The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-08-05

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says he heard the roar of the wind and
held his barn door shut. The barn is a
very large one, but one end of it was lift
ed and moved six inches The cyclone
passed between his house and the hill west
of it, taking off a part of the roof and
blowing the carriage house entirely off its
foundation some feet away, crushing up
his carriage and wagons, and uprooting
and destroying fruit and other trees
From this point the cyclone passed
across the Delaware into New Jersey, and
struck the out-buildings of Clark T. Hunt,
below Stockton, taking off the roof of one,
and destroying some fine trees. Then
Lewis Parsons peach orchard was struck
and badly damaged VIM. Hoff7s out
buildings, pens, &C., were blown down;
Reading Bodine's carriage house was
blown down and carriages broken up; the
cyclone passed through John D. Larison's
woods and destroyed great deal of fine
timber; and the last we hear of it, it
struck the farm of Jacob Smith, at Pine
Hill, between Rosemont and Sergeants-
vile, where it unroofed all his buildings,
except his house, and did other serious
| damage. Mr.. S. says it will take 1000
square feet of roofing to replace that
blown off.
The general course of the cyclone in
Philadelphia would indicate that one of
those which passed near here was the
same that visited that city. If it were
not for the difference in time Zone being
at 415 and the other 5:45, the most di-
rect would be that which passed near
Pineville, as it is in line with the Phil
adelphia cyclone, but two hours and q
half are too long to allow for travelling
some thirty-two miles. The first cyclone
would come nearer to it, as to time, as
the distance would be travelled in an
hour.
THE CYCLONE IN PHILA. AND CAMDEN.
A terrible cyclone visited Camden and
Philadelphia on Monday afternoon. 1t
began about quarter after three o'clock
over Greenwich Point. According to
the Philadelphia papers it passed across
the Delaware, striking Camden ut Kaign's
Point, thence it passed through Camden
to Coopers Point, and after various reef
ings struck Philadelphia in the old
Richmond district, and from there it
described short segment of circle,
until it reached Harrowgate, where it
seemed to lose its POWER and be lost to
sight. 1t did far the greater damage in
Camden, the injury to buildings, &C.,
being estimated at $500, 600; at Green
witch Point Salt Works, $150,000; to
shipping ON the river $50, 1000, including
the partial destruction of the Maj. Rey-
bold at Port Richmond $780, 900 total
| $S80,000. The worst feature, however,
was the injury to persons and loss of
life, over one hundred having been in
jured and six persons were killed. part
in Camden and part in Philadelphia.
Don't forget Louden's Shoes. He
will sell you hand or machine made of his
own work. Cor. Main and Coryell streets,
Lambertvile. Jy 10.
REcoLLEoTIoNs OF GENERAL GRANT. -
The death of General Grant, brings to mind
some events of his early life, as we'll as
that of his family, connected with this
section. His mother was born six miles
from Doylestown, on the line between
Bucks and Montgomery. She was Simp.
son, the member of an old Bucks county
family of that name. The family were
| Presbyterians, and attended Neshaminy
church, in Warwick township, few
miles from here. Rev. Nathaniel Irwin
was at that time the pastor. His mother
rode to church on horse back, as was the
custom of the day. A number of the
Simpsons, relatives of General Grant,
were buried in Neshaminy graveyard,
and among them were Andrew Simpson,
John Simpson, Hannah Simpson, a Sec
ond John Simpson and Job Simpson.
Their deaths took place between 1888 and
1868, covering a space of eighty years.
General Grant spent part of his vacation,
while at West Point, with his Bucks
relatives. He stopped at Benjamin
Houghs, at MELVILLE, on the Easton pike,
four miles below Doylestown, whence he
visited the Hough's, McKinstry's Simp-
sons and other family connections. Gen.
John Davis, of Davisville, whose mother
was Simpson, was a relative of Grant S
mother. A few years ago General Grants
mother made visit to Mrs. Barnsley at
Newtown, who was Hough. A great
many relatives of the Grant family are
still living in this county. During the
latter years Of his life, General Grant ex-
pressed great desire to visit Doylestown
and Bucks county relatives democrat.
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A Philadelphia shoe manufacturer con-
templates removing his business to Mount
Holly if the citizens of that place will in
vest 30, 900 in the concern. Three thou
sand dollars has already been subscribed.
According to hygienic article just pub
lished in the London Lancet the appetite
is most misleading sensation, only re-
motley related to the actual demands of
the organism. If we only ate more de-
liberately we should find half our accus-
toned quantity of food sufficient to salts
fly the most eager cravings of hunger, and
hence save ourselves from dyspepsia.
Lightning does its work before the vic
tim knows anything. Two men were
struck while taking refuge under a tree.
Both were carried into the house and laid
out for dead. One of the men revived,
and, after weeks Of terrific suffering and
infirmity, he got out again and is still liv-
ing. He said he knew no more about hav-
ing been struck by lightning than he was
conscious of having lived before the food.