The Ambler Gazette 19061227

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The ambler Gazette
VOL.   XXV.-NO.   1.
AMBLER,   PA.,   DEQEMBER  27,   1906.
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CHRISTMAS EXERCISES.
^Dtertainments by Sabbath Schools " of the Locality,
St. FBUl'a Ketoruied. at Fort Waiililugcou—
ftuehin'H, at Blue   ISell—Muuut  Flnagant
^^Captlgi aud .Vuibl«r.Mt.thu(liiit   Kplacupal
^^-Exerc'laea Well Attuuiled and   Iiiterest-
MOt'.NT PLEASANT BAPTIST. The annual Christinas celebration of the Mounf Pleasant Bajitist Bible school was held ou Friday eveuiug, Dec. 21, and although sickness hinder¬ ed mauy ot the .scholars from being ^ present the eveut proved very beauti¬ ful aud successful. Out of au oiiroll- ineut of 175 it fs doubtful if over halt that number of the school was able to attend. The Christmas carols, recita- tiqps aud resjwusivo readings wero all well given aud demoustrured the fuct that the school had been uuder careful traiuiug. The Juniors deserve sjiecial mentiou upon the reiidiriou of au ex¬ ercise, entitled "Die Gypsy's Clirist¬ mas," which Jiarts were not oulv well giveu, hut the uuderlyiug theme was beautifully iu contrast with the spirit of the Christmas tide. At the close of the program gitis were dis¬ tributed to the scholars, teacliers and officers, Santa beiug preseut to take charge of that particular part. 'The decorations were many and very at¬ tractively arranged about the auditor¬ ium of the cliurch,
Jl A.MBLER JIETHOniST,
' It was a hapjiy inspiratiou of the Ambler Methodist Episcopal Sabbath school to take the members and their . many frieuds on a visit to Santa Clans in Snowland. The pleasaut visit took plaoe Ohristmas night iu the Ambler opera house, which was gaily decorated with Christmas greens and crowded with a large aadience. Mr. A. Wuuder, of Philadelphia, was a veritable Santa Olaus, and the childreu in their parts rallied round him superbly, and tbe whole cantata was a delight to witness. The little actors and actresses had been BO well trained that they put plenty of vim into their parts to the delight of all. The vocal parts in particular, were moet enjoyable, and the wliole com¬ pared favorably with the best ever presented iu Ambler, Mr. George B. C. Thomas, leader of the Centenary chorus of Philadelphia, who had train¬ ed the childreu, was uuable to be present Tuesday evening, but his part was ably filled by the superintendent, E, L, Posiy, through whose efforts, aided by his efficient teachers, che wliole canraia was arranged. The lit¬ tle play is a typical ClirisCmas story, full of rhe spirit of Christmas, whicii delights the old and euthuses the young. Old Sauia.through ilie work of a fairy, is visited hy the jiujiiL^, at his home in Suowluiid, ard the litlte tots, catching the jolly old tellow iiapjiing, proceed to have some tun at his ex- pens^ by snowballing him He risi s and ajijiears very angry, but the mask of his unbecomiug i-Mge is soon dissi¬ pated by rhe geuial -wariuth ni ihe old saiut, who welcomes them iu mic regal fashion, and all have a grmul. good riiuc,
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HxieririfH'^' roiuiUcmorarivo nt Chnsiiiihs nl Ilid were held Moniiiiy eveniug in Sf. Paul's Reformed ohii rch. Fort Washington,"by the Subbaih gchool, the exercise being that jirepariMl nuder the, directiou of the Reforuied Publication hoard and adojiied for Christmas eve and Christmas dawn' services, and comprised hymns, clianis and responsive readings. Rov. C, A. Sautee, pastor of the chuich, maile au address aiijirojiriate to the glad Christ¬ mas season. F, E. North, of Philadel¬ jihia, presided at the pijie organ, and the choir beautifully rendered the " Magnilioac" and "Nnnu Dimittis," The atteudanob was very large, and the exercdses were liotli interesting and pleasing. The offering was ilevoted to the Bethany orphans' hdiiie at WoineJsdorf, Pa^'
THREE TUN'S BAPTIST MISSION,
A very pleasiug Christmas exercise was rendered by the scholars of the Three Tnns Buprisr mission ou Mon day uight, Christmas eve, when an in¬ terested audience assembled and lisreii- ed to the prorgaui, "The Promised One," us it wasgivcu under the di¬ rection of Mr, F. M, Sage sujierin- tendeul of rhe sciioiil. The iurerlorof the building was ujiprojiriately dec¬ orated with greens, whicli lent a Christmas air to the general ajipear- uuce. The jirogram coinprised sougs and recitatious hy the scholars, all ot wbom acquitted themselves uobly, Ri^v. E. E, Valentine, jiastor of the Mount Pleasant BaprisC church, under the diiection of which orgauizatiou the mission is conducted, wus jireseut and made i.n apjireciatod addreps,dwell- ing, iu his remarks, ou the Chrisimas spiiit, etc, -Vfter the exorcises gifts of caudy and oranges were extended ro the pupils. The superintendent re¬ jiorts a geueral iuterest iu the school, despite adverse ooudilions of a ratlier gparculy settled cominunity, removals, eto.
BOEHM'S KEKORJIEn.
Boelim"s Reformed Sunilay soliool rendereil its anuual Cliristnias services in thf; church ou Christmas eve, A very large attendance greeted the scliool and thoroughly eujoyed the sougs, exercises, ami recitations. The service, "The Prince of Bethleliem, " was used, the music of which was bright imd well adajited to tho spirit of Christmas, A Christinas tree adorn¬ ed the jilutforni. aud gii ens were taste¬ fully airauged around other jiortions of tlie anditorium. The ohildren weri^ presented wifih the usual gifts The Young Ladies' Sewing circle aud Usii¬ ors' association presented tho jmstor, Iiev. K. V; Loucks, with a liaudsoiua parlor clock. The organist, Misa Fan- nie^M. Miller, uud the scxtou wero also   very   substantially   remembered.
Altogether it was a very enjoyable service. Speoial mention mnst be made of the primary dojiartment's exercises, the cliildren rendering their jiart of the Jirogram in an esjiecially jileasing manner. Rev. E, V, Lonoks delivered an insjiii'ing address ou the subject, "The Prince of Bethlehem."
UPPER DUBUN LUTHERAN,
The services Sanday in th ¦ Upper Dubliu Lutheran church, ueur .Vm¬ bler. reflected the Christmas cheer aud emphasized the Christmas sjiirit aud symholism. The church was decorat¬ ed with the greens und other emblems of the glud Bcusou, and the large audienones entered heartily inro all the services, which wero in charge ot the pastor. Rev, S. F. Tin dun, lu the morning the sormon was especially prepared in view of tlie Christinas season, and the choir rendered speoial music, Iu the evening the Suuday school had full charge ot the service, giving their exercise, "Christmas Praise," hefore a large audieuce, and acijuittiug themselves wirh credit, Sougs und recitutions couipri,sed tho program, whicii was full of the Christ¬ mus cheer, Kev, Tholau made un ad¬ dress in keeping with tho program, and the exercises cljsed with the dis¬ tribution of gitts to ull.
OBITUARY
SALLIK PENNYPACKER THOMAS,
Sallie Peunypacker, wife of Elliott Thomas, died Wednesday after a short illness from jiueumouia, Deceused, who was well known in this viciuity, resided at 5263 Jefferson street, but for many years lived near Prosjiectville and also on a farm iu uorrhern Upper Dublin towushiji, a jiroperty afterwards Jiurchased by Mrs, S. -A.. Reed, and now owned by the estate of the late Charles P. Ring. A husband aud one daughter, Mary T,, widow of the late Johu J. Houghtou, of Ambler, survive. Funeral services were held Satnrday morning at ber late home in Philadel¬ phia and the interment was private.
JOSEPH FRANKENFIELD.
Death overtook ex.Sheriff .Toseph Franhenfield, one of the county's widely known and popular men, at the breakfast table last Wedne.sday moruing in his home at Spriug Mill atation. The venerable miller, upon seating himself was addressed by cue of the family aud made no response. The ¦wife rnshed to his side and found her helpmate iu ths throes of death, the spark of life leaving him as she took hold ot him. A physician, hur¬ riedly summoned, attributed the cause to heart failure. Deceased who was about TO years of age, is survived by a widow, six sous—Hugh, Reuben, Lew¬ is, Charles. Joseph. Everett—and two daughters,Mrs. Ramsey aud Mrs. Bur¬ dock.
MRS. CHARLES H.  YERKES.
Mrs. Chai'les H. Yerkes, of ,Tolius- ville, died at au early hour Thursday morning in a Philadelpliia hospital, where she had goue to prepare for au ojieration. She had been suffering for a loug time with an interual caucer, bnt the cause, of her death was pneu- mcuiia. She is survived by her hus¬ band, three daughters and two sons She was a sister of Grove and Elmer Walton aud was a member of tlio Hat¬ boro. Bapiist church. The funeral wa^ held-pii ^Monday mornine; wirh <nrvic.e^
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lUiarlcs I , iiniiUc, m . .Aiiinicr, died Moudny nmruiiig in St. Luke's hospi¬ tal, Philadelphia, uf ajiojilexy and an abscess on rhe braiii as a result of his aceidi Ul 10 day« jrcviimsly, when he accidinrajly siruck himselt iu the luad with HU a-xe he was weiiding,
Del ensed was the sou ot Cadwalader and Eli'/.abeth Biddle and was horn June i:i, 1,S4G, being one ot a fwiinly uf HI children, of whom Henry C, of I Amblor; Fiuuk, nt I'mad .Vxc; Shuii- deis. of GeriuauinwUi and William, lof Philudelphia, survive. The subject of rliis skuich was born on the old homesread, the Dawcsfielil farm, Wliit- ji:iu township, whero he resided until ihe was 18 years of age, when ho se cnred a position at Fox Chase, and Inter worked in Philadeljihia. He snb- seijuenily taught school at Lancaster¬ ville and at Sandy Hill, residing on the presenr Sjiotswood farm jiroperry,
Ou Oct. i), 187a, he uiarried Kate, daughter of Charles au.i Marv Schlat¬ er, of Bi'oud .4x0, an I for five years Mr. and Mrs Biildle lived on the Schlater farm. Fnr 14 niouths rhey resided iu Philudelphia, and then moved again to tho Schlater fariK, Broad Axe, and then about four and one-half years ago they took up their resideuee at Forest aveuue and Spriug Garden stri-et. Ambler, wdiere they have since made their home. Two cliildreu were born: Warner R., of Philadeliihia, and Charles Milton,who is uow deceased For -20 yoars Mr. Biddle has served a milk route in Am¬ bler.
The funeral will bo lield this Thurs¬ day, with services at 1 o'clock in the Mount Pleasant Baptist church, Am¬ hler, and interment will be made in Colli I'oint cemetery.
Alather unusual coincidence ot the demise is that two years before ro the very day, Mrs. Biddle's mother died at the home of tbedecoasod iu Ambltr.
Stl-«uliiiU» l>ul£ Kiida Sliuor,
A large gathering of expert wing shors from Philadelphia and the sur¬ ronuding county attended the live-bird shooting matcii held Saturday ou the grounds of the Flourtowu   Gun   club.
The stellar event was the inatnli race between William Cloverdale, of Ohest¬ uut Hill, and Stanford White, of Ger¬ mantown, for $100, which was to have beeu at 50 hirds each. Harry Buck- Walter, of Royersford, officiated as referee.
At the close of the 27tli round, the dog gatheriug the birds canght a biid shot by Cloverdale after whioli the bird flew away. This caused a dispute and as each uian had killed 21 birds, not countiug the last a dead bird, the mutch wus declared off', as are all hets. Anotlier niatch waa made at 100 birds.
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1   very Jiower
TROLLEY WANTS MORE POWER.
Philadelphia    and   Lehigh   Valley Transit Company Handicapped.
Very Laree Plant "ii l'r<ic!enK <>l uouHtriiciInn at Alleotun 11—Tu Ke Ooiu|ileC«d Uaiiy Next Ifear—ChauKBH at Wheel Pump— Worlron the Liae.
Edward B. Smitli, E.sq,, one of the directors of the Lehigh Valley Transit comjiany, in answer to a query of a rejiresentulive ot the "Ga/.ette," made the tollowing statement:
"Siuce the reorganization of the old Lehigli Valley Tractiou comjiauy and rhe organizatiou of the Lehigh Valley Trausit comjiany, rhe mauagemenr has labored under great disadvantages, owing to a luok ot sufiicient jiower to jirojierly conduct rhe business which IS oftered to rhe diliereut liues of the road, and this is e,sjiecialiy the case iu rho neighborhood of ..Vmbler, 1 sectiou is sujijilied by the local houses 011 the line between BethleJiem and Chesriiur Hill,
"The comjiauy is building large and thoroughly equijijied Jilant at AUeutowu, which will sujijily all the Jiower ueeded by rhe eomjiuuy for mauy years to come. It was ex¬ pected that this jilaiir would be iu ojieratiou in October, 190(), uud it was a great disajijioiutmeut to the mauage¬ ment to learu that it would uor be able to get the full use of this jiower Jilaut for several mouths. Iu the mean¬ time it will liavi> to dejieud ujiou the Jireseut iuadequate statious.
"In reply to the mauy eomjilaiutsof servioe, the comjiauy will have to beg for a little leuieucy trom the travel¬ ing pnblic tor rhe present, bnt the patrons of the road may be assured that nu trouble or expense will be spared to give them as good a service as possible in the very near futnre."
In addition to the above improve¬ ments as outlined by Mr. Smith, che company has eliminated several sharp curves above Lansdale, aud straight¬ ened the road, thus providing for a reductiou of the ruuning time as soou as the iucreased power from the new plant can be utilized. A new proposi¬ tion is under way to do away with two dangerous curves in Ambler by extending Bannoekburn       aveuue
tlirough to Sontli Maiu street and make one curve of wide radius. As matters stand, however, this proposed work will scarcely be accomplished belore next summer, as there seem to be several matters to arbitrate be¬ tweou Anibler council, the property owuer aud the trolley compuny before the work cau be starred.
Down at Wheel Pump, the jiresent terminns of the liue, there has beeu a well-defiued effort on the part of Spriugfi'jld township to prevail on the trolley compauy to remove tho car, which daring the day is kept standing in the middle of the turupike at the toot of a long and dangerous hill ou a roadway traveled by hundreds of teams aud automobiles aud crossed and ri^-crossed daily by numerous pedesrriaus. For a time it was thought the Leliigh Valley Transit' company could make a satistactory arranspuieiit With the pio^dM^iia  iiapuL^BUnsit
, ,,n<rni( tlid   termiaBl'   staiiibu tn   the
Vviiiie I  iry jiark,   but   iu i^jiioWi'_^»p-,
I cJcuUy settled that the   two'^ComjiSBTes
caunot agree un this plan, artd uCgoti-
'aiious, with every jirospect  olj[ai^Iis-
1 factory     setrleiiieut,    are   under   way
j wliercbv    the    Li-hlgh    Valley   rroUcv
'will make use  of   a   piece   of   ground
[along rhe turnjiike   anda   porriou   ot
the    property   ot   J.    Nelson   Yocuui,
projTiotor of the Wheel Pump hotel.
The geueral Jilans of this agrnenienr jure practically decided iijinu, .so timt i thu aiiuduucemeut of the iimiual ac- ceiitaiiCH of the jiroposiriou is ouly a matter ot a few days. By this Jilan the trolley company will utilize a small Jiiece of grouud to the sontliwest of the bridge, just north of the hotel, and on a sjiecially constructed piece of track on this ground, will maiutaiu the standing car, wliich loriii«rly oc¬ cupied ihe middle of the luriijiikc. The coiujiany, however, will enjoy all its former rights to the track now laid to its terminal poiut. It is pre suuied that as soon as the agreements are formally sigued work 011 this ini¬ provemeut will be started at ouce.
.liickia in Oiifslioota .Ueyi^rH.
The live-birl^v slioot, held on rle grounds of the PeUu Square Guu cluh, Friday, jirovod to bo a successful eveut, Tl.e birds were a good, strong lot and furiiishtd pleuty of sjiort for the uicii behind tho guns, Jucksou, of Norris¬ towu, defeated Meyers in a match shoot for $.")0 af 25 birds each. Both meu did good killing. Jackson, Hart- uer and Knijio were the jiigh gnus in the sweepstake events. The best stores follow :
Match shoot—25 birds, Jacksou, 24; Meyers, 32.        ^'
Sweejistakes, mias-uud out—Jacksor, 4; Harfuer. 4; Meyers, 3; Jenkins, :!; Mallory, 3; Kuipe, 2; Jamison, 2; Hopkins, 2.
Sweepstake, miss-and out — Knipe,7 ; Meyers, C; .luchsoii, 0; Harner, 6; Mal lory, 5; Jenkins, 5; Hoopsou, 4; Han¬ son, H.
Final sweepstake—Jackson, 5; Har¬ uer, n; Knipe, 4j Meyers, 4; Mallory, 4; Jeukins,a; Hoopson,a; Morrison, 'i.
— Qeorgo Garner, of Lower Provi¬ dence, aud Miss Maggie Haines, of Norrii-towu, woro niurried Wednesday afternoou by Magis'rate E, M. Harry, at his oliice in Norristown.
-Harry Dull, tho well-known local gunuer, again did good shooting at tho Belmont traps Wednesday, when he killed lil ont of 20 birds. In the first event, whicli was at 15 birds, Dnll killed straight and carried off the purse. The seooud event was at five liirds, aud in this Dnll purposely miss¬ ed hislast, takiug second money with four kills.
A SUBWAY FOR AMBLER.
Proposition to Overcome the Grade Crossing at Butler Avenue.
KnKiDeerlnt; PruhleiiiH Involved In the Work of UepreKiillii: Kallroad TrackH to Uiirr.v Street Over at Grade—Could Be Uoue While Neiv .Slallim Ih HeiiiK Krected,
The newly jiurchased portion of the .\mbler freight yard of the Readiug Railway coiupany, between Soutii Main streer aud tiie railroad, is being filled up to the grade desired by the <;ouve.yauce of a vast amount of earth from various portions of the line be¬ tweeu Philadelphia aud Bethlehem. Long train loads of excavated earth draw in daily ou the temporary sid¬ ing and uuload, and when that por¬ tiou is filled np, the track is luoved over to auother low section. In this conueetion here is u suggestion for tho compan>, in the currying ouf of whiidi the railroad will uoc only be enabled to secure plenty of earth at a much nearer point than Bethleliem, but ulso to provide a mueh-desired improvement and oue w-hich must bo grauted by the company sooner or later. This is tlie coustructiou of sub¬ way work at Auibler station whereby the trucks oc the railroad will be de¬ pressed and Butler aveuue carried over at about Ciie same grado as at presitut, Accordiug to modern engineering inerhods tnis would be moro feasible, decidedly loss exjieusive and infinitely more satisfactory to all eone.erned thau tne erection of a bridge allowing the grade of the track to remain as ac present. This latter method would be necessarilly expensive bei^ause of the evideut damage resnltiug to valuable adjoining property hereby affected. This property wonld be thrown great¬ ly below the establisbed grade and absolutely ruiued for busiuess aud aCilitariau purposes. A. B. Stillwagou, Hotel Ambler, the opera liouee block wonld all safler seriously and the re¬ sultant damages would probably bo ex¬ cessive to the company.
This bridging of the crossiug might bave beeu done ac a very much lower cost some 35 years ago, before tbe pro¬ perty ou the sonth side of the street 'was griuled aud before the etone quar¬ ry was opeued wliere uow stands the beautiful opera house building. Ac tbat time the resultant damages to property wuuld have been very slight, as the aveuue conld simply have beeu carried over on a line with the natur¬ al grade of tha gronnd on the soutii sido of tbe street. On the other baud, considering existing conditious, mod¬ eru engineering Jiresents no more feasi¬ ble nor safisfaeiory plan for the solu¬ tion of the grade crossing problem at Butler aVeuue than the depretsiou of the tracks to a poiut, say 12 or 15 feet, and the raisiug of the presout grade of Butler uveune, say 18 or 24 inches.
With the entrance to the Ambler freight yard placed at a jioiuc opposite the old-brick yard or thereabouts- such-Ays^the prosout plan ot tl.iH rail- ]|Dad ean|^rs—it wouid ba uecessary at presS^HS*provIdo for but cwo tracks at Anihlere'Jiud the approach to'the lowest jiftjut I'S, this depressiou could Se i.iimuiftnced,"'.-;y oOO I'n.nw ou either lidti-i 'ito. ''^Hiin would bo-not more W^'^^iiit fTiiiujt'.ni; ¦ aoaotiflBLea -t'V . tlirf. C'liiiiaUJ^ ;il5, Sprl'iippfSi'den strceii y rhe j'onqf^.iyauia   railroad   ,iust
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.-ain, or
GLENSIOE  AND   AROUND
.Tohn Godfrey has completed the re¬ pairs to the Auderson honee.
Charles Rhoads is (certainly pntting up a fine honse ou the top of Edge Hill,     It will cost 17000 or 18000.
This Thursday eveuing the Christ¬ mas enterrainment of the Sabbath school of the Baptist cliuroh will be held.
".VuOld Fashioned Sauta Claus" will b(^ giveu Friday uight by the Snu¬ oay sohool of Carmel Presbyterian ohurch.
Miss Sadie Denchfield, of New York, has returned home after spending two niouths as the guest of Mrs. W. .T. Wilson,
Kline VanWiukle is iu all probabil¬ ities the largest deuler iu feed iu this ,section of the country. Within a re¬ cent week he received two cars of oats and a car each of gluten, bran, sue- reue, com. Royal oats, hominy feed, lualt, sprouts. His facilities at his mill enable him to handle the feed with rhe least amount of labor and cost. He always has a large stock.
.lIllkHlllpperh* I'aloD Growine,
The organization of the milk jiro- duccts of this sectiou was still further perfected at au adjourned meeting lield at the Williaiu Penn inn, Gwy¬ uedd, Wednesday eveuiug, lyth iustant, when quite a number of new niembers joined.
The movement gives promiae ot suc¬ cess and bids fair to prove very bene¬ licial to its menibers, many of whom are of fhe opiuion that the scope of its nsefuluess can he extended very much beyond the mere maintenance of a fair price for their  jirodnct.
Similar organizations are boing started throughont Moutgoniery county, aud it has uow been determ¬ ined to start the same plau in Bncks coanty. A central body to bo com¬ posed ot delegates from all the local organizations will devise ways and means for the general betterment of the members.
The influence of a body thus rejire¬ sentiug so large a namber of dairymen oan be easily foreseen and its weiglit and unity can bring about conditions that will place the production of milk on a basis far more satisfactory thau at present
.-Vfter appoiutiug delegates to meet witli the Frankford branch the :^8th instant the meeting adjonrned to re-as- seitible at tlie call of the chair.
PubUc  School Notes.
west of its Schuylkill river bridge, aud the depressing ibf the tracks wnuld forever solva llie dangerous grade crossing jiroblem at Butler uveuue, nccaslou no Iieavy damages to liie ad joiniug Jiroperty fer ihe coiujiany ro Jiuy and be eiiiiiuucly satisfactory 10 the patrous at .^uibhr. /
The aTcliiti ctnial department of ilie liead ing railroad is reported ro have plans already d^a\^n aud sjiei.ilicalioii«i prepared tor a new jiasseiigcr staiion ar Amhler Ii is rejjoried thur ilie m - sigus ciuifurm 10 those of llie beautitul structures rtcenilv erecied at Elkius Park aud Oak Laue, this enlarged and modernized staliou, together wiili all the luxuriiius eouveuimcos involv¬ ed, has loug heeu a cr> iug need at Ambler, but before a .vast outlay of money, requiring ac least $lO,OOU, ,s ordered lu such coustructiou work, rhe whole railroad situauon at Ambler should bu consiilereil in the light of au atteiujiieil permunoiit solutiou, aud if possible the two imjiroveineuts, which ate uaturally so closely allied— tho removal of the dangerous grade crossiug and tha ertctiou of the new .-tatiou—should  tie well considered.
With the coustructiou of a new sta¬ liou in accordance wiili tliese sugges¬ tions, access by stejis to the dciiressed tracks conld lie easily jirovitlcd nn either side of the trucks for jiassengers to board traius gmng either nonh or south. While putroiis, by iiicuiis of a passage way over the tracks aud ou a level, either as a part of or separate from the Butlor avenue grade bridgo, could readily be pruviik-il with access for passing from one side o*! the tracks to tho other without ilanger.
Wheiher .Ambler borough wonld be williug, or I'cel fiuancially able in re¬ turn forthe rcuioval of the grade cross¬ ing, to bear a portiou of the expen.so involved in this inestimable imjirove- inent might bo a matier tor earnest eunsideration by its couucilineu, aud it iiiighc be a wi.se move to inal<e an attempt at least, by the aiijioiutment of au able coinmittee from that budy, supjinrted by a delegation of soveral large property owuers iu the borough, to wait ujiou tl.o railroad company and strive, if jiossible, to securo this improvement at the samo time the new staliou is being erected.
—The Boll Telephoue coiupany is negotiating for an addiiioual rooiri at the Soudertou exchange,
— Arthur H, Beau has bought Dr. ,hilin Rosenberry's property, at Skip¬ jiack, for I2U00.
— Miller and Lnckenbill havo receiv ed the coutract to puint the uew school buiding    Telford    borongh   for   Oon¬ traotor J. B, Wolf,
The eutertainment in the Ambler higli ,school on Friday aftornoon. Dec. 21, was prouounced a merited success, Tlie pnpils acquitted them¬ selves well in readings, recitaticns and music. The editor of tho Budget, Ben¬ ton Russell, read a very iuterestiug aud spicy lot otnews, jokes, personals, Christmas ihiiughts aud New Year resoiutious. The address by Harold Kuight, Esij,, was interesting, enter¬ taining und instrnctive and tho mem¬ bers of the high school are very grafe- ful ro Mr.  Kuight tor tho uddrei-ss.
Many of the pupils of the schools were sick during the pu'^t several weeks, and caused the r.rtendauce 10 ha very irregulur. It is Iioped that tlu.y may all huve ganied their liealth again aud will he ready to   i-tart work
,, W'letJ the holiday seasun lias pasiiod.
^"Tlie" iSiift~'Uuuiber .th ' the ¦ :pfibliC seluiol .eiiteriaiiin'ieiifi'conrSB will fie au evening of iiiarfclous experiiuentR, eutitle! "lu the Year SlKIO, " bv Reno B, Wclhouxn, the wizlard of electric¬ ity. This eiirer!aiuuieur is novel and nuique aud is said to^he the most elab orule and fiiciuaiiug fxpcriineutul en- teraiiuuieut ever giveu on the lycfuiii phuforin. The dale is Mouday eveuing, .liiii. 14, 1907. Ticket holders will, plea.se iioie this,'as it has been uecessary to ilmnge the dute.
Seven days more nf school and the first half of inc year will he goue. Ihe uext five inunths will sliji away very quickly andjiruniotiou nine will ugaiu be hero.
Shot Netj;tiIior'i« UuilKH.
Samuel Staley, a Spriug Mill resi- di^ut, . has found his ambition as a sjiortKiiiau a ratlier costly and some¬ what euiliarrassing indulgi uce, Oscar Ii'reas, u neighbor, has been the owner of a flock of eight fine muscovie dncks. whicii have a tendency to flv much after the fashion of ilie wild duck so eagerly songht hy riflemen. Freas' fowls, however, are ot au unusually large size, aud he took great pride in theiu. Weduesilay the ducks left the Freas farm, on the Barren Hill road and took a soar through the air to their favorite watering phiee, the beud in the Schuylkill at Sjiring Mill station'? Staloy saw the flock hoveniig abouc over the village, aud hnrricil for his gun, without thoughr of iileiiiifying the flock or observiug closely their nature. He lost no timo in aiming his never-failing fowl jiieco and, in short order, rvvo of the finest s|icciinen» in the flock dropjied to the ground. So elated ovor his success was the gunner that ho failed, eveu when be picked up his qnarry, ro recognize tho birds, and did not realize his mistake uutil later,
Sportainan-like, Staley sent his two ducks, thougli dead, back to the own¬ er, with jirofuse apologies, as well as auijilo oompeusatiou fur his error.
—Tho Reliance road is being greatly improved by  the use of crushed atone.
— ,lohn G. Kratz has purchased tho ETeuge homestead; Souderton, from Hiram U.  Hartzell.
— A. N, Weiklo und a uumber of a.ssooiates are jiroparing jilaus for >i block of houses to bo ereoted in East Sondertou.
—A. H, Mest;er,of Mainland, has received his secoud lot of imjiorted German canary birds,
—Cinmressman Wanger has presonted to congress a petition from rho Doyles¬ towu Intelligencer ooinjmuy against tariff on linotype machines.
LOOT HOMES AT GLENSIDE.
Clay Kemble's   Residence   Entered and Robbed.
Nclcro CafcheK Oun Thief aurl KecoverH iKiloUO Worth ol ValiiHblea-The HouBe> Which Im 1,'iioeoupled, Wan K.^iiHaeked— Ilther ArrentH Kxpeetefl.
Two thieves perpetrated a dariug daylight robbrey Tnesday when they gaiued entrance to "Sunset," the coun¬ try home of Clay Kemble, a prominent Philadeljihiau, at Churcii road and (Tleuside aveune, Gleuside, by means of false keys, ransacked the house and escaped with a large amount ot plun¬ der, Oue of the thieves with Iiundreds of dollars' worth of idothiug, jewelry, silverware, and other articles iu his possessiou, was cuptnred later, throagh the sagacity aud bravery of an Edgo Hill uegro. The prisouer is now in the Jenkiutown statiou house uud tho au- rhorities expect 10 find his comjiaiiioij. Uutil Mr, Kemble makes an iuvesti-' gatiou ut his home it will be impossi¬ ble to tell the exact value ot the stolen Jiropertv, but it is expected to exceed $1000 aild more likely will reach $2000.
"Sunset" is nnoocujiied, Mr. liem- bio heing at his Pliiladeljiliia home, and tbe two thieves had every oppor¬ tunity to thoroughly loot the house, after gaining eutrance presumably with one of )o false keys found iu tbe pockets of the prisoner. The plnu- der was put in bags. Collius, au at¬ tache of the Kemble estate, learned of the burglary aud sent word to Bdge Hill. ,,,
Soon after Samnel Kelly, a negro, saw aman with a bag sluug over hia shoulder, acting suspicioasly and de¬ cided to investigate, openly charging the man with having robbed the Kem¬ ble place.
The fellow mumbled some replv and struggled to get away, bnt the plucky negro, couviuoed that he liad oue of the thieves, held on and dragged his man to Clayton's hotel, at Edge   Hill.
The prisoner was taken to Jeukiu¬ town and, when searched, the 16 false keys, a loaded revolver, olothing, shoes, a diamond riug, valuable broocliea, bracelets, knives and silverware, ap¬ proximating in value more than $1000, was fouud.
The prisoner gave his name as Les¬ ter Welsh, and his age as 30 years, claiming he lived iu Germantowu. It is understood he was at one time con¬ nected with the naval service and has a wife iu Porto Rico, Welsh declares that his companion rubbed the house while he watched.
WEDDED.
REYN!-R-liEPRKFONTAIXE.
On Chrisimas day at 3 o'clock at the lionie lit t!ie bride's imrciits, Mr. and Mr.s. ( harh s UePrefoiitaino, Sr., at Blue Bell, a solemn wedding service niadc Miss .-Vlice Del'rel'niitaine the hride ef Mr Oliver Revuer, ot Pen¬ llyn The" house was prefriiy decorated wilh lanrel. ferns and while hills, autl the cerHiiiiinv was jjerfiiriiieil hv Rev. A E. Crnwell, ot Haws -Vvenue M.^E. (diorcli, Norristown. astisted by Rev E. Winterbnrne, jiastor pf Union M. E„ churcb. Hi' ¦ "¦ !1 ; J ¦•''Miss A'L rVs, ot Gwyi'n.r,
•was   bridi  Vl ,1   d   John   lieye.'¦
hrother nf tlm groom,   wus   best   man. The ushers were John Bander and Eva Shearer.      The   bride was hcaurifuUy attired iu a gown of Persian lawu and carried bride roses,anil the bridi sniaid looked     hanilsonie   iu   jiiuk   crejie   do cheni', aud   carried   jiiiik   roses.     Mr. Walter     DePrefiintaiiie,     organist   of i Firsi Presbyteriau (clinrch,  ot   Korris- 1 town,   and   a   brotlii r   ef   the   bride, I Jilayed ilie wiildiug marcli,  wliile   the fiowi r girls were M, J, Child Stannard and Kachel Fry.
Only the immediate families of Mie coutiaitiug parties wire jire.seut, and after the two had been jirouonnced husband and wile iliey were showered with congiatulaiiuus aud best wishes. .\ weddiug hieakfiist was served.
The groniii is the sou of Mrs. Mary Reyner, of Penllyn, uud the happy coujile will reside with the brlde'w father at Blue Boil.
HilKtllilll ti< Puy Minnloil  I)<hC,
Woiueu connected with Calvary mission, at Wushiugtou lauo uml Limekilu jiibe, who are iuterested iu paying off the riiiinant ofan indebted¬ ness incurred bv inlurgiug their plaee of woi'shij), have accomjilished much already.
Only a few weeks ugo each of the women members of oue of the churoli societies received a dime, Tney were to tlo soniething which would "bring in" fuuds-, aud this-dime was the nucleus of a fund, tlie aggregate of' whieh IS exjjecied to form the largo Jiart of the amount needed to jiay the chnrch debt. One woman aheady has $45.    Others have ^3(1, .$35 or eveu $40.
The lust event was a musical iu the mission Friilay night. This was Mrs. Clark's effort. She had the choral society from the Lutherau (^huri h of the Advent, at Fifth and Indiana ave¬ nue, come to the missiou and give a concert program. The uet jiroceeds will total about |4.i.
Mrs. Evans, Mrs, 't'lrheringtou, Mrs. Glugaton and Mrs. l.euinon, other members of the dime band, gave a fete .some days ago, aud now their origiual nucleus of Ul ceuts is an average of $10 for e.acli woman. Other womeu, re¬ sorted to uiuaieur theatricals und oven "dutch dinuprs" to cliango that orig¬ iual dime into dollars. It ajipears to be ouly a short time until rhey havo raised the few humlred dollars ueeded to pay ofl the remaining indebtedness.
—Dr. Fred Brister has purchased the practice (if Dr. .T. W. Shaddinger, at Chalfont, and has ojieued au oHlee here, Dr, Brister, who is physician for the Hhiladolpliia and Easton Rail¬ way compauy, is u medical man of ability.
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