Ambler Gazette

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The Ambler Gazette.
VOL.   XVII.-NO.  8.
AMBLER,  PA.,  FEBRUARY  2,   1899.
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NORRISTOWN   UETTER.
nidges Should Be Elected tar Short Terms
Dissertation    ao    Court.—Complicated
Sy*_«-iH—_*ver Safe to Violate a   l-rlnci-
ple—"Old Friend'." Weekly Letter.
Norristown, Jan. 80.
The retirement of Judge William But-
ler from the United States district court
affords an opportunity to President Mc
Kinley to appoint a judge for life in
Pennsylvania President Harrison had
this opportunity and could find no Re-
publican in the state good enough, so
he selected Hon. George M. Dallas, the
present circuit court judge of the Unit-
ed States court at Philadelphia, which
office he will hold for life unless he, too,
'. retires under the law   relating  to  full
i pay after a certain number of years of
service.    Judge Dallas is not  a   son   of
I the elder George M< Dallas, who was
vice president when James K. Polk was
president, as many people suppose, but
is a son of Trevanion B. Dallas, a son
of Alexander James Dallas, and was born
at Pittsburg on the 7th of February,
1839,80 that now Hon.George M. Dallas
is 60 years of age.    Judge William But'
I ler, who. has just retired from, the Unit-
. ed States district court at Philadelphia.
jjfe-8 born in Chester county, bnt studied
■W\v in Xorristown and for a while was
joist.owner and publisher with Robert
Iredell of the Norristown Herald and
Free Press. Dallas' salary is $6000 a
■year; Butler's, 96000. Each one was
appointed for life, same tenure as tbe
judges of the supreme court of the
United States,
And now I want to sav that the office
of all judges should be limited to
shorter terms. This was the' view of
the late Chief Justice Geotge W. Woodward, who bad been a judge of the common pleas court and of the supreme
court of Pennsylvania for man**- years,
and it is the view of the vast majority
of the lawyers and jurists of tbe conn-
try. The term should be a short one,
not exceeding that of president, and
every judge should be elected by the
peon e. If the judge elected shall grow
with his ex pen ence and show that he
is a proper man to hold the office by
reason of his fairness, afl'ahilitv, courage, attainments ana integrity,
constituency which be serves
continue him in his station until
physical powers fail.
The    df-ath   of   Justice    Henry
" Williams creates a va'cai ey on the
pre me bench in our slate. As Williams
was from Tioga county, the new judge
to succeed him will likely conic from
the line of the northeastern part of the
state, and a man like Jerome B. Niles,
if not considered too old—ho was born
in 1834—or some other leading lawyer
will be selected from the counties of
that region where rugged statesmen
rise.   -
f The death of ex-Attorney General A _(**-
Justus Hill Garland on Thursday last in
- the midst of an. argument in the supreme court of the United States at
Washington reminds me of a similar
incident in this state, when former
Chief Justice James Thompson died in
the court room iu Independence hall at
the dosing of Tils address to the justices
in a can in which he was concerned
after his return to the bar at the expiration of hia term of service on the
supreme bench in this state a few years
ago. Garland was only about 67 years
of age,but was quite a conspicuous man
ever since I bave been at the bar, and
was formerly a Bell and Everett politician—Whig; a disciple of John Bell,
of Tennessee, in which' state he was
born June 11, 1832. He gravitated to
Arkansas and practised law there, and
although he opposed secession and rebellion, like Alexander H. Stevens, of
Georgia, when his state, passed the or-'
di nance to join the southern confedera
ey he was carried by the storm into the
confederate congress. After the collapse
of the south' in organization in opposition to the parent government, he waa
elected United States senator in 1867,
but was not permitted to be sworn into
office, but in 1874 he was elected governor of Arkansas, and ever afterward
acted with tbe Democratic partv, of
course; and be took his scat as attorney
general in Cleveland's cabinet in March.
|, 1S85. But the death of Garland and of
ex-Chief Justice Thompson, after arduous mental effort at the forum or even
at the feast, are not solitary or rare,
These sad terminations are historical,
and warn men not to test tho tension to
whi'h the endurance of human life is
limited.   Gladstone was an aged   man;
-.but in all his later years he Was extreme-|
1 v cautious and finally retired absolutely
and entirely to the peaceful abode of a
private citizen, content witb his books
(ind a domestic peace and quiet.
" Tbe courts of the United States and
of the several states are as complicated
and difficult to understand as those of
France, and what is worse, they are
becoming more so with every succeeding legislature, state and national.
Some Blackstnne, guiltless of his country 'f blood, but gifted with good sense,
adorned With solid learning and experience, should he selected to write hii
commentaries on the laws of the Uni ted
States. We hav books, floods of books,
flotsam and jetsam, ligan and altivolant,
but nothing in tbe form pf law literature like Blackstone'■ commentaries
on the laws  of England, except Kent's
«mentaiies,and indeed the Tribune
Inac and like publications are more
ul to us than Kent if we know
Blackstone and Sharswood well. Even
our own countv courts are something of
a conumdrum, little like oar court
house in thnt respect. The court of
common pleas, whicb ought to please
everybody and into whieh no unpleasant
cause should come, lias jurisdiction of
all divorces and in unpleasant
domestic difficulties of various kinds;
While to our orphans' court is committed the privilege of granting permits to
adults to get married. If tbis is not
closing the front door of the court, house
and getting into thc judgment seat
h-yk wards, then the temple of justice
will remain an ''open enclosure" forever, as the Irishman would say. Anil
then there is our superior court, which
is called superior, I suppose, because it
is inferior or lower than the supreme
court! It is about time that some one
be sent to the legislature with a lexicon
under one arm and'a lawyer on the
other; but even if a lawyer understanding the law as it is, and law terms,
should frame a* bill, some youngster of
I the profession, or some sage of self-inflated wisdom would move to amend it
and castrate it until it would be senseless, if hot absolutely barren or pernicious. Moses had a good plan: although
I the first pair of tablets did not endure
or go into effect, he went back ..again
alone to the mountain and brought
down two more stones, und the law
| graven upon them stands to this day.
-We have United States supreme court,
circuit court and district court and
circuit court of appeals. The first
I holds it« sessions in Washington, D. C,
and ia the highest, presided over by
Chief Justice Fuller; the second for
our state sits in Philadelphia, in the
postoffice building, and is presided
over by Justice George Shir-as, of the
supreme court, assisted by Justices Dallas and Acheson, of theCrcuit court;
the third was presided over by William
Butler,and the fourth court, (of appeals)
is presided over by said Shiran, assisted
by the two circuit judges and the four
United States district judges included
in the circuit. Now to one unskilled in
the practical operation of these several
courts the whole system is a complicated
and almost inexplicable mystery, and
yet the system is absolutely essential to
good government and a fair and impartial administration of justice. The
functions of these courts are well defined and distinctly separated, and each is
a study in itself. Our state courts are
somewhat contradictory' in title aud
doubtful in limitation of jurisdiction,
as was shown bv Chief Justice Sterritt
in his opinion showing tbat an-appeal
in the Quay case could only be made
to the superior court, and not to tbe
supreme court, in case of trial in tbe
court below. But now there is a wild
proposition to create another tribunal
to be called an intermediate court in
this state, some sort of a scaffold or gangway between tbe justices of tbe peace
and the common pleas What an absurdity! We want a law giving justices
jurisdiction in all cases arising in trespass or upon contract express or implied
where the damages claimed do not exceed $500, with the right of appeal to
court. That is all there is of it. One
good law was ruined by some smart fellow inserting the word concurrent in
the act of July 7, 1870, extending the
jurisdiction of justices of the peace
'from $100 to $300. The jurisdiction
should not be concurrent, but should be
given to the justice absolutely in the
first instance, and if either party felt
aggrieved by the decision of the justice
he had the absolute right, to appeal to
court. The old act of 1810, which was
in force down to 1870, gave this exclusive jurisdiction iu the first instance to
justices up to $100. Then in 1870 it
was deemed wise to extend the jurisdiction to $300—and it was wise: it
ought to bo £_*(_)—but, as I say. when
the bill came up some lunkhead stuck
in the word "ci-ncvrrcnt, "and that was
the snake that destroyed the integrity
and efficacy of the. law,* for now suit
may be instituted in the common pleas
fot $5 damages, or before a justice, as
an oppressive plaintiff may prefer —for
the justice and the court have concurrent jurisdiction. This is a bastard
bill. I hope our legislators will strike
out the word concurrent in the act of
1870. And in the act of Man h 22, 1814,
giving justices jurisdiction in trover
and trespass, add the words "and for
injuries to the person", after- the words
I "committed on real and personal estate." These two suggested changes will
correct the present laws as they stand,
but I see no reason why the jurisdiction should not extend to So00; but
this is not essential, in the move to perfect the present law.
When General Grant was making his
I trip around the world he was given a
great, ovation wherever he went, but in
London and many of the important
cities of Great Britain he was given the
freedom of the municipality and made
a burgess— a high honor to confer on a
j foreigner. On one occasion wben this
dignity of citizenship was conferred
upon him, in his reply to the presentation speech he felicitously said that he
was now a citizen of so many places
that he was afraid he would not know
where to vote at the next election, or
even when he got back home. The
truth is,Grant never did vote anywhere
after the war broke out in 1861. The
office of burgess of an ancient borough
is a much higher title than that of a
I mayor of a third-class city under our
Pennsylvania system of classification,
for which there is no authority in the
constitution. This thing of dividing
cities into classes was brought about by
the legislature that wanted a pretext
for special legislation for tha first-class
cities Philadelphia and Pittsburg, whicb
they could not otherwise obtain. If we
keep on multiplying courts with conflicting titles, auch as superior and supreme courts, the next move will be to
call the courts first class, second class,
third class, and so on down to the end
of the line. Simplification ought to be
tbe rule, not multiplication.   '
Let me ask our members If they ever
knew a district attorney in Montgomery county to ask a juror to stand aside
except In a homicide caie? It is a
system unknown in our practice, and a
row years ago would not nave been permitted. There is no statute in our
state authorizing it now, but it is a
relic of the olden time in murder cases,
crown cases and such like offenses aga i net
the king. In misdemeanors it has
never been practised here. A party,
be it commonwealth or defendant,
ahould either challenge or accept a
juror. I have always advocated-tbis
course, even in murder cases. Certain
peremptory challenges are allowed, and
as many more as the party can show
cause for challenging. If the whole
panel can be dismissed and talesmen
called in not previously summoned
and drawn according to law, the district attorney could easily have his retainers in the neighborhood brought
into the jury box upon the occasion for
their service, and thereby render
nugatory all the safeguards that we have
thrown around the right of trial by
jury. It is a hydra-beaded monster and
THE   POSTAL VOTE.
Replies tn the -'Gawtte" Ballots—Majority
Aicalnat the Loan Filing lTp — Great Increase of Votes Over Last Week—Interest
Increasing.
The people are expressing themselves
on the loan question to the "Gasette"
and alreadv one can see that woik is
necessary to carry thc proposition at the
polls. Already 174 votes have been received iu response to the ballots sent
out on Monday, Jan. 23, to the 451
voters of the bo.rough.
The returns last week to the hour of
publication gave a majority of 2 for the
loan, the vote standing 35 for and 33
against. On Thursday, Friday and
Saturday a large number of votes were
received, "the average being about two
to one against the loan. Since then
the votes have been coming in regularly and the chances are that the majority against the loan will increase gradually.
From the votes received since last
issue the majority of two for the  loan
Horsham.
3. J. Cope, of Allentown, has sold to
Jonathan Stackhouse, of Davis Grove,
14 cows; also a fine pair of bay horses,
which were in the load purchased in
Illinois by Mr. Cope and sold at his
on 'Jan*. 16 at Bhe stock yards of E.
"hotel. v.They are
has been overcome am
record a majority  of
taking this   week's v*
jority against is 40.
now on   will   come
election day it is  hoped   that  one-half
the voters will have been beard from
' VOTK TO WEDNESDAY NOON, JAN. '-».
the returns now
38   against.     On
■to  alone the ina-
The  votes from
In  slowly, but by
First Wurrt	
Second Ward	
No Ward Marked	
FOR
.'."".".!.'.-.'.'.'.' so!"
AGAINST
    13
 .: 19
Total	
 88....
  88
VOTE TO WEDNESDAY, FEB. 1.
First Ward :
Second Ward .....
POR
  11...
  22...
AliAINsT
....... 25
...... 18
Total	
 88...
....... n
Grand Total,	
  08....
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Continued on Page 8.
Centre .Square.
Horace Geyer held a public sale of
horses at -. Mauck's hotel ou Monday
last.
Wm. Foresman will dispose of a carload of cows at public sale at oar village on Monday, Feb. 6
Harry Mumbower has purchased a
new black pacer with some speed. He
says that he has taken enough dust for
a While.
Tne Democratic delegate election
which was held at A. Mauck's hall
last Saturday evening proved to be quite
a spirited contest for the tupervisor-
iship between Itonan and Frantz, of
I be* upper end of Whitpain, aud McCann and Ziegler, of the lower end.
Ronan recei ved 70 votes and Frantz 18;
McCann 76 and Ziegler 18.
Anthony Shultz has gone west for a
carload of horses.
_x--\sspml>!ytiiaii   Arrested.
Fx-Assembly man James W. Carver,
of Tinicum township, was arrested last
Thursday on the charge of forgery. It
is clniiged mat Carver, who is an agent
for the Deering Harvesting company,
of Chicago, sold machinery and received the cash, but gave the company notes
with forged signatures. The warrant
was sworn out by D. A. Johnson, coiled or of tbe Deering company.
The names alleged to be forged and
the amounts on the notes are as follows:
Jesse A. Allen, §55; Ellwood Sollidav,
830; Charles Allen, $30; \v. N. Shenck,
§35, and George Mich, §37.50. Mr.
Carver went before Squire Wilson Lear,
of Tinicum, waived a hearing and entered bail in the sum of $1000.
Kvidence Agalnat Crooks.
Additional evidence is being accumulated aganst Smith and Mace,the crooks
wbo are now in jail on charges of
burglarising residences  near Glenside.
Sunday it was found that the residence of Mr. Ileberton, Camp Hill,had
been burglarized bv Smith and Mace
two weeks ago. The former" has been
playing the part of Mace's tool in his
confessions of guilt, but Officer Campbell, of the Old York road patrol, who
ia working up the case, has evidence
that the two have been working togetier for a long timo.
Smith,the partner of Mace, was taken
from jail on Saturdav and going over
the route with an officer, gave a description of a number of tbe burglaries and
pointed out tbe places entered.
A batch of stolen goods, wbich were
recovered from pawnshops in Philadelphia, are held by Officer Campbell and'
may be identified and secured by the
owners at his home, Jenkintown.
W. Ely's Clear Spl
very fine   bred   draft   horses, tbe   best
the mai ket affords.
Margaret, daughter of Silas Morris,
graduated on the 27th at the Trenton
Normal school.
Miss Irene Fletcher, of Somertun,
Pa., is visiting Mrs. John Conard.
Charles P. Corcoran, of Philadelphia,
spent Sunday with his mother on Tennis avenue.
T. T. Rocket t lost a valuable horse on
Sunday,  the 22d.
The voice of thc little chicken is
added to the farm music.
Mrs. John Conard has sold her farm
of 20,acres in Horsham township to J.
M. Kennedy, Jr., of Philadelphia, and
has purchased of Mr. Kennedy the
house and five acres on the Springhouse
and Chestnut Hill pike near Kort Washington, at the corner of the road leading „
to Ambler. Possession will be given j
March 1.
WITH CMEWEYAT MANILA.
Harry 0. Rowers, ot Ambler,' Gives an
Account of the Great Victory — Shot in
tlie Arm and Burned About the Rody In
the Struggle.
Harry H. Bowers, who has accepted a
position in Edward Roach's barber shop
in the "Gazette" building, and a former resident of Flourtown, served with
the victorious squadron under Admiral
George Dewey in the battle of Manila.
He served three vears hi the United
States navy, one year on board the
Detroit, and then was transfer rel
the Baltimore. He figured in the
orations around Cuba   previous  to
to
op-
tlie
was
urucia   ono   nu*i    uuntru    uiiii   ugamsi
(Timed   Both men were thrown  under
'he cat-s which they were sealing. When
picked up   it   was  thought  both   were
Inquest at Jenkintown.
Coroner Grant McGlathery was at
Jenkintown Fridav afternoon and held
an inquest on the body of William Vessel, of 1006 Mitter street, Philadelphia,
who Was killed on the railroad at that
place .Wednesday afternoon.
Vessel and Charles rimer wore sealing
cars in the freight yarn when they
heard!an approaching train. The former stepped aside and in the path of
the New York express. The locomotive
struck him and burled him against
Ulmoij Both men were thrown under
th
picked ii]
dead,bnt diner regained, consciousness.
The. jury rendered a verdict of accidental deatli and exonerated the engineer and crew of the express from all
blame*
A strange incident in connection with
Mr. Vessel's death ia the injury to Mr.
diner. As stated, when the former
was struck and killed his body was
hurled against that of diner. In this
way the latter was injured and rendered unconscious; or in other words his
injuries resulted from a dead man.
When picked up (Timer was thought
to be as dead as his fellow workman,
hut in being taken to the Jewish hospital at Tabor he regained consciousness.
He escaped from that institution and
his whereabouts were unknown until
Fridav. when he was found at Doylestown. TJImer is very painfnlly injured
and it is teiircdflbat some of the injuries
are internal.
t proceeded to the
under   telegraphed
Sie Pennaylvania to Florida.
- Ixt Pennsylvania Railroad* tour
to Jacksonville, allowing two weeks
in Florida, will leave New York and
Philadelphia by special train of Pullman palace cars Tin-lay, Feb. 7. Excursion tickets,including railway transportation, Pullman accommodations (one
berth), and meals en route in both directions wbile traveling on the special
train, will be sold at tbe following
rates: New York, $50; Philadelphia,
$48; Caoa_daigua,$ -__.; Erie, §54.85;
Wilkesbarre, $50.35; Pittsburg, $53,
and at proportionate rate from other
points.
For tickets, itineraries, nnd full information apply to ticket agents; tourist agent, 1106 Broadway, New York;
780 Broad street. Newark, N. J.; or
address Geo. W. Boyd, assistant general
passenger agent, Broad Street station,
Philadelphia. feb2-lt
fenllvn.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Caldwell and Miss
Moller are spending a month in New
York* city.
Miss Marie Larson and Mr. Edwin
Trimble, of Philadelphia, were guests
of Mrs. Ralph Sparks on Sundav.
Misses Lilian Nolte .and Bessie M.
Langstroth spent Saturday and Sunday
with friends at Wyola.
E. C. Langstroth, of Elisabeth, N
J., has rented of J. P. Hale Jenkins
tbe stone house on tbo corner of Tre-
wellyn avenue and the pike, and Is
moving bis household goods oyer from
Elizabeth this Wednesday. Mr. Langstroth removed from this place to Elisabeth about six years ago. The property
he bas just rented waa built by Dominion Gambone, and has never been occupied.
Cottage prayer meetings wero held
Tuesday night at tba homes of Mrs.
Jane Hart aad Mrs. Ralph Sparks.
■Several changes are rumored for some
of our neighbors in the spring when removal time begins.
Itlue BeU.
at   Mr. F.
Hoover's  this
W. I...
Saturday -evening.
Walter DePrefontaine and wife attended service at St. Martin's-in-the-
Field, Chestnut Bill, on Sunday afternoon and at the Central Congregational
church, Eighteenth and Green streets,
Philadelphia, in the evening.
Mrs. John Preston has been confined
to tbe house with tho grip.
Harry Tippin and family spent Sunday with Mrs. Nash at Flourtown.
J. W. Merrill met witb  an  accident
one day last   week.     He  was thrown I
from his bay wagon to the  ground  hy
the horses.starting. suddenly, and   waa
severely cut and bruised.
Sen-tot* Bice -Riven No Appointment!.
The senate slate committee, through
its chairman, Charles L. Brown, made
a report on Wednesday, disposing of
40 appointments,of which 12 are page
boys. Every Republican senator was
given at least one place, except Senators
Henry,of Philadelphia; Kice.of Bucks;
Weller,of Bedford. Tbese three senators
are staunch anti-Quayites. Senator
Flinn, the leader of tbe antis, however,
was given a janitorship of the coat room,
land Senators Chisholm.I-Iolzwaith,Martin and Sproul, the other opponents of
Senator Quay, are also given places.
Deadly Grade Crowning.
A team belonging to Charles Foulke,
residing a short distance below Quaker
town, was struck by the northbound
passenger train due at Quakertown at
7.44 Wednesday morning. The horse
was killed instantly and the wagon entirely demolished. Mr. Foulke's son,
who drove the team, jumped from tbe
wagon, thus saving his own life. It is
said that the approaching train did not
whistle or give any alarm whatever,
and being in a cut, the sharp wind prevented Mr. Foulke from hearing Uie
train til) be was on the track. This is
tbe same crossing at which Henry Keller was badly injured and hii grandson
killed about a year ago, and by a strange
coincidence it was also at the same time
of day. This ia considered a very dangerous crossing and quite a number of
people have narrowly escaped being
ran down by trains.
Must Have -tamps.
The last day for filing certificates of
nomination is Feb. 3 and the last day
for filing nomination papers is Fab. <>.
Thia ia 18 and 15 days before the spring
elections respectively.
The election officers in filing papers
should not forget tbe documentary
stamp and it ia wise and perhaps proper to notify all at tbia time and to tbia
effect.
On all certificates of nominations and
nomination papers a 10-cent documentary stamp is require 1 before the election
officers present the same to tbe county
com in issi i tiers.
Tbe placingof these stamps ia likely
to cause a little confusion, but if the
election officers of the respective districts see to it that thev are placed upon the papers no mistake win be made.
The cost, of these stamps will have
to be borne by the election officers, as
the county commissioners claim that
they havo no right to pay for them.
outbreak of  hostilities  and  then
ordered to the Pacific squadron.
Mr. Bowers gives the following description of the events: "The Pacific
fleet had lain for some weeks at Houg
Kong, China, where it deceived the
Spanish of ita intentions. Upon the
colonial proclamation of neulr.dily
being issued and the customary 24
hours' notice being given, it repaired
to Mirs bay, near lion** Kong, whence
hilippine islands
rdors to capture
or destroy the formidable Spanish fleet
then assembled at Manila. At daybreak on the 1st of May the Americana
forced entrance to Manila bay and
after a few hours' hard work effected
the total destruction of the Spanish
fleet, consisting of 10 warships and a
transport, besides capturing the naval
station and forts at Cavite, thus annihilating the Spanish naval potter in the
Pacific ocean and completely controlling
the bay of Manila, with the ability to
take the city. Not a life was lost on
our ships; the wounded numb-red onlv
five on the Baltimore. Not a vessel
waa lost, although several were damaged. The Baltimore was injured about
tbe bow. The wounded were placed
un the hospital boat as soon as possible,
and then carried 15 days or mare and
placed in a marine hospital.
"The battle on May 1 did not last
very long, but it was a pretty bard
fought contest. The Spanish blazed
away at on with all their power, aa If
the world was coming to an end But
they bad had poor training and their
aim was bad. Tbey would either get
their large gun too nigh or too low, and
most of tbeir shells dropped Into the
water. They struck the Baltimore twice.
One almost drowsed us with flre. I was
in the act of taking out the empty
shells from a six-inch gun when the]
shell exploded about four feet from mc,
setting my clothing on fire and severely
burning my limbs. During the progress of the tight as I was stooping down
a bullet stmck me In the left arm at
the elbow, making an ugly wound.
"It is said  that during this battle!
we drew off to get breakfast, but  such
was not  the case.     After   two   hours'
fight we  could  not   sec   anything  for'
smoke.   It waa just like a   heavy  fog, i
and almost blinded us.     Our ammunition was also getting low, and   we  had
to   snpplv   it   in  order    to-finish   the
job.    After we  had  brought  a  sufli-1
dent supply we thought we would  finish the business. We had the command
to pitch   in   and   we went  direct for!
the Spanish  till they raised the white
flag.   After we  did  get  a chance   to
to take a bite   it  was midnight, and I
there was only a cup of coffee, and that
was as black as ink.
"Wben it was known that the flght;
was over and we were victorious the j
bands all struck up 'Star Spangled [
Banner' and 'Rally Round the Flag,
Boys,' and many of the sailors sung,
the favorite song, 'Hot Times in the]
Old Town Tonight.' '
Mr. Bowers'   mother  died  about  10.
years ago, and during  hia term  of ear- j
vice his father died and waa buried nn i
March 3 of   laat   year.     Although  the, j
funeral was  delayed two weeks he was'
unable to return home.    His father was
Win. W.   Bowers, commander  for  Ave!
successive terms of Post Hi, G. A.   R., {
having served throughout the Civil war
In General Durrell's battery  and  First
Defenders' light artillery.    The subject;
of our sketch   is  a  member of Grant'
Encampment, No. 5, of Philadelphia S.
of V.
Flourtown.
Mrs. George Styer completed a silk
quilt last week which contains 2888
patches.   Tbe quilt ia beautiful. -
Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Scheetz spent
Sunday afternoon in Norristown visit-
ing his brother, II. Scheoti*.
William Htdrick spent Sunday in
Towamencin visiting his father and
friends.
On Monday afternoon the teachers'
meeting was held at Oreland. There
being no school the children enjoyed
the afternoon in skating.
Next Sunday  Rev. J. E.   Dietterich,
pastor of Zion   Lutheran  cburch, will I
be at Frit-burg to  install   Rev. L. B. I
Hafer, formerly  pastor at tbe Trinity
Lutheran    church, Fort    Washington*.
Rev. M. Sheeleigh, formerly pastor of
this church, will preach   in the morning.     In   the evening there  will be a I
stranger in the pulpit, but up to date I
it has  not'been  announced   who  the!
speaker   will   be.     Service!   at usual I
hours.
Tuesday night of last week  lightning j
struck one of the large  pine trees  in
front of Samuel Yeakle's house.
Miss  Annie,   daughter  of  Mr.   and I
Mra.   John   Callahan,   of this  place, I
died Mondav morning about 0.30.   The I
funeral will be held  thia Thursday.
The remains will be interred  at   Ambler.
Mrs C. B, Harmer is on tbe sick list.
|'*']M_l;a_ll*'M-i-n-JohniMatz spent Sunday in the city visiting friends.
The Ladies' Aid society of tbe Presbyterian church contemplate holding a
supper on the 22d of February.
Rev. John R. Henderson, pastor of
Abington church, preaches in tbe Presbyterian church ou Wednesday evening,
Feb. 1, at 7.45 o'clock.
Harry Harmer, of tbis place, and
Anna M.Stout,of Three Tuns, have been
granted a marriage license.
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Lansdale.
Isaac B. Shultz, wbo died here on J
I Thursday morning, wn buried on Sun-
! day at tbe Worcester Schwenkfelder
meeting house. He was 54 years of age
I and had been sick for a year with
Bright's disease. For several* years he
was landlord of the Broadway House,
preceding A. G.Freed in that capacity.
_ A sudden death occurred here on
Wednesdav evening. Thia was Warren
Moore, of Montgomery township, from
paralysis of tbe heart, wbil-i in the
offlce of Dr. F. G. Bigony. He was
but 22 years of age and his fatber lives
at Montgomery Square. He had been
hired on the farm uf Henrv Slight,
Montgomery v i lie", but was about seeking
other emplovnient. He. had first j,one
to tho office of Dr. S. p. Seese, but he
not being in, he went farther.
Tho Inland Traction companv are
seeking a right of way into Lansdale
1 down the township line road separating Hatfield and Towamencin. This
waa till recently a turnpike as far as
the Mennonite meeting bouse, a mile or
more above town. This line will come
from Perkasie and will be built with-*
out asking tor local stock subscriptions.
The annual supper of the Reformed
Aid society was largelv attended and
the net receipts were 9-5.
The project for building a lr_Iey te
Harleysville is progressing favorably,
though as yet the right of way haa not
all been secured,nor the money all raised. All depends unon furllr r efforts
I and developments.
Wellington S. Rosenberrv, .of this
town, and assemblyman, bai introduced
| a bill conferring upon electrical lines of
railway the right to carry freight. It
would seem that all the bills for facilitating the bailding of trolley lines have
been presented so far hv Montgomery
county members of the legislature—
Went**, Larzelere and Rr senbi-rry.
The streets were first lighted bv clee-
trictty on Saturdav evening, producing
a very pleasing effect. Tbe complaint
j ts that there ought to be more of them.
This is the result of tbe popular vote
taken last February. There was a ma-
I jority in favor of borrowing $20,000 for
this purpose, and it has heen expended,
SpiinKltonse.
Rev. W. F. S. Nelson   will preach  a
sermon to Springhouse  Lodge, No. 238,
j I. O. O. F., in their ball at this  place
nn Sunday  next   at 3 p. m.     All are
invited.
Mary Jones had the misfortune te
slip and fall down the cellar steps,
bruising herself severelv.
Mrs. Sue Walter and familv and Mrs.
C. W. Fleck attended the 29th wedding
anniversary nf Thomas Conard and wife
at Maple Glen on Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Sexton, of
Doyle-town; Miss Ida Jones,of German-
town, and Mr. William Bmwn, of
Philadelphia, have been visiting Mr.
| and Mrs. Jato'.i Sexton.
We noticed Samuel C Custer and
family, of Xorristown, driving through
our village on Sundav.
Joseph Katz and his brother Saunders, of Germantown, were here on Friday calling on old friends of-their boyhood days. They resided here with
their parents in the bouse now occupied
by Mr. Bond's gardener.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Melvin Greger attended the funeral of the hitter's mother, Mrs. White, in Warrington township, Bucks county, on Mondav.
The Singerly property was offered for
sale on Saturday, but not sold. The
Thornton farm was bid to $105 per acre.
A Six-Acre Lot Sold.
The assignees' sale of the Singerly
farms at Springhouse and Franklinville
'Saturdav came near not being a sole at
all. Tho auctioneer was there, and
some 25 or 30 men listened to his exclamations. But only one lot of six
acres, one of the vast estates comprising over 700 acres, was sold.
A lot. at Township and State roads,
containing about six acres, was
sold to Ellsha Worrell, who has property adjoining, for $685. This was
the only lot sold. Two or tbiee others
were bid for, I n' the bidp wire so low
that the property was not kiibcked
down.
Jarrettown.
The Republicans of Upper Dublin
East met last Friday evening nt the
public house of Wm. C. Lower for the
purpose of making nominations for election officers and one registry assessor.
For judge of elections Thomas S. Shoemaker was nominated. For inspector
Roger Smith, and for registry assessor
E Iwin Simmers are the candidates.
On Saturday evening at the same place
the following nominations for township
officers were made: School directors, Al-
Walter Watson; sup-
lonut and (ieorge B.
Hicks Lukens; audi-
town clerk, Harmer
Gilbert. The nominations were unanimously made, there being no opposition to any candidate. 62 votes in all
were cast. The party will thus have
an undivided front and a good ticket
to present to the voters on election day.
Horace Willard won a prize in a
novel contest at the Willow Grove
church supper last Saturday evening.
He was one of 10 young men to each
bake a cake, and a committee was 'appointed to award a prize for  the  best
bert Atkinson anc
ervisors, Charles
Conway * nonstable,
tor, Max Kaiser:
The cake   baked hy   Horace   took flnt
prise.
The official board of the M. E. cburch
met in regular monthly session on Monday evening. In settling tbe account
of tbe poultry supper a net balance of
about $50 was shown. The board
wishes to extend thanks to all who aided to make it a success. Especial
thanks are extended to those who came
from a distance to give tbe entertainment.
The second anniversary of our new
church building will he celebrated Sunday, Feb. 10. Rev. Dr. McBirhey,' of
the New England southern conference,
will preach in the morning. Tho even- .
ing se.iyic.es have not yet been arranged.
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