The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-08-26
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Wednesday, August 26, 1885.

The sixty-ninth anniversary of the
Hunterdon County Bible Society, was
held in the Reformed Church, at White
House, yesterday.
The Kingwood NJ. E. Church will
hold Harvest Home in the grove of Mrs
Barefoot, near the church, on Wednes.
day, Sept. End. A number of good speak
ers will be present.
MFR. VIM. Horpock, of Buttonwood
street. who has been for time serious
ly i'll With an attack of dysentery, has
SO far recovered as to walk about his
house.
John B. Lequear, former resident
of Kingwood, is now manager of the
Union Pacific Tea Company's branch
store, corner of Ridge and Girard
Avenue, Philadelphia.
DIR. Best, of Rosemont, invites cor
respondence from amatuer and profess
sional botanists looking to the publica-
ton in the near future, of a catalogue of
the Flora of Hunterdon County. Naun's
catalogue furnished on application.
Butter is quoted in the Pennington
market reports at 10 to Is cents per
pound, and an accompanying announce
ment is made that the storekeepers will
pay the latter price only for first-class
fresh butter.
The Lambertyille Water Co. have
about completed the laying of pipes
through Buttonwood street, from Main to
Union. This work was done at the solicit
tation of property owners along that
street, who felt the need of good water
supply.
Before trading off q job of printing
for q street commission, certain Re-
publican councilmen should see that
the goods are delivered. 1t seems that
the street commission was loaned to
them just long enough to be more orna-
mental than useful
The large boarding house in Me-
Gainesville, where the old Lare Tavern
once was, now owned by Col. Sanderson
and managed by Mrs. Lemuel johnson,
accommodates lot of blind boys from
the New York Asylum, for two weeks,
and then takes lot of blind girls for two
weeks. They have an assistant in charge.
Cigarette smoking has become such a
general nuisance that small signs have
been printed and are kept for sale, which
read: mo cigarette smoking allowed in
this Office" There is something about
the smell of burning paper and poor to-
bacco soaked in opium, or something
worse, that is excessively annoying to
sensitive nostril. 1t is rank poison.
The Stockton Baptist Sunday School
will hold their annual picnic in EGGS
Grove, below Lambertville, on Thursday,
Aug. 9th. The boat will leave at 8 A.
M. The Stockton Cornet Band has been
engaged. A general invitatation is ex-
tended to the people of Stockton and
neighborhood to go along. There will be
no charge to any one for transportation,
which will be by boat.
AT council meeting held last week,
the ordinance establishing street COM
mission was repealed, and at another meet
ing held ON Monday evening, the supple
ment to the ordinance was repealed. Mr.
Stacy B. Bray was authorized to take
charge of the work on the streets, at
salary of 80 per day, when actually en-
ployed. Mayor Mcdowell and council
men KEEPER and Wanamaker were
authorized to purchase stone crusher,
roller, &c., for use on the streets.
Among the attendants from this vi
cinity, at the meeting of the Lehigh Val
ley Med ical Association, held at Quaker
town, Pa, last Wednesday, were DIR.
Geo. N. Best, of Rosemont, and DIR. Geo.
II. Larson, of our city. The latter was
chosen one of the Vice Presidents for the
coming year. This Society is of recent
organization and has large membership,
about one hundred of which were present
at its last meeting.
On Monday, August 3lst, there will
be genuine trotting race on our Fair
Ground between the horses "Mintwood''
and "Lady Independence, for purse of
$500. There will be no humbug or sell
ing out of this race, as there is feeling
of long standing between the two owners
as to the merits Of the horses, and this
race is to finally settle the dispute. The
match is to be made with that end in
view, at least so says the Hunterdon
Democrat.
AS we go to press we hear of terri
BILE accident that befel Mr.. George Crater,
farmer for Mr.. l.. Humphrey, this Mon
day. morning. He was driving team of
horses toward Pennington hitched to the
big farm wagon, when they took fright
and ran away. Mr.. Crater was thrown
out near the Fair Grounds and terribly
hurt, perhaps fatally. His shoulder is
believed to be broken, among other in-
juries. Two boys in the wagon with him
escaped serious injury. 1t will be remem-
bered that Mr.. Crater was ostler at the
Union Hotel for many years previous to
last Spring. Hunterdon Democrat.
We allow q Democrat in another
column to scold the Common Council a
little for choosing Republican for over
seer of roads. We can't see that the
state of affairs has been changed any by
this action. A Democratic Street Com
mission employed Republican over
seer, and the choosing of Mr.. Bray is
simply. displacing one Republican by
another. Besides, civil service is now
the Democratic doctrine, and Mr. B. has
done SO welRps freeholder that he has
been promoted, according to civil service
rule.
The young girl, Maggie Woodruff,
who eloped with Richard Sked from Rim
goes, on the 8th inst, returned to the