The Conshohocken Recorder, December 21, 1900

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No. L986 CON8HOHOCKE.V, PA., FRIDAY DECEMBEIi 31, 1900 $1 PElt YKAU
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Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Christ-mas,
Artificial dimples an the
u i Inkle.
To-day la the shortest day
Bave a little (or after Ohriatmaa M
you'll be sorry.
There is room al the top but an awful
lot in the road getting there.
A man feels shepeish when he has
the wool pulled ov.'i iiis eyes.
The fellow who gives bad Jewelry
will be sorry after Christmas.
Many housekeepers have iili.a.ly
started to build their Christinas
Many of the little youths will turn
out oostumed on January the "one'th."
It Is regretted that we haven't a min-strel
show for Christmas night.
The obliging weather has allowed
eii.-iises to prosper in the country.
The mill of the II. c. Jones Company
is working overtime.
Some extra fine Christinas camlles
are displayed at Pedrlek'a.
The opportunity of a life time seldom
comes heralded by a brass band.
A pig chase will be held at Zieln-r's
Hotel on Christmas morning.
Many of the lee Mends will have to
resort to rollers these balmy days.
The thermometer climbed up to 53
degrees in the shade on Wednesday.
The entertainment in G. A. It Hall
next Friday night will be particularly
fine.
The prospects tor a Merry Christmas
among many of our residents la
bright.
Many of our residents are going to
Philadelphia en masse at the dawn of
the New Year
I I- 'Christmas Carols" Issued to lay
tells of the offerings of Conshohocken
in. r. hunts.
An excellent line of Christmas can
dies Is offered by Van A. Alex, the con
fee; inner.
The fellow who goes to price a fancy
coal for his girl usually goes no fur-ther
than that.
Constant Header No. we did not
near that straw huts would be worn
on Christmas day.
An entertainment will be given in
St. Mark's Church on Thursday ev> i
Ing. January 24th.
Charles Heber Clark will preside at
the new pipe organ In the Presbyterian
Church on Sunday.
You would do well to take a trip
around to our own stores before pay
Ing carefare to Philadelphia.
Undertaker M. F. Moore has a hand
some new carriage with rubber tires,
which glides noiselessly along.
The fakirs in Philadelphia are doing
n land office. It would be well to think
iwlee before buying once.
A. L. Miller & Company's pi
mill Is working until nine o'clock In
the evening in the effort to catch up
With orders.
The puddle mill of the l.ongnie'ad
Iron Company has been olosed down
this weak, in order that repairs might
be made.
A number of our residents attended
the reception at the Hotel Stenton giv-en
by Mr. and Mrs. Alan Wood on
Tuesday afternoon.
To our advertisers—Think up your
after Christmas ads. There will be sur-plus
buyers who will want to be ac-quainted
with your prices.
Cut out the advertisement of the
Economy Clothing House. Ilring it
there. Buy 50 cents worth and get a
present.
A birthday party to which lifiy Sight
couple have been Invited is one of the
gigantic celebrations promised here
within a few days.
1 In- mills of the Alan Wood Compa-ny
and of the J. Wood & Bros. Compa-ny
will close down to-morrow for a
week. The usual repairs will be mad".
Edward O'Kcefe was arrested on
Tuesday evening by Officer Corrignn for
neing drunk and committing a nuisance
at the Mill street station, Norrlstown.
He was given 24 hours by the Burgess
of that place.
The following officers of Fritz Lodge
were elected at the annual meeting on
Tuesday evening! W. M., Jos. W. Cav-anagh;
8. W., 8. Qordon Smyth; J. W.,
Oscar T. Wood; Treasurer. Reese P.
Davis; Secretary, H. D. Ileywood;
Trustees, James Hall, William Cleaver,
htlbrtdge M.I'arland, Representative,
Cyrus K. Hippie.
■ The following officers of Washington
Camp No. 121 were nominated on Tues*
(lay evening: P. P., Amos W. Junes,
P.. George Rlght.i; V. P., B. K. Eddie
man; M. of F., David Thomas; R. S„
•1. H. Kay; V B., It. T. B. Ilallowell;
i reasurer. William Famous; C, Joseph
I'eehln; I. G., Charles Nell; 0. G. H. C.
McOulgan; Trustee, Amos W. Jones.
Tin iiiAI meeting will be held on Wed-nesday
evening of next week. Ar-rangements
will be made then to attend
the dedication of the new lodge room
oi Camp No. 51, of Bridgeport on Thurs-day
evening of next week.
This is the time of the year that the
mean fellow drums up an excuse to get
on the outs with his girl. After par-taking
of Sunday suppers during the
year and having many a pleasant Sun-uay
afternoon at her house thus does he
show his gratitude at the most Joyous
time of the year. It is woll for the girl,
however, to discover such a despicable
admirer in time, rather than spend
the rest of her days with him. There
are really such creatures and for tin-sake
of five or ten dollars they would
shatter the hopes of those who have
The i.in rlsei these mornings thinks
iis verj early.
Ii Isn gn tted thai we haven't a rous-ing
foot ball game tor Christmas after-noon.
I he home learn plays the Y. M. A. A.
in morrow night A good game is
I I ll.
The Incessant whistling of engines on
bolh railroads continues to cause in-somnts
In the borough.
A boa oi candy will be given to ev-ery
customer on December 24, by drug-gist.
Thos. F. McCoy,
Henry Artinuli nipped over the Phil-adelphia
and Reading Railway tracks
yesterday and broke his arm.
The Gloomy Seven win hold their
nexl meeting on the night after Christ-mas
ai iin- house of tin- prophet
uraham A Johnson have a large line
Of toys, games, books and Christmas
■ is. They will deliver all goods free
in charge.
The funeral services of Mrs. Cleaver
iii'n conducted by Rev. Herbert J.
Cook al the inline of Mr. J. Ellwood
I.e. on Wednesday. The Interment
was private al Valley Friends Burying
tiroiinil.
An especially fine line of cigars Is
being offered by Sinnott, the Cigar
Dealer. He has them In boxes of 12. 25
50 and 100. They make a very wel-inii
gift for the one who appreciates
a good smoke.
The large i ngine of the North Exten-sion
of the Alan Wood Company broke
on Wednesday. The piston rod broke,
and the engine was wrecked. The men
were immediately transfererd to the
Mill. It will take about live weeks
to repair the engine.
Rev c A Hare. D. D„ Agent of the
Bncknell University will preach in the
Itaptist Church on Sunday morning.
He has travel, d in Palestine. His sub-ject
will be "My trip to Jerusalem and
Bethlehem." Dr. Hare will preach In
Mi. Ilalligomingo Church on Sunday
evening.
Mis Andre* O'Neill, an old and re-
• i resident of this borough, died
uuldcnly at her home on Sixth avenue
i HI Wednesday morning, Mrs. O'Neill
had been in ill henlth for about a year.
but she was seriously III only a few
•'ays. Bhe is BUrvlved by her husband
and Thomas O'Neill, of Bridgeport,
Sarah wife Of Henry McDermott. of
Norrlstown; Edward O'Neill. Margaret
ON, ill. John O'Neill, and Misses Mary.
Annie and Katie.
BOROUGH P0L0TICS
. TALK ABOUT THE POLITICAL
AFFAIRS OF THE BOR-OUGH
GULF MILLS
Residents of this place who owned
porkers have been killing them the past
week.
Moss gatherers and Christmas tree
Hunters can be seen scouring the woods
and fields every day.
Richard Bradbury, of Frankford,
Philadelphia, suent a day this week
with relatives here.
Jefferson Fletcher, employed by J. A.
Mi I'arl.ind, has returned from n hunt-in:;
expedition up the state.
Miss Florence McDowell Is spending
Several days With her sister, Mrs. Theo-dore
McCord, at Ithan, Pa.
Win. Frame, residing near this place,
who had an arm sprained by falling
from his buggy recently, Is recovering
from the Injury.
The maple trees around the Bird-In-
Hand school house have been trimmed,
which greatly anchances the appear-ance
about the surroundings of the
niiilding.
The C.ulf Mills basketball team Is en-in
practicing for games this win-ter
in the Ii. K. Hall, this place, other
wise known as Daniel KInzle's hall.
I.asi winter the hall was put in first-class
shape for games of this kind by
removing the ceiling of the old hall
and putting two stories Into one.
John Engle, supervisor of Upper Mer-lon,
Lower Histriet. has had teams and
men employed on the roads for some
time past Mr. Engle certainly has a
good idea in repairing roads, and any-one
traveling on them will find that
they are equal to any country thorough-fares,
and better than many. Mr. En-ccrtalnly
worthy of the vote of
tne people nt the coming spring elec-tion.
Mr. Fletcher, who purchased James
Griffith's farm near the old Oulf Mills
several years ago, and on which he
erected a fine residence and coach sta-ble,
is now engaged in making prepar-ations
to build a large farm barn on the
premises. Milhtrd Croll, of Radnor,
aai the contract for the building. Mr.
Fletcher in the near future will erect
se\i ial other dwellings on the farm for
Ins help, consisting of a eoarhinan. far-mer
gardner, etc. All the old buildings
00 the premises will be razed.
ST. MARK'S CHURCH
Services on Sunday at St. Mark's
Lutheran Church by the pastor, at 10.30
A. M. Subject "The Voice preparing
for Christ." 7.30 P. M., subject "Ixiok
whence Ye came," Sunday Bohooli 2.15.
c. I-;. 7.11" P. M. Christmas exercises,
Monday, 7.3" P. M.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
liehingjiemorrholds were theplague
of my life. Was almost wild. Doan's
Ointment cured me quickly and per-manently,
after doctors had failed." C.
learned to like them and spoil their ,, rjoriweU, valley Street, Saugertles.
reputation in general. N jr.
Sabbath. December IS, 1900. Preach-ing
by the pastor, 10.30 A. M. and 7.30
i . M .Sabbath School, 9.15 A. M. Y.
. S. 0. BL, 1.46 P. M. Junior Y. P. S.
c B . 1M P, M There will be special
Christmas music at the morning ser-vice;
and the Sabbath School Christ-mas
celebration will be held In the ev-ening.
Everybody Welcome
The voters of the town are beginning
to manifest interest in politics, and as
soon as the Christmas holidays are past
the work In earnest will begin.
The resignation of Mr. English from
Town Council will not be filled until a
new members is elected In February.
The majority of the members seem to
think tliut an election for the short
term Is unnecessary. Shou.o the mem-bers
change their mind, Edmund Nuss,
Sr., will be the candidates of the Re-publicans.
The closeness of the vote In the Sec-ond
ward makes the fight Interesting,
and ull the borough will look eagerly
for the result M. F. Moore has made
an uttentlve member and will be rc-nomiiiiu.
il by his party. There is lit-tle
talk U4 yet as to whom his asso-ciate
will be. James Lough.-ry and
Luke Walsh are mentioned as probable
candidates.
On the Republican side, Edmund
Nuss, Sr., will most likely be one of the
candidates. The friends of John F.
Bowker and Dr. George M. Stiles are
urging them to allow the use of their
name as candidates. James Morrison
has also been spoken of as a probable
candidate.
If Mr. Bowker does not consent to be
a candidate for Town Council he will
probably be re-nominated for another
term as a director.
In the First Ward the Democrats will
probably rename and re-elect both of
the present offilcials—John Harrold for
Town Council and Patrick Ijicy for the
School Board. Both have been atten-tive
to their duties and have made
painstaking and careful officers.
The Republicans seem to be taking
little interest in possible candidates.
The friends of Dr. George N. Highley
would like to see him named for either
Town Council or the School Board.
In the Third Ward Richard Bates
anil Joseph C. Jones retire from the
Council and the School Board respec-tively.
Both will no doubt be returned
by the voterB. who recognize good of-ficials
when they have them.
In the Fourth Ward there will be a
hot old fight. The Republicans claim
a majority of four on the ward, but the
Democrats believe they can elect their
ticket. C. O'Brien has declined to bo a
candidate for re-election to Council,
and as yet those who would like to sue-n-
ii him are shy in mentioning their
names.
Mr. ('aim- will not be a candidate to
noosed himself in Council from the
Fifth Ward. He Is after bigger game
now—the county treasurershlp and
seems to be the favorite In this end of
the county for the nomination.
A great many of the friends of Mr. A.
L. Murphy would like to see him back
again serving the borough. He Is
thoroughly familiar with borough bus-iness
and would make a valuable mem-ber.
Mr. Nuss can have the i e-nomination
for the School oBard from that ward
if he wants it. He has made a good
member and thes chools will lose if he
Is not returned. He seems to want to
retire .however, and his wishes will
guide the voters.
Magistrate Smith's term expires on
May 1st, 1901. Ills successor will have
to be elected in February. Mr. Smith
descirves to be renominated and will
probably have no opposition.
Assessors will be names In the differ-ent
wards. The present ones are
Llewlyn Jones. First Ward; F. J.
Uloomhnll. Second Ward; William
Murray. Third Ward; William Stock,
Ponsth Ward; and Elmer Elliott In the
Fifth Ward.
A borough convention will be held
by both the Democrats and Republicans
to name a candidate for magistrate and
tax collector.
Chnrles Herron will be a candidate
for the Republican nomination for
School Director In the Fifth Ward.
WILLIAM HENRYS LETTER
Philadelphia, December 17, ltOO.
The census returns from Pennsyl-vania,
as given out officially In Wash
Ington, shows that the Borough of Con-shohocken
has a population of 6762, a
gala of only 292 during the past ten
years, and a gain of 1201 since the cen-sus
of 1880. The census of 1880 gave
Conshohocksn a population of 4561 and
that of 1890 gave 6470. These figures
show tbat as far aa population Is con-cerned
Conshohocken seems to be
somewhat back of Its usual progress-iveness
as compared with previous
years. During the ten years from 1880
to 1890 there was ag aln of 909 Inhabi-tants,
while during the past decade the
gain has been less than one-third that
of the preceding period. There Is ap-parently
something the matter with
the old iron clad borough and she
wants to get her bustling clothes on
during the next ten years, or she will
be finding herself being crowded by
Spring Mill and other suburbs which
really made a much better showing In
proportion to her population, than did
Conshohocken. The lack of activity In
real estate and the Inabllty to Becure
the erection of new dwellings, may
have much to do with the slow In-crease
of the number of Inhabitants.
Anyhow .Conshohocken Is not up to
date in that particular.
THE KING OF INVALIDS
Ira Saylor, the teller of the First Na-tional
Hank of this borough has prepar-ed
a delightful Christmas present for
Charles H. Conrad, of 1218 Gabot Street
Philadelphia, who has been termed "the
King of Invalids" owning to his crippl-ed
condition.
The present will consist of JR7 in
gold and silver, that Mr. Saylor has
collected from sympathizing friends In
this borough. It will be delivered to
him this evening.
AN OLD STORE—NEW G0QDS
Morgan Wright's Is one of the oldest
dry goods dealers In Norrlstown and
his store has always been noted for Its
staple line of goods and modest prices
KRAl.SE'S HEADACHE CAP8ULES
are unlike anything prepared In Amer-ica.
They were first prescribed by Dr.
Krause, Germany's famous court phy-sician,
long beforejntlpyrine was dis-covered,
and are almost marvelous, so
specc.Iy do they cure the most distress-ing
case Price 25 cents.
Sold by William Neville and J. It-tus
t>arr, W. Conshohocken.
Boys' soft hats, all colors, 50c. and SI
at Traccy. the Hatter.
WHAT SHALL V. E HAVE
FOR DESSERT?
This queston arises In the family ev-
• ry lay, J.et us answer It to-day. Try
Jell ll. a dellcous dessert Prepared In
two minutes. No baking! add hot
water and set to cool. Flavors;—Lem-on,
Orange, Raspberry and Strawberry.
At your grocers. 10 cents.
Dr. Mason K. Moyer, Dentist, 16 lstave.
Ralph Blngham, the fat little actor
who considers himself the friend of ev
cry newspaper man in this city, Is do-ing
one-night stunts down in theSouth.
While out of town Ralph finds time to
send a good, Jolly letter to Taggart's
Sunday Times. In his last one he says:
"The way I have been getting over Mis-sissippi,
Alabama and Tennessee one
would think my tour had been booked
by Jules Verne, who wrote that de-lightful,
entertaining pipe dream en-titled
'Around the world In Eighty
days; or, Why Willie split the wood.'
Tennessee reminds me of a sleeping
beany. She rests her head on the moun-tains
of North Carolina and bathes her
feet In the waters of the old Mississip-pi
river. While at Deoatur I run up
against a funny one. The Northern
Alabama Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South was going to
convene in Decatur the day following
that In which I arrived and the Broth-c:
s had begun to arrive a day ahead,
of the game, and many were the white
lawn ties thst landed In the arms of
the reception Committee from the train
that brought me there. A nice lady
friend of mine had recently made me a
present of a number of white lawn tits
and occasionally, whenl dress up like a
race horse to make people think I am
It, I knot one of the ascot* around my
Adam's Apple. I had one on when we
rolled Into Decatur. As soon as my
trllbys had landed on the sod, two nice,
dcan-looklng gentlemen walked up to
i e. grabbed my grip and umbrella and
started to give me the glad hand. I
starteu to tell them that I already had
two gold bricks and enough green goods
to parer two rooms with, when one of
them said, 'Brother, please tell us your
name and what church you are from
and we will escort you to the home you
are assigned to." Then it struck ma
what the game was and I replied, 'Gen-tlemen
you have made a mistake. I
thank you for the cordial welcome, but
the white necktie I am wearing means
nothing. I am the fat little man who
is going to give the show in the Opera
House to-night' When I said Opera
House the smile left their faces and
their visage became mobile, and you
could with the undressed eye see Ice
jergs growing all around. I told them
that no apologies were necessarw and
they said they knew that. I wonder
what they meant? You cannot buck
against a Methodist Conference on a
frosty night, so while it was cold out-doors
In Decatur, you ought to have
seen how frosty It was at 8.16 In the
Opera House that night It was like
chilkoot pass."
They tell a good one on a local law-yer,
which may be true or not. and 1
irlve it Just as I got It One evening
his wife said to him "John, you know
that check for one hundred dollars
which you gave me? Well, when I went
down to the bank they told me that
they couldn't cash It, because you only
had seventy-five dollars In bank." "1
am awfully sorry, desr," he replied
with a gleam of exultant Joy percep-tible
In each eye. "Oh, it was all right."
she said. "I Just deposited twenty-five
Hollars for you and then they cashed
the check for me, and then the exul-tant
gleam faded from John's optics.
At the annual meeting of the Wom-en's
National Indian Association, upon
the twenty-first anniTersary of its or-ganization,
which opened waa held last
week In the new First Baptist Church,
Seventeenth and Ransom streets, many
Interesting addresses were msde. A
feature of the day'B proceedings was
the paper prepared and read by Miss
Estelle Reel, the Government Superin-tendent
of Indian Education, relating
to her visits to Indan schools.
Of the various schools and Indian
tribes visited by Miss Reel none have
presented more Interesting subjects for
the study of conditions than the Supals
of Arizona and the Sauk and Fox of
town.
The Supais live in an almost Inacces-sible
canon, shut In by perpendicular
walls 700 feet high. To reach this
school Miss Reel traveled, after leav-ing
the railroad, nearly 100 miles by
wagon and the eight by burrow and on
foot The land In the canon Is very
fertile, but the Indians cultivate It In
the crudest way, planting their wheat
in little handfuls and their corn In the
same way. Irrigation Is rudely prai
tlced, and the people live in as prini-tlve
a condition as when Cortes entered
Mexico. There are about 400 of these
Indians and Miss Reel's efforts were
bent towards teaching them practical
Industries, Irrigating, farming, fruit
raising and housekeeping.
The Supals are expert In basket mak-ing,
and their productions arejfmurk-able
for their Ingenuity and beauty.
Over $300 worth of these baskets were
sold last year. Miss Reel Is endeavor-ing
to have tills made an important
source of revenue, which will contrib-ute
materially to the prosperity of the
tribe.
The Sauk and Fox of Iowa have an
excellent school building, for which the
Government appropriated $35,000. The
old Indians, however, are opposed to
the education and civilization of their
children, and thus far the attendance
at the school has been limited. On ac-count
of thes mnll attendance Miss Reel
visited the camps of these Indians in
company with the agent and superin-tendent
and after almost exhausting
their persuasive powers, finally suc-ceeded
In obtaining the consent of a
number of parents to allow their child-ren
to return to school.
Although In the midst of civilization
for many years, these Indians are In a
very primitive condition, and notwith-standing
the fact that missionaries
have labored zealously, they cling
steadfastly to the superstitions of their
ancestors of hundreds of years ago,
relish the dog feast, enjoy the medicine
dance, and care naught for the civil
lawB of marriage and divorce.
Push-c-to-neke-oua, the chief and
head of the council, who has all along
opposed education, not for choice, but
as It was the sentiment of his people,
has now accepted the Government
school and placed his children therein,
much to the displeasure of many of the
tribe.
In her paper Miss Reel stated that
the desire of the Indian Bureau is to
teach the Indian to he a self-support-ing,
Christian citizen, and that there
mus be inculcated in him the habits of
Industry and economy.She speaks of
he Commissioner, W. A. Jones, as a
brondTmlnded, energetic man. who has
a sincere and earnest Christian Inter-est
In his work and allows no oppor-tunity
to escape by which the cause of
Indian clvllizaton can be advanced.
WILLIAM HENRY.
NEW .ROLLING MILL.
THE PLYMOUTH ROLLING MILL
LEASED AND TO BE STARTED
AS SOON AS PUT IN CON-DITION
It will lie good Christmas news to the
people oi Cnie.liolioiken [o know that
tie Plymouth Rolling Mills has been
I I" Bnoch Stanford of Hurrisburg
and that be will take possession to
morrow.
.Mr Stanford is the manager of the
rolling mill ami liu plate works of the
Lilian, e and GroSjean Manufacturing
company, who are the mantaetareri of
tin- celebrated Agate Nickel-steel ware,
The main office Of this firm is In New
fork, lint they have works in llarris-nd
Woodhaven, N. Y. Mr. Stan-ford
is iln- manager of the Hurrisburg
plant.
It is not known yet whether Mr.
Stanford has leased the mill for the
firm he is Connected with, or that In
lias severed his connection with the
firm and Intends to start out In bus-iness
for himself.
With the mill will go a large office
building and a row of eight dwelling
mi Oak street
The mill has splendid shipping facil-ities
goth the Reading and Pennsyl-vania
Railroads have sidings into It.
It will be Interesting to watch the ef-fect
of the starting of this mill on the
labor question in this borough. The
milis of the Alan Wood Company have
not all the men they desire, nor have
the mills of the J. Wood & Bros. Co.
Both of these concerns seem to have
plenty Of orders and are very busy at
present.
WES'r CONSHOHOCKEN
THE MORRISON CASE
HENRY BUSTARD DEAD
i)on't use any of the counterfeits of
DeWltt's Witch Haiel Salve. Most of
tuem are worthleea or liable to cause
injury. The original DeWltt's Witch
Hazel Salve is a certain cure for piles,
eczema, cuts, scalds, burns, sores and
skin diseases.
William NOTMIO. W. B. Supplee,
W. Conshohocken.
Christmas ornaments and toys at
the lowest prices at Kehoe's. 217 and
222 Hector street.
Henry Bustard, familiarly known as
'Keddy" died at his parent's residence,
at Gulf Mills, early yesterday morning,
after a short illness, lasting only five
days.
Bustard was a member of the Con-shohocken
Foot Ball teanashaving sign-ed
with them dnring the latter part of
1898. He played a tackle position and
soon developed into a star and won
much fame. He was one of the most
valuable men on the team. He was a
hard, conscientious worker and It Is be-lieved
by many of his friends that It
was through his determined efforts to
bring fame and glory to his team that
caused his illness which resulted In nil
answering the sumomns "Well Done,
Come up Higher."
To a superstitious person it would
seem that "Reddy" was not destined to
win new laurels on the gridiron this
year. Shortly before the season opened
he was seized with an attack of appen-dicitis
but successfully underwent an
operation at Charity Hospital. On his
release he was cautioned not to play
the game and even the players on the
team did not want him to play for fear
he might receive a set-hack, but he
protested and played In nearly every
game. In some of which he displayed
great skill and after the close of the
season he was stricken with death. In
the last game of the season, with the
Villa Nova College team "Reddy" look-ed
the picture of health nnd It was
through him that Rambo was pulled
from back of the goal line which avert-ed
a score for the Collegians. In his
death the local team has lost one of Its
best players and one whose place will
he hard to fill.
He was stricken by his final sickness
while attending a meeting of the foot
ball team at Crlmean's Central Hotel
last Saturday.
The second hearing in the case of
.I.mi's Morrison against the county for
damages to his property on Spring Mill
avenue uas In hi in Norrlstown Thurs-day,
when the county presented witnes-ses.
Joseph C. Jones, testified that he was
a member of Town Council and Chair-man
of the Street Committee when
• Churnslde erected the house on
top of the boulders twenty-eight years
ago, and when Harry street was laid
out, curbed and paved, and he did not
think the property had any frontage on
Harry street.
In 1896 he valued the ground at J500
and the house at $2500, or the market
value of the whole property at $3000.
The amount of damage by opening
Spring Mill avenue four years ago was
not more than the cost of a retaining
wall along the property, possibly $1500,
and.$20u or $300 was sustained by blast-ing
out the "miinilocks," necessary In
removing the stones.^Thls blasting
was not done by the county but by the
borough of Conshohocken. The cost of
the retaining wall, the county is liable
for, and of the other damages the bor-ough—
according to the testimony.
On cross-examination by Mr. Evans,
Mr. Jones stated that he did not thinkj
the house was built parallel with Spring
Mill road. There was an entrance to
the property for vehicles where the old
load existed, but ceased when the street
was oiiened, the only Ingress Is by foot.
Cyrus E. Hippie estimated the value
of the property at $3000, and no dam-age
except the construction of a wall.
Mr. William Ferrier was of similar
opinion as to the damages, but valued
the property at $4000. Mr. Richard H.
Hale was of like opinon. He thought
that before the street was opened the
property was worth $3000, and half that
anioiini now. He was not sure that the
damage to the house was caused by
blasting The whole damage would he
from |1800 to $2000, of which $200 Is to
ihe house.
Iiiiring the course of the testimony
tne residents grew reminiscent and cre-iiil
considerable merriment in speak
ing of the nearby rocks as a trystlng
place for young folks, though none of
the Witnesses would admit that they
had climbed the giddy heights and
"viewed the landscape o'er" on moon-light
nights nnd other times, pointing
out the beautiful perspective to n fair
one who had gotten there through no
little exertion.
—Ci." It Hoffman Is confined to In i
home by Ulm
— Mr. Bkekiel Bhoadea hat returned
to worn all. r a tew day of sickness.
—A prayer meeting will be held Ibis
.veiling at the home of Matthew Robin-son,
Everybody la Invited.
—A malady of sore throat has struck
i be town and many serious cases have
i ii report d but as y.-i no deaths have
resulted.
William Fuiiner bus removed from
John Whltehead'a boose on Mutton
Mill, n> Th. oil.ire Bfdllwagon'a bouse on
Ford sn. 11.
—The residents are making groal
pri Derations tor Christmas, Rvery day
a large numbers of our neighbors are
seen going through the town with trees
on their buck.
The Quit Christian Sunday s. hool
has prepared a cantata for their Christ
celebration which will be held on
M lay evening in the church.
Mary c. McKensle the pmaperous
milliner of tills borough bos Just learn-ed
some parson or persons have adver
Used she was selling Ml ln-i DO
on account of ill health She wishes
to have it contradicted as false and is
Mill open for business.
—The Christmas Anniversary of th
Free Baptist Sunday School Of thi
ough win be held on Wednesday even-ing,
December 20, in the Church at 8 P.
M. Doors open nt 7 o'clock. A grand
musical and literary treat is being pre-pared
by the choir In connection with
the Sunday School. This Sunday School
has the name of giving good entertain-ments
so come nnd spend n pi.
evening.
THECONSHOHOCKEN
PROPHET
PREDICTS
I hat puff ties are popular In windy
weather.
♦
I hut sum clothin shrinks from water,
an so do sum boyB.
of another
TON OF WIRE STOLEN
The Hell Telephone Company had ov-er
a ton of wire stolen from its line
mar l-'orl Washington on Wednesday
night. The long distance line that Is
made of heavy copper wire was strip-ped
from forty poles and taken away.
Men were put to work on Thursday
He was taken with n | to repair the damage, ami by night had
congestive chill which later developed
Into typhoid pneumonia, which result-ed
in his death.
No one person had more friends than
Reddy." In his Immediate neighbor-hood
many of the people would come
to the games to see their favorite piny.
His kindness of heart and general cour-tesy
toward all won for him friends by
the score. He was of a gentle dispos-ition,
but was ever ready to stand for
his rights. 8lnce undergoing the oper-ation
he has been in the employ of
Henry Dougherty, of Swcdelnnd.
The funeral will take place on Mon-day
morning from his parent's resi-dence
at 8 o'clock. High Mass of Re-quiem
will be celebrated in St. Gert-rude's
Church at 9.30. The Interment
will be made In St Patrick's Cemetery,
Norrlstown.
the line working In good order again.
This Is the worst robbery of wire
that the company has sustained In this
vicinity,
WHEN YOU GET A HEADACHE
don't waste a minute but go to your
driiggiBt nnd get a box of Krntise's
Headache Capsules. They will prevent
pain, even though your skull were
cracked. They are harmless, too. Read
the guarantee. Price 26c.
Now Is the time when croup and lung
trouble prove rapidly fatal.- The ohly
harmless remedy that produces Immed-iate
results is One Minute Cough Cure,
it is very pleasant to take and can he
relied upon to quickly cure coughs,
colds and all lung diseases. It will pre-vent
consumption.
■vi.,1am Neville. W. E. Supplee,
V». Conshohocken.
THE BKST COI.D CURE
is one you ran take without interrup-tion
to business. One that does not
i-iieet the head or hearing like the con-
..nn.'.i use of quinine. One that cures
speedily and leaves you feeling fresh
and elear-liea.leii. Such a one Is
Krause's Cold Cure. Price 25c.
Sold by William Nevn.e and J. Ru-fus
Dnrr, W. Conshohocken.
Dr. tVood's Norway Pine Syrup seems
especially adapted to the needs of the
children Pleasant to take; soothing in
Its Influence; It Is the remedy of all
remedies for every form of throat and
lung dli
THE GULF
Lots of people to-day owndcr how
such a nnme as the "Gulf" ever came to
be applied to that picturesque place in
the heart of the hills In southeastern
Pennsylvania. On December 13. 1777,
when the main body, of the Continental
army arrived there on Its way from
Whitemarsh to Valley Forge, the ques-tion
must have been asked a great ma-ny
times, for Albigence Waldo, one of
the tourists who made that memorable
Journey records the following as his
explanation of the origin of the mi
"The army marched three miles from
the west side of the river and encamp
od near a place called the Gulph, and
not an Improper name, either. For this
Gulph seems well adapted by its situ-ation
to keep us from the pleasure and
enjoyments of the world, or being con-versant
with anybody In it."
That's rather a personal view, but ll
doubtless explained the nnme very sat-isfactory
to the hungry, ragged and
freezing soldiers who made up the tan-gible
opposition to a Britsh administra-tion
In America. The locality was real-ly
named. It is said, from the great
gulf or cleft-like pass through which
the creek breaks between the hills on
its way to the Schuylkill. For four
days many of the patriots lay on the
bleak hilltops without tents or other
protection from the ruin and snow anil
sleet which contemporary writers tell
us prevailed at the time.
Congress, sitting In a romfortnble
room by a good fireside." Jollied ih,
men all It could by ordering a day of
thanksgiving for the IMII. and the tents
having arrived in tin- meantime, "the
.irmy remained in Its quarters, and the
chaplains performed service with their
several corps and brigades.'' On the
-19th at ten In the morning Iln- arm]
moved away to Valley Forge a few
miles uway. there to pass the winter.
The Pennsylvania Society of Sons of
Ihe Revolution creeled a monument ii
mark the she of the encampment sei
eral years ago. Ii stands on tin- open
ground in front of where the old Bull
Mills, built in 1747. used to be. This
historic structure is now alOSl entirely
gon.e only one of its walls yel standing.
The monument hears the following In-scription
on Its face:
en.ni MILLS,
Till-: MAIN CONTINENTAL ARMY
COMMANDS!) BY
GENERAL GBOROH W ' BHINOTON
ENCAMPED IN THIS IMMEDIATE
VICINITY FORM DBCEMBBR 11 TO
m CBTMBEH It, 1777,
BBFORB GOING INTO WINTBR
QUARTERS AT VALLEY FORGE
A very curious geological formation
is what is locally known as ihe "11 in|
ing Rock," on the C.ulf road, about
half Way between Mi l-'arlantl's Mills.
at Bird-In-Hand, Montgomery county
and the site of ihe ..id Gulf flouring
mill. Been from the west, the profile
of a ram, with a shaggy head and ne. I,
is quite apparent The rock BgurM
prominently In the sentiment of I In-surrounding
country, for It Is at thai
point that tin- young man who takes
his girl out driving on a moonlight
night may claim toil from her fair lips.
There is a story told that years ago
some mischievous hoys ciil a score of
sappiings. and after hammering the
ends of them, stood the poles under
the rock, as if to prevent its descent
upon the road and overwhelming
chnncc travelers. Then they OOO
themselves In the shrubbery, ai a con-venient
place to gel whal fun theyeouid
out of the farmers who came along and
studied over the serious problem. The
sequel of the story is that most of the
youths of Gulf Mills could not sit
down for a month.
From their te mporary encampment
Just beyond and above Ihe Hanging
Rock, the main body of the Continen-tal
army, on December It, 1777, inarch-ed
through this gateway of the Gulf
and moved to their winter quarters at
Valley Forge, four miles away.
Thai we'll soon reel
slaughter in Turkey.
♦
That powder Is now hein sold at Its
face value.
♦
That many a fellei I hit nets too
square is called a blockhead.
That many a man can trace hisdo
fall to a piece of soap on the
♦
"That if yer let milk stand till
tired, its hound tcr turn on yer.
That its ther weak minded man thit
can't resist strong drink.
That in kumpiny, ther feller
ins th.-r most Ice gits his pick.
I
That a feller feels decidedly put out
when ther girl's father chases him
home.
♦
That ther feller thlt stands on cere-mony
is usllly ther one thlt gits si
ther most
♦
That many men students of botany
can be Soon at the front row in the
burlesque show.
♦
Thai when a boy gits bumps on
face he don't have ter git a phreolg
ii . ill him what they mean.
thlt
CHRISTMAS AT ST. MARK'S
The Christmas exercises of the
Mark's Sunday School will be held
Monday evening, at 7.30 o'clock.
following is the program:
Organ Solo w. Anson Moser
Kejolce School
Prayer
t'rlmary
Opening Address Ada Schllchter
Sing Ye Children. Sing School
"The Happy Christmas Time," Emma
Longacre, Carrie Marks.
Lizzie l.ii-hieap
Solo, "Gentle Jesus," Wesley Kay
Class of Recitation.
Duett, "The Little Low Jesus,"
Elma Decker. Ridie Sweimler
"Very Little Tots," Ada Schlicter,
Lucy Fisher. Essie Koland
Song, "Little feet may follow Jesus."
Emma Longacre.. Maud Oralnor
Solo Ridie Bwi .
"Christmas Fall I s," Wesley Ray, How-ard
Fisher, Eddie Nagele.
Closing CHorus School
t hrislmas Greeting School
Christ mas Welcome, Lena Wilson
Sing the Christmas Story School
I'm it Clara Kline. I.i/.zie, Longacre
Ring. Ring, the Bells School
The Heavenly Babe Lizzie Staley
Room for the King School
Great Joy Dialogue
Mine eyes have seen School
Offering address
Ring out the Merry Bells School
DEATHS
FISHER. -On December 19, 19i
lacoh \\\. Fisher, aged 78 years. Lai
No, 1311 l-'razier street, Wi
Philadelphia,
The relatives and friends of the fam-ily,
also the Hlckorytown Bernini
Association, arc respectfully Invited
attend the funeral services, at Barren
Hill Cemetery, Montgomery County, ota """
Saturday afternoon, December 22, at 2
o clock.
CONNKRTON—in Swedeburg, Mont-gomery
County, on Tuesday. December
\K 1900. John E. Connerton. in the 34th
year of his age.
The relatives and friends of the fam-ily
are respectfully Invited to al
the funeral, from his brother's resi-lience,
River Rond, near Rambo's on
baturday morning. Dei-ember 22. at 8
o clock. Mass nt St. Augustine's church,
lliidgeport. nt 9.30 o'clock. Interment
it SI Matthew's old cemetery, Consho-hocken.
O'NEILL.--On December in. 1900.
Mary, wife of Andrew O'Neill, ai
v. ai i
The relatives and friends of the fam-ily
nre respectfully invited to attend
the funeral, on Saturday morning, ahS
o clock, from her husband's residence.
West Sixth avenue. Conshohocken.
Sol- inn Requiem Mass at St. Matthew's
Church. Interment at St. Matthew's
i emetery.
READ THE RECORDER. $1 a year.
Itching piles? Never mind if phy-sicians
have failed to cure you. Try
Doan's Ointment. No failure there. 50
cents, at any drug store.
lazy liver makes a lazy man. Bur-dock
Blood Hitters Is the natural, never
failing remedy for n lazy liver.
Help is needed at once when a per-son's
life is In danger. A neglected
cough or cold may soon become serious
and should be stopped at once. One
Minute Cough Ctireqiiicklycures coughs
and colds and the worst cases of croup,
bronchitis, grippe and other throat and
lung troubles,
William Neville, w. E. Supplee,
.,. Conshohocken.
Men's Fine Plush Caps, $1 and fl.SO
at Tracey the Hatter.