Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-08-07
EAGLES MERE.

The Lombaert family are occupy
ing their cottage for the balance OF
the season. DIR. Holden has always
beenquite an addition to the gentle
men 'scoterie in past years.
Mr.. Welch tells us that owing to a
slight mishap with the engine in the
Crestmont Power House that hostel
rie was lighted from the Light Co. 8
wires on Saturday night. 1t is pro-
posed to test the running the Water
Co.'s plant in day or two from the
Light Co.'s wires Much interest at
taches to the trial though MIR.
Welch expresses himself quite con-
fident of results.
Water takers keep plumber Trappe
quite busy and he has almost decld-
ed to locate himself here during the
entire year.
The Railroad Company have NOV
ed the old freight siding from its
longtime location corner Eagles
Mere Avenue and Lakewood Drive
over to the Station yard. A great
Improvement. Some other changes
would be advantageous.
The excursion on Thursday from
Bloomsbury, Danville and that
neighborhood was quite success in
every way. About five hundred
persons came on the train, the day
was favorable and the party went
home with quite number of Eagles
Mere Converts among them.
August guests are crowding in so
fast that it would be impossible to
give the Item any approach to a
list. On Saturday last the Reading
r. r. had through passenger coach
and two Pullman Parlor ears on the
Cannon Ball train leaving Philadel-
phia at S:35 A. M. and almost every
seat was full.
Universal sorrow is felt at the
tidings of the death of Mr.. Henry
Brown which took place on Friday
last at Long Beach, Long Island.
He was one of our Eagles Mere
and last summer took
much pleasure in making many inn
provements in and around his beau
tiful:cottage near the Lakeside. He
remarked to one of his friends last
summer that he was doing it all
with reference to the pleasure of his
daughter, Mrs. Fitch, and her fam
lily and friends as he would probably
not be here very long himself. This
would seem to indicate that his de-
cease was not unexpected to him
self
All the churches had large congre-
cations last Sunday as in the main
Eagles Mere's visitors are church
going people.
At the meeting of the Post Office
Club the chairman of the Committee
on Sidewalks called attention to the
fact that in few days the long hop
ed for sidewalk up the hill at the
east end would be an accomplished
fact thanks to the long continued
and persevering work of the "Busi-
ness Mems Improvement League"
BY concentrating its attention solely
on this great work for three years it
was now within sight of completion.
The Secretary called the attention
of the Club to the fact that the Will
Transport Sun had explained that on
the completion of the railroad ex-
tention to Chautauqua the persons
concerned treated themselves to a
banquet in celebration of the event.
The number being limited it was
possible to do it up in good style at
"a moderate expense, and he thought
it would be a good idea to COM
municate with the "Business Mems
Improvement League" and suggest
celebration in similar way of
the accomplishment of this great
work after three years arduous toll.
He thought that a dinner at one
dollar a plate would be about the
thing and that if the funds of the
"Ieague" were scanty perhaps in
vitatiOns for the officers of the Club
might be secured by offering to con-
tribute. He thought there would
he no difficulty in borrowing a dol.