The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1879-09-17

to his peach orchard with some hot water to
apply to his trees, died from the effects of the
scalds last Saturday week.
An exchange states that Rev J. B. Mors
formerly Baptist pastor of New Jersey AMI
several other States, aud more recently, Su-
of the Howard Mission, New
York, has applied for confirmation In the
Episcopal Church.
The Fish Commissioners are having a large
number of black bass, which are being caught
in the upper waters Of the Delaware at the
rate of from 500 to 700 per day, sent to the
several counties of the State, and placed in
ponds, lakes, &c.
It is difficult to believe that multitude of
Ieopie equal in number to one-fonrth the pop
ulaton of the United States have recently
been destroyed by famine in China-yet such
is the statement that comes on the authority
of Mr. Forrest the English Consul at TENT
sin. Nor has the terrible visitation yet pass
ed away.
SAN FRAEcfsco, Sept, f3.-Extensive prep
arations are being made here for the reception
of Gen. Grant The steamer City of Toxic, on
which he is to arrive, will be met outside the
Heads by yatch squadron and steamers,
with the RECEPTION G imm tee and prominent
citizens on board. Statutes will be fired from
the fOfJS, ana tns CITY uPchfdteu III MUM VI
the occasion. The details Of the programme
are not yet arranged.
THE ELECTION RESULTS IN MAINE.-Re-
turns from nearly every town and plantation
10 the State show that the Hon. ID. f. Davis
fails of an election by the people by about
500 votes. The large Democratic majority in
Madawaska settles this beyond change. 1t is
suggestive that the only point in the State
Hos fba nd, was m
awaska, where the Democrats stood sqnarely
by Garceon and refused to have anything to
do with the fusion. The Legislature will have
Republican majority in the Senate and 20 in
the Reconsideration (Me.) Journal.
HELMBoLD's BUcHU.-I9elmbold' Buchu
has long been known as one of the most val
liable medicines attainable in certain classes
of diseases, such as dyspepsia, chronic rheu-
matism, dropsy, and cutaneous affections ofthe
urinary organs. As u diuretic, it is superior
to any other medicine in use, and the great
care with which it is prepared, the absolute
purity of the preparation, and the diligence
used in the selection of the crude material,
have made it known far and wide as reli-
able and effective preparation. and one that
can always be used with safety and benefit
The great success of Hembolds Buchu has
led to the production of many spurious prep
arations, which are made cheaply and placed
upon the market to be sold on the reputation
acquired by Helmbold's original preparation.
Parties who desire really good medicine
should be careful and use Helmbold's only.
When the Democratic Congress last year
proposed to reduce the tax on tobacco, Com
missioner Raum opposed the scheme, and
predicted that If it were adopted it would re-
suit in loss to the revenue of SO 900, 900 an
nually The law reducing the tax passed and
went into effect on the LIST of July last, and
the returns of Internal Revenue collections for
thst month, from all parts of the United
States, which have just been tabulated, more
than verify the prediction of the Commission
er. They shew that the actual decrease of
the revenue caused by the reduction of the to-
bacco tax is $758,S77. That being more than
$3.50, 900 for one mouth, twelve months at the
same rate wonld more than equal the estimate
made last Winter by Commissioner Raum.
And this immense loss of revenue will be suf-
fered by the Government without any cores
pouding advantage to the consumers, fer the
price of tobacco has not been affected by the
reduction of the tax at all.
OF the nice little boy out in Waynesville,
Ohio, who murdered his mother, his aunt and
his cousin, and then killed himself, it is said
that the only thing that was brought up
against him was that he carried concealed
weapons, and that he read dime novels. OF
tnese last he seems toshave been passionately
fond, having great many of them himself
and borrowing alrhe could get his hands up
on. This partialitys for ten cent literature
probably explains the tragedy. The dime
novel is saturated with blood, and murders
are its most frequent episode. The Waynes-
vile boy, not having money enough to enable
him to go hunting for Indians and finding
serious obstacles in the way of his becoming a
pirate, probably concluded that the next best
thing to do would be to get up domestic
tragedy by Draining his female relations. At
ter while, maybe, society may conclude to
regard publisher who poisons child's mind
with criminal literature as not much better
than the man who poisons his body.
The Cincinnati Gazette keeps UP its fire up
on the new Governor of Kentucky by asking
daily whether or no he is the Blackburn who
attempted to introduce yellow fever into the
North during the war. 1t has now what it
calls a " Blackburn Department., wherein it
prints communications extracts from other
papers, and Investigations by its own report
ers. One of these has made polite call upon
Gov. Blackburn in order to- offer him the OPP
portunity of denying the ugly rumors which
have found their way into the columns of the
GazsttS, but the Governor has failed to take
advantage of it, and has indeed preserved a
uniform silence upon the subject. Another,
no less trained Investigator than "H. v.
b." has unearthed the report to Secretary
Seward of the United States Consul at Ber-
muda in 1864, which duplicates some DIR.
Blackburn or other in very infamous bust
ness, and there seems to be but little doubt
that this is the man. The Doctors affectation
of silent contempt willnot serve him against
this growing newspaper warfare, and the
probability is that he will eventually be com
PEELED to step down and out or Kentucky be
made to shoulder the whole burden of his in
fanny.