The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-02-24


Rear admiral Charles n Bell U. s. N,
died on Friday morning, at New Brunswick,
aged II.
The Erie Railroad repair shops are to be re-
moved from Jersey City to Riverside, Pater-
SON. These shops employ about 500 hands.
a colored woman named Lucy Hawkins
died at Washington on Monday at the adj
vanced age Of 115 years.
The New Jersey M E. Confurence will
meet at New Brunswick on Wednesday, March
10th, and continue in session until the 10th.
There are now twelve potteries in Trenton
which employ 1 200 men and 1000 women and
boys, and turn out $l,500,000 worth of ware
annually.
BY the accession of the new Emperor of
China, one-thrd of the human family come
under the nominal sway of boy of five years
old.
According to table printed in the Press, tile
United States Senate, after the fourth of
March, 1875, will consist of Al Republicans,
90 Democrats, and independents.
The Phoenix Iron Works, of Trenton, are
preparing the material for an iron bank
building, which is to be erected IN Port au
Prince, Hayti.
THE COMING ECLIPSE. There will be an
eclipse of tho osn on the 9th Of APRIL: Accer,
ding to the English astronomer, Kinds, it will
be the best observation of totality likely to be
offered for the next twenty years-or more.
A correspondent at Portsmouth, England,
describing the preparations in that town to
welcome the troops from the Gold Coast, says
that huge flag with the inscription, Wei
come Home," had been hoisted over the po-
lice station. 1t was fortunately seen and re-
moved in time. ~
Here is fact pertinent to the passage of
the act to establish State Board of Health
der,lraining Of the town of Leicester, Eng
land, has effected diminution of forty per
cent. in the prevalence of consumption.
A Parksville, N. ", girl, is in an unpIeas-
ant predicament. While she was combing
her hair in front of q looking glass the other
day. her older sister called her attention to
something when she turned her head around
suddenly, and displaced some cord, so that
her he d has since remained almost in the
s me position.
1t is known that the President has rendered
to Cortlandt Parker the position of Judge of
the Court of Alabama Claims. We are not
informed as to his decision in the matter, but
the wisdom of the Presidents choice requires
no explanation Mr.. Parker has every quail
fication for the place and would do homer to
his party as well as to the appointing power.
Whether he accepts or declines, all Jersey
men will recognize the propriety of his selec-
ton.
An accumulation of gas in large new sew
er at Cambridge, Mass, exploded early on
Flida morning with series of loud reports,
which shattered the walls Of adjoining dwell
ings and stores. The surplus gas poured in
to the rooms Of several dwellings through the
sewer connections, and ten persons sleeping
therein were with difficulty rescued and re-
stored to consciousness. The street gas pipes
have been leaking into the sewer for some
time, bat the cause of tho explosion is a plys-
terry.
The scarcity Of coal in Freehold is thus re-
ferred to by the Democrat Upsto Monday
night, sbut fourteen four-wheel cars of coal
came to dealers since January first, most of
which was sent out from the mines last year.
Orders for tons to be delivered to various par
ties should not be filed further than a ton
each. But one dealer had any on Monday
and that was hardly ten tons. There has been
no serious advance in prise, and the only
cause for the scarcity is the non-working Of
the miners since New Years.