The Conshohocken Recorder, March 20, 1900

              NO. HUM, CONSHOHOCEEK, PA., TUESDAY, MARCB 80, 19<K). $1.00 PEK YEAR
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TOPICS OF TWO TOWNS
ItMM nl Inltrcsi caicernlnt Ibc people thai
we know io both Horought..
Olher chil.
TO morrow is the tirst day of spring.
hays and nlghta nre of equal li
The ground bog1! winter time is up.
Ml - I.ilii Btoel la confined to her
borne by illness.
Miss Ada Wvnkoop is conlln. il to
her home hy illness.
Miss Sarah Jones lias returned from
a visit to AtUntk City.
Your subscription is due. The same
would be thankfully received.
Rev. i.. Mattson. of Philadelphia,
spent Sunday with Special Officer John
Holly.
John Murphy, clerk of the Central
Hotel. Is seriously 111 at his borne on
Third avenue.
The members of the Washington Gun
Club deeply feel the lossof their brother
sportsmun, H. M. JohnBon.
Geo. Smith Post will give an enter-tainment
in the G. A. It. Hall on
Thursday evening. April 5th.
Elmer Hmk waiter, formerly of Spring
Mill. Is clerking in A. Rosenberger's
■tore at Sklppack, tills county.
Supervisor Elliot had a force of men
at work yesterday opening up the gut-ters
to prevent the water from wash-ing
the streets.
The Ashing Ipnnnn his c i> nel up.
A lover of the sport w i ■■. with
pole in hand, making for the dam-breast
on Monday afternoon.
The Conshohocken Water Co npany
has it moved its office from 1 ' B inth
licet.ir street to Knox's store at Sec-ond
avenue rr.d Fayette stp '.
Frank UoSIoy !..is p nell i id n
lot of land from Joseph C. Janes at
Tenth avenue and Forrest street and
Intends to erect a house at that place
this summer.
The borough money and books have
I.. .11 mined over to Treasurer Cava-nagh.
The committee audited Mr. Mc-
Coy's accounts yesterday and found
everything correct.
The warm rain of yesterday and the
warmer sun of to-day are making the
snow disappear very fast. The ther-mometer
registered 60 degrees In the
shade at noon to-day.
The funeral services of Mrs. Sarah
Gilmore were held on Saturday after-noon
In the Presbyterian Church, Itev.
J. F. Sheppard officiating. The Inter-ment
was private In Barren Hill reme-leiy.
Postmaster Casey Is a candidate for
delegate to the State Democratic Con-
\ •■in ion. Mr. Casey Is the only can-didate
from this borough and will have
the unanimous support of his party.
He will no doubt be one of the win-ners.
The funeral services of H. M. John-son
was held at his late home on
Monday afternoon, the services were
conducted hy Rev. J. T. Gladhill, pas-tor
of the St. Marks Church. The in-terment
was In Barren Hill Ceme-tery.
While Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Cooper
were sleighing along the Wlssahlckon
Drive on Thursday evening the horse
shied, and breaking the shafts of the
sleigh ran away. He was caught at
Tlarren Hill and recovered by Mr.
Cooper on Friday.
C. E. Hippie will take charge of the
Conshohocken post office on April 1st.
lie has forwarded to Washington his
list of bondsmen and has received bis
commission. He Is not becoming ac-quainted
with the workings of the
office under the tutelage of Postmaster
Casey.
The annual meeting of the Board of
Health was held on Thursday evening.
Dr. William McKenzie was re-elected
president and S. B. Woodward health
officer and secretary. The Board has
purchased a quantity of anti-toxin for
diphtheria that will be given to those
families too poor to purchase it.
While atempting to drive over the
snow bnnks that lined the trolley track
on the Conshohocken Pike on Friday
Joseph C. Jones was upset from his
sleigh. Beyond the annoyance and
discomfort no damage was done.
George Corson's sleigh wag upset at
about the same place on Saturday.
The following arc the scores of the
Semi-monthly club shoot of the Wash-ington
Gun Club out of 25 targets each.
T. Smith 18-7, S. Carter 12-13, J. Car-ter
8-17, J. Ruth 12-13, J. Heff 15-10,
H. V. MoU 12-13. G. Krlebel 18-7. K.
Mackenzie 11-14. P. Johnson 15-10. J.
Unto 10-5. K. Mackenzie killed 7 out
of 10 live birds.
The Water Company has notified
Burgess Ulrlch that the company is
ready to make a contract with the bor-ough
for the use of fireplugs. The price
will be $20 per plug per year. Therenre
54 plugs In the borough now. I'nrtei-the
other company the borough paid
$875 per year. The $20 price Will make
the cost to the borough $1080 per year.
Prof. Braehn, of Philadelphia, will
give his sixty-second entertainment
for this season In St. Mark's Lutheran
Church. Thursday evening. March
29th. This is an entertainment of
moving pictures consisting of T. S.
Arthur's "Ten Nights in a Bar Room."
"Thirty Minutes with People We've
atet," "A Journey from Jerusalem to
Olivet." and Echoes of Fife and
waragraph.
The real estate of the late George
Hi iiz will he offered for sale on S.itur-i
(«moon.
a daughter of John Knox lost a sil-ver
vat eh on layette street on Friday.
It was round by Miss Katie Tracy and
reiiirniMl to Its owner
■tone telephones have been
placed in McCoy's Fayette street drug
■tore, Henderaon BnpplaaA Sons' mill,
Fi ank MrSloy's restaurant and Jamep
V. Stewart's residence.
Owlnajl l" the numerous complaints
made the burgess yesterday instructed
Hi pol Iceman to arrest all boys caught
throwing snow balls. Officer Hastings
lust evening caught Robert Parker,
who wan throwing snow balls. He
wus given a reprimand and released.
A large number of relatives and
friends assembled at the home of Mr.
Charles Baker. Hector and Cherry
streets, on Saturday evening to help
him celebrate his nineteenth birthday.
The evening was most enjoyably spent
Music, gumcs and other amusement
WIIR the order of the evening's enjoy-ment.
After doing justice to a refresh-ing
repast the guests departed for their
I i re homes wishing the host
miiny happy returns of the day. Those
present were: Mr. I^evls Cloud and
wife, Mr. and Mrs. John Hill and fam-ily,
Mrs. Jacob Mennlg, Mr. George
Wertx.Misses Magle Metzgar, Nellie
McClathcry. and Ida Lyle.Messrs.Sam-uel
Mclntyve. George Hetrlck. Elmer
1 Ian.. Hataanr, Joseph McCall,
Rrscoe Spa.e>,FrankCloud.Walter Han-nnm,
Charles Mennlg. Mrs. Wepfer and
<ion, and Master Howard Pedrlck. of
tl s borough, and Edwin Morris, of
I ill i.-lphla.
IgBJ I nkeia at Nolan' i factory, at
Gran I ..ine. were compelled by a short -
age of strippers to stop work for sev-
• ral ilayg.
Isaac Boyer. of Schwenksville, drove
Into the Perklomen Creek near there
to get sand, when his horse got Into
enirl.su ml and. but for timely asslst-ii
ee would have perished.
WKST CONSHOHOCKEN.
—The parlor meeting of the W. C.
T. 0. which was to have been held at
he home of Mrs. Irvin Nace on Thurs-day
evening, has been postponed until
the last Thursday night of April.
—Mr. and Mrs. David Z. Wood cele-brated
their fifteenth wedding anni-versary
at their Ford street home last
evening;.
—The funeral of Charles Rodenboh
occurred on Friday afternoon from his
late residence. In Mechanicsvllle, and
was largely attended by his many
friends and relatives. The services
were conducted by Rev. W. H. El-dredge,
of the Balllgomingo Baptist
Church, of which the deceased was a
member of long standing. The Inter-ment
was In the Gulf Cemetery.
COLONIAL SUPPER.
The loan exhibits of Messrs. J. K.
DekfeldK, W. S. Harry, S. Gordon
Smyth and others, comprising a col-lection
of relics, documents and what-not,
relating to American Historical
subjects will be one of the most inter-esting
features of the Colonial Supper
to be held In the Presbyterian Church,
on Thursday evening. The collection
will be in charge of a committee of
ladles consisting of Mrs. J. F. Shep-pard,
Mrs. J. R. Eckfeldt and Mrs. S.
Gordon Smyth.
The following will be the managers
and aids at the supper:
Pink Table—Mrs. Messenger. Mrs.
Maconachy and Miss L. Crawford;
aids. Misses M. Paul, E. Paul, M. Craw-ford,
L. Robinson. Rlgg.
Creen Table—Mrs. Gllchrlst. Mrs.
Shay. Miss Magee; aids, The Misses
Holiday, Misses M. Kilpatrlck, Shay,
McFetrldge, M. Crawford.
Yellow Table—Mrs. Beatty, Mrs. Al-temus,
Mrs. Skeen; aids, Misses Sum-mers.
Ramsey, Beatty, Nixon. Mrs.
Miller.
Red Table—Mrs. Knox, Mrs. D.
Hairy. Miss A. Harry; aids. Misses E.
While. M. White, McKenzie, A. Rob-inson,
Knox. Deslnger.
Violet Table—Mrs. Lizzie Harry.
Mrs. Righter, Mrs. Pennington: aids.
Misses J. White, McFarland, Penning-ton,
Heebner. Eustace, Mrs. Goodwin.
Dining Room Com.—Mrs. Davis
Mrs. McFeeters, Mrs. McFarland. Mrs.
Young. Mrs. Frctzberg. Mrs. Crawford.
Curio Room—Mrs. Smyth, Mrs. Shep-pard.
Mrs. Eckfeldt.
Rolls- Mrs. Little, Miss M. Harry.
Cake—Mrs. Ronan, Mrs. Caress. Miss
lliillman.
Candy—Misses Wood, Stratton Cox.
Martin.
Apron Committee—Mrs. McClements,
MrB, Nuss, Mrs. Gray.
Extrn Menu—oysters and Icecream--
Mias McCoy, Mrs. Dewees.
'•;lsnljpr-MlBS Cairns.
Mrs. Calvin Zimmerman, MUesburg,
Pa., says, "As a speedy cure for coughs,
colds, oronp and Bore throat One Min-ute
Cough Cure Is unequaled. It Is
pleasant for chliuren to take. I heart-ily
recommend It to mothers." It la
the only harmless remedy that pro-duces
Immediate results. It cures
bronchitis, pneumonia, grippe and
throat and lung diseases. It will pre-vent
consumption.
H. Maxwell Harry and W. E. Sup-p'nc,
West Conshohocken.
WKST CONSHOHOCKEN. ATALL0FTW0SCOTTS
—Mrs. (leurge Nagle is confined In
her BOOM liy i 1111■ ss
—Special Hasten lefvlces are being
prepared in the different ChurchM Ol
the borough.
—Rev. K. E. Hoffman, ol to
Baptist clinch, has opened ■ i
In Roycrsford.
—Herbert DeHaven of Mechanics-rule,
has sold bis house in Theodore
Rand, of Radnor.
—The condition of Irvin Moore, ihe
father of School Director Moore, re-mains
unimproved
—Prof. Ralph K. Johnson entertain-ed
the teachers of the public school at
dinner on Saturday.
—George A. DeHav.n. the popular
Ford street butcher, is confined to bis
home by an attack of rheumatism.
—Rev and Mrs. Zeal, of Philadelphia
made addresses from the pulpit of the
Holiness Christian Church on Sunday.
—Howard Clark, a pupil of tin Wil-liamson
Manual Training School.
Media, is spending a few weeks with
friends in this vicinity. The school
is closed owing to an epidemic of diph-theria
which has broken out aiming
the pupils.
—Rev. J. H. Clark left Philadelphia
on Friday night for Moigantown. N.
Y., where he will permanently locate.
For six years Mr. Clark was pastor of
the Gulf Christian Church, but last
year he had charge of the Chestnut-dale
Free Baptist Church at Williams-town,
N. J.. He resigned as pastel
there two weeks ago. and since that
time has been paying a farewell visit
to bis former parlshoncra in Ibis vicin-ity.
He was a resident of Morgan).iwn
prior to his pastorate at the Gulf.
—There lives a man In this town
whom we will call Mr. Blank who is
very fond of roast goose and thi
hangs a tale. Not a goose tail, but a
sort of romance. Mr. Blank sometime
ago purchased a goose, took it home
and penned it up to fatten. Every
morning and evening be fed Ihe go^sc
and his appetite arose accordingly
When Mr. Blank had the gm.se abonl
a week and visions of roast goose
arose before bis eyes In gigantic pro-portions,
he tried to convince, his
friends that there is nothing ed-ible
equal to it. But the goose disap-peared
and Blank could not be com-ported/.
His appetite for roast goose
fell to the ground with a thud that
could be heard forty yards In calm
weather. Blank was Inconsolable, be
had lost his goose and bis appetite at
the same time. But he did not despair.
"I wil have that goose, if it be abOTi
ground," said he. and be went every
where that a goose would be likely to
go. but nary a goose could he find. Hi
had almost resigned himself to the loss
of the goose when some one toggetted
that a bird dog would find the fOfl*
for him very quickly. He went tl
several people who had dogs anil want-ed
to borrow them, but they pooh
poohed the Idea and said, why Blank
you are certainly on a ' Wild goose
chase." Mr. Blank contended thai In
goose was a tame one. but he could not
Induce any one to lend him a bird dog
Finally he persuaded Mr. Hiishcn to
loan him his two rabbit hounds. Go-ing
to the coop where he had kept the
.goose, Blank picked up some o' the
feathers nnd let the dogs smell them.
They gave tongue and Blank sail
em up. sic am up." and the bun'
on. lkiwjj aJ.onK tin creek through
the Hones estate went the dogs, and
Blank went with them. Sometime*
along the creek and some+iqiaa .nit In
the meadows went the dogs and Blank
became despondent. "Lost goose,"
said he, when both dogs struck the
trail and away they went. Down
through the Moorehead estate to Finn'
street, down Front to Ford and up
Ford to Cedar avenue, when they lost
the trail. "Good-bye, goose"," said
Blank to himself, "I guess the dogs arc
goin home." But he was mistaken.
Down Ford street came the dogs In full
cry to Front street, up Front to an
other street and then to a certain house
and there the dogs looked "treed."
Blank got there as quickly as he could
and after looking the trees over erne
fully and not seeing the ROOM perched
among the branches came to the con-clusion
that the goose must be In the
house. Blank knocked on the door
and a lady opened It. "Have you a
gray goose here with a top-knot mi."
Inquired Blank. The lady hesitated
and finally said, "We had one." "What
became of it?" said Blank. "We killed
It and plucked It." said she. "Well, It
don't matter." said Blank. "It Is mine
and I am going to huve it." The lady
reluctantly gave him the goose and
Blank started home feeling on good
terms with himself nnd his fellowman.
Blank was so over-joyed over the re-covery
of the goose that ho forgot to
cialm the feathers. He has hired a
hay wagon, however, and intends to
haul them home this week. And
thus ended not a "wild goose chase "
but one of the wildest chases aft r a
tame goose recorded In the annals Of
goesology.
Mew a militant Prosecuting Attorney nnd ■
I' inimical Arscmbiyuinn Make Mailers
Lively and In;crcsllng In the I'll,1.1
d Iphi-i Criming' tourls
Mrs. Harriet Evans, ilinsdnle. III.,
writes. "I never fall to relieve my chil-dren
from croup at once by using One
Minute Cough Cure. I would not feel
safe without It." Quickly cures
coughs, colds, grippe and all throat
and lung diseases.
H. Maxwell Harry and W. E. Sup- ',
plee, West Conshohocken.
Philadelphia, March 19,
The local criminal colitis are seems
of Interest to those wimse duties do
m.t require then] to be In constant at-tendance.
Here can be seen tine inc-lines
of life In all Its phases. The
young and old from all classes find
their way Into the meshes of tin- law,
and it I'ri quently OCCUra that the big
steel cage in Room, 076, City Hall.
known as Quarter Sessions Court. No.
i. frequently contains a most cosmo-politan
gathering. The degraded va-grant,
elbows with the profi ssional
burglar and pickpocket, and the indi-vidual
who used his fists upon bis
neighbor's physiognomy hobnobs with
the real estate agent who swindled
poor trusting domestics, or the bogus
count who passed checks as worthless
as his title.
Philadelphia has three criminal
court rooms, all on the sixth floor of
City Hall. Room 67fi. Court No. 1. is
i s.il for the trial of persons who have
been committed in default of ball, and
Is known as she Prison Court. Boon]
(146 Is known as Court No. 2. or the
Bail Court, where those alleged crimi-nals
out on bail are tried. Room (60,
Court No. 3, Is used for special cases.
or when the pressure on the other two
rooms become so great us to render
the use of another court necessary.
To those whose duties require their
constant attendance these courts be-come
more or less monotonous, but It
frequently ocean thai some unusual
event varies the humdrum of daily
routine and Interest is manifested ac-cording
to the special form of amuse*
men! or learning of the observer.
1 his interest is never more manifest
than when it is known that the tWO
'.-colts are to try a case. Just here it
may be well to give a brief Introduc-tion
to the pair of young lawyers, both
named Scott, who are better known to
the criminal classes who frequent Phil-adelphia,
than probably any other two
In the State.
Henry j. Scott is District Attorney
Itotlierm. 1 s special assistant, lie is
one of that young, brainy and fearless
class who fear nothing, and was ap-l
Ointed alter a special Act of the Leg-islature
had given the District Attorn-ey
the privilege of selecting a special
assistant. Prior to this Henry .1. had
been the legal adviser of the Public
Building Commission, and it was b.
who gave its celebrated I'oniin
the legal tips which got them out of
lots of trouble very, very many times
Henry J. is feared by the criminal
classes. He Is a terror to the evil doei
and seldom loses a case. Very fre-quently
the professional law breaker,
when he hears that Scott is to prose-cute
him. pleads guilty and throws
himself on the mercy of the Court.
John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott, famil-iarly
known as John It, K. Scott, is
also a brainy nnd fearless young law-yer.
John Is also a member of tin
Legislature from the Fourteenth Ward
Ills light in the Assembly In behalf of
Senator (May, brought him prominent-ly
before the people of the Slate ami
won for him many political enemies
He is one of the best criminal law yen
In our city, and so successful has b.
been that he is daily compelled to re-linquish
cusea, or secure the assistance
of other lawyers to help him out.
Judge Sulzbcrgcr has given to John the
appropriate title of "General Jail De-livery
Scott."
Hut John's successes are at a stand-still
when ho finds that his name sekl
is on the other side of the rail. He
has been frequently heard to say to
his rival. "Harry, for Heaven's sake.
go over into the other Court until after
I try my cases. If you do, I will win."
'John," Is the reply, "your clients
are bad people, and It would not be
hJStlce to have you win, and you wont.
either."
"Well, I'll give you a run for your
money, anyway," Is Jnhn's knock in
return.
"Well, you had better get your nuui-ey
before you start," is Harry's re-joinder.
Then the buttle begins. It is the
same old battle, which never mows
monotonous. Boot! vs. Scott is always
an attractive feature, sure to make a
hit and draw n crowd. Each battles
as if for life itself nnd the uninitiated
would positively swear thai each of the
Si oils was as bitter ngainst the other
as an English Cnptain ngainst a Boer
artilleryman. Hut nfter the battle you
Should see them at the same lunch
table .swapping experiences over chick-en
salad and soda water—John always
takes the latter on the side, but they
say Harry really takes It straight—the
soda water, of course.
Harry J, tackles John's witnes.-
tlie defence, and by the lime lie Is
through with them bus the jury olthar
in 1'i.ssed that they are good witnesses
f the Commonwealth or lineal de-acandanta
of Annanlas. Then John
■ tl in his work as an obi. .tor. and
i nde iv.us to worry the prosecuting
attorney by numerous objections.
It is nip and tuck nnd the prisoner
is in a cold sweat Probably he Is an
I speak easy proprietor, and as
lie listens to the two Scotts he wonders
whether he will eat his breakfast at
home <u be hung. Then comes the ad-
• ■ in the jury.
"Gentlemen of the Jury," cries John
H. K . with all the eloquence of his
ible Legislative oratory, "I hope you
•ill not allow this paid hireling of the
law to convince you that this poor. In-nocent
cltl/.en in the dock is guilty of
ibis terrible crime. Let me tell you
something. The Commonwealth found
that they had a weak case against my
client, and they sent for Henry J.
Scott- a man who Is known as one of
the trickiest men in his profession—
to come here and, not to try him. but
convict him. Gentlemen, he waB se-ll
led for this very purpose by a spec-ial
Act of the Legislature—"
"And you helped to pass the Act,"
Interrupts Henry J., with the same old
iiuperttirable smile.
W4*U. I did make a mistake there,"
repllap John. "Gentlemen, he Is here
not to try this poor unfortunate, but
to gain another victory over me at the
expense of the prisoner."
"I have had too many from you to
care for this one," says Henry J. and
so the legal battle goes on. Even the
staid old Jurist on the bench, the jury-men
the court officers, reporters, law-yers,
witnesses, spectators, the prison-ers
In the big steel cage, and attaches
from other offices who ran *ln to see
the fun nil are deeply interested.
Sometimes, however, John R. K. does
win out over Henry J. and when he
does never a general more deservedly
won his laurels. It is always consid-ered
a safe wager that if John R. K.
Scotl cannot secure a verdict of not
guilty, when Henry J. Scott lsthepros-ecuting
attorney, no other lawyer in
Philadelphia can. When another as-sistant
is opposing John, John has
things dead easy.
Only a few weeks ago John defended
a professional shoplifter and his earn-est
eloquence so impressed the Jury,
while the defendant herself, at John's
advice, shed tears In great quantities
all through her trial, that a verdict of
acquittal was rendered. Henry J. had
been floored, and John celebrated the
victory by expending his entire fee in
one of those new-fangled double-breast-ed
vests, now so much in vogue, and
which nre noted for their conspicuous-nosa
Bvery once In awhile Henry J. re-ceives
a letter of warning, a white cap
letter or some other epistolary docu-ment
advising him that his terrible
vindicativeness towards the criminal
Classes has made him unpopular with
burglars, pickpockets. shoplifters,
Speak easy proprietors and bud politi-cians,
but they are wasting paper and
stamps, for to use John R. K.'s own
words, "you couldn't phase that fel-low
with an axe." Henry J,. by-the-way,
is also an opponent of Quay, and
he uses every opportunity of "knock-ing"
John R. K. about his loyalty to
"the bad man from Beaver."
This is a true tale of two Scots and
one of their battles Is an Interesting.
though less dangerous, than a bulletin
from I .adysiniih or the Modder river,
WILLIAM HENRY.
JOHNSON MAY BE MI'RDERED
Harry F. Johnson, of Camp Hill.
Ibis county, who mysteriously disup
peered a month ago. Is still missing,
and as the detectives have not been
able to find any trace of him it Is fear-ed
that he was murdered.
Johnson was visiting his father-in-law,
Dr. Layman, 1630 North Eigh-teenth
street, Philadelphia, February
20, and left there to go to work at 1606
Susqiiehana avenue. On his way he
stopped at tffe Ridge avenue Bank and
drew out all the money he had on de-posit,
which amounted to $480. This
was the last seen of him.
Detective John Long was detailed on
the ease and although he has made a
careful search for the missing man
In has been unable to find any trace of
him whatever. Johnson Is 33 years
old and ."> feet 9 inches in height. Mr.
Stafford, his employer, has offered
$100 for any Information regarding
Johnson dead or alive.
MASONIC LODGE INSTITUTED.
Norristown Lodge, No. 620, Free and
Accepted Masons, was instituted yes-terday
hy Right Worshipful Master
George 10. Wagner, of Philadelphia.
'I he new lodge has sixteen charter
members, representing sixteen lodges.
The officers Installed were: Wor-shipful
Master. Charles J. Baker: Sen-'
lor Warden. Samuel Roberta: Junior
Warden. Oliver P. Lenhardt: Treasur-er.
Harry IJ. Tyson; Secretary, Clar-ence
J. Wilson.
M. B. Smith, Butternut, Mich., Bays,
"DeWltt's Little Early Risers are the
very best pills I ever used for coatlve-ii.
ss liver and bowel troubles."
H. Maxwell Harry and W. E. Sup-plee,
West Conshohocken.
The prettiest plant of the season Is
a ■Cineraria." 2.r>. 35 eta; extra. 50 cts.
Carnatlrihs, violets, etc., Harry's
Floral and Seed Store, 115 Fayette
street.
HARRY I. FOX.
From a grocery counter to the Bar
of the Montgomery County Courts. Is
the span of bread-winning which Law-yer
Harry I. Fox, the ardent Democrat-ic
worker, lias already made in the af-fairs
of life. The word "already" is
used with emphasis here as Mr. Fox
Is comparatively a young man set out
In life handicapped by the lack of op-portune
resources In the way of financ-es.
The deficiency he supplied with
energy and sane ambition. He suc-ceeded
In establishing himself at the
Bar at Norristown, of which place he
Is a resident, by studiously using his
spare time.
It Is thirty years since Mr. Fox op-ened
his eyes in this world. A bright
disposition he Inherited toillumlnethe
way of life. On coming into the world
at that peculiar cycle of the now clos-ing
century. Inaddltion to life, liberty
and the right to pursue happiness
which is common to all American
babies, he had added a particularly big
Infusion of Democracy. At that time
the county was Democratic and the
child Fox waxed strong, and the doc-trines
of Andrew Jackson Impregnated
his whole system. While the party
lost power, he never lost hope for its
ultimate reinstatement nationally and
locally. When he became a man work-ed
and "stumped" for Democracy. In
the '96 campaign he spoke for Bryan
In Norristown as well as other dis-tricts
In this vicinity, and made a rec-ord
as a clear forcible advocate. His
speech and generous voice blending
happily in the open air have time and
again held spell-bound assemblies of
his fellow-citizens. Mr. Fox feels that
his services and sacrifices should re-ceive
their reward, and all he modestly
asks is, to be sent to as delegate to
the National Convention. He was the
nominee for District Attorney in 1S98
and ran away ahead of his ticket. His
most recent feat was the sole manage-ment
of the campaign of Burgess-elect
William Todd, of Norristown. Mr.
Fox dispelled whatever discord there
existed in the county seat's Democracy
and rallied the party together making
possible the vote of the independent
Republicans as a winning factor In the
campaign. As a result William Todd,
Democrat was elected. For this the
Democratic caucus In Town Council
honored Mr. Fox with the nomination
for borough Solicitor.
NEW SCHOOLS FOR
UPPER MERION.
The School Directors of Upper Mer-lon
have decided to build an addition
to Roberts' school, near King of
Prussia and have abandoned the idea
of building a new school on the hill-top
near Weedly.
The matter has been given serious
consideration by the School Board
and the conclusion was reached that
the best results could be accomplished
by creating a two-room school at
Roberts'.
Thus the congested condition of the
Roberts' school will lie relieved but
the scholars from Weedly will still be
compelled to walk one and one-quarter
miles to school.
FIRE DESTROYS A GRIST MILL.
The large stone grist mill of A. D.
Wagner, at Trappe, this county, was
completely destroyed by fire at 3.30
o'clock yesterday morning, as was also
the frame stable adjoining it. and the
residents In the vicinity believe that
the origin was Incendiarism, although
they give no reason for their state-ments.
The loss will amount to sever-al
thousand dollars for J. I^evan. of
Royersford, proprietor of the build-ings,
while Mr. Wagner's loss will be
several hundred dollars.
Rev. W. E. Sltser, W. Canton, N. Y.,
writes, "I had dyspepsia over twenty
years, and tried doctors and medicines
without benefit. I was persuaded to
use Kodol Dyspepsia Cure andltbelped
me from the start. I believe It to be
a penncea for all forms of Indiges-tion."
It digests what yon eat
H. Maxwell Harry and W. E. Sup-ples,
West Conshohocken.
See a lot of men and women In an-other
column carrying on their heads
great loads of grapes at Boa Vista
vineyards. Portugal, for making into
wine. It Is Interesting. Read all
about It. Speer, N. J. wines are made
from the same grape the oldest and
finest produced in the world.
DOWN GOES BRISTOL
The National Leaguers are ae Malta lor
the Locals. A Oreat Uarae
To-NliM.
The rejuvenated Bristol Basket Ball
team of the National League quietly
stole into town on Saturday night and
hoped to snatch a victory from the lo-cal
quintette unknown to any one save
the players. But Bristol's coming had
been previously learned of and when
they appeared on the floor a cheer
from about five hundred voices fell
harsh on their ears.
A great game had been looked for
for more than a week and there was no
little surprise when the visitors lined
up for the game, at which time it was
learned that there was only two of the
regular Bristol players on the team—
Bennett and Snow.
The Identical five that sent the
mighty Trenton breathlessly down to
defeat from which that team of players
—the most scientific and agile in the
business—have not yet recovered,
would have been noneto good tn
stack up against the locals, for
with the exception of Custer they have
never been in liner condition this sea-son.
As it was they played "rings"
around the "big" Leaguers and made
veritable monkeys of then. At no
stage of the game were they in it and
It was evident from the start that it
would be a one-sided contest.
It was no fault of Bennett's that
Bristol did not win. for there was not
a player on the floor that put up a bet-ter
game than this star. He and Snow,
however, were the only two of the vis-itors
who were in the game, the rest
being allowed to come on the floor to
make up the quintette.
It was a rough and tumble game and
the players on either team did not look
-efore they leaped and sometimes
would go astradle their opponents'
neck or keep on going and land on the
noor In front of them. It was a fierce
game and that none of the players were
hurt is miraculous.
There was a great deal of disappoint-ment
as it spread through the crowd
of spectators that the fleet-footed and
eagle-eyed Charlie Klein did not ac-company
the team. Manager Cox re-ceived
a letter In the afternoon that
Klein would play, hence the great dis-appointment.
Melllck and Everlng-ham.
their other two stars, were also
among the missing. All of these, It Is
said, are on the hospital list, but none
had played for over a week and should
have been able to play on Saturday
night. There is no likelihood of Bris-tol
coming here again this season and
the chances of seeing Klein play the
game have faded for at least another
year.
It was scarcely a minute after the
ball was put In play before 1-ang start-ed
the scoring and at the end of the
half Lang. Ruth and Custer had each
scored two field goals, Neville one and
t.uster one from a foul. Bennett and
Wynkoff each scored a goal from the
field and Bennett also scored two goals
from fouls.
In the second half. Wynkoff retired.
Bennett went to centre. Johnson went
to forward and Clark took Johnson's
place at guard. The change availed
nothing and the locals kept piling up
goul after goal until fourteen more
points were added to their already large
score. Bennett did not score on Lang
in this half hut threw a goalf roni a
foul while Snow dropped a field goal
which Increased their score to 9. Twe
goals by Neville, two by Ruth, two by
Custer and one by Crawford run the
local's score up to 29 points.
The features of the game was the
playing of the local team In general
and the good work of Snow and Ben-nett.
Final score 29 to 9 In Consho-hocken's
favor. The line-up:
Conshohocken Positions Bristol
Neville forward Bennett
Johnson
Ruth forward Snow
I .a n.c centre Wynkoff
Bennett
Custer guard Kaefaber
Ellam Johnson
Crawford guard Clark
Coals from the field—Ruth 4, Cus-ter
4, Neville 3. I.ang 2. Crawford,
Bennett. Snow. Wynkoff. Goals from
offences—Bennett 3, Custer. Offences,
Neville 2. Crawford, Snow, Clark.
Referee—limn Time 20 minute
halves.
BETWEEN THE HALVES.
By batting the ball in the basket
three times Ruth surpassed all pre-vious
records on the local floor this
season. Oves. of Tannhauser Wheel-men,
did the trick twice.
Klein is no smaller than Dunn, of
Penn Wheelmen. Willie manages to
take care of himself in this borough.
Why need Charlie be afraid.
Custer played one of the beat games
of his life and his work against the
giant. Snow, only tends to raise him
higher in the ranks of the greatest de-fensemen
In the country. He was com-pelled
to retire in the latter part of the
second half.
Moore did not play on Saturday
night, but his friends say It was Just
the kind of a game that Charlie likes.
He will have another opportunity to-i<'
outlined on Fouth Page.)
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