The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-07-13
NEW HOPE AND BUCKS COUNTY, PA.


--Whiteley's cotton mill is having short
F" vacation
The regular monthly meeting of the Dor
ough Council was held on last Friday evening
MIR. Chas. Atkinson, Of the New Hope
agricultural Works, is having new Office
fitted up.
The New Hope M. E. Sunday Schoolhave
been adding several very interesting new
books to their library.
Jacob Yoder will carry the mail between
Doylestowp and New Hope as heretofore, The
new line will not run, as was reported.
Mr.. Simpson Kelly has sold his butcher.
ing business to Mr. Thomas Bahnnan. The
business will be carried on as usual.
Thomas Foulke and Jointly Slaughter,
two of New Hopes young men who now live
in Phila., spent the Fourth at their homes in
New Hope.
"A bicycle rider, who was passing through
New Hope few days since, tumbled off his
machine on tho pike lie picked himself up
and tried it again.
-At.the picnic held in Dark Hollow on the
Fourth, for the benefit of the new Catholic
Church to be built in this place, the amount
cleared was $500.
--Rev. A. Johnson, of Phila., formerly a
pastor in New Hope, spent the Fourth with
his New Hope friends. He was accompanied
by his family.
"A. B. Stockton, who has been feeling very
miserable for the last week or so, while sitting
in front Of his saloon few evenings since,
tainted and fell to the pavement, cutting his
| head quite severely.
---On last Friday morning, about one
O'Clock, the blacksmith shop of Thomas Staff
department was soon on hand and put out the
fire. The loss was about 500.
--Caleb +. Wright, Esq, of Doylestown,
has been appointed commissioner by Gov
ernor Hoyt to represent Bucks county in the
approaching Bi-Centennial celebration of the
landing of William Penn.
On the night of the robbery of the grist
mill of Eastburn s. Belts, the carriage shop
Of Matthias Kirst was broken into and some
valuable tools taken, some of which have since
been found in the Delaware river, and return
to the owner.
"A small steamboat passed down the Del
aware Division Canal ON last Thursday with
the President of the Lehigh Coal and Naviga
ton Company and the Board of Directors on
board. They were making their annual trip
through the Lehigh and Delaware Canal.
"A fishing party made up of gentlemen
from New Hope and Lambertville, took a trip
to Eagle Island, in the Delaware, where they
spent most of the week. They were provided
with camping and cooking utensils, and they
tell their friends they had real jolly time.
Mr.. James Grant, one of the firm of the
large publishing house Of Grant, FAIRIES 81
Rogers, North Sixth ST., Phila., has been
spending few days in the country at the
farm of Mrs. Reeder Naylor, Center Hill, but
returned to his home in Phila. ON Tuesday
morning.
-On Friday night or early Saturday morn
ing, some thief or thieves succeeded in enter
ing the grist mill of Eastburn s. Belts, in
Now Hope. After wetting all the clothes
that were hanging in the Office, and covering
up the safe to prevent its making loud re-
port, they succeeded in blowing it open and
taking tberefrom money amounting to SOD.
The next morning the firm discovered what
had happened, and found the Office covered
with old clothes, books and papers. Mr.
Belts had been fortunate enough to have
taken all the paper money and check, home
with him the previous evening, or 1t would
have shared the same fate. 1t Is said some
very valuable papers were fnined, and a
watch which was placed there for safe keep
ing, was also taken. No clue has been found
to the robbers, but it is reported they made
their escape to Jersey by boat belonging to
Dr.. Parry, which was found on the Jersey
shore.