The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-05-08


ment. eNy' AoJutant OF the 7th Regi-
When. lookins
keep in your eye the 5E furniture, be sure to
coryell ST., Lambertville. Sgn OF titus 40
The Board of FreeholdeFs held theS
meeting yesterday Tuesday, in the Connr.
House. for the settlement of the years bust.
ness. The new Board will organize to-day.
KTTCo, G. has made arrangements for observ
4 ing Decoration Day tSIay soth5. The follow
ing committee has been appointed to solicit
subscriptions to defray the expenses Nal
colin salteI, Jos Taylor, Tlos. Stockton
"A big stock of Boots and Shoes at LouD
EMS.
AT the meeting of the Temperance Re-
form Club, on next Friday evening, Capt. La.
bourne, of Phila., a speaker of considerable
ability, will deliver an address, Meetings will
also be held on Saturday evening and Sunday
afternoon, at which Capt. Labourne will also
be present and speak.
Nov is the time to buy Singer Sewing
Machine. They are sold at $50. Lower than
any other first class machine For sale at
Schulhaus', s. E.. corner Church and Union
streets.
Anderson Case of Riugoes, met with a
serious accident last Saturday. He was mo-
wing into a new house he had just completed,
when he stopped in front of the hotel to wa
ter his horse. Whileethus engaged the horse
took fright and started. In his efforts to
ohnck fI,a animal Mr. \
and severely injured about the head The
horse was finally stopped, and strange to say
the load of glassware on the wagon was none
of it broken.
The number of false alarms of late have
given rise to some grumbing on the part of
the firemen of both towns. 1t is no small job
to get out the apparatus and start for the
Third Ward and find out that you have had
+ your run for nothing, and that you have to
go back, report and clean up. One would
suppose that rules could be laid down, by
which those who strike the alarm should
have more grounds than the cry of parcel
of boys.
Young gentlemen who wish the finest,
most fashionable and stylish stock to select
from should call at the store of G W. Hotel,
27t E. State ST., Trenton, N. J. Just receiv-
ed fresh importation of the very latest styles
of fine and ordinary straw hats, to suit all
tastes. Soft hats in light colors, for summer
wear; also the most fashionable and best OF
all silk hats, " Knox's, which is so popular
as to require agencies in Paris and London
Reliable goods only sold, and at fair and hon.
est prices. |
The new fish law passed by tho recent
Legislature refers pretty generally TO special
localities, but the first section is of general in
terest. 1t provides that hereafter 1t shall not
be lawful for any person or persons, either by
day or night, to put place or haul any gill,
drift or other net or nets for the catching of
fish in any of the waters of this State, tex
cept as hereinafter provided at any time be-
tween the fifteenth day Of July in each and
every year, nor at any time whatever in any
year from sunset on Saturday night until sun
rise on Monday morning.
The newspapers are reporting terrible
accident which occurred to rope-walker at
Catasauqua, Pa, few days since. The man
attempted to walk backward while drunk and
fell distance of fifty feet, receiving injuries
which will main him for life if they do not
/ kill him. Some newspapers give his name as
prof Dare others as Prof. Bond. As
\ his residence is given as Camden, we presume
/ 1t was Prof. Bond. Both of these men gave
performances in this city few weeks ago.
The chances are that if the man had been So
ber he wouldn't have fallen. Thus the stuff
" helps business y
The annual meeting of the Mount Hope
i Cemetery Association was held at Lyceum
Hall, on Monday evening of this week. John
H. Horn, Esq, was called to the chair and
Chas. Schulhaus acted as secretary. The
Treasurer reported balance on hand of $685.
80. Considerable interest was manifested in
the election of new board Of directors, there
being two factions, each of which was in ia
vor of the appointment of different man as
sexton of the cemetery. Two hundred and
tifty-thre votes were polled-a large number
of them proxies. The following directors were
elected by an average majority of 1879 :-Chas
A. Skilman, Isaac w. Clevenger, Chas
Schulhaus, Holmes d. Ely, and j. w. Hunt.
AT the annual meeting of the Board of
Chosen Freeholders, at Pennington, yester-
day, the report concerning the number of in
sane cared for by the county showed that
there were 16 men and 10 women from this
county in the State Lunatic Asylum, four of
whom are private patients, leaving 81 that are
paid for by the county. There are also in
sane persons who are kept by private families
in the county at the expense of the county,
six of them being in West Amwel and one in
Alexandria. OF the insane persons in the
Asylum, are from Lambertvile, 3 from
Delaware, from East Amwell, from
Frenchtown, from Raritan, from Reading
ton, from Clinton, / from High. Bridge, |
from Franklin, from Tewksbary, from
Union, 2 from Alexandria, from Lebanon
and / from Bethlehem. This includes the
private patients but not those kept in the
county. 20 ~
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