The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-05-29

during the last year IL uaS Deen III charge
noted politician as janitor. 1t now turn
out that this man has improved his time b
stripping the building of all movable proper
ty aud selling it for his own benefit. All TIL
offices, counters, ornaments and other avail
able fittings have been torn out and haue'
away. The facts were lately discovered b,
the officers Of the Park Guard, and though
warrant was issued for the arrest of the well
known thief he has not yet been arrested
The Washington correspondent of the New
Orleans Times (Dem.) says of the reports tina
the Democrats have some important facts t.
bring out under the Potter resolution "Tht
general idea is that, very many of the store;
now in circulation about bargains and sale
and all that, have been set afloat by certain
persons who possess uncommonly good imagi
nations and that when the truth is known
there will be little, if anything, found of pub
lie interest or having any value as evidence
A few restless shrieking sensationalists want
to make some notoriety. and that is the main
cause of all this howl about fraud"
OF the proceedings of the House of Repre-
sentatives the Chicago Times (Dem.) says -
's At last the Bourbon damphools in the
House of Representative have struck their
gait. Their gait is to establish the truth of
history by the characteristic method OF ex-
Guiding inquiry into all historic facts, except
ing such as are expected to make for that
/ which they have resolved in advance shall be
the truth of history which they will estab-
! fish by this singular scientific method. The
/ Bourbon impeachment programme is simply
/ ridiculous and silly and shows only the asin-
! unity of this whole truth of history bust
ness"
Eight tramps boarded freight train of the
Pennsylvania Railroad near Railway ON Fri
day. They were discovered by brakeman
at the South Elizabeth Station, when he ord
cred them off. They refused to get off, when
the brakeman seized one of them, named
Barney Doremus Of Paterson, and in the
struggle Doremus was either knocked off or
fell between the cars, the wheels of which
passed over his right foot, crushing it in
frightful manner.
In the latter part of April last, Mr.. Hen
Erickson, of Clarksboro, bought fine horse
out of a drove just from the West and short
" after he discovered wound below the
breast, which, it is supposed, was the bite of
a mad dog. On the 14th instant, the animal
died. with all the symptoms of hydrophobia.
A post-mortem examination strengthened the
opinion that this was the cause OF his death.
Tomorrow (Thursday May 30,) will be eel
ebrated as memorial or decoration day
throughout the United States. The graves of
the Union soldiers in the churchyards in the
North and West and in the national cemeter-
les through the South, will be strewn with
flowers by the survivors of the war, and by
those who treasure up the memories of the
patriot dead.
The Lake County, Qnd.) Republican Con-
vention resolved that g. Rutherford b. Hayes
is President, declared so by a Commission
created by the deliberate act of Congress, and
all attempts to raise the question as to his
right and title come from what quarter they
may, are unwise and revolutionary, weaken
ing the stability Of our Government, Mexican
izing us, producing anarchy, confusion and
distrust.
On Saturday night Andrew Conophy went
to his home in Cabinet street, Newark, while
intoxicated, and threatened to cut his moth
er's throat with razor he had picked up
Mrs Conophy ran into the street, followed by
her son, and falling, broke her leg. Como
ply escaped.
Ex-Governor Horatio Seymour of New
York, has accepted an invitation to be pres
ebt at the Centennial celebration of the Battle
of Monmouth. 1t is not generally known
that the mother of Gov. Seymour was born
near Matawan, and that he has on several
occasions visited the old homestead.
The Pennsylvania Democrats committed "a
stupid blunder in their platform last week -
They charge the Republicans with RESPONSE
bility for the coal tariff of 1872 which was
the work of Sunset Cox. The affair has ere.
ated much amusement at Washington, and
the Keystone lunkheads are the laughing
stock of the nation.
Mr. Adrian Graf, the City Treasurer OF
New Brunswick, mysteriousiy disappeared
on Thursday. A hat and coat supposed to
belong to him, found on the bank of the
Rartan, would seem to indicate that he had
comitted suicide, but opinion is divided, many
people thinking that confusion in fnancia
matters has caused him to leave the country
The Rev. Father Flemming, of st. Johns
Roman Catholic Church, Newark, is holding
mission in his church. About a month age
he organized the "Society of the Holy
Name," the object of which is to discourage
profanity, and already it numbers 625 men,
bers.
The potato bug has reappeared unusuall,
early in the season and in immense numbers
In Monmouth county they have attacked the
early crop, but the application of Paris green
appears to be very successful check to theil
operations.
Isaiah N. Dilts, leading Republican law
! yer of Somerville, died last Tuesday. He wa,
a delegate to the last National Republican
| Convention from the Fourth District, ant
cast his vote upon every ballot for Mr.. Blaine
John Spp, one of the principals in prize
fight which took place near the Soldiers
Home, Newark, on April 80, was arrested OF
Friday aud held to bail to await the action o
the Grand Jury.
WASHINGTON, May 2sth-Th Presiden
will leave Washingtoa.for Gettysburg this of
ternoon by the Baltimore and Potomac Rail
road, accompanied by Secretary McCrary ant
other members of the Cabinet and by Gener
al Butler, the orator on Decoration Day.
The Republicans of Cumberland, Md, as
sisted by the workingmen, carried the munc
ipal election on Monday. Their candidat
for Mayor had 468 majority, and their candi
dates for Councilmen majoritios ranging iron
$50 to 400.
In the Presbyterian General Assembly o.
Thursday report from the New Brunswick
Presbytery, recommending that the Bible b
more fully and strictly examined in instruct
ing children, was adopted.
The Potter investigating committee met fo
the first time on Friday, and were astonishe,
: to find they bad no facts. So they at ono
sent off an agent post haste to Florida to hun
some up.