The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1859-01-13
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GOVERNOR NEWELL hos called the Military
Convention, in Trenton, on the Goth day of
January inst.
THE Jersey City Courier advocates the es-
tablishment of House of Reformation for juve-
niles in this State
THE schooner VIM. A. Newell of Borden
town, was lost near Mobile on the 18th ult.
REV Ellis j. Newln, President of Delaware
College, has received unanimous call to be-
come Pastor of the Presbyterian Church Of
Bloomfield
THE n J. Railroad Company renewed their
annual presentation on the lst inst, of one dol
lar to all their employees-numbering about 500
persons-as New Year gift.
THE Hightstown Excelsior says that mad
dog was shot near prospertown last week. but
not until after he had bitten several hogs, cattle,
&c. A regular dog slaughter is therefore going
on in that neighborhood
THE Railway Republican possesses relic Of
the war of 1872 in the shape of wooden can
teen, which holds about half gallon, and is
bound with iron hoops. 1t was carried during
the war by John Noe, of Woodbridge town.
ship.
RATHER SIGNIFICANT has pre-
sentcd the bachelor editor of the Paterson Guar
dian with a cradle, containing baby and all "
doll baby, let US suppose Van says he "feels
rather delicate about fathering the baby, but the
rest of the concern merits his appreciation"
ORGANIZATION OF THE STATE SENATE-The
Trenton Democrat says that Senator Herring,
of Bergen, will be chosen President of this body
by unanimous consent. Ex-senator Rafferty,,
of Hunterdon, has a majority of the caucus in
his favor for the Secretaryship. A son Of Sem
ator Clickener, of Hudson will most likely be
the Engrossing Clerk, and D. L. Moore, of Es-
sex, Assistant Clerk.
A READING room has been established in
Pennington.
A PASTOR in Jersey City, on Christmas day,
received present of purse containing $500.
THE proprietor of the locomotive works, in
Trenton, on Christmas presented each married
employee with handsome pair of fowls.
Mr. Jacob Wortendyke, a grandfather Of
Hon. J. r. Wortendyke died in Washington,
Bergen Co., on the 18th inst, aged IS years.
His wife survives him, after matrimonial con-
nection for nearly seventy years
On Saturday, Dec. 25th, VIM Sherman, and
two daughters of Curtis Ravens, aged ii and
4 years, were drowned while crossing Squan
river in boat. 1t is supposed that the boat
leaked SO badly as to fill and swamp Their
bodies were recovered on Tuesday afternoon
RECENT statistics of the Baptist Church in
New Jersey show that there are ia churches
of that denomination in the State, IS pastors
and 1877 preachers, with membership of Is, 244,
and 1913 sabbath schools, with 9,497 scholars
There are SO mission fields, in the support of
which s. liz II was last year expended. There
are l9 sabbath schools connected with these
missions having 976 scholars. The East New
Jersey Baptist Association has As churches,
with Al pastors and so preachers
THE Sussex County Bible Society celebrated
their forty second anniversary in the Presby-
terian church at Newton on Wednesday of last
week.
THE Monmouth County Jail, at Freehold,
has so many inmates that sufficient room cannot
be found to lodge them in, and the Court House
has to be used The Grand Jury has presented
the jail as nuisance
A COUNTERFEIT SIS bill on the State Bank at
Camden, New Jersey, is said to be in circula.
ton, of character well calculated to deceive
those not well acquainted with bank bills The
safer course, the Ledger thinks, in the difficulty
of determining between the good and the bad,
is to refuse both, and insist on specie, Of which
there is now great abundance for all the small
hand-to hand transactions in business If we
must have bank notes, let them be OF the larger
denominations of $50 and upwards.
A NEW PAPER FOR HUDSON COUNTY -Mea-
sures are being taken for the incorporation of a
company to be called the Hudson Newspaper
and Publishing Association, with Capital
Stock of $4,000. Its leading features are,
the publication of cheap daily morning paper,
and large Quarto Weekly. Steam Power
Presses will be used by which means the Com
pany will be enabled to execute the thousands