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

new words.
The Philadelphia Chronicle Herald wishes
to call England's attention to the fact that cv-
er since our Victoria Woodruff Landed on her
shores, that country has had two wars and
numerous strikes on its hands.
AT Philadelphia on Saturday, Edward parr,
who was on trial for the murdelof his tiaugh-
ter was found guilty of murder in the first de-
gree. Parr received the verdict with a smile
and said he was satisfied with it.
N~The Reading Railroad Company is anxious
to obtain lease of the New Jersey Central
for 90 years, and President Gowen has gone
to Europesto induce the English security hold
ers to agreeSto it.
The Louisville CourierJournal says Laura
Mitchell, formerly the slave Of Mrs. Elizabeth
Rogers, has supported her old mistress for
fourteen years, and paid her funeral expenses
when she died ia Columbia, Ca, last week,
at the age ofseventy- three
Democratic impudence touched high water
mark in Columbus the other day, when the
Convention discharged resolution against
the Republican minority for refusing to vote
supplies for the maintenance of the Govern
ment.
The case of ex-State. Senator Cornish, of
Warren eeunty,is to be removed to the Court
of Errors and. Appeals. 1T will probably DO
argued at the Jp1e term. In the meantime
Mr.. Cornish WIN remain prisoner either in
custody OF ,the county OF State authorities.
..sBEyERLy, June Sat nine o'clock this
Stnopning,a fracas occurred in one of the cells
at thesCity Hall, in Beverly, between q lot of
Strapfps and Constable Atkinson, in which one
OF the tramps named John MeDevitt was fa-
tally wounded by the Constable, and died at
eleven o'clock.
A comparison OF statistics of the New Jer-
sey and Newark M. q. Conferences shows
that the former, with 33, I'D full members aud
4,535 probatiouers, gave for missions $6,096
in the churches aud $S,4l2 in the Sunday
schools while the Newark Conference, with
1000 more members, did not give as much by
over $500, although its church property is
valued at nearly S1000,000 more than the
lower conference.
General Ewing sent note to his wife at 5
O'Clock last Wednesday, announcing his nom
nation for Governor by the Ohio Democratic
Convention, to which he received this reply
"Your news is stale. | have already had
scores of callers to congratulate me. Now
come home yourself and let your wife con-
graduate YOU
A little son of Rev. Mr.. Cornman, on
Thursday afternoon, while watching the men
at work on the debris of NJ. L. Warne's sta
BILE at Phillipsburg, which was burned few
days ago, fell ten feet to the ground through
the trestle work Of the Bel. Del Railroad
near by. His injuries are internal and serious,
and it cannot be known what will be the re-
suit of the accident.
There is penalty for defacing United
States coin, though from the amount of such
pieces in circulation many of those who han
die IL would seem not to be aware of the fact.
For the information of such We may say that
the legal penalty is two years Imprisonment
and tive thousand dollars fine. Think of this
ye clippers and borers Of dollars, halves and
quarters.
The time for shad fishing in the Delaware
aud waters of New Jersey allowed by law
viii close on Tuesday next. It is said that
the season, although backward at first, has
been rather good, and the quality of the fish
fully MP te the usual standard Of excellence
The catch las been remnnerative, and less
than the ordinary number of persons have
been arrested for violating the fishing laws.
In the Warren County Courts last week c.
w. Mutchler, ex-Conslable and Tax Collector
of the First ward of Phiilipsburg, plead non
vult TO an indictment charging him with EN-
bezzlement. lie was sentenced to pay fine
Of $5o and costs. lie had previously settled
with the town officials, paying them the sum
of 80, O00 which the Phillpsburg Common
Council have voted to apply to the payment
on their State and county tax of1S77.
Aunt Dinah, an Indian squaw, who will be
105 years old next Christmas, walked from
the Onondaga reservation the other day seven
miles into Syracuse, N. y, and returned the
same evening. While on this little tramp of
fourteen miles she carried heavy bundle on
her back, strap by which the load was
bound passing over her forehead. In SYRIA
cuse she shook hands with many pale face &C
quaintanees. She is probably the most able
bodied, vigorous centenarian in the world.
The employees about the new blast furnace
at Oxford, had their wages raised on the first
of this month. This is reversion of the rule
that has uniformly been observed during the
last three years. Heretofore, when any
change has been made, it has always been
reduction instead of Il raise" 1t is to be
hoped that this will before long extend to the
other departments.--W Washington Star.
New Jersey suffered heavily from a squirt of
hail storm on Thursday evening. Much glass
was broken in the houses on the river bank
and other exposed portions. At Dreer's nur-
series, Riverton, about eighteen hundred
lights were broken. The stained windows Of
the Episcopal Church were damaged. The
farmers in the vicinity lost largely in plants
and vegetables cut down by the hail. and at
Dreer's similar mischief was done. Fortu-
nately little wind accompanied the hail, or the
destruction would have been much greater.
Mr.. Spoflord wants Senator Kellogg's seat.
The matter has been once fully Investigated
and decided in favor of Kellogg. Spofford
got the case re-opened, on the ground that he
had discovered new evidence He went to
New Orleans and sent on eight intelligent
contrabands to prove that they had been brib-
ed by Kellogg. -Four have thus far sworn
that they were bribed by Spofford. The lat
ter has had one of them arrested for perjury,
probably to encourage tbe others, but they
swear worse than our army in Flanders.
There are fears that there is to be repeti-
ton, on a larger scale, Of the great losses by
forest fires in the southern part of the State
some time ago Advces from Ocean county
state that an extensive fire has been raging
for several days in thewoods in Jackson town
ship and the southern portion of Manchester
township, devastating a large portion Of the
cedar and pine country west of Manchester,
and extending in the direction of Casegille,
Writings Creek and Golfers Mills. Thou
sands of acres Of wooded land have been
hrrnod over and the lafe1t .onort ia that fbn