The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-09-20


the water In the Delaware from its low level
and there is now.a full supply for the canal
feeder. Our grist mills are running on full
| time.
Some Of Col. f. s. Holcombe's poultry,
Qike riches took to themselves wings and
flew away, while they were being carted
through our streets for shipment to the WAY.
erly fair. They were caught, however, after
some considerable trouble.
"A red-hot Democrat wrote to friend in
this county recently, asking him to advise a
member Of the petit jury at our county court
not to be too hard on the prisoners as it would
affect the Democratic majority this Fall. He
did this as a joke, but it was very truthful
one
--On last Wednesday, Chas. Thatcher, of
this city, while painting the river bridge at
Centre Bridge, fell from ladder, some boards
upon which the ladder stood having broken,
and fell distance of about fifty feet but re-
ceived no more serious injury than some
bruises and a sprained ankle. His escape was
a most fortunate one.
Mr. J. c. Reeve, of this city, who has
been engaged in the oil business in the vicin-
ity of Oil City Pa, for two or three years
Mr.. Reeve is the owner of a number of wells
and the recent rise in the price of oil is very
pleasant fact for him to contemplate. He has,
we learn, succeeded well in his operations.
-Messrs. f. S. Holcombe and Andrew Hol-
combe, of this county, are exhibitors at the
N. ]. State Fair, now being held at Waverly.
Col. Hocombe exhibits cattle sheep and fam
cy poultry. Mr.. Andrew Holcombe exhibits
cattle and sheep. Both of these exhibitors
have fine stock and twill be difficult to ex-
eel them.
Beauty the Complexion, and remove
pimples, spots, burns, scalds, stings, chapped
lips, prickly heat and all Invitations of the
skin by using GLENN's SULPHUR SOAR. In
cases Of Gout and Rheumatism it is also very
efficacious.
We call attention to the advertisement in
another column of L. Tobias, clothier, Union
street, near Bridge. Mr. Tobias has recently
come among us with large and well-selected
stock of ready-made clothing and gents fur
nshing goods. Having such a superior quail
ity of goods, and selling at such low figures,
we predict for him a large sharge of public
patronage. Call and examine his stock.
MIR. Clarence Anderson, of Philadelphia,
has purchased the drug store in this city late
iy owned by Dir. I. NJ severns. He hopes to
build up q large trade by keeping full stock
of the freshest and purest drugs and medi-
cines, and invites the public to give him call.
Mr.. Anderson is q graduate of the Phila. Col
lege of Pharmacy, and has had eight years
experience in one of the leading Phila. drug
houses.
On last Thursday afternoon, while one of
w. V. Case & Bro. IS Teams loaded with two
heavy oak logs, was passing up Main street,
some children amused themselves in obtain
ing ride by holding on to the coupling pole.
A little son of Mr.. Jas. e. Adams, ran inside
the hind wheels to get on, and in doing so fell
and one of the wheels passed over his hips
and abdomen, injuring him SO severely that he
died in few hours. He was about six years
old, and was very interesting boy. His fu-
neral took place from the NJ. e. Church, on
last Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. j. T. Ellis, living about mile north
west of Pennington, being alone in the house a
few days since, heard footsteps in an upper
room. She Immediately went up, and found
a strange man ransacking the bureau draw
ers. She at once seized hold of him and call
ed for help, but before any of the men, who
were working some distance from the house,
could come to her assistance, the fellow broke
loose from her and escaped. He had secured
about five dollars in money before being dis
covered. This was bold attempt at robbery
in broad daylight, and Mrs. Ellis certainly
displayed remarkable courage in thus stack
ling y the thef.-Hunterdon Republican.
The heavy storm Of Sunday did great
damage throughout the country. In this city,
one of the chimneys on the house occupied by
Robert Montgomery, ON Cottage Hill, was
blown down. A chimney ON the house of
Thos. Clancy, on the same hill, was also
blown down and the roof of the house was
somewhat crushed. Fences and small build
ings were toppled over in various parts of the
city, and trees suffered very seriously from
broken limbs, etc. The fruit trees all over
the country suffered the winter apples being
nearly all blown off, and peach trees in many
places stripped of their fruit Mr.. s. B. Bray,
informs US that from sixty to eighty baskets
of peaches were blown from the trees in his
orchard in Kingwood. farmer below this
city lost about seventy bushels of winter ap-
Piles in the same way. In Trenton the steeple
on the Episcopal Church in Centre street was
blown down, and also the walls of two OF
three buildings in course of erection. 1t was
feared that the Centennial buildings would be
badly injured, but outside of some broken
windows, no damage was done.
FoRaER ARREsTED.--James e. Vanhorn,
alias James Huron, alias Martin V. Moore,
alias William H. Mace, former resident of
numerous public institutions of detention,
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