The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-06-23

General Seden Conner was on Tuesday
last nominated for Governor of Maine by the
Republicans. There was little or no oppo-
sition to him, and he will be a popular candi-
date. The convention declared that sound
currency, based upon coin and redeemable in
coin, is essential to the prosperity of the peo-
pie. A resolution against third Republican
term was presented, but was opposed by Con-
gresham Hale, who urged that President
Grants letter had set the matter at rest so far
as he is concerned, and that its passage would
be useless The subject was then dropped
The guessing mania seems to have reached
its height at Bridgeport, Conn, where
druggist placed large globe of pills in his
window and offered one hundred soda water
tickets for the nearest guess. Over two,
thousand persons tried their wisdom, guesses
ranging from 81 to 5000, the real number be-
ing S77, which two guessed.
A recent act Of Assembly forbids the adult
GRAFTON of milk either by water or other sub
stance the selling of skinned milk for new
milk keeping cows in unwholesome quarters,
or feeding them upon distillery swill or Stops
in which fermentation has commenced, under
a fine of $50 One-half the fine goes to the
informer and the other to the poor.
The Bank of England has about 800 clerks.
They usually enter at between IS and 20 years
our currency. From this they advance, until
by the time they are Al or A they get 81, 700 a
year, after which they can ordinarily hope for
no increase.
In order to see all there will be to be seen
at the Centennial person will need to visit
the exhibition a good many times. In the
main building alone there will be twenty
miles of avenue. To walk this and properly
inspect the articles on exhibition will be the
work of week.
Baltimore had some wells which were re-
nowned for their "medcinal qualities y and
to which hundreds resorted Now there is
much excitement at the fact that the "medi-
cinal odors and tastes were the result of foul
sewage which has for years run into the wells.
A ToUeH STORY FROM IowA.-Reports re-
ceived at Des Moines state that an army of
grasshoppers forty miles long and ten miles
wide, has arrived between Council Bluffs and
Nicola, and the pests are eating everything
that is green. The conductors say they are
go thick that they hinder the trains.
The recent heavy commercial failures In
London and Manchester, aggregating liabii
ties to the amout of $780, 500, 900, is creating
grave apprehensions in American financial and
commercial circles. s
The Beecher case was adjourned from
Thursday afternoon to Monday morning.
Mr.. Beach is not expected to conclude his
long speech until the middle Of this week.
The contract for the new cut in the. bar at
Perriwig, in the Delaware, has been awarded
to VIM. NJ. Baird, of Brooklyn, N. Y. The
work will be commenced about the goth of
August.
London is ahead. 1t has more Jews than
Palestine. more Sootchmen than Edinburg,
more Irish than Dublin, more Catholics than
Rome, aud more thieves than Chicago.
Phillipsburg has just had a count made of
her Inhabitants, and finds that they foot up
1871 souls.
Ex-Judge Martin Ryerson of Newton, N.
j., died OF, consumption at his residence in
that place on the 18th Instant.