The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-03-10
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Next Wednesday is st. Patrick's Day.
Constable Srope is candidate for re-
election on the Democratic ticket.
The first eclipse of the year occurred
on last Friday. 1t was invisible here.
It's announced that the Delaware and
Raritan canal will open on the 10Th inst.
Notwithstanding that there are many
vacant houses in our city, rents are still
high.
Brakemen on the Pennsylvania Rail
road are now compelled to stand during
the entire trip.
The election for Overseers of High
ways will be held tomorrow Thursday
in the townships.
The girls in the First Ward say that
Policeman Cleary is the best looking
officer on the force.
Samuel Wyckotf is candidate for
Constable aud Overseer of the Poor on
the Republican ticket.
The Union Steam Fire Engine Com
pany will hold their annual meeting to.
morrow Thursday evening.
Room for five more office-holders.
Excise Commissioners wanted to serve
three years. Salary, sos year.
Mum sociables y are now in order.
Those who are " mum " during the en-
tire evening get their supper free.
After the kind of entry that Spring
made this year we can with much feeling
exclaim, Come, gentle Spring y
A bill has been introduced in the
Legislature to make the pay of township
committeeman three dollars day.
Spring styles of ladies' headgear show
that husbands and fathers will get more
goods for their money than last year.
The head of the family views the coal
pile, calculates the time to possible
Spring, heaves a sigh, and orders an
other ton.
Twelve Brown Leghorn pnllets, owned
by Mr.. David Taylor. of this city, have
hid 500 eggs from the 18th of Novem-
Der, 1886, to the 1st of March, 1886
The attendance at the Sunday after
noon meetings of The w. G. T. U. could
be more than doubled if the public were
satisfied that they could secure seat.
The Spring styl les of stiff Derby hats
are higher than ever before, some of
them fraction lower than the silk hat,
though their appearance is much lower.
In the present style of shirt collar, a
young man of fashion may be safely
trusted in the gilded halls of pleasure.
An entire corps do ballet could not turn
his head.
| Bob Ingcrsoll's idea OF heaven is
| place where everybody smokes. II is
plain that the Colonel has got the places
mixed. It is the other place where
everybody smokes.
There is something in omens, after
all. A man who, under protest, made
the thirteenth at banquet, has just
died. The banquet took place forty
three years ago, but the man has died,
all the same.
Master Fred. Ely, son OF Mr.. Holmes
D. Ely, while skating on the Island
creek, on Wednesday last, broke through
the ice and would certainly have beer
drowned but for the timely aid rendered
by Mr.. Samuel tanning.
A bill now pending in the Legislature
provides that every dog in the State
shall be licensed by the Clerk Of the
county in which its owner resides, and
shall pay an annual tax of one dollar and
q registration fee of fifty cents
Wonder if Council couldn't be pre-.
vailed upon to place a table in theil
room for the use of reporters And bet
ter still, wouldn't it be good idea fol-
them to appoint reporter, at fan
salary, to furnish their proceedings to
our city papers?
Last Monday evening the Common
Council gave the City Clerk $50 for ex.
ira services during the year just closed
This is right. The Office of City CLERK
is not the most desirable in the city al
the present salary, and it should be al
the very lowest $3.50.
/ This is the way the Democrat Adver-
tiser, Of Pennington, tells it "Nel
Pidcock is distributing garden and field
seeds TO part Of his constituents and
sowing seeds Of dissension among the
rest Of them. The question is, what
will the harvest DO next FalI?"
The sections of cemeteries are being
notified by the United States Govern.
ment that if there are any soldiers
graves without headstones in their ceme.
tory they will be provided with such il
the friends OF the deceased will make
application to the Government.
Six members of our Common Council
use tobacco. And on last Tuesday ev.
ening five of the members were smoking
while celebrating on the ordinance to
establish Board Of Excise. The City
Solicitor had the politeness to lay his
cigar on bench while be addressed the
Council. Bad example for the City
Fathers to set our young men.
Two beautiful boquets we're presented
to the two children who succeeded in
blowing the largest bubble /" in the
soap-bubble interlude at the enter
tainments of the Busy Bee Society last
Thursday and Friday evenings. The
first evening the prize was awarded to