The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-06-10

Tho Temperance women OF Rhode Islane
won a decided victory in the Senate at Nav.
port, last week. About thirty Of them ap
|pcared befofe tile vote on the prohibitory BIZ
Vas taken and presented petitidnsAin favor q
the bill signed by 10, 43a persons The effec
were very pcrceptiblc, and the Senate passec
the act. 81 W
10 rss ssF s@sss ps5 gas sa,. TIE,
tho fall of corruption had been dispelled, and
the-whcels Of the State government will nc
longer be trammeled by sharks that have be-
set the public prosperity like locusts."
The Northwestern States complain of a
grasshoppcr plague. The y gfassh6ppei
lrcpuntfy, 7 as it is called in Minnesota, is sup
piled, at this season with immense 1ocks Of
pigeons, blackbirds, and so on, which feed
almost entirely Oh grasshoppers.ia tas
a strange disease prevails among the fisl,
Of the river and Lake at Milwaukee, Wiscon-
sin. Their flesh under The microscope is found
to be alive with auinialcules. Millions Of dead
fish are floating upon the surface of the water,
and dealers have been forbid to sell any:
81 A Detroit paper, neticing the fact that a
man lately dropped dead while combing his
hair, says rs And yet there are people who
will persist in this dangerous habit. "s 3
tits said that the will Of the late j. Edgar
Thomson, soon to be admitted to probate,
contains q provision that, after the death of
Mrs. Thomson, the 'estate is to be disposed of
for the purpose of erecting and maintaining
an institutioflin which the children of en-
ployees Of the Pennsylvania Railroad, killed
in the discharge Of duty, may have home.
The celebrated Cold Air Cave, at the Della
ware Water Gap, will be sold at public vendue
on the thipf the coming month. This cave
is one of tho strongest places on the globe.
On the hottest day a current of air as cold as
ice, issues from its mouth q - ~
Collins Graves, who rode SO fast down the
Mill River Valley to warn the people of APP
preaching danger, is said to be the first milk
man who ever ran away from water.
In Germany, whom the vote Of the jury
stands six against six the prisoner is acquit-
ted. A.lvote of seven against five leaves the
decison1tot the Court, and agvote Of eight
against four the prisoner is convicted.
Of all the solid substance found upon the
earth, carbons.is both, the hardest and the
softest. In the form Of diamond, it is the
hardest. In the form Of graphite, it is the
softest. Both diamond and graphite are the
same Chemical coniposition, .e.s. ~ ..s3l,2
az AlaA AAobui ~ Vii 1sACittidy III iNSb WCCk,
post-mortem examination was made of tho
body Of George Cordes, who died from eating
ham containing triching. Under micro
scopes thousands of atrichinB were visible,
sixty-fve being counted in the space of an
eighth Of an inch and the whole body doubt
less contained millions Gordes suffered ter
ribly before death.si 3sas9tl s,sta l aa
Four Easton fishermen paid penalties
amounting to $50 for taking to black bass
froni.the Delaware contrary to law.
i A bill has passed the house of Representa-
tives by vote of 159 to 80, which materially
affects the interests of the Mormons. 1t pro-
yides that no person can serve as a juror who
has more than one wife Mr.. Cannon, the
Delegate from Utah, opposed its passage in
an able speech. lie had four wives.
San Francisco must be a perfect paradise
for lovers of fruit. Not to mention tie tropi-
cal variety, of which we in this section know
nothing, there are all our familiar fruits IN
the greatest abundance. The San Francisco
Chronicle of a recent date mentioned the re-
ceipt in that city Of thirty tons Of strawber-
ries daily, and the choicest varieties wero sell
ing for four cents a pound. The crop Thu
year is said to be almost unprecedented.
In tho Spring Of 1877 France expects to b
able to muster an army of TAO, 900 expert
enced Soldiers. las ss. aH1