The Ambler Gazette 18991012

              the ambler gazette vol xvii no 45 ambler pa ooroheu 12 18sm si 25 a ykaij norristown letter hurt tini|il<:itl smiuui i one mid rx-siniiii.r n i rr.in llnlilinlt thii i mhi r min it rat iiiiuh ii.iiiiin retain ing m nuiim-i fcff towiifl n'm-f st mi i'ii oct 5,18w there was a wenc in ronii on satur dav memorable tot the long line of convicts tluii cnfne in fill - like an simv i veterans f iome foreign clitne a list would make uolnmng in the "' lawtte " i he i rand jury say thfli 1 '!'_' bill-1 of indictment win acted npon iunl f that nunilier nil were forma imr liiln but 21 they visited the poothotw and found it all rfshi pi the conductors on the roof the directors inn.-t look up they might to be able to lix i he water pip they recommend a new hospital tins also i'n.'iii to concern the djrectors and not the grand jury then runic the tnt'1 nl'l i'll ill iii itm ii 1 ll lull for n new colirt lloll se with usb ii i id i i|lii]hii!'llt tn mill nl comforl and convenience to county of ficers and general public mi additional court room orj the ground floor better ciii'iiliitiiiii of air ventilation bnd more room for the recorder of deeds all this in twaddle if the court home were as large as the capitoi ai harris i»ii r^r and nil the poeple of all the courts were to be crowded into it in one week it would still in stifling and inadequate l.iist week's court should have been dis tributed nvcr two or three weeks in stead of having been compressed into mie week there are 806 days in the year the docket could be closed vary month there is but one district at torney mini be should hnvo hut one court tat a time in operation there is no necessity for a rfowd nt any one time the appearance of the court room indicated no crowd at any time up stairs there uiav have heen a large col lection of witnesses for too many cases wert called at one time if a court is to be conducted like the railroad company does that wants to lay a track or build » bridge in one night before they can be stopped or interfered with of course a large number of people will have to be present all at the same time to drive it through but that is not the proper form foi a court of justice it must be more deliberate thomns roland it sons shovel fac tory cheltenham village cheltenham township was very much in evidence at court last week that in of the one or two hundred people employed there many nave evidence in the case of com vs thomas donahue charged with as sault and battery on charles miislusones they were of the workmen and quar reled over a piece of leather or a wash er defendant gave the prosecutor a pounding and there were a dozen wit nesses cm each side the case oceupiid t:hiimiu ' 1vi1.../.i .(<:,, i um.ii-i in u >'. as interpreter as many of the prriies spoke the llttenion language or a dia lect of one of tin russian provinces according to the evidence the roland & sons establishment must be one of the largest industries in trie lower end of the county the defendant after bearing the evidence was convinced he whs eniltv of assault and battery and so entered that plea the murder jcase was continued over to next term lose julian is charged with murder in kill ing a man whom be suspected with being too intimate with liis wife the same code which prescribes thou shall do no murder " also says thou shalt not commit adultery and the penalty for each in the moral law is the same for li who is guilty of one of these pro hibited oll'ences is guilty of all the firemen have been well repre sented at scrsnton at the firemen's state gathering and our genial friend samuel s smith has been elected pres ident of the state association this la not the first time that norristown has been so honored the late henry s ivrr held that office many years ago the firemen more than any other class partook more thoroughly of asprit de corps and are enthusiastic in the brotherhood and life of their social union • eliza walker the wklow of joseph i walker win i died at the poorhouse aged about 92 years was mr walker's second wife anil they were married late in life they did not reside near shannonville as some papers have stat ed but on mr walker's large farm on the bend of the valley korge dam in chester county near the cassatt stock farm all of mr walker children are by his first wife lint bis second wife hud long resided in montgomery county and at one time had considerable estate which she lost it is alleged bv riving security for others she resided in nor ristowu several years there uro many hard cases of poverty among uid people in our county who seem to lie rarelewsly or carefully over looked by our friends of foreign and domestic missions mrs walker deserv ed a better fate in her old age but over the hills tn the poor house is a dirge that luis been sung in the closing days of many a parent rendered desti tute hy misfortune mismanagement sickness and distress the friends have provided a princely home for their unfortunate or aged members and ilhcr societies have provided places for aceful res for the poor or lonely in eheii old age it requires a little atten tion to luuft them up and tender to il u-iii the bounty ready for them when they can be found the death of albert kat of centre square and ins interment at the smin;;iicm presbyterian burying ground at flourtown on monday re moves from earth a roaa who was con spicuous in this county for over half a century an a business man tie wa ufosptirous and 88 an innkeeper oblia inn and iollte he was a strong paru san in former years but later lu life lost much of his a.-ivibily and became lilol'u tolerant of t be opinion i itical opponent hi1 had a long and eventful career ttiuausttd a fortune and i away in tin1 fulluetts of yeaj . like daniel kill of lilue i'.ell i i.r|ii ills imiiim1 in order wa ¦ w 	 uuider in his own castle and uevei luul any complaint against the conduct of lili house such innki ¦ au honoi in the cuiuity and useful to i!ie the i until ii 1 1 i t v i h | lie hull pi n>,ilile lo r and iravelirs who mini v 1 1 1 1 them and confide their prop to their care will safety and comfort 1'ln1 rleath f ex-senator james i ! lan i if town la-t thursday in the 80th i year if hi ngp carried t the tomb hoi only a ni'i-i talented but thoroughly tininid matesman a nian of sir nig con victlon and a fearlew hero iii debut he i id imt always stop to wi ii 	 i nnd prepare his speeches with ear suin mer did fl li poke in the n 	 n rather than t his immediate hearers imt he was s.i tilled with ins subject with his fads aini his dala thai he was ready to dash iutn a campaign with the capacity of i scholar and statesman i'ii liri on the summit of the nn iintam from which he could imt he dislodged hy liis ulvemafvi and from which he i id a wfde survey of all his opposing forci s i !¦¦ rode with the republican party gave it animation and enegry in t lie weal ami long represented it in t he si nate of the i nil d males lincoln culled him to his cabinet in the si cond presidential term and ibirlan was one nl the steadfast nun upnn whom the mart r president relied iowa will iiol sunn m'e such u h it i ;< i iialm ami las neither will we i heiicve in adhering to the old names when they arc appropriate iin cieiii and honorable shannonville was the borne of the shannons they owned the most of the village the lair < bariea shannon made provision in his will for the poor of the place and vicinity and although in the early days of the century it was called hogtown for nearly hio years its postornce has been kimwii as shannonville so with e/vansburgi named after a famous fam ily who built it it also was ouch hustle ton but certainly for a century it hail been evansburg change of names now will only lead to confusion why should the trappe bu changed to til i unk because it was the home of the old governor or norristown to hartranft or to hancock titles will be tangled or rather the local history will be bewildered by these unneces sary changes in tho names of places the names adopted during or soon af ter tlie revolution should be retained they are like family names sacred and dear to us and should be revered for the memories which they perpetuate auduhon did not reside in shannon-1 ville there are the families of shan non francis walts crawford weth rill walker highly kulp dettrc and others of many generations distin guished in all the walks of life earnest piotis and noble people are as much entitled to have their names perpetu ated as any man however illustrious who settled u mile or so away on the hank of the l'erkiomen to carry on liis exploits among the birds then ilee away to other parts never to return valley forge should not be changed to washington or wayne or stuben or auttmam t hartnihrt because tie took the bridge men have their enduring monuments in their deeds and ainlu iion would not be forgotten nor will his fame be enhanced by christening or changing the names of a postoliiet1 in lower providence at shannon ville the late w ii kemble commenced by keeping a store here hundreds ol miners came from kngand to work in the copper mines here some of then married and the days were when this was a busy place mr kemble here obtained bis wife miss mary wlaker who now as his widow resides near kdge hill this breaking of home tics is no triflmg movement names of places and persons are dear to every true american heart to every man of every land ; as tlear as ashland and monticello marshfield and auburn springfield and washington next will come the names of streets and rivers boroughs and cities until the traveler will be lost in confusions as a man of 50 or lio years of ajje today is lost in the maze of new names for old plat-en in lower merion township the sudden death of c whitman boynton a young man of our to\vn who va a member of the best society and most highly esteemed was a shock to this community he was driving across the tracks of the pennsylvania railroad at berry's crossing on wed nesday evening the ith inst his last letter was written but a few moments before he took this fatal drive to sew aren n j where he made his home and attended lo the insuiaiu-e business of the him of colemen boyn ton a wiiusetter of this borough in that tate this letter was directed to my daughter conveying to her bis sym pathy for the loss of her mother he was a great favorite in noristown society in norristown last week william ('. john>-on was struck knocked down and had bis ankle broken or dislocated so that he was confined to ins bouse for two months and unable to attend to his business preferred a charge against his assailants and the grand jury with out bearing the most important wit ness returned not a true bill and w 0 johnson prosecutor pay the costs judge weand sent for the foreman and ordered him to examine this most im portant witness but the mischief was done and the court granted a rule to show cause why sentence on johnson to pay the eosi should not bu suspenileil there is precedent for this in many cases indeed the judges themselves on their own motion have prevented a fail ure of justice by refusing to sentence prosecutors to pay costs bvbjp after a trial in court where it was apparent that tu impose i nli nee would work irreparable wrong and injury ami iii some cases where kills have been ig noroil they have been prepared aguiin and ent before a succecifing grand jury new bills can he m hi up g next court for those ignored at this court old friend the ijuakertowu and riohlandtowu trolla com pa ay has paid the sellers ville turupike company 16600 for the privilege of la in trolley tiaiks.nl the roadbed — the free use of lime in the autumn p.cially under truit tiecs.will mater ly a.-m.-t iii di itroying funui use lacked lime and apply it froely li ig iii it as cllieaii prayiug mixtur beneficial to a ¦ in church dedicated i in olcmltifl ii'ui'kiim elrimffpal coiisjk kiillnii mmin lulu ii ni rdlflpf npcolai nimr''iflll«ili srrvlrc mi lil iiutor of tlic ol'kiuil/iiti'iti the ne methodlsl kpisco|»nl church at qlensidc was il'ilicali'l suii'lax morning in the precetice of a number of pnoplei i lie tied icatoi | \ ices were in ili;ii l'i of t hi1 pi-tnr rev j i ' " ii iiht i i i'h v cipeni d with the chanting f t h m k logv by tin ition followwi bv the formal invocat idn l.'i v i i brady formtr mis:"!1 of the church and the i n.':ini."i of the glansidu mis sion in imil iihivd tin1 first praver in the new building gloria patria followed iiv the scripture reading were sneivd d hy singing bv the nm greahtion rev william i mcdowell d d presiding eldei of the philadelphia conference and pastor of the church in 1871 preached the dedicatory sermon dedicatory responsive leadings follow ed an appropriate anthem was sung by the choir the formal declaration or the use of the new chinch foi the aiise for which it was dedicated was made followed by the benedict ion in the afternoon rev gladstone 1 lolmes preached the sunday school rally senrion kev s w thoinns [). !>,. editor of the philadelphia methodist preached in the evening during the present week special ser vices appropriate ill connection with the dedication of the church are being held monday rev mr brady a formtr pastor preached tuesday rev j f satchel d i pastor of the church of the covenant occupied the pulpit the exercises this wedd i b pp dnesday veiling will be in charge of ltev.k v hart former pastor thursday evening there will be church unity service and fri day evening a voung people's rally with lecture by rev william linde inutb pastor of asbury methodist kpis copal church philadelphia the last service in the hariner hill methodist episcopal church was held sunday oct 1 as the congregation of the \ man wai lie vn w<ii\.t oflgwi m the laaffdale gi ii iii a late hour on thursday iiil;iii w i'o was thought iiv sumo lo he adam denver the innrdeni rif krwin moii 1 an nf sprinjflleld townjl ip and fot i i;i line the mitholil ies of lillcks cmiiiiiv have n(!'eri'd a reward nl ' mo i in weilni sdav hie man was in com rmfly with william moyer a ijtitchol of inli1 the man g"l to il rink ilia and moy i i while thev were inn ili ill the weaver iiiurdi i hi ihnitteil t lull he was the fill i nil thai lie u ;"- i ired of eludltlg iclectives and tlioughl of g himself up karly thursday morning mover went to n'oirislown and inform ed he district uttfirney of w hat he had ¦!. thai ollicial tnld him to report i the liiicki county nutlioritips mean while the htory that the man was sus pi led of being the murderer had gam ed circulation in the community oortrtuble cannon of llatlield town ship bel out in search of the stranger am thursday evening anested him in or's harn and took him to lonsdale i e ii wa locked up when seen al'.ci the nrreh the htrsngcr denied he had admitted that he was \\ ea vir bill acknowledged that he kneu him lie hears some resemblance in weaver the prisoner was taken to pvlesluivn friday evening and given a hearing hefore squire allcliaeh when he claimed he was not the man wauled he snid he h aid a brother employed as height conductor on the north penn railroad v it was impossible to have the brother at the hearing the prisoner was held until his arrival a moulder employed in the ahram cox gtovi foundry who is well acquainted with weaver having worked with him at r.edhlelicin for several years says the prisoner is not weaver the repairs and improvements on tlu1 irace evangelical church are completed at a cost of 81)0 including a 120 organ this is one of the two evangelical churches here it retained the old church on mt vernon street whili il i i ik mf1hodist el'iscopal chdkch church will worship at glenside in the future glenside m e church is a beautiful stiiicture of the english gothic style of architecture jt is built of red gren oble stone the inside finishings aro in oak and pine stained dark brown the several windows the chancel and altar furnishings are the nifts of in dividuals ami the societies in the church the seating capacity of the building is over 00 it occupies a site donated by mr wldener and sir klkins on willow grove turnpike its cost was 7(i00 towards which nearly 1500 was pledged at sunday's service the present church is an outcome >>( a movement begun in 18lj2 to move the church from hariner hill a milt1 west of glenside to the latter place the church at harnier hill war built and dedicated in 1861 several prominent men in methodism have occupied its pilpit chief among which being kev dr pas/orlield and kev william l mcdowell d 1 , presiding elder of thw philadelphia conference the new church is situated on kos lyn terrace near glenside station it occupies a most advantageous position ami tiie membership of 7 members will undoubtedly increase in the new building owiiuralilit or lund brewer john f beta now owns lioo acres of farm land in montgomi'i v county ho had over soi acres until sat urday when he acquired j-hi acres ad joining his already extensive farm in norritoh township the land was pur chased bv john brier foi mr betz from john schraek of west mar shall street norristown at a private ligure mr beta bought the ground lor farming purposes and he is one of the largest if not the largest farm laud owners in montgomery county the leal wan consummated by 0 ii white \ son real i tate agents the other branch built a new church on green street the latter is the strongest in membership the baseball season ends with a surplus of 22 its bashall games were very successful the past season and we have one of the best amateur teams in the state it has rarely been beaten except by a nroftessional team that makes a daily business of ball playing this borough lias the names of 888 voters oil the registry list of these ito are in the bait ward and 818 in the west the composing room of the republican office will be lighted by electricity dis pensing with the foal oil lumps hither to in use wellington 1 1 rosenberry sold i00 cattle at his stock yard on monday laosdale baptist church has 138 members with 18 baptisms reported last year frank k hints a youth of 22 has gone to the war lie enlisted for three years in the engineer corps ami departed last friday for willett.s point for several years past he has been a compositor ill the reporter office there are several eases of typhoid fever here out green street and in line street iii opposite parts of tlie town both are outside tin1 liorough limit and supposed to have been tiie result of tainted water our national hank pays -' per emit hi six inouths'ileposit and .'! per cent upon one year's time i mil v itoolcholdsri i uiiiini the stockholders of the schuylkiu valley traction company held their annual meeting on thursday afternoon for the purpose uf r organisation the following directors were elect t dyer \. ii l.ai/.elere norrislowu f.c isriggs,,tivntun n..i cd beebe joueph notiiitfhaui syraiuse |). \'. epp philadelphia and tlorao 0 lone ( onshohockcii 1'he ilirertni i cli il the following iilieei for the ensuing year iv . n ii l.ai/.elere \ i • - lit john t i '¦¦ ii v and treasure , 1 1 ( '. inncs a q havidn . eueral man utendeni \ iliuks couatv htilr in the asylum the loug-losl brother of tin lute c i'eter who died at norriatown recently in charltv hospital has mad i 1 1 1 elf known in claim the estate an curiously enough is in sorristowu an inmate of the state insane asylum when 	 rge peter lied he left and merely with the expectation of fulfilling a legal formality ephrlam slough representing the estate advei na in the whereabouts nf an tone peter a brother who had not heen heard from i'm ¦', \ . ambler school board miti inif fii-iii rnrfifirnbtng pmj i mm ittpmfnncfl itii'l iiimitm n i inii ii.niit iinii<'ii<<r \ i crowde tlie i ' nlar • tatober meeting nf the alnblcr school hoard was held ml ttll ¦ lav i ' n i ng in tin directoi -' room of the i tiildin ideni sfelnon ailed the mi uihe's lo order about s o'elovk and a lull board wa nie-i nl l:nv lei eh read iii'1 minutes nf sept i win h were approved mr ii'ii.--'1 i he impfovemenl com mittee reported hie tin work painted ; had oi :> i ' ' i tone ci iplng for the wall ; contract drawn up with prank <¦. kr.'imei for il neu boiler to he erected during institute week mr moore of the supply committee reported having ordered wood was given authority to see about procuring i hag for the building to replace the mil now m use professnr rahn re ported having made some purchase and presented tin1 bills mr kelson reported having visited ihe school with a director of one of the philadelphia schools the result nf the visit was highly gratifying to both mr nelson reported a marked im provement over last year in several of the rooms miss shirk's room over crop led professor rahn reported tin enroll ment for september as follows pri mary l),43 < ', 34 i '¦'>' ; a 86 j sec 	 lary i 40 a 14 intermediate 4 gamtnar 2w high school 22 total 323 average attendance 274 present every dav bill the total for tuesday wbs 824 mr nelson reported thai an agent had approached him with regard to having the school children prepare for the mystic midgets or the lilipiitians and render it in the opera house to share the receipts and guarantee expenses alter discussion no action waa taken bills to the amount of fill 15 were or dered paid anil it was ordered that the warrants foi the tcachrs salaries be drawn previous to their starting for pottstown to attend the institute on oct 30 professor kahn reported the need of ink wells in primary a and secondary brooms that miss liorer was making satisfactory progress in drawing teach ing it throughout the school down to the primary a room directors insti tute to be held at jeukintown on dec 2 and that miss shirk bad been re quested to give an exhibition drill in pollard county superintendent hof feker had visited the school on monday and comparing the progress in reading in the ambler school grade by grade with any others he found it superior bower gwynedd school beard having decided that they will not pay for the due'ticm of ii tricts some of township decided to pay the extra cost and still continue in their attendance a discussion over the payment for the pupils was then entered into and it was tie opinion that in the absence of per mits from the school boards the bill for tuition be forwarded the parents and that the board adhere to its resolution of compelling the payment of tuition three months in advance i'ln'o f nil n l licenw of george v*nn win kle and mi !.! m iailii k of i'hil.i delphln ha - in in irsnt'd mrs i'iell rirli and children n imru d home la-t wednesday evpnfnfl from selinngrove where she has in en \ ii ¦ her parent and friends fur the pasl folir week harry hedrirk p.nt pnndtt at knlprville vi itlng his phi • !¦' rank ( tooper han i nten d the en of john wannmal er's inre ijuh wcliii day night robbers ruined entrance into john mate's by boring a hole in the window s>sh and nnf:i ing the lock the robbers were scared away there wm not much taken lie of mr mat*'f overi oat ami i'.iui napkin ring there is no clue l.a-l sunday was harvest home dav in ion rvangelical lutheran church of whilemarsh thecliunh w decorated mini elaborately and beautifully than ever hefore in his wrk the mem bers of the congregation were ably as i-ti d iiv the florist of broad a xe george schlflter who bronahl and ar ranged many beautiful plants fr 	 his nviii establishment the choir render ed excellent music at both of the ser vices in tie morning the pastor rev pietterlch preached from i ( lor iii : i i have plant d apolloi watered but god gave the increase in the evening after a service of tong by the choir and congregation he spoke from gal vi : 7 though the day was threatening the congregations were gocd at both services and much interest was manifested on tuesday oct '¦'>. kev deltterinh of whiteniarsli lutheran church olli niflted at a quiet hut pretfrv home wed ding at the residence of one of his members goeorge d heist of ien side the occasion was the marriage of mr heist's daughter miss anna to dr f.sebring slifer the bride enter ed the parlor upon the arm of her father while the groom was i t ended by his best man f w h .' ioet.-chins of jersey city after the impressive ceremony and the congratulations wire over a collation was served in the spacious diningroom the happy couple left amid showers of rice for an extended wedding tour to niagara falls watkins glen and other places of interest troxle bense will sell a carload nf tine horses at flourtown next wednes day if in need of a good animal either for speed or work attend tho sale and select one urelaml aiman who has heen on the sick list for some time is now convales cent mrs thomas gillian of kort wnsh not pay tor the inktolliam lesley rod mien and wife ni a,l.acc.nt i is | ^ ;, •,..,¦„;./,,„„. w,lq,|av with up's ":':'' i '-<- nawjns fami<y north \\ in william cressman and wife of hicb land and former hosts of the colonial inn spent tuesday visiting friends in the town miss cristie gerhart was stricken with paralysis on monday walter johnson residing in the same house who has been very ill with typhoid fever is convalescing a little daugh ter living out with relatives in the country is also down with the same disease arthur matz clerk in johnson's shoe store resigned his position and ac cepted a like position in wanamaker's shoe department adolp lewia.of gwy nedtl corner has taken the above va cant clerkship communion services were held'in st luke's kefowned church on sunday morning last there was a very large audience present at the services on wedik'sday evening district dep uty mehlhouse visited north wales lodge no 010 i o o 1 and in stalled officers postmaster 1 ukens is improgving his home by giving his house a coat of paint removing the front fence and grading liis front yard and wiwn ad joining henry mull is giving his residence and ako the childs pharmacv a dress ing of paint frank leister the young coal mer chant who recently took to himself a wife from the belles of newark and temporarily has been residing with his parents mi main street while furnish ing his newly built home on monday evening gave a house wanning to a few friends keill's cigar store was burglarized one night la.-t week and the thives got away with 300 choice eigais about 10 of change from tlm money drawer and cash from the sloi machine which they bursted open and ruined spend for the family bradley c algeo and wife ni several weeks at atlantic city benefit of their health a meeting for the purpose of organiz ing a ladies aid society at the metho dist episcopal church will lie held on oct l'li the public is cor dially invited to attend the meeting mis john goodwin of philadelphia spent sunday with mrs stephen wav n r ami family the engagement of edward sleeth of ambler and miss annie iiallman of this place is announced and tin will be married in the near future tlie harvest home service which were to be held at the baptist church on sunday evening has been postponed until next sunday evening charles arnhol frank decker fred arnholt and miss elizabeth arnhot of philadelphia spent sunday with friends jacob schnoipp is improving his property here on park avenue by hav jing his house painted he is also niak iey i ¦ i the kloi hast march walter 1'ivherry started for i buoknan of klondike lie j | arrived there all right and has heen in dieting smiie interesting epistles to hit relatives and friends in this section from skagaay alaska ho sent bis cnii.-in m,s a h grisuom of jenkin town a nugget of gold which wtiighs half an mince she also received a handsome collection of wild tlowen from thai region in a letter mr buck man says they recently had an earth quake there which iiook their cabins and knocked everything from tb ing other repairs philip e tiuckes.of this place and miss may bainbridge of phuadelhpia will be married in the church of mir redeemer philadelphia on wednesday oct is at 1-l o'clock frederick nichols of philadelphia lias secured a position here as night agent in place of kdward pennell it is rumored that live weddings will ocnurr at this place luring this month the writer will announce names later on a crand jubilee concert bv the orig inal famous gilbert family of lingers will be given at the baptist church on tuesday evening oct l'4 the concert will consist of vocal and instrumental music solos duets trios quartettes etc of classical songs of high order sentimental patriotic and religious jubilee songs of freedom the admis sion will he l5 20 and 36 cents ill dated iii vugutil he htatutl that the tti tl thik h tin newspaper containing the adver ii fcil into antone'a hands and , tothe ttoor,aut"thal evi lie promptly informed the hospital t[y frightened as they didn't authorities that ho was the man want know what wa coining nmct n a lei he was fount i l a peddler and all over ihe eastern cud of the lit to the asylum in county ihp proceedings to declare intone illy dead are thus brought to ml n niece in new jersey will expected inlu ritahce he sav ice was getting pretty thick i for lucialivi nd but nearly evei ythiny tiuiplov li y pi vail ml that there is nol very good op portunities ill re now to hi ' i till bv mining for lit linvk.i a very enjoyable surprise party was tendered miss klsie steever on saturday evening , sept 30 at the in 	 of her father arthur steever of mureka in hnimi of her birthday tlie surprise was a very complete one and was very much enjoyed by those present re fieshinents were served at an appropriate time and it was nearly midnight when the guests duparted wishing m i»,s elsie many happy rcltirns of tlie day those present uciv ¦. .\^-. and mrs arlliui steever and children harold v era and percy arthur,mltahel and ea tellamoore mav stacker frank indi mabel krai laura steever kate i lunoan james lavcmk ( lara fisher alice steever howard pavis marllia knver charlie gouak clara kern edward l''e.-iuire bill ma moore ed ward llenh ner annie i'ry william ilinkie harry colloui bertha htoever william w frank bennett mabel iiv i gouak i dace duncan frauk kehy ii u iy kiiidcnline l'!m nee si i noah miller eugene krutz kachel wei it naid killer ( lar;i ktl over , jo eph stackhouge flora miller vlamie slecvef llavid monie man u.-ver 1'ied lisher philip hover mr and mi r.pluaiin hen t i.ice and i rank ml and childivn mormaii kv«lyn fhi mi and li .!. llavid to cum a 4i>l.l in l*n l>ay