The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-02-16
NEW HOPE AND BUCKS COUNTY. pa.

Simpson Kelley, of New Hope, has enter
ed into partnership with John Moore, our
new butcher.
The Ladies' Aid Society Of the New Hope
A. r. Church hold its monthly meeting last
Wednesday evening.
The New Hope Building aud Loan Asso-
citation will hold its monthly meeting this
wednesday, evening.
"A meeting ia the. interest Of lanming
the Delaware is to be held at Newtown on
Saturday, the 10th inst.
"A cheese box mandatory is about to DO
started in Newtown by William Strickler, son
Of Isaac strickler of New Hope.
On last Sunday morning Rev. Amos
johnson preached sermon to Tusoarora
Tribe of Red Men, Of Lambertville.
MIR. Hutton, lawyer from Washington,
D, c., lectured in the Chapel in New Hope
last Friday eveaing, on temperance.
The public school children of Greenville,
in this county, paid visit to New Hope aud
Lambertvile last Thursday, in sleds
"A surprise party from Lambertville and
New Hope visited the home of George Horn,
in New Hope, on Friday evening last A
pleasant time was had by all.
About forty feet of the wall of the stock
house connected with the new paper mill in
New Hope, was undermined by the freshet on
Saturday and fell into the raceway.
On Friday evening last Casper Kaufman
ana wife celebrated the twentieth anniversary
OF their wedding, and Henry Toeniges and
wife the tenth anniversary of their wedding,
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs Kaufman.
The ice bridge has been taken away by
The sudden rise of the river, and travellers will
have to fall back on the old bridge again.
The ice bridge has saved great deal of toll
to travellers this winter, the Union Paper
Mills alone saving $21 90.
Rev w. D. Roberts, of the Thompson
Memorial Church, of Solebury, has received a
call to tae pastorate of the Temple Presbyter-
ian Church of Philadelphia and has accepted.
He win enter upon his duties in his
new field in March. A short time
since.he received call from another church
in Philadelphia, which he dechned.
"A collision of freight and passenger
train, on the North Penn Railroad, at Rock
Hill Station, near Quakertowu, on Thursday
morning last, resulted in the killing of Michael
llolahan, Of Easton, and james Farley, of
Qnakeriown, and wounding many others.
Both trains We're pretty badly wrecked The
accident was due to the misconstruction of a
telegram by the engineer of the freight train.
dense fog prevailed at the time.
"A course Of four lectures win be delivered
in Centreville Temperance Hall, for the bene-
fit Of the Buckingham Christian Temperance
Union, as follows: Life on the West Coast
of Africa, by Sadie e S. Hendricks, of Cen.
tire Bridge, Pa, on Thursday evening, Febru.
airy II, 1881; "Pompeii," by Prof. A. G.
Winters, of Doyestown, Pa, on Saturday
evening, March 9th Making the Most OF
Ones Self" by Rev. VIM. Dayton Roberts,
of Brownsburg, Pa, on Thursday evening,
March 10th an Evolutionary Entertainment.
by G. Burrill, Of Newtown, Pa, Cd Thurs
day evening, March nth. Single admission.
10 cents; course tickets 20 cents.
On Wednesday of last week Mr.. Josenb
Vert, in the employ of Mr.. Joseph p. Stock
ton, while shoveling coal from one OF the
large heaps in the yard, was completely
buried. The coal wss frozen and he had tun.
neled under it, aud che sun melting it, it
came down upon BIN. lie managed to get
one arm out, with which he freed his face
suiiicientiy to call for help. Mr.. Phin. Slack
ana anoiher person were in the next shed, but
thinEing the noise was made by boys, did not
al first notice the call He was discovered by
rnan who was upon the top of telegraph
pole, who FASTENED to his assistance, but Mr..
Slack reached him first, and soon several
more men were on the spot and released Mr..
Vert from his perilous situation. He was
badly bruised and is still suffering from the
effect of his unpleasant Imprisonment. 1t
was feared the rest of the coal would come
down before they could release him. In this
case it would have been impossible to have
gotten him out alive.
DAMMING THE observation-disclosures to
adjournment of the meeting held at Doing
ton, one week previous, another meeting was
held in Odd Fellows Hall, in Yardleyville, on
Saturday, the 9th inst, to advance the project
of damming the Delaware Samuel G.. Cad
wallader was elected Chairman and Ingham
Watson Secretary. After some preliminary
remarks by the Chairman, David III. Taylor
addressed the meeting, portraying the advan-
tages that would result to the citizens of
Bucks county from such a measure. He also
urged that meetings be held and petitions
signed IN support of it, as our representatives
at Harrisburg will not support it otherwise,
such issue having entered into the last cleo
ton, the question at any rate being outside OF
politics and one of political economy. A. s.
Cadwallader, Samuel f. Gwinner and Ed
mund g. Harrison each addressed the meet
ing showing the benefits that would accrue
in case the river were damned. Mr.. Harri-
son said that no important legislation could
be secured without the approval of both the
city of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, and fortunately the in
terests of both of these were with the project.
A. S. Cadwallader offered the following pre-
amble and resolution
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