The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-11-30

Hammonton, having determined to main
tain her reputation as a temperance town, re-
Gently arraigned Geo w. Fay, druggist, on
charge of illicit liquor selling. The de-
PENDANT was bound over to appear at the next
term of court at Mays Landing.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company is
making an effort to abolish the popular use
of the word depot The word ''station"
is to be used on its lines henceforth, and even
the great Union Depot at Pittsburg is
hereafter to be known as the "Union Station. +"
Connecticut is happy State. There is so
little litigation there that, according to the
Hartford Coarant, the legal fraternity of that
city are in a state of chronic discomfort,
while, according to the Register of New
Haven, the Superior Court now in session.
" is begging for something to do.' A few
years ago an attorney was fortunate to get a
case tried in four or five years in that court.
Paterson merchants propose to form a Mu.
tual Protection Association against being i'm
posed upon by ''dead beats who never pay
their bills. and from whom it is difficult or
impossible to collect any money. A list of
all persons who do not pay their bills will be
open to members of the Association, and
copies will be regularly printed and dstri-
buted to members for their information aud
guidance, to be known as 1.-The Black List"
ST. Paul dispatch says: 1t is learned
here that President Willard of the Northern
Pacific Railroad, has made contract with
Edison for the construction of fifty miles of
railroad in this State in 1882 upon which to
test the efficiency of the Edison electrical en-
CINE as motive power for railroads. Willard
is TO pay for the road if the experiment is
satisfactory. If the test fails, Edison land
the capitalists backing him, will have to nay
the greater part of the costs.
Democratic editors who have favored every
phase of financial heresy for twenty years.
make touching exhibition of their deep and
tender solicitude for the holders of Virginia
bonds. The party that in 1868 proposed
practical reputation of the national debt,
cannot get credit for anything better than
sniyeling hypocrisy when it denouuces the
Readiusters for proposing the settlement of
the debt question on such terms only as will
be possible Of execution.
The Rev. Robert Collyer said good thing
the other day on the abominable habit of car
rying pistols This is not land of peace.
1t is nation of armed men. The farmer has
a revolver in his bed room, and the merest
boy, ON the slightest provocation, pulls out
his pistol. Two hundred years have proved
that IN civil life at least, the Quaker is right
NO Quaker ever shoots and no Quaker is ever
shot. There should be general disarmament
and we should guard the sale of pistols as we
guard the sale of poisons 1t is the brutality
that comes from the possession of arms that
does the HARM
PRESIDENT ARTHuR's Position. "A special
Washington dispatch to the Philadelphia Led
ger says President Arthur is not giving the
professional ofice-seekers much encourage
ment. Within few days there have been
several attempts to have him remove post
NM tfpe IL. "a.
Grant Republicans. The President surprised
his visitors in each case by telling them in de-
eided terms thar he could not see how that
made any difference, and that such cousidera-
tons would certainly not control him. 'sOf-
ficers, he added, ''would be changed for pro-
per cause, bnt not for such reason as the one
assigned His personal relations to General
Grant were one thing, his duty 10 the entire
Republican party quite another thing His
aim wonld be to keep constantly in view the !
good OF the service and of the party as a
Ehoie.