Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-10-18

length and feet in circumference.
John Stockdale of Norristown is in
Jail charged. with pawning his wife's
clothing to get money for drink.
Help is so scarce about Kennett
Square that farmers are paying four
cents shock for cutting corn.
Quakertown is having great Difficult.
ty in procuring sufficient number of
day laborers for street work.
Kane has captured another large in
dustry, the Moser Machine Manufac-
turing Company, to give employment
to about 100 men.
Frank Horn, Frank Pathron and
Emil Schug, of PHILADELPHIA, were
caught on freight cars near Weather
ly and sent to Jail for 10 days.
A field day meeting of the Pennsyl-
vania Beekeepers Association was
held at the apiary of John S. Shope,
Annville, and was largely attended.
The Alpha Portland Cement Com
pany has announced an increase of 10
per cent. in the wages of employees of
the Martins Creek and Alpha mills.
Because of a large cabbage crop,
more sauerkraut is being made by
farmers up the Schuylkill Valley than
for years.
Estimated to cost $500 when first
proposed, the annex to the Pottstown
High School building will cost double
that amount.
Jonas Hendershot was badly scald-
ed through the bursting of steam
pipe in the Masters slate quarry. Pen
Argyll.
Young Ralph Meyers, who robbed
hardware store in Norristown, was
sent to the Reform School at Glen
Mills.
The Rev. Philip II. Mowry, pastor
Of the First Presbyterian church,
Chester, has begun his fortieth year
as pastor of that church.
The Diehl Pottery Company has
S150,000, and will reopen the old pot
been reorganiZed, with a capital of
teries, near Quakertown.
A Bloomsbury company recently
made shipment of 40 freight cars to
Brazil. The cars are shipped in crates
and then rebuilt after they arrive in
that country.
a stick into fire alarm box near his
home at Forty Fort, Wilkes-Barre, and
the stick carried sufficient current into
the boys body to kill him.
For fishing with a dipnet in Hulme-
vile dam, Andrew Marjave, of South
Langhorne, was arrested by Special
$50 and costs.
The cost of living being too high
at Doylestown, the Bristol school
teachers will this year travel back and
forth by trolley during institute week,
25 miles
Thieves stole 80 turkeys from the
Walters farm, just south of Kennett
Square, Friday night A few nights
before they had stolen all the chickens
on the farm.
Reuben Hook, of Wag..er, Decatur
township drove to Lewistown and
transacted business at the court
house. Mr.. Hook is 50 years old. He
writes legible hand and enjoys a
good appetite, and is almost as agile
as young man of 20.
John Osler has returned to his home
at Bernice, after being patient at
the Robert Packer Hospital at Sayre
since March, 1911. having completely
recovered from injuries sustained by
being caught under fall of rock in
= mlne at bernlce. BOtn tnlgnS were
bady crushed and the flesh was torn.
After the bones had knit together 1t
was found necessary to graft % inches
of skin on his thighs and this opera
tion proved successful. He gained so
pounds during his stay in the hospital
| and added four inches to his stature
Louis ID. Davis has resigned his po-
sition as clerk in the Franklin post
office, after being in the service for
| % years. Mr.. Davis was first car
rier. in which capacity he continued
for 15 years.
The Scranton Electric Company Is
frying a new experiment for the pur-