The Ambler Gazette 19020807

              mbler gazette vol xx no hx ambler pa alhu'st 7 1jk)2 25 a year chapter of * accidents three persons injured and a horse killed on bethlehem pike trolley flemlllght confuse driver hoikp of killed hnil mhii injured horftp lib fright at cars nml ru*hei into croviil j'iillt«i«>n itpaet three men last friday evening there was a eeries ' accidents between ambler and fort side inn all of which were directly connected with one another and be cause of which two men were severely bruised and shaken up a woman was injured one horse was killed trolley car and furniture van inninged a collision between two other teams ami three men thrown out being shaken up con siderably nnd the wagons and names broken nnd damaged j rex dager's large furniture van from his ambler livery was coming up the bethlehem pike about lj.lo loaded with two tons of hex beine driven by lewis thomas end samuel htong both of ambler and regnlnr em pftyes of the livery just below sandy hun bridge the trolley car ca»n thun dering alcng with its glaring headlighi completely blinding the drivers and confusing the noises a slight cuive in the tracks at this point made the di rection and course of the car all the more confusing as the car rushed by it struck one of the horses tearing him away from the team turning him com pletely around and crushing him to death between the heavy car and the van either of which was too heavy to be moved by the collision the fender was broken from the car and the rear axle of the van was bent slightly while the wheel and axle were covered with blooc from the horse lewis thomas the driver on that side of the van was thrown out and painfully injured he was bruised cut and shaken up the skin being torn loose fruni his arm anc he was also cut about the head samue stong was uninjured the force of the collision and the disastrous results spread nl:>rni among the passengers the car was stopped as soon as possible after the accident and assistance given the injur ed mao who was at once removed to his home on bethlehem pike ambler but was able to be out a little on sun day and went to work on monday the car then proceeded on its way to for side inn where the passengers ate required to walk under the trenton cut-off bridge just bh the passeimeis reached the bridge a heavy rumbling freight train was crossing overheat and some of the people waited for it to cross while standing in the road a horse coming up the pike took fright at the train became unmanageable an rushed right into the crowd defpite th efforth of the driver to prevent him 1 lady was injured having her jaw bom broken and several teeth knocked out anilfrjohn lowe who had been visiting his father-in-law alan berkhimer o ambler was also struck bv the horse and rendered unconscious when he re gained consciousness lie wab lying in the gem antown hospital he had ; deep c<ish over his eye and wab bruise and injured internally besides sutferi contusions in the back and head news of the trollev car and van col lision was rushed to dager's livery a boon after it happened as possible ant robert thomas and fred ott geared a horse to a notop runabout and hurriee to the scene of the accident when jut below trinity green they collided witl dr t f conover's team an inter vening wagon with a light prevented either of the two drivers seeing eacl other thomas was hurled out of tb wagon landing on hib back and ot was thrown into some blackberry bush ee along the road dr gonover was also thrown into the road and slightly in jured the cross bar of the runabou was broken and dr conover had hi harness broken and wagon damaged the horees were caught without dirlicul ty and the damage was repaired as fa as possible w i s at jvnlljn the whitpain literary society me saturday evening at the homejof georg s davis penllyn at 8 o'clock th meeting was called to order by th president the various committees wer laid over until a future meeting as wa alsc the program for the evening th subject of picnic was brought up an fully discussed and finally it was deck ed to hold it on wednesday aug 13 a chestnut hill park it be'ing the earn day as boehm's reformed church blue bell are going after various othe routine business the society adjourne to meet saturday evening aug 23 a the li»rne of miss elsie c hoover blu bell/at which time the executive pro gram and auditing committees will b selected by the president all the mem berb are requested to be present as th will be an important meeting visitor and friends cordially invited cliallout ir the rive weeks oki infant of mr an tililoii k bhe&rer was interred in tb in tiuryiiik ground thumilay the lltt t»y wud tuewlay mr anil mm howard mitchell moved to phil di'lpiiiu where lr mltclirll has umircil a pon tiouon the trollev mlu luella hbgerty is at atlantic iiy mm abram kru|i)i has been lying iu a sen cougciouti condition for two weeks afier a ion ami btvire illnewuf neuralkiu of the nerves mrs albeit uroff eutertaiued receutlv mr harry borzell of philadelphia ud miss kit truinbore of kam<ui the w 0 t u met at the home;of mra clar welsel oil monday b frauk hart/ell in htvliik a uriiwn we dujc uii tile premise tbe cellar of ur wesley muoiiniier's new hoi in dug the builder of the newvllle school lire makl rapid progrth cllnuiu i urraii and family moved to doyle i town last week where mr currau hut secured 1 bmluon at the k iimuin house | daniel kelly oj ni-w brituiu has been rau 1 u puunuu if|ii ini nionili . lutmu irom apr itkw notice bus ln'f n teeeived by ptutio geiltt j muruhy uf l)oy!i*u>yvu btj»u>ts lutiieiuu i'liugreguiiuii ure cossiue tg pajudi'liuk ihe building leirc kiii|ip who died in pertawle on luiredny at the agt of "*, was a foirner lident of this vicinity and on the ml lie owned in the large iron fonndi v orth ol town lip leaves a son frank uipp living in haltield township b iwm a very rttlfflt nnd zealous ember of the orvilla evangelical inrch a vciy laige heater is to he placed i eller's'stnre by the firm of llcrbner a there will he a big time at cllftlfont ark f^atinilay aug il when there is le enriuhl meeting of the golden kngle the lansdflle b.i«eb.ill jrand stund m been put undrr roof a.'ain the toiuia of inft winter demolished the ormer one tin episcopal school picnic is on ng hi and the place in cllnlfonl park the game of bull on saturday was mi y the all-scholflltic teani over ansdale in a 10 i string game by the coraiof 7 to li should the weather be favorable there fill be a lnrge crowd go from here on hnrtrinv to chnlfotit park th occasion ein the combination sunday school icnio rev e e valentine of the ambler hnroh exchanged pulpits with hev f v johnson of the lansdale baptist hurch on sunday evening a row of 2 new brick houses is to h routed here'bv a syndicate of lannjfiiti id north wales business men the bite is on fifth street in the noithern pert of town the ground belongs to ohn si harley,of the latter place many people went froni hereabout to he e-.imp meeting at highland park on sunday thih is nesr sellersville and inder'the auspices of one branch of the evangelicals a visitor frpm a distance is francis 1 longaker from seattle washington sannt is mrs d longaker of the unction house a r place the attorney with his amily has gone for several weeks to o ea<»lesmere prof howard h freed and wife are n new hampshire seeing the white noun tains ulysses schoolcraft and george haus er of binghamton new york are vis tin their aunt here who is mrs lohn debai the a marriage license has been granted o charles johnson of north wales and lucy johnson of lnnsdale benjamin ambler who next month will celebate his 2d birthday anniver ary is recovering nicely from an opera ioh pei formed on an abscess of the eye air ambler is lansdale's oldest resident and is remarkably well preserved for a nan of his age a bold ther aaron nyce of lanedale is now in semrh of a man who gave his name an frank mills and who had secured jowdin at his place on wednesday jut left the next day taking with him t is plk aed.s'io belonging to mr nyce mills bad secured employment in hie american foundry company's plant be worked but one day iiud on thurs lav claimed to be sick and remained at the boarding houi-e on lluirsday morning mrs nyce had put 0 in the cupboard intending plncing it in the bank the same day while she was jagtd in washing the porch mills made good his escape not even taking ime to put on his coat shortly after 10 o'clock when she went to the cup board the money was gone and ho was mills he had seen her put the money there officer kulp was notified and a search for mills around town instituted later in the day it was learned that mills had been seen on a trollev rar in ambler boi'nd for philadelphia it is slated that he has established a record for larceny in other to»n9 where he find bren employed and vigilant search for the man is being made broad ale miss mary mooney gave a party last week to her young frlendt grant stackhouse of bryn mawr visited in this vicinity monday mr and mrs john l schriber attended the dunkard picnic on saturday at nortn wales george w hellinge retuued on saturday morn from the weit with u7 head of stock for his in creasing trade mr helllngs not being able to get the right kind here at home was obliged to go west for cattle mr aivi mrs lester w lime made up a party to willow urove on friday a very pleasant day wasspenby all charles 0 fiiddle will hold bis closing sale this saturjay to remove to ambler wesley mepheisjn of skippack is nursing a very sore hand he is visiting his parents this week here mrt chlffcy who has been boarding here has returned to the city mr and mrs harper nice tendered a party on saturday evening to their daughter miss dna in honor of her 10th anniversary your fort washington correspondent wrongly referred to the broad axe news gatherer as the author of the lishlng trip we noticed the item wab published in the narclssa news mr j cornell is threshing his oats this week mrs su-iui rex and sou william of handv hill visited here on sunday spotswood farm has been connected witli the bell telephone exchauge and u phone placed therein miss mamie oberlee after a pleasant stay with miss jauucey has returned to uermantown miss mary a mover visited in jenkintowu on sunday mr and mrs charles spencer mrs elvira uuu nlnghurc aud ton russell of nnnlitowu mrs ester tulore of philadelphia were thegmestsof mr william c swaincott and family sunday ultunioon willow grove last week the janitor of the new abington township bchool nouce.ou willow growe heights found that the building had been broken into a large window glass had teen broken and the building ransacked nothing was taken but the rascals oomuiitttd a nuisance before leavink the building itibuow reported that the telephone company will erect poleualoiik the roait that leads into lleatuu station and nut the pavlsville road to llobefisauk's morgan's and other subscribers a colored man employed l>y william 1'enrose naa some clothing and other articles stolen from him one day recently the man had his room in the barn auq it is sutiposedi the aruclu were taken by u suspicious looking color ed i*r«jn been about the lueiuises who w«s been by constable l'almer leaving the jilate frank mcdowell children are ill with whoop luk cough w l kentner hat put a new forge in his uhop he uow has three forge anj eniiiloys four mvp lark's new providence bai.d iri lopular unu large crowuh are attending tbe grove a reunion of the uodtthulk fuuiily will be held at funk's forest park c'halfout aug 10 veterans in session reunion of company b first penn sylvania cavalry iiii-m.ii'i ruin i n iiiui.nl for their llnnnr in aniiiii-i lp«n hnuac — keant ir ilnnl t«<k hhccmi iinil llfnin l hotel wyiul llll 111 it.lll illimil m ~>"< ml im ii ¦ . with gnm ilaclted old glorv bennti fnlly brranged nnd all the other para phernalia of war dis|ilay?d on the singe of the ambler openi hodffi the annual reunion of company b i'irst rfiinsyl n ravnlrv was held on tuendliy noun adg •">, tn celebrate tlm»n niverwiry of their piilistmeiit over 41 - bab the exe^roiiei commencing at io'cuvi the committee in charge were john i cooppr jiirtns w hut win i i>evinp charles ford and connrd lifter and llip way in which the ex ercises were handled showed that they had spared no pains to make the wssion one of the liveliest and iikst interesting iu the1 history of the company 1'romptly at 2 o'clock to the inspiring b trains of the bugle by william knob lauch busier late of tli unitfd states cnvalrv nearly ail of the members of company b assembled in tne opera house happy and jolly yet bearing themselves with dignity proud of their distinction for the valuable services ho well rendered their country in so many engagements the invocation was made by dr roberts of the mercer home in which he besought divine blessing to rest upon these comrades who had met together and thanking god that snch men had been given for our country and praying that they might he kept under his divine guidance burgess rex of ambler who was to have made the address of welcome was unable to be present he having been called frorn the opera house a few minutes before the exercises commenc ed rev thomas brown took mr rex's place and after explaining why he was tljere instead of the burgesp extended on behalf of the people of ambler a very free an cordial welcome to the town for the visitors he said there is nothing grander thpn to see these men some with bent shonlders and hoary heads meet together to commemorate the great events which have transpired ip e'osinpj dr brown said he welcomed tneni again and was glad to have them here lieutenant joe f moore responded to the address lieut moore said "] am very glad to meet yon but since ] did not know 1 was to make the address until i arrived here i am afraid i an like the man who was going up the hill with a load of potatoes some one took out the tail board and when he reached the top he found they were all spilled out so that is the way with my speech ; it is all spilled out in mak ing further remarks the lieuteuanl greeted hie comrades and then called up to the their memories several of their experiences in ii2 which were thrilling and exciting and were listen ed to with great interest miee marie f stoddart sang a beauti ful hoio which was received with great applause and was encored an eloquent address was made by rev j d detrich the faraier orat or of flomtown mr detrich also made the substance of his address re minisceuses of war times he said the condition of our country,the prosperity the liberty and everything we havi now we owe to the veterans gatherec here today following this address army experiences were related by members of the company many inter esting and laughable incidents were related by major r r corson allei l bevan president of the association of company b franklin snyder anc joel l davis ihe experiences were highly entertaining and the audience showed their appreciation bv their fre quent applause mies stoddart again rendered a very pleasing selection which was enthusiastically received and which was encored by annie laurie miss helen kile of ambler nave a recitation who was the hero a gettysburg which was well rendered the next number on the program wab an address by alex k.mcclure,bu be not being present the meeting wai adjourned to reassemble at hotel wynd ham the headquarters to partake o hard tack bacon and beans and a cordial invitation was extended all to join the company and enjoy the repast chairman bevan in closing the meet ing thanked the people of ambler foi their hospitality in making this meet ing the most interesting of any ye held at hotel wyndharji where a large hag was displayed a fine supper wa served to the veterans and their wive and i'iuni lies much merriment abound ed as the comradee swapped yarn of their own experiences in the army some told of their hardships others ol amusing incidents but as true heroe never praise themselves no deeds o heroism or daring were recalled al though we venture to say that those present were heroes in the truest eeneu of the woid kaowing some of the ho engagements that they took part in those present were a 8 elder william adair allan bevan mark k hagner r r corson w h rhoade conard maieer justuh w lutz e smoyer win h ramsey josepl smith james mctague william elder charles ford alexander gotwals joseph trice franrib blehl henry y kair m m matron lorenzo black joeep moore john 1 orel gh too james me clellan franklin snyder joel t davis the baggage room at ilathoro sta tioii 18 to be " a marriage license has been grante henry fillnmn hatboro and jan riuggold quakertown the north wale kecord entered it d volume the past week and in eteadi ly growidp better with tho years fo 25 ynaih editor \\ linei johnson ha beea at the helm obituary itknky krht henrv krnpn died hi bis hornf in tisrtnls mi tnnrsday nighi from the ffectd of paralysis and dropsy with vliich ih hod been nffllcted tot wme iine mr krnpp did not recover from lie atlnrk of iiiiralysis when brought iniih frnm i'tiiladelphiri rccenlly al lionifh at times hia recovery seemed nvorame deceased wm il yp.nts and nine month olj and hml been employ • 1 by the philadelphia a rendinir ail way for the paat 88 yenre 30 y*nn of which were spent a fireman on the oad for the past three ve.irs he hail een employed a nifrht wairhmnn at lerond street and lehlgh avenue yards i'hiliuu'lphiii he is snrvlvevi bv a wife nnd six children a follows mrs john i ridiik'top !\[ r ¦>. heorge rnfe hniiy crnpfi mrs tohn mclaren l-anddflle tfrs daniel a ibriijht philfldelnhlb/lintl jfi-m harvey s hwartley north wales the funeral w.ih held luesdfly morn ni interment in the lflnsdale ceme pry qhorqk dankhower c-»eorge danchower of north vvah lied on monday night of parelyail mr datiehower was one of tbe few iemain jt aged residents of upper gwynedd and had been an invalid from muscular rheumatism for a number of years he was in his time one of the nio.«t active men of the tow.nsbip he was for many venrs one of the manc^ers of the ipringhouse and snmneytown turnpike end also for a number of terms super visor of the township both before and after its division he survived his jnily and for a number of vears has resided at ihe well known north main street residence with a housekeeper he also for many years was an auction eer and was patronized for many miles iround in crying sales for the farmers elizabeth booz mts elizabeth buoz about 90 years of as»e died at the residence of her nindsnii david booz smith at north wales.jon saturday of old age and de bility she had been almost a helpless invalid for a number of years she k;aves a daughter mary unmarried who resided with her the funeral took place tuesday morning samuel keown samuel keown of fort washington died at the german town hospital philadelphia tuesday morning frcm injuries receivedjtwo weeks previous at wayne junction where lie got in front of a moving train and was badly cut about the head being internally injur ed and having three ribs broken he was picked up unconscious and taken to the hospital where he died deceased was well known in this community as a drover for years he farmed a portion of the wharton estate now ccupie'd by the country club he was a director of the ambler building and loan association about a year ago he moved to morris road fort washing ton he leaves a widow and a number of children henry hedrick henry hedrick of line lexington after a lingering illness of diabetes died at his home on monday mr hed rick was well known throughout that action of the country pedllvn misses anna and elizabeth kessler are at esglesmere mr f t chambers and family are at jrindstone neck me miss woodville of philadelphia is the guest of mrs h e boyer mr and mrs charles lutz of new york city have been visiting mrs j lutz during the past week miss florence merrick of consho hocken is the guest of mies lydia mathias letters remaining in the l'enllvn postotiice week ending aug 2 are for john bolton master walter segg mus martha frisby willie roane wrllouarter of a mile deep contractor thomas harper of jenkin town has reached a depth of 1350 feet in the driving of the aitesian wells for the new citv water works at cape may n j but has not found the water bearing a stiatutq for which he seeks based upon experiences in sinking wells at atlantic city ocean city and wild wood the stream of water desired was expected to he reached at a depth of between 800 and j00 ftet but at 820 feet stratum of solid reck was found and it required a week of time for the hi avitst drill to penetrate through it for a depth of one foot small clams intoot and closed were found at 501 feet and scallop shells from i>">0 to 750 feet decayed wood has alto been found at all depths at 1000 feet water was found but it was bo charged with mineral substance that it was pnle gieen in color geologists are tompletb by at sea and all their predictions have been proven wrong nobody is able to mv at what depth the required water will be found maple ulan jubu maun lias been under the doctor's care the past week or no mrs sheiipard and ton of prospectville spent sunday at harlet roberts mrs sulliea houpt of norristowu visited at charles h muuns one d»y last week miss elizabeth danehower of dpringhoube speut la*t thursday with miseciertmde couard miss bailie 1 mai-lnut lilin of broad axe visit ed at charles roberts on tuesday ol last week minses elizabeth ami greta ambler ot phila delphia have been spending a few days al thomas ¥¦ conud'l miss saia wumiu and lloyd wilson uf newtown spent sunday at the same place ron tvllle cliarleb kli-h ol jermuntowu returned iioiik mi baturiluy after tending eeveral weeks will hl son . ( liurli'b kii-li jr ol thit place tilt mlkm-th»fclevud vu koetsler ol 1'liilu jtlphla were tne guests of miss beissitf k weiss on monday mn tiioinus anderoon i etlll on the sick lint mm win buckhardt of liavln grove speut sunday illi mr ani mi if(«e worth mm alfred collom of pliiladelphia spem several days ian week with mrs reuceu finley evan clyuer aud family of oluey are speud nikthe week with mr and mit charles keadlug mist iliiiica h iordou is cuuvalefec'ln walti-i killumu sp«u tiuudaj with hitt brother william killuiuu.of thib loace kit mauaie ueirthiiyder ul uerruantown it klwudiiik the we«k witn her coutiii mbn i.'l»le kich mr 1 wis smith and luuiilv of l^m ibiled mr )¦ c weil uu luunlvlou mr honors are distributed mr knight resigns mr buchanan accepts chairmanship in head or highway rmnniitl need t ambler council mentlrik — in i < li i illii seat — tnx kate h mllla-ilpiillli hoard complete ambler borough conunoil held it a regular si-spinn monday evening in their new i|iiaripif the room of the wlmd hirkon fire coropaoyi 1'residont kopi illed the members to order shortly after s p.nd all flrwb prphint but mr davis and mr craft on motion the crrdfintials and oath cf ollice of r hcott tbe newly elected member tn ill the vacancy canted by mr kramer's resignation were received nd h wps rtdmilted as a member the liiinntfa of july 7 were read and ap proved mr buchanan of the finance cominit tep,said he had nothing to report at ibis time but ta august is the month for laying the tax rate he presented an or dinance fixing the i;ite at 8 mills the same as inst year which was pained unanimously mr knight of the highway commit tc repotted that they had consulted with the traction company regarding the resurfacing of hutler avenue from lindcnwold avenue to main street and tint the latter company had agreed to contribute 000 towards the cost of the improvement the committee asked a longer period to consider the proposi tion the strent commissioner has been at work in south ambler cleaning up the streets mr knight stated he had resigned the chairmanship of the com mittee and mr buchanan had been elected mr walmsley of the fire committee reported the new engine in good con dition and the old steamer undergoing repairs he recommends placing the fire alarm out'ide the tire building there nre ooi feet of good hose and about 250 feet of old hose in tbe fire house and he advised disposing of the latter and replacing it with new hose on motion mr walmelev wps in siructed to sell the old bose at a price satisfactory to the committee mr a cuff of the law and order com mittee reported the order cf the town g iod,and the borough officer bark again on duty the light building permit borough improvement and borough property committees reported nothing the election of mr scott to council created a vacancy on the board of health which president rose rilled by appointing dr godfrey for the unex pirod term billls were presented a ad ordered paid 89 follows james h boileau foo daniel dowlin 54 on motion of mr knight council ad journed to meet at the call of the chair stating that the highway committee may again he compelled to consult with the traction company regarding the street improvements owynedti walter jenkins and family have gone to squirrel inn catskill mountains ilin sister mrs mary j ambler df amb er is spending eome time at buck hill palls but will go to the catskills iu a ew days ashton worrall andrew koch elmer sehaffer and eddie davis have encamp ed on the banks of the wissahickon near mumbower's mill and are daily visited by the nobility of the neighbor lood they have a cabin to cook in ind are living in princely style mr charles e ingersoll who is raveling in europe ib expected home about the middle of next month mrs elibha worrall ig visiting at arlington a suburb of washington d this thursday quarterly meeting will ae held here and the trolley company has arranged that a special car shail meet the 9.02 train from the reading t9nninal at 47 at ambler and convey the friendb up to the meeting house willlow dell the country seat of mr and mrs herman just near gwynedd was the scene of a merry house party during the last week in honor of mr just's two nieces the misses elizabeth and sophie haase of springfield o who are spending the summer with their relatives in uwynedd and phila delphia the guests included mr and mrs william j hopkins and child mrs e e vonhelmold miss emma knox miss mary duncan william ii needham and k c hammond all of philadelphia and i'aul wayne of phoenixville the party will start for cape may on saturday tb spend a few days at the shore mrs elizabeth f ulover who has been spending several weeks with her daughter mrs william g just at the latter's country place,the orchard near uwynedd.startea for philadelphia tues day morning where she will spends few days prior to returning to her home in phoenixville agcil mhu jlottbil saviugit samuel drteher an aged resident of norriton township sunday morning about 7 o'clock took mrs weinrich in his team to her sons home and when he returned about 20 minutes of t he went into his home to prepare for church as nobody resides with him he was atstoaished to rind a rear window open upon examiniuation he discover ed that the window had been forced open with a post upade usually kepi in tbe wood house he hasteued to his sleeping room where he k^t-ps his money in a desk and found the pocjt etbook empty and tbe 15 10-dollar not es wkich it had contained together with 52 in other bills missing -\ baa containing 45 in uilver money ami chanue was also oue the drawers ixi the deek wer opeu aod the thief had had easy work but be misted another rolljof bills amounting to 45 which wmij uuuigturbed in another drawer glenside and around the angobi ihtn of the sentinel if out philip theoboldand family have lion i eagleimert for nn extended etuv mr kate t may and daughter mip lilian c may are spending the week at atlantic cfty miss lillian vanwinkje of edge hill has nrtomed home from a week stny at atlantic city mr botjrgootl,of baltimore was th guest of thonihh bnurgoon ami family of edge hill lust sundny the dihers oisoalatloo gars a nic rowinl im-n fete on the lawn of th charon i:"i timmlny evening charles bugliiss of philadelphia is occupying tho house formerly owned by tbomm yettkle on limekiln pike the monthly meeting of the iri'i us toclatlon of ciirmel » frcabvteriiifi church will bo held this w ' - -»•.< evening frank ramsey president of ihe <<¦ ¦¦ side fire company reporti having bad good siiccess in soliciting oqbtrlbnrton lor a fire house the ushers association baseball nine was defeated last saturday afternoon by thealhion nine of philadelphia by ¦¦ score of 0 to :'.. the washington camp l'.o s of a of this place will give an excursion t • capo may on tho steamer republic on saturday an 28 a party of boys of the vicinity h-f i tuesday morning on a company trip to long branch they will return honif saturday evening george hawkins and son master harry hawkins returned to their home at edge hill last saturday evening frorn a stay at atlantic city miss helen smith of philadelphia has returned home after having spenv the past week the guest of miss edith miller of lismore street the regular monthly meeting of the ushers association of carmei presby terian church will be held friday evening the meeting ofjthe girls as sociaton will be held next wenesdav evening the saw waw tribe of red men of this place will give a lawn fete on the lawn of glenside inn willow grove pike saturday evening autr 16 a colored ijuartet will render popular song1 throughout the evening rev a f vontobel pastor of carmei picsbyti-iisn church has received a call fiom a presbyterian church at montrose huaquebftnna county he hs partially decided to accept the same and will probably tender his resignation hern early this month this is ead news for the congregation tuesday evening of la=t week just i the up train on the l!(aiin railway vvi rounding the curve approaching tho . tres'le work below iiubicam station the engineer noticed two little girls walking on the frrstle he qblcslv whistled down brplu's and the tiain js stopped within a fen feet of the cbiu'r'n tbe little girls had been to willow grove and having spent all iheir money w^re walking home to ed^e hill village where they resided mr betls'nnd sn other gentiemnn who are living for the summer at kubicani very kindly gave them money placed them on the nexr train and sent them to their homes jarrettown a peach festival will be held on th lawn of the methodist church saturday evening aug 1c abram morgan is now recovered from his recent illness mrs felin of philadelphia bas re turned to her city home after eevf-rnl weeks stay with her dauhter mrs m j dillon of this place samuel f thibhen is planting out lots of celery and other fall and winter truck misses ida and lora chandler have returned to the city after spending about a week|with mrs albert atkinson the ladies aid society met on tues dav evening of last week at the home of mr and mrs wm lightkep ml . j dillon has threshed out his crop of wheat and has sold it at a fair price to a xortu wales miller mrs eliza i/ghtkep is slowly recover ing from her recent illness on saturday last judge weand ap pointed william lightkep collector of ' taxes for upper diblin township the appointment is for the unexpired term of hicks lukena who recently handed * in his resignation to the same court thirty five iu keuniuu a remarkable family reunion of three jenorations took place in hilltown oir junday,when iu children and 1 grand children visited mr and mrs kli frankenh'eld they sat down to a good ld fashioned bucks county dinner and he family of 35 made an interesting group as they sat about the feetivo ihe children in the order of senior ity and their families are howard of dhalfont wife and four children rath earle mabel and james 1'iiul ; reed of philadelphia wife and two children bertha and leon ; levi of phildelphia unmarried harry of plumstead wife and three children ira abel and eleiti james of ovyoedd wife and four children celia bessie edna and uoea clinton of dentine unmarried daniel of destine unmar ried dora i wife of theodore bergey of dublin two children howard and ethel edward of'doylestown unma ried albert of gwynedd unmarried jesse of hilltown unmarried 8a rt'.-i»ling ut home unmarried the home of mr and mrs george eckhardt ut line lexington was the a-ene of a very nrehy event ontu.es ay when together with their children grandchildren and a host of frittidi hey celebrated their golden wedding guesta bekan to arrive in tbe early morning and kept teeming during thi day u was h day of well wishes and ioy a table on the lawn was laden with all the delicacies of the season imd ut the dinner hour all did juil