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Wednesday, Aug. 30, 1888.

The net proceeds Of the recent Har
vest Home at Sergeantsville, were 1886.
1t is reported that Matthias Pegg, of
Locktown, has sold his peach crop to
New York parties for $4,000.
LIS. D. Kerr purchased the N. J..
spoke and handle works, at Frenchtown,
at the recent public sale, for $500.
Mr.. A. G. Gandey has been appointed
Superintendent Of the Lambertville Gas
Light Co., in place of Mr.. r. Mcdowell,
resigned.
-Gold--Gold--at Perrine' Cigar Store,
Church St. The Gold Cigar good as
''gold"-for cents each.
The grandest trip of the season--the
excursion of Lone Star Lodge, No. 16, X.
of p, of this city, to the Switchback,
Sept. Goth.
Attend the harvest home at Mount
Airy, tomorrow Thursday. The ladies
will have good music, good speaking, and
good eatables.
Lost on Monday afternoon Parrot.
The finder will be suitably rewarded by
returning it to j. W. Carroll, cor. Main
and Church streets.
An examination of candidates for
teachers certificates will take place at
Reading Academy, Pennington, on Friday
and Saturday of this week.
The large gilt cross that surmounted
st. Johns II. c. Church, in this city, was
blown down during the heavy thunder
storm, that prevailed on Sunday week last.
William T Srope, Esq, of French
town, has been summoned as Foreman of
the Grand Jury for the September Term
of Court, which commences on Tuesday,
September 4th.
Rev. James Walden, of Yineland, has
received and accepted call to become the
pastor of the Baptist Church of French.
town, and will enter upon his pastoral
duties on the first of September.
--0n Monday morning last, Mr.. Duwil
lus Pidcock, employed on the new i'm.
provements to the locomotive round
house in this city, fell from the scatfold
ing, badly injuring his right foot at the
ankle.
Mr. Hiram Hughes has commenced
to build Il large wall fronting his property
on the river, in this city. 1t is to be laid
in cement, and will be IS feet long, feet
thick and about 90 feet high. Mr.. Patrick
Lynch does the mason work.
Now is the time to begin to think
about getting ready for the long evenings
What better way of spending them than
in the enjoyment of the sweet tones of
first class organ, such as is sold by MIR.
Edward Rittenhouse, at his warerooms,
corner of Union and Coryell SITS, Prices
array dorm.
The new school of st. Johns X. G.
Church. ON Bridge street, is expected to
lie open next week. Four Sisters who
are expected to take charge of the school,
arrived yesterday Tuesday morning.
Workmen are now engaged in placing the
new school furniture in the building.
Agents of the ferentinsurance com.
panies have adjusted the loss by the fire
at Mcdowell & Sons paper mill in this
city. We understand that the mill is to
be rebuilt, and in much better style than
h. lla ha.nnr hriolr
throughout. Men are now at work get
ting out the machinery, etc.
The Milford Leader says that Samuel
Bells, an old and trusted employee of the
Belvidere Division, Pennsylvania Rail
road, has been retired from active train
duty and now holds a position in the
yard at Belvidere. For n number ofyears
he was brakeman, aud was we'll known
to all travellers on the Belvidere Division.
Jack Sweeney and other boys of this
city, jumped on coal train one day last
week and rode to Stockton, with the in
tention ofreturning on another coal train,
but as Sweeney was jumping from the
train at Stockton, he was thrown against
stone and was badly cut on one of his
legs. He was brought to his home in
this city in carriage.
Lone Star Lodge, X. Of p, of this
city will run an excursion to Mauch
Chunk and the Switchback on Thursday,
Sept. Goth. The Switchback is one of the
marvels of engineering and needs to be
seen to be appreciated. II any one who
takes the trip feels that he has not got
far more than the worth Of his money, we
have no doubt the Knights will return
him his fare.
The ninteenth anniversary of the
Fleet Wing Hook and Ladder Company,
was celebrated at their house, on Thurs
days evening of last week. There was a
large attendance of friends of the COM
pany, both ladies and gentlemen. Re-
freshments were elegantly served and the
evening passed in social enjoyment. The
music rendered by the orchestra and n
vocal solo by Miss Ida Pierson, contribu-
ted greatly to the pleasure of the occa-
sion. The recent improvements made by
the company, now make their rooms ex-
tremely pleasant for entertainments of
this kind.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
is looking over Hunterdon with restless,
warming eve. We understand that the
Company has half a notion, and more too,
Of taking up the route from Pennington
to the Delaware river, which was talked OF
by the Central some ten years ago, and
building road of its own. The present
scheme is to run the road from Barton's
station to bennington, building astation
near the gas house /; then striking off to
the west, 60 through Delaware township
to the Delaware river at point near the
stone quarries at Prallsville. The people