Ambler Gazette

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The Ambler Gazette
VOL.  XX1V.-NO.  44.
AMBLER,   PA.,   OCTOBER  2*5,   1906.
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HARD LUCK
STORY FAILED.
Scheming: Hotorist Unsuccessful in1
>'*•**■' Securing* Loan.
Toured Plymouth anil Whltt>«nh riiwo-
«hi|>« Trying to liaise the Mon, y — Sum
Needed at tttnt att, Mn. Later Reduced
to SW.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
Friday at eaoh of three distinct hog-
telries in Plymouth and Wlritemarsh i
townships, by a clever chauffeur, to
"hood wink" sums of money from
$10 to |25 from landlords or bar clerks,
believed to be impressionable, throngh
a smooth tale nf sudden hard luck.
Unfortunately for the schemer, he
used the name of Mr. Wilson, a Gulf
road banker, whose motor car is well
known, owing to its peculiar construction. Immediately suspicion was
aronsed.
Be madsqhis appearance, Thursday,
at a Connanghtown hotel, jumped
from his car with the air of a man
ot affairs, entered the barroom and
bought a drink, inviting those about to
join. He manifested his surprise
when, instead of the landlord personally, another member of the family
served the drinks. His anxious Inquiry
as to tlie cause of the temporary absence of the head of the house seemed
peculiar. He tarried for a time,
meanwhile relating that he was the
new -chauffeur for tbe well-known
banker, and detailing his eiploits
aronnd tbe country.
Just then a prominent Conshohocken
official entered the hosterly, and Ihe
latter's manner of freedom at the place
led the motorist to assume him to be
the proprietor.
Then it. was that the official, taken
for the landlord, was called aside and
told, ia a most confidential way, tbat
the motorist had jnst run short of
money and had the urgent need of
about $25, which would readily be returned in a few days, an alleged $100
watch being offered as security.
Of course, when tbe loan effort
failed, as the official was not in that
line of business, he kindly called the at*
tention of tbe motorist to the fact that
the machine he was using was not the
* one known to be used by Mr. Wilson
in his trips to Conshohocken. The
stranger lost no opportunity in departing.
Imagine the official's surprise when,
several hours later, he alighted from
a trolley oar at Barren Hill aod accosted the same motorist just about to call
the landlord aside for the same.confidential talk. The landlord was put
wise with a warning sign, though tbe
loan figure had been placed at but $15.
According to a report from Spring
Hill, the strange motorist was willing
tc accept but $10 for his emergency
need there. i
Die. on Day Old Friend I. Bolted.
Death olaimed Mrs. Amanda
Scheetz, one of the wealthiest residents
of Perkiornen. valley, on the day that
har aged friend^ Benjamin Barndt,
•was buried frqm her home, aud it is
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Mrs. Scheetz, who was 76 years old.
lived in a lonely farmhouse a mile
and a half from tbe village of Finland, this oounty. The only other
.person who dwelt in the bouse was
..ber faithful attendant, Benjamin
Barndt, who was pact 80 years of age.
Two weeks ago he became siok, aad
Mrs. Scheetz ministered devotedly to
him. Several days ago, however, he
died.
Immediately Mrs, Scheetz, wbo np
to that time had been in good health,
seemed to collapse and her death followed almost at the very hour when
the body of Mr. Barndt was being
lowered Into a grave at tba Bidge
Valley ohnrch.
Mrs. Scheetz was the widow of
Jonas Scheetz, a prosperous farmer,
who left a large sum of money for the
endowment of St. John's Lutheran
ohnrch, Spianerstown.
OBITUARY.
Want, to Know What It Owes.
Tbe Postal Telegraph oompany  pe-
... titioned the oourt to award a citation
for the purpose of fixing  the amount
of pole  tax  dne  to the  borough of
Trappe from tbat company.
In their statement to tbe oourt the
a telegraph oompany alleges that August
~ 18, 1899 the borongh council of Trappe
passed an ordinance fixing the pole
tax for that borough at 60 cents upon
eaoh pole per annum. Suit for this
tax was brought before Justioe of the
Peace B. W. Weikle and judgment
was given againat the telegraph company for $24.50 and $5.50 costs.
The telegraph company states that
the pole tax is levied and is designed
and intended for the mere purpose of
revenue. They oontend that the borough is under no expense in inspecting
and replacing the poles. Further
they state that if the borough were
' under any expense for tbis purpose it
wonld not exceed two oents per pole
per annum.
For these reasons tbe company has
asked tbe cobrt to fix tbe rate of pole
tax. The oourt iias issued an order
making tbe matter returnable for a
hearing on November 19.
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Chalfont Robber..
Constable Howard B. Boorse, of
Ohalfont, went to Oamden, N. J.,
Friday, to see whether tbe men arrested there for robberies tally witn tbe
description of tbe men seen leaving
Ohalfont a few nights after tba
. postoffice safe was blown open and
j. robbed.
Oonstable Boorse has been very ao-
i i \ i 'n "O-njinreting with the, nt-ipt.
office inspectors in trying to discover
tba robbers, and it appears to be the
belief of tbe authorities tbat many of
the reoent postoffice robberies were
committed  by a well organized gang.
LOUISA H. E3LING.
Louisa H. Esling, one of the oldest
residents of Ambler, died Wednesday
last at the residence of her nephew,
Henry O. Esling, Esq., Forest avenue. Deceased, who passed her 87th
birthday on July 18 last, died of old
age, and although she had been confined ro her bed for about six weeks previous to her death, she retained a remarkable consciousness up to within
a few hours of the end. She was a
lovely personality, of genial disposition, and, unlike most persons who
have outlived the associates of their
own age, she made aud retained
friends even in tne last few years of
her life.
Deceased waa the daughter of Nicholas Esling, who was a prominent figure in the distriot of the later Philadelphia, known as Spring Garden,
being at oue • time harbor master
of the city. Louisa H. was the last of
the old family of L2 children, of whom
tlie late Henry O. Bslmg. Hr., fathei
of Henry O. Esling, Esq., of Ambler,
was oue.   ,
After the death of Nicholas Esling,
Louisa H. made her home with her
nephew, and for six years has resided
in Ambler, where many friends came
to intimately know and enjoy the sunny disposition of the aged woman.
Requiem mass was held Saturday
morning at St. Anthony's ohnroh.
Ambler, and the interment, which
was private, was made in Holy Oross
cemetery, Yeadon, Pa.
WILLIAM SWEENEY'.
William Sweeney, of Ambler, died
Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock after
a short illness from pulmonary consumption. 'The remains were interred
Sunday afternoon from Odd Fellows'
hall, North Wales, services being conducted by Bev. Wilson, of the North
Wales Baptist chnron. Interment was
made ia the Odd Fellows' lot at North
Wales.
Tbe deceased was a well known
character about Ambler for some
years He was constable for a number
of terms, and as an officer gained
considerable notoriety because of his
arrests at Chestnut Hill park during
the summer of 1904 on violation of
the Sunday laws. He also was watchman a little more than a year ago at
the plant of the Cruse-Kemper com
pany. Ambler, one night when burglars entered,bound and gagged the deoeased and then blew  open  tbe  safe.
Later, However, he had been night
watchman at the plant of the Asbestos
Slate and Sheathing company, and
was at his post of duty aa late as the
Monday night before his death. Effort
to find any of his relatives, so as to
apprise them of his death, wsre fruitless. 	
Utamoata.
On Snnday evening Miss Oarrie Landis led a rally servioe in the Mt. Vernon Street Evangplical church.
Bow we are going to have a Young
Mens' Christian association. At any
rate a meeting is to be held In the
East ward sohool honse on Monday
evening next to consider it. It is ex
pected tbat tbe state secretary of the
association will be present.
On Saturday evening a treat is pro,*
halilv in gtoia-for-tho—Who go  to tne
xraifflBifPlii Norway.™ ^©n last
Thursday an address was delivered
there ou^'Forestry " by Irvin Williams,
deputy forestry inspector. He is a
brother of Dr. Howard Williams, of
Lansdale.
Mra. William D. Heebner last week
went to Boston as the Lansdale delegate to the World's W. O. T. TJ. convention.
This Wednesday evening an interesting lecture is promised in the Methodist ohnroh. It is to be delivered by
tha Bev. F. A. Holtzkausen, of Wittenberg, Germany, where Luther lived.
Its title is "Martin Lutber, tbe monk
wbo shook tbe world."
Oharles Wiess, who met death by
aooident and was buried at Hilltown
ohnroh, was nearly 54 years of age.
He was born in Hilltown, but bad lived
here 80 years where his mother yet
resides.
Bev. H. I. Stewart, late Baptist
pastor here, reports that be bas been
jnst a year at Cambridge Springs and
everything ia prosperous.
In Lansdale the fifth anniversay of
tbe wedding of the present pastor,
Bev. Francis W. Walker, waa duly
oelebrated by a gathering of his triends
on Tuesday of the present week.
CHURCH ROAD
DAMAGES
Successful Entertainment.
Mission Re-Dedlcatlon.
Tbe new wing and alterations to the
Calvary mission, at Limekiln pike and
Washington lane, have been oompleted
and the re-dedication services are
announced to occur the evenings of
October 24, 26 and 36. The mission
is an adjunct to ihe fashionable Calvary Presbyterian ohuroh, of Wynoote,
of wbiob Bev. Dr. .William Barnes
Lower, regent of the Cheltenham
Military academy, is the paator.
Secured a State Job.
E. L. Loux. Esq., of Souderton, who
was prinoipal of the publio schools
there, and who was seriously wounded by a burglar about a year ago, baa
reoeived an appointment in the state
horticultural department. His duties
will be to visit tbe farming and ot.
obard sections ot the several counties
and instruct Interested ones in the
best farming and fruit growing methods, acoording to Ihe successful experiments of the department. He assumed tbe new duties last week.
—Miss Isabella McSparren, prinoipal
of the Ashbourne school, was called
10 her home in Lancaster county by
the critical illness of her sister. Miss
Mary Leahy, of Olenside, substituted.
A most enjoyable and successful
reoitat was given laat Wednesday evening in Ambler opera house by tbe
choir of St. Thomas' Episcopal chunk,
Whitemarsh, assisted by Miss Russian.
The house was well filled, and the pro-
Not Allowed the Aimans and Sarah gram rendered was greeted with tbat
Slifer appreciation, whioh the efforts  of tbe
participants    justly    deserved.     Ihe
rati to Recover $1000 Dam. L?hornB,work "vealed the careful training and enthusiastic response oi those
comprising the choir, and the solos
were,   equally   well   rendered.     Miss
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Proceeding. Fail to Recover #10-00 Dan
ages tor the Widening of Church Road—
Real Kctate Expert. Testily Farms Worth
Just as Much as  Before Widening
The jury in the suit of Josephine
Aiman, Riohard Aiman and Sarah R.
Slifer vs. tim county of Montgomery)
bronght in a verdiot Friday evening
favorable to the county. The suit
was ou an appeal from tiie award of a
jury, the owners claiming $1000 dam
ages. The Aimans and Sarah Slifer ar
owners of a valuable farm paitly i
Springfield and Cheltenham townships. The county proposes to widen
the Church road along the plantiffs'
property to a width of 40 feet. In the
widening of the road tbe fiont of the
plaintiffs' property is taken to the
amount of one third of an acre.
Luther Bolder, a real estate agent
of Philadelphia, estimates the damages at $750, exclusive of the cost of
the removal of the fence and its restoration
H. C. Biddle, of Ambler, who has
sold farms in the vioinitv of the
Aiman farm, estimated the injury at
$800. In cross examination be said
that the farm would not bring auy|
less per acre after the road was widened tban before it was widened.
The witnesses for the plaintiff all
estimated as part of the damages the
value of the land taken. In the questions put by Mr. Jenkins the farm contained many acres of land which acreage includes to the middle of the road.
His questions were designed to show
that they would sell to the middle ot
the road after the widening.
Joseph W. Hunter, state highway
commissioner, does not think tbat tba
Aiman property would be injured at
all by the widening of this road, but
that the property would be benefitted
by the widening.
J. H. Dager testified that the trees
for which Mr. Aiman claims damages
ara nearly all outside of the Aiman
property and in the present road. Mr.
Dager thought that the present location of the Aiman fence is within
tbe roadway as it now exists.
William P. Albrecht, a real estate
agent of Oreland and Philadelphia,
thought that the property Is benefitted by the widening of Ohuroh road.
In cross examination he thought that
tbe Aimans should be compensated for
the expenses of tne removal of the
fence.
Several other witnesses were called
by the defence who thought that the
land would be appreciated in value,
bnt they ail thought that compensation
should be allowed for the moving of
the fenoe.
ie program follows:
y Choir." w i
" Choir woodward
Rtissuiu's recitations were deservedly
popular, and not only were the selections well adopted but were presented with abititv and a most charming
personality.    The program follo|
! Tableau—"a Country
I "The Kaaiaut Morn
For A!! Eternity" ..Mi.W.C.Hebdeu..Mascltt!roiji
Kecitiitiiui, Miss Rutsum
Kathleuu Mavouraeeu"..Mrs. Ley moot.. .Crouch
Dowu In tht Dt-ptlis". ..Krentch
Mr. W. Thompson
Recitation, Miss Rutsum
"The Palms" ., Faure.
Misses Comly. Messrs Hebdeu aud .-Strang
"Sftubtam and hose":..Mr. O. Strang...gomervtUe
Recitation, Miss Russum
•'Never Old' Misses Sloan Rose wig
"i-ritig Me to Sleep'' Mitg Comiv Green
'• Excelsior*'....Messrs. Hebden and Strong....Balfe
KecJtatn.B. Miss Russum
•Lead Vt, O Father'' Choir Sullivan
PrnipffT ville.
Il'liere will be a musical and elocutionist entertainment under the direction of Mrs. Buchanan, of Ambler,
given at the home of Miss Bertha H.
Shutt this Saturday evening at 7.4a
o'olock. Admission, 36 oents, inoluding ice cream and cake. Proceeds for
the Christian Endeavor society, of tbe
Pleasantville ohnroh. Everyone welcome, as the program promises to be
good.
Misses'Caroline and Lilly Rnss and
Miss Alice Weand, of Lancaster, wbo
have been spending a few days at the
Syoamore Dale farm with S. W.
Shutt's   family, have retnrned  home.
Miss Edna Moore and Miss Bertha
Shutt attended tbe social given by
Miss Oiive Weisel, the elocntionist,
at her borne in Philadelphia last
Thursday evening ,
Walter Eichenberger and family, of
Philadelphia, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Staokhouse.
Miss Lavinia Ford returned home
on Monday after spending some time
with relatives at Horsham.
Kirk Radoliff and family were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Radoliff, of Eaglesville, on Sunday
Mrs. Bella Weikle is spending several days with her daughter, Mrs.
Granville Leedom, of Frankford.
Mr. and Mra. Isaao Shoemaker, of
Abiugton; Miss Ethel Perry, of
Eureka, and Mrs Theodore Alien, of
tiiis plaoe, were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Parry on Wednesday.
TrnUey Cam Kill Man and Borne.
A team belonging to James W. Hall,
contractor of Wyncote, was struck by
a trolley car at the junot'ion of .OJtbe;
juew Welsh road  and   York.pike, Wil-
Biti,****r"'i itifrtff ytn_Mitliiite "Tit—^t
sronj thai 'BB>"' IHBiffiBBSSWfre
down, breaking the teg of one
it waa necessary to put the -Siiimal
out of bis misery.. The big wagon eras
turned completely around and thrown
through the fenoe into Mr. Frazier's
field. A post and panel of fence went
with it.
Tbe oar tbat hit tbe team was one of
tbe large heavy ones of the Glenside
line and as there was a wet rail and
somewhat down grade, tbe impact
was great. The driver, a oolored man,
jumped and in this way saved himself.
Tbe wagon, whioh was badly damaged, was a brand new one, only being
used a few days. Mr. Ball says that
the borae killed was one of bis best
pair and tbat the putting out of his
team would greatly interfere witb
bis work as he is extremely busy. He
has the contraot to resurface tbat
portion of new Welsh road, lying from
tbe York road, east, for W. W. Frazier,
and the team struck was an empty
wagon returning to Willow Grove
station.
The other aooident on Thursday
night was on York road, near Olney
avenue, wben a trolley oar struck a
wagon driven by Oarl Gerlaok, of
Seoond street and Wyoming avenue,
a driver for Martin Oonner, a ooal
dealer of Olney. Gerlack was so injnred that be died at the Jewish hoapital shortly after he waa admitted to
the institution.
Drayton's Coachman Sues Rapid Transit.
An echo of the wrecking of a carriage in whioh Mr. and Mra. W. Hey-
ward Drayton, 3d, of Melrose, were
riding, by a trolley car on the old
York road, -at Melrose avenue, last
Friday night, and the injuring of Mr.
and Mrs. Drayton and the coachman,
oame Wednesday when John Faber
Millet, Korristown, an attorney, was
instructed to enter aait againat tha
Philadelphia Rapid Transit oompany
for damages on behalf of the coachman, Howard Godfrey, ef Ogonta.
Godfrey waa ont abont the head and
sustained, it is claimed, internal injuries. The amount of damages asked
for, it is understood, will be 13000.
Mrs. Drayton, wbo was badly bruised,
is still under oare of ber physioian.
ed on tbe new Souderton-Trooper tad-
ley railway went on a strike recently.
Even though their demand was granted
tbey left the next day, a new force
having arrived.
Geta #100 Stud  For  Reward
When Warren Ebert, a brakeman on
tbe 13. as train through Lansdale. tnrned over to tbe railroad officials a suit
case whioh bad been left oa bis train,
and saw thousands of dollars' worth
of jewelry when the officials opeued
{.::-.* -jui'v- h" : "iii -ui' case wa*
the properly of a Philadelphia jeweler,
who had left the train, forgetting to
take the suit oase, and the jeweler sent
Ebert a diamond shirt stud worth
about $100  as a reward.
Women in Command.
The rain didn't keep the people away
from the Jenkintown  Baptist Suuday
school   Snnday afternoon.    Suburbanites of many religious  denominations
hagtheard of tbo innovation of women
Quoting   the   session and the audi-
m was filled at 8 o'olook, when
superintendent,      Mrs.   Samuel
er, called'the session to order.
the usnal officials, did not flg-l
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Mrs. ;F(fwler had a capable assistant
superintendent .in Mrs. J. Burk, of
pillow Grove. Interesting explanations of tbe lesson were given by Mrs.
William A. Selser, Mrs. Frank Gentry, Miss Mame Davis and Miss Jessie
Triol. Otber women wbo aided were
Mias Ethel May Smeal, Miss Emily
Goodwin and Miss Megargal.
Mission Services at Jenkintown.
In tbe Churoh of Our Saviour, a
fashionable Protestant Episcopal
oharge at Jenkintown, under tbe rectorship of Rev. Roberts Coles, a mission was instituted Monday to continue for one week in charge of Rev.
Dr. Floyd W. Tomkins, reotor of the
Oharoh of tbe Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, t
The order of servioe for eaoh day
until next Sunday will be an addiess
on the "Christian Life" at 4 o'clock,
and tbe "Mission Service" at 8 o'clock
eaoh evening. A volunteer ohoir of
more than 60 voices will render tbe
anthems.
The mission will be oonoluded next
Sunday, when the addition to the
church, recently completed, will be
reconsecrated by Rt, Rev. Alexander
Mackay-Smith, bishop-coadjutor of
the diocese.
George P. Brook Asks for New Trial.
Argument on the appeal of George
Philler Brook, of Doylestown, for a
new trial was heard by the judges of
tbe United States circuit oourt of appeals Monday. George S. Graham and
Silas W. Pettit, representing Brook,
argued that the verdict of tlie jury in
the district court, where the defendant
was tried for embezzling funds of the
Doylestown National bank, was
against the weight of tbe evidence. It
was also argued that tbe judge erred
in bia admission of certain evidenoe,
and exceptions were taken to the
judge's charges. Deoision was reserved,       	
Big Pumpkin  Exhibition.
In tho general merchandise store of
A. H. Blester, Mainland, can be seen
s'x of the largest pumpkins ever raised
ID that vicinity ' ! vnar Mr. Mes-
ter had an extra large pumpkin in hia
store the seeds of whioh be distributed
to 10 persons, each one reoeiving seven, with the nnderatundiag that the
largest pumpkin Of each person waa
to be retnrned to Mr Mester. The
foi lo wins have returned Ba pumpkin
tu Mi   ..i. •   .i : . • *',w_3_,ou!_<i-,
measuring 74 by 68 inches; Norman
Clemens, 98 pounds; Herman Fritz,
07 pounds; William Stevens,90pounds;
Calvin Freed, 73 pounds; J. B.
Brunner, 69 pounds.
BUTLER AT
|      JTS BEST.
Defeats    the   Strong  Wissahickon
Boys, 5 to 0.
Local Team Strengthened—Acuff Makes
Good Quarter—Strong Line and J9 eavy
aod Aggressive Back Field — Captain
Kline Made the Only Toachdewn.
The Butler football team bas struck
its gaiter and it will take a very good
team to take the locals into camp,
for tins' was shown last Saturday when
Butler defeated Wissahickon, of Philadelphia, by the score of S to 0.
Several new faces were seen on
Bntler—-Chestnut, at left guard, and
S toiler at the other guard. Hackett
was unable to play and Acuff wax
plaoed at quarter ami his playing was
one of the features of the game. Butler's defense was superb even considering the impossible conditions of advancing the ball. Butler met the Wissahickon attack quickly and fiercely,
whether directed against the towards
or at the extreme end of tbe line. Cf
the heavy forwards Qninley, Gillin,
Chestnut and Shelly were. adamant,
and not an inch could the visitors advance through them. In the back field
Captain Kline was a demon, his superior defense constituting one of the
distinct fea'ures of tbe contest. It
made no difference au what end Wissahickon directed her play there was to
be found the star of Butler's back
field ready to hurl baok the runner.
Among the pleasing features of Butler's showing was the spirit and dash
evinced in their play. All the men
went about their work with a confidence whioh it oontinued will surely
be crowned with sucoess. The boys
were "un their toes" and wide awake
every minute both offensively and defensively,and as a consequence not only
took advantage of their opponents'
mistakes but in addition were not
onoe taken off their guard by Wissahiokon.   The line-up was i
Bntler Wissahickon
Sowden left end Johnson
Qninley ..........left tackle Holt
Chestnut ......left guard A. Bentley
Gillen centre Carey
Blotter. right guard Wortman
Shelly right tackle Davis
Rue right end chlsdler
Acuff- quarter back Batchelor
isusson left half back H. Bentley
Landell right halt back ....Quiun
Klu>e full back Turner
Touchdown, Kline. Umpire, Johnson. Referee,
Buchanan.   Time of halves. 15 minutes.
PeBllra.
The publio Is warned that some persons, claiming to be soliciting contributions for the Penliyn Bethlehem
ohuroh, are doing so without authority, and the said persons are probably
frauds, as the board of trustees have
taken no steps whatever to seek contributions.
Andrew A. Blair -and family have
returned to their  Philadelphia home.
Obarles Oarr last week opened his
new fish and oyster house, and has
employed N. Taylor Kulp as his right
baud man.
The new stone house of   J. W. Lutz
is about under rpof.
.-".Richard   Vans  tan a  horse in   the
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Miss Elizabeth Tyson, of Philadelphia, is spending some time with ber
sister, Mrs. F. E. Bond.
augb* Shields and wife moved to O.
E. Ingersoll's residence on Wednesday.
Mra Oharles Kuebler, Jr., and the
Misses Rosie and Oaroline Obenland
are visiting their aunt at Laurel, Maryland.
The public sale of Blanche K.
Dougherty, at Kathleen mansion, was
largely attended and things brought
good prioes.
Miss Jeannle Ingersoll is spending
some time at Hoosick Falls, New
York.
Harry Painter and family removed
from Mrs. Walter's property to F. E.
Bond's place, formerly owned by the
late George H. Danehower.
Spenoer Roberts has moved to George
Rieger's place for the winter.
A valuable bunting dog belonging
to Harry Rieger was poisoned one
night reoently. Mr. Rieger offers $25
reward for the arrest and oonviotion of
the person or persons wbo poisoned
tbe dog.
The 11.45 trolley struck OharlesVin-
oent as he was ooming out of his lane.
The unconfirmed report la that he has
sinoe died. Vincent has a wife and
several children. Tee sad aooident
took place this Wednesday.
Babe's Cry Saves Lives ol Family,
The ory of a six-montbs-old babe,
in tbe first throes of suffocation,
aroused the mother from ber stupor
and proved the salvation, at an early
honr Tnesday morning, of the family
of William Snyder.ou tbe Brook farm,
near Washington Sqnare. All bad beoome more or less affected witb ooal
gas, from a defeotive flue.
Though still very 111, but believed
to have been brought beyond the danger point by vigorous efforts of Dr.
Slifer, is the entire family—husband,
wife and fonr ohildren.
Mr. Snyder reoently moved from the
Oentre Square botel to the Brook
farm, and Tnesday a flue, not as yet
nsed this season, was tried in the generation of a new fire.
The family retired tbe evening before and fell into a sleep that wonld
have proved their final one bad not
tbe infant's ories, at its mother's side,
aroused Mrs. Snyder. Tbe babe bad
been so well covered that it was the
last to Inhale any of tbe deadly fumes.
Mrs. Snyder had the greatest difficulty In overcoming the stupor wbiob
had beset her. At length, realizing
that something was wrong, sbe managed to reach a window and tben, re-
tivtd by the fresh air, log* n" 'line in
her efforts to revive Mr. Snyder, be,
too, being somewhat overcome. Tbe
older obildren were found in tbe most
seriona state, and a telephone message
brought tba physioian post haste.
GLENSIDE ANO   AROUND.
Harry K. Vandegrift has been attending the sessions of the synod of Pennsylvania at Lancaster as a oommissioner from the presbytery of Philadelphia
north.
Mr. and Mrs. Julius E. Nachod
bave retnrned from their trip abroad.
Dr. F. S. Slifer returned from the
Adirondack* some time ago and started for Silver City, New Mexico, on
Saturday, going from New York on
the steamship San Jacinto.
The members of tbe Roslyn Tennis
olub will give a masquerade 'at the
home of Mr. OeWitt Smith, Glenside,
on Wednesday evening, Oct. 31.  -
Harry E. Rodenbaugh has sold lot
No. 20, Menlo avenue, to Edwin H.
Bush ; also a lot on same street to William Ducklne, of Jenkintown.
The Ushers' association, of Carmel
church, gave its annual banquet on
Thursday evening. About 60 sons partook of the feast.
Saw Wall tribe, No. 243, I. O. R. M.,
will on tbe 1/fh of November go to
Ivyland to pay a fraternal visit to
Nesham tribe.
W. H. Waygood, tlie pastor of tlie
Carmel Presbyterian church, Enge
Hill, has been spending a week at the
synod at Lancaster to which he was
commissioner.
Oharles Buckman is putting up a
new stable and making a new drive on
his property, 09 Harrison avenue.
Mrs. W. Meredith, Wiilow Grove
pike, is spending some time with ret-'
atives, at Bridgeport, Conu.
Miss Florence Wismer has a beautiful fan given to her by her brother,
Sylvester, who was an orderly on tbe
battleship Brooklyn during the Spanish-American war. The fan is made of
West Indian dager plant. Sbe also has
many foreign coins.
Abinglon Township Building.
The commissioners ot Abington
township at a meeting have awarded
a contraot for ereotion of a new townahip bnilding to E. D. Lever, Jr., of
Abington, the amount involved being
18427; awarded a contract for the
ereotion of a atable to tbe same builder
for $2300; deoided to mount tbe entire polioe and supply the officers witn
new uniforms, at an approximate cost
Of $2000.
The new township building is to be
completed by April 1, 1907, when the
lease on the present building will
expire. The new bnilding will be at
the corner of old York road and High--
land avenue on a site purchased recently at a ooat of $5000. The plans
for the building were furnished by
Heacock and Hokanson, of Philadelphia. In the basement will be tbe oellrj
room, three cells; the office of the
ohief of polioe, G. S. Lever, the
officers' room and the lookeis. JtM
On the first floor will be a Big room
for meetings of the commissioners and
the officers of Clerk Bdgfcs■ and the
highway engineer. Tbe second 'flow!
will be a large hall.
The decision to mount the poli[
force was largely the result of the
earnest advocacy of Chief Lever, the
military mau, who believes that in a
large towntnp like Abington, better
results will be. obtai*)> d by providing
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neceesfhitetHJ SfSJCTipn of a'StaSHe^
The new uniforms for the force wilF"
be almost exact duplicates of those
worn by tbe state constabulary.
A State Official Conscientious la Duty.
EDITOR AMBLER GAZETTE:
I want to say as briefly and as
pointedly as possible, through the columns of your paper,that tbe miserable
criticisms within tbs past fortnight of
State Highway Commissioner Joseph
W. Hnnter and his official aots, first
given publicity by certain stump orators and tben herald throughout the
state by certain newspapers, are bnt
lame attempts to discredit a most
worthy official. Tbe department at
Harrisburg over whiob Mr. Hunter
presides is as free from political interference as any pnblio office oan be
rnn. He has proved true to the law
as commissioner, and shonld have the
oredit for it. Honest business principles for the best interests of the state
are his only guido in the conduct of
the office, and his high sense of duty
and moral courage to do tbe right
thing with everybody is oommendable
in the loftiest degree. Like President Roosevelt,he believes in a "square
deal" all around. He has made a
reoord of inflexible integrity and unfaltering fairneaa that cannot be discounted,and bia simple, kindly, quiet,
conscientious devotion to duty bave
profoundly impressed me with the
indisputable fact tbat he is "the right
man in tbe right plaoe." Always
yours,
WILMER H.JOHNSON.
North Wales, Ootober 10, 1900.
Hoover's Sales   aud    Mental*.
M. J. Hoover, real estate agent, 80S
Girard Trnst bnilding, Philadelphia,
reports tho following sales: Frank
E. Shelly, Wyncote, to Oharles R.
Wenta; William B. Margeum, Glenside, to Rev. T. F. Quinn; "Lake-
view," Abington township, to Frank
W. Hoyt;, Frank W. Hoyt, Narberth;
to Oharles R. Harper; Edith O. Hoyt,
Glensdie, to Martha L. Harper;
Sophy M. Fetly estate, near Hatboro,
to William G. Gamble; Bnilding lot,
No. 7, Melrose, to Mrs. Anna M.
Franz; "The Highlands," Wynoote,
to Pauline O. Rebmann; Linton
farm, 42 aores, Abington townahip, to
Frank W. Hoyt; Martha L. Hat per,
Narberth, to Rev. William T Harris;
Mattie Chapman Henderson, Wyncote,
to Thomas E. Brown. The above
sales aggregrate over $200,000.Rentals:
Ella E. Meurer, Wyncoie, 10 Barton
Hoopes; R. P. Nioon-on. Jenkintown,
to Howard E. Pepper; No. 14 Web-
s'erav»nuee, Wrnc>»*r, to H J. Sinker;
No. 16 Webster avenne, wyncote, to
A. O. Kietohmar; Sophy M. Kelly,
estate, Bethayres, tn Fred Knermiohael ; Merrill farm, ipnsni house,
Ambler, to Thomas VlcGoagh.