The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-02-15
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Lambertviue. N. T.. FEB. 10, 1882.

Monday evening.
The new First Ward Band played pub
licly for the first time last evening, and at
tended the ball at Lyceum Hail.
The Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias will
meet in Trenton to-day and tomorrow Thurs
day.
1T is now thought that the man Smith,
who was shot by his wife some weeks ago, up
in Holland township, will recover.
Town meetings in the townships in this
county will take place on the 14th of March,
and in the boroughs on the 10th of April.
The protracted meetings at the French
town NJ. E. Church still continue and are very
interesting. Several persons have been con-
verted, and the interest continues undated.
w. II. Gandey is using efforts to organize
stock company to build a paper mill along
the Alexsauken, in the upper part of this
city
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Hunterdon County Agricultural So
ciety will be held in the Court House, in
Pennington, next Saturday.
The druggist who hesitates now is lost
for the Winter. He shoald sling together
some sweet oil and liquorice and bring out his
cough cure at once. DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup
does not pay him enough profit.
Tho Neactown Enterprise says: four
horse sleigh load of young people came down
from Lambertville, NJ j., on Tuesday even
ing, and danced in Heilg's Hall, hunting up
impromptu music.
The ladies of the Baptist Church of this
city, talk Of holding novel entertainment in
a short time, viz: Maple Sugar Festival,
in which pure maple sugar will figure con-
spcuously as an attraction.
People cannot complain that Lambert
balls in operation last evening Holcombe
Hall, Lyceum Hall and Boozers Hall all be-
ing occupied
Mr.. George Reinert, Sr, of this city, will
offer his valuable real estate in New Hope at
public sale on Thursday, March I'd. See adj
vertisement, in another column.
Lords Cough Syrup and Lords Healing
Ointment at New Hope Drug Store. fl5st
The New Brunswick Weekly FREEDMAN
has been changed to a semi-weekly. Mr.. ].
F. Babcock, the editor, is one of the most ex-
perienced and able editors of the State and
his paper is credit to his county and State
We were pleased to receive call yesterday
from Mr.. Ernest King, Jr, of the Sentinel
and Witness, Middetown, Conn. Mr.. Kings
father was for some time a resident of King
wood township.
The bill for the benefit of Randolph Dis
brow, who lost both arms at the celebration
of the Battle of Yorktown, has passed the
House of Assembly by vote of As to O..
CHANGE OF DAY-The Lambertville w.
c. T. Union will hereafter hold their prayer
meetings Thursday afternoon, at A o'clock
A full attendance of the members is very de-
sirable.
Mr.. VIM. l.. Anderson of this city, has
been appointed Superintendent of the Lehigh
and Hudson River r. R. His office will be at
officer on the Belvidere Division Penna. r.
r. for some years.
Recently, Mr.. w. S. Riley, auctioneer,
sold at public sale, at his office, in Fleming
ton, six shares of stock in the Pennington
National Bank, for $125.10 per share-par
value 800 per share; also forty shares of the
Hunterdon County National Bank, for $24.60
per share-par value $50.
The annual meeting of the Township
Committee Of West Amwell, was held on last
Monday The contract for keeping the poor
for the coming year was given to c. L.
Fisher, his bid being s410. The dog tax was
found insufficient to pay the loss of sheep
killed by dogs and payments were therefore
scaled at 90 cents on the dollar.
The snow which fell on the 4th inst. was
about fourteen inches deep and it is said to
have been deeper than any snow Of last year.
The recent rains and warm weather have car
ried most Of it of, and the frost has come out
of the ground to such an extent that it is very
bad travelling on our country roads.
"A short time ago $50 was lost by Samuel
Case who lives near Pennington, and alleged
to have been stolen by parties entirely inno-
cent, was found in the store of Peter I. Ne
vius, where he had left it. We understand
suit of SANDER will probably result from this
charge Of theft.
AT the monthly meeting of the Board of
Freeholdsrs, at Pennington, on Wednss day.
the bills for keeping prisoners were found
very large, and it was voted that immediate
arrangements be made for good wood and
stone pile to be kept convenient to the Jail,
where all tramps seeking the countys bed
and board could pay for the same by honest
hard work, under good boss.-Hunterdon
Adgertiser, 11th.
"A large stock of Parlor, Office and Shop
Stoves and Heaters offered at greatly reduced
prices, at J. ]. LARS, Al Bridge street, Lam
bertville, N. j. dec.14
The new Board of Directors Of the Water
Power Company Of this city organized on
Monday last and elected John Lilly President
and A. H. Holcombe Secretary and Treasurer.