The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1889-11-20
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WEDNESDAY,. NOV. 20, 1889.
--The LIttIe German Band has been en-.

The first time 1t will cost you 2 cents, the
second time $50.
The man who has been shutting doors
all Summer is once more actively engaged
in leaving them open.
Visit the Grand Depot for the latest
novelties in Fine Millinery. Their show
cases are unusually attractive.
The ladies of the Baptist Church OF
this city, cleared about $3.50 by their sale
of fancy articles, held last week.
Meetings have been held almost every
night in the Quakertown NJ. E. Church,
for month past. About twenty five
have professed conversion.
Union Thanksgiving Services will be
held in the First Baptist Church, Nov.
2Sth, at 1890 A. M. Sermon by Rev. j.
II. Boswell of the NJ. E. Church.
Samuel ]. Shurts has purchased the
Rev. Robert Van Amburg's farm at Leb-
anon for $4,000 This farm was formerly
called the "Leona Stock Farm"
REGULATIONS by the best talent ia tue
city, at the Band Fair.
Tonight Major G. A. Angel Post,
No. 90, G. A. r., of this city, will hold
their eleventh anniversary. Some inter
esting exercises have been planned.
The Republican patrons of the Flem-
ington post office will hold an election to
decide who is to be recommended as post
master at that place, on the 23d inst.
"A new boiler of 60 horse power is
soon 10 be set up in the Pennington Pot.
terry of Fulper Brothers & Co. This firm
is also remodeliug and cnlarging one Of
their kilns.
Mrs. Sarah Holcombc, of Mount
Pleasant, rounded out 90 years of life on
the 9th inst, and starts off with a fair
promise of seeing her Tooth. Her general
health is good.
Revenue Collector Lsrgc, last week,
appointed Dennis Wyckoff night store
keeper Of Milestone Dislillery, vice Kee-
nan, deceased. This is Collector Large's
first appointment.
Surrogate Cramcr's official bond is
endorsed by ]. N. Pidcock, NJ. X. Ever
lit, Edward Humphrey, VIM. d. Bloom,
Charles Alpaugh, Robert j. Killgore and
John Carpenter, Jr.
The space in front of the Clerk and
Surrogate's office at bennington, has been
enclosed by neat iron fence, and sod
ded, which adds very much to the APP
pearance of the building.
Rabbits must have been quite plcnti-
full in some parts of Mercer county, for
there have been shipped to New York
from Skillman Station, on the P. & r. X.
II. over SIX hundred bonnies.
MIR. Scott Thorne and Mr. VIM. Law
renee, of this city, and Mr.. Oliver Hol-
combe, of West Amwell, started on Mon
day last, 10 Westmoreland, Somerset Co.,
Maryland, on cunning expedition.
The farm belonging to the heirs of
John Bearder, deceased, near Sandy
Ridge, containing fifty-one acres, was
sold on Saturday last to John Baker Poul-
son, of Grover, for fifty dollars and five
cents per acre.
Our Public Schools will close on
Wednesday afternoon of next week and
will open on Thursday, Dec. 9th. This
vacation is taken on account of Thanks
giving and TO permit the teachers to at
tend the Teachers Institute.
"A lot of small Pennington boys were
ont for lark last Thursday night, and
for the want of snow balls they get to
throwing stones. The ''fun" was great
until chunk OF rock smashed one of II.
G. Finch's $50 show windows.
The broom drill and fancy marching
by 16 young ladies, at the Band Fair.
Christopher Krause, of Glen Gardner,
has recently lost sixteen promising shoats,
valued at $50, either by poison or some
unknown disease. AS soon as liberated
from their pen the pigs began to hunt for
water in which they laid down and died.
Frank Miller, of Belvidere, has re-
ceivcd letters patent on car coupler that
is said to possess points of superiority
over anything of the kind extant. Frank
expects to make fortune out of it. He
lived in Frenchtown few years ago, and
was matchmaker and jeweler.
The Baptist congregation of Fleming
ton have decided to remodel and improve
their church edifice, and have directed
the Trustees to have the work done in ac-
cordance with the plans of the architect.
The interior is to be remodeled aud refur-
nished, at a cost of about $4,000, and it
is expected that the work will be compile
ted in about four months.
Mr.. A. Niedermicr, of Trenton,
teacher of German, is about TO organize a
class in this city. He teaches the natural
method. Several ladies and gentlemen
have signified their intention to JOIN.
Persons who may wish to take lessons
will be given full information by applying
at THE RECORD Office. This is rare op-
portunity to easily acquire that language.
Asa Walker, lifelong resident of
the vicinity of Pennington, died from pal
sy on Monday night last. He was rather
a n eccentric character, though hard
working, industrious man. The amount
of laborious work he could accomplish in
day was wonderful, and when it came
to walking long distances it took good
horse to keep pace with him. Hunter
d0,, Democrat.
Prof. Keller, of Philadelphia, gave u