The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1879-01-22

The Methodist population of the world is
estimated at 20,000,000.
The belief is growing that Stewards body
has been recovered and that Judge Hilton has
compounded felony.
Statistical comparisons show very materiar
Improvement in the business of last year over
that of 1877.
The question has been asked whether Ben
Butler opposes the investigation of the ciphers
as Republican or a Democrat.
Senator ConkIing was on Monday night
unanimously nominated by the Republicans
of the New York Legislature to be his own
successor.
John A. Logan has been nominated for the
United States Senatorship by the Republicans
of the Illinois Legislature, and o. II. Platt
by the Republicans of the Connecticut Legis-
lature.
According to the last census New Jersey
has less maarial disease than any other State
in the Union, averaging under 100 to 10000
deaths, while some other States average as
high as 400.
1t is thought that the libel case of the late
Democratic Senatorial candidate of Camden,
Charles s. Ridgway, against the Rev. J. B.
that it will be considered by the Grand Jury
Gov. Williams, of Indiana, in his message
advises the adoption of the New Jersey meth
cd of pardoning criminals. through Board
of Pardons, who shall temper justice with
mercy for convicted criminals. He says crime
is increasing in that State.
According to the report of the Commission
er of Agriculture the State of New Jersey,
among other crops, last year produced 1884,
900 bushels of Indian corn, 5,224, 900 bushels
of oats, 2, 497 500 bushels of wheat and 4, 344,-
600 bushels of potatoes.
A number of small oyster boats are hem
med in by the ice at Bay Side, Cumberland
county, the crews of which pass the time
away by holding prayer meetings under the
direction Of Captain Bevis, who is said to be
AN exhorter of no small capacity.
Mr.. Isaac Boomer, of Libertyville, has in
his possession an old Russian coin, which was
found in the ground at depth of six feet,
some years since. The coin is five kopeck
piece, aud bears date of 1869 (?) A kopeck is
equal to about three quarters of cent of our
money.-Sussex Independent.
Machinery Hail. on the Centennial grounds,
is to be sold at public sale by the city of Phil
adelpha on the 9Th of February. The orig
nal cost was over $600,0O0. The building
contains a number of exhibits, and notice has
been given that if they are not removed they
will also be sold.
Alvin Harrison, cousin of President Har-
rison, and hermit in Kansas, uied recently
in the uncomfortable cabin he had Inhabited
for many years. He was promising young
physician when he became engaged to lady
who on the eve of their marriage eloped with
somebody else. Mr. Harrison was SO disgust
ed that he retired from the ken of mankind,
and has ever since lived alone, half clothed
aud half-fed, in spite of a comfortable fortune.
There was pathetic scene at the burial of
the wife of Ex-Governor Smith, of Virginia,
the other day. Mrs. Smith was eighty years
old, her husband eighty-two and they had
been married fifty-nne years. The venerable
man was so Frustrated by his grief that he
fell on the way from the house to the carriage
that took him to the grave, and there his cries
for his dead wife were most pitiful to hear.
A movement is on foot in Paterson to have
bill introduced in the New Jersey Legisla-
ture compelling the Board of Freeholders to
provide g hard labor !" for the convicts in the
County Jail. Under the present system the
Jail is perfect haven for tramps and oilers,
who live in luxurious ease during the cold
weather. So famous has the Jail become for
its comforts that at the first appearance of
cold weather there appear large number of
iramps, who manage TO secure permanent
Winter quarters.
The Teller committee has finished it's abors
in New Orleans, and has gone to South Caro-
lima, where another batch of testimony will
be collected and digested for the final report
of the committee to the Senate. A very fine
state of affairs for a free country has been
shown to exist in Louisiana, to say the least
of it and it is probable that South Carolina
methods will prove to be of very much the
same character when the testimony brings
out the facts.
The New York agent of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad emphatically denies the state
ment that the company has made an arrange
ment with the New Jersey Central Railroad
to make a connection between Baltimore and
New York He says the story is complete
fabrication from beginning to end, and, in his
opinion, only stock jobbing operation in fa-
vor of the Jersey Central Railroad. AS for
the Baltimore Company, they were satisfied
with things as they are, and had no present
intention of making any change"
An interesting article in yesterdays New
York Times reveals the surprising fact that
most of the early vegetables are from the
North. For example, rhubarb, the first of the
vegetables, is sent in January from the farm Of
Col. Rhodes near Quebec. There 1t is raised
in dark galleries 20 feet under ground, and
heated by steam. The rhubarb grown in
these galleries is very large, very tender, and
almost white. For shipment each stalk is
carefully wrapped in soft paper, and they are
put up in branches weighing two and one
half pounds. 1t sells for % per dozen
punches. Many of the brussels sprouts, now
in the New York markets, come from Canada,
while cucumbers, lettuce and radishes mostly
come from Boston.
The Editorial Association met at the Ameri
can House, on Monday, A. w. Jones, of Mid
dlesex, was elected President, John F. Bah
cock was e-elected Secretary, and James s.
Yard, Treasurer Executive Committee, A.
A. Vance, Sinnickson Chew, Lewis A. Hyer,
Charles Bechtel, John F. Babcock and James
S. Yard. Ten new members were admitted.
The Treasurer's report showed a balance on
hand OF nearly $500. The deficiency on the
last excursion was $500.
Obituaries were read of ]. A. Osmur, late
of the Hackettstown Gazette, and Franklin
Ferguson, of Burlington. 1t was rather de-
ciued that the excursion of this year would
be to Cape May, where they would meet the
New York and Pennsylvania Associations.
The Democratic South shows no better wis
dom as the time draws on tor the next Presi-
dental contest. Missouri, that used to be