The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1890-02-19
NEW Hopr AND BUCKS COUNTY. PA

The AID Anniversary of the organiza
ton of Unity Lodge, l. o. o. F., New
Hope, will be held in the lodge room, or
Friday evening of this week.
Austin LaBar, formerly clerk in The
store of J. d. Walter s. Co., Point Pleas
ant, died in Texas last week, of pneumo-
MIA. Interment at Trenton, N. J.
1.-THE friends and enemies of New
town bachelor up to Wednesday night
last, had showered upon him the great
number Of forty-four valentines, with two
days grace to spare.
From indications now, there will be
more houses uuoccupied in Doylestown
during the coming year Than for some
years past. There are a number of houses
standing idle at the present time.
"A fire broke out in the ''drier room
II the card and board mill of T. T. Pool,
at lngham's Springs, near New Hope, on
Tuesday noon. The room was burned
out, but the fire did not communicate to
The main building. Loss about s., 900.
Chief of Police Saxton, of Bristol, not
being satisfied with the manner IN which
bis child was being corrected at one Of
the public scheol buildings In that place,
entered tho school and ondeavorcd 10
regulate Its management. The teacher,
Miss Neitz, sent for Janitor DO z, and
very promptly and properly ordered hi:
cjectment.
"A Farmers Institute and General
Farmers Convention to be held under the
auspices OF the Pennsylvania State Board
OF Agriculture, In accordance with an act
OF the Legislature, will be held In Acade-
my Hall, Riegelsville, Bucks county, on
Thursday and Friday, February 9th and
2Sth. A lengthy and what promises 10
be an interesting programme has been ar.
ranged for the occasion.
81 Two Bristol youths, Walter Hall and
Horace Young, ran away from home last
week, but were nabbed by their parents
at the Broad Street Station, Philadelphia,
they having purchased tickets for Char.
iotte, North Carolina. The boys claim to
have become Disguised with the dull
monotony of Bristol life, which will no,
change for the better until the advent OF
the shad aud herring season.
Susan Parry, NJ. D., died at her resi-
dence In Doylestown, on "Wednesday
evening, after lingering illness. She
was born in Buckingham, in 1926, her
parents being Charles and Phcbc Parry.
She graduated at the Women's Medical
College, Philadelphia, Id 1891, aud fol-
several years afterwards practiced her pro-
fesslon in Newtown and Doylestown. De-
ceased was sister OF the late DR.. George
F. Parry.
9 Chief Justice Paxson and Judge Fell,
Of the Philadelphia Common Pleas Court.
were both born In Buckingham township,
Bucks county, and the ancestral mansions
are within gunshot of each other. The
same township was the early home OF two
other Judges, Judge Watson, Of The
Bucks county court, aud his half brother.
Jadge Watson, Of Kansas This is good
judicial record for one Pennsylvania
township, and probably has no parallel In
the State.
The highest tax rate In the county is
enjoyed by the citizens OF the borough OF
New Hope. They pay for school pur-
poses 20 cents, for borough 95 cents and
the county tax Of So cents, making total
OF 81. 40 per 800. The next larges. tax
rate is In Bristol borough. The measure
OF enjoyment there is $i.S5 per 800.
Citizens of Bristol have the pleasure of
paying 80 cents school tax, 80 cents bo-
rough tax and So cents county tax. New.
town manages TO get along with bo-
rough tax rate Of 20 cents. Doylestown
holds her own with borough rate OF 80
cents. Perkasie only pays 80 cents on
the 500 for borough, school and county
combined, while Langhorne's total rate is
81 cents. Bristol pays the highest DO.
rough rate In the county, 80 cents on The
$500.
os1- Matthias l.. Scheetz, OF Norrlslown,
recently, attended a sale at Centre Square.
and then mysteriously disappeared. Moth
Ing was heard from him until ono, day
last week, when he wrote to bis father
from Trenton. He says: :" suppose you
are nearly driven frantic by my absence
as ! am that way myself. think l have
been crazy. Ny head had hurt me for a
week or more and at the sale forgot who
| was and thought lived somewhere In
Jersey so | started TO go home.' He
Then goes on and states that he went past
Doylestown and laid down 10 barn, from
thence to New Hope and Lambertville
where be crossed the bridge and started
across country for Trenton. He walked
the whole distance and was badly used
up. Somewhere on the road he picked
up purse OF 1911. This, with about
sl.lo he had in bis pocket when he start.
ed, 10 what be had TO live on. He said be
would walk home. = The Mirror.
The New Hope Borough election took
place on Tuesday, and resulted 10 the sue.
cess OF the Democratic ticket. with one
exception. The vote was as follows:
Burgess,
b. f. Crook, Dem, 1872
Howard w. Austin, Rep, l07
Council,
A. J. Solomon, DEM, Ib1
Thomas Ely, Dem, 1877