The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-04-08

Tho currcncy-expansio bill lately passed
by the House of Representatives was support,
cd by the votes of LIS. Republicans and %
: Dcmocfats. The negative vote consisted q
: 81. Republicans and 20 Democrats. From
this 1t appears thata larger per-ccnfage Of
Democrats than Republicans voted for Che
I'LL This Is a prastictl illustration of tho
ald Ds,nccrstic theory Of p lard money cur
rcncy.
Theusands Of Promising Yoitis, Of b th
sexes, go down to untimcly graves. from gen.
era debility and weakness, who might be
saved by terrifying their systems with Iron.
The Peruvian Syrup is an Iron Tonic prepar-
cd expressly to supply this vitalizing element,
and is the only preparation of iron that will
assimiiate at once with the blood. ny
THE Treasurer of the City OF Railway re-
ports the bonded city debt to be 1861 800
the improvement debt to he S700,000 The
total assets, including the water works and
city property, is 81, 1896, 900. co.. Resources in
excess Of all liabilities sl13,s42.9J The in
tesest on the alebthas bcenlprornptly met, and
fhs bonds paid at maturity. ~ 200 6sa y
e Democratic logic is peculiar, if not consis-
tent when South Carolina was in rebellion
the party insisted that. her rights as a sover-
tign State should not be interfcrcd with by
the General Government Now that her
rights arc under tic control of Republicans,
the party quite as vchemcntly insist that the
General Government shall interfere with her
rights as q sovereign State.
In 1850 the value of the real and personal
property Of the United States was 81, 135, $780,
2.s. In 1860 it was SIG, 1885, el6,o6e. In 1870
it was $50, oeS, 51s, 507. This last increase was
marvellous, considering the fact that $500, 000,-
900 worth of slaves were liberated and $4,-
000, 600, 900 worth Of other property destroy
ed by war in that decade. So, as
The rebel General Gordon, NOW q United
States Senator from Georgia. has been
brought out as the favorite Democratic can
didate FOR, the Vice. Presidency in 1876. The
name most frequently mentioned by Demo
Gratis in connection with the Presidency is that
of Senator Thurman, Of Ohio. ~
A story is related of Chicago physician,
who Is also an extensive real estate operator,
that recently he prescribed some pills for a
Indy, at a time when he was very much alb
sorbetl in one of his land transactions. She
asked how they were to be taken "a quarter
down, . said the doctor, g and tho balance in
one, two, and three years" : sae
Fulton county, Ind, has remarkable wo-
man in the person of Ruth Young, who was
born in Virginia, remembers perfectly the
cannonading at Yorktown, in 17sf and is los
years old. She is six feet tall, and wears n
broad number twelve shoe. She has done
blowing, chopping harvesting, and everything
else in the farming line, in which she is the
best posted person in the country.
The California mare Lady Mac tpotted five
miles in thirteen minutes--said to be the best
! time on record. t5 s5 M
I Strawberries are already being shipped from
| Vineland to Philadelphia, where they sell FOR
! SIS per quart. They are hot-house fruit.
| Within the hast two weeks a large number
of mon have been discharged from the Penn
tsylvania Railroad Company semploy, at South
Amboy and vicinity.
HIoHTsTowS ELECTION IA dispatch from
Iightstown says that the emo license " ticket
was victorious There was great rejoicing IL
the village, bells ringing and ladies singing.
| President Grant spent several days last week
! in Philadelphia.