The Lambertville record., 1874-06-17
At the beginning of the year the pennsyl-

At the beginning of the year the Pennsyl-
yania Railroad Company reduced the wages
of its employees 10 per cent, with the under
standing that they would be restored to the
old figure as soon as the income of the road
would permit, which they expected would be
III the course of q few months. a committee
of engineers recently waited upon the officers
of tho road in reference to this promise, and
were told the 10 per cent. would be restored
if the men desired it, but in case it was done
a sufficient number of men would be dis
charged to compensate for the increase of
wages.
WANNAMAKER g. BRowS, Philadelphia, a,
have magnificent assortment of warm wealth.
er garments for Men and Boys, which thoy are
selling at wonderfully low prices. hsf4eHs
There is tree ip Florida, at Lake Harris,
which yields 1000 lemons annually.
Better than farming. Last year tho Nation
al Secretary Of the Grangers, at Washington,
received nearly 1000 for salary and arrears,
beside other perquisites. 8 tl4a
The bricklayers Of New York city threat
ened to strike on Monday. They demanded
four dollars per day instead of three dollars
and fifty cents, the rate now paid them.
Trenton lady died from the effects of o
fright received at the news that her hus-
bands apprentice had fallen from roof.
The apprentices is recovering from his fall.
A toy balloon sent up from Long Dock,
Jersey City, on Friday afternoon at 8 clock,
landed on a farm near Poughkcepsie an hour
a I'd twenty minutes later. ,s.ss5
Easton has new steamboat on the Lehigh.
A. Pardee, of Hazieton, drives a s., 900 span
of horses.
Grand Trunk Railway is going to abandon
the broad guage. nssa bgg ssa77
It is estimated that the State of California
produced last year four millions Of oranges.
The workingmen of Scymore, Ind, have
taken steps for the opening of cooperative
grocery-store, with view to saving from ten
to twenty per cent. on their purchases in this
line. g5,.sya4 a4A stsa4Ha aa
The obiquity Of JcrseyInen is proyerbial.
A gentleman who recently completed a tonr
of the globe was astonished to find a former
well known Newarker in one Of the principal
cities of Persia. The latter was perfectly con
tented III his Oriental home, and engaged in
translating an Arabic library.
In London, recently, a man who had fallen
into habits of intemperance murdered every
four children, while they lay sleeping, and
then cut his own throat.
A determined couple up in Sussex county,
were recently married in barn yard, by q
Justice of the Peace, in order to evade the
BRIDES mother, who was doing her utmost to
prevent the loving twain from being made
one.
INCREASING. The suicidal mania seems to
be on the increase up in Sussex county. A
number of persons, within few months past,
have shuffed off this mortal coil i'll yio-
lent manner with their own hands, and now
we are called upon to chronicle the following
Edward Steward Stockbower, respectable
and wealthy farmer near Andover, Sussex
county, committed suicide on Friday, by cut
ting his throat with razor. He was found
in his barn still alive, but died on Saturday
morning. He was about go years of age, and
had been much depressed in mind lately"
WooDcocK.--T time for shooting wood
cock begins on the Fourth Of July, and con-
tinucs until the first of January. From what
we have heard the birds are already pretty
well grown and toleraby abundant. This Of
course cannot be generally known, for no re-
spectacle shooter will take the trouble to dis
turb them until after the time permitted by
law. We have been told that in South Jersey
woodcock are not SO abundant as in the
northern or more hily parts, the late rains on
the low grounds having interferred with their
breeding Gazette.
Representative Luttrcll, Of California, hav-
ing received a telegram from his State that
the contractor for constructing the dry dock
at Mare Island navy yard has employed
force of Chinese laborers, will offer q resolu-
ton for adoption by the President, directing
the Secretary of the Navy to put a stop to
such employment of Coolie labor ON Govern
mert work. M tsflsH .HfflFssi, aN.
On Monday last, Mr.. Henry Sire Of Norris
town, turned three valuable horses out to
pasture, and towards evening they were all
found suffering from some kind of poison, and
before relief could be had one of them died.
Tho others are recovering. It is supposed
they had eaten some poisonous weed. ,
A colored girl at Brucetown, Ky.,a aged 0,
has displayed an extraordinary retentive
memory. A man reading in her presence
for some length Of time was astonshed to hear
her repeat word for word, what he had said
"a hours previous She has been proved
capable Of repeating 80 lines from book
after having them once read.
Almost an entire block of stores in Canton,
Mo-, was destroyed by fire on Friday. Loss
100000. Insuraece, $4,000. a3
Four hundred and eighty deaths in New
York city last week. lat
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