The Ambler Gazette 18980630

              fhe ambler gazette vol xvi.-no 80 ambler pa juke 80 1898 si 25 a yeah norristown letter m krlonil wrltr liixtnu'tlvr lv on in isfmlllrj sulijcin ( iilm mill llnwnll comity mill mfttd l\>lltli tin mimler trull the discussion in the i'nited stale senate on the annexation of hawaii has been unusually instructive and able senator white from california dwell 1 great length and strength on the im portance of orrposition to the measnre it may be said that he is nearer to the islands than any other senator the man whose word however ill have more commanding authority among sen atom and reasonable reading reflecting citi/ens is justin s mun-iii of ver mont he has been a national reprc nt;ii ive for in er in yean and n senator for over 30 years from an intelligent northern state mr morrlll says that soon two senators will come knocking at the door asking admission that cannot incur until hawaii lias grown to statehood and when a state will be as much entitled to representatives and senators as wisconsin with her islands in lake superior as separate and dis tinct from the state as hawaii from america though not by so many stat u te miles hawaii is the connecting link between america and china and its location led to early establishment of numerous european and american set tiers and the rapid rise of a very exten sive trade and forms a common centre to the principal whaling grounds of the north pacific my cousin thomas adanuon represented our government there for many years and 1 had much information from him the hawaii islands and cuba have been topics of discussion for a half century or more and the diplomatic letters of daniel webster of april s 1852 an-1 of ed ward everett of dec 1 ls.'>2 show how this nation regarded the proposed tri partite treaty with france england and the united states suggested by france that neither nation should steal cuba nor let any other nation do it and that our people refused to enter into any treaty upon the subject hut laid down the doctrine of friendly relations with all nations but entangling alliances with none it is said that japan objects to us as a foster mother to hawaii yes well great britain objected to our starting nut on our own hook too away back 100 years ago but that did not scare americans in the days of old adams and washington ! death is an element to !>¦ taken into consideration in all political movements since the state convention a judge nf the so-called superior court has died and now the delegates must be recon vened to nominate another judge thus the great destroyer make room for office seekers as well as fur other rivals our ticket then will be to vote for a governor lieutenant governor two judges of the superior court il judge of our county sheriff treasurer coroner surveyor district attorney director of the poor senator and live assemblymen if governor hastings should nominate and appoint a judge he would most likely he accepted by the republicans as porter has been accepted who was thus appointed to fill a vacancy it is likely that the appointee will be taken from the late judge wickham's region of the state the only name i hear mentioned as that of one likely to he nominated by the democrats against judge weand who will i think have no opposition among the republicans is that of jac ob v gotwals formerly district attor ney a native of lower providence and at present a resident of pottstown jason sexton always on the alert for the public good put in his cheerful appearance at newtown and was greeted with universal favor by his many friends he has lately been busy organizing farmers institutes and in promoting all the interests of honest husbandry he is as much esteemed as an intelligent farmer as an incompatible legislator and the people will bo as proud to renominate him as thev were on the 20th to renominate wanger captain win w potts of swcdeland and i u haldeman of ilarlcysvillo candidates for the legislature also man ifested their great interest in the cause we all have so deeply at heart and the delegates and visitors gave them a hearty reception at newtown thomas 11 barker came as a delegate and per formed bis duty and pledged himself to every good measure and against every bad measure if renomlnated and elected this fall but there were so many at the wanger reunion that 1 cannot name them all j p hale jenkins candi date for senator was detained at home by the clemmer trial win 1 heeb ni>r was there and i have heard it said that he is jenkins rival ileehner is a worker and has seen service in the legislature there were many1 candi dates who were there to greet old friends and make new ones houser of ardmore and light from con shohocken und webster for sheriff white hallowell and hrownback for treasurer there is one thing all can didates should do they hiioum each publish a card in the republican papers of the county announcing their inten tion to be in the held naming the office and postollice address many a candi date is not known to he in the held till the delegates assemble the day of the convent ion names are often incorrect ly published and especially middle names and in one instance tlie certifi cate of election was given to the wrong man by reason of a wrong initial to the middle name being inserted in the bal lot it would have been easy for judge gordon if he had intended to be frank to have said in his letter to mutcbler like the roman 1 voted fur cato to he consul " hut why did he write to miitchler1 is lie uneiisv like a guilty man lie had a right t'o vote for whom he pleased anil it was no man's busi ness on the i'ontrary the recreant officer who divulged his elective secret is liable to conviction fur tin crime lint judge minion evades the question attempting to reply he should have answered according to the truth gen eral george a jenks is made of sterner mull like win a ktone he is a plain blunt man and tells us what we all do know he wms n member nf i in1 illh niiil'ri'ss in 1h7.v and lias held many important positions in the 1'ast i mir democratic conurcssinan ion kphraitii 1 acker whs our rep resentsitive in the 42d congress 1871 '¦'<. and is just us much entitled to the nom ination us , links and a thousand tiiuos more so than oordfrn or pattlson and better qualified montgomery county llhh presented francis r shunk of thr trappe nnd elected him bfid then honest old jake fry also of the trappe but the convention reduced bis irrflde from governor to auditor general mild he til it too the i leiiiucrucy phmiilril jttdge longstreth mild he mine near as a hair getting mere then will wittc lose mi till ffbve only to be swallowed up in the great deep the itr piihiiimus pi srntod llartranft nntl he went through with flying color and now i eoniinciid dr acker to the con founded mins of the victorious sires of the ancient democratic regln 	 in man murderer convicted a democrat and voted lor bryan links represented a powerful district — iik counties of jefferson armstron • liana nnd westmoreland ; acker i.e high and montgomery each district a commonwealth in itself bucks and montgomery is a great district nnd when in nominating mr wanger hist monday nl newtown i spoke of him as the cniigrcssnian-at-lurge from the j state of mont-bucks-gomery " 1 meant i what the combination imports that our district is equal to several of the states ! in population and wealth when they were respectively admitted into the i ninii another act in the drama is through i list friday the jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the fust degree against jamen a clemmor for the kill ing of emma 1 kaiser in company with his co-conspirators charles o kaiser and i.iz/.ie dekalh the speeches wei e necessarily long as the evidence was in a great measure circumstantial and qualified it was qualified in this respect the testimony of kaiser and dekalb they being ac complices had to be in law corrobor ated by other facts and circumstances for the law will not permit a man's life to be sworn away by another prov en or admitted to be equally guilty of the same crime hence judge weand in his charsc took the novel anil more intelligent course instead of expatiat ing upon tlie evidence of the other wit nesses first as judges usually do and then calling attention to the testimony of the accomplice lizzie dekalh be itarted with her testimony so dear lame ,\. cibiiiiiibi win r»v lira i»eniii prnnlly prnnnrr krcitk dmvn ftor tlio vrnllit mxxlp uoknlii srntplirp.l to tun y.'iir ittiprnmttm-tif . qntte a tinge of the dramatic per vaded the proceedings of the potiri tliursdav i ft i tin m h i . the attorneys nf james a cleminer taking the leading roles i i kane km marted the part of the villain and mi rrownbar.k played the role of mrs kaiser the iiiil'l'.v was placed immediately in lore hie irazi of the jury mini attor ney brownhnck climbed into the buggy and mr kane with the revolver in hand also climbed into ii mr kane nsnumlng the position taken bv kaiser showed how kaiser hit bis wife upon ihe forehead with the butt of lie revolver then when stunned drew her over to the right side of the buggy pressed the revolver in her ear and pulled the trigger and then while still in the smiiic position mr kane showed how kaiser could have 111 i1''1"'1'1 i revolver under his arm and inflicted the slight wound which kais er said was done by highwaymen mr kane closed his brilliant speech mi 2.46 p in naval officer holland for the coninionwealtl 	 ncliided bis address to the jury about 10.80 o'clock friday judge weand concluded his nble charge to the jury at 12.05 o'clock and the court room was thrown open and the jury retired at 2.13 it was an nounced that the jury had agreed upon their verdict the judge at once sent for cleminer and in a i'ew minutes he en tered the court room handcuffed to two deputy sheriff he was pale and nervous and looked as though he antici pated the worst his aged father and ids wife who have sat with him throughout the trial were absent an ticipating perhaps the awful words that would send husband and son to the gal lows but cleinnier was kept in sus pense only a moment longer in re sponse to the formal interrogation pro pounded in this instance by deputy court clerk h v akins the foreman of the jury in a voice audible through out the court room said guilty of murder in the first degree cleminer immediately dropped in his seat utterly collapsed and gave way to his feelings he did not raise his head while the jury were being polled lint kept his face hidden in a handkerchief the stillness that pervaded the court room while the awful word guilty fnrrfttnu-n mower , was being repeated hv the jurors until emphatic nnd to the point and charged the jury that if they believed her it would direct them to a verdict then he told the jury that she must lie cor roborated and he took the watch that was taken from mrs kaiser the pistol the testimony of hughes who met clemmer walking and lizzie in a wagon just after he had passed kaiser and his wife the finding of the watch in potts ville where lizzie testilied she bad placed it nnd all the surrounding cir cumstances of the hiring of the wagon the wagon itself the horse and the hours of arrival at and departure from norristown — and asked the jury to say whether or not she was not fortified in her story kaiser and clemmer are two of the biggest cowards that ever came to court they could plot to kill a defenseless woman to get some money on a policy of insurance on her life hut when con fronted with their crime and proven to be steeped in sin and guilt they cring ed like little babies and bawled and h did i each said of the other he did it — i could not she did it — or help myself ' ' the moment kaiser kissed his wife on the public street first as he was starting out to take her driving he meant to betray her — for true affection like real prayer docs not manifest itself in pub lic while the public ledger is coaching judge gordon of philadelphia for gov ernor the candidate does not have any following among the democrats in the belt of counties of bucks berks and montgomery indeed the public led ger stands alone as a distinctive and personal advocate of gordon to be gov ernor when next we see the ga zette the convention which meets al altoona on the 29th may have made the nomination — especially if they fol low the example of our congressional l 	 vention and the republican state convention of ohio which was only iii session two hours this heats the record the legislature of rhode island once was only in session one day pass ed the essential appropriation hills and adjourned sine die think of ours when our present session of congress adjourns it will be found that more leg islation lias been furnished the nation than in any session of the national leg islature since the commencement of the government und much of it will be historical and classical to the future generations the bankrupt law will prove a revelation as well as a revolu tion for this law will not expire by fcs own limitation like the previous bank rupt laws but will stand till it be re pealed and it will take iw long to re peal it as it did to enact it 10 years the debates on hawaii and the various votes upon the treaty of the resolution of annexation as a territory are volumi nous and valuable as ure those relating to spain cuba and nicaragua the war being uppermost in the popular mind many important measures have escaped the bucolic mind and criticism but i will take them up in due time uttzette subscription free to the person bringing to this oilier the tallest stalk of timothy wheat rye or outs we will present one year's sub scription to tile " ambler iazette " look over vour fields and see what the acres have produced for you sort out the tallest stalk bring it here and we tt ill measure it and place your name and measurement in the competition — hub moore of lafayette tuil says that for constipation he has found de witt's little early risers to be perfect they never gripe try them for stum - uell and liver troubles joseph s a ii each in turn had uttered it was broken by clciinner's sobs for once the dem on in his nature was banished and the man that planned the murder of mrs kaiser and sent her into eternity as she pleaded please don't shoot was as a broken-hearted child there were many moistened eyes in the crowd that heard the murderer's doom pronounced tears being shed in pity for the wretch ed wreck of mankind in the prisoner's dock the curtain had fallen on another act ill the strange drama clemmer was taken from the stage of action and nnnther act was called but postponed strict attorney strassliurger stating that luzie dckalb intended to plead guilt as an accessory after the fact asked that she be brought into court for sentence judge weand who was visibly affected by the scene that bud but a moment before reached a climax preferred to defer action on the dekalh woman's case until saturday morning and court was adjourned for the day when the verdict in the cleminer case was announced formei district attorney brownback for the defense entered the usual motion in arrest of judgment and for permission to file reasons for a new trial at 10.30 o'clock saturday morning lizzie dekalb was ushered into court and pleaded guilty her attorney j v hale jenkins addressed the court and urged leniency on account of her broken health and because of her testi mony in convicting clenmier judge swart consulted a few mo ments with judge weand and then said to lizzie dekalb you have pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact to a most horrible murder your own statement on the stand shows you were guilty in assisting the parties in the crime in concealing the evidences of guilt and in aiding and abetting in the consummation of the crime 1 can read between the lines of your testimo ny and see that you took i more active pait in the crime than that you state all the facts and circumstances convince me that you did more than conceal part of the things taken this perhaps is established by the testimony of charles <>. kaiser the laws of pennsylvania allow us to use an accomplice to give evidence ill order that the more guilty parties may he brought to justice and it has been the policy of the law in this state that those who candidly tell all they know of particular crimes cannot be subjected to the same punishment as the other parties you have led a very had life such as is bound to lead to ii bitter end the wreck has come and you can blame only vourself the only reason 1 accept yom plea in the lesser offense is because you ren dered valuable aid in convicting clein nier the maximum punishment of the law does nut begin to reach the gravity of the offense cannot for a moment reduce the sentence the sen tence of the court is that you pay a one of 600 costs of prosecution and under go an imprisonment at labor for two yean from this date ill the montgom ery county jail " she was taken sobbing ami crying to the jail murderer james a clemmer hat quieted down and appears to be resign ed to his fate lie has had no mure rant ing spells but spends bis lime in deep meditation he bus no hope thai the court will consider his reasons for a new trial for lie says everybody is prejudiced against me the people the judge and mot of the lawyers " the reasons for .• new trial will be lilod by cleminei s ouiisel on ' july 14 at least 10 days will elapse before a decision is rendered the suimil of the mower is heard on nil sides now the grass epip is not very heavy wry little clover is to lie seen in lirst year's mowiiil < lin lower end supervisor has i icon improving the welrti mud hy putting six carlmids of port kennedy stone on a pmll n i an i'lilcilaiiiiiieiil wms riven by our liiiblic schoiil on wediies.lmv morning nf last week the large pparnting tirmn werr rolled hack between the primary and intermediate momc the scholars occupying one and the budlence the oilier an entertaining program much appreciated by all was well rendered tcmclieis mud sehohirs are alike tlehctv iii nf credit in the afternoon m pea nut ltmii wms indulged in a generous supply of virginia popnlur fruit cre ated lots of inn cur the children charles ii palmer who has conducted the hotel here i'm many years it is saiil lino turned over tin business to win i lower ol ibis place mr lower moved in during the pnsl week john l.'iiileiiiieh has secured the eon tract to rebuild the large barn for jos eph stmekhiiiise of llorslniin win mghtkep and adam rodemich also of this plane will build the walls the masons expect to begin work this week thieves ransacked the lower portions of three houses hen on wednesday night of last week about everything e.'il.ilile w;is taken the only other ar ticle of value missing was a gold ring at win rodemich's house one of the window sush was bored and then a pii 	 f bent wire used lo turn the fas tening the other two houses were those of george and charles williird adjoining the lirst named there will be patriotic services in the methodist church next sunday in the morning the pastor will preach i ser mon appropriate to the invasion in the evening mr george v quigley of willow grove will make an address ltcal kstjit*1 lim|>r<>v<>im>lith all the ground and old buildings at glenside to the east of the reading rail way and north of the willow grove and ( iermaiitown turnpike having been se 29 years a pastor dr mnttliuin sthsslclbfl kftlri's from ilir i'mlpll of lie ipppr dublin llllsmi'bii liurili imprraaivi s.rvl 111 ai'llvr nnd bh6c6mfn1 pmtiifhl*1 rev matthias sheelelgh l !>., of init washington who retired from the pulpit of upper dublin lutheran • lunch on mccipimt of age preached his fflrewrll sermon hist suiuhiy nnd a i n i i m - istered romiminioii to the congregation when mi shi'oii'ijdi tendered his resig nation of the pastorship h name»l the end of 1 	 in ing the ustial three months in advance us the time i'm its imkiiil effecti the discourse of the hour wns pound ed on ii ( or nth inns xiii ii : ' the graco oi our lord jesus christ and the love i god anil the communion nl the i b.iy i host be with vou all amen the passage is the particular form of ihe inspired ru testament benediction so generally ptonounced at the closing t eiiuri'h services tn connection with the threefold nai 	 f the holy trinity ii calls attention to w gospel or to a view of its origin life and constimmn tion as road in those central word grace love and communion or fellowship without these there is no method of salvation presented to us — no beginning nor ending of salvation in following this line of meditation we shall arrive at a comprehensive view of the use ami blessing of the lord's supper if in dwelling upon this pre cioua ordinance of our lord we limited ourselves for this particular occasion to its reflecting the deep and extended nie.iniiil it embraces our lord's com mand do this in remenibraiii'i of me " would not only awaken our minds to more devout thought in regard to the duty enjoined but awaken also the deep affections ami desires of the heart in miiswci to the work of divine mercy as set fin 1 1 by reference to the brokei body and shed blood nor is it fore ing our meditations out of a ronneetei li i h beiti respectively l"i"i mfld l's"i i'l > number of members at upper dublin 1 1 of whom hardly more than m half down mic of tlie rjriginal number the sunday whool is well attended nnd is conducted with zeal huring some m venrs it has been a great w ing to the church and an extensive neil'llburhnod l.'cv m i richard of gettysburg who iim 1'iin elected to the vncanr ransi d by dr hhreielgh's retirement is a graduate of the theological semi umiy at that place in isn7 having sine then pursued i post-graduate course ib will occupy the pulpit next sumbiv and commence his panornl labors inv mediatelv i m position i cm the newport rev mr k k iliimh on the school \\ mow ilinvi uttert h waile has nccrptei n nsser and unpany tz preache unday directors mic ollcctor ml the the m perfecting an d cured by w t b roberts for messrs klkins and widener they will begin at once to remove nil the buildings from h line if we yet refer to the pastoral vice rendered here during a perioi time that has commenced running the 80th year after reference to great changes occurring during process of that time the speaker l ofl this property with the exception of iv pointed appeal to the peopk in scr oi intf the tin iadi re which ppy the store property at the corner will be entirely remodeled and iinprov ed and an elegant driveway will be made to ami from ilcnside station the reading railway company have agreed to join in these improvements b i ll h idi f bh iv removing all the sidings from both sides of the station freight house etc and moving the same further up the road mild putting the freight house over on glenside avenue also to erect a shel tered pavilion along the northbound track making this station one of the finest improvements along the line plans will be immediately prepared for the erection of a handsome o i lice build ing on a portion of this property the sale and development of the glen side farms surrounding the station every effort is also being put forth at the present time for the widening of the passageway at ogontz station on the york road making the bridge i0 feet wide to the full width of york road with sidewalks on either side these improvements the reading railway company are also joining in and hope to have consummated at a very early late 	 ' horse thieves captured l m dean of wyncote hired a lorse wagon and harness valued p gard to the quality of the preaching tht hd b hd i tht l lh that had been beard in that place lh believed that all would be ready to wit ness that he bad earnestly tried in al that ministry to present the gospel con scientiously and faithfully we are t be led not hy any plan or notion of our own hut by the grace of our lord jesus christ " manifested in the lovi of god and to which we must give answer in the communion with th holy ghost — all resulting in a new spiritual creation a new life before < '•< and men and in a true preparation for tin heavenly world in closing the discourse the speaker yet solemnly pro for | nounced the benediction upon all — say ing you all — upon the obedient with great satisfaction and upon those who may have failed to become obedient also with the prayer of hopefulness dr matthias sheeleigh is a native of cbarlestown chester county and is of german descent his parental great great-grandfather came over with the palatinate refugees landing in phila delphia in t":!2 and settling on the per kiomeii creek then in philadelphia county but later separated and embrac ed in montgomery the name was at lirst written scbillig and schillich and ! is still thus pronounced around the an : cestral homes his early a 8150 belonging to him last wednesday ; >\™}™ i\"mv jl1 e?rlx ilrh wtsie to a young colored man who had failed divided between school clerking in a to return them thursdav a telephone ftore and postofflce and teaching be i message was received from west phila delphia stating that two young colored men were offering just such a team for sale fur $"."> sit the william penn stables detectives tate and gallagher went there with policeman wentzell and questioned the young men am ing ambitious in education he studied at west chester pa then in pennsyl vania college gettysburg and later in the lutheran theological seminary at the latter place he was received into the ministry in 1s.")2 and has served the following churches yalatie new york discovering that one of then was telling g.ve years minersville pa two years contradictory stories arrested them both | u'"iv u l :'!"'. .'¦ '.,'.'\' ---— on the charge of stealing the team they gave their names as jacob turner of sharpnack street gerinantown and wesley hutti's of cainden at a hear ing before magistrate jermiin at city hall detective tate stated that he hail learned that turner hail gone to cam den with the team and had taken buttes out for a ride and that he the witness was satisfied that buttes had no band in the theft ii turner was conmiith tion of the aiitln county m.i|.l i i ii haymaking is progressing rapidly a large quantity of hay was out in monday night's showers for the good of other crops we could afford a little loss in this wav t t conant lias a new milk wagon miss sarah maclaughlin visited her father at fort washington on sunday w ii mann is suffering from iioison charles roberts hay ought to be ex aml then continuously the wliiteiuiirsh and tipper dublin lutheran churches the pulpit of the former he resigned several years ago after an active and faithful pastorate during which time he received into that church upwards of 300 members the life of dr shee leigh hns been one of great and contin uous labor in the held of his cho:-en , calling besides his faithful labors as e was discharged and pastor he has been called by the church nitted to await the ac jo many positions ot trus and honor rities of montgomery three times he was elected secretary of • the general synod and lor over a quar ter of a century be has been a member of the lutheran board of publication two years of which time as president during 12 years corresponding secretary and a number of years as reader and re viser of works otl'ered for publication for the last 34 years he has been a di rector in the theological seminary at gettysburg and for one term president of tin hoard he has been the only editor of the lutheran sunday scbool herald begun in i860 and has prepar ed the lutheran almanac and year book since 1871 besides these arduous du ties he bus found time to continue bis literary pursuits in other iields and has issued volumes of his own and translat ed a hook from the german he is tlie author of a thousand poems among them being hymns some of which have found their wav into the recognized hymnals of the day he ii an enthusi astic local historian and is an authority on that subject taking a deep interest in the montgomery county historical society several veins ago dr sheeleigh organized a new lutheran cungregat ion at port washington which in the spring dedicated a beautiful new house of worship known as trinitv lutheran church of which rev i i llafer is now pastor during the more thanl'd years of pas toral service here 3fl years at white marsh anil upper dublin united and over three years subsequent continuance at the latter place after resigning the former in isii.'i the following brief notes are in place pr sheeleigb preached al the two places i;i(k sermons ; conducted funeral services 4(»4 at both places 151 at i'pper dublin in ¦_'*< years and l'.y at whitcmaish in ti years man iaj.'c bol enuii/.ed at ihe two points 225 liuiii i received at the two chinches i iii tra good as he has a new machine to cut the grass and ii new hay wagon to haul it in john caiupnian has joined the great army oi wheelmen and has become the possessor of a bicycle canada thistles are in bloom p maurice conard spent saturday at nest-.aininy falls v«ldou a runaway which might have been fatal to the driven occurred last wcd nc.-day evening a horse belonging to henry hager started to run on the york pike just above lenkintown the carriage was broken and mr maguire and mr linger both thrown out and hurt to some extent the weldon school closed last friday und the principal mr harry derr who has been residing with michael lachot has returned to his home ia reading mr wm llansen has so far r i from his illness as to lie abl turn to business last friday to re sick headache biliousness conwti pation and all liver and itoinaph trou bles can be quickly cured by using those famous little pills known as dcwitt's little karly risers they arc pleasant to take and never gripe joseph s uy g mi 1 : 1 1 i:j < 1 1 11 1 1 1 u hereby sraduntes from he public school t this mini adjoining districts may nttend ihe abington r riends1 school nl n minimum cost the traction company have placed 8 largo l\njt ii tlie waiting ronni the brick hotel on ihe heights il ncmily completed w !., kentiier now has four men employed in his blacksmith shop the mnrelnnil schools closed fur the term on thursday the cojnmencement of ihe schools od morelann district was held in ihe m k church on thursdav evening the building wms filled to its ntniosl capac ity tlie graduate of whom a list was given his week together with the teachers occupied ihe platform the exercises were given in a manner which showed the excellence ol the township corps ul instructors music wms fur nished by the delphin orchestro of tenkintown summer in earnest farmers at haymaking and now our george is married farmers are hocking to the creamen one of the latest is win slingluff who fur several years past has had a hand separator with which he separat ed his milk but now il reposes in si lence mi the scrap pile and lie is con vinced that the creamery is the place to bring the milk the schools of plymouth closed last week with a picnic at the park miss childs will send live of her pupils t<i the high school namely elsie schla ter lily rex lewis crater eva and lidie frcas there was no meeting of the narcis&a literary society on saturday night there being no quorum present an in vitation from tin con&hohocken society was received inviting them to their picnic at valley forge july 8 it is reported that a horse and wagon were stolen one night last week from walter gillian of hickorytown probpeotvule during the shower last saturday after noon samuel vveikel's house was struck iv lightning and shattered in different places mr fox fanner for ii 1 mckean finished making bay last week rev j ii martin of ambler preach ed a very interesting sermon last sim day morning during the absence of rev bisbing who preached in phila delphia we heartily extend our congratula tions to abrani markley who is the proud father of a bouncing hoy a large number of our congregation witnessed the children's day services held at springboiise last sumhiv eve regular monthly meeting of the aid will be held at the home of 1 beading next saturday eve thi ladie mrs c ning the parlor social and lawn fete hold n saturday evening june l at the home of mr and mrs ismuc seiner davis grove was largely attended notwithstanding the shower in the ear ly evening the people assembled on tlie lawn where thev were admirably en tertained hy recitations readings and music by a philadelphia orchestra olio feature of the exercises worthy of par ticular mention was the violin solo by sight-year-old marion sheets of phila lelphia at tin close of the program the guests were invited to the dining room where refreshments were served mil a silver offering taken fur the ben lit of the w 0 t 1 at a large hour he crowd grew less as they departed or their homes all declaring they had lad a very pleasant time itruatl axe the roads are very dusty everybody is busy making and lions ng hay pie cherries are ripe some of the corn is looking well miss adelaide /.. haas and miss ma cl lee llaynes of lirouklvn have iceii spending the week at mr fdward bias mrs lcedie was the guest of mrs omaiuicl weiss on sunday mrs fergus ha been spending a week vith her friend mrs kinauuel weiss mr edward t price has had the iiue spots wood farm painted nu he barn formerly owned by mr isaa sheppard the work was done by harry kvnear of ambler the w l s will meet at the home f miss marion f llonocks broad vxe saturday evening we were pleased to have the broad e represented at the sunnysidu com uencement in tlu person of miss i i rude mae lleuings eldest daughter i mr and mrs george w lolling the ui rhi iii schuol board hav twarded the contract for the new school iiiilding at jellvisonville to albert c ihottmaker of jett'ersonville for i«in the highest bid was 4025 the build ing will le ukiill led in size md wil ontaiii two rooms the fouudul will be of dressed stone up to the l'n>i itory there w ill be a hoi air heati-i il the huseiiunl a porch in fivnl and i \> stibule