The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-09-06

of the Hopewell Herald corn stalk
measuring 10 feet inches.
Mr.. James T. Hummer, of King
wood, has corn which measures IA feet
and has to ears on stalk.
An excursion by the Odd Fellows OF
Hightstown to Mauch Chunk and the
Switchback, will pass over the Belvidere
Division to-day.
"A Pennsylvania paper suggests the
name of Mr.. Tack for the legislature
We wouldn't advise anyone to " sit
down " on such candidate.
Save your money for the grand trip
to the Switchback, Sept. 18th. Tickets
only $2.10. You can't take as delightful
q trip elsewhere for double the money.
AT the funeral of Mrs. Lair, (mother
of J. ]. Lair, of this city, on Saturday,
who died at the advanced age of eighty
three, her Twelve children were present.
"A committee of the Lambertville
Common Counciland School Board visited
Easton, Friday week, and inspected
several of the school and other public
buildings.
The Belvidere journal says that one
of the lady actors in Nathan's Circus,
Miss Lillian Davies, was recently grad
uate from the Female Seminary at Belvi-
dere, and sang in the concert.
We saw one day this week canta-
loupe, raised on the Eye farm below this
city, which was about fourteen inches in
length and of proportionate breadth, and
which weighed sixteen pounds.
About twenty members of Darcy
Lodge, of Pennington, and some members
of Amwell Lodge, of this city, visited
Orpheus Lodge, F. & A. NJ, at Stockton.
last week, and were handsomely enter
tanned
Col. A. w, Angel, of this city, having
resigned the colonelcy of the Seventh
Regt., N J. National Guard. an order
has been issued for an election to be held
tomorrow evening, at Trenton, TO fill the
vacancy.
"A bill was passed at the last session
of Congress giving pension of S37 per
month to soldiers who have lost an arm to
the shoulder. Augustus Cronce, of
Frenchtown, will be entitled, hereafter,
to that amount.
The heirs of Runkle Rea, of Flem-
ington, received last week from John d.
Hof, General Agent for the Mutual Ben
eft Life Insurance Co.. of Newark, the
sum Of ten thousand dollars, that being
the amount of two policies on his life.
st. Elmo Commandery, Knights
Templar, of this city, will unite with
Palestine Commandery, of Trenton, in a
visit to Philadelphia, in October next, to
join in the Knights Templar parade on
the occasion of the bi.centennial celebra-
ton. sgfk&eAA tsf
&C. a. eSkillman, Esq, of this city,
Hon. Peter Oramer ard ex-Sheriff Howey,
of Warren, and Capt. L. Van Blarcom
and William A. Stiles, Esq, of Sussex,
are spoken of in connection with the Re-
publican nomination for Congress In this
District.
An exchange says: The interest in
tho rapid building Of coal cars at Eliza
bethport continues. The two Lambert
Vile builders, on Thursday, turned out a
six-ton car In four hours aud thirteen
minutes, beating the record thirty-two
minutes.
w. P. Miller, Esq, of this city, has
been on trip of investigation to the
West, for the purpose of looking up a
suitable place for settling and with view
to practice his profession Of lawyer. He
has written home from Dakota, giving a
very favorable opinion Of that territory,
and has decided to settle there.
The Hunterdon Democrat says a
valuable horse belonging to Mr.. Jacob S.
Werts, of Cherryville vicinity, was almost
ruined one day week before last, by one of
those barbed (or barbarous) wire fences
that have recently come in use. 1t is
supposed that the horse got fast in the
fence somehow, and in endeavoring to ex-
tricate itself tore it's flesh in a horrible
manner. We also learn that young
heifer belonging to farmer near Ne
shanic, was badly hurt in the same way
one day lately. 80 i5irN Ma 'sasa
Miss r. Perry will reopen her school
on the 9TH of September, on Buttonwood
street, second door from Union.
Mrs. e. A. Perry viii continue to give
lessons in Instrumental and vocal music.
The sPhillipsburg Democrat states
that, Frost, the noted temperance ora
tor who created so much enthusiasm in
Phillipsburg two winters ago, has fallen
from grace and now runs = gin mill in
Boston"
We also hear that his assistants WHO
were with him while in this city, have
become Incorporate.
Now these facts will be used by many
people to prove that these men were
hypocrites, and that the mass of those
advocating temperance are of the same
character. But it only proves the powel
of appetite and what a curse rum is. Il
shows the. necessity Of keeping people
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