The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-09-29
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Next Monday evening is the stated meet.

Ing Of the Common Council of this city.
Jacob Corson, an old resident Of Clinton
died on Saturday, the 18th. He was buried
with Masonic honors.
lin the article on "voice Traininc,n in
our last issue, the word "Klang" was in.
correctly printed /" Klaug.''
"A meeting of those opposed to paying
the special bounty poll tax was held at the
store of V. R. Matthews, on Coryell st., last
Friday evening. There was large atten-
dance.
Mrs. Margaret MARROW, whose death oc-
CURED last week, was the oldest member of
the Pennington Baptist Church. She Joined
the church in the year 1925 years ago
Mrs. NARROW was about rs years of age at
the time of her death.
"A COW was run over and killed by the
second down passenger train on the B. D.
Division, on last Friday morning, near Lari-
sons The day before two cows were killed
by trains on the road.
The annual meeting of the Central N. J.
Pastors Conference will be held with the Cal
vary Baptist Church, Hopewell, on Monday,
Oct. 4th. Sermon In the evening by the Sec
Rotary of the Conference, @. E. Young.
The Hunterdon Co. Fair is going on at
Pennington, this week. The Directors show
very little energy in working up an interest
in the exhibition, and if there is fair turn
out of people it will not be owing to anything
they havedone.
About as cool thing off Of ice as we
know of, is for man who while freeholder,
built bridges, furnished the stone, and charged
for experimenting the work as freeholder, to
complain to the grand jury against city
officials for being concerned illegally in pub
lie contracts.
The Central New Jersey Baptist Associ-
ton will hold it's annual meeting at Hopewell,
on next Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 9th
and 9th. The Sunday School Association
connected with this body will meet on Tues
day morning, and will hold a public service on
Tuesday evening, at which some prominent
Sunday School men will be present and de-
liver addresses. s M 81
Mr.. Wilson Bray has been remodeling his
house ON York ST. and has in fact rebuilt it,
nothing being left of the old building but the
brick walls. Mr.. B. is gentleman of cop-
siderable architectural taste and has made the
house quite attractive and tasteful, while it
contains all the modern conveniences such as
hot and cold water, bath, sinks, etc. 1t is an
important addition to the beauty of York
street. IA - gefss ssss 4.e.se sssssssEF
Week before last an account was kept by
the janitress of the Young Mems Christian
Association Rooms, in this city, of the num-
Der of visitors during the week, and it was as
certained TO be three. hundred. This is be-
lieved to be. less than the average attendance,
and yet it shows that the reading room is
quite place Of resort. All the prominent
daily papers are kept, the illustrated week.
lies, magazines and several religious and sec.
ular weekly papers.
Theodore Anderson, living near Fleming
ton, we learn from the Democrat sold basket
of peaches in New York one day last week for
five dollars. The peaches were extra fine,
and some idea Of their size may be formed
when it is said that a half bushel basket held
only 63 of them. Peaches have been bringing
our peach men are accordingly happy.
AT the State Fair, at Waverly, held last
week, Mr.. Andrew Holcombe, of West Am
well, in this county, carried of any quantity
Of premiums He received the first premium
for clover seed, yellow corn, white corn, oats,
rye, white wheat, and yellow wheat, and
seven premiums on cattle, and five on sheep.
There was we hear, plenty of competition in
these departments, so that the premiums
really represent superiority of products.
The pavement In front of the Fleet Wing
Truck House, is a disgrace to the city au-
thorities who have the direction of such re-
pairs. Their attention has been called to it
repeatedly and yet it has been allowed to re-
main in its present condition for months. A
venerable lady who is compelled to pass over
it frequently at night has several times come
near meeting with a fall by the loose bricks
and the inequalities in the pavement, and
others are forced to stumble and stub their
toes over the bricks from week to week.
The Lambertville Gas Light Company
have recently put in new machine for wash
ing the gas, by which the gas is rendered
much purer. The gas passes through spray
of water and then enters the usual purifiers.
By the use Of this machine the deposit of sedi-
ment in gas burners and the gumming-up of
the fixtures will be avoided. The company
deserve the thanks Of their patrons for this
improvement, the more so, as the expense of
the apparatus is not warranted by the present
income of the company.
BurrERFoss' CANNING OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Mr.. J. II. Butterfoss has nearly completed
his work for the present season. He has put
up oyer $4,000 cans of tomatoes and between
1900 and $1,000 cans of corn, besides a
quantity of peaches, apples, ETC. About forty
hands have been employed during the season.
His tomatoes take a high rank in the market,
especially his whole tomatoes which are
incomparably better than those put up by
other packers. His corn is also of superior
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