The Ambler Gazette 18971028

              the ambler gazette vol xv.-no 47 amhlkk pa octobek 28 1897 81 25 a year four score years tiliilllho nltllng of alnmir ( oliliruli « ilia sohi lllrth.lxv iii active i iff thomas hitting of ambler is observ n his sot ii birtnday tins wednesday a hit home corner main nnd race street wln'ic in has resided since hie removal there bboul in yean ago the sn lijicl of our sketch wm botfl oct 7 1817 nt the hostelry now known m stahlnecker'e hotel flourtown then owned and conducted by his hither if is the youngest of five sons of john nnd kva bitting the others being now de ceased charles jonathan henry nnd william having a liking for books ha acquired an ordinary education and torn time tanghl school at lana swamp herkn county on feb 0 1836 he mar ried theresa went daughter of incob went m prominent and wealthy farmer of whitetnarsh who lived in the old wenta homestead on bethlehem turn pike for a period of 64 years this rela tionship was maintained intact but on dec 22 1890 his wife died leaving him alone is there wore no children the subject of our sketch after his marriage kept a general store in wlmt is now known bs the clifton house owned by george herrman on the bethlehem pike at sandy run creek later ho moved to whltemanh where for several veins be kept the store now conducted by joseph mehaffey then for seven years he relinquished mercantile pursuits and taught school at brash llill springfield township at lyceum hall wmtemarsh nnd at y lourtown he wab county auditor from 1844 to 184 in 1848 he was appointed through judge longstlwj a collector at paoli stntion on the pennsylvania railroad then under the control of the state three years after he engaged in the ho tel business at floottown which he car ried on for a period of 1 years during thih time he also engaged in the horse and cattle business as drover bringing two droves of horses in from canada to flour town in 1866 and 59 on retiring from the hotel he conducted a hardware and general merchandise store at the plnce where mrs yeakle now has the store and flonrtown postoflice for 10 years from 1870 he carried on farming near des moines la and on re turning in 1880 settled for a short time in wmtemarsh moved to cheltenham and then removed to floiirtown where he purchased b lot in 1887 he moved to ambler and opened a restaurant the borough was soon after incorporated and he was elected the lirat justice of the peace in john wanamaker's term of office as postmaster-general the ambler post oflice was a fourth-class office and he and continued payments appointed at the previous meeting i'res ber 1898 when she had dent went occupied the chair and nrg itilllfllnff aflhofifttlon urruinll an important case tried in reading involving the right of the building elation stockholders has just terminated in conrl nt reading the meaning of the verdict is that shareholders mnsl pay their dues to the treasure only and not to the secretary of the association the suit vas thnt of mrs agnes killi:tii vs the llidepenclent i'liildhif association nnd the filets arc these mrs killian subscribed or 10 shares in april is 1-1 until nbvembi paid 1320 she then guve notice tha sh desired to withdraw her money bntthi association resisted r>n the ground that the money had never been received she then brought suit and before judge endllch i verdict was given in her favor for but j32.66 three months payments with interest i'or these three niiuit hs the treasurei receipted for the payments but for all the remainder of lie time she paid d the secretary us the signa tures to the receipts showed the asso ciation contended at the trial that the secretary hail never been given t he ex press authority to receive payments on shares nnd that he was not the agent of tli association for any such purpose mrs killiun's attorney will make i motion for a new trial on the ground that the court erred in giving the jury binding instruction on the evidence sub mitted the charge of court was to the effect that mrs killian had made the secretary her agent and that if ho did not turn over the money to the associa tion it waa her loss the by-laws of every association state : the treasurer shall receive all moneys that nre paid for the use of the association how about the trolley f the rmil iron amlilrr to norrmon n lt bs iitiin if hie itii-hi of wnv run ho hm irr.l anoll.fr urf-titis till *«•*. ' arbor day was observed al the high school of whitpnin by planting two shade tics in front of i be school owing to the rainy weather the scholarsulid not take any pail in the planting of the anadjourned trolley meeting in the trees but rendered a very interesting interepi nl the proposed trolley from program in i 	 chool hmwe william ' beyer principal of the school gave a shoit address stating tie nature nnd im ministers in session ii imhler mlnfuterfiii pnlnti ; i:i 1 1 ii;iimm-i friday evening the only bnsiness transacted was the hearing of reports from the various committee morru fmnlly lllnioi'.t . dr robert c moon of philadelphia is engaged in the preparation of a valu able genealogical work the morris family of philadelphia which was founded by anthony morris the work is nearly ready for the press anthony morris was born in london aug 2.1 1654 and died in philadelphia oct 28 1721 this work which has been many years in preparation will present a com plete genealogy of the anthony morris family up to the year 1897 including extensive genealogical and biographical references to members of the allied fam ilies in america and in countries across the sen especial efforts have been made to col lect together all the recorded facts re ferring to the ancestry and life of the founder of the family numerous illustrations will embellish nnd elucidate the descriptive portions of the work among them will be copies eo greater activity in the enterprise he saw success ahead if the people of atuli ler and those residing along the proposed route would hut grasp the opportunity every property owner along the route will be asked to attend another meeting in the same place this friday evening when it i expected that one or more oi the trol lev officials will bs present and address the people on the matter the obstacles in the way of building this road do not seem to be insurmount able bnd it is hollered that if the free right of way can be secured the line will he built either by local subscriptions or by capital from some other source a suggestion hnh been made that the necessary amount of stock be subscribed in small quantities by people of limited means and thus make the road a peo ple's trolley in the true sense of the word the interviews published in the ga zffltje last week set the people talking all along the line and the question is being g portance of arbor day a lew of th patrons of the school were present ti l i the / mhlor ministerial union met tvcrinrmlay nftnrnoon nt » o'clock in the itvtnre rc.i.in nf the rre-hvierian rhurch ministers were i fi'im afnbler owynedd mine bell whltcmnrjh ini'l flniirtown kev v f <. nelnor nremdefl a rommlttpc ronsktlnp nf rom rnelilns oble nnd rldlngtnn appointed nl the previous meet inn rt'pnrtod n constitution and bv-laws f"i the for i u m a d i-i thoroughly agitated come out on friday night and encouragement to the enterprise ' was appointed postmaster less than i of a large number of ancient portraits of a year after it was placed in the list of third-class offices and mr bitting re ceived his commission from president harrison in the capacity of postmaster he served the government four years and il months with honor to himself credit to the government and satisfaction to its patrons at the expiration of his term he was re-elected justice of the peace a position he has since held mr bitting is a charter member of the first presbyterian church ambler is the oldest on the list of communicants and is a regular and devoted attendant of the services when permitted by the weather he is still an active man despite his four-score years — has never been sick since 1832 ilia mind is as acute as a voting man as a justice of the peace lie has few if any superiors never losing sight of the contested points he invariablv judges and gives his decision on the side of the law naturally an ac tive man he still walks without the aid of a cane and his hearing is more acute and hi8 memory far better than many men who have not lived the half cen tury willow grove evan kimble has rented his house to samuel ward for the winter chas kinsey while in michigan pro cured several carloads of potatoes for the newport company and had them stored there to be used for seed next spring he reports less than half a crop in that state there are several new vestibule cars now running between here and the city the niotoruien assigned to them these stormy days are much envied by their less fortunate co-laborers joseph margerum has been on the sick list but is about again the stonework of j 0 robinson's new house has been completed the grading for the track at this end of the j)oylestown trolley is completed members of the family photographs of family mansions marriage certificates deeds diplomas autographs and highly prized historic relics the work will be published in two handsome volumes extra cloth beveled edges at 20 the morris family are very closely connected with the history of montgom ery county the founder having lived within what are now its limits all desiring to become subscribers to the work should forward their names to robert c moon m d 1122 walnut street philadelphia a reward or 8500 ofl'ered the county commissioners have de cided to offer a reward of 500 for the arrest and conviction of the three men who tortured old isaac alderfer at his home near collegeyille on monday night sept 28 causing his death four days later friends of the murdered man have also subscribed if.'ioo toward a reward the xnrcibsii literary society met at george freas1 on saturday evening and a very successful meeting was held the following persons were elected as oflicers for the next three months president rev e k tilton vice president d l crater recording secretary elizabeth child corresponding secretary laura fillman treasurer lilian frees orfjan ist iertrtnle wagner the question resolved that lawn tennis furnishes more pleasure benefit and recreation than angling does was vigorously contested by both sides the decision of the judges was favorable to the affirma tive thomas white f plymouth meeting buried an infant child at cold point cemetery on monday afternoon mrs albert zollers of boston mass is visiting at her brother's ii ii uitten house the genial agent at xarcissa sta tion she has been absent about six years our schoolteachers are all attending the institute at norristown this week but the children are enjoying themselves hugely w1m will von vote for ? editob of tiik as this is the last issue of the gazbtte before election day and as a citizen and a taxpayer ' tefll like asking my brother taxpayers to consider well who they will cast their vote for who of the four c&ndidatel would he the most likely to honestly take charge of the state funds neither of the old parties has proven faithful to the trust and now if the peo ple of pennsylvania will allow doctor swallow t full by the wayside then the people deserve to he robbed in the future us they have been in the past sob&yga taxpavkb of yvllltl'ain of it i'lintm kcv v hayes mome pastor of the h in teriiin church at doylestowd 0 r unday morning tendered bis resigna tion which will be acted upon ai a con gregational meeting to be held on tues day mr moore has hceii in ill health g eld day mr moore has hceii in ill health foi itvenl yews and a yaw ago was granted a year's leave of absence with pay saturday evening he received a formal call to a chinch at santa t'e y m and tearing to spend another winter north he will accent in rail ami will preach his farewell sermon on sunday nov 7 mr mooiv has been very mooessflll in the seven years of his pastorate the chinch membership growing from 460 to nearly 700 — after serious illness like ¦ pneumonia or the bul l dfl typhoid p grfpi hood's barsaparula lias wonderful itreagth-giv i power llmik k<.|lui ik cuiiilnl the stockholders of the people's national bank met saturday and decided to reduce the capital stock of the in stitution from 200,000 to 150,000 tho capital stock originally fixed at 100,000 was doubled several years ago the people's bank is generally regarded as one of the soundest financial institutions in thia county teaoheri institute in the montgomery county teachers institute tuesday morning rev isaac gibson had charge of the devotional ex ercises and prof jerry march led the singing colonial life was discussed by prof joseph s walton other sub jects discussed were the following : what a pupil has a higlit to expect from a teacher prof 0 t corson social aspect of public education prof charles degarmoj reoent school legislation john t wagner ascien tific advance in geography mrs ma tilda coffin ford at the afternoon session the following subjects were discussed the imagina tion prof joseph s walton modern commerce mrs matilda coffin ford necessity of originality on the l'art of the teachers prof 0 t corson l the evening prof thomas ll dinamore lectured ton large audience his sub ject was entitled the wonderful struct ure prof charles deuarino president of swarthmore college in bis address in social aspect ol public education suggested a model plan for playing toot ball without any objectionable feature lh said that carrying of the hall should he prohibited and that it should only in advanoed by punting or passing in his estimation a touchdown only should be made by punting the hall heneath the bar football as played by oolleges wai not tit for grammar or lower schools and hardly lit for high schools the name he suggested was especially foi between the ages of in ami 90 years you oan'1 afford to risk your ufa bj allowing a cold to develop into pneuiuo nia or consumption instant relief and i certain cum are afforded by one min nte cough cure beesc roberts you can't erne consumption but you can avoid it und cine every ofhei form of throat or lung trouble by tlu use of one minute cough cure bees c bob irti l'ronpectville rabbits are plentiful in this section and the boys are already preparing lor them 8 8 hnrgerty is home for the winter after having been away all summer sel ling machinery sol makes n good machine agent mrs mary lukens and daughter anna have been spending gome time with chas mccleau miss jennie monteith has been taking a course in vocal music mr j v stack house manager of the creamery has raised 125 ducks and 200 chickens this year kinanuel stocker has a very good crop of corn he says the grains are aa large as lima beans mr harper and kussel walton of philadelphia spent sunday at their home mr edward bates while out driving one evening last week collided with a team coming in the opposite direction ilia horse became unmanageable and bis only resort was to guide the animal into the bank mr abraham markley is taking a course at temple college philadelphia he intends studying for the ministry mr eli furman former driver of the mail route between three tuns and lenaide has engaged himself with henry schaffur proprietor of brewery farm mr win pager and family wereguests of john m rex norristown last sun day 	 new memorial altar a large stone altar beautifully curved with figures of kneeling angels is being erected in st thomas church this week the altar is placed in the church by the misses vaux as a memorial to their mother tho into mrs richard vaux next monday all saints day a ser vice of dedication will be held in the church at ll).;(0 o'clock a special sermon will be preached by the rector and the rev messrs mitchell and lob dell will assist in tin service a cordial invitation is extended to all who would like to be present on this interesting occasion the altar was designed bv mr c m burnt the archltect.oi philadelphia and is a work of art which will permanently enrich st l'lionm church lmmtlulr the proposition to loeate u silk mill in lansdale naj not yet been disposed f linally two 01 three meetings liuve been held and the subject has been ilis eu.-seii pro and oon the offer made bj the company is about this theoitiaens of the town to erect a 126,000 building on which the silk company will nay s per cent interest ; no taxation for nt years the owners f the building to have ii other senility limn the building itself the company agrees to put in machinery to keep from i to w bands busy the proposition hat not been ac cepted as yet but ii tuesday the pros pects of the parties oomlog together ap peared to be fa vi nalile it u thought that should the industry be secured the population of lflusdale would be inoraas ed about one-third it is said thai the concern is rated high in coninieivial circles a series ol revived meetings was com menced in the methodist chinch on sun day evening kev wullsice mc.mullin an eloquent divine of philadelphia preached monday evening ¦ prew the annual meeting of the sklppack veiopm*nt of the union r •' • i ¦ . ¦ •!• a \ ii ¦ i 1 1 1 f 1 1 i ii a i ii i ti i 1 i ii t % rum pike road company will be held monday next a blue bell an election of managers for another year will take place there will bean exhibition of corn at the farmers blub on monday evening nov i every member of the club is invited to bring i sample of his com md tell the merits of the variety and when and how to plant one member has promised to tell bow to select corn for seed showing the difference between male mid female grain and how to se lect seed that will improve iii quality and quantity a general talk will loj lnw that certainly will benefit farmers nnd every member ought to be present people traveling alone suippaek road between st john's church and belfry have noticed an old well or a spring walled in whose water is alwnv'h cloudy in the very dryest time better have the water analysed it might prove valuable to its owner whitpaln township can boast of sev eral fanners who have retired from their arms to norristown to enjoy the fruits of their labor among the number are john s rex and lorenzo zimmerman who can be seen frequently riding through the square on their wheels to their farms s b drake who furnished the steam heating apparatus and spouting for the new houses at hlue hell selected one of the houses in payment of his work by all means let the trolley come up skippack road by centre square to xor ristown in last week's qazkttb the norrlstown letter asks a very sensible question about the advantage of so many books given to a pupil now over the few books be had years ago now a scholar has very little time for anything but study he must havea faint idea of a dozen different branches but a thorough knowl edge ot none penllyn dr ring and family moved to phila delphia this week they occupied the house owned by mr harry reger who will remodel the property lit once mrs caroline n kulp was buried last saturday from the residence of her son in-law george geatrell at this place interment was made at tne mennonite church germantown paul klkinton formerly a resident of near this place and who has established himself ns an architect in philadelphia lias plans out fora handsome theater to be built at fortieth street and lancaster avenue for charles arthur the front will be of brick and terra cotta the building will seat 1-!(io persons mr klkinton is alsj preparing plans for two stores and tenements at front and chris tian streets and a building at clementon n j , for a bicycle park arthur m deuces of centre square a student of the abington friends school has been elected as editor of the school paper which recently made its first ap pearance it ie a trim sheet giving no tices of interest to the institution and the community and reflects great credit on its promoters mr thomas robins and family will return to their citv home this wednes day after a season's stay at penllyn sir john fry and mrs george mc laughlin gave a party to the former's father mr john r fry last friday eve ning a number of the neighbors and friends were present although the rain interfered with the attendance it in no way dampened the pleasure of the guests who were present dancing and games were indulged in and all spent a very enjoyable evening miss ilines and miss kulp of lansdale visited the misses fry on sunday e 0 langstroth of elisabeth n j spent sunday here kdgar clayton one of j l brown's clerks is off duty until he recovers from a painful accident which befel him last thursday while caring for the horses in mr brown's stable he in some man ner fell into one of the stalls and was kicked and frightfully cut about the face by the spirited animal before he could extricate himself dr f k yerkes of ambler was called in and kdgar is rap idly recovering at his borne near blue ball jacob clayton is seriously indisposed liis system having been poisoned by the dust from oat threshing on tuesday he is reported speechless and his condition is very painful a gang of laborers are digging a cul vert at the station a new hour has been put in the men's waiting room tin licrtou ii a farmer in this section cut corn with a reaper aud binder last week all the boys went to the lire lastthurs day night at hillside tin crops inclu ding about 4(ri bushels of potatoes were burned with do insurance mrs frederick ftiley spent friday with friends in jenklntown 1 houpt son of mr and mrs john houpt of north wales will leave on no . s for a week's gunning on the blue mountains monroe county this town is greatlv annoyed by tramps linoe the building of the trenton cut-off they pass over the road several at a time two or three patrol the town for eatables stopping at ewrv house theu return and divide with their com rades something should be done as it only encourages vagrancy tilt l.olileli siv ti-i ol iiobg llle keep the head oool 1 1 faet wurin aud the bowels open liaeoii's celery king for the nerves is a vegetable preparation and ads a.s a natural laxative and is the greatest remedy ever discovered for the cine of dyspepsia liver couiplaiut and all blood liver ami kidin diseases call on keen c roberts sole ag«nt and i nf jiliei looking tnwnrri the d io include eten hlfl iteliolnillill ion ill tills port of iiie 	 ntry n '- i lleven thai mien an exhibition nf real church unity in spirit us the 1 1 ii i tn is ri vin will have nn influence on tin1 en tire christian church the fact thai the expert ineni win neceranrlly bo madenn a si mil reals will not make ii insignificant but prove it en lire feasibility forlf the spirit of church unity can bo developed in a town and its emin.n-.uitii nil the dllbcuftlcs unit belong i.i church relations in town imhi country it will be ei»sy to reproduce it in n eit . i he rev i,yiii;in p powell made mi address on the cane of b fa mllln lie paid n tribute to the sincerity the ability and the integrity of mr mills lie called attention to the dismay the christian world has fell al the lapse of mr mills from tho trinitarian to the fnltarian fnlth lie exprewefl surprise unit at s time when the social significance of the trinity is robbing i'nltarlan irai i it vitality any thoughtful man could be take himself to ii fniili so fn*t waning he quot ed !¦'. l minirlec's dictum thnt i'nlturhinisin awakens aspirations if the soul which it can never satisfy lie minted out the philosophical weakness of unltarlanlsm while proof texts ire never quite adequate evidence the amplitude nnd complexity f the numerous scriptural al lusions to the trinity cunnoi be adjusted t hie severe simplicity uf unitarian thinking the church was curly led by attacks n|«in the trinity to define her position she never lost her head amid the babel of perversions nml contradictions of the early centuries she fmidit out the battle in the early centuries nnd recorded her belief in the l-tcnt historic creeds the discussion which followed was opened liy the rev w p s nelson and continued by other gentlemen present rev w p s nelson dwelt upon the natural growth nnd broadening views of every studious clergyman hi declared tiiis growth is toward liberal vjews in thecase un der consideration however it is not n broaden ing out hut ii narrowing of views this it shown in three ways 1st in n less glorious idea of ioil in the view held by mr mills nml others they lose i in elements of ik'rfcction found in the trin itarian idea of god 2d mr mills liiis narrowed his idea of his own work nd nf the need of a ministry to him the clergy are but moral re formers without the power nml nlilllty to lend men ns cod's word declares direct tn god nnd heaven 3d mr mills hns narroweil tiis view of humanity tholtrend of thmicht which limits god which makes a mini false to his ordhuition vows which causes one to east reflections back u|mn years of post life anil labor is the trend of mind thnt lends to u loss of faith nml thnt is be ginning for to lack faith in god is to luck faith in man and vice versa every man says rev nelson has the right to change some had better change because they are not in sympathy with the denominations with which connected but there should hi.1 good reasons for change anil the change should he upward toward liberty und to ward breadth ur powell's address will be published in full in the next issue of the gazette nnd announce ments made as to future meetings of the union mac ii.n cmfflm the suhjeei fnr debate at the neat meeting of the w |,, < lt mac i sheppard's nn haturda evening oct 30 i lie-olved that the indians have suf t.-ied more wrong from the hands of the white man than the jfegro i.v ivni sen n i - are till continuing nightly at the i'nion m1 r chiircll under the able management of rvangeliri shell horn of afhlnnd \. 1 rev fihallhorn who is an interesting speaker and a fat worker has preached in all i and territories in the united hi alaska excopted the vv'i i indies mexi co and elsewhere with good resu'ts miss elsie knlalnger of rlatboro vis ited mis mabel wolff a the pur-imaec la i reek services were omitted at boehtn'a reformed chlirch on sunday on account of the absence of kev wolff glenstile i isnuil autumn rains ( urn-husking a i its zeniili william reading harvested a second crop of strawberries this \ ear s i '. stout's house on listnoro avenue is rapidly nenrlng completion it will lie ready for occupancy before winter sets in the cellar walls of henry mccann'a new house on alt innel avenue have been erected during the past week win i margerum and family moved to germantown last thursday mr llinkle's and mr hendrlokson's families have been bothered the past few weeks hv marauders they are afraid of leaving the house after dark an un seen foe has been in the habit of throw ing pebbles at the windows and other wise frightening them an indecipher able note was found in the springhouse john sohlimme and george f riob while driving their respective horses in a double team on oct 14 were thrown from the carriage by the ill-yoked pair mr schllmme had several toes broken north whibh aitalm our newly-formed tram of football enthusiasts went up to lansdaleon saturday hist to van quish tne juniors of that borough of routers but k«t left by n si'ore of 20 to o on saturday after noon next the return game between these two clubs will he played on the home grounds when it is to be hoped encouraged by oui home rooters and more practice they iiuiv carry oft the laurels mrs jacob ii knotnler lias been laid up for a week with serious illness win pope is laid up from work with an attack of catarrh of the hand a political prohibition meeting will bo held in the opera house this thursday evening john kriublt has hih'u secured as clerk for the colonial inn under the now management of mr uangawer the new kindergarten is meeting with kooii success the old restaurant property of mr winner at sixth anil walnut streets is being altered unit enlarged this week for mr korer's cigar bus iness and barbershop the hitter has rented the house of ('. t lay on fifth street for n residence mr selts who now occupies it will remove to the centre point hotel recently purchased by him centre square encampment i o o f of this borough will this wednesday evening visit prov idence lodge at kuli'svillc l.nnali iteu'kah lodge xo 1 i o o p went down to west lonshohocken on tuesday evening inweikle's coach on a visit to amy of the same onler they came home well pleiused with their very cordial reception thev wit nessed the exemplification of the taiutihil de gree upon two candidates — one by initiation ami another by card after the close of the lodfre the visitors were banqueted in the public hall beneath the lixl|?i room of the new and pretty temple erected by ciulf lodgg uur cori»s of public school teachers are in at tendance this week nt the county institute and young1 america is getting a respite from study to hunt fur nuts and to practice f<x)tba!l tactic today our directors will also attend the borounh authorities are putting the cul verts across the streets at various points over the borough in repair this week ready for the winter season the postponed art show and sale of st luke's reformed ladies aid society will be given on saturday evening next al the residence of mrs k annum on school street the national bank has put up an electric light in front of the banking house kev mousser of the baptist church is on the sick list john williams ot owynadd will iii a few days take charge as manager of the colonial hin stables anil livery nimblock and one leg badly mashed he remain ed in boil over a week being able to come out last saturday for the brat a stiff war with pens is going on bo tween two advocates of their respective bchoola in the qlenside column of our contemporaneous weekly the times chronicle of course we take sides with the qlenside correspondent the directors of the cheltenhan school dis trict can hardly be justified in forcing glen side into the harmer hill school department the revival services held in glenside ball during the past week and continued during this week have been very success ful several persona have signified their consent to join the church militant supervisor blake is at present macad atniziuk glenside avenue from german town pike to biokly avenue iflikillluh ii ii ill mr g$orge spaeth wm davis druggist is formerly with taking a course get a trial packs and 25c of medicine nt the medico-c'hmirgieal college philadelphia a number of our merchants will intro duce the trading stamp system about the first of november which will hoof benefit to customers making cash pur chases mrs ii a henry of washington n c is is itlus in thehomu i druggist coltmaa on cedar street the the hells rang vigorously last wei-k and both companies started out imi on learning the hr was 10 i'm1 from borne turned around and cinnc home the lire proved to lie the barn on samuel noble'i place neat abin^ion corner mr peter plunket while bastenlni to the tire on his bicycle started too fast down the hill at hillside and in endeavoring to check his speed took a header landing mi nls right hand and shoulder ills hum is badly wrenched and sprained and pete has beeu compelled to take a w ees ¦ ti from work a number of the trolley ear running through the town now luivc the glau routs and the moioi mm and conductors lind them a great protection in bad weather the abington kriends1 school tiac just issued a neat and attractive school paper entitled flu1 while and blue these beiug the eollege colors ihc paper will appear monthly duriug the school term mr arthur m dewees is edllor-lu-chiel nml herbert k jinks is business manager the pioneer fire company will turnout loor 4i iii ii headed bj the jenklntown baud to lake art in ilu liix-int-ii's interstate carnival us be held ai trenton nov 10 mr i barlea warner's little girl fell while plaj liik last saturday and brake her collar bone which vi ill compel her to be bandaged up fur several h mi i linn ain able to bs out it ii iii not uulti to alien i in his buttiu&th quite a numberof jeukintowuers attended the univcr.-in and lafayette football gamu lu unlay and ikelped nut or ih university i — j il thirswcnd ol grosbeok tex savs that when he lias a spell of indi 1 " ¦ i he ris ion and feels bad and sluggish s two of liewitt's little earl gesti lakes i night and he is all right the next morning many thousands of others do the same thing do you t kc k.llfu hill loeach the photographer is still with us politics is slow about here no one is booming the campaign except the pro hibitionists they expect a large vote for the state and county tickets they will get it too the buikling boom has struck edge hill also nine large houses are hearing completion they are situated along pennsylvania avenue it is said the same contractor will erect 25 more houses next spring the association property will be built up at once this will be an immense boom for the town the name of this part of edge hill should be changed a separate postofflce should be established as it is too far for those residing in tho northern part of the town to come down to where the postoflice is now situated we are glad to hear that mermaid road from the limekiln pike to church road will be macadamized this fall thin road i.s one of the most important in kdge hill and supervisor blake de serves great credit for liis decision another unsuccessful attempt was made last saturday night to destroy carmel presbyterian church the law less fiends tried to find an unlocked window about the building where they could enter the marks of their wort were left under almost every window in the form of a slight depression in the wood made by the jimmy if they had forced a window it would have been of no avail for the entire building is electro-wired and any disturbance in the way of fire or forced doors or windows would have sounded an alarm which would have awakened the town the church is secure at present and no at tempt on the part of the fiends will bo of any avail the thing to do now ia to catch the rogues that the law in its stric test forms may be administered i'livois the uomeii hev v b aldington pastor of the ambler m e church was asked by the philadelphia record as to his attitude on tho admission of women as delegates to the general conference lie said ••! believe in debarring no woman solely because she is a woman in eil her en io ¦ siastieal or secular afiaiis let us have equal representation in the general cod ference in the annual conference the laymen ought to have a voice bul not an equal one wallace i halliuan superintendent of the sunday school favors both propositions liin hlostwl troupe coining carrol & johnson's minstrels the company that plays at tho i»'ia tiuuse thursdi is mi , en carefully selected by iin uld-tlui star carrol und johnson the product under the uiaiuureuieul ol john 9 i awrenee the well-known character actor and song w and judgiii ¦ 	 i i.i-i effort iii this hue a iii>i elu a show uiould in almost certain perfoi in ii"r i|hii with a twautlfullj eo i brstpartthal lutruduoeii vueallsts of merit four u ill cinl men and u oulskod cln.iil-.wiui merit fur a minstrel company the vaudeville portion includes the oil win well klium 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