The Ambler Gazette 19050202

              the ambler gazette fvoh xx 111 no 0 amblkli pa felxrlrary • o5 91.25 a year january buzzard heaviest and most destructive storm since march 1888 i 	 i iii • ¦*• * hl-llii h snim i ivhii hy » ii ii ¦> wilkl nl hl.illlf vi'lfiriiv ii hlelnviiy krtllrntliu n<l trolley 1 1 m work in till nl'lullhnl iio.mi tlie l:i n ii ii 11 hliz/a i i of iflob dow o into hlstorj i one equaling if not i drpassing t hi ei erlty nm i fall it miir 1 1 . ih88 snow rmiiiii fall ing ti m ' . and oontinned doting the ntghl and all - with apparent im iiik ferocity at ttmen the noi i gale drovi i al m arly 10 miles pot hour lill ing all tie on i oads with drill mil completely cli many of the highways the philadel phia iind lehigh valley traction eoni pan v . ine;ltrv i'iii nut of busilli iy mom i ng and do af ter if^1**wiwjfiiiu(lc to run cars mi tho lower i nil until friday afternoon when the snow plow and one eai eil down the line a dosen men equip ped with shovels and nioks aecoin pnniod the plow and in places shoveled the track open the regular schedule w*aa resinned saturday morning travel on the lausdale-norristown trolley line was suspended early wed nesday morning mid no concerted at tempt was made until fridav to open the line the heaviest snow drift on the trol ley line between jenkiiitown aud wil low grove was mar the red barn1 in abington a large gang of italian lahorers was busy friday morning opening a passage for the cars there were so many of these sons of italy engaged in this work t hat for a long distance the highway was black with them and the men reminded one of .' a colony of bees whose hive had been overturned the schuylkill valley traction com pany made determined efforts to open its suburban lines radiating from nor ristown by noon thnrsday with the aid of a rotary plow the line to con shohocken as far as harnionville where a stalled car was relieved was opened thence the line to plymouth followed and finally chestnut hill was reached where another crew was re lieved the sandy hill line wbb cov ered with 15-foot snow banks at many points the line to consliohockeu was opened friday while strong efforts we,re also made on the collegeville line where several cars and crews were snowbound the line as far as collegeville was opened by sunday the company succeeded late thursday afternoon in running cars between wi.-saliicknii and barren hill the willow grove division of the rapid transit company's liue\vat opened late thursday morning the t ¦¦¦' car precoviwl a short tli ma nap hv rat 1o.5s it in and left 10 minutes later this our left willn grove at n.;',o o'clock that morning and con sumed almost two hours ami a half iii covering the 12 miles station afzuiit 5e7 f bloom of the philadelphia ami ding railroad said thursday moru everything is piled full of . the road is completely locked between doylestown and lansdale the last train left doylostown at 3.88 wed nesday afternoon and got stuck in the drifts between the farm school and new britain in a cut there were about hi passengers on board five of whom walked back and 1 suppose the others stayed at a farm house the beading operated its line wed nesday and thursday but the pas senger train were very late and fre quently sought the aid of the snow plow in opening the cuts the mail train thursday morning reached amb ler at i o'clock being over an hour late no local freight wan reoeived at ambler until friday morning many of the deep cuts were drifted full or snow at gwynedd the ap proach to the tunnel was filled in oomjttetely and the company was forced to employ 60 men in opening a passage way through snow was piled 90 feet ill height the train which let t the beading terminal at 10.0'j wednesday night got as far as gwynedd station where it remained until 4 o'clock thursday morning before it could prooeed any further liven the heavy freight en gines could not bodge it there were but few passengers on board and the.-e passed the time at pleasantly as possible under the eircumstanecs among those on the train were mr and mrs jason sexton of north wales and senator grim and wife of » doylestowu there were five or six other passengers and freight trains at the time stalled between iwynedd and penllyu stations wednesday afternoon a slight wreck occurred at lansdale but no passen gers were injured conductor pot ter's nonisinw ii , train and the train leaving doylestown at 11.20 collided and tlie engines were badly damag ed it occurred on the y " on the northeast ivnn railroad there was no train to philadelphia aftur y^.'<lock wednesday afternoon but jssf ""« plow worked faithfully yet fruitlessly a force of so italians bunked iu lansdale station wednesday night after working continuously for 48 hours to dear thu tracks of snow they were completely exhausted and gladly took advantage of the opportunity to sleep cm i im stlulo floor a gaug of 30 colored men which was brought from philadelphia to assist in clearing the main line tracks with the promise of u cents an hour was k'ven their lunch preparatory lo going to work after working for un hour or so they concluded tl cents an hour was 0o small pay and they demanded 80 omiki tins wcic relieved some ill passengers vwin i 4 bed in a i'hihtilclphiu and mail way uwuitldi aud newiione traiu which siucl in a snow drill n.-ar about h o'clock wednesday k not one ot the core which in cluded lour women reached home they were taken bnol to the terminal station at twelfth nnd market dtrsptu philadelphia tlitirmlay morning ar fi v ing ill 9 i ii wednesday was a terrific du with the driver for the v m wood com puny llnl ixiin one ilrivi r iiliiili i loinil in temn at ambler coming home on tin trolley while another unhitched his liorsei mi tin1 byberfj road a mile or more outside of hatboro and tin y found their w:i home while he walked in hair nn hour later the wagon had become stuck in the drifts rl it wftfl impossible to get tlltough l.'he siriupi family ot conshonoc ken found f^reat iliilic n 1 1 \ iii reaching the bier nl t.hoir daughter at lans nnral scheduled i o take place ul one u'clonk thnmdny after noon had to be ijostponed lint i i the tain ll 1 1 lull 1 \ ii lull anil i'il'l r l : to m i smith who i uri ii .•¦ the mail between north wbich and man t lie leaving north wales at 6.80 ninf i 	 le ii is trip vvednes dy under niiuiy difficulties he did not return a m^i lko'olock wh(?fl usual ti 	 hcfl.lb when near john eulp'fl n siijcnee on ins liomoward trip mis horse got faul twice in a mu will it i and lad to lie shoveled oat with difficulty each time tharmiay iiioniing he did not venture to make the trip w»iiih sj1000 dsmagea tor gpolllim mat rum because reilly and webber con tractors so she alleges broke windows in tier home burned her fences and threw rocks and debris upon her land so that she could not cultivate it mrs bertha e argue has brought suit at norristowu for iiooo through her at torneys f jr hohsoii and j a strassburger mrs argue alleges that she iw the owner of a large farm on the road leading from norristown to flour town and that the defendant at the time they committed the alleged of feuses were engaged in laying tracks on the trenton jnt-off while carrying on their work it is averred the contractors negligently blasted certain bedb of rock and threw the debris upon tho house and sur rounding land the concussion dam aged tbi dwelling house and broke window panes it is also asserted that horses and carts of defendants passed over the farm damaging the same and that the defendants tore down fences and used them as fuel for their en gines it is also claimed that the de bris thrown over her land prevents her from cultivating if as she lias been accustomed to do the tickets nominated arlies place stronir candidates in the field f monttfouimry coillltiitti at ll:o i inlm r j senator koberts was made chairman of the committee on public roads and highways and a member of each of the following aj4rieult,urftj appropriation orjkwations ijduca-ion exposition j.il anil kpertfttl and reiltoads in tin lionsi , moiitgom'ry county though liaviiig'no ehairinanshijis is represent ed on i'i out of m committ.h's as fol lows : ambler appropriations con gressional appointment constitutional reform iron and coal judicial appor tioimient and ubl1(i roads de haven — banks corporations leg islative apportionment and manufac tures landis agriculture bureau of sta tistics counties and townships educa tion and ways and means rex — elections iron and coal ju diciary general manufactures an military weida centennial affairs lish am game judiciary local judicial appor tionment public health and simita tion and public roads man k.iuinl ll.yil ht wyuoot .\ well known onaraoter in the vi cinity of wynoote was found deui 0 thursday morning the man ma known as bifi john and forsevera years hail been in the employ trn driver and laborer for l m bean livery m at ami contractor at wynoote the bo was found in ii stable on 011ft alley which is used as a lieadciuarteri coi bean's men it is said that he had been drinlung heavily fora day or two previous t his death and in all probability was frozen to death as wednesday nigh was about the coldest of the winter there is some mystery envelopinf tho case in that a bottle marked ear bolie acid was found near the deal mau and soinu think it was a case 01 suicide 	 i \. million liunnl ork.tn>/iil at ajfiugton wednesday evening the principals of the schools of ambler abingtou chelteiiliani jeukiutoyvn and hatboro organized an examining board for the lower end of the county which is to examine all graduating pupils in the districts named this action was ordered at a meeting of representatives of the boards of di rectors oharles a wagner superintendent of the schools of cheltenham was electetl president of the board uml wurreu it rahn of ambler secre tary ; e h carl of hatboro ; e l flack of abiiigton and willard s t'aiii|iin-ll of jenkiutown are tho board w at present constituted aftoi organising the hoard adopted provi sions kovernin all the important mat ters iu the holding of examinations snob as times places number and na ture of questions marks exemption and othei points upon tho applica tion of any principal for an oxumiua tion the president ot i lie board as signs an examiner from his list the expenses of thu examiners are to in paid by the boards of lebool rtireotom the organisation of this board is an important step since it murks the be kluulng of oo-opnatlnn to ptonioti srliool : til i f.-l ~ iii llirse i i i st lil'ls will al i li due llle liailllier ill exaill nai iuii - « lltuli i i • • ¦ uuir \ ku ill 111 needs o illilil and lilt lefure i es his work >•»..! 1 iiil»l.i win i'.ipiililliiiii nnnit nation in il>e moond want xtnmer n • ontrnl in olhti h'linn m«>iii«>r rulll n'milnt'r lm*en thfl republicans of the three wardj ii ambler held their , riuirs ia evening and despite the drifts the urnonl , che only iiiitest of note whs ih triangular race or tin oottncilmanio nominal ion in iiid ward william v alinsley he present incumbent •¦¦¦ op io ed by joseph 1 rlarton mid a v id j ambler tin lal tet ot whom bavins 68 vote won ont hurton mil 42 votes and walmslpy received 29 win c li'vin also opposed o.b hough in the three year term mi the school but was dctiaiv.1l warren i'.iimi rnn against gteo*|el kenuei or inspector and wat beaten in the third ward party regul reigned supreme and the ifl votes re lorded were straight for the slated icket in tin first ward on the eve of tho irimaries frank streepcr decided to kit allow his name to be considered as i candidate for the school hoard fortunately h s oope was prevailed upon to allow his name to be substi tuted the republican tickets no stand its follows first ward — council 1 watson craft s years john moolean one year ; school directors h is jope 8 years hnr.vqv allen one year ; con stable rieharas ford ; judge of elec tion john kleinf elder ; inspector john harris second ward — council david j ambler school directors or c b hough three years john (). bergey one year constable john ('. robb judge of election wilmer t allen inspector of election george t ken ner third1 ward — council john l shoe maker school directors a m jenk ins three years frank weber one year ; judge of election benjamin sandon inspector anderson grreen constable kafe lee the republicans of chalfont bor ough held their caucus meeting mid nominated the following ticket with a b swartz as chairnian and abram kulp and a c frick secretaries justice of the peaec a h faust town council william riley aud levi swartley ; school directors harvey moyer v jr hendricks judge of elections w w delp ; inspector of elections allen angeny ; auditor a s.kulp overseer of tho poor mahiou shearer republicans ol hucboro braved the blizzard wednesday night and held their caiv us a.v.wltieh riitmutatea v ere ticker is as iolk>ws council p k fenton thvinias hnvkimm aiufrew english school boiiril thomas e paxsou e mottcrshead ; constable george k palmer auditor h k ainiun judge of elections j m walmsley inspector c e macnair the cheltenham township repub lican nominees are school directors dr johnson and j howard ervien ; auditor joseph bosler ; constable wil liam lookharo the jenkiiitown nominations lire as follows first ward republican judge charles kohl inspector.charles dunsan council harry rea school director funnan t fog ; constable michael whalen demaswat — judge asu heisel inspector ira allen council harry rea school director philip leswig ; constable hugh o'neill second ward republican judge howard ray inspector harry huher council j k t jeatlieriiian ; school director nathan gaskell ; con stable henry potter democrat judge h k " clayton ; inspector m rogers council a w bates school director j f kuchiiian ; unstable l hannuni borough offloars justice of th peace bdwfil kirk r ; ell wood lenhart j : auditors a k argae r ; nathan sillierniiin h ; elmer e bates u the democrats ol thi first ward attempted to formulate a ward ticket on saturday evening at hotel ambler but were unable to secure candidates tor the places to lill and the outlook is that there will be no opponents to the kepublican nominees it is prob ablo the county commissioners will be asked to appoint an inspector in the third ward there has been no demo cratic ticket in minaicd and one will be placed iu the field the second ward democrats met at hotel wvndhain and nominated the following ticket council joseph j hurton ; school directors dr o b hough j c bergey inspector john signs ; judge of election george spen cer constable edward boileau mr hartou bus decided to accept the noun nut ion for council und will make the light i:ppkk dublin that fragment of the uuterritied democracy residents in upper i hi hi in township true to their instinct always to be on deck braved tho storm lust wednesday evening and assembled at tho township seat jurrettown ut the publio'lhouko of irving hotzells to hold heir primaries and placed the follow ing ticket in the field supervisors w.m taylor kmaiiucl deweeijaohool directors l b whitoomb george shaffer constable frank weber auditor benjarnin svm ¦ town clerk irving kot/.ell,!ind for election otheeis of the j'-ast end : judge thomas shoe maker inspector thomas gamble re gtstrj assessor bamuel eagle uiiritaln towtibbip i'lic denioeratie pi lmaries for whit i;un towuhip wm6 held in tin1 hall nlioiiiinu the hotel ol a ljunili in s;itn r l;i •• vi ii un l"t • hn following tlcihl ^* - in iiid i1 wupi'vvisors uup»r disirii-i hi ii ar.i ko.vnau low . r li>triri win mel aim hchoul ims francis < \ hoover and wll i rn ll i •' . colli t:i lib albert mllln 1 1 > v : town c]eri 1'red hangntorfer 1 1 : judge of elect ions linforp kate mid iiivpeetnr of elnctioiln ceorge w the ki|iiim:r;im mi whilftsiu met sloiidn evening uml u«tl steps to n i rung ticket im 1 1 field ilizing t he nei d il hctive progrec and siicci ssliil iractiral men for i v miis they iioiiiinnti'd albert ik who thoronjjhly uiiderntand ¦ nl i'a concreti . l.i idgc and eeiiunt work of dnrablo charctnr and one who ¦ t eil that in t'nn devote his nci to the care nd eon ' ion i i the iii'.liways the julier itiees a re i irei torn mtani i tl ii i'liippsjinwn clerl . lel'wii i 1 1,0 ¦ i silop . to i in morris ; con i id . i bruunei : auditor alex i m ocus m democrate ol hatboro monday evening and placed in iniition what i i lainn d to be the agi local in i et nominated for years as follows council paul jou ( ':' ! hi i i hi w < irikiiii ; school dil to i k hilt ht e hookman . tor k 1 ambler constable wil liam motl.crhead judge 0t elections ilvin craven ; inspector of elections s ' hi duncan chalfont she democrats ol chalfont borough h id their caucus meeting saturday evening and nominated the following ticket council klwood koaver kirk carver school director harvey hart zel howard mitchell judge of elec tion klvy grouthamel inspector james hartzel ; overseers of poor a j hines frank fennepacker ; auditor a h hroff ; constahle frank kerns l,ani«imio onfebrnnrya tho hearons sisters were advertised to come hern to furnish the sixth event of the all star enter tainment course they cannot come being engaged in touring through the south instead the new century trio will apear two musicians and one im personator who have already been in ambler *^ norman qerhart son of nathaniel gerhiirt.of this place is at home vteit ing his parents he is serving uncle bam as a cavalryman now being sta tioned at fort oglethorpe.georgi expects soon to be sent to the ippines mrs john r thomas living close to lausdalc was to have been buried last wrtik at leverington cemetery rox boro the day was set as wednesday but the blizzard made it impossible to pand so the time was posfjx>ned:#ijl mrduy she was the mother of " dt.'d mat pie of near spriughou ¦ ^ ¦ ars of ago being surviv ul she was once mary was a member if the lriii church before couiin death cuts enrollment ambler baptist church loses five old members f i i iii ll ii vmr > churoti jljst imsdale-norristown trolley earn a sod running early on last wednesday morning and did not resume the re maindcr of tlie week the stemu line to doylestown began running oh fri day liiorniuf thu stony creek was closed about all the week on thurs day night last some 80 italians secured to dig snow slept on thu floor of the lansdale station during the biizzard a storm staid railway passeugeriiamed alvin leatherman walked lyi miles through the drifts from lansnale to doylestown i^ie montgomery heat and fuel company will build a gas plant lure to furnish heat and light if subscriptions enough from householders call be secured dr a w kidington has received his commission continuing his term of service as notary public for four years mrs a wj tyson of lansdale who bus been touring the south with her husband remains awhile at the con verse oollege spartanburg south carolina taking music lessons 10 it kuhns the main street drug gist has bought the fide btone mansion on busqnehanna street from john white the latter will remove back to white's corner where he has a farm michael murphy ol porl chester new york has bought two building lots on l'enn street in the south parl of town where he will huilil a house the coming season a visitor from a distance is joseph bigony of ohio who along with ills vrire are guests of his brother dr p g bigony tins etefortued aid society supper which was to have been held last wednesday had to bo postponed till saturday evening owing to the bliz zard this is always a notable win ter event iu lansdale george f cassel a young man who hud been employed iu the qodshall llmi ring mill is now in thu german hospital philadelphia with a broken leg he was confused by the blinding snow storm last wednesday morning whilst walking to bis work along sus iiehauna street ho was on the trol ley track when tho incoming car from norristown ran over him breaking bis leg and otherwise injuring him kliuer hiiies who driven felvor's bakery team on a circuit through low er cjwyuedd and hor^ham roaching nearly to ambler had un unpleasant i\|h rieuoe during the blizzard a swingle tree broke and tie had to iv main all nigh t at a farm house near prospeotville the next afternoon ho walked home through the drifts ar living at six o'clock in the evening al 	 ll exhausted the people along bin mute had to do without bread sill the remainder of the week h vlilu.|iiar»li 11 croc u ford who has bcfii or loi n.ail two jr«mi i*t it thomas l i ohnrcli hus resigned bis position to be organist al uhrisl i1 i church media pa where lui will take chai'iiu ou sunday ha loaves witb many \\ ishtu tor his qo0*m in ills b«w iield a hubbtitllle will be 1 until a rtgniar orgaout ii , li rlcil mm i'ih-ii w«m«t tli nnnth lo b l*hl iwiij itimi mill tfelllr h i < iv ll lill ll imli , i mill with the death • ( : ll wnlk on ki'idii v live i il 1 1 the mouui i'll i ircli o a mbler i . ¦ ma m montl i ' mu mary sohlatei , •'. bartleson [ nlki i . mr tin late \) ichael n i ¦ "* , atar'rii at thfl resi'ln i . iler al^s ii i 111 meet philadelph born in march 1 882 anil . uighl the late santui i ai itl smith ity pu her father died when the inbjeel of t his sketch was but four vi ;,¦ of age und her girlhood was bpenl : the home of the late ¦ s powell childs of sandy hill her sister rebecca who married jacob walker of plymouth township liveawith charles shoemaker for a nunmer of years and the two sish-rs aftofward married brothers tfifi deceased in 1851 was married to mtchael walker of near franklin vilhi nnil they moved to the mercer homo farm near thompson's mill north of ambler here they resided for 80 years when in 1874 the husband met his death in a stone quarry on the property hy being crashed iu a fall of earth the wido'w then took up her residence in ambler aud had been in l^bhadajjpliia.only three weeks at thfl time of li t"r*ueath - the following sous and daughters survive the deceased : ro.se widow of the late paul zester of philadel phia elizabeth \\ iff of charles plum ley of ambler sallie vvife of jacob wolf of hayesville chester county pa ; paynton of kussclville chester county kate wife of loliji sisler of bridgeport margaret wife of william howard sheriff of delaware county who resides at chester e morris of ambler eight children aro deceased there are threo sisters surviving : ftebecca widow of the late jacob walker of philadelphia hannah wifo of charles baldwin of new haven conn anil susan widow of the late joseph cloud of westrown chester county the funeral was held on tuesday services being held in the mount pleasant baptist church ambler by rev e b valentine pastor inter ment was made privately in the ceme tery at mount pleasant and by a peculiar coincidence the funeral took lace mi t ¦ 47th unuiversary ot the y on win u iii eetased i ornuv a pivar of tiic ?.¦¦ ha t h li.nek at his horn ' in tvylaud on thurhday morning diaries t homer aged it i5 \ ears ttie deceased was one of ivyhind's old time residents having lived in the town and its vicinity for the last 30 years and more his first wife was hannah rodgers by whom there are four children sana el ol philadelphia a conductor on the pennsylvania railroad b frank of ivylaiiil i conductor on the beading ; anna,wifo of justus wamaley of hat boro and silus of horaham his second wife was margaret sprogell who died lust november mr llorncr had been ill all summer and fall he was a familiar figure und will be miss ed in the community interment at neslmmiuy burying ground on sunday afternoon blanch k may jones blanche may wife of lester w.jones died early friday morning at her home on belmont avenue ambler in her 86th year sin wus the daughter ¦>' william (!. and georgianna s waincott broad axe and was one of six children flve of whom are still living on april 84 1901 deceased was married to lester w jouub of broad axe where they continued living until a little more than a year ago when they removed to ambler besides a h usiiand,.mrs limes leaves three small ohildren anna may axed tour next may ; blanche gertrude and lestei w jr who is two weeks ol deceased hail only been sick a short time having become aerionsly ill on the previous tuesday the funeral was held monday after noon at i o'clock services being held in the first m e church ambler of which tho deceased was a member rev 1 t.edwards pastor had charge of the services the interment was privately made at rose hill cemetery hill ol l(|(ilty nimuimietl court convened at 10 o'clock friday morning with iml^c weaud on the bench attorney moore filed an answer in the divorce case of jennings vs jennings by agreement the bill 111 equity of the pottstown passou^er railway com iany vs x'ho trappe and limerick electric street railway company operated by the hchuylkill valley tiactiou company was dismissed at tho cost of the defendant court ad journod until monday feb i sl«|>t in the open air james lvohn who has bitm taking tli open air treatment for thu oui puhneiiary cousuuiption sitkoe < arly in october slept ell wednesday night in nia bed anaer an open shed ai the home of dr vtea brister in new britain where lie isheilik t roiled when he awoke woduusday moruiug he found hi snow even wllli his hii.lv all around he was v**j oomfortabli all through tin ¦""'"¦ ll il iiiiything m.ellls liettcl for ilih espcriell i ml culm walked ailisiaii'"1 oi i!i7 miles to n „ britain laat all and la rapidly luiprovluti aniier the treaunant glenside and around the i iipnlnl ion of qlenside miioiii i 	 i saiiio i !¦' clayton is impn after in dpi lal 1 1 in a child i m ct i in i ( saniion fell and broke ii it'll one dby recently t leorj i i ii i-i 1 1 : i s iikiki n ut ountl for sc i il i w liousog on oloiihlde avenae l,ew i i i<i w ho leg lirid.cn is imp i to ot ii lulu i a . h ¦ mdini ii • i imi \. > < ' hei d mkh thi < ; prosbj terian cl suppi i : tied null i hern tern r i -»: ¦ m «», xw>su the i ihurch - • ¦ '• . iii(l the old building s for sa yoi ihould i imniunicate with john m wilson ol kdge hill liev v ll waygood ireathed on iunday morning and evening fi t the ast time before his departnri or the mediterranean cruise which he t lor three months mrs waygood and icr sister minn jamison ucoonipanj i im the case of the aultinan thresher imi bnglnu company vs sohlimnte donstruotion company which was ieard recently before judge stout when a verdict for 1800 was rendered y a jury in favor of the plaintiff has jeen taken to the supreme court the revival meetings inolenside m g church are continuing this week rev w e sargentj of north wales preached tuesday evening rev karn bawden of germantown,on thnrs lay evening and rev pe re ival hodges of roxborongh on friday evening pottmaatanhip tattled after a coiitesit that was more or less jitter and in which there were at eabt a half dozen aspirants for the losition the light for tho postmastur ihip of perkasie has been settled aud ex-senator henry g moyer wins out with the appointment the contest had finally settled down to two contes tants charles m meredith editor of the news who had the endorsement of all the local and county repnbll an leaders and ex-senatot henry g moyer who bad the ear and influence of senator penroae as the reward for the bucks county senator's fidelity during the wansuuakei senatorial con est several years ago the man with the biggest stick got the plum johniou miii.ikr the oithn wilmer h johnson has inst wot out i coinnmnicaiiou to a number of put sims tiiroi^lii.utjlie^jpity in which report alreaju made by tlie newapa liers that i mi'i iiiidid'hte for lite no publican nomination for the office of register of wills nf montgomery coun tv at the oomluk couvention bubjsot to the rnles ot t he party i make this announcement of my candidacy not be6au»e the people all over the conuu have demanded that i should nor because 1 am the only man fitted for the place nor because1 the oounty owes it to me hut beoanse i want the office and think i can fjot it with help l have been a republi can all my life and as editor and pub lisher for nearly 80 years t a repub lican newspaper in the county tin north wales record — during that time have helped many worthy re publicans to place and never asked tor a position for niyselt i believe that it a person wants a thing he should saj so and likewise believe that now is the time for me to say so with the help ill kind friends i w'ill malic an earnest effort to persuade the conven tion to nominate me and then the same k'lid ol an i sort will be made to fiet the endorsement of the voter ir polls iii novumi john n lft."..i>n it hi stjii dr i • li 1 1 n jacobs presideut of tin hiun n.ii t ¦ 1 11,1 1 bank and t.iie norristowu trnsi company and j henry hooven of norristown sailed from san i'mno o on saturday jan u8 for ohina an '¦ japan thej go bj thi steamer manchuria the dootol and hi companion wciv numbered aisons a company of in tonxlsta who lefi philadelphia on jan i'i for the pacific slope in ii letter received from the doctor he says their train was run special from chicago to the coast over the santa fe route in the going west he says they struck a snow storm at buffalo that oontinned with tin m until they reached ait/ona partj pf the wav the mercury was down to 1 ; dej;r..'.s below zeru while iii california it as 70 degrees above with fruits and mowers at their best a literal jump from january to juuo it took them exactly 10(1 boors without change of cars to cross the continent tin doctor ami mr hooven aro the only two of the california tourists who prooeed to china ami japan tho heirt of uti hannah oberholt ii iriusdaie au employe at tho north wales web works.oanght in the moving machinery of a loom and sin was drawn toward tho revolving wheels by desperate struggles the managed to escape bhougtl her skirt was ton oompletelj from her bodj she sulfcrod a ieriouh dislocation , knee 	 i'll kr.l i'niil'l nil l 1 thinuing a nni|ile mi ber la i w.i ullsighlly . m.ii^ant.the wife of 1 clone bowman t school teaohez in ifranoonia uuutgomery county picked it with a lunilr blood poisouing followed and i'o r days i i r.iee wan swollen until ab 1'oulu upt 1 e and lie sullen ¦: llil pam death has u-i ended hei