The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1890-07-30

land.
Labor Day is the next holiday-sep-
TENDER 1st.
Bad luck for the stone crusher-is
has broken down again.
MIR. John Savage, formerly Of this
city, buts now sFssss::; residing, 4. Altoona pa is
seriously sick.
in Clinton the price OF milk has been
reduced to three cents quart by compe-
tition among the milkmen.
The Democratic Convention for this
Congressional District has been called to
meet at Belvidere, on the 18th Of Septem-
Der.
The man who never patronizes bar
Der shop except when he wants his hair
cut, generally attends to that duty on Sat-
urday evening.
Miss Ethel Kline. daughter OF VIM. s.
Kline, OF Pennington, recently found two
hundred and thirteen four-leaf clovers in
her fathers door yard.
Hon. J. N. Pidcock and son sold 56,
100 sheep aud lambs during the month OF
June, for total of s277, 5o4. So or an
average OF 81. 80 per head.
Two young gentlemen from Williams
port, Pa, stopped at Blossoms hotel, In
this cily, on Monday evening, having
travel over 400 miles on their bicycles.
George Shurtz. OF Glen Gardner vici.
nifty, says that he has one hundred peach
trees that will average three baskets of
peaches apiece, II nothing interferes to
blast their prospects.
The second volume OF the Geological
Survey of New Jersey has been issued.
Its subject is natural history, aud 1t con-
tains catalogues OF minerals, plants and
animals of New Jersey.
The Executive Committee of the State
Board Of Agriculture have appointed Hon.
Calvin Corle Of Neshanic TO represent this
district at the National Farmers Congress,
TO be held at Council Bluff, Ia, Aug. 90
20.
Go. G, 7th Regiment, National Guard,
Of this city, Capt. G. A. Slack command
Ing, returned home on Saturday last,
somewhat sunburned after their week ut
Sea Girt Camp. Ali hands declare 1t SOL
diering in reality, since shemStaie pays
them.
The heavy rain on the Sd inst. wash
ed out and damaged twelve county bridges
nine 10 Holland, two ia Alexandria and
one in Union townships. At recent
meeting of the Board Of Freeholders they
voted So, 200 for building and repairing
the damages.
John Scott, OF Quakeriown, has taken
the contract TO remove the demolished
iron bridge from the bed Of the creek at
Milford. A number OF workmen are now
engaged at the task, but slow progress
has been made. The stipulated price for
the work is 1926.
"A horse belonging to Hiram Shep-
herd, of Sand Brook, took fright while
hitched TO the pillow one day recently, and
ran away. His course led him through
couple of wire fences and when he had
finished his race he looked as il he had
been through sausage chopper.
Under law passed by the last Legis-
lature, township committees have power
to enact licenses for about everything that
comes under tax or which has heretofore
passed free. All travelling shows are sub
ject TO license, and under the new act the
license fec Of circus goes into the town.
ship instead of the county treasury.
jesse Weller and Asa Hockenbary OF
Stockton, were riding out recently, and
when they got to HoIcombe McHenry's,
near Sandy Ridge. the horse became un-
manageable and ran away, throwing them
out. Mr.. Weller was entangied some
way and was dragged over the ground for
quite distance. receiving some painful
bruises. Mr. Hockenbury escaped to-
jury.
Miss Lizzie Lewis, formerly OF this
city, and graduate of our High School,
and also of the Normal School, at Trenton,
and well-known here, mysteriously disap-
peared on July 10th from Pennington, in
which town she has been teaching for
some time. She left no traces of her
whereabouts. She boarded with John
Mcpherson in the above village, and
when she left, she told them she was CO.
Ing 10 make a visit. Her friends fear
that she has meet with foul play.
AT William Hagaman's farm, two
miles from Bloomsbury, his sixteen-year
old son had both legs cut off on Saturday
afternoon last. The boy and several other
children were playing hide and seek and
the little fellow lay down In the high tim
othy grass which his older brother was
cutting with a moving machine. The
noise Of the machine drowned the boys
cries and the knives cut Of his right leg
and almost cut of the left one. DIR. Lin
dabury ampu,ated the left leg and says
the boy cannot live. The older brother
10 distracted with grief.
AS train No. ii on the Central Rail-
road Of New Jersey Was nearing White
House on Monday afternoon last, team
Of horses driven by Geo. Cole became I'M
manageable and ran away. Mr.. Cole was
assisted by bis son in his endeavors TO
stop the frightened horses, but the two
men were unsuccessful In their efforts and
the team and the train met at the crossing.
The engineer could not stop the train and
disastrous collision occurred. The
horses and men were flung In different
directions, the former being killed out
right. The Messrs. Cole were injured,
but will recover