The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1890-11-26
NEW HOPE AND BUCKS COUNTY. PA.

The nnest and fastest horses in Bucks
county are bred In Falls township.
The proposed new railroad from Nor
rstown to Bristol is exciting the farmers
In the vicinity of Bristol
There is probably no place in Bucks
county, off the line of railroad, where
so many telegraph and telephone wires
pass, as the Anchor tavern, in Wrights-
town township. The number is about 3s.
One night recently, at a meeting of
Vashti Rebekah Degree Lodge, of New
Hope, Mrs. A, Updyke was elected N. G.
Mrs. James Murray, V. G.. Mrs. Carrot
V. Clark, Secretary; Mrs. Theodore Bal
dersou, Assistant Secretary Mrs. j. P.
Smith, Treasurer.
"A pension has been granted to Cath
arine, mother of William Emery, Uhler-
town. According to the annual report of
the Pension Commissioner there are GAL
persons in Bucks county, who draw pen
sions. The number in Pennsylvania is
40, 57s, and in the country at large $751;
944.
The Eastern Oil Company claim to
have ''struck OIL" in Nockamixon, at a
depth of over eight hundred feet, but
were delayed in testing it on account OF
the large quantity of water coming into
~ III sata oil
in their work. Four hundred feet of cast
ing has been sent for.
Thomas Heed, of Centre Bridge, Sole
bury, is now In his 88th year. He walks
to Lambertville, every Sunday, when the
walking is good, to attend church and re-
turn, making an eight-mle walk. He
served a term as County Commissioner of
the county, and his name is on several
bridges. He has voted a straight Demo-
cratic for 81 years.
On Friday night of last week, an at
tempt was made to wreck train on the
Doylestown branch of the North Penn.
Railroad, near Lansdale. A pile of heavy
iron stills was found secured to the track
just before the passenger train was due at
that point. This makes the fourth at
tempt at train wrecking on this section
within the past two years.
Joseph Wismer, residing near Buck
manville, while returning home from the
Philadelphia market, about one year ago,
met with serious accident at Southamp-
ton crossing, by being run into by pas
senger train on the Newtown Railroad.
Wismer was badly injured by the mishap
and his two mules were killed. He brings
suit for SO, 900 damages against the com
pany.
&C. Hagermann, well-known resi-
dent of Morrisville, has lost the use of his
right hand in singular manner. He went
to bed as usual one night a week ago and
fell asleep with his right hand under his
head. On awakening in the morning he
could not raise his arm. TWAS paralyzed,
and all efforts thus far to put the blood In
circulation have failed 1t is thought it
will be months before he will be able to
use his hand again.
The rails have been laid on the New
Hope extension to near the Huffnagle
residence, just outside of New Hope.
Yesterday workmen were engaged 10 put
ting up the iron bridge short distance
west of that point. II the weather is ia
vorable, it is probable that the road will
be completed, SO far as track laying and
bridge building are involved, by the last
of next week. 1t is reported that the
company expect to put on trains by the
10Th of December.
Mrs. Rebecca Kohl, of Bridgeton, had
very narrow escape from an accidental
death one night recently. In taking med
icine she got hold Of the wrong mixture,
which contained poison, but discovered
her error and gave the alarm in time to
save her life. DR.. Ribble, of Milford, N.
j., and DR.. Darnall, Of Bridgeton, were
speedily summoned aud by their combined
efforts they succeeded 10 counteracting
the effects of the poison, thus saving the
lady's life. The occurrence created con-
siderable excitement in the neighborhood.
business is very brisk on the Della
ware Division Canal. Boais are locked
through on Sundays, and they will run as
long as the canal can be kept open. The
number of coal boats that cross the river
at New Hope and go down the feeder OF
the Delaware and Raritan Canal is about
two to one as compared with those that
go down to Bristol, though there are a
large number of boats loaded with miscel-
laneous freight that go down to Bristol
and thence to Philadelphia. The total
number of boat loads of coal that passed
New Hope this season up to November
1st was 2126, about the same number as
last year for the same time. The idle
story about this canal being abandoned
and railroad being built on 1t, is not yet
stopped, something of the kind appearing
in the Democrat of last Saturday. The
canal virtually belongs to and is operated
by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com
pany, and this is their only outlet to tide
water. 1t will never be abandoned as
long as the canal is kept in operation up
the Lehigh, and even then it will not be
turned over to an opposition company.
John Ruddle, of Mauch Chunk, is General
Supervisor OF the whole canal. -Er.
BE-. Butleri
Still lives, so do hundreds of others who
have been cured of Rheumatism and Neu-
| ralpia by the great blood purifier, Sulphur