The Ambler Gazette 19090819

              The ambler Gazette.
VOL.   XXVIl.-NO.   84.
AMBLER,   PA.,   AUGUST  19,  1909.
S1.25 A YEAR
AWARDING THEJPENNANL
North Penn League Sugg:esfs plans for the Event.
Directors Meet at l.anscliile and AAvaril Game of July 10 to Perkasie at Uer- mantowu's Expense — Will Ilevlse Const It 11 tloil^Ot lier Busiuess.
A meeting of the Nortii Penu Ba.se- ball league was held Thnrsday even¬ ing at the Tremont lionse, Lansdale, with Ambler, Lausdale, Sonderton, Perkasie and Germantowu represented . President .Tenkius was in the chair, and J. F. Rosenberger, secretary,read the minntes of the last meetiug.
President .Jenkins stated that the board meeting was called to con¬ sider the previous actiou of the league in amending the constitution whereby the receipts ou holidays,on which but one game is played," go to the home team,wliereas]the constitution formerly provided that the receipts of holiday games should be divided" equally be¬ tween the clnbs participating.
The action was taken chiefly ou reqnest of Soudertou, which is scheduled to play Lansdale at Sonder¬ ton on Sep. (i. The teams had played a double header ou Decoratiou day and divided the recei^Jts. They had played again on June 13 at Lansdale. All the receipts of whicii coutest weut to Lansdale. Sep. 0, beiug Labor day, the two clubs would divide, under the origiual section of the constitntion.
At a meeting on Juue '2H it was passed by the league that tho receipts of holidays, ou whicii but oue game is played, go to the home team, but at tho meeting Thursday evening thi.s actiou was reconsidered, and the or¬ iginal sectiou readopted However, ou Sonderton's appeal, the the date of the game was changed from Sep. (5 to Sep.  18.
The action of the leagne in reterence to the division of the reeeijits as above decided also nft'ects Ambler, wliich on Sept. (¦) has a scheduled g.ame with Germantowu, which club will now equally share the expense of balls and umpire and secure an equal division of the gate receipts.
Perkasie bronght np fhe matter of its game with Chestuut Hill on July 10 and ]iresented a telegram from the former Mauager Whittem.dated July li, as follows. "Chestnut Hill Idrteits to Perkasie Satnrday; has resigned from leagne." On the strength of this the president of the leagne concelled the anipire .issignineut tor the day.        On
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flelti. There being   no umpire, the
manager appointed uv.e. wlio.when it was evideut Chestnut Hill h.id not appeared ou the iie^l, declared the game forfeited to Perkasie by the score of '.) to 0.
Ou July 13 the league at a meeting .accepted Chestnut Hill's resignation, but ordered, iu substitutiug the Ger¬ mantowu team, that the latter must phay all uupla.yed games ot the Chest¬ nut Hill scliedule. Souderton at that time, although, having a game adver¬ tised with Doylestown for Jnly 17, waived its right to protest the game with Germantowu ou account of the .10-day reserve clause for players, cancelled the game with Doylestowu aud agreed to play Germantown, ac¬ cording to the league schednle.
The leagne actiou was reconsidered, and the game of July 10 was award¬ ed to Perkasie at Germantown's ex¬ pense.
The matter of securing an appro¬ priate pennant for this season's cham¬ pions was left with the president.
Messrs. Stauffer, of Perkasie; Huns¬ berger, of Souderton, and Heebner, of Lansdale, were appointed a committee to revise the constitntion of the league, tlie report to be presented at the annual meeting of the leagne on Tuesday evening, Oct. 19. Several proposed changes were talked over. Among whicii were the number of reserved players, it being considered that 12, the present number, shonld be 1,5. The salary limit was also discuss¬ ed.
The leagne season closes on Sep. 26.
Manager Hendricks, of Perkasie, made the interesting suggestion that if Ambler win the pennant it invite all the other league clnbs to partici¬ pate in a parade at Ambler, to be fol¬ lowed by a set-out, and Mr. Hendricks further said if Perkasie win, it will make the same promise.
The Deal Complete'd.
The J. Elwood Lee company has is¬ sued the following announcemeut:
It has been finally decided that the new plant of the J. Elwood Lee com¬ pany will be located at Spring Mill on the property fomerly owned by Mr. George W. Righter. Mr. Oharles L. Hamiltou has graciously conceded to the Lee company a corner of his pro¬ perty aloug the Pennsylvania railroad and also a 25-foot strip of ground run¬ ning along End street fronj the rail¬ road to Hector street, to be used for a joint siding by Hamilton aud the Lee company. This arrangement gives the Lee conipauy splendid railroad facili¬ ties into its site without encroach¬ ing on any one's property.
Operations will be started at ouce ou ruuuiug the siding, aud grading aud leveling the gronud foi the build¬ ings, and the erection of at least a part of the plaut will immediately follow.	
NareUiB.
E. Harry Duffield aud sister Etta have returned after spending a few days in Atlantic Oity.
The Pohle brothers havo done cou- Hiderable threshing the iiast week iu this neighborhood.
Mrs. Carrie Engle and Mrs, S. Eagle Townsend have returned to their homes iu Philadelphia after speudiug a few davs with their niece,Mrs. Johu E. Duflield.
The Youug Folks' literary, of Ply¬ mouth Erieuds' school, lield a picuic iu the grove ou David Webster's farm last Seveuth-day.         , _ ^
Barn Burned In Horsham.
About 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon of last week the large baru on the Comly Walton farm, owned by Dr. Shoemaker, of Philadelphia, and oc¬ cupied by his brother, Harry Shoe¬ maker, was found to be aiire, and was completely destroyed together with the crops, with which it was fill¬ ed, and machiuery aud wagons and harness.
It was discovered by a boy w ork¬ iug on the farm. The blaze at that time was iu the peak of the roof, but it si)read so ra])idly that it took fast work ou the part of men on the place to rescue two horses and a few other thiugs. The machinery, li.ay wagons and haruess could uot be saved.
Flames from the- baru set fire to tour or five stacks of rye uearby and these  were   burned. The   barn   of
Lukens Comly nearby also got afire several times, but it was saved by the work ot a bucket brigade.
The baru, whicii was about 40x4.5 teet, was built about 10 years ago ou the site ot oue that was burned. It is on Maple avenue, the road which runs from the tnrupike to the county line, half a mile towards Hatboro.
Heist Will Is Fonnd.
Bv the will of Thomas H. Hiest.late of Jenkintown, probated by Register of Wills Samuel J. Garner, descend¬ ant's estate is held iu trust for the beuefit of his widow Sara as long ,as she lives. After her deatii it is to be divided amongst his six children.
Deceased uames his widow, his sous, Lee and Stewart, and his son-iu-law, Fred M. Gilmer, as executors. Mr. Heist died possessed of considerable realty and mining stock.
At the time of the death of JMr. Heist, no will could be found and letters testamentary were grauted to the widow as admiuistratrix of the estate.
.Tust as she was about to arrauge the affairs of her deceased husbaud, the will above referred to was accidentally discovered. This resulted in the letter's of admiuistratiou beiug revoked aud the will instead probated. Under the previous action the estate wouhl have been snb.iect to immediate division, the widow receiving oue-third thereof absolutely, with the balance for dis¬ tribution TO all heirs   at law.
adirelbers Clnlnl  SlUOU.
In a suit filed in the prothonotary's olhee, by Wauger & Kuiiie, Joseph P. Schreiber. plaintiff, claims of Jauies F. Walsh, defendant.. $1000 upon the foliowiug ease of action, iu brief:
Schreilier was a tenant of Walsh, iu
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Wyjicote. couductiug u "iiicat market under a five-year lease from May 1.5, lilOii. Schreiber claims that, on or abont July 30, 11)07, Walsh, without right or warraut, forcibly broke into the store room, removed the locks aud took possession witldocks of his own (Walsh's) uutil the intervention of the constable, Ang. It. Ang. 10, Schrieber says Walsh agaiu seized the place, though no rent was due or payable before Aug. 1.5. This time Walsh is said to have taken all of Schrieber's butcher aud store equipmeut, to the value of $liOO, from the premises to some place unknowu. Schrieber, whose locks, it is claimed, were again re¬ moved, Jiossession of property aud premises being refused.
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ARSON SUS- PECTJAILED.
Circumstantial Evidence Against G. W. Snyder Very Strong.
Charged mth Attempting to Barn Bis Home, a Tenaut House on the Wllmer Atkinson Property — Preparation to Destroy the Structure.
George W. Snyder, of Three Tuns, is under arrest charged with felonious arsou, and the case will be tried at the October term of court at Norris¬ towu.
Tlie circumstances attending Sny¬ der's arrest reveal what old insurance men declare are the most elaborate attempts at. arson that have come to light in receut years. it is probable that had the attempt beeu successful Sunday morning iu burning Snyder's residence two other farm houses ou the Wilmer Atkiuson jiroperty, wliere Snyder was assistaut farmer, would also have been bnrued.
Suyder, with his wife, Barbara Snyder, aud child resided in oue of the frame cottages on the Atkinson Jilace, between Three Tuus aud Maple Gleu, aud on Saturday left to spend Suunay   in   Atlautic   Citj*. Early
Suuday niorniug—about 3 o'clock —Robert Smith, a colored mau ou the Jilace, aud who lives ue.arby, saw a gleam of light aud at ouce aroused his ueighbor, J. Herbert Pennick,who also lives nearby. They rushed to the Snyder home, kicked out a burning jiauel of the <loor and saw the interior ablaze. A wicker rocker was on fire, and this they hurled out tlie door. A couch was also in flames, aud with considerable difiiculty thej' got this outside the house. In doing so a five- gallou coal oil can, which had beeu on" the couch, was upset aud the cou¬ teuts—several quarts—were spilled.
The otiier interesting facts regarding the evidi-iice were secured at tlie hear¬ ing of Snyder at Justice Deviue's oflice Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock, when it was disclosed that the most care¬ fully devised jihuis bad been made.' ajijiari ntly with the idea of burning the heuse.
Five tallow caudles h.ad been left burning ou the table, three of them had gone out and two had burned dowu to the last drop of grease. Coru cobs saturated with coal oil lay abot^t the rooms aud fiue wood shavings, also saturated, were jilaced around, while from the dowu stairs up to the secoud Btory. through a bedroom aud iuto   a   closet   ;if   nM   cict^s. raij   a
There is no other recourse but to hold hini.'"
The magistrate then held Robert Smith, Wilmer Atkiuson, J. Herbert Pennick and Johu Weutz. the witness¬ es in the case, iu IlOO bail eacli iu their own recognizance as witnesses at the October term ot court at Nor¬ ristowu.
Haple  uien.
Carson aud Waltou Tully,of German¬ towu, speut a coujile ilays last week at their uncle's, Josejih "H. Maytrott. Messrs. George Koouier aud Charles Metzler, also of Germautown, visited at the same jilace on Suuday.
Misses Mae C. Walton and Grace E. Hunter receutly sjieut a few days with Miss Elsie Kniglit, of Feaster- ville.
Mrs. James DonaWsou and son Har¬ ry, of West Pliilad( Ijiliia, sjieut the greater jiart of last week at Dauie Campman "s.
Mis.ses Giace E. Hunter and Auna M. Camjiman attended the Scott reunion, held at the home of Joseph N. Scott, Peuu's Jiark, ou Tnesday, Aug 10.
Mr. aud Mrs. Harry K. Luff, of Richboro, sjient last Sunday with Watson E. Hunter and family. Ches¬ ton S. Huuter, of Philadeljihia, and Leigh Moore aud Aubrey Couley, of Bridesboro, were also there ou Sirn- day.
An automobile jiarty consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gouak, Mr. and -Airs. Kirk Radcliffe. of Prospectville; Miss Anna Todd of Three Tnns, and Harold Householder, of Majile Gleu. left Three Tuus last Thursday moru¬ iug to sjieud tilt? day iu Atlautic City.
Jarretton-n.
Drill Falls to Find Water.
A serious handicap in the matter of obtaining water has interfered with the opening of the Jewish sanitarium at Eagleville, Moutgomery county, although the institntion is ready for the reception of jiatients.
An artesian well has been in process of drilling for months. At a depth of 4i)9 feet a flow of only two gallons of water a minute can be obtained where nine gallons wonld be only a moderate supply. It has been decided to drill one loot deeper, then dynamite the hole, and if the supply of water is not increased a new site will be select¬ ed at a cost of |1400, the sum paid for drilling the well.
MoBlKOMcrmllc.
Morris White and family and Alvin White and family spent Saturday at Willow Grove park.
Walter Service lost a valnable horse last Thursday.
Mahlou Heckler and son Isaac sjient one day last week at Auglesea fishing.
Miss Esther Armstrong gave a watermelon party Saturday evening.
Hangstaufer, of Oentre Square, was noticed in Montgomeryville Saturday morning removing a dead horse from the Yates faim.
Mrs. Smith's mother, of Elizabeth, N. J.,came here to visit her daughter tor a week aud had beeujhere only two days when she was taken sick and died on Monday. She was buried at a Philadelphia cemetery.
Thomas Jackson spent Suuday with John Armstrong aud family.
Friends from Philadelphia spent Sunday with Harry and William Broskie, ot this place.
Jennie C. and Benjamin P. Kulp speut Suuday with T. F. Bnzby and family.
Killed at Wniow Grove.
Au accideut which trausfixed with horror the crowd of pleasure seekers at Willow Grove park station, Saturday night resulted iu the death of Johii McMullen, a carpenter of Port Kennedy. Mr. McMullen, with his wife and sister,Mrs. John Magill, wife ot Officer Magill, left Norristown on Satxirday evening's special train from there to Willow Grove park. When the amusement resort was reached. Mr. McMullen was detained iu the car, his family aud all jiassengers having left the traiu before he attempted to alight. As ho did so the train started in motion. Mr. McMullen mado a leaji to the platform,but was whirled about by tho force of his jump aud thrown beueath the cars, the wheels jiassing , over his chest and crushing the body. I »
also'soa ked Wl*' i.   In'orTlur to
make sure of li.u dastardly work the guilty one had leaned a board uji agaiiist the closet, over whicii rau the cotton trail, iu order, evidently, to make doubly sure that the contents ot the closet would take-fire. Couches aud garjiets had beeu soakeil with coal oil, and the odor of the whole iu¬ terior of the house resembled that of a coal oil b,arrel.
That the blaze was uot successful is due to the fact that the flames soou exhausted the available oxygen of tlie air, and were smothered out aloug the trail, although it is likely that in 30 minutes more the blaze would have consumed the door and would thus have secured air from the outside when nothing conld have saved the structure.
Smitii and Pennick, after removing the bnrning furniture,fought back the fiames with pillows, and then secur¬ ed some garden hose, which, with the help of other neighbors, soon ex¬ tinguished the blaze. Snyder was ar¬ rested Sunday night njion his return to the farm: He denied all knowledge of the attempted destruction of his home and protested he had thoronghly locked it up when leaving. Windows and doors were all closed, and he ex¬ hibited the keys to prove asBertions. Snyder was placed in the Ambler lock-up over night and his wife and her child were placed nnder guard at Hotel Ambler
At the hearing Monday before Magistrate Devine, Pennick testified as follows: "I was awakened at a quarter to 3 by my wite, who bad smelled smoke, and when I glanced out of the window I saw a light re¬ flected throngh a crack in the door of the Snyder cottage. I dressed quickly and rau across to the place, and saw that it was in flames, I roused Smith, thinking that Suyder, his wife and child were in the house. We broke in the door together and then discovered that it had been set on fire.''
Evidence tending to show a motive for the fire was developed in the tes¬ timony of Ex-Senator John A. Weutz, of Fort Washington, an insurance broker, who told of a corresjxiudence he had had with Suyder, which result¬ ed iu the latter securing a policy for 1500 on his households goods, which Jiolicy was dated July 10. Snyder at first wanted tSOO, but atter some communicatiou he accepted the amonnt of $500.
Wilmer Atkinson, owner of the place, aud the accused mau's emjiloy¬ er, testified that Snyder had chmo to him as an assistant farmer on Ajiril 1, aud declared he was well recom¬ mended.
Thomas W. Barlow, Esq., who had conducted the jirosecution agaiust Snyder, then asked Magistrate Devine to commit Suyder to await the action of the grand jury. Wm. S. Acuff. Esq., attorney for Suyder, moved for his client's discharge, declaring that I uo direct evidence had beeu offered | agaiust him. Ho jiointed out that the last seeu of Snyiler about the jilace was Saturday eveuiug aud tho fire did uot occur until Suuday morniug at 3 o'clock.
In holding Snyder, Magistrate Deviue said, "There was a malicious aud atrocious attempt made to burn the house. No ono was seen about the Jilace. Snyder was iu the possession ot the keys when he returned home, aud as yet ' the locks are unopened. He had locked   the place up  himself.
The Jiotato croji, uow being harvest¬ ed, while a good quality, is uot up to the average iu quantity. The early varieties are yielding fairly good, but the later kinds are small iu size.
Samuel Tibbeu ou Friday went to Sea Isle Cfty, where he sjient a tew days with his daughter's fauiily.
H.arry Lang sjient Saturday and Sun¬ dav iu Atlantic Citv.
Miss Edna Willard,of Port Washing¬ ton, was a visitor this week with her grandjiareuts, Mr and Mrs. G. L. Willard.
The DePrefontaine family reunion will be held in Willow Grove jiark next Wednesdav.
Will Taylor and Miss Edith Rode¬ mick were at the sea shore for a few days dl^ring the jiast week.
William Rodemick   is estimating on
tlie   new  coucrete   bridge   to be built
iat    Fitzwatertown    by    the     T'ppiT
i Dnbliu bo-.ird ol ^pervisors. The Jiliuis
Misd Edith Lewis sijitj!     .   ,• tl e city. Ujkiu her rettiru lionie in the evening   she   fouud   a number   of her young friends waiting    iu the   parlor to give her a jileasant surprise visit.
\Vord has been received from Rev. .T. W. Simmons, who is traveling at the present time iu Eurojie, and who at the time of writing was at Lake Como, northern Italy, He is imjirov¬ ing iu health,and ishaving a sjilendid time.
Jacob B. Buck, of Twenty-Ninth Street M. E. church, Philadeljihia, will preach uext Suuday at the Methodist church here.
William DePrefontaine had the pleas¬ ure of heariug his foimer teacher. Rev. Joel Rossiter, D. D., preach ou Suuday evening at Boehm's Reformed church, Blue Bell. Duriug the early 'CD's lir. Rossiter was teacher in ciiarge of Jarrettown school, and mauy of his former pupils here have grate¬ ful memories of liis splendid work as an educator.
Broad Axe.
Mrs. J. A. Ball, of Ambler, was the guest of Miss Dunham at luncheon on Wednesday.
Mr. D. W. Taylor  speut Mouday in Philadelphia on business. fMiss Ada Oberlee, of Germantown, visited friends here on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Speese, of Germantown, sjient Snnday with G. W. Hellings and family.
Mrs. Gertrude Austin, of New Bed¬ ford, Mass., is visiting Mrs. Walter Hellings.
Mr. Rappine, while working Satur- daymorning had the misfortune to drop a hatchet 'on his hand,making a pain¬ ful, but not serious, cnt.
Edward Trotter Price is spending two weeks at the Rudolph, Atlantic City.
Mr. aud Mrs. G. W. Hellings and dangiiter Gladys are on a two-week's trip to Mountain lake and Mount Piscale.
Maurice Stout aud family,of Norris¬ town, speut Sunday with his parents liere.
Mrs. W. S. Swaiucott and daughter attended the Keel family reunion at Zieber's jiark, Wednesday.
Miss Kojip lias taken possession of her new home, Sjiringvale farm.
stricken at Statiou,
Stricken with heart disease just as he was about to board the traiu for home, at Columbia avenuo statiou, of the Reading railway, William Denuy, a prosperous merchant of North Wales, died iu Twelfth district jiatrol wagou ou the way to St. Josejih's hospital, Philadelphia. He was Jirouounced dead at the latter institu¬ tion.
Denny, who was .50 years ohl, had beeu sjiending Snudaywith a relative, Joseph Henry, of "No. 1504 Nortii Marshal street,"t!iat eity. At 3 o'clock ho left tiie Iiouse, accomjianied by Henry ami his wife, and as they had but a short while to make the train, Denny is thought to have overexert¬ ed himself. A moment before the traiu steamed into the station he clajised his hand over his heart aud dropjied to the platform iu the jiresence of several hundred onlookers.
Railroad Detective Acoru summoned the Jiatrol, which, aiter taking the mau to the hospital, later conveyed the body to^the morgue.
AMBLER IS
^MBING.
Scores Easy Victory Over Norris¬ town at County Seat.
Game Won bv Heavy Hitting — .Vorrls- to%vn Scores Once—Perkasie looses to Lansdale, and Soudertou Crawls Near¬ er Second   Place.
Anibler has a clear lead of four games in the Nortii Peun league race, aud the jienuant looms more clearlj' in view with each coutest. Ambler won at Norristown ou Saturday, and Perkasie lost to Lauidale, bnt the fornier team, at the league meeting dnriug the week, was awarded a for¬ feited game from Chestnut Hill, which uow. of course, is counted agaiust Germantowu, the latter club having takeu Chestuut Hill's jilace iu tiie race.
The Ambler boys fattened their bat¬ tiug averages at the county seat on Saturday, getting 18 hits, of which Howes aud Foulke got four each, aud Harjier and Whitelock three apiece. In the first inning it looked as though Ambler would score, for Howes made a hit, and Wildrick was safe ou an attemjited sacrifice. Harper's sacrifice advanced both men to third and secoud, but Foulke was au easy out aud Flavell struck out. In the uext, however. Ambler was not to be deuied. A succession of well-jilaceil infield hits soou filled the bases, aud by means of the "squeeze jilay" Am¬ bler soon tallied several runs, aud before the iuniug closed five men had crossed the iilate. In the uext, three more ruus were scored on good, time¬ ly hitting. Hodge, the pitcher, then gave way to Watson,who tared better, .although he, too, was hit treely.
Ambler scored again in the fifth aud also tallied two more iu the seveuth. Fonlke's battiug was terrific. Ouce he placed the ball over centre field feuce for two bases and ou three otiier occas¬ ious he drove out hard-hit singles. Howes, also did some fine hittiug. having four singles and one sacrifice hit out of five times up. Harjier's hitting was also deadly. He made a sacrifice, got his base ou balls and three times he drove the sjihere over the right fiehl screeu for singles.
Norristown's lone tally was duo to a misjudged fly, whicii jlowes lost iu the suu in   the   eighth. Otherwise
Norristowu would have beeu sliut out, beiug the ouly leaene club to escajie ihis fai- ¦    of Am= ler thi-
season.        ': .. diajiped a.jl¦'kld-
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ieider> ' lv..MWe  -¦ t.r [assists.   iliMM.-,      being    eeJieCiaily    line
to Gallegher at third base.
Whitelock and Foulke had jilenlty of chances iu the field. Foulke liaviug 11 and fieldiug iO, aud Whitelock had iiiiie. five of which he handled cleau¬ lj-. lie al.so made a beautiful oue-haud catch of Slaughter's thrciw, catching the runner oft' secoud on an attemjited sacrifice hit. Besides this ho made two timely singles.
AMBLER NORRISTOWN
'. .'1. 0. a. 0. r. h. o. a. e.
1 Uarney, If. 0   1   0   0   0 1 LebmaD, c 0
0 (juinn, ;;ii.  0
1 Urisco l.lD. J 0 Palfit, II. 0 0 Kyall, BS. 0 0 WatB'n,lb-pa
2 Davis, rf. 0 0 Han. V. 0 0 Stein, lb.    1
Hiwt.s, cl. 4 WiricK, rl. 2 Harper.Ib. 1 KoulKe, 2b. 0 Flavell, c. 0 SlBU'bter.p.O Gall'er. 3b.: wnl'ocli.Bs.l Cavi.". II. 2 A. Flav'I.lI.O
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2 3
1 10 ti 1
2 2
1 2 0 2 0 0
2 1
1    9*26 12   4
0-11 0- 1
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. 2	
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.12	
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P.C.
 H75
 750
 833
 200
 125
Totals     II J8 27 15   5    Totals
»Harper out hit by batted ball.
Ambler 0   5   :'.   0   1
Norristown 0   0   0   0   0
f Earned rant—Ambler,5. Two-base hits—Foulke, Stein. Double play—Foulke and Harp-.r, Struck out—B7 Watson, 3; Slaughter, 5. Han, 1. Bases on balls—By Watson, 1; Slaughter, I. Umpire- Griffith.
PERKASIE LOSES.
A wild pitcli by Eldridge gave Lans¬ dale a 5 to 4 victory Saturday over Perkasie. "Lefty" Townsend pitched a good game for the victors.
SOUDERTON WINS.
Sonderton was minus Cressman's services on Saturday, but won a 2 to 1 victory over Germantown. Souderton got five hits and Germantown but three.
LEAGUE STANDING.
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Ambler 14...
Peikasie 12...
Souderton 11...
Morristown 5....
Germantown 3...
Lansdale 2...
NEXT GAMES.
On Saturday Lansdale will play at Ambler, aud Heebner's meu with straight victories over Germantown anil Perkasie are so greatly encouraged that they are anticipating another game won. Soudertou will play at Perkasie. and a battle royal for second place will result. Germantown will play at Norristown.
LEAGUE NOTES.
Mauager Heebner, of Land sdale, says he is in favor of abolishing tlie sal¬ ary limit uext year.
£be Nojristowu Times says: Prom the Jiresent outlook Ambler will win the Jienuant, as there seems nothing to stop it, haviug only four games lett to be played.
Perkasie has been the best paying b.all town iu the league this season, with Ambler a close second.
Perkasie has siguefd Morley, former¬ ly of Souderton, and released Hnnter.
Bowers, Lansdale's first basemau, is a former Atlautic league player.
Lausdale has reserved Davies, au old pitcher of the Southwark team, aud a good one.
Norristow-n wa.s strongest last Satur¬ day than at auy time siuce its entrauco to the Nortii Peun league. Lehmau, tiie uew catcher; Reihls, at short > Carney ami Paiste, iu the outfield, .and Driscoll, at first, are all fast meu and iu excellent form. The jiitching dejiartment has beeu the weak sjiot, bnt Manager Parsons has secured Fergnsou ot the Main Line leagtiej
A Norristowu jiaper says: Although Perkasie is secoud iu the N. P. L. it is uot due to its good playing, bnt the generosity of three managers of differeut clubs.
Slaughter, Ambler's prize pitcher, has just declined au offer to jilay with the Cleveland American league team.
strnek by Traln,Bnt'lVot Seriously Hart
Jiiine.f Hall, of .'i0<J l^'niiit street, riiiladelpliia. wan struck and seriously iiijiirtMl alidiit .•< o'eloe.k Siiiurday morn¬ ing at Orvlllii. iilidve Lansilale, by a soiitlilKiiind  li'aiii.
.fnsi iifler the tniiii left Orvilla the eii(;iiioer saw the man sitting on the tnuk. .Shrill tools fniiii a liorii failed III invake the strani-'er who apiiearcd III be asleep. As I In.' train was not go- iiiK fast Ihe iiiaii was only stnick hard i'niiiij.'h to idll liini over iiiln Ihe dltcli, hut lie hail several ctit.s nn the head ami li'v's. ,\s sdiin as iiossible the man was put on tlie train iind tnkeu to I.aiisilale, and Hr. Seese, of Unit place seat hini to the .[ewish lliisiiilal, I'hil- aclelpliia. Iiall was seen stealing a ride Illi a freiclit train which arrived in Lansdale early in the inurnini,' and it is helieveil he' walked from Ihat place to the s|ioi where lie was .itrnek while asleep. His injuries are not Ijelieved to he  serious.
Trust   Company   Twenty-one   Years
Old.
Tliis wci'k. Weilnesilay. Aiik'nst 18, oeeiirs the liist anniversary nf the or- ;:aiiizatioii of the Norristown Trust Coiiiliany, whieh has been a highly .suc¬ cessful inKlituIion from the start. It has earned more than .«1,0<10(KJO in that time,. iiion> than halt of which it has I'aid to its ileiiiisitors. I.ihorality in its prosp.'riius savings departinent and like idii'iioiiienal crowtli in its title insur¬ ance deiiartinent have marked the career nf lliis coinpany. IleK:'illi and Main streets. Norristown, I'a. Henry ('. Kiddie and John ^A¦alton are direc¬ tors of this institntion. Mont^'omery Evans, the well-known attorney, is pres¬ ident and trust oIHeer and I'rauk S. Yeakle is secretary ;iml treasurer. The piili<-.v ot the company has been one of nianagement by the bo.-ird of directors, an executive committee from which meets  every   da.v.
Case Under New Law.
The lirst prosi'ciitions for cruelty to horses nnder the new act passed ill May of this year by onr Leitislature. was held before Justice Haines, of Ciieltenham. nt the I'oliee Court. This new act makes it uiilawftil for any own.'r to olTer for sale er sell any horse wliich by reason of debility, disease, or hinieiK's.s or for other causes conlil noCi lie worked in Ibis ('oiiinninweallh, or lead, ride or drive on exoejit that of con¬ to a proper place for ii: ir for treauiiciii. Il.uiison..
for any person to public liJKlnvay. v.'viiic the animal its keeointr or kill! A^ lhe liearil.- KdiTi-'lIili   wns 11,
   --. i,^iner,   ol
¦d witJtjrtvi'rkiiig a
.< .nrnnril, o.,,'^; i iicl, \,Iio in turiKiad b.inirlit the horse from 'L, Wasliinstou, i;f CJdiside. nil three lartics were lined .•si".."!!   ea<h,   and   the   animal   ordered
-liot. Tlie case was pro.secuted by .\i.'.'iit.s McCrenry nud Fwderieks and .\evil. of the Women's Society to pre¬ vent cruelty to auiuials. j
Harleys   in   Reunion.
.Several liundred descendants of Ru¬ dolph Harley. who settled at German- town in ITI!). assembled at Zieber's park on Tlmrsday, where the thii-J .an¬ nual reunion of Hie faiuily was held. Many new niembprs have been enrolled in the past yeai-. The prospects are that in a few years this w-ill bo one of the largest family associations in this sec¬ tion.
The original Ilarley.s eame tn this fountry as refuKces from Germany, where it is supposed that they were driven by persecution to England, final¬ ly seeking a haven in this country. Settling in Gerniantown tho branches of tho family have become widely scat¬ tered and nicnibei-s of tho family are now fonnd in all parts ot the country. At the rennion on Thursday membera were present from Illinois and other Western states, bnt the majority came from the eastern part of this and ad¬ joining states.
At the busiuess session, which fol¬ lowed a prosrani of addresses .and music, the followiiiK offlcers were elect¬ ed: President, J. Meyer Harlay, North Wales; vice prosident, Jones M. Har¬ ley. Germantown; treasurer, J. H. Hall¬ man. Norristown; seeretary. Miss Mar¬ garet CusttT. Norristown: historian. Prof. Lewis R. Harley, Philadelphia,
The next reunion will be held at Zeiber's the date to be fixed by the ex¬ ecutive conimittee.
Willow Grove.
J. Ira Fisher has spent a week at Asbury Park, where he joined his wife, who  went down  several weeks  ago.
Mrs. Edgar D. Fletcher, of Virginia, has been visiting Rev. anil Mrs. Edgar H. Dickerson  this week.
C. A. Keeble has finished installing a modern hotwater heating plant and phiinbing in the house Henry Specht is building for .loliii F. Welsh, on York road at Orestmont.
Dr. Franklin Watson has purchased an automobile.
Three new lights have been placed on Morelaud road.
Mi.ss Viola Kentner. who ha.s been siiending some time visiting friends in Reading, has returned horae.
Sonsa and his baud are at the grove for the balaiK-e of the sea.son.
C. A. Keeble has the contract for the iihimhiiig in two houses being built nt Wyndmoor.
Henry Spedit is building a Ixirn on his Iiroperty on Church street occupiod by William Raisner.
IT. I'. Robinson, of Welsh road, spent several days on a boating trip on Raruo- giit Bny.
H. Bickley, who resides on the Spencer farm, not fnr from hero, has pni-chiised an antom.diil.'.
Oscar O. Bean Appointed
Supervisor of Census.
Before he sailed for Europe Repre¬ sentative I. P. Wiinger. of tlio Bucks- Montgomery distri.rt, imnied Oscar O. Boan, of Doylestown, fur supervisor of thnt district.
Tlie pay for the supervisor will bo .'?l."i(KX with tin allowance ot .?! for ench 1000 inhabitilnts or fraction there¬ of enuniei-ated in his distriot. Acconl- ing to the cen.sus of IIKNI Bucks county had a poiiulation of Tl.liMI nnd Mont¬ gomery 12!l,0!>o, niuUing Ihe reinun- erntioii for the supervisor between ,$1700 and .flSOO.