The Ambler Gazette 19050413

              the ambler gazette c vol xxi 11 no 16 aimml 13 19o5 a ykab lights and highways springfield township commissioners in session ooininrtif ihiiip wurk ul i iii t»\vnnlil i 	 ¦ nrrr j>t1m w ominnn th llnxi'l so '»- f«'t hie hnhiu scvfthl l'io|in.tpil onll nance i'o.iiidii with trcillry coiiiphiiv the regular meeting of the board of commissioners of springfield township was held at flnurtowu hist wednesday evening president orothers called the board to order and all the members were present the minutes of march 1 and i were read and approved mr.dillenbeck presented the pel itlon of residents and property ownarsalong pleasant avenue asking that said street be macadamised mr dlllunbeck stated that the street is 1240 feet left j nnd that ;;•.' house are located thereon mr cheston suggested that the board be furnished with a detailed financial statement showing the fixed enlarged and the income to tre expec(ed s that the board could plan intelligent ly for new work ¦ mr albrecht suggested that the board drive over the roads and highways of the township so as to be more intelll gently informed as to their condition and needs the petition above referred to wbj received and final act ion was postpon ed until the next meeting of the board mr cheston presented the petition of martha w conway for sarah v king requesting the board to allow tlie brush to remain on her sidewalk she having planted grass seed and had deposited the brush to prevent pedes trians from tramping the ground ami thus interfering with germination it was decided to authorize the secretary to notify mrs couway to have the brush removed at once mr cheston called attention to the need of an ordinance preventing the deposit of foul drainage in the streets and the solicitor was instruct ed to prepare such an ordinance mr.albrecht urged the board to give attention to that portion of park ave nue extending from pennsylvania ave nue to oreland station he said there would be very little labor required and he stated the owners are iniprov ing that bection for the good of ore land and desire to lay cement pave rnents and curbs it was decided to hold this petition with that of pleas ant avenue until after the board had completed its inspection of the town ship roads mr dillenheck called attention to the need of an ordinance providing for brick gutters along streets where pro perty owners desire to lay curbs am here two-thirds of the property ners along a certain street havt etther curbed or siguified their willing ness bo to do then by the propose ordinance to grant authority to tin board to compel the.je.niai ailar ordinance i's in fore ii chel'tmhiuii and has been found ti work very satisfactorily the solicit or was instructed to prepare an or dinance in accordance with the sug gestion mr yeakle of the property com mittee reported the township property being well cared for mr dillenbeck of the light com mittee reported that the philadelphia electric light company is meeting with considerable trouble by having many of jfs lights broken and con sequently at rimes portions of tin streets are in darkness he suggested an immediate notice be forwarded to the company whenever a light is dis covered broken mr.ches.ton said the company should rani the earth well around the poles at this season and also paint the poles and suggested that possibly the swagginn ft the poles and line had something to do with the lamps burn ing out so frequently mr.crothers said he had notified the company at once when he had disj covered any lamps not burning antt had found that tlie company responds very promptly to the notice mr cheston called attention to the insufficient illumination at the chest nut hill park and thought possibly the lamps needed renewing the secre tary was instructed to notify the company mr albrecht suggested two more lights on the hidge road in upper koxtorough mr cheston brought up the matter of lighting the bpringhouse and chestnut hill turnpike and stated that the cost is about 700 while if jijlio.tfrolley company could be compelled to light this roadway the lamps now stationed along the same could be removed to other parts of the town ship for information ilr john kaber miller solicitor of the board stated the commissioners frequently had this matter under discussion and had even taken preliminary legal steps m the matter but owing to the unsettled condition of the recevership and the finances of the trolley company which owiib the right of way over the pike , was thought best to proceed no fur ler at present according to his statement there are only two releases of right of way in the township where in the trolley company has agreed to turuish lights and one of these pro perties has since changed hands while the release of the other ho feared might not be available in such proceed ing were the board to take positive legal steps mr uneston thereupon maaited coimnuuicating with the trolley ooui puny to secure needed repairs to the roadway through the township mr orothurs of the highway com mittue reported having written bosd supervisor klako respecting a thorough inspection of the bridge and roads and he suggested patchiuk up the old roads whero neceissarv mr.uhemtou called the board's itcuu tii'ii to the alleged danger at piarry ablngton avenue wheri tllfl liiarry i reported to lie encroaching in the traveled roadway lie bob rented the need of a guard rail trie natter was referred to mr dillenbeck with power to act mr yenkle reported that the en rjince at llawcs lane limn bbtlllehpm like is in s had condition and the secretary was authorized to notify the tndley company to repair the same mr orotfien reported i pole was erected a few days ago mi evergreen vveime by the philadelphia electric lompany and suggetted that the said oinpany take nut a permit lor same ¦ ml also number the poles lie also stnted that cheltenham township as vet has neglect i il in bred its guard rails on the inter township hridge.ainl the secretary was authorised to write to cheltenham to have same done at dace he stated that a complaint had been lodged regarding a hon in ridge road but same was found to 1 	 nt do the township boundary inasmuch as the welsbach street lighting company at their own r pense must replace all broken lights the board did not consider it necessary to change the location sf tlie lamp opposite mcclosfcey's quarry where there is reported to be more or less danger of breaking the lamp due to the dusting carried on air crothcrs specified . the fixed charges as follows : 96 welsbach lights 2802.80 l(ki electric lights.at sl 1680 87 lights at park iii secre tary's salary , 800 road superintend cut's salary 600 ; total 5887.00 the treasurer john m cannon re ported balance on band at last meet ing 8ot.64 l!i orders outstanding 172.62 delaware and atlantic pole tax 471 ; amount due treasurer 29 14 the hills outstanding amounted to 1688,99 and the same were ordered paid the treasurer craved an allowance on the taxes of but t.?0 on the total amount of the duplicate or l(i,46!i - 08 error in assessment 658.78 error in duplicate 45 i>:t road supervisor blake reported the removal of snow in march also de manded considerable time had repair ed the bridge on mill road the culvert on edge hill road and other minor work it was decided to make application to the state for maintenance iu til1 miles of improved highway's all pole tax was reported paid except 83 due from the receivers of the lehigh valley traction company the board decided to inspect the roads on saturday april 15 wedded kaab jl liley miss ella quigley laughter of mr and mrs george w qnigley and mr frank raab son of mrs isaac raah were married on wednesday evening in the willow grove m e church by rev v h bisbinjf formerly pas tor of the church noip of hamburg pa the bride who wa given away by her father wore agovn of white mes dr the the the of honor vvas the bid s sister adele qnigley of i'ox chase bridesmaids were the sister of bride miss anna yuigley and sister of the groom miss belle raab they wore gowns of paris muslin and curried bouquets of white carnations the best man was mr harman bready and the ushers were edward todd and royden yerkes 200 invita tions were issued to the wedding and rlie church was well filled by the friends of the bride and groom a re ception and wedding supper at the residence of the bride's parents fol lowed the churc-h ceremony the bride was tlie recipient of a very large number of rich and costly gifts in cluding silverware cut glass etc mr and mrs kaab have gone on a trip to washington d c and other points in the south on their return they will reside on the groom's mother's farm on the hatboro pike above willow ( ; rove damagei a^.iin-i trolley dorothy e beamer a pretty three year-old child received in court no 4 philadelphia on wednesday a ver dict for 5,000 against the philadel phia and lehigh valley traction com pany as damages for severe injuries she sustained in a collision between two trolley cars at fort washington on labor day 11)03 at the time of tlie accident the child as accompanied by her parents who wero also iujured and have suits pending against tho receivers of the traction company the little girl's in juries it was stated resulted iu an nffectiou of the hips she sued the receivers of tlie ctnppany through her father samuel h beamer mrs alex d campbell is spending ome time with her brother iu new york city oharles p fox of philadelphia re moved to his country home here on monday mrs daniel joues of uerinautown visited her brother joseph ncwbold mil family last week k j battersby spent sunday visit ing his sister mrs h b mclutire iu trenton n j mrs joshua touiliusou in spending some time with her son at laughorne mrs august struhlo ami william mm gaii are on the sick list th 	 lore klerk of philadelphia visited his farm here on friday william tyson of horshaw harry kirth of manityuuk ami benjamin houpt tun family of dreshertown were wuiulrty visitors at mrs s k uattersby'b george hieger of philadelphia visited his country home un saturday unclaimed letters remain iu the pobtolllue for mr duddy uud ii p l>erholtzer adam ii fleck ansn uuday with howard shaw and family at washing tun square rev heilman ; did not pay so says friend of the wyn pastor gnfigrsgiilloii mm dnitrlbiit v iii'«t n whiiik sell iiiik id < hum i.i m k,.<h menpnlcli i nun 1 l.'»i,i»n im tlim i-h in 1'nln conseut to li.ng befon ln-afely a friend and neighbor uf kev e •' heilnian pastor of the vvyndnlboi lutheran church denies unit am iikincv hiis been ptiid to liss lildlblie 4 keeli of alleiitdwn in settlement of the verdict of ino damages wbioh ii jury awarded to her in ht breach of promise suit against mr iiimiiiuiii the man who makes ihis assertion i^1 in possession of nil facts it is alleged but not dues not desire his iiame to tn used he snid : while mr lleilliian may !¦ 1 1 i f i » 1 > regarded by his ongregatimi neither it nor any nieiiihi r thereof hus raised in contributed or will raise or ojoii tribute either all or any portion ol the 000 for use in setilei'tem of rhis caae they have not been i-l tu di so nor will air heil 	 n their taking any such step while mr heilnian suit whs lininghr as y liossihlc offered to iav reasouabli pecuniary damages to mis kent ii her sense of the proprieties would per mit her to accept them in has never considered the paynicntof any sum so large as i?io or even s|;,(li and neither of t liese minis lia in the pres ent time been paid to miss kerkeither directly or through counsel in settle nii'iit ol th is case or will he hereafter paid for that purpose in facfc no money in any amount lias heennaid to miss keck or to her counsel it was stated by counsel for mr heilnian ii the trial of the ease that as he admitted the engagement and acknowledged its breach i.y him he fully expected a verdict fur a reason able sum to be rendered a^;iinst liijn the result of the trial and subsequent events have not caused him therefore to alter his original intention of mak ing reasonable compensation tojm plaintiff iu monev for any injury done her although the matter has not been disposed of to the present time •_, all the costs of the case amounting to less than f 100 will as matter of course he paid by mr heilnian rhe wisdom of whose course is now apparent to all his friends '' a despatch from allentown published in the call of that says : " ' miss blanche gertrude kie signed an agreement releasing r j heilman pastor of the lut church at wyudmoor,froin all fu obligations imposed on him th her obtaining a verdict of against him in the breach of casitj tried iu the montgomery e couimon.pl oast last uc ' " " man to pay the costs amounting to about 500 out of the 1500 the woman must pay the fees of her at torney senator dewalt " may be foreclosed the following is clipped from the financial news of the philadelphia press : philadelphia and lehigh valley traction outstanding bond holders would now take 45 per cent in cash for their bonds they have refused to accept 00 per cent in a new second mortgage bond and 50 per cent in pre ferred stock accorded them under the reorganization plan the reorganized have refused to pay cash price ami a foreclosure is threatened i'ciillyn the e.k freed electric light com pany has purchased wire for the pur pose of extending its system out pen llyn pike the object of this extension is for the purpose of supplying the churchman property lately purchased by h b cox jr the newly renovated blacksmith shop at this place was opened monday by b p meyers formerly of ambler who will personally conduct the busi ness here the shop will be nicely finished being wainscoated and var nished a new office lias been construct ed in which a bell telephone will be installed mr meyers is an experienced and reliable man iu every particular and patrons of the shop will now be accorded every courtesy the best of workmanship and promptness in tlie conduct of the business charles lientz jr ou tuesday left for the williamson trade school where he has matriculated last saturday the home of joseph cavauaugli took fire caused by an overheated flue and had the neighbors not responded as promptly as they did thi house might have been destroyed the flames were soon extinguished and tlie resultant damage was slight dr reed and family of german town where guests of mrs s w jnueisoll gome time last week mr and mrs u j j carter will shortly occupy their country residence for the miiuiiii i mrs francis walton who was re moved to a philadelphia hospital wus operated upon on tuesday the lower gwyuedd school board met wediu lay last john l brown had the misfortune to lose hi pooketbook sunday while obl driving but later it was found by a blue hell resident ami returned to its rightful owner edward logersoll ms been enjoying the sensation and experience ol ravelin through the west in a private car mr and mrs ii p uokean who huve been visiting colorado springs and other points in the wetft will i turn this week mr 1 j jiujtn has wovud to ins ii i nt iv obituary ¦ mil v u . i i'l:s i illy ll . wid"\v ''• fl lute klias ilii'us cnr-mii a wn reported in laid week'n oawtte died tuesday of last week in plyrtlontll hired 89 wrs i'nrson hail been in feeble health for aii ut a year and for two months past she wou unable to i ¦ ¦ ; i v e her hed the hu-'iiind of the rtccensedf an iinsivii lime burner wm the sun ol alan w and marv orson of white marsh lie died on nov 4,1877 in his tlsl year the children surviving mrs ooraon !!¦¦¦ henry harris of minneapolis minn ; georoe of plymouth meeting martha wife of warren h pule i druggist of ( li rmanfn'wn ; emily ii ( twin sister ol martian with whoni her mother resided walter h of plymouth meeting dr ciirroll oor mm of protector minn and percy h conon of plymouth meeting ubs .!. clark mm j ciarli better f<nown at mother ' lark v ho suffered a stroke • it paralysis die i at the hone of her hi l.un s it < ' ii'nar on friday at the age of 85 yearn deoeased was one of the oldest residents iu the vicinity and was quite active for one of her years she was a woman of integrity mid a fine jhrisfiiin character md long a faithful member of the montgomery baptist church much f her life was spent at line lexing ton but after her husband's death years ago she xavv up housekeep ing and went to make her home with her son she is survived by three bod8 iiinl three daughters lames with win mi she lived mrs karl jenkins at ooltnar is a daughter as is also mrs horace jenkins of line lexing ton and two sons and a married daughter iu the west wyndmoor miss mary e myers entertained a number of friends on thursday george burton has purchased war ren clymer's house on queen street he i.s having electric lights installed and other improvements made and ex peots to move in when completed the union aid society held its regular monthly meeting at the home of mr and mrs charles h hane last tuesday evening next sunday niorniub at grace lutheran church the confirmation ser vice will be held a very successful literary ami mnsical entertainment was held in the union church on thursday evenint at the regular monthly meeting of the lutheran aid society held last tuesday evening samuel taylor coleridge was the author dicusaed the program was as follows : life of s t coleridge miss annie lonsdalc recitation answer to a child's question " miss myrtle metzger ; in strumental duet organ and viol in i . flower song miss forence eg^iles jon and john saiiitraaaj recitation revisiting the ssetf-'sii'ore " miss maud kambo reading himeof the ivncient mariner — part ' first miss n ypcal duet,"bbautif ul davs sprtrib efririp>**'itmm yi^omm ence gaskill robert burns will be the subject for discussion at the next meeting prnapectvillc wilmer harrar and family spent sunday with mr and mrs granville sellers of eureka frank stackhonse of philadelphia visited his parents mr ; and mrs joseph stackhouse on siniday mr and mrs morrisujallen and danghter helen of ambler were the guests of mr and mrs'.tfflfidort allen on hun lay m mr and mrs klnier gouak of penllyn spent sunday with mr and mrs joseph gouak of this place mr and mrs o-eorge fillman of horsham were the guests of tlie for mer's parents mr and mrs i b fillman several of our young people attended the minstrel show yiven in the jarret town hall saturday evening mrs williams ot philadelphia has been visiting her eon arthur williams and family charles gouau purchased a new horse recently mrs albert crawford ami children of philadelphia spent last week with her parents mr and mrs john mark ley miss emma gordon visited miss jennie tomliusou of philadelphia on monday el wood ely and family spent sun day with mr harry stem and family of wyndmoor probpectville m e church expects to have an easter supper in the near future mrs t.p anderson and miss maude anderson visited in philadelphia on monday llr,'«li.-i imiii mrs john mcmulleu is slowly re covering from a severe attack of ill ness mrs auuie spencer has returned home after spending a few weeks in chivlfout visiting her daughter george erb is on the kick list he has been very low the pafct week with pneumonia quite a number of people from here attended the minstrel show giveu at the jarettowu hall saturday evening john liglitkep of i'hiladelphia spent sunday visiting his parents at liis place 	 lehigli valley xraulluu h*ml|>u the receipts of the l.elugli valley traction oouipauy nol including tbu philadelphia line for march 1906 were io •.'•'), an inoreaw of|66 " over march i!io-i the inorease being v per cent on the philadelphia line the receipts were 913,637.26 as against 910,978.90 in march dw howard b moyer of olialtont crjdit for landing tho t\so larg tut catfish tiiat have ever buen caught iu tlie neshainiuyfor many a day they it pound uud three quartern uud were caught uuhe red bridge 125 local subscribers north penn gas company reports applications signed ii i 	 - ih work ul ri]i i ii.,.|m fi f if oovotxi i i'iit hi limitation itf s'lr^**r lighting — i'l.tn fttr f mr km ii !••-. the north penn las company lias a strong force laying their pipe in this vicinity and the rompany expects to be able to furnish nas to ir patrons in a few weeks the bupply pipe which have 1 	 n in the borongh for sorne time and which during the tall and winter were tc ireil on vacant lots have been re distributed along the streets for the pur pose of depositing in the trenches mr v v dnke superintendent of the port washington plant ol the com pany and who by the way resides on rlendrloka street ambler said or monday that already the company has received 123 signed appliontioni forthe product and the onfoials expect at i <¦; t - 1 as many more when theplpi - are laid and a few tiips made ar any rate the oompany in laying the main up the spriiiklmu.se ami c'lustnut mill turnpike from fort washington has provided for a large business and the efforts of the company during the present year at least will be devoted to the development of the promising lield furnished by ambler and fort washington lr duke said the borough of anih ler will be piped as follows kuclid avenue to park avenue t linden wold avenue to poplar street to bidge ave nue to main street north of tennis avenue to top of the hill also on to forest nvenue ami each way about two squares also from lindenwoh ami butler avenues east to hemlricks street and north on same ; also norll along bethlehem pike to rose valley as the pipes are laid inly two am one-half feet underground it will bl seen that with even a small force ol men rapid progress may be niado am it is likely that with favorable condi tions the mains over these streets will be down inside of a few weeks just what the company's plans are for the future mr duke said arc vague as the held in this locality i m promising that the officials havi made no plant regarding branching out after additional business in the sur rounding territory he did say how ever that the company lias disonuet the feasibility of extensions both through flourtown and also to cainj hill at tne corner of bethlehem pik and euclid avenue the company ha deposited a cast iron lamp post which it is their intention to erect and give a practical demonstration of the ill uminating power of their product as the lamp t be at this point will be ol 80 caudle in v'cr mr pnke promise it would be sti kin *•¦ i - w*1 iciihtilmiu bint!<«loi r the hoard il cheltenham towns'ii commissioners held a regular mtetiiij last week the commissioners agreei to locate 1 s lire plugs ill the glensiili district ami 10 in the ashbuurne dis trict they also agreed to place h cranes in different sections of tin township for street sprinkling pur poses mainly iu the upper and lower ejidsofthe township there are al ready 10 c ruins in use mostly in the central section with the purpose ol getting better results in the future each comnilssiouei will have charge of the street spriiikl inu in his individual district petition were presented asking that the grading of folferson and franklin avenues in cheltenham be completed anil that franklin avenue from laurel to elm avenues be macadamized : also tlmr laurel avenue be graded from central to g avenue and that portion of laural avenue between central and hyers avenues be macadamized this spring ; also that a sufficient number f fire pings he placed in the lower east district the latter petition was referred to the committee "" iiluns on the other petitions there was favorable action taken t wostudebakcr spriugliug carts have been ordered and will he pnt into scr virt in about a month other 1m iness comprised mere routine matters court t mtu bunt1 owu«r«hlf the cnurt will be asked to determine the legal title to sevi u steers on a farm lnliimeriok township elwood nettles bought the steers of liobert frayer at trappe kettles died a few hours after the steers were delivered to him t a subsequent saleoftbe personal property of his wife administrator of the estate mr frazer bought baok the steers for 140 and sold them u^ain to isaac nettles father of the dead man and owner of the farm not liav intr made settlement with the adminis tratrix as required by the conditions of the sale the two last buyers were notified that if the matter was not settled within a specified time the steers would again be sold at the ex pense of r frazer the day of he sale was fixed and when tlie auctioneer appeared on the premises the stable containing the steers was barred and there was no sale un ii.il mr anil mih harry shearer and ralph and ester shearer are visiting with mrs shearer's sinter mrs samuel hamilton iu new york city mr j c olair and family hav moved to tennis a venue ambler uourtland morris was tendered n pleasant surprits party on baturday evi diog at his home mrb knrbu&li george reed and mini elisabeth bead nun taken poiwesslou of their country realdenoe the ladies iiitci loolety of beohms reformed church will bold their monthly social ut the homo of mih alex miller on thursday evening ut thin wt>ek glenside and around ths qlsnside cricket olub has joined t he interstate i eayiie of < iricket cluhs mr niiii mrs oscar m bchimer of thujplhce alter their ikineyinnoii will reside at wynoote a nmiaiciil will he given by the iirls association on thursday evenlns april 27 at oarmel prenbyteribii chnrcli there have lieen 138 ll0u«es luiilt here during the last six years rnngilik in vain from n000 to 100,000 each in s i siiferlnid his residence at the simtl 	 st corner of mt oarmel and willow orovfi iivenne painted hist week victor roekinfl has 19 green lion he has t wo houses of sweet peas two houses of roses and 006 itotin ol bjetanlnms on t lun si lay veiling last in ¦ ladies aid of rtie qleneide methodist chnroh j;ive a reception to their pastor rev 8 iiueaut and wife t^zz in barney oanli who lived on me keever's row fur many years died on april 1st and was buried on wed nesday his a;ze was about i years h ir funeral was very largelj attended lie is survived by ills wilv one son illld five daughters two sons died within i year or so one daughter margrfret is a teacher m the qlenstde i i luhland school jolin h godfrey tlie builder has a fine workshop on ulenside avenue it the old l!a|ilisl ohapel wot machinery mr godfrey has circular and hami saws an upright moulder a jointer and a planer besides other smaller pieces of machinery the office la about ii feet square and is finished ill carolina pine the motive power employed lnrnnning the machinuery is an electric mi nor ii i limn whiiik good liiiiuln a large number of tlie taxpayers ok lloishain township with supervisors twining and weilile and representa tives from hatboro attended a meeting in the office of county commissioners at norristown on wednesday state highway commissioner hunter was present and tlie question of which road in horsham is to be macadamiz ed this year was discussed a lar^re delegation with a strong petition asked consideration for the road from york road iu hatboro to hallowell un the doylestown pike to davis grove thence to prospeetville another delegation asked that the agreement previously made by the su pervisors to stone the road from hors hain meeting 1to welsh road by tho v a wood and park farms bo car ried out property owners along this road have agreed to raise about 1100 equal to the township's share oi the cost of macadamizing this road after considerable discussion an agreement was reached to have the davis(irove ljr<is]>e tville road maend .. amized from the doylestown pike to prospeetville also tlu road from the meeting house to welsh road it was also agreed to order a survey and pre paration it plans for the macadamiz ing of the road from howell ville to york gjtreet h.-uimi-o it everything i ji jnn 	 this yi the most used road across horsham townshi wbicli is the horsham road to tin norristown mail thence to maple hen will have to wait until some future time for its improvement jfortb perm 0 b union the spring convention of the north penn christian endeavor union will be held in the reformed church at l.jiisilalc friday afternoon and even ing april h the afternoon session will be addressed by mrs l.w hain er vice president pennsylvania primary and junior council ; mrs dukes superintendent junior work jamden n j , and kev a k bar tholomew d d president pennsyl vania state chribtaiu endeavor union the evening session \\ ill be addressed by rev a h mokinney d p as bociate editor presbyterian publication board ltev patterson i i dastor bethany presbyterian elinreh.of phila delphia dr , bartholomew will have charge of the oonseoration service it is hoped that every officer or member of a oliristain icndeavor so ciety reading thih notice will bring it before his or her society and have as large a delegation as possible present reduced rates bave been arranged for on the railroads luncheon will be served at 6 o'clock by the young people of the church nnrviiiha win j smith of plymouth tuwn lip was btrnok by the trolley one klit last week nnd was injured con siderably he was taken to the hos lital at norristown but is now at his lomeand will soon be able to lie out aj-cain mrs n l crater spent the most of ast week in west chester mi - mary ireeiie ot tioga phila u ' i pent saturday evening ami snuduy at naroiaaa k . < u d ttiu wrunif olwbm a peculiar incident recently bappeu d at the hatboro cemetery tlio re atives and friends ami the grand army post of hatboro had assembled o inter the remains of joseph levls fiirmerly of horshaui who had died d the soldiers home at day ton ohio the body had been shipped in a ooffln inroished by the government when t was opened for a last look at his face ii relatives ami friends began whis pering that that was not uncle joe is he wan familiarly called some one then made tho announcement oi his ioubts aloud and tbq corpse was minutely examined mr lewis had in anchor pricked on his ami with india ink no such mails could be found lio had ful*c;tcctli in his upper law ; three good teetli ooold be found i ' ncid jnu bad hair upon the top oi ills head this man was as hald a u billard cue it wasdsoidedto bun hi corpse temporarily and telegraph to dayton that the wrong rpsti had been shipped a recponu was received later asking that the body be returned it sesms tlu»t iheie was some similar ity about the fkc*sof the two mill us both uicu bad brok.m