The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1877-05-23
President Hayes owns 1000 acres Of min.
eral lard in Virginia.
How to take life easy --be careless with coal

President Hayes owns 1000 acresof min
eral lard in Virginia.
How to take life easy -becassiess with coal
oil. go gs
Some ~retched adinirer Of silence insists
that loquacious speaker is like river -great-
est at the mouth.
Never since the establishment Of Ocean
Grove and Asbury Park has the opening OF
TIC season looked more prosperous.
There were over 10000 people at the Per-
manent Exhibition on Saturday. 4 he musl-
cal attractions are very great.
Brignoli sang at Providence r. l.. few
nights ago,tand hts voice was transmitted by
a vocal telephone to Boston, forty miles away,
and was heard by an audience there.
President Hayes was most kindly received
by all men and women, except @. A. Dana
and Sd. Tilden, during his visit to New
York.
A millionaire in San Francisco has just paid
people will persist in saying that prices are go
Ing down.
The directors Of the Permanent Philadel-
phia Exhibition on Monday voted against
keeping the Exhibition open on Sunday.
Miss Van Lew, the friend Of the Libby
prisoners, who has been Postmaster at. ich
mond since the war closed, Is DOW 20 be dis
placed to make room for man politician who
wants the place.
The NJ 2. World predicts that President
Hayes civil service will develop as many scam
dals as Grants. 1t undoubtedly will unless
the Democratic press loses its disposition and
ability to lie.
It is stated that the daily expenses of a
steam car on the city passenger railways foot
up about 1851, which is considerable saving
over the horse motive-power. There is
little doubt that they will be generally adopt
ed before very long
The men at the sheet mill at Phillipsburg
struck on Friday night for regular pay day,
as they have been receiving their wages ir-
regularly, and are naturally much inconveni-
cnced thereby. It is said, too. that the works
are back with their wages owing some OF the
hands considerable amounts. e
During the Whit Monday anu sements at
Hull, balloon which was about to ascend
was blown against a gas jet and exploded.
Eighty-six of the spectators were injured.
They were taken toNthe intrmary, where it
was found that sixty were able to proceed to
their homes after having their wounds dress
ed. In six cases the injuries were dangerous.
The voice Of the greenbacker is again heard
in the land. He demands more currency.
The fact that our banks are full of money.
that goes begging for investment at low in
terest, is nothing to him. He wants initiation,
wild speculation, and mushroom prosperity.
Apropos Of the political complications in
Europe, It may be of interest to know the cost
of the maintenance of soldiers in each of the
great countries on the oth0r side of the ocean.
1t is said that. England spends for each Of her
soldiers $500 per annum Russia, $240 !;
France, 1894. 40 Belgium, $209.40 Ger
many, $195 Turkey. $184.40 italy, $188.
a6 Denmark, SITE Spain, 1866, and Austria,
S144.
Hon. Lyman Trumbull, of Illinois, thinks
that President Hayes by his course has stolen
all the Democratic thunder. 49,
The Democrats elected to the next Com
gress are not nearly as harmonious on several
questions as the leaders would like them TO be
and there viii probably be some lively times
at the October session.