The Ambler Gazette 18991019

              the ambler gazette vol xvii.-no 4i ambler pa octobkll 11 1801 81.23 a year norristown letter m«l li \\ w«l clwsltl tin < ntimiiilml oirlirntltin rn i nl < hmfmtgb i l ic ilni l pniilli tmi < iiui'nlii.ii for riillmlflnliln vnimown l';i oct pi iwj i.m-i r ! ' 1 1 1 ~ . i : i >• i had the i visiting wesl chester on the orcaninn of the centennial of the lneorri<»ratlon nf thai anclenl borough it « very goo<l fortune to meet judge yer fees of i r ivlcsiow i on tho wav to the celebration and although we were tendered n carnage we prefcrreil !¦¦ walk for il it a long and teiliona ride from philadelpha out to wen i i though true i believe it la only 2fl miles the can frorn broad strepi siat i ii run through b hillv rugged and i i country full of ravines knolla and much immature and frowiy t lln l ., i . we do ii'it bee the broad and beautiful plantation thai aru in full hew all along the drive from si town to wei>l chester through bridge ].,>!», kiiig-of prua lr,centn v . 1 1 , 1 lowei vllle and paoll we wended onr waj to the beautiful low librury ri the mint house here w saw in an acija cent niiiin exhibit of antique and carious things that cpoke to ua of the beglnnina of the century in a mute eloquence thai could not be m launder stood it wbb the day of the civic parade with a sprinkling of the mili tnrv meny odd fellows were tbeie from valley forge and other parta of the ancient county american mechan ics sona f veterana ami patriotic sun of america technically so-i ailed iind truly bo nil i1 them we mee1 men from pottstown philadelphn sorris town and from all parts of chester delaware lancaster and region/a around on the house built by joseph moore in 1799 waa a conspicuous sign telling u if the ownei and builder and thai six hessian sold iere of the revolution were buried in the lawn adjoining it is n square old mansion with froni iloor iind windows on each ride and dormer windows so c 	 nun a century ago in the parade were noble oxen with lustrous ryes long horns tipped with brass knobs ancient chairs the kind our grand airea rode in and bands of harvesters carrying the four fingered cradles and scythes with which the people swept the wheat fields in former days and of course all the modern vehlcfea down to the automo bile moving along as gently as sir tin mas upton's yacht oil handy hook there were repieseiitatives of the friends of loit years ago the dun karda and all the ancient implements of husbandry it was a memorable oc casion the court house mansion house green tree eagle and turks head and all the private residences weie decorated with bags and emblems ol various designs the people were hospitable without ostentation aud we had a good diuner mid s'.npi i am u 	 cordial selenin.-.~or whicli vh tb also ttasured in large letters on numer ous arches that bpanned the streets not only the citizens hut all kinds ol ma chinery were in motion the weatner was delightful ami warm and every man and woman was at their beat and seemed blest what a flood of though the celebration inspired i we involun tarily recited in tue secret chambers ol the mind out from the land thai hare them birth our grand sires passed a brave determined bend driven by hard fate as men were driven of old whose story has been told in lofty epic strain to build with toil and pain on a distant shore and in a strange wild land this great and glorious state ' n'orristown is older than west c'hr-1 er but was not incorporated a borough till 13 years afterwards our charter dates from 181 theirs from 1799 in 1(112 we will enjoy our centennial it we live and are not in the meantime degraded into a third-class city let it never be said that we have a third class city in the old commonwealth of montgomery clies-ter county was one of the three original counties of the province estab lished by william pcnn in 1682 the surface is much diversified the hills and valleys are numerous it is rich in limestone iron sand clay gneiss copper mid lead and as an agrioultur ul district stands in the category with lancaster bucks herks and uontgoni ery it was the birthplace of general anthony wayne and within its bound aries are valley forge and paoll of revolutionary fame phoenixville next to v^est chester is its chief borough many distinguished men were born in that old county men of learning and renown distinguished aa orators poetb and sages jurists divines and statesmen of superior order and degree she may well be proud of her county seat her yeomenry her industrie her li his rook-ribbed add ancient as the sun her valleys stretching in pen sive quietness btween her venerable woods livers that move in majesty and tin complaining brooks thai make her meadows green but above all for her inhabitants nival dames and great men her rich fields stretching from the sohuylklli across the brandy wine to the octorora she is an empire of wealth learning rennemnt and flblio and private virtue judge iinphill and butler carry along uw urt h as mariners in the sea wltboul a wreck judge verkes was delighted with toe beauty of the borough and the appoint meiits of the coin llouse othcos gild law library the library is better than ours l do n"1 menu lu books i speak of the buildiny the or md the rules all the olliee have the same rules no boisterous converse liou is allowed a man may gti to the library or the prothonatory and no niie except the visitor and tin ottteei in charge » ill know his buwlni hear a word thai is mid seat are provided for ladies and ladieu and gen lenien are invited to lit duv ii tlie icrcd and conlideiil irtl in our orncea n is like the deck of a i eryone who comes in pa s no attention tu the bu transautio u"i but pile the '' i'pii hunatury with a thousand i[u thai he imlgl't i u8 able in lll>w«t himself and even be able i instruct the prothonatory if the interrogator be n member i the bur men who have i i;u id in m nil table fflniil'cn and onghl to know better from their home rurronndingk actually run into the pro ilionalorv's oilier ind inti nupl the important iflialiii with • , 1 1 < i ions pro pounded in the londeii voice and with out even the english apology thai pre cedes every iniextion deg your pai don lin 111 gi ¦ has e in-i iliilid and perl ordnr and d 	 nun ill our roiui rooms we nevi r had better order i'l 	 ider ian sets are rii fteren t ial s ii in nit belli - nh i uiona or menial in their manners th 	 ily people who do noi comply with the rnli - nrh the females wflo it there with their hfli i oicnle there is another subject thai requires attention in out trials jurymen have said to me i oppose a thousand times since i waa admitted to the bar in iso6 that they could not hear the wit i and i myself have at ii to the witnesses that the luajoi ily i f the jury were and could nol distinctly hear i ¦ on the stand lucreti'a moti the apostle of the r'riunik oner aro-e in horticultural hall west cih.-i • i . assay ijaek in the audieni : 1 1 1 ¦ 1 sent a thrill through the •¦ a binge \\ ith i tiese words " am i heard and linn proceeded to eliiisl isr ihe speakers and ollicers around the stand for speak ing as if they were in a little parloi 10 by 12 from that ut terance she commanded attention and from thai caatigntion to the end or iii convention the speakers compre hended that they bad to raise their voices if they cnpeeled to he heard many witnesses have lost their testi mony entirely in the montgomery coun ty courl house witnesses toj39 effective must be emphatic the listless ciinpaign diags on it seems to he an era without air or motion even the yachts cannot catch a smiling breeze it is reserved to the little republics of south africa to whom alone we can look just nosv for any sign of strife and to the philippine islands in the far distant seas we do lint realize that there is an election in sight our candidate for recorder is watching at the death bed of ins father john rlghter at spring mill and all the other candidates arc quietly drift ing with the tide whether it go up or down like buchanan reed on the vesnvian bay al elelffenstein will hav a big vote in norristown for register nf wills and major cooke will climb high in pottstown for clerk of the courts the philadelphia press is to he commended for appealing to the re publican f the united stales to hold the next national convention in phila delphia the ancient capital that is all very well hut the politicians of pliila delphia always think that there is no body in the slate but themselves i at tended the fremont convention of ls.'ili in l'liilaielpbia and 1 do place for t'-ie next one it ffioks now as if tbe republicans would nominate mckinley for president with an indorse ment of his policy and the treaty ratiii ed by the senate and the democrats will dominate admiral george bewev on his record nolens volens it would serve he politicians just right for tin democrats to do so the noisy crew have been lauding dewey to the skie simply for doing a plain duty and now if their vaulting ambition overleaps itself and falls on the other side it will be the legitimate consequence of their fulsome adulation the irony of fate our people have an idea vague in derlnitj and undefined that we hold the philippine archipelago by conquest it is not true we bought the islands and we hold them by purchase we paid 20,000,000 for them and got a deed for them from the owner in fee wise or unwise it is a faot accomplished and they are ours as much as texas or alaska what will be the outcome is a question to be answered by posterity i am no prophet hut i am a citizen of tbe united states and can see what has been and can judge the future by tlie past i in-wr pass a venerable mansion without emotion and sigh to think bow true it la as longfellow has expressed it we bold no title ijeedi to house or lunds issuers and occupants of earlier datef from waves forgotten stretch thetrdusly hmul and liokl ill mortmain still tlii'lrom ustatts old friend married ' i mi i a mi i in i wedding of miss anna p land sutt alt ml i'lirtn linplcnrnl itl the rrffe of pbila 1'aiiin'i -¦' supply d f v li the ifer of mr iei ri_'!iin:i ( '. jamison and mr unwind vvaki meld lair i>f iiiblir was suleiuized wed u-eday evening net nth al mm home of i lie in idc s'l'i frankfnrd nvenne holmeslnii • the house n tnnteftilly ¦!¦ '¦ rntrd n ith palm pluntf and flou li^ht of miiny banniipl lamp plied i srifl an i mibdlied i'ver tlie erne the i'i me who wn given nwny lr hei i 1 1 1 ¦ 1 • ¦. mr william c.i |, r 8r was a heanlilul iii.tue in her weilill'ig gnwh of white t.iil'ata roven d with organdie de chine which wn nm l on trian and trim in i'd with gaii7.e ribbon she a tulle veil held up liv a rlnnter of orange blossom and she carried n shower i)ou<|iie1 i1 liridal roai ¦ nnd lilies of t he vallev miss katliarino jrlfhtlia was main of honor and white persian lawn and belt and carried c ii'tuition . the brii wore a gown ol sviih pink stock i homrliel of pink mn p oili|tiel of nink nlda were injunction agitinnt trolley a preliminary injunction was granted wednesday by judge llarman verkes against the quakertown traction com pany on petition of the borough of qoakertown in october 1896 the bor ough passed an ordinance giving pei uiissioii to hie traction coinany to lay its tracks on certain streets the doc ument specifying that only l or girder rails should he used n wednesday the borough officials discovered that t rails were being laid on the pan of the extension to perkasie which is with in the town limits and they immedi ately took action in the matter by ask ing for an injunction restraining the company from continuing work sher iff lrvin aaion svent to qlukertown on wednesday afternoon and in tin absence of the officials of the company served the injunction on the foreman ol the construction gang two llui'l in a ituuuwuv \ lerious runasvav occuured thursday evening near ( ollegeville in which mr . uowen.of jeff arson vllle and mrs isaac custer oi katoi itreet tforris town were severely injured i ladles had driven to ( ollejevillr to yisil i ¦• and were on their return home when one of the lines suddenly broki and the horse iwcumu frightened while the animal ss . and i.lun ilioiit mrs unwell jumped from i an age and in so doing her head was badly cut thu vehicle was linlly upset by the animal's frantic ph and mi cu hi ssas tluosvn out she ned a budlv l»rui d ¦ hould-r and i bud il)1 contusion the two iin fortui o to a nearby houne where their injuries were illeudid to nju and arrived ai'lheii even were attended t homi ii the i ' i t castor,consin of the hride.and mi jennie petit of philadelphia both were at ired in i hite organdie with pink ribbona and carried boliqtii pmk and white carnations miss lizzie hopper a rousin of the groom as flower girl and w;is in white organ d 	 ver pink and earned a large bi of pink and white varnationsi mr has 10 thoropson of termantown wna best matii rev george rakei"triiw pastor of mt ion methoilist kniflcodhl church nf holmesburg oiiiriated percisely al s o'clock the bridal partv entered the parlor mr.harrv aiclke of philadel phia played the beautiful wedding march from lohengrin after receiving the congratulations of their friends and partaking of refreshments the happy couple started on their wedding trip amid a deluge of rice and hearty uooil wishes white-shobmakkh a pretty wedding was solemnized at st paul's church ogontz saturday when rev dr edward appleton as sisted by rev j t cole united mi-s virginia shoemaker nnd mr howard ersklue white nf sew york the maid of honor was miss laura barney and the bridesmaids were miss mar iraret e graham miss priscilla tnvlor miss gwendolyn thomas miss emily bainev miss helen while and miss mil m rowland the best man was edward u otherman of new york the ushers were l f pease robert l north richard ii shoemaker leicester it nelson william v phillips and ilardou l crawford siirliibliouse i iii wednesday night of last week a thief or thieves visited the residence of adam j murphy and stole 30 vouog hickens which he had purchased uiu m kennedy jr . oii * be plain i ff minrhi tli \ alue of •¦' rtain farming iiii|ilenieiil loilft'ri liv i lie plaint iff in re ,). i'ilkington ami nllcgerj " in i m mi just iv di tallied hv the illlunt ' : i been lev ll d liv tile si | iff in,l ;| pig jm c i and othel fhattelo re i hv i'ilklnirti n a rollbterhl an ¦ tin . n hieh w : in fi iii a plninl iff | 13 and to fig from the defendant • " '¦ i ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦- made tltrongh si iver and 1 k miller pliiin l.i,1 railed f"r tli ¦ and defendant in i r m i ii i ii'iii v h.irl airrenil i i settlement rrfnwd to nri otls broiighl ii if court i compromifed by the d ivud.ml ng to ! -. plain thereupon ¦'. enl to del il forl wn hington and bml 1 dldd oreland 1 h ¦ - ii a very lapi al'-d pond y p ii ih1 refm • d ' ¦¦ ivthing but mi and a liorc sulwequently d.nit l';^1 plaintiff notice to move the good 10 tlflvh r tin's i be sold i'lainilf paid 110 atten tion to his aii 1 the u 	 is were sold hi pkliile ven fen lani i luima th»1 he hail no luter ii the good and thai ho wb willing tn surrender them admitted thai h had wild two of th • liurses tn rid bfnis"lf of theii chnritr<,and had always 1 	 n willing to pay plaintiff what he hid received for them or what he fairly though they w i ¦ worth the imi-i wire in a very poor condition as well aa all the rest nf tlie goods and bhnttels defend ant s iiuinsel j k miller frequently of ed to burraoder the articles even before this suit was brought the com i i 	 i 1(1 held mint under the facts of the ease there had i 	 i no tortuous conversion of the plaintiff's property by the defendant d dd d p and ant ppy y ordered a verdict for the defend ntirrlmsh at in the the l.i-t saturday was pay day creamery it was the largest history of tl 	 reanierv there are now nearly 100 nitrons bringing milk seeding is done now apple picking and i'orn h link ing is al hand although little i husk.d at this place in fact tber lire several tic ids yet tn cut sonic niie has been husking john ibil'y'e corn without orders from mr hagy and dnii '^ it while mr ii is in b d i1 vival services are being heid at the liap'.d missi.iii nl spring mill rev e i niton will preach there pan of the lav tl two of his finest sheep aaron sperry and family are entertain ing friends from pittflburg miss maggie fleck is spending n few days with relatives in philadelphia mrs esther a beidler and daugh ter mrs jackson link of philadel phia spent a few days taut week with the former's sister mrs charles dmie hower,sr the district deputy grand master and his attendants visited spi inghouse lodge i o i f on saturday evening last and installed tlnirotliceih delegati s ere present also from marion and amb ler lodges mr and mrs charles c'olloni enter tained a number of their friends mi sundav mr and mrs shearer gave a shell batk party to about 0 of their friends recently the guests spent a very en joyable afternoon gathering nuts and after a bountiful supper i ail been serv ed amusing games were indulged in to the entertainment of all present iuests attended from blue bell xorristown ( iermantown plymouth and other place week 1 1 i rv kan and v afso took tancfi albert tlreen is ( .. v ler bflvo jason sexton was the neighborhood recent callpt ill hillh i ii v l s wi'll be entertained at the home of mr and mrs john preston on saturday evening the ladies mite society of boehm'b reformed ohuroh will hold their month ly social at the homo of mr harry hoover on wednesday evening tlie pupils of walter deprefontalne were entertained by mr albert shook and family at their home on saturday evening an organ recital was given by some of those present refreshments were sei ved miss florence sinister of roxooro visited miss mary shoemnkur on sun day fkturtowiii ('. k society of the presbyterian ohufch held an echo meeting on sunday evening mr and mrs nathaniel dickey were the delegates tu tho stale convention mr dickey had charge of ihe meeting sunday evening and gave i very interesting talk of the work of the convention uio.e workers through it the hal in ing the ast c-ar , i new oceties have b id year h d family of west y conshohoeken were visiting at naroiasa oil sunday mr i'ugh and daughter from nouis town and edgar nyman of phocnix ville wen guests at nareissa at the same time g | been organized ihi henry oterholuer and family visited at henry icerper'i on sunday w s kerper and wife and mis m.f schei'tz spent tuesday al win k irk's it castle v'allev bucks county gathering uhestnuts last firdav lawrence niiss moved his family to 8151 north ninth ircet pliilu iphia mr nuss will oouduct bis ar paint shop a before al wheel mis 1 . thoiupsou i oil the sick list tiering with a bad attack of asthma mrs i ieorge sisvr and dangblci , kerper returned from applebuohsville u monday evening after spending i inn v isit ' ihlirlos si vel ¦ iece ami mrs bean if ph ila.llpliia on sunday visited the brother j m hedrlck i\i week reviva to bta ii the pl e;.i monday and saturday public i i'ni liallv invib prospeui ville rev islington of ambler methodist church will administer the sacrament of the lord's supper on next sunday morning key bisbing will ill the former's pulpit harper p walton and john walters of west philadelphia were visitow ill our sect inn last sundav mrs keiulerdine has been making preparations to rebuild her barn recent ly destroyed bv tire mr rodetnick of jarettown has been awarded the contract a marklsy and wile a crawford and wife of philadelphia were visit ing their parents last sundav miss bessie weiss was tendered a surprise party on last thursday evening by her many friends mrs thomas walton is slowly reeov erii g from a painful wound caused by a horse biting oil the end of her thumb an entertainment termed a sun bon net drill and pantomime will take place this thursday evening those destrlna a pleasant evening's enjoyment will he j repaid fur their exertion as we believe ' it will be something novel and inter esiing admission o cents large crops of auples me harvested through our section at the present time mrs amanda magpie mr and mrs clarence murple and children of north wales spent sunday with mr joseph ( ionak mr thomas tillmnn has an ear of corn which is composed of six small tars joined together variety eight rowed yellow mr ii tomllnsoa and miss nettie tomlinson were ihe guests of mr and mrs aaron qordon on sunday queer treuaure whfte digging post boles the other day preparatory to building a fence henry llriltmi of plymouth meeting unearthed a small iron pot lilled with circular pieces of metal lie ceased his work at mice and grabbing the pot ran to a nearby tore to tell of his luck in that the metal ildei residents who saw the iind said thai it had evi dently been left there by a gang of conn ii-i feitei who ini'e-ted thai region in this theory is probably true as ly afterward brittoil unear'hed two oniony boxen containing dies and also a can of ureenisb looking powder there wa a well laid plan to capture these counterfeiters in i868j bul it fail ed and ii i now i 1 ieved thai i hej wind1 ' of the proponed raid and ¦ ully buried all the evidence li inmbercd by some of ihe old idelll thai ssllell the detect i vis broke in upon i lie supposed dt n ofthu couuf ivered two hoiiesl lookiug men playing el s hilu a third man was llilns.'l'l with all old violin the oil i uiuiud lately upologi^ml and gave tlittir uddeii intrusion the lid the furniture had diapptiared y vestigation soon proved wat lead some of the nci t*riem al ¦ < ¦>>" mln i church n.w mfimi lhtiw.1 lltmu sell iii fii ri u i i'ofile of 1 ¦ i lenl sun la in re with v i keller f m iv si'rver bus in i - 1 1 < i i ¦ m et il llp m i i'hiiieb two li tn in plymouth hrnnrli i , illll doniolisdi d in iol rfl idelll hero on mondav mi - is itlp of p.rookls n and mm ui of philadelphia tpi nl \ few la i ¦¦¦ i1 b p m k si i vrr nnd lain il v rill h ic rale of the 10 sere field of porn in longing to j milton brooke on monday was largely nttendeii and good mi of the cfirn sold a high as 38 cents pi r snook clemeni sand ¦ will paini his ntable in the near fill lio ii t f;ii to hear the fun on ' il hurl family of jubilee i ( the ¦ hmrch on tiifmlay hicks lukeii nf jarrettown i>ei.i sundav with ( luirles 1 stunt harry mailman performed a hill1 i iii ctura i work on the belfry i the method isl chtimh which n«l<l gre:irly td the appearenco of the huild ing minn annie kemp of hamburg is spendina several davs here us tlie nf mis joseph rothenberaer john m aulev of pn iladi iph ia accompanied by m ella warner of this place spenl tuesday al mnucli hunk they gave us a mie description of ihe swil.erland nf ainerich the fa inoii s ilchback.beanliful l.len itirika and the piel lirewjlle i.eli igh river miss sadie brooke who was confined to hi r lion o with bfarlei fever is now convalescent edward sleuth of ambler and miss annie ilillman of this place will be quietlv married this wednesday even intr at the residence of the bride's par ents the writer extends to them ilia conorhtulni i ha christian ettdenvoi society of the baptist church will attend the chris tian endeavor exercised at the mount carmel prcswvt.erian church edge ii ill this thursday nvening harvest home services at the baptist chlirnh on sunday evening drew out a large congregation the pulpit of the church r'as tastefully decorated with the products of the soil rev mover preach ed a very appropriate settnon charles ulrich and family of phila delphia spent sunday with il f iil linghani ind family mr edward pierce who erected n greenhouse here sometime ago is now ready to do bu-hiess mr 1'ieice has a large variety of tarnations roses pan ioli i - and other lowers always on hand any oil wishing nnj i ¦ ¦ -.!»:,• . - .. * ¦• » <-,,-, •* :¦-- lowers to seu'd f roni frederick kiefnei and family wm ravior and family !¦'. ravior and fam ily mr hieehman and edward and robert ihcchniaii spent sunday with george ravior and family l;u i - tai - wreck u house throngs aro daily visiting the home of mrs ellen p koberts near blue bell to see the condition in which it was left by robbers who recently paid an informal visit and finding the occu pants not at borne at once took posses sion last week the family had oc casion to go away they were gone from i o'clock until i and in these live hours burglars who visited the place ransacked it from roof to cellar they jimmied open the rear doors hut after they had gained ingress they still found their way blocked not stopping to burs open the doors the visitors again used their jimmies and in this manner tore the door frames out of the walls this was done at every door which was found kicked every bureau was torn open in tbe same way and at the com pii'tion of their labor the theives helped themselves besides articles of wear ing apparel they carried away a large quantity of dress goods and also a bag containing old and rare coins which have been in the family's possession for quite u number of vears tim interior of tbe house looked as if an earthquake had passed through it everywhere is scattered plaster and splinters of wood the robbery is in deed a rare one and considering tlie bluoiint of plunder sittm'd was one i'lial took much laboi a i:.n •¦ ovvuhiuh a great display of ladies misses and children's coats and wraps is now in progress at lirendlinger's bjg dry good store norristown the chief purpose of the grand exhibition is the show off some of thy richest and prettiest styles i dress goods brendliuger's prepared for the bettered times this i'hm and as a consequence the stuck is unprecedented 86.00 blanket at 3.80 makes un additional attraction see large idv nest week for further par ticulars mrs rfftthi itf :. nf \\ i.ilrinai li wa the gin t i f mr john o'lloi 11 p il ianda with his old friend liei fl iday idli-llioon mr vtnmc li tli moon sunday • led tl 	 las i tbe empty lei y . i foil ii i laims tin it was a lin klin nl burred tin ly wealthy ovrufi tnl we all projihesy ii oil ¦ the neai future landlord pump al the hotel mr weim visited he frida . oui vil 1 ;¦¦. mr lames frm ham lie i hi john appli bnincl on i in !,:!¦¦¦ ite 1 ¦ pain and is much ad mired in it dress a cu i iosity in tl,i pie grown on henry tuoni seen at the kerper • harles stout tinir-l i 1 il rilling in hia wheat on wednesil iv miss maine \\ la mer nwd of friendn on wi ilnwlay even iiik stanley tnnes of barton was a vis itor in our cominitnity last wi ek william sssaiiicoii in i a trip to perkioiuen bridge oil sunday mr john 1 cftapei and wife visited mr george s fiater on sunday north walei north wales game of footbah with lansdale resulted in favor of tbe latter by a score of 6 to 25 dr ilocslein was i raller on north wales friends on l'"ridav ambrose ilrndricks of i iernianlown svas a visitor here on sunday george weilke has moved from low er iwyneim to waehington avende this borougli rev kurlz uf leading preached in st peter's lutheran chun li on sunday morning an i evening in sundav ii"xt tbe services will be conducted bv the key i'arjiel iv koncy of danvillu.'pa a ions of weddings :• i lie pro gram for the noar future among thei i the mil l'e of i ' ' ¦ of i'hilajfpb'iii.i to miss pauline k of aniblej,1 and form ilxof thi cards are also 	 ivir tin ¦ w il shoe mttrehan of tliis pl.v ,-, to mdllkati i'i i to miss s-.idie daughter nf ilarrv kulp both of i;«y nedd and near this town quite a delegation of our townsfolk took in the export exposition ou sat urday last dr d l german spent three dux on a visit to his sun harry ;'. studeut at state nohege dcllefonte accompanied by his wife they also took in blooms burg where they visited a sister of mrs german • the contract for the building of the store for munis kriebln in this place has been awarded to contractor william h.brunner who started in lively with excavations on saturday last he is iv quired to have one of the store rooms pemplcted by dec 1st and the entire building by jan 1st mir town council's street committee is rejoicing in again being able to get crushed granite ti macadini/.e streets tb y have patiently waited since rtui great storm in the summer the acoru web company gave their hands an oyster supper on thursday evening lasi,as an appreciation of their help in moving rjie plant from the old building on elm avenue to the new mill on pcnn avenue adam ltos/.er of elm avenue was stricken with paralysis on sunday last and is in a serious condition christine buck has moved from oui eastern border to one of the bouses of the mprovemenl company's block on 8 warttey street four out of the \- are now occupied tlu company has just completed wlfle side walks with grass plots on both sides in front of the row olid have also added summer kitchens in the rear of the houses kiss maggie mcvaugh of ierman town w;w a sunday visitor to miss lizzie ibudiiicks of second staoet cultivated obaiitouta james w l'.isson residing on morira mad in upper gwynedd has a line lop of cultivated elu-tuuts this fall lie has some dozen or more young graft ed trees which will yield him about 50 bushels a twig of tin cooper variety align i to the record office on monday morning bor a cluster of eight bi these burrs contained 27 bound sfll developed i'bjgvtnuts two of the burrs contained nx large chest nuts each mr bisson has other varie ties hul llie cooper nut he considers \ french variety la a very nm , but the tree are imi prolific bearers as the cooper mr son says it is an easy matter for any tanner 111 anybody else to raise plenty 4 cht i ii ui - it a littli i iii i ug young 1 1 bear and about every alternate year a full orop l'h obest nil at po and cult is aled higher price tllttll i variety surih w li 1 ord rmuwtu your bowels with cuaoar«tt r.ni'ly i i iiji.liiijii luiover ioc.86c if c () 0 i.fl l.uiic.uhtlil'vnit arthur uarkley and wife expeol to move to lin mi nesv home in philadelphia in the mar future dr montgomery a sportsman of chestnut llllljnf 	 ipauy with a proml lit tl t gentlemen of the same place shot and killed svlrat he supposed was a wild goose bul nuiied out to be on of mi carson '« awan mr and mi i'renneii entertained i number of frionils ou saturday even ing mi drennen was deliglsted in giving them a straw ride from wheel pump isaac blmflcros-s of frankford spent saturday with shaffer's mi and mrs william 1 cuics selo braleil their lift h wedding aiini i i s.n s on wi'dih day evening p p mercer and wife f krank ford were i bmld wife on sunday we h'lpe it svill he liolnrl iuie i of our voiuig men of the v i will have to visit the dentistu and sye hope in the near future they will mi 	 willow ii-..s oil sill and til ¦ i tilled i m • un lay a rai nl from thi him out he i tin ¦ d