The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-09-08
NEW HOPE AND BUCKS COUNTY, PA


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NEW HOPE AND BUCKS COUNTY, PA.
The New Hope public school is
again open, after vacation of two
months.
The Bucks County Convention of
the w. G. T. U will be held at Church
vile on the 21st inst.
Over sixty Posts have promised to be
present at the G. A. r. parade at Easton
on the nth inst.
Hon. Edward M. Paxson, whose
Summer residence is in the Buckingham
Valley, has started on pleasure trip to
the Yellowstone Park.
Some of the citizens of New Hope
report that they felt the shock of the
earthquake on Tuesday night of last
week. but not to an extent to cause any
alarm.
The Solebury Baptist Church will
hold peach festival and oyster supper at
the church, on Saturday afternoon and
evening of this week. A general invita-
ton is extended.
-Eastburn & Belts mill is now about
ready to receive the roller machinery,
which has been contracted for and will be
put in in few weeks. The mill is do
ing its usual grist work.
On the 1st inst. the season for
shooting squirrels commenced in this
State. and many New Hope sportsmen
have enjoyed themselves in hunting these
nimble inhabitants of the woods.
The New Hope Cornet Band will
accompany Major G. A. Angel Post. No.
20, G. "A. r., of Lambertville, to Eastop.
on Friday of next week, on the occasion
of the celebration of the anniversary of
the battle of Antietam, by the Grand
Army boys.
There are at this time 25 prisoners
in the Doylestown Jail. ID of whom are
awaiting trial at the coming term of
court, commencing on the 18th inst.
The oldest inmate is 81 years of age and
the youngest l6. Shoemaking is one of
the Industries OF the institution.
Bucks county was represented at
the Prohibition State Convention at Har-
risburg, last week, by DIR. j. w. Scar
borough, Comfy Woodman. Rev. Os-
borne Congleton, John Buchanan, Bar.
clay Eyre. Rev. d. Il. Koser, T. II.
Morgan and Oliver II. Holcomb. DIR.
J. W. Scarborough was on the commit
tee of organization, and Rev. d. T.
Koser on the committee ON credentials.
The Newtown Enterprise says A
case of cruelty to dumb animals was dis
posed Of at Newtown ON Monday morn
ing before Justice jerks. The defend
ant was Lawrence Grace, now working
as a stone. cutter at the Lnmberton quar-
ries. He hired a team at Howard Pid-
cocks livery stable, Lambertviile, on
Saturday. On Sunday evening, while
under the influence of liquor, he drove
the animal up and down our streets.
Tho horse was poor, weak beast, and
entirely unfit to be hired out in livery.
Grace was arrested by our Chief and
Assistant Burgess, spent the night in the
lookup, and in tie morning at the hear
ing was fined $40 and costs for cruelty to
dumb animals, amounting in all to
$l4.32, which he paid and was released.
Tho Bucks county, Pa. Democratic
Convention met in Doylestown, on Mon
day, and nominated the following ticket :
State Senator, George Ross. Doylestown
borough; Assembly, First District, @.
Il. Hindenach, Durham Second Dis
trict, John Schwartz, Perkasie Third
District, Charles Gain, Wrightstown !;
Fourth District, Augustine Willett Ben
salem County Treasurer, Levi O. BiehD,
Richland Coroner, William Shilbert,
Bristol Surveyor. John M. Zucle, Mil
ford Director Of the Poor, Charles Will
liams, Solebury Delegates, First Dis
trict, Henry T. Trumhower, Springfield,
and John G. Lemons, Tinicum Second
District, Samuel r. X. James, Perkasie,
and Levi l.. James, Doylestown Third
District, William @. Zelner, Southamp-
ton, and William Long, Warrington |;
Fourth District, William M. Stackhouse,
Bristol, and Thomos B. Scott, Newtown.
Our Full Cream Soda Biscuits are
the best G.. J. Fisher.