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' K.VFRYTII1NG HERF PLAIN AND CLEAR. ®ljc Ccmsljoljockcn lUcorfccr. "ALL THAT S TRUE WEXL GIVE TO YOU.' PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY No. I.M>; < tiiOME OPENINGS OF THE FRIENDS AROUND US THE I It PLEASURES AND THEIR WOES G Ibye Baseball, i i tei iir; the 11 Kid gl III MOD be cm hand. Cli. i ool, comfoi table circumstan-ce & 9kati are being sharpened and shlned Hallow B'I 11 party echo idlng. \ini iinw the "isnl It-cold-llend" will life win*-'. The man under ■ straw hut now walks up the Bide street. Borough Treasurer Cavanagh is eon liin <l to his boms liy illness. Henry, the lemonade merchant doea a big business al the tootball games. Tin ii' have been sereral sudden aeathi in the borough during tin paal two weeks. I he youthful niiinls aie now being I'll with the making of their hallOW i'\i' suits. Bent's IIIIMII is now being SITU mi the majority ot Conahohoeken table*. It is tlir i ssi in r of purity bus Jones has removed from Spring Mill avenue to Hectoi in H Poplar. John Brlley will hold a public sale of personal property at his residence, Spring Mill avenue near Bprlng Mill, mi Saturday afternoon. funeral of Sarah Phlpps ■ " moon from her late in'-. I:IIK above i-'.i>• -ii■ hr -1' ' in .v... made at itiv iralde Cem-i i . i.. I'a. ■ hi Conm II; :■ now Instructing n in.' ;i."■ ol pupils al hi'- pi Ivate dano-in lly ami his have had much experience am! nn ' •..■• llenl Insrj uctors. IN". John E. Reber, ol Roxborough will .\i hm with Rev. I). T. Siring on Sunday. Mr. Reber will al-so conduct the revival services in the Bprlng Mill Band room next Monday event Mr. and Mrs, Henry C. Shade have lau led invitations to the marriage of their daughter, Clara (V. to Mr. Samuel I.. Mac GUI I'II Tuesday evening, Onto per ::u 1900 at their home on Weils sin t, The heavy rain has brought the Bchuylklll river upto its normal depth if nut a few Inches above. 'There enn now I,,- nn possible alarm on the part ol the mills along He' liver In Mana-yunk and Conahohocki n Tin- tootball game to morrow will most likely be enlightened liy the pres- • a. i if soveral Philadelphia belles who will i ii' ringing cheers for the "Len-n\ io i't the fair friends of Conaho-hoeken he there to make an equilibri-um. The funeral of William Tolsn was hehl from his late home on Weilnemlny morning, The services wen- conduct-ed by Revs i P. Sheppanl ami n. T. String. Tiie Interment was in River-side Cemetery, Norriatown, Delega-tions from Qeorge Smith Post anil : i Triii' were present. Tin ,i Qeorge Bern's nak-erj l: is Increased so mueii recently that he is getting cramped for room. Mr has then ion' given i" It T, S Hal lowell ti" contract to put an addition-al Btory mi his store, ami also putting an addition to the rear of the building. This will five him a great ilenl more room than he has at pri \ ii of BtOCh will he Issued liy tin- Security Baving Fund and I,nan \ i . i ■ ■ i nn mi "liint i.n 'in' s-day evening, December llih. shares I-III in' subscribed for by applying to of ihe following oncers. Qeorge N Hlghley, Pn si,lent: William F. Movers Secretary; John II. Wood, Treaaurer. Harry Martin, Thomas F. McCoy John W. Campbell, George W. Williams, Christian speaker. John K.- hoe, William Plank, Bradford Lee, R. M, O'Byrne, directors. due of the most delightful ooachlng parties thai ever left this borough mail,' Ihe trip Io l.a Mntt lust evening am! were very pleasantly entertained by Mr ami Mrs. Rubble, of that place, Tin' i venlng WM an Ideal one for the .mi ami the trip was greatly en-joyed liy all of the parly. The bright II ,"", light a ade the surrounding i.ny a very beautiful scenery The trip through Plourtown and that pan of 'in' country was one of great 11. Tin- must beautiful pan of tin count) was taken in on this route', ami mi their homeward journey the HI' the Wlsanhlckon drive wire alt ' greatly enjoyed, The mi re Saying of words is easy. ami sonic nn ii devote their whole lives to il. They talk rather than net. The calamity howlers in any community are ot this kind. While the unsuccess-ful business man Is talking, ihe sue-i man is acting When he speaks words, hut he tells fails Hi' Seldom however, depends upon his own Voice, lie brings to Ills aid the trumpet tongued voice of the press, lie purchases space in the advertising columns of his local paper, and he uses il in good advantage, This Is your local paper. There is space in these Column! I"1' use, Are you nthling lls strength to your voice? Properly used It will aid you. Nu siuh u thing as "summer com-plaint" when' llr. Fowler's Extract "f Wild Strawberry is kepi handy. Nn-ture'S remedy for looseness of the DOW-els. Nuts ate fiilllUK rapidly. Ili.iv> oven -oats are appearing. There is s rattling of camphor halls. Tit" n will loon have plenty or work. Tin- man wlthth" bicycle suit Is on th,' ile, line. Station Agent Martin is visiling In Qoaben, ind. \iii'iis. apples everywhere atari the smi II boy is glad, The loud neck tie Uriel will now pa-rade in all his glory, Henry Barret) is seriously MI al his home in the North End. Hiram Klssler has accepted a pot-iiion with A. 1.. Mill.i • en Then promises to he some lively betting at the game to-morrow. Mrs. A. I. Millrr. of PittSburg, Is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs .los-ph Collins. Mr. and Mrs. A. 1,. Murphy will lenve On Monday on a months trip to California) Ml and Mrs Isaae Connid. of Fort Ington, were visiting relatives bare on Sunday. Mrs. Andrew Moran. of Swedclnnd. i former resident of this borough Is II riiuisly ill nit her home. MlBI Katie O'Neill of Phoenixvlllc who was visiting Miss Kutlc English ol Klin street has returned home. There is a seareity of tramps for which nearby residents are thankful. The presence of the Spring Mill or Conshy hand would greatly enliven the foothall games. Horses whose tails have heen cut of for Style will now he glad that "flies" are on the decrease, A mysterious looking fellow with a violin rase, crosses the hridge every rneaday and Friday evening. There is talk of a candy factory be-ing erected which employ thirty girls, hut the next ipiestion is—"where are the girls?" John C. llowen and Miss Clara Don-ley, both of Philadelphia, were mar-led in Wednesday hy Rev, H. Col-of the Baptist Church. W, il. Maoonacby and Qeorge Bens •■ii,' ailing as Deputy Sheriffs rester-lay in saslstlng Bherlfl Light to n move prisoners to the penitentiary. CONSHOHUtkLN VS. LfcNOX A. C. THE EX COLLEGIANS TO BAT TLE AGAINST THE LOCALS TO MORROW. CONSHOHOCKEN, PA., EfBlDAY, 0OTOBBB IS, 190(1. BOROUCill LEGISLATION S|. PKH YEAH To morrow afternoon the crack Lenox A. c. team will oppose thelooala at Pool Ball Park. This will be a exhibition of foot ball at the Lenox is composed of ail ex-oollegs players and nu-ii who have been thoroughly drilled In all the fine points i i the game, Prom ■ scientific stand-point the game will he the greatest exhibitions ever seen iii ihis borough All the old players will in- In the gams In anticipation of defeating tins stai aggregation, whleh up to the pre ent time have an untarnished rec-ord 'The local team will ho in charge "I I'.iptain Crawford whose Injured .inkle is nearly as strong as i ver, while itainiio, Custet and Bleak will be seen on the team. The game will begin at 8.18 sharp. It Is to he hoped that the weather will he more suitable for foothall than last Saturday. The players of hoih .earns Buffered consid-erably while the fumbling was plenti-ful. The team has leaned the following not ice; Faith's who have heen in tin h.ilui of driving on prlvajts propertj aw rounding the toot ball grounds an herebj notified thai this practice must be discontinued or they will be dealt with for iM spas--. AN OLD CLOCK Carpet wenvtni" and carpet Tor sain nt K,hoi's. 217 Hector Street opposite tiw Catholic School. It is mil gefssnlly known that Priii-ton Woodward of this borough has I grandfather's, clock*, which is undoubt-dly one of lh" oldest In America. F. B, Rlghter, the well-known wntchmnk-er snys thnt the time piece is at least three hundred years old. It was nmtle a Holland and the Roman letters on Ihe dial wore printed by hand. The clock keeps excellent time, usu-ally being Wound every ten days. It lias only been repaired once In twen-f eight years. The works are enclosed In mahogany wood and the entire "structure of time" stands eight feet in height. Wood-ward has received several offers for the clock hut refused to accept them. AN OCTOBER WEDDING MlSS Martha Conrad the daughter of Mrs. Edwin Conrad of .19 .lacohy street. Norriatown and Blbridge McFarland if (lull Mills were married on Tuesday evening at the home of the brides parents. The ceremony was performed at 7..10 :n I be presence of the Immediate families Of the contracting parties. Rev. Isaac Cihson. pastor emeritus II St John's P. F.. Church. Norristown officiated. The bride was unattended. She was gowned in white silk mull, oosattlfully trimmed with lace and aatln folds sin wore II white aigrette in her hair. Her going away" gown was of blue cloth .viih silk waist and blue walking hat. Mr. and Mrs. McFarland left on the nine o'clock train for a short trip anil will he "at home" nfter November aisi at their newly furnished residence 1020 DeKalb street. Mr. McFarland is the president of the First National Itank of this bor-ough, and president of the George Me- Failaiul Company of Quit Mills and Secretary of the Conshohockcn Wool-en Compnny. CALVARY CHURCH Services on Sunday hy the Rev, Mr. Capewell as follows: Morning service it 10.80. Evening service a,t 7.00 o'clock. MR CLARK'S BIBLE CLASS The meetings of the lllhle Class taught by Mr. Charles Heher Clark Will he resumed In Orand Army Hall on Third avenue on Sunday morning next, October Mth at ■.10 A. M. It Is hoped that the attendance will he large and that the meetings, during the coin-ing winter, may have profitable results lo those who come to them. HOLINESS CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Saturday night Rev. 11. Magce will preach. Sunday. Grand Rally Day. D.SO A. M. Prayer, 10.30 A. M. preach-ing by Rev. H Magee. 2.00 P. M. Sun-day School. 3.00 P. M l.ove Feast In charge of P. Griffith. Home Missionary. 7.00 P. M. Prtsjse and Song Service 7.4!") P. M. Preaching hy Pnstor on "Heaven, the Destiny of the Saved." rybody's liable to Itching piles Rich and poor, old and young—terrible the torture hey surer. Only one sure cure. Doan's Ointment. Absolutely safe; enn't fall. j ' / Following the hard gaine with the Lenox A. C. team to-morrow, Conaho-hoeken will go to Frankl'iuil ami lake on the game with the crack Frankford A. C. team the following Saturday. There have heen arrangements made in Frankl'oriI Io place the strongest team In the history of foot hall in tin section against the locals ami up to the present time, it is rumored, that a pool of $iotio has been raised to bel on their team. There is little doubt, how-ever, tiiat there will lie plenty of tak-ers fro in this borough, and as the local team is out to win there will he one of the greatest games ever played on Philadelphia soil. Rumor has it thai Oscar 1-ujig of last year's Conshohock-en team will be seen In a Frankford suit. Lang is a strong addition on any team hut his pre* DCS on the Ptankford line will not Jar the locals ,n 111" hast With Shaw. Ramsey. Biack, Morris said Carter on the line. iii Frankford wontd no' posh through centre, 'Then will he one of the Inr- I 'li'.Viis that ever left the borough LCI onip:,ny lh" o am on ihls trip, as I ' nee is attrai ting more interest tuan th" riioenix games of last i in people of our town feel sorry thai ihe Phoenlxville team is not hit let this II.II than it is 'The , iilliiis-insts of our town alwaya had a we) eoiae for the Phoenix iii this borough, not for the love which th >y held for il hut for the fad that a great rivalry ousted between ties two teams, ami a great game wan always the result lint this year we are lorry to learn thai the team is veiy Weak. I.asi So unlay they played the Royeraford and won by the narrow margin of a tOUChdOWn and a goal. 'This go- lo show that they would in.I be good pastime for the local team, as they scored I" points against Royeraford in their opening game while the PhoonlX had played a tSVi gaim ■ I" ton Saturday. A great many of th" old players appear, on their lineup bill they arc shy of two of 'heir Ins' ones Mm ris and O'Donnell. On Wednesday at Villa Nova Ihe University of Pennsylvania Scrub ami Villa NOVa phlyeil a game ill Which neither team was able to BC ire. '.'ilia Nova played a great dial i than the Sernh. however, hut were compelled to forfeit the ball on three occasions Once when thev had the hall on Ihe Scruh's five-yard line they forfeited It on account of holding. The Villa Nova college team will play here on Thanksgiving Day and the; should nut up n much better game than did rue Scrub. it is rumored that the Scruli team is going to play in tills borough again on the 27th of this month. Hut the report has not heen Confirmed and even If it should prove true il would only mean another defeat. Th* following Will he the lineup of Ihe local team for the game to-niiiri-ow lh moon: Neville, right end; Morris, right ""*' »•«•«■ <>n January is.. Hereafte in kle; Carter, right guard; W. Shaw. centre; Ramsey, left guard; Higgins. left tackle. II. Shaw, left end: O'N.dll right half-hack; Crawford, left half-back; ciister. Quarter-back; Rambo, Pull-back. TAX EXEMPTIONS CONSIDERED AND APPROPRIATIONS FOR NEXT YEAR ADOPTED al the regular meeting of the Con shohocken Town Council on Wednes-day BVI nine a radical ohange was made in the beginning ami ending of the tis-eal year of the horoiigh. 'The year The Conahohoeken Foot Ball terim extend! their thanks to the .1. Rlwood I., i Company tor their generous dona-tion of bandages last Saturday which were put to instant use. Incidentally the Arm wi 11 recci ve good nil veil is nient in lladdonfleld N. .1., where some of those players are still wearing them Lawrence Morris CotMhohOCken'8 tackle will lie (Tied al full hack, tak-ing the place of William Lord who withdrew from the team with cold feet. THE MUSICAL LECTURE 'The Second lecture III the DnlVI i'.M"lls:on Course was given hy I'rol Burette in the Parish Building lasi evening. The Subject was Bnch and Handel. Baoh same of a long line of niunic-lans who hnd ailways maintained eon- ■ervatlve Ideas. He was brought up in ihe atmosphere ofapatiiarohal fam-ily with whom tradition was Stored l.isena.h was isolated from the world. and Baoh was not Influenced hy the .raze for Italian Opera. lie devoted himself to organ-playing In his boy-hood and made himself, hy illllgont ■tody and hy hearing nil the great pei formers who laine near his lown. Ihe Hist organist of his time He played at Amstadl ami Weimar hut fi-nally settled in Lelpslc at the head of a Music nehi ol. Ile directed the nitiBle and playcil the organ in one of the Leipsic church s Mis choir was small (probably llXteen voices), the organ nnt a Inrge one. and (in those days the orchestra being largely composed of Strings) In had hut few additional Instruments Vet with these meagre resources umi without the encouragement of his con-lic. n much less that of the worlil at large,—he was aide to produce groat works whlcb are our wond r ami ad-miration to-day. Rnrh may lie said to lie the greatest man intellectually the world of music has seen. lie lived at a time when life vim simple; without railroads, telegraphs. ami the easy means of Communication and Interchange of Ideas which we now possess. The g_reat movements for per-sonal liberty, which were to stir the world a century later, had not ma^le In inselvea felt His music Is llllllaasl In a phraseology which Is now almost IDeolete; his melodies sound strange to our ears. The formal turns nnd con-ventional figures with which they abound do not fall in with modern Ideas of beauty. Yet when yon hear his melodies, and particularly when you study his Rec-itatives, you nre forced to admit that tney abound in passages of noble IIIR-nlty and beauty such as the Kaluga music never possessed. H on! Is career presents a variety of inei'h nt compared with Itnch's, He was much more In touch with the world and influenced hy It. After n good education nt home, which iinhnl ",l practical as well as theoretical mils- Is. he was si nt to Italy hy his father, a physician. There, perhaps moved by desire for : ml along how great a reign opera wat teatlned to have, he entered ihe lists s a i iposer ot Italian opera. l n n 1781 to 1769 i win n he died) [tuple! wrote Orafoi 'os. His (lerman training oame Into play ..i i i, great fugued Choruses, where he showi n undoubted muster. ITe' Handel lefl 'is many epeciaieats Of pure, lovely melody- tuins thai are • ml inspiring to-day. The contribution made by Ilach and Handel towards the evolution of the latest form in pore music, the Sym-i . was indirect. The develnpe-i i the Pugue was of the greatest II DI TI io all music, and Its eh* i as I lainly as ever; but what we called "Sonata Form' (till n no given to a certain structural ba-vhlcb the Sonata and Symphony not a primary consideration With ellher of these great men, || it s been with most subsequent Com-p, 181 is. it will start on ihe first Monday in March. This change was the result of an ac-rimonious debate on the money spent liy (he Street Committee. Mr. Long, the chairman of the commute offered an ordinance transferring to tin department two an ata aggregating to »nsi.r,n. lie said in explanation that the former street committee had "■led all the appropriation for this year except (48.47, and this transfer was necessary In order to make the books balance. Mi. M. .1. O'Brien criticized the ihods of the different street com-mittees. The fnct thnt two different committees ha,ve the spending of the appropriation, and each committee tries to get all the money it can, makes trouble at the end of each year in balance Of Ihe street accounts. He suggested that this trouble could be overcome by making the year begin when council re-organizes, thus giving one committee the expenditure of the' whole appropriation for thai yew Therefore when the following report from the Appropriation Commlttl guiding the receipts and expeniliiuns for the next year was offered, Mr. O'- Hrien's aim inlinont making the year begin when Council re-organizes in March, was unanimously agreed to. I 'onsholioi ken, Sept l;i. I'.mii. I do here agree to grade Third ave iiue according to plan. To width and depth ami remove all tfa ami dirt on" of the saiil street, [or the sum of • Ight hundred and eighty dollars. Furiiioimore, i will sgree io remove the balance of stone on Spring Mill avenue ami crush the gstne, ..\|s,, the Stone that will be on Third avenue and dellvei the same on the streets In the h limits for the sum of ninety ' I Ills per ton. Or pile the sa al Ihe crusher tor seventy cents per ton, one third Men oning ami two thirds one and half inch stones, No action was la ken on Mr, Nob-proposal, 'The members though) thai ii was too i.ite in the yegg to start "ich work. President Cains spoke of the filthy condition of the foot of Poplar street, i suggested thai the proper com-mittee should endeavor to prevent the dumping Of garbage there. 'The following Is the treasurer's re-port for month ending October 10. 1900. To balance In 'Treasury Kept. 12 IS47Z.8] It"' II from R. It. Co 1,00 Itec'd. from llurgi sa I'll ich 179.42 Rec'd. from John I. Meyers .100.00 Heed from ('has. W. Jones 167.(9 paid 3120.93 88».7S BttU.nct In Treasury B481.10 Orders for the following amounts w TI* granted: A. L. Miller |g.ao 0. Sices 816.64 Street Work 193.99 W. Wright u.46 Police 20i.no four Appropriation Committee beg Mmi,": SK,h avenue light 18.31 leave to report the following as Hie HE MIGHT Denim i ii "Do you think you'll nu v Mali iinn?" Bryan—"No, but I nuto-Mnhllc." Morris should make a full hack and one of the best type. Ho is lie! ■ I great player and has already made a famous minie for himself in this bor-ough In the few games In which he has participated. He is a heavy built mail and when It comes to bucking a line he is as good as our famous Oscar j ,hp ,_,,,.,, Thon , mnnn(,p to secure nn Lang, and with the Frnnktoril gams iTl. ome during the six dnysofth. v,, I, but a week on- he will make a good ,m , f|.m|| U||B n]m , wl„ ^to ^^ man to buck against this great playei nnd should be aide to hold his own. .< gcnt'cnian who is being greatly prospered pecuniarily said lately: "1 ilSed to give as I felt Inclined; now I Intl ml to give Of that which (iod IIIPHS-I have bank stocks, railroad slocks. United States Iximls. etc. These draw interest seven days in the week. I'm the first day of the week Is the Lord's Day. and all that pertains to It belongs to Him. So one-seventh Of my Income from Investments Is saved to Ions purposes. A man who might carve statues and paint pictures, spending his life in making mock flowers out of wax and paper, is wise compared with the man who might have Ood for compnny, and yet shuts Ood out and lives an empty life.—Phillips Brooks. The prices of Orand Stand seats have been reduced from 2!i cents to 10 cents extra> Field seats will remain Cc same price, :i:> cents HEI.I.F.H'S TESTIMONY. Albert Heller, living at 1114 Farn-ham St.. Omaha, says: "I have tried FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS most everything thai Is used as a pre- nnd diseases arising from nn Impure ventlve or"cure for headache, hut noth- ' stale of blood I.lchty's Celery Nerve Ing did me so much good as Krause's Compound Is nn invaluable specific. Headache Capsules. Others who have | Sold by II. Maxwell Harry and .1. used them say the same thing." Price Itnfiis Ilarr, West Conshohockcn. 26c. Sold by H. Maxwell Harry nnd .1. Rnfus llarr. West Conshohockcn 7 Boys' Eall Caps and Soft HatA, 25c an.I 60c. at Tracey's the Hatter. / estimated receipts of the Borough for the year 1901 and submit the follow ing as a proper distribution of the Funds allslng therefrom among the various departments of the Borough. RBOBIPTS Duplicate. 817261 26 Probable Loss anil Commission, $ 1761.29 $1.1,500.00 Electric Light Co 796.96 Board "f Health 8.46 I ax diiplii ate. 25.00 flas :. an Recorder Publishing Co 34.05 THE TAXES Liquor Licenses 2,218.66 375.00 Huckster Licenses 300.00 Building I'ernii s and fines,. 100.00 Interest on Sink ing Fund account. Stt Foreign Fire In Total. 51.35 Jis.s'i|.:i:, APPROPRIATIONS Burgees, J'JOII.IIII Clerk, 100.06 Solicitor. 76.00 'Treasurer. Police 126.00 m 2660.00 1 leparl nn nl. 2460.00 'are of Bor- OUgh Hall, 18,00 Stale Tax on lion.Is 182.93 uteiisl on 1 limits 1680.00 1*111st Compnny nterest on 10.00 Noles, 280.00 2,152.93 linking fund ■'■ iroign Fire Insurance Tax . l.l refunded to Fire Co S1.26 Street Lighting !oal and Oas.. ..5,000.00 100.00 ire Department loan! of Health . 1,000.00 160.00 Repairing strut Is . 1.nun oil ermanent imp iiciilent.'il Fund ■ovements,... H . 1,600.00 . 2,862.67 Total $18,894 96 RICHARD 11 HATE. \i .1 O'BRIBN W. II. MACONACHY. Mr. O'Brien also wanted Council to pi " an Item In the appropriation or-dio. oi.e authorising the expenditure of 'mi tor the paving of the Qulgl iy u.... i- way. lids ' is rigorously opposed by Hr. Bat . . 1. .a knowledge! the d of the paving, and promised to vote for any niol ion thai will authorize it. The otliei members of council seemed to ai-'i"' with Mr. Bate, and Mr. O'Brien '»• his amendment The Appropriation ordinance ami one transferring to the street account *1 I B4.66 were enacted. A communication was read from I leorge Smith Post ask ing that Council exempt the ball of the Post from tax-ation. 'The members agreed thai this would be deslraJde. but hesitated to do so fearing that it would lie illegal it wns also suggested that as Collector Brooke wished to close up hia dupli-at" ami wanted a number of examp linns, that the solicitor should look up the matter and report to council. The Ways and Means committee and the solicitor were given the power to close HP Mr Brooke's accounts. BurgesH Plrich rc|mrted two arrests and the collection of $179.42 In fines nnd licenses. President Calne announced the ap-pointment of James M. Morrison to the Hoard of Health from the Bacond Ward, The appointment wns 0On- Tn mid by Council. A communication win rend from laaaC Ithoailes of Collei'iville. I 1 to be appointed Borough Engineer. The communication wan laid on the table. The following communication was received from Alfred Noldlt, In regard to the grading of Third nvenue. Torturing skin eruptions, burns nnd sores nre soothed nt once nnd prompt Iy healed hy applying OeWitt's Witch Hatel Salve, the best known cure for piles. Beware of worthless counter-foils. H. Maxwell Harry and W. R Sup kpiec. West Conshohocken. ■ 'The following are the taxes assessed In this borough for the year 1900 BOROUGH TAXIS T'irsl Ward 18,466.08 Second Ward 6,169.16 •Third Wanl 2,877.16 Fourth Ward 2.270.S1 Fifth Ward 2.788.09 WEST CONSHOHOCKEN A valuable horse „f ||ell,|. i ,n Buppli e'a died on Tuesday. —John Smith has removed ftVoui Apple street to Hei ion avenue, •--Florence McDowell, of Gull ■• conl i to in r home bj lib ---Mrs. Harry Wallace Is crtl ill ai her mothers residence in Me chanlcsvllle. H an Ai.iid, i. a foi in, i resident ol this borough, is seriously ill a ho in Philadelphia, —Tin- Loyal •Temperance Legion Will 'i ' In the Holiness Ohristisn Chun h on Saturday Afternoon al 2 o't lock. Rev, D. 1. Hyde 1- eondni 1 sui i'1's.i'ui n \ ival 1 nn:: in the Oak reel afethodlsl Chun h, Norristown. ---Samuel nisanbarg, chorlstei al the Conshohocken Methodist Cl conducted the singing nt the Ouk Street Methodist Church, Norristown, on Wednesday evening. Mr Blsenberg thoroughly understand! vocal and Is himself an accompli:died singer, The music was the finest heard in that borough for some lime for which Mr Blsenberg received great credit —Mary, the wife of .lames llarkins. died suddenly at her husband's resl-dence, Mechanlesvllle, mi Tuesday, aged 28 years. Mr. and Mrs. llarkins hnvo been married only about a yen. They have lived at Maohanlosvllle about two months. The funeral will take place on Saturday morning at 7.30 o'clock. High Mass of Requiem will be celebrated in st. Gertrude's Church, the interment will be in ,-t Matthew's New Cemetery. —Miss Lillian M. Jones and Mr. Howard I.. Cox. were married on Pri day evening. Octolier 5. In liuffalo N v.. by tiie Rev. s. s. Mitchell, of the hirst Presbyterian Church. Mr. Cos is well known in this borough, being a lesidenl of Conahohoeken for n num-ber of years and manager of the bas-ket ball team of that, borough. He went to Toronto.Canada.several . ago lo take charge of a class blowing establishment. Miss Jones is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jones, of Josephine nvenue. Mr. and Mrs. COS will reside at :!I7 Ja,rvis si reel. Toronto. THE CONSHOHOCKEN PROPHET PREDICTS 'i tan aii crooked nun are not hump backs, I'hul lo sh-op on the left side aiif right lliai box parlies don't go tor see pit gi lists. 217,261.29 SCHOOL T'AXF.S. 1 1 1 Ward 82,022.08 second Ward 2,1101.01; Third Ward 2,109.76 Fourth Ward 1,282.28 [•'iflh Ward 1,686.86 $10,068.64 CANDIDATE MURPHEY A HERO Win n the New Hope express houinl Cor Philadelphia stopped at F.lkins sta-tion or, Monday morning of last week .1 lady rushed to the platform ami shouted "Frances, Prances." A pretty little girl who was standing upon the BBS) platform used by north-bound passengers ran across the track to-wards the ear where the lady stood calling lor .Neither of them apparent Iy noticed thai 1 Ugh Iron picket fence "parates the trai kS al this station When the little girl reached the fence in could go no further. To the south wan heard the whistle and rumble of an approaching train. Those of the passengers who understood the situa-tion wen- horrilieil at its possibilities .\t that moment a gentleman with ■ gray mustache came upon the easi side platform, lie was carrying an umbrella and a bundle, lie seemed to ciasp the Situation at a glance and quickly dropping his bundle sprang across the tr* k, lifted the little girl over the fence to willing bands upon the ear platform nnd then stepped nim-bly back out of the way of the express train that thundered by. The wholi Incident occupied less than a minute lint II made those who saw II shiver. And the hero, the man with the gray mustache? He Is William 11. Mnr-phey, a well-known resident of Ash-bourne and randidnjo for the legis-lature on the it' publican tloki t. PLYMOUTH FRIENDS ASSOCIATION 1)11 next First-day 1 Sunday) after-nt Hi.' I lib inst. the Plymouth Friends Association will hold n nubile meeting in the Plymouth Friends Mec .nr-l s- to which Friends gen- • rally and all others Interested Rffs cordially invited. The Basting win be 1 ne first of this season ami will cou-rt in- at ;t o'clock. Professor Jesse Hollies of Swarth- ■Mil,' College is expected to be present 10 address the meeting. For several .'.11 1'iof. Holmes wasGonneotodwIth School, a huge preparatory school 1 ndor the care of the Society of Friends in-: p- Newtown, Ducks Coun-ty, I'll. Ile has spend the past year in study at Oxford University, England, ami niov occupies the chair of History at Bwarthmore college. He is n train-ed Rlblcal scholar, and a forcible and elonm nt public speaker. JUDGE WEAND A POWDF.n MILL KXIM.OSION Removes everything in sight; so do drastic mineral pills, but both are mighty dangerous. No need to dyna-mite your body when Dr. King's New Life Pills do the work so easily and perfectly. Cures Hendaelie, Constipa-tion. Only 26 cents at All Druggists. Henry K. Weaml was hoi 11 In Potts-town March 29, 1838. He was educated in the public schools of PottStOWn and Philadelphia, and later at the Hill Seminary. Pottstown. Judge Weand's boyhood days Wl re without particular incident, lie was a studious youth and devoted much of ins leisiin time to acquiring ■ knowl-edge of the higher attainments which was to fit him for his after life. He curly resolved to adopt a professions] career, and with this end In ii'« pre 'and biias. ir accordingly, and tre qnently burned the midnight oil por-ing over literature of a higher then that which kept awake the aver-age lad of his age. lie became ■ law .student in the of-fice of Hon. B. M. Hover, about 1867, and was admitted tO practice In the courts of .Voiti.oi. 1 i-y county, prii I.M',11. Ills ability as a lawyer was reel id from the beginning of hii os anil his s.i \ let s «. 1,' enlisted in h "f many Institutions, and be was, i "i in a number of the most Impot I ml cases, one of which Ihe L.iliia Mc- I'lellachail Will case, is still relllelllber . it. The will was submitted for pro-bate in 1876, Mr, W'eand.as conns. ] foi the heirs, succeded In having the will -.I aside and won his case in the ,-iu 1 reinc Court. lie was Borough Solicitor of No town for a number of years, lie Wl also Solicitor for the Sin riii Offlei Iron 188] to 1884. For a number of yean he was • member of the Norris-town RchOOl Hoard ami served as "b-iit for one term. He was attorney for the eolil.'.-taliK in the argument before the Legislature lodge In the Si venth 1 Bucks! Jti I . District of Pennsylvania, When the.Civil War broke out Mr Weaml enlisted and became a lieuten-ant in Company K, Pout tfa Pi n ranis Infantry, and served until the ■ nt wt • must r 1 out He n .. isteii in 1862 as ■ private In tt PI leentb Pennsylvania Cavalry, and was promoted through all the grades to . ne 1 ni., e ot captain. Hi pi 1 tit Ipatt I in the bat tli of an tletam Btont River, Ghlekamaugn Moss Creek. D.indridge and 1 thei tl nous encounters with the enemy. When Qenon 1 Ji on P. Hartrnnfl ms sleeted Governor lie appointed Judge Wo-iiu! on his staff, andhea • s Judge Advocate Qeneral with the rank of Brigadier General. Judge Weaml has mad" '|iiili a lee ord for himself, both on and off the bench. His career lias l„ 11 :, rather remarkable one. and his ability as a awyer has, al times, made bint known throughout the Commonwealth of Pi nnsylvnnia. ami his suco.is In many In pi rial 1 eases won for him a distill" ■ ion which placed blm sbovi bis breth ren of the Montgomery count] ii vas this eminent fitnesswhichInduc-ed Qovernoi Bt ivt 1 to appi Inl bin I 1 the Demh In ISS7. at a sal.nv of $i:,ii" tier year In 1887 Governor .lame:- A. Q appointed him Additional Law .1 of Montgomery county, end In the fol-lowing year. 1888,'ha was elected for the full term ten years, and the result of another election entitles him to nn- 01 her term of ten years. That a man out o' spirits usually lakes to drink. ♦ ' I hat a hair's I ;„• js ,,, u,, a "lose shave. ♦ Thai a meal In persession is I than one that's a combo. ♦ 'I hat the easy feller alwnz has ther hi St linn gettln along. ♦ That even ther trees are exposin ther limbs these rainy ilays. ♦ That even railroad women don't have a train on ther skirts DOWSd ♦ Thai I her boy that drops buttons in ther soup, usually eats it off a shelf. ♦ That ther mini who stands on Cl 1, v ought ter sit on a chair or he'll git tired, ♦ 'That ther feller that eats an 0 stew with a sieve will alWUS find his plans fall through. ♦ That ther feller that sits In llnr dark never sees things in ther right lii'ht Specially if he proposes. SUICIDE AT ARDMORE T.'luanl Eyre, formerly well known in local business circles, but latei) proprietor of the Ardmore Hardware Com pan j shot ami killed himself in the loii of Hie stable, in the ronr of his home, in Ardmore early y, terday morning. Temporary insanity, 01 ionoil by business, reverses, is supposed to have prompted the act terdny morning he arose ut the usual hour, after a rather restless night, and started, his family snpi tor the hardware store opposite the railroad station. \VTien Trm-Jjreai an arrived, and Mr. Eyre did 1 irn, Mis. Eyre, [earing her husband had in en talon HI, decided to look iii.i up at the store Ml hough the Btablc is In the rear of iii" hens.1. Mrs. Byre, for sunn nn ktin .■ ,1 reason, wenl there flrst Her 1 'Is favoi ite horse was In his stall, luivng just been fed Close by at. With lln fear of something more than Illness upon her. Mrs. Byn hastily mude her wa] to the hayloft, and th '■ bed across a few bundles ol fodder, lay her husband's body, cold in death, a bullet hole in his temple, and a revolver clenched In his rghl hand. Assistance was summoned, and the body if the siiicde wap carred Into the house, 'The news quickly Bpread among ihe neighbors, ami in a short lime the dead i.i.in's son, Albert Eyre, of Nar-iit Hi. and a repri BenUUve of Co ithery, of Nmrist wn, wen on the scene Albert Eyre said last night that the londllion ot Ins lather's business af-utin 1} iiiinnown to his Litnlly and lino ion I 1I1, books an ton,, over ilu.ii ;hlj .. could be glv-lle did ant believe thnt his lathir was as hopelessly Involved as »as generally supposed. 'I he lie, ea .1; wa - I lie in-it ■ I liie Hurtlwuri I: „i . :11..11. and until lei-nil.. Ii- wi .. a director in Hi Ti ulei L.ague of Philadelphia Hi vis also 11 prominent mi mber of 1 In tinier 1,1 Odd Fellows Before "iigag-ini in iiusitu ss iii 'rd re, Mr. Byre in 1 .,1 the in -n or 1, s , Eyre, in Swarthmore, and p that In- was co etc,I with the lirm of iii older. Donbright & Co., in Ml ■'■ 1 fifth, Philadelphia, Tlsn't safe to be a day without Dr. •Thomas' Electric Oil In the house. Never can tell what moment an acci-dent Is going to happen. ' REPULICAB RALLY Tim Republicans of Dryn Srawr and vicinity held a 1 utUicatlon meeting last 1 \enuig in Powi lls Hall- Bryn Mawr "nder ih • inispii s ,,r the Bryn Majp- '■ publican ciul, |>rior ,„ ,,„," „'„,,.||nRl 1 ■"•'■■'' ' 's held, Israel 11 Supples di. Addresses were e-r.de li> Thoinus F. Butler, of 0 ' «•>« Irving p, Wanger, of Nor- " '"wn Congre Bman from the Sixth •nl Si i nib Pennsylvania Districts, respectively, (U(| ,,,,„.,, ; graham, of Philadelphia. Can't be perfect health without pure blood Tones nnd Invigorates the whole system. \ boon to travelers. Dr. Fowler'n Exlrncl of Wild Straw-be,TV r,lrp_ uyscntery. diarrhoea leaalekness nnu-1^ s,:' I'l'.'^nl to lake. Acts promptly. P Buosnrlbe for THE KF.CI1IUJER.
Object Description
Title | The Conshohocken Recorder, October 12, 1900 |
Masthead | The Conshohocken Recorder |
Date | 1900-10-12 |
Year | 1900 |
Month | 10 |
Day | 12 |
Volume | 19 |
Issue | 67 |
Coverage | United States -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Conshohocken |
Subject | Conshohocken (Pa.) - Newspapers; Montgomery County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Type | Text |
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Description | Conshohocken Recorder Newspaper |
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Title | Page 1 |
Subject | Conshohocken (Pa.) - Newspapers; Montgomery County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
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' K.VFRYTII1NG HERF
PLAIN AND CLEAR. ®ljc Ccmsljoljockcn lUcorfccr. "ALL THAT S TRUE
WEXL GIVE TO YOU.'
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
No. I.M>;
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tiiOME
OPENINGS
OF THE FRIENDS AROUND US
THE I It PLEASURES AND THEIR
WOES
G Ibye Baseball,
i i tei iir; the 11
Kid gl III MOD be cm hand.
Cli. i ool, comfoi table circumstan-ce
&
9kati are being sharpened and
shlned
Hallow B'I 11 party echo
idlng.
\ini iinw the "isnl It-cold-llend" will
life win*-'.
The man under ■ straw hut now
walks up the Bide street.
Borough Treasurer Cavanagh is eon
liin |
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Contributing Institution | Conshohocken Free Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Contact | If you have any questions, contact Branch Manager at smason@mclinc.org or call 610-825-1656 |
Description | Conshohocken Recorder Newspaper |
Original Format | Newspapers |
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Language | English |
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