The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-08-09

Music for the Saratoga hotels will cost
$40, 600 for the entire season.
The Swedesboro Times says an immense
crop of watermelons is predicted for that
section. Large quantities of tomatoes are
being shipped from that station.
Both the Senate and House of Repre-.
sentatives on Wednesday passed the River
and Harbor Appropriation bill over the
Presidents veto.
The Warren foundry at Phillipsburg is
full of orders, and have pleriy on hand tt
keep the works in steady operation unit
late In the Fall.
q ] notice that Ingersol has lost $50 00(
III worthless mining stocks. 1t is very
evident that Mr.. Ingersol can make mis-
take himself once in a while. Moses
Chancellor Runyon has made perpetua
an injunction restraining the Camden ant
Atlantic Railroad Company from entering
into or executing any agreement will
William Massey, or any one else, for the
purchase Of any Of the property Of the
Narrow Gnage Railroad
Congressman Hardenbergh returned te
Jersey City Thursday nightwith broken
leg. The manner of the accident is a
mystery, 1t is said, as he was getting oui
of bed in the darkness of his room. The
limb has been broken before, aud this
occurred in the same place. It is thought
that he must have given it some sudden
wrench, which caused the mischief
Fonr elephants belonging to Barnum S
circus got loose in Trey. New York, after
a performance on Wednesday night, and
ran through the southern part of the city,
injuring several persons, one, a man, per-
haps fatally. Three of the animals were
secured before midnight. but the most
furious was still at large.
Some of the Democratic papers are
trying to make party capital out of the
River and Harbor job. But it won't do.
Neither side can reproach the other. In
the Senate the affirmative vote was seven
teen Republicans and twenty Dem
ocrats; the negative was twelve Repub-
Leans, three Democrats, and the Inde-
pendent member from Illinois. In the
House parties were very nearly evenly
on tho vote, pro and con.
The following chunk of sound sense we
find in the Ann Arbor Argus sThe
season is rapidly approaching when indie
pendent and neutral newspaper editors
who, fancying their organ controls the
destiny of this or that candidate, are
modestly waiting for little patronage as
A reminder that the candidate stands in
fear of those columns, that advocates the
election Of no one, but can give a puff for
a infral al, toa -,
hand.
The Tariff Commission at Long Branch,
on "Wednesday heard an argument from
bicycle manufacturer in favor of high
tariff on their machines. Joseph Willets,
Of Trenton asked the Commission to
make a personal inspection of the potteries
1T that place. The invitation is held I'M
der adyisement.
mo, Stree" remarked the old resi-
dent, "my wife didn't bring me cent.
But it was my fault wouldn't have it.
The morning of the day we were married
says to her, says 1: Maria, how much
money have you got?' She says, John,
I've got just twenty-five cents Then
says /, Come with me, and | took her
down to the canal and had her throw
that quarter into the drink. wasn't 90
in to have no woman INVITING me about
spreadin' around on her money. "-Loao-
eH Citizen.
The methods OF some business men are
past finding out. They will refuse an OPP
portunity presented to them for legitimate
aud honest advertising which would be a
sure benefit to them, and take up with
the first quack scheme, at double or triple
the rates, that is presented to them by
some travelling sharp, and which, even Il
distributed according to agreement, would
do them no good. The agents for these
schemes know well enough that theii
schemes are totally devoid of benefit te
any but themselves, but succeed by fiat
terry in getting their living out Of thu
business men Of the town, and the meth
DDS that benefit are ignored. - Cape Ma
Star.
A farmer near Montreal, named Dennis
DineeD, is about to do what many others
have threatened-sue the persons who inn
ported sparrows and let them loose on the
unfortunate country. The introducers OF
the bird near Montreal were members OF
the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, against whom Dineen proposes
his action. He declares that they have
already eaten up thirty acres of barley,
destroyed his potatoes, and in general
made havoc with his early vegetables.
He estimates tho number Of sparrows on
his land at 1000. The birds were brought
here from England with the best inten.
tions and succeed in Kidding trees of many
annoy ing worms, but, as every one knows,
they eventually proved themselves a great
err nuisance than the pests they devoured.
Hagerstown, Md, has a mysterious
case. Miss Jennie Boggs, aged sixteen,
who has resided with Mrs. George Frean
or, awoke one morning week or two age
aud discovered that during the night
some one had entered her room while she
was asleep and had cut all her hair from
her head. Upon informing Mrs. Freanei
what had transpired, several friends oil
the family were summoned, and an ex.
animation OF the premises was made. The
lower doors of the house were found open,
as we'll as window. 1t is supposed that
some person, jealous of NJ ISIS Boggs mag
nilicent hair, which reached nearly to hel
feet, had enteied tho dwelling, chloro-
formed the poor girl aud robbed her oil
her tresses. The mysterious affair caused
quito II sensation in the usually quiet
town, and on Wednesday last this was
greatly intensified when it became known
that Miss Boggs was seriously i'll. The
best medical aid was summoned, but
despite their efforts the poor girl died OF
Thursday night.
After all the Democratic how about the
extravaganza of the present Congress, it i.
the cold fact that exclusive of pensions
the sum which i'll be taken by the pres
ent House out of the Treasury is little
more than the sum taken out of the Trea.
sury by the appropriations made by the
last Congress, Democratic in both
branches. The excess is 81, 635, CAT, and
If it were not for the large appropriations
made necessary by the failure of last year
appropriations to meet its expenses the
gross sum taken out of the Treasury
would be less this year than last. AS /,
is, making allowance that the present
ongressappropriates money fol friendly
administration, and the last for an nn.
friendly one, and that one is as little able
as the other to control the expenditure
for pensions, the record of the present
Congress must be considered creditable.
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