The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1890-07-02
NEW HOPE AND BUCKS COUNTY. PA.

- auOut W Cudnge nanus.
1T is rumored that the Reading Rail-
road will run branch Of its road to Bris-
tol from Langhorne.
Work in the Nockamixon oil fields
will begin as soon as the charter applied
for by the company is obtained.
Tho young people of the Hatboro
Baptist Church, are perfecting arrange
ments to celebrate the Fourth OF July.
~. D. Trauger, Of Point Pleasant,
graduated at the Lutheran Theological
Seminary, at Gettysburg, one day last
week.
Frank Wismer, on Monday, shot
white crane measuring feet, 4inches
from tip to tip, at Stover's dam, Buck
ingham.
Congressman Yardley, of Doylestown,
and Amos B. Headly, Tullytown, have
been chosen as members of the Republic
can State Committee
Good bayfield, hands in the vicinity
of Doylestown, are receiving 50 per day,
while good harvest hands are being en-
gagged at 81. 90 per day.
The Independent Literary Society of
Byberry and Bucks county, will hold
their next annual meeting at Neshaminy
Falls Grove, August 9th.
There will be public installation of
the officers of Delaware Castle, X. G. E.,
New Hope, tomorrow crhursdayl even
ing. Visitors will be admitted by card.
yellow jackets got into trouble with
an old tramp, who sat down to rest on
the Bristol turnpike, near Bristol, on
Tuesday, and he was badly used up when
laborers came to his rescue.
Sufficient money has been pledged
to warrant Brooks Orchestra, OF Doylcs-
town, Ia giving at least five or six open
air concerts in the court house park, Doy-
lcstown, during the Summer.
Some of tho Justices Of the Peace In
the lower end of Bucks county, refuse to
commit tramps TO Jail under the vagrant
act, on account of the rcprlmand given
some of them by the judge short time
ago.
Henrietta, a daughter of John Martin,
Jr., of Point Plsasant fell off the garden
fence, Monday evening, and broke her
arm. She has now two broken arms to |
care for, as the other one was broken a |
short time ago.
William West, Jr., of New Hope, |
was run over by cart, while working on |
the new railroad, few days ago. Both
feet were badly mashed. DR.. II. G. |
Foulke attended TO the injuries and West
is recovering rapidly.
The biggest price ever paid for n din
ner in Philadelphia was paid at the Bing-
ham House, several years ago, which one
man sat down to. The price was $S2,
and the fellow who ate and paid for 1t
w to u uAOuibC DuCiltnDeTKtT.
The present boating season is not
what was expected. The boatmcn claim
that they are losing great deal of valua-
BILE time owing to hardness In loading at
the coal regions they having at times to
stop week or more before getting loaded
"A contract Is being entered into by
Pittsburg parties to sink shaft on the
farm of Leo Bill, OF Nockamixon, to pros
poet for iron ore. Tho ore is magnet OF
good quality, and IL sufficient quantity
can be found, "Old Nockamixon " will
boom.
-Ebenezer Wilson, of Doylcstown, was
badly bitten in the calf of the leg on We'd
nesday, by dog belonging 10 Conrad
Saurmilch. Mr.. Wilson went to Bethle-
hem and had the wounds treated by a
specialist. Michael Hcser killed the dog
on orders issued by Chief Burgess James
Kane.
"A thrce-ycar-old child of Joseph X.
Walton, of Newtown, fell into well last
week, while the trap door was open. The
well is % feet deep and had 10 feet of
water In II at the time. The father de-
scended into the we'll by the means of a
rope and succeeded in rescuing the child |
as II came to the surface for the third
time. The child was not seriously in
jurcd.
The real estate of Bridget Hayes, in
Lower Wakefield; William II. Sands, In
Doylestown; Silas Heath, in Soebury !: |
John L. Bodey, in Warminster; Frcder-
lex Schultz, in New Hope; Charles F.
Stapler, In Upper Wakefield, and George
Price, in Newtown township, together
with other properties in the upper end Of
Bucks county, will be sold by Sheriff
Comfy, on Saturday, July 18th.
The Reading Railroad Co. has COM
menced work on tho track tanks which
are to be built on the Delaware bridge at
Yardley. Tanks 1900 feet in length will
be placed between both tracks on the
bridge across the river, and steam pipes
are to be laid on either side OF the tanks
TO keep the water from freezing in cold
weather. The water is brought from the
reservoir adjoining the old stone grave
yard. Upon the completion of this work
the Readings locomotives willrun through
from Philadelphia to Jersey City. This
will do away with the stop and change of
engines at Bound Brook, and will save
about five minutes in the time between
Philadelphia and New York.
Joseph Rorer, son Of the late Edward
Rorcr, who left the parental roof as a boy
about nine years ago, returned to Doyles-