The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1890-12-24
NEW HOPE AND BUCKS COUNTY, PA.

well had reached depth of nearly 1900
feet.
The Uhler Line of freight boats has
suspended traffic for the season, and the
boats are laid over at Bristol.
Oscar Carter, of Solebury, was com
mitted to Jail on Wednesday, charged
with selling tue meat of sick COW.
The water-tank which is being built
by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
at Langhorne, will hold 90, 900 gallons.
-Erwinna Castle, No. 4o2, K. q. E.,
of Erwinna, was instituted on Saturday
last, by Grand Chief David Casselberry
and staff.
William Fl. Rorer, of Doylestown,
sailed from Philadelphia, for Japan, on
Friday last, In the English ship "An-
drossa.
1t is stated that the Durham iron
furnace is now producing a larger per-
centage of pig iron than any other furnace
east of the Allegheny mountains.
William Worthngtop, of Solebury,
was badly burned about the hands and
face one day last week, by a premature
blast in the limestone quarry OF Jesse
Naylor.
Quite a number of Bucks county
creameries are refusing to accept milk
from cows fed on brewery refuse-malt.
1t yields little butter, and that of poor
quality.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has settled
with DIR. Stelwagon for about four acres
OF his farm taken by the Trenton Cutoff
line, at County Line road AID Newtown
Railroad. He gets SO, $50 damages.
The Bristol Water Company has de-
clared u dividend of seven and one-balf
dollars per share, or, in other words, a
80 per cent dividend. This /, one of the
most successful corporations T. The State.
In the matter of the petition of divers
citizens of Solebury township and New
Hope borough, for viewers to lay out and
view public road aud vacate an old one,
the Court appointed Ralph Shelly, james
NJ. Wilkinson and James Elack, viewers.
The sporting season is again drawing
to close, and the Bucks county farmer
will once more be rid of trespassers from
neighboring cities and towns. The season
for partridges expired on December 10.
and the rabbit season will expire on De-
cember 81.
AT the Registers office, Doylestown,
letters of administration in the estate of
Aaron Randall, deceased, late of Solebury,
were granted unto Hugh b. Eastburn.
Letters testamentary of the estate of Sarah
e. Kitchen, deceased, late of New Hope,
were granted unto Timothy T. Eastburn.
There are now 81 persons confined 10
the county Jail, at Doylestowu, 81 serving
sentences and @ held for trial. There is
only one female among the number. On
Friday 200 dozen stockings were shipped
to the contractor. Seven of the convicis
are kept steadily at work running the
knitting machines.
1T is said that efforts are being made
10 have ]. Monroe Shellenberger, the
Bucks county forger and embezzer, now
serving term OF twenty-five years in the
Eastern Penitentiary, transferred TO the
Norrisiown Insane Asylum. Report says
he is suffering from alteration of mind,
as consequence of brooding over his Sc
we're sentence.
-Workmen have been engaged for two
or three days in putting down heavy oak
ties on the iron railroad bridge in New
Hope. The iron work Of the bridge is
mol entirely completed but the company
desires the track to be laid over it as soon
as possible so as to carry over it the turn
table, &C., to be put up near the New
Hope station.
The Reading Railroad Co. have can
celed their contract with Jamison &
Monroe for the building of the N. e.
Penn. Extension to New Hope, and will
complete the work themselves. The COM
pany expected yesterday to pay off the
employees Of Jamison & Monroe, to many
of whom is due over two months wages,
and push the work to completion as speed
lily as possible.
Marie Hepner, witness in the case
of the Commonwealth vs.. Jano Kajando
and Jano Sabo, charged with the murder
of Joseph Hepner, at the Forks of the
Neshaminy, last September, has given
bonds in the sum of $500 for her appear
ance at January term Of court as witness
against Kajando and Sabo. The securi-
ties on her bond are John Hepner, her
brother-in-law, and William Schooner, Of
Doylestown.