The Ambler Gazette 19091209

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THE  AMBLER   GAZETTE
VOL.   XXVIl.-NO.   50.
AMBLER,   PA.,   DECEMBER  9,  1909.
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«1.25 A YEAB
WORK TO BE THOROUGH.
Charch Road
Macadam to Be Class.
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SprliiKlloUI Towuship to Scviiiv iiu An- pllnltuiu niacudani Kond—Work Pro- grcsslu;; ou ISetlilelicm I'lke — The ?fced.s of W'5'uflilioor.
The Springfleld township board of commiHsioners met Wednesdav even¬ ing in the township buildiiis,"witli all meuibers present bnt Mr. Chestou, unci with Mr. Crothers iu the chiiir. " Mr. Chestou forwarded n letter lo the presideut outliuiiif>' some matters wiiich he considered advisiilile to tnke np at this tiuio, aaiQiiK wliich wns the question of a town.shi)) oflieer to be on duty iju Wyndmoor iilouc. Mo al¬ so inclosed check ot the Kcdsoii Vidve company for $.54 ;is ;i contribution towards tho resurfuciuy; of Mermaid aveuue.
Mr. Campbell jiresented the report of Chief Bysher, who infoniied the hoard he had boen on duty iu various parts ot the townshi]i iu aiiswc^i' to calls from resideuts. He had been .summoned to watch for corn thieves, defacers of private property aud disturbers of tho ]ieace.
' J. Milton Brooke, treasurer of the town.ship, reported as follows: Bal¬ ance ou hand at last rejiort, !583ia.7d; taxes, $S7',). 11; jiermits Sjiriugfield Water coniji.auy, ^'25; orders jiaiil, $1128.il8; balance ou hand, |7(!08.8ri. Mr. Brooke also rejiorted outstauiliug taxes amounting to abont $11.50. Bills amounting ,to $'.114.70 were onlercd paid.
Permits amounting to $20 from tlu' Springfiold Cousolidated Water com¬ jiany woro turned over to the treasur¬ er.
A letter was read from C. B. Wen¬ ger infonniug the board of certain breaches of the jieace in Wyudmoor district, statiug that although Chief Bj-slier had always responded to calls and been active iu a-ttenijiting to aji- prehend the guilty jiarties, they iiavo escajied. Mr. Wenger suggested that au officer ho employed for Wyud. jnoor alone.
Mr. Crothers suggested that there be two oflicers employed, one for dav and ono for night fluty, iu Wyudmoor. He also ajijioiuted Messrs. Chiistoii and .larden the jiolice committee for Wvud¬ moor, and Messrs. Campbell aud 'Gil¬ lingham the police committee for Flour¬ towu and Orelaud,
Inasmii<li as Mr. Chestou had sug¬ gested exira pnJico for Wvudmoor, to¬ gether with othwr maifcrs, the boanl df ciiled to me.et niHicially to    consider
THE COURT'S SUGGESTIONS.
The Springfield Commissioners Are Prompt to Act,
will Speedily «ilve Wyudmoor Police iiud .\ddltlouiil Kire Plugs—To Ilasteu Workou UctlilclX'iii Pike—IniprovlUK tlic l.lglitlui;.
Ill the court's o|iinlon.overruling the aiijilicjtiiui of ri'side.iits of the K-.o^t district of Sjiringlield town-hip for a borough charter, .Judges Hwart/, and Weand made sovi ral rccoiiiiiuiiuliiriiiiis coiiceniiug that, the Wyndnioor, dis¬ trict, and on .Saturday eveuiug the hoard of couiiuissioiieis met iu sjiecial Mission and considereil aud acted ujion the .several suggestions.
All the luonibors wer..! jiresent When President Crothers called the gentle¬ men to order, the iirst matter to he considered being the ajiiilication for Jiolice in Wynduioor, which was sug¬ gested liy Mr. Cheston in a letter to tue board at tlie luootiiiL:; on Wednes. day eveuing. After discussing the sub¬ ject it was decided to refer the letter to the Jiolice committoe witli iustiuc- tious to enijiloy a moudn^r ot the uight N<Rtch and jiolice force to serve within the district of Wj'udmoor, and all coiiiiiiuuicatioiis aud recoiuuieuda- tions in that couuection were also re¬ ferred to the samo conimitteo.
It was stated that a water crane has heeu creetod by the Sjiriugfield Con¬ solidated Water comjiau)' to furuish water to the McCloskey stone crush¬ ing plant, .and the townshiji will be at no e-xjiense tor thewater thus consum¬ ed.
Owing to the desirability of acting with the stato Iiighway deji.artuieut in reference to the jiroposed inijirove- uiciit of Church road, which includes a lii-foot wide asjihaltnui macadam road, with shoulders and ditches, the boaril uuauimously resciuded its ac¬ tiou favoring tlu^ teiford macadam motlioil ot construction and eudorsed the former tyjio. Tho towushiji thus jiuts itself iu harmony on this jirojios¬ ition with the couuty au<l state.
Mr.Cheston iul'oriued the board that on Dec. HI the contract with the Pliil- a<l(djiliia Electric comjiauy exjiires. At the Jiresent time the comjiau.y i.-- sujijil3'ing a Ki-candle-power carbon filaiueut incandesceut light, and Mr. Cheston has suggested to the comjiany the advisability of usiug the 40.candle- jiower.Tuugsten light, which givos in. creased brilliancy at less than half the cost. The comjiany has replied that it will supjil.y the Tungsten lamps, ynit ou uew shades and sod is i M'. , year jier light for a Ii\
HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS.
Council Hears of Excellent Work Be>i ing Done.
Anil,ler lll((h\vay Comiuittee IlesurfaO-' iug Portions of Botler Avenue, Clieatn uut Sireel, Forest Aveune nud Mortli: Spring tilirdeiK .Street.
AniMeV borough council met in regu¬ lar session last Mouilay e.veniiig with Messrs. Acnff, I'lavell, .Tenkius, (iraft Hartou ami Kex iu attendauce. Ofb
motion -Air. Acuff took the chair. TTO minutes of tho uioeting on N'ov.§|. were road and apjiroved. >:
Mr. Acutf rojiorted tliat the projios¬ ed ordiii.iiice requiriug stoji cocks on all gHS service jiijies has been h; under advisninout, as ho believes Moutgomer.y County Flreiiieu"s asi ciation is endeavcriiig to have j.asi :i uniform ordiiiiinco iu the sevB' boroughs, aud is collecting data with that eud iu view.
Mr. P'lavell, of the lii'4hway couim|S
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laid ovor till sjiring,
Mr. Craft jiresented the apjilication of V. Nichols, owner ot the former Nice iirojierty, that tho macadamizing of Mt. Pleasant avenuo be continued eastward to the HoKstoii road. It was suggested that the gutters bo cleaned and a good bed of cinders be spread nil that section nf   road.
WAR ON TUBERCULOSIS.
Ui-<l StiiinpH Again    ou   Snie   lu Ainbler to Help In tlie Mglit.
The Red Cross stamjis, from the sale of which the jirocceeds arn devot¬ ed to tho fund being used to fight the tuberculosis scourge,were iilaced on sale Sunday in Amhler af all the Jilaces where the notices aro disjilayed, and annonncement of tho fact was also    read     at    all    the   church   and
ili^l'
matters on Saturda.v ovoning. If was also do.cided to consider at that time the snggesfcion.s of the court made re¬ cently in overruling tho jietition for the incorjioration of the East elec¬ tion district into the borough of Wynd¬ moor.
Mr. Gilliugham rejiorte that several complaints had reached him reg.arding the condition of Pennsylvania avenue, whereon crnslied stone had beeu sjiread bnt not rolled. Mr. Blake, who perform¬ ed this work, started ho had .acted ac¬ cordiug to hia instructions. He advis¬ ed leveling up tho stone and rolling the road after jiresent heavy hauliug is finished   over the surface'.
Elmer Yeakle suggested pl.acing several loads of stoue ou the Yeakle road in the low jilaces which have develojied thereiu.
Mr. Camjibell stated that a jiipo is needed to carr3- water across Hawes lane at the Bothlehem pike, Tho board authorized F, P. Blake, who has charge of the work on the pike, to se¬ cure a fiO foot 18-iuch sta.^k, I Mr. Camjibell stated that la^veral of the users of tho turnpike have suggest¬ ed that one side be rejiaired at a time,and this suggestion was accepted by the board.
A letter from the state highway department conveyed to the board, its regret that the commisssiouers liavo indorsed the teiford macadam typo of constrnction for the jirojiosed work ou Ohnrch road. It was stated that the departmeut will probably ask for bids for tho asjihaltuni type of macadam, whicii will Jirobably cost about 13000 more than the other st.yle, the townships sliare of which ¦ additional expense will be .?1500.
A letter was road from C. O. Boud resigning from the board of health, he having removed trom the township. The reslgiuatiou was accejited with regret.
David Lesseig, who operates a quar¬ ry at Lancasterville, ' displayed sam¬ ples of crushed stone. He quoted a l»rico of $1.15 per tou delivered ou the Bethloliem turnpiuo, or stone from one to five inches for $1 jier tou. He wa.s advised to make his jirojiosition .in writing.
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Iteautirul Art Color Uravures.
The art color gravures the Philadel¬ phia Press is giviug its readers aro striking a pojiular demand. Thesffl world-famous masterpieces of art a*e "-X20 inches iu size, reproducefi by e celebrated color gravuro ivjocoss. , liey will make a great collection aud beautify auy homo. For full explana¬ tion how to .secure tlie.se jiiotures <it a sinall oxjieuse, and the Philadelphia Press.
Chalfout Statiou Robbery.
Leidy Hultzliiser, a Doyles¬ town livei-y stable employe, who was arrested Saturday, confessed, it is declared, to Iiaving stolen $41 from the ticket office of Ohalfont statiou, on Thnrsday. Ho denied heing con-' cerned in auy other robboriiis that have occurred iu the vicinity. Hultz- .hiser, who camo from Easton, it is charged, was caught by Statiou Agent Leinhart, of Ohalfont. spending a marked %5 bill taken froni the station, wlien his arrest followed.
of the light committee to instrui I t]ie comjiany to jiieparo a contract and the light committee was also authorized to investigate the contract, with tho Wissahickou Electric comjiany.
Mr. Cheston informed the board that thero is uot a flre jilug oii Gravers lane .and there is oue needed at the buildiug operation on Pleasant street. The matter was referred to Mos.srs. Jarden and Cheston to make recom¬ mendations looking to au extension of the Jilug service in Wyndmoor.
On motion it was decrlded to have the electric light turned on frout of the. towushiji buildiug.
A tojidressing of crushed stono was ordered jiut ou Anlniore aveuuo from Gravers lane to a jioint immediately southeast of Mrs. Howes' resideuce.
David Lesseig,presented his written statement that lie will furnish crush¬ ed stono to the Betiileheui jiiko im¬ jirovements for $1.1,5 Jier tou. and can supply uO tons jicr day. He also has about 500 tons of sjiawls, whicii will lio furnished as understone, for ,$1 per ton. The board accepted the jirico, and Mr, Le.s.seig will commeuce supply¬ ing the material as soon as the jiorta- ble crushcv arrives at his quarry.
Mr. Camjibell stated that the Mc¬ Closkey crusher is unable to furuish stoue rapidly euough to umtoriallj- has¬ ten tho worlc, which, with a surface bed of 20 feet wide aud au average depth of six inches,will reqnire about 7.500 tons, which will cost abont 18000.
The nuittor ot uniforms for tho township officers was referred to the police committee.
Meets Inalaut Death.
Hauijiered by a doforimity, Wil¬ liam Williamson, an elderly stone ma¬ son, missed au attempt to sjian the sjiace from a scaffold, on which he had beeu working in Abington, to an open window, and, jilunging headlong to the grouud, 20 feet below, sustained a broken neck antl fractured skull, dying iustantlj',
Williamson was emjiloyed at a build¬ iug ojieratiou ou Oakdale avenue, Gleuside, A jihysician wdio was sum¬ moned saw at once that the victim was beyond human aid and notifled Coroner Kiug, who, ou iuvestigtati'ug, Friday afternoon, declared tho case to be oue of accident,
Williamson was au elderiy man, had worked many years at the trade and made his homo with Mr.s. MacNally, of Glensido, As far as is known ho has no living relatives.
Clliireli-Goerd .Attend Flre.
Fire in a property adjoining "Eil- don." the conntry estato of Charles D. Barney estate,Elkins Park,Sunday, wlien wealthy suburbauities wero re¬ turning from church, attracted hun¬ dreds of jieopio and necessitated a call for tour suhurbau volunteer com¬ panies, and a city comjiany, No. 51, of Branchtown, The flames were iu the Robert Nelson house, at Sjiriug avenuo aud Old York road,caused jire¬ sumably by a sjiark from a wood fire iu an ojion lireiilaco drojijiing on a shingle roof. The "Millionaire comjiany," the Ogontz, the McKinloy and Pionoor No..51, made a threivmile ruu up York road, but did not go into service.   The loss was nearly $2000.
toe, rojiorted that stone has beeU Jilti^' ed 1)11 both emls of Butler avouo% Nortii Spring Garden street and Foreif aveuuo. Tiio wiu'k has been carefullj', attended to by Mr. Acuff, whom, hO i-equcstcd to report iu full. ¦'
Mr. Acuft'said that as a jireliminary to the ' coninioncouient ot tho wock to the needs ot the several streets li(id' beeu carefully insjiected. Butler avif-.. uue ueeded rooairs west of Main streSfr'i and east of Liudenwold avenue, ForM^i avenue ami a jiortion of '''hestriSt. street and also Sjiriug Garden from Mt. Pleasant avenuii to the nortli' borou,;j;h liue, which, it was est iuiatod, would cost ;?240. A jiortion of tliiit; street was graded aud six inches ol iiich-aiiil a-halt stoue was jmt on wit) sftreeuiugs   to   cover same. It w^
necessary to jmrchaso a 12-iucli iilj^i !j.5 feet loiiuf to be put at Mt. PleasaiiS avenuo to conijileto the work. Thib nortii side of Butler avenue, a distanbie of 1740 feet, is being uiacadauii/.ed. The average dejith of stone is threo. inches, 12 foot wide. Tho trolley cooJ.-i Jiany agreed to bear its sliare ot tJ|B exjieiise for 18 iuclitis outside its rails,' From Ma|[i. streiit westward to thQl railroad a dejith of -l.'^j inches of stono has been jnit on a width of.^0 feet, while westward of tho railroad, to Maple street the depth is :i aud *^|jj' inches. The Forest avenue hill ))^ also boen conimonccd, and will.-*a?' quire crushed stoue to finish. UfeM date the labor and rolling have cftsji i'--'134.8'-t,a9il the stono, $107.5. TherpaRi '¦5 tr'iis on the cars uow.iiicUidi'Ufe' '^ us nt; geroeniugs. Tho rollilag, stoufe I i4 labor jjilfepn
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cejitioii of the strip ot Rieff's MiU road from Main street to Spriug Gar¬ den. A number of wrought iron pijies now on the streets can bo used, and some that aro iu nse and battered can ha^o a strengtiieuiug   sleeve jiut in.
Mr. Jenkins feared the work is oosi ¦ ing too much for the funds avail.able. as he understood the streets wero only to be jiatchod nji. Ho apjiroved the ch.iracter of the work, howover. Al¬ though it is still necessary to do some work ou Reiffs Mill road.
Treasurer I^'aust stated that in his estimate of the financial coudition uf the borough he had iucluded an iteui of rejiair to the streets, aud he thiuks tho committee has not exceeded tnis amouut.
Mr. Harton, of the light commit- toe, rejiorted haviug examined into the Tnngsteu light, which gives good satisfaction at low cost in other towns, and recommends that several be pro¬ cured for Anibler.
Mr. Acuff, of the Iiuv and onlrr committeo, rejiorted threo arrests dur¬ ing the month aud the poles insjicr- ted.
Mr. Rex, of the firo conimitteo, re¬ ported the ajijiaratus iu good condi¬ tion.
The traasurer rejiorted a balance of $3725,77 on hand, and the following bills were ordered jiaid: Wm. C Evaus,$7.74; Goo. W. Niblock. ,$l!).(;r; Kast-End Rejiublican Co., |2; Artiiur R. Hayden, $20.0^; D. F. Marjile, |27..50 Nortii Penu Gas Light Co., .50 cents; -Ambler Light comjiauy, ,1228.oii; street commissioner, .f4S; borou^'li officer, |o2 ; Elmer W. Kirk, $24.20; U. M. Deck and Co., $8.01; John McCleau, $38.25; Harrv A. Hitner, !832,10; .Tolin T.Dyer Co., .$460.80; labor, $137.:!!), and freight, $131.1)8, ou stone shijUJed by the General Crushed Stone Co., and payment advanced by the borough treasurer. A conditional ordor was passed for $130.8!t iu favor of the Geueral Crushed Stoue Co., iuasuiuch as there seemed an overcharge of five cents jier ton on the stone.
A letter was road from Nortii Wales borougii council asking for tho aii¬ pointmeut of a committee of two to act with a similiar committee from North Walos and Lansdaio to take up witii the trolley comjiauy the matter of the increased fare aud the removal of the half-hour cars. Messrs. Fhivnll and Harton were; ajijioiuted ou iliis committee.
Mr. Acuff asked couceruiug further street work, and was advised to pro¬ ceed .as eeonomically as jiossible with repair of certaiu holes iu Forest ave¬ nuo between Ridgo aveuuo aud Main street, rejiair Reiff's Mill road between Maiu aud Sjiriug Garden streets,aud to secure bids ou the rejiair of the bridge thereon.
H. C. Biddlo asked concerning tho exteu.siou of street work on Butler aveune betweeu Majilo stieot aud the borougii line, which Senator Vare, owuer of the Berguer jirojierty, oft'ors; to assist with. His suggestion was that if the borough sujijily tho stono ho would build this rOad, or if the borough wonld guarantee $1000 he would htiuil back to council such amount over .$2000 as it would cost to complete t!io road. The ditforouco
seems to be that the senator desires   a 33-foot road,   whilo   the   borougii    is, satisfied w.th Ki feot. The matter was
 !/>       —-5;^t9£;.i.iii.«;...'.ii.n>>lA A iUMERICAN RED CROSS)\&
jSuiiday school   services,   already   the
. ¦ douiand for these littlo   messengers of
stredF Christmas clioor and charity's effective
work in tho   war waged ou the   great
plague.
Inasmuch as the states of this little stauiji iu foreign countries is j'et to bu determiued, it'is urged that the use of tho stamjis ou letters ' addressed to the foreign countries he withhold for the Jireseut.
.\s in last year's /effective crusade, the local sale of these stamjis is heing directed by D. W. Hazleton, of Teu¬ nis avenue, through whoso eft'orts and interest aud tho active co-ojioratiou of our residents 15,000 stauijis were sold. It is aimed this year to at least dujili¬ cate this total sale.
Broud   Axe.
A. very delightful surjirise jiarty was tendered. M^ss Anuie Gavin at li#i- home, 1111 Skijipack jiiko, la.st Sat¬ urday evening. Dancing was iuriiiiged in until a lato hour when the quests retired to the dining room lo jw lato of a sunijitueiu lepast. Musio wab fnr- niiisbed !v -e.irleii's orchestra. Gaest .-Ull:Jpiiii }¦'I¦ rru'•¦}>jbb^^^-.p Hi^if^^W^u^'^''*^''' \rrfbre»ir Wmiinl^ those pj >a;:,jii v,ei'-: Mr. and Jlr.s. Farrell, -Mr. and Mrs. Hoolighau, Miss Mary Hooligiiaii, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Oat, Mr. aud Mrs. Janios Soott, Misses V. H. Hill aud Mary Hill, Miss Kdna Douahue, Miss Hauuah Tourisli. Miss Maiy Fox, Mi.ss Heck- kuian, Miss Annio Garvin, Messrs. Frank Oat, Sydney Horn, Harold Helliugs, Thomas Grady, John Hag- uey, Patrick Hill,and Gustavus Heck- man, \
Mrs, Swaiucott aud daughter spent Thirrsday in Gerniautowu visitiug the former's daughter, Mrs. Elise A. Lo¬ gan. O. H. Stout has a fino crop of wheat. Isaac Shejiherd's team rau off last Sunday, whicii made kindling wood of the wagon.
Miss Lizzie Hellings is recovering from a bad case of grip.
Williani ,Iago had a jiig butchered iu the Jien and stolen early Saturday evening, aud the thieves returned the uoxt night for the other animal, but it was locked in tho stable,
Spotswood guinea pig jieus now con¬ tain 700 animals. Thero are two littlo mothers each having six young jiigs.
The Boston terriers oil Spotswood farui are doiug well. Three of these animals have 10 pujijiies from four to six weeks old. .1. Wood,of Elkins Park, has two English bull dogs at Spotswood with six pajjpies from fonr to six weeks old. Thomas Knoll, Jr..hasbeen quite ill. Misses Donahue aud Annie   Garvin,
of    Philadelphia,   visited   friends Broad A xo  Sunday.
Lively Fight ou Train.
Accused of drawing a hatchet from under his coat and attemjiting to annihilate a white jiassenger on -a Reading railway train betweeu Fort VVashiugton and Gleuside, Saturday afternoou. Thomas Buchanan, colored, ot Nineteenth and South streets, Philadelphia, was locked up in the Twelfth district jiolice station for a hearing. His intended victim was B. Feruberg, who gave his address as the St. .James hotel. He told the police- mau at the Columbia aveuuo station that Buchanan and threo other colored meu had beeu shooting craji on the train. Their language became ott'ensive and he remonstrated, when Buchauan at onco Jiulled out the hatchot. Sev¬ eral white mon in the car came to Fernberg's aid and satnjion Buchanau for tho balance of the triji, after he had been overcome by much exertion njxiu the jiart of at least half a dozen men.
Oreland.
THE SCHOOLS INSPECTED.
Ambler Board Hears Interesting Re¬ ports.
Uegnlar Meeting Ueld—Kontliie .lliiltirH DIscilgBed—Abseuce of TeiicllerM CunoeN Inquiry—Finances Kcported In Uood Conilltion.
The Auiblor school board met in legular session last Thursday even¬ iug with Messrs. Styer, Weber, Jeuk¬ ius, Alliai and Maas ;ind Dr. Hough iu attendance. The minutes of Nov. 4. were read .miiiI ajijiriivod.
Priucijial Rahn gavo his report, not¬ ing tlie following iitteiidauce figures for the month ending Nov. 5: Enroll¬ ment-Males, 210; lemali-s,2-13. Aver¬ age attendance —]\rah>s, . 1'.10; females, 211. Present every day—.Males, ,S5; fe¬ males,101. He also cited the nuuiber ot jinjiils enrolled iu all tho jirimary and secondary rooms. Because   of   tho
abseuco of several teachers during tin month and the resultant doubling up of tho work oil the jiart of tho otiiers, ho siiggestod the j)rojjrict.y of having a (jualifiod tuachor witliiu call. Uo stateii the Christmas holidays will comiiieuco at noon on Dec. 24 and schools will roojiou ou Tue.sday,.Ian 4.
Mr. Allen, of the sujijily committeo, rojiorted the sujijilics jiurchased and a fiag socured.
Mr. Maas, of the budget committee, jirosentpil a report on tho several items. 1^2224 has beeu paid into tho sinking fnud to jirovido for interest aud redemption ot honds. He rojiorted that the balance remaining ou the fuel item will jirobably bo considerable.
Dr. Hough reported having visited, the schools, and rilr, Scott senta writ¬ teu rejiort covoriuij; his visit.ation.
Dr. Hough al.so rejiorted the lirst tloor rooms of tho Forest avenue build¬ iug fumigated.
The treasurer, Edwin H. ]''.aust, re¬ jiorted as follows: Balauce on hand last rojiort, $(il84.G8; tuition from Ainblor Indojiondeut School district |4(i.42; Jirivate tuitiou, ^33.35; or¬ ders Jiaid. $339.40; lialanco on hand, $4818.45,
The secretary reported bills for Jirivate aud townshiji tutition sent out amounting to iS(ii)2.0(>.
Mr. Maas rejiortod a saving to the board on tho purchase of the books ordered at last meeting, costing $l4.01.
Bills amonnting to $08.85, wero or¬ dered Jiaid, aud the teachers' and jan¬ itors' salaries amouuted to $1107.50.
Tho improvomouts ordered at last meeting to be mado to the Mattisoii aveuue building baseineiii were report
ed fiiiish|_J	
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ci|>al Rahn cov. •¦ > \ |ii~ii,-ie OT'ar
tending the i:V;ii<ir..% ^.nlla State Kdu- catioual associatiou convention at Ilarrisburg ou Doc. 28, 21) aud 30.
Tho actiou of tli> board last month, regarding the three months rate for jiujiils from the outside districts, was rescinded, and on motion it was decid¬ ed render bills monthly for $4.22 tor high school jmjiils and .$2.(i4 for grade pupils.
Messrs. Alleu and Haydeu wero pointed a visiting coinniittoo for Jiresent mouth.
A rojiort of   the exauiiuatiou.of
aji- tho
tho juniors in English giainniar was sub¬ mitted.
The board took stejis to ascertaiu tho lea.sou tor the absence of teachers without leave or exjiressed cau.se.
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til.
in evid' ii<v^ i'lat the flam.i esnlt or an ¦ue.piidiai
The following otficers woro elected at tho annual uieoting of the (Ireland Fire compauy: Georgo Sasuiau, presi¬ deut; William Supjilee, vico president; John B'lweii, treasurer; Edwin Bab¬ cock, secretary: Charles Schnoijiji, chief; Thomas L:icliauiior, first assis¬ tant; Josejih MacCauloy, socoud assis¬ tant; trustees, Walter Lanuigau, threo years; William Moutauy, two years; Horaco Krause, ouo year.
Mr. and Mrs. Janies Fallows aud daughter," of Wyndmoor, and Mr. aud Mrs. Goorge Fallows, of Broad Ase, were visiting Mrs. C. Fallows on .Sun¬ day.
diaries PIdcoek   Uiirlcil.
The remains of Charlos Pidcock, for¬ merly of near Three Tuns, wore intor- ered Monday afternoou iu Hatboro cemetery, fnneral services Iiaving beeu held at the chajiel adjoining.
The death of Mr. Pidcock, who had been head farmer for Mrs. Ring for several years, occurred ou Thursda.y jnst after dinner, he Iiaving goue out to sujieriuteud the burning of some brush. One of the mou saw him stoop as if to kneel aud then fall on the ground, and, rnnniug to assist him, they found hiui nncouscions. Dr. God- trey was luistily snmnioned and found that death had been iustan taneous. Tho deceased had been well jirovious- 1;^, but did complain of a sliglit in¬ digestiou after dinner. Coroner King viewed the remaius ou Friday and reudered a verdict in lino with the above facts.
Deceased was about (10 years of ago anil leaves a wife and throo children. He was a trustworthy aud reliable uii'".n.
Miss Fauuie Laugstrotli, daughter of Thomas Langstroth, of this jilace, for many years financial secretary of the Temjile Baptist church, Philadelphia, has resigned   her position.
Work ou the new freight Iiouso is progressing apace.  The roof is ou.
The towushiji is macadamizing the roail leading from the Poull.yn piko down to the old Dager scliool house on Bothlehem pike.
H. E. Drayton has returned to his city home for tho winter.
1''. E. Boud will sail tor Europe shortly after the holidays on a jiro- longed tour of the continent.
H. Fry,formerlj' chauft'enr for H. P. McKeau, has been spending a tew days hero with old frieuds.
Seveu carsof stono have arrived hero for Gwynedd towushiji this wook, aud aro beiug unloaded as rapidly as Jiossible.
Irviu Wick, ot Lo^ftir Gwynedd township, has tondciod his resignation as coustable. Wick statos, iu his coiu- niuuication to the conrt, that ho has moved   from the district.
Mrs. Ross Rilo, Mrs. W. C. Wuuder, Mrs. F. S. Collins and Misses Effie and Faunio Mace are boiug entertain¬ ed this Wednesday afternoon at the homo of Mrs. T. F. B. Wunder, 125 North Kighteeiith street, Philadel¬ jihia.
diary, who could readily have gained acce.ss to this Jiortiou ot tlio house.
Mr. Urban sajs they havo beeu an¬ noyed by prowlers about the jiroperty at times, and onlj- a fow weeks ago ouo moruiug liotwcou 2 aud 3 o'clock he discovered a. man prowling about tho outside,and wheu accosted said he was looking for a jilace to crawl in and sleeji. The iutrndor was hustled oft" in short ordor aud nothing moro was thought of it at the timo, although his presence and attitude have been recalled siuce tho fire.
Sorlnetiouse, George Rieger entortaiued a jiarty of friends from Philadeljihia iu his buugaiow this week. I'ho electric lights give it a fino ajijiearance at night and can bo jilainly seeu from the trollej road.
Jasou Sexton, of Nortii Wales, call¬ ed ou friends at this jilaco ou Wednes¬ day.
Charles A. Livozej" atteuded the horse comjiany iu Anibler on Monday. Mr. Livezey has bclon.god to the same company for 50 years.
Frodoricli Carlson returued to Pine Ruu farm on Wednesday last.
Mat Laudt, who was throwu from his horse last week, is much inijirov- ed.
Harry Maclutyer and family, ot Germautown, visited Mrs. S. E. Bat¬ tersby ou Sundaj'.
The teacher of Lower Gwj'uedd hold their nieetiug on Friday afternoou at Penllyu.
Rov. E. V. Loucks and W. D. Reel will talk oi-er Sunday school work on Monda.v evening at 7.30 o'clock irt tho Sunday school room at this placo. A cordial woloome is extended to the parents and triends of the school.
Frank Fertshe has resigned his posi¬ tion as .salesman for the Penllyu flor¬ ist, aud exjiects to go west about .Tan, 1st. ;»
J. O. Hallowell, who has beeu ser¬ ionsly ill, is sliglitly improved.
PrasDeetvllle.
Rev. J. W. Simmons will jiroach his farewell sermon iu Prospectville church this Sunda.v afternoou. Ou the 15tli ho will .start for his uow field ia Calcutta, India.
Mrs, Uriah Weidner, of Moutgomery .Square, was the gnest of Mrs. Charles Creamer ou Fridaj-. The latter has been quite ill.
Mrs. Frauk Worth is entertaining lier aunt from Califoruia.
Williani Lyuch aud family have moved iuto the Sjience projierty, re¬ cently Jiurchasod bv the I'drmor,
Mrs. Kate Lightkep, o|'' Philadel¬ phia, aud Mrs. Richard (Wiley and children, of Jarrettown,) wero tho guests of Mrs. Thomas Aivderson on Wednesda.y. i
Herman" Arnold aud family, of Rose Valloj-, visited Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Williams on Sunday.
Mrs. Edward Bates is- entertaining hor mother from Montgi/iiuoryvillo.
Mrs. .Tohn Markley, who "has bgen sick for more than a^year, died at her home horo on SaturdaV night, in her (iOth year. Interni.'Ut was niado] at Rose Hill cenieter ,' this Wednesdayiaf- ternoon. She h-.'ivi s a husband, one daughter, Mrs. .Klh. vt Crawford, and two iiiarriod sonA
WAS IT
INCENDIARY? i
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Mystery as to the Origin of the Wai- ;
nut street Fire. |
Ambler   Frame   dwelling   liiirned     und |
Fnlilllleii Make Narrow   tJscnpe—Prowl- j
er Olseovereil Several Oays Hefore3Iay J
I'osscBS luforiiiallon—Tile Insurauee. >^
A firo of   most   serious   jirotoutions j
was disciivorcd Frida.y   night about 11 j
o'clock iu tho   double, frauio houso ou j.
tho north   side of   Walnut street   just !
west of   Spring (jarden  street, owned ¦,
by M'ss Louise Deoiuer.  The east side .-j
wiis occupied   liy William Urban   aud .1
family and tho   west side b.y   Williani J
Tiiuijikius   and   family,     whilo   Miss 'i
Deemer had rooms   on   the latter side ;
on th(^ third fl6or of the Iiouso. ,^
The firo ajijiareiitlj- originated in   a :|
rear enclosed shed lit   (lie   jiart   iiccn- j
Ilied b.v   Mr. Urban and was not   dis- :1
covered uutil thej'   had   gained   great j|
headway—so much   jirogress,   iu tact, i
that the family, asleeji oil   the   secoud j
floor,   li.ad   considerable   difficulty   iu I
escaping, and   onlj- rescued what fow j
(diithes thoy could hurriedlj' throw ou !
as thcyrnshod down the blaziug stair- '^
way.                             ¦ .
Tho flames .seemed to eat up the rear ./
Jiart  of   the   honsa    and the   interior ;'
woodwork includiug the stairway, and 5
Mr. Li^rbau aud taniilj-   were' able   to j
save none of their jiorsoual effects, on '\ which there was no insurniico.
The family  in (ho other side of   tho house   had     no   difficulty   in mailing
their exit, and Miss   Dooiuor, who   is j
advanced in years, was ahso heljied out S
safolj'. aud   thoy succeeded in   saving I
somo of their   jiersonal   jirojiertj',   al- .'s
though   a    considerablo   jiortiou   was |
ruined by the extreme heat. -a
After tho   alarm   was   sounded   aud j
tho firo comjiany   rcsjiondod, it wa.-i   a j
battle royal for a few miuutes betweeu ,|
tho ou-rushing flames   and   the deter- '|
mined   efforts   of   tho   comjiany,   bnt j
finally the flames were under   control j
anil the danger of a sjiri.'ad of the   firo i
to the surrourdiug frame ju'ojierty was ;
thus averted. ¦'
Neighbors resjionded   sjilendidlj'   in •'
their efforts to iielji the   firemen   aud -i
to give tho uufort.unaro families what- .|
ever aid was possible iu their   jiliglit. J
Homes wero thrown ojien for their ac- ^
commodation aud comfort,   and   they i
spent as restful a   night  as   was   jios. j
sible uuder the circumstaueos   of   the .|
misfortnne and excitomeut.     The tenj J
lUts have siuce reul'  1 ;;.iid :uoved into 'J
S. J. Joues' liouso,   in Teunis avenue. ;i
\n   ijxau'.inafcion ot   tlio fire  shows, 'j that l'l'- !'l:./.o onjj^iiiatod   iu   the out- -kij;(
ed fiuishei^^^ kiiv"  i.   ivliere   ¥ re   ^i"re(^^jiah^-^^
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