The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-06-01
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

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viii bold strawberry festival next week.
--'rhe monthly meeting Of the Common
Council will be held On next Monday evening.
There will be total eclipse of the moon
on the 18th and 25th Of this month.
The Fourth of July comes on Monday
this year.
II. P. Brothers & Co. have removed their
steam saw mill to Landsdown, on the Easton
and Amboy Railroad.
-~An unusually fine lot of egg plants for
sale at Clevenger's garden. Also thousands
of fiat Datch Cabbage and Celery plants in
their season. South Union street. j.22t.
"a Bone Embroidered Busk Corset, can't be
beat, reduced to 3S cts, at Van Horns. m. 80
On Monday morning Mr.. H. L. Harlan
and E. D. Wetmore passed through our city
from Easton on their way to Philadelphia, on
bicycles.
Maj @. A. Angel Post, G. A. R., of this
city, attended service at st. Andrews (P. E.)
Church on last Sunday morning, and in the
evening at the Baptist Church.
Rev. j. L. Janeway, Chaplain in the Bird
Regiment in the three months service, and
also of the both Regiments in the ninemonths'
service during the war, delivered the address
atFlemington on Decoration Day.
Two Communicates of Knight Templars
from Philadelphia, passed through this city
yesterday morning on a special train, for
Scranton, where the Grand Commandery of
Da,no 10 hoidsn0 tic sessions
Rev. DIR. Stokes, President of tho Ocean
Grove Association, Rev. A. E. Ballard and
Rev. II. M. Brown, all former pastors of the
NJ. E. Church in this city, were in town this
week. ..sv 49, =, =. :. ..
The first annual session of the New Jer-
sey Christian Conference convened with the
Christian Church at Carversville, Bucks
county, Pa, on Friday last The Christian
churches in Hunterdon were fully represent
ed.
.-Adjutant G. II. W. Van Solver, of the
9th Regt, is drilling the boys connected with
the Reading Academy at bennington. A
company similar to the Boozer Cadets of this
city is being formed, and we learn that their
ranks now number about sixty.
The Revised New Testament is on sale at
Moore's Book store, Masonic Hall. Persons
who have paid but little attention to the
Scriptures are buying the Revised New Tesla
ment and are reading it, and comparing it
with the received revision to learn the
changes, etc.
DIR. L. G. Rice's antidote for Malaria
Troubles for sale every where. May II ,4w.
Edward Warne, carpenter employed at
the Oak Summit Creamery near Baptisttown,
fell from the second floor of the building to
the cellar one day last week and narrowly es-
capped instant death. His injuries, the ply
sicians report, are not dangerous.
Last Friday evening, Mrs. George w.
Draper spoke on the subject of temperance 10
the M. E. Church in Frenchtown. Her
subject was /" Who is responsible ?" 1t was
noticeable fact that among the audience
there was not rumseller, man who signed
license petition, nor scarcely tippler.
Hotel, SO e. State street, Trenton, has
big stock Of summer hats which is selling off
rapidly, and is being replenished constantly.
The styles (many of the prettiest Of which
have not got into smaller towns are very
pretty. Call and see them.
On Monday afternoon a taatch, game Of
base ball was played on the commons at the
lower end of town, between the Red Stock
ings and a picked nine, which resulted in
favor of the former bya score of SIS to SO.
Only seven innings were played.
The next fair of the Delaware Valley r.
e. NJ Agricultural Society, win be held on the
18th, 18th, 18th and 18th of September next,
on their grounds near this city. The Di.
rectors are using efforts to make it a success
fui exhibition. q
The agency for the celebrated D0MES-
TIC SEWING MACHINE is now at Moore's
Book Store, where the machines may be seen,
and bought on accommodating terms. -
Harry Yost, a boy employed at zeigler's
hotel, in this city, came near drowning on
last Sunday afternoon. While playing on
some logs in the canal basin In front of Lear's
Mills, he fell in and would have drowned had
he not have been rescued by a member of the
Carncross Minstrel troupe, who happened to
be in that vicinity.
If you want your children to have refined
tastes, aud If you want to keep them out of
the street, buy an organ or piano, either of
which can be got at Rittenhouse's music store,
corner Union and Coryell streets, Lambert
vile, on unusually accommodating terms, ana
at extremely low prices. Several fine instru-
ments in stock. Call and see them. 80
.--1O,0 Oo.Tomato Plants for sale at cleven-
gers garden. il ct.
The M. e. Church of this city will run
an excursion to Coney Island some time dur
ing the latter part of July. This trip has
been decided upon as preferable to an excur-
sion to Ocean Grove. as it will afford the ex
cnrsiopists an opportunity to visit bathing
place which has been visited by but few of
opr own people, and viii also give them
pleasant steamboat ride.
"A couple Of dogs got among the sheep Of
Mr.. Samuel Comet, of Readington, on We'd