The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-05-04
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Lambertviue, n. y. May (. 1881.

Some pretty chairs for verandas aud
porehes, at Titus store, 4e Coryell street,
-T1ou. Frederic A. Potts has purchased
ex.seoretary Robesou's cottage, al Monmouth
Beach.
DIR. M. x. Reading has traded his proper
ty at Baptisttown for farm in Virginia, to
which be proposes to remove.
The Grand Army Post at Pennington are
arranging 10 make public celebration Of
Decoration Day. May s0,h.
The crowded stare of our advertising col
umns compels us to issue a supplement this
week.
Conductors Peter Young, Of the Bel Del
National Convention of the Conductors In
surance Association at Kansas City.
The town committee of Raritan town.
ship. have purchased a new patent road
scraper, at a cost of $3.50. The scraper was
tested recently. and found to be very effective.
MIR. Kugler, one Of the raftmen, says
that while on the way to Trenton the other
day shad weighing FIVE and one-half pounds
ran upon the side of the raft and he seized it
and took it to Trenton. Frenchtoson Star.
We were misinformed as to the cause of
the death of the two children of Mr.. Joseph
Stone, referred to in eur last issue. Instead
of dying from scarlet fever, their death was
caused by diphtheria of very malignant
type.
-Ex Senator F. A. Potts, Senator Hobart.
VIM. o. Mcdowell and other Jerseymen. are
managers of new railroad from Bay Ridge
to Coney Island, connecting with the new iron
steamers aud the Palace Hotel.
Wire woven mattress. just the thug for
hot weather, at Titus store, as Coryell street
Rev. Geo. W. Noecker, Of the Berean
Baptist Church at Stockton, is absent from
his congregation, and common fame says that
he will probably return with better half to
occupy the parsonage Rev. @. s. Conkling
supplies his pulpit in his absence.
--R II. Vanhorn & Brother offer in an ad.
vertisement in a supplement to this issue of
TIE RECORD, some very cheap and reliable
goods in there line. The ladies will do well
to read it over, as there are rare bargains for
them.
Engine 7BS of the G. & A. Div. of Penna.
r. r. was sent to the shops in this city for
general repairs last week. This is the first
repairs done for that division in these shops.
Repairs are also being made to passenger cars
for the West Jersey r. r.
AT home, you have to take what you can
get from a small stock. but at Hottelfs hat
store, 33 east State street, Trenton, you have
thousands of hats and dozens Of styles TO Sc
lect from. As he buys heavily, aud gives his
exclusive attention to hats he can sell at less
prices than dealers who keep variety stores.
The Trenton Emporium says 1.-THE hotel
business in thiseiiy seems to have greatly de.
preciated and gonc to the bow vows. The
National Hotel, which while in charge of the
Earleys, was one of the best in the city, is
now closed, and the old United States one
of the old stand bys in times last, did not
take out license this Year, and the furniture
is advertised by the wife of the landlord TO
be sold at public auction"
"A Joyous occasion in the history of the
west spruce Street tieeuflSFHu CuuiCb,
Philadelphia, was the recent celebration of
the twenty-ifth anniversary of the founding
of the church and the pastofate OF Rev. DR..
VIM p Breed, who is well known to numbers
of our citizens. The esteem in which the
pastor is held by his people was pretty con-
clusivey shown in the gift to him Of a deed
for S., 600 and So, 900 more in cash aud bonds,
making the handsome total of So, 600
Ar-The Delaware has been at good rafting
height for several weeks, and a large number
of tafts have passed down to market Some
of tbe raftmen evidently do not understand
theJchannel through Wells Falls, below this
City as quite humber Of RATS have been run
on the rocks and badly broken up. One day
last week raft was run on the rocks, aud
two men were thrown in the river. They
were rescued from their cold bath with con-
siderable difficulty.
Fresh Garden Seeds at Frank Johnson's,
Al Church street. Apri6 #
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