The Ambler Gazette 19021009

              vol xx.-no 42 amivler pa october i ux)2 . 25 a year lights and boardwalks regular meeting of ambler bor ough council held illlln pnlrt - north mnplp strept bsmttlhn tiilirmii if on mnlu llfmt to iln lab nrny trolley ciiin|innyti llrlck on south main street . the ambler council last monday evening got flown to baiinett after h va cation of several months this meet ing was callerl at 7 so by president kose and all the member were present the minutes of auk 4 wpre rend and ap proved the linance committee reported hav ing approved the tax collector's bond mr.rtichfinnt chairman of the bnance committee reported us follows south main street under the ordinance uiant ed the lehigh volley traction company is to he macadamized 12 font leaving two feet additional the highway committee recommends this two ' feet to be completed l>y the boroujrh aeeordlm to the same specifications mid material as tins been used by the lchigh valley traction com pany and at same price of 86 cents per square yard the highway committee rcdom mends the opening of maple street from butler avenue north to connect with that portion which is now open also recommends the extension of main street ford street repaired satisfactorily to the property owners the streets in borough hn-ve tieen scnip ed by mr conway boardwalks on southern portion of tennis avenue are in a dangerous con dition the chairman of thehlghway committee notified property owuers to have name repaired at once but as yet there has teen nothing dona if the highway committee has any jurisdiction over this matter we would like council to instruct and the committee « ill have the work done with the usual penalty added the highway commit tee recommends the placing of a foot walk from rosemary aven no to spring garden street then on line of spring garden street to cooper's hotel by reason of the building of the new school house the residents of that portiou of the borough have no means for their children to get to the public school without going through the mud and wet greenwood avenue has been rolled with w 7 devine's steam roller an<1 is in a very satisfactory condition mr davib of the light committee reported the need of a light between jacob danehower's and the old frea9 store on main street another needed on euclid avenue at the properties of messrs shoemaker and jackson and also on poplar btreet all of which were later odered mr wahnsley of the tire committee reported that the steamer had not been tested because the members felt that council is not supporting the company as it should and the need of financial assistance prevents needed work on the property he urged that council prompt ly pass the regular appropriation and thus render assistance mr acuff of tftvlaw and order com mittee reported the order of the town good he presented a request from the borough officer for a leave of absence for the first 10 days in november mr camburn of the building permit committee reported having issued per mits to leidy fi heckler stable and two dwellings d w sperry school house j j dager stable the treasure reported a balance mi utrtautling bills . 	 - 	 „ 	 ea had expir ed and that the borough officer was active in securing renewals £ the special committee to confer with the traction company relative to secur ing feoo to resurface butler avenue re ported there was nothing new since the labt meeting the report was accepted and committees discharged all the outstanding bills were then paid including the expenses of the elec tion officers at the special election amounting to 105 the light bill of 8608.75 and the water rent of 250 mr craft urged property owners to trim out trees along the htreets where the thick branches obstruct the street lights mr knight recommended the neces sity of a boardwalk from the rosemary and orange avenue properties across to bulter avenue and the highway com mittee was instructed to lay a footwalk across rosemary avenue to spring gar den street and then to butler avenue ihe committee was also instructed to proceed with the work of securing bids on opening north main street and pre paring the approaches to the subway mr acutf said it had been brought to his attention that the subway had been constructed 10 feet outride the plans ac cepted bv council mr craft thought there should be no delay in the con htruction of the approaches on that ac count at a conference with the borough engineer could easily determine the er ror the matter of opening maple street to the northern borough line was en trusted to the highway committee with power to secure bids and to report at the next meeting mr rone reported that the keasbey mattison company has laid out a large reservoir along maple 6trcet and that they intend cutting a new channel through under maple street near the bridge but that this work will not in terfere with that of the borough the proposed ordinance for the open ing of park avenue from mattison to r rosemary and also that of opening rosemary avenue to north street were introduced and ordered to be advertised for the legal period to come up for linal passage on nov 10 in motion it was decided that when council adjourns it adjourn to meet on oct 27 mr koulke reported on the damage sui f mr rudolph of north wales relative to injuries received from alleg ed defective boardwalks on euclid ave nue and haul her attorney mr jenkins had written claiming 100 damages mr foulke abked for inhtruction and was ordered to confer with mr jenkins and to nnike a compromise if uobsible do thu most favoittblc t'ruis the matter of niueitdniniziiig thu two feet on south main ttnet referred to by the highway committee in it report wu duoqhmd und on looking up the oidinaiue it wa found that the trollev company iu to puvn this portion with vitrilied biick th dilapidated tanoia avenue boud walks cuinu up for dlnoumtloq and 000 ujderatlou jiml on motion the highway committee wac iflntfncted to confer with the borough solicit r relative to the hnr utrli'f jurisdiction in compelling the property owners n repair the walks mini if j ¦¦ > — i l>lf > to imve the work done as soon tr pomlfolsa the bond anil acceplonce of the philadelphia a lehign va i ley traction oompanv was approved by the solicitor ami accepted by council the bond of thp tux collector was dlso accept d the ti eronerationx were referred to te finance committee to report at the nest meeting council adjourned to meet oh ct 87 amblcf l i«i final till iim th foothnl i season was opened in ambler last saturday by the ambler field dub ili'fentintr the cooper a (!., of cnmden n ¦)., by the score of 10 to o the cooper team although a match for the ambler team in weight was outplayed from tb itfll'ti at no time during the game wna the ambler goal in danger and the cooper a c suc ceeded in making only two first downs tiih game was then called and the last touch down was not counted wilkinson got off his punts very illicitly they were high nnd save the ends plenty of time to get down the held and prevent the running back of the ball ambler's defensive work was all to hie good but on the offensive al thnnuh a^reasive and hard working eno.igh her interference wns sadly lack ing and although on a line plunge every man pihied and helped the run ner.with better interference for endur ance the score would have been three times hi if ambler expects tn win from oakland who were defeated by the university of pennsylvania fresh men last year by the small score of i to 0 she'll have to buck up her interfer ence next saturday with good team work ambler will easily defeat oakland six years for lanmlnle man george brendle pleaded guilty in the montgomery county court monday to burglary in upper gwynedd the pris oner who is an iron worker lived in lansdale me gave as his excuse that he had been drinking ho admitted that he had served ihree years in alary land in passing sentence judge swartz said that a man who breaks into honses in the night time need expect little mercy and brerjdttl was given six years in the penitentiary — three years for the cooilf taken from mrs kate spear and three for the goods taken from milton keyser 	 lant«1a)e the public school lecture course this year promises to lie interesting aud well worthy of attending judging from the prominent men and companies of enlertaiuers which have been en gaged for thisoccaslon the course consists of lectures musical and novelty events as follows on nov ill the first in the beries will be by the hrocrntfiy rand concert company on dec 3 there vflll be a lecture by william hawley smith the third in the series will be on feb 4 when tne coit novelty company will be there this compauv eouslsts of the following members a c i:oit illustrator miss alice costerllne readily und posing miss martha alexander violinist an " vocalist william lleoormick mimic _ — bfcon a deplorable accident happened it lansdile station on saturday forenoon about 9 o'clock three telephone linemen attempted to hoard a car on the dnyjestowu track two succeeded tmt the third slipped and fell one leg was cut off and the other so badly injured that amputa tion will likely be necessary his name was john leary and his residence conshohoeken the welsh bros show exhibited here last fri day afternoon and evening was quite successful and carried away much money from this town and vicinity it was held on the baseball ground in the east part of the borough the new passenger station was put under roof last week and the interior work is rapidly pro gressing the new trolley line to norristown proves a treat convenience and is well patronized uii uudays of each wtek there is mucn fault found however with the rate of fare of 40 cents rouned trip when 30 cents is demanded the fault is supposed to be with the schylkill valley traction bv which the cars get into norristown when the link from frankliuvllle to friends corner is completed 40 cents will aiso be the cost of round trip fares from ambler to norristown the revival meetings at the baptist church were well attended last week rev thomas houston also held noonday meetings at the stove foundry where 240 workmen are employed the new house being built by howard delp is now under roof it will be a most handsome and substantial structure lewis m davis last week put a new tin roof on the house of algernon s martin who is super visor of upper gwynedd this succeeds a shin gle roof that was put on when the house was ibullt by john mar'.in as long ago as 1m8 a real estate dealer here says that the houses most in demand in lansdale are those renting for not more than si to j12 per month he told only what everybody knew before and we pre sume that the same trouble and the same de mand exists in ambler probably 40 of this kind could be readily rented in lansdale elwood hoot the democratic candidate for register has been about lansdale looking after his political fences no doubt he will receive a considerable republican vote both here and in hir home township of i'pper gwynedd f w mcdowell who owns two farms near lansdale has removed from his summer home to his winter residence in philadelphia ¥. h hoffman has reoper.ed a restaurant in the seller block this makes the fourth exl»t ing in lansdale nine people are buying gas coal a species of soft coal but all in big lumps others are being supplied with coke at 3 per ton and a few for tunate ones had their stock laid in last spring to rely upon bit loads of wood are also being hauled about town and oil moves are being eager ly bought up even by those who have been pre judiced against ihe use of oil for heating kev jerome larr the evangelical pastor has removed from walnut street to green street nearly opposite his church this will be much more convenient for his ministrations the revival meetings in the baptist church will continue every ulght the present week closing next sunday evening kev thomas houston tbe speaker was born in scotland and did not become blind till 17 yearn of ago he was for six years pastor of a church ii new jersey l l swart has moved from the outskirts of lausdaleto l>u<iuc-e allegheny county pa he lias been u member f the school board of upper gwynedd 	 spriugliotue mitsesdora aud gertrudei smith have been visiting the misses johnson at fort washington several days duriiik the past week bpencerhosman charles fleck h.b painter eugene whlttock and harry slrehle were among those attended the treutou fair on thursday about 10 scholars ol the senior class of cwlar hill school accompanied by their teacher hits i'urrle derr went to fort washington on friday aftemoou to visit the old revolutionary fort miss kate ii fleck of norriatown i>eiit sun day with her parents mr and mrs 1 w fleck julius u kempp is pe»ding borne time with relatives at alexandria va william huzby while driving on hiu wav to ambler on thursday night ran into kinley h kitzelmau who a od hi uav to this lace up tettlng mr buzby whose hone ran away aud y ra y . uiiiulislicd the wmkou mr uuzbv found ills bora the nest moruiutl iiulutly grazing on byron fleck's lawn a wedding will ii ' u'h'uti'd huh wednesday evvnlujf tthimi mi zvwu biin-h m !.«•<¦. nm the wifeuf mi ( h,,rl k'.i '¦!¦ i jr tlii uryuii mill take pliueut thuhotel ol which u fat'wrui hie groom u piopiitu'i to make gas for ambler purpose of the proposed ambler gas company director to lie otfadlmtl after ll-hnt i>f clinrter 1'nrh.v loiml oonoarn-modnfl mil ip-to-lllltc ii nl «(> lln ihhiiiii.c rrniiiptly tin1 ambler ias c0tnp>dj ifl licing organized nnd incorporated for the pur pose of jivin ambler a thoroughly c(|iiippeil kkh plant said a representa tive of tb proposed new enrrmanv to a jajieh reporter on tiichflnv the cmnpany will be local and will tie com poseil of representative hnsincba men of the town john s buchanan john j iloiinliton and i t dnbe are the only persons at present actively identified with the company hut after the charter is granted an organization will follow it is expected the charter will be kranted aboot nov i application for the same to the governor will be made on oct 2:!d and nfter that an applica tion will be mails f6r a franchise through and over the streets of ambler if a satisfactory ordinance can be se cured measures will then be taken to install it plant thoroughly up-to-date nnd which will bean improvement to the town plans have already been made and estimates given relative tn tbe cost of installing a plant in this locality the principal object of the company " said the representative is to furnish a fuel at reasonable price and we propose to have the plant in operation within six months after the contracts are awatd ed 	 north wales john vvittaker of the north wales machinery company who resided at 105 north main street has removed with bifl family to the prettv parsonage of the sanctuary m e church john sharplesa has thin week remov ed from the verona house to philadel phia editor wiliner h johnson has gone on a health and pleasure trip to denver col john wilfong is slowly recovering from his recent attack of typhoid fever joseph morris is again able to go to his business in the city after a few weeks illness pierce i"i williams of caniden n j have rented and taken possession of the smithshop of george dager near the central hotel j henry ariibt flagman at the wal nut street railway crossing has pur chased through h r swartley the cad waliider property at fifth and east montgomery avenue for 1400 charles brown the foreman for the t n yates & company nurseries below town lias rented one of pew houses in tlip block being erected in the w ' id p mwrriw .. .. hen at 112 south third'street j b f williams no 10s church street and charles creger no 331 elm avenue benjamin summers a former resi dent will move back to town to no 107 church street two of the new syndicate houses will be occupied by jos n mann and b f lewis of philadelphia there is a prospect of our town get ting a valuable new industry a large store truck manufacturing firm of phila delphia is negotiating for a building to remove their plant to this town the erection of the new baptist church and the new mill for 0 m weber builders supplies is hanging fire scarcity of mechanics and high prices of lumber etc are holding them back north wales lodge of odd fellows officers were installed on wednesday by d d grand master bolton and his staff as follows n g william holt v g clarence nuss recording secre tary w m weber financial secre tary charles danner treasurer harry nuss warden hairy hergebhirner con j a gerhart.o g.,c richard 1 q robert shepperd ;. r 6 n ci george s hergp6himer and harry breicb v g sup irvin quinn and william baskine chaplain william pope the stated meeting of council on monday evening passed tinally the lengthy and stringent health ordinance recommended by the state and local boardb of health tbe treasurer reports 007.70 on hand and the clerk reports the borough debt reduced to 5000 new sidewalk paving was ordered from pennsylvania avenue to swartley street and on west walnut street along the line of the new improvements a pris oner having escaped the council com mittee report having made the jail more secure a new street light was ordered for fourth street and trie repair of sidewalks on elm avenue was refer - red to the proper committees district deputy grand master cor nell of philadelphia visited north wales lodge no 26 shield of honor on tuesday evening a number of north wales odd fel lows participated in the public instal lation ceremony of ambler lodge no 1045 on tuesday evening georue blaetengtein wlin was injured at the bridge wreck has so far recover ed at the jelt'ejson hospital an to be able to go to his home at rome n v walter shearer and eugene 1 ;.-«¦- aie able to walk out on crutches the work of putting the girder back on the • piers is progressing slowly a hoisting engine will boon be on hand and then the completion will soon l made and cars run over tbe uaiutj wedded ktllcr l a very prettv home wedding took place nl the n sidence of mr and mts robert henderson darrah,of hartflville hi wednesday evening when their daughter miss catherine darren wns i.iirried to randolph ii miller of philadelphia the ceremony wn per formed bv the rev w k preston pa tor of the nenlintr.inv presbyterian church of warwick hunts were inv ent frniii philadelphia qermnntown edge hill wyncote beverly moons r.'wn dovlestnnn nesl-nminy hbrt1 viile lamibon.ivyland liethayres new town and cheltenham mr nnd mm jliller will wide nt noble vandi'cikil t dkhaven mr it percy vandegiift and mies amiic s dellaven both of ambler wire quietly irirried last thursday evefl iiil at the parsonage of the mount pleasant 13n print church ambler by rev e e valentine mr and mis1 vandi'grift will reside in ambler camiil'un grove mr charles camburn of south amb ler ind miss mlnorvfl trove of amb ler were marri'-l last thursday evening at the home of mr albert cflrnbdrn of south ambler brother of the groom only the immediate frtnoilicfl were pres ent f!i>v e k valentine pastor nf i be mount pleasant baptist church ambler performed the ceremony after the knot had been tied and coh gratulations tendered light refresh menta were served mr and mrs candairn pill reside in ambler solomon yetter ¦ a pretty wedding was solemnised on saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock in all saint's episcopal church norristown when mr leon solomon,of norristown was united in marriage to miss kli/a beth g yetter of plymouth meeting the rev herbeit burke was the officiating clergyman the best man was mr edward kurtz of norristown and the bridesmaid miss blanche iosh en of plymouth meeting kill mi ai wliiteinnmli jm o'lon louis buss eon of john l!nss of norristown and a brakeinan in the em ploy of tlie pennsylvania railroad mfit an instant and terrible dealb beneath tbe wheels of his train on the trenton cut-off near whitemarsli junction monday afternoon about 4 o'clock buss with tbe crew of no 48 a shifter passed tbe dekalb street station of the pennsylvania buss tvas-an extra man and bad been as signed to this crew for the present week as he passed the station he wav ed his hand to several friends and spoke to others 20 minutes later a message was received at the local station saying that buss was dead he had gone under tne wheels while making a coupling at hiteniarsh junction ami had b^en cut most in twain death was ineiantan maple ulon burglars are active sneak thieves visits ambler fort washington and north wales store of krid iliifvnniil llnliit'il mini i'mloffli'k vllfttd w l-imln 1'ontonicn north v«le still ion k»l>l>i>il lit will l6t0fl tumit iiuiii i:n i i btjw nk1iit at amhi.kh unrjilare vlaltsd seven placet in ambler tuesday cveninx or early this wednes day morning by entering rhe homes of mrs kmily hoaghtod mr 1 harry tlinman mr jolm j hoimhton mr benton s.rusmii nnd mr harry bar lew on bethlehem pike and those of edward b phillips and howard knight on trinity plnw they pried open the front parloi win dow of air kniulit'a anil searched the iioiibp nettins onlv a few dollar imw t'vtr bot disturbing rl dttiinj etc russell a yonngsbn of mr kntant raw the bnrgliir as he entered ihe room and llaslipd the bull's eye lantern in the child's fane he is described as a tall heavy set man wearing li«ht clothes find lmvinn u mask over hie face at mr phillips they ptlec open the front parlor shutters arid broke the win dow catrh and it is supposed entered the house about 4.1)0 a nl mr phillips roused at 4 to look at the time and then awrkeneri iigaiii at 4.45 in which interim the house was entered his olothes were removed from his bed room and t'iken downstairs nnd about 540 in money stolen besides keys to desk front door trunk etc the pan ttloona were found lying bv the p.irlor window and an empty pooketbook war discovereil on the lawn while the desk key was found lying in the grass under the window imong th 9 money stolen were home keepsakes consisting of two $.") and two si gold pieces the home of mr charles seger was alto visited but it is supposed the bark ing of a dou in the house frightened off the would-be intruders mrs emily honghton's home was entered through a parlor window but nothing as taken although there is evidence to show that the house was ransacked miss honghton was roused by the hhbii of a light and gave the alarm she found her room had been entered but nothing stolen althotlgh she discovered one of her rinvs on the porch next morning mr j harry thomas home was en tered through a rear kitchen window and then the parlor window wab opened to afford an exit it is supposed mrs thomas heard a noise and thinking it was her bervant got np and opened her bedroom door she saw a man in ihe hall who flashed a lantern in her nves she at once aroused ber husband but the intruders were heard making a rapid departure mr thomas raised the fcin d,o w and tired several shots the man noblv work oi wow«u in the l'rehliyteriau courob at abingtou thuis uay the tweutyiifth umiiverotirv exerdbte of the iioiilieuetera uraueh of the wouieu'i foreign ululonarv tooiety wersheld the branch i prltei 60 cuurebh located in rhiiudeiphiu north mlte india a^drtmeil tn*»oolety wbloh in its lira bmrulwd tluukni undwuloul 12 iui'»:*ii'iri mi c burun ol muuuyuuk,wu kd ull glenside and around qeorve iiir.»t and family bntaftalned frlendi last bondfty john i>iiimond has retflriird botoe from a 10-days stny at atltttltio city hint wliiteman of kbpi nventtp edge hill moved to icrinnnlown thill week two new members were initialed fit the .). 0 k of m c iptl kridny evening willinm mccarthy ftnd family arrived home from t t of nf the w t 1(1 ' m'mi rlay availing min lillian reading lips returned hone from a slav with her cousin mrs john of germantown homy s brooke had concrete walkn placed in front of bio new bouses on glenside avenue this week the hew john allison of deposit n y will occupy lie pnliiil of cnrniol presbyterian church next btinday henry s brooke of ulenslde ban i rn drown an b jnrof for i'"1 tjnitr stal district coo't for october mr and mrs fred zeltfelder nt ivlge hill have relumed home from a io-iiuvh trip to nii!«ara falls and oi ailn r f campbell of willow grove avenue a captain of the first reaitnent went lo the scene of the strike on tlipq dav sewer culverts have bren put in ai each of tbe four coiners at the junction of glenside avenue and willow grovo nike william l qnig has moved from ieist's house on mermaid rcri(i into kline van winkle's house on lime kiln pike near ulaniphvr'a store rev dr allison of deposit x y occupied the pulpit of carmel presby terian church last sundav ho was en tertained by mr end mrs frank com ly.of edge hill michael cannon and familv have moved into the house on enst avenue formerly occupied by john i'oulson anil family the latter family hflve moved to briincritown the football club's minstrel show will be held in masonic hall jenkin town on thursday evening oct 16 the boys are ptftotioing every tuesday and thursday evenings mr and mrs s earle hoover have returned home from their honeymoon at atlant'c city they will reside with fie bride's parents mr and mrs michael lacbot at weldon the girls association will hold a bargain snle in the manse on friday evening oct 17 both useful nnd or namental articles will be on snle also refreshments of all kinds the regular monthly meeting of thtr girls association willbe held this wed - nesilay evening in the sunday school room the monthly meeting of tho ushers association ill be held in tbe same room kridav evening the oon t»rcu'ational nfecaratory service preced ing com ninrrt|jn will plso be held fri day evening the ilenside football club vi ii the clover athletic ' club ne , who spent the sum qpington has remrndf nday wit miss sara rriet^t foit home ,. despite tbe incl&mnt weather quite a fninlier attended tlie surprise bwty iven miss elizabeth maytrott in lwrtor of her birthday on saturday evening those present were misses elizabeth maytrott anna m weir ethel may trott florence weir elsie l camp man mildred maytrott jennie collom ethel shugaid dorothv hamel bertha mann edith mann mamie hindenacb messrs warren collom daniel f campan.leroy rhnads herman arnold john c arnold roger o campbell joseph t.stout harry rehrer mathias h landt and robert'self miss daisy campbell who has been speudiur the summer witn her father aud mother ai friends corner save a farewell poster clipping and card party friday evening at the vllilam penu inn a novel feature of tbe entertainment was an exhibition of displuy posters made of cut tings of illustrated county fair and sale an nouncements souvenir favors of the occasion vere distributed among the ttuest the guests were mr and mr jumes a campbell mr nnd sirs s e baily mr and mrs a g yothers mr and mrs e b eisenhower mr and mrs w h simpson mr and mrs willis h sheble mr and mrs h e maltby mrs ii zuck miss zuck mrs v h curpenter mr £. f shanbecker mr ed ward l peacock mr edward r light and mr jumes a campbell jr an old fashioned lain dance followed the inn was decorated with japanese lanterns aud had a strinic orchestra from philadelphia whirh pluyed throughout the entire evening miss campbell has returned to her town home no 1 i>33 spring harden street after a three months visit at the corner mr eisenhower the noted bell ringer will be greatly missed at the inn mrs e a slionebackerhas returned to the inn after u stay in new york blue bell mr aud mrs k v massey of l'hiladelphia.aro visiting with mrs h e drayton on account of the unfavorable weather satur day evening do meeting of the w l b was'held but a meeting will be held at tne same place on oct 16 miss eliwibeth reed lias gone to tarryiown n y where sliu is now attending college a little boy has come to brighten the home of mr and mrs jtiines o'connel h f cimard luts a table beet on exhibition at the store which weighs t.ver nine jwunds the seed came from the agricultural department at washington charlie the five-year-old sou oi thomas smith met with a serious accident last week while holdiux the strap of a horce which was eatlug grass ite was in some mauuer struck by the hurse's runt not cutting his lip and nose verv budly the doctor put ten stitches in he boy's lace ellwikid miller issiwndiug some time with his mother he has just returned from an extended trip through the i'uited states jnhu brugger is atteudlng schlssler's college of boiloen ut norrlstowu he is taking up the short hand course howard delp of philadelphia is visiting with bnoa liohuru cjeorge aud ( harles l)ewee need not walk to and from their home at kraukliuville each day now they nave i>urchased a horse und wagou the hewing circle ol bpehm'a church took s trip to alk-ntuwn on the trullcysou kuturduy mr aiul mrs shook have returned from their visit with mrs j s i'mw at trenton n.j ifihttcukl weather coutluues harry shesrer intends to comiueuciug iork butchering thin wednesday services will be held in union m k church ou suihlay m : p in . and mmduy school at 2.80 p m luvitutlou i.m,..i invitations h-iv cut foj the weddids of vuiu-c 1,1 nnoamluy uml ulu auna llniluwell daughter ol jo»tipn ^ nd nummh 1 llallotteil i>i jeuklutowu <¦"' oct it open f.nr"<pbpir is no av fence , t fhe house wbs entered mr john t houghton's residfiice was entered through a kitchen window anil although the burglars went through the house they took nothing except a pair of mrs koushton's glasses mr benton s russet's residence was entered bv prying open a side parlor window and the burglars were head trying to pick the bedroom locks they were frightened away by mr rusnell getting out of bed nothing was taken but the telephone wires were cut large haul at fort washington burglars sunday night or monday morning entered fred huffnagle's store at fort washington and also the post office room adjoining but succeedt-d in getting little for their tiouble entrance was effected throngh a window in the rear opening on morris road once in side the burglars worked in safety as the house is unoccupied the puttv was removed from the transom glass and through this the store was reached the safe upon tbe outside of which was displayed the combination was opened the drawer torn out and valua ble papers taken a few dollarc in change were taken and also about ifl in stamps from the store where things were scarcely disturbed the intruders broke open the transom into the postorlice a shelf full of lamps was removed and on this the parties climbed into uncle sam's apartments the oflicial racks of letter and paper boxes were climbed over and things therein were scattered about pretty generally postmistress leaf had just gotten 10,000 mckinley postal cards l'oo two-cent and io one cent packages of stamps and the boxes containing the cards were torn open and the contents scattered broadcast on the otlice hoor the money drawer was torn open and taken back on mr leaf's desk where it was searched but fortunately very little money was secur ed the loss is 10,000 mckinley postal cards ooo old-style cards lot of foreign postals lot of two-cent stamps do one cent stamps and over l in money amounting in all to 1123 mrs leaf is of the opinion that the burglars must have been surprised as the safe and her desk were unopened although there was nothing of value in either station kobbep at north walks the north wales station was broken into and robbed early one morning last week and the sum of l»3.01 taken from it money drawer the night operator mr bartholomew had securely locked the doors and left for the mails for the early train as had been the custom this was between the hours of 2 and :! o'clock in the morning nml upon re turning he found a window broken through by which method entrance htt.l been gaiu«d the money drawer wa jone a mask evidently worn by the thief was left behind it is believ ed that the theft was committed bv home one who knew of the operator's al that partii'ulur time ofl . tween the two towns and can easily 1 leached from glenside avenue new suits have been purchased rnd will be worn at the game saturday the jer seys are dark blue with gold stripes on the slfevps and have a large gold g on he front the stockings are blue and gold striped the 66th anniversary of the glenaide methodist episcopal church will be held next sunday the anniversary sermon will be preached by rev samuel mcburney d d of philadelphia mrs william h mccormick will be the soloist the annual rally day ser vice of the sunday school will be held in the afternoon ' in 184s » methodist mission was started atharmer hill near glenside and during the summer of 1x.")1 a church was erected and was dedi cated on oct mi of the same year this church was known aa hafmer hill methodist church i?nd it was recogniz ed as a place of worship up until two yearb atjo when the new edifice wbh erected in the heart of glenside the new church was dedicated oct s 18 so in connection with the 50tb anni versary of the congregation the second annivereaiv of the new church will also be celebrated ilarmer hill church i.s known as the mother methodist chore and wns the only one in existence in this vicinity for many years the pies ent membership is about iso persons and is rapidly increasing broatt aie albert knapper.our llorist has liis greenhouse eompleteu anil has placed his plant therein he will soon hint ii neat sign to thu breeze eugune kenderdlne and joseph shoemaker take produce to the philadelphia market wee ) y . v f jacob and family lire bounllng here un tl theirnew residence i tmlabed walter camburn has kcuttbo a position with walter wentz of whitemursli in tlie milk wisi nets a j reynoldlhai a curio in it n ear of corn per'«'i*t!y formed without any husk mr siiner anil family of nurristown sfiont ecime time with mr und mrs john s bchrieber oiii'ir village tin moving of prank du bree to penn bquuru l-.i-m 1 1 1 i i . ail-ii here on friday miss klizal>eih teed will take u coune of study for the next two years at a fashionable loardiiir school in new york state and later enter vassar college ailauce wasglveiiat the inn last wednesday evening a new forge huslieeii placed in tho blacksmith iliupatthu place wm meuiuin our supervisor was een in our midst lust week none the worse lor his recem ac cldeut 1 . vi lontcki nf klourtuwu spent saturday the buent of hurry mccormick mrs amauau otim and daukhter miss kiln b rowland visited in our vicinity ftldnj the new banion shelmcnlinev furui will loon be inmeuced they ure raising sunn ut buildlukm to make room for the ume hi lvniiyn coontn club hus arruiikitl for an iuvltatiou paper chase tu be held ut the cluli oil auirday alternoon dnt ig on the ulnrii ii ot the lol liiwint saturday a gymkhana and a uumber of pony race will be held dr lt'.iatch ami family who have been iptnd lug the bummer oil the nivin place liave ru turned to their cilyhqme there u a lu.^y i'tiinul foroil tiere and this wnli.iyluy mm i llmwn delivered four bar r«ln of the lluid lit hmlliers delivery irani oo uondtv had four oil hlotts ahrond kcv c 1 baaiholet i ieriii«iiiowii will pieich ut peullyn mission next sunday after noon hi • 80 edwanl b rhiiilp will preach in ihe evening at 7.4.i