The Ambler Gazette 19090805

              The Ambler Gazette.
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VOL.   XXVIl.-NO.  ^2
AMBLER,   PA.,   AUGUST   5,   1909,
S1.25 A YEAR
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MID OCEAN.
Dr. Godfrey, of Ambler, Writes on lhe Trip.
Mild nud t'lfcveuiriil Voyajfc-Mre ou Slilpbonrtl Is PulI of Inter«tnt anil Pleasnre. FoK8 Cause ApiiTt<«itMi*lon —The Slilp-M Vllnls.
Dr. Godfre.v, of Ambler. w;.o sailed abro.a<l on July 14, wrote t'-.- follow¬ ing letter nuder date of Julv 'jn:
We are now .abo'at 3000 miles ont from New Yorli,so you cau see we are thoroughly started on our trip anrt are aboti-t one-third of the distance wcross the great poud. We ai* sitting in steasaer chairs on d'ck and the 'weather is fino—just a little warm, •even ttiough ¦ we are beyond the GtiJi' ¦stream,which we loft yetterdny morn¬ ing. The trip so fer hascion a'surprise 'to ns .ill, becauso of the smoothiit-fK: 01 '*pi the sea, resem'Ming- a boat on the river. The   Presid«it   Liu.^oln, on
whicli wo .are sailing, is considered one of tho mo.-.t steai)^/ boats itaoat, and ono scaiocly feek tlie vilirations frorn the engines.
The   weather was -very w^mi wheu
'Wo left New York, isn soon cooled o3
BS we got otit   to 8i3«.      The mectls ot.
the boat coir.paro'moit faTOrabl>- with
; those of tlie  fiuest hotels.       B>'-tweeii
meals iu   the  morn.'ng  wo ..are-served
with boaill'iii and ciiickers ari in'the
' middle of the   afteraoon with toa aad
•cake. Everymornia-about Jl 'ihe baud
Jilays  ou  deck aali   agaia dx^riug^-jhe
afternoon.
Tho sailors lia-v? a most meresting Jiand,which creatos'much anrasoKiant. One feUo\v playr, an accor<3ioa, tJie drum is an inverled dishpiui ant. the drum sticks .are ktives. The .'.kiss cituni has heads of cauvas, imd wheiii it needs tigl.reuiug Mie jierfomier jtaces it under-ihe hydri-.ut and Acaiks 1-.. In plaoe of a triaugJo thev Iiave a large spike susjiended oa   a stiring, A.-hich is
WEDDED
BUSBY—JtlLLER.
A ver.y jiretty wedding was solemniz¬ ed on Thursday last at, high noon at the Chnrch of the Saviour, Thirty- eighth street above Chestnut, Phila¬ deljihia,wheu Miss Mary Edith Miller, formerly of Glensido, and well Ijuowu among the residents of that town, became tho hride of Mr, Warreu Free Busby. Tl'.e bride, whv.iso ahility in tho JieVl of music won her hosts of admirers, Ki the daughter of Mr. ami Mr»-. John E. Miller, of 31131 Powoltou avenue. The bridgroom, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Augustus .\. Busby, of 45'2S Sprnce street, is a jiromirrait young ibnsinesf man. He is a graduate of Hobart college, '0.'», a Sigiaa Phi man and a meuilKT of Uuivorsity lodge, P. & A. M. Owiug to a recent deatii in tht family of the bride, the large number of invitations sent out were necessarily recalled, and onl.v the im¬ mediate families were present,excejit¬ iug several most intiin.^te friends. The bride was unaltended by bridesmaid, ai',1 was giT>e.u away ly her father' Mr. Chester D. Rottner was l»egt man. £ev. Dr. Julius Bi.jr officiated. Tlsft roung foujilo' left immediatel.v on !i£i ¦vxtendcd stay in Aifiantic City. Tl-.e '.'lather, Mr. .John E. Miller, is il-;w erecting a detached brick d-wiling'ciu the sotitliwcst sido of Waverly ro.'id, Gleiuide. which '.vill be oocnjiied by the f.ir.iily npon':?oiupletion.
ncirglrani -licliool Mat4»rs.
Tiv regular monthly meetiug'C:' tho HorfJi.am towufhiji scliooi board was JiCld Tliursday evening, at -which tiuie -is single desks ivere ordersd for the new building at Pj<ispeit-.lville, wiiich structure, being erectt»d by George W. Zeitler,.will be coi>'pleted amJ e({uijiped in readitKtss for the re- ojii'uiug of soliool. Miss McCui'fly wiil be in cJiarge as teachcT. TJio Imilding will cost fasoo including the heater, jiid t'lo furuiture, about .f ICO. A uew I'oof will bo Jilaced on the'ill Pros- jiBCtvUlo sokool, the work tc bo done by Mr. .Zeitler. A sjjocial meeting will be civlled iri   abont two weeks to viev,'
strnek w.i:li a knif^    Gao sailor jilays I      , , ^, 1     ,,   -v
ou   three   sjioons, two    of  whi-h   j-jp l-M'l»'-eejit the uew scJioolljuuding holds   tocether  t;ud   rsttles fe " '"''•''i    Hopetofcre   at   the   Ix>wer Horsham betweeu   in -sn.
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e third \ a   mauiier ¦ that lie j "^""'-•'' /'." really gets sometiiiijg frons. thea..        ^ tiown-^tai
It is iu'ierestinj,- to wsit'cJi, ¦t-ld, steer¬ age jiasseagers, ivlio gfttlier r^wnd iu accessible pJacei-,-o listen to the music and see as much as tJiey are ailowod to witness of wh,-1 is gcfug on. Pas¬ sengers throw fhim candy, cigiirettei-- and other- things, and it a« great sjiort to see *}Kse less fortuEartiOB^s-J-amble ; for Jiossession.
On Fri.'lay eveiiigw^efiMa dmee oui deck.      When   -.\>j had fiisrsJied dinnerf   31rs. Agnes   C. we   wci'C  much s irpri.-ecl to fi.Md thiit'<''^i>?P ."3/--.^'cliprd tho deci: i.ad   b- -1. clciU'e'i aiK. euclos-   AntUler, od with c;,'.!n;i-:  .,•..<-,.--: —;.i  .j  —i—l n_. ....    •
-scliocJ.   the   older jiujiUs Jiav: Iiad th
rs aud the jiricaary iv.ijiils rhe ujistairs room, Jjut the board decided owins^ to the iucreasiug list of pri- aiisinf- ^stTlemts, to aicouimodste them dowJi stairs, tlie roora beiru; larger. Tlier-e are oiow about 200 jiujiils in the townshiji, the five teacheiM h.aving .Rbot:'' 40 Jinjiils each.
-''4;:ti:lf>ou's Di* off^.e vVl^r.«al.
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5iV   ¦    -   •    '¦       -""'Ml *-'-Va' ,
the watc¬ ii..- .-.ijji ,i«iii) i.v lUiuii- iiiorit-ii than on .any daj'yet, ba^   we   congratulati I
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¦ ourselves   ihat  w(: have   Ifticotie good sailors aud do not riind it verj" niucli. \We have hai twoagJits witJi'fog, and so intens<; v/as it at times tliat-'tho fog horns wore   blowu every Jialf riinute. ; Somo    oi' -tiie   pasi^engers  were   con- sidernbJ.y eacrcised soncerning the fog aud slejit W-itJi   their  clotJies on to be iToady to tate tothetitoats if necessary. Ou July   14)   we   sighted   tho    first ibo.at, and  eivau   tlion(,?h   it   wat miles awa.y it wasain intencsting   curiosity. Later   we   si{Tlite<l   a tramp  stewuer. Our first stop is   Plyuiouth. to   Lit off ¦passengers for Bngla:iil      Then we go to Oherbonrg -.to land tiiose for France, and theu to H.imburg. ^It was my eood fortoae to be ojce of •a party   of fott- to be granted permis¬ sion by  the  ciiief eugifieer to inspect the. engines of tJie vessel.       We were 'taltenover every  part, of tho sliipand wiewed   the  marvelous vitals,   whicJi loortainly comjiaBe  favorably witli rJie wonderful    orgaaiism   of  tJie  JmiBan ibody,reaIly as important to the life aad Kisefnlnoss of the great vessel.
Martti.son.   divorced
V. S^ttisiTA, .Tr., of
asked      aupieiue     Justice
New   Yoijf  ThtWi'iay fn.r 1
sur(i_ ivi'iJi" wliitV. tl
rtsfolf'-was  reserved, but inted  .her   -i .jivinthly al- jiud iX'-udiiig the action. .Tiie wedding of   th'' Mattisons took
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AMBLER VS. SOUDERTON.
Next Satarday's Game the Final One Between Tliese Clubs.
rii I.n»t Satnrday's C'olittstK tile Leaders I'nll Partliei- Away From the Tall" Kii<*c>!:s—Amliler, rerknslc Hn«:i .Souder. 1(111 <llc Winners.
Aiy.bler A. A. ball team is comjiosed of game finishers. In the contest at .Sondertou on .July '24 the chamjiions seo'-fd tiist and had a lead of three runs hefore Ambler started in.and last Saturday on the hnme grouuds Am¬ blcr allowed Lansdale the same start, 'then jumjied in, jiounded the ball, aud, aided by dariug base ruuuing and several errors, won the the game by the scorn of 11 tn 5.
Tho game was a slugging contest. .Maniiger Heels.>.er eame to Ambler with^ve new jilayers, Viut it is likely that .several ofthese will uot be allow¬ ed to liSig remain on the team.as they certaiuly dc.iiot measure up to league standard. No more glariug sjiect^acle ot how not lo jila.y baseball was giveu than that sliowu in the ninth iuniug, wheu (VN*ill, Lansdale's first hatter, made a hit and reached first baiie safely. Itstcad of .sacrificing him io secoud,Tcjiluam and Bitting both tried to knock the fail ont of the lot, and couse<juoaitly were easy outs, as -^vas. also Criton. aud the game closed -with' O'Neill ^till (III first.
Amblesr could do uothiug with Dan-. neliower until the fifth inning, when, with itwo out. Slaughter .made n three-bagger to deeji centre aud scored by a siifle home when Gallagher hit.. In Mierfext inning,aided by some live; ly iiifi.Bg aud several errors, .Ambler scored four rnns,and added three each in the-eventh and eighth. Slaughter's hittiiif.' was terrific, gettiug two singles- besides his threo-bagger. Har¬ jier ii'.ade a three-bagger .oii.i a singly aixi di-ijve iu three ruus.
A mlst-nji in short cenfr-e botweeii Howe'- 'ttnd Foulke caused the foimiir to niiT- a fly, which allowed a rttn to be -scG'-ed. 'Flav(dl caught a beautiful game, »iid his throwing was jirecisioai iti!iel.+', with tho excejitiaii of one to Harper, bnt that daugh ty first baseman leajie.:; iuto the air aud with his mit jralleti it do-ivu, for whicii jilay he was d<. ser-.,idly    apjilauded. Gallagher
KeeDHir: to be off in liis throwing, for on tw'v occasions lie tossed poor ones to HKper and rurmers were safe.
.\MBLER '. h. 0. Howes, <!  2 .1   0 Wil-isk, ll i,Al   0 Uatper, ID. 1
S8.->,000 Flre at Chalfout.
Ohalfont narrow-ly missed comjilete annihilation by a fire which started Tiiursday morhing at 11 o'clock from a sjiark from a railroad engine, and wijied out .f8.a,00(i w-(irth ot jirojierry, 'while tho remainder of tho nortliern end of the town was saved only after the hardest kind of work on the jiart of the fire comjiauies from Doyles¬ town, Lausdale aud Ambler.
At night the blaze was nuder control, but the firemen continued to jilay streams on the ruins to jireveut nearby frame houses from being set ou fire. William E. Ilichard.son, whoso loses most heavily, says liis loss is no less thau f40,000, and that there is almost uo insurance.
The buildings destroyed are these: Shed fitted with exjiensive lumber, ''oflice and books, jilaniug mill, feed 'louse, steaui grist mill, two freight ears, hay house, double frame dwel¬ ling and' barn owned b.v Frank Kerns; frame dwelliug aud baru of John Griffiths; frame <iweJIiug aud liam owned by Williani Olynier.
While the fire was at its height Louis Botti. a Doylestown 'fireman, had his face badly lacerated by an ex- jilodiug chemical extinguisher, and a number of men working in the face of intense heat -were overcome and carried out.
Tho losses .are estimated to aggregate uearly J'S.i.OOO, as follows: William Richardsou, ow-ner of hay jiress and lumber yard,^30,000; tho Reading rail way, damage to siding, burned freight ear aud damage to railroad track, $10,000; house occujiied by .John Grif¬ fith aud Johu Karz, with Large barus, .$1.5.000; house aud barn owned by Wil¬ liam Clvmer, |10,000.
Jilaco secretly iu London in 1900. Afte. ;a n»ceutioa given ou .board- ihe battle- _slii>> \VV'St Virginia Btiit for divorce "jDsrJted, the Iiusband getting a decree wit'i UO:alimony jn-jialty.
Ocnnsel for !Mrs. Mattison -said that the -insbacd trau.sg[r(>aBed jjjwatly by au .alleged abaudoamant of Jiis wifo, ajji! Jield -that the xli.vorced wife is  'jitHled 'io Jiave hcJCftso jiassedujjoii by:a Jiighar tribni/al. jHe avarred tfiat *Jie is peaailess.
,cer ni-od    iiree   s lots alter  us ; ^^^. ^^^.j^ ^^^^^.    , i,^,,,^.^ j,,^ joVk.
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WraAuoor.
Philip Markley   loft Wyndmoor last wcelt for Eaglesmexe. I Misses Oarrie and Eliza   MacCready liavo returned from the WJiite  moun-
f      tains, wliere   they lias    a  delightful
f       trip.
Geo. B. Kggleston, Jr., and Geo. B. Eggleston, Sr., with a jiarty of friendis froia PliiladeJphia, sjient Friday aud Satirrday   of last Weevli on
>• a flsJiiug triji to Barnegat Bay, and on tiieir return, iustead of tlw usual fisli- erman's    story, they   sarjwised   their
j;      neighbors with &, fino lot ot fish.    -'
[ ^    Frank   Wilsou   was   very mnch sur-
j-^  prised    by a   uumber of  his  musical
j-      frieuds from  Mt. Air.y  and   Germa-it-
p town on Tuesday ove'ning, July '^ith. Instrnmoutal      and       vocal     music
5      predominated iu tJie eveijing's  enter-
-      tainment.
Tiie regular montlily meeting of the Wyndmoor Tennis chib -was Iield on Monday eveuing at the residence of Misses   Alice   aud   Elizabeth Burtan.
I     The foliowiug  new members were ad¬ ded to   the   roll   call:   Mr.   and Mrs. AAitjiur Duncan, Miss Mary E. Myers,
^¦¦eorge H. Jonos aud Charles Strecker.
jHVhc   names   of   Mr. and JVlrs. Georgo
^^TV^aterfield aud Mr. WaJdemate were Jiiaced on tJie Iionorai-.v roll. After the usual business was disposed of the eveuing fun   started   otf  with a  very
*,     exciting clotlies jiiu race, followed by
f     other games   on the lawn.
.LAUREL LQS'ES.
Iiaro-rel Field clnb, i«if! Ani'aler, lost to Hatboro fon Satnrday iby i the  score
of 7 it®,3.
.-SUMMIT wms,
Stjonaait Field clnb, :(i Eojt Wash¬ ington, defeated Willow .Grtve on the lafet?3r's .grounds by -tite aeore of 4 to 1. JBoth 'ieams made three liits. Micliaei struol'. out 10men .and,.hid aJJ tlie boat of the argument orer DasJi.
.GLENSIDE WINS.
Glenside jnai nosed out a victory Saturday in th9 ninth iosiing 'Over Ashbonrue hy tlw score of 2 to l.iBEak- ing the winning run witJi two.men .out.
Totals      11   if i7   it   »   TotRls      «
AaitikT 0   0   '0   0   a  .<
LaiiHlale 0   2   u   1 '0-0
Tftree tiase hitF—Slaugliter. Harper. ~ Ry-tf;ttu^'hter. 8; liaiiueliower. o.  Bate? on ti.iUsi — iiy Biaut'liUT, I; Dduuehower.S.Uoipue—Gn.er.
i-PERKASIE NOSES OITT. Pe*-is.sie defeate<l Gexmauto'vn in '.he TiiiitJi i'lniug Satnrday at Perkasie ly the secre of 4 to 3. The facility with w.aicJi the.y stole bases..alJov.'ed the Pe:''kasie boys to win.
SOUDERTON   WIN*, fioudortou defeated Nt^rrietowu, 5 to 4, tm tJie   Jiome ground*.    TJi«re were 10 Jiits.'for extra bases.      Prosssr was ei}l«itiTO witJi men on bases.
LllAGUE   STANDING.
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<»erro«.ntowa	
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LEA.GUE ;STANDING,
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G.'enBide 'i0...4...-.:ii Sammit J.. 7....6*10
Hatboro 10..4 7U Willow Grove...4..10..,2«G
Afhtwiirne «...C...571 Laurel F. 0,..-..3..1I...'2w
NE-XT   GAMES.
Next Satnrday the Laurel Field club; wiE Jilay at  Fort   Wiishingtou, Glen¬ side at ¦Willow Gnovoand   Hatboio at Ashliourne.
Horse Killed at Uillslde.
—Tlie Perkiomen National bauk. East Greenville, has declared the usual semi-aunual dividend of five jier cent.
—There is mono.y iu jioultry—jirovid¬ ing you use Fairfleld's Blood Tonic and Egg Producer for Ponltry Only. It insures succesa, because it contains tho elements that strengthen and Btimulate the digostivo organs, purify the blood and mako hens Lay. Sold
nnder the written guarantee by 0. W. Gorharr, Amblor, and Cliarles MeOromick  and   Bro., Dreslier,   Pa.
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Narniwly escaping bciiig killod by a Reading railway train iat Hillside Wednesday night, James Menofeo, sou of Alfred Menefee, oolored, a Crest¬ mout coutraetor, turned his team as short as possible, when lie .saw the apjiroachiug tr.aiu, which tlien was only a few rods from Jiim. As it was, the horse on the loft hand side was struck by tiie eugiue and almost instautly killed, the harness being torn from the other liorse as clciin as if cat with a knife.
The accideut occurred at the Brad¬ field road crossing, at Hillside ceme¬ tery. Tiie youug man was on his way home from Wyncoto and declares ho did not hear the traiu, which was the Ivyland local, duo at Hillside at 5.41. Wituesses declare, however, that had he looked down the track Jio conld havo seen the apjiroaching train from his seat on the cart,
Menefee had only receutly jiurchasod the horse that was kiltol. A dog, which always followed the team, re¬ fused to leave the scene of the acci- dent.and spent the night by the side of the dead horse.
to
tho digestive   organs in perfect condi
— The 14tli   annnal   reunion   of   the   tiou and jiurifyiug   the blood.       Sold
National Hoover  Family   associatiou  under   written   guarantee   by   O. W.
will be held at   Chestnut Hill jiark ou   Gerhart, Ambler, and Charles McOor-
Wednesday, August 18th. I mick and Bro., Dresher, Pa.       aug
NEXT GAMES. Next Sat-trday afternoon Souderton -will jitla.y.at Ambler, Germaintowii at Lauedale and Norristown at Perkat e. LEAGUE NOTES. A meieting-..of the North Penn Base¬ ball leaiguo W44S held last Friday eveii¬ ing at the Tremont lionee, Lajisdah;, with re-jireseufcitives jireseut from Am¬ bler, Lausdale, Perkasie and .Sciuder- ton. Mr. HuLsbergor. of the latter clnb, presented a formal pretest .of the game on J.ti-ly.24, wherein Ambler de¬ feated Sondertou. Mr. Hunsberger pre-sented figures, claiming that had Kirk made decisions ou several plays just the ojijKisite -fo Jiis rulings Sou¬ dertou -wdttld have won. Umpire Kirk stated tliat probab/y lie Jiad erred in Isome decisions, but he admitted that it was uot iSouderkm, but Ambler's pitcher. Slaughter, whom lie had ¦misjudged in calliug balls ou many of Ixis deliveries v?hicL wero really vS^trikes. The iiro*id.out ruled the jirotest out of order, and stated thut the decisiou of au umpiio is final ex¬ cejit on a jxissible inteijiretation of tiie j.ulos.
TJie questiou of Perkasie's claim to the forfeited game of OJitiRtunt Hill on Jnly 10, which vvas ruled by the leagne must be jilayed by Germau¬ town, was lield under advisement for reconsideration.
Fans,expecting seats at the Ambler grounds Satnrday uext, will be obliged to come eaii.y,as Sondertou will briug a Jiunch of rooters with tJiem.
Dannehower Jias beeu released by Lausdale aud -'Lefty" Townsend will pitch Saturday.
Perkasie says; We helped Ambler into first jilaco twice and uow they Jioljied us iuto second jilace by defeat¬ ing Souderton.
<>^liut>< StO|> Fleeing Jinn.
Enraged at beiiigdischarged,Pasquel Bonsclio made an attack upon Douato Arterio. torcmao of the Kej'stoue Quarry comjiauy, of Plyviiouth. _ An autoui'oUile Jiarty arrived in time to jn-event jiossible serious conseijuences. and duriug its attention to the injur¬ ed and unconscious man, the assailant escajied. However. lie was cajitured late Thursday eveuing Jiy Coustable Porter.
Arterio was liu.rried to the ofilce of Dr. Corson, at Narcissa. aud his in¬ juries -ivere dressed. They consisted of a deeji scalji wonud aud a cut over the eye, sustained by a blow froui an umbrella. The victim, after beiug revived, apjieared before 'Squire John Gros<, of Norristown, and had a w-ar- raut ii-.sued for the assailant's arrest,
Coii.^tabh' Porter Jiurried to Ply¬ mouth ouly to liud his quarry fit'oing. The officer fired three shots after hi.- mau. dirt in
was struck   by   a glauciug   stone and drojipeil.    When Porter tocik his jiriso¬ ner to the magistrate's ofiice, Paso.ne! 'i-r.t^l';-J..^ey>A^;i be th''   uiiu-
eg(ld*al^asi : lie   victim   of .vu,  stabbin,.;     .iii.  r. acc\..se.d man -(vas committetl co iail ior a frutiier hearing. ,
Ab(ai.gtou -Woman nrants $10,000.
Mar4»aret O'Brien, of Abiugtou, throngli her attorneys. Miller aud High, has entered suit iu tlie prothou- otary's office, at the Norristown court Jiouse, against the Philadeljihia Rapid Trausit company. The figure at whieh her claim for damages is put is $10, 000.
The Jilaintiff claims that, on Oct. 8 last she was struck by a car of the comjiany, near Melrose avenne, on the old York road, as she was about to cross the tracks to reach a station Jilatform maintained alomr side the highway.
.A« a resnltdo the accideut she holds tliat she suffered a fracture of the sknll and other injuries, some of whicli she seems to tliiuk will be of Jiermanent effect.
AMBLER'S FIRE EQUIPMENT.
Council Informed Borough Is Never Left Unprotected.
Regiilnr .llcetluc of Borougli FnlllerH — SI..137,;J<I.'>, Assessed 'V'niunllon of Amli¬ ler—llorotigli >liist Husband Its Reve¬ nue Tills Ifenr.
Ambler borougli council met in regular session Moudav evouing. with Messrs. Roso, Flavell, Craft, Acuff, Rex, Harton and Dinnell in attend¬ ance. The minutes of the meetiug on .July Cl wi-re read and apjiroved.
Mr. Flavell rejiorted that the Lehigh Valley Transit comjianv had notified him last wook it was rea<l.v to start tho macadam work ou Bauiiock- bnrii avenue and that the contract for the work had been awarded tfi D. E. Roberts & Son, of Gwynedd Valle.v.
The erection of a guard rail along a Jiortion of Mrs. Hart's jiroperty ou Butler avenue; has uot been com¬ menced, anil Mr. Foulke volunteered to again see Mrs. H.art's attorney,
Mr. Flavell. .of the higliway commit¬ teo, rejiorted that the sidewalks aro being laid along Rosemary avenue,Mr, Turner having almost finished those on his Iirojierty'. and other owners prejiaring to Jsiy theirs, Survc.vor Gilliu having jilaced grade stakes. The couimittee had cnt a jiiece off tlie jiijie ut Ro«emai-y avenue and North street and filled giilley in North street to allow for the laying of sidewalk. At Park and Highland avenues a gul¬ ley had   1. 11   fiUed   and   a   m-w   run
ui'ade for the water. W. C. Evans has hauled from his yard fonr loads of' cement, taken from the bed of Butler avenue, aud jilaced same on Reiff's Mill road, where the material has been broken uji and covered w-ith cinders. The coudition of several crossings had been called to the at¬ tention of tho committee and same will be atteuded to sliortly.
Mr. Harton, of tbe light romuiittee, reported the location of a light chang¬ ed at Bannockburn avenue and Bethle¬ hem Jiike.
Mr. Acnft', of tho law and order comuiittee, reported tlirce arrests during the jiast mouth. Officer Ford desires a woek off duty commencing with uext Mouday,he to furnisli a .sub¬ stitute, Mr.Acuft''also called attention to the cnstom of borough in iiaying for meals of jirisoners,and said that iu his  opinion   the   borough   sliould p.ay
ing of curbs, gutters and sidewalks ou Forest avenue from Sjiring Garden to Main streets, on Hendricks street, and also on Butler avenue from Linden¬ wold aveuuo to the Bethlehem jiikc.
The Ijehigh Valley Transit com¬ pany and the Keystone Telojili.ono comjiany havc^ jiaid the jiolc taxes, while the Boll Telephone Comii.any aud the Amhler Ijlectric Light, Heat aud Motov comjiany are still delinquent.
The Bell Telephone comjiauy request¬ ed a trausfer of the iS.JOOO boud Kuar- antoe fioiii a suiety comjiauy to its owu socairity, there Iieing jiremiums to Jiay on the latter,but couucil declin¬ ed to authorize the change.
Tho liorough ofticer was grauted a week's vacation, he to emjiloy a sat¬ isfactorv substitute.
Tho following bills were ordered Iiaid: .\rthur   R. Ha.ydeu,  $'24.15;
George W. Niblock, .*:5r..>i; W. A. Thomas. ¦*S.70; "Ambler Gazette," .*-.21.ii.'i; North Peun Gas Light Co., .jO cents; Ambler Electric Light. Heat and Motor comjiany, .*l()i'i.'.37; D. F. Marjile .*'J7.oO; stri-et commissioner, li'ilO; borough officer, .^i.'i'i.
Mr. Flavell, of the highway com¬ mittee, to wJioui was gr.auted iflO at last nieetiug to jiay the street help weekly, reported au unexjiended lial¬ anco iif .'JIO.7.5, and on his motion the former action of council was resciud¬ ed. balance returned and au order jias¬ sed whereby, on the authorization of tho chairuian of the highway commit¬ tee, tlii?se extra men may secure their weekly jiay direct from the borougii treasurer,
UiTj-nedrt Vnlley.
Lower Gwyuedd towuship has un¬ loaded 14 cars of crushed stouo for the State roud work.
John Savage has received a carload of coal.
Last Weduesday eveuing '^O guests of the Gwynhurst comjirised a skat¬ ing Jiartj-, arranged by the Water¬ er brothers, w-lii«h went to Nortii Wales.
Mr. and Mrs. O. Seiter, of West Phiiadeljihia,'aro sjiendiug a -«'eek with Michael Geiselman.
Mrs. George Buchert, of Lansdale, sjient Tuesday with Mrs.C. L. Loney.
Mrs. F. .T. "Hartman, Sr., and !Mi-s. Charles Hatuiau, of Philadelphia, sjient Sunday with F. J. Hartman, Jr., ot Moutgonicryville.
Mr. and Mrs.E. B. Suiith Jiave gone to Beach Haveu, N. .L
Judge Staake ou Tuesday returned ' from Chicago. 111. He is one ot the I sjiecial coiumissiou, aiijiointeil liy the ipliihididjihia city councils, to examine . ¦ and report on tfie jilay ground man¬ agement and arrangemeiit of orlier cities.
DyeMlitolen Borse.
Magistrate E. D. Egbert, of
Norri s- :town, hae issue4 a warrant for the ar- .rest.of Morris Jtfarmor.a Philadeljihia resident, on tlie ciiarge of stealing a Jiorse from the fairm of Philip Savor, at Hatboro,
Marmer is charged with stealing a i grey horse from Savor on July 20, and I it is alleged that ho d.yed the animal in order that lie conld readily disjiose of it. WJien Jie was arrested in Phila- deijiliia several days ago on the above eliaige, Marmer furuisJied bail before Magistrate Beaton, of that city, for Ilis appearauce at further lioaring.
Wl:eu the time fixed for the hearing Savor was jiresent, but Marmer was missing, aud as a consequence the justice at once dispatched an officer to tlie Quaker city with instructions to secure the mau if at all jiossible.
nances
-Mr. Rex, of the fire   committee, re¬ jiorted   that    the  engine  was   takeu on!   of   to'.vn   iwiee   d n-iiig   the   last i moijtli mi^ i^^iriied i||^.giinil coii'iitiou. "'~'-^.' Et('mu^^waS' t^y   "   ¦T'''"T?^ JS   on North   .<jit! .'t
...id found to be in gon.i v,.,^ .ii.,..,,. I    Mr. Craft stated   that he had he.ard leriticism   cdnceruing   the   takiug    of I I'Oth chemical and   water engines ont i<if town at the same time.     Arthur R. I Hayden,   chief     of   the   departuient. j stated that he had no   instructions re¬ garding this, but  tho chemical eugine was taken to the Whiteuiarsh flre only because the   hose   carriage was in the shop    beiug    rejiainted. it    carrying hose for the steamer , and just as soon as it was though with its -«'ork it was returned   to tJie   borough.      laOO  feet of hose was takeu to the fire,but there was still sufficient   to   meet  auy  re- qnireuieuts in the borougii that iniglit arise. He admitted that council should pass  UJIOU   the qnestion   of authority for Jiermission to take   the   apjmratus out of town.     The comjiany Jiad done excellent work .at Chalfout and White¬ marsh aud had been successful in sav¬ ing a vast amount of jirojieny.
On the qnestion of an agreement be¬ tween the borough aud the fire com¬ pany respecting • tJie removal of. aji¬ paratus from the towu, Wm. 0. Irvin, secretary of the latter, said he had uo record of same. He said that an
association of fire companies has beeu formed, jiatent coujilers m.ade uniform and that in case of a severe conflagra- I tiou oue company is   expected to lend I to the other whatever aid is possible. Mr. H.ayden   said   that the town is
of Jarret,- Botton's on
Jolm Rodemick and wife, town, visited ;it Percy &i inla.x-. ,
Walter R'"'-'irir-"''"^lJi*'ir"'''' '.'""Xcd .^ te4-->T,<#^|jSrtliW.*lliU-i* '
a ii:irt   of Mi's. Teas' house.
Work is well uuder way for the macadamizing of the Norristown road, east of onr village, iu Horsham towu¬ shiji.
Miss Auna White.of Laughorue,who has been sjieuding some time with, Jliss Anna M. Camjiman, returned bome on Suuduy.
Percy L. Botteu   and family took a " trolley   trip to Eastoi^ recently, visit¬ ing Mr. and Mrs. John Jamison.
Misses Margaret and Myrtle Keut¬ ner, of Willow Grove, are sjieniling some time witli their aunt. Miss Elizabeth Bradfield.
The Aid society, of Three Tnns Baptist Bible sclicoi, will hold ita monthly meeting at the home of Mr. aud Mrs. Thomas H. Gamble, of Greenwood avenue. Ambler.
Misses Helen Pernnick, of Philadel- j]hia,Etliel Flock, of Sjiriughouse,aud Marie Peuuick, of TJiree 'Tuns, speut Weduesday of last week with Misa Gortrndo K. Conard.
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—Your horse does at least $3 -worth of work per week. By adding ono year to his life yon jiut an extra $150 in your jxickiit. Tlie regnlar use of Fairfield's Blood Tonic for Horses Ouly adds years of usefulness the   life of your horses by keejiiug
THrkey Tlllcfln Jnll.
Charlos Wentz, who claims Pliila¬ doljihia as his homo can bo thankful that lie did uot receive a worse beat¬ ing wJion James H. Jacksou, a Ply- motitli towushiji farmer,caught him iu the act of robbing his turkey cooji. As it was,lie got uearly all that was com¬ ing to him before lie was finally Jilaced under arrest.
Mr. Jackson had occasiou to go uear his  turkey  lionse and he was greatly surprised  to  seo Wentz in  the build¬ ing. The latter who was barely 35 years of  ago   hail   alrcad.y killed two small turkeys  aud   ho  was  jiluoking the feathers from the birds. When tho farmer    realized    what    was   taking place he iieeame indignant and enteriug the turkey Jiouse in a hurry he grabed Wentz by'the neck. Ho admiuistered a sonnd thrashing to the youth and then tiring he locked Wentz'in  a coru crib evidently   intending to givo him more jiunishment later ou.        However,   he seut word to Ooustablo Lemuel   Rod- onbangh   and   wheu the latter arrived the turkey tlieif was   takeu to Norris¬ town for a hearing.        Weutz waa ar- railtned    before    Magistrate    O.     F. Lenhardt   and was   committed to jail in default  of |500  bail  for  trial  at court.
never left unprotected, as there aro meu of tho company detailed ou duty in the borougli -when the apparatus goes away.aud by the 3000 feet of liose of the Keasbey and Mattison comjiany and powerful pumps of the wator com¬ pany a pressure of 100 jionnds to the Jilug oan be maintained, wJiicJi forco is
ifarelaaa.
Tlie Snnday school picnic of Cold Poiut Baptist churcii was held Wed¬ uesday in Freas' grove.
Miss Lillian Freas has returneil from Maine.
Jlr. and Mrs. Graham, of Amblor, were visiting at .Samuel Sands'.
Mr.Dudley died at Charity ho.spital.
Miss Edna Nice was given a hand¬ kerchief shower ou her birthd.ay.
Miss Heleu Marple left on S.a'furday for a two weeks' visit to friCuds in Ercoklyu, N. Y.
Miss Anna Miller snent last week at Salem, N. J.
Miss Rose MarjJe is spending a fow days    with    lier   grandmother,   Mrs.
more   than   sufficient for all   Jiresent I Elizabetli Hijiple, in Roxborongh.
borough  needs   without    the    steam     """   '"'        -•
engine.
On motion the fire committee and the chief were instructed to confer and arrange a fire zone in which it is advisable to use liotn flre eugine in case of necessity.
Mr. Jeukius, of the building jiermit committee, reported jiermits issued Wm. O. Walker for addition to house, and Louis A. Hilleman for building of liouso ou Mt. Pleasant avenue. ¦
The treasurer, S. A. Faust,reported a balauce of .f97'.l. 75 on hand.
Air. Flavell called council's attention to the lact that after the trolley com¬ jinny macadamizes its jiortion (if Bau- nockburu avenue there will still be some 400 feet unmacadamizod, which will be np to the borough to do.
E.C. Scott reported the assessed val¬ uation of the borough as follows iFirst ward, .*(i23,].55; Secona ward,$000,0(15; Third ward, $314,575; total, .fl,.537,- 30.i. which at an eight mill tax rate will not, $l'2,'200.10. From this will bo deducted the exonoratiuns and com¬ missions, but the.'pole tas.the licouses, etc., will moro than ji.av these.
Mr. Jeukius stated th'at the borough should have crushed stone on baud to Jilaco ou streets where Jioles have de¬ veloped.
Treasurer Faust   said that   it    will require $8000 to  run tJio borougii this I block jial-ty givou   by  the  Little-by year and $4430Jbosides for the sinking J Littlo society, of St. 'Luke's chnrch.
Percival     Slough     and    daughter.
Mrs. Robert MoPherson spent last week visiting at the homes of Milton Nice and Mrs. MoPherson.
Miss Laila Marple gave a jiarty to a few of her friends iu honor of her sixtii birthday on Thiu'sday at Jier liomo, Buttonwood farm, ih upper Plymouth. The afternoon was jileasant¬ ly sjient in games and music, after which the little oues jiartook of re- freshments ou the lawu.
XorlU   Wales.
The Ladies' Aid society, of St. Luke's Reformed church, formed a coaching jiarty cn Tuesday eveniug and journeyed to the residence of Mr. Simmers, at Beliry.
Tho Russel JIanulacturing comjiany has torn our its boilers aud jiut in new ones aud enlarged its engine house. Iu consequence the emjiloye s were laid oft' for a week.
Mrs. W. R. Cliilds has returued from New York state.
Mrs. A. K. Shearer .and daughter have roturuod home from the mouu¬ tains.
Mr. and Mrs. Rhine Kussel Freed, sou and daughter returued home after soverai weeks' sta.v   in   Perry conuty.
Mr.s. Charles .Krenkel and daughters. Ida  and    Rose, have   returuod   from Baltimore. Tho  proceeds   were   $112  from tlio
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fund.
TJio solicitor   was instructed to jire¬ jiare ordinances providing for tho lay-
Elizabotli,   have  returned home from I their vacatiou trip.