The Ambler Gazette 19070314

              The Ambler'
VOL.   XXV.-NO.   12.
AMBLER,   PA.,
MAK 011
14,   1907.
SPRINGFIELD'S NEW BOARD.
"¦Wt     Township Commissioners   Organize ^ for the Present Year.
Mr. Aiinan Prevunrcfl froiu Artnnrtlne— Treaxurer'a Konn mUli.OnO-Jnhn IH. Cun- nnn'R Final Keport Shows Lai'ise Forceiit- HEenrCulltsctDd TaxeH.
The newly electeil comuiissioufirs of Springlield towuHliip—Steveusou Cro¬ thers, Olark Dilleubeck. Win. P. Al¬ brecht and Ambro.se Yeakle—niec at Flourtown last Weilne-sday afternoon for organization. Arnold Ainian, who takeB JaraeR A. Clicston's placo on the board, was prevented by illuess from being preBent.
Mr. Albrecht was made temporary preaident ami Griliith .lurdau tempor¬ ary clerk of the meeting. The hoard then organized hy electing the fol¬ lowing: President, Mr. Crothers; Tiee presiitent, Mr. Dilleubeck ; .sep- retary, Griffith Jordau ; solicitor, John Faber Miller; superintendent of high¬ ways. P. P. Blake. The board tlien iidjoDrned nntil the evening, when the regular meeting was held with all the members present except Mr. Aiman. The minntes were read aud approved. >- The president asked for additional time to consider the appointinent of the necessary committees.
A proposed ordiuanoe was read fixing the bond of the uew treasurer, J. Mil¬ ton Brooke, at liaOOO, which ia the lanie iu amount as last year.
Mr,    Crothers   reported   couoerniuff
the electric lights of   the   White  City
eonipauy, that the samo unsatisfactory
service was heing reudered. Owiug   to
the severe weather of the   jiast   month
and the   impossibility   of  performing
ontside    work,   the   hoard   postponed
action    iu    reference   to   thc   repairs
i, authorized to be made to   the   electric
i liues of this  com|iauy   ou   the   public
¦ highways.
Bills amountinB to S)7:.'.'i.04 were or- i dered paid,   ami   the   treasurer,   John
M. Oauuou, reported as follows:   Bal¬ auceon   hand   last   meeiiug, $4'>'i,5 oli; I taxes collected -^'il III ; repairiug hiuli-
i way (account of Korth Penu Gas com¬
puny). $109; permits «'^1 ; orders graut¬ ed $1147 40; balance-S'l-a;?. 57.
The suiierv isor,  Mr,  Blake, reported
that the only work done ou  the   roads
duriufr the mouth was .suow shoveling.
The    treiisurer-plem,     Mr.    Briioke,
, snliiiiittcd bis   executed   bond   iu   the
aniouul of igl'.i,00(), and the   snme   was
[ Iiauded the siilici'or for ajijiroval.
Iu regard to   the   staiidiuj,'car nuis- ; auce at   Wlieel    Pnmp,    the   solicitor
j, stated thac probably tlie   oulv   remedv
f is to have the Lebi'tdi    Vallev   Trausit
j; company, tliriiu.ifli whoso tardiness the
t,\ unisauce exists, imlicied fur court.
I' IMr.    Oauuciu   reported tliat    lie   bad
i about .'3l','7,')     yet   to   collect   iu   ta.xes,
^,, about $40 of whioli he miglir he oblig-
[",. ed to crave allowance tlieremi,    which
on a duplicate of $l,j,IKlll the   niwmberu i of the hoard obus
.^ fi^-'if?aifii^™|pijpki.' t: ,	
mei^FtTiP auditors on ilari li 18, al'lcr whioh date he would be ready to turu (be balance, etc., over to his .successor. He explained that owiu;;' to the pe¬ caliar couditious existiug at Orelaud, wliero numerous small ami vacaut lots aro held by peoplo ut a ilistauce from the township, aud where there ajipears to e;iist no legal record of cwnership he has e-xperleiieed great difflculty iu making the collcctious. Iu mauy of tliese cases, however, thh amonnt in¬ volved is very small, iu some iiisiances beiug less than the cost required to flio the uecessary lieus for the ta.xps.
Fanner W<mu<le(l by Uor
Samuel H, Detwiler, a farmer, of near Evausburg, Moutgomery county, was seriouslv iu.iared Weiliio.sday liy an infuriated hog. He eutered the jicu to feed the auimals, wheu a boar at¬ tacked him, inflicting a deep wound on his right leg at tbo thigh. The animal made several moro rushes upon tho helpless mau, when his sou, hear¬ ing tho noise, came to his father's as¬ sistance and beat the hog oif with a bucket. Mr. Detwiler is so badly iu¬ jured that an operatiou will he neces¬ sary in order to give him the full uso of his leg.
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Cheltenham OoiniuisalonerB.
Tlio board of Olielteuliam township comiuissiouers lield its regular March meetiug iu the towuship huildiug. It received uow bids for tho macadamiz¬ ing of cortaiu roads aud aveuues, whioh it was deteriuiuod last fall should he macadamized. These bids are now iu the hands of Mr. Mclutyre, the new engineer of roads.
it waa deoided that an additiou shall be bnilt to the sheds on tlio towushi)) lot ou Ohurch road. East, so that the now steam road roller and all the wag¬ ons and tools hclongiug to the town¬ ship may be properly housed.
Chief Saddingtoii's resignation, veroally tendered a littie time ago, was accepted, the same to tako effect April I,
The other business tiefore the coiii- isnissiouers    was    of   a   mere  routine
laracter.
The uew steam road roller purohuod iecoutly, has arrived and has been housed iu tlio slied on the grounds iu the rear of the township huildiug,
A matter of public interest in cou ueotion with towuship affairs is the outcome ot the suit instituted some time since hy Michael Smith, of Cliel¬ tenham village, for damages to his ptoperty by reasou of the layout ot u publio road. The case was hrouglit to jury trial in the couuty court ar Nor¬ ristown, when tho plaintiff was award ed $015 damages, subject t',*iliH poiui of law aa to whether Smith was entitled to recover anything. President .Tuilge Ani'oii    S.    Swartz   hauded   dowu   an
5pinion iu   tho   case   which   outs   tho iluiutiS off from all damages.
HOOPES TRIAL SET FOR JUNE.
Continuance Granted, Defendant Is Indicted.
Nil IiiUliiii: an   lo   Nature nf   tlie    Dclense Kail KeneH-eO—Urt^.N Towers Hiirelari. <lnt Seven YearH—(Itlier IIilHlneaH ttl the Ornii- Inal Cunrt.
The famous Hoopes—Newhall ease has beeu set for the June term of the. Moutgomerv county crimiual court. Motion for the continuance ot the case was made Tlinrsday before Judge Swartz by Wm. S. Acnff, Esq , conn- 8(d for tiie defense The basis for the plea for poatponenifut was a letter from thc defendant's physician, cer¬ tifying that hia patieut was physically uuable to undergo a trial at this time.
District Attoruey Shelve, after a consultation with J Hector McNeal, cf Fhiladeljihia, aud N. H. Larzelere, of Norristown, counsel for Mr. New¬ hall, agreed to have the case go over. The district attorney explained to the court the impossibility ot reaching the case at the present term, with ouly two days of court remaining aud the likelihood tbat thc case would cover a louger period.
Immediately after the aunounoineut the 15 witnesses who had been sub¬ poenaed were directed to appear before the grand jury. Of these but three were examined. They wero Charles A.New- ball, the prosecutor; Oharles Neimau and William Jones. Mr, Newhall showed the graud jury a gunshot wound in the back of his head ami told tbe jurors how a hig cap which he wore had saved him from probably fatal iujuries. He did not reinovo his shoes, but told the jary tliat he still bad trouble with one foot which had boon the target for one of Hoopes's shots. After a s' ort consultatiiiu the araud jury announced that it had founii a true hill.
While the grand jury was passing u)ioii the indictment, couusel tor New¬ hall insisted that Hoopes's hail be re- iiewerl. It was li.xeil at IfiOOO, Barton Hoopes, his brother, becoming his houdsmaii, ns before.
Harry Gillette aud Sylvester Welsli. burglars, who were operating iudep n- deiitly of each other in Ciielteuhani township last tall and wiuter, were eonvicred and each was seuteuced ni seveu years in the Easteru penitenti¬ ary.
Welsh had just completed a Iniis' seuteiice iu the penitentiary f'or higli¬ way robbery wlieu lie was arrested on Clii'istmas day after robbing the dwell- iuR ot Olay kemble, iu tliat townsliiji. He was arrested at lDd«e Hill, jusr ;is he was about to board a train witli a bag of valuable silverware aud jewelry from tbo Kemble home.
At the trial ot (iillette it was tr>ti- fied that Gillette had beeu apprehrnd- ed through the salt.' of several articles wlii'oh bore the namo of Charles Brock ;itrcr tie- Hrock liciine had hi en rot iied. He -ivas also couvi.'tcd uf eiiteiing   tli
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bit 'I'linw case,'' thai of .^il.is Hiril- soug, charged seriously by Miss Mattie Mevers, brongbt iu a vordict ot gnilty Tluu'silay afieruoou at a' session of erimiuur court. The case was oue of the most reiiiarUable cases of the kiud ever heard iu fhe Norristown courts, chierty because the story told by tlie fair prosecutrix was so closely anala- gous to that narrated by Evelyu Nesbit Thaw in the world-tauions case, iu explanation of her downfall.
'l'he court imposed the followiug sentences upou prisouers convicted at the term ot criuiiuial court.
Haas, Myers aud Krause, of Potts¬ towu, be committed to llio Iiouse of refuge. Their ages are 18, 31 aud Ui years resjiectively.
Phillips, Ciuvavitcli ami Coruetsoky, aged 17, HI aud 19 years, all ot Slieu- amliiab, wero senteuced to the Iluii- tinghou reformatorj',
Charles Bickings, convicted ot in¬ decent assault, was seuteuced to l.S uionths in the conuty jail at labor,
Salvatore Copello, convicted of car¬ rying concealed weapons, six months iu jail aud (lue of $\0 aud costs.
Lanuie Camlu]), three months in jail for forgery.
Warreu Rov Rogers, larceny, six months in prison.
Kleiuert aud Kulp, larceuy ot I'ig- eotis, six inonths iu jail. A hpucli war¬ raut was seut tur Sowers aud Cameron convicted in the same case, but they did uot aiipear.
George Melilmaii, .Jr., the Pnttstown postollice clerk tound gnilty of receiv¬ ing stolen goods, 15 montlis iu the couuty jail.
Jauies Buudy. larceny, six years   iu Eastern peuiteutiary. Bart Manning, tramp, three months. Dr.   Elmo Evans,larceuy, six months on   oach nt tour bills.
Max  Schwartz,   talse   pretense,   six moutlis on each of two bills. .Tames Celelor, larceuy, two months. Thonias Turuor, felonious entry and larceuy,   oue year.
Michael Callaliau, assault ami bat¬ tery, fined 150,
Francis Mulliol,and laroeuy of a pair of trousers trom Joseph Manu, 15 davs. His former employer, Mr Pratt, is willins to tako the buy back and give him  another chance.
George Sowers, qouvioted at last week's term of criminal court of lar ceuy of iiigeoiis, liut recommeiidod to the iiicrcy of the court, was Mouday nioruiug, sentenced to !iO days in the conniy jail.
The first case called  Monday  moru iug before Judg Weand, in court ronm No.   I, was thai ot Josepii Duniice and ,\nua Tlioresa Duuiiee,   his   wife,    vs Siilonion Uegal.    The   details   of   thi.s case wero puhlished sevojal weeks a«o The Dnunees live   iu   Plymouih,   and Regal lives tvvo ihiiirs from  tin in     Ou Aug    l.'),   1905, ir ia claimed that Mrs Duuuee was iu licr yard and   Retial iu his, when tlio latier drew a niunlerous looking kuife and came towards   Mra. Dunuoe,   threatening   to   "drink   lier
heart's blood." Mrs. Dnniiee was in a delicate condition at the time, and. as a result of the fight she suffered a physiological catastrophe that later necessitated a medical attend¬ ance and pain and suffering.
In the anit of Nathaniel E. Wampole against Henry B. Dietz, of Souderton, 111 recover $400 iu a mechauics' lieu, the burgesses of Noriistown aud Con¬ shohockeu are engaged as jurors. An¬ other official ou the jury ia Director ot tho Poor .rallies Thomson. Burgess Roberta was siirprispd that either side allowed him to sit on a building caso, but it was exiilaiiied to lum by a re¬ porter that it was prnhahly because be knew so much about building that both iilainiiff and defendant wonld have tim benefit of ;i houae coustruct ing specialist.
OBITUARY
HIRAM S. KERPER.
On Marcli 8 Hiram S., son of the late Gi^oi'ge aud Eliza Kerper, died in the 47th year of his age. He had been a reaident of Oold Point, Plymonth township, all his life, aud was a mau, faithful iu all his obligations aud de¬ voted as a Christian. He was a mem¬ ber ot the Oold Point Baptiat church, having been baptised iuto its fellow¬ ship by Rov. .lohu C. Jacobs in 188a He served the churidi as sexton for 'Jo years. He was al.so a member ot the board ot trustees aud was the fluancial secretary. He also served the Snnday school for .several years as seoretary. He was also connected with Cold Poiut castle. No. 103, K. G. E., and of council. No. 901, of the I. O. of A.
The fnneral services were held iu the Cold Poiut Baptist churcli on Thursday last, the pastor. Rev. H. B. Garner, D- D., Iiaving charge of the services. The lodge ot the Knighta of the Golden Eagle was present iu a body under command of Horace Schlater, served as escort to the jirocessiou and ob.served tlieir burial ritual at the grave.
OAROLINE R.   KEISEL.
Caroline R., widow of the late Jnniea Keisel, died Mouday afteruoou abont 4.30 aged S3 years. She had been fail¬ iug tor some weeks, death result iug from seu ility.
Deceased waa an old resident of Up¬ per Dublin townsbi]!, having; for the last 50 years resideii ou the farm ou Butler drive adjoiiiiua ami ojiposite lo the Upper Dublin Lutheran church property. Mr. Keisel, who for mauv years was a justice of the iieace anri ciiuveyaucer in tlio tuwnhsip, dlefl about 15 years ago. He was the sou. :of. James Keisel, Sr., who was iilsa a 'squire of the township for vein's i"!jn Keisel family tormeily resideii mi ,»Mk proiierly afterwards owned liv CluiTlps M. Young and at preseut the sue ot the country liniiie of ',"m,  H. Iinrt-. ,
Mr. null Mrs Keisel had quits' a large family as fnllows: Elr/.;ibelli, -¦\nuie, James, Charles, Rex, Williata, Edward and (jaroliue. James was a teacher and for some years taui;lit't.|io Ambler sclinol. He alierwards slui! deuristry aud for a time had au iu Ainliler. Obarles reside iu g'inii'rv io',viisliii).   Hc\ dicl abn
I      The luneral will  be licjil on    |i'r attcruoiiu at 2 o 'clock   trom   the   late residence of the deceased.
ALBERT BAWLING. Albert Pawling lived iu Plymouth towushii) at oue time aud his parents are buried iu the Prieuds' burying gronud there. Ore ot the late benevo¬ lences of the subiect of this sketch .waa the gift, some years ago, ot a line old Ritteuhouse clock to the Ply¬ mouth i''riends' meetiug. Iu later life he resided on a properly on the Read¬ iug turupike, where the road turus off to go to Norristowu. This place, which ia iu Norritou township, was afterwards sold to Jauies Kelt, a tam¬ ous horseman and owner ot ''Lady l horue. "
-Vlbert Pawling died ou March 5, in bis SOtli year, after a, short illuess. His fuueral was largely attended ou Fri¬ day, the body beiug taken into the meetiug Iionse at Plymouth, ami in- teriueut was made iu the burying grouud adjoining. Deceased is the last of his immediate taiuily, be having uever   married.
Tlu^ Paw ling fauiily was a large and iuflueutial oue. "Pawliiig's f'ord" was uauied after it. Ilcnry fawling, of Padsliurg, Eug., iiurchased ot Wil¬ lia'n Penn in Kuglaud, 1000 acres in l(i81. On his arrival in Pennsylvania he located his laud in Provideuce. Oue tract of 500 acres lay opposite Valley Forge, whoreoii he resided. His .sou Henry owned some 1200 acres in Per¬ kiomen towuship. Tho latter was captaiu ot a company ot associates in 1747 and a momber ot the assembly in 1754. I3y the act establishing the couu¬ ty in 1784 Henry Pawling, Jr., was appoiuted associate judge iu 1789.Isaac Pawling was a warden ot St. James' church, Evausburg, aud Levi and Lew¬ is Pawling were the first vestryiueu of the Episcopal church ot Norristown, and Levi Pawling waa congressman from the district tor oue term, from 1817 to 1819, and f'or a time was presi¬ dent ot the Montgomery Natioual bank, Norristown Houry Bawling was also one ot the five comiuissiouers, appoint¬ ed hy act of tlio legislature in 1874, to purchase ground near Stony croek and there on to erect a court house aud prisou for the use of Moutgomery con- tv. William, one of the threo sons of Henry, lived ou a tarm ih Lower Pro¬ vidence till about 1835, tho time ot his death, leaving three sons, Henry, Thomas aud Albert.
From a cattle car iu trausit ovor tlie Readiug railway thrinigh tho lowor oud of the county, a cow and a bull I'scaiied on February 8. The hull, iu a sort of dazed conditiou, was found wandering about the couutry by Isaac Ta^ lor, of Weldon. The cow just aa iiiucli iua "where am I at'/" state, liiiiiby lauded on the prouiisea of Mrs. Mnry Bouuer, at Edge Hill.
Justico Walker consulted several experis aud Mrs. Bonner agrees now mat 50 cents a day will recompense her ^ir the board bill. Taylor has reached an agreemeut  with   the   lail-
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be tbe
way     company'a    represeutative which he pnrchaaed the   hull   for the 50  ceuts   per   day   board   bill tiibeli into consideration lu fixiui» price.
William H. Teller, of Philadeliihia, bronsiit an action against .John Sclilim¬ me, fm- professional i-ervices rendered lo Looia Si'hlimmo, the brother, Louis Hchliwme was iujured while at work iu Ilia brother's quarry. 'J'he injury occured ou December ai, 19113 By the accident Louis's leg was severely in¬ jured. He was removed to the .lowish hospital.
To the Votera of .1lontenniFr.v ilonnl.v.
Owing to tho tact that 1 have receiv¬ ed withiu the past two weeks letters and.neiitions frotu over 900 reaideuts of Blontgomery county requeating me to Vote agaiust tho hill kuowii aa the twa-ceutfare bill,now under cousider- ati<fuiu the stale senate, I deem it wise to lilake the lollowing public sfate- iiient:
I^Waa nominated by a convention whipli coninieuded and endorsed the plattorui of the Republicau state cnn- verilion In that platform tiiere was a plank pledging the Republican party to snpport this proposed bill. In view of the fact that I made no protest agfUnst that part of the platform eith¬ er at the time of my nomiuatiou or during the oampaign direotly preced¬ ing my electiou, it is perfectly natural toi. mv constituents to expect me to suAport this muasure.
If my conception of the dutiea of a re^reseutrtivo in the legislature is correct, he should at all times eudeav¬ or to represeut as uearly as possible views of a majority of his constituents. However,! feel that 1 havo no right to alter or chauge the platform upon which I was elected unless I have reas¬ ouable assurance that a majority of my constituents desire cliauge of atti¬ tude ou my part.
I therefore, believe it is my duty iu view of the cliaracter, sincerity aud number of those jiersons who have is snod this protest to me. to avail mv¬ self of my right tn request an ojiiimru from my eoustitueuis, just as you have at'all limes a right to request'au ojiin- ioh from nie. So there may he uo uiis- uorierstaudiug, 1 wish to 'jiublicly au- iidnnce that unless I receive evidence, svKdi MS resolutions passed at well at- tefideil publio iiipttiugs aud petiiious sifeueil by boua hile citizens, which will juove to me beyoud reasoualile ti#ubt that the majority ot my disirict Jl^oiiposed' rn the jiassage of the two- cant tiiro hill, 1 ilin hound uuiler the •Rapuhlican |ilaifiiriii lo vote tor this measnre either iu its present t„rm or Kane simihir fiii'ui. If uny action iiifiuiihitod 0)1 the jiart uf llie cit- ¦ if ipy ihsirict it sliould be taken lin the next 10 davs. Yours re¬ illy, ¦ j ALGERNON B.  ROBERTS.     !
S1.26 k YEAB
KathKrand Son i>ln .Same Dav.
ii'tiu    Whelau,   Sr..    and   Martiu
I'liin, Jr.,—fatlier aod sou —duil   at
kiuio\>ii ou Tlnirsdiiy   in   less iliau
eu limits iifiart, ami a'doiible funeial
l\»i,rt on .'Uouday.
iiiip^pfoTears of age and his death wfTjiUie 10 the ilisabilii irs iucideut to age, his coiiditioii being aggravated by a cold cuutracied some time ago. Ho has beou a resident ot that suburb for many years. Five chililreu survive, hisw'ite haviug died several years ago.
Martin Whelau, ilie sou, was about 10 years of age. His death was the result of typhoid pneumonia, after an illuess of ahout two weeks. He is sur¬ vived by a wife and two children.
Solemn requiem mass was suug in Ihe Churcb of the Iminacnhito Concep¬ tion, Jeukintowu, at 10 o'clocli, ou Monday morning, and interment was made in Holy Sepulchre ct>metery.
Flourtown Shoot.
Flonrtowu Gun cluh held one of tho hu'gest aud oue of the most interest¬ ing livo bird sliootiug iiiatches ot the season on Its grounds at Flourtown Tuesday, aftornoon, the stat event proviug to be a i!5-hird match between Harry Ward, of Norristowu, aud Horace Young, ot Philadelphia. The termer won ont by two hirds. Both nii'ii did e.\celleut work, grassiug sev¬ eral exceptionally swift birds. In the lObird sweepstake, tor a purse of ^"lO, Ward, Lamb aud Haiues tied for first Imnora. Williani Cloverdale and Oliver Rntzell outshot Messrs. Lutz and Huckman iu threo five-bird sweepstake events.  Tiie best scores follow :
¦-'5 bird match—Harry Ward, 24; Horace Y^ouug, 22,
LOCAL SHOW BIG SUCCESS.
Butler Field and Ambler Dramatic Clubs Entertain.
Larice Moiine ItDpmroniil.v OreelH Home Tal¬ ent—Solo Work ot Merit In ihe MlnHtrel- llrainalie Cluh I'rexent* Ureal .SilnneaH In ••The PoKiern tlate."
That the meuiliers of the Butler Field eluD can do other tilings successfully besides play fontliall was amply evi¬ denced last Saturday eveniug whon the menibers outertaiued a very large au¬ dience by preseuiiug tho first part of the program of a show given jointly by the Butler Field clnb and the Ani¬ bler Dramatic club. As a result of the effort by these two local organizatious the treasury of the Bntler hoys was enriched by uearly |100.
The house was crowded lnii>,'   before the curtain arose, and eveu the gallery seats sold at a   premium.    During the program Rynear's orchestra, with Mrs. Ella H,  Buchanan at  the   piauo,   dis¬ pensed selections.  The program opened with a minatrel giveu   nv   the   Butler boys with Clarence Acnff' as "hones," Charles F.  Buchanan, "tambo,"    and .Toseph   H.    Buchanan,   Interlocutor. The club sang the opeuing chorus, and aftor a few e-'ichanges of   wit,   .Toseph Buchanan aaug "Mary's a Grand   Old Name," 'which was followed hy   Clar¬ ence   Acnff's   selection   ot "Abraham Jefferson Washington   Leo;"   "Beside the Old Oak Gate," the solo part being taken by Harry L.   Hackett,    and   the chorus by a trio of   Dr.  Wildrick   and .T.     H,    Buohauan,   tenors,   and   Mr, j Hackett, basso.    Charles F.  Buchauau I then sang "Ho"s a Cousiu  nt  ;Miue," j in whioli he miugled some Third ward : politics.       John     A. Fletcher     sang, ¦"When   the    Bell   in   the   Lighthonse 'Rings Ding Doug,'' which was excel- leutly   rendered,   the   selection   beinu well suited   to   hia   rich   deeji   voice. Clarence     Acuff   then   rendered   "He : 'A'ttlked Right iu, Tnrneil Around  ami i Walked Right Out Again,"   iu   which tlierq   were   soveral   good   local    hiis. I Oharlci F. Buchauan followed this uji I with "Let It Aloue," a parody ou the ; town   The first   aot   tlun   caiiie   to   a ' cloao with Olareuce Acuff aud t'liarles Huchiiuau singing "The Good Old   U. S.  A,"  in which the  whole   miustrel joiued. ,r
During the i:iteriri|Bsiiiii the orchestra
jireseutnl several sefeclious, and   Miss
Helen Bu('li!iiinii,iu htr  rich   sniirnnn.
: saug   " Exji-i'ieuce,]t'   as   a   result   ot
¦ which effort she A'iii raiituinn-^ly aji- jilau'.leil,  lo whicli ifie  ie.-|;ouilid with
j sever 11 cue in s '
'J'he seconil Jiart of the program   was
Igivenbylbe -Ambfer Dramatic club, tho members inese^lug "The  Po.steru
jiJato," whicli wa^ii'obahly the hest piodjiction ever g^eii by tlie local club aii'llor which tli^^ilesorve the great¬ est credit   Tlie oMt cf cliaracters   wm-
i"i),i.'olvu Wells.'*  a   sunerior   person.
'Mis-   ¦ " ¦  y   '\r'-        ¦¦¦"".,11.    -ir
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¦ Jiir-^'^-.¦'¦¦'¦¦. n-,^ ..r..:....   ¦ , :.,;<V-'
ine Molly,    .vli.-r.   May   •'.    Everhlim ;
"Riciiiird i',Uirg,.ii," aiul Herbert Ber- ; mill." frieuils of Mollv, Harold G. j Kuight, Es(|., and Chas, F. Bnchauan. j The synopsis of the iiretty liitle play j is as tdUowa: Richard Morgan iiuikes I a bet that he can Kiss a certain youug 1 lady within two weeks. The youug {lady turns out to be (Jarolyu Wells, to i wlioin Richard   bad    become   eugaged
¦ two mouths belore aud whoso address ; be had lost. Hcrguu, who is iu love ! with .\liilly Norcoss aud has uot the I nerve to tell her of it, asks Dick how ; to jirojiose.  Did; fi.xes up a scheiuo for
him which leads hiui to propnte to Miss Wells iusiiad ot Molly. This leads to trouble as Dick sees him in his pro¬ posal aud does not understand his mis¬ take. Complicatious follow each other iu rapid succes.-iou, but at last every¬ thing is explaiui d to the satisfaction ot everybody and the jiostern gate,too. After the show the uieuibers of the Butler Fieid cluh aud the jiariicipauts of the program were ilelighifully eu¬ tertaiued by Dr. ami Mrs. D. W. Shelly at their home. In addition there were also present several fellow studeuts nt Isaac H. Shelly trom the medical departineut of the Uuiver.sity of I'euusylvauia.
GLENSIDE  AND   AROUND-
The Roalyn Tennis olnb held a re¬ union at the home ot DeWitt Smith oni Thursday eveuing.
Several members ot the Girls' audi Ushers' association, gave a concert at Hatboro Saturday evening.
John H. Godfrey has rebuilt the wooden platform of the pnblic scales in front of the Eagcl hotel.
Frank Dennison hue the coutract to. build another Iiouse tor William John¬ ston, mi the tnrnjiiko uoar the station., af Hillside.
Geniue Wilson, B relegraiih oiierator for thn HeaitiuK Railway comiiany, lias muvcil from Mt. Oarinel avenue to- Philadelphia.
Mrs Thomas Burgeon, of (ilenside avenue and Mermaid road, who was- suffering from diphtheria, is now rajiidly recovering.
The executive committee ot the North Peuu Local C. E. society held a meeting on Thursday evening at Glenside Baptist church.
N. A. Bean, of Lansdale, has renteiii one of the storea in the Roborts row, and is now prepared to do paper hang¬ ing, house aud sign painting,
Frauk Dennison has been remodeling the Newport property, at the corner ot Susquehanna street and Edge Hill road, for Mr Bordo, the new owner.
A. J. Heckman. the well-known coutractor and builder, la buildiug for himself a atone and frame SV^ story house at tho corner of Oricket and Pine aveuues, Reniln Heights, to contain all modern improvements.
The Schliinnie aale waa fairly' well atteuded on Wdenesday. The receipts of the sale totaled over $3500. 23 horses sold at an average of ovor $100 apiece. S. Gordon Smythe, of Ooushohocken, paid $415 for a pair of horses.
TJie Feast ot St. Patrick will bi> celebrated in St. Luke's chapel hy a lecture and saored concert ou aunday evening, Macrli 17. The lecture will be delivered by the Rev. Hugh P. Garvey, assistant rector of .St. Monica'a church, rhiladelphia.
'ibe funeral of Wilmer Stauffer, tlii» clerk of J.F. Williams, the Nortii Edge Hill grocer, who waa killed by the northbound express train, that struck the wagon iu whicii tbe two yonug men were riding, on the luorniug of tho Ist inst , took place at 9 30 a. in. oil Thursday at his homo, which is five miles trnm Sondertou.
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A visitor from-'Harris^urg lias  been
Mrs   J. L. Saridoe, a aijter of Mrs. H.
W.  Wooiluiausee.
.Tospjih VauFossen. a young man, sick
aud jicuiiilossj has ii, eu   taken   to   the
coiiuiy    home.       Many years   ago hi-;
father ot the stiuic imino Was houtler at
the Jiresent Hotel .Norsyood.
.A receut letter   Irom   J.    S.    Geller
tates that bo had lieoji ih Los Augeles
and
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j Janies S. Newmuun, aged about 00 [years, died on Saturday about 10 a. m , I tit a Iieart aft'ectiou with which he I lias suffered tor soma years. He leaves ' a wite, two sons and two daughiers. I The sons are Albert, of Philadelphia and Fred, ot Mauasqua, N. J. The riie supreme conrt in   Philadelphia, I servicea were held Tuesday   afteruoon
n charge of
Rallroud (:oiiipan,v Loiies Land.
n hn- Iianded a decision aiiirming the lowor court iu the case of the Perki¬ onien Railroad company vs. Albert Brimer, which was ajipoahid from this conuty.
This oaso was au action of ejectment brought bj- the railroad compau3- to secare po.ssossion of certain land iu Schwenksville. Iu 18(18 the company had purchased a lot of laud and claimod thnt iu its title was hiud occupied by 'lie dttfludant. It madeno effort to cure this until a tow yeara ago wh n its claim was contested by the do) iidant.
1 the lower court a jury rendered a ver ict in favor ot the defendant. An api al was takeu and the lower court li!i> now boeu affirmed.
Fouinna Graoffe.
i'l uona grange, No. 8, P. ot H., at Montgomery coanty, held ita quar¬ terly meeting with Keystone grauge, Nu. 8, P. of H., at Rahn statiou, uear Collegeville, ou Thuraday. While not 311 largely attenderl as somo, the fine weather brought quite a uumber ot ii'ipple from a distance, but mauy wciOikept at homo by sickness. The meeting proved very lively and Intor- eBtiiili:-    In the afternoon   literary
ex-
ad- ed to meet with Cold Point, No. IV of H., iu June.
ortises were   giveu.    The   session
jouru
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at his late home aud wen Rev. Wilson, of Nortii VVales, Infer meut was mado at tho Boehm's Ro- formeil cemetery. Blue Boll, The de¬ ceased came hero last August trom .Vt¬ lantic City, and was employed on the couutry e.-itatc of E. R. Smitli, aud re¬ sided in the gato house.
The Phoenix Bridge company haa completed its coutract with tho Read¬ iug Railway compauy in rebuildiug bridge over the Wissiihickon creek above Gwynedd statiou. Thn bridge builders are now shipping some of their tools and material back to tho home plaut at Phoenixville and ooii- s'gunienta go to Watorbury, Oonu., where tho company bas a contract to oreet a largo bridge tor the New York, New Haveu aud Hartford Railroad conipany. The work at Gwynodd has occupied several mouths.
Mr. aud Mrs. 0. P. Gummey, ot Philadelphia, were up at thoir country placo ou Suuday.
—Tho medical doctors along the Nortii Peun aro moetiug at the Bush house, (Quakertown, tbis Wednesday afteruoon to organize a clinical society. The new organization is to work in harmouy with the couuty organiza tions aud is intended fnr the benefit of those who flud it iucnuveuient to attend the county organization's meet¬ ings.
ther' i.'i one Ic^lnkei", In towu. He lias livid ill fjiiij.-ilau a number of .vnus, and IS It cousiu ri J. S. Angeny, ilt .Aiiibler.
Jo-sepli G. Stover lias had a largo sale ot persoual properly at Gwyueoi' Square, jirojiaiatory tn lii,< removal tr Lausdale.
On Saturday tne Lansdale Guu club will have a shoot for a jirize of $25. The coniestaiits are WiiitieldS. White. Esq , .T. J. KaufHiu, L, Jj. Swartz and H.  B   Krause.
Posliiiasier Ruth was sick last week, and abseut from the otllce.
Ouly one j iilice officer ou duty last week owiug to Jeremiah Reiuert being laid UJI with rheuuiatism.
George Derr taken suddenly ill al the Kohler bakery, where he is employ¬ ed, coiiliuuos seriouslv sick, but is imjiroviui,'. His ailment is brain lever. Last summer he married a young lady nt 'i'urhotville, this sta'e, and was pre¬ paring to go honsekeejiiug.
Lewis Noll, a peiisiuiud veterau, 78 years of ago, is .seriously ill. He was boru in Germany, was a black¬ smith by trade aud liveil tho greater part ot his life in Hilltown beforo coming to Lausdale.
SprliiKllelil .Seliool Hoard.
At the last regular mooting of Sjiring¬ field towushiji school board held at; Wyudmoor, tlio couiract for alterations aud additions to the Kiourtown school, according to jilans ot Olark Dilleubeck, architect, was awanlod to David Mc¬ Crork, lit l''lourtowu, for the sum of §11,330. The alteration to present linildiug will ccusist of new slatn roof, new floors, new hot water heat¬ iug and paintiug. The addition, whioli will be huilt in trout of jireseut build¬ ing and eounocted with it, will be 50 teet front by 57 feet 8 inches deep, one story high with bell tower, and liavn slate loot It will contain two class rooms •i'.i feet by 35 feel 8 inehes, with it 14 foot coiling. T-liese rooms are divided by partitions coniaiiiiug four black boards, 4 by 6 feet each, and can be raised so tho two rooms luiiy he mado as oue.
The njijipr jiarts ot said jiartitioiis aro of glass. The new building m ill also cou'aiu a liall (> foot wide tho entire length nf tho buildiug with en¬ trance aud vestibule at either end,al.si) I'our drrsiiig rooms, each 11 by 8 feet; two sujijily chisels, a janitor's room roiitaiiiiiig sink and toilet, room con¬ taiuiug necessary plumbiug fixtures, Tho wliolo building to be heated by hot water.
At tbe February moetiug of tho board, tho directors granted all teach¬ ers ot till' district two days' leave of ahseuce during each term tor ilie jiur¬ pose ot visi'iug jirogressivb .schools of other disirigts. The teachers mako re¬ jiorts of theso visits to tho board aud also to their felloNV teachers at their regalar teachers' meetings, which occur ou the last Monday ot November, Jauuary, Marcli and Mav, one of which IS held at each school of tho district.