The Ambler Gazette 19001011

              ¦ the ler gaze vol xviii x-o 44 ambler pa october 11 1000 . 25 a ykak historians assemble mllruiiisvi cnimtv muioi-ichi hi»«-,».fv o sl,l>itilt-||i illdft the all-pi '- of itlp imri'i tor mill ti'ih lii'l i .. timi lull rrqtinic program the full i 	 ling of the montgomery connti hi lot h 1 ¦ icieti was held in the \ lib in in school i inlay afti rnoon under t he aiirpii > ¦- of ihe 1 m m of the lower i ml of mont-gi mery county the president h iseph tp"i tiani >¦, bm own took the chair shortly i id n in a her some piano music rev richard montgomery pastor of hbinmie 1'iesliyterian church open ,'.| the im i ing with prayer an elo quent addies of welcome was then delivered by ml george w l)lligley of willow grove county president of the inviting ussneiat ion rev mr beeber of norristown one of the vice presidents of the society responded in some prac tical and happy remarks he jave the creed of the historical society in three points first we believe in the value of the blitorlc instinct he illustrated this by reference to the success of the home week as instituted by the governor of new hampshire who invited all who had wandered away from their child hood haunts and hills to conic back nnd v»ste out of the old well with its bucket and long sweep and look at the streams and vallevs around what they once so fondly called home second we believe we have in this county historic events of the greatest interest which we ought to commem orate th is was illustrated by an ac count of his journey on his wheel from boston to concoid and lexington and %. note of the many tablets and inscrip tions that commemorate the notable places and events of the historic days when the shot was tired that was heard around the world we have three monuments in this region that have been erected by the efforts of the society or through impulses they had cherished barren hill t commemorate the de liverance of lafayette's army from the attack of the british at pennypacker's mill to commemorate the encampment of washington before be went on t i to ihe buttle of germantown at gulf mills to commemorate the encamp ment of the enemy for one week before going to valley ronje the tablet on the pike at fort washington slipped his memory the third article of be lief he said is that every man woman nnd child should seek to have a share in the work of the societv siii'jiiil by mime eight-year-olds of the ashbourne school followed making a very pleasant diversion among the weightier themes . air thomas williams of-ogontz then rend his paper on early mont county schools pupils of the l ¦< ild kentucky ho and mldrcs th pp „ ¦¦< ild kentucky home another election ? ii n nvwkirk d«d|ht«i of r hi newkirk of wyncote !!' nns to the great delight i the ndienci this was followed by h re citation by mi imnrnr culled the closing esttcifi the sc|iieiinnk ' :" i mil in 1 ncoro '¦ « hii i tinif tn " 1 otiil a hii m l.ivezey reported whal hi ladi - had lone with some help from the gentlemen toffirq rettnm and in in ¦ foi the imild i owni in soiiistnwn with utipper washington's liirlhdny and rifts the im proveineiils had licen paid tor^tfld the 1 	 tffjgp reduced 1000 and the in to 5 pei .. ill some new members were received when the society i*puriied well pleased with the day tin diingb terp did well and shone hrilrhtl?#>urt the hineil ii little too much mviug tested us at 80 desirci s goniery . count houses this able dates and and schw in resea time paper was full records of ustis and and school of valu b tenrhore institute the kith annual teachers institute will be held iii the opera house norris lown hiring the week commencing monday oct •-"•». the following pro gram has been arranged monday oct 29 i 46 a m our problem prof o c ellis found ation work superintendent charles w deane a i lea for the study of historv " prof smith bnrnliam p m difficult subjects simpli superintendent charles w first steps in territorial expansion prof smith burnham what f)o they read " prof . ellis 7.38 p m maro the magician tuesday oct 30 8.45 a m diffi cult subjects simplilied " superintend ent charles w deane the int^l tation of kiicts " prof smith bur a word about words prof km is ; lowell and roe how th»2iu of genius thinks prof chasjcs magee l.:!0 p in . the relation of phonetics to reading superintendent charles w deane the louisiana purchase prof smith bnrnhnm ; the distinctive idea in education prof <'. ('. kllis nothing " prof limits magee 7:10 p m jlsctute solving the race problem in the black belt of the south " kooker t washing ton i wednesday oct 31 » 45 i m.^'i'lie intirfmediale reading class,'1 superin tendent charles w deane how to cteate and maintain interest " prof smith burnhani another word abrfik words prof ('. 0 biks physics w c a hammel 1.30 p in the power of attention snp eriiltobdent charles w peane from the rocky mountains to the pacific prof smith i'.urnliani message of a g'real life " prof cwc.eiks phys l 730 .; ics pr.il vv ('. a ilammol rs irillev rtseu y 7.30 county republicans l'urtv will curry miinluonicrv ley in'l wnniccr . muiiiiip ttt way ii demi ¦ mi m miimuir ilnv i l t in this eotinty tin republican nm paivn eeins t lifl tfll n1 on ii«'\v lift the i iy ' bill all il not i the in i h itch r urn when th ittpinpti'd lo inli out of i bi party and den jhi'lnbership of tbf nori ; town rjtio all those who wwlid hoi pledge themselves to anppprl the whole nonnty ticket which includes tl 	 lijei liuiialile jnay iioiiiinces for assembly the iiitii?iiiav republicans or in siiil'enl " us the regulars choose ty call them politely but positively declin ed to be bound by any such resolution therefore there is trouble at north wales on wednesday evening a club was organized several antis were in attendance and there was a lively discussion as to'moyality to the whole ticket we wish it understood that w stand squarely for the election of mckinluy and roosevelt and the whole ticket ex cept the assembly nominees " said one of the insurgent leaders but we draw the line on the assembly nominees we shall expect all members to he loyal to the whole ticket " said rhine russel freed register of wills there is strong talk of introducing a resolution similar to the one which created the disturb ance at norristown hut wiser councils may prevail at ambler botnt of the stpwart leaders threaten to make it warm for their wavward brethren as an officer holder puts it when it comes to passing that resolution we ex pect to see some crawling out of ' the window said he the more conser vative element in the party deprecate the present political situation in the county lam thoroughly disgusted with it said one of file candidates on the regu lar ticket one day recently 1'ttie factions should have gotten together before the nomination were made there really is no excuse for the present situation i'lnl tin part has only itself to brume if il meets with defeat this fall " inquiry among the best informed men in the eoimiy lehds us to believe . that the 1,'epuhl le.ln county ticket will f;e electi il i'v i omit its usual i«ia jorjl ¦ 8000 bp400n-iw'ith the exception fljf'the nominees l.n a«seinblv some of the anti-quay leaders predict l.hat their fol lowers will poll i'roin nno to 4000 votes hut tfiis est i 111:1 sijtnewhal extravagant rf iirnijlie likely to he 2000 to l'.">0(v shnidft they poh i)li votes tin a-isembk uoiiiinees on lie ular ticket wodbub^defeated the outlo^k for the olsletiim of thedemoeiat ic i&ininees is verv favorable '' said one of the leaders of qie i : v qie i ,,,: lo olll l.ii 	 !'¦ mi m nvillel mekinlev died oil tiimi i last fit the iil'c of s si n nativi it ( onnl y \ \ r - otlnnd and the • i low f lolm b k 1 1 !< - v n ho to allievii l ill '. ill is 1 hi , vfi k i 1 1 1 » ¦ \ . i prominent in he prohibit ion part ol hontgomei \ < mn tv her mnfdpn name wai sn i'tj si a i i n near ihe nil bishop i w witt i : i i w an i ippi inted col lcil.,1 ol ilel il|i|lll'lil t(l abraham bin freight n roiniiiii iek with yphoid fevei fin wilfred htover is n substitute in hie pllli e rev samuel ward having resigned hi p:i-t"i of the episcopal church there is a vacancy to be filled in that position front ibis town 22s were sent to the ialvcst'in sufferers by 278 persons l'rohnblythird itrccl in the esst waul will be macadamised in the near future its condition is bad during the winter months samuel shaw a prominent citizen has moved to philadelphia where he has purchased a home he had lived here six years ami was active in metho dist church affairs george huff who died iii anihler last wednesday was the son of henry hut of qwynedd square who remov ed there from i.ansdale about three years ago the deceased married miss bailie jones daughter of mahlon 1 of ch*t nut street this place a third baseball contest took place here on saturday afternoon and was at tendejjiiy man from north wales with whose team the game was waged latin dale on easily bv a score of 22 to i this was probably the last aimi of the season iincllclate murpliey a heru when tlu new hope express bound for philadelphia stopped ai rlkins sta tion < ii monday morning of last week a ladj rustio#to the platform and shouted frarices frances " a pretty little girl who wii minding upon the east plat form used by north-bound passer.gers ran across the track towards the car kthe ladv stood calling hei uhw of them apparently noticed iha't a hil'ti iron picket fence separates the backseat thw station when the little girl reaehed the fence she teuld - 	 , fnrtliei . to tlie soul h a i - beard the whistle aij^umble of nn approaching train those of the passengers who understood the situation were horrified at its po-siljililies at that inonienl a gentleman witk a grnv mustache came upon tlie east side plat form lie was carry in i an umbrella and a bundle he seeine.l ¦ > i;ispfrhe situation at a glance and ijuickly dropping his bun dles sprang avross'tlie track lifted lie jittle girl over ihe fence to willing hands ujiiin the ear pi inn find ihen stepped n unbly back . . the ejjv j train il l incident railroad conference lefifflilllf ' ¦ ' l-,iti|»li».v t m tin mm ililrp tie i ' all around glenside ivhai ion :•¦!•* v..ih ncini 	 i i in it nnd li<iiim rnfiflm i ¦ ¦ i . ing ivi,,,ki it f i.l >, lifl r mi v " 1 1 1 1 ; o ! 1 ,• : , m 1 ! , 01 11 \\ ii ii ilie 1,1111.11 ei cfilil rol i - ani'iw 1 1 ill mr i i prnel result in much ail parties concerned ence was in id in amble i pi r,i i smiilay aflei 	 ,, when of the new york division which in eludes ihe norlh i'elin ind lilies riowdcd ihe huihling fi listen lo addresses on practical rallro ding by mipei intenilent w a gtrrett ol the new york division a i imi train master thompson chief train pati lu'i kckerl and acting train mastei barlmr special tniin were run from philadel phia and over the new york branch and nlso from bethlehem to ambler reach ing here about l1 o'clock p tn station agent moore of ambler was at the door to admit only railroad men the opera i iou«e whs crowded to the doors superintendent iairett was master of ceremonies nnd waa the first speaker without any verbal introduction he plunged right into the subject and push ed straight ahead in plain yel strong language giving the hearers to under stand just what they are tn expect from the new management and what they will get in return all his illustrations vere drawn from circumstances arising on the road since he took charge of his new position and he never once refeired to exeter or hat held but confined his remarks when illustrations were needed to the freight wrecks at ambler on the stonv creek road and other points the superintendent made a decidedly favorable hnprewion on bis hearers by declaring himself in favor^nf drawing on the ranks for talent to awiigher po sitions and not going outsiflp for mn tcrial strange to the road lie declared he is not in favor of ispcnsions if a man makes a mistall and can show no good excuse he will ibc dismiss ed said he but i helievtl in giving the men a chance sucpopsiwis are apt to result in a man's heinj his familiar with the road and vnr'fpwfi#iytsjfci the code ol rules when hp wtttj atliljujiy result in ini'ic ikiiiii . fltfur lo custom f line nnd wit hold ing f-.'r bad one as none is pa i d it-kj well now we want to pay the njeu emjlgh t their families and ' and physical condition the superintendent sahlbhere is mil offence for which there wild be no good excuse and that i.^toe drinking of lii|iior by employed j fjnd any of our eiiipluyes guilty ijhw his habit they will lie di missed vdjjoiuc " said 	 dd likurttfiide v l sjhbetst part i ja/.ett ine sketch of the kubi school ise when only the walls were standing growing up through them and nourished by the ashes of the hearth stone there were two trees a cherry and a cedar home van dal wontonly destroyed the walls and cut down the trees much detail was given of names of doners of land and the names of the lirst trustees the modern school of the region also receiv ed full notice the society was then entertained by the singing of the pupils of the ash bourne grammar school the lady who conducted the hinging of the children deserves great credit for good training rev 0 f llutchinson of bustleton then lead a paper on ashbourne in england and ashbourne in america he described ashbourne in england and cheltenham which derived its name from the river chelt and discussed the orig in of the name ashbourne in america the place was formerly called bounty town for three citizens who had boun ties not as might be supposed because it was the home of bounty jumpers a few remarks were then made by the president in reference to member ship the entrance fee is i?l with 60 cents annual dues 25 constitutes a life member with no further dues he appointed a committee to secure new members of which mrs mary r l.iv ezey was the head this closed the morning sessioy there was a fair at tendance the luncheon was a bounti ful one and must be fudged by the time it took the friends to enjoy it until considerably after the hour for the afternoon meeting at the call of the president the after noon meeting began with a crowded house first we enjoyed a piano solo by miss m lea mr w 11 kichardson of norris town read a paper on a nearby his toric shrine ' the nearbv slnine is the camp at whitemarah and washing ton's headquarters at the house of george aiman mr biohardson had taken a number of photographs of the remains of the camp at camp hill and the redoubt al for4 washington and the aiman house he stated that there is in the house an old mantle of cedar rved and i each ing to the ceiling me person with no historic instinct ad cut a stove pipe hole through it lie graphically described the effort made whie washington was at white marsh to get him on his vantage ground and nive battle to general howe gen eral wayne joined in these effort all of which washington valiantly resisted to the salvation of his army probably and much to the disappointment of ieueral howe who when ho could stand it do long 	 i dee l came nit against the continental may and i^iiomiaioiisl v went back again having failed to fulttfl his threat ofdrivlug washington over the isiue mountains mr kwo.id robert then rea 1 a letter from judge penny/packer stating that be detained by duties in court flolu ng his expected address mr rob erts then spoke on valley koige and some other luatt«rs of interest and clos ed with the ricital of his poem on val ley forge wliich may be found in vol 2 of tie society before mr roberts in i til • ( w »' \ hammel 1 innnsh p miss anna i hillj ii true freedom prof 0 c ellis wireless telegraphy prof w c a hammel questions and answers on reading superintendent edward b shallow 7.m0 p m lecture last days of the confederacy general lohn b gordon friday nov 2 penmanship " miss anna e hill rational method f reading superntendent edward b shallow physios prof w c a hammel words prof c c ellis address the late total eclipse of the sun " dr george m philips 1.30 p m penmanship " miss anna e hill physics " prof w c a ham mel addrew schools and school masters abroad " dr george m phil ips seen through boys eyes prof 0 0 ellin 7.30 p m kentuc ky colonies prof jerry march will have charge of the music itl'iiilil a \. . rev 1 n dittmar pastor of st paul's reformed church kort washing ton visited at ellendale last week kitner's cow bale was largely attended and prices averaged at r>0 per head miss iertrude m htdlings is able to be about again and has recovered from her sprain the report in town topics last week in regard to george eplev removing to the city is erroneous he removed from h'oit washington to one of g w hel lings tenant houses and has resided there ever si nee 1 lance pitsgerald visited bis jpajenta oh sunday mrs mann e hegley spent sunday with her sister mrs edward wilkey at kort wash ing ton william 0 swaincotl has in posses sion a norristown register dated isii in good condition an automodile passed tliroutel the village on saturday with mrs fisnnr bheppard and daughter miss stiwie abroad 0 w horn of jenkintown who has been very rll for the past month visited his mother on sunday mr morris stout of norristown vis ited his friends here last week george 8 filter intends selling the reader property here it contains about four acres it al i:»u»te ami hunk sim k sold al the executors sale recently of the real estate and personal property be longing to the estate of the late david reiner deceased a farm of 48 acres with modern improvements near iron bridge was mild to 1 n wanner for i a farm of v acres in lovei providence was sold to isaiah boorst for 1 st ha nk stock sold 5 shares farmeis'aud mechanics bank of phoe niwille at 104.00 per share 1(1 shares ditto at 10:1 :> baies of national isauk of pboenixville at 95 per share 8 shares of national bank nf royers ford at*102 8 500 school bonds of oollegeviile were sold at par it to care oonftlpatloo kor«»er skecuscurtiis cuuily catlmrtjc luv ortto 0 c c tail to cure drutgi.m tefuua aiuooy xlenf ! lai leaders or a eries f meetings during t)m mainmg weel of the campaign they will be held mainly in the farming dis tricts where the sentiment against leomargarine is very strong they will he assisted by l s kaufl'man and itlier speakers the campaign opened at centre point on monday evening at the home of mr kriebel the nominee for assembly on the anti-quay ticket one of the prominent stalwart leaders at norristown on being questioned as to the outlook said he believed the whole republican ticket would be elected but there is a good deal of uncertainty as to the fanner vote the oleo question seems to be uppermost in the minds of the farmers but i believe they will come aronnd all right on election day " postmaster editor haldeinan of har leysville one of the regular assembly nominees is pouring hot shot into the ranks of the insurgents and asks for no quarter he is having a good deal of fun out of the campaign at any rate when it conies to studying the returns it may not he so funnv council meet at hntboru the regular monthly meeting of hat boro council was held onwednesday eve ning the committee on streets re ported they had macadamized four hull ired feet of morelaud avenue east from the railroad several minor matters were attended to and then william blotters head was unanimously elected borough officer at a salary of 25 yearly ; burgess james vanhorn was request ed to deny the report which had obtain ed circulation in philadelphia , bucks and montgomery counties that hatboro is struggling with a 7000 deficit and an empty treasury and may raise the tax rate the facts as vouched for by paul jones borough treasurer show that the assessed valuation of borough property for taxable purposes is considerably over half a million dollars the borough debt a year ago was 7400 h was subsequent ly reduced to j7ooo,aud a father reduction is about to be ordered by council the tax rate is low has been the same for isveral years and there has been ho thought of raising it kvery order on the treasurer issued by council for the past seventeen years lias been promptly paid then are no'ordert outstanding and then is a balance in the treasury of several hundred dollars montgomery court houw the county cotumisaioneni and mem hers ot the bar of montgomery county have decided upon plant for the enlarge ment ot the court bouse of this county the plans contemplate an expenditure of l5o,oaj the addition will be n4 by 124 feet.und will be constructed in the real of tlic present building two court rooms each 51 by 64 teet will be placed on toe second boor the sheriff's county commissioner treasur er's and coroner's offices will be on the liiht boot as well as those of t lie record er piothonotary registel ol wills and clerk of courts educate your bowtu with cueinu oudl cathartic cure cousilpation forever wc.tfi it c c c ail.drukkisur«!uuaiuou b re ad candidate for tlie legislature on tlu republican ticket imlirteil lor wreak the grand jury at norristown friday evening returned a true bill against train despatches w s groves of philadel phia who was charged with criminal negligence in causing the wreck on the philadelphia a heading railway at hattield on sept 2 when 14 persons were killed and lo were injured the bill against engineer john i avis of philadelphia conductor thomas shelby of jersey it v and operator 1 !>. beidlenof sonderton who were also charged with criminal negligence were ignored the same witnesses over 0 in number who testified before the cor oner's jury at uiusdale gave similar testi moii y bef ore the grand jury dis trict attorney a h hendricks and the attorneys for the train despatcher groves arranged to continue the case until the december term of criminal court the temper of the grand jury may be judged friini a statement made by one of its members friday evening lie said we are all of the opinion that oper ator beidler had loo much to do for ill addition to guarding the tracks he was compelled to sell tickets handle trunks attend to the telegraph instruments and do a number of other chores about the station we were also of the opinion that conductor shelbj and engineer davis were not to blame shelby bad his bands full in handling thn passengers on the excursion train and we were unable to see why engineer i avis should be censured " kalinin e of rower in view of the uncertain eiivet of the anti-quay movement in montgomery county no little importance attaches in political circles to the stand that will be token by the hebrew republican club composed almost exclusively of natural lied hebrews and controlling from liol to 100 votes at a recent meet ing of the club action on a proposition to en dorse the anti-quay ticket was deferred until the club's leader ex-borouijh treasurttry simon panel could be con sulted mr pagel in tuulertaood to train witli the stalwarts and they are looking for him to swing the club in line for the regulars ticket hurt *»><>»¦ tlie following properties were sold wednesday evening of last week by sliuiii light in the court house sundry messuage and lots of land partly in whitemarsli property of wil hum 1 jones debt u75,to howard t and elizabeth jones f|)5 farm in lower providence containing 101 acres six perches property m c uainlio debt 1)196.23 to w v d.inehow er attoruey 75 messuage and tluer uctem of land 11 wyucote cheltenham township pmv of samuel 1 small debt $ 52 to william h berber 39 ll now ivi bnililv work on ihe ed lo rooipl i the operation the 1 	 tniotoi i j 1 \- i 1 1 ¦ ¦ company will u in theii pun ei lo roinpli the ' nd or no ¦' month our stntion ai'int mi sj 1 hfollt n ing to his ituttflfl here mi sun ; unable to attend the 1 	 t m _¦¦ r ami he was very mni'li interested in il '¦ ever and expressi rl a hope thai il mi hi be the 	 an of still fnrtlli the employers and employes tnan i-ted under the old regime a number of young folks jnnriktyi oak lane last stitunliiy aftei noon nnd saw the cleona football team defeat oak lane in an exciting ganro ii wa the tirst of the season oak lane apparently played her best but was outcltisseil by her opponent oak lane's defe1 t last saturday demonstrated that the team is not yet invincible w s groves the ex-train despatcher ntthe reading terminal was tl 	 nlv man held by the grand jury at morris town last week for the ha'tfield wreck of last summer his two fellow-prison ers the conductor and the agent at soud erton were liberated groves friends here in glenside his sister mrs robert • iiirlev and brother-in-hiw mr i \\. sulke were deeply interested in the out come • one of our young men ••• 1 against his will involved in a druukpil brawl at glenside station early la^t sun day morning a i;ro»d of bil'aiion col orcd men arrived at the station m the owl train hhortly befon i o'clock one of the intoxicated men under a slight pretence picked i quarrel w ith severnl about the station lie finally settli stil'je iii by t^r ed iiiiiniiieii stiasioti 011 hot u'l.ei col rfilfl pel - ides thc ? l i ij ei settled not how •¦ it un'i i sjindav morniii liii had 1 	 t s ill the oaths of the drunken levellwk the j'.aptisi fission on niie is in a most llnnrislr ng coiii'l i real has i he jittendaiii ice increase ! i ¦ at ih hi made arrange i-nls i j uilding a fair of e 1 1 tensions will be held l'i h th ei't'hc i ' ;!• m ii 1 1 i fi ,. is . , itwujr in -, effort c tini.rd r has grown iax we must improve it it once and one thing f want to tell you no matter what happens do not misrepresent facts yon must state the truth always if you wish to enjoyvtthe confidence of the men in clinrge of you in the fu ture let us railroad like men i hop that both the passenger and freight services will show speedy improvement i want von to use your brains to save vour legs and your hands to save the lives of the passengers ami property en trusted into your care tn the future and this i suppose will be good news to you we are gointr to try and give the conductors of all trains freight and passenger alike their running orders more promptly than has been done in the past if you don't jet them al the appointed time ask for them and tind out whv they are being delayed in the future we will condemn vou when you do wronir and reward yon when you do right i do not believe ill slaps at my men but 1 do indorse pats and will endesvor to make the latter where deserved by the merit system twice as heavy as the the slflps you can save yourselves many things — time for instance when leaving freight cars by placing the moupling ready for use save time at sw itches ete then there are the flagman the other day we had a wreck on one of our lines in which however no one was injured the strap on the eccentric broke disabling the engine with nine ears under full ipeed the train stopped in is rail lengths with another train coming behind down an incline and around n sharp bend the llamnan went back only 87 rail lengths to halt the on coniing train a good railroad man would have known that if il took his train 48 rail lengths to slop another train could not stop within 97 rail lengths i want to jive you some im portant advice don't mix vour duties firemen and engineers hreakesnieii and conductors each class has enough to do without interfering with the things for wliich ihe others lire respon sible if each man does his duty per fectly there will be bo more trouble the superintendent spoke for over an hour and his lemarks were well reeoiv ed as was evidenced by applause which greeted many of his announcement and the business-like way in which h handled and presented the subject 11 created a good impression among tin men the others made brief addiesses but they meielv mnplianied one ol more points previously made by supei intend em garrett in conclusion mr guorge k wallace manager of the opera house was thanked for his liberality in providing the place for the meel ing 1 1 e superintendent promising that nil favors shown the oonipany would nol he for gotten but would be returned ill belli 1 rviob both in train schedule and in employes texas relief previou wlll s rliu 1 ml 1'lou.uit gi£tl»l 1 djll 6 x hai had a n t p n its short existence of si \ membership has grown handful to over ii.r it in ena been watched with considerable bv this lncalitv loll ml jll months its from 1 nwre advance has interest l-.l.i hell w a a will go on the excursion up the switchback on saturday arrange incuts have been made to have the train stop at penllyn at 7..'>u o'clock zo the ladies mite society will hold their monthly social at the home of miss clara hoover on thursday evening holly communion was adniinisteied in boenm's church on sunday morning miss annie roberts is visiting friends in philadelphia cainden ami wesl chester mr a barton of vyland isited friends here hist week lafayette duffield was tendered a sur prise on saturday evening a party from chester has bought the upper house of george amberg's row the man has bought out a butcher route and will follow that business albert and walter craig of i oil washington spent sunday with walter deprefontaiiifl on return from centre square one evening latelyolarence kelly was thrown from his w heel by a tramp thrown to the ground and his p ,, -,. 1 rilled fortunately he curried mil valuable mr iiid mrs henry tippin sttr-mled the trenton and mount lolly fairn w l f spent a pleasant evunhi .,< the inline 01 mr shook on s:itunhi evening mr ahraiii nash and mis iterthil hoover were married at the home of the tatter's parents on thursday at 110 n in the presence of a targe dumber of in vited m sis a very beautiful ceremony w;i performed by rev l i wolff of bociuii'h reformed church btuikted bj bi»v watts of pleasant v ill reformed church 	 rliiihml court the liisl ease called for trial in x 1 coint room was thai of mat ie i . i ,(, i , vs walter lielier,and j bnudine butler i ieber this van an action in ejectment broughl b plaintill'to rec,.\er a trad of nine acres situate in abington townsliip from which the plainlill alleges defend ants ejected her dee 1 1 1898 m . seqiiiiiie ot which she ha been dan to the extelll uf 110,000 a d been filed by waltei -- i . liei lli « ife j ii butler l.ieb i . liiim i that on ihe bth of bine isllti she ohlaineil title to the coniest from h.-r husband this is an attempt on the pail of i im plantift i i-oiieii a dthl due he i»j ivalter s l.iet)er out of the prop hlcb plaintitt claims waller s i frauduleni ' ¦ ¦ • jivpyed to hi wifi w hilt lie was deeply indebted the defendant claims thai her husband was not indebl eil to any i"1 •""' as not about to gage in any hasanlous buainttsti ai ue conveyed to her was not in any wise in fraud of the lights of creditors i l