The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-12-15

that can intoxicate.
Another bogus Insurance Company. the
Mineral Mountain" has been stopped in
Jersey City. Secretary Kelsey refused to au-
thorize it, and on Thursday closed the place.
| There are seven colored men in Congress-
Three Of them could not read till the war
| emancipated them. One, Robert Smalls,
served in the army and navy on both sides.
Robert F. Stockton, Of New Jersey, grand
son of Commodore Stockton, has been ap-
pointed Special Treasury Agent at Philadel-
phia, vice George Handy Smith.
An invitation to visit the Centennial
grounds in Philadelphia on Saturday next has
been accepted by nearly all the members of
Congress. The President and the Judges of
the Supreme Court have also been invited,
and are expected to be present. 1t will be a
good time for those who like to see noted men
| to be on hand.
More passengers are transported between
| New York and Chicago than on any other
route in the United States.
1t is thought that many of the bridges upon
the new Easton and Amboy Railroad, near
Bloomsbury, will have to be rebuilt, as they
already show signs of weakness.
| At meeting of the State Executive Com
mttee of the Y. M. G. A., on Wednesday,
Mr.. j. M. Meeker was continued as State
Secretary for the ensuing quarter. Reports
| from different parts of the State show great
interest in the work. 1t was decided to con-
/ tinue the State canvass.
The Republican National Committee will
meet on Thursday, January ID, at 10 A. NJ,
at the Arlington Hotel, Washington, for the
purpose of fixing the time and place for hold
ing the next Republican National Convention
| for the nomination Of President and Vice Presi-
dent.
The new commandment: "He who can
not read, neither shall he vote"
| fifty years ago, one Roman Catholic priest in
| Mane one in Massachusetts, and one in New
Hampshire, with eight churches. There are
now in New England according to this au-
thority, l arch bishop, bishops, AL priests
432 churches, and population of nearly a
million.
A impostor is operating in Orange in some
what novel manner After learning the name
of an occupant of house, he carries in such
articles of produce as he wishes to dispose of
telling the lady that her husband had ordered
them, and instructed him to collect on delivery.
A singular character named Alexander Hell
fenstone died on Wednesday night in the Poor
House at Elizabeth. He was man of fine
education, and one of the most complete mas
ters Of surgery in the country. He ran away
from his family some years since and has since
then gone down step by step till he died in
the Aims House. His possessions are to be
collected by the Caledonian Society of New
ark, and his friends will be found if any are
living. Till few days before his death he
would not tell anything about his history.
During the last thirty weeks, the American
| Newspaper Reporter, of New York, has an
nounced the establishment of 812 newspapers
and periodicals in the United States and Can
ada, and the suspension in the same period of
484. This gives an average of about ~ jour-
nalistic births and u Journalistic deaths per
week.
Bears in Wisconsin are not going into Win
ter quarters, the Indians say This indicates a
| mild season, but makes it bad for stray calves
and small boys.
The disease known az the Texas fever is
raging extensively among the swine and cat
tie inlVincentown, Burlington Go. Recently,
by the disease, Mr.. Caleb Ridgway lost near
one hundred head of swine Mr.. Aaron Hark-
er about so, Mr.. Stephen Haines about 60, and
Mr.. Benjamin Taylor II cows, 8 calves and 5
hogs. The farmers and hog raisers In that
i part Of the State ave much alarmed.
The President on Thursday sent to the
Senate large number of nominations, be-
ing appointments made during the recess, and
many of them were confirmed, including the
! following Zachariah Chandler, to be Minister
of the Interior Edward Pierrepont, Attorney
General John G. New, United States Treas
urer John @. Smith, Indian Commissioner !;
Thomas G. Woodward and Virgil d. Stock
bridge, Examiners init Chief of the Patent
Office George W. Emery, Governor of Utah;
s. B. Axtell, Governor of New Mexico and
Commodore Daniel Ammen, Chief of the
Bureau Of Navigation.
The Newark Common Council has ordered
that the advent of the Centennial year be OBJ
served by the firing of q salute and the ring
ing of bells at noony on January 1.
The Methodist ministers of Salt Lake City,
at meeting on the 9th instant, adopted reso~
buttons protesting against the action of Bishop
Haven and the Methodist ministers OF Boston
in nominating President Grant for third
term.
The Rev. Mr.. Glendenning, formerly of
Jersey City, has not been altogether success
at Henry, ILL.,, as a great many of the men,
bers of the Presbyterian congregation that
called him have seeded and organized Con-
gregational Church.
John Taylor johnson, President of the
Central Railroad of New Jersey, has written
TO j. M. Meeker, State Secretary of the Young
Mems Christian Association, inviting him to
hold religious meetings among the railroad
men at Phillipsburg and other places, and Of
fers to- build chapel il it is deemed necessa-
ry-
The argunsent before the Chancellor on the
application for an injunction against the Del
aware and Bound BrooA Railroad, to restrain
them from bridging the Delaware near Yard
leyville, was resumed on Monday. Mr.. Brown
ing occupied the day in behalf of she defend
ants and had not concluded when the Court
adjourned.
PREsByTEkIANIsM IN TRENTON. The
Prospect Avenue Presbyterian Church at
Trenton was dedicated Thursday. Rev. DR..
Adamsy of New York, preached the dedica-
tory SERMON, after which the Rev. DR.. Hall
read sketch OF the history of Presbyterian
ism in Trenton, which dated its origin as far
back as III years ago. when the first church
was erected under the pastorship Of the Rev.
David Cowell. There are now five Presby-
terrain Churches in Trenton, with congrega-
tions numbering an aggregate of about 1900
souls. Rev. Walter Brook il pastor of the
new church,.
1t has been stated that after Moody and
c.. O.