The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-09-04

AhO hotloltl udHk ClTCuidtlOll amounts HOW
IN round figures to 1926 $50, 000 that being
IS, 250 900 more than at this period last year
Westmoreland is the smallest county in
Virginia, but it was the birthplace of three
Presidents Washington, Madison and Mon
roe.
Butler says there are now $4,000 names
signed to the petition asking him to run for
Governor of Massachusetts,, but he modestly
declines to make them public.
John B. Cough will begin series of tenn
perance addresses in England about Christ
mas, the first one to be given in Spur geon's
great church in London.
A colored woman who was bitten by dog
last June was taken with hydrophoba while
bathing at Atlantic City on Thursday, and
with much difficulty was taken to Philadel-
phia by her friends for treatment.
The diphtheria is doing bad work In the
upper townships of Warren county. In the
family of Hugh P. Jones, near the Water
Gap three children have died, and at last ac-
counts another was dangerously i'll.
A genuine case of yellow fever has been dis
covered in thickly populated tenement
street in New York city. The circumstances
and surroundings all favor the propagation of
the scourge, and it will be almost miracle if
it does not spread aud become epidein ic.
Messrs. Rainey and Small, Republican
members of Congress from South Carolina,
are making an earnest and hopeful canvass
for reelection, and express themselves as con-
fident of success unless defeated by fraud and
bulldozing.
Col. George G. Vert, one of the Democrat
ic candidates for United States Senator from
Missouri, says -" do not believe that
negroes ought to be allowed to vote any more
than the ourangoutang ought to be allowed
to vote. If ever get Office it will be on that
principle"
Senator Blaine has sent word to the Iowa
Republicans that he will make some speeches
for them during the last week of the cam
paign. They are making canvass on Mr..
Blaine's favorite issues Honest money and
old-fashioned Republicanism.
Five real live American Indians are now
taking views afoot in Paris. They are tall,
powerful men, with regular features. They
appear in the tribal costume of the Far West,
which is very scant, consisting of few beads
here and there, and some colored feathers in
their black hair.
A new cannon has been made at the Krupp
works in Germany of enormous dimensions.
ball of this cannon pierces the thickest ar
NOR plates of vessels at distance of eight
miles. Two shots at range of 5000 feet are
supposed to be enough to dismante and sink
the most powerful ship. Each ball costs one
hundred and fifty dollars.
The greater part of the immigration into
Texas, during the last three or four years, has
been from the Northwestern States. People
from Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and all
that region, tired of the long, severe Winters
of the Northwest, are flocking southwark in
to the more genial climate of the " future En-
pire State " of the South
Capt. II. ]. Carthington, while on his way
to his boat lying at Port Delaware on Friday
night, was attacked by five men, who demand
ed his money. The captain, being a pretty
stalwart man, replied by promptly knocking
one of the villains down. The rest, becoming
scared, at once took to their heels, followed
by their compa Mon as soon as he could rise.
Margaret Kelly, aged twenty-four,of Court
street, Hoboken, threw himself into the river
from the Fifth street pier ON Saturday night,
and was drowned. The body was recovered
on Sunday She had told Mrs. johnson, with
whom she had boarded, that her friends had
deserted her and that, having no means of Sc
curing livelihood, she might as well be dead
as alive.
An order has been issued from Headquar-
tiers National Guard of New Jersey requr-
ing commandments of companies to report di-
rect to headquarters the proficiency of the
men of their respective commands in the use
of the rifle. The State military authorities
are determined to foster and encourage rifle
practice. The National Guard at present pos
sesses a number of excellent marksmen.
The Democrats of Tennessee "point with
pride u to the fact that since they obtained
control of the State they have not accumulat-
ed dollar of public debt If they succeed in
their reputation schemes they will have am
pie opportunity to "point " to the same fact
hereafter. A man or State which refuses to
pay one debt does not usually accumulate a
second with much celebrity.
Matt Carpente has been very much abused,
and perhaps he has deserved it. but Matt got
off good one lately on the Detroit liquor
dealers, who had paid him 81 900 to see if the
Michigan liquor law might not be BROKEN
He studied it up accordingly and paid for his
81, 900 in five words You can't break the
law" It would be just the proper thing for
the dealers everywhere to bear that in mind
and save their money. Laws were made to
be obeyed, not broken.
Inc WOTSb party JuulDio III ali bue pItbes,
seems to be that of the Democracy in Maine.
The candidate for Governor is hard money
man, two of the candidates for Congress are
hard and soft money men, In one Congress
ional District they pass greenback resolutions,
and in another declare for hard money. The
Republican party on the other hand is united
for honest money, and we'll organized and
will swee p the State in November.
1t is clearly settled that only about TO- 00O
fraudulent naturalization papers are left in
existence of the 10000 issued and used in the
New York city election of 1868. Fifty thou
sand of these papers have been traced and
surrendered and thus one Of the greatest eff
forts of Mr.. Tilden's life has been nearly de.
stroyed and the offence condoned.
The New York World says of the Demo
cratic Convention at Elizabeth that nominal.
ed Miles Ross, that "Such scene as that
which followed has seldom been witnessed in
any convention. Tammany Hall in its old
days, when chinook down and carry out -
was the rule, would have been ashamed
of the picture presented" All the trouble
arose out of strong and irrepressible oppos
ton to Mr.. Ross. He seems to be in intense
bad odor with large element of his party.
A correspondent of the New York Times
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