The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1890-06-11

the thunder shower of last Friday.
The Third Annual Exhibition of the
Interstate Fair Association will be held
at Trenton on September 29th and 8Oth,
aud October LIST, I'd and Sd.
The Baptist Church of Sandy Ridge
is undergoing repairs, and services will
be held in the basement until the church
is finished.
The days are now five hours longer
than the shortest days of Winter, there
now being fourteen and half hours of
daylight.
If you want to be amused and at the
same time get some good thoughts, go to
Burdette's lecture, tomorrow Thursday
evening, at the Baptist Church.
Our Mayor has an eye to business in
regard to the pavements, and the result is
that the property holders are having them
repaired.
The Street Committee have been de-
layed in the repairs to Union street by the
stone crusher breaking down, which has
caused the work to stop for the present.
The William Mann Paper Co., are
putting in new machinery at their mill,
which will double its capacity for making
paper.
MIR. Geo. w. Williamson is having
new windows put in the front of the
Union House, which are ornamented with
cathedral glass. Other improvements are
also being made.
The largest and most valuable raft
ever brought down the Delaware river
from the headquarters passed down the
river one day last week. 1t was made up
of 500, 900 feet of switch timber and 8, 900
ties, and is valued at about 5000.
AT Arnett's Steam Saw Mill, on Sun
day last, the burning of some waste in the
engine room, came near causing fire.
When discovered the waste was in blaze
but was extinguished by few buckets of
water.
Some of the flags and verbenas, which
were placed on soldiers graves ON Me-
mortal day, have been carried off. 1t
would be we'll for the pilferers to beware.
If caught, they will be dealt with Sc
verely.
-Freeholder Lawrence, of the Second
Ward of this city, is making very eff
cient officer. The past year he was chair
man of the finance committee and did his
work so well as to win the praise of every
one. The Board complimented him by
making him Director.
The garbage in this city is now col
lected twice week-on Tuesdays and
Fridays. Housekeepers will bear this in
mind and not hold their boxes for week
before setting them out. Health and
comfort will be subserved by careful at
tenton to this. The collections will be
made twice a week until October 1st.
Lawn Mowers at HENS. April 16.
MIR. John j. Fees has shown us some
fine looking cherries, perfect in condition,
which grew on tree that was so diseased
last year that its owner was about to cut
it down. Now it is healthy and in fine
condition. Mr.. Fees appears to have an
effective remedy against diseases of fruit
and other trees.
The Third Annual Reunion of the
Second New Jersey Brigade 10Th, 9th, 7th,
9Th and 18th N. j., I'd and 120th N. Y,
and other regiments serving with that Bril-
gade,) will be held at Newark, Wednesday,
June 18th inst.-the anniversary of the
Battle before Petersburg, Va, 1864, in
which the Brigade was engaged. The So
ciety will convene at IL A. NJ, prompt,
in Association Hall, No. 1S Clinton st.
1t was cruel fate that palsied the
peach crop just as James Hams basket
factory at Pattenburg is in readiness to do
great work. His facilities are such that
he can turn out 1000 per day, and new
hoop cutting machine rips out from thirty
TO forty thousand straight or beyeled hoops
per day. He also has an eye on ma
chine that is capable of slicing out 40, 900
basket bottoms every ten hours. Hunter
don Democrat.
Wall Paper, A. II. TITUS. If
Secretary Dye, of the State Board of
Agriculture, states that the oats crop is
being terribly devastated by louise. This
is especially true in Sussex county, but
he fluids that the same insect has appeared
in other places. The oats turn yellow and
dies. Glover is being destroyed in some
sections by small worm which cuts off
the top. Wheat is suffering somewhat.
We notice that the crops in this county,
and part of Mercer are affected.
--''For long time l had no appetite,
was restless at night, and very much de-
bilitated. After taking two bottles of
Ayers Sarsaparilla, my strength and APP
petite returned, and my health was COM
pletely restored. I'D. NJ. Fisher, Oswego,
N. Y.
-Gilts as low as 10 cents, at A. H.
Trus' ! April If
-Children's Day was observed in the
M. E. and Baptist Churches, of this city,
last Sunday. At the III. E. Church the
decorations were elaborate and beautiful
and were generally admired. The exer-
cises of the entire day were entertaining
and drew out large audiences. In the
evening large numbers could not obtain
admission. The exercises at the Baptist
Church were in the afternoon, and fair
sized audience was present. The decora-
tions were simple and tasteful and con-
sisted of a grouping of flowers and ferns