The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-07-22

we spend that money.
MIR. Jos: j: Frazer, Of Mittireague,
Mass, has sent us copies of the Springfield
dailies, containing an account of the recent
great flood in the Westfeld river, He will
please accept our thanks.
The Ministerial Conference of the Central
New Jersey Baptist Association, met at the
Sandy Ridge Baptist Church yesterday. The
exercises were of quite an interesting charac-
ter.
John Sproat, Sr., has just made an ex-
cellent pavement in front of his residence on
Main st.,by putting tagging there in the place
of the old bricks
"A meeting of Peach Growers will be held
at Forces Hotel Pennington, on Saturday
afternoon of this week, at O'clock, to make
arrangements for shipping the fruit to market.
The Delaware Bridge at this place is for
sale. The late proprietor Mr.. Grant, of
PhAa.. having died, the heirs wish to sell it.
in order to settle up the estate. 1t is good
paying investment.
DO not forget the Harvest Home in.
Kessler's Grove, near Stockton, on Wednes-
day of next week. Our readers will find it a
very pleasant way of spending day.
-Lopatcong Warren county, is very con-
sentative place. 1t is said that they have not
a preacher, hotel, a saloon or colored man
in the township.
The hotel at Ringoes was struck by
lightning on the 18th inst. The cellar walls
were slightly injured. The fluid passed down
the lightning rod to the posts of the front
porch, where a dozen persons were sitting.
The stone fence GA the west side of Mount
Hope Cemetery, which was commenced last
winter and Left in half finished condition for
months, is NOW being completed It viii add
greatly TO the appearance Of the grounds.
-rE1ipsSurg has 3 living q old person
An old lady living in the Tbird Ward is one
hundred and one years old, and her youngest
child is sdxty-three. She is quite an active,
well preserved old lady, and retains her men
tai faculties quite well for one sclozd
= THE chsistial Churches ct Carnassiase,
Pa, and Milford, in this county will run a
joint excursion to New York and the Central
Park ON Saturday, Aug 1st via Amboy- The
train Will leave Milford at 5:4S A. NJ, fare
S2.65, and Lambertvilie at essss fare $3.50
Detectives were in this city on Monday, en-
deavoring to gain some clue to the boy kid
mapped in Phila- ON the LIST inst. They thought
that there might be some connection between
the stealing of Hart d Rodgers horse and car
riage and the kidnapping of the boy, as the
carriage was taken to Philadelphia.
"A public Sabbath School Meetiag wsla be
held in the woods OF Mr.. Jacob Quick, half
way between Reaville and Pennington, on
Thursday, the 9th of August next at II o.
clock A. NJ. The meeting will be addressed by
Prof c. B. Stout, of New Brunswick, and
Rev. Dr. A. A. Willets, of Philadelphia.
We don't know much about the 1aJeds
corpus, but if it permits the constable to let
man out ofSjailas day orstwob before the writ is
returnable, so that he may get things ready
to go, '''as wasvd done in II case.in thiscity, we
should think that It would be favorite writ
with prisoners, who would not only "get
ready to go" but would 60"
"A correspondent complains of the doings
of the person appointed by the Mayer to en-
force the ordinance against the dogs. 1t is
SO rare for officers to do their duty, that lit
tie excessive zealcanbe partloned.; but we do
not justify the shooting of unmuzzled dogs on
the premises of their owners, if that has been
done, as is charged by our correspondent.
-" Big Jim,' who was tried before Esq.
r.
week, and sentenced to pay a fine, was COM
mitted to the lookup IN default of payment.
A writ under the habeas corpus act was OBJ
tanned and he was taken before Judge Scud-
der, at Trenton, who discharged him, decid-
ing that he was improperly held.
Mr.. VIM. Mackereth, whose arrival in
England we noticed in our issue two weeks
since, died at Cleator, Cumberland, on the
9th of June. Mr.. Mackereth came to this
county about five years ago, and was employ
ed at GOWNS Iron Works most OF the time
that he spent in this country He made many
friends during his residence here, who will re-
greet to-haaf- of Ills demise. III u.
"A sporadic case.of Asiatic Cholera occur
red in this city yesterday morning. Mr. ehas.
Wilmot, telegraph operator in the employ
of the Penna. r. r., had very severe attack
Of this dangerous disease, and for a short
time was in imminent peril, but is now doing
better. DIR. VIM Wetherill, of this city,
who had been quite successful in years past in
the treatment of similar cases, attended him.
During severe thunder storm on Thurs
day noon, in High Bridge, the lightning
struck barn on the outskirts of the village
and killed a valuable horse belonging to a
wealthy farmer of the place. What Is little !
singular, the barn was not fred nor damaged
in any manner, except that couple of
weatherboards were ripped loose from their
fastenings and shivered into number of
splinters.
The New York Tribune reports an at
tempt against the life of Rev. D. Henry Mil
Ter, d, D., of the Plymouth Baptist Church,
in that city, formerly Of Trenton, N. j., and
well-known to many in Lambertyille- Dr. I
Miller has been quite prominent in advoca-
ting Bible reading in the public schools, and