The Ambler Gazette 18990803

              the gazette vol xvii.-no ambler pa august ;*, 18jm si 25 a ykah norristown letter i l i oil wmlrtngton lt»1t\viiy hnrrnr ¦ kniiition rcintlra m townompa ami l!or uuh tin lat^vut i 1 1 1 1 v covrrfrt hikl ii ilivlrw nt tlir art ni>rii-t iwti inly si ¦ " happened l yeata ago " this ii the h ending of nn : i r t i ¦ ¦ i » ¦ in the i chilli :. i of luiv 2fl i8b purporting in give ui mi i'mini of the railroad r cl dent which 	 urred inly 17 ih56 hi f'inn|i hill below l'"ti washington ii purports in i ii statement riven by william hopple the conductor of the excursion train to hi cousin mrs < '. k henninger of 1031 linden street allentown tliore are bo many erron in this niirriitivi dint i am constrained to notice it as i was associated with messrs i '.( > \-< ! and boyor who defend ed hopple l'i vi li knapp.of gwy nedd was the iir.-t surgeon called to we hopple who whs then fuiuiil in the third story of the fort washington lm tel with i braise on his bead and nn consnioas after he regained conscious ness he was seni to nortistown in the night as it was feared the irishmen who thought thiit the collision wai hopple's fiinlt would harm him if they l"it bold nf hiin hopple was the con ductor f the excursion train coming ap from philadelphia the conductor of the down train that collided with the excursion train was named van stavern oi some such name it was he who com mitted suicide ufter sot'i n^r the dreadful calamity he took poison it is said und died in philadelphia but hopple was arrested tried und acquitted ii the novembei sessions of 18o8 at norris town at 10.80 p in nov 19 1868 u niy diary s'nows tha defendant's name was alfred p hopple who whs th conductor he wns placed under arresi and confined here till bis trial when lie was acquit ted and discharged the lehigh regis ter correspondent says that it in an old fake that iiop|)le con mitted suicide that he did so i never had beard he fore that he may have gone west afterward may he true ; but it is not true that getting on the rear plat form of the last car he took his station on the lower step and jusi before the collision occurred lie jumped and land ed unhurt he did not lose u second of time in getting away from the scene of the disaster as he knew that his life would not be worth a minute's purchase if caught lie went i philadelphia changed his clothes and escaped out west where he remained beverul years when in returned und well into busi ness at gerroantown where ho prosper ed the lehigh register is generally very accurate bul in this jnstauee it him been led into a few mistakes of facts that i am sure it will be happy to cor rect if there was any william hopple in it i do not remember him the legislation of 1800 relating to townships and boroughs is so important that 1 know you will pardon me for again calling your attention to its many features without at this time comment ing on its merits 6i defects at any length the first ai't approved april 0 1890 amends the fourth section of the net of june 2 1871j which reads anil any citizen of the borough or of the territory annexed shall have the right to appeal " by adding after the word annexed these words or of the township from which such territory is taken shall have the right to appeal from the ordinance of the town council annexing such ter ritory to the court of quarter sessions of said county the next new act approved april 28 189u is prophylacticaf and perhaps pro fitable ns it is stated in the caption to prevent the spread of contagious diseases known as yellows black knot peach rosette and pear blight among orchard and nursery trees or the fruit thereof also the infection known as the sun jose scale it is made unlaw ful to keep any tree or vine or shrub or plant tlnih affected or infested or to oiler such for sale or shipment or the fruit thereof except fuit of the plain cherry or pear tree that such tree und fruit so infected shall be subject to destruction as public nuisances no damage shall be awarded for entering premises ami destroying sue.li under this act the owner must forthwith destroy such trees or fruit the sun jose scale may be extinguished by insecticides in am1 township borough or city in which such exist or it which there is good reason to believe thev exist or danger may bo justly apprehended of their introduction the board of town ship auditors or borough or citv council ns sum as he or any member shall know of it shall appoint forthwith three competent freeholders commis sioners who shall hold utlice during the pleasure of the bourd und within 10 days of the appointment to iile ac ceptance witli the clerk of said town ship and the clerk shall bo ex-olliiin clerk of the commissioners and shall keep n record of their proceedings in a book tn be provided for t he purpose and tile and preserve all papers appertain ing thereto which shall lie part of the records of the township etc these eoiiiinissinuers w hen it comes mi theii dotice with or without coin p'laint or any one of tlu-iu shall pro reed without delay to examine ami if the dliaamj is found to exist place a distinguishing mark upon the diseased part notify the owner personally or ill writing o if the owner lie a nnii tvsident liy leaving the notice with llie person in charm or in possession thu notice shall lie to uproot and to destroy with fire or treal with insecti cide the diseased trees or parti within live day said notice t be signed by two or more of the commissioners if the owner or persou notified refuse or ueglect to do ai notified i he cou is shall cauiw suoh trees or parti to l>e removed mid destroyed forthwith the exnenr-e to be uharged against the towiuffip etc any owner or lessee di-satisflcd may ii on ihe ground t hat his ti ebf , are not diseased of attacked in writing stating grievance in full ui theeli/rk who stiiill immediately refer the e;i-e to the department of agricul ture ¦ f pennsylvania who shall detail an inspector m expert to view i»ll his decision slmll ne final all expenses of appeal to lie paid bv township any violation of the net by owner or any other shall be ii misdemeanor pilflls'.l el by a fine of mil less han iun in the diseretion of the court and the i of ihe pence in the vicinage shiiil hllvt jurisdiction the pay nf ihe rnmmii sinners si for each half and *- fo each whole day and their ot bei chllflol nil i disbu , hall lie allowe 1 hy i lie township board ele and all of which may be recovered bv the u wnship etc from i he im m r etc of srid dlkbi d i mi i und fruit then comes he ail of jl sections am many subdivisions providing for tin classiliention of lownsliips into two i - and to prescribe a form of nv eminent for each class those rownsnlpi having a population of at least i|i to the square mile as shown hy tin census tin hrsl class llie others tin second class the tow nsh ips of the i c ninl class shall continue in lie governed as heretofore as this ad is to be con tested in several of the counties in the slate as i have kelt hy hie legal jour mils it must he taken w'th great en cunispection hut ii must be obeyed un til declared unconstitutional or is re pealed first it shall he the duty of the county commissioners to ascertain and make proclamation as to the townships thnt are to be designated as of the liisl clais mi nr before the 1st of january 1000 following the decennial census of the united states and the law shall go into effect and lie o ulcers chosen at the municipal election next ensuing and ihe government constituted hy this acl shall go into force on the first monday of march then next ensuing the pr >- cluniation shall be advertised in two newspapers in the county tlie follow ing township officers are to be chosen in the h'rst year of its organization and every second year thereafter five township commissioners and if the township exceeds oooo then an addi tional commissioner for each jouo in excess of 5000 they shall hold office two years no township commissmnei shall receive any salary or be eligible to any other township office in the first year of its organization and in every third year thereafter a township treasurer who shall hold office for the term of three veavs in the year in which the term of office expires of the township assessor who shall be in ollice at the time of its organization and in every thirl year thereafter a township assessor for three years aunuallv a township auditor for three years official terms commence lirst mon lay in march when this form of government becomes operative the office of supervisor f highways shall oeusa m such township tho township commissi ners on or before oct 1 in the year of their elect ion shall make un apportionment of the commissioners among ihe elec tion districts in proportion to tin1 popu lation as estimated by the vote to the end that thereafter the township com missioners shall be chosen by electing districts and instead of by vote of the township at large residence in the district in which he is voted for shall not be a requisite of eligibility for a commissioner a new apportionm nt shall be made after each i s ci nsus and whenever any change is mude in the boundaries of the election district the commissioners shall meet the lirst monday in march succeeding their election and until otherwise designated by ordinance at the oldest polling place in the township each member is to take an oath or affirmation to support the state and national constitution and to do his duty faithfully tile a certifi cate of the oath with the auditor ma jority have power to adjourn or less than a majority till a majority attend bled a president meet once a month ut least majority a quorum all the corporate power authority and franchise shall bo vested in them in the town ship and exercised by them they shall have particularly the fol lowing powers to open grade eon struct and pave all ru'jlic highways in the township and keep them in good oriler and repair to construct footways along said highways establish lights thereon and to accept the dedication of public highways mild alleyb to cause nigh ways to be paved und curbed at the expense of the abutting property on petition of a majority of the owners of the majority of lineal feot of front uge in any village and to cause tlie sidewalks along said highways to be paved and curbed ut the expense of the abutting property to establish a sys tem of sewers and drainage require connections and to provide for the cost of construction and maintenance of the same by an equitable assessment on pro pei ties benelitcd by ordinance for wuich assessments liens may be tiled in court to enter into contracts for the carrying oil of sewage from the limits of the town ship 1 o make regulations for pigpens slaughter houses manure pits drains cesspools and factorial that are oll'en live lo abate nuisances and collect the costs from tho guilty parlies and to prohibit or regulate the running at large of animals to establish a night watch and police force and define their duties provide a lock-up to arrest all vag rants to purchase engines for the ex tinguishment of tires and to regulate and prohibit shows circuses and pub lic entertainments of all sorts to lew for township purposes an annual tax of not more than 1 per centum to sor row money and to issue evidence of in debtedness not u exceed - pei cent of the county valuation of the properly in the town.-liiu without the assent of the electors and llie rale of interest nol lo exceed i'i per cent to he done in m dinanee of tlie hoard to expend inoie than 0100 hull be bj tpecial resolution to establish laws and ordinances for uarrying out these power to be pub-1 lished al least twice in a newspaper in the township if any 01 in such oilier iiiunuei us may he ordained to pie scribe line and penalties nol exceeding io for violation of ordinances re . alile in the name of the towiuhlp fun anv justice disbursement l»v thu low i it 1 1 i|i liea-mcr hv warianls by older of ihe board to keen tlie mads open cuutluui ii itu j'iiu b sermon on ingersoll iti'v w n itminiftr.ii in the ambler mrtltndm rflfmtffmi litiir pri-im-iti tn mm ion 	 1 icnmtle hi 1,10 and 11 i i iihi1 sllmi1lll.il l rev vv r flldington pflctor of he ambler methodist 1 hnrch preached a n on ( oi'iuei robert • >. ingptsnil isi sunday hp s,;id in port i al though ( oloiiel tnirwioll na a lawver and orator of no mean order still the opinion of the r,r i that hi fame will r si upon his attacks on the bible and the ehurcli it is littiiilr then for the elinri h to revieu his life and teach ings all agree iliat hi hoiuc life and many of his public utleiances were nbove reproach his position in refer erne i uod was that of an agncmtlcone who do not know lie was very free in bis treatment of the bible he would add to or detract from bs he-t l'i i ted his ends fur instance he said that jesus never told the rich young man to sell his goods and give to the poof but simply to keep the command ni"iits and that the other was put there bv the disciples to obtain money from the rich • f course any one reading the storv sees that the triving of the 1 1 n hi 1 v lo the poor whs a ( itai part of it lie is especially severe on the god of the bible for sending the children of israel to destroy the inhabitants of 1'auaan iiut here mr tngflrsoll does not em to appreciate how people are train ed to love righteousness he does not put himself into the age when that oc curred and be does not seem to feel the awful wickedness of these people as described in lev xviii when one considers these facts he cannot help hut sec that extermination was the only possible result for the israelites in many instances he measures the ancient israelites by the 20th century standard of life he says it would he better to be an idiot than to havea brain thatis liable to send one to hell ijut here the colonel overlooks the fact that no man is lost except by his own volition god has provided every possible way for a man to go to heaven and a man is lost in spite ot his conscience his better judg ment and the i ¦ i bio ingersoll's lino of argument would make us give up many things we prize in life in some very strange way mr ingersol had gotten into h's head that the bible and the church are opposed to freedom of thought but if one reads the history of both be will 1 1 11 cl the very opposite i the truth daniel will alvrava be a hero to everv lover of liberty since he stood by his convictions at the risk of his life peter na john defying the jewish council will continually he a rebuke to every time server no one can ever rob martin luther john knox or john wesley of a great share in bringinu about ihe freedom we have todav it is true that there lin been a period 111 the history of the church when it was superstitious and cruel but that period was when she anticipated mr fnger soll's advice and threw aside tbi bible dut the church of the bible has ever heen free from all superstitions and cruelty and has been the champion of liberty i cannot see that mr ingersoll by his life and teachings has been any encouragement whatever to those whose aim is to make the world belter hut on the other hand he has been a great deal of help to those who want to rid themselves of responsibility who desire to deaden their consciences and who love wickedness when we read of men like c.-.non wilberforee who have stood against tlie tide of wickedness and turn the better side of human nature up we find that the god of the bible was the motive power of their exertions if colonel ingersoll's ideas prevailed these • nen would lie mere timer servers wick edness would increase mid life on earth would be a torment on the other hand it is the men influenced bv the religion of jesus that are leaving their lioines and kindred to bring the nations to righteousness in the present genera tion the church has changed many a heathen isle and province from savagery to civilizai ion and peace of course colonel ingersoll did not say there is no god.1 neither does he deny an immortality mere and there lie gives faint hope of it bul on the whole bis teaching is to think only of the present and not of what comes after dentil to look to our fellow men as the rewarder of men and to net as if there was no god hence his great aid to those who do not want lo think ot punishment for wickedness kven if mr ingersoll was right the man of god has nothing to lose he will not be one inch below mr ingersoll hut if mr ingersjoll is wrong he has everything to lose while ihe man of god has every thing to gain mere prudence would urge one then to lie a christian hut the lover of the bible has another test in his own experience there is joy and peace in serving god the chris tian's death means gain if he is separ ated from his friends he knows il i but for a short time and that through out eternity they shall he ill everlasting joy to the follower ot jesus this life is but the preparation for the real life earth is but the vestibule to heaven is it ai v wonder then he is willing to endure joyfully any late h»re for jesus sake " vcl all that the miistei asks is that one shall love righleotiness and hate iniquity and this be can easily o fui god sends his spirit to all who will receive it \ notable kiiuuutmiieiii ll is rumored thai li l uinie drexel pell daughter of ihe lale john ii fell of philadelphia ami robert k cassalt son of vle\:uid 1 i i'assalt president of ihe pennsylvania railroad company an engaged to be married it is aid lie ueddili will lake plai e in ihe fall while ilie reuorl has no authentic foundation continuation of the engage ment is looked for ii i aid ?,, i outcome ol aeiui-eoii tin vaehl ihiy in the spring i ihe yeai . w hen l 1 and mr vail keii.-elaei took a large party of friends on a cruise the al would lie a iirilliant one socially and mr kaehh knight.au aged iml.v.long resident iii re i'll forlnellv f mnn erv township w8s inuicd :'! m uillr"inorv baptifl church on monday morning she was the widow of jnrepli knighi and ab mt s3 years of age there have been no rei vices al the kvangelicnl rhnrrh for two sundays ml i ¦ iwing o li 	 ; 1 1 1 1 ; > in el ing i le ihe troliev workmen have finish track laying within the borough limits und gonh n orthu aid into llullield lown ship the planting of poles nnd un stringing of wlre remain to be done nt some future i imc pastor lohnson.of the baptinl church will he absent during angllst the pul pit will be supplied bv rev william cathcnrt of qwvnedn the lir-t tw sundays by herbert button of wesl chester on the third and bv purdv _. mover of chiilfont on the fourth sun day the salvation army have made their appearance here on an open lot but ii rather a weak way there being bill few performed and mull audiences the rain storms of both thursday lust and on saturday evening were ex cessive here hi the lir-t named daj the rain was light as far north as i'erka sic und also at chalfont our athletic club went tn mflnch chunk on thursday last to play a garni with the local club there they were ik matnll for the latter ho.vcver and lost ihe game by a score of l to 1 three nf our siindav schools went tr perkasie park on last thursday and had a good time these were the baptist reformed and methodist the luther ans go to chalfont mi thursday of this week and the evangelicals on the 17th of august rev terry ilolzel of souderton a theological student just graduated preached two excellent sermons in the reformed church here on sunday ii is parents live at earlington franconia borough incorporation bl linamially an 10,1 rumor popularity lends inieri-t t . 111 pt'llllvn miss lilian nolte visited xorth wales friends over sunday miss maine fry spent saturday at atlantic citv miss francis r maul of worcester mass is visiting her grandparents mr and mrs thomas langstroth edgar clayton was given a surprise partv tuesday evening in honor of his 20th birthday many friends from this place blue hell centre square and oilier localities gathered at his home and all spent a pleasant evening captain charles d.foy returned mon day from a visit to a sick brother near 1 ixford chester county mr 1 a caldwell and family have gone to bar harbor for the month of august we shall be sorry to lose neighbor george < leatrell when he l'ocs to occupy his newly purchased hotel at line lex ington mr and mrs thomas geatrell of ilorshani will take possession of his present residence here mr and mrs 0 e ingersoll are in maine our readers will be glad to hear that harry hart who underwent 11 serious operation at the university of pennsyl vania hospital several weeks since has so far recovered as to be abli to return to his home at this place cedar hill school has undergone re pa i is allen mathias has the contiact to do the mason work on h i mckean's new house mrs vv h drayton of morris road is having an addition built to her house j vv lutz has the contract for the erection of an addition to allen mathias residence upon which work has already been commenced richard vaux is spending somo time in silver city new mexico mr george reiger has returned from a fishing trip to anglesea n j work has been commenced 011 an ad dition to maple grove public school gwynedd j vv luts has the contract when completed the new building will ho nearly as large as the old i ne and will form a room of itself hut will be so constructed as to admit of throwing the two rooms into one for entertainments inimeneemenls etc harvey m clvmei and wife of i'hoenixville were the guests of station agent detwiler saturday mr clymer taught school at this plane at 0110 tune and has quite a number of friends here eugene m davis has been setting up sample brick work for the rhiinneys of ii i mckean's new house several styles of bricks are to he used in their construction sous to make it look as old fashioned as possible wo under stand that when this house is coinplel ed it will be one of the handsomest in this section of the country j l brown's ice business has increas ed to such an extent that he has put an othei horse to his new wagon and him also engaged the seiviees of another man one more short month and the childen's vacation will he over george geatrell and wile have return ed from u short sojourn al i'rean city george eokart and harvey detwiler recently took a trip to gettysburg mrs george bmlen and daughter,mlss dorothea are at mot spring what might have been b hncioui oalamity was aarrowly averted early one morning last week when two"kis«ing lings were located and captured hen station agent detwiler secured one and as john is a natural desputcher bug no 1 toon saw itu finish while no - was neatly bagged by george eckart whether these terrible bugs were bucccbsful ill their natural pursuit ij we 1 aim i my but we think the oil i of i'eiillvn owe john and 1 leorfle a vole oi i hanks siniiiiii'i ulmmta in vaiiiilii-.l<'i a i him lew nil ml llie i mllli i iii iii lilt • i i inn li1 v;ir,nlli-l'l in umioeril i i;hi v ui i'l ol li i ii:;ile mi lh'l u ¦ ! iiliiirhr s'll ¦ mi i sir iii 1 1 m is win 11101 l oliv.i mill mis kmma v hilly uuli i pli ¦ wngtl \ •_'! l;lt l.,;i i-<l in tun tom n rimiini ii till fort wlt«lllllf(tmii itrvli-u '¦'! - viiijii l hiin iin la i'lmi l!\pri.--f-il nil i tir-miim-iillihi the \ lews and opinions given in ih of the ¦< li'/eiie iii reference to the incorpi irat ion of port wadii ngton into a lioioiigb weri n:id with ie.it in liv the residents of the fort am • i/eiis li ving in pro ilmity to 1 ha l ui'l many rrgumenfa pro an<l con h plac have ri'mill '•¦! frorii the publical inn of the various view s of the leading citt ens which were the first biithenticnt ed public expression upon the subject of ihe foi t s aspirations to nsnumi municipal proportions among the bor oughs of our county the several inter views however being strongly against incorporation does not falrlv reflecl tin s'litinienl of tlie community from tin fact thiii those who were unquestion ably bgainit a borough were quick to ex preps their sentiment while i great body of those nol heard from s 	 it be largely favorable to a bor ough und the true status cannot there fore be ascertained without an effort to personally obtain from eacri resident bis views upon the subject it hus been ascertained that there are 66 houses on the heights east of the township line mad in upper dublin with an approxi mate population of l'.ml people and l'o houses on tlie west side of the township line road in the whitnmarsh end of the fort making a combined population of about 480 — oi a much larger number of citizens limn amblei had when it be came a borough fort washington is unfortunately icated from the fact of being dovetail ed into two townships everything now to be desired by the incorporation of a borough could be ohtained by the recent net of assembly knofrn us the assilicution of townships which creates lir-t and second-class townships the act which was drafted hv the pro gressive citizens of lower merlon and introduced by senator magee f vile gheny and intended particularly to apply to the lower townships of montgomery county fan be found on page 104 laws of pennsylvania session of isflfl " the preamble of the act declares that in the more populous townships of the commonwealth which are in a large measure devoted to residential purposes there is need of a form of municipal government having greater powers than are now possessed hy the local govern ments of townships under existing laws tlie conditions necessary to create a township of the first class shall be pt having a population of 300 people residing within one square mile the act abolishes tlie oiliee of road supervis ors and creates the office of township commissioners who shall be invested with all the corporate power authority and franchise of the townships ami hall have power to open grade con struct and pave all public highways to construct footways along said highways and to establish lights thereon ami to cause the sidewalks to he paved and curbed at the expense of the abutting property owners ami to establish and maintain a night watch and police force etc in fact it gives township commissioners the same power and aulhoritiy that is now given to boroigh council and practically gives tn each village of 300 inhabitants 11 the rights and privileges enjoyed by a small l»or mgh the point at issue in this case is has upper publin ihe required number of people living in the prescribed limit to make it a township of the lirst class if it has then all thai is desired hy a change from village to borough may be obtained from the election of a bourd of township commissioners who will meet the progressive spirit of the day com paratively few know anything of act no sli which provides for the classi fication of townships and which will evidently largely increase taxes in town ships and place a heavy burden upon the more rural portion of lirst-class townships as those residents will be required to pay the additional increase nun le necessary by the improvements in its borders iject of to those of y y p pulous villages within ii addition pop g r further opinions on the subject of incorporation in ddit h last week are : your favor of the l'lith insl asking me to say something about the plan to incorporate fort washington into a bor ough came duly to hand i very sel dom appear before the public in print but on such a stupendous question ill ence would be a crime to be frank mr editor i inn dead against it the reason are us follows in the tii s-t place it might lead to oppressive taxes which mo obnoxious to all the inhabitants of the globe except to politicians and churches and people who do not own property and conse quently do not pay a direct taxes and in whose brains schemes like this and imilar are concoeted we do not want costly water voiks as our wells never run dry and wu have the best water foi washing dishes we d i not want osily ice plants in the face of the new est invention to make machine lob at four cents a hundred and a child can mi it we do not want costiy elcrtrie plants we are perfectly satisfied with our oil lumps even if thev smoke or hirst and our forefathers had them and they are guild enough foi us now what w wantf in lo live in peace and he eft alone in the second place the shape if fort washington is not favorable to the project it is not like your borough which is a compact square of beautiful louse successful industries and ti second to none < lur lovely vlllaj i oolong and too lean in the third iiaee ii ems to me that the popula ion is too small at the present time foi 	 i borough i am afraid that al'lei ill on i in he olheinl are eleeled there will lie llo iti/.eiis toft in ¦ 1 1 > opinion we better eave tho solution to this extraordiiimi i peiid on what i done toward in:il in th of i 	 ' ¦ - 1 i wat kins " yon do in report me enrrretlj m to whnt i mid in relation to i nrorporat ing i"ii \\ i h i iiu'lon into a lioimildi . i said if ihe ti wnsil ip line ait id ing tin townships mi i 1 ihe imroiigh line i hid not li ing losn . i did nol e\pn ¦ - niy elf a favorable or unfavorable bo lone as it did nut include my property \. jl cam ¦ i am oppi ' ¦ •¦ ! to fl borough the time has not arrived for it i tiiink ii our citizen ami property holders would trv and make ii a br»t-clasi village ural it would li i utter fer all and less ¦ ill the | hture no eeiilld-elas borough foi me mid i first-class would mean heavy taxation it this time — k <;. ford no stepn ought to lie taken towarde the incorporation of fort washington without hi 	 n-i'oi by vote of a ma jority of thfl property holders within the proposed inns however desirable it may be i am disposed to think the i inn s are hot h p for it at presenl many of the people interested depend upon moderate incomes and have not ¦ fai felt the want of organisation ami most of whom would mnd the increased rate of taxation a great hardship — alexander w < loodrlch at the present time lam opposed to incorporation as i think that th population is not laige enough ed win e laner 1 loi'shlllll mis helen roxlgerston and son ralpl are the guests of mr and mrs hiuie i lodges our tollgate keeper i mr john clark has been brighten i g the tollhouse by u fresh coat of paint we also notice thai others nround trie corner arc brighten ing their buildings with paint some of our neighbors were awaken ed on monday morning by the ringing of a bell miss anna green is spending lu'i vacation al cap may one of our young men took a trip t the city on saturday evening and meet ing some friends was detained longei than we suppose he expected he wa obliged to walk about four miles from willow irove at 2 o'clock in the ninrn ing supervisor oarr has a force of mei on the roads repairing the damage done by the recent rain storms mr silns ('. morris is creeling ii porch in front of 1 1 1 : — bouse which greatly improves its appearance i luring the heavy electrical btorui on saturday evening last lightning struck the house occupied by james hewn but did no damage mrs robert l comly is seriously ill ask our genial milkman edward mmris where he was on sunday even ing last and see him smile nearly everv house along ihe trolley line iii horsliflm is lilled with boarders wo pr find to report that the young lady who tt'.ih injured while riding :> wheel recently i n impioving the m 15 su ihv seho hi-ld ; '- an nual picnic nt funk's purk cludfoni m tuesday last benjamin jarre i 1ms recovered from a severe attack of lonsilitis mrs a w rich visited relatives in mechanicsville on wednesday last the thunder storms of thursday and saturday evenings weie very severe ill this vicinity especially tlie one on thursday evening a tree in the woode belonging to samuel danehower was struck by lightning miss maggie fleck has returned from a pleasant visit tn relatives in north wales mr and mrs john 0 ilallowcll of new york were recent guests of tin former's parents mr and mrs i j ilallowell mrs frank morton and daughters maliel and elsie attended a picnic al chalfont park on tuesday mr and mrs irvin sunday guests at the w fleck wen home of theii daughter mis hurry worth mrs kdline and son of xoiristinvn are being entertained at the home of mr and mrs irvin shearer b k danehower and family were de lightfully entertained on saturday afternoon at cloudcap " the home • j t mr and mrs jason sexton north wales miss lulu bobbins gave her friends aw grand treat on monday evening iii the way of a phonograph entertainment supervisor busby has had a nunibci of men employed the past week on tin roads sunday hall hill pla v ing still goes oil something should be done to stop it gone oil ii linker frank oioeoa has four months trip to italy miss luty vanwinkle has slightly improved in her physical condition mrs wcrt has li ien entertaining in i sister the past wei'k the ilenside country club had its fortnightly tennis tournament at the home of m ism florence hoffner last saturday afternoon next saturday tho i-luli will meet at tin home of mr alan krv on lisumre avenue i.a>t spring edge hill wa encouraged sufficiently to believe the report tliut the 10 houses on the wai lvnn i ami association ground near the station owned by wm p albiecht.of i ireland were to be completed the company even went to far as to meet contraotoi john schliiiiioe to see alioul widening ml carmel avenue and grading tin y iiiiporlanl ijiie-l ion looiir grea grand 1 1 i i htii wii i w e certainly expeei to !»¦ simuu'r than ¦ iiir pi i aid before ml bdito . i am dead list ii with bi i wishes for me imiled shown of blessings which tlie borough of ainuler bestows upon ii worthy uitisseiis " fi^ed wink i am in favor of incorporation whatever may be tikpcllv ill ¦ future value will if property but all to uo avail burglars attempted to effect an trance into mrs joseph kirk a li willow i irove pike in w last uouduv morning about ¦ clock in prying pen the fiuill iecoiul window nbove l he porch 1 1 i \|| k ii k mie run i bol quite vigorously awakening mr um iliuseu who li\i'.-i ne\l door when in appeared mi ihc eeiie ihe would bi burglai'l iidd disappeared whcr 1 came il wmb dr-i vi i l '¦ they hud ulieiupted 1 pi \' open window b til u jiiiimv the | their shoes on the ml win re till jumped from t>lio"iiorch i n