The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1890-12-03
NEW HOPE AND BUCKS COUNTY. PA.

tue HTSJ week IN january.
Watson Mathews has sold bis S0-acre
farm, in Buckingham, to Henry d. Pax
son, Esq, for $50 per acre.
Three tramps were arrested in Bristol
one night last week for building a fire in
Charles Yeamens' lumber yard.
john Fulmer, of Quakertown, has
been appointed to 5000 position in the
Pension Department, at Washington.
The stone masons engaged in erect
ing the foundation walls for the R. r.
Depot have nearly completed the work.
BY the failure of the Newton, Kan
sas, Bank, Bucks countians in and about
Doylestown, are losers to the amount Of
$4,000.
"A horned owl shot on Solebury noun
tam the other day by John A. Williams,
measured fifty-one inches across the wings
from tip to tip.
Watson Reeder, son of Eastburn
Reeder, of solebury, is to be the ticket
agent at New Hope, when the railroad is
opened for business.
Bucks county's oldest citizen is un-
doubleday Michael Renner, living near
Dublin, who it is said, will be 105 years
old on January l, 1891.
Matthias Klrst is erecting a wheel
wright shop on his lot recently purchased
of Belts g. Manning. He also intends to
erect house in the Spring.
One hundred and sixty barrels of APP
pies were sold by Bennett Bros, in boy
lestown, Wednesday, running in prices
from So. rs to 81. 90 per barrel.
There was a slight fire at the Union
Paper Mills on Dec. LIST inst. The loss
was very slight. The fire was supposed
to have been caused by smoking.
The officials of the Reading Railroad
visited New Hope, on the Let inst They
came by special train from Philadelphia.
They were the guests of A. J. Solomon.
William Washington, a colored po-
litical leader of Bristol, has been appoint
ed messenger in the Pension Office, at
Washington, at a salary of $55 per month.
lit is stated that Bristol woman
while cleaning chicken the other day,
found in its craw bass hook with a
minnow on it and piece of fish line at
tached.
1t is said that Jamison & Monroe will
commence the building of the proposed
railroad from New Hope to Easton MS
soon as they have completed the N. e. p
Extension.
Geo. A. Cook, of New Hope, was the
first person to receive freight by the new
railroad. Five or six boxes of tin were
brought to him by the construction train,
three or four days ago.
Thirty acres of land, belonging to
Griffith Miles, at Breadysville, will soon
be laid out in lots and placed on the mar
ket, thus starting the nucleus for another
town along the line of the Northeast
Penna, Railroad,
MIR. r. B. Schermerhorn, of New
Hope, who was recently elected Clerk of
the Quarter Sessions of Bucks county,
will take charge of his office January LIST,
next, and expects to remove his family to
Doylestown. Mr.. s., we feel assured,
will make an efficient aud popular officer.
"A few nights ago Harry Il. Trego, OF
Pineville, heard a commotion in his hen
roost, and sailed out with his double gun.
He saw man running down the road thai
leads towards Jericho, and gave the re-
treating figure two shots, without effect.
On calling the roll he found twenty nice
pullets missing.
MIR. Jamson, the contractor foT
building the new railroad to New Hope,
says that it is likely that trains may be
run on the road next week, although
the week following has generally been
fixed as the time. Mr.. j. is also of opinion
that the fare for the round trip from New
Hope to Philadelphia, will be about 81. %.
Extra meetings have been held fol
three weeks past at Bushington, Pa. w.
r. Connard, licentiate OF the Olive
Church, Philadelphia, has conducted ser.
vi .es, and several have been converted
Rev. W. w. Bullock, of Lambertvile
baptized three last Sunday a week ant
seven last Sunday. NextSunday. severa
others will be baptized.
"A number of interested parties have
been looking at the Livingstone and Key
stone mills, which have been lying idle al
Bristol for year or more. AS yet no de
cded action has been taken, but severa
well-known Philadelphia firms are think
ing seriously of moving their factories t,
Bristol. The mills there are all doiny
well and are running to their utmost ca
pacity.
RAILROAD NOTES.
Last Sunday work was carried on upol
the North Penna. Extension, the bridg
near the cotton factory In New Hope hav
ing been put up. Hundreds Of peopl
visited the Locality, among them larg
numbers from Lambertvile.
Yesterday afternoon, the rails had BEEF
laid to within few yards of the las
bridge to be put up-that which crosse
the dam 10 New Hope. To-day work wi
probably be begun on this bridge. MI
Church, one of the contractors, estimate
that il will take about week to put tb
iron work of this bridge in place. Aftc
that few yards of track across Ferry an
Bridge streets to the station will compIet
this work.
From present appearances, 1t looks Q
though the first of January would be 0
soon as the new road can fairly open fc