The Ambler Gazette 18980317

              the ambler gazette vol xvi no 15 amlilkli pa maiu ii 17 1 8»h si.25 a yeah m iff martin m<l his depntim and posw | comitfltni tried it wllkwbarre and norristown letter ninl i of tl wc.l iniiior c|iilt l.-.l hon rolm woml l!«'iciirillim ( m tiilllrt - ol.l irii'inl illsriis^i fll i'rn bwdlilbi l niirrlilmi n in i!n i il inur i-.iiml \\ si i'ki<i s l march 15 in i lie c'lel'lllti d ril-c ol ( illl \-. sllel - i'plllirs wilke which i rsiiltcil in ¦! verdict lasl week of guilty us against mil the defendants judge \\' "'" iw.-o 1 1 laid down some whole some old-time law an tn the power nml j duly of it sheriff in casea n riots strike and unltttt ful aiwmblages « hlch it will he well it rintera in i he future shall heed the judge's mlings an to the rights and rcspoiisiliilit ie i o rlototh rtl should also lie contpmplnti d by nil mi n dissatisfied with tir.i1 wages and their employers it i no new law the sheriff musl lie obeyed by the lawless at well a - by the law-abiding and ii the sheriff transcends hit authority or acts in an insolent or oppressive manner outside come in with all the others to share the ¦ in an honest distribution mr wangei submitted to m the bills for in ¦ ion and my opinion and i much prefer the house hill to ihfll nf t in ate rut the danger k ii i have inti iinir.l i iml the conference committee will produce nn abortive and di cord nil chapel dedicated tlir iviill.wi hiiplm i i l li ill 1 ullll a|>|ivn|nl;iti r»>mnmlr iccv.t 1 l>*'im'hll#'m i'r.'siil ths 1'enll n bflptlsl impel wa id ii'.ilk pencil i i-l sabbath nnd the set . thai inay he adopted in ihe m \ ire of laying the corner stoni cotn ii i \ oi the iiieiiiliei'h to give tolhe people n law on ti subject to pilenee ilieir irn pin limit ii for ihe country detniii hnnkriipl law . and il nm-i i hi'iiiili all i in i-tate to iie a i the exemption in wf differ so widely ! hnl in the pevcriil i i i vari ation nf hundreds oi acres ot land nnd i dnllaih worth of | c pleted i in sen ires were presidi d over bv rev t ( < i rn h field i hayonnp ".. !»¦ uniform t formerly pnrtnr of the monni pleas constitution mi baptist church of ambler of which ihe penllyn mi sii in is a branch the c ifv little chapel wns well flllfid al when thr services commenced with ihe .,;: oi i hymn tin ci ingn ration pp , hie plain dutv and in defiance ol law property now exempt bylaw under stale then gathered outside to witness the cor laiiii i ¦ bnpi iroperi to ,. , stone laying ceremony which in the value of silki in some states il is i eluded hi i lifting ¦ i nofl i inn i 0 in ni her ntates the whole otiiidaiinn scripture reading and fer homestead of i hundred acres or in ire vent prayi r b mi denchfleld among and certain aninuils mil ih idi . nre exempt i10111 1 merchants nianufiicturei ci especially an looking with si ilicitii ie to i ii from t ie pn sent i alldeal anxlons niltcoine on 1 1ii suhject if our t the citizen aggrieved ims his remedy by in action for trespass lha sheriff is tin : der heavy bonds for 1 he faithful and law ful iiml proper discharge of 1 1 is duty our sheriff johnson and his deputies coulston ninl owen furnish models t gentlemen in office they pay respect ful attention to complaints and notices of claims on tin1 part of defendants take counsel of the best advisers and proceed with caution firmness in duty yet obed ient to the claims of humanity and obel sant to the laws of decency and propri priety officers too often forget thin golden rule 1 have known some ignor ant constables especially in the towns who act as if they were spaniards deal wealthiest nun now were compelled to i take the benefit nf the bct of 18(17 ( mi the extension nf the homestead luw nnd the right of way towllronds through alaskn we ought to hear frmii our con 1 '. 1 i ¦ ' • 1 ' i iii i iii 1 ii 1 i i i imtlllltl l 	 _ ins with recusant cubans 01 highway tack on ¦ a «• • 1 r . r . l 1 t 1 r 1 f d gressmnn-at-lnrp the venernble father of the homestead law qalushn a trow where is he is he ion si lent as john sherman in the hlulo department a proper homestead law for alaska would be wise il there lie nny uralile land there (•> warrant rettlements for agricultural purposes and perpetual homes foi fami lies but senator ye-t says il is veritable blasphemy to speak f homesteads and right of way among the gulches and mountains o that vast region his it regarding neither law nor decency in the enforcement of process against the poor and unfortunate hut thegreat majority of our constables in the whole county as b body me men of sterling worth ] 	 rly paid but full of pity for the poor people whom they treat us the unfortunate poor especially in these times deserve to be bandied the legislature by b proper constitu tional law should provide better compen sation for constables especially for mak prcipnsitioti in1 said mil knowledgt hv juts iii ', and he wl and was verv severe on the prompted by experience a the ministers nnd missionaries for their reports to the government as to the lay of the land and ite possibilities as farm territory and h 	 esteada for bona fide sett lers not much new law was developed by our fir.-t week of cotirt the trial of martin connor was commenced n wed nesday and the result whh what was gen erally expected a verdict of not guilty , i i i i i ' ' ' ' ' ¦ ' i i r i i ' i ' ¦ , ' i p - i i ' liri lijui . , - • - l^t 1 — ing returns to court and the extra duties bi rendered monday imposed upon them bv the abominable ; the grand jury took the quarter y ex cursion to the poor lionet nl her vicious acts imposed ii election laws and assembly perhaps we may get a legislature the near future that will devote w time to correcting leave further new 1 these delects and islation alone fur a j few years let us improve ami repeal amend ami supply the mass of laws now on hand before we venture on more old things become new as we advance along the line of life wells that were — closed years ago in our town have been re-opened and artesian wells now sup on friday as each successive grand jury for the hi-l jo years has reported the almshouse as in perfect order as thetdirectorh of the poor we have elected have been compli mented for their fldelitv to their tmst as the steward mr araierfer is said to be a model farmer and custodian of the wards of the county and as there have li.cn no complaints lodged against the 1 ha articles placed in 1 he stone v < re 1 opici of the \ mblei i izette 1 he ( om inonwealth and the church mirror at the conclusion of the impressive ci pi iimnv the chapel wn ngnln filled and th audience listened t 1 he readii school's history bv the secretarjs john g fox rev mr denchfleld preached the ded icatory sermon from the third chapter of nehemiah dwelling forcibly on the necessity of unity of spirit in the work to he done rev crosar edwards also spoke brief ly in a congratulatory strain the bible school at penllyn grew out of a series of prayer meetings held some years ago by earnest workers of the ambler church at the home if mrs jans hart a permanent organiiatlon was effected march 18 1894 and april 8 fol lowing the lirsl session of the school met in a room of the old foulke man sion where ils sessions were held until its recent occupancy of the new chapel the school of which matthias mailman of ambler is superintendent now num bers 60 and is comfortably established with every prospect of increasing pros perity the new c lapel is a neat fianie struc ture 40.\-(i feet and stands on a lot re cently purchased by the school from the ambler building and loan association fronting on the pike a short distance west of the station it has a seating ca pacity of about 200 is well lighted and heated by means of a novelty heater in the cellar on the trewellvn avenue end a classroom is partitioned off by movable glass sash the room to be used for the primary department james bartleson of ambler was the contrac tor and wn ('. evans did the mason work gnooeil of miss mary bi llllllock news of the continued success of i'hil ply hotel montgomery farmers hotel windsor hou8e,taylor house and rambo house and others in norriatown ears were supplied public expend otiglit m ten miate until i l)t tin ' urftrf ftrrrtr vie i,.et,-df nori ist own water company the best water in norristown comes from the old pumps in our borough notably the one at the oolu't house — that venerable mon ument 3 mean the pump of the olden time when every house and especially every hotel had a well of never-falling spring water near the dour as the adver tisements used to read the president having appointed cal honn of illinois to the interstate coi uierce commission the talk of chief jus tice sterritt of our supreme court for that place will cease and there will be no vacancy on tho supreme bench to fill a was supposed or rather wished for by tho politicians who are always trying to create places for friends seeking them or foes who an1 in the way unless death always ready takes one off congress was so much absorbed last week with the scare in relation to spain and her conduct towards cuba and the united states that all other matters pending were postponed and the house promptly passed a bill placing 50,000,000 at the disposal of the administration for active or future preparations for nation al defense this is the old motto reviv ed that we as hoys used lo read on our copper coins millions for defense hut not one cent for tribute the senate also unanimously passed the same bill on mondav congress nas many important matters pending the act to extend the home stead law to alaska and the bankrupt hill for the wholti country we have had no bankrupt law since thai of march *-', 1867 which expired by its own limita tion in lfs7l except as to cases then pend ing that was a beneficent bill but the process was somewhat cumbrous and un wieldy ami expensive the two bills now pending in congress ihe senate bill ltltt l i ' ' i • 1 a , i ¦ i 1 i 1 , 1 j j %. r b • ¦ « ¦»«¦ ibaj ^— » saiiitury nr oilier condition of the pau pers or the premises it does seem to us at sorristown that this costly qtmrtorly pilgrimage to t'pper providence at the attention if tie suit in i 1 call for an investigation judge btinson while on the bench plainly told the prand jury that this perfunctory junketing at the public expense was unnecessary and instructed them that they were not bound to go unless they knew of some thing wrong k hallock comes bas just been enraged as the third kunstler ilaus iii;iiiii(:e:nent of the institution in any adelphia'a talented pianist miss mary way or form relating to the farm or k hallock comes from henna she b j b d the soloist of concert is to play in the oesar tranck revival at the ton kunstler yerein and a little later will assist mine hi1011 the great so ¦, is !'-- ii irfel sm the great success attained by miss hallock is certainly a high compliment to her talent and her former instructors in this city as well as reflecting credit ably upon ihr musicians of philadelphia notwithstanding the hearty welcome and kind treatment accorded miss llal bv the manv noted rrtists and llnrxllllln charles pnrke expect shortly i w t jonathan starkhnnup will hold a sale of personal property on thezlldinst julio walton is agent mirt elizabeth itradnrlri of horsham t sunday « i tli mica mamie winder of willow irnve the san sntici knchrc club was en tertained by mi nnd mi ¦¦-. i enrose on iiuida 2th i he residence nf mr llobert ( joml mis entered bv thieves ii thursdaj night a mpmbei of i ho householi ' o''l and rnised the nlarm which ¦ i tin in it was found i hat not h in^r \> as stolen i iii n pnir nf chickens 1 n are \\ aj packi d '" ii v ii uii'l mi ritli >. of maple ( hen were delightfully hiirprleed on i m i veil ing loth tiames and music were in dulged in after which ih guests were invited to partake f the refrenhm thev defatted at a lute hour with many kind wishen for the hosl 	 i ho a.nong lh'--i present were mr and mrs s s hitter mr nnd mrs ii a c4eat rell mr and mrs jesse walton mrs vveikel mr and mrs uranville leedom mr and mrs john reading and family misses emma and amanda duckworth rachel weikel eya roessler bessie roessler annn m vveikel lena read ing maggie diirkin mary megargee katie m clark mary kline anna durkin nellie elliot melllestackhouse mabel kneexel lena durkin nettle megargee ida hitter may kilter messrs i irvin kilter edgar killer frank duckworth charles gonak elmer gou ak win hinkle harry i'illinan win fill man harrv weikel frank ander son wihner harrar clarence marlin hubert weir ii ijeighton clark ellas krusen harry kenderdine walter knecxel jay megargee is making nntmrous iinproveini nts on the farm on which he resides by putting up a pony stable and a new cave roof and other improve ments inside john rodemick is doing the work e barton satterthwaite's n«w bouse iw hearing completion thornton stackhouse has been on the sick mst for the past two weeks and is i-lowlv improving william lladings of philadelphia who bought the walker farm is begin ning to build william satterth waits ih the contractor rumor is current that the horsham m e bunday school expects to build a chapel in the near future mr joseph stackhouse and daughter visited relatives in tin.1 city one day last week miss lizzie megargee visited friends in the city last friday and saturday kli fluck of ilatboro is doing paper ing and painting for jonathan stack date and want to keep their instruments 1 see that the surveyors who are up to musicians she has met during her foreign tmir she expresses a must decided long n in proper order are visiting the stone ing to return to america and it is quite ,,-" beside the rfttenhouse monolith at the 1 probable that within the next year her mr hallman of alan corsons staff took hi on friday and found the varia tion to be 8 25 the annual variation in the compass is about -". land sur veyors and conveyancers should be very careful to see that their instruments are properly compared annually we are all much concerned and ag grieved to heal of the illness of hon john wood of conahohooken and of the paralysis of his son mr george washington wood the old gentleman is now in his 80th year many years ago he was elected to congress on the union republican ticket in this district defeat ing lion owen jones of lower merion who had been elected the previous term l di ji and pel thi house bill have each been pass ed in the respective chambers of the na tional legislature and both il last ac counts were in the hands of a conference committee if they undertake to patch these two bills the offspring will be a hybrid and a botch something like the animal the ancient called a elippooen tain , half man and half horse differing from a centaur in this that the latter rode on an ox and the former on ahorse a proper bankrupt ian should provide that when any business man or linn ur uorporatjoo becomes insolvent and un able to pay creditors in full as their claims mature the insolvent party may tile a petition and say so surrender up hli property to an assignee foi fair and equal distribution preserving the rights ol all previously secured obligees as mortgagees or otherwise and alter this 1 done ask 01 bis discharge and deliv erance i11 1111 bis debts and creditors t-11 hat be can start again in life without iiulestation from hu old obligations and i 68 whom he may and ought to pay notwithstanding if he ever geis able to do so this is lair humane ami honor able and is called voluntary bankruptcj , this is provided for in the house bin involuntary bankruptcy is that by which a man fraudulently gi\es one creditor a judgment or conveyance i cover all his estate iu preference to all his other creditors whom he intends to cheat ill sueh ea.-.e the parties deliand td can iilr a petition against the fraudu lent debtor and foroe him into bankrupt cy and compel the preferred civditoi to r al variation | many friends may have the pleasure of hearing her in a recital here miss hallock's success in vienna is not owing lo any instruction she received there for she made her first appearance after she had scarcely been there six months miss hallock was at one time a pupil of miss m susan morris of fort wash ington and i student of the ileacock school at wyncote several years ago she uave a musical recital in ambler opera house when she was assisted by prof m leefson by a very lar squire wood was iii congress with e joy philadelphia and these two democratic majority he is always called morris of broke the celebrated long deadlock in the election wt'ulon on march 1 frederic j smith succeed ed his father us postmaster at this place eiutohinson smith has held that position since tho office was first established over 20 years ago joseph kirk and wife have returned from a two weeks visit to atlantic city foulke bicentennial tin oiiiiki l.lvlni l «. ti<l;uil wrltr n l.rllir in hi ¦,,,! i i-lmh ¦! i|/t:llll i po**k holding "¦'¦ htnnlon in owynmm sftptlltg lloll.l < dimillitl iff iii i1 l iii r-riii i:i |. i!'m in • noticed mmitlnii ¦ r i liji i nti . ninl of the ¦ i kdwnrd i'mili i i penllj i . i in1 ni rtli i'ci i i lii'-li i'.v n ;: 	 mi written in i4tll ill ii 1 1 iii month i i n;i;i \\ . i o2 >> n i tho in ii ¦ innke known m ll i the nidi i liv iti 	 imi ni hln i in the i lii itlml i hio • idi foiilkr in luildlna 1 1 m inlon i t i1"1 fnmllj ii i her pinrr thnn i 	 r <\\ • n w iii'h in . i i left i inn i ml i!i in ¦. nter fi nn hie rnplntm spring he nnd iii i hlldreti rtrnnk nf thin i-i nf enny nor . i nenr ihr itntion 	 i the old pnnllcr mill would hirnioh ample nrpnmtnniintl cnrtnlnly there nrn frt-i>nrtrf a nn ihp fw in ¦¦¦ • ni i.i i'm chni i nil nnnv i"ne '-, iiimiit otitnft t^1 milex ; wny t .¦: frinndk1 m < -< i i 1 1 u hn i ¦¦ of 1 i ill in ¦ ' nnd invnii.li from nni m bdwnnl l'iiuiki."s i ni i-i 1i;im i wrinlil nl ciiii-r my prntcrl il.f:iin i i'h flpnecrntion i1 the meeting linnup fur any nnch ptirpone in wlileh i rxpreos tin seiiliiiii.nl nf nthern of ilie ponterlt.v nf rdwnnl nnrt elonnnr l'"iilke .¦•¦¦ ppolieii to me i'lie sneloty of l"ririnl hnf ever uphold hie principle that nil irtwl • slniiiiil be rpllulounly iiniiii'il in the tt»pn fur which they were created and iml diverleil tn nny other whatever in il i well known tlinl those who contributed in tho 1'iiii'lini nnd rtrpsprvint enro nf the moetlnir lion«e would nol consent if mviiil i itn brine u<f iii tint way nor for tho proponed townnhlp bicentennial nini it is incontrovertible linn itonenli ponlke ihiu-li koulke m balnthlel cleaver ntlinn cleaver solomon leav er oeorirp i nken daniel foulke dnvld fniilke ninl ntliprh of the hist tmi pener iitiniis firmly remwted smnting the meet inir liimsi for nny purpose other thnn those of the society of friends for h l i l it t of speaker and triumphed over the co 1 mr kirk is recovering from a recent horts who had prevented the election of j severe illness and the change has benefit n p banks ioi weeks the woods | ed him greatly they btopped at the have been the life of c'onshohockcn for pennis generations operating their mills j harry j median in the employ of through all seasons of prosperity or de pression giving employment to hun dreds of people and insuring a competen los ('. hance shot two large barn owls they have been carrying away pigeons iu the neighborhood these are very cy for themselves john wood jr a sou . line specimens the larger one measuring ol the squire is one of the most popular four feet from tip to tip and prosperous men in that busy town harry 1 hamel has removed from and bids fair to rival his father iu long this place to his bouse recently pur evity business qualifications and sterling chased in lenkintow 11 genial manhood the big sale that took place at arise weldon and nacity in arizona last thursday of dawson city 1,600,000 acres if land for 96600 ll a that city wh most wonderful development of the de crease in the value of land in the nourishing west this is a question in mathematics for the application of the single rule of three : ii 1,600,000 acie cost 16500 what did one acre cost '.' or how many aores were bought for a dol lar the exaot figures i leave to y hl b i your round aores school boys to ascertain but in numbers i state that 230j were purchased for a dollar oi 2 acres and 30-100 for oik1 cent will it not pay the young man with a little capital to take horace lecley's advice go west young man the santa i'e company bought at judicial sale and therefore clear of encumbrance ol the atlantic and pacific railroad company their land grant what a purchase was this my lords ! mi and mrs aslier matti.sin of snieliury had a serious runaway last week mr and mis mattison were on their way to attend the meeting of the koleburj farmers olub whan the horses li.-c line unmanageable ran away broke the tongue and ii]»et and demolished the carriage the upant ueiv all g the carriage thrown out with b few li ] the occupant bul fortunately hl bun ueiv all cucaped albamim roberts proposes to leave weldon and take up his residence in ' ty lie has a son living in who is treasurer of kiader company james cornell will shortly move from willieside farm to his house in weldon all the houses formerly occupied by the farm laborers on the smith estate being needed for employes on the weidner & klkius tract the auditors if abington met last week at 1 lager's hotel and accepted the bonds of the newly elected supervisor hutchinson smith's sale ol mis hell's goods was well attended and fair prices realized jacob t dimly residing on the welsh road had l'"i or more chickens btoleil last week the thieves used a grubbing hoe to tear oil a board ol the hen house suspicion points to p not very far away they may make tb.il kind nl a visit once loo often the new tow n and doylettowq trolley liue is almost a certainty now and it ii expected that the line will he built this summer the money to equip the new road is certain to he leoured this will give a direct line from ui lo doylestown a distance of i miles towns along ihe route i minute your iiuureu with cimrureu r.iiiiiy rutliurtlc oure ion i*j'.".v jit1 i i1 full druggists refund money misfl lizzie stackhouse of ambler is spending some time with her parents mr and mrs thornton stackhouee 	 .-.. centre square sonic of the farmers are plowing for oats others are getting the gardening ready for onions and early peas moth millers and mosquitoes can be seen in abundance in the evening furs and woolen goods may need to be packed away a month earlier than usual flies are verv numerous the iselfry w ('. t u gave a grapho phone entertainment on saturday even ing at the home of mrs wilson presi dent of the union the seating capacity in the house was taxed severely and ail seemed to enjoy the songs and speeches rendered mr thomas of camden x j recited grey's elegy in a very creditable manner miss gross of centre square recited variety is the spin of life " in a pleasant manner about 10 o'clock the gue.-t.s received a plate covered with a fine napkin and tilled with fried oysters mil and butter pickled cabbage and a cup of good coffee to which all did justice mrs wilson gave a short address stating the object of the meeting and asking for a silver collection to be used as part of mont gomery county's share of expenses in holding the state convention of the w ('. t 1 the rolls and oysters which were left were snhl at auction at the close of the meeting daniel bickard wdb in sorristown sat urday on business mr john biedeman has so far im proved ill health as to be able to come down stairs the farmers club held a regular meeting on monday eyening there was a small attendant 	 b account of a special meeting at centre point to con sider tin advisability of becoming in corporated the mitre point farmers olub are arranging to build a hall some mem bers thought the club could not hold property without being incorporated but bt the meeting il uas decided to1 have trustees for that purpose the fertiliser question was continued for no\t week mrs kiohard etonan died sunday al her home in centre square after a lin gering pulmonary affection the funeral was held on wednesday afternoon ln terment at st john's lutheran church yard a j iii,salt will rebuild after visiting the ruins of his stock farm at chesterbrook near r.erwyn where 1 of bis famous herd of ( iuernsey cows were destroyed a j cassatt an nounced that he would at once rebuild the destroyed buildings on exactly the same plans as before the work will be under the direction of purness & evans the architects mr evans who exam ined the ruins said that nothing could be saved u even the limestone founda tions had been turned lu lime by the when questioned about his loss mr cassatt stated that the loss on the build ing would be 21,000 on which there was 110,000 insurance the 21 cows were ahledat 500 each and were fully insured the loss on the arm mai hi nei v would bring the total loss to 35,000 and this was covered with insurance to the amoutt of 30,000 making bis loss actually r!,l)ui til 	 in of the lire still remains u mystery ii ii i » ife nml uii . mill wife uiul » ih . ini'l wife nml m if ninl wife whose accommodation alone it was erect ed in 1823 1 have four generation of nnwrtors buried in tho graveyard nml on thi ir he half and that nf my precious mother i earnestly oppose the application of t 1 1 meeting house nr grounds at gwynrdd to thevfoulke reunion nnd especially lu tlip township i'irenieiinial ik suhversivr of hie principles uf the society nf friends it if luinlly probable thnt one-twentieth part f tiie descendants nf bdwnrd pmilke now livinir land they amount to a large number an friends in rcllgloiir convictions kobritt hatton warren tavern chester co i mo btll the committee having in charge the bi centennial celebration of owynedd town ship ini't saturday at north wales ami made preliminary arrangements for cele brating tlio event committees were iii piiinted as follows finance a k shearer john s heeh ner ii s lowrey william d hceli ner wllmer i tohiibon thomas s glllin it f danehower invitation — 1 wain vmix hownnl v s i vans 1 winiioli \< r ton a k tiim.niis l'rocr.'iniiiie if m jenkins v tl oliiisini 1 w vaux s i0 i.ajiiiiin john tnnps entertainmcnl — george w castner c s lenkins jr john s lleehner a k shearer j s elvans j s il!in walter ii jenkins 1 f danehowtr a k thomas jason sexton wns elected nhairnmn a k shearer treasurer anil ehw'ooil hunt secretary of the kxecutlve committee a committee of five w ill report on ^ site the celebration will tuke placer tuesday may 31 a k thoraafl in'miiiuoh i!us)iii'mn the doylestown daily fntclligeucer of monday lust announced i change il nwnersliip of thui paper which will take place lu april next a corporation is tn he formed in which mr a k thomas the late proprietor of the am bier quzette lias acquired tin iutcreat the present editor of the intelligeucer mr alfred l'uaehnll nud several prom inent newspaper and busiliess men of bucks county will be asaocluted with mr thomas in the publication of the daily ninl weekly editions of that fav orite new8paper the weekly int'l'i gencer i the oldest ami most widely circulated paper lu the couuty huvlug lif»bn founded nearly loo years ngo the daily edition upruug luto exlhtuucq a iluzen yearn ago it is proposed to make radical improve ments in it<i t it papers linotype ma cliini's will lie introduced iu the compos ing room while new and improved presses will be placed in the press-room the pii|ier will he i nlarged uud uther feiilurcs adapted thul will comiueud i ln'inseives tu hit1 reading public ul inks and adjoining counties mr thomas will take charge i tha business maaagemeut of tin enterprise whir mr paschal will direct the eili torlal department mr thomas i 	 aed the nrlntlng trade at doylestown in the neighboring office the doylestown dem ocrat and is therefore m stranger to doylestowii ami kinks county i 	 le the uunic of tho proposed corporation is the lutelllgeucer compuuy the gazette extends mr thomas its best wishes and ventures to say that the changu made will be in the line of progress and for the advancement of tin1 newspaper in its welfare and to the attainment of the bigbest ideuls uuioug its readers a supper and enleiiainnifml li.lil hiv cvuiiiliij under the liunplces of hpringnouse odd tvllowa hall as huciution huriughouse l'ulon i school and vls*ahjckou qrange no 700 provud quite n succemi and about jtu was realized three hundred persons ate supper mr ueorgu ueger in bulldlug u tone wall uloug ths ironi oi bis property mis i'enluah bhelly of quakertown luis been visiting mrs joseph n cu uold mis barbaru smiih is mi il list iii.i jgsou si-st.ii speul monday in doj ic-iuwn mis a w l-'oiilke eutevtuiuod a nimilicr of her iriin.ls s.'ilunh.y ami sun dttj il qer i 	 te linden i ml mr jacob <;. kenipp is the i this plclnltj iu plant potatoes buvlug pliinteil souiv mi huturuay huruh busby takes great pride iu her young chickens of which she has quite a number it james busby and daughter ivutu were the iieuts ol thomas !¦". busby on si'uila . ' ne of thi1 largi ' gal 1 1 1 ing i hnl has ever token placi in oi neai thl - he one mi the re ildcncc of mr vii . 1 milton i 	 i iii-m to celebrate i he flfti pnth annl ¦ ilieir mm i lage bonl 13(1 pntpli ll lit .\ i'ler i he i-ll:i well wishes the pi . led i enjoy i hi'inseives iii various ways mr wil oii iniiii wilson and mr ( hnrlei iliiiuier rendered several veri ¦ mi the pian i and ml til ion . vliss l.tir.i sti tit of i'hilndcl phia in'i miss i.'iui onmbel misi lillian wilson nnd mi ¦ lirivet ¦¦ i i npplnuse flic tip musical eiii i riainmenl wns the man dolin > ! i del ii lid : ill inn brni ki . < miibel mr j kdwnrd i'1 n ¦ i il rccil it ions i mono i hetn old chick how wo tried tu whip th i ' acher i ride i he . 1 and lit rary entertnii closi d abonl 10 o'clock when mini m lei i mi invitation '" all i entei the , in room nnd par lake of gome refreshments pi tin hostess after doing ju i ¦ good t lings of ih sea ion am v mr and mrs brooke many rettin the day they returned to their in i 	 - many beautiful and valuable pn were received space will not allow to cnumi rate them the following were present : : liim slum nml wlfi . arnnlil x i.!-im nnd | uife l ¦., in l,'insihili jiiiil wife kdwnrd krnosl iiml \\ if l.'-i'i'li kiiiol unit ivlfo iiiittj ibcoii tltlow nml wlfo \\ in j v hkoii w 1111k uelnlinril nnd wife n i llhcrl 1 ilv..i i si nn nml ¦>¦.;,* i in l.infonl s|k'rrvinnl wife lui nil .\ inliiom vuakle and wife llui'i r nv i hariefl llarmerand wife mr 1'i.l'l'i hlilhi'l iiml will i all ii f 1 i link 1 iv mi i wife ' harlcn wil lnr.1 ii!.i wlfo puniuio m.u-i nnd wlit1 ik'iiry llmokennd wire tlinmtu ycaklc aiv1 wliu lolin i nruh nn wife win llumtt-r and wife nii'.'li ninl wiiv iviwin brooke mid wife n-.u i rookeiuid wife cluu-lcs brnnke and ivlfe mn iitliarlnc ltpiuii miv will nn cleaver mr markley mim laura camltol mlwi anna may mi mi kiln van cleve ri'v d .\. hiitinni 1 k'iwnr i i'cnnel hon limlv i stoul mr liiuiiel stout mr wllmor htnut.mr.l bark's ktout mi.-s sicnii mi~s ¦ iinliier unltimnre mi katta bcnner miss l.illinu wllwm mlw elizalieth wilson mi-s tltlow mm tltlnw mr iennte hchmoyer miss bcliraoyor mr win clnvton mr innuph n'aglo miss josvphlnc ronteho mim illuiichc roatclic miss mi hrooke mi.-s bprtha llnxike nl iss ki'luii'm brcioke mi mary ssuhrlver miwi annie sohriver mr ouoivc schrlver mr ii !•'. loomis of crozer seminary has been called to the pastorate of orb land baptist church mr loomis preached a very able sermon to a large audience laetsunday night theattend ance and interest in the work is steadily increasing a new feature is the young people's society of christian endeavor just organized the lii meeting was held on sunday evening prior to ihe regular services 17 members have al ready been enrolled the meetings of the society will be held every sunday evening before the usual services dieht's new barber shop is finished and the furniture was placed on mouduv the bhop will be opened for business ou i wednesday r john senneidi i diner for ir george arnhoft of 1 place moved on the yeafclo farm west of flourtown on tuesdav we are informed that mr etarvey blair tho young and popular milk dealer of tins place is going to start a new milk route jil nicetownin addition to tin1 one in this place the reputation established by mr blair for dispensing pare milk and cream has reached the city hence the opening of a new route mr william burk a student in the theological seminary at mt airy was a visitor to ibis place on tuesday jorrettown our i ii id's arc busy men now getting ¦_'.-¦ in nlmpe for spring planting a few have been doing some plough ing i >. hiiit'i kirk ha hi ground ploughed charles willard has been planting pome early vegetables in his garden the boj'h nre bull ing for sucker some nice catch the lam 11 th is wee william j tyson has erected c neat wire fence with metal pickets or btaya for benjamin i . lloupt john kngle has pnrchitsed n klytland pony und carl for his children lcrvin is n proud hoy when ho luuulleh tho lines creorge plmiketl has rented the luk ens proper . h here mi ¦. janii on been residing lie will r mo • his business there iuiii vacate thu old hop albert lloupt of dreshertown has been doing sonic trapping this winter he has secured m murkrut so far s i i'i.-her nnd joseph f^aro have been qurto unwell during the pa week miss hannah tyson horshani was a visitor here this week during the absence of the pastor at conference tho services at tho m k church next sunday inoriiliiu will bo in charge of j s koueniick the kpworth league will conduct tho evening hervi ees there will boa song ncrv ice with oine special music tin will follow ed by u praise and promise meeting the member of the l.;n!ir iil o eietv are doiny some hard work getting ready for their luunorou ue to be given saturday evening man h -<>. aunt jerusha bcjuire vppluby warm llruw n i in n i.e and peter i be cli irn boy tiro auion i inti i ehiiraiteis in the pit ce hart the tan ins are l.ii.-v i ii^.i/.i in plow tut for corn and i i..-iu worrell kail children ol i'h irlphia wl fc up oil sllulluj tlieii eountrj ( iui i a ii men ' [ thl are an\i"ii-ly v illtlllt i i i .'..-,. .¦ , fn in 1 n le ham our vel iruu ( irutiv old woo i tipward uf isi is aukiuunlj a'aitinu i i called in the spaniard . the trump in ¦ i"u is hoped to he ¦. el i led tov louie time to como i a i ii the crlaiiuul courl sem ¦¦ m ' ht>j were aetivelji al tw l,n and eight i'li il i piupl l)u»j ruluwu for thi g or hnvc hecn inadiv will remove i i k now wton hood's pills cure liver ills bil lousnese indigestion hextdache easy to take easy to opcrutf 25c