The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1879-08-20

A boy named John McCanerty, was drown
ed while bathing in watercourse at Salem on
Sunday afternoon. The body was recovered
shortly after.
The American Union Telegraph Company
made another attempt on Thursday to erect
poles in the city of Elizabeth, but were again
stopped by the authorities.
Charles Weber, who shot his wife in Phil
lipsburg, last month, has been arrested in
Dover, and was handed over to the authorities
of Philipsburg on Thursday. While in the
Dover Police Station he made two attempts
to hang himself
Sheep killing by dogs is becoming prevalent
in all parts of the country. Within the past
week a number of sheep have been killed
around Woodstown. Even calves are attack
ed by these worthless CANNES. In all cases
the township in which the killing occurs has
to foot the loss.
The pear blight is doing much damage
among the orchards of Vineland. The Week
ly says The fire blight has inflicted ire
parable injury upon the pear orchard of Mr..
George Scarborough. Over a thousand dol
lars worth of fine trees have already been de-
stroyed, numbers Of which were paying an in
terest on fifty dollars, or more, annually The
orchard Of Israel Loewendahl, on Park ave-
nue., is likewise affected
On Tuesday night the farm Of Abraham
Leach, in Montville township Morris county,
was visited by some viciously disposed per-
sons, and his entire stock of apple and pear
trees, numbering 1875, were destroyed by be-
ing peeled, the bark apparently being cut
with knife. The trees ranged from two
inches to over foot in diameter, and included
all the best varieties of both kinds. The dam
is estimated at from $500 to $1,000.
Ex-senator Hopkins, of Gloucester county,
and wife, while driving home one night last
week, were stopped by couple of tramps,
one Of whom seized the bride while the 9th
er was preparing to get into the buggy. Mr..
Hopkins took in the situation at glance, an
making up his mind that the only way out of
the difficulty was to escape from his would be
assailants, struck his holseBeyeral hard cracks
with the whip, which caused the man who
seized the bride to let go his grip.
Colonel j. G.. Fair, of Nevada, who has
been visiting the King and Queen of the
Sandwich Islands, relates pleasant little
story of a water excursion which hctook with
them. When they approached the island
which was their destination, the breakers
were found to be so boisterous that no small
boat could land Not at all discouraged, the
King jumped overheard, the Queen after him,
and both swan with exceeding grace aud
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A dispatch from Parker, Venaugo, says that
early on Thursday morning lightning struck
iron tank No. 200, III the Union Pipe Line,
! opposite that city, owned by William Nun
hail. of Pittsburg, and containing $4,000 bar
Erels of oil. The tank was torn to pieces and
the burning oil flowed down the hillside, de-
stroyiBg five oil wells and Eve dwellings, and
communicating to tank of 5000 barrels Of
oil owned by r. l.. Brown, which, together
with the loading rack of United Pipe Line,
was destroyed. Total loss, 10000.
The trained elephant Romeo was killed
| by an electric machine at Bonneville, Mo-,
last week. One of the appurtenances Of the
travelling show was machine used in con-
nection with the electric light that illumnat-
ed the exhibition tent. 1t canssts of large
magnet and an armature, which were made to
revolve $50 times minute by means of q
thirty horse power engine. Romeo, be-
ing anxious to find out what made the wheels
90 round, shifted at the armature when it was
in motion. His trunk was caught in the re-
voving apparatus, and he was thrown Violent
ly to the ground and fatally injured.