The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1879-06-11

Stanley discovered that brass in Africa,
passed for as much as gold. Eli Perkins, why
don't you 60 to Africa and be nabob. -Bos-
ton Post.
CRY SUED FOR Oven MILLION. THE
suit of the Singer Sewing Machine Company
against the City of Elizabeth, N. j., for near
ly $1,000 city bonds held by the company
has been followed by other suits, The Sher-
III has received a number of Supreme Court
summonses and will proceed to serve them.
They amount to $i,5i5, 600, as follows Z: Sing
er Manufacturing Company, $4,000 Ed
ward Clark, 500, 600; George r. Mackenzie,
$4,000 Mutual Benefit Life Insurance
Company of Newark, $4,000 The sum-
monses are returnable in thirty days. when, If
no defence is offered, an execution will be is
sued.
The Bourbons are worried over resolution
recently offered by Senator Blaine, In which
the facts are recited that in nine designated
Congressional districts in the South--three in
Georgia, two in North Carolina, and four in
Mississippi-an aggregate Of only SO, 512 votes
were cast in the last election, almost entirely
for members of the Democratic party, and
that the same districts in 1875 cast 90, 722 for
the Republican candidates alone Mr.. Blaine
asks that these extraordinary facts be investi.
gated, in order to discover'whether any fraud
or wrong was perpetrated in these districts.
The proposition casts sort of chill over the
Democratic mind.
Mrs. Hatch has for years been conspicu-
GUS Spiritual medium in Boston. Her speci-
atty is the production OF flowers from spirit
sources. She gave q seance, few evenings
ago, at private residence. The lights were
extinguished, as usual, and the persons in the
circle were enjoined to hold fast to each 9TH
er's hands, Flowers were soon dropped here
and there, and Mrs. Hatch began to explain
how they had been brought from distant
places by spirit hands. All the gas burners
in the room had been connected with an cleo
trict lightning apparatus, and suddenly the
apartment was brightly Illuminated. The
medium was completely exposed. In her lap
was a pile of flowers, and she was caught in
the act of tossing them in the air.
The United States Marshal of the District
Of New Jersey has been informed that there
is no money to conduct the business of the u.
s. Courts in this State and they will accord
ingly suspend business Immediately. The
same condition of affairs exists in other States.
No session of the Courts will be held until Ju-
ly and not then unless the Democratic Con-
gress grants the necessary appropriation
Litigants and lawyers may suffer, justice may
be delayed, wrongs may be inflicted upon
thousands of innocent persons, but the Dem
ocratic Congress does not care SO long as tho
political programme is carried out. Is furth-
er comment necessary
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.--Pardee Hall, one of
the Lafayette College buildings at Easton,
Pa, was completely Quilted by fire last week
The building was erected few years ago at a
cost of 1926, 1000, given by A. Pardee. The
fixtures cost $75, 600 more. The loss is almost
total. The fire is supposed to have originated
in the laboratory of the chemical department
from spontaneous combustion. During the
progress of the fire man fell from the third
story and was fatally injured. The insurance
on the building amounts to $4,000.
Pardee Hall was given to the College in
1873 by Ario Pardee, and cost $3.50, 900 to
build and $40, 900 to finish. 1t was stately
building of brown stone, and contained the
most complete appliances for scientific educa-
ton. There was over 100000 of storage in
the museum, cabinet, laboratory and halls.
DIR. Cattell, DIR. Brown and many members of
the faculty were at a large wedding when the
FIRE broke out. President Cattell was nearly
wild with grief. He was especially proud of
his building, which was ono of the finest sci
entiic buildings In the country.