The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-09-05

The public debt statement issued on
Saturday shows decrease of $6,G7l 1851
during August.
The Nashville Banner, n Democratic
journal of more than ordinary discern
ment, believes that, as things look now,
Mr.. Bayard is the only man whom the
Democrats could elect to the Presidency.
There are said to be five thousand nm.
employed bookkeepers in New York ut
the present time. An advertisement in
the Herald for clerk at $40 per week
brought 700 replief. The average wages
of bookkeeper in that city are from $12
to $1S per week. Snch employments
are so much in demand that good trade
is better thing for boy.
During the past fiscal year 81 900 APP
plications for pensions were disposed of
by the Pension Bureau. Commissioner
Dudley says that the office handled every
case brought before it. All applications
were passed, rejected or additional evil
dence required, SO that no case was left
untouched.
The "Christian Union" concludes
that where the public sentiment of the
state is strong enough to enforce pro-
hibition, prohibition can be secured by
means of law without any constitn-
tional provision; and, where tho pub
lie sentiment of the state is not strong
enough steadily and persistently to en-
force prohibition, n prohibitory amend.
ment will result in free rum.
Twenty six million dollars have been
paid out for pensions by the Treasury
during the present month of August
This sum is an enormous one, even in
these times of pensions prodigaIity, and
of course, represents the amounts re.
qnired for dues accruing during several
months; but it is not long ago that
twenty-six millions would have nearly
covered a years pension expenditures.
A writer to Vanity Fair says that
wandering Americans are demoralizing
and deteriorating London "The nasal
twang is heard in all our streets, aud the
keen, vulpine face stares from every
hotel window" Here are epithets APP
piled to the detested Yankees: Unen-
durable, forward, obtrusive, inquisitive,
impertinent, familiar, ungentemanly,
brutal, grovelling, undignified, ungrace-
lui, vulgar, witiess, shallow, uninterest-
ing"
Tar.;l,a oo,,,o. ,,o,sao,t;ona - A.,
.ano oo pop, Ip sa. s.n., wy
and Hungary. In the recent riots Mt
EAa.1rluoslas, nussia, .Woney -e,Bn. iiVes
we're ios' anu oso houses torn Gown. AT
E8erszeg, hungary, riot wiich lasted
three days mas Just ended. twenty sol
dlers were killed by the rioters VINO re-
sisted the troops with mnsketry and
fought stubornly. Tho number slain in
the mob is not stated.
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WICK Leading citizens, has forged con-
siderable paper, borrowed large sums OF
money from his friends. and finally
decamped Tor unknown parts. he had
IN omice IN trenton, ana was contract
or IN the employ OF the pennsylvania
haiifoad Company, having had charge
u tne WORK being aone IN laying. the
.hira ana Iourtn tracks OF the company
from nolin9spufg 10 new brunswicK,
anu was wen Known aions tue iiue OF
e"e roao'
The importance of pure water in the
preservation of health has always been
strenuously insisted upon by physicians
and hygienists. The deadly perils of bad
and impure water are attested every Sum-
mer by outbreaks of typhoid fevers at
some OF the seaside or other resorts where
an an nm Ia @ mi tfak. Has H..