Ambler Gazette

              The Ambl
Gazette.
IT.
VOL. XX.-NO.  37.
AMBLER,   PA.,   SEPTEMBER  4,   1901.
S1.25  A YEAR
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CATTLE ON
|    EXHIBITION.
Prize Herd Leaves Spotswood for
the Shows.
The Imported English Cattle Expected to
Win Honors—All In Oood Condition —
The Itinerary—Preparing to Fill Silos-
Heavy Demand tmt Milk.
On Saturday Mr.   Walter Jauncey, superintendent of Spotswood farm, Broad
Axe, and Henry  H. Heiss, herdsman,
' left, with 16 head of cattle for Baltimore,   wbere they are   showing this
week at the fair.   The cattle comprise
18 cows,  two calves and the bull, all of
which are selected from tbe herd of
English cattle  purchased  by Mr. Jaun-
, cey on  bis trip abroad   last   winter.
Since tbeir arrival at Broad Axe from
quarantine a great deal of pains  have
■ been taken to get them ia the best possible condition   for the  circuit of  fairs
desired to cover this year.
The cattle were loaded. Into one of the
horse palace cars, which has been leased
as long as' desired. The list of cattle
includes: Bull, Cock of the North;
young bulls, Hayes, Prince, of Spots-
wood, and Imported Landsman; cows,
Bed Rose ot .Seagrove, Holland's Mer-
ten's Queen, Nellie of the Honquetts;
heifers, two years old. Kitchen's Dainty, Daisy Pearl, La Kichetts, Linda
Amranthj Lady Mary of Seagrove,Florie
the 8th j yearlings, Xada M, and Olwin
M. The following wilt probably be
shipped in addition to the above in
which case tbey will join the herd at
Trenton: Topsv, of the B ord ages, and
Honesty the 17th.
The cattle went direst to Baltimore, and
on Friday will be shipped to Syracuse,
S. Y., where the fur commences on
Sept 8. On the Kith the car again
leaves for Lancaster, aad on the 24th
tbe cattle go to the Allentown fair. From
there they find their way to Trenton to
be exhibited tbe latter part of the
month. The early part of October will
find the cattle on exhibition at York,
after' which they will be entered .at
the Hagerstown exhibition. The itinerary after tbat is as yet incomplete, but
the cattle may be exhibited at some of
the southern shows. Mr. Jauncey regrets tbat arrangements could not ba
made to enter the cattle at Toronto, bnt
a conflict of dates with tba fair at Syracuse prevents. It is confidently expected that tbe cattle will win prises at all
the shows, and it is likely that not only
the expenses will be made, bat a financial sain be the result of the trip. At
tbe Syracuse fair there is offered a
prize in the caltle shaw of between
$500 and $600.
Ihe men on Spotswood farm are get-
ting ready to fill the silos, which work
win he commenced on Sept. 10. the
large 460-ton silo being filled fiist. Har-
i-Ha>Fall»ws furnishes the power, and
* torn will be cut green from CO to 70
acres. Two laige silos ipside the old
cow barn hold 160 tons of ensilage each,
whijh makes tbe total capacity of the
^Mil&qtyJjtnriymx^stofY ihhI, mimiai)^tli-ix
few. Hie stock during Trie' tw'nter. At
present the cattle are being fed gluten,
bran aad corn meal.
.The milk output at present it 750
quarts per day, and as the Chestnut
Hillacustomeie return to their homes the
demand for the lacteal product will be
increased to 1000 quarts per day. To
supply this, Mr. Jauncey will purchase
two carloads of cows in Delaware
county, back of the Catskill mountains,
New York state.
SEASON ENDS;
NOJDpEATS.
Ambler Athletic Baseball Club Wins
17 Victories.
Upper Dublin Roads.
The advisory' committee and the supervisors of Upper Dublin township
met Monday evening at Jarrettown, and
among the business transacted was the
adoption of standard specifications for
road making as submitted by Wilmer
Atkinson, president of the advisory
committee, who has made a study of
wbat is being done along this line in
New York, Massachusetts, Wisconsin
and other states. The first course is
local stone and the top will be tbree
inches of tiap rock. The supervisors
will proceed immediately to look into
the matter of rollers, stone and hauling
and will -report at a meeting to be called
at an early date.
Ae supervisors have officially awarded to Edward B. Smith & Company, of
Philadelphia, the $50,000 worth of
bondf,and will give surety for the same
in the near future.
Gwynedd.
Supervisors Bond and Lowery, of this township, have posted signs regarding the speeding of
automobiles as follows: "Drivers of automobiles
are forbidden to run their machines faster than
10 miles per hour over the public .roads of this
township, and must stop to prevent ,thel passing
of horses taking alarm at them. A disregard
will be subject to prosecution.
Dr. H. A. Denckla has plans for the remodeling and enlargment of his co.unti y home here.
In addition he will ereet a large three-story
building for storage. It is to be located on the
site of the present wood shed in the rear of his
residence. The first floor will he used as a storage for coal, wood and oil, and the second for
general storage and third will contain a 100,000-
gallan tank for supplying all the buildings thereabout with water. The tank in use at present is
9000 gallons and has been found entirely too
small for the demands of tbe house. Dr. and
Mrs. Denckla are now spending soma time In
Canada and expect to return in October, by
which time the Improvements are hoped to be
well under way.   _
Joseph Clark, manager of Dr. Denckla's duck
farm, on Monday shipped 100 Pekin ducks to the
Doylestown dujck farm.
George E. JTaylor, farmer for Dr. Denckla, has
had a horse down with choking distemper.
Tost Family Re-unlon,
The fifth annual reunion of the Yost family association, at Perkiomen bridge, Thursday was attended by over 200 of the descendants of Jacob
Yost, wbo came to this country from Germany iu
1727, The business meeting was held in the
morning and officers elected for the ensuing
year are: President, H. H. Hallman, Norristown;
vice president, H. Schwenk. Norristown, and C.
H. Hunsberger, Schwenksville; secretary, J. Irwin Yost, Centre Square and treasurer. A. B.
Scheffey, Phoenixville.
The afternoon was devoted to historical addresses and social amusements. Addresses were
delivered by William Sommers. Conshohocken;
Bev. John P. Sechler, of Philadelphia; Bev. N.
P. Schraedt. Schwenksville, and Kev. Dr. D. U.
Wolff, bf Blue Bell. Dinner at the Bridge hotel
was served to.130 persons. During the afternoon
tbe number of members of the family present
steadily increased until over 200 were gathered
in happy reunion along the banks of the Perkiomen.
Iu the Last Game the Boys Easily Beat Uer-
mantown Field Club—Fadely Pitches a
Good Game—Picked Team .Meets Defeat
at I^tnsriale.
The Ambler Athletic club closed its
season on the home grounds last Saturday by defeating the Germantown Field
club. The club has proved itself to be
the most successful baseball club along
the North Penn. Not one game was
lost by the club this season. Some of
the best clubs from Philadelphia and
Germantown, as well as those along the
North Penn line, have met defeat at the
.hands of tbe home club.
The game on Saturday wan interesting
from beginning to and. Fadely pitched
for the home club aad right well did be
do the work. Ha allowed the visitors
but six hits and bat one of these counted for more than one base. Manager
Urban has predicted all alone that this
boy would make a good showing, for iii
ail the games he baa pitched the visiting team bas scored but few hits. Ia
another year and with proper training
he will be a wonder. Warwick played
a star game at short for tbe club.accept
ing 11 chances oat of 14. Foster, Robinson aad Sailor also play«d a great
game in their positions. The greatest
base stealing seen on the home grounds
tbia season was that done by Foster for
the bome clnb. He lirst etole second,
then third and while tbe pitcher was
holding the ball he stole home. There
never was a more daring base runner
than ' 'Billy" ia tba business.
A picked team from Ambler journeyed to Lansdale on Monday ana was defeated by that veil by the score of 12 to
4. Manager Urban had intended to
pitch Bichie against Lansdale, bat wac
compelled to secure a pitcher from
Philadelphia and right wall did he per
form, allowing the Lansdale team bat
nine hits, bat the boys in back of him
gave the greatest exhibition of how not
'to play ball' seen on the Lansdale
grounds t his season. Error upon error
were made and tbere was not a sem
blance of that dash and vim that characterized the playing of the Ambler
boys as seen by the people this season
i _  ....  . _.-m__z, -. 7-K_-r-.-r—__._o__M-—__o__7,_--1 ing  identification.,   ft is a fairld
l^o^lfchsea-^
Ambler A. C.            Germantown F. C.
R. H. O. A. E.                B.
H.O. A
.1
Robin'n. If 1   1   2  0  0 Casidy, c   1
2   7   0
i
Foster, c     2   3   7   3   1 Tren'n. cf 0
ISO
0
Warw'k. ss 0   0 11   0  3 Topban, ss 1
Fad'v. p     0  3   0  9   0 Palmer, lb 0
0   12
0
ioa
1
Camb-n, 2b 1   3   0  2  1 Neadly, 3b 0
12  1
8
Vanh'n, cf 0   0   10  0 Kelby, p    1
0  0 7
1
Urban, lb   2  14   0  0 Casse, 2b    1
2  8  0
0
Sailor, rf    12  2  0  0 Parker, rf 0
ooo
0
Gumma,3b 2 0 0 12 Dunn, If   1
10 0
0
Totals,    9 13 27 15  7      Totals.   5
6 24 15
7
1   1   X-
»9
Germantown F. C      0 0  0  110
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Penllyn.
3, Sims Wilson has rented his'&ew properties
here through Henry C. Biddle. of Ambler, to
Albert Goqjqfl, of Penllyn, ago Peter Johnson, of
Lydia B? Mathias again has charge here!
T. M. B. Addis is the new Republican county
committeeman of this township.
Miss Jane Walton, who was visiting Mrs. Wilmer B. Whittock, returned to her home in Philadelphia on Monday,
H.P. McKean has thus far received eight caw
loads of stone for the macadamizing of the roads
about his place through Horsham township, at
present the men are working on the road leading from the back of bis farm to the creamery.
J. L. Brown this week will ship bis promising
colt, Ray Wilkes, to Belmede stock farm. Helmed i*. 9,3., where it will be placed under Trainer O'Neil, wbo won two firsts at Pottstown last
week. The colt will be three years old in January.
The Beading railroad started to run a aiding
above Davis' coal yard. They thought they
could tear down Beyuer'B fence and appropriate
the lane as a road to tbeir freight yard. The
Reyner's, however, soon convinced'the company
they were not on public property, as the road is
a private one.
J. L. Brown expects to be one of the Republican delegates to Norristown from the township
this Saturday evening.
J. A. Caldwell, Jr., expects to return from
Europe on Sept. 18. •
Two attempts were made last week to enter
the residence of D. F. MacDonald, One was
made Thursday, but the watchman prevented
entrance. The same thing happened the next
night, and we suppose the vigilance convinced
the intruders that tbe property had a wideawake watchman.
Alan Mathias and wife and J. W. Lute and
wife spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Atlantic City.
George W. Norris and Edward B. Smith are
expected home this week from Rye Beach, Me.,
and Mrs. Vaux will return from Little Boar's
Head. N. H.
The freight siding has been repaired and a
patent bumper installed.
Centre sauare.
Master Eddie, the 13-year-old-sou of Baker
George Marks, met with a serious accident pn
Sunday afternoon by the breaking of the fork of
his wheel. He was thrown violently to the
ground. When discovered shortly after by two
young men he was still unconscious. His father
was summoned, and hastily drove to Dr. Howard
Seiple's.who dressed the wounds, which consisted
of bruises and lacerations of the face. He is suffering very much.
Last Saturday morning Mr. Horace C. Wood
was severely kicked by a horse he was leading.
The injury consisted of broken ribs and injury to
the kidneys. When found he was unconscious.
Dr. Seiple was summoned and pronounced him
to be in a precarious conditions. • When the accident happened they were preparing for a
family gathering at Mr. Wood's place. Benches
and tables had been hauled there, and Mr. Wood
was in the act of taking his horses to a neighbor's
stable when one tore loose and the other reared,
plunged and kicked him. He was found lying
on the school lot at the entrance of his place by
some of the guests.
Our public schools opened on Monday. The
following teachers take charge: Prof. William
D. Beyer, principal of high school; Miss Ella
Kulp, of Upper Gwynedd, primary teacher; Miss
Susie Michael, principal of Centre Square school;
Miss Marion Smith, of West Cheater, primary
teacher; Miss Clara Miller. Franklinviile school;
Miss Mary Harvey, of Cheltenham, Shady Grove
school; Miss Crater, of Plymouth, Sandy Hill
school; Albert Griner, of near Collegeville, Wash-
ingtown Square school. Whitpain township baa
two graded schools, six school buildings and employs eight teachers.
Mr. Leonard Kulp was burled, on Monday, at
Barren Hill.
Mis. Mary Yocum, of Norristown, is spending
sometime with her aunt, Mrs. Mary Beck.
The farm at Belfry of the lata Wells Wentz, ol
Berwyn, was sold to David J, Schwenk, of Belfry.
lb. and Mrs. Moyer Entertain.
A very pleasant time was had last Sunday at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Moyer, at
Broad Axe. The day was beautiful, and a number of friends from the surrounding vicinity called to see them. It was an event long to be remembered, and too soon came the time to depart.
The following were the euests: Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Do till and Mr. and Mrs. RqjaeJI Dutill, of
Philadelphia; Messrs. Daniel, and John, Dull, pfJ
Norristown; Mr. Edward- M., Kubv, qf iaMott,
and Mr. and Mn. George L. Moyer and family;
of Went Philadelphia.
WIRE THIEVES   (ANOTHER
AT W0RK.1  EXAMINATION
Rich Haul Prevented by Vigilance
of Special Roqueman.
Gang Bail Cut Seven Sections ot 40 Wires
Each from Long instance Telephony
System—Men Encape, hut Team Captured—Nei;ro Arrested.
Last Friday afternoon Officer Roqueman, of the Delaware & Atlantic Telephone and Telegraph company, was
passing over tke .Skippack turnpike,
having gone up from. Fort Side inn to
register .the poles and gain some information relative to a map of the sys-j
tern which he is preparing. About tbe
Cadwalader residence be saw four men
apparently working on the line. One
man was up a pole, and several sections of wire had been cut.. As it was
broad daylight Roquemaa thought tbey
were repairmen, but when the man
started to climb down the pole and the
suspicious actions and apparent alarm
I'shown by the other men he was convinced they were thieves.
Having no weapons and being one
among four he retreated for a gun,
which he secured in a few minutes.
Fbus armed he was going to arrest the-
quartet, but they saw him first and
when he was a short distance awav
from the men tbey ran away, abandoning their team and their tools whicli
they used for cutting the wires. Gbase
was given,but tbe men made good tbeir
escape by taking to the woods. They
had succeeded in cutting seven sectiona
of wire, each section containing 40'
wires. The load of copper wonld have
been considerable, and a neat sum
would have resulted for the bold at
tempt ar  theft
The officer was near enough to tba
men to see their features, and he states
that three were white while tbe fourth
was colored and had a pair of glasses. *
After chasing away the thieves the
farmers and the officer made a search
for them in tiie .vicinity, but could And
mi trace of tbem until sometime latei,
wben a suspicious looking colored man
was fonnd walking along the road about
a mile from where the robbery occur*
red. He was partially identified as being one of the thieves and he waa at
once placed nnder arrest. Officer Roqueman with his prisoner and the team
then drove to Norristown, where thev
arrived Friday evening.
The colored man was arraigned before Magistrate Lenhardt on the charge
of being one of the thieves. He gave
his name as Thomas Rhoads and his
home as Philadelphia. Several witnesses identified Rhoads as having been
the neighborhood at the time of tl
attempted robbery and the justice decided to send him to jail in default .df
$1000 bail for trial at court.
The abandoned team was placed *J
charge of Chief of Police Rotten baui
snd was stabled at the Veranda hoi
stables,   Norristown, where  it is awBj
Necessary to  Select Carriers
Free Delivery in Ambler.
for
the property of a junk dealer. ____,
horse is a large bay, wbile the wagon is
of the oovered express kind.
Accident On Bail. -
An accident on tbe Philadelphia &
Reading railway occurred at Clifton's
crossing, near Lansdale Wednesday evening, when the south-bound train due at
Lansdale at 7.15 struck and instantly
killed a horse belonging to George
Kratz,living in Hatfield township.
Seated in the wagon were two sons,
and aboot 12 and 14 years.and a cousin
of the Kratz bove, who is probably 18
yeaiB of age and who held the reins.
The young men were on their way
home and were about to cross. tbe
tracks, and, in fact, had partly done so,
wben the fast approaching 'train came
in fnll view. Tney immediately drew
the horse back, turning him to one
side. Thev were too late, however.
At almost tbe-same instant the animal
was struck and killed, b'trangeet of all
Ss tbat tbe three young men escaped
injury.
So great was the force in striking the
horse that tbe shafts of tbe wagon were
broken off and the animal thrown to
the ground.
NarcisHH.      .   i
Lewis G. Crater has returned to Williamson's
school.
Emma Buckman has gone to Asbury Park to
remain awhile. Her sister, Carrie, will teach at
Media again this year.
Alice M. Crater opened her school at Sandy
Bill on Monday.
Elizabeth J. Lewis returned from an extended
trip in Bhode Island. While there she visited
Boston, Newport, Harvard college and other
places of interest.
Samuel Storet is tbe new clerk at Narcissa
store.  Mr. Fulton left Saturday evening.
Jesse Davis, while on bis way to market, missed
his pocketbook. Turning around he drove back
to Plymouth store, only to find on reaching that
place tbat tbe desired object was lying on the
seat beside him.
A number of young people from Cold Point
drove to Valley Forge on Saturday and passed a
very pleasant day. The only mishap was tbe
loss of a linch pin, wbich left a front wheel run
off, scaring them a littie, but as the accident happened in Norristown and near a blacksmith abop
the trouble was readily adjusted and tbey went
on their way rejoicir.****".
The party that went to Mill Grove on Thursday
of last week spent a pleasant day at that beautiful place. The younger members of tbe party
went rowing and bathing while some spent the
lime ln fishing.
Mr. James G. Fulton, Mr. C. Lafayette Duffield,
Mr. Koswell Jones, Mr. E. Barry Duffield and J.
Elwood Duffield spent Sunday at Atlantic City.
Miss Etta Duffield is visiting In tbe city this
week, ^__	
Water  Will Cost Less.
Tbe stockholders of the Perkasie Water company, control of which has passed into the hands
of a Souderton syndicate, held their annual
meeting recently and elected the following board
pf directors:-Enos Moyer, Barry E. Grim, E. K.
I'-reed, Mahlon Keller, Willis* L. Moyer, M. L.
Moyer and Enos Moyer.
Toe board then elected the following officers:
President, Enos Moyer; secretary, Barry I. Grim;
treasurer, Charles Schwenck; superintendent,
Mahlon Keller.
Tbe first official act of the new company for
the benefit of the town was to reduce the rates of
water for building purposes 50 per cant.
Parent* Search for Missing Boy.
Jobn W. Rowley, aged 17 years, left bia home,
Spring Mill, on Thursday, supposedly to go to
Chestnut Bill park with George Minnick, a boy
companion. He has cot returned home and his
mother, Mrs. Mary E. Rowley.is anxious to learn
of his whereabouts. When Rowley left home he
wore a blue coat and vest and steel colored
trousers and a <-up.
Regulation* Governing Eligibility—Subject**
Covered —Delivery to Be Established Dec.
1—Host mast er-General to Make Appointments.
The' postoffice department has authorized the civil service commission to
[hold another examination in Ambler
[on Oct. 4 for the selection of mail carriers - and a substitute for free delivery
to be established in the borough on Dec.
1 next. An examination was held on
July 19 when there were seven applicants examined by H. L. Fischer, of
the civil service commission, Washington, I). C. At that time it was given
out that free delivery would be stablish-
ed on Sept. 1, but the necessity of another examination renders this impossible.
It is desired that tbere be numerous
candidates for the examination. Application blanks may be secured at the
Ambler postoffice from Miss Margaret
Wood, secretary of the local board, and
these must be filled out properly and
[filed at the Ambler postoffice before the
closing of business on Sept. 30.
The examination will consist of spelling, arithmetic, letter writing, penmanship, copying from. plain copy, geography of the United States and reading
addresses. The arithmetic will consist
of tests in tbe fundamental principles,
extending as far as common and decimal fractions and embracing problems.
The examination is open to- all citizens
of tbe United States.
The age limitations for the examina
tion are as follows: All positions, li
to 40 years. A certain prescribed medical certificate must be secured. Male
applicants must be at least five feet
four Inches in height and weigh not
less tban 125 pounds.
The names of all male eligible*-: will
be entered on both the elark and the
carrier register, and appointment from
either register will remove the eligible's
name from both registers.
Competitors will be rated without regard to any consideration other than
'the qualifications shown in the exam
ination papers, and eligibles will be
classified strictly in accordance witb the
civil service law and rules. On tha
merit of the examination-papers thel
postmaster-general selects carriers and
substitutes.-	
Suspicious   Find,
t One morninir last week  Night Watch
man Harr, of the Heebner agricultura
works, Lansdale, found a large  number
of burned matches just  inside the rear
J/door of the sawing room which had
evidently been pushed under tba door.
Tbeir presence can be accounted for in
no other way liy Mr. Heebner than believing that they were used in trying to
fire his works. .It is supposed that thej
perpetrator of the - act   lit the  matches
(one at a time and "puslred therrr-under
the door ln toe hope of i ani ting some
shavings or taw dust that lay near the
door. Had the fiend been successful in
his arsonal intent Lansdale doubtless
would have witnessed the most destructive lireiin itu history. ,
MAY REMOVE
THE PLANT.
Broad Alt,-
Emanuel Weiss and family visited Morris
Weiss, of Flourtown, on Thursday.
Robert McPherson and Walter Swaincott visited in Norristown on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester W. Jones, Miss Elsie A.
Swaincott spent Monday alternoon at Willow
Grove.
■ Your correspondent visited in Flourtown last
Sunday afternoon, the guest of Mr, William C.
Thompson, of that place. A very pleasant time
WM spent in looking over some very handsome
paintings and sketches, among whicb were some
excellent water colors painted by the latter's
father. They were really works of art and deserve special mention. A handsome library, containing many valuable books including "Macau-
ley's History of England," "Poetical Works of
Scott," and many others- We also examined some
original Compositions on different topics of the
day which gives mine host great credit.
Miss Martha Worrell, of Somerton, has been
visiting her sister here for a brief season.
Mr. Knafer, of Frankford, bas taken possession
of the former Biddle property and removed theie-
in.
A new porch has been added to the residences
of Mrs. M. B. Horn, and William C. Swaincott,
making a neat improvement.
Andrew Denver ls employed as night watchman at the telephone exchange in Roberts'
building, Ambler.
Miss Noma Bernhard, who is spending the
summer here was suddenly called to the city by
tbe death of ber mother last week.
G. w. Hellings has gone after another load of
cows for this market.
Messrs J. Gibbins and Jacob Cornell have the
largest potatoes. Several of tbe former's would
tip the beam at over two pounds.
Daniel Sands has been renovating and cleaning
up tbe weeds, etc., from the Hallman tract belonging to J. Watson Craft.
Frank DuBree, of Edge Bill, formerly of this
place, v. sited in this vicinity last week.
Eman lei Weiss completed his fall threshing
during tne past few days.
Rode:ick King is book-keeper for Mr. Edward
T. Price at Spotswood farm.
Barner Nice and family spent Sunday evening
at Willow Grove.
The funeral of Leonard Culp, of Centre Square,
passed through here on Monday to Barren Bill.
Mr. Culp was well known here.
Morris O'Donnell, a former Broad Axe young
man, but now of Newport, R. 1., had the honor of
taking MissAllceRoosevelt in an automobile from
Newport to Boston.
William Chew has removed from G. W. Bel-
ling's tenant house to part of A. J*. Reynolds'
residence.    _________________
Three Tuns.
Tbe Three Tuns schcol opened on Monday with
appropriate exercises. Misses Rebecca Stewart
and Bertha B. Barr, who taught last term with
such satisfaction alike to directors, parents and
pupils, will again have charge of the school for
the present term. There was quite a large enrollment of scholars. Our storekeeper Mr. Nelson B.
Keyser, had a little surprise in store for tbe children, and presented each with a ruler, lead pencil,
pen holder and pen.
Joseph Martin has resigned his position as
coachman for Mr. Ringe to accent a position with
Mr. Dobsin, at Falls of Schuykill,
Miss Regina Brogan has returned home after
spending a week in Philadelphia.
Miss Iona Sluggard has returned home after
spending a few weeks at Riverside, N. J,
Albert Kulp, of Philadelphia, was a guest of
Mr. Shuggard.
Frances Householder returned home last Sunday from Olney where she has been spending a
few weeks with Mrs. Myers. She also spent a few.
days at Atlantic city and also took a trip, up the
Hudson.
Charles Dilthey had a pleasant time on Sunday
entertaining his friend, Mr. George Kurert, from
New York. .They took dinner at Ambler then
visited his sister at Blue Bell and then took a
drive across countv and spent the evening at
Willow Grove.
Miss Ella Widmayer. of Philadelphia, visited*
her pister Mrs. Algeo, on Sunday.      * •" >'■
Sherman Clark, who was spending a few days
at Sea Girt, is home again.
North Wales May Lose Us Web
dustry Through a Strike.
in-
No Disposition to Treat With the Dissatisfied Employee— Plant Being Prepared to
Remove to Mddletown, Conn.—Business
Dull and Stock Large.
The Montgomery mills, at North
Wales, of the Russell Manufacturing
company are 'being placed in readiness
to remove the machinery, etc., to the
main plant at Middletown, Conn. The
decis'on is the result of a strike among
the employes. The trouble arose from the
looms producing, instead os as formerly
the best fabrics in the trade, faulty
web, which the weavers claim was partly caused by the cool, damp summer
affecting the rubber threads, and by the
firm from carelessness. Recently three
hands were discharged for faulty web
and the superintendent wanted the men
to sign an agreement that all such- web
should be deducted from their weekly
pav, which they refused to do. The
opposition mills, working ona different
plan, deduct a certain sum, "but tbere
is no agreement. The weavers also
wanted tbe discharged men reinstated,
as tbey think they were unjustly dealt
with.
Manager Maylin Hamburger, after
due consideration of the facts in the
case, would concede to no such procedure as taking back the discharged hands,
whereupon every weaver excepting one
woman—10 1b number—walked out of
the factory and all are still with no Immediate prospect, if any at all, of the
mills resuming operation.
Mr. Hamburger is response to a trie-
gram from W. C. Fisher, president of
the Russell Manufacturing company,
went to New York on Thursday, when
tha plan of removing tha North Wales
plant was discussed, and arrangements
have since been completed to make
ready for that event.
Mr. Hamburger said to a "Gazette"
reporter tbia Wednesday morning that
there was no disposition whatever on
the part of tha company to treat -with
the strikers, that In all probability ,the
plant would be removed and that he
would then be assinged to a position at
the Middletown plant. He further said
the North Wales mills haa an enormous
stock on hand, sufficient to last the balance of the year, with no orders coming
in of any consequence. He considers
'the business conditions in the web line
verv similar to those existing" previous
to the panic of 1893.
Ihe North Wales mills employed" 100
hands and had a weekly pay roll of
$1000. The building which the Montgomery mills occupy is leased, the machinery and stock being owned by the
Russell Manufacturing company.
North Walea.
Several of the weavers "who were discharged by the Russell Manufacturing
company.■ -have, .semvre&o --Trxseiitona. in
other industries.
The Stringer silk mill is ready tot
operation. .
The walls of the new additional foundry building for the*North Wales Foundry company, limited, are up, and the
building will soon be ready for tbe
moulders.
. Mr. and Mra. Charles Krieble, of
West Philadelphia, spent -Sunday with
Mr. and Mra. Jonathan Harrah.
Miss Ella Supplee is visiting friends
in Norristown.
Our baseball team got left in a tightly
contested game with the Doylestown
club on Saturday last on the latter's
grounds. The probabilities are that no
more games of baseball will be played
before the football season opens.
Borough Surveyor I. G. Freed bas contracted with the borough to make a plot
of the town for its official use.
Our public schools opened on Monday
morning with , a large attendance. A
meeting of the board was held in the
evening.
There was no session of the town
council on Monday evening. On account of it being Labor day several
councilmen were unable to be present.
T. P. Jaqnett will open his new grocery store on Thursday of next week.
Mathias Buck is putting in new fixtures
and refrigerator. He has also purchased
a handsome new delivery wagon.
The Owego Bridge company are getting the steel work for the new bridge
ready to place in position. The large
girders, eight feet • high and 116 feet
long, have"not yet arrived. The Allentown Construction company have completed the walls and removed their machinery to Quakertown. Assistant Engineer Albright has resigned from the
the traction company's employ and will
be engineer-in-chief for the Allentown
Construction company.
The traction company's traffic is still
very heavy through town, and the
change to an hourly schedule has con-
jested the travel on tbe cars very much
and .makes it uncomfortable for travelers with children.
Flourtown.
Mr. Robeit Pierson   lost  one of his
horses last week from lock jaw.
.   Mr. M. F. Scheetz and Mrs.   Charles
Harner were on the sick list this week.
Flourtown public school opened with
a good attendance on Monday.
The trolley had their surveyors at
work on' Saturday surveying for the
tunnel under the Plymouth railroad.
Last Friday the Plymouth railroad
company cut Edward McCloskey's private telephone wire "here it crosses the
Plymouth railroad.
Rev. William J. Jones, of the Mercer
home, preached for Rev. A. W. Long
in Springfield Presbyterian church, laet
Sunday morning.
Supervisor Isaac Shoemaker, of Abington, is
resurfacing Woodland avenue and also macadamizing Old Welsh road, near Edge Bill road.
Engineer Weiss is rushing work on Mermaid
avenue.
Barry Fallows and wife and Arnold Aiman
aad wife have been spending several days at At-
Ian tic City, S.J:'
Mrs. Bergey has lost a valuable cow that either
strayed'or has been driven off from its pasture
on Flourtown avenue.
AGAWAN TRIBE
ON WARPATH.
Ambler Warriors  Break Out and
Capture Settlers.
United States Troops to Rescue — SavagoK
Captured After a Battle — Released on
Parole—Settlers Return to Their Home **»—
Scenes of Courage and Daring.
A sham battle took place in Ambler
Saturday between Agawan tribe, No.
27<), I. O. R. M., assisted by Martha
Washington .guard, No. 528, Jr. O. U.
A. M., of Germantown. Previous to
jthe breaking out of hostilities a parade J
took place, it was preceded by tbe
George S. Fister Piccola Drum corp, and
the music was rendered in an admirable
manner. The manoeuvers executed by
the guards were worthy of special mention, and the wagon, thanks to the*
efforts of the local friends, was a good
imitation of a prairie schooner.
The following account of the  afternoon proceeding's  was prepared  by one
of the brave rescuing    party,   which
routed the  savages and recaptured   the I
hopeless settlers:
A tribe of Indians broke loose from
their reservation in full war paint, with
plenty of ammunition, and for a time a
reign of terror prevailed, and but for
the prompt efforts of the boys in blue
a serious outbreak would have resulted.
Indian scouts reported a party of settlers
encamped near tha rannn of that patriarch settler Knight, and a body of
braves proceeded to capture them. Hero
tho Indain canning came into play.
The male settlers were absent hunting,
and upon their' return were seized by
the supposed women, and their surprise
waa completed when they were thrown
to the ground and taken prisoners. The-
previous capture of the settler's wives;
and children made it easy to affect the
deception, but through the carelessness
on the part of the Indians one managed
to escape and traveled to Fort German-
town.
A detachment of United  States troop*
was  immediately    dispatched    to the
scene,   and  through    forced  marching
caught up to the Indian's van guard before the setting of tha sun.   A few shots
were exchanged, but the Indians managed to escape with their prey. A council of war   was  held and  the soldiers
started In hot pursuit, leaving a squad
to guard then camp. The smoke from the
Indians' campfire was plain to be seen,
and   upon. nearer  inspection -appeared
utterly deserted.  Tbe soldiers w-ere cautious lest   tbevbe surprised  by  being
ambushed.and proceeded to make notes.
A close examination   of tbe  ground
showed every evidence of a war dance
lately executed, and   wagon  tracks  indicated the route taken by the  savages-.-.
This was alarming news, the aolidera*
camp lay in tbeir path  and   theis com
lades were in danger.   Visions"eft's ter-.
rible massacre rose in every man 'a mind
and.the sudden exchange of shots in the.
distance strengthened  our  belief;   W*t-
knew our .-boys -would , fight, hare? for
ffiheitilfvifisrwd' "ihe -sRarp,- snappy ■***-■■•
ports of their army rifles were easily distinguished  from those   bf the  enemy.
We left the  wagon  tracks and  atartaJV
for our camp on a  double trot.   Every- -
| thing was now quiet. It most have been
a short, hard fight against ot^b4whelming numbers.    But for a  solitary mppit
of firing in the distance, 'twas an a-t?fi5fi
silence, mora like the land of the dead)
than the living.
Hark! What means these Indian war
whoops? It sounds like a continuation
of hostilities. Where are the boys in
blue? We still hoped they were alive.
"That sounded like a report from an
army rifle,'' says our captain. "There'*-;
another, and another; steady, boys, wee
may yet arrive in time. Corporal,
who approaches from yonder bush? 'tir.-
one of the boys whose escape is assured-
Let a volley be fired to tell them re-enforcements are at hand, we will show
these accursed savages a thing or twc>
before this dav is out."
Our comrade was badly wounded from*
a pistol shot and he told us  the Indians,
were   fighting    amongst     themselves.
Their old chief had ■■ been murdered   by
the vounger one and   during the melee-
tne boys escaped.    Quick action on   purpart would result in  a speedy capture
with little  loss of  life.    We were ■ now
within rifle range.    The  Indians   were-
shooting very  much at random.   They
appeared  to  be  without a leader aniT.
were fighting in a half-hearted manner.
"See that buck  roll over pard?"   say.--
our curly-haired corporal.    '"'There goes
another," said  a daring  private, who
had   approached  within    a  dangerous
zone.  ."Not  too  hasty, mv  lad,'' but
it was too late.   He  was the only  one
of our-boys to fall, but  it was one  too
many.   Our boys were doing good work
and  spreading   terrihle havoc  in  the
ranks of the Indians.
Now was our chance to surround
them. ' 'Steady boys, charge!'' which
we did with a will and the dav waa
ours. Our captain nearly lost his. life
through the treachery of the young Indian chief, but bv tbe quick interference of our corporal the attempt was-
frustrated.
The captives were released  upon their
promise to return in  peace to  their reservation.   The  young chief  was sentenced to be shot, but  for the interception of an Indian maiden the command
would  have been  executed.   His life
was spared  by the captain  and  he departed to join  his tribe.    Upon the advice of the settler that soldiers be sent
to recover the wagon  and  to deliver it
with the settiers' friends to a place of
safety, a squad was despatched under a
flag of truce to the Indian encampment
and  the   wagon  was  delivered  to the-
proper owners without any molestation..
The soldiers returned to camp German-
town.   The Indians are at peace with-
the pale faces, and no fear is expressed-'
that the pledges will not be kept.
—Among those from this vicinity who attended
the Granger's meeting at Kinging Bocks nark.
Pottstown, on Saturday last were: Hon. Jason
Sexton, North- Wales: Mias Gertrude Conard.
Maple Glen; Mr. and Mis'. B. P. Conard, Mr. am-
Mrs. J. W. Wen-ill.' Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Sboemakei
and Miss Emma Walton, Blue Bell.-