The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1889-09-11
NEW HOPE AND BUCKS COUNTY. PA.

The squirrel shooting season ia Penn
sylvania, opened September LIST.
The shellbark, walnut and chestnut
crops 10 Bucks county, promises 10 be
very large.
Rev. James r. Lewis, of Phenixville,
Pa, has accepted the Principalship of the
Riegelsville Academy.
Pennsylvania has the largest number
of Sunday Schools of any State in the
Union, having $500 schools, aud 964, 500
scholars.
The potato crop at the Bucks County
Almshouse will be about 1000 bushels,
and the tnbers are being harvested IN good
condition.
Joseph Van Pelt, of Pineyille, has a
fine specimen of an eagle that was shot on
the Buckingham mountain, prepared by
distinguished taxidermist.
Benjamin s. Rich, ESQ.,, who has
been Superintendent of the Doylestown
Presbyterian Sunday School for the past
Al years, has during all that time been alb
sent from his post but one Sabbath, and
that one absence was occasioned by a
death in the family.
Among the late arrivals at the Doy-
lestown Jail awaiting trial at the court
this week are Lewis E. Taylor, charged
with attempting rape upon a child of
Samuel opdyke, Of Upper Wakefield, and
James Reed, of Bristol township, charged
by Annie Reed with assault and battery.
"A judgment obtained against de-
faulting boarder whose Indebtedness Gov
ers period of four weeks or less Is no
longer subject to exemption CT property
from levy and sale, as formerly. This
law was signed by Governor Beaver in
last April and will head off little army
OF rogues who go up aud down the land
beating boarding houses and hotel keep
ers put OF their just dues.
Arrangements were perfected on
Wednesday last for giving joint exhibit
ton of the Pennsylvania State Fair and
York County Agricultural Society on the
grounds at York from Monday, Septem-
Der 80, until the following Saturday. The
enlerprising business men of York are
subscribing to defray expenses attending
the exhibition of the State Fair there.
They are giving It every encouragement.
DIR. ]. G. Kitchener, a Pennsylvania,
Is an enthusiastic chicken fancier. He
now has over 400 fowls, all of the Light
Brahma variety. His books for 1888
show that he sold 354 chickens for the
sum of SADIE. The eggs produced were
worth $93.06, or total of $512.25. There
were 4, 467 eggs, or 872 IL dozens. The
expense for feed bought was S63.0S. 1t
will be seen the Doctors chickens net
him 0 comfortable income.
Half-Rates to Columbus for the Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows via Pennsylvanla
Railroad.
The Sovereign Grand Lodge, Indepen-
dent Order of Odd Fellows, will convene
at Columbus, Ohio, September 10th to
22d. This meeting will undoubtedly bring
together the largest assemblagc OF the
order ever before gathered on a similar
occasion. 1t is expected that 10, 900 mem
bers, including large number of Palri-
archs Militant, will be In attendance. The
parades and public ceremonies which will
extend through the week will be highly
interesting to the public as well rs 10
members of the order. For this occasion
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will
sell excursion tickets from all principal
stations on Its lines east OF Pittsburg and
Erie Except New York;, September 18Th
TO 18th, valid for return until September
2Gtts u $50, at the rate OF single fare for
the round trip.
The universally admitted superiority OF
Pennsylvania Railroads great system Of
through trains, equipped with coaches,
sleeping aud dining cars, sffording every
convenience to the traveller, commends
this route to the favorable consideration
OF visitors.
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