The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-03-17

We would advise some OF our town q
people to use little common sense in talk
ing about town affairs. 1t is plain that to
create false impression by continual talk
about the town being ''dead = running
down, "'people moving out, etc, as many
do, is to seriously injure the prosperity Of
the place both at home aud abroad. Ii it
were true, it would be unwise to harp
about 1t continually, but to do this when
it is not true in the broad sense in which
it is conveyed, is to misrepresent to the
injury of ones self as well as that of
other people.
1t is true that in the past five years,
there has been falling off Of about sew
enty-five in population. according to the
census (if that was correctly taken), but
it is remarkable fact for a "dying"
town, that in the past five years there
have been built about seventy five new
Misunderstanding and stores many of
them large and costly. Notwithstanding
this increase in the number of houses,
there are not near SO many houses vacant
in the town as the extravagant talk OF
some would lead people to suppose. We
heard one person assert that eighty
houses were vacant, and that seventy. FIVE
families were going to move from town
the first of April. A careful count will
not show more than thirty or forty va
cant houses, IL so many, and most of these
are either houses 10 the outskirts, small
and undesirable, or else very large houses
for which high rents are wanted Houses
for people in medium circumstances are
in demand. A real estate agent informed
us yesterday that he had had within a
day or two several applications for such
houses.
Several families are going out of town
the first Of April and these will be off
set by those who will come in.
Our town, considering the times, has
held its own very well, and with its ma
tural advantages for manufacturing, can
not long stand still. In fact, IL is not
standing still. One large new paper mill
has been put in operation within few
months, and an unused Touring mill has
started up, and the outlook for the future
has nothing in it to discourage our peo-
pie; particularly so, If they will show any
enterprise whatever in bringing to the at
tention of outside parties the special in
ducements we have to offer in the way of
water power and manufacturing sites.
Man Killed on the Railroad.
Last Wednesday morning the body of a
man was found along the railroad track
about mile below Frenchtown, it is
supposed that be was killed by being run
over by train the night before. He was
terribly mangled, his head being crushed
beyond recognition, leg was cut off,
and bis ribs and back bone were crushed.
His clothing and appearance showed that
he was not common tramp. His hat
imprint contained the name of dealer in
Lancaster, Pa. A card of the Cigar Max
ers Union of Brattlebora, Vt. was found
in one of bis pockets, with the name sc.
Scott" An inquest was held at French
town before Coroner Kitchin, of this city,
and Justice Srope, of the former place,
the verdict of the jury being in substance,
accidentally killed by being run over. The
body was brought to Stockton's under
taking rooms, in this city, last Thursday
morning, and was buried in Mt. Hope
Cemetery on Monday of this week, the
interment having been delayed 10 hopes
of hearing from his friends.
The man was Of large build and weighed
probably from 1865 to 175 pounds. He is
supposed to have been about 80 years old.
Some think that the man was killed
before being run over, and it is re-
ported that he was seen in company with
another person day or two before, but
this man cannot be found. One strange
thing is that but little IL any blood could
be seen where the accident occurred, and
this has led to the conjecture that he was
first killed and afterward laid upon the
track. However. nothing pointing strong
" in this direction has been discovered.
Word has been received by Coroner
Kitchin from the President Of the Brattle-
bora Union, stating that be thinks Scott
has friends in Brooklyn, but as no num-
Der or street is given, the information is
Of little practical use.
There were found in the pockets of his
clothing the following A comb, hand
kerchief, copy Of the Germantown Gazette
of Feb. 30, 1886 a book, numbered 49,
141 of Cigar Makers International Union,
of Brattlebora, VT, which states that he
was initiated Sept. 20, 1884; also two
small tintypss Of two ladies', who look to