Ambler Gazette

              The Ambler Gazette.
VOL.  XVI.-NO.  6.
AMBLEK,  PA.,  JANU.ARY  13,   1898.
$1.25  A  YEAR
SUBSTANTIAL   GROWTH.
lSeiiiarknble Increase in   the  Subscription
List of the  Ambler Gazette In the Year
The subscription liet of the Ambler
Gazette keeps on growing. In 1897 it
made greater gains than in any previous
yeay of its history. The total number
of new subscribers, exclusive of advertisers and sample copies', was 226. We
give the list below. It is a showing seldom surpassed bv a country newspaper.
But we hope to do still better this year.
The Gazette in 1898 will continue to advance in the local news service, covering
the field more thoroughly than ever before. Subscribe now and be in good
company.
C. H. Keath Aug. Grabert
John Conard Mrs. Sallie David-
Stephen Blatchford     heiser
W. H. Drayton       J. Bobbins
G. F. Ely F. Beiter
Anna M. Thompson V. H. Baker
George Cline
Robt. Hibbs
Chas. Slifer
F. H. Gathers
A. G. Yothers
Harry Houpt
Geo. F. Chi Ids
Jos. B. Haywood
C. H. Miller
C. J. Carter
TJ. S. G. Bnpp
Walter E. Brand
H. O. Oberholtzer
C. Collom
15. F. Hendricks
George R. Wallace
Morris Streeper
Ervin Trucksess
Mrs. Jno. Larson
John Larson
E. T. Comly
E. B. Smoyer
Daniel McCrork
A. Knight, Jr.
Daniel Mcllvaine
Thomas Grady
Herman Ford
Morris Rhine
Christian Stockert
< ieorge J. Castor
Henry Boesler
George Frv
Thos. Anderson
R. B. Finley
Justice Perry
Charles Carr
Mrs. A. C. Ramsey Bev. Bisbing
Thos. Taylor Joseph B. Stem pie
Wm. H. Frank       Amos Ely
Mrs. M. Barrett       Byron Hoffman
J. Sims Wilson        Joesph Weiss
Barton Hoopes, Jr. B. Frank Wright
Harry Wilson
N. Dickey
G. S. Mahn
Louis Kilmer
Geo. W. Frantz
M. G. Erb
Peter stout
M. H. Biehn
Jas. A. Cozens
John J. Adams
Joseph Gouak
Thomas Rinker
Walter Dickinson
(ieorge W. Lenhart
James Neal
Jos. A. Button
William Strunk
T. Milter Knott
Martin Collins
Robert Comly
Mrs. H. A. Copeland Alfred Crockett.
Edwin Lonsdale
H. W. Hunter
Jason Sexton
Andrew Gradwohl
George Bee
D. B. Johnson
Mrs. M. Hacker
M. Ritzinger
Geo. Lower
M. A. Weiss
Harper Nice
Thos. Stockdale
C H. Partridge
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H. Martin
Wm. Totten
Theo. Fleck
Howard Robeson
George Brooke
George Niblock
H. W. Stoneback
A. H. Wenta
H. F. Gillingham
G. B. Shaffer
Miss B. Dougherty
W78. Acuff
George Conway
George Maust
Wm. B. Maust
B. F. Houpt
Elliot Zimmerman
Jones Detwiler
E. S. Stull
John F. Burner
s. B. Drake
Thos. Kirkland
Mrs. E. C. Bruner
Jacob Wentz
Elmer E. Potts
Nice A Bro.
E. F. Milter
H. L. Davis
Robt. Worrell
A. E. Conard
A. B. Conard
Miss Anna Moore
Wm. Brown
Jas. Neeley
Bev. F. C. Thomas
Bev. W. H. Beyer
J. s. Andrews
Dr. A. Shaffer
s. W. Hudson
P. Peterson
Thomas Stackhouse
D. W. Sill
Horace A. Geatrell
Charles Lents
Wm. A. Kirts
Ralph Sparks
Harry K. Stout
Mrs. C. A. Donat
Christian Kern
Mrs. R. K. Spencer
MissC. L. Hackney
Wm. Kirk
'J'. MefcJrgee
John Sechler
Clarence Yeakle
Geo. Ilulshizer
Mra. Anna B. Comly
Mrs. Emma Kemper
Amos Moore
G. B. Slingluff
John Nepley
W. B. Leedom
Ida M. Stout
B. F. Lewis
Geerge S. Day
Mrs. E. S. Boucher
John Ely
Jos. Stackhouse
John Pattison
J. C. Darrah
J. Howard Seiple
Andrew Smith
Aug. Mate
Wm. Shuman
T. Ellwood Livezey
Mra. Mary Beck
Samuel Sands
F.M.Iredell
Henry Hoffman
Miss M. Grotty
Chas. Harner, Jr. -
George Crockett
John K. Earnest
N. T. Kulp
M. Hoffman
G. W. Bex
Mary Upright
W. P. Albrecht
Ambrose Yeakle
V. E. Bond
Mra. C. Cannon
H. B. Hallman
Bev. W.B. BldtngtonMary V. Jones
H. Miller
Henry Kerper
George Hirst
Rev. L. B. Hafer
A. D. Barnett
M. Meyer
M. J. Dillon
Henry Bowers
W. P. Dickinson
Leonard Rickard
Robt. Began
L. Banks Seiner
Mrs.Ehzabethllenk Percy Botten
Harry F. Stem
Samuel Shutt
Mrs. J. Henderson
Mrs. Curie v
Rev. L. P. Powell
John P. Jameson
Geo. H. Reinhart
Geo. W. Ilulme
W. H. Belnhard
Sallie Hill
Chas. W. Johnson
George W. Lenhart
Chas. Barnes
John Schreiber
Harry Shearer
John French
Miss Alice B. Carn
B. F. Murphy
Jos. Walton
Edw. Felton
T. E. Hallowell
Albert Conard
Scared Off by a -Woman.
One morning recently the postoffice of
Ashbourne was broken into by thieves.
They were ransacking the place when
discovered by Miss Louise Gerard, the
postmistress. The robbers had their
plunder piled up ready for removal when
they were frightened off by the alarm
given.
Struck at a Cross! ng.
John Paul, a 70-year-old farmer, of
Horsham, this county, was crossing the
railroad on East Washington lane, Germantown, with a two-horse load of produce one morning recently, wben tbe
wagon was struck by a passing train.
The wagon waa wrecked, the produce
scattered all over and the old farmer
bruised and, badly cut about the head
and body. He was takes to the Germantown hospital in a critical condition,
due to his advanced age. The horses
were but slightly injured.
—One Minute Cough Cure cures quickly. That's what you want. Rees C.
Roberts.
Want Another Deed.
The officials of the First Presbyterian
church of Ambler have gone into court
and asked leave to change the deed to
their church property, so as to permit
placing a mortgage upon it in order to
protect two of their number who advanced $6500 in its construction. The
document was presented to the judges in
the law library Saturday morning. The
trustees of the ehurch are: President,
Joseph Haywood; secretary, F. C. Weber;
treasurer, John S. Buchanan, and John
A. Wentz, J. Bex Keisel, William A.
Davis.
When tbe church was constructed a
blank deed was procured from the Presbyterian Publication house, Philadel-
Eliia, which was used Without attention
eing called to its provisions. Here is a
clause in the instrument:
It is hereby expressly stipulated that the said
Joseph Haywood and John S. Buchanan, trustees
as aforesaid, their successor and successors in
trust, shall have no riffht, power or authority to
mortgage the said lot or piece of ground, with
the church thereon erected, nor in any way encumber the same; nor shall the same be liable
for any debt contracted by the congregation worshiping in said church, or by any committee,
officer or trustee thereof, nor for any debt contracted by tbe said Joseph Haywood and John S.
Buchanan, trustees aforesaid, their successor or
successors in trust.
Thia ia an absolute prohibition against
mortgaging tbe property, which the congregation and all others concerned In
the matter, including the person from
whom the property was purchased, ask
the court to reform.
The application was represented by
Montgomery Evans and George F.
Bisphani.
Wedded an Years.
Mr. and Mra. E. C. W. Steer celebrated the 25th anniversary of their marriage at their home in Ambler, Saturday
evening, Jan. 8, 1898. A pleasant occasion it waa in every sense, aa the following-named guests can testify: Mra. H.
Bote, Mra. H. Wardell, Mr. and Mra.
C. K. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. M.
Delp, Mr.'Wm. Delp, Jr., Miss Adelaide
Delp, Miss Gertrude M. Prickett, Mr.
and Mrs. R. L. Mitchell, Master Harrv
Mitchell, Mra. Wm. Mitchell, Philadelphia; Mr. and Mra. Frank C. Johnson,
Mr. and Mra. George B. Johnson, Miss
Clara Johnson, Miss Emma Johnson,
North Wales; Mr. and Mra. George Bernhardt, Master Boy Bernhardt, Mr. Jacob
Bernhardt, Franklinvillo ; Miss Ada
Baiinger, Gwynedd; Mr. and Mrs. Enos
Roberts, Katie A. Roberts, Edith E.
Roberts, Ada E. Roberts, Clara E. Roberts, Blue Bell; Mr. and Mra. John Steer,
Mr. John Steer, Jr., Mii4 Laura Lenhardt.
Mr. and Mra. Morris Streeper, Mr. and
Mra. Frank Streeper, Master Walter
Streeper, Mr. Harrison Streeper, Miss
Minnie Raudenbush, Miss Jennie Raudenbush, Mr. and Mrs. Warren D. Martin,
Mr. Clifford H. Martin, Ambler; Miss
Ethelyn M. Stannard, Broad Axe; Mra.
Hettie Bauder, Mra. John Marsh, Miss
Bertha Gradwalt, Mra. Kemmerer, Mr.
Lewis B. Gusman, Miss Eva Steer, Miss
Frances Craft, Miss Clara Martin, Mr.
John Martin, Jr., Ambler; Miss Annie
V. Roberts, Master Enos Roberts, Blue
Bell.
Dreshertown.
George Kernes, of Chalfont, haa rented
Mra. J. W. Paxaon's farm on Dreshertown road.
1898 calendars are in great demand at
present.
Elwood Shuman filled hia Ioe bouse
last week with five-inch Ice from Ker-
baugh'a pond.
Miss Hannah Coltman spent Sunday
with her father here.
The trees covered with snow on Monday morning ahowed the grandness of
nature aa compared with worldly art.
Benjamin and Joseph Kirk are taking
a course of studies at the Abington
Friends' school, near Jenkintown.
He who enjoys what he haa without
regretting the want of tbat he has not ia
a nappy man.
Jarrett Kirk, our enterprising farmer
and school director, looked alter the
comfort of the school children on Monday by making a path from here to Jarrettown with his horse and snow plow.
WiUow Grove.
Seven fine new vestibule cars arrived
here on Monday for the Doylestown
trolley.
The old Willow Grove Creamery association will hold a meeting at Ehrenfort's'
hotel on the 17th. This will wind up ita
affaire.
A regular meeting of tbe Ladies' Aid
society was held at the home of Mra.
Isaac Shoemaker on the 30th. Tbe date
of the annual supper was fixed for Saturday evening, Feb. 5.
The Traction company do not expect
to fill the ice house (his year, owing to
ita nearneaa to the filtering plant. They
are going to turn it Into a workshop.
There were 38 in attendance at the
Epworth League business meeting on
Tuesday night.
Both Wm. F. Morgan and C. F. Eh-
renfort have their ice houaes filled with
good ice.
Joaeph Wood was married last week
and on Monday night the Dutch band
turned out tn full force. They created
more noise than has been heard in
Willow Grove for some time.
Flourtown.
A regular schoo1 of rats infested Michael Roh rbach' s barn, and he bas caught
with a large wire trap just 46 in one
week. The first night he set the trap he
caught 11.
Winfield Worrell, of Broad Axe, has
rented the Charles A. Yeakle farm.
The board of trustees of the Presbyterian church held their quarterly business meeting Monday evening.
Quite a number of our residents attended the horse sale at the Philadelphia
bazaar on Tuesday.
Sleighs were out for the first time thia
year on Monday.
Bev. A. W. Long delivered an able
sermon Sunday evening on "The Power
of Prayer."
-Harry Hedrick, clerk at the cash store,
while out soliciting orders last week met
with a painful accident, which might
have been serious. While running after
a horse he fell on the tee, cutting his
knee to the bone. He was laid up for
several days.
A   LOVE   MATCH.
The  Coining  Marriage  of Alexander  Van
Rensselaer and Mrs. Sarah Drexel Fell.
The coming marriage of Alexander
Van Rensselaer, of New York, and Mrs.
Sarah Drexel Fell is agitating Philadelphia and New York society. Alexander
Van Rensselaer is poor, but handsome,
and he has captured a rich woman. Mrs.
Fell te well known in thia vicinity, occupying her handsome residence at Camp
Hill.
The honeymoon will be spent on the
bride's yacht, the finest owned by a
woman in America.
The engagement is of great interest to
the world in general and of special Interest to yachtsmen. A yacht was really
responsible for it. Mrs. Fell te one of
the half-dozen first-class yachtswomen
in the United States. She took a party
for a trip around the world and Mr. Van
Rensselaer was one of the guests. Afterward, instead of loathing one another
forever, aa some people would have done,
thev became engaged.
Mra. Fell ia a daughter of the late Anthony J Drexel, who was the richest
man and ablest banker in Philadelphia.
From her father's estate ahe derives an
income of $400,000 a year, and to supplement thia her late husband, John R.
Fell, left her $3,000,000.
Mra. Fell is 36. She does not, however, look more than 30. She married
when a very young woman and has a
daughter who will come out in a few
years.
The May, Mrs. Fell's yacht, was built
at Troon, Scotland, in 1891, and te a steel
ship. She ia 203 feet 8 inches long on
the water line, 226 feet over all, 27 feet
8 inches beam, 17 feet 8 inches deep and
14 feet 5 inches draught. Her engines
are of the triple expansion type, with
cylinders 16, 31 and 57 inches In diameter, and a piston stroke of 33 inches.
She te rated A 1.
Mrs. Fell purchased the May in September, 1896. She verv soon afterward
made up a party of relatives and
friends and took tbem on ft tour of the
world. Alexander Van Bensselaer was
among them. They left the fierce winter
of New York behind and sailed for the
Mediterranean, where they basked in
the winter sunshine of the African shore.
They had an encounter With Riffian
pirates, and Van Rensselaer's courage
and coolness saved the party from disaster
The May lies at her dock in the Chesapeake in perfect order, with a carefully
selected crew and every preparation
made for a long voyage. Onoe more she
will aall away from the winter winds,
but this time it will be on a honeymoon
voyage.
Wben the May returned ftoiu her long
voyage Mr. Van Bensselaer took up-his
residence at the Rittenhouse club, in
Philadelphia. Thia te but a tew doors
from Mra. Fell's new house, which is at
Eighteenth and Walnut streets. It te
one of the finest in the city.
Alexander Van Rensselaer Is a member of the ancient Knickerbocker family
of that name. It ia a family which has
enjoyed a larger degree of feudal state
than any.
The Van Rensselaers are at present
both rich and prominent in New York
and Albany. Alexander Van Bensselaer
was at one time wealthy, but lost money
iu unfortunate investments and ia now
comparatively poor.
He waa graduated from Princeton in
1871. He has spent muoh of his life
abroad and has never been regularly
employed in any business or profession.
Art, literature and travel have been hia
chief interests in life.
In personal appearance he 1a strikingly
handsome. He te tall, lean and broad
shouldered. Hia complexion te bronzed
and hia hair thick and iron gray.
Fashionable society te justified in regarding bim and hia bride aa the most
interesting betrothed pair of the season.
Narcissa.
S. P. Childs and wife are improving.
Mr. Childs has been out, but Mrs. Childs
te still confined to her bed.
Warren McCann'a horse became tired
of waiting for hia master one day laat
week and walked home from the creamery, compelling the driver to do likewise.
Some persons stole a lot of trolley wire
from the tracks of the Ridge trolley laat
Monday night. It was the copper wire
that carries the return current.
G. and W. Corson haye started their
new crusher. It ia a 50-horse power.
They are now prepared to take orders
and can crush about 50 tons duly.
The Narcissa Literary met at H. B.
Fillman's, Cold Point, on Saturday evening. There waa a good attendance and
a spirited debate on tbe question, "Resolved, that trolley companies ahould
have the right of eminent domain." The
affirmative side won. The next meeting
will be at the residence of H. Rittenhouse, Jan. 82.
Plymouth Meeting haa a telephone.
H. Young haa it in hia store. It is reported that G. and W. Corson will have
one also.
The people of Harmonville are annoyed by the tramp nuisance. The otber
night Mrs. Charles Lewis went to the
door to throw something out when ahe
waa frightened by a man, who waa looking in the window. Mr. Lewie oame to
the door and asked him what he wanted.
He aaid he wanted something to eat,
which was given him. But he did not
seem very hungry. The inference seems
to be that he was looking around for a
chance to rob.
Saturday was pay day at the creamery.
27 cents per lb., was paid for butter fat.
All received 3 cents per quart and a
number considerably more.
Following are tne officers of Cold
Point Castle, No. 103, for tbe ensuing six
months' term: Past chief, John White;
noble chief, Andrew D. Hart; vice chief,
W. H. Stout; high priest, Henry Wolf;
venerable hermit, George I). Long; master of records, H. H. Rittenhouse; clerk
of exchequer, Jacob Hart, Jr.; keeper of
exchequer, Percy H. Corson, M. D.; sir
herald, Joseph Wood: worthy bard,
Harrv E. Gilbert; worthy chamberlain,
David Matz; ensign, Augustus Matz; esquire, Lanning Lewis; first guardsman,
A. C. Camburn; second guardsman, Jos.
Camburn; trustees, II. F. Schlater, Jos.
Buckman, S. H. Freas; representative to
the grand castle, Horace it. Schlater.
SpringhouM. '
Rev. Wn. F. 8. Nelson preached in
Odd Fellows' hall Sunday.
Amos Rogenberger, while working in
Philadelphia a few days ago, met with a
misfortune. The scaffold on which he
was standing broke and he Jumped to
the ground, a distance of 12' feet, bruising his foot so severely that he is now
walking with the aid of a cane.
Miss Kate Fleck, of Norristown. visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Irvin
Fleck, on Sunday.
Mrs. Harry Beidler and son Warren,
and Mrs. A. J. Link, of Philadelphia,
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mra. < 'has.
Danehower, Sr.
NO TROLLEY IN SIGHT,
and  Miss Eliza   J.
drove to the real-
D.    Detrich   and
wish them a long
Charles Boehner
Kerr on Wednesday
dence   of    Bev.   J,
were married.    We
life of happiness.
A number of the farmers took advantage of tbe cold snap last week and filled
their ice houses.
Hon. Jason Sexton read a paper at the
farmers' institute held at Phoenixville
on Thursday.
Mr. aad Mra. Adam Rodemich and
daughter Roberta visited Mr. and Mra.
B. I<. Danehower on Sunday.
Mr. and Mra. John R. Morris, of Centre Square, were making calls in the
neighborhood on Friday.
A neat wooden fence has been erected
in front of the property lately the estate
of Sarah Ambler.
Wissahickon Grange, No. 760, installed
their officers last Thursday evening. At
the close of tbe meeting all partook of
some refreshments furnished by the
ladies.
Tbe farmers are complaining of the
high price of eowa and the low price of
milk, of Which there seems to be an over
supply just now, as some have to keep
their milk home about about one day a
week.
The Misses M. Lizzie, Idajind Maggie
Fleck visited tbeir sister, \\Irs. Harry
Worth, on Saturday.
Jenkintown Items.
The School Directors' association of
tha lower end held their second monthly
meeting Monday evening in the school
house.. Music was one of the principal
subjects discussed. The next meeting
will be held at the Ashbourne school
building.
Wm. Alexander, who recently had hia
finger severely cut witb an axe, waa compelled to go to the German hospital and
have It amputated one day laat week.
The Jenkintown National bank held
its annual meeting Tuesday, the 11th
inst., when 11 directors were elected to
serve the ensuing year.
- Rev. C. W. Dempsey and wife, of the
Methodist church, spent last Sunday at
Ridley Park. The morning service of
the church was conducted by Re v. A. R.
M»dbury, formerly pastor of the Baptist
cit Jrcn here, and the evening service was
led by Prof. D. W. Bartine, of Philadelphia.
Cards are out for the wedding of Miss
Anna Morgan, former primary school
teacher here, and Frank R. Shaner, whioh
will take place on the 18th inst., at tbe
residence of the bride's father, at Fair-
view, thia county.
The borough ordinance requiring the
cleaning of snow off the pavements te
not enforced, much to the discomfort of
many pedestrians.
Last week being the week of prayer,
special services were held Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday nights in the Presbyterian church, and Sunday morning
communion waa held.
Gur club, which was to be started at
once, we regret to say seems to have fallen through once more.
An annual family gathering was held
last Thursday at the home of Charles
Harper, on West avenue, of Mra. Harper's children and relatives. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Buckman,
Hatboro; Mr. Jacob Buckman and daughter, Cold Point; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Buckman, Byberry; Mra. Maty Buck-
man, Mr. and Mra. Frank Betts, Oak
Lane; Mra. Amos Buckman, Mra. Alfred
Buckman, Mr. Thos. B. Harper and family, Mr. and Mra. -Thos. Nice. Mr. and
Mrs. Lukens Comly, Mrs. Anna H. Gris-
com.
Prospectville.
Bev. Win, H. Bisbing, pastor of the
Prospectville M. E. church, who was
spending t.ie holidays with his parents
at Easton, haa returned to hia studies.
Albert Fesmire and Albert Boileau, of
Hartsville, were the guests of Thomas
Fillman last week.
John -Beading is the proud father of a
bouncing baby boy.
Benjamin Fisher,one of our professional hog butchers, who has been suffering
from an attack of mumps, ia able to be
about again.
Rev. W. B. Ridington, Of Ambler, will
occupy the pulpit of the Prospectville M.
E. church next Sunday.
Mr. Joaeph Weiss lost a valuable horse
last Saturday evening.
The county line school has been closed
for two weeks on account of mumps being
prevalent in that section.
Miss Bessie Weiss spent laat Sunday
with relatives at Chestnut Hill.
Wilmer Atkinson and Charlea Hinder-
nach were busy filling their ice houses
last week with a good supply of ice from
Thomas Fillman's dam, at this place.
One of our young men has purchased a
new buggy, and we are positive that one
of our young ladies will not be compelled
to walk to church these cold nights.
The Ladies' Aid society met at the
home of Mr. and Mra. John Markley last
Saturday evening. After tranaacting the
usual routine business the society was
entertained by readings and vocal muaic
by different ones present, after which
the meeting adjourned to convene in
four weeks.
The turnpike company expects to
erect a new gate at the tollhouse in
In charge of Christopher Kern.
—A strange malady killed two valuable horses belonging to Edward Keifer,
of Reiglesville.
—Creameries in the upper end of
Bucks county pay farmers $1 per 100
pounds for milk.
—Henry Nunaniaker, a carpenter, at
Ridge, Bucks county, was found dead at
hia work bench.
Three Tuns Chips.
Good grip weather.
Nearly all of the ice houses in this
Present—The 1 vicinity are filled with a good quality of
ice.
Upper Dublin politics .-.re moving
slowly.
Our public achoola are well attended
because by our i ilicient teachers going
to school is tiiitde a pleasure for the
children.
Charles Stout, our local storekeeper,
has a number of hens setting. Charles
ia looking forward to early broilers.
About the usual number of removals
from and to our locality will take place
next spring.
John D. .Morgan has developed into aa
agent atad is selling trees for Mr. Heckler. He will be around to see you and
will be able to supply you with a good
stock of climated trees.
The fanners' clubs and a little politics
mixed in keep the Hon. Jnson Sexton
pretty well occupied.
There seems to be no opposition to
Supervisor Conway. Why ahould there
be ?   George haa made a good supervisor.
The farmers who do thei" own threshing instead of hiring it done are now
getting out their grain and hauling it te
the mill.
A prominent Democratic politician
says that this will be a good year for
"plungers."
John Buchanan, of Ambler, is a candidate for the atate convention; so is
The Route by Way of Centre Square Prac.
tit-ally Abandoned for   th
Fan-tin Are Not JKortlteomlnff —- The Outlook Not Favorable.
There seems to be but little hope of
securing a trolley line between Ambler
and Norristown via Centre Square. Tbe
committee soliciting subscriptions to
stock have not met with the success required to secure the building of the line.
On Monday the amount was about $7000,
not half the sum required to take out
the charter.
On Monday afternoon the committee
appointed at the Centre Square meeting
—John S. Buchanan, Dr. Seiple and A.
K. Thomas—had a conference with the
officials of the Schuylkill Valley Traction
company at their office in Norristown,
concerning the building of the line. The
result was not encouraging to the friends
of tbe enterprise. The officials, consisting of the president of the road, Mr.
Bee be: General Manager Douglass and
Solicitor Nicholas H. Larzelere, said they
were all interested in having an Ambler
branch, but it was the general opinion
that the road could not be made to pay
expenses without a complete right of
way into Ambler. Mr. Larzelere was
also of the opinion that such right of way
was not complete when tha consent of
Eroperty holders was not obtained along
oth sides of the road.   He said be had
expended money in obtaining the highest I Sheriff Johnson, of Norristown
opinion outside of the courts on this     Tax Collector James Buzby, of Lower
question, and tbat the opinion coincided Gwynedd, te on hia rounds, thus giving
with hia own.   Thia point, however, bad  his   taxpayers a chance   to pay their
not been passed upon by the supreme   taxes without any interest added.'
court. A  flock   of  robins  wae  noticed  oa
The company agreed to take $50,0001 Maple avenue near Springhouse.   Does
in bonds after a like amount had been ! thia moan an early spring, or are thev
subscribed in stock. In adjourning the
conference President Beebe gave it aa
hia opinion that it would not be advisable to build unless a complete right of
way was secured Into Ambler, and that
when that waa accomplished hte company might take up the matter of building the line.
It therefore seems clear that the plan
to build a line via Centre Square must be
abandoned for the present. What now 7
If Solicitor Larzelere's opinion te law the
lower route can not be built either under
the present circumstances, for there la
not a clear right of way on both sides of
the road even beyond Mr. Bergner'a
line. But Mr. Larzelere may be mistaken.
aome that stayed over to spend the wiii-
ter with tu?
John L. Brown, the popular merchant
of Penllyn, says that business is unusually
good and to keep it booming it te necessary to push it along.
Henry S. Lowery,of Gwynedd C inter,
la the only blacksmith we know of who
makes hia own horseshoes.
Frank Houston says that business in
hia line of phosphates ia unusually good.;
The offices to be filled thia spring in
the various townships include two supervisors, two school directors, one assessor,
town clerk, judge of election and two
inspectors.
The   last issue  of   tne   Montgomery
If ao, the line via Cold Point might be , Transcript was an  unusually interesting
built tf the necessary funds can be secured.
The centre route, advocated by S.
Powell Childa and others, presents less
obstacles than either of the other routes,
in that tbe right of way ia absolutely
clear from the Skippack pike to the
junction with the Chestnut IIill trolley
paper
made
WI
a host of friends
pleased to support hii'..
Hickorytown school house.     As  to | only persuade him to he a candidate fr£
' any office he might desire.
sheet. Its pages and columns were brimful of good local and readable matteV
From the genial and pleasing manner oi
B. Witman Dambly, ita editor, we could
not expect anything else than a pleasing
ten in the legislature Mr. 10
who would tx
if they could,
whether the necessary funds oould be ob
tained to build tlmli line has nut been
demonstrated.
It ia claimed by several persons that
there will be little difficulty in securing
enough money to warrant the construction of the lower route, yia Cold Point.
The amount will be about half that required on the Centre Square line.
The trolley organization met at Centre
Square Wednesday evening of last week,
where a goodly number of citizens
assembled to discuss and further the
interests of the enterprise. After goi ng
over the ground thoroughly the Centre
Square contingent asked that the time
for subscriptions be extended until Monday evening, Jan. 3', when another
meeting will be held at the same place.
President Wentz appointed the following
committee to confer with the -Schuylkill
Valley Traction company: John 8. Buchanan, Dr. Seiple and A. K. Thomas.
Jarrettown.
Ice cutting and hauling has been important work the paat week. Chas. H.
Palmer's dam failed to hold water at the
proper time. When ice had formed
about one inoh thick the muakrats succeeded In letting the water out.
Wm. Jamison's accident at the chemical worka laat week haa turned out to
be quite a serious matter for him. Dr.
Hough, the attending physician, says
some of tbe tendons near the ankle bave
been torn loose by tbe sprain. Hte recovery will therefore be delayed.
We are told that George Lukens expects to farm hte Welsh road place this
year. The Jarrettown property where
he now resides has been occupied by the
Lukens family for many years.
Misses Maggie and Harriet Smith have
a crab cactus in bloom with more than
100 flowers on it.
The Epworth League has donated $10
toward tbe church debt.
Miss Annie Nieweg, organist for the
church and Sunday school, and Miss
Laura Nieweg, secretary, were present at
every session of the school during 1897.
Several of Mra. Megargee'a friends
took tea with her on Tuesday afternoon
of laat week. Among those present were:
Rev. W. H. Beyer, Mrs. Beyer, Misses
Maggie and Harriet Smith, Mra. Unrub,
Mra. Neal, Mr. and Mra. Wm. DePrefontaine, Minnie and Ethel DePrefontaine. Mra. Megargee expecta to move
to Horsham early in March. Miss Lizzie will make ber home in Denver, Colorado, with her brother Nathan.
Tbe school board met In the directors'
room, Jarrettown school, on Monday
evening of laat week. Thos. H. Seal
and D. Jarrett Kirk were continued as
tbe visiting committee for the month.
Farmers' Bulletin, No. 61, from the
agricultural department, Washington, te
a valuable one to growers of asparagus.
Bulletins 21 and 44, treating of barnyard manure and commercial fertilizers,
are worthy of careful study by those interested in profitable farming.
Mr. Beyer ia forming a class for the
study of the life of Christ. Chutauqua
text book, No. 38, "The Life of Christ,"
by Dr. Hurlbut, will be used as an outline.
Miss Laura Morgan paid a viait to her
sister In Hatboro last week.
—The Doylestown Republican Intimates that wheeling in that town is becoming less popular.
Isaac V . Wolf, of Danborough
Jmt
We congratulate   Wm.   F.   Solly,   t
Norristown,    who    has   recently    been
elected solicitor teethe board of trustees
oi the Norristown asylum.   This is the
first solicitor that the board has ever bad.
North Wales Affair*.
We hear t hat there ia a probability of
a number of changes among business
men here the coming spring. A Bucka
county gentleman ia dickering for tip
purchase of the Colonial Inn. Tlie
Main street hotel has been rented by
Mra. John Karnest, tbe owner of tip
property, to a Mr. Brower, of Oaka.
John Borer has purchased the barber
and cigar store of his brother Isaac, on
Second street, and has already taken
possession. The latter will devote hia
entire attention to the new furnishing
goods store at 208 East Walnut street. He
has also secured a lady from Lansdale te
assist him.
There ia a fair prospect of considerable
building thia year. C. E. Bean contemplates erecting two houses on Third
Street. Mr. Wm. Franks, the Beading
railway station agent, will build himself a colonial style residence adjoining
the M. E. parsonage, on East Montgomery avenue, and there te a fair prospect
of a row of eight modern tenement!
being erected by local capitalists. The
Baptist church also contemplates erecting
an addition to ita church building en
Shearer street.
The Ladies' Aid society of the M. E.
church are arranging for a sapper to be
?;iven In the near future in Amusement
tall.
The new electric light plant of the
Acorn Web worka te working very aatia-
factorily.
Our young friend Howard Lutz. aon of
James Lute, of West Montgomery avenue, returned from East Hampton, Mass.,
on Monday on a visit to his parents,
bringing hia bride of a few weeks with
him. Our "little German band" called
in the evening and gave him a serenade.
Special Deputy and Paat Noble Grand
Mra. Kate Rhoads on Tuesday installed
the officers of Lanah Lodge, No. 133,
Daughters of Bebekah.
A number of w'eb wearers, who left
our town when thrown out of employment by the shutting down of the Montgomery Web worka, will shortly return
to take looms in the new factory of the
Acorn worka on Elm avenue.
An effort ia being made to raise funds
to put up a suitable building for the stove
foundry firm of Van Fleet & Nixon and
thus keep a busy industry in town,
which had contemplated moving away
because they have no building suited for
their increasing business. We hope the
project will be a success, as the gentlemen are pushing business men deserving
aid, and besides our town cannot afford
to allow industries to leave town for
want of encouragement.
Charles E. Meredith, of the Centra'
News, was in town on Sunday eveniig
large as life.
Our former townsman, Harry Jacken-
heim, of East Hampton, Mas., was in
town over Sunday and everybody was
glad to see him looking yell and happy.
Wm. Barger, of GUyville, N. J., was
mingling with our ousiness men the fore
part of the wee.h
—-J. A Perkins, of Antiquitv, O., waa
for 30 years needlessly tortured by phy-
sicuna for the cure of eczema.    He wax
Rlickly cured by using DeWitt's Witch
been awarded $,93 damages against the* Hazel Salve, the famous healing salve for
National Transit company. | pi|e8 anj Ekin diseases. Rees C. Boberta.
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