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The Ambler Gazette.
VOL.   XXIV.-NO.   32.
AMBLER,   PA.,  AUGUST  2,   1906.
RAILROAD
CROSS-TIE
Patent Granted to Dawson Hoopes, of Ambler.
Descrlptinn of the Invention, Which Hub Many Points to Kocomendnd Its lleneral Use—Dtiruble. firm and Can Bold the Kali Seciitely.
Dawson Hoopes, who makes his home at Hotel Amhler, has been graut¬ ed a patent,No. 8:J4,92S,oii a steel cross tie for railroads. Mr. Hoopes is oue of the mombers of the firm of Hoopes aud Towusend, whose large uut and bolt works are io I'iiiladelphia, and whose rolling mill is loc ated at Hoojies¬ tou, uear Fort Washiufjton, Pa Real¬ izing the ever-increasing need for a satisfaotory steel tie in view of the rapid denudation of the vast forests iu supplying the timber tio, Mr. Hoopes some time ago conceived the idea ot a steel tie. -Mter many experi¬ ments he finally perfectcMl tlie model, which ou July 3 was patented under his own name.
"Whether tho tie will be immediately successfnl in being adopted by rail¬ roads, it is too early ro say positively, but certain it is that tlie patent has many features tu at ouee commend itself to the constructiou engineers of auy railroad, for which work the pat¬ ent is especially designed. " In Mr. Hoojies' own words the in¬ vention "consists of a cross tie having its body formed of two channel shaped beams of different cross sectious and one fittiug over or embracing the otherjilo coustitute a box like structure combined with bolts or other like strnoture clamping the rails thereto. ftrThe;inveution also consists in com¬ bining the box-like tie with a series of spacing tubular pieces or studs arrang¬ ed between the parallel top and bot¬ tom faces of the two channel beam sections and through which clamping bolts extend to hold the rails in place.
"The invention further embodies the tie of above constrnction when reinforced with a filliug of suitable non-metallic material, whicii may be poureo in the jilastic condition aud allowed to set or harden to give sol¬ idity to the tie as a whole. The design also nomprehends details of construc¬ tion, together with the features above speoified, whicii are better uuderstood by reference to drawings accompanying the specifications of letters-patent." ;;;^BoltB extend through the cross tie, the head beiug from underneath and passiug directly through clamping the plates to the rails. These bolts have a square or oblong part to prevent their beiug turned when the uut is screwed tight thereon. In place of the nsnal plates for clamping the rails upon the tie, braces may be emjdoyed when^the track is curved to act as a brace to the rails, and these braces may have downward exteuding lugs filling the oblong ajieratures of the studs 80 as to prevent jiossible shifting nnder tlie radial strains wdiich come npouSthe rail at snch curved jiortious of the trac^k.
The meiallic cross tie, made as des oribed, may be used for the railway or^more preferably the space between tlie*fleo,tious aud around v n ^tiKls is filled with ooniTeln^f 1?is»i,s, :: phar or combinati'D.s of ,^^ese, pr ed with any otlMi* -nitaliU 'liiiime¬ tallic material to givi; solidii.v lo tho tie as a whole.
Knar Iind Uolli«lon Near I.aosdiiln Mtallou.
About 12.15 Friilay morning the residents of Lansdale were awakpnnd by the sliarji. shrill whistle of a Phila¬ delphia aud Reading Railroad locio- motive. Two Irelglit cars and a caboose had broken loo.se from a train about a ijuarter of a mile above tlic^ Lansdale station, and the engine of a second train had plowed into the caboose, which was derailed, badly splintered and turned up on end. No sooner had the engine struck ihan it was learned that Brakeman Bean, of Norristown, who had been riding in the caboose, was pinned beueatli the wreckage.
George Graham, the yardmaster, was at once uotMipd, ard he, with the aid of the railroad meu, set to work to re¬ lease the imjirisoppcl man. To their dismay it was fouud tliat to jack up parts would mean that the wheels ¦would fa.U ou his lieiid and cause deatli. As there wns ir..i craue in the yard high enough to lilt the ci'.r the Philadelphia wrecker was sent for. Almost two Iiours elajised ere the un- foriuuate man was released. A special train couveyed Beiiii to the Norristown hosjiital, where it was fonud that one leg vvas brokeu and iuterual injuries had been leceiveil.
F«II Off Oars; Killed.' Williaiii Swartley, aged about 05 years, of aiiai'i Fletcher street, Philadel¬ phia, an employe of the Philadelpliia Rajiid Transit company, died in the oOiee ot Dr. A. N. Baggs, at Ahing¬ ton, at 12 o'clock Friday, half au hour after he had fallen from a trolley car as it rouudod a curve on the old York road a short distance below Abington. Ooroner Kiug,of Montgomery connty, invested the (tase, which apparently was purely accidental. Reports of the accident are to the effect that Swartley, who is heavily built and has only oiie arm stood up iu the ear to put on his coat,and the lurch of the car as it swung arouud the curve threw him out. He landed on his head, a *ruc- tured skull resulting. The car was stopped aud Swartley was lifted ou board and taken to Abington where he died. The body was taken to Jen¬ bintown.
He had boeu to Willow Grove to get flowers for his wife.
8urburban 'rrnlley Mercer.
A document liled iu the office nf tho recorder at Doylestown soveral days ago has just bronght to light what iu certain financial and raiiway circles is thought may be the firat step towards the consolidation of the interests rep¬ resented by the Rapid Transit com¬ pauy auct those controlled by Mayor Tom L. Johnson, of Cleveland. This document, which was filed by former Judge Harmon Yerkes, has turned out to be a traffic agreement betweeu two of the Johnson suburban lines, the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Trac¬ tion oompany and the Newtown aud Hatboro Railway comjiany, aucl the Rajiid Transit company, wherebv the construction of I'i miles of track be¬ tween Newtown aud Hatboro the former lines will he enabled to land their passengers at Willow (irove.
Uuder the .agreement the Johnson roads between Hatboro and vWillow Grovd will nse the lino couirt>llocl by the Rajiid Transit company in con¬ sideration of a heavy reutal. The new line from Hatboro to Newtown will be built over private right of wiiv, aud
Sprlnehouse Mao In Tronble.
A man who gave his name as William Thomas, of Spriughouse, got himself into a jieck of trouble in Philadeljihia on, Wednesday by buyiug whiskey for a widow on whom he was calliug. The police say Thomas and the woman got druuk and that Thomas treated two little girls.
Thomas visited Maggie Beyer, a widow residing uear Sixth an" Noble streets. When the polic'e were called it is reported they found Thomas and the woman stupidly drunk. A jiatrol wagon was called' and the children vvere rushed to a hospital, where the doctors had difficulty in bringing them out of dauger. Both were un¬ conscious. Thomas aud the widow were locked up.
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Guarded Well With Oun?
J. H. Opydke   of   uear  Sellersville,
had    Levi   Heft'entrager   arrested   for
security of the peace.  It seems the two
had a dispute about one another's richts
-to a well to get their drinking water.
Heffeutrager chased Opydke away and threatened to shoot him. He eveu went iuto the house, got a gun aud sat himself ou a chair, near the well and was waitiug for Opuyke, it is al¬ leged.
The heariug took jilace before 'Squire Groff, at Sellersville. The two settled the oaso, both agreeing not to molest each other in the future.
ailelphia.' It was rumored that the deal meaut the ul¬ timate consolidation of the two systems, but former Jndge Yerkes hiid no opinion to express as to a possible merger. The Johnson lines are op¬ erated by the Pennsylvania aud the New Jer.sey Traction company ami have loUg been seekiug aii'on'trance into I'iiiladelphia. The arrangements will ultimately make a new trolley line from Philadelphia to Treutou "with one change   of cars at Willow   Grove.
THONE RATE REDUCTIONS.
Bell    Telephone    Co.    Announces Charges for Aug. I.
Hales .'\nect IC Oonntles and 100.000 r.itronH-InltlMl Time lu Toll Calls In¬ creased From Three to Five Minutes — Stalenieiit b.v the Compan.v.
Sweejiiug telejihone reductions in telepJKiue rates were voluntarily made by the Delaware aucl Atlautic Telegraph aud Telephoucii companies on Augnst I. Changes are also scdied- nled for the uine other districts of the ctimpauies. Thougli it is the policy of all Bell eunipanies to make rpcluctions from time to time as business safety per¬ mits, uo change is remembered whicii is BO exteusive as that jnst announced. In some instances the iiuiiual charge is cut in halt and in most other ca.ses substantial decreases are miule. Allthe Jiresent subKcribers of the affected ilis¬ tricts touud the new rate on their August I bill.
The nearly 3000 extension set sub¬ scribers were agreeably surprised tn fiud their bills cut from fl to .50 cents a montli. The nibrchauts in the larger cities, such as Wilmingion, Trentou aucl -Atlautic City will uow be ahle to contract for servico umier a grad¬ uated rate schedule runuing from 600 to 2000 calls, shonld they desire to change from unlimited service. The private" branch exchange rate is also notably reduced. Many will ask if the iudependent telephoue companies have made this reduction neoessary. The Bell eompany states that this is best answered by saying that many of the imjiortant reductions are iu places where there are no other telephone companies and where noue is likely to come. The jiublished policy of the company is to charge rates whicdi will returu a fair proflt fo the stockhold¬ ers, reducing rates whenever business safety will permit.
These tdianges again bring the jiop- ularity of telephone service to our at¬ lention. Within a single generation has this marvelous development taken place. 30 years ago there were no telephones, and today the business msn withont one is seriously hand¬ icapped and the telephoueless residence lacks a most, if not the most import¬ ant, couvenience. 160,000 Bell tele¬ phones in the 1.5 nearby conuties and 2,500,000 in the United States do more to make everybody neighbors, facili¬ tate bnsiue.ss, promotti happiness and lessen drudgery than any ollior human agency.
The rates have been so lowered from time to time that the amount of rental is no longer an excuse for not hav¬ ing telephone service. 43,000 tele¬ phones was the net gain increase for 1905 in the above territory and the companies ant'cipato a still great gain in 190C.
Of equal interest is the anuonnce¬ ment that on all toll calls where the charge is K") ceuts or less, thc initial period allowed for conversation shall be five minutes instead of three min utes, as it is at present. Ou such caits chaige will be made for the full rajj for each five minutes daration betwe*: or   fraction  thereof.    For example
REV. BROWN'S RESIGNATION.
Pu'.pit of Ambler Presbyterian Church to Be Vacated.
I'aslor Mas Keoelved Call to Prominent - Churcn Near Trenton. M. J.—Prfsliytery JWlII Probably Make Trani.l»r Haily In Hcjilemlier—rians for the Fiit-iro.
Oil Sunday morniug Rev. N. Thom¬ as Browu read his resignatiou as pas¬ tor of the First Presbyterian church, of Ambler, same to lake effect iu Sep¬ tember it heing Mr. Brown's mteu- tiiiii to preach his farewell sermon in li.s present charge on Sunday, Sept. 16.
-Mr. Browu has been unaninioasly called to the jiastorate of an imjiortant church near 'I'renton, N.'%1.,aud it is evidently his desire to accejit the c, 11, which vvill necessitate his trans¬ fer from the presbytery of Philadel¬ jibia nortii to the New Jersey jiresby- teiy. The uext regular meetiug of kir.ril presbytery wiil he held dnring tl'i^ second week of September, and if the transfer rs made, of which there e.xists every prohabiiity, the presby¬ tery will ajipoint its committee to visit t!in local charch aud publicly declare till; pulpit vacaut.
, Mr. Brown has beeu pastor of Ihe Aiubler church for six years, coming from Oarversville aud leaving iu July, I'JOO, succeeded Rev. Wm. F. S. Nol- siin, who is now pastor of the Presby¬ terian church at (Jlayton, N. J. While iu Ambler Mr. Brown has had an hon¬ orary degree conferred upon him by an Ohio seminary, aud during the past year, as a resnit of his takiug special Kiudies at Princeton theological sem¬ inary, Mr. Krown in May was graduated iu the Jiost graduate cour.se from that institutiou and was houored with the degree of bachelor of divinity.
During ilie jireseut mouth the local Presbyterian church vvill unite iu the nuion services of Ambler churches for tne last three Suudays, and the pnlpij ou next Snndav will be supplied by Rev. E. J. Gwynn, D. D., of Princetou, N.  J.
It is anticipated that as soon as the nnlpit is declared vacant the local church will receive candidates, and that the pnlpit in due conrso of time will be filled by election by the cougregation. The local fiehl is re¬ garded as one of the most promisiug IU the imiuediate viciuity.
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E. B. Smith aud wife have left on au extended automobile trip.
.Mr. S. W. Ingersoll has been on the sick list.
0. E. lugersoll and family and Ly¬ man Bitldle returued Saturday from abroad.
H. 0. Boyer and family left on Tues¬ day fcr Northeast Harbor, Me.
.1. W, Lutz and family last vveek moved to the George Knilen property. Mr. Lutz receutly sold his jiroperty lo Mr. Stevens, who has already taken possessiou. In a short time Mr. Lntz iVill coinnieni^e the ereciiou of a house ..^acPtitly bnngiit of' (^ctirHe
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Leipsic Still In Prisou.
Frederic Leipsic, the Gorman waiter of Willow Grove park restaurant, who was oommitted ou a wrong charge by 'Squire Joseph B. Yerkes, Jr., of Abington, is still iu jail, accused of the larceuy of |l.40 from a patron.
Assistaut District Attorney T. Lane Bean investigated the case, ascertain¬ ed the allegations against Leipsic. These are that he gave a check for 17.- 40 for the meal, and this was not the chock he gave the cashier.  That oh*k j-across the trolley track.
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Pine KIdce.
Nellie McDonald is recovering.
A rod automobile with green stripes aud a blue cover went by Snnday.
Most womeu prefer Gilt-Edge" flonr for thoir summer pastry.
IS people ate as many cucumbers at the village hotel last week. All are still well.
Gilt-iidge Honr is made in Norris¬ town, and jjremiums are giveu with it.
-Walter Who Overohareed Hent to Jail.
Fred Albrecht, a waiter at the Wil¬ low Grove jiark casiuo restaurant, is in jail awaitiug trial on a charge of larceny, because he is alleged to have overcharged a patrou $1.40. He was committed by 'Squire J. B, Yerkes.
Albroobt declares that he gave the wrong cheok, and that the cnstomer gave a tip of 26 oents. Later a warritut was issned by the mauager of the res- tanraut. It is said that Albrecht had a dnplicate order book aud when pat¬ rons made ont their orders, he won^d mako ont a duplicate from his own ))ook, ruisiug the cheok about $1 td the oastomor aud pocket tbe diflereuoe.
called for fl!   and was torn out of   the back of Leipsic's package of checks.
Admitting that the circumstances, as claimed, are trne, it is held that any justice of the peace, with knowl¬ edge of fundamental law, would have kuown that the ottense is not larceuy, but one of false pretense. The latter crime is oue that may be settled out of court. The larceny offense, (in this case really a misdemeanor), under a recent law, lessening the grade of crime in instances wherein the mouey actually taken is less than |10, is a charge "which cannot be settled thns.
dui- atiou between two poiuts where the charge is 10 cents there will be charged a rate ot 10 ci^nts for the first flve minntes and 10 cents for the addition¬ al fraction ot five miuutes, or a total •of 20 cents.
The toll usnage in the Delaware and Atlantic territory is highly de¬ veloped and this change will be agree¬ ably welcomed by tho many subscrib¬ ers of the telephone conipany
Robert Newman has charge of P. H. Wnnderle's country home.
Miss Elizabeth J. Wilsoii is spending some time at Tobylianna, Pa.
Miss Lida Haunis has goue to Del¬ aware Water Gap where she will spend some time.
John McAnnauy, manager of tiie Mitchell Harrison farm, on the Ohurch road, keeps it in a good couditiun.
A novel lawn feto will he giveu by the Girls' associatiou next Satnrduy evening. August 4, on the lav.ii of Jlr. W. L. Hoover, Mt. (Manuel avenue. Mr. 'Taylor, of Philadelphia, Ihe Scotch singer, will render several solos, and Miss Clara Hoffman, tho uoted elocutionist, will favor us with her comic selectioriu. A flag drill aud May Jiole dauce '..ill also be given in connection witti the s.nme. First concert at 8.15; seoond concert 9.45. Hoiiie-iiiade cakes and delicious fruit will be ou hand for sale, as well as ice cream, cake, cmuiIv and useful article". An admission of 10 cents only will be charged.
Vtees Knot Cariieiiters.
Not until au exjiert handler of bees in the person of Johu Earnshaw, of Bridgeport, arrived Friday at the homo of George Wimmer, iu Spring Mill, was it possible to overcome two swarms of bees, which had routed carpenters from the roof of  the house.
When the workmeu tried, Thursday, to repair the roof they struck a hive iu the ratters. So inany bees were iu evidence that the beating of a hasty retreat was necessary, aftet the insects had "emjiliaslzed   the situation."
No workman, Friday, was willing to ascend to the roof, which urgently needed repairs, and the owner sent to Bridgeport for Mr. Earnshaw, fhe well kuown houey gatherer.
Mr. Earnshaw arrived in due time and soon pacified and hived the bees. Thou the roof was opened, aud, from the spaces between the joists and beams were gathered no less than 300 pounds of the finest honey.
The Kfilling jirice of this harvest will far more thau rejiay the exjieuses of the improvements. Its jiresence, and also that of two swarms of fine bees, was a surprise to the owner. Residents of the viciniiy stato that as long as 30 years ago bees had gatheretl nnder the same roof.
Arrests Made Kasy.
At the eud of the third woek of the automobile crnsade iu Abiugton, 16 cases were heard by Magistrate Goeut¬ uer on Mouday, Tuesday and Wednes¬ day, of this week. More than a score of   hearings have already been held.
To facilitate the work of Ohiet of Police Lever, printed forms have been prepared. The number of the license ou the offending machine is taken, the name secured from the liceuse list and a torm lilled in and mailed.
The nietbocl is easier, less costly and more satisfiictory than the serving of a warrant. Motorists wbo would cou¬ sider the setving of a warrant an insult dn uot regard the uew mothod as ofl'enslvo.
Three Accideuts on York Road.
A chapter of minor accideuts oc¬ curred on the York road at Jeukiu¬ towu ou Thursday afteruoon. The first oue was that of Miles Terry,of Breadys- ville, Bucks couuty, when the wheels of his heavily laden hay wagou came off, due to the breaking of the portion of the axle at the nut. The hay was spilled ovor the road and blocked tho trolleys for' nearly an hour in both directious. This occurred iu the uortli end of   the towu, as   he   was   pulling
J. B. Goentner lu Peril.
Magistrate J. Beans Goeutuer, who tries all tho auto mobile complaints iu Abingtou township, was saved from serions and possibly fatal injuries in a ruuaway accideut at Willow Grove Wednesday by the bravery of John Connell, of Forty-secoud street and Haverford road.
Mr. Goentner drove to Willow Grove. His horse was frightened by a loco¬ motive whistle and broke the haruess. It theu dashed toward the old York road, passed three men who seemed to be too badly scared to attempt to cheok it. Mr. Oonnell, however, wheu he saw it approaching, jumped iuto the roadway, grabbed the bridle and pulled the Iiorse to oua side. Its speed was barely checked, and it rau head-on iuto a box car standing on a siding. The force of the ool Ision was so great that Mr. Goentner was hnrled six feot in tho air.
He alighted on his feet on the gronud, and escaped with ouly an ankle sprained and some biuises.
Mr. Oonnall had released his hold ou the bridle beforo the horse smashed into the box oar, aud was uot injured.
At about three o'clock while 0. B. Stout farmer of Johusville, Bncks county, was pulling from the car traclc his wagon laden with hay upset and rolled across the south bound track, delaying the trolleys more than half au hour. The wagon was pnlled from under the loose hay without serious damage. Mr. Stout jumped as the wagou toppled over. At four o'clock a uorthbonnd trolley struck the rear eud of A. F. Haring's produce wagou bound for Hatboro, aud scattered a crate of huokloberries aud a basket of tomatoes over the road, aud damaging the wagou slightly.
Charter for F.tre Conipany.
The Plymonth Fire Engine company has made application to the looal court for a jierjiotnal charter. This is a uew orgau zation and has nearly 100 mem¬ bers. It will be looated iu Plymouth township. The board of directors are as followsiPresident, Johu J. O'Neill; vice president, John J. Kelley; sec¬ retary, Joseph O'Brien; treasnrer, Thomas Morley aud Matthew Fogart- ey, Johu Griffith aud Peter Kilooyne.
Neel.cted I.ari:e Family.
James McGarey, liviug near Ogontz, whose wife died three weeks ago leaving nine children, rauging iu ages from twins less than a mouth old to 18 yoars, was before a looal magistrate on the charge of drnukenness, beating several of the younger childreu, threateniug the older oues with weap¬ ons and making po effort to . support tbe children. Jnstioe Wood gave him 30 days in jail to sober up. 1)he children
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grave lu St.,,Petec-'.-, Lutliui^.u bn..il ground. Barren HUl, tho mortal re¬ mains of a heroine—Eliz'jibcth Streeper — who sacrificed her own life in hor devotiou to a stricken lulopted sister. . When in May last the sister became strickeu with typhoid, Miss Elizabeth gave up a Incrative position with the Palmer Printing comjiau.v, Philadel¬ phia, in an attempt to' nurse her back to health.
After six weeks' devotion she began to reali/.e her fondest hope, as the, afflicted begau to improve. Bnt two weoks ago, last Wednesday, Elizabeth herself was stricken with the diseast^. Bho had contracted it whilo discharg¬ ing faithfully lur duty.
With a constitution run down by her untiring labors, the efforts of the physi¬ cians proved of uo avail and Satnrday, Jnly 21, deatli came, the convahiscent Bister,heart broken, at the bedside.
The fnneral from the homo of the parents,Mr.and Mrs. Sylester Streeper, wliose^ only boru child she was, was attended by hnndreds of frieuds trom the country round about.
At the church edifice, whc^re the Rev. J. F. Hartman delivered a touch¬ ing eulogy, th(^ entile working force at the Fifth aud Locust streiit plant attended, and a quartette from that eBtablishnieut rendered several selec¬ tious dnring the service and also at the grave,	
JenRln town- George Oalanan, who collected in this sectiou for the BeU Telephone company for a loug time, aud who was always affable and courteous, has heen transferred to the Bristol dis¬ triot, and Alfred D. Downs, a, nephew of Tax Collector Charles D. Wright, is now satisfactorily filling tho posi¬ tion.
Thomas J. Bany, has purchased the grocery store which ho occupies on West aveune aud the small houses and gronnd to the liue of the borough pro¬ perty of the heirs of the Charles F. Wilson estate for *8800.
William S. Tirol has returued from a trip to Wildwood, Asbnry Park and Oceau Grove, N. J.
Maurice J. Hoover Ims completed the laying of a oement walk along the oast border ot the Beechwood iun property, between Beechwood and Greenwood avenues.
Little John McUhenuey fell from a stepladder while cieuning the windows of McDonnell's pharmacy ou Wednes¬ day and broke his arm near the wrist.
Mrs. Fannie Thompsou aud danghter are spendiug thu summer at Ocean Oity.
Qards are ou|: anuounoiug the mar¬ riage of Miss Ettie O. Agnew nnd Josejih 0. Heacou ou Wednesday, Jnly 136, at  (lie   Ohuroh of  St.   Jo^n  the
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!mbler1eats the chew a. a.
Locals Defeat Opponents in a Well- Contested Game.
Chew Katlers at. Mercy of Warwick, Who Allows Hut Two Hits—Amhler %'„a Batu Kr«p|y aud Wiu Out, ;! In U—Other Mall (lames of the l.ocalltv.
In the preseuce of a large aud en¬ thusiastic crowd,the Anibler A.O.cele¬ brated its retnrn to the home ground,'! on Saturday last by defeatiug tho strong Chew A. A., of Germautown, in ono of the most hotly coutosteii gauies of the season. This was the tirst chance that a large number of tbe Ambler fans had to see Warwiclc pitch and to say that his vvork iu tho box was a revelation to muuy is put¬ tiug it mildy. All through the game Warwick receivod the- glad hand from the big crowd, aud after the game his many friends crowded around him, shaking liiui by the hand and congrat¬ ulating him upou. his good work. The visitors couTd secure only two little hits. Warwick has uow jiitched 4'J innings against somo of the best teams in the iutlejiendeut ranks for a total of 26 hits. 'This is au average ol 5 4-7 hits Jier game. Shoulil Warwick contiuuo his good work with the local team it will not be long bel'ore Anibler will take its place auioug the best teanis in Bncks and Moutgoiuery couuties.
'Xhe visitors were the flrst to score. -A batter hit by a pitched ball, a siugle autl two poor throws were re¬ spousible for Chew's two runs, this ended the scoring tor the visitors. Ambler vvas uuable to cross the plate nntil the tourth. Warwick led off witli a two-base hit aud promptly stole third, and ou Scott's single he raced homo with the first run for Ambler. Iu the fifth the locals tied the score. Bradly hit for a single, stole second, took third on O. Robinson's out anti scored on Campbell's slashing single to ceutre.
It vvas uot uutil the ninth that the Aiubler boys were able to get the win¬ niug rnn across the plate. H. Robinson led off with a single, aud ou Pierson's aud Bradley's onts he was able to reach third, aud it looked at this stage of the game that an extra inuiug would have to he played, but C. Robinsou came to , lime with a red hot drive to short, whicii was too hot for Dubbs to hold aud H. RobiUKOii crossed the plate with the winuiug run
Taking it all iu all it was a great day for the Robiuson boys. Tiieir work iu the field was the hest seen on the home grounds for many a day. H. Robinson's great oiie-hauded catch of a line drive was easily the fieldiug featnre ot the game. Next to H. Robiu¬ son came Bradley for fieldiug honors. He distinguihhed himself by making a great one-hand catch. 0. Kobluson carried off the batting honor, having three hits out'of four times up. Man¬ ager MoFetridge was well jileased with tho large turnout. In fact somuch than he has decided to play P. and R. oa, ihe home grounds eu Saturday uext. sou   will   be   tlie
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lii llie presenceof tlie immediate family, Emma G.. daughter of Mrs. Aun O. Buckman, who resides be¬ tween Plymoutli Meetiug aud Narcissa, on Blue Bcdl road, iast Wednesday afternoon, beciime the bride of Dr. Stoddart P. Gray, of Chester.
The marriage   vow   was   made   and solemuized iu accordance with the cus¬ tom of the Society of Friends, in wliich he Buokmau   family   iias  long   boon proniiuent.
The bride lias been a traiued nurse for some years, iu wliicJi profession she has earned ranch encouragement by her skill, and has traveled a great deal with patients as their conipaniou. Her mar¬ riage is the result of a romance whicii had its origin in a visit to her sister, Alice 0., uutil a fow days ago the sup- erinteudenl of the Chester hospital. While there tli(> young woman met her fntnre husband.
Dr. Gray, the groom, is a native of Catskill, N. Y., and is associated in the practice of mediciue with Dr. S. R. Orothers, the mayor of Chester. The bride and groom at present are on a honeymoon trip among the Adiron¬ dack mouutaius, and on their return will locate in t!hester.
As a climax to this roniauoe comes the announcement that the resignation of Alice, the bride's attendant at Wed¬ nesday' ceremony, from her postattlie Ohofitfir hospital, is due to tho fact that she too, is shortly to become a bride, the groom-to-be heing a well- knowu aud successful merchant iu Ohe.ster.
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will "be takeu care of by relatives an<l Ilivnagelist'They ar6  uow  af   home. nfligbhoTB. -r—fiiaa--^—^ mmnmt Oedar atreot, Jenkiutown. ,.«».P»—
Bitten bv a Savage Uofj.
lu au attempt to save hei young son Titus from the attacks of a ferocious bnll dog, Mrs. G. W. Scheiji, of the Hillside farm, near Hatlield, was severely bitten in tho leg. Fears as to serions consequences are eutertaiued by the atteuding pliysiciaus aud mombers of hor family.
Titus, the young son, was also biiteu in the leg by the dog, bnt his wound is a slight one. When att.ioked, the mother was attempting to shield her child aud quiet the animal. Mrs. Schcip's suffering is eaid to be intense.
—Among the mauy drowned off Anglesea Snuday was Herbert Ham- mel, of Oresoentville, this county.
—Dnring the past 20 years John Heitz.a man of 70 has oarried the mail overy day except Snnday between Finland, Bucks oonnty, and McLean's station on the Perkiomen railroad near Ponnsbtttg. In that time he has traveled,about 78,000 miles and has ueyer missed a trip and' never beOn late, eicept in hijtu'/.ar.is —^^    "^t.—
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The Perkasie A. A. defeat'-d the North Wales team Saturday iu a well- played game at Perkasie by the score of ."i to 4 in 13 innings. Fast fielding was indulged iu by both teanis, who played excellent ball. The two short stops. Black tor Perkasie, and Coltoa for North Wales, ilid fast work, which together with Bell's two bagger were featnres.
Quakertowu was defeated 3 to 3 Sat¬ urday by Telford ou the former'.l grounds. The game wus a pitcher's battle. Ellam, of Amhler, who i.s playing short stop for Quakertowu, figured iu a tast double play, and mado a hit and a run aud also stole a base.
.Tenkintown defeated Ohestnu.! Hill, 4 to 1 on the former's grjunds. Black, who pitched for the victors, vvas mast¬ er of the situatiou and allowed but two hits, and iu the last five inning.s but 15 men faced hiui. He struck oud eight men and gave but three j'asses.
Doylestown lost to Wilmington on Saturday on the former's grouuds, 3 to 7. Pollock's wilduess aud costly errors by the Bucks countians were re- HjUiDsible for Wilmington's victory.
C^urti.j, formerly of Anibler, who Is iH'w playiug with Atlautio City, ou Saturday against the Philadeipliia Giants made four hits, one of which was a two-bagger.
Knnaway Almost Starved.
Elsie Haws, aged 13 years, whoso home is in Coatesville, was ou Wed¬ nesday afternoon committed to the house of detention by Bnrgess Rob¬ erts, of Norristown, aud her relatives were notified of the girl's whereabouts.
Elsie for some weeks has been liv- ing with relatives in Philadelphia. Ou Tuesday of last week she rau away from home and started to walk iu the direction of Norristowu. That samo night she was found iu Plymouth township by farmers.The girlwasover¬ come with hunger aud fatigue. She was cared for until Wednesday whea she was takeu to Norristowu.
The girl showed evidences of her tramp and she had not yet fully re» covered Wednesday. She was poorly clad aud was covered with dush Her story that sh^ ,had run away from her Philadolpliia. home was believed and the authorities in Ooatesville {were^at once notified. m^^SHBiMBtiSSBHH