The Ambler Gazette 19080507

              Amble^ Gazette.
VOL.   XXVI.-NO.   11).
AMBLER,   PA.,   MAY   7,   1908.
$1.25 A YEAR
DONOHUE
WILL PITCH
If in Condition, Says Manager Acuff; of Ambler.
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Nortli Penu League Bnaebnll griisou Will Open Next Satunlay WHIi Per- hnslePlnylng at )\nililrr-I.ast .Satur- day*8  C^aiue.
Next Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock the first game of the Nortli Peuu Baseball league schedule will be plav¬ ed on the Amblor gronnds, whou Perkasie will be the visitors. MauaR- er Acnff. ot tlic local team, realiz¬ ing the value of winniug (his gaiue, has promised to Imve Douoliue, rhe regularly signed pitcher, will pitch it he cau get into condition for the game. At auy rate he will be iu u.iiform ou tne field. It Donohue is not in proper condition it is probable that Huuter and Oooke will do the twirliug.
The Perkasie team will probably be : Rarerig, catcher; Houck, pitcher; ¦yVrighi, flrst base; Gehman, secoud; High, short stop; Sine, third ; Wistler, oentre; Crouthamel left, and Stone¬ back, right.
Amblei^ ball players on Satnrday tuned up their batting eyes at tbe expense of the Wildman A. A. pitchers and when the melee was over the locaK had 20 runs to two made by the Norristown boys.
The heavy shower, which passed over the grounds, made good playing impossible, and donbtless was respou¬ sible for mauy errors made by both teams,bnt in addition to this the local players had their eyes on the ball and by hard and clean batting earned large ma,iority of the runs.
In the first iuuing Wildrick got ou first, stole second and Howes reached first on balls. Captain Flavell then bronght both men home with a slash¬ ing two-base hit. Harper made a hit, and then Al, Flavell brought two more rnus in by a three-base hit. Iu all eight runs wero scored iu the first juning. Having the game well iu hand Ambler then played off so that the mauagement would not be obliged to issue rain checks.
TIHunter started in to pitch for Am¬ bler aud, considering tlie wet ball, did exceptionally well. Cooke, the Trenton pitcher, arrived later, and took the bo.x, and although Wild- man hit him freely, the sharp fielding prevented auy runs. Cooke evideutlv was not in the best of trim.    •
Besides    the   heavy   hitting   of   the
locals the fieldiug wis   a   leature. All
outfielders   had   chances,   whicli
¦e taken care of.   Howes, the nejvly led   ¦.¦entrefleJder,  won fj
ri'.j.    !iiT{]n^°WoBOeK   loo' that oBnie their way, and   the   Tor; stole home once as tiie pitcher delivei?' ed the ball.   The catcher fumbled   andf the doctor scored.    Kelly ou third liad many hard chances, which he took caie of in good form.       At   the bat am? on bases ive again showed that he is a uat- nral aud heady player.
OBITUARY.
.MRS. LOL'LSE K. i-^HU.MAN.
Mrs Louise K. Shuman, widow of the late Christiau W. Shuman. aged 80 years, died   Friday   eveuiug   abnut   il
ROUTE OF THE PARADE
lock at her home on North   Olinfou : Cour&e   Mapped   Out  for   th'i Doyelstowu, after illuess   from ]
street,
a complication   of   diseases   following
an operation. i
Mrs. Shuman was the daughter of Johu aud Diaua Yerkes, of Warmiu¬ ster. She was married iu the early 50's and went ro ludiana with her husband, returning to ,Tohusville, this couuty, iu 18C)0. Iu 1807 thev moved to Doylestowu where she resided nntil the time ot her death.
Shortly after Mrs. Shuman became allied with the"-Baptist congregation of the town, v,hich was theu meetini; iu the Masouic hall, and was oue of the charter uiembers of tho church wheu it organized iu 1868. Fiom that time ou she was one of its most active members, associated with all ot the movemeuts and departmeuts of the church,
Mrs. Shuman is survived by four sons, Eugene S, of Doylestown; C. Frederick of Philadelphia; George M., of Doylesiowu, auii .John Y., of Philadelphia; oue brother, Krewsou Yerkes, of Piiiladelphia, and two sisters, Mrs. Lydia Ann Headley, of near Willow Grove, and Mrs, Mary j. Arnold, of Rushlaud,
HUGH FOULKE.
Hugh Fonlke was buried Monday afteruoon at Gwynedd Friends' ceme¬ tery. He died ou Friday at Graud View sanitarium, Wernersville, at au advauced age.
Deceased was born and raised at Gwynedd, beiug the son ot Hugh Foulke, He never married. He was of a studious mind aud attaiued great proficiency in Latiu aud some of the other higher branches. Deceased taught at the famous old Gwynedd boardiug school, the Friends' Ceutral scfliool, Philadelphia, and later In New York.
Thomas Foulke, a brother of the deceased, was iu the Northern Liber¬ ties bank for many years, aud after" Swarthmore college was started he was general superinteudent of the iustitution until his death,
Hugh Foulke was a warm personal' frieud of Heury Joues, a well known writer of verse of Philadelphia, a^d who also spent a considerable portiou of his life in this vicinity. Deceased had been at Wernersville previously aud had been much benefited by tl* tifiatment, hut his recent stay was of short duration, death resulting after a geueral dissolution -of the faculties dne 'o old age.
HU'A'AI;
Huge
Demonstration.
.\iKl)ler tn Be (4nlly Decorated, ami 3Iorr Tliau n Soore of Flre C'oiiipiiuicn,Wltli .IpiinrntiiH, BhikIn, Ktc, Will He In the Line—Program.
Nest Satiirday afteruoou rhe u-jw chemical engiue of Wissahickou Kir" compauy. No. 1, of Amhler, will br- housed wtih appropriaiR exercises fol¬ lowing a parade of 2.0 companies of this locality aud a represeutaiinu of the voluuteer fire department of Atlantic City, N.^ J.
The OonshoIuK'kftii Kire coiupnuy, No. 32. will do the housing, aud the company tor this part of the exorcises will furuish a speakei. Congressman Irviug P. Waguer, of Norristowu, will respond on behalf of the Wissahiekon Fire company. The committee of the Conshohocken oompany having the hoBsiug in charge comprises I. D. Shaffer, Alexander Long, George Royer, David Derr aud Hugh Blair.
It is earnestly requested aud desired that publio buildiugs, stores aud private homes be decorated for che event not ouly on the liue of march throughout the town but all over Am¬ bler as well, so that the towu as a whole may pnt ou a gala appearauce for the thousands of visitors expected, the welcome aud hospitality to which guests may iu a measure be revealed by the general response with ¦Nvbich this notice is received
The formatiou for the parade will be as   follows:   Marshall,   aids.   Ambler
f:1l.-.lnut llill WluH from Souderton.
Al I'het-I   Pump   on   Saturday   last
, Cli«>-.'..it    Hill    defeated   the   strong
iSbtadfi-tou   cluh, of   the   North   Penu
j leagu''. iu,au exhihitiou game, by  the
'score  jf (¦) fo .¦!, and two   more   evenly
matchi-il clnhs never played at   Chest-
uiit H 11, aud after tho   last   mau was
out tl; local   faus   voted   this   year's
Oljes^t'iut  Hill   bunch   of   players   the
«giuit-t that have ever represented the
gfll,    Wheu the Mill hoys weut to bat
^thp third inuiug the score was   5 to
Spiga.nst tliem.  Tlie uext two iuuings
saw r iLUi nyfu up to   Souderton, tircu
piiss    ip.m. After that it was biff-bnng,
i.\-n-;   ,|),  without anv further scoriug.
lU first was tho   star,   aud    tlie
! work of Touchstone and Pross-.
.1.1 unt  have beeu improved ujjou
-tl a dav as Saturday.    I'rom the
s,h(UMi hy   the Hill   club   agaiust
iiiUK clulis that it has   t,3keu   on
spring,    the fans   are williug   to
t their lot   ou   this  year's   buuch.
It's uow up 10 who is a good loos-
as all can't   win.       Chestuut   Hill
lys at Lansdale Saturday in the first
.gue game.
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tis
Court llearN Local Cases.
n Norristowu on Monday W.-a. F. Ijtuuehower asked the court to grant JBew trial iu the case of Abraham B, |llwagon vs. Ambler Spring water ""[lany, ou the grouud that there r-ili.scovered evideuce. Ic is also J^IIeKod that one of the jurymen aud a l^tiiesB for the defendant were engag- M.iu couver.sation in rhe corridor of Mje court house while the case was |ni trial.
^iJudge Swartz handed dowu an opiu- itat in the case of the school district pf fjansdale vs.school district of Lower Salford. This was the action reported, several days ago, for the recovery of tbe cost of till' tuition and cost of .school books for Irma Oberholtzer. She
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TROLLEY CO. ASKS FAVORS.
Ambler Council ALVises It to Keep Faith With Borough.
Iiawiiiiikers Have a Ilusy Sesslnu — .Streets lo lir Improved ns Intended — Street <;radrM to lie KslallMslied-Ilills Ordered Paid.
The regular monthly meetiug of Amhler horuugh council was held Mou day Lveuiug with al! ihe uiembers pre¬ sent except Dr. Fiue. ProHident Jeukius was in the chair. TIih uiiu- utHs of the meiTiug ou April G were read aud approved.
Mr .McOlean, of the highway com¬ mittee, reported that lie liad ordered repairs ou some of the streets. The Iiighways are mostly graded, aud the macadaiuizing, under the terms of the contract, is jiroceediug satisfactorily. The irou pipes ordeied have arrived and will be put iu the streets wjiere needed. ittti„>K.>»
Mr. Rose, of the light committee, reported the lights placed as ordered at last meeting with the exception of one on Belmont avenue, which will be erected when the material arrives.
Mr. Diunell, of the building permit committee, reported permits issued the Kuight estate, addition to rear| of Kuight building ; John Heudricks, shootiug gallery ; John Palermo, ;^ad- dition to residence.
Mr. Kex, of the fire committee,'[re¬ ported the apparatus in good coudi¬ tion. Five or six sections of hose are ueeded, whicli were ordered procured. The nozzles, reported as needed at last
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?>ortll Peuu League Seliedule.
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Perkasie at Ambler. Jenkiutqwii at Souderton. Chestnut Hill at Lansdale. May 10.
Souderton at Ambler, .lenkintown at Perkasie. Lansdale at Cbestnut Hill. May '23.
Chestnut Hill at Ambler. Souderton at Lansdale. May ::0.
A. M. Ambler at Lansdale. P, M. Lansdale at Ambler. A. SI. i-erkasie at Souderton. P. M. Souderton at Perkasie. A. JI. Chestunt Hill lit Jenkintown. P. M. Jenkintown at Chestnut Hlil. June (i.
Ambler at Jenkintown. Perkasie at Chestnut Hill. June l;i.
Ainbler at Perkasie. Chestnut Hlil at Souderton. Jenkiutown at Lansdale. J une 20.
^ ,  Chestnut Hill at Perkasie, Jenkiutown at Ambler. Lansdale at Souderton. J une-27.
Ambler at Chestnut Hill. Souderton at Jenkintown. July 4.
A. M. .4mbler at Souderton. P. M. Souderton at Ambler. A. M. Perkasie at Lansdale. P. M. Lansdale at Perkasie. A. M. Jenkintown at Chestnut Hill. P. SI. Chestnut Hill at Jenkintown. July 11.
Jenkintown at Ambler. Perkasie at Chestnut Hill. July IS.
Ambler at Chestnut Hill. Lansdale at Jenkintowu. July 25.
Lansdale at Souderton. Perkasie at Ambler. Aug. 1.
Ambler at Lansdale. Chestnut Bill at Perkasie. Bouderton at JenkintowD. Aug, 8.
Ambler at Jenkintown. Cbestnut Hill at Souderton. Perkasie at Lansdale. Aug. 15.
Lansdale at Ambler. Jenkintown at PerKasie. Aug. 22.
Chestnut HIU at Ambler. Jenkintown at Souderton. Aug. 29.
Ambler at Perkasie. Lansdale at Jenkiutown. Souderton at Chestnut Hill. Sep. 5.
Souderton at Lansdale. Perkasie at Jenkintown. Sep. 7.
A. M. Perkasie at Souderton. P. M. Souderton at Perkasie. Lansdale at c:bestnat Hill. Sep. 12.
Ambler at Souderton. Jeukiutown at Lansdale. Sep. TJ.
Chestnut Hill at Lansdale, Perkasie at Jeultlutuwn. Sep. 20.
Soudeiton at Chestnut Hill. Lansdale at Perkasie.
Ill i(!('7:- ¦ ll age. was g;u> i;i i-;:-T :.: -,,ie lioi-pital mr M ¦- 'insuue. His-i5urviviug childreu are:H. M. Woodmansee, ]inblisher of the Lansdale Reporter; Charles K. Wood¬ mansee. jiublisher of the Wycombe Herald; ' Miss Mary Woodmansee, readier in tlie high school, and Miss Gertrude Woodiuansee, slioe dealer of Marshall aud George street|, Norris¬ town.
Deceased    had   beeu   a   resident   of Norristowu for nearly a score of years.
SARAH DRESHER.
The funeral of Sarah, widow of Abraham Dresher. occurred Friday from the home of hei ouly son, Abra¬ ham K. Dresher, of Centre Point. Deceased, who was aged 7!i years, was a danghter of Rev. David Kriebel, an eloqnent aud highly esteemed Schweuk¬ felder preacher. The.re were seven cliildreu in his family, and Mrs. Dresher was the lasr to die. She was the mother of five children, two of whom survive : Emeliue, wife of Aaron H. Suyder, of Towamenciu, and Abra¬ ham k. Dresher,
b*and, Atlantic City  volunteer   repre-iaftended school at Lansdale, while she seutatives.   Ambler   borougli   council,   was a resident of Lower Sailord. invited guests, Sellervsille   Fire   com-i'   The deleudauLs ohji-ct to the puymeur pany. Volunteer Acttee associatiou, of! of the charges uiailo by the   pl.iuinff, Phiiadelphia.  witn filil   baud   engiue:'on the   ground lluir the LansilalK liigii
' sohool is not a high school .\-irliiij the uieauiug of the act  of .Miirch lil.  1905,
—New magistrates who assumed their offices Monday for a five-year- term in the snbnrban section inolude Qeorge F, Osman, of Oheltenham; Michael F. Laohot and H. Calviu Williams, of Abington, and Benjamin F. Nigntlinger, of Jeukintowu. Messrs. Osman and Williams are the Bnccessors to George F. Wood, of Ogoutz, and J.Beans Qoentner.of Wil¬ low Grove,the magistrates with whom Philadelphia antomobilista are more than acquainted.
Landis Is Re-elected.
At the Montgomery county conven. tion of sohool directors in Norristown on Tuesday, Oonuty Superintendent ot Schools J.Horace Landis,of Norris¬ town, was re-elected to the position for another term of three years by a vote of 240 to 44, Prin. Warren R, Rahn, ot Ambler, being the opposing candidate. Tlie salary was raised to $3000, an increase of 1500 for the pur¬ pose of paying a seoretary. In second¬ ing the nomination of Prin, Rahu, Philip I. Maas, of Ambler, said that tbe incnmbent shocld he a man of merit, stroug personality and execu¬ tive capacity, uot a person merely marking timo in old methods. He shonld also be a man of commanding educational kuowledge and np on current events in the school laws, and one capable of harmoniziug the work of the schools and of the various boards. He should be broad minded aud frequently mingle with those iu charge of educational affairs.
Glenside   and   Around.
OarroU Brooke is spending the week iu West Virginia ou a busiuess trip.
W H. Barnaby, uf No, 137 Roslyn aveune, has applied for a pateut for a cellar door protector. This is a some¬ what ingenious mechanical device that works automatically and will preveut water ruuuing off the root ot a house from entering the cellar.
The Glenside Buildiug association bas just issued its 17th aunual state¬ ment which shows its affairs to be in a very flonrishiug couditiou.
Exceptions to tho reports of town¬ ship commissioners of Cheiteuham with reference to the vacatiou and relayiug of Royal aveuue, are on the argument list of tbe quarter sessious court. ' ,
The boys who roam around the streets at night in the vicinity of North Edge Hill and make a praotice ot throwing stones are known, aud |f they do not desist from this mischiev- ons praotice, the Abingtou patrolmau, who has been investigating, will, be called'opou to aot in the inatter.
Pioueer compauy. No 1, Jeukintowu Weldon of Weldou; Abingtou, Gleu¬ side. ludepeudeut. No, 2, of Jenkin¬ towu; Quakertowu, Oyuwyd, JVcKiu- ley, Sondertou, Lausdale, Willow Grove, Hatboro, Norristown, Doyles¬ town, Wyndmoor.Old York road;Ohel- tenham,"Rntledge, Presbyteriau Boy's Brigade, Conshohocken, No. 2: Wiss¬ ahickou, No. 1, Ambler; Liberty, ol Bethlehem.
Dr. Godfrey is chief marshall for rhe parade, and his assistants are: Wm. J. Deviue, Rees C. Roberts, J. Watson Oraft, Frauk Turner, Arthur Hayden, Olifforil Martiu,W. O. Irviu. Ciaytou Reed, Johu Kirk, G. M. Deck, J. P. Fretz, John Kelly, Joseph T. Fonkle, Charles Hibschmau, E. L. Posey, E. O. Scott. J. F. Davis, Joseph A. Buchanan, L. S. Besson, Harvey Dager, Harvev Allen, Rev. W. O. Stiver, Wm. S, Acuff, Esq,, and Albert Shook.'
The route of the parade has been mapped out as follows: Companies will form ou North Main street. Tenuis avenue, Reiff's Mill road. Spring Garden street, Belmont avenne. Walnut street. Forest avenue and Race etreet, and wili march out Bntler avenne to Spriug Gardeu street, to Forest, to Ridge, to Butler, to pike, to Euclid aveuue, to Park avenne, to Mattison aveune, to Butler avenue, to Lindenwold avenue, to the Bethle¬ hem pike, to Rosemary avenne, t( Trinity aveuue, to Highland avenne to turnpike. The countermarch i- arranged so that those in liue may b> afforded the opportuuity of viewing the parade, Ou the retnru maroh, r the head of the liue reaches Maii Btreet the ranks will be opened au. the marshall and his aids will pass t.' the rear aud escort through the entir column the Coushohocken and Amble companies to the fire house, wheri' the liousing exercises will take plaoe Hon. Benjamin F. Harry, of Oon shohoeken, making the housing ad dress
P.L.4U,that that act is unooustitutiou al aud that the charges are excessive.
Atter the statemeut of the facts, as the court finds them,the conclusions of law reached are:
1. Lansdale maiutaius a high school of the second grade, as defined by the aot  of    June    '28,   1895,    P.   L.   413.
3. In tho admission ot Irma Ober- boltzer,uuder the facts fouud, all the requirements of the ace of Jlarcli IG, !905,P. L. 40, havebeeu comjilied with to eutitle the plaiutiff to recover from lthe defendant sohool district.
3. We are not convinced that the not of 1905, which  imposes this liabil-
ty on the defendaut towuslii]). is   uu- onstitutional.
4. The plaintiff is entitled to a ver- ;liot of $19.05 with interest, from July 11, 1907.
In the case of the Chestuut Hill and Spriugfield Turupike compauy vs. Montgomery couuty. Judge Weand overruled the motion to strike ofl au ippeal.
meeting, will cost i?12 ea.ol.i instead of ¦•?'I, aud the advisability of their pur- ciiase was referred to the fire oommit- ti-e with power to act.
Mr. f-iiirtnn, of the borongh proper¬ tv and ?u]iply committee, reporied the officers uniform ordered. Two Key¬ stoue Telephone compauy poles ou Tenuis aveuue, Nos. 50 aud 53, were reported in au unsafe couditiou.
The irpasurer reported a balance on haud of .f9875.10.
A communication was read from Wm. J. Deviue, snperintendenf of Lindeuwolil farms, reiiuested per¬ mission of couucil to grade Park ave¬ uue between Rosemary and Highland avenues, the dirt to he rtinoved with- ; out expeuse to the horough, I
At the siigcostiou of Mr. Rose, it was provided by council that all earth \ ou the Turner tract streets not ueeded by the borough should be graded to grade lor the dirt by tliose persous desiring same. Mr. Devine was graut- I ed the permission desired. i
Mr, Jenkius preseuted a letter   from ] ! E. H. Johnson. Sr , which he laid be¬
fore   couucil   and
wherein   attentiou ' was called   tu   the   grade   conditions, : allegiug that the   water   from   Forest [aud Ridge aveunes is allowed to   flow i to    Mr.   Johnsons     Belmont   avenue property. The complaint was  referred to (he Iiighway couimittee. R.   P.   Stevens,     president    of   the ,-.,,. , ,      ,     I Lehigh Valley Transit   comrany, ad-
was engaged in hauling telegraph poles ' ^^^^^^^^^ council requesting   permission
Let Man Uie, Obeying Law.
Throngh au ignorant interpretation | W the law the lite of Virgil Walter, , of Roxborough, was sacrificed,  Walter '
price indicates, otherwise^Ithere [may be a deficit when full aud^,.final pay¬ ment is to be made. i ..4!
Mr. Rose said the extra cost^.wlll amonnt to not more thau . iiaOO,; and the apparent error in tliR figures pro- bablv occurred iu transcribing to the typewritten sheets.He stated there Mill be ami)l« money to pay for|^aU the extra wirk aud there will be .;uo ueed of cutting out auy of the streets.
On uioiion it was decided to carry our the contract as intended aud the difference, it auy, to be paid out of the general tuud.
Mr. Rose called couucil's attention to the couditiou of North street near Euclid avenue, where ihere is a pipe from the latter sireet empty iug into the old water course, whilo at the same poiut auother drain comes down from under tho rear end of the houses. The draiu dowu Euclid avenue tabes care of water from a spring on Dr, MattisoD's lawn, wliile the second and smaller draiu carries off water from springs in lois withiu the borough aud near the Bethlehem pike also . re¬ ceiviug water from drain spouts, aud, Mr. Rose alleges, some kitchen .iud wash water. He objected, ou the grounds of establishing a precedent, to the borough's allowing this latter pipe to draiu into the former iu the culbert lo be placed under North street,
Mr, Flavell said that if the borough is obliged to tako care of the water from Upper Dublin it should receive and dispose ot the water from the pro¬ perties ot residents within its owu limits. He requested of Solicitor Foulke if the water from Dr. Mat¬ tisou's lawn could uot be legally pre¬ vented from flowing into the borough, but the solictior thinks uuder the cir¬ cumstances the towuship of Upper Dublin cauuot be compelled to divert this water at its own expeuse as it is followiug a natural watercourse. Mr, Devine stated that Dr. Mattison has takeu care of a large part of this water aud wonld gladly divert all if engineers are able to point a method by which this can be doue.
On motion the resideuts of Euclid avenue were allowed to coutinue drain¬ ing iuto the pipes, provided that uo wash water he placed thereiu,and that a flne of ,|35 be imposed for a viola¬ tion of this privilege.
Mr. l<'lavell stated that J. E. Under¬ wood, ot Mattison avenne, is williug to lay a pipe to "carry off certain water, wliicli flows down the ditch in front ot his property, if the borough will grade for a sidewalk, aud the latter will further lay a sidewalk and gutter. The matter was lett in the hands of tho highway committee, as was also the retiuest cf S. H. Jones that the borongh grade for .ddewalks ou Teunis avenue.
Arthur Hayden reiiuesteiJ that coun¬ cil est::'nliB!i the jirepent crade ot Tennis
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.¦¦ I'.iPPrnig.It v^iasnolbt- !"d    Ml'.    Hayden'    fie
J   Ohairman    Jeukius   called   the   at-
' teutiou nf the highway   committee   to
jthe    couditiou    of    his   property   on
i Teunis avenue,   where   aU  excavation
i has been unjde iuto his   ficUl,   leaving
! au uuprotei ted  liole, which   could   be
filleii    by   (Inmjdng   stoue   and   earth
therein wiien tho gradiug 10 the street
is to be completed.
Mr. Dinnell stated that Harvey Dager re(iuesiB a permit to erect a . two-story additiou to Ins storage house on Park aveune. The re(iuest was referred back to the commitiee with instructions to act iu accord with the borough ordiuances.
On motiou the law and order com¬ mittee and solicitor were instructed to review the huildiug permit ordln- auces, and if in their jurlgment these do not )iroperly secnre the borough a new and binding ordinauce is to be prepared and preseuted at the uext meeting
The reqoest of Mr. Flavell that five extra deputy officers be appointed lor service ou Saturday was referred to the law aud order committee with power tc act.
The following bills wore ordered paid, after which council adjourned:
Ambltr Spring Water company,$150; H. O. Manu, $8.08; J. .Watsou Oraft, 129.63; H. W. B. Reed, $3.37; 1. H. Blackburn, $4.90; street commission¬ er aud extra meu on streets, .$74 71; William A. Thomas, $11.37; Ambler Electric Light, Heat aud Motor com¬ pauy, $315.41; Wm. 0. Evans, $68.3.80; Richard J. Ford,$53; Daniel F Marple, $30.8:3; Wm. 0. Evaus, $4303.16.
from   the   woods at Barreu Hill when
j the car upon which the pole was being j gvsritch ou
j conveyed upset and he was pinned   to
I the ground. According to the   iuvesti-
I gation of Coroner King a  number   of
men   saw   the   accident,   bnt   because
' they supposed the   man was   instantly
; killed hesitated   to   remove   the   cart
from Walter's neck   The   examiuation
by Dr. Peltz revealed that death   waa
dne   lo   straugulation. Had   the   meu
resoned him instead   of   holdiug   back
\ beoanse they believed they   would   be
\ liable to arrest tor touching the   body
before    the cornoner saw  it, his life
might have been saved.
.\blngton Arrests.
Andrew Lee,Prank Jones aud Daniel
In the evening  the   Volunteer  Fire; Kennedy   were  arrested   by   .Officers
department, of Atlantic City, wil present to the local company a set 01 embossed resolutions, and the com¬ pany will have a speaker to make the presentation address. Rev. M. H. Nichols, pastor ot the First Methodist Episcopal ohnrch, of Ambler, aud a member of the Wiasahickou Fire com¬ pauy, will receive the gift on behalf of the local company.
Wauls Turupike  Freed.
Oliver N. Beck, of the firm of Beck and Himmelwright, who are cutting timber on a tract near Red Hill, is en¬ deavoring to organize a movement to free the Green Lane and Goshenhop¬ pen turupike passing throngh that region. He promises to circnlate a pe¬ tition askiug the court lo appoint a jury to determine whether or not the jOad shonld be condemned and be- Qome the propei'^y of the county.
Messer and Kenny, of the jibington police force, on Wednesday night. They were sleepiug in a, buildiug uear Harper statiou. On Thursday after¬ noon they were given a hearing before 'Squire J, B. Geontner and sent to Norristown jail for i!0 daya. The charge againat them was vagrancy. Ou Thursday evening, 'Square Frederick .Luff beard the cases ot Grover Bose amd John Gibbons, who were arrested by Constable Gibbon, of Weldon. those two meu were charged with (|ruelty to animals. They were driving throngh Weldou with a horse, said to ~ ave been iu a frightful condition rom aorea and the lack of food.
—Mrs Sarah Bean,   wife  of  former
Sonth Main street. The matrer had been gone over by the j highway committee, which advised that if the request be granted the, switch be constructed just below thei southerly entrance to the Ambler i freight yard, ¦
Mr. Rose called attentiou to the' trolley company's neglect to uay its share of resurfacing Bntler avenue some years ago, amounting to $273, and ha urged that concinl, before garntlng the permission, insist that the bill be paid aud that the trolley company be oblioed to resurface Sooth Main street trom Bntler aveuue as far as the company uses tne street, and also to replace the bricks taken np in ite track some months ago. The per- miesiou to construct the switch was therefore unanimously gr»uted ou these conditions and ouly on the pro¬ vision that they be flrst fulfilled by the oompany,
Mr, Flavbll preseuted a resolution for the fixiug of grades ou all streets ot the borough aud the filiug of bine ]irint8 of same with the proper ofliciala of the borough, which was passed.
Mr. Rose preseuted the need of a street light between Euclid and Mat¬ tison avennes on Park avenne, which was referred to the light committee with power to aot.
Mr, McOlean stated that eome of ihe streeta are exceeding the measnre-
.aaiatant District Attoruey T, Lane ments given Contractor Evaus iu the ieiiu, and daughter of Frauk Hnnier, specificatione for grading and maca- lesiatant treasnrer of the Pennsylvania damiziug. He suggested that the )ailroad,died in Norristown on Thnrs- I borongh engineer give flgnres ou the lay as a result of in;nries reoeived ^in I work, and that uo fnrther work be LlUng dowu ataire  a week before,        ' doue.thau the extent  of  the  contract
Wyndmoor.
Miss Alice Rae Thompson, or Per¬ kasie, is spending a few days as the gnest of Miss Emma S. Fallows.
Miss Elizabeth E. Campbell speut Satnrday aud Snuday at Maple Glen.
The friends of Mies Marian Liuder teudered her a surprise party ou Thnrsday evening. The following were her guests: Misses Nine Waterfleld, Nona Waterfield,Pauline Lamb, Laura Kuapp. Maude Rambo. Heleu Schaeft'er, Myrtle Metzger, Editli Metzger, Cora Freuch, Marian Liuder, Messrs.'ThoruJ tou Waterfield, William Citti, George Parson aud Joseph Surgison.
Misa Margie Beidemau and Bertram Beideman, ot Philadelphia, spent Sat¬ urday aud Suuday as the guests of their consius. Misses Mabel aud Nellie Earuest.
The regular monthly meeting of the Wvndmoor Tenuis olub will be held at the home of Miss Elizabeth Campbell ou Saturday eveuiug. May 9, iustead of Monday eveniug, as is the custom,
A weight social will be held ou Fri¬ day evening at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fallows, East Willow Grove aveune, Wyudmoor. Proceeds to be used for the debt fur d ot Grace Lntherau chnrnh. -V cordial iuviia¬ tiou is extended to all.
—Frank Henry, of Lansdale, defeat¬ ed Hatry Dull in a lOObird shoot Fri¬ day afternoon at Peuu Sqnare. The ecore was S5 to 83,
—Spring painting is liere. Tbo Fel- tonSibley paint is a lead and zino combination (hat looks well and wears well, Gnaranteed and sold by O M, Deckfand Co,, Ambler,     apr 2S-4t