The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-12-08

Three men have been arrested and held
for trial in Wilmington for printing and cir
culating business cards or circulars made in
Imitation Of legal-tender or greenback notes.
The Pennsylvania r. r. Co. has purchas-
ed the U. s. Navy Yard at Philadelphia, for
$l,0o0,000. 1t is supposed that it viii be used
as a shipping and coal depot.
If things go on at the present rate, may be
Bristow will be the unanimous choice for
President of both parties. The New York
World and the Philadelphia Times are the
latest converts. They eulogize the Secretary
in the warmest manner.
The remains of yice-President Wilson
were finally inferred at Matte on Tuesday last,
eight days after his decease, and the world is
now talking and thinking of something else.
The Vice President died in quite modest Cir
cumstances, financially, but left no immediate
family. There was an insurance of $4,000 up
on his life.
Boss Tweed has gone to join the infamous
caravan of Tammany thieves abroad. The
old villain escaped from the lax custody of his
keepers on Saturday evening, and probably
had all his plans thoroughly matured for get
ting out of the country. He could not hope
long to successfully escape detection in this
country Thomas Mast has made his promi-
this. $4,000 reward is offered for his cap
ture.
General Schenck's connection with the EN-
ma Mine scandal in London as developed by
recent legal Investigations in that city, is GER
tainly not very creditable to him as a repre-
sentative of the American government -
Whether he has been actually dishonest or not
and there is no clear proof that he was So
the United States cannot well afford to keep
as it's Minister to Great Britain one who was,
to say the least, the willing tool of wildcat
spectators. The general opinion in both par
ties is that Gen. Schenek had better come
home.
According to the Assessors returns the
population of Gloucester county is "a, 49,
The town of Woodbury. has a population of
2,028.
Proceedings have been begun by Wallace
Vail, late Republican candidate for Sheriff of
Union county, against James Parker, who, it
is alleged, by slanderous stories against Vail
prevented people from voting for him and
caused his defeat. The damages are laid at
$4,000.
The population of Somerville is 3,243, an
increase of 1907 in five years. Raritan L.
$50, increase S41. Bound Brook 813, increase
257.
Some days ago Mr.. Samuel Sloan, President
of the Delaware, Laekawanna and Western
Railroad Company, was invited by the direc-
tors of the Michigan Central Railroad Com
pany to accept the position of ce-President
of the latter. On Friday Mr.. Sloan signified
his willingness to take the position.
The ubiquity of Mr.. Smith is strikingly in
Dictated by the fact that he breaches to 100
Baptist congregations in this country.
A Somerset county farmer invited all his
neighbors to sausage bee. resulting in about
a ton Of ground hog being seasonably prepar-
ed, but during the night some one stole three
fourths of it, and now he is as deeply interest
ed as Darwin in any information concerning
the missing Inks
Queen Victoria has been subjected to bitter
personal attacks ON the part of some of the
English press because she recently attended
the funeral ceremonies of Scottish peasant
in the Highlands. They call it breach of
dignity and etiquette not to be passed over.
Just as if Queen were not human being,
with human feelings
It is expected that the Texas Pacific Rail-
road subsidy will be strongly pressed before
Congress this session. Col. Thomas Scott,
the leading spirit of the corporation, has been
engaged for months in laying his plans, and
it is believed that he has secured the aid of
nearly all the Southern members. We shall
now see whether the Democratic party is sim
cere in its professed hostility to all railroad
grants.
The decrease in the public debt during
November was $3.50, 078. There were, in that
month, large disbursements for army and
navy pensions The entire reductions made
in the public debt for the four months of the
present fiscal year, (since July 1sty) is $10-
III, 900 against 81, 149, GOT for the correspond
ing months of last year.
The Centennial Exhibition will show will
other things the capacity some people have o
industriously doing what amounts to nothing
when done. A Philadelphia man has posta
card upon which he has already written 4, 70l
words, and he expects to write 1000 word
additional. The card is to be exhibited mex
year.