The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-02-14
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Wednesday, Feb. IA, 1883.
Fair

TO be continued, Friday and Saturday
evenings.
The Copper Hill Sabbath School Mis-
sionary Society has contributed 81 $50 to
the missionary work.
AT Johnson's sale of horses in Flem-
ington on the Sd, seventeen were sold at
an average of $i7l.sO per head.
Rev. DR.. John Hall, of New York,
will lecture before the Y. NJ. C. A. of
Pennington, next Tuesday evening, in
the Presbyterian ehurch
To-day is St. Valentines day. The
young people are making good use of 1t
and many missives are passing through
The post Office.
The twenty-sixth session of the New
ark Conference, is to be held in Philips
burg. beginning March eSth. Bishop
Foss is to preside.
The NJ. f. Church of this city, will
run their annual excursion about the
middle of August. Particulars will be
announced in due time.
"A mute hands us the following Sc
lection A deaf aud dumb bridal couple
are unspeakably happy, and gaze at each
other Ia mute alteration.
William Warne, of Baptisttown, has
lost fine young mare from choking on
oats, a portion of which stuck in the lungs
and caused inflammation
Milford is agitating the question
whether that town shall have water works.
The object is to bring spring water from
the hills, near the town, through pipes.
Attention is called to the advertise
ment Of the Prallsvlle Mills, Smiths &
Stover pfoprietors. Some statements in
it specially interest Lambortville people.
-Slas Cowdeiick, proprietor of the
Kingwood Hotel, expects to remove to
Headquarters, Bucks county, Pa. IN the
Spring.
The stockholders OF the Hunterdon
County Agricultural Society will hold
their annual meeting at the court house,
Pennington, on Saturday, February nth,
ut II A. NJ.
"A revival of some importance is now
going on in the Pennington NJ. E. Church.
Tho meetings are largely attended every
night, and there are many on the way
toward better life.
Passengers on the Pennsylvania Rail
road ale now required to have their bag
gage checked at least five minutes before
tho departure of their train, otherwise
the com pany will refuse to carry it.
The protracted meeting In the Chris
tian Church at Locktown, continues with
out abatement of interest. Up to this
time thirty-nine have risen for prayer,
nearly all of whom profess conversion.
Mrs. Dora Phillips, of Woadsvlle, re-
Gently found a neighboring family in ex.
treme poverty. She wrote letter Of APP.
peal to VIM. II Vanderbilt. the million
aire, and in reply he sent her a check
for 800.
IF Senator Carpenter can succeed in
making a law of his bill to reduce the rate
Of interest in New Jersey to per cent.
he will receive the heartfelt thanks of a
large majority of citizens Hunterdon
Democrat.
Mart. d. L. Srope, of Easton, will as
sumo control of the Milford Leader March
1st' Mr. Srope, is native of French
town and learned his trade in the Press
office at that place. He is we'll qualified
for the position.
Seven persons were received into the
fellowship of the Baptist Church of Sandy
Ridge, on Sunday, February 4th one by
restoration, one by letter, and five-in-
GLIDING the pastor son-by baptism, the
fruit of the recent meeting.
We are requested to state that the
Salvation Army will hold meetings in
Boozer's Hall, tonight Wednesday,, and
Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings,
as Lyceum Hall has been leased by other
parties for these four evenings.
An entertainment will be given in the
NJ. e. Church, Sergeantsville, on Feb ED,
for the benefit of the church, in which
Prof. P. L. Pearsall, of Brooklyn, will
sing aud recite several pieces, and Miss
Ida f Barrett will give readings. Tick
cts 10 cents
"A lot of 10a acres Of land, belonging
to the estate of Seth. F. Rose, deceased,
late of Kingwood, was sold at public sale,
January the 23rd, to r. K. Niece, for
$44 per acre. Also, n lot of acres, be-
longing to tho same estate, was sold the
same day to J. X. Wilson, for S84 pei
acre.
"A Gospel temperance meeting will be
held In the rooms of the Friendship So
cial Society on Sunday afternoon next, al
a quarter to four o'clock. 1t being the
occasion Of the fifth anniversary of the
Society, all the clergymen of the city are
expected to be present The public II
invited.
Tho following were elected Directors
of the Belvidere Delaware Railroad, at {
recent meeting Strickland Kneass, ii
II. Houston, Henry D. Welsh, Edmund
Smith, John P. Wetherill, G. Morris Dor
rance, Lewis Perrine, Hugh B. Ely anc
Charles Bartles President, Stricklant
Kneass Secretary and Treasurer, Hugh
B. Ely.
David Cruise. colored, pleaded in th'
Mercer Court, last Friday, guilty to TIL
charge OF assaulting and robbing Fur
man r. Titus, In Hopewell. The particu
lars of the affair we're published in TIL
RECORD last week. The Court pronounce'
the offence heinous and dastardly, AM
sentenced him to State prison for tw'
years.
AT the Turkey II i'll mines, one morn