The Ambler Gazette 18980210

              the ambler gazette vol xvi.-no 1o amhlkk l'a february 18!>h si a yka1 1 norristown letter \ iin«y criminal uiri stnrmn dome »« of ynrr thr propn*#mi new < otlst ii utlnn el l.oiiwiniin nohhiittov v pa fob 8 the next term of our county court will cotntnence on thn th proximo and the first wri k will be devoted to criminal bnsinesc its mual the second week the civil list will bocrllfd the third week will be devoted to the homicide capes com vii connen for killin conductor galloway clemmer for killing mrs kaiser and mrs ivkalb lor being ac cessory befoic the fai'l in the killing of mr raiier it shows how importnntlt is to move with deliberation in eases where citizens nre charged with murder these people an giving each other away day by day cadi one tolls on the other and only give them room and rope and time enough and the mystery will all be cleared up if the supreme court for any ofto they may discover in i lie record in the case against kaiser should send it back for rctiial then tin district at torney will try this case first and there will be no difficulty about the conviction for the doubts have all been dissolved by events subsequent to the trial and now fully developed and dibclosed mr str.issburger bus crossed the rubicon he had to move through a wilderness but he walked with a steady guide through the darkness of doubt and uncertainty until lie has brought light out of dark nets and criminals of the darkest dye into the light of perfect day all honor to his achievements give credit where credit is due the case against charles o kaiser being the oldest in date will require precedence according to the max im of the law — ljul prior eat in tempore potior est in jure iivp thistrioof crim inals time enough and they will weave a rope long enough and strong enough to hang the whole gang the great snow storm ushered in feb ruary of 1898 the february of 95 came in with the coldest morning of the winter on the2d it commenced tosnov at 5 a in and there was a cold spell every day and night till thursday the 7th when it snowed and on friday the 8th the great snow storm came and no cars could run and on saturday the blizzard followed the pipes were froz en in xorristown and the roads were drifted shut so this february of is comes upon lift with a blizzard and a blast of frostv breath that neatly equals the winters of the olden time but nearly every win ter we hear some sage say or w ise journal publish this is the coldest day evejj known or in the summer this i.s the hottest day in a hundred years when the truth is that these alternate season of hot and cold and occasional snows and storms hurricanes and tornadoes have been the rule of nature since the uavvu ot day unu w**»-oominue the s <• forever coil is a spirit veiled from human sight in secret darkness of eternal litiht through nil tlio glory of his wurks we trace the hidings of ills counsel nml his face n'uturu mid time ami chuiirc unit kute fulilll unknown and unknowing his mysterious will oft over the eden islands of the wist in floral i>oinp and verd&nt ticiuity drest roll the dark clouds of his awakened ire thunder and earthquake whirlwind hood and ilre midst reeling mountains mid disporting plains tell the pale world that the god of vengeance reigns ! these seasons will come to all and we know not when or whence they come or rnay except that we know the climate in which we live and know that what has been will be and we must prepare for winter when winter time conies the same philosophy must guide in dealing with the ways of men — especially with professional politicians we know their machinations and know that a profes sional and his methods are different en tirely from the course of the man who is sought after but is not a self-seeker for public or private station the pharisees desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven he said when it is evening ye say it will be fair weather for the sky is red and in the morning it will be foul wea ther today for the sky is red and lower ing 0 ye hypocrites ye can discern the face of the sky but can ye not discern the signs of the times v a wicked gen eration seekuth after a sign but nil true men see the signs of the times one of the signs of the times is that of alarm to the colored race louisiana has held an election for u constitutional convention and for delegates to the con vention at the same time the conven tion is called by a majority of 28,tioo but only 43,756 votes were polled altogether ! ah the delegates elected are democrats except two the philadelphia record says this is unfortunate ! aye it is worse than unfortunate it shows some thing rotten in denmark the sole ob ject in calling a constitutional convention is to adopt a provision to disfranchise the colored people this is a step backward it inaugurates a raoe war secession in 1801 was intended to secure the fetters on the slave to prevent the rising tide of anti-slavery sentiment in the north from interfering with the institution which bartored in human beings hut what was the result a long and bloody war ending in bringing back the states to their allegiance and in the emancipa tion of nil the slaves in the united states but this wa.s accomplished by the loyal white wan in which the negroes of the south the slaves took little part but now they have had a taste of liberty a little learning and a generation born to freedom since 1863 when lincoln pro claimed the negroes tree hen 30 yean of age bora freemen and their fathers made res will not tamely submit to subjugation or degradation by depriva tion of suffrage such n constitution will be in violation of the constitution dt the united elates and an indirect act ol rebellion for each state is guaranteed a republican form f government this thing lias already been done in south carolina and mississippi and as the dan ger is growing the black race ai well as the white will rise up in a mighty force to stay the back ward slide to barbarism ! ol.k fltlknll lookout for counterfeits i see thai you get the genuine salvation oil l>o not at the dealer sell you something jus.t us good but insi.-l upon gelling the genuine with the hull1 head uade a large crowd of people attended the sale i i v walton's on thursday and things brought fair prices mi i'li/aheth tnincklcr is very sick dr slifer df north wales i attending her mi i w merrill of ambler and min lilian dilthy of time tuns drove through nnr village on sunday samuel i heck wife and daughter llllie of springlionsc and mr francis ('. hoover and \\ ife of blue hell visited mr and mrs charles paneliowcr sr on thursday ml 10 m kotllke of west chester and miss hannah foillke of philadel phia spent thursday at linden lodge with the former's sister miss a w konlke the beneficial society held a meeting on monday evening us usual it meets the first monday e vi mi ing of each month the farm of miss a v fonlke which was advertized in the gazette lias been rented to a young man from whitpain township we will not mention his name as we believe he is unmarried notlici sale in the neighborhood this k on the ju'einises of the late mrs kerr mr harry tyson and wife of xorris town visited samuel 1 fleck and family on wednesday mr john s kodoniich of jarrettown called al the residence of h f danehow er on monday friday was pension clay supervisor ford had a large force of men at work the latter part of last week opening the roads mark on the wrapper the lecture at the hall was not very well attended on thurday night only about 40 persons being present the cold weather and bad roads had much to do with it the types at the oflice are responsible for quite a mistake in the last items from narciasa the lumber for the bins and engine house for the stone crusher cost 13(3 instead of 13(u as the types had it the narcis-'sa literary society will not meet on saturday evening next on ac count of the supper at the plymouth high school but will convene on the fourth saturday evening of the month at h kitten house's cold point elizabeth lewis gave a reception to some of her friends on saturday evening aweek they came from koxboro phil adelphia cold point and xorristown they had a pleasant time the steadfast band of cold point held a very pleasant meeting at james huston's plymouth meeting last week plymouth valley creamery have pur chased a line safe " isaturday will be pay day they will pay 25 cents per pound i for butter fat furnished during hnimry .\ irieno says you are nardon the ground hog but it was not against the ground hog that i said anything only against the people who believe in such absurd superstitions w k ii successful social to the long list of triumphs scored by the w k 15 social at wissahicuon hall fort washington another was added last wednesday evening the occasion being a bon-bon reception mirth and pleasure reigned throughout the entire festivities a pleasing feature of the evening was the fancy dancing by the misses amy and helen manning.the tal ented juvenile twin sisters who are the bearers of a number of medals secured at atlantic citv during the past season for their superiority in the art of terpsi chore this couple possess every charm and movement that goto make proficient dancers those who were fortunate enough to secure the lucky bon-bons containing the prizes were miss margaret m wood ambler o gold piece fran cis a kerns fort washington if'j.fil elmer kspensliip fort washington 1 miss hannah conahan ogonu 1 there were 75 couples present among whom were messrs ceo s kerns krauk leister albert miller wm b a«hford john gillian dr k k yerkes win i clayton cieatrel nice john cur icy jr daniel stout iiimes blair win blair frank hlcqowan kugcne travis lewis myers john kervin john ttimlly win ilnwanl pel olval nice qeoraa ainmn wm buchanan krvln luuer george comvny frederick mason john wist j mcneeley wnl'ter c duniiehowcr elmer kslicllship win arbuckle llur]>et nice jeub arbuokle jot qlynn michael shields jamei shields jiinics fallows harv«y blair francis a kerns qeo clink win stout sumuol roberts i luules ituvior benjamin bteele richard kuilly prank cooiinn jos shovelin john jiuimwuy john chllds ili'iijumin sweeney fruiik connor benjamin barlow robert hamilton qeo much harry hamilton arthur long hurry stevens oscar nice lewis itoxers chanel iilllan louis leaf ii m tyson misses miimaret m wood bertha rouel may boulter amy manning helen mniuiiim clara nagle kunnii hartranft carrie myles lluunah duly lulu diver mumv kobh sarah kuyiior lizzie myles mary myles maud levering rena poole katie wheeler ada rothschild letltla smith lillie brunt lizzie ruby mary fisher nellie donahue hannah ccmahinn maine sites katie ituvlun mann coo an miiine killiiui ncmi fitzgerald alice sands ida redlfer louisa nagle maggie robb blanohe crewman hannah coltman eva stear lilian shively leonora btlvetta emma mo vaugh an na leacom krnnees craft manic krl anna erb maine hamilton lillie garner nellie titus jen nie hartiuan beatrice barr sophia bruce ellen taylor mrs kmllv manning mrs robert i barr mrs albert miller mrs win arbuokle mrs alhcrt klllp mrs win howard mis win klinefelter mrs lizzie oliver i'r it < ii.hk t sufteroih cut this out and take it to you drug gist and get a sample bottle free ol dr king's new discovery or consumption coughs and colds they do not usk yon to buy beton trying this will show you the great merits ol this truly won derful remedy and show you what can be accomplished by the regular siae but tle this is no experiment and would be disastrous to the proprietors did they not know it would invariably cure many oj the best physicians hiv aow us ing it in t.ieir practice with great results and are relying on it in most severe oases it is guaranteed trial bottles lice at 1 s angeny ir.'s drug stole till i.cim ii stint i i-oiik ufa keep the head cool the feet warm and the bowels open bacon's celery king lor the nerves is a vegetable preparation and acts as a natural laxative and is the greatest remedy ever discovered or the run of dyspepsia liver complaint and all blood liver and kidney diseases call on rees c roberta sole agent and gel a trial package free large siu and ' gwynedd bicentennial an kftplaimlluii rrom rtlwmni rtrtmita in hcf.-vonri in it n.inkist.nvn pa lm mo 4 i8b8 a k thormm rdltor ambi.ru iacbttb kindly permit me to enrreel i wrong iiiiprcssiiin i hat is prudnccd by the fnl inwing paragraph from nn article in the gakbttb of this week on the t4wynedd bicentennial the coming ol the colonists wbi has tened by ilu^h roberts who bad come to this country from wales some yeats before with m colony ol 100 persons marly in ki'.it he visited wales with fa clnating word pictures of the opportuni ties offi'ivd by the country adjacent t philadelphia for dwelling in pence in t land f boundless resonrces a direct descendant f this enthusiastic wvish atnerican ellwood roberts of noiris town was the prime mover in the ngi tiitiou fur the bicentennial obsorvsilice other families in the township who an descended from the original settlers are the kvans jones fmdue and jenkins i am not a descendant ol the hugh roberts named above although my father and grandfather were curb ilu^fi roberts my ancestor was edward roberts who came from merionethshire wales in 1609 at the nge of 12 years with his cousin thomas lawrence and settled at uyberry in 1714 he married mary holton daughter of everard holton of abington and in 1 7 1 < > removed to rich land quakertownj where settled and was engaged in the ministry for more thiin 40 years the roberta and foulke lancaster ireen lester thom as morris and other familleb of rich land friends frequently intermarried and are closely connected bv the ties of consanguinity although it happens that 1 am not directly descended from any member of the fotlllte family once so prominent at iwynedd pnd still numer ous though widely scattered i may add that i was a resident of iwynedd for nearly l'0 years from 1804 to 1883 con nected with the friends meeting and more or less identified with township affairs there are very few who feel a deeper interest in the proposed celebra tion the present year than myself so much by way of explanation a word more is however necessary the prime mover in the agitation for the bicentennial observance was t believe my honored kinsman howard m jen kins who has labored so successfully in the field of local history especially as connected with friends while i have earnestly advocated the idea in the nor ristown herald and elsewhere i did not originate it as is asserted in the par agraph quoted above 1 would not have trespassed thus ex cept for the purpose of uurrucliug un erroneous statement which unintention ally no rlqitht en t'v i.i:>rt of tuti vriter has done injustice to others kl.i.wdod rouerts i'rokpectvllle mrs wm speece lied at her home last monday about noon mr william speeee and his son dallon ate also con lined to their rooms the infant of win leedom died last week of membranous croup frank worth spent last sunday with friends at bethayres wilmer harrar who has been very ill for the past few weeks is able to be about again some of our young folks took advant age of the fine sleighing in the park last week joseph stackhouse manager of the creamery at this place and charles mc clain tilled their ice houses last week with a good supply of ice from one of our neighboring ponds e tones acuff lost a valuable horse last week tacy moore is on the sick list the ladies aid society held at the home of samuel murlin last saturday evening was largely attended after go ing through their regular routine of busi ness they were entertained by vocal and instrumental music rendered by differ ent ones present aftsr which they were invited to the dining room to partake of the refreshments prepared especially for the occasion at a late hour they de parted to convene again in four weeks harry worth and family were the guests of mr and mrs john ii murkley last sunday harry fillman has an attack of the mumps i pin i dublin schuoll the time for the spring election being at hand it will not be amiss to call tin attention of the people of upper dublin township to the progess of the public schools in referring to the state school report of 181tli we find the number of pu pils to be nearly the same as at present while the number of teachers lias in creased from six to nine showing that the directors see the importance ol oloaer grading in comparing salaries wo iind the av erage amount paid each teacher the same now as in 1s1il the township ranks seventh in the county in amount paid each teacher in 18ul the tux rate wsj if mills in june 18'.»7 it was raised to -'.', mills this increase was madw necessary by the recent improvement in the school prop erty and to make provision for paying the debt incurred in building the fort washington school house our township should feel deeply in debted to the directors who have the past tew years had charge of the schools two of these are d jarrett khk and wm deprofontaine whose efficient work has told in the past and who arc uow candidates for re-election the vo ters and taxpayers will not forget them on tuesday next the sohool al three tuns of which albeit atkinson is djrec tor-in-oharge heads the list in the town ship and be too is deserving of no little praise the taxpayers in the district should observe that our tax rate is till low compared with ambler and other adjoining distriots and yet we take no back sent in regard to good schools ii h»'v iiii i ri i wai in uul l>ry auk for all us foot k;im i rjowtler it curon bullion rliillihtin kwolleii iluiup feet u nil druggists uiui sumvill ' minis din i a i'lourfown the doctor nrngbusy thnwing and iveezim i rgaif iheeon dltlon the spriiif iidues are occupying attention a few of our farms are iill iiiirented f"i hi coming spring the miosi polite man you meet now-a dav i - i k candidate for hire u no de i liei|iiii band al i he next elect loll kvery sunday nftemoon and evening a inrgt crowd of yonng men and boys gal her around i lie r'loui low n station and create o nuisance a stop must be put to t hi and those who coin pose the crowd had better quit before t he company takes such measures as will put a stop to it the lord's supper was administered in the presbyterian church on sunday morning the monthly business meeting of the ('. e society of the presbyterian church will be held on friday evening after the prayer meeting the improvements to the interior of the barroom of hotel springfield are now completed we had a week of real winter weather and ice and good sleighing many took advantage of the sport work on the new park is being push ed rapidly considering the condition of weather contractot albright received a consignment of four carloads of old ties at flourtown to build a corduroy road from the lake to a place where the dirt i.j hauled to keep the horses and carts from sinking out of sight in the mud rev c c tyler of chestnut hill preached an interesting sermon in the presbyterian church last thursday eve ning e s stahlnecker sold a car load of cowh here at hotel springfield last week tit very good prices peter ronan who has been sick with the grippe is still bedfast harry nash bought a pair of fine farm horses at pager's sale in ambler last week d i nash also purchased a styl ish horse for his milk wagon at the same place the c e society of the 1'resbyterian church on sunday evening celebrated the 17th anniversary of the organization with an interesting and appropriate pro gram mr r w 1'atrick of philadel phia was the orator the attendance was good william kerper of this place killed two hogs last week which weighed dress ed 100 pounds one weighing 484 and the other 519 he had a guessing box contest a man deposited his guess and a nickle in the box and after the hogs were weighed the box was opened and it was found that edward b smoyer was the nearest man guessing 100r only two pounds over the correct weight he was thetufurc entitled tu me receipts iu ti.-u box kdward mccloskey proprietor of the old black horse hotel has made a great improvement to the exterior of the place by dashing the wall and paintir.g it and putting up three large signs mr james depugb our village shoe maker who resides in camdcn n j has not been at his shop for about 10 days mr s p lukens o the firm of j f potter & company lime manufacturers reports the lime business good they are kept busy m f scheetz was in the city monday the coal trade over the plymouth branch is exceedingly heavy a few new buildings and other im provements may be looked for in the spring we won't promise you the trol ley but we hope it will reach flourtown before long a man recently said that matrimony is an epidemic that carries off more people than typhoid fever was ever known to do the recent snow fall took away the desires to go to the klondike from the man who had to shovel a clear path in front of his house kdward mccloskey filled mr hill's ice house on monday with line ice from the wissahiokon wm call who had been injured while removing dirt in ed mccloskey's stone quarry is improving nicely and is able to walk around in the housa again he had three ribs broken a martha washington supper under the auspices of the ladies aid society of tho presbyterian church will be held in the church on tuesday evening feb 22 doors open and supper ready at li o'clock admission 20 cents including supper that sleighing like many other things was too good to last many of our residents took advantage of the fine sleighing on wissahickon irive an entertainment by the m e sun day school will be given in glenatde hall friday evening feb in philadel phia talent has been secured william martin has moved back to kdgo hill from mrs kli/.a robertson hou-e nn wilson street lil.'iiside castle no 201 a ( >. k of the m (',, will march in a body to car mel presbyterian chinch sunday eve ning feb 27 and hear a special sermon from its pulpit is rendered by the pas tor rev a f voiitoble this lodge has grown wonderfully during the past year with a membership verging on 100 and a large balance on hand to meet their obligations they present a bold front fur the coming year mr and mrs llenjaniiii l.arey lad quite a thrilling experience i a runaway on qlenside avenue last friday after noon the horse took fright at several small buys along the road and started down towards the station mrs l.aiev jumped from the lei^h opposite john bulke's residence and sustained but few injuries thereby mr l.aiw kept in the sleigh until thrown out lie was shaken up somewhat but otherwise received no harm the horse was eaught bl rich man's grocery stoic about 100 men italians and lluns.are employed daily in this neighborhood on the syndicate property owned by el kins and widener these men receive 1.124 a day there are plenty of laborer ill this vicinity who are eager to work but have been crowded out !¦> these foreign obituary ctfalimb i iw m charles t ainian died hist sund:iv at his residence near camp hill in the 7th year f his age mr alman had bl en in bud health uid his mind un affected fni several months past the house in which he died was purchased by him of john hit/water shortly after the late ar the farm contain over 100 acres daring the revolution gen eral washington occupied thehoateas his headquarters during the encampment of the continental armyal port wnsli ington mr alman was a butcher by trade and for many years conducted that business bi 	 essfnlly selling meat throughout this entire community n politics he was a republican of positive convictions me was twice inartied his children are charles k < denside j jacob harry jenkintown ; george residing on the farm lincoln oreiandj kllie and sarah ann who reside on the farm the funeral will take place on thurs day services will be held at zion luth eran church and interment will be miulc in union cemetery adjoining mrs tiovhjt jirxsiiowkh mrs louisa munshowor a highly esteemed and estimable lady residing with her son-in-law john wentz in whitpain township near i'due hell wat stricken with paralysis in bed on sunday night and was found in tin morning ii an unconscious condition she died 01 monday afternoon deceased was ii her 70th year and is survived by twe children — mrs john wentz and mrs mary liuskirk of hatboro . the obse quies will take place friday afternoon followed by interment at the white marsh union cemetery orelufhl election next tuesdav politicians are plentiful vote carefully intelligently and for the best interests of this place be sure that tho man you vote for for supervisor is in fnvor of good streets for oreland you can fool some people sometime and gome people all the time but you can't fool all the people all the time this is to whom it may concern charles e hallman is erecting a barn on the rear of his lot john j5 martin of ambler has the contract work on the new m e clinpel is be ing pushed to completion as fast as pos sible mrs greaves of philadelphia with her trained dogs will giye an exhibition in this place in the near future the performance of these animals i.s suuie thiiid wonderful especially that of the yellow kid ^ all the proceeds from fliese exhibitions are devoted to charity and charitable institutions last week snow afforded a great deal of pleasure to our young folks howard fallows and john mailman and ladies with their handsome teams were among the many who enjoyed the sport the young builders of the baptist church held a meeting last friday night at the residence of mr 8immins park avenue where business of importance was transacted nine new members were admitted to membership miss laura camel one of our school teachers met with a mishap last thurs day in being brought to school the sleigh upset precipitating both her and driver into a snow bank fortunately they were not hurt howard osterhus of this place full upon the rails on crossing the plymouth branch railroad cutting an ugly gash in his forehead over the left eye mr and mrs win keynolds landis attended a reception by their friend miss linda lefevre of xew britain on monday night among those present were : misses laura and kena poole miss unthjbiair messrs james harvey and william blair and mr kdward j pen nell fort washington the lecture delivered in this place last monday night by kev forest dager of philadelphia on how to let married is bearing fruit already a private wed ding was solemnized in this place mon day night for various reasons the names of the contracting parties are withheld the happy couple left at once for klondike where they expect to spend their honeymoon they will be at home to their friends after july j robert a nagle of philadelphia vis ited friends in thin place on sunday wm poole and lady ol philadelphia spent sunday with the'forniei's parents in this place john fisher of the popular hosiery mills thin place contemplates moving to ambler in the near future lodce hill marshall wilson of this place has a gang of about 15 men at work on the klkins-widenei1 property at < denside miss engle of jarrettown was visit ing miss mckinstrye of this town last sunday messrs george m hainel jr and george llamel have opened up the cual yard at edge hill station they have a large supply of coal and lumber on hand this is quite a business enterprise here and deserves the patronage of every bus iness man in the vicinity the work on the macadamising of mermaid road progressei slowly the gutters have been raised and the grade of tin road has been brought up to its normal condition several largu buovi bill mocked tiav el for a few days last week the hill road was almost unpassable at places a large drift formed in front of the i'u bytorian chinch the edge hill stone company is doing a lu^o business at present a series of special services are lieinj held this week in carinel presbvtel ian church they have been attended with great success so far \ large chorus choir naa been organised on account of these services it is composed of talent from the church ii is because persons who once trv hi hull's cough syrup always buy it again thai its sales have bficoil enormous the success of ibis great remedy in ouring cold cough croup and sore throat is sinipiv marvelous r«-ntrr kdward lvaitghftn will vacate tho coal and lied van n belfry about april i and will movf to mi rate jones farm ai bpringtown brnner v slpe will occupy the i and feed yard afl i piil i a few year ago when potl 	 ueie so very low in price and many fanners dumped lends of hem out in the spring t harles 8 wood thottahl of the plan r>f frying some potntoi for hie pustomi i ¦. 1 1 him found i hi i ' chips thereby turning iii i . :., crop o i iiatii"s iuvi mom 1 1 i i ires ' on ¦ to mr niid i tnrnce '>\ oori n fine bouncing boy mi mary rleff is making arrai ments to have her large house heated by steam george zimmerman purchased a fine looking horse recently mr zimmer man also keep a line herd of cows many of them are blooded stock mid noted for their rich cream which mr zimmerman serves daily o stiles e brother of norristown if any one wants to see a stable or two of big milkers visit james bemhard and if vou don't believe that ensilage is the best feed for milk cows have a talk with him and be convinced he has a good silo ami the ensilage cornea out extra line this year john hang pur enterprising baker had a very serious lime last week serv ing his customers who live on the cross roads on account of the roads being illled with snow horace brinton believes in education two of his children mabel and walter have graduated from our high school and his daughter liattie is now training in the class at the high school llis son walter is taking a course at the abington friends school albert k frantz wan able to come down stairs last week the farmers club held a regular meeting on monday evening and echoes from the institute were rehearsed by many of the members the question selected for the next meeting is is it practical in this locality to cultivate wheat in the bpring speakers — john r morris wm ii meigs edward phipps james bemhard i'eiill.vn miss ida vvhittock has returned from pleasant visit with friends at mount holly x j milton webster is very ill at his home in horsliain school reopens next monday instead if last as announced last week kev ii warren vice of philadelphia addressed the bible school last sunday afternoon next sunday kev wm corson pastor of the lowsr providence w hudson of ambler we learn that the dedication of the new chapel will not take place feb 20 as stated the correct date will be an nounced later the sick have all recovered we have settled back into our usual state of quietude and only the yellow quaran tine placards which through a mere form of law must remain up for several days yet would tell the passing stranger of the excitement that for once in all its sleepy little life stirred our village penllyn needs to be stirred but we will take it in milder form next time please twenty-three philadelphia came on a sleighing party to the home of thomas langstroth last thursday night and spent the evening and part of the morn ing in a pleasant fashion supper was served and music furnished much of the entertainment mr 11 chalnier jacobs sang several^delightful solos and professor edward kldridge of the psychological chair at temple college ave some interesting exhibitions of the art of hypnotism tho party were somewhat unfortunate on the return rip the sleigh upsetting near fort side inn and turning them all out into the snow the six horses were carefully managed however and no serious dam age was done " willow grnvo a k williams while bawlng wood by means of horse power on tuesday had his foot severely crushed bv a log falling on it he has been contined to the house ever since mrs robert ritchie who has been very ill for some time died on thursday the 3d inst interment on monday at hatboro baptist church yard the sacrament of the lord's supper and ordinance of baptism will be admin istered in the church on sunday morn ing feb 13 ( in thursday of last week a freight on line and two cars were derailed near our station causing the regular trains to go around by waj of the ude traok thai waa built for accommodation of the summer ravel george margerum is said to have s(dil ilstwonew nouses on the homestead onipany tract on saturday night a man who claimed llalboro for his home stalled from heie 0 go to that place by way of thn railroad rack getting as far as heaton be yielded to an overwhelming desire f"t a lap and awoke to find himself relii , d if his hat coat shoes watch and owing to heavy drifts but one track was used by the trolley above jenkin town on the york mad on wednesday of last week the young ladies of ogontz beminary came to the mineral spring hotel on ii sleighing party last wednesday evening after supper they had a private dam workmen of the union traction com pany are engaged in putting the ice i nape for a work ihop a great many new and attractive feat ¦ d in the management of the park for next summer the evidence in ti 1 1 sar-aparilla euies rheumatism dyspep sia catarrh that tired feeling scrofula salt rheum boils humors and all b disca ' hood's pills are prompt ( liicieiit il ways reliable easy to take easy to oper ate