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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-05-16
Dedication of Now Jersey Monuments.

Dedication of New Jersey Monuments.
An act of the last Legislature of New
Jersey, approved March Z, 1883, direc-
ted that all surviving officers and men
who were actually present at the battle
of Gettysburg, attached to New Jersey
regiments or batteries, shall be invited
in the name of the State to attend the
dedicatory exercises upon the battlefield,
and that the State shall provide for the
cost of their transportation and subsis.
tence.
The dedication of these monuments
will take place on the battlefield, on the
morning of Saturday, the Both day of
June, next Trains will leave Pennsyl.
vania railroad depot at Jersey City, on
the morning of Friday. June Goth, at an
hour to be hereafter announced, stop
ping at the principal stations between
Jersey City and Trenton, and at Pbila-
delphia, and running through to Gettys.
burg without change.
Surviving soldiers actually present at
the Gettysburg fight, attached to New
Jersey organizations, may obtain blank
applications at the nearest Grand Army
Post in this State, Or at the Adjutant-
Generals Office in Trenton, or Of any
member Of this Commission. Applica-
tions must be filed up. signed and trans
mitted to the Adiutanf- General at Tren :
ton, prior to June 10Th. No applications
will be considered after that date.
Upon receipt and approval of the APP
plications, orders for transportation and
subsistence will be issued and mailed to
the applicant by the Quarter Master
General of the State.
Subsistence and quarters in tents will
be furnished at Gettysburg, by the
Quarter Master General.
The New Jersey trains returning will
leave Gettysburg, Saturday evening,
June Both, but soldiers will be at liberty
to return on any regular train within the
limit Of time expressed on their tickets.
After mature deliberation the Com
mission has been thoroughly satisfied
that it would be impossible to carry out
the program incident to such dedica-
ton as is proposed on either July I'd or
3D., the anniversary of the battle, as the
village of Gettysburg affords but limit
ed accommodations which will be great
ly over-taxed on those days by the
Society OF the Army of the Potomac and
its many invited guests.
The Commission has therefore fixed
upon date prior to the anniversary for
the dedication Of the State monuments,
and have named a day which will be
specially appropriated to the soldiers OF
New Jersey.
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Alden's Library Magazine.

Alden's Library Magazine.
Among the notable articles in The
Library Magazine for May, are the follow
ing The Negro Question in the United
States, by George w. Cable; the concud-
ing paper on the Constitution of the
United States, by Hon. e. J. Phelps, U.
s. Minister to GreatBritain; the fourth of
a serious of scholarly articles on Post
Talmudic Hebrew Literature, by DIR.
Bernhard Pick; the article on Hans Sachs,
the cobbler poet of Nuremberg, from the
Westminster Review" is very curious;
Snowed-up in Already, by Rev. DIR.
Jessopp, is one of the most enjoyable pa
pers found in last months English maya
zines, Cardinal Manning's Plea for the
Worthless, is very timely, and worth uni.
versal reading; the critique upon Mr..
Froude's West Indies is sound and ap.
preciative; the Earl of Meath gives a
genial account of "a Model Factory" in
England; Miss Frances Power Cobbe dis.
cusses the Education of the Emotions, y
and opens up a suggestive train of thought
as also does the paper on domestic Ser.
vice and Democracy" The editorial mis-.
cellany, entitled Current Thought y
is unusually full and interesting. The
issue contains 1876 pages, in large type; an
extraordinary amount of high. class ltera.
ture for the price of $l.0O a year, or IL
cents copy. John B. Alden, Publisher,
1913 Pearl Street, New York; 21s CLARK
Street, Chicago.
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There never was goose so gray,
But some day, soou or late,
An honest gander came that way
And fook how fnr hta n,ata

There is hope, and life and health and
comfort for our wives, our mothers, our
sisters and our daughters in the New
Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine. 1t
is the lightest running, the simplest con-
structed, the easiest comprehended, and
the most durable. It brings light to the
eye, color to the cheek, elasticity and life,
Joy aud prosperity to every household.
Way Ahead.
Without any question the great variety
Of work that can be done upon the New
Davis High-Arm Sewing Machine, and
the perfection of all its operations, GER
tainly place it way ahead of all its com.
petitors. No other machine in the mar.
ket has the capacity for performing the
variety of work that can be done on The
new Davis.
When once the Davis is introduced the
demand for the machine is surprising
Take the first opportunity and examine
this. the leading and best machine.
For sale by Samuel J. Pickering, Agent
Lambertville, Nj.
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A.lesp on the railroad Track.

A little child, tired of play, had pillow
ell his head on rail and fallen asleep.
The train was almost upon him when a
passing stranger rushed forward and
saved him from horrible death. Per-
haps you are asleep on the track, too.
You are. If you are neglecting the bilious
ness and constipation which trouble you,
In the hope that you will ''come all right. !"
Wake up, or the train will be upon you
Constipation is too often the forerunner
Of a general "breaking up" DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Purgative Pellets will regulate
your liver, stomach and bowels, and re-
store your system to Its normal condition.
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"A workman on the dome of the new
State House, in Trenton, while at work
on Monday, fell to the ground, distance
of sixty-five feet, breaking his shoulder
and badly crushing one ofhis arms. His
name was Axel Vickstram, Of New York.
He was at work on what is called drift
bolt, which slipped while he was pulling
on it, he losing his balance and falling,
He was picked up and taken to st. Fran
els Hospital, where he was treated by the
physicians of that institution. At supper
time be was able to sit up, and it was
then thought that he was not internally
injured, but later he became worse and
died.
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o Tammany Day.

" Tammany Day"
On Saturday evening, May 18th, Tus-
carora Tribe, improved Order Of Red
Men, of this city, celebrated "Tammany
Day. at Lyceum Hall. The hall was
we'll filled with the brothers and their
families and invited guests. Past Sachem
W. H. Moon acted as Master of Cere-
monies. The New Hope Cornet Band
furnished the music for the occasion. A
History of Tammany was given by Past
Sachem John H. Black, of No. II, and a
History of the Order of Red Men by Past
Sacbem Joseph Cook, of No. 4S, after
which the members of the Tribe produced
"Vannest's Burlesque Degree, on the In
itiation Of Candidate, in three acts,
showing the trials the candidate has to go
through, of climbing the creased pole,
passing through the subterranean passage
and also riding the goat, which caused
great laughter and amusement. All per-
formed their parts well and all that were
present went home wellpleased with Tus-
carora Tribes way of celebrating "Tam-
many Day"
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NEW uopE AND nucKs COUNTY. PA.

NEW HOPE AND BUCKS COUNTY, PA.
Caleb K. Wright, Esq, and wife, Of
boy lestown, celebrated their golden we'd
ding on Monday, the 30th ult., in COM
pany with small number of invited
friends of their youthful days.
The Bucks County Trust Company,
assignee of Charles Williams, of Bucking-
ham, has satisfied the $4,000 judgment
bold against Mr.. Williams by the First
National Bank of DoylestowD. The home
farm of 237 acres has been purchased by
Mrs. Williams, but there will be sale
of personal property. Nesotoscn Enter
prise.
The annual meeting OF the stockhold-
ers of the Centre Bridge company, for the
election of officers and other business,
was held at the hotel of Chas. Bowlby, in
Centre Bridge, Pa, on Monday, April
Both. The following named gentlemen
we're elected: John w. Reading president;
managers, Anderson Bray, DR.. /. s.
Cramer, Thomas II. Ruckman, Lukens
Thomas, Jesse B. Fell and Willis Risler;
treaurer. Cyrus Risler; secretary, DR.. o.
II. Sproul. The present condition of the
bridge affairs is prosperous. A dividend
Of SO per share, Of $50, had been sle-
clared at previous meeting.
Isaac Stricken, who resides with his
son-in- law, DR.. John s. Thornton, in New
Hope, was lightweight years ofage on
Friday the 4th inst. On that day bis
numerous relatives and several Of his
friends Of former years assembled at bis
residence to tender him their hearty con-
gratulations and recount the incidents Of
long ago. A friend in New York for
warded him box of Jumbo cigars,
containing lightweight Havana smokers.
Other friends also donated him boxes of
cigars. Isaac has been great smoker
since he was eighteen years Of age, con-
Stunning on an average one hundred a
week. He yet smokes ten or twelve a
day and is regarded hale and hearty
man.
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They Pay $500. or Cure.

For many years the manufacturers Of
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, who are
thoroughly responsible, financially, have
offered in good faith, through nearly
every newspaper in the land, standing
reward OF $500 for case Of nasal catarrh,
no matter how bad, or of how long stand
ing, which they cannot cure. The Rene
dy is sold by druggists at only so cents.
IL is mild, soothing, cleansing, deodoriz-
ing, antlseptic and healing.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-05-16

--'rhe Turkey Hill mines, in this coun-
ty, owned by the West End Iron Com
pany, have been abandoned after tests
were made with diamond drills. The
company are in arrears on their payments
to the Creveling family of whom they
leased the land on which the mines are
located, and it is understood that the
Sheriff will seize the loose property for
debt. The Lehigh Valley Company laid
a branch to the mines several years ago,
mile in length. 1t has torn up the
tracks and removed all its property to
avoid seizure.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-05-16

Prof. w. w. Dayton, who is to give
his moral and wonderful entertainment,
at Holcombe Hall, Friday evening, May
IS, is spoken of very highly by the peo-
pie in our neighboring towns and say it
is worth going miles to see. We hope he
will be we'll patronized, as it is subject
which we should all be interested in, and
the admission being SO small, only 10 and
20 cents, we can safely say that he will
have a full house.
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"A High Bridge correspondent of
the "Clinton Democrat says: Mrs.
Catharine Dorland died at the residence
of her son, w. W. Dorland. at High
Bridge, on the 22d nit. She was II
years old. Mrs. Dorland was the moth
er of Mrs. Harding, whose tragic death
twenty mine years ago at the hands Of
her husband Rev. Jacob Harding, Gre
ated a widespread sensation at the time.
Harding had made several attempts to
poison his wife, but failed. He finally
succeeded by putting arsenic in an
apple, which he coaxed her to eat He
escaped, but was finally captured at
Wheeling, West Va, taken to Belyidere.
Warren county, and executed.
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Court convened on Tuesday of last
week for the purpose of passing sentence
on persons convicted on indictments.
George Reed, of Lambertvtlle. who
had plead guilty to the charge of resis-
ting an officer, and on whom sentence
was suspended last July, having been
again arrested for disorderly conduct,
was sentenced to State Prison for one
year.
Clark Rupel, for breaking, entering
and larcency, was sentenced to State
Prison for six months, with costs.
VIM. E. Naylor, for breaking aud en-
tering, was sentenced to State Prison
for six months, with costs.
In the case of Patrick Nugent and
Amanda Conover, who were convicted
of keeping disorderly house, sentence
was suspended, on condition that they
separate and conduct themselves in
proper manner.
The applications of Jonathan Potter.
of Mountainville, and VIM. Connolly, of
Junction, for license to keep hotels,
were rejected, and also all applications
for saloon licenses. --Hunterdo Repub-
liean.
Ordination.
At the Solebury Baptist Church, May
9th, Council of Churches met for the
purpose Of ordaining their Pastor elect,
Rev. John Hufnagle. Representatives
we're present from the Baptist Churches
of New Britain, Point Pleasant, Hilltown
and Solebury, Pa, and Lambertville,
Stockton, Cherryville and Pennington,
N. J. Rev. f. l.. Chapel was chosen
Moderator, and Rev. N. G. Fetter, Clerk.
After very thorough examination, the
Council voted to recommend his ordina-
ton.
After very bountiful dinner, most ex-
cellently served by the ladies of the
church, the Council reconvened and pro-
ceeded with the ordination services as
follows Opening services by the Moder-
ator, Rev. f. L. Chapel, of Pennington;
reading of the findings of the Council by
Rev. N. G. Fetter, of New Britain; SER
mon by Rev. w. w. Bullock, of Lam
bertville, text John 8 10, IS; ordaining
prayer, Rev. A. Gauldwell, of Stockton,
with laying on of hands of the Presby-
terry; hand of fellowship by Rev. w. f..
Smith, of Cherryville; charge to the can
didate by Rev. G. T !. Frame, of Hilltown;
charge to the church by Rev. W. P. Hile,
of Point Pleasant; benediction by the
candidate. A pleasant incident of the
occasion was the photographing of the
Council by Rev. Mr.. Huffnage. The vocal
solo by the organist, attracted marked at
tention.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-05-16

MIR. Asher B. Stout, the milkmaD,
who lives ON the Pidcock farm, below
town, says that good many copperhead
or pilot snakes are showing themselves
in the neighborhood this season. Yester-
day his dog was bit by. one. He thinks
the opening of the Twining quarry, at
Ege's, has driven them ont to seek quar-
tiers elsewhere.
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May 16, 1888.
Llterary socIety at Ringoes.

Literary Society at Ringoes.
The "Ringoes Literary Society has
been recently recognized and is in very
prosperous condition. At recent meet
ing the following officers were elected, viz:
Directors C. w. Pitcher, Geo.
Whitenack, Levi Holcombe, DIR. J. w.
Silvara, Mrs. j. w. Dilts, Miss Cora
Hunt, Miss Kate Holcombe.
At a subs equent meeting the following
additional officers were chosen;
President--Rev. G. w. Pitcher.
Vice President-Miss Cora Hunt.
Secretary-Dr. J. W. Silvara.
Treasurer-Miss Kate Holcombe.
Librarian-Mrs. NJ. G. Quick.
The Library contains at present $50
volumes and the managers anticipate
making a valuable addition of choice and
fresh reading matter in the near future.
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Gentlemen, you can get your clothes
cleaned and pressed at SO Swan St., as
good as at any place in the country, none
excepted. Overcoats $3.50; Coats $1,00;
Pants 10; Vest so. Ladies' goods at
reasonable prices. Satisfaction guaran-
teed. w. RoUaHToN.
aDr7 If
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IL Is useless

For young ladies who are troubled with
freckles, pimples, moth and tan and a
bad skin generally to use liquid paints or
dry powders, for they only make the skin
look well for the time being. To have a
good complexion you must have pure
blood. Use Sulphur Bitters and your
skin will be fair and complexion rosy. -
Young Ladies' Magazine.
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Our people generally will sympathize
with Rev. Father Brady, of this city, in
the loss of his father, who died within q
day or two, at his home 10 Ireland. Faith
err Brady, hearing of his fathers sickness,
was about to visit his old home, and ex-
pected to .saii yesterday, but on Monday
he received cablegram that his father
had died. lie therefore gave up his in
tended trip.
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The Ladies' Aid Society of the First
Baptist Church, of this city, will give a
Musical and Literary Entertainment at
the house of Mr. Isaac w. Holcomb, Del.
aware Avenue, Friday evening, May 18th,
at o'clock. Tickets 20 cents. Some of
our best vocal and instrumental talent
will take part il it. Tho program viii!
consist of vocal solos and quartetts, piano
solos and duets, cornet solos, readings,
etc,
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uIco HUGS Va po,VVV cuOh WIN oauOt-
ed to be drawn.
1t was resolved that the Sheriff be al
lowed 40 cents per meal for meals furnish
ed jurymen out on duty.
That hereafter the Board do not pay
the expense of arresting and combining
tramps.
The members meeting at Pennington
on business be allowed mileage.
The following rate of wages was fixed:
Team and hand, $3.25; team and pillow,
$3.50; horse, cart and hand, 1926; ma
sons, $3.50; carpenters and painters,
1925; common labor, $3.50. Ten hours
OF labor to be a day.
On motion the Sheriff was allowed 10
cents per meal for regular prisoners and
10 cents for tramps.
1t was ordered that the financial state
ment be published in the Hunterdon Dem
ocrdt, Republican; Lambertville RECORD,
Beacon; Clinton Democrat and French
town Star.
The following committees were APP
pointed:
Finance Committee-Apgar, Palmer
and johnson.
Asylum mmittee--Palmer, Leonard,
Warman, Nonnemaker and McAlone.
County Building Committee--Malloy
Palmer, Cole, Swallow, Warman.
Discharge Of Prisoners Sherman, OPP.
dycke, Scott, Rinehart, Sinclair.
Auditing Committee Nonnemaker, Sill
vers, Smith.
To settle with Collector Holcombe,
Silvers, Fritts.
The Collector offered his bond which
was approved and ordered filed with the
County Clerk.
Resolution adopted that all bills, ex-
cept for Freeholders services, be placed
in the hands of the auditing committee at
or before meeting of the committee, or If
not that they be laid over till next meet
ing. 1t was resolved that the expense of
taking the affidavit (25 cents to bills be
added to the bill.
On motion of Mr.. Palmer there was ap-
pointed a committee on Revision of Rules,
Swallow, Palmer and johnson.
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Board of Freeholders.
The new Board of Freeholders met on
Wednesday afternoon and organized by
the election of the following officers:
Director-P. II. Hartwell.
Clerk-Elijah Robertson; salary $500.
Collector-Edward Humphrey; bond,
500, 600; salary, $1,000, and no fees or
other allowances.
Counsel-Paul A. Queen; $50 retaining
fee and $40 per day attending regular
meetings.
The Board fixed the amount of tax to
be raised at $S5, 900. Appropriations
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Mr.. Geo. F. Apologize, optician, will
visit Lambertville every Friday during
May, and will be found at his Office over
Misses Barber & Brittain's store
entrance on Church st. People who wish
to secure properly focused spectacles, or
have their eyes examined by graduate
optician for the discovery OF diseases of
the eye or defects Of vision, should call
upon him. He may be found at his
rooms, opposite the Court House, on
Broad street, Trenton, at other times.
May 2-lm.
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For moths, buy at Helms Hardware
Store, Coryell street, the Cryst-Alba, the
only positive destroyer of moth and the
moth worm. May 2.tf
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-05-16

If you want corn planter which will
drop from to grains Of corn, as desir-
ed, 10 hill, that can be fitted upon any
ordinary hoe and works well, call at
Helms Coryell street Hardware Store.
Just the thing for re-planting corn.
NAV 2.-tf
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The Dover EZRA says: Rev. T. G.
Young, pastor of The Mt. Olive Baptist
Church, has exchanged his farm at Rim
goes, Hunterdon county, with Mr.. G. s.
Jensen for the latter's property and
store business on Blackwell street, Dow
err. Mr.. Jensen will remove to Ringoes,
and Rev. Mr.. Young will take up his
residence in Dover and conduct the
store. His son, J. Albert Young, will
be associated with him.
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Two additional trains have been put
on the Belvidere Division-an up train
leaving Philadelphia at $50 A. NJ. and
arriving at Lambertville at $50 A. NJ,
and down train leaving Manunka
Chunk at 1850 A. NJ, Lambertvile at
1885 P. M. and arriving at Philadelphia
at 2:30 P. NJ. These trains have long
been wanted and will prove great ac-
commodation to the travelling public.
For particulars see railroad time table in
advertising columns.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-05-16

The Homciiest Man in Lambertyilic,
AS we'll as the handsomest, and others
are invited to call on any druggist and
get free a trial bottle Of Kemp's Balsam
for The Throat and Lungs, a remedy that
is selling entirely upon Its merits and Is
guaranteed to cure and relieve all Chronic
and Acute Coughs, Asthma, Bronchitis
and Consumption. Price 80 cents and 81 ;.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-05-16

There is no danger to human life more
to be dreaded than that which arises from
vitiated blood. Dyspepsia, rheumatism,
headache and general debility, all result
from it, and are cured by the use of
Ayers Sarsaparilla. Take 1t this month.
Six bottles, $5.
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Fresh Milk every day, for A cents a
quart, or best Cider Vinegar for cents
quart and 90 cents gallon, at Mrs.
CHAs. PIDcocK's, No. 20 Delevan street.
May 9-2t
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Beef steak, sausage, ham and eggs,
veal outlets, picked tongue, Goldfish
cakes, baked beans, coffee, tea, oysters in
every style; mince, lemon, cocoanut, Gus
tard and other pies, are to be found at
tha pearl Restaurant. feb. 29.tf
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-05-16

We have the exclusive sale in this
city of Chase & Lanborn's Famous Cof-
fees and Tens. They never fail to please
ian II G. ]. USHER.
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HEADQUARTERS OF
MAJ. G. A. ANGEL RELIEF CORPS,
No. II,

LAMBERTvILLE, May 10Th, 1888.
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 1.
Persons wishing to contribute flowers
for Memorial Day, will kindly bring them
to the Headquarters Of Major G. A. Angel
Post, northeast corner of Union and
Church streets, on Wednesday morning,
May 30th. Let there be hearty response
so we may have good supply. Bring
them early. Members Of the Relief Corps
will be there to receive them.
BY order of
MISS SARAH WILLIAMSON, Pres.
MRs. SLACK, Secretary.
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List of letters remaining unclaimed
in the Post Office at Lambertville, Hun
terdon county, MI, for thirty days,
May 10. 1888:
B. R. Waldron.
j. R. Welby.
Miss Pansy Cook.
Mrs. Polite Warren.
JOHN FoRAN, p. M.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-05-16

The game of base ball, on Thursday
last, between the Pelicans and Lambert
vile A. A. B. B. Club, both of this city,
was won by the latter, the score being as
follows.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-05-16

-Go to Mrs. j. B. CoEINE's, AZ N.
Union street, for ladies' and children's
fine shoes. My 9-4t
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--Myres' Chick Chick er-re. Kee, or Egg
Food, is the best article tor poultry 10 the
world. It keeps them healthy and makes
the hens good layers. For sale by
jan II g. J. FISHER.