The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-05-24
STATE ITEMS.

Potato bugs are appearing in large
numbers in some parts of South Jersey.
Rev. DIR. John Hall, of Trenton, who
has been Ill for number of weeks, is
slowly but steadily improving.
Hackettstown temperance people are
plucky. The hotels having closed their
doors because they could not get license
to sell rum, the temperance folks have Sc
cured hotel and strangers will find en-
tertainment.
JERSEY CENTRAL.--Reoeiyer Little is
reported to have said that the report that
the Jersey Central Company had a float
ing debt of S. 900, Geo could be authori-
tatiyely denied He added: "There is
not mortgage due nor coupon unpaid,
nor is there any kind of indebtedness
which is not provided for. Very few
companies are in a condition as good as
that of the Jersey Central"
Edey's Carbolic Troches cures Coughs,
Colds, Sore Throat, and is a preventive of
Scarlet Fever and Diptheria.
Considerable excitement has been
caused among the people of the western
part of Newark, by the birth OF a child
weighing but little over q pound. The
father of this wonderful child is William
McLymap, of No. 16 Cabinet street, who
is described as six feet in height, and
strong and healthy in every way. The
mother is larger than the average of
women.
The strikers at the Delaware rolling
mills at Phillipsburg on Wednesday re-
considered their promise to begin work
on Thursday. Upon making known to
the superintendent their determination
not to resume work, he refused to treat
further with them, and has begun paying
off and discharging all who quit work.
The mill win remain closed until June, in
order to complete improvements now I'M
der way.
That was an extraordinary and unpre-
cedented feat performed by Capt. Bur
rows, of the steamship Rio Grande. Fire
broke out in her hold among 800 bales of
cotton. The captain transferred his pass
engers to another vessel, ran the Rio
Grande on shoal at the Delaware Break
water, sunk her to the gunwales and put
out the fire, pumped her out, proceeded
on his way, overlook and re-transferred
his passengers, and arrived with them all
safe and sound in New York on Friday
We sincerely regret to learn of the
death of Hon. Cummins @. Cooper, of
Boonton, which sad event took place at
his residence on Thursday morning, after
severe Illness of several weeks, from
typhoid fever we believe. Mr.. Cooper a
few years ago represented the Boonton
district of Morris County in the Legisla-
ture for two terms, and afterwards for
three terms was Clerk of the House of
Assembly.
Judge Magic in a recent case declared
that a man who, having the means of sup
plying his wife with the necessaries and
comforts of life, omits or refuses to supply
them, and by doing so contributes TO or
hastens death, is guilty of !" mansaugh-
ter y under the laws of this State Parsi-
monious and heartless husbands should
make note of this legal opinion. There
will be little hope for pardon of a person
convicted of such treatment of a wife.
Tons OF POISONED CoFFEE.--A bulletin
has been posted at Asbnry Park in which,
on the authority of Capt. Robert Mitchell,
Of the wrecked steamship Pliny, the peo-
pie are warned against using the coffee
which came ashore from the ship, because
it had been poisoned that the hides,
which were saturated with arsenic, were
stored in tho same part of the vessel with
the coffee, and were soaked with the wa.
ter that had entered.
Thousands of bushels have been carted
away by the people of the neighborhood,
and they are greatly excited over the
statemen t.
REVENUE COLLECTIONS IN THIRD DIS
TRIoT.--Below is a statement of collect.
ions in the Third Internal Revenue
District for April, 1882, paid at the office
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