The Ambler Gazette 18990209

              the ambler gazette vol xvii.-no j ambler pa february 9 l<si)i sl.25 a ykak norristown letter vnli tnilil limiklnx imiilviil i ill-i i he cii-x for i p||l4l:i«lti t|i|>n>vnl tli runtom i mthrtim of count lirtn !•: i «•«¦ mini lil«lrlrl tlil i'vli-nil1 own vli'wi norrisi'iw n i'eh ii a con-'pieuoiis man in the rising re publlcnn party f ih6m was charles todd tonkins of llaiiield township in this count y and ith unwiiveritii for titude thrungh every vicissitude of for tune in defeat and triumph he stood by tlie cause of liberty hnj good govern ment many limes he was solicited and several times he n mscuted toacecpt nominations for importanl offices in the county noonc doubted hi poli tics or questioned his integrity bui he was not iin office seeker the noniina tiuti idwiiys had to sii'k him today he is laid al resl at liwynedd friends meeting borylng grnnnd we have many men who have jumped into the republican ranks since he espoused the aiili-sduvi iv cause wko have harvested the crops from the seed that the pin i fleers imd sown hut through all the years when the irrcprossihlc conflict was raging between frnedom and slav ery there stood charles todd lenkins true ns the needle lo the pole you have hi hlogtbphv hut let me jive you ii little incident in his life which is a part of tlie history of trial hy jury in this i unity an incident in which he was tlie principal factor ami i was an important actor he was in the year istii and for several years before engaged in business with one henry s kosenl>eryer who was dis covered eventually to be forging mr jenkins name to notes that were dis counted in hank and finally lioseiiher jter was arrested and tried for the offense of forgery 1 was employed to assist the district sittoncy george vv bush the defendant was represented by col james boyd now senior survivor of the old regime at this bar after the chorse of the jury bv judge chapman the jurors retired tn deliberate and after due time tiled into tin court room to ren der their verdict before receiving the verdict judge chapman said mr boyd where is your client the defend ant for it is propel1 to take the verdict in the presence or the accused so that he niav poll the jury if he sees proper and make each juror answer for himself mr t'nyd looked around behind him where rosenhert-'er hud h'-en sitting and then turned and n plied i don't know where he is — he was lure a min ute o the judge then biivtigely charged theoffleers to hunt op the mis ing man aii'i reprimanded them for their reniissnes ¦•¦. but rosenherirer hud lied iis the jury filed in and all eyes were on the jury and none on the cul prit after waiting a while by con sent of col boyd defendant's counsel and the commonwealth as represented the verdict of guilty was taken hut rosenherger was never found or brought up tor sentence this is now 30 yen's since the hill of indictment was found by the grand jury at may sessions 1 80ft the charge was that eiosenbergi r had drawn a mite dated vt is isnr paynhle to the older of c todo jen kin purporting to he signed hy said henry s rosenberger and one samuel sehlotterer and endorsed hv said c todd lenkins pavable in 90 days at the first national hank of norristown for 2300 and that the signatures of jen kins and schlotterer were forgeries rosenberger was i conspicuous man with a long black heard and his dis appearance without detection was moat remarkable and mysterious it imd evidently heen well planned for he was out on hail in shod and had every opportunity to arrange his plans for es cape his hail was forfeited nf course i hi not know what became of rosen - borger he was not compelled to stand aside under biiv known law hut he seemed to have a foreboding of what that verdict was going in he ! i hope our meinliers of the legislature will pass the liiw forbidding n district attorney to say to a juror in misde meanor and ordinary cases in the crim inal courts arbitrarily stand aside without nssigning cause or reason il has never heen ihe custom in this coun ty or in any county in the stale to say stand asnlc"tn a juror except in eases of treason and murder our whole bar is opposed to any such vicious practice 1 venture to say our judges would not pei nut it 1 see you refer to my decision as midi tor in tlie estate of mary ann mooro den used in whieli it is held tluit tlie husband was too late in making his re fusal to lake under his wife's will and in making his election to take under the intestate laws the people in usl re member that legal rights are often lost by laches if eternal vigilance is the price of liberty so prompt action also is the necessary function of the successful contestant of a will the auditor's le port having been affirmed by this court the law on the question involved may he deemed settled in thin county at leuht for a while tlie decision in very important far reaching and sweep ing in itn contemplation and conclu sions notwithstanding the fact that the location of the norristown postorhce in tlic times building on main street i only a half square from th old music hall where it wan before a feeling baa heen aroused and there is now it loud clamor for a government building — that la a ball to be owned by the govern mi'iit to which we an1 justly entitled thin is ii cousiiiuniatioii devoutly to tie wished hut it is u little like ptt'lps def inition of faith the substance of things hoped for and ihe evidence of i hue not seen we are also entitled hy population to have norristown christened a citv in have the county divided into logisfu tive districts ami to have a judge of the orphans cniirt i have long n l neatcd the llivuloil 1 b county into election districts ho as in he fair to tile people bill i he ke publicans opposei i me ; but tin tioll ha opened their eyes in the fuel that us 1 said iii my itul letter l)6 i i i ale lo v iolalc a principle li.-toun and the uei townships would have sent lo ihe letfuluturu ke publicuut ii'hu would ututu by the nominees of the pnrty hut now we have none in the county i wm the author of thpsprtiori in the constitution of pennsylvania that whenever two judges aie to he elected lo i he supreme eoiul al the same lime no elector potild \ ni fnr mure than one — o9i as we elect in ) ii i-t i u -• nf the election honrrl i was s.imm'iiv nbllprd by ihe nhflliow-pfltoi editor i f rhihidelpliia for tins murse hut the verv flrsl election under it prov ed thai i is right for al thill election the democrats carried the l»tatfl and we got one of the two add it iona judges provided for in the new constitution namely ex-chief justice i'axson l.au to he wise must he a rule of action something permanent just and univer sal not special or personal hut uniform and obllgati hi on all alike those who would liuve us j."i buck to the dictum nf standing aside to a juror without ciiiije or challenge must also l'o hnek to the au'a itbis where it originated : for be it understood that tfajs location of coillts to be held al one spot whi el i we call tin 	 ml house or at tin1 county seal is a iiimlern invention courts were originally held hi the aula ri'l'is or such of hie king's palaces wherein the royal person leaided this was found tn occasion great inconveni enee and iniieh expense to parlies for tin1 court records and eases for trials were removed from one end of the king dom to the other therefore it wus pro vided iti the great charter of liberties both that of king john and king henry iii that common pleas should no longer follow the king's court hut ihe held in some certain place so that ; tin king's court what we call over and i terminer quarter sessions or criminal courts still followed the king wbo could compel any man to either stand aside or serve at the peril of his liberty old friend kl|;lit of wily firulik'h a meeting of the taxpayers of tow i aineiu'in township was lield recently hy . the 3upcrvisors of the township tci de , ermine whether ihe risiht of way should |»> granted to the inland trae linn company to pass over a certain road in the township — from the plain meeting house to lansdale ii s.moore esq was appointed tho chairman of the meeting and jeremiah alderfer of sourterton represented the traction companv after the reading of an agreement drawn up by the company a vole was taken which resulted in j.rran iiif the right of way without a dissent ing vote it wus also decided to f_'rant tlie right of way tn the lansdale and ilarlevsv ille railway company under certain restrictions l'mii'i " ambler gazetti dour sin — if 1 ran not nsking too much 1 would like to call the attention of the voters of ambler throuirh your val uable pa e to mr james boileau who has been nominated on the democratic t ck t for the nfflce nf high constable mr james boilemi lf*n soher nd in idustrinne man he is employed by the keashey t mattison co mr boileau ac cepted a position with the al)ove firm almost 13 years v he wbh employ ed uh a coal vdieelei at fi ret hilt the li'in soon recognized his worth and prom it el 1 	 to the position of fireman which position requires a sober an 1 steady ¦ man one who can he depended ii 	 m he nt his post when needed mr boileau'fi jiast record has proved him to he such mr boileau hns worked hard all his life ami is well fitted for ihe office that he has been nominated to let every voter give thin lii attention on election day let us lay aside party ami politics and let us all turn in and vote for a man whose record is known to us for almost v years a citizen eequire e 1 drown left on tuesday f"r blrunington n v where he wiil spend a week or in days recuperating his health william it miller is having the deb hh nnd fallen walls removed from about ills destroyed residence lie will pro ci i'd in have it rebuilt at once our townsman m w wold has been nnniimited hy the democrats for sup ervisor let every voter throw aside pbrty affiliations iind stand by our noiglibor we need the ngbt men to attend to mil roads mr julius e xachod of philadel phia has purchased a plot of ground i feet square on glenslds farms lie intends to elect a handsome 15,000 tummer residenct bnilt in colonial style upon it this spring this is one of the most important sales of the oe.a 8011 among the petit jurorn for the week of mare.li 0 are george heist of tli in town and joseph lleiieoek of wyncotr among the aspirants for thenehool di rectorship in this townahlp in george heist of nil the men who have been put up in this district this gentleman is one of the he.st in many respects he ix free and liberal in his views has an excellent college education nnd would put into liis o&cfl the most modern anil improved ideas in school wurk 1'p ner clieitenhaiu has been represented for the past three or four ye»a by good men this part of cheltenham an educational centre wants an educated man to represent it new britain village literary sm-i.-i ,. the new britain vluaaja literary society held itrt nfular eini-montlil v meeting en tuesday evening of last week at ihe hnme if mr ami mrs harry good it was a longfellow meeting and the program rendered was of a very interesting character an election for ollieeis for the ensuing three months was held which resulted a follows president t&lward halde in in ; vice president louis haluvman secrettirv ^ 1 i .- s xi\r tloupt treasurer harrv i lewtun ; editn i mm i'm ¦- llaldciiian ; iiilic l.aina keller the rjuxl llieel 1 1kg of the si i iy will lie held * 1 1 idenoe ol mi in i m i ¦-. r;nil an i nil t«j cui l'oinll|i.il ion loriivrr iicls i anil v * ittuiui i lc wo i 1 0 0 o 1 luiuic urumtf'kltf ri tuna ui the loan snowbound tlic miijurllr lg*tfr»l llir pnipusnioii n f-rfii-iitk lot iiiiiniy in sioavi v tli'i-i rri'frr l',t|>r*".xlnk tiipiimci vt nl ilif l'nll one mori wri u lnvnlp the return so far from the oarette postal vnic on the proposition to in crease the bonded indchledlicss hv sis imiii have been romltig in steadily ami ihe majority against the messnre i pil'mi up fun boding ils defeat at the polls nn i'eli l . at the lime of going lo press last wednemliiv hie vole tuod us fnr and 106 against the proposition a majority of s votes since last issue there have heen received 27 votes l'll rgalnsl imd 1 7 fnr mnklng a grand total of 7"i for and 126 mtninnr oi a mnjorlty of fi1 for . the defeat of the measure on a pull of 201 votes nearly oiiehalf of the voting population f a mliler there yet lemains one more week to vote on the loan is no votes can be received after next wednesday becausp election day is tuesday feb 21 and the actual result of he voting will he announced on the 22<1 it is desirous tn have returned as many votes as po-si hle previous to next yvcdncs'ilav so that a general idea of the ultimate result may lie obtained the vote is as follows votk to wkii.nkkhav rook jan £"'. kor against first wiml 	 1 	 ]:: seininl ward 	 jo 	 19 nn wart harked 	 t total 	 :'.¦"¦ 	 :::'. votk to wbdhksdav fkh 1 fob aiiainst l'ii-t ward 	 11 	 2ft second ward 	 23 	 is tcitnl 	 u 	 7:1 votb to wednesday fkh 8 ion against first ward 	 i 	 ii si 	 mi ward 	 4 	 n tollll 	 7 20 grand total 	 78 	 uo i'liispi-i tvllle charles mcclain ran a corn stalk in his eve while performing his usual dut ies about the bam one day lust week which caused a very painful wound oscar stemplp of stroudsburk was visiting his uncle joseph stem pie last w el mr s s kilter's sale of personal pp perty was largalv attended and good prices were realized wedding bells were heard in our vi cinity lust week we extend our con griituiutinns \ mtetinu for the election of officers of the rlnrsharn sunday school was held on last saturday evening al the home of mr lav megntgpe the fnllowijig nffipers were elected superintendent s s hitler assistant puphrintendent rev bisbinsr secrclaiy mary weld treasurer mary mejja'rgee organist may ritter assistant oruanist airs hiirvey oreen : librarian nellie elliott mrs mary i.ukens has returned hnni after spending some time with her daughter mrs henry longcxipe tloga jnspph stack house maniii'er of ihe ne rv succeeded in getting ilia ice house half full of fair ice last friday t hihvoixl ilallowell who is li years ¦ id was helping to fill his ice house last week the ice being rotten gave way nnd let him through hut bystand ers succeeded in landing him with a cool reception roberts amhler while trimming ap ple trees last friday fell , inflicting se vere cuts in the head miss anna acuff is confined to the lloiise with sickness rolierl stewart has purchased a new horse george j castor has taken rohert coinlv's farm on shares he will take pnpcppsinii about april 1 mr caster will have a public sale on pub 15 bmnuel mull in will move from hor 1 sham to his farm in this vicinity which has been vacated during the pam ye:;r miss eva <¦. markley was visltirg friends in tiog i last week a'nout 0 o'clock sunday evening the barn and contents on the farm in hor sham belonging to dr w |,. shoeniiker of i'liiladelpli ia formerly comly walton's of flatboro were i 	 i pletclv destroyed by lire two horses perished in the liailletj the origin i.s unknown we extend many ti.anks to our friend joseph weiss who so kindly made paths with his snow plow on sunday thus enabling thoso within walking dis tance to reach the church without trudg ing through the deep snow madam liurakat will lecture under the auspices of i'rospectville y w ( '. t 1 in llathom baptist eliurch on wed nesdav eveniiil'.l'eh 15 at 7.80 o'clock those attending this lecture will he well repaid for theii exertion as she is reported to bo an able lecturer illu 11.11 john a hell expects to vacate the dravton property at thin place and josiah m never who now occupies one of the bingerlv farms will move thereon mr beyer will have a sale of his per sonal property previous to his removal a very pleasant time was spent at the w l s on satiudnv evening at the hone of mr prank hoover the program included vocal selections by the society vocal duets hy hester l*ri ton and anna miller and liertha and marie hoover piano loloa clara mar tin and prank shoemaker ; piano duet marie and lierlha ihmvee icai'injjs irvin dannehower joseph buekinau clara shook and john mail in : recita tion iw mae tippin ami remarks hy mr hoover the next meeting wiil he al ihe home ot nni walton miss anna i i'leiilenian a pupil of waller llel'i efnlltailic of lliis place has been electtul organist of st john's i ill heian cliureh i eiilre 8f|liart we are hid in hear that mrs m.u v liiuiicm \* able lo he aliniit agaiu afloi a severe illness mrs hiiiiie tryon,who has heen mi a in lor uiater mi ( '. llel'n f ill laine in reluriu d tn inr llollll in tin ilv m i - i iniliil uu'l l'l:-ie i innvei i iv v i .- i i i 1 1 l5 friends i jelfereunville charles arnholt hrrornpnniefi hy hi sister l.lizaheih of philadelphia spen sd fl i r.'l»ml i vivnl iim'l't illl'-1 will lie held at the m i : ehiireh for nne nick commenc ing on siindav n ighl m\l jua received no pi 11 mil from hi'1 lebanon tree which whs slmketi on sat lost his pent smi'hiv here t fait inti miss rttith i'lair ( li nli dill iind family and wflllflc i'ill ami family ri'iitciiiplalc moving tn media ill the near future the political put is beginning in sim mei and the politicians arc hustling mis lillian pearce of philadelphia spenl m'veral dflvs in our loun is the in st ol miss angtistfl l.'avior clement sasnnin our popular hosiery dealer presented the public school of this plaie with i line zillier mi thurs day last richard cal of this place who lias heen employed iis a superintendent in a silver mine in new mexico daring the post year returned home on friday last the lecture at the < ireland baptist church on tuesday nighl last hv hey forrest diigcr of philadelphia on " the shams of society brought out a f'air-sizeil audience the lei lure was verv humorous and instructive and greatly appreciated by the nnrlience the itaiiway company has planked the crossing rrf the new road it this p'aee and it is now open to the public fi r travel they have likewise removed all the steps adjoining the old station ground to prevent the people from traveling where there are such perilous crossings orelaiifl is well represented on the ticket of springfield township the fol lowing prominent republicans have been nominated school director bradley ( '. algeo registry assessor robert ksnler inspector i lurry wright town clerk a l aiinan ind lost klolllliiuii hast week william thomas of hi horses from old bge joseph peterrnan has purchased a house of fred lesslg for 2o00 next week the ladies of the ion lutheran church will hold their fair in odd fellows hall preparations are being made to insure its success there will he for sah fancy articles cakes randies and ice cream admission free miss anna comly of norristown spent hist week visiting mr and mrs 1 ii mnts and family e i rotnell and .!'. ii mill lillcd their ice houses last week with four to si x-inch ice miss mary 13 iphinu of t hie place has a wit whieh weighs w pound she is vi rv proud of him during ipsi sum iiiit iie cuught io mikes the largest measuring tliree-fntirths of a yard ¦ d also i'liur n'hhilfl tom brought sill thi snakes auil rabbits to the house for his master to kill while mr bannr was returning from wheel pump la.-t friday evening his horse slipped and fell down in front of the barber shop breaking one shaft so further dumtigt was done in lust week's ileus it was stated that rev j e i lietterieh pastor of the ion lutheran church would he at friesburg to install rev i b flafer former pastor of trinity lutheran church port washington but owing to the funeral of irs middle amhler on sunday he was prevented from go ing as lie had charge of the services rev win f si nelson preached an excellent s.'rniou to springllousa lndgs no 329 i i >. < ». f on sahhath after noon the attendance was small owing to the stormy weather k m koiillce of west chester and miss a m koiilk of philadelphia have been visiting mrs \. ('. dougher ty and family daniel tranrkler left the neighbor hood en tins lav lie has one to reside with his eon at ctntre valley lehigh county walter halowel and wife of tren ton n.j , are visiting tlie former's par ents mr and mrs i 1 ilallowell ii i duni h iwi r esq , attended the funeral of charles todd lenkins at col luur on monday mr jenkins was treasurer of thu rpringhouse and hill town turnpike hiram mccool is suffering with a sevi re cold our aged veteran andrew qradwohl i.s con fined t • the house suffering with the grip the sehnnl ilirectnrs held their monthly meeting at cedar hill on friday mrs joseph n'euhnld and children have returned from a pleasant visit among friends ai shelly rev 0 w jefferles of north wales vtmh making calls in the neighborhood on saturday at the public sale of samuel .). fleck held thursday cows averaged $'¦>*, corn brought v 46 n oents per biubel little pi({h 85 cents tu 1,bo per head a colored man appearing to he some what demented called at ihe home of lion jason sexton about 11 o'clock saturday night asking fnr shelter tlie town council meets tin allimir l.i'nuliitnh in mi.nlmv sp i.n siih'.iui f slnil i iii|iiii enwitl i'r scnti il ml.-u il llli'kiit viitlliu ililill \\ iii hill o,,l.r.-,l i id the i'ehiuaiv nn ct ilil of aiohler imr nngh council was held monday evening in i he hall in the lite department all the inciiihci ¦-¦ were pn roul exn pi mr uii l'e • i'ri'sldenl wiilker called the meiiiiii rs in order nl 7 ifi and ( llerk i w i i : il ilie minutes nf ian ., i inch were approved oil tiii tloli tin ¦ l ille u i i'1 sll pel n led in idlou mr r 1 . uex reprt'si nl ing the citizens hand to say a i'i w wotll h gardlna the recent enarttnenl of cuiinell providing that ihe hand psy b0 wnts per ni^ht for ihe use nf the mom mr li'ix stl id il wotlld auiniinl in aliottl per year a sum which the bond enllld not afford in pay tiny had hi en suh jected m a btcfli deal nf i xpi use in pro virling uniforms instruments nnd in slriicter and had decided to secure m charier so that all the funds acquired by the recent fair wmim he utilized in i'lioenixville ihe loun council ap propriates a sum of money for ihe use of the hand and this is followed in alleiitown also according to the metre the cost of li'_'htiiil the in nn per night is six cents and one-half a ion of coal would last a year so mint tie1 meetings of the hand cost very little i le till re fore requested that council rescind the former charge as ihe members showed ii disposition to act in accordance with the request the regular order of business was resumed ml craft of the i'manee committee reported eight bonds having i ecu drawn seven of slot each and one of 1600 mr robp of the highwny committee reported veiy little done on the streets except opening gutters and cleaning crobkiugs the ei ss pool on the rear of the comly property oil waliml street had flooded the adjoining ground hut bad heen repaired by street cominis si oner dowllll lie had called a meet ingof tho committee and with engineer gillin hud eiirel'iilly l'niie over the un improved streets with ii view of ascer taining tho cost of macadamizing tak ing as a basis tin 	 at of the contract let on south mam sired on many of the streets i\heiv there is nnt much im provement lithe properly the people 1 refer mil to lay curbs and gutters nnd iere a light conl ing nf stone is all that i i'eduiiul the difference in ii e price per sipiiire yar.l of the work mr hose explained to he due to the difference in the lliiikn ss of the coating and in grading lie whs positive the ruioudi of money would surely do the worfc nd even thought h less sum would cover i alottison ivouhi pi ihe schedule as some of the work could i properly and pivu he done more cheaply in conclusion | "'' therefore niove mr ltose aid he did nol recommend it h8 some of the streets on the sched ule in view of no improvements could wait hui hi niorelv submitted it as an to the solicitor legal and wan lino en dormi hv ii'k id from norrlsfown hut the action of the j'i-1 ice k ss m"l hind iiifr on the parii afd i the succeeding lerin of foiirt mr riinnly iuoiil'iii op the mailer of the dill red voting in bntfi wants mi the ni h of ihe rppublicsn primaries by a on time rwklenl of \ nilihr lie thonghl mil act im 	 - pili:i-hed a iletriineiil to ihe ini.rils of the in'a ii the building rommlttee rrpoi ti i nnl hiiil ihe borough imprnvemenl committee n p ii ted progn -- in regnrd to the re moval of the delaware river shoe corn puny to ambltr mr < irafi land that tho rtenrling railway wss looking up it inn for a new york party aiel had lii'ii in ambler the lieasurir ul inilled the following repm i : i8d0 i'i tan 2 t'buli imiii 	 on liiinil 	 i 1:17 48 feb i a i ii i l.-i bulmlnff a loon,reiit 	 9001 ( l line ¦_'. () ilfi-s ixrunti 1 	 9 153 72 ken i baliuii'e 	 1014 it the treasurer also reported having f»b 1 amounting paid two i lo 1200 mr rose from the special rommlttee on north main street reported that mr keashev had signed the relesses for both oak street and the exlen.-ioii of main street along the raihonl kc garhing the bridge across the wisaahick on an appointmeiit hail heen niinle with mr ( '. w bergner and the drawings of surveyor i iillin submitted thesap ei i iilenilenl of his ciuntry seat had also viewed the ground hut nothing definite had been done mr funst of the relff mill road coniniiltec.suhinitted the following letter from dr i v mattison referiiiis in the project forplostiir the propslng lit ueifl mill mad ami tin vbl'iltllik l ti i 1 i'uilii i'mhii miiiii el in kutler nvonue.j twp to advise unit i hiivi iiutci'l v iili mr hui lien the prenent owner of the pmpertv t uu rromliik to i'lirchasc htit pm|ieny mid t lint the crrwliii can now in1 el 	 il without nlijectlon thin ifettlntr the matter in bunlnemrhn|ie to open matiintrei north to the angle wlileli 11 makes alonii the ka m.roui|iany r 	 way i therefore ask tlml you rtlieil iliu closing uf^niil cnm>tiifc liy e ¦:¦:.... l iiiiiii of a iurv of view if necessary as i presume to vacate lieiir mill road mr faust said lie wn*i rot favorable to relinquishing ihe crossing there borough would never get estimate schedule k the i fi*z g2 s r £ = : -. 1 :, i j g ; last heard of springhouxe him and he passed up tlie ililltown turnpike about iii o'clock sunday morning beneficial society met on honday even in outre ntitimre mi'h mary yost died at the residence of reuben beyei on thursday last in torment was held at boehni's reformed church on tuesday v c koresnian held a cow bale oil moiuhn ill a miiuck hotel good pi ice prevailed a number of lot uoilses have heen till ed during the uasl wt#k a special en t ' i l.i i linn lit will he held in si john's lutheran church on mon day evening l''eh ju under the dinr t imi of i'llicci s of the l.ulher i flee don't toliik'io spit bud kuiukti lour life auuy tn i netlc niilul lifo nein mumuii i i ihatniakes week men booklet uuil a:un))lu in - . c'a culcttgo a new voru ss 5 55s s 8 3 s s i i is g g '.: i 7 f ppppnppppapsbaoaa - ssjss.'seaiis'jss^ai'ri r ! t c jj ~ . -. i : ¦. - :: : - : ; ; ^ : | .;¦ - > -, mr craft submitted the audit of the borough tax collector ending septem ber 1898 it was referred to the finance committee for revision mr plunily of the li^ht committee reported the light on wiaaahickon bridge repaired but thai the li^ht imd not yet heen placed in front of the post olliie lie thought it mce-sary to have a lifiht there is the neighboring light do not illuminate the building sumci ently mr roae thought that as mr btiuwagon when he was postmaster maintained a light in front of his building for his patrons the ownen of the new building certainly ought to do likewise lie complained of tho number of steps leading to the nlliee as diiii^'er oils lo the pat ions mr faust of the lire conunitlee aaid everything was in working order i'lie lire alarm system had been c 	 eel ed and tested ami reported a being in colldltlotl hy mr huustoll the electri cian the reuiovtil 01 the butteries from the is >\: l enin|ian to tiie i'ue departnienl had l:ik u line nd tlie i ' pairs in tlio gnng imd put i mil of working urder foi hoiiiu time mr riiunly of ihe law and ordl i fiiiiiiiiillee i'eporlcd uniir guod uu ar 11 and milv even lody i during january the ruiiipi i'h ii action i f th jllsl ice in hoill : ii'.ellik 11 fnr || \ i ar to keep the p tteo u irdill|j beunus i another mr itoso said the crossing wns i very dangerous one and be thought the bor oilgh would he hettir nil without it lie favored push in 1 1 e matter of vaeal ing the ernshijig lie was aware that the opening of maple street across the hat would require money which hip borough con id not afford to expend lie was sure the rendlnc company would give nothing in return for closing the er issiii'.r hut he said i ;' "¦'¦ donfi mr mnttison would purchase the htiition the ril'lil of way 1 that if dr matti son ill ugree lo allow that portion f the lieiir mill road to i 	 ai i pen un til the borough i an affor 1 to build the bridge the ury opening f)nh street also act on heiff mill mad i sa d mr rose was honorably discharged from thesiie i sprinkling committee the charge of 50 < e ¦ ¦ per i ighl for tin use of ihe council chamber hy ihe hand whs unanimously rescinded mr plumly said the pavemeiits had not heen laid on main si rei i nlong charles e aaron's prooerty i n ruclid avenue and north street along dr netl's property mr rose thought thai as the 80 days granted by the ordinance for the laying of the pavements had ( spi red the in n high 1 ¦' ' ' ' ¦"¦¦<\ h the statute of limitations iroin lay ing the same lie thought there shuii^d he ipgal advico on the matter a letter wus rend from dr b v mattison requesting that the nttme of < iliur h stn el be dv n ' nl<l road between dr mattison's and john e tumi r's property 	 ' tool je k knight's farm land ami riso thai water street he rlesignutl'd as the thoroughfare running nortlieabl from i > range t i itlison avenues if there exisi n't oilieiid designation for enid street 1 i eii it was thought thai the borough soli iii ir should ta " up i i v'.t ing pi iloini 1 mi the nighl of the primaries and thai it be thoroughly ventilated mr kose moved and mr paurt seconded thai the standing re wirl of 25 already offered he made for informalioii resulting in the a anil convict inn of any one viol i in our election laws and thai il novel till eases arising since dec 23 1898 put bed un ininioiisly the following hills were ordered paid : ambler qaiette 	 s n r»r 1 watson raft cool 	 js 19 daniel dowlln.btreet commlsitoner 	 : 	 mm iiiines 11 stevens high constablti 	 ir uo spencer williams hauling 	 i:l fta auditors 	 iu oo r roberts sponge 	 c5 ambler electric light 11 ami ld.co.,llgbu vq m mrs win sallerthwaile and miw anna green are on the sick list mr david benninghutf and mihh jennie buchanan were the uesth of mr and mrs 11 a ieatrell during the last week hui we uc sorry to say david had quite a mishap hy falling through thi straw mow nn lei'ious rcsull.s ex cept a sprained ankle our young folks wercu ...: 1 once more as thev always enjoy a sleigh ride in a one seated sleigh howard jeoka nf hvhcrry and min4 adi lie watson daughter of howard watson of llnisham were married in philadelphia in tie uf mayor charles f warwick by friends cere mony mi ian 31 joseph stackliouse rwwiii injured himself by falling through « mow m'liv faiiuei fruui llni.-li.ini altind ed s s i'itter's sale at maple ' hi n nil v(dne.-da la-t 1 in i 1 cli ' 1 wuuun hunter aru huti hej-u week i hey were vci v nu k 1 1 1 1 1 1 •.: ineir sli ick . ii iii 1 - ill illy il 1i0u ii i'm w i 1 1 1 . 1 mr ilindei nai li i liiu coil hiii i li he my - if lie > i'ull he il fur ' real i o\t u'iitti'i if !