The Ambler Gazette 18971021

              the ambler gazette vol xv.-no 4<i ambler pa october 21 1897 1.25 a ykak trolley sentiment j hut flip in>m|itf shv < onrct-niiik til pro po»<"<l trottaf uiimwhv from amblrr to i vtrrl t i one of the live topics oi discussion in thli community ii the proposed trolley line from ambler to ftorrlstown litre area fi'w opinions canght by q reporters : mr c v bergner in reply to your micrv i beg leave to say i bid opposed to toe trolley from ambler to norrfrtown qeotsg v helling — it would be i good thing inii lei the route !»¦ by w»y of brood axe nine hell and centre square william ('. walker ye«i i'm in favor ni it it would be a great convenience to the people of thin community william l>uffy — it would bring a great deal of trade to ambler thai now gon elsewhere the people of plymouth want the line john d cooper — it would boom amb ler at nothing else has done since the borough wus chartered benjamin p wertsner — the trolley would be a rood thins for ambler hut might take some business away e h faust — it would be very handy but would not pay financially people would buy in the county scut am op posed to the use of the public roads or such purposes h s copp — fora while people would go to norristown to buy but after they compared prices the trolley would do the town good a b still wagon — the trolley would be a good thing for ambler and is bound to come it would bring jieople here to spend money john 1 iloughton the connection of ambler with norrietown would be the molt important one for ambler that could be made i will not say that it would pay george schafenaoker — am in favor of nnything that would develop the town the trolley would take a few persons away but it would bring more into ambler thomas bitting — i'm a trolley man from the top of my head to the soles of myfeet eminent domain is needed wm c blackburn — hope it will be for the best am always in favor of bor ough improvements dr albanus styer — am opposed to it will take trade away from ambler should not be allowed to run on the public roads albert beck — i'm a trolley man through and through will favor any thing to bring them to ambler or to help along prosperity j w craft — the trolley will be a public improvement and will bring more people and trade here than it will take to the county seat joseph haywood — will not be indent ified with any trolley whereby the pub lic highways are monopolized the trol ley company should buy its right of way as do steam roads dr r v mattison — i am in favor of any and all additional means of trans portation whether steam electric or muscular as in the bicycle for ambler as every additional facility for locomo tion increases the growth of the borough the money subscribed to the building of the line and tor its equipment will prob ably be a generous contribution to the public welfare as it is quite unlikely that any dividend will be paid at any time in the near future should the line be built judging from the usual inter est shown in the borough in matters of a public nature requiring liberal sub scriptions it is not likely tbat the pro rosed trolley will eet much beyond the pale of talk which is cheap the actual operation of the trolley line would bo a bad thing for the storekeepers of amb ler and a good thing for the citizens of our borough but nh it is not at all prob able that the line will be built it is not necessary at present to consider the mat ter seriously thomas kose — am anxious to have the trolley conic it will be for the best interests of the town h s nash — it would take business away from the town at first would be very handy for the people d"r c b hough i'm in favor of the trolley extension to norristown joseph s angeny — at first people would be taken away to do business but afterwards the trolley would help busi ness am in favor john s buchanan the trolley would be a great convenience and be a great aid to the town george av niblock — it is a good thing the people taken away to do business would not amount to a great deal and those brought here would more than counterbalance william smith — am in for improve ment the trolley would improve the town and would be very handy k l tyson — trolley system is one of i lie progressive features of the age the volume of business in ambler would be partly absorbed by norristown bees 0 roberto am favorable would like to see lines on each side of the store the extra people brought hero would more than compensate for the small per centage taken away 11 ('. isiddle the trolley would im prove the town it would enliven busi ness besides being a gnat convenience to the county seal 11 w p heed 1 am in favor if bor ough council will oonflne it to butler avenue as many of the other streets arc too narrow i:i:n w uci in viilmiv frederick wldmayer — ] would not giant the trolley line a light of way over the pike in front of my property under any consideration the tracks do not belong on the public load theoompany should bu its land the ownen oi the conard estate oc cupied by john miirtiii were not inter viewed but mi martin saw no objection to the trolley extension mis anna scribcr was willing to sign llumiollfv the light of way by her prop edward unas had not decided but thought the hacks should !>.• laid in the centre ami the load widened e 1 sianniud decidedly opposed the proposed extension and asserted his re fusal to si^n under any consideration mm sheppiird thought the trolley an improvement and wonm welcome the line by giving ihetn the right of way by hi property george vv schlstei said he would not oppose the trollev but the tracks riiomiii be laid on the side of the road james mooney was heartily in favor of all public improvements and was willing to brant the right of way by his property paul wagner stands favorable to the proposed extension < worse rlehl stilted h wm a friend of the trolley plan boi thought theroad should be widened if tracks were laid john hagy said he was in favor of the trolley if trie road was broadened george kerpersald he was not friend ly to the plan but was willing to reserve 1mh opinion until he saw what amount of damage was done by the road joseph peters thought the road is too narrow for the trolley which should he placed in the middle of the highway lie said it would he an improvement . win nohlet is sail to be favorable ¦ henry daniels stated it would be beneficial to the public and he did not want to oppose improvements george freai is reported favorable to the plan if the road was laid on the pike and not monopolize the narrow roadway running op over the hill to cold point church inoandlarltm t i)<>yic»i«wn a half dozen or more fires in the vi cinity of doylestown within the last few months have aroused the citizens to n realization that there is a fire fiend in their midst early monday morning the fine barn and outbuilding on the evergreen farm just over the borough line owned by 15 frank fackenthall and samuel ii sinn were destroyed by fire when mr fackenthall was aroused by the cracking of the flames at l o'clock he found his barn wrapped in flames but with the aid of his wife and niece miss nellie wolfe they succeeded in saving the three fine horses at great personal risk but the herd of 10 cattle one of the finest in that section and the pride of their owners were chained to their stalls and they perished in the fire mr sinn was absent on a trip to boston and there were only three persons on the farm at the time the loss is about 96000 partly covered by insurance of 3300 in the pennsylvania and german american insurance companies edge inn the stone quarry near the bridge is doing an immense business the com pany furnishes employment for a great number of workmen of the town mr av k donough held a public sale of her household goods tuesday oct 12 it is understood that she will return to baltimore when the doctor's estate shall have been settled a delegation of l>2 attended the north penn 0 b local union at the lutheran church of whitemareh last thursday evening a strenuous effort will tie made to secure the banner lor the soci ety at this place the 0 ii s footbnl team of the cheltenham school district will meet the hillside team on the hitter's grounds next saturday afternoon both teams are heavy and a fevere struggle is ex pected steward jennings and william fesinire are the two representatives from edge hill among the c ii 8 team on account of the intended removal from this vicinity of wm b margerum samuel a fenton has taken a petition around the school district advocating the appointment of john m wilson as school director glenaulv two new houses have been started during the past two weeks four more are hearing completion canby stout is serving as night bng gage master at jenkiutown station mrs faust who has been boarding at shady nook has rented mr tiregor's house on ulenside avenue she moved in last week john w little's house is almost com pleted the addition made to it is such as to make it twice its original size this district is considerably agitatud over the school question a blue jay entertainment will be held in the sunday school room of cnr mel presbyterian church on tuesday evening oct 2(1 revival meetings were begun last mon day evening in ilenside ball under the management of the m e mission they have been well attended the services will continue here for two weeks after which they will be carried on at jarrettown the w hart on switch company haa made an assignment on wednesday night notices were posted about the grounds stating that all hands would be paid up to last saturday and that the works would he closed indefinitely whether lite works will be abandoned or continue in use undei the new man agement is a question as yet undecided orilunil a lain surprise party wm given last saturday hlght lo mr hint mr johu n nipliy liy tlll'lr imuiy friends on their return tor tin winter the party met tit the residence oi mr it f < ; 1 1 i lij 1 1 ii i ami marched tn n body to the u'uuti fui home l nep the surprise wai complete in ovary respect and occasioned u great flea oi iiu'iriniimit nep was somewhat shocked inn with the aid of liis microbe killer sunn recovered his equilibrium uml gave us all a royal time the following were present mr and mrs k a sunn mr and mrs it p ailliukham miss may qllllnghitm miss florence qllllugham laura hoole mi charlotte bnyder mian addle stout mr uml mrs prank ely prof andmn ii c algeo judge and mis c 1 stout mrs wm pome mr mul mi . i s etotbenberger the foundation for tin n ue bousi plymouth avenue are tuiuhed mr sites who superintends ilic work u making great effort to have them completed bytneilrstoi the year an tenant are waiting on the house mr alex stewart u coushohockeu has rented kin ¦ i>t us iii i'liu lachenmaler neat the bonier mill ami will move into it ou friday mi hurt of bristol is he guest of her friend mis i , llllngham mr unit mis vy r landis spent sunday in tin city visiting riiiuls c d stunt haa erected a handsome com crib n the rear of his it it 1 1 wsmj i'll ill uccordlllk lo i i.i i is drawn bj hlmnelf.in which h shows a iiit deal of architectural sk ill hackney of kort washington teacher at tin bpuwopal school itl whit uvisi ¦ aurplace ou tuesday and was not only siir|iiis,.,i ai the growth ofour town but at the iiniuovi'iin'uth that have ueeu made in othei n's|«tt.s ilniink the last few i ears ella orubb of rhtiu'lel|ililu 1 niieikllim vi'i'ul days with the family ol ml u m poolv ou mui»lc avsuue watch it grow lli mm ulrtwuriptluii f.lnt or hi amlilf-r outfit id liirrrikp daring the past two weeks i new paying subscribers htre been added to the snbscriptiotl lift of the amiii.i-.k gacvfnc this it healthy growth tor a count i y local rrewspbpei nnd issnb stantial c idotlce iliat the dftper is stead ily pining in popularity at no time within the dbsi hi years has the subscrip tion li-'l of the paper rlecreased within a period of one yeur on the eontrnry there haa been s steady increase and today the paper hns more readers thnn any time in its history itisthe aim ol the editor of the oa zkiti to make a thoroughly rrst-class local newspaper we make no preten tions to metropolitan jonrnalisrn at present bnl wo d<i propose to be the newsteller of this part of the county if yon want a pleasant household com panion during the coming winter inontlih subscribe to the annum gazbttb — 1.20 :\ year in advance fnrretlown itrms chicken thieves are at work again every fall of lute yearn we have trouble with them it in paid that a number of tramps have been harboring in amp hill woods near the indian spriti for a lung time the authorities should put a stop to it potatoes are rotting badly in the cel lar for some richard shoemaker has about 23 spanish chestnut trees in the prime of bearing they are all his own grafting tim school children will have a vaca tion next week during the teachers in stitute the crusher shut down last saturday vening fora while about 40 of the jarrettown people went down to jenkiutown m e church last thursday evening to attend the union revival services rev win h beyer pastor of the jarrettown m k hurch preached a powerful sermon two of our market men had an excit ing experience with a burglar last fri day night while in the city about i ii m they awoke from their sleep to find a man in the room hunting through their clothing for money he bad seemed a considerable sum in another room after a struggle he was captured and is now awaiting his trial in the city prison mrs beyer is now home again she las been with her mother for some time lelping to care for her in publishing the report of jarrettown dranch of needlework guild of amer ca in last week's gazette we made it read that s4.2o was collected and ar ticles etc it should have been 425 articles of clothing and household linen full <'. hi cmivmllmi the regular fall convention of the north penn onion of christian endeav-i or societies was held in whltemttnll lnthernn chnrch and the delegates were entertained by the zlon evangelical lutheran btld the springlicld i'ri'sbyter rn 11 churches 12 societies were represented and the church wrs filled over the pulpit was a decorated arch representing christ and the church and suspended underneath were the letters ( '. e the i'neroise wm urn rendered nnd the prosjram ex cited interest the next meeting wil be held in i.ansdale ill iniinary and the spring convention at abington in april the program rendered was song service 	 led by choir devotional services led by rev hater m less 	 kev richard montgomery address 	 : 	 hev johnson quartette 	 choir address 	 hev ( toxstoi oonsecretlve service led by kev nelnon friends in session wurtierw killlllt iitllu'rllik if flrnmliv srluml t horrtwm vr mo tm>k willow grove katz ifc mcgeer while sinking the well on their property on park avenue struck such a strong spring of water at the depth of 38 feet that they were able to get their tools out only with the greatest difficulty the grading at this end of the doyles town trolley is now being done surveyors have been at work in and around willow drove during the past two years most of the time and now a representative of one of our insurance companies has gone all over the ground again making a map of the entire neighborhood the contract for hnuling the coal from the station to the power house has been awarded to p v triebles the sheriff was in town last week in pursuit of u bicycle thief but was too late to catch him mrs wilfred kentnor has been serious ly ill for several days but is now conva lescent it is commonly reported hereabouts that the union fraction company is going to move the bicycle track to the houth side of the old welsh road and make it a mile long a large number of people from willow grove have attended the union meetings now being held at jenkintown on monday night the pastor of our church kev george shaffer jr assisted by the choir conducted a very successful meet ing at that place charles s kinsey has returned from his trip through michigan naroiiiiin the narcissa literary society will meet on saturday evening at ieorge freas at cold point when they will discuss the following : resolved that lawn tennis furnisliob more pleasure benefit and exercise than angling prof w s campbell assisted bv ii gilbert and josle a crater will uphold the lawn tennis end while hev e l tilton assisted by elisabeth wagner and l i crater will champion the angling part the supervisor of plymouth township is doing some good work on that portion of the turnpike that runs through ( old point by covering the roadbed with crushed stone we are also glad to qote that whitpain township has done con siderable along that line this season let the good work continue gentlemen until we have all the road piked joseph p conard who is seriously ill is reported to he slightly improved a special train bearing the governor of vermont and friends passed over the trenton cut-off one day tail week they were on their u ay to gettysburg prof howard gordon of musical fame will give an entertainment in the ohuroh hall on the lust saturday evening of this month when henry vf laoofellow wrote bil ant poem entitled farmer finney'i turnip we doubt very much it he hutl geen one as large aa the one that is on exhibition at toe narolsaa store teams from jesse shoemaker's farm at wash i square and measures t inches in circumference and weighed six pouudi when taken from the ground to ohm u t'olil in one uujr im liniiiui quinine tuliu'ls i iiuiiil iiic uiouey i it fails t.i uure iniklntovvi next week county institute will be held at norristown and consequently the public school will be dosed for tin wei'l wm cornelius returned last wednes day from a t\vo-weel;s visit up to hi former home near harris.burg the presbyterian bazaar hold in tlieir chapel last friday night was rjuite success about 00 being realized mr hutcliinson smith of weldon will shortly move lo lenkintown and occupy the shoemaker house opposite the presbyterian church on york ave nue mrs hocker and family who now occupy the honse will move to ambler freddie the 10-year-old son of dr peters came nenr having a cerioiih run away last friday while out driving with his pony the ponv slipped fell ami broke off r shaft which kept exciting it and it then started to run fortunately some gentlemen were near and caught the ponv and sent master fred home in a neighbor's carriage howard k leatherman took in the glen wood century run last saturday to princeton and return howard k clayton is adding another story to his building at the corner of greenwood avenue and cedar street the additional story is to be used us a lodge room by the forrestors and other organizations elmer briggh and wm mclllienny of the williamson school spent sunday with their parents here stakes have been driven and work will commence at once on the double houses of mr charles cottman on maple street near west avenue mr samuel bryan aged 75 years died at his late residence near jenkintown saturday after a lingering illness nnd was buried tuesday afternoon at the 1 1 atboro cemetery mr bryan was one ol he oldest members of peace and love lodge i o o f having been a member for nearly 50 years klue licit chimes revival services are being held in the union m b church every evening of this week ami will continue through next week the meeting is under the charge of kev j k lllick kev shell horn the well-known evangelist is the speaker for the week services will be held all day sunday quite a number of persons took in tlie trip up the switchback on saturday albert conard and miss mary conard of fort washington and frank stack house and wife of horsham visited at charles shoemaker's on sunday mrs klizabetli barnes attended the funeral of her great-grandchild in lans dale on monday l t l met at the high school on tuesdav at 4 o'clock sold patent boiling a pp;ir:il i s several months ago an agent purpor ting to sell a patent boiling apparatus.by which the heat from the lire was distri buted equally to the contents was in ambler and circulated generally through out the town the plan was to pay the money down and receive a receipt for the utensil which would b forwarded in a few days he represented that the was so bulky and he disposed quantity that he could not carry a millieient stock with him sever al purchases were made in ambler and elsewhere in some cases he obtained indorsements of the pot from persons in the town and with the aid of those to gether with his glib tongue and the fact made known that he would not be in town again did a nourishing business for him his receipts bore the ninno of hall & carpenter of near seventh and market streets philadelphia the goods not arriving in the course of a few weeks one purchaser called on the philadelphia firm who denied any knowledge of the agent they retained the receipt with a description of the man and will investi gate the matter thoroughly apparatus of such a hoi-nlium klwood paul one of the progressive farmers of this township lost 800 bush els of potatoes this season through rot his wheat crop was also destroyed to a considerable extent mr paul lives in the garden spot of i lorshain john walton says the new trolley from willow grove to doylestown will lie of inestimable benefit to the people of horsham and adjacent districts it will openupashorl cut to doylestown from the lower end of liilcks county and will afford more ready access to the team road at willow grove where one can either continue the trolley trip to ihe city or take the quicker route by steam car rabbits iuv plenty '"" unall potatoes mi brlnglutf hihhi prices \ i lii|..'!;!!irc riilih-i i'liri viuh hi'l't lit llolsllillll meeting home suuduy afternoon remark wera made bs t inn ir id nit unit a prohlbitiou addrewi wan delivered bj luiiu-s !¦'. pally john wiiium uouducted u vale ol applet fur silas munis mi monday his sitrpiisiiik how rapidly the work ulna ill mi tin1 luicks i'miniu trolley hue tpuut sunday » itli her fattier blltu muni mr edward tsiiigerinuii mui miss da fletcher linn vuitod mr john i ouard mr uml mrs robert boonu mul their niece mi uolhou 1 philadelphia bpeut boiue time with mrs johu cuiimi'l ii si;n'kh..use uml wile uml john walton aud w ifc suit culhil !¦ ¦ i account ul iiu m rii him iiim-fs ni ju.-i'i'h r couard the abington flrstdny school union held a meeting at horsham meeting house hist saturday the cessions weie largely attended by representative friends from the surrounding country including delegations from i'y berry abington cppti dublin owynefld an plymouth 60 persons came over froi n'onislown joseph s f.vatis and mai h forman of owynedd acted a clerki the morning service opened will scripture rending it w8i decided t make no change in the time for holdin the sessions much of the morning set lion wm occupied in the hearing i reports from the various schools read am they wen generally of an encouraging character samuel swain spoke vanity and several young people r8vi recital ions about i i m i people partook of dlnne provided by the llor.-liam friends ai address of welcome was delivered b jane k larrett following weie tli delegates : abinglon — lydla hainesj annie i sattcrthwnite byberry — lilian shoemaker anni comly sara < '. james upper dublin — laura atkinson phebt ely warminster — samuel walker hannah walker plymouth — mary conrad thomas butcher norristown — mary k liveeey mary l roberts john w harry charlec platt ilorshain — philena parry win marple gwynedd — edith livesey phebe shoemaker kich land — wm 1 roberts lydla roberts joseph foulke ambler ellen it phillips mary t ambler louis b ambler principal of the abington friends school gave an ad dress on the topic our cure of young people remarks on the subject were made by ellwood roberts of norriptown james j atkinson questioned the wisdom of religious instruction at too early an age he thought the innocent mind of the young child would experi ence a growth in all that is good where the surroundings were of the right kind further remarks were made by samuel swain susan turret i emma ]$. conrow jane jarrott and mary k livszey bessie worrhington warminster gave a recitation kind and true and willie jen kins qwynedd not what they beem willie paxsonand alary webster horbh&m and edith hallowell wanninster uml others rjboffftve reci tations lizzie struwn oi the lticliland bchool read an piss on courage usnn lurivtt conducted tm excellent exercise with a class from the ilorshuni school thesnlijcct being the months and days which make up the year the plymouth school was reprenented by win ambler who read a selection my first un<l lust theft the class exercise ol the qorshatn school was given by 12 girls nnd boys each representing a month of tin year they were responded to by a large class of young i>wple representing the bo lays in each month rachel u shoemaker of byberry school recited the jubilee poem recessional man phillips of the ambler school opened the subject of the proposed improved methods for the distribution of friends literature with the reading1 of an able ossny alvin haines samuel swain win hallowell uml others took part in the discussion the exercises of the af ternoon were closed with a recitation by joseph konlke of tile ifiohland school the next meeting of the union will ik held at orrist iwn six mouths hence three tuns oiiiiih autumn the hot wave struck us lust week prosp&otl uti ruin trees nre fudiny mrs j j daircr and dnukhtur miss idu were enllers in our nuluhuirhood this week we know of two fellows who w6t6.up at 8 a in to husk corn there is nothing like getting i|i in the morning if you want to accomplish ti good day's work mr malm proposes making extensive improve nents in his stable during the winter william evans of ambler deserves credit for he artistic stone wall which adorns the front of mi boed's property on tennis avenue mrs kul mother of n taylor knlp died tuesday morning uftera lingering illness frank taylor husks 60 shocks ol corn per day he could have done better but his husking peg became hot mid burned his hands supervisor conway is luiiklnt a k<xx1 job in widcniiik maple avenue when completed we will nil wonder how we drove through the nar row lane so long a very enjoyable parlor social was kivcii last wednesday evening at the home of mr and mrs john l'oimrd under the auspices of the v w (', t u minx anna moore opened the evening en tertainment by a reading from scripture an interesting program followed the numbers of which were much appreciated miss may hob n's piano solos were enjoyed bv all as were ulso mr uynear's violin solos and mrs boberl boon's tooal solos mrs seiner of duvis iirove read tin admirable paperon temperftnoe work mr joseph evans recited james o'brien with the true emerald accent missetnlly atkinson rendered old october and other selections beautifully miss cora puller's reading the inventor's wife wits enjoyed nnd applauded after the entertainment theguestawere invited othedlnlng room when elegftnt refreshments wen served the host and hostess deserve reat iredit fortlio ntrnir was pronounced by all a fine success uml the union realised a neat sum from the silver ti drt'hlu'i'towu the leaves are leaving the trcs l a the spring the trees will nil leave cords me out or a wedding in our town next iiolllll john lloujit and wife of north wales visited iis pari'iils on sunday charles l taylor and john k pfllo met with in accident while in driving on tuesday eve ting of last week rheir horse shied at an ob i'i'i in tin mud upsetting the buruy ami break ins ihesbiifis kut tiny escaped v ithout injury the camp inn land deal is assured if the ainiiiii tract can be secured us almost all the rest has been seemed pmsnitstlllf i mr al'ialiimi mnrkley dnmhed at the rich boro m k church last sunday lie is young in he uudertaklug and we wish him prosperity ki'v wm 11 blgbliur pastor oi pronpectvllle u k church delivered an interest nt sermon mi eini»'iiiiu'e lust suudity eveniiik to a uugt inii uce landt who tui ' een oa the sick list s about bgalu mrs kii/.uin-ih wright of 1'hlladelphla spout sunday with her uncle mr b v wright h thomas killinan has u citron weighlntt is miiinls which was picked in i • •. and as sound as wheu it was picked ii joseph gouak has sold from bis small lot i of ik'aches this yeur bcuideu doiliij jp luojum — j m tbirswend olgroabeck v says that ulicn in lias a spell ol lad ill ami ici'ls had ami llugginb lio akes two f lirwitt'.s l.ittlc early kis n m night ami lie is nil right tlu next uorning many llioiisands ol others do be same thing do you riwi f1 i i > ij rti the iiicinlhis ami fi leni : ihn lutheran church pnid a trlsli lo the lo theran orphan hnme gprnihntowd nne day last nrck joseph heebner,oi non isiown liaiilc them down in his conch w ii ii four imrscs the ' part of tlio program >-. m i bal they i a t u o-hor-i mignn loud oi provisions nlong to mnke 1 1 • orphang hnppv ii ,\. krieble hnd n londol hay op get by a trolley cur in philadelphia last week ho escaped injury mi one of tin wiifron wheels wan damaged some what a day or tun after that he driving to non-how ii when in horse fell down and broke h th shafts john morris takes his mill to plym out ii valley creatnerj . skipjiiicu turnpike company lias put on the pike near tin square two more carloftdfl of crashed stone or s c heiple has remodeled and re painted his honse adding greatly to its rppenrence and convenience ttlshetit cii with steam and lighted by gas the welsbach burner being nsed the gaxbtttb has awarded the pronil mn for lull corn vow if there had been a premium for the largest imi grown in small fodder near the ground iho trritei ivotil<l have entered the contest lor we have always preferred large corn on short fodder as it stands the stoims belter on the 15th of october the season for squirrels and partridges opened and at break of day the guns commenced hang ing sway k^i'iio n conard raised from one bill seven pumpkins whose combined weight was 306 pounds tho two largest ones weighed 125 pounds mrs wilson president of belfry ym reports si very good attendance at the list two meetings of tin rally of tho y the blue ben y held mi election at their business meeting last week and lected alary e zimmerman president ianuiili m iierhard recording secretary annie1 steinbright corresponding secre iiry florence walton treasurer mr i poss of norristown and eugene x conard took a gunning trip ipnear harleysvllle for squirnuls and partridges they report game very ioarce it in an unusual sight for the latter part of october to see the daisies in jloom and the clover in blossom and lie gay butterflies chasing each other roin flower to lower as they do on a norning in lime the question selected for discussion at he next meeting of the farmers club s which pays best feeding steers or keeping a milk dairy 1 speakers are ason sexton albert katz harry rad ler james hernhard george zimmerman and family and emily morris accompanied the excursion o m;uk'1i chunk on oct 111 lansdtile a meeting of citizens was held in sands hall last friday evening for the urpose of hearing the proposition made y a silk manufacturer who is seeking n dcation along the north penn railroad the party desires the erection of ii large lant ami they will pay interest on tlie nvestnient for a term of years it is pro osed to employ from 800 to 600 hands committees were appointed to look into lie matter further and another meeting vill be held this friday evening in the vent of the works locating here about 00 houses will be necessary to accoro nodate the workmen mr a k aaron foreman of the re rter oilice has accepted die position of lcsimin fora chicago book publishing muse lie will travel in pennsylvania the planing mill operated by charles iodslialk for several years past has leen sold to messrs hanloe & land two nterprising young men of this town hey will take possession this week struck by u tritin charles walters the son of tame8 a'altt'is of bpringbouse was struck by train at the heading terminal about loon last saturday and bad his left leg utoff right foot crushed and skull i'rac ured young wallers left ivnllyn on lie 11 o'olook train saturday morninjr in ompsiny with a young man named sands as the train readied the tenni ud walters fell irom the rear platform nd wu ran over by another train he vsfi taken to the i laliiieiiiann hospital n philadelphia where he rave his name nd address and then became uncoii eious later he was reported to be do ng nicely although still in a critical mdition 1'enllyii quite an excitement was caused here tuesday fternoon by a runaway which might have re ad mine seriously than it did down m tiii n'r of mr kiijiiiehouse's place a peddler emp his mck of colored piectusof dretui goodh and s mis george w brugherand miss ida whttux i rove along their horse took fright and becamo nmanagcable ilunhlng up the road towards pon yn mrs brugher ami mi-s whlttook weir llonu out i llie ellll i;r;c i'll hul'h ran up to eiillyn and turning out io\viirds bprlngliousc iilliifeil witli lr biddle'a team driven iiai'liinan cole the carriage wan unset and the wo loams tangled up in tin road in fioni of mr irown's store mrs brugher aud mi-s wblttock eic imitly jiuiiil and slmkiii ii imu no bonei rere broken after help hud arrived couohroan i was extricated from lii plight badly scared nd bruised bllahtly his clntliing torn th bar i'ss ui u»ih horses was broken up and \ hittock s c.lirilt^e daliumi'il . mn caroline kulp of tulu luee w a invalid fur a long lime • 1 i d tu>wday morning t 7 o'clock al the home t.f her daughtbr.ml geatrell she is survived bj live children i i . carolliiu reatrcll taylor kulp albert uilp mrs kachel thomas uml on in w i the funeral will take place on saturday lu'ieen i v 1 1 1 1 > nil i the wltohljtu'k exeuntloi : inluy leaving on lie speeiul train shortly ufler 8 o'clock they 11 had i verj ulea ant tli i the kim ii iv ol the nip i in for the baptut chapi i urn out mul ill he received until uei i n hen lecoutract in be awarded i he bunding ill i 1,1 il i i lie with slale roof ii int will i-;l nunit itept hi'1 colored pi opl bull he lirst church building of any laud u ivnllyn ml u 1 ii veil e think mve i all kilo lire inii h - iid in 1 1 ir welfare of the plai ml mi i lisand iir sniilli uavi eiillyu chili houseone week mr 1'alll mills (, i . lsltlug i tho liuuiu of mr wm ( liuil'uinaii irs ralph sparks several davs last « mr c f i ¦ lladflphia i 	 tiv m eullyi wm u houston lias been awarded net foi tin electrical ww new . o uwj in id thei . in ifiil driveway will loon i sissiill busil engaged with his furce ol men hr law ii i ttlug lr i h.ol.s inneimill ¦ ¦ kill i .,¦