The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1890-08-06
NEW HorE AND BUcKs COUNTY. Pa

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Twenty horses. sold by Reed Fre,z
at Doylestown, on Monday, averages
$ls5.
The huckleberry crop in the uppe
end of Bucks county, is said 10 be yer,
large this season.
Rev. Dwight G. Hanna, pastor Of TIL
Thompson Memorial Church, Solebury
has rendered his resignation.
Tinicum township has 300 dogs reg
istercd for taxation, Buckingham has %;
and Doylestown township 21s.
The Baptist Sunday School, of Poin
Pleasant, will hold their annual picnic a
Bulls Island, on Thursday, August 14th
Several schools have been invited to BIZ
present, and good time is anticipated
The Bucks County Historical Society
has had monument erected at or near
where the chestnut tree stood, which was
the starting point of the celebrated Indian
walk, near Wrightstown Meeting House.
-E. Watson Fell, of Buckingham, has
sold his brother, Judge 9. ff seii Fell eli,
of Philadelphia, part of the old home
stead tract. Thc Judge contemplates
building a residence thereon at an early
day.
Perhaps the largest collection OF col
ored people ever assembled In Bucks
county was at Neshaminy Falls on Thurs
day. An excursion OF colored people
from Philadelphia spent the day 10 the
grove.
DIR. George L. Rice, native Of Sole
bury, but now engaged In the practice Of
his profession in Bureau county, ILL.,, Is
East on visit to his former Bucks coun-
ty friends. Previous TO the war he was
located at Worthwhile.
Bucks. county sportsmcn complain
that woodcock are not plenty enough 10
make their hunting interesting, and that
few bass can be found 10 the Neshaminy
this season. 1t Is seldom that one is
caught now and it is thought they have
been swept out of the stream by tho high
freshets of last season.
Charles Curran, OF Bristol, who Gre
ated quite a sensation some time ago by
attempting TO nail himself to the cross of
st. Marks Church, has been adjudged in-
sane and sent to the county hospital, with
the recommendation that he be sent to The
Norristown Asylum. Tho court confirms
ed the recommendation.
--Bountiful crops have been housed
this season OF the Bucks county aims
house farm-25s loads of hay, 20 loads of
wheat and 20 loads of rye. In addition
TO this there are on the farm % acres OF
oats, 30 acres of corn, 13 acres OF pota-
toes and 10000 cabbage plants, all Of
which promise to turn out well.
MIR. Ira q. Leedom for the past two
Sabbaths has been preaching al the Sole
bury Baptist Church. Mr.. Leedom Is a
student at Bucknell University and resi-
dent of Southampton. The Solebury peo-
pie seem to be very much pleased with his
preaching and have extended him a call
to preach for them during the Summer
-On Tuesday the decomposed body of
a man was found in the woods OF T. B.
Howes, in New Britain township, not far
from Doyiesiown. The n~.3 svas sus-
pended from the limb of tree by piece-
OF tarred rope, and the body was found
on the ground beneath A man named
Edward Morris, painter, who worked
in Doylestown, left mysteriously some six
weeks ago, and It is thought this Is his
body. An inquest was held, and the
body buried near where It was found.
This story comes from Bristol: A
drunken man had very thrilling expert
ence few days ago. He entered the
yard around the gas works aud went to
sleep under tree but few feet from
ditch filled with tar. He rolled over In
his sleep until be landed in the ditch,
when his struggles attracted the attention
Of some of the employees, who fished him
out of the black stream with considerable
difficulty. The unfortunate tippler was
covered from head to feet with tar, aud as
one of the men suggested that he had never
seen man tarred and feathered, LOT OF
feathers were procured and thrown over
the tar. The victim took the fun with
great good nature, but tie trouble began
whensthe men tried to get the tar off. His
clothes were all stripped of and he was
taken into the purifying room, where sew
eral pounds of soap and gallons OF oil
were consumed before the man began to
look like himself The task was finally
completely after fashion and the man