The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-01-23

! eau 10 the BAPTIST church at tlopewel.
! MIR. Henry Britton has sold his farm
at Rosemont, to Jacob Green, of Ser
geantsville. Price SO, $50. Mr. G..
takes possession on the first of April.
--Leni Lenape Lodge, /. o. o. F., will
celebrate their anniversary on Friday eve
ming, the FIRST Of February. The aunt.
versaiy really occurred on Saturday last,
but they were prevented from celebrating
at that time and have therefore postponed
the celebration to the time above stated
The Board Of Freeholders held their
regular monthly meeting on Wednesday
of week before last. A regular routine
of business was followed out. A number
of bills were passed. The Board refused
to pay the Satterthwaite bill, on Union
street bridge, in the city OF Lambertville.
The amount of this bill is nearly $500.
Also bill known as Bray's bill, for
bridge in Second Ward, Lambertville,
was refused on account of its not being
properly signed, lacking one of the re-
quisite number of Freeholders hide
pendent
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Alexandria Delaware Bridge
Co., was held at the Railroad House on
Monday. W illiam II. Eckel was appoint
ed Chairman and d. NJ. Mathews Secre-
tary pro tenn. There was no opposition
to any of the old members of the Board,
except for the offices of Secretary and
Treasurer. Mr.. Bryan Hough, who has
held these offices for many years, was re-
elected over Mr.. n. d. Williams. Mr..
Daniel Stahler was re-appointed toll col
lector. A semi-annual dividend of six
per cent. was declared .-Uunterdon
Independent.
Our friend Gideon c. Moore of Head
Quarters, called in to see us last Friday
afternoon, as all good fellows ought to do
whenever they are in town. "Gid'' was
laughing over the fuss we made a week
or too ago about a 90 pound turkey
which had been raised on ex.Judge Van
Fleets farm. He says down his way
such turkeys are only rated as spring
chickens. One he killed and sold in Lam
bertville few weeks ago weighed 80
pounds the day it was dressed 1t was a
beauty. Forty three other young tur-
keys which he also sold in Lambertville
weighed Gel pounds, an average of IA
pounds, : ounces and 3-43 of an ounce
each. Old Delaware can step to the
front,-Hunterdon Democrat.
The Point Pleasan. Delaware bridge
company held their annual meeting at
the i" Point Pleasant hotel on Monday,
Jan. Z, and after electiug the board of
directors reelected Mrs Martha Hicks
and her son Penrose to have charge of
the toll house for the ensuing year. Mrs.
Hicks and her family have lived in the
bridge house for the past quarter of a
century, and during that time performed
their duties to the entire satisfaction of
the company. There was of course,
opposition to the appointmant, but the
company, knowing their abilities did
we'll in re-electing them for the Goth year.
Penrose also has charge of Byram station
on the Bel. Bel. railroad.-Mlford Leu
der.
For some time the farmers of War
40, .. 1
been excited over an attempt of the Mack
ey and James Gordon Bennett Telegraph
Company TO put up line along the high.
ways without asking PERMISSION of any
one. The builders of the line. which is
a part of the new one from New York to
Washington, succeeded in getting most
Of the poles up. But the farmers would
not allow the wires to be put OH them nm
less the right was paid for. Thursday
night, 10th inst, a large number of men
went fiom New York on New Jersey
Central train, One got off at High
Bridge and the other half at Chester
When the two parties met again along
toward morning at German Valley, be.
tween High Blidge and Chester, lines of
cleaning wire stretched behind each on
the row of poles, and united the two
towns. The distance is about twenty
miles. If the farmers interfere with the
wires they are liable to indictment.
For some years past there has been
common dumping place for all sorts of
garbage, on the property of Gervas Ely,
north Of the Alcxsauken Greek bridge
Recently Mr.. Everitt, who rents the land,
lost two COWS, it is supposed, from eating
something that had been thrown there,
and suit has been instituted against
several OF our storekeepers who have
been using this place as receptacle for
their rubbish. Among this number was
Mr.. John G. Garisb. The parties in this
case concluded that they could settle
better without the law; so the suit was
discontinued, and Messrs z. ii Hartwell,
ii. c. Dilley and c. Arnett were chosen
arbitrator, and one day last week they
decided the matter. No evidence was
produced before them that any thing that
Mr.. Garish had thrown there would hurt
the cattle, but the arbitrators decided
that he had general share in doing
the damage, aud should pay Mr.. Everitt
the sum of S2l.0O.
List of Letters remaining unclaimed
in the Post Office at Lambertville, Hun
terdon county, N. j., for 30 days, Jan.
10, 1884
Richard Koealy,
Tunis J. Servis,
CLARK PIERsoS, p. NJ.