The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-09-07
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
1an5ertviue, NJ u, sept. 2. 1881.

John Britton, of Frenchtown, caught
three pound catfish in the Delaware one day
last week.
"A COW belonging to Hazard @. Shaw, of
Kingwood, fell into well at the barn few
days ago, and was drowned before she could
be rescued.
~. Buchanan Horn, son of Justice ]. H .
Horn, of this city who has been in the U. S.
marine service for five years past, returned
here last week, looking in fine health.
: The Boozer Cadets, of this city, have
been invited to attend the Delaware Valley
Fair aud give an exhibition drill, on We'd
nesday, Sept. 10.
There have been between 65 and 20 en-
tries of cattle for the Delaware Valley Fair,
up to yesterday This shows that good dis
play may be expected in that division of the
exhibition.
The Fair of The Burlington County Agri-
cultural Society will be held at Mount Holly
on the 18th, 18th, 18th and 18th of October.
This exhibition is almost equal TO that of the
State Society.
The Trenton Emporium of last Thurs
day says: Mr. G. B. Rossel having resigned
as Superintendent of the Delaware aud Rari-
tan Canal, to take effect to day, the canal
hereafter will be attached to and operated as
a part of the Beividele Division The general
office will be in Trenton, as heretofore.
The attention of all persons suffering
from dyspepsia, nervous debility, and kidney
troubles, is called to the advertisement of
"Gluten Flour +" in this issue. 1t is food
just adapted to such cases, and has proved
valuable to many who have tried it.
Thomas J. Lair, night operator i'll the
telegraph Office in Milford, carried a pistol in
his coat pocket when he went to duty last
Wednesday night. The pistol struck against
a chair as Tommy uneasily moved about, and
was discharged, the ball entering his leg near
the knee, and taking downward course.
--switchback excursion, Sept 10Th. Tick
cts, $e.10.
The Democrat says: We greatly regret to
learn of the serious illness of Col John Dona-
hoe, of Pennington, who is located at Crest
line, Ohio, building railroad. Our latest
advices report him as fatally i'll, but we hope
the reports are exaggerated. His family have
gone on to him in answer to a telegram.
Taylor Hail. at Trenton, has been i'm
proved during the Summer with orchestra
chairs ia the parquet, and re-upholstering Of
the dress circle side aisles have also been
placed in the parquet. The seating capacity
is 29G in the orchestra chairs, 492 i'll the dress
circle, AMI 500 in the gallery, making total
of a little more than loo. There is also
standing room for at beast an additional 600.
Ladies' Cloaks, Coats, and Dresses, cut
aud made TO order at short notice, at Mrs. M /.
w Ceoley's. d6tf
A bill was sent here recently, enclosed
in AN envelope with the Bucks Co. intetIi-
gencer card on It, evidently with the purpose
of having it posted, stating that the Sunday
papers would be on sale in trout Of the Post
Office in this city, last Sunday. We were
absent from home on that day bat we hear
that some fellow from Doylesto@n had the
impudence to take up his position at that
point, without permission, and sell his papers
Ifhe tries that on again, the postmaster wi
endeavor to have a man on baud with a boot
as hard as the fellows cheek.
AN exchange tells the following pig
story. On the farm of Mr.. Bloomfield
Blackwell, near Mount Airy, there is sow
which gave birth to eleven pigs, two of which
died. The mother was so affected that she
was taken sick and her milk dried up. The
question was how to provide sustenapce for
the other nine not yet Que week old. Mr..
Blackwell purchased an infants nursing bot
tie, from which he has been feeding them on
new milk, ever since. The pigs are doing
we'll aud are as gentle as kittens They are
somewhat of a curiosity.
-Debeiges, all-wool filling, are being sold
at 12 cts, a reduction of cts. from last
years price, at Van Horns. mao.
Last Friday morning, one of Mr.. Asa
Kuglar's family, living below Point Pleasant,
noticed that their dog was barking at some
thing behind a cupboard in the house. Mr..
KS attention was called to it, and he sup
posing that there was rat hidden there,
moved the cupboard away, when plate or
copper-head snake, about four feet long, made
tis appearance. Fortunately it was killed
before it did any one an injury. The house
had been undergoing repairs and the doors
had been left open at nights, and it is believed
that the snake entered the house during this
time.
Lone Star Lodge, No. 10, K. of p,
of this city, win run an excursion to the
Switchback on Thursday of next week, the
18th inst. Tickets 2.10. This trip is a de-
lightful one, and will repay all who take it.
The scenery up the Lehigh is grand, and the
trip up the famous Switchback incline plane
and over the Switchback railroad-the cars
running by gravity aloue-is thrilling. The
sight of the mining towns and the view of
Mauch Chunk and its surroundings are still
further attractions. For particulars as to
time of leaving, ETC., see bills and circulars.
Next Tuesday, the Fair of the Delaware
Valley F. &. M. Agricultural Society will
open on their grounds near this city, and will