The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-03-03
iFE0cAE AFFAIRS.
Lan.1ertrtne, N. J.. March 8, 1873.


IT. B. Scott will hold a sale of horses at
Stockton. See adv.
-sJs n. Bntterfoss wantsAto contract for to-
matoes for canning See adv.
Three young men had a fight yesterday
in the !" Court y about pack of cards.
Ten persons were added to the member
ship Of the Pennington Presbyterian Church
on Sunday last.
Col John Sharp, of Delaware township,
sent to this Office a day or two since basket
of choice apples, for which we return our
thanks.
The next session Of the Presbytery of
New Brunswick will be held in the Presby-
terrain Church of this city, on Tuesday, April
18th.
MIR. r. Randall Hoes, of Princeton The
illogical Seminary, has been called to the
pastorate of the Presbyterian Church of
Mount Holly.
The bill to allow the School Trustees of
this city to purchase additional ground for
school purposes, etc., was reported in the
House yesterday.
The Emerald Society will parade ON St.
Patrick's Day, March nth. Sculrs LAM
bertville Comet Band has been engaged for
the occasion The Society will also give an
entertainment on the same evening.
The ice on the Delaware at this place,
broke up on Friday morning, and passed off
without doing any damage. At first there
was slight damming of the river at Wells
Falls, but this soon gave way.
AT the great Eastern Poultry Show, held
at Providence, r. l., the week commencing
February 18th, Mr.. P. @. Holcombe's Rouen
Ducks won the first premium in warmly
contested ring. Mr.. Holcombe is an extensive
breeder and dealer in fancy poultry at Reaville.
Rev. Geo. F. Love, of the Deckertown Bap-
fist Church, has accepted a call to the Croton
Baptist Church, in this county, and will re-
move there at an early day. He has been con-
ductlng series of meetings at Croton and
some 20 OF 80 have professed conversion.
--On last Friday night, while daughter of
Mr. w. L. Smith, of this city, was carrying
lamp down the cellar steps, it exploded, and
for a time the house was in danger of tax
ing fire, but this was prevented, and fortu-
nately no serious damage was done either to
person or property.
1t is important that the Convention to
nominate officers for our fire department use
great care in the selection of the candidates
The efficiency Of the department will be ma
terially affected by the experience and capa-
city of those who may be chosen.
The Lambcrtville Vigilant Society held
its annual meeting at Lyceum Hall, on Friday
last. Officers were elected, pursuers appoint
cd, &C., list of which will be found in
another column. At the close of the meeting
the company partook of an excellent dinner
at the Lambertville House.
Max Adeler, the we'll known wit, writesa
sketch for the Ddn6ary Netos, in which
there are some local references which make it
entertaining reading. I" The principal merit
of this story is that it is exactly true" he
says. 1t will surprise our friend Huffnagle,
of New Hope, to know that he owns an ele-
phant, and much more that he is proprietor of
a circus and menagerie. 1t will be found on
our first page, Isl
AS our County Freeholders have decided to
erect bridge over Swans Creek, on the old
New Brunswick turnpike road, would it not
be well for our Council to give this road some
street name? 1t certainly would be better,
as there is no name given it on our maps
Wo would suggest that it be cllled Brunswick
Avenue.
The Freeholders have decided to build
bridge over Swans Creek, to cost about
$4,000, to replace the first bridge at the
Hook" which is in a dilapidated condition.
The bridge is to be made the full width of
the street. While they are at this improve
ment. would it not be practicable to dispense
with the second bridge, and cause all the
water to flow through one channel, thus saw
ing the expense of the second bridge?
The lecture ON Odd Fellowship under the
auspices of Leni Lenapc Lodge, of this city,
at Lyceum Hail. on Wednesday evening of
last week, was not very we'll attended by
those outside the society. Those, however,
who were present, were well entertained by
an excellent lecture by Hon. j. s. Fitzgerald,
OF Newark. The exercises were interpersed
with singing by Messrs. Vanscver, Titus
and Shafer.
Some time since we called attention to
the necessity of having a gas light burning
all night at the Bridge street canal bridge.
We are glad to notice that the Canal Company
have recently put up lamp at the Office of
Mr. Geo. Ely. 1t is intended to keep it
burning all night, SO that pedestrians may not
walk into the canal owing to the darkness.
Would 1t not be we'll to put lamp at the
Coryell street bridge?
The annual report of the City Treasurer
made to Council on Monday evening, shows
that the finances Of the city have been manag-
ed in an exceptionally careful manner dur
ing the past year. BY April LIST, about So, 900
of the city debt will have been paid off, The
expenses of the city have been kept conside-
rably within the estimates The previous
year they far exceeded them, and considerable
of the approprations of the past year went