The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-06-14
NEW HOPE AND BUCKS COUNTY, PA,

NEW HOPE AND BUCKS COUNTY, PA.
The shad fishing season closes on the
18th inst.
The strawberry festival at the Baptist
Church will open tonight and close
Saturday evening.
The Doylestown band is being re
-Whiteley's Cotton Mill is running on
half time, we are informed.
Farmers are making preparations for
fighting the potato bugs.
Quakertown's pioneer corps realized
over 5000 by their recent fair
Patrick McConnon has cleaned out
the cutters all along Main street.
The trees in front OF VIM. Murray S
residence have been trimmed this week.
Mrs. A. E. Large, of New Hope, has
leased the Highland Cottage, at Ocean
Grove.
More than 800 RATS passed down the
Delaware during the last freshet.
: Mr.. A. j. Solomon, of this place, has
already had new potatoes from his garden
on his table.
John NJ. Purdy, of Doylestown, has
rented for the season, large hotel at
Long Branch.
IS. B. Barrett's Monster Railroad
Shows will exhibit in Doylestown on
Saturday, June Gath.
Quite large number of herring were
caught by Martin Pidcock below the
falls one day last week
The Eagle Fire Comp any will hold a
dance picnic at Solebury Deer Park, on
the gath of August next.
Another sturgeon was caught at
Scarborough fishery on Monday nom.
ing weighing when dressed, % lbs.
Mrs. VIM. Pickett fell from back
porch on Sunday evening last, aud sus-
tanned several severe injuries about the
back and head.
g. w. Childs will this year give his
annual Fourth of July dinner to the news
boys of the city, at Neshaminy Falls
Grove, in this county.
The Russian Jews who recently OBJ
tanned employment at Quakertown and
North Wales, have nearly all left to seek
employment elsewhere.
"A number of young folks of this place
and vicinity visited Walter Roughton's
on Monday evening and enjoyed them
selves in the May dance.
The quarterly convention of the
Bucks County Temperance Alliance, an
nounced to be held at Hulmeyille, on the
10th inst, has been postponed.
The Catholics of this place and vi
cinity will give a dance picnic at Dark
Hollow Grove on the 4th of July for the
benefit of the new Catholic Church.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the New
town M. E. Church will hold strawberry
festival at that place on Friday and Satur-
day evenings of this week.
The Mirror says quite number of
Bucks Countians will visit Europe this
season, among them being John Clemens,
of Doylestown, and Henry Somers, of
Quakertown.
1t is reported that black bass are be-
ing caught in large numbers at the shad
fisheries ON the upper Delaware, and in
many instances the bass are larger than
the shad
Mart. johnson horse, g Ben, met
with serious accident on Thursday
morning last. While turning around too
short he stumbled and fell on his knees
cutting one of them very badly.
Mrs. Best, wife of Rev s. B. Best, of
this place, who has been an invalid for
a number Of years past, was yesterday
Tuesday, taken to Tamaqua, Penn
sylvania, for the benefit of her
health.
MIR. Peter Best, of Stockton, N. j.,
has opened quarry on the side hill be-
longing to Richard E. Ely, on the river
road just below the Union Paper Mills.
1t will give employment to quite num-
Der of hands, we are told.
We hear that one of our New Hope
girls handled Lambertville fellow pretty
lively on Saturday evening on the streets
in Lambertville. New Hope girls are
not to be fooled with, young man. 1t is
not long ago that we heard one threaten