The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-06-22

chased 100000 acres of land in Florida.
This win makea good sized farm.
The Chicago faster, Griscom, has been GO
ing it now for about three weeks, and seems
to be getting along comfortably.
Commissioner Bentley. of the Pension office,
has resigned, and it is understood that Col
w. W. Dudley, of Indiana, will be appointed
in his place.
The friends and neighbors Of General Kill
patrick gave him farewell reception at
Deckertown, June 18th, previous to his de-
partnre for Chilli.
Mayor Savage, Of Railway, has closed a
contract with the Pennsylvania Railroad ONT
pany, to furnish it with water for three years
at the rate of 1000 per year.
At funeral in Mount Clemens, Mich, a
few days ago, an allopathc physician posi-
lively refused to act as one OF the pail bearers
because a homeopathic doctor had also been
invited.
The annual farce Of road making will soon
be commenced 1t will consist of throwing
the gutter mud up into the middle of the road
to be washed back by the first heavy rain.
What foolishness in this age of great ideas
and inventions.
Ex-Assemblyman VIM. Carpenter, of
Greenwich, Warren County, in all probability
has the most extensive peach orchard to be
found in the counties of Warren and Hunter
don. He has upwards of IL, 900 thrifty trees,
covering an area Of ninety-four acres.
At the annual meeting of the National En-
campment of the Grand Army of the Repub
lie, in Indianapolis, on Thursday evening, a
committee was appointed to take prompt
action in regard to the offer of Joseph E.
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towards erecting statue of General John F.
Reynolds. e
William Herndon, Abraham Lincoln's old
law partner, and few years ago one of the
most logical and argumentative lawyers of the
State, and at one time worth considerable
property, is pauper at Springfield, Illinois.
He is pointed out by his old friends and asso-
ciates as common drunkard.
An experimental boiler explosion took
place near Pittsburg last week, under the di-
rectioD of d. It. Lawson, of Wellsvlle, Ohio,
to indicate how to prevent boiler explosions.
| The theory that boiler well filed with wa
ter cannot explode was completely overthrow,
as the boiler under test was three quarters
filed. l.5 Sc les
A turned down kerosene lamp is always
menace to health and life when /" turned
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enough draught to ensure full combustion,
and the carbon and the carbonic gas are con-
tinually escaping. Thousands of headaches
are produced by this. Where a feeble light is
required small lighted candle for the room
should be provided.
s The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
given out the contract for the completion of
the River Front railroad in Philadelphia.
The extension will be from Dock street to
Lehigh avenue and will connect with the
company's tracks Mt that point. When this
is finished the Pennsylvania will have rail-
road belt around the entire city, an iron
grdle, as 1t were.
The English sparrow seems to be compare
lively scarce this season, aud there is no
doubt that thousands of the birds persisted
the recentseyere winter. These birds are not
migratory in their character, aud our climate
is very different from that of England, and
hence WHEN we have an unusually severe Win
ter they Are frozen to death in large numbers
There is d chance for our own birds after all.
David st.oud of New Brunswick, had
cartridge In his possessions, and fearing that
some careless person might get hold of it and
ipjure himself he determined to explode it.
Placing the cartridge on an anvil, Mr.. Stroud
struck it q heavy blow with sledge hammer,
and then went in search of physician to have
his wounds dressed, Every finger on both
hands was more or less mangled, and he will
| probably lose some of them entirely.
II begins to look as If too much censure
has been bestowed upon Mr.. Thomas Q. Platt,
one of the resigning New York Senators.
independent of Mr.. Conkling's influence ever
him, he probably couldn't helpit Resgning
seems to run in the family" A brother of
his one William II Platt, who resides at Me-