The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-06-10
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Wednesday, June 10, 1885.

Festival.
Mrs. 1. N. Hill, wife of the Clinton
Baptist pastor, has been removed to the
Morris Plains Asylum for treatment.
We are sorry to learn that the vener-
able DIR. Blaine, of Union township, this
county, is very i'll, with but little hope of
recovery.
County Supt. Hoffman is preparing
the annual financial report of his depart
ment. He says that districts with over
70 scholars will receive 1901 per scholar.
The Free Church Kindergarten will
be open to the public, on next Saturday
afternoon. This will be the last oppor-
tunity for children to join the Tribes"
before the first of September.
Mr.. Ashbel WEIGH, who recently
conducted the Lambertville Iron Works,
has taken Horace Greeley's advice and
''gone West" We learn that he purposes
to engage in cattle ranching in Kansas.
The New Hope Cornet Band passed
through our streets on Monday evening,
discoursing some charming music, with
the purpose of inviting our people to at
tend the closing evening of their festival.
Mr.. and and Mrs. 5. C. Hoppock and
Mr.. VIM. II. Everett, of this city, who
have been spending some months in
Florida, returned home last evening,
pleased with their trip and benefited in
health.
To-day is the beginning of Mr.. e.. j.
Fishers grand opening, which will be
continued for some days. His store, since
last week, has been further improved,
and he is now ready for calls of inspec-
ton and for business. See adv.
Patrick Mccormick was arrested on
Monday morning for attempting to kill
a man by the name of Mitchell, at Blooms
bury. While the Constable was in search
of witnesses Mccormick made his escape
on the 30 train on the P. & r. road
This week, in addition to the Phila-
delphia mail, mail pouch from this
city has been put on the noon train, for
Trenton, New York, &c. The Mount
Airy mail now arrives at Lambertville at
4:37 P. NJ, instead of at lao P. M.
M. E. Festival at Lyceum Hall, to-
morrow and Friday evenings.
The Frenchtown Star says: A peach
orchard of twenty acres has been set out
on the farm of Mr. VIM. H. Rttenhouse,
below town, embracing the strip of
ground that, before cleared of bushes, was
in common parlance ELIZA Kean's
Slough
Union street, between Bridge and
York, is being neatly cleaned and the
surface accumulations carried off. This is
in the interests both of health and COM
fort. If the surface collections on all our
streets were scraped off and carried away,
public health would be the better for it.
Our Board of Health is to be CON-
mended for the thorough work they
are doing in the way of cleaning up the
city. Under their direction, foul places
are being cleansed, nuisances are being
abated, and the city put in condition to
avert the dangers incident to hot weather
and the cholera season.
The mines at Turkey Hill, near
Bloomsbury, started up last Monday and
some 100 men or more are wanted. The
owners have agreed to take less for the
ore for some time, until the price goes
up. The ore is sold to the Bethlehem
Iron Company for So so per ton. 1t used
to sell as high as IS and $10.- Hunterdon
Democrat.
james L. Shaw, fifty six years of age,
whose home was at IT'S Locust street,
in Philadelphia, was stricken with apo
plexy, yesterday, while walking along
Chestnut street, near Ninth, and died be-
fore assistance could be rendered him.
The body was carried into the Grard
House and was subsequently, removed to
his late home. Deceased was born in
Doylestown, but removed to Philadelphia
q number Of years ago. He was well.
known in this vicinity and throughout
the country, as contractor for the con-
struction of telegraph lines, and was in
terested in building the Atlantic and
Pacific Continental and American Rapid
Line. He also assisted in the construc
ton Of The first line between Philade.-
phia and Washington, d. G. He leaves
widow and five children, one son and four
daughters.
Straw hats have hardly made their
appearance yet, owing 10 the backward
ness of the season. But now is the time
to buy. A bigger stock and finer, con-
not be found in the State than at Hotels,
33 E. State St., Trenton. Also light felts,
Derbys, &c. Sole agent for Dunlap's
hats-felts and silk-the best in the
world. Call and look at them. Hotels,
33 East State street, Trenton.
A whisker dye must be convenient to
use, easy to apply, impossible to rub off,
elegant in appearance, and cheap in price.
Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers
unites in itself all these merits. Try it.
List of letters remaining uncalled
for in the Post Office at Lambertville,
Hunterdon Co., N. j., for 80 days, June
0, 1885.
Charles Search,
Jno. Kelly,
Thos. Woodroff.
CLARK PIERsoN, p. NJ.
June 10, 1885.
"A year ago last April, John L. Will
son, of this city, leased the upper"
Grist Mill, in this city, of Geryas Ely, for
tenn of five years, one of the articles of
agreement being that certain sum was
to be expended in repairs. After rum
ming the mill for year, Mr.. Wilson aban-
doned it, claiming that the lease had