The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-09-15
WEDNESDAY,, SEPT. Is, 1886.
Fourth District Congressional
Convention


Convention.
The Republicans of the Fourth Con
gressional District of New Jersey are re-
quested TO meet in Convention at Elem
ington, Hunterdon county, on
FRIDAY, THE sTH OF OCTOBER, 1856,
At 10 clock NJ, for the nomination of a
candidate for Congress, to be voted for at
the election to be held on the I'd day of
November, 1886, and to transact such
other business as may come before the
Convention. The basis of representation
shall be one delegate for every one hum
dred Republican votes, aud one for every
fraction over fifty cast at the last guber-
Material election, each township and ward
being entitled to one delegate.
CHARLES PLACE, Chairman.
RICHARD +. GOODMAN, Secretary.
GERvAs ELY, S. P. RTvEs,
L. A. THOMPSON. WIN. A. STILES,
S. p. Cook, G.. M. SHIPMAN,
District Committee.
The festival of the Solebury pa
Baptist Church, last Saturday, Melted
about $50.
Major C. A. Angel Post festi val, in
the city lot, last Saturday evening, was a
success. The net profits were about $58.
Eva, little daughter of Mr.. Thomas
Seabrook, Jr., who lives about two and
half miles north of this city, had the mis-
fortune to fall and break her arm. on
Sunday last.
"A Grand Army badge was lost on
the city lot last Saturday evening. The
find, will please roturn the same to @.
H. w. Van Solver or to this Office, and
receive the thanks of the owner.
We were shown this morning rasp
berry shoot of this years growth contain
ing large number of ripe and green ber-
ries. They were from Mr.. T. r. Hunts
fruit farm. This may be called consider
ably "precocious.
Rev. Mr.. Schmitz, pastor of the Pot
tersvile Church, at whose recent festival
so many people were poisoned by eating
ice cream, preached his farewell sermon
on the 9th inst, and has left for Roxbury,
n Y, where he has another charge.
DR.. A. Homer Trego, who for some
years previous to 1868, practiced DENTS.
try in Lambertville, died suddenly in
Philadelphia on Sunday last. His age
was fifty-six years. He will be buried to-
day at Wrightstown, Bucks county, Pa.
The New York Cheap Store, cor
ner of Bridge and Union streets, wanted
to use so much Of our space this week,
that we are compelled to issue the adver-
tisement in supplement, on which will
be found some interesting reading matter.
"A gentleman of this city, who has
taken the pains to inquire, informs us
that of all the citizens residing here in
1912 there are now but three married
couples still living here, viz Mr.. and
Mrs. Matthias Case, Mr.. and Mrs. Uriah
Akers and Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Price,
The Fourth District Republican
Congressional Convention will be held
at Pennington on Friday, October Sth.
The primary meetings in this county to
choose delegates will be held the Satur-
day previous.
On Monday night a young man of
this city threw stone and broke the gas
lamp in front Of the gas house, on South
Main street Justice Kitchin is in pos
session of the young mans name, and no
doubt will present the same to the Grand
jury to day.
The frame building No. 81 Coryell
street, occupied as tobacco and cigar
store and owned by Mr.. Amos Burroughs,
is being greatly improved in the way of
new stills, flooring and siding, and soon
the painters touch will brighten up the
place.
The bandsomest hats made and the
best are Dunlap's. Geo. w. Hotel, 33
4. State street, Trenton, is sole agent for
that city. Constantly arriving the choicest
Fall and Winter hats, caps, etc. A big
stock, from which yeu will be sure to be
suited If You want fine cane or UNI
brella, be has it.
Mrs. Emma Wnmbangh, who was
arrested some time ago on the charge of
breaking and entering into the premises
of Frank Gangewer, at the Hook, +" in
this city was surrendered by her sure
ties on Monday of this week, when JUS
tice Kitchin committed her to the Jail at
Pennington, to await the action of the
Grand Jury.
Mr.. Samuel Stockton. our enterpris-
ing undertaken, has recently added to
his ontfit two handsomely upholstered
pedestals of velvet and black cloth, upon
which to place caskets at funerals, and
also a white pedestal for children's
caskcts. He has also purchased black
rug with white border, upon which the
pedestals rest when in use.
Rev. John H. Boswell, pastor of
the Lambertville Methodist Episcopal
Church, will preach next Sabbath morn
ing, Mt 1890, on the subject, ga Riddle, +"
and in the evening, at 7:30, on "a
Nation in Chains The Prophet Jere-
miahs Prophetic pen -picture of the
Rnmseller, the Rum Traffic and Ma
ton Cursed by its Power. Young men
cordially invited.
Over IS, 600 baskets of peaches were
shipped from the South Branch r. r. sta
ton. Pennington, last week, the largest
shipment of the week being on Saturday
night, when it reached 1871 baskets.
Up to this time the number of baskets
shipped from the South Branch station
has surpassed the entire shipment of any