The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-09-11

oioeuoackets OF THIS county, we are
told, Will hold county convention in Onakar
town, ON the 18th of October and put ON nomi-
nation full county ticket.
For washing in cold water, use Niedt,s
oieine Soap, warranted strictly pure /; hard
weil or soft water may be used in washing
with this soap as well as soft water. 1t is the
best soap ever offered to the public. Every
bar full weight-16 OF.
Yesterday, (Tuesday) afternoon, as work
men were "iacking up a locomotive in the
Penna. shops in this city, the blocking gave
way and caught the left hand of Mr.. Hugh
reynolds in such way as to let almost the
entire weight of the locomotive come upon it,
MASKING it very badly. 1t is feared that the
hand will have to be amputated.
The Treasurer of the fund raised by the
Board of Trade of this city for the yellow
lever sufferers, reports the following receipts:
Collected by Committee, $93 s8
Baptist Church and
turned over to Com, % 90
Balance on hand from Centennial
Celebration, and turned over to
Committee by IL. Carver. Treas
urer, 612
1922 20
lightning struck in the Hotel at Ocean
Beach on Tuesday, seriously shocking and
burning Miss Eva c. Storms, of Clinton,
while at desk writing. Latest advces re.
port her condition favorable but she had a
narrow escape.
The contract for building the new bank
ing house at Frenchtown has been awarded
to John l.. Slack, of that place, for $2,074,
the Bank to furnish the stone and brick and
to do the excavations.
Weekly meetings are being held in Flem-
ington on Sundays in the interest of temper
ance. The Democrat says There seems to
be no abatement of interest. Gospel Tenn
perance Meetings started in this town three
months ago. Last Sunday afternoon the Court
House was good deal too small to hold the
people.
"A son of d. V. L. Schenck was riding a
horse to water on his fathers farm, in Della
ware township, last Wednesday morning,
when he was thrown violently to the ground,
causing fracture of the young mans arm
and otherwise injuring him.
The following were the delegates from
this section to the Fourth Congressional
Greenback Convention at Clinton, yester-
day list Ward-Iohn Foley, Samuel Mustard
and William Fritz Cd. Ward-John Louden,
VIM. Lyman and Thomas Crawley Sd. Ward
". r. Matthews 7. Reardon and Wilson
Bray.
Delaware Towr ship-Charles Heath, Thorn
as Hoffey and Gardner B. Naylor.
West Amwell-James M. Fackenthall, r.
II. Fisher and Benz Abbott.
"A special meeting of the Board of School
Trustees was held in the Council Room, on
last Monday evening. The chair stated that
the Council had passed the ordinance appro-
plating $4,000 for the erection of tine new
school house in the First Ward not including
furniture, whereupon Mr.. Reilly moved that
the vote by which the original plans and spe-
cifications were changed to leave out the
stone steps, press brick front and belfry, be
reconside red. The chair ruled the motion
out of order Mr.. Reilly having voted in the
negative. The Board after considerable talk
from different members, postponed the further
consideration of letting of the contract until
Wednesday evening, Sept II. The following
bills were presented and ordered paid Bill
of Isaac Wilson, for cleaning Second Ward
building, $1,000 Charles w. Abbott, mason
work and material, repairing chimneys, plas
tering, &C., S43.21.
The Committee on books and school furni-
ture were instructed to purchase books for the
use of such pupils as may be without the
same, in cases where the parents were unable
to do so.