The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1880-03-03

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Amos Clark.
The cost of the three trials of Mrs. Jennie
r. Smith and Covert d. Bennett was $33, 900.
The Stevens battery which belongs to the
State of New Jersey will soon be sold, if New
ark doesn't put In claim and grab it,
In the extreme Northwest the present Win
ter has been very cold, the thermometer in
Montana indicating, for weeks together, from
rs to So degrees below zero.
Mr.. Young, a farmer in Warren County,
had few days ago curiosity of nature, in
the way of twin lamb, born with its head
upside down, and it had no mouth. 1t lived
but short time, but the skin was preserved
1t has been decided that the fire at BOLTON
& Co.'s wholesale house, in Trenton, on
Tuesday morning of last week, originated
from the fiue, which set fire to the floor be-
tween the third and fourth floors.
On Friday afternoon at the Clinton street
depot, Trenton, a chap grabbed a valise be-
longing to man from Belvidere, which stood
ON the platform, and jumped New York
train. The check was afterwards found in
the Jersey City depot. The value of the va
lise and contents was $50.
They have very peculiar way of treating
"a
young man in that State under a sentence
of two years. imprisonment for killing a
young man who tried TO cane him. He has
been granted unusual privileges heretofore,
and bin is now before the Legislature to ex-
empt him from wearing the prison uniform
The people of the South are very peculiar.
The steamboat Arabian sank in the Missouri
river, near Kansas City, years ago, with 600
barrels of whiskey aboard. George Treadway
noted the exact spot, and subsequently bought
the cargo at a small price, intending to raise
it, but was never able to carry out the pro-
ject The course of the river has since chang
ed. and the whiskey which now lies about
sNar feet under the sand, is soon to be dug
for.
The amount of the defaloation of Kelly, the
Mount Holly bank defaulter, is much larger
than was at first supposed. Since the COM
mittee have been at work over the accounts
they have discovered that the amount stolen
will foot up over $33, 900. To balance this
account there are 1000 resulting from the
sale of Kely's effects, and including the
amounts which he handed over when arrested
This leaves a balance of $4,000, which his
bondsmen will be called upon to make good.
The investigation into the Tay bridge dis
aster, in Scotland, has disclosed "screw
loose in a startling and double sense. Paint
ers who we're at work on the bridge year
ago, testified that bolts were loose, rivets had
lost their heads, fastenings had dropped out,
that huge cracks existed, and that the bridge
vibrated and sagged 10 a frightful way when
ever trains passed overit. Ifsuch revelations
had been made in this country there would
have been no end to the severe homilies upon
the laxity of official responsibility in America
w. II. Vanderbilt, the President of the Now
York Central and Hudson River Railroad
Company, has issued an order, restoring to
all the officers and employees of that company,
the rate of wages paid prior to the reduction
made on July /, 1877. As there are between
5000 and 1000 persons in the employ of this
company, this increase in their pay is mat
ter of considerable importance to them and to
the company which makes it. What makes
this event all the more significant is the fact
that it was purely voluntary on the part of
the company, and was complete and unlock
ed for surprise to the employees. A kindred
fact is the general advance in wages made by
all the leading corporations and manufacture
ing establishments in Lawrence, Lowell, and
the other great industrial centres of Massa-
chusetts.
G.. A. R. ANNUAL ENcAMpMENT.-T an
nual encampment of the Grand Army of the
Republic of this State was held in Temperance
Hall, in Trenton last Wednesday. There
were 140 delegates resent, representing 88
Posts Col. Samuel Hufty presided The
following officers were elected Commander,
G. w. Gile, of Post No. 8, Camden; Senior
Vice Commander, ]. T. Van Alst, Post No. 8,
Jersey City Junior Vice Commander, G. III.
Houten, of Post No. is, New Brunswick !;
Medical Director. A. L. yelling, of Post No.
8, of Trenton Chaplain, Alexander Proudft,
of Post No. IS, Hackettstown Delegate at
large, Captain Charles +. Bowers, of Phil.
Kearney Post, No. /, Newark delegates to
National Convention, to be held at Washing
ton, representatives, s. w. Thompson, Of
Post No. 81, Paterson, and A. M. Mathews,
of Uzal Dodd Post No. 10, Orange alternates,
A. d. BlaDchett, Chas. E. Merritt and Enos
J. Budd.
Council of Administration, III. B. Francis
and j. l.. Mulford, of Post No. Is, and Thomas
Higgs, of Post No. IA, T. w. Seaman, OF Pest
No. IL, and T. E. Rocket, of Post No. 8.
Assistant Quarter Master General @. P.
Brown, of Post 90, of Trenton; Chief Mus
tering Officer, J A. Rodrigo; Judge Advo-
cate, A. o. Kibley.
The report of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company for 1879 is presented to the public,
and will no doubt attract general attention,
not only by the magnitude of the figures with
which it deals, but by its clear and concise
statement of the operations of the past year.
Embracing AS us system uocS, over ,uuV
miles of railway, which transported nearly
twenty-five millions of passengers and over
forty-five millions of tons, and earned gross
revenue of over sixty millions of dollars, it
may we'll be regarded as fitting representa-
tive of the entire railway interest of the coun-
try. and it's experience is connected with the
problem of railway transportation as entitled
to great weight in the consideration of any
questions connected Herewith. The result
cannot fail to be gratifying to the sharehold-
ers of the company. The lines west of Pitts
burg not only contribute very valuable
traffic to the main line but took care of their
liabilities and had surplus Of nearly mil
lion and three-quarters. or moro than double
the amount which the parent company con-
tributed to its auxiliary line east of Pittsburg
during the year. After paying dividends
amounting to Al per cent. there was balance
of about 81, 800 600 transferred to the credit
of profit and loss. 1t will be borne in mind
too, that this is 10 addition to the contribu-
tions to the trust fund created by the stock
holders in 1878, which now aggregates over
800, 600, and to the sinking fund of S343, =