The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-12-05
Brief MentioDings.

The year 1888 has been notable fol
its long record of notable deaths.
Anew fire company. with II members,
has been organized at Frenchtown.
The Hibernia Fire Company propose
holding sociable on New Years eve.
| The State Teachers Association will
meet at Trenton on December Goth, 9th
and 28th.
Tie beats farm and othersproperty at
Brookville were offered at public sale
recently and bid up to $2,250. but we're
not sold.
Miss Lizzie H. Haley, of Massachu.
sets, a celebrated revivalist, is holding
meetings in the Christian Church at
/ Locktowu.
The new fire company of Frenchtown
will hold fair and festival on Christmas
eve and on the afternoon and evening of
| Christmas.
The next Legislature, it is said, will
change the fish laws, so as to make the
opening and closing of the fishing sea.
son the same as in Pennsylvania and
Delaware.
Peter W. Blazer, formerly one of the
publishers of the Washington (Warren
county, Star, has been appointed Special
Examiner in the Pension Office at 81, 400
per annum.
William V. Johnson, of Rosemont vi.
cinity, has purchased the farm of Alpheus
Morgan, near Stockton, for the sum of
5000. Mr.. johnson will build new
house upon the property.
New Jersey liquor dealers, under the
new law, cannot give their goods away
on Sunday. This is the decision of a
jury charged by Judge kirkpatrick 10
the Essex Common Pleas Court.
Moses K. Everitt, the newly. elected
State Senator, of Pennington. has pur-
chased from Mrs. Locke, of the same
place, the farm occupied by Mrs. Char.
lotte Curtis, above Frenchtown, for
$1,000.
DeVoe, the weather man, in his pre-
dictions, says: Everyone should make
preparations to meet one of the coolest.
blusteriest, snowiest Winters that has
visited the American continent for the
past fifty years.
1t will be we'll to remember that the
Legislature made the Both day of next
April legal holiday, in recognition OF
the one hundredth anniversary of the
first inaue of General Washing
ton as President.
sMr, John Ulmer, of Trenton, a former
resident of Milford. in this county, and
Miss Minnie Kitchin, daughter of Mr..
Ellwood Kitehin, of Trenton, former
resident of Lambertville, were united IN
marriage on Saturday, 24th ult.
Colonel D. b. Murphy will inspect
Company @, at their Armory, in this
city, on Monday evening, December II,
att O'Clock. The Company will hold
special drills on Tuesday and Thursday
evenings until after the inspection.
An exchange tells of schoolma AM
who has introduced novel system of
spelling in her school, When one of
the girls misses word the boy who
spells it correctly is permitted to kiss
the girl. The boys are improving, but
it is feared that the girls will soon forget
how to spell their. own names.
The rules governing the Pennsylvania
Railroad Relief Fund have been amend
ed so that members, after drawing fifty.
two weeks benefits, are permitted to
keep up their title for death benefits.
Formerly, after fifty.two weeks benefits
were paid. all rights were lost, unless
by special action by the Board of Di-
rectors of the roads Interested.
The year 1883 has been a remarkable
one for cold and wet weather. There
has already been nearly seven inches of
rainfall over the average, only three
years since 1870 showing nearly SO much.
Up to November 10th there were 1876
days that rain fell and only &c clear days
and 140 fair days. Up to the same date
there was deficiency of 48S degrees of
heat, or nearly two degrees day.
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