The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-09-20
The dog tax for Readington town
ship win this year be 80 cents head.

Milford Christian Church netted $i12.71.
Miss Laura Bodine, of Sandy Ridge,
has been appointed assistant teacher at
Freehold.
John Green is again employed at the
sergeantsyille Creamery, in place of
Garfield and Brewer.
Robert Sinclair has bought the up
town hotel property in Milford, from Mrs.
Pursell. for the sum of $500.
No tidings have been received of the
whereabouts of Miller, Slack & Co., who
escaped from the county Jail recently.
The acrostic in our advertising col
umns tells what great variety of articles
can be had at Uncle Fenny's . store.
"A land tortoise on the premises of
Cyrus Van Dolah, Jr., of Sandy Ridge, is
dated 1901, and also bears the name of
Wilson.
Mrs. j. NJ. Dilts, of Ssrgeantsville,
has can of peaches in a good state of
preservation that she put up fourteen
years ago.
Mr.. Z. NJ. Heath has again taken
charge of the public school at Locktown.
This is Mr.. Heath's gath year at school
teaching.
The laying of the corner stone of the
new Presbyterian Church, in Pennington,
will take place tomorrow (Thursday)
afternoon, at half past o'clock.
DIR. G.. W. Everitt, in a communica-
tion to the Clinton Democrat, advises the
farmers of Hunterdon county to destroy
the weed crop, such as carrot aad daisy.
On Friday, the 9Th, William Jones,
who was indicted by the Grand Jury for
selling liquor without license, at King
wood, was brought into Court and plead
guilty to the indictment. He was fined
$40 and costs.
H. P. Cullen. Esq, of Kingwood,
has produced basket of peaches, seventy
six in number, some of which measured
nine and a half inches in circumference.
They were of the variety known as
Reeves Favorite."
Peter MARTENS, John Carpenter, Jr.,
and Chester Van Syckel are announced as
candidates for State Senator at the ap-
preaching Democratic caucus, and Abram
Borton, of East Amwell, is a candidate
for Assembly in the First District.
Mr.. Joseph Watt, of this city, who
has been employed in Brazil for two or
three years, returned home last Friday
evening. He speaks of that portion of
Brazil PARA in which he has been living
in high terms, and is we'll pleased with
the country.
Some of our exchanges are publishing
accounts of the bursting of the cooking
boiler at Butte-foss' canning works in
this city. recently, in which the cans of
corn are described as bursting like bomb
shells, &c. There is nothing like making
all you can of story, when sensations
are scarce.
On Saturday last, as Mr.. Thomas M.
Warford, of Frenchtown, was loading
small rife, holding the muzzle down
while he placed the cartridge in its place,
by some means the cartridge exploded,
the ball striking Mr.. Warford on the top
Of the foot, going nearly through to the
bottom, making painful wound. Hun
terdon Independent
The Phillipsburg Democrat says :
We understand that in case the Newton
Convention is not reconvened, mass
convention is to be called at Pennington
to place a thorough Democrat on the
ticket for Congress. The Democrats Of
Hunterdon are in dead earnest and we
submit to Mr.. CLARK that it will be far
better to recall the convention than to
have candidate put up by mass con-
vention.
The time is now on US, when the
Summer hat should be laid aside and the
Fall and Winter style adopted. II you
want very large stock to select from,
and great variety of the latest and best
styles, go to Hotels, SO E. State St.,
Trenton, who deals exclusively in hats,
caps, umbrellas, canes and gents furs,
and you will find the best variety in all
this section, and equal to that of any
store in the larger cities.
The large Geo. Woods Organ, re-
Gently purchased of Mr.. Edward Ritten-
house for st. Andrews Church, in this
city, was used for the first time last
Sunday and gave good satisfaction. 1t is
very powerful, having full set of pedals
and two complete acts of pedal reeds. 1t
also has some solo stops Of peculiar and
pleasing quality Of Tone Added to this,
the case is very neat and all the cabinet
work of the best character.
Henry c. Kitchener, of Doylestown,
Pa, has published a complete and ex-
cellent report of the Bucks Co. Bi-Cen-
tennial Exhibition, recently held, con-
tanning the preliminary proceedings, lists
of committees, addresses, poems, full
description Of the exhibits, etc. 1t con-
tains 40 large pages of fine type, and is
sold at the low price of ten cents per copy,
or 70 cts. per dozen. Every one interest
ed in Bucks County should secure copy
of the pamphlet.
p. B. Mackey, at his new store on
Church street, is now in perfect working
trim, having got his goods properly
arranged. Business is booming, anil an
increased force Is kept busy. See adv.