The Conshohocken Recorder, April 16, 1887

              HIOHTBBNTH YEAB HOME FIBBT-THB W
VOL. xvrir. NO. 6.
THE WELCOME ODEBT.
Un nl«ht » little str»rgor oame,
A happy mother tlrst to greet.
Her care and tender love to claim,
In gals* so winsome, pure, and sweet.
One oonld not Kay to her "depart,"'
And ao 1 took her to my inart
1 wo pretty oyeg appcallngly
With eloquenoe to tongue unknown.
Blinked np at mlno—they ravished roe,
Bueh future promise in them shone.
Did ever gnest more sweet and dear.
Come down to bless a mother here :
Two little hands for me to lead,
I.Ike tinted sea shells sweetly curled ;
Two rosy leet that mutely plead
My guidance through the mazy world.
Two tiny ears with liiBllnets line.
To catch and treasure word of mine.
One little heart whose tendrllls twine.
Already close about mine own ;
One precious soul in Heaven to shine.
If love can save the cherished one ;
One dainty little form to rost.
Upon a mother's tender breast.
Her name Is innocence. Oh I may
It be my care to koep It so;
Thus shall 1 ever bless the day
That diil on me this gift bestow.
Kind Father, since Thou gIVst me love,
Give equal wisdom from above.
—The Chriilian al Work.
Dome's Stepping-Stone,
BY KATE W. HAMILTON.
Each armed ami equipped with H
stout caue and a small satchel, the
boys stood in the low doorway, and
looked from the frosty world without
bach to Dorrie In the glow of the fire-light.
"Good-bye, sis. Take good care of
yourself and of Grandpa," said men y
Beit.
"I think we have cut wood enough
and fixed everything to last com-fortably
until Saturday night," said
thoughtful Charlie, more slowly.
"Still one of us will come up in the
middle of the week if we can. Good
bye."
Dorrle shut the door upon the keen
clear air that seemed determined to
rush in and overpower the old man by
the fireside, and theu from a uarrow,
tiny-paned window she watched the
receding figures as loug as they were
visible. How strong and manly they
were. Dorrie half wished, followiug
the quick, firm stens, that she too
oould go down into the world to work,
instead of only waiting here.
"How far are they now ?" question-ed
a quavering voice from the fl-eside,
breaking in upon her thought before
it had time to end in a sigh, though,
iudeed, Dorrie was little addloted to
•'<rhing.
"They have just reached the old
tree at the bend of the road, Grand-pa,"
she answered.
*~rio"i~ -vb.vi.hj -"VM***^:," u.'.'"
"When my grandmother and I waH
boys we used to climb down stairs
faster than that, and no oanes either
—lots ofem !"
Which bit of history in no wise as-tonished
Dorrie. who was used to
grandpa. He could help to keep up
the fire, could take care of the cow
now and then, wheu the weather wis
not too cold, and attend to various lit-tle
odds and ends of work, beside
being companv for Dorrie ; but as
he himself expressed It, "meni'ry was
no'count sii.ce the mi,1 wheels broke
into bis head." Whenever he tried
to tell anything of the past, dates,
names and genders, experiences, read-ings,
and imaginings, all mingled In
inextricable confusion. So Dorrie
only nodded brightly, and answered:
"Yes, indeed," as she turned away
from the window, to take up th e
morning's work, for whatever she
might have thought about only wait.
ing, there was considerable work for
her girlish hands to do in that little
cabin home on the mountain.
She tried to forget how still the
house w'ls and must be, with the boys
away. Even in summer, only occa-sional
picnic parties, a wandering ar
tlst, or now and theu a studeut m-search
of specimens, clambered so
high o • the mountain road. In win-ter
no oue came, unless expressly
seeking the cabin and its inmates;
and as they had few friends, uu<. noth-ing
to tempt thieves, visitors were
rare. It had beeu different in the
days wheu the old C>HI shall was In
use. Then the whole place wa-i a
scene of bustling activity. Mi-iers
coming and going, heavy trucks
rushing down the long, stt>')> I m
way from the summit to the river l>e-low,
black barges bearing the coal
across to the great mills on the oppo-site
Bhi.re, and wagons winding by ■
Blower and more circutious route
around by the roail, a-il uwuy to the
ferry. All day long I lie Bounds of
busy work, and the hum of cheerful
voices had come and to the little home
aud the family had shared in l'>e gen-eral
occupati in. Thn hoys had been
busy at the office above, and the
wharf below, and the grandfather
also, stout and hale in his old age,
had known no lack of employment
until the accident which disabled
him.
But the old shaft had been abandon-ed
now for a new oue turee miles
down the river. Its black, cavern-like
mouth was slleut and deserted,
the trucks were broken up or lay idle,
and the long track built for their des-cent
was left to fall into ruin. With
the change, harder times had come to
tbe mountain home. Through the
spring and summer tbe boys had
diligently worked the bit of ground
belonging i» it, and had raised What
they could. But cold weather had
emphasized the need for more remun-erative
labor, and they bad found
employment at the new mine too far
away to come home nt night, even
though their abseuoo ieft the grand-father
and Dorrie alone. It was nit
particularly rongenlal employment
either, only, as they cheerily said, it
would do for a stepping stoue to rome-thlng
better."
"I'd like to find a stepping-stone to
something better myself," mused
Uorrle, as her dusting brought her to
tbe book sbe'ves Charlie had made,
with their i-leuder but precious store,
aud she remembered bow many
things she wanted to read and study,
snd how little chance there seemed for
It ml all.
The simple furniture was put in its
iiiesl order, old Briudle's comfort
looked after, and then Dorrie seated
he-self oy the window and took up
bar sewing. The walls scarcely need-plotares
while they held the win-dow,
with its ever-varying landscape.
Down the rough mountain side, bar-ren
and bleak in places, then softened
hy patches of ragged bushes and
Munted treis, white and glittering in
their winter dress, across the ice-bound
river and away to the Ohio
shores, where the great mills rose on
(he hank and the town spread up Ihe
slope beyond, Dorrle's eyes wandered,
though only at long intervals : for her
H'igers flew busily. Her thoughts
busy too How should ••he find
II al s'epplng-etone t-> something bet-
9he (ltd so want to help the
if she only knew what to do.
But I! must be something which
wou|i] not take her away from bom).
She mils' take care of Grandpa, and
th«y could not afford to leave their
own little house tenantless and r.mt
aootber elsewhere.
"Besides we can live more econom-ical
here than any where else." she
mused. "And if I only could find—"
She reviewed all ber abilities and
possessions to see If possibly anv of
them might be turned to better ac-count
than at present, and for a mo-ment
her thread dropped loosely
while she pondered. Then she caught
of it and drew it promptly through,
shading her head with a little brisk
self-reproof.
"This will never do, Dorrie, my
dear !
'One by one tby duties wait thee,
Let thy whole strength go to each,"
she sang softly.
The words aroused her grandfather
from his half-dozing quiet.
"No; no, child," he protested rather
querulously, "duties won't wait. I
was acquainted with the whole family
of'em when the Crimean War and
me was soldiers. Always on duty-battles,
outposts and everywhere."
"That is true, Grandpa," said Dor-rie,
brightly, catching a thought
through the tangled sentence. 'One
can be a good soldier, and 'on duty'
just the same, whether in the thick of
the battle or only guarding a lonely
little oulp st like this. Nevertheless,
I mean to have a place at tbe front if
I can get there," she Mlently assured
herself.
Even on the outpost the hours were
only sixty minutes long, and the quiet
watchman not yet come. It was the
most unguarded hourof all the twenty-four.
Again the flame shook Its tri-umphant
lance before ber eyes, as if in
d risiou of her helplessness.
What could she do? Seven hundred
feet or more down that steepdecllvity,
and across the river, that was all, un-der
her very feet, it seemed. But it
was utterly Inaccessible save by the
road »ha*„ wound around two weary
miles. It would be too late long be-fore
she could travel two miles of that
rough, slippery road, for already she
could see how the fire was galniug
ground. It was dreadful to stand Idly
there and see it all. She wrung her
bands In agony.
"For It isn't the mill alone—just a
great building and machinery—but it
is nil that ii means to so many poor
people!" she moaned. "Even if no
lives are lost, they will be thrown out
of work in midwinter. Maybe the
mines will stop, toojand how can they
—how can we—live? Oh, I must do
something! I must."
She poised herself on the edge of
the cliff, and looked frantically down,
as if it were possible for her to fly.
Then a thought scarcely less wild
flashed through her brain, and she
darted away toward the mouth of the
old shaft, where, near the top of the
tramway, one of the old trucks was
still standing. It was a desperate plan
that she bad conceived; but there was
no time to stand and deliberate. How
she made her way so surely and rap-
Idly over that rough,dangerous ground,
with it* many obstructions, Dorrie
never afterward could clearly under-stand,
nor by what frenzied strength
she succeeded In freeing the truok
wheels, and pushed it out Into the
track. But she did it; and then she
paused, breathless and trembling from
excitement and her fierce exertion.
That tramway was a ride no hardi-hood
of hers had ever ventured upon,
even when the cars were checked by
brakes and their speed in a measure
lessened by tbe machinery of the
shaft, which oaused the descending
laden cars to draw up the empty ones.
But now, unguided, untrammeled,
empty but for her own light weight,
who could tell how it would plunge
down that fearful road? The tramway,
unuBedso long, might be broken; or
obstructions might have fallen across
it; coated with ice by tbe water trick-ling
down from the mine she knew it
must be, and peenng down its steep
path, now in the light, now lost In Im-penetrable
shadows, she shuddered and
drew back In sickening fear.
It was only for a moment. She
glanced at tbe mill again; there
flashed before her girlish eyes a vision
of all the Buffering and loss its ruin
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trees sent long backward shadows
climbing up the slope, only to be over-taken,
like belated travelers, by the
(lurrying twilight, before they reached
tbe top. The daylight had scarcely
vanished when the full moon shone
out fair and cold.
"It's going to be a bitter night,
Mary," said the old man, shivering in
his easy chair. "Better make a good
Are."
He often called her thus, by ber
grardmotber's uame, sometimes by
her mother's, and Dorrie, accustomed
to being three generations to him,
scarcely noticed it as she piled more
fuel in the wide, old fire-place. The
flames danced and sparkled, br.ghten-mg
the plain, old walls, and flooding
the room with their cheerful light.
Usually Dorrle liked to draw the our-tains
early and enjoy the cosy home
warmth and comfort within; but this
night she felt a strange reluctance to
shut herself away from the outer
world. Tbe simple supper was over,
and its few dishes washed aud put in
their places with the shades still with-drawn,
and then the young house-keeper
walked to the window and
paused irresolutely with her band on
the cord.
1 I don't know what is the matter
with me, to-night," she whispered to
herself. "Someway I feel lonely; or
no, there is nothing to be afraid of,
and if there were, those twinkling
lights so far away couldu't help me."
How raauy there were of tbem!
Nearest, though away across the river
that looked like a broad belt of sliver
in the moonlight, were the long rows
of windows Unit marked the mill. Be-yond
1'iese the lights from street-lui'ps,
store-windows and couutless
liomt s, flashed and shimmered. Far-ther
still, up that oppoMte slope, lay
the other city, where no household
I.imps were ever lighted. Often Dor-rie
fancied she could catcli In the moon -
light the gleam of some of its marble
portals. Slowly her gaze wandered
back tp to the great mill again, lying
quiel for the night no.r, with its throb-blng
Iron heart at rest, Suddenly the
girl Started. What was that strange
red light which flamed up for a mo-rn*
nt and was gone? The watchman's
lantern, perhaps, or—No, there it was
again,and it was ou the roof! She
■trained her eye* for a clearer vision,
i"d once more that slender tongue of
il Hi'- leaped up aud disappeared.
"Fire! The mill is on fire!" she ex-claimed,
with white face and wide,
wild eyes.
"Eh?" said her grandfather, stirring
uneasily in his chair, but without
arousing from his dream.
Dorrie glanced at him—more help-less
than herself—and back at the win-dow
with iiB horrible revelation. Then
she caught up a shawl, and throwing
it aiouud her, rushed out of doors and
away to the edge of the cliff. She bent
her ear to catch auy sound of alarm
that might show tbe danger bad been
discovered, but all was still. Ob, why
did no one notice!
' Fire! Fire!" The girlish voice
rung out for a moment, aud then fal-tered
as she realized the utter hopeless-ness
of being heard from that far-ofl
height. She guessed how It all was.
Someone still working In tbe office,
the most of the workmen gone home
to their late supper, and the night-longer.
Springing Into her cumbrous"
craft she strove with all her strength
to push it loose fiom its snowy moor-ings.
It creaked, grated, moved a lit-tle,
and then suddenly sped away on
Its wild journey. Faster and still
faster It flew until the keen air seemed
to cut her faoe as she dashed through
It, and its rushing drowned ail other
sounds. Tbe trees whirled past her in
a mad waltz up the i.ill, but she did
not see them, for, crouched in tbe bot-tom
of tbe car, she had closed her eyes
lest she should see tbe death that
seemed every instant impending.
Every breith was a prayer, though
her tightly closed dps never moved,
and ber thoughts took no conscious
wording. It seemed an endless time
that she was flying onward at that
fearful, ever-iucreaslug speed — now
leaping, with a frightful jar over some
obstruction, now gilding downward
with lightning-like smoothness and
velocity.
Theu came a swift recollection. It
was tbe first distinct thought which
had asserted itseir in all that perilous
ride—that the platform at the river's
edge had been torn away. She had
scarcely remembered it, however be-fore
the truok reached tbe place, shot
over the bank with a fearful bound,
on to tbe solid ice below, and was car-ried
more than half across the river,
before Its moineulum was expended.
As its speed slackened, anil it finally
stopped, Donie unclosed her eyes,and
c'asping the side of her rude convey-ance,
clambered out unsteadily. A
moment she clung to it, dizzy and be-wildered,
then with out swift glance
at the stars, and a murmured "Thank
God!"oue swift backward look toward
the i wini. ling light in th". cabiu win-dow
, she turned aud ran away across
the Ice, and up to Ihe door ol the mill.
It was a pile face, and an eager,
punting voice that broke in upon the
quiet of the office, whose occupant
wai busily Lending over books and
papers.
"Fire! The ml.l ! Fire! Oh !
Captain Cole 1" And theu Dorrie
dropped faitil and trembllug into the
uearesl cbalr.
The alarm was given al once. The
great bed rang out sharply, bourse
voices shouted, there was ihe rushing
of many feet,aud the calling of hurried
orders. All was confusion outside ;
but Dorrie leaning back in her chair
before the office fire, scarcely stirred.
Slie heard the fire engilies mingle In
the general din, heard tbe office clock
strike eight, and dimly realized that
all the alarm, the danger, and the hor-rible
ride which bad seemed to be
gtretchlng over ages, bad leally occu-pied
but a very brief period of lime.
Half an hour later, Captain Cole
came iu again, puffing from vigorous
exertion, bis coat thrown over his
arm, and his kindly face marked with
soot aud satisfaction.
"Well, it's all out now," he said,
rubbing bis hands cheerfully together.
"All out, and no great damage done
either, but it was a narrow chance.
Ten minutes more and It would have
been too late. By the way, Miss Dor-rie,"
struck with a sudden thought,
"bow did you happen to be down here
so late ? It was a very fortunate thing
that you were passing just then."
Passing! Dorrie aat up and looked
at him, but as she briefly told her sto-ry,
the good captain's eyes grew even,
rounder and wilder than hers haii
been when she first burst in upon
him.
"Well, well ! I declare ! Bless my
soul !'' he ejaculated. Then be sud-denly
turned away from her with a
hurried "Wait a minute," as he van-ished
through the door. Presently he
reappeared with a cup of hot coffee
procuied at a neighboring house.
"There, drink that, child. Bless my
soul, what a ride !"
Dorrle slowly obeyed,and tbe warm,
strong coffee revived and strengthen-ed
tier, but witb returning an matinu
came a quick remorseful remem-brance,
and she started to her feet.
"Oh, I have left grandpa alone all
this time ! I must go home at once. "
"Yes, yes ; wait a bit. Miss Dorrle.
I'll see to all that," Interposed the
captain. "I'll have my carriage here
directly. It may not be so expeditious
as your own private chariot, hut It's a
deal safer. Down that old tramway
on a night like I his 1 Who ever heard
the like?"
It was evident that a goodly num-ber
of people heard the like while he
was gone to order his carriage, for
when that, comfortable vehicle arriv-ed,
and Dorrle went out to take her
place in it.a crowd bad gathered around.
As the captain touched up his horses a
man's voice called : "Three cheers for
Miss Dorrle !" and they were given
with such a wil! that the old Virginia
bills rang with tbe echo. Thatquaint
ride through the moonlight, during
which the old captain was so wisely
considerate as to turn theconvertation
to ordinary and unexciting topics,
quite restored Dorrle's composure.
She was only anxious about her grand-fat
her, who, as it proved, bad been
happily ignorant of ber absence, and
was only awakened by her return.
The ctptain came again tbe
morning to assure himself that tbe
evening's adventures had wrought no
evil results.
"Partly for that and partly on anoth-er
matter of business, Miss Dorrie,"he
explsined, gazing thoughtfully into
the fire. "The fact is, last night con-vinced
of the ntcessity for, and a way
to carry out, a plan I've had in my
mind for some time—that is a tele-phone
from my mine down the river,
and from the oue across tbe mountain
to converge at some point hereabouts,
and run across to the mill. I hadn't
it all clearly thought out, you see, but
I know now that this is the very place
I want for my central office, and you
are the very little woman to take
charge of it."
As he proceeded to deliberately un-fold
his project, what would be requlr-joflfored^
Dorrie
caught a blissful vfslon of what all
next '-{JG~
this would mean to her,how she oould
communicate with the outer world
and with tbe boys at any moment of
the day, so that she need not be lone-ly
auy more ; how the money would
buy comforts for graudpa, and books
and treasures to brighten up tbe home
nest for them all.
"But are you sure I am just the one
you want ?" she questioned hesita-tingly
; "for If you are only judging
by last night, that wasn't so very
brave a thing after all, when you come
to think about It ; there was only the
one thing to be done, and nobody else
to do it."
"Ah, yes, Miss Dorrle, bet people
who in an emergency can see just
what must be done, and that tbey are
tbe ones to do it, aro a trifle rare in
this world,"declared the captain. "A
girl who would oare for tbe interests
of others at the risk of a ride like that,
is tbe very one I'd like to trust with
an Important charge."
"Eh ? Telephones !" said Grandpa,
starting up. "Why, when I was on a
cranberry marsh in New England, we
raised telephones by the bushel—yes,
sir, by the busbel and didn't think
nothin' of 'em !"
Bo Dorrle found her stepping stone.
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BUTTER. EGGS & FRUIT
Milk and Cream
Always ou band.
Goods dellvf red free to all parts o
the town.
H. R. Supplee & Son.
TUMBLE IN 1'KKF.S AT
Hamuol Hltlor'a
MEAT MARKET
•IKCTOR ST., OONSHOHOCKEN,
(Opposite St. Matthews school..
LOOK AT OUR PRICES I
Porter House Steak 2 lbs. for 25 cts
Sirloin Steak 2 lbs. for 25 cts
liump " 2 lbs. f">r 25 cts
Kminil " 2 1 is. for 25cts
Klb Koast islets
Chuck Roast 10 cts
Boiling Meat band 8 cts
Soup Meat 6 cts
Leg Mutton Met*
Shoulder Mutton Wets
Mutton Chops 8 lbs. foi 25cts
ifieaat Mu'ton Sets
Rack Mutton vets
W7*lll Bo aold For Ouata
James B. Holland.
Attorney-at-Law
Omoas I Borough Hall, Norrlslown.
— : ~—1 Oonshohocken, Stemple's
livening Offlc \ Hall| 7 w 9 p. m.
DAVID H. ROSS
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
801 WALNUT «TRFFT PHILA.
—— "» CONfilU)M..oK«»
Evening Office [• Over the Post Office
j 7 to 9 n. m.
TJIRANK H. CONRAD.
Convey&ncer, J istice ot the Peace
and Insnraflce Agent,
WEST CONBHOHOftKEN, PA.
Titles examined and Briefs made thereol
Honey loaned on Mortgage, Ac Kngrosslni!
neatly done ou parchment.
A Kent for the Pens Matnal 1.1 re I o
urnnne Compnsv MM!
William F Smith,
REAL ESTATE AGENT,
—Ann-
Justice ol the Peace,
OFFICE i-FAYETTE ITREET
over Stewart's Cigar Store, Stemple's Build-ing
CONSHOHUCKEN
Heal Estate for Bale.
Benta and Bllln Promptly Collected
F. H. LUBKBT
CONVEYANCES.
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
GENBRAL BUSINESS AQSNT
AND
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Honey to loan In desirable sums.
Mortgages negotiated.
Houses to rent,
And collections prmnptly made
Office on Hector street.flrU door below I'os
Ottlce.seoond storv. »e
ALL THE BEST BRANDS OP
Whiskies, Brandies, Wines ano
Gins,
Wholesalniind Retail,
the I.oweHt Market prfers,
AT WARD'S HOTEL,
r.lns Ktreet belo,w Poplxr,
-i- m. 0OXBHOBO0KX .. l" ■
Vol*.x*. W. Forroat'iu
RESTAURANT,
Spring Mill Avenue
Opposite Fourth Avenue.
OONSHOHOCKEN, PA.
All of the best brands of
IEER, PORTER AND ALE
Constantly on hand, also tho best
an BRANDS OF CIGARS.
JOHN ROBSON'S HOTEL.
COR. HECTOR and POFLAR STREETS,
COHSHOHOUnit, 1'SNNA.
All of the choice brands ot Wines,l.lqrors.
Porter, Ale, lieer. etc. Also tho best brands
of Cigars.
A very flneseleotion of instrumental mu«lc
every evening, especially Saturday even-ings.
Unly
.A. GnANLl
ENTERTAINMENT
THIS EVENING, AT
Th9 ARION QARDEN,
Good innate, vreal and Ins: i umental, dan-cing
and all kinds of athletic sports.
IN. T. KKAKHS, - - Proprietor
Julius A. Spiegel.
ST. CLAIR HOUSE,
Harry k Him sts. Conshohocken
CHOICE LIQUORS, WINES.
BEER, ALE, EtC.
Special Accoioilatioiiu for Strangers.
Lunch, 10 to 12 a. m., and 9 p. m.
Pool Room
P.NN8 LVANIA RAILROAD.
AM> I.P. \8K1> II '
AID AKTita January 31»t, 1887.
Tr in* t'a.x Broad Street Ntntlnn :
•Dally. |Dally, exeopt Sunday.
Hi m i orb snd ( hleago Limited of
Pullman Palace Cars •1120am
fast Line I'll I-Inn rmi'l the West..'I! •'•" i in
Weslarn Kxpreas •D.Vipin
i' olnc Kxpn is «'•>" •nfflpm
Hariiaburg Kxpreas Mlwam
Nlagtra Bxnr- -- «7-u>a m
H il Hanmaa JllbOam
M ill and Bnttal ox-oei
i I tarday uaipin
Bane Express J7<"ain
Look II..V.H j I .in a in
it. ncr lUtoa in.1 iii Sunday.* loam
Qi tvabnrg expreM(*ia Harrisburg) |I3U,
7 in. ii Ma. HI
Uartlnsburg express S4 no. §7 40, Ml Ml am
ClMmberaburg kxnres-jsiopm. Hager--
lown I' kpros . '11 -'i it m.
Shenandoah valley Kxprosa, MI 6»a a. nod
New Orleans txpress with throujjnoar to
Alia; t*, at • I ""ii m.
Hairiaburgand York Express {-40 P »
I ebmon Express ffM, ll .Via in. and :> m |....
Mall Train •7 00 a in
Harrisburg Arc- mmodatlon 5215pm
Vori and Hanover Bxpresa $74oam
fort Hanover snd Frederick Ex-press
51110 and 11 Mum
Columbia, an 1 Yo * jsiopm
For K&nayunk- Oonshohocken and
Norrlstown
Broad ~tu-i-.i station,
■; in, 7 j.-,. 1 \pn .-) 10 wi ■! in.
220,8» .(I 10 In- i" •••. 8 •!■"', BOO,
10 12, II :I7 11 in. (in Sunday, H 10, 9'ii, 10112
11 in. I It. ■:."'. B 20, » 10 and 10 M p m.
For Phii-nlxvlllo, Pottsiown, ami Reading,
U II', 7 19, (II05 a m, tan express) 1 20, (4 10,
fast express|and 8 25 n in. Sundays, 9 28
11 in 1 2sand 5 2" p M-. On Saturdays only
II M p. in. For Poit-townand Intermedi-ate
stations, week days,5 10 pm.
For 1'ottsvllle and way stations 010, 9 0S a.
in. 2 2d, 4 10 p. m.
Sundays, 9 28 am. 1 24 p. m.
Leave Oonshohocken for Manayunk anJ
Broad Street Station, Philadelphia,
8 05,8 41, 7 21, 8 07. (9 08 fast express), 10 18
1151a m. 142, 2 52, 4M, 6 28(exprcss) 5 48,
6 67, 8 OK, 10 21 p m.
On Sundays, 8 18.9 30, 10 13 a m. 1 SI, 4 83.5 46
714, and 9 28 p m.
Leave Oonshohocken for Norristown,
6 47. 8 01, 9 33,11 07 a in, I 02, 2 57. 4 12, 4 87,518
ii 23, 6 59, 8 37.10 49 p 111 and 12 01' night.
On Sundays, 8 47, loM, 11 02 a 111,202, 815.8 00,
8 46, and 10 67 p m.
Leave Oonshohocken for Phoenixvillr
Pottstown and Reading.
6 47, 8 0l,931,(fa,bt oxprets) a. m. 2 57 (4 87
last express) 5 4(.» and B .".« p. m.,2 09* night
Ou SundarsloOOa. m.,2 02, and 8 00, p. m.
• Bum Only 10 I'otlstnwn.
fRuns we.-i of Franklin avenue on Saturday
nights only.
For Pottsvllle and intermediate stations,
0 47. 9 3-'(faat express,) a in. 2 57, 4 37, (fast
express, p in. Sundays, 10 M a. in., and 2 02
p in.
For De.lano, Mabonny City: Shenandoah and
Ashland vlu Pottsvllle, 983 am. 437 p m.,
weekdays.
FOB new . ..Kli,
Kxpre.sa, on weekdays, 3 20, 4 05, 4 10,6 10
6 M,7M,8 20,880,9 40.11 00 and 11 15 am. (Lim
lb d KxpreBs,! 14 and 4 50 p m),12 49,3 00,400
6 00, 6 00. Ii 35. 7 12, 8 12, and 9 M p m, and
1201 night. On Sunday, 320,405.4 40.6 10,8 SO
940am. 1249, t no, (Limited ltxniess 4M).
I 12 and 8 12, p 111. and 1201 night.
For Brooklyn, N. Y., all through trains con-nnetat
Jersey City with boats of "Brooklyn
Annex,"an~orillng direct transfer to Fulton
Street, avoiding double ferriage and jour-ney
across New York City.
Express for Boston without change « 35 p.
in. dally.
UKKJIAlVTOWNail.W'BEST.IH Till I.I.
Wcekiiays.6 00,6 31,7 06, 7 36, 8 0Z.8 33, 9 12,9 32,
10 35. 11 82, a m. l4l6, 1 02, 2M. 2 26,255, 8 88,
8 55, 4 17, 4 42, 5 05, 5 13, 6 85, 5 49. 8 10, 6 28, 6 46.
729,8 16,928,10 26.11 14 p m and 12 00 night.Sun
days, 7 30, 9 20 1100 and 11 4T a m, 12 M, 1 81,
2 80 3 05,4 30 535,6 30,7 30, 816,981 and 10 31
Leave Chestnut Hill, week.days,6 00.6M,7 10,
7 40. H (10, 8 07. 8 20, 8 45. 9, 9 15, 9 45, 10 10, 10 46
11 47 a. in, 12 26,115,2 1 ),2 45,3 10,8 54.4 20,4 46„
6 16, 5 45, 6 20, 6 45 ,7 10, 7 4 J, 9 06, 10 16, 11 11,
and 11 59, p.m. oundays. 730, 8 80,9 28,10 06,
a m . 12 30, 1 31, 2 34. 3 31, 4 34, 5 35, 6 24, 7 20
8 30, 9 30 and 10 30 p. m.
Leave Uermantown, (Cbciten Ave.), week-days,
612,0 48 7 23, 7 58, 8 11, 819,8 33,8 66,
911.9 28, 9 58.1123, 10 59, a. ni., 12 00 noon,
l*m, 1 *», i U, i as, 3 23, 1 07, 4 33,4 V», 6 28,5 58,
T21?n7gh~- * 'liitiy-rni; .WhrTWra W&
a.m., 12 43, 1 47, 2 47,8 47, 4 47, 5 48, 6 87,7 41,
8 48,9 48, and 10 43 p. ui.
For sea Ulrt, Spring Lake, Ocean Hnach,
Ocean Grove, Aabury Park, and Long
Branch, 7 32 and 1115 am, and 4 00 p.m
,-sek days. Foi Sea Ulrt only, 6.00 p. m.
Week ViVH:Kxpres8 for Kaston, Delaware
Water jap. Soranton and Blnghamton,
S20, am. 1201 noon and 6M p.m. For
cranton and Wf tor Uap 4 00 p in.
Tralnu Iemve KenalnKlon Niiiiion.
Front and Norria Mtreeta
For New York. 6 M. 7 40, 8 85, 1010 and 1115 a
m, 12 06,2 10. 3 30. 4 65, 5 .15 II 10, 7 SI and 11 00
p. m. on week days. On Sundays, 8 25 am.
Dally excopi Sunday : express tor Kaston,
Delaware Water Qap, Scranton and Blng-hamton
7 40, a in, 12 05 and 5 S5p m.
For Soranton and Water Uap, 3 3op m.
From Market Street Ferry.
Kxpross tor New York via 1 aunien and
Trenton, 9 00 a m on weekdays.
Kxpross for Point Pleasant on Mondays and
Saturdays only. 8 30 a. m.
Beach Haven and Barnegat City, Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays 8.30 a.m., and
on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays,
4-00 p. m.
Island Heights 8 30 a m and 4 00 p m. week
days.
Trains for Trenton, connecting lor New
York,6 20,7 20 1080 a m, and 1200noon, 2M,
8 30,480, 6 80 and 7 M, p. m. Sundays. 9 16 a
m, 5 46 p m.
PHILADELPHIA, W1LHIHGTON
AND BALTIMORE KAILBOAD.
Trillin. leave Broad StreetHsatlon.
For Baltimore and Washington, 12 26, 8M
7 20, 9 10, 10 20, 11 18 a m, 12 86 (Limited
Express), 4 02, 4 30, 5 42 (Limited Kxpress),
and 6 67 p m. For Baltimore only 6 03 and
1126 p.m.
On Sunday. 12 25, 3 M, 7 20, 9 10 and 11181 a.
m. (5 42 Limited), and 6 57 p m. For Balti-more
only 11 26 p m.
For Richmond 12 25, 7 20 and 11 18am,(Llm
ltcd F.xprcsa, 12 35 p tn.). On Sunday 1225
and ; .in a in.
Sleeping-car Tickets can be had at Broad
iiini Unestnnt streets.838 Chestnut Mreot
and Broad street Station.
The Union Transfer Co i«iuy will call lor
and check Baggage trom Hotela and Beat-mures.
Time Cards and full Information
can be obtained at the Stations and at
the following
T1CKF.T OFFICES:
No. 838Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
8. K. Cor. Broad A Chestnut Sts.1'
No. 4 Cbelteu Ave.. u-si'icaatown.
No. 324 Federal Street, C(-mden.
CI1A8. E.l'UOU, .5. .-t. WOOD,
Wfnsrnl JHwwi1 Ttuunvtr Aot
PEOPLE'S LOAN OFFICE
I. H. FRIDENBERG,
Formeily 8. W. oorner Seventh and Poplar
stroets
Now, NINTH AM) BUTTON WOOD STS.,
Philadelphia.
CARD TOTHB PUBLIC:
Largest sale, all day. Owing too'.ir large
sale 01 forlelted pledgee, all gooi.-. will be
sold regaidlesM or cost to pay advances.
I'VKB $75.OOO 4IVEK S7B.OOO
WORTH W 0 R T H
Heavy and Light weight
OVERCOATS. »* V OVERCOATS.
For Men, Voiilh'aaiid Boy'n. 3(H) extra line
Uorkaorewsuits, cost MS, only »lo. HOObus-
Ineta suits only »800. 300 fancy suits, low,
Onvl *3.50
(OAT8 1 «'4»,%T*4 ('OATH I
Pauls, vests, pant", vesta, to match A good
pair pants BS low as #1.00
ATTENTION TO S|'IIKIMII;S
tiUNHI GUNS!! OUN8III
500 I). B breach and muzzle loading guns
all Improvements, best makeia.
600 Bear, Wolt ami Butfalo Robes. 200 horse
and lap blankets.
LAOIES (II tl> THIS « tl.ll :
50 Sealskin Cloaks, 200 Beiinlilnl Seal
Plush Coats, Dolmans, Cloaks, .Quilts, Blan-kets,
Spreads gold and silver watches, dia-monds,
Jewelry of all kinds. Goods will be
sold regardless ol value. SIWO.OOO to loan on
foods of all kinds. Special rates on large
Dana.
I. H. PRiDENBERG'S
GREAT MONEY LOAN OFFICE
S. W. Cor. 9-ti an i Bu-ton.wood Btc.
Philadelphia.
GEORGE MOSES,
AGKNT FOR
Long Chung LAUNDRY,
MANAYUNK.
AH on.ITS ■•■fi at the Ten Mtaro or
GEORGE MOSES,
50 Fayette, St., Conshohocken,
will receive prnmpl niiruilim.
Work tKken every day In tl'e week
aml returned In three or four days,
atlswfaction guarautdee and price
DAVIS, JU GO
IIFAIEBR IN
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES
PROVISIONS,
Hardware,
LUMBER
OV ALL KINDS
AMD
COAL
FROM TUB
BEST MINES.
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN.
BRANCH OFFICE OF
Anchor Coal yard.
BEST BRANDS OF
Lehigh and SchuylklH Goai.
ALSO
Flour, Feed & Grain.
«*,Uoo<l8 delivered to all parts of the
city free ol charge.
KINDLING and CORD WOOD
In sizes and quantities to salt piirclmsnrs
Prompt attention to all orders guaranteed
Otfioo, Xmt Avo.
BETWEEN FAYETTE ANO HARRY STS.,
CONrtHOHoCKEN.
JAS. W. WOOD.
BOV27-1T
Jacob Spickard>
—DEALF.B IN—
Boots, Shoes, Slippers, etc.,
STEMPLE'S BUILDING,
FAYBTTK STREET, CONS1IOHOOKKN
P. S. Fine Cnalom mini.. Work •
Specialty. y
Repairing r.oatly ;and promptly attended
to at reasonable prices. lyM-lr
Maciin't qhnp~%-p
Fayette Street, Oonshohocken.
Men's shoes made to order troin |2.80 and
npwardri. Ladles' French kid shoes, Mlssos'
and Children's shoes made to order on short
notice; also, ready made Boots, Shoes,
Slippers, etc., always on hand: Come and
examine my stock beforo purchasing else-where.
JOHN MARTIN,
Fayette street, 2nd door above Kim,
feblu lim Coushohocken, Pa
Dr. Chas. T. doentner,
Veterinary Surgeon
BRYN MAWR, PA.
Graduate ot American Veterinary Collet;']
Telegraph communications will reoelv
prompt attention. Consultation sVlclted
aiiltl
Joseph Chislett,
PRACTICAL
Horse-Shoer & Blacksmith.
Special attention to srentlemena
roadsters.
Carriages and wagons of all kinds made and
repaired.
CARRIAGE PAINTING AND TRIMMING
in all 11B branches. Monebutthe best ma-terial
and most competent men employed.
N. E. Co.. Washington & Forrest Sla.,
Opposite Reading Railroad Depot,
CONSHOHOCKEN, PA.
OT1VL P. JONES,
DEALER IN
Flour Bran Flour,
•O.A.T TMWAT.,
CORN,OATS CHOPPED
CORN AND OATS.
Baled HAY & STRAW,
»0RNER OF SEVENTH AND
SPRING MILL AVENUES
COKTeUXOS OOTIBKr
FIRST OF THE REASON !
FRESH 0YST3RS
served In EVERY STYLKnt
JAS C. WARD'S
Oyster and Eating
House
Cor. FIRST AVJtNUE and FAYETTE ST
CONSHOHOCKEN.
Families and parties served at short no-tice.
sep
Oysters I Oysters I
When In the cly don't forget to call at
OYSTER DEPOT, WUtlreen 81., Phil.
Always on hand, tho very finest quality oy-sters
In every stylo.
DAVID LANDRETH & SONS.
The oldest estal>ll-l»'d MI" ll house In
America, over one hundred 11001
years In business.
NOB. 21 & 23 South Sixth Street,
Branch Btorn, Delaware Avenue and
■ran .SI reel, Philadelphia.
CEED3. IMPL^.HENTS, AND TOOLS.
■uid all oilier requsltes for OAKHKN
tint! FARM.
Catalogue nnd Prices on Application.
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