The Ambler Gazette 18980421

              the ambler gazette vol xvi.-no 20 ambler pa aimjil 21 1hj)s . 25 a year success in the west fi canrgg i drill m nf ontormtn ii 1nin li amlil.r wlii in ibmimc of i olinrtrr f l illnrv iii nrrrr n ll m rfllivf ii:iiiui-h in a mill t mr oeorjb r colllnn of nem lead \ ille ( ol is oil a visit to tlimiia i'.il ting l',si of ambler and expects to remain pbi i fi n abotil n inontn mr ( ollills ll till ik i in llli seel ! hi of till i nhved states from denvi i after an ab eiiee of ncaly 28 years when quite a boy he went in live with mr bitting who then resided in l"lnuit"\vn where he wenl i i chool and where nome of his schoolmate still re iile iii 1871 mr bitting removed t lies moinei la taking along the subject nf our sketch here they lived for eight years and when mi kitting returned east mr collins decided to go west grow up with the count ry and seek hit fortune in the ranges of colorado n arriving in t he mining region he at iiee jfonght employment in one ol the mines bul after three mouths ai employe ho hied out for himself and took to prospecting on his own account he located on the range of mountains known as the continental divide in the red mountain district and about 13 mllefl from twin lakes a m it d resort and also the largest body of water in the world at that altitude 0800 feetabove tlie sea level lie had the usual hard luck although always able to make a living sometimes he was alone and often he had others with him at the present time after haul and patient toil he has mines which he values at 30,000 lie has a group of veins known as the little theresy < roup and t he product makes a very good assay 1 fe has devel oped the mines now to such an extent that machinery must be introduced and capital invested to pay the market is at denver where buyers from all over the world gather ami where smelting is dune ti a large extent mr collins says the defeat of w j bryan for the presidency last fall result ed in absolute destitution to many peo ple who were forced into the mountains in search of go!d which many have now found in paying quantities to such an extent that colorado now takes the first place among the gold-producing states during his years ot prospecting mr collins has contributed many practical and useful articles to the mining indus try a publication with which he taken pleasure in corresponding and also the herald democrat of denver col and also other state papers the famous comstock mines in xeva da mr collins is familiar with and he says 45 per cent of their output va gold but owing to the great depth nf 3000 feet having been attained the tem perature is too high for men to work any longer in all the gold region of the west silver cff{fper arid lead auoiih<t"in great quantities toirethei with gold and he mentioned one silver mine in which a vein of very rich gold was encountered which baa made its owners multi-mil lionaires and assays exceedingly rich the west he says is the place for the young man it is the country of hard knocks but where push enterprise and energy are more surely quiokly and lib erally rewarded and where true fellow ship and hospitality are found the climate is most delightful the winters last from about november to june with snow varying in depth from three to six feet and with an atmosphere clear and crisp beyond conception the summers are even and in temperature never greater than our usual spring weather so that blankets and llannels are used all the year round and health abounds on every hand despite the rigor of the win ters show shoes are the means of loco moiioii during the severe period of the year after au absence of 28 years mi1 col lins finds many changes 111 this part of the country with which he was familiar when a resilient ambler was scarcely on the map and its development is cf almost western swiftness he declares that the region is the most beautiful he has yet seen and avers his pleasure at being able once again to visit the bcenes and renew the friendships of his early years centre sinmr there will ik a musical and grapho phnne entertainment ill st john's luth eran church on thursday evening may fitb under the directions of the organist mr linford katz a silver offering will be asked for benefit of the church mr < ie irge arp our pork butcher has finished making scrapple and sausage for this season mr john went has purchased a new trotter lookout for jobd boys if he meets you on ymn travels prof h hall gave an interesting and instructive biograph and projectosoope entertainment in a mauok's hall on wednesday evening last a large aud ience was present win kiantz has rented the baker farm for this season mr george antberg has his dwellings at lilue bell very nearly finished they make a neat appearance those on our sick list are slowly im proving we are glad to say the luther league will hold their monthly meeting tuesday evening next all are cordially invited to he present mr unas prittchard paid a visit to his farm sunday last charles nolan the popular horseman nf philadelphia and proprietor of the koundwond tarin this place has been asked to referee the 20,000 rare between john b gentry and guluette men are judged by what the do sn is hood's saisaparilhi and its great cures have given it a good name everywhere it is the ime true blood purifier aud great nerve tonic hood's pillg are i - take a operate cure indigestion biliou 860 lie sine miii me right then go ahead iii mre you net hoi lpai ilia and imt louie cheap and worthless substitute i uru l'oii4tl|»uu.iu l'\m-t-v<-r i'll i i aril ioc irs8o it i 0 o oil i cure i>ruiu[i*t . rufuuu u tree frogt arc henrd once inure red-wlngrd blackbirds bre with us rgnln children are gathering wild flowers in tin1 « 	 is npponlle the store < ine f t !"¦ ipii-t intelligent dogn in this purl of the nri"lilii>rii""il belongs to i w l,,,t we noticed a mtinll fruil tree in bloom april 12on tho lawn of p penllyti home i'leiily of slahvarl voting colored men nround penllyn they would make pjc rell"lll -, i 1 ii t i sf tl lit ! t hi lint rlin i;i i •¦ • of ( ui a the tin v inf > i f the store house iilld i table have received ii conl of palnl i ii nf the grand old sycamore ' ¦ it ppnllyn hnngr wag lopped last week it wan gtruck by lightning last mm mi r millions ' i dollars cash waiting for the in ii win can invent a in.n-li iiw ttibl will pick the troublesome bones mil of shad sir that t he from gale is iii bood re pair and the hitigfs well oiled the regttlnr outdoor sparking season is close at hand albert shook plasterer of ambler has plncod i concrete floor under the carriage shed al mis platt's summer home the outside of thfl summer cottrg 	 win churchman esq is ti have a coal of pebble dash at the great four-days sale of blooded stock at cloverdell farms coltnar i'en llyn was not behind our hustling store keeper 1 l brown purchased a fine mare a red brick fl replace has been built in the hall at mrs warren ingcrsoll's it kema strange to me that in the rush and fluster of early spring outside work it is considered absolutely necessary to whitewash pale fence the handsome new granite mansion of george rieger on penllyn pike be tween 1'eiillyn and springhousr with its massive cut stone gate posts sectional block stone fenc.-,\vith piers capped with indiana limestone centre arches and private gateway makes an improvement thai is both grand and pleasing war with spain — a call for men and the baseball season just starting what a catastrophe easily can we part with the majority of our politicians lawyers and doctors and there are a few clergy men that would not be missed but to risk the lives of our star professional baseball players xever ! the invitation and reception committee of the bi-centennial of the settlement of gwynedd township met at the home of 7 wain vaux last saturday afternoon and decided among others to extend in vitations to the representatives of the county judges congressmen and gov ernor and mrsu d h has ings after tin business mr vaux treated the com mittee to refreshments i cheese and cracker the committee is ,!. wain v,,u v ai.i i ii rrtnrrrs soseffn s evans 1 w white charles s jenkins jr s ell wood layman \. k thomas and john jones edward toland of kent washington and robert hntchinson.of philadelphia spent thursday with master harry dravton mr ii a denckla of philadelphia who recently purchased the graham property is remodeling the house mr and mrs thoa robbing have taken possession of orchard uidge their country place here mr and mrs c b ingersoll occupy their summer home here this week milton ('. webster is again tilling his pi isition as clerk in 1 l brown's store rev 1 a clyde of koxboro will preach in the baptist chapel next sun day afternoon at 8.30 mr clyde preach ed in the chapel several times during the recent special services and was exceed ingly well liked a very cordial invita tion to sabbath's service is extended to all mr shaffer and family spent sunday in norrlstown there were quite a number of people roaming militia hill on sunday searching for arbutus some of our visitors while returning to wheel pump sunday evening were molested by a man along the road calvin butler and wife spent sunday with his parents mr diennen is improving his place by fixing up his lawn wulter 11 corson and jason t i'.utler attended the convention at norristown on tuesday as we drove through horsham one day last week we noticed john white sides had in a field nl potatoes and a line looking held nf wheat miss mabel knee/el miss mary me bargee mr walter knrezel and mr ii leighton clark were the guests of miss bertha homer ox sunday last while jay megargee was at pros pect villo creamery last monday morning his horse beoame frightened and threw him out on his head the horse ran t.i charles meclellau's place where he was caught a few minutes later jesse ambler ami jonty stack house had a collision which upset the hitter's wagon and bent the axle it was quite an exciting time for the be ginning 0 the week miss cora tidier was the guest oi mr and mrs linford conard sunday after mum mr william sntteithwaite is making improvements on bis hmise hv raising his kitchen a story higher and putting a new roof on hi home m r william ( ladings is putting a new late roof on his tmii.-e ami making other improvements joseph stackbouse is having his sum mer kitchen painted by k fluck ol hatboro mr walter kn.e/el nl i im ham niel with a very painful accident on saturday evening last lie was liauling manure ami accidentally stepped upon a fork which ran intu his tout several inches ii i i glowly improving mi lav megargee was in philadelphia mi saturday evening la»l searching for a farm hand lie uas ; ueees.-lul i cluing one while descending a pair nf temporal v last week mr \\ ill'ani loid acci ¦ dtmtalh broke through injuring hiuueli internal v friends in session tmiqton i ni"m mi i>ni b»mlnn nnm r n tmtcgaten hrtermttng mmta trniis:i i il the naraiom nf abington flrnt prj seimnl union al friends meeting house m i istown mi the 10th net were well attended the folio ins were the dele from different monl hly meet i n abington lydin i .. i faincs kmmb i ilallowell horsham thomas p conard anna jnrrett byberry hnrah w knight nnie i ironi dale vmbli i ellen i phillips mary a craft wai mi n-tei aiininl walker hannah walker itpper i lublln phebe ii atkin io sarah i t 	 linsmi plymouth annie k davis anna m butcher < leorgn ( orw in richland ada tieeder lizzie m 81 i.i w n gwynedd esther i jenkins phebe s slineniaker norristown charles s platt sara ( heaver slrmidshnrg — anna w rainier the rooming session opened with a scripture reading by i'.llen shoemaker reports were read by a hinirlmi liy 1 icrry ilmshani ( iwynetld plymouth and norristown an address of welcome was given by alfred w wright norristown and re sponded to by buiies tj atkinson three tuns several committees reported in cluding that on olliccis t be union unit ing with tlm report made hv charles platt norristown that mary ii l'ormaii and joseph s evans gwynedd clerks and james 2 atkinson treasurer be continued for another year the afternoon session opened with an address on the topic can friends main tain their peace principles and yet re main loyal to theircountry '.'" delivered bv lizzie ii ely abington arabella » my trm>l iii i ll side the members of philadelphia city troop anem bled at foil side inn ii'lnw i in t washington monday after i'nr the lii-t nl a viies oi special ii id di ills to be held every afternoon eel in preparation for the annual pi ing inspection rt kairmounl park next v;iiunhiy the hnrws of ilie company were enl mil i i • nl side la-l wednes i lei w ill he kl i.i thefc dui ing the meek this arrangement enables the i npen to go onl each day bv t rain and pill in a j.'mid pal i hi | he al'lei limn in field work captain 1 c ( iroomfl had scheduled i lie iii t drill to begin monday afternoon iii 1.30 o'clock ami promptly to t he min ute i he troopers in service uniform fell into lme in the inspiring notes o the bugle first llentennnl edward brow n ing nnd cornet richard tilghman aided in directing the evolutions second lieu tenant 1 frank mcffldden being absent bti leave on a trip to europe the chief part of monday's drill was devoted to the school of company quad and battalion movements tbe troopers me all proflclenl horsemen and instruc tions in the school of the soldier are not required the extensive territory about the inn gives excellent room for squad ron movements and it is understood thai much of the time during the week will be given to field charges special interest attaches in the drill owing to the probability that a call for troops will be issued by the president in ihr near future in this case the city troop would be line of the lirst to re ipond and its services doubtless be the conventions montgomery i'mnilv liitl rtih us l>i ic^ntf i r imw rnelm comity for wairanrnkpr - lolin hiwllrtnji ii n slrll'1 dpiprktf srclh'h ill iii cfmivsilllfyflni the l.'i i'limie.-ins of htlckf ronnty met in 1 1 in \ i nl ii ui in doylcrtown momlny in clirf live i|el'"_'ate in tlie ¦ i i 1 1 ¦ cofl veiitimi only lie ilislrirl e-uiire|i ii . hied the eiilivelltinll \\ a i all.'il in i ii|er by < mint v ( liairm.in :- an i liaim i i obonwek nr l viand »., - i ii , till eha irinan the folfofl i 1 1 ¦ ¦ 1 i ¦¦_..,;..: wcre then eleeeleil,a 1 1 1 ui one i in ii i lyietburn ha v i en nnti \\ b nninnlcrr men last w inter inil win imu follow • iilkl nll'l l fld i 1 intlotinci till lll.-elv i in l'.'l or nl the i \ i ter ni-nerul for :¦< >\ ornor first ilintt let ihn vev ii bvlfmnn of kichinnd mnl listrirl i ittgh b kimi hum of mnylesliiwii ; third district robert h ( f >; i i in h •, i if rwtown i'l'inili din triet amos i i ii ndley of tullytown ; ilelc'ftrtte-nt-lnrgi hon b frank hi l.es in nt bristol the resolutions endorse liepuhlicnn ptincipleb the melsinley policy i.f pro tect ion express bympathy w itlt tlie ctilians sirul"_'lcs endorse the mckln ley-cuban policy and express the belief that the hiiiise resolution should be come the plan of the country's proced ure hastings administration the ad ministration of the county nllieials and congressman wonger's course were also endorsed the hist resolution read us follows we cordially endorse the can lidacy of hon john wanamaker for prompt ly accepted as it has been rep 1 governor of pennsylvania who by reason resented in ever important war in this of his wide and successful business ex including the amer j perience his country since 1776 including the amer ican revolution its members would not allow an opportunity to test their ef ficiency ni)on the spaniards to go by de fault many of philadelphia s promi nent society people witnessed the drill monday afternoon and the likelihood of active service will make the number of spectators each afternoon during the carter.of byberry read'an essay taking j week nnturaally largo stroti ground against war no matter what the provocation much interest was shown in the discussion mary h livezey norristown isaac roberts conshohocken james j atkinson annie croasdale and others participat ing a memorial in favor of peace was suggested but tbe general feeling seemed to be that such a movement wonld be untimely it was mentioned again later but without action isaac roberts rec ommended that each person present should write to congressman wanger presenting his or her individual views as to peace recitations were given by frank ball quakertown the world irows better mary c roberts norristown i'm glad i am a little girl rebecca wilson and v'v 	 . . 	 . - ft w iv eftetextve class exercise «•» given by lizzie corson of plymouth meeting on the origin persecutions principles and works of friends another class exercise was given by km mn i conrow norristown the pupils being eight or ten years of age phebe 11 atkinson i'pper dublin gave a read ing home and gertrude henaey ambler another the overheart w'hi'tier john stapler spoke on the best method of securing a wider distribution of friends literature anna w palmer stroudsburg read an essay on punctu ality of superintendents and teachers after much discussion in which good tin nights were forcibly expressed by sara i bum's byberry maggie dager amb ler and others many of whom have been mentioned charles bond war minster gave a valuable blackboard ex ercise onward and cpwaid the next meeting of the union will he held at wanuinstei many of the visitors from a distance attended meeting first-day morning and a temperance conference at ',> o'clock at thu former t ellwood longshore philadelphia and alvin llaines abing ton spoke at the first-day school there was a large attendance at the temperance conference sara ( '. james presided addresses being de livered by the chairman and by kinnia b conro.v alvin llaines t ellwood longshore george 0 morgan and others as poricnee liis intimate knowledge of public affairs hia high personal char acter and his unswerving devotion to the the principles ol the republican paity is eminently qualified for that treat office we hereby instruct the del egates this day elected to vote for him so long as his name shall be before the slate convention " after the reading of the resolutions dr a if clayton of northampton moved to strike out the last resolution and a vote was taken and the motion was lost by an over whelming vote showing that the senti ment of the convention was almost unanimously for wanamaker during the debate on the resolution banking coinmisioncr b frank ( iilkesnn made a speech favorinir the resolution nnd said that he was in favor of air wana maker for governor and if his life was the full roster oft he city troop follows captain john ('. iroome first lieu tenant edward browning surgeon and first lieutenant charles ii frazier lieu tenant hugh craig jr second lieuten ant k mcfadden cornet r tilgh man lirst sergeant 1 w martin quar termaster-sergeant v c lott sergeants ii k ( ilendenning j wagner jr t w heath v thibault c e mcmiehael ami w ii hart corporals vv.e bates spared he would vote for him c l horie jr charles ii smith john i the republican county convention m merril and f a thibault assembled tuesday morning in nor privates a m biddle f ii bower ristown for the purpose of electing nine ii c butcher jr tliomas ciuuvalader i deli iites to the state convention at 6 chew j nuke 3d f l cramp h harriabtuv on june 2 the court house a denckla h y doian paul farnuin was crowded with interested speftatore < ¦'. l farnum j k farnuin w lilt was vident that something unusual hes p i'razrr ir . m p i;i«nden v int ¦ > -- i f ' \- i 1 1 ..' tin int re-t of t hu^e ;¦«- . i 1 ri ii s iodfrey s goodman jr f e green r is griffith j ii hard ing (¦• a hechsclier t v huidekop er f a jannev c b lewis george mcfadden p p c madeira r w llille meirg j ii merrill f b neilson b b reatb 8 ii reeves j r keilly j m rhodes jr t ridgway h d riley t robb jr a g rosengarten m <¦. bosengarten jr e k rowland ii d riley b ii shober < ;. e starr james stan j c stevens e c taylor i c thayer f a thibault x b warden w ii warden jr b wharlmi a w wistcr jr e 1'ngli and i singer narolmw the explosion of the powder mills at sumneytown produced some queer effects on the people at narcissa and cold point at several places it was supposed borne one was knocking at thedoor the doer was opened but no one was to be seen at one place the door was opened by an inmate and he thought he heard some one running away at another place it sounded as if the window was being smashed in with sumo heavy instrument and in a few minutes after the call to arms there marched forth from that house a force armed to the teeth and berce-looking enough to have scared away even the spaniards if they had been there the delegate election in the mast dis trict of plymouth was closely contested s p childs received 51 votes george corson 60 thomas coultbon 47 and thomas s streeper43 thus electing one moled the admirms of wannniakcr and sjmio moved iimrng the crowd giv iiil nut slips containing the names of their respective candidates to the state convention half an hour before the adherents of mr wanamaker held a caucus in the headquarters on dekalb street the convention was called tn order by county chairman william f solly secretaries conrad 8 shelve and walter m shaw were in their places when the presiding officer arrived reading clerk i lurv akins road the call fur the i meeting the roll of delegates was then called which revealed that there were few absentees the name of daniel 1 tj instead of franconia was withdrawn at his own request he said his name had been used without his authority mr childs of plymouth made a mo tion to appoint a committee of nine on resolutions the motion carried the following committee were appointed s 1 childs i w lehman i wit vfarklry of llntlmm thr rrmlntlnn f ¦ ¦ r mstrueiiim the ilelppuc n roti for stone wptc ndnptcfl and ad \< m i nnuiil followed ' . john anstry i veni rnble citizen riled here mi mfltttrdny : ¦ t the ags i \\\" fiinernl tnnk place on i n nlaj atu i noon and his interment was al thr cemetery he came hit'ier from schtiylkfll cotintj mih hi yi n <!¦:¦ i nml i d in farming for romp years l inttprfj had lived relived on i • ad ii ¦ i i i ¦ ' t his « iie bv death a bi i ¦ ¦ ¦¦ and since ha been ii inj i ¦¦ h <\ man i d danghtet . tlie main .-' h-i i ¦ • ¦< ' i • : ¦ hitvfi beett receiving their annual hcraping and a surpi ising i 	 in i oi mud ha i ecu clll teil away ivauut jake or jacob it i /.. has ud vet tired his cart and ntensiln i ij trade and some wonder is excited as ii wheth er lie is going permanently out of busl ness the rppublicn i primarj eleel i in on snttirda nighl reaultpd in the clu ice ol john ii kline ami david i irr in the ka>t ward wlio are pronounced wana maker men in tiie west ward vv w ii godshall and daniel shultz were chosen who are claimed to be favorable to quav l>r lyte of 1 1 x millersyille normal school will addies the next parent's meeting in the high school room thurs day evening april 2'.i it had been announced that the first game ot ball was to have 1 	 n playi d mi saturday afternoon between the regular team and a picked nine it did not come off owing to the wet condition of the ground there will be a game on saturday april .'!(). the increase of the price of bread from four to live cents was announced to take place here on monday morning but owing to some misunderstanding this did not take place hovl miss roey welbank now sports a very fine team aud she says she don't have to take everybody's lust mr and mrs blair of philadelphia came up on saturday to look at their new home they expect to move out very soon miss agnes converse has returned home after a short stay in baltimore fritz jtusso has given liis property at < iwynedd station a coat of paint and now it makes as line an appearance as any building along the railroad rev john ii converse rector of the episcopal church officiated at he fun eral service of senator george handy smith quite a number of our people went down on monday to the funeral tin household goods of harry new man will be sold on thursday april 8 the entertainment given by the nortli ttaterntihsenrrrr i nib"o attiruay was largely attended bert kile is giving george fredericks house a coat of paint garret jcsaph ashman john , l.uwery and ieorge f norristown which will j quay and one anti-quay delegate miss marion gordon and miss 0 ham caroline kerper wife ol gee mond patterson of philadelphia spent kerper was taken to tl last sunday with miss emma gordon hospital for an operatloi emanuel stocker jr has returned take place this week home after spending the winter in i'hil storm & cleniiner will give a projecto adelphia sooplo entertainment at cold point mr frederick i'letchcr in charge of church may 7 vocal and instrumental the tollgate has brightened up his bui nauilo will be reudered by a phonograph roundings with a neat coat of whitewash selections from gilmore*b and sousa'a the creamery of this place has resumed lllukl will be rendered working on sundays after having been olosed during the winter our supers isor samuel weikt'l has as usual been looking after the mads tilling in tbe bad places with stone sam is always attending to business the lumber for tut oonsl ruction of the new barn on the farm in charge of spen cer i loffman has arrived ami the work will begin at once some of our young people visited the u reek of the powder mill explosion at sumneytown last week mr win pager our stirring miller reports husine.-s improving tgbl ovw olavamtaui g the defendants at the civil lei in nf mint beginning may l':i will bo jefferson he nj<elis tin well-known actor lie is one nf 87 defendants in as an interesting meeting of the naroiusa literary was held at the parsonage at cold point on saturday evening tbe next meeting will be at george lucas at cold point april o man i iniublv joseph i '. w hunter rev ii ( s ilallowell harry i ieorge w roberts the following nominations for dele gates were then made the ail ti quay delegates were dr ii ii arnold ardinore dr e m coreon tforris town ; charles llelxt clark consho hooken ; samel faust frederick ; georjje < '. hollenabch lower pottsgrove john r isett liiiversl'mil : jacob l tyson jenkintown s.'yeakle whitmarsh ; ii witiiian damblv bkippack stone delejtates john booth frank a how er benjamin f meyers jr john s buchanan charles johnson dr k l uossiter david springer manaeses c clemens i lenry < loel tel ' isaiah walker was nominated hut declined to stand alan coraon of nmristi.wn asked that the names of the candidates bo read the chair sus tained the suggestion and the list was read ii ballot the stone delegate were elected mr damblv said that in the interests of the party in the county he thought it was right to start a harmonj ball rol ling through the state lie spoke i th james monnev is having some good laxv of generals in montgomery and wpeots bandied at his colt point referral to john f hartranft he de prospect slock farm a year-old by santa clans dam morning by mambrlno patchen can show 2.30 now v 2-year old by diligent dam mary ('.. by vol unteer has been quartered in h seconds and is good l.mimllile a t lil.-t i ansuriuliiin the hausilale alhletir assneiatiun will pen the baseball seasnn al their grounds sired to gteel the people of the county with the news that tbe convention had instructed the delegates to vote for the magnetic general thomas l stewart mr damblv then made a motion that th 	 as 1 stewarl be endorsee for go eruor of pennsylvania mr b powell childs objected inasmuch as the matter had imi been submitted to the committee on resolutions and maintained that the action was foreatallinu the action of the ai fourth and chestnut streets lans wnnmtttee on reiolutibns dale pa on saturday april 30 e with the highland olub of uiantown the club will be tbe itrongeit in in a qer the . . " 	 - i iiiecilld wiiiueine sii'iii^1 in tin many suite brought bv the executors ol histniy of the organisation and mine but andrew ll moore laie of pljiladelphia on a sheiilt's i nlei pleader the suits are i deride in ubmn clov erdell stock tarn dearcolwar belongs \. m uoore and the executors of nia father's estate both claiming it to the ili'feudantii in the.-e siiit a u '« gave judgment ou which th iherifl bi\i'd execution the executors how ever liled imnds in p sum of 8u0o and aftei wards hoiq the itock coiuisting of blooded horses and bounds if the ex ecuti i ituiu the ouiiuu will lx paid to the iheriff it they win the claims are nil the judgments amount to about u0,00o lir.-t ci;i!-s eluii will he engaged to con ie.-t with them dimneliower the great left handed pitcher and tom cash the plucky catchei of last year's team will do the batter woi ii the grand stand will be enlarged and a uuuabar ol improvements made at i lie grounds the iheriff has olosed the green lane brewery igpod linen collar 1 n icenls meui oranda books 2 for scents lead pen cilb ¦"> cents a dn/.en a good s eenl borax soap for b muu < illbert'n the committee on resolutlojia then presented their report which was read ami which commended president mr k niley's action in the cuban matter ami instructed the delegates just chosen in vote for william \. stone mr i lainlily i hen offered an amendment to iubatituto the name of thomas j stew art for thai of ktune • )" a call vote the amendment was lout mr maxwell of i'niisiiiw ii offered an amendment in tin place of the lause referring to the cuban questiun and i"1 roundly die linlineed quay ami eniril|il leui>lal ures this aiiiiiiihiienl uas uluo tablwl \\ hen general siewait's name was mentioned deafening cheem tilled the cojiveution ball during the iliscu lion on the resolutions many tried u speak at mu'e alternately cheers and hisses swept the as>elnli oil tllti lootinll of mr edge hill mermaid mad is in excellent bicycling condition all the sprinters are loud in their praise of those who pushed this enterprise through last fall and winter this district went to quay thirty-eight delegates from this vicin ity attended the north penn c e local union held at the abington presbyterian church last thursday evening w m wolff is making preparations for building a large stone dwelling house oil glenside avenue below stiles fes mire's property assessor samuel fenton has been quite busy auctioneering this spring there has been considerable wood chopping ill the woods north nf mermaid road rumors are afloat that it is the intention ot someone to build here work on the nine new houses near edge hill station is advancing these will be quite an improvement to the vi cinity when completed mis joseph jenkins who suffered frnni a severe and dangerous fail nn her back a few weeks ago has 60 far im proved in health as to be able tn attend to her household duties the glenside castle of the mystic chain will give a cinegraph and phono graph entertainment in glenside hall this thursday evening miss alice maud taylor a olasatc recit er and elocutionist has been se cured by 1 be king's daughters t lender some of her selections in cariliel pres byterian church mi thursday evening april 28 miss taylor when she ren dered in jenkintown drew an audience which filled the building nn an exceed ingly stormy night tina is proof of her popularity as a rare and talented per former 	 hprlnghoum the shock of the explosion al smiiih'y town was distinctly heard here the stone wall in front of the resi dence of mr george beige i ie about completed and present tt line apin'ar aniv miss b k dougherty has had a num ber of trees planted mi her large well kept lawn since the last mow t he w beat fields are imi looking bo well we noticed in era fields the wheat looked rusty the black driving horse of auctioneer 1 l i'esniire hull his liack in sows w;n while in the stable and had to be killed when mrs f c bond's horse ran away recently from penllyn in his home ward flight he ran against the corner oi the porcn at the tollhouse and loosened a post mr cl harles dannchwuei sr it erecj ing a dew garden fence mi herbert morris aud wife of phila delphia visited tlie latter'a parents mi and mrs . lames waller suilduy oiiliiml the presiding elder kev w i he unwell 1 d . will dedieate the melhn disi church and organize the uclety bj receiving all who winh i to join ou sunday mav b 1 1 will preach in the inoi i ami rev 0 w uickley d d in evening quite a iuuiumh of pea ale espeeted in be ii,-,ni ir he altii noon the i.i 1 1 - are determined i make ihe tail in he held in the methodist church on april 28 '-"¦' and )