The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-02-13

The Temperance reform work by Mabee
and English at Somerville resulted in l.
los persons signing the pledge.
The STANDARD Oil structure, on lower
Broadway, New York, will be ten stories
high.
4 REy. DR.. john S. PORTER, widely
known clergyman of Burlington, has had
stroke of paralysis.
4 Mount Holly is to have barber shop
fitted up with appliances for shaving by
steam
CUBAN SLAVERY is dying out very fast
under the operation of the emancipation
laws. There are only about 900, 900 slaves
on the island now, and most of them will
be set free this year.
The president of the Broadway Bank
is Francis A. Palmer. In 1888 he was
driving stage on Broadway. The old
stage stand at that time was at Wall and
Broad streets in front of the site of the
Drexel Building.
Rev. John s. Inskip, well-known
4 Methodist minister, died at Ocean Grove
I on Sunday. from an attack of paralysis.
Mr.. Inskip was born August 10th, 1876,
| in Huntington, England, and came to the
I United States with his parents when he
was five years of age.
The funeral of Professor Guyot, the
eminent scientist and author, at Prince
ton, on Monday, was largely attended.
Among the pall.bearers were Dr. craven,
Admiral Emmons, Professor Dunn, OF
Yale. and President Gilman of John Hop
kins University.
The earlier in the season that land
plaster or gypsum is sown on clover the
more certain it is to produce good results.
Some experienced farmers SOW it on the
last snow, and insist that to do most good
it should be applied before Spring rains
have passed.
The Long Branch Ocean Pier Compa-
ny has decided to rebuild thoroughly the
portion of the pier washed away by the
recent storm, and to build double "a"
shaped landing of oak piping. Arrange
ments have been made with the Iron
Steamboat Company to make frequent
trips with their boats between the pier
and New York next season.
About half of the striking weayers of
Paterson, voted day or two since, to re-
turn to work at schedule of wages lit
tie lower than they were receiving before
the movement. The manufacturers say
they cannot afford to pay SO high wages
as before, as many large orders have gone
to Europe, owing to the strike. The OPP
eratives lost over $25, 900 by the strike
without lettering their condition at all
It is daily becoming palmer, that the
country may as we'll resign itself to very
long session Of Congress. 1t is evident
that Randall intends to carry out his pro-
gramme of delaying the appropriation
bills in order to keep back the tariff ques-
ton, and there is no doubt of the reso-
lutte purpose of the "tariff reformerso to
force their measure through, if 1t takes
all Summer.
Not far from Berlin on the Havel liesa
village named Parey, with upwards of
800 Inhabitants, mostly well-to do peas
ants, and during the three years from
November /, 1880, to November, l, 1888,
it is affirmed that the village register had
neither a birth, death, q marriage, nor
baptism to record. Late in last No
vember there occurred to break this mon
otony a wedding, and the entire 500 peo-
pie in the town were invited to the show.
From Cincinnati it is reported that the
Ohio River for 200 miles above that city
is still rising, and with heavy rains pre-
vaiing and The great floods from the
Muskingum coming down to join u flood
from the Kanawha. II is thought that
the waters will remain high all this week,
and will reach nearly seventy feet at Gin
cinnati. No more danger is apprehended
at Wheeling.
~ or ha Ia
Legislature, providing that railroad tick
cts of all kinds shall be good until used,
would be a serious public injury. Tickets
issued in the ordinary course of business
are good until used now, but the railroads
have the right to discriminate in the
matter of excursion tickets. The passage
of the bill in question would simply re-
suit in depriving the public of the benefit
of cheap excursions.
Careful analysis proves more and more
conclusiyely, according to the Mueller
Zeitung, that 1t is poor economy to leave
the bran and other impurities in the flour,
and that the notion about black bread be-
ing cheaper than white, is simply fable.
One of the best chemists Of Austria, DR..
Max Ruebner, states that independent of
its better. taste, the white bread is more
economical than the black, because larger
portion of it is digested; in other words,
smaller quantity of white bread is need
ed against a larger quantity of black bread
to satisfy the demands of the body.
SUDDEN AND ENORMOUS GROWTH
The sudden growth Of Western cities is
seen in the rapid development of Lead
vile, Col. A camp was located on the
site of Leadville in 1877 and the number
of Leadyile mining companies in jan,
1881, was twelve, representing the enor-
nous sum of $72, 100000. In three years
the little miners camp of twenty five in
habitants was changed into busy
thriving town of as many thousands, and
from which daily pours forth an amount
of wealth, never equalled by any COM
munity.
A Pennsylvania Railroad official, in a
conversation concerning the conviction of
Conductor Rollins in Jersey City on Tues.
day for stealing tickets, said that $50, 900
worth of tickets was annually stolen
from the company The loss had become
so great that corps of detectives had
been employed to catch thieving conduc-
tors. Six had recently been caught, and
four who were arrested In Philadelphia
had confessed their guilt and were COM
mitted to Jail.
1t is good sign when such man as
Don Cameron of Pennsylvania recognizes
the force of public sentiment against po-
litical bossism. 1t is announced that this
boss by inheritance will not take his seat
in the Senate until the Republican Pre-
sdential candidate is named, for fear he
declares, tho cry Of bossism win be raised
in the nominating convention. The
world moves. 1t is the people who pur-
pose to do the bossing, and the SOON
er men of the Cameron stripe discover it
the better.