The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1879-09-03

frauds, scandals and whiskey-crooks whlcn !
the Republican party has survived. Then he
says q That General Grant was, personally
never compromised is immensely creditable
to his sagacity, as we'll as his integrity, and
shows him to be great no less than clean
man. He stands vastly ahead of his party in
moral fibre.v Referring to the universal SYM
pathy over the supposed death of Gen. Grants
daughter, the Courier-Journa says Ii he
were a thief, or the conscious hacker of thieves,
this would not be so. He is, as man, at this
the most attractive figure presented
to the common eye, having the largest indi-
vidual following of any citizen of the Repub-
lie. If a Republican is to be our next Presi-
dent, he is the choice of the whole South"
A REMEDY FOR NEURALGIA. all COM
munities there are people suffering from neu-
ralgia, one of the most annoying and excruci-
atingly painful ills which flesh is heir to. A
of an exchange, referring to a
dangerous illness Of which he was cnred,
writes as follows !" mention this illness
that may tell you how easily was cured.
was bent double. | could not breathe. My
physician ordered me to take a flat iron and
heat it as hot as / could bear, put double
fold of flannel on the painful part, and move
the iron to and fro on the flannel. My doctor
told me that some time since professor In
one of our colleges, after suffering some time
had tried to cure, sent for the former, who
prescribed hot fiat iron. The next time the
doctor saw the professor the latter exclaim-
ed I" / had no sooner applied the heated
iron to my head than instantly all pain had
vanished"
A correspondent of the Chicago Inter-
Ocean is in Maine, studying the present status
of the law against intoxicating liquors. de
pronounces it a success. 1t is not necessary
to agree with such law in every sense in or
der to appreciate the sturdy down east quail
ties which enforce it rightly, always to the let
ter, and always to the spirit of the law when
by strict adherence to the letter the guilty
party would escape. For instance, a restau-
rant keeper will offer glass Of beer to every
person eating twenty-five cent meal, or a
grocery keeper will give glass of whiskey to
every man who will purchase plug of tobac-
CO. He will charge enough for the tobacco to
cover the drink. These cases almost always
result in conviction, because the courts have
held that the law intended to prevent the dis
tribution of liquor as a beverage among the
people.
A gentleman--an expert swimmer-was
drowned at Long Branch on Saturday, in full
view of dozen people who could have saved
him, but whose frantic gestures of distress
were laughed at as the antics of /" make
watching him, being among the number of
those who g waved her handkerchief
cheerily," when he was in his death struggles
This melancholy event is, of course,
the effect Of I" smart young men crying out
IN the water in pretended distress, 8 just for
fun" We think unanimous public verdict
would be that any fool convicted of such an
act should be drawn out on the beach and
soundly horsewhipped
| DIR. L. P. Blackburn, Governor-elect OF
Kentucky, has been charged with the crime
of sending clothing during the war to New
York and other Northern cities charged with
the germs of yellow fever. A correspondence
to obtain the truth of this matter only brings
out this remark from him when the matter
was preached, " that a physician by biz
Seyosi -saoS giaas aud tbN EsaRhfye GAS tl1.
the cowardly assassin on a par with the opei
soldier.
Frank Dixon, a brother of Captain Dixon
has arrived in Washington and says that th,
assassination of his brother was CAREFUL,
planned. He says that the Independents O
Yazoo county will put a ticket in the field ant
that serious trouble may be expected, as the
election will have to be maintained with shot
guns About one-third of the white voters il
the county are independent, and the Demo
Gratis threaten to " Dixonize " them.
Some of the New York papers are denounc
ing the walking matches, as now conducted
as demoralzing public nuisances. The only
possible good of these contests is in the effect
that they might have in stimulating the pub
lie taste for walking exercise. Their influ
ence i'll this direction is imperceptible, while
the opportunity which they afford, and the
impulse they give to gambling and other i'm
moral practices, is very plain.
Camden's police force arrested ninety. six
persons for violating municipal and State
laws last month. This shows decrease OF
eight over the previous month and of fourteen
over the corresponding month last year. Fifty
per cent. of those arrested were charged with
drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Thirty
nine were committed In default of fines and
costs and bail. Of the number arrested sew
enteen were women and six were colored.
Edison still continues to astonish- the scien.
tiic world with his discoveries. His electro
chemical telephone, exhibited before the Sci
ence Association, in Saratoga, on Saturday, is
Immensely in advance of the telephones here
tofore in use. The new instrument makes its
utterance distinctly heard through q large
room, and the inventor enlarges upon it's pos
tive value to distant singers, lecturers, &c.
Reading Railroad stock went down with
rush last week, declining per cent, 81 of 1t
on Saturday, the Stock being quoted at 1884,
From this fact it is believed that President
Gowen made no substantial raise in Europe
to relieve the road from its embarrassment.
The ladies sing Gin the sweet sbuy and
buy we will meet in that beautiful store,
and we certainly can raise no objection. But
remember the little ones at home and do not
leave the nurse without bottle of DR.. Bulls
Baby Syrup.