The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-06-17
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Wednesday, June IL, 1885.
w. 8. Naughright has been appointed

postmaster at Middle Valley.
The seyenteen-year locusts are turn
ing up pretty thickly, in this section.
Remember the "Orient," at Lyceum
Hall, on Friday evening Admission 10
cents.
Mr.. E. T. Bush, of Quakertown, has
been appointed as one of the Board of
Examiners for this county.
The new Presbyterian Chapel at Clin-
ton, is finished and dedicated, and the
people are proud of it.
The skating rink in this city closed
last week for the season. 1t will be opened
again some time in September.
"A strawberry festival will be held by
the Reaville Presbyterian Church, on
Friday afternoon and evening of this
week.
''Scott's' school district, near the King
wood store. The building is to be what
is known as plank building.
-Hunterdon county furnished seven of
the twenty-four young men who were
students of the State Normal School, dur
ing the past year.
Mr.. James P. Huffman, Jr., of Gin
ton, has been chosen classical orator for
the class of 1885, in Lafayette College, of
which he is a member.
"A game of base ball will be played
tomorrow Thursday afternoon, between
the Doylestown and Lambertville clubs.
Game called at three O'Clock.
Mrs. Asa r. Smith, of Kingwood, has
taken the contract to carry the mail from
Kingwood to Sergeantsville, for the term
of four years from the fourth day of July.
Notwithstanding that Cleveland is
President, the berry crop will be short
and the wheat crop ditto. If these things
can't be better regulated, what is the use
of Democratic administration
"A team of horses belonging to Mr.
Thomas Cronce, of Alexandria township,
a few days ago. while blowing on the
road, ran away, completely emolishing
the pillow.
Rev. Mr.. Woolston will preach next
Sunday morning a short sermon to child
rem, the subject being 1.-THE Wonderful
Lamp" The regular sermon will be on
tl,a ttDay;ead Ola Taetop,apt, Tn tho
evening the subject will be Lots Wife,"
"A petition signed by over 100 of the
residents and land owners of Delaware
township, has been presented to President
Wilbur, of the Lehigh Valley Railroad,
praying for the extension of the Flem-
ington Branch into that township.
DIR. Frank w. Larson, who with
his wife has been visiting friends in
New York State, has returned. He says
the prospect for grain and grass crops
is excellent, in that part of the state
known as the Lake counties.
MIR. Charles Poulson, life long resi-
dent of Delaware township, died at his
residence near the German Baptist
Church, where bis father was for long
time pastor, yesterday Tuesday
afternoon. Mr. Poulson was about rs
years of age.
The Trenton Times has been enlarged
by the addition of column to each page.
The Times, under its new management,
has considerably improved, and it looks
as though it were the intention to put the
paper on solid business basis, and run it
with some "horse sense"
The best country butter II cents, at
CARVER g. WILLIAMS. j. 3.-tf.
MIR. Alexander Grant, of this city,
celebrated his seventy-ninth birthday
last Friday. For man of his age, he is
unusually strong and active. Last week
he spent two or three days at work in the
corn field, and put in full days work
each day.
Edwin G. Calls, ESQ., editor of the
Martinsville (Ind.) Gazette, has been made
postmaster of that town. We congratu-
late him 1t is good appointment. Mr..
Calls is Hunterdonian, being a native
of Pennington, and he married Lambert
vile lady.
One morning recently Mr.. John Eve
land, of Glen Gardner, went to his stable
and found colt of his all harnessed and
ready for q journey. 1t is thought horse
thieves had selected this colt as their
prey but were frightened away before &C
complaining their object.
Our neighboring woods are now
swarming with the seventeen-year To-
Gusts. and our old folks say they are
growing beautifully less" There are
some living here who saw them in 1900,
1877, 1884. 1851, 1868, and are here yet
to hear and see them in 1885. Who will
see them in june of 1902?
The scholars ofthe Hill Public School
Of this city, win give grand entertain
ment at Holcombe Hall, on Friday even
ing of next week, on which occasion the
programme will be of very interesting
and entertaining character. Tickets 50
cents. Proceeds to purchase piano for
the Hill school.
Our people cannot complain of a
want of proper mail facilities. A mail
from the Delaware, Lackawana and West
R. R., now arrives on the 1s:4l midday
train, and mail from Trenton on the
lbs P. M. train. These make nineteen
mails received daily at the Lambertville
p. O. Eighteen are sent out.
The newspapers are telling rather big
stories about the weight of the fish now
being caught in the Delaware, in this vi
cinity. The last story is that IA pound
salmon has recently been caught. The
next fish heard from, we hope, will be big