens rushed to the bar and burst in-to
Pars while she fondly clutched Qll-more
ami Beamed Indifferent to the
presence nf the parents, who had .-ailed
lovn justice on her over-ardent lover.
TRACHBR TRIBD FOR CRUELTY.
Rdwln K. Kline, a teacher In the
'ii.'.n Lane public schools.was a defen-dant
ill court here to day charged with
assault ami battery on the (', year old
-on nf Qulntlta Kline, one of his pupils.
From 1 be evidence of scholars It np-peared
that the boy had thrown n few
shellbark shells under his sent In
sclinnl. when the defendant took him
by the neck, pulled him out of his sent
ami rbokcil liim until he was black and
blue in the face, and until Ihe hoy's
hung out; that he then shook
him and then roughly threw him back
into his seat, it was testified that the
child's eve was discolored, anil that the
bridge of his nose was broken.
The defendant denied that he bad
used rough means f punishment, but
sLited that when the boy turned back
to bis scat he fell and struck his bead
on the side of the desk. The case was
in Hi" hands of the jury for nearly four
hours, alula verdict of not guilty was
returned the costs being divided be-tween
the prosecutor nnd thedefendant.
Tracey. the Norrlstown Hatter, cur-ries
a larger stock of hats than all
other stores In Norrlstown and will sell
to you 50c. cheaper or 50c. better.
J. C. Kenndy. Ronnoke. Tenn., says,
1 cannot say too much for De wilt's
Witch Hazel Salve. One box of it cur-ed
what the doctors railed an Incurable
ulcer on my jaw." Cures piles and all
si<iii diseases. Look out for worthless
Imitatlona
II. Maxwell Harry. Conshohocken
11111I W. 1C. Supplee. West Conshohoc-ken.
-
Willlnnf Summers has opened an of-fice
at N'n I I Klin street, where he will
be pleased lo sec those Interested from
3 to 5 and 7 to 8.
Plans arc being considered which, if
Carried Out, »ill make June llilli a
memorable day in the history or grand
old Valley Forge. The plans contem-plate
the presence of Hie .III i II- lilsl
brigade to greet the President on that
day. Ceneral John W. Si hall will call
n council of the oAcera of the b
by Wednesday to arrange for the mob
IllSatlOn of the brigade. Tin use Of
the military arm will give a iplendoi
and a pageantry lo the day that would
be lacking in purely civic exercises ll
will be the first time the brigade ha;
been out since its reorganization and
the clone of (he Spanish war The In i
gnde is composed of the First, Second
Third anil Sixth Regiments Hie First
City Troop, the Second City Troop and
Battery \. Governor Stone will be the
oil',, ial head during Field Day. He
will have many aides, but the execu-tive
Chief of the state win represent
the Commonwealth and he will [India
bly greet a majority of the governors
of Ihe thirteen original Slates. Qeorge
It. Mend Post. No. 1 of Philadelphia
has been invited to pnrtleipnte In Ihe
exercises of the day. Posl 2 will also
he asked to tnke part as an organiza-tion
anil invitations have been sent out
to all the Clrnnd Army posts to be pres
ent. This Is a busy week for <!. A. R
men on account of the encampment at
tb'tishurg. but such as could be seen
are all In favor of Field Day at Valley
Forge.
TELEPHONE LINE EXTENDED.
The Keystone Telegraph and Tele
phone company has extended its tele
phone line to I'ennshurg. Red Mill and
East Oreenvllle, Montgomery county
The company hail a little difficulty ii
gctiing across the Perklomen railroad
bill terms having been made with tin
railroad people the above places havi
been put in telephone communication
with the rest of the county. The K, \
stone company stopped work on the ex
tension of Its line to Chalfont sonic
weeks ngo nnd sent men lo Pennsbnrg
to complete that nnrl of the system. II
is expected Ihnt the line will he bull!
from l.ansdale to Chalfont, From Hint
point II mny he extended to Dublin.
IMPORTANT ANNOI'NCE.MENT.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway
"Florida and West India Short Line,'
has pleasure In announcing to the pub
lie thai It has opened its new line In
Florida on June :ird. Hum. with through
sleeping cars between New York, Phil-adelphia,
Baltimore, Washington. I), ('..
Richmond, Va., and Columbia, S. C.
Savannah, Oa.. Jacksonville anil Tarn
pn. Fla., etc., also through Bleeping
cars from New York, to Atlanta. Qa.
where connii'tions nre mnde in Inion
Depot for all points south and South
west. The Old Dominion S. S. Cos
sieatnships froni New York and the
Merchants & Miners Transportation
Co'a. Steamships from Boston and
Providence make connection with these
trains at Norfolk, Vn.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway is
the abort line to the principal cltlea ol
the South and to all pouts in Florida
and the West Indies. It Is also the di-rect
line to Athens. Atlanta. Augustus.
Macon. Montgomery. New Orleans and
all points South and Southwest. Ii
enters the Capitals of the six Stab I
which it traverses, not Including thi
National Capital, through which many
of its trains nre operated.
Two trains conveying passengers via
this route will leave New York dally
nt 1 P. M . nnd 18.15 o'clock mid night
from Pennsylvania 11. it. Depot.
For full particular! In regard in
sleeping car arrangements and dining
car service please refer to Ticket \>*cnt
of connecting lines, w. c. Shoemaker,
C.encral Enslern Passenger Agent, H7I
anil 12(111 Broadway, New York, Clias.
L. I.oiigsdorf. New England Passenger
Agent, :'.(»; Washington si., Boston,
Mass., W. M. McConnell, Ceneral Ag.nl
11:: 1 N.w York Ave.. Washington D
C, or to L. S. Allen General Paasengi 1
Agent. Portsmouth. Vn.
\ V \l.l AI'.LE PUBLICATION
On June!, the Passenger Department
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
published the I'MHl edition of its Sum-mer
Rxcurslon Route Hook. I'll is work
is designed to provide the public with
descriptive notes of the principal Sum-mer
re«orts of Eastern America with
the best route for reaching them, and
the rates of fare. It contains ail Ihe
principal seashore and niountnln re
sorts of the East and over seventeen
hundred different routes or combina-tions
of routes. The book \\.\f bi en
compiled with the greatest care, and al-together
is Hie most complete and com-prehensive
handbook of Summer travel
ever offered to the public.
The cover Is handsome and striking,
printed In colors, and the liook con-tains
several maps, presenting tl x-act
routes over which tickets are sold.
The hook Is profusely Illustrated With
fine half-tone cuts of scenery at the
Various resorts and along the lines of
the Pennsylvania Railroad.
1 in and after June I. Ibis very inter-esting
book may be procured at an)
Pennsylvania Railroad ticket office at
the nominal price of ten cents or upon
application to the general office, Broad
Street Station, by mall for twenty
cents.
Rebecca Roberts, of I'hoenixville.has
cherries Hint were entitled 88 yea
MOOD'S PILLS cure Liver Hie, Bil-iousness,
Indigestion, Headache,
ffasy to take, easy to operate. 20c.
WliST CONSHOHOCKEN
NUICK 111 Intrrcxt Irum the Town acrosa ibc
River and Hu Ncarb)
Districts.
I Inward I'lark has accepted a po-
Utlon With I'riah Snyder. of l.ewer
M.i ion
M' D. F. 1 lannud ia 1 ecovei lag
1 1 a recent severe attack ol rheuma-
11. in.
Mis.-. Annabelle Fearnalde graduat-ed
at bte West cb, hi Normal
yi aterday.
The members of Hie (ieorge Clay
lire Company will attend Divine ser-in
1 be Free Will Baptist church
IJII Sunday evening.
Ihe Annual business meeting of
1 in- Weal Conshohocgen Alumni Asso-
1 ial ion will be held on Monday even-ing
in the School Building,
The regular monthly meeting of
(he Loyal Tempi ranee Legion will be
held on Saturday afternoon in the
Holiness Christian church at 2.30
o'clock.
William S. Ambler, of the West
Conshohocken Merion Worsted Mills,
who has been very ill for the past six
weeks a! his home in Norrislown, is.
we nri' glad to stale, somewhat con-valescent,
though Still very weak and
unable to be out of bed.
—The wedding of Miss Carrie Ros-in,
daughter of Hemard Rossin, and
Mi .inlin Smith was solemnised at the
home ei ihe bride's parents, Meohsnies-rllle,
on Wednesday evening at eight
O'clOl k, Rev. John Conard, of Phila-delphia,
performed (he ceremony.
All the members nl' Town Council
w.re present al (be regular meeting on
Wednesday evening wiih the exception
.1' Mr. Noblltt William H. Rambo
presented a claim for 88.08 as a balance
due for the limestone furnished the
borough. The matter wns referred to
'In Committee on Accounts. The or-dinance
requiring lamps on all vehicles
passed its first and second readings.
The Ways ami Means Committee re-ported
that they could not adjust the
tax 1.ite and deemed it advisable to
bold a special i ling. The rate was
lowered irum s 1-8 mills to 7 1-2 mills
lasl year. Mi. Ml I lough favors the
raising of the tax rat,-, while President
HllShen thinks Die expenses should he
■ ut down., II was developed at Ihe
meeting thai about $7uu was required
lo complete the repairs to the streets
now in progress A communication
from the Keystone Telephone Company
Informed council of their acceptance
of the ordnance passed by them allow-ing
them the right of way in the bor-ough.
The Police Committee reported
one arrest during the month of May.
M'tcr an explanation of how he ornke
the flagstone on Mataohfbrd road,
"oun.il excused Mr. Adams wilh ime-hair
of 'in eusis winch amounted 10
|2.SS, Council then adjourned to meet
In i" . ..il * hion a. \t Wednesday
e\ enlng.
THE MITCHELL B8TA I 1:
Tin estate ol' ll. Mid lull, nf Norria-town
have reduced the prices of their
clothing in order 10 clear out theiraum-mer
slock. This Is tin excellent oppor-tunity
to secure clothing (heap.
IRCTORS ADDRESS CONVOCATION.
The Norrislown Convocation of ihe
Bpl 11 pal Church In Christ Church,
rpper Merion, yesterday wns addressed
by the Rev. J. Thompson Cole Chelten-ham:
John II. Converse. Owynedd;
Rev. Samuel Snelllng, Whltemarah;
Rev Samuel Ward. I.tinsdnle; Rev.
Mi.bert J. Cook, of this borough nnd
Rev. A, A Marple, of Norrlstown.
r.OIHIt (III TAX RATE INCREASED
Lansdale council on Monday evenlug
increased (he borough tag rate two
mills, making the rate 71.. mills. The
ii liniil tax last year was '.' mills. The
, in the borough rale was made
■ of a Boating debt
which the borough had been carrying
for two or three yean; and tn provide
for ihe payment nf the bonded indebt-dneaa
The nea rite will make a to-tal
..f about n;';. mills. Including coun-ts
1 bind and borough. The total
amount of taxable properly ill the bor-ough
is about one million dollars.
While working along He- road Jacob
schinpl. ol Terwood, Montgomery
county, fell dead in a ditch from apo-plexy,
! i-tii v w Kuril, Wallace Boyer and
Daniel F. (}ullliaati were yeslerdav
forenoon appoint, d by ihe court view
era in vacate a public mad in Upper
Merion townehlp and part of a road
in the borough of Bridgeport The
mad aaked to in vacated is that part
of the Ensiern in. I OCCI pylns 101 feet,
that 111 iscs the Reading Railroad in
Bridgeport and Ppp r Morion township.
J. (}. Hood, lus ec of the Pence.
Crosby, Miss., makes the following
statement: "I can certify that One
Minnie Cough Cine will do .ill Hint Is
claimed .or it. My wife could not get
! er breath and me riral dose of It re-lieved
her. It has also benefited my
whole family." II ails immediately
and cures coughs, colds, croup, grippe,
bronchitis, asthma and ail throat anil
lung trouble.
II. Maxwell Harry and W. I". Sup-plee.
West Conshohocken.