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


The Sabbath School of the Baptist
Church, Baptisttown, will hold its annual
picnic, on Wednesday, August 18th.
Lamar Van Syckel rode his bicycle
from Clinton to Somerville, distance of
IL miles, few days since, in two hours.
Several black bass weighing from one
to three pounds have been caught by
Frenchtown fishermen, during the past
few days.
Mr.. VIM. H. Slater, of Milford, who
was brought home from the Trenton Asy-
lum, few weeks ago, has been returned
to that institution.
On Monday, Mr.. Benjamin Skillman
of White House, had the ends of two of
his fingers on his left hand cut off, while
cutting hay in cutting box.
"A rather diminutive baby is one at
Three Bridges, which at month old,
weighs but two and half pounds. Mr..
Henry Van Fleet is its father.
New Hope has been made domestic
money order office. Heretofore all money
order business for New Hope, has been
done through the Lambertvile P. o.
Glen Gardner is not as crowded as it
was in its more prosperous day. A cor
respondent of the Democrat says that fifty
families can now be accommodated with
houses there.
Our contemporary, The Beacon, has
removed to the room over G. j. Fishers
new store, below the Lambertville Ma
tional Bank. The new quarters are larger,
and better adapted for the business.
"A pair of twin calves, five weeks old
and weighing one hundred and sixty four
and one hundred and fifty five pounds re-
spectively, have just been sold by Mr..
Jacob Kentner, of Readington township.
We learn that Mr. c. w. Bum, car
riage manufacturer of this place, has re-
ceived an order for two hundred carriages,
to be delivered at the rate of ten per
week, commencing August 1st.-French-
tO,on Independent
Several agents from Boston, New
York and other places, are working the
peach men in this vicinity, for all they
are worth. We expect to hear more peach
than prohibition talk for the next two
months. Clinton Democrat.
MIR. II. c. Stem, formerly of this city,
who is conducting photograph gallery
at Pokomoke City, visited his old home
last week, and reports that he is doing
we'll. He says the crops in that portion
of Maryland are excellent, and the farm
ers are happy.
Col. David Sanderson has sold his
farm known as the ''Wert farm" lying
about one mile north of White House, to
Congressman Pidcock. 1t is said that the
Colonel talks of selling all his property
and removing to Boston to finish his days
among his relatives.
Thatcher Trimmer, Sen, died very
suddenly at his residence, at what was
formerly known as the "Frog Tavern"
about mile north of Croton, on Friday
last. 1t is thought that heart disease was
the cause of his death. Mr.. Trimmer was
about rs years of age.
Rev. G. Fl. Woolston will preach in
the First Baptist Church next Sunday
morning to the children on "Sunshine. 1"
The regular sermon will be on "Our
Blood Bought Privilege" In the even
ing there will be short praise service.
The pastor will preach short sermon
on sour Home services lasting one
hour.
The Christian Church of Locktown,
will hold Harvest Home, in Hawks
Grove, on Wednesday, August 10Th.
Some excellent speakers have been in
vited, among them r. s. Kuhl, Esq, of
Pennington; Revs. G. A. Beck and John
Blood, of Philadelphia; Rev. Mr.. Young,
of Baptisttown; Rev. W. Fl. Pittman, of
Hopewell; Rev. M. Faul, of Sergeants-
vile, and Rev. c. s. Conkling, of Stock
ton. Dinner and supper, ice cream, &c
Music by good band.
The joint excursion of the M. E.
and Baptist Churches of this city has
been indefinitely postponed. The rail-
road company, after having named the
18th of August as date, declined to
make an agreement for that day, owing
to another excursion on the Belvidere
Division having been fixed for one of
the days of the same week, it being a
rule of the company not to run two ex-
cursions on the same division the same
week, when it is thought the one viii in
terfere with the other.
"A decision just rendered by the Su-
preme Court of the United States may be
of interest to some men in this county
who have gone bail for persons accused of
crime. The court decides that in cases of
this kind the bondsman cannot recover
the amount of the bail from the defendant
if he has been compelled to pay the bail
According to this man under $40 900 or
any sum security, may skip out and the
bondsmen cannot recover it from his es-
tate. This may be good United States
law, but it is certainly long distance
from the article called justice. -Hunter-
don Republican.
The most deadly foe to all malarial d.
seases is Ayers Ague Cure, combina-
tion of vegetable ingredients only, of
which the most valuable is used in no
other known preparation. This remedy
is an absolute and certain specific, and
succeeds when all other medicines fail.
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