The Ambler Gazette 19011205

              » arm topics discussed november meeting of the horsham farmers club gncitu or charlon h.kin»ey,wlllow grove dometho economy i>l«cumlon«_crlmiion clover as a potato fertilizer milk t)*lrj l'»y liirrnil toplot tho november meeting of the hors ham farmers club was hold at the home of charles b and heniletta 8 kinsey willow grove on the 23d although a very stormy afternoon a good i v number of members were in attendance the meeting wan railed to order by howard tarrett president and secretary tacv l paxson read the minutes of the pre vious meeting which were approved newton e wood of the crop com mittee baid tho wheat needed rain very badly and he feared the timothy seed had not taken well isaac parry said the timothy in hl wheat held had come up very thickly anna m ilallowell of the domestic economy committeu gave a recipe for making a dessert from stale niead crumbs phe also raid that the house keepers should try to save their health ami strength as well as to economise in food and manner of living henrietta kinsey asked the member why cold catsup ehould soinetiineh spoil an hers did this season some thought it was the fault of the tomatoes not being solid others that the vinegar was not good although the experimental committee has been discontinued for the present william j hallowell was requested to give the result of his experiment in raising potatoes where crimson clover had been turned under he said that his potatoes had only cost him eight cents per bushel for fertilizer where the crimson clover had been and he consid ered that this is the most economical wav to plant potatoes a member ask ed whether it would not be economy to olant corn further apart so that the clov er could be seeded earlier in the season between the corn rows the committee appointed to prepare a memorial to one deceased member marv f penrose submitted the article they had prepared which was approv ed by the club and a copy ordered to be sent to the family elwood paul gave an account of the profits of a milk dairy for a year his account eave a fair balance in favor of keeping a milk dairy . several members present could not agree with him in this on account of the high prices of feed and labor especially the present season a visitor present mr gheena said he would not know how to farm without a milk dairy and considers the mangel wurtzel beets aie the beat feed for milk lows he feeds very little hay and gives them as mitny of the beets two and even three times a day an they will vii zlv i '¦• ets lie fjtfiuer to - aittoy the cow when feed ng mrs doyle likes a cotton clothes line best others recommended galvanize wire which can be put up and al way be ready one member said sh did not always want to see clothes lines as it was too suggestive and not ornament al susan h jarrett had been appointed to give a talk on current topics and gave an account of li hung chang the chinese prince who has lately died she also spoke of some recent discover ies in astronomy and mrs rorer's cook ing lectures elizabeth s parry who was also appointed for current topics spoke of the pan-american congress the great railroad trust vaccination etc the club gazette was then read by annie r comly contents editorial slavery " shakespearian speeches and several selected articles adjourn ment being in order the meeting closed to convene 12 month 19th 1901 place of meeting to be announced as this was the first time the club had met at the new home of the kin beys much admiration was expressed for their pleasant and convenient house and a very delightful evening was spent the enjoyment of which was much enhanced by the beautiful play ing and singing of mrs john larzelere of willow grove jury af atnst hoors the jury in the trial of a h moore against joseph sinnot and the fidelity trust company of philadelphia execu tors of andrew m.moore.came to a con clusion thursday morning when a ver dict for defendants was given the cane had been on trial eight days before judge swartz the jury retired to de liberate wednesday evening and in order to afford the jurors an o pportun ity in the event of arriving at a verdict to spend thanksgiving at their homes judge swart considerately waited in the law library until 10 o'clock that evening before adjourning court for the day there being uo prospect of an agree ment then adjournment followed at 11.30 the jurors agreed and brought in a sealed verdict thursday morning in thia suit the plaintiff who is wor lying along in life on a miserable 1 ooo ii year allowance sought to recover damages approaching half a million dollars representing the value of horses which were on the cloverdell stock farm bric-a-brac and picture which ho naid tho executors sold as part of his father h estate and converted to their use as executors he alleged that the sales wore imprudeutly made and that tho best prices were not realized for iivasiut.s of tho kind tho defendants alleged that the property disposed of was that of the elder moore and sched uled as uhtifth of his estate the vir diet established ho ownership of sons very vuluabln trotting stock in this county tho elder moore was a million aire whiskey distiller of philadelphia iib m william 11 o of knuht riven died 00 wednesday at the liouie of t)l grandfather gooiga ferris of ahii doujne aged 16 roars th funeral waa held on friday interment at st hl cemetery ogonu a trolley car of the t'n'ion trsetion company was thrown from the track at thn grove wednesday night by reason of the motormnn losing control of his motor david twining baa resigned from the position be has held for some time in kontner's carriage factory and smithy he has taken a position in llatboro david nolan the butcher will im mediately build a 14000 residence on the doylestown pike just above his store the harry kates company we under stand has secured the contract for the erection of the structure which will be a handsome one the horse of frank palmer of hors liam which was injured by being run into in the harry kates company's yard if recovering slowly and it is thought will soon be able to bo taken home henry solliday and force are chang ing the old school house at abington corner into a rosidonce it was recent lv purchased by david newport from tlie abington school board the situa tion of this lot is very fine bavinis an excellent view j a mover has erected a gasoline lamp in front of his store on davisville iiad mr moyer is quite busy at his tore charles bertoft is having a well dug oil his lot on tho phipp's property and will build a house early in the spring miss mary baum who is teaching at sutnneytawn spent thanksgiving with her parents mr and mrs reuben baum nn cherry street 1 c robinson has been visiting rel atives in washington d c joseph lyons jr has entered the employ of the harry kates company v j brenan of hatboro has re roofed a portion of john crawford's houee george ii hulinps who makes his home at rothwell's has improved after a serious illness mrs sophia greaves of horsham spent 10 days as the guest of mr and mrs john bready j c rohinson is having his new hotel parkside inn wired for electcic lights the family of clayton shonenberger has moved from william t b roberts property a family from metchantville n j has moved into one of mrs larzelere's houses on the davisville road broad axe messrs charles stout and abbit wor rell have been away fora week in bucks county on a gunning trip walter h swaineott has taken up a course with scranton correspondence school harry stout of norristown is spend ing some time with his grandfather at this place morris o'donnell of ardmore spent thanksgiving with his parents here foreemen'p pile thursday was very largely attended and good prices were realized 4 b ginrk is abu to ei up fter hi k&rit itiri ~ '*-"¦'' mis olivv standard ia spermlln some time with her father mr c de prefontaine of blue bell store samuel burk has been kept quite busy with his steam thresher this fall he has also been hauling for the trol ley company w s worrall intends adding another wagon to his equipment which will be built bv henry slutter of ambler ice has been formed on our streams over two inches thick and gassel's dam as fit to skate on mr george w hellings is able to drive out again after his illness t d smith has bad his wagon re painted at the broad axe shops the puning club was out on thanks giving day and much game was slain george kply has tbe finest bed of eel ery in the neighborhood for which he hag a ready sale james reneck has given up his paper route through our village mr e t price is always adding improvements to his model farm at this place in order to bring it up to a high state of perfection one of the many recent ones is a new jones scale the broad axe inn has been doing business for over 138 years and during that time has seen many changes and had many owners w l.s at blue bell a full meeting of the whitpain liter ary society was held last saturday even ing at the home of miss maria hoover blue bell in the absence of both presi dent anil secretary the society made james henry horn jr president pro tem and miss alice deprefontaine was chosen secretary pro tem the minutes of previous meeting were duly read and approved followed by roll call the ommittee to wait upon the washing on square literary reported that a joint meeting would be held after christmas the program of the evening was then rendered singing society reading thanks iving " mrs e zimmerman piano solo miss maria hoover reading joseph buckman piano duet misses olara shook and alice deprefontaine emarks by messrs j w merrill and i zimmerman piano solo prof de prefontaine duet miss claru shook rof depiefuntaine singing society it was mggested that the society hold only one meeting in december instead of the usual two which after much dis ussion was carried the program for the next meeting vas read after which the society closed o meet on saturday evening dec 21 at the home of miss alico del'rufan aine blue bull which will be election light su|n rvi»..i promoted john h mccarty who has for a long jme been assistant supervisor of the l'renton cut-off railroad left norrli own on monday he having been pio doted to a position in the chief i'ligin h ottice in philadelphia charles o'we at pivseni located at franklin avenue will take mr mogarty'a place and bernard ely of ivkuiu street will moved to franklin avenue noirii own new ward in ambler court hands down a decree divld the second ward til 1 inn of dltlilon election officer ap pointed offlcen in lie fllleil al he keb riimi.v rlentlon - i'oihiik place already deolfleil upon the court at norristown handed down a decree monday authorizing tin division of tho second ward ambler as petitioned for by the citizens and^as recommended liy the jury nppointedtor the same some months ago the linen are as follows intersection of main street and orange avenue out orange to mattison to 1'nrk to lindenwold to lintler to bethlehem pike to boroiuli line to main street to point of begjjn ning the polling place is mr thomas rose's carriage house which is equip ped with steam heat and altogether vnv comfortable the following election hoard was pe titioned for ami hus been confirmed judge of election llarrv blackcm y ; majority inspector john warner coh minority inspector john mnchias lie assessor of the second ward fred .!. gilbert will continue service in botfc wards till his successor is elected ne i spring in the third ward the influence of the division on local politics is interesting mr hope and mr knight are the present counrilmon in the new ward mr knight's term expires next spring leaving two to fie elected mr rose holding over aculf last fall was assessed at hoi wyndham second ward and will sh iv remove his family there in f school hoard mr bradiey'a term expi and mr russell holds over leaving two members to be elected in the second ward in council mr acnff is the only representative neces sitating the election of two members mr styer retains his place on the school board and two others wi.ll be elected to make up the required quota oreland m k church presented a urene of activity and excitement on tharikflgiving eve such as it has not wit nessed in many a day it wh the oc casion of the concert given by the sptinafield strollers company in aid of the church the night whs an ideal me and the church wan packed to the very doors the program presented was 11 most enjoyable one and every number was loudly applauded miss gussie kavior of oreland directed themusii nl end of the entertainment very credit ably miss filbert of five points sang the rose with a broken stem so admirably that she was several times encored the company presented a laftghable hketch entitled the wrong man which made a big hit and a i'oinedy in two acts written expressly for the occasion by the manager of the company p m dans of flourtown entitled the broad road mrs a l aiman of oreland played the role nf mrs etler to perfection while thomnsj m gass played the dual roles of paul etler and bridget hartigan and in the second scene of the first act had hie audience in convulsions of laughter h iiiss played louis markman and in last act he and his brother thoiiius in the duet the broadway swell and the bowery bum took the auihence by hiiirm m orbs ux tho policeman and ii thorn as a sport also did much to make the comedy a succofs in the rendition of their sornjfc and jokes mr i smyth and mr jordon of wyndmoor made a good impression the former with his gramophone and in jokes and witty sayings miss sims of philadelphia the favorite ballad ist also hang and as usual took tbe house i iy storm uharlcs ravnir was annonce or altogether everyone wus greatly pleased the descriptive tableau the dying hero the song of the house of too much trouble ' ' m gass and take me back to dixie 8 gass were very pleasingly rendered jarretlown , thanksgiving day gave the lioys au girls their first r-hcince at sk tting for the season eddie honpt has returned home aftei several weeks stay in vi^on county where he lived in true hunter fashion in a cabin on the mountain side and subsisting largely upon the game he shot « howard nieweg was home from wil liamson trade school for a few days thin week letters testamentary in the estate 0 elizabeth taylor deceased late dreshertown have been giantcd joseph m taylor of hatboro mihs ethel handler a philadel teacher wair a visitor at jarret a marriage license has been granted to edward hotf of pottstown and miss myrtle saxe of lansdale the latter is the daughter of samuel saxe who at d ie time lived at oreland and previous '/ at franklinville the american mechanics lodge at i tided the episcopal service on sunday morning the collection on thanksgiving wns l'oi the bene^at of charity hospital kev a j a-mthor preached an excel i1 it sermon in the baptist chuc.rh i ere were four clergymen belonging to dii tent denominations of this town present work has been suspended on the nor except the hauling of re is no likelihood of jars running i'-efore some time next dimmer , 1 the lebigh valley traction com jjany has biien n timing withproneity lders for a seivati mute which will enter tht v.liorpugh limits tma ristown trolle i|ome ties ey trwr b rht wie i-ni ate depat tine hm while another sis tar mi s lore has i similar position in fort washington s hflol the fpurth qua terly conference for the methodist cln rch will be lud this thursday afternoon the presiding elder of the district w l mcdowell will be present the tjpper dublin school board i iet in jarrettown school on monday even ing the visiting committee reported al tbe schools'in good working order with fair attendance of pupils the secretary reported having sent notices to the parents of 32 children who failed to funrish satisfactory excuses for absence three days or more during the month oreland ihe social union meeting was well at tended on tuesday evening last there were about 18 members present and five visitors and one new member added to the roll the cottage prayer meetings are en couraging and will be held at the home of mr john halhnan on thursday evening at 8 o'clock everybody in vited mr drew of philadelphia visited his daughter on thursday mrs john hallman's mother sister and two aunts visited her on tuesdav friends from the city visited mr and mrs b algeo on thursday mr o n timmins and family visited new york on thursday and spent a few days with his brother mr charles halhnan received quite a large contract and is very busy at the present time he has three men em ployed sinking an 80-foot well for mr campbell flourtown mr j meighan preached a very im prossive sermon on sunday evening t the baptist church miss kate frick was visuing friends at this place on sunday the entertainment in the methodist church was well attended and a good sum was realized it was decided on sunday to hold tho ihristuias entertainment of the l!;iptist sunday school on thursday evening dec 96 friends were visiting mr and mrs h chute from thursday until monday a home t'ui orangeineu thanksgiving day the corner slum of he only orangemen's home in america was laid at hatboro tlu institution is intended to shelter the children of mem bers of tbe older and tho.se who have c.ome aged and infirm the home will be dedieated if pob sible feb 22 it will bo the only in stitution of its kind conducted hy the orange order in tbe united states the main building will be 70 by 141 feet four stories high and with the ground will cost 100,000 the school and diu ngroonim will occupy tha first floor and he three hours will be divided iuto ti4 ooms including all that are necesnaiy or an insi itution ef the'kind governor sunm has appointed or qeofgtj m stiic of coiwhohoaken a trutstttu of the nonistown itatt hob pital for ih insane milgate w /*» handv when expnees cai allentown to chestnut hil it l probably be february before cars run ttf qiiu ertown froi?.'i allentown ' tbi unfortunate young teacher mary born larger v ho died from poisoning was ta en to shippensburg for interment last wt inesday she wae 23 vears of ago ihe itiarriage of nelson martin of upper gwyaedd and miss alverda lulceiu of lftnsdale took place on thursday evening last the groom is a son of supervisor algeron j martin and has for several years been teaching in his home township lansdale stores will be kept open evenings during the month of december owing to the press of business at the football game last thursday the visiting team from the city won over lansdale - the weather was all light for the players but too cold for the comfort of rpectators the grand stand was blown down during the great storm of sunday morning nov 24 and so everybody had to stand the trolley company did a rushing business on thanksgiving and every car was packed to the utmost that is the way they will be when they get to going through ambler next summer the criminal court the december term opens with a small list nhw trial imntert in mm on iihh ad ditional kvldmmn dlacovereri aflar th * <•' h 1 himilcl f mm 1 of n,bl,,r chonon clerk of the grand jury in thi case of c a cox vs the philadelphia a heading railway oom pnny tho court handed down a lengthy and learned opinion monday forenoon granting the defendants a new trial at the last term of civil court mr cox secured a verdict of 7n0fl he claimed that he had received serious in juries during tho exeter wreck of may 12 lx'.i'i at the time of the trial the defendant claimed that the injuries were not caused by an accident since that thev stated that they hud received evidence that at about the same time of the wreck cox had met with 1111 acci dent by lulling down a itlarway which they now allege had caused the injuries the court in its opinion stated that tha plaintill'g had clftiuicd the injuries were dun to the wreck and that tlie de fendants hud claimed they hail not been due to an accident since that time the defendant had claimed that the in juries were due to if different incident at about the same lime it wus shown that the wreck could not h ave mused the injuries tho case will therefore again come up for trial in the march term nf civil court and it js expected that ar inter esting legal fight will be the result criminal court convened at 10 a m judge swartz bitting in court room no 1 while judge weand occupied the bench in court room no 2 cleik of courts aiken called the list of jurors all of whom responded to their names the court then heard the constables usual returns the following jurors were excused un til wednesday morning frank auch enba'ch hubert k hammond ned irish stephen t major and edwin tyson tbe grand jury chose as their foreman edwin s hunsicker of norristown and danitl f marple of ambler clerk the court in its ¦ instructions to tlie grand jury congratulated them upon ihe fact that their list was comparative ly small numbering about 30 tbe first case called in court 100111 no 1 was the com vs marv e farewell who had beon indicted at the october term of court for pointing a gun the prosecutors being henry free and mary blanchett the parties are residents of upper merion ara the t uli arese about a premises in that vie nit ' frun the openint of coi isat it ¦ jk,.i ed lu»t a 25,000 donation ambler men contribute to the uni versity of pennsylvania or.lt t mathlon mnl mr henry ft kni lx-y(llv thiil sum til hie new mvcilcft r.hbnriilorlon dr mnttlinn whk irailuat td in the ciuns of i871 lifts amounting to 901,000 to the university of pennsylvania were an nounced at the meeting of tho trustees held tuesday afternoon tho major part of this contribution wns that '. of mr henry g kenshey formerly of ambler nn'd dr r v mattison president of the keasbey it imattison company ambler whoso donation is 125,000 to be used in tho erection of the new medical laboratories dr mattisnn wa graduated from the department of medi cine in the class of 1870 and since that time hus taken an active interest in tlie university and especially in tin medical d opart tnent glenside and around soeesmta olen»itl football club 1'repareh to wind up the snagon short items of interesting news personals dr west formerly of thisrnlace vis iteil frionds in the vicinity monday the next meeting of the saturday night euchre club will be held saturday evening miss mabel rodenbaugh will spend the month of december with feer parents at franklinville henry s brooke will erect a double house next to reading's on ilrnaide avenue next spring rev 8 d dougherty of i'hiladel phio conducted services at the lutheran mission sunday afternoon miss lydia r harris of west phila delphia was the guest of mr geroge on eh and family on thursday henry s brooke and family are mov ing into the residence formerly occupied by mrs k t may and family mrs m j meredith proprietor of the glenside trimming store has gone to the german hospital for treatment misses anna b isabel bessie and irene miu'genim if philadelphia were guests of friends here thanksgiving day the glensido aggregation defeated the ellsworth eleven thanksgiving day by a score of 3 to 0 in 20 minutes of play mr and mrs austin vanliilliard of glenside ate their thanksgiving f.urkev with mr vanbilliard's parents in north wales mrs mary kinible closed marylavfu her country place here today thurs dav ap tvill pass the winter in phila no ordinance granted chalfont council held a meeting on wednesday evening when the applica tions of the united telephone company and the standard telegraph and tele phone company for local franchises were considered the former corporation is now operating in montgomery county while the standard people have confin ed their efforts to bucks when the standard company was first started as a purely local organization those interest ed in it announced that they would build to chalfont immediately so as to have connections with montgomery county towns this step was not taken however and was practically dropped until the control of the corporation was turned over to g s w brubaker of philadelphia who announced that the extension would be built from dolves town to chalfont soon as the doyles town system had been reconstructed the bristol line built and the newtown exchange mado the central headquar ters this work is ahnoet finished and mr lirubaker has offered to file his bond with chalfont council that tho work of running u lino from doyles town to chalfont will be completed within go days after the granting of m ordinance at the meeting on wednesday night the representative of tbe united com offered the chnlfont people mont gomery county privilege free us well doylestowii connection the stan dard company offered bucks county pri vilege and exchange loonuectlon all over montgomery county they told the council however that if the uulttd company was given the ordinance toll rates would be oduged for all mesha^us to bueks county points no action wan taken by t lie council and tbe matter wus luiforrod hood's pills euro liver iii11 bil iousness indigestion headache to take easy to operate 25c rnkf n 1 | n | y s whs ai i-eiftwp'f jf k nfrn a un and she in turn nil fr an mrs blanchett arrested for assu an battery william holliger was convicted of assault and battery on robert digmin in norristown com vs frank devlin and com vs john galbreth receiving stolen goods the property in question was a hound dog alleged to have been taken from david mcgreary by the first defendant and received by the second the prose cutor alleged that he found the dog in defendant's possession and be promised to take back the dog and drop the mat ter but thedog never came the par tjes live in jenkintown an officer tes tified to seeing a dog on galbreth s wagon but was not positive that it was the prosecutor's dog the justice who had tlie hearing testified that galbreth there said that he did not put the dog in the wagon but devlin did devlin testified that he put a dog on the wagon to get him out of the way but that it was not prosecutor's dog " galbreth tes tified that devlin told him to take the dog away in his wagon verdict not guilty mary e carswell was acquitted for pointing a gun bul directed to pay the costs henry free and llary blanenette were acquitted of the charge of assault and battery an directed to pay three fourths of tlie costs and the prosecutor one-fourth com vs frank selopo an italian from barren hill was charged with as sault and battery with intent to kill up on rapheli frank a fellow country men it appears that during a drunken brawl the parties became involved in an altercation the outcome of which was that solopo stabbed frank the de fendant withdrew his plea of not guilty and entered a nlea of guilty joseph foster frank steven harry gordon pleased guilty f larconcy of brass from the works of keasbey & mat tison at ambler oscar rogers was sentenced to two years and four months in jail on the charge of felonious entry aggravated assault and battery com vs raphael francisco who was charged with larcency of 485 of tony leport his father-in-law it appears that the defendant resided with tony and that the parties together accumulat ed this money from the testimony it appeared unit the defendant left his home at black horse last july taking the entire cash two days after his de parture he informed his father-in-law that he was in newark n j kxtra lition papers were granted and hn was brought hero defendanl testified thai he went to newark to bin lots « ith thu money and had no intention of stealing the cash — f l hafter >^ s b»ve been warded by thu lieadiug railway com pany the roiiiiuii for the erection of a i^nal tower mar jenkintown autimi the republican county committt reorganised monday morning by u^t ••' ¦ ¦* " irnuul r>f v....1 i ing rllfue uuasell freed of north ehairnian anil conard slu-is and l m kelty ol norrlitown seo ilai'us , issp sepiseo 11 church weldon noon stii i evening rev 1 macmackin general secretary of the board of city missions spoke at the baptist mission last sunday after noon kev frank burdick conducted the evening services ^ the regular monthly meeting of glen side fire company no 1 was held monday evening at w t b roberts land office only the regular routine business was transacted miss laura v keegai and mr seth g stout both of planner hill were married at the metlrodist episcopal c+iurch parsonage monday evening nov 24 rev j l gensemer performed the ceremony the bride's parents and sister and a sister of the groom were witnesses mr and mrs william p hansen en tertained a number of friends at their home on willow grove pike,last thurs day evening the guests were mr and mrs george j renninger mr and mrs edward weber mr and mrs e l rodenbaugh and mr and mrs george donahue the sixth annual bazaar given by the ladies aid society of the glenside m e church will be held friday and sat urday afternoons and evenings in the store owned by w t b roberts next to whitaker's drug store on willow grove pike glenside there will he on sale fancy articles fruit home-made candies cakes oysters and ice eream admission free manager robert scheuing called a meeting of the football club at his home on hnber street monday even ing for the purpose of deciding when and where the annual banquet should be held the members present decided not to have a banquet this year and ar ranged for a home talent entertainment and package party about new years the entertainment will be held in the piui-iii house of st paul's protestant episcopal church weldon the mem ber of the club are walter ii wil son jesse gilbert kiissell gilbert george heist robert scheuing thomas shields john campbell alan b fiy frank x uenninger george j ren ninger jr ilarrie k kodenbaugh frederick v wunderle.s karl hoover norman k hoover george ii snyder g clifford bittenhouse alfred kes niire william may walter clanjpiter edwin hoffner william whittock weldon brinton william henderson ah in s vyunilerle warren godfrey and albert zej if elder the iinal game of the suhson will be pluyed saturday the opponents will b the philadelphia & reading railway y m c a md 1 qlenaide met with but one defeat this season ( hail murray of east ogontz fell from a scaffolding last week and was painfully injured extensive alterations and addition am to bo made to 1 a b widenei\s countrj residence cuuuly line ami washington lime ogonu the present building will he remodeled and i two and one-half story addition ineaauriniji r by i fiet » ill be built