The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1858-12-23
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and on the same evening the dwelling of DR..
Troutman, in Somerville, vas attempted to be
broken in
TIE citizens of Boundbrook have recently
erected new building for their District School.
It is one story high with two rooms on the floor,
each capable of holding large school. It is
neat, substantial, and convenient building and
does credit to the village.
A CANNON ball. musket lock and guard. and
bayonet and hammer, were dug up in Trenton
last week, on the very spot where Corvallis
troops were encamped in 1776, on the memora-
bic night preceding the battle of Princeton.
THE Execution of James NJ Mcmahon, at
Newark, N. j., for the murder of his sister-in-
law, will take place on the 18th of January
next, within the prison walls where the prison
ers take their meals. Mcmahon still remains
uninfluenced by the near approach of death, but
reads religious books put into his hands.
THE Hatnterdon Gazette says the ladies of
Pennington wear their hair short, sticking out
in front, giving them the appearance of cat,
with its ears set forward, intently watching a
mouse.
JACOB S. DURHAM, of East Amwell, furnished
the H,nterdoa Gazette last week, with an ear
of corn containing / 400 grains.
The New Jersey Zinc Co. have declared q
dividend of per cent. on the preferred stock,
and 8 per cent. on the common stock, payable
on Sd January.
THE Post Master General has ordered the
discontinuance of the mail route from Branch
vile to Deckertown, Sussex Co. The order
took effect LIST Of December
JOHN S. c. connolly, ESQ.,, has disposed of
the Monmouth Herald to Messrs William and
James P. Connolly.
FATAL ACCIDENT. - young man, named
Edward Merritt, was killed by the caving in of
well at Rockaway Valley, Morris County, on
Friday. A depth Of 26 feet had been reached,
when the earth began to fall Efforts were
made to save him by lowering rope before he
was entirely covered up, but he seemed to have
lost all presence Of mind and did not take hold
of the rope. His companions at the top urged
him to fasten it around his waist, but before it
could be done, he was entirely out of sight
The deceased was about Is years of age.
A NEW enterprise is about to be started in
Trenton, the object of which is to improve those
children who are daily running about the streets
in rarcnd condition raanr &c 1rhooo all -
dwellings soliciting aims The organization de-
signs to provide school for the purpose of ed
ucating these children and furnish provisions
for them, in order to remove the necessity of
begging, and to place the children under better
influences.
PROGRESS EVEN IN PRINCETON The Press
congratulates the citizens of Princeton " that
to its surprise and qualification several neU
panes of glass have been placed in the window
of down town merchants residence" Prince
ton is alive after all
PRETTY GooD.-A small key of brass filings
worth perhaps two dollars, was sold recently to
parties in Newark, n j.. as gold dust, for FIVE
hundred dollars, the parties selling representing
themselves as in pressing need of money and will
ling to sell at great sacrifice. When the "dust"
was taken to New York, the old adage was found
true, that all is not gold that glitters One of
the swindlers was arrested, but Indignantly re-
pudated any intention of swindlng He said
there had been mistake in the key TAKEN that
he would make it all right; and, as an evidence
of his sincerity insisted that the "diddled +" in
dividuals should keep bar of gold" till he
should rectify the error This was accepted,
and he went off to correct the mistake. 1t is
needless to say that he never returned, or that
the bar of gold turned out to be bar Of galvan-
lied iron.
THE Boston and New Haven pork firms have
sent their agents through all lower Jersey, to buy
up all the heavy pork for sale, at eight cents
per pound. The houses in question have con-
tracts to supply Whaling Company. which
they are DESTROYS to meet promptly.
DEATH IN THE STATE PRISON Rogers,
who was sent to the State Prison, last Apri
died in the State Prison, on Tuesday night, OF
bilious fever. He was young man from New
York, and was convicted of passing counterfeit
ten dollar bill on A. Gibbs Campbell. His re-
mains were taken to New York by his friends.
SUICIDE OF A SPIRITUALIsT. Elisha Magoun
q man of SO years, who had been in depressed
condition of mind for o long time on account o.
| spiritualisn, committed suicide ut Cambridge
/ Mass on Wednesday night last by hanging, in