The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-10-21


fourteen pairs of chickens.
Bucks county hay sold in Bethlehem
on Saturday as follows: Prime, $l4 !;
middling, $l2 and SIS long straw, SIC !;
threshed straw, $11 per ton.
Petty thieving is being carried on ex-
,ensively 10 Doyles.own, and scarcely a
night passes that some one is not the loser
of small articles about their premises.
Within the past two weeks, G. w.
Fackeuthall, of Durham, has gathered
several quarts of ripe red raspberries from
the patch on his farm on BOUCHER Hill.
The Universal Paper Bag Mill, in
New Hope, has shut down for want of
orders. We hope this may not last long,
as it throws quite number of hands out
OF work.
Sixteen alkali balls, one of them
weighing six pounds, perfectly round and
as hard as marble, were found in the
stomach Of horses carcass at Dungan's
factory, Doylestown.
Mary Ely, daughter of Mrs. Samuel
G. Ely, while playing with foot ball with
other pupils on the Doylestown seminary
grounds, on Thursday afternoon, fell and
broke her collar bone.
"A serious accident occurred at Allen
II. Heist's distillery, Doylestown, one day
last week, in which Winfield Schmutz
was seriously burned and which threaten
ed to destroy the building.
Thomas Vert, Of New Hope, has re.
ceived from the Philadelphia Crsyon Por-
trait Co., large crayon portrait of his
little daughter, copied from photo. The
picture Is masterpiece of art.
"A large egg laid by one of II. w.
Austin's Wyandotte hens, on being open
ed proved TO contain three yolks of the
ordinary size. This same hen laid three
eggs sometime ago that weighed l8 ounces.
Reed Freiz sold fifteen head of horses
at the Fountain House, Doylestown, on
Tuesday, at an average price of $lss.
The highest price horse sold brought 1870
but another trotter was bid to $3.50 and
withdrawn.
There Is no time to play at Eugene
Parsons farm, In Solebury, for Mr.. Pax
son is very busy with his incubators and
brooders, raising chickens by the hun
dreds for early spring sales and high
prices. He reports the past season very
successful one.
The Easton papers report that John
f. Widonger, of Point Pleasant, a cana
boatmsn, was arrested there by Constable
Hulshzer on charge OF cruelty to ami
mails. The defendant paid a fine of $40
imposed by Alderman Drummer, and was
allowed to depart, after promising to dis
continue the present working OF mule
with sore shoulders.
--Elwood Parsons, one of the most sue
cessfu and prominent business men OF
lower Bucks county, dropped dead at his
home 10 Morrisvile, on Tuesday evening
OF last week. Mr.. Parsons was Presi-
dent of the First National Bank, of Tren.
ton, N. j., having been elected TO the pc.
sition IN June last, after serving as Direc-
tor OF the institution for over 20 years.
He was an extensive real estate owner.
Among the Bucks county prize win
ners ct the Interstate Fair at Trenton,
N. j., was james L. Fabian, Tullytown,
first prize, standard bred mare and four
Of her colts. ]. H. Cooper, Tullytown,
first prize, gentleman's road horse, or
saddle horse. G. s. Balderson, Lahaska,
first prize, heavy draft stallion second
prize, for heavy draft stallion for general
use.
"A disease among cattle is prevailing
at the present time in Plneville vicinity 10
the form OF AN liberated sore mouth. Il
10 supposed to have originated from q
drove Of Western cattle pasturing on the
farm OF Hiel Quinn. The disease has moi
proved fatal In any case so far reported
but the farmers there are very backward
about making additions to their herds al
present.
The blaze that was seen 10 New
HOPE on Monday evening, was from thu
burning Of large barn ON the Hellwellir
farm, on the Trenton Cutoff Railroad
near Woodbourne, Bucks county. 1t be,
longed to the estate OF the late Hon. Ca
leb N. Taylor and was insured in thu
Langhorne Company. Garrett Tyrrell,
who works the place in connection will
his own adjoining, had his house anC
barn burned one year ago.
An eagle, measuring feet and {
inches across the wings, was shot In boy
lestown, on Saturday. The bird alightet
on the high cross of the Catholic Church
and passers.by gazed at 1t for nearly bal
an hour, when finally ex-Sheriff Purdy
and Henry d. Livezey drove up In from
of the church, and Walter Darlington rar
across the street with breech-loader
Purdy used Winchester rife, and aftel
aiming at the bird for full half minute
fred and HIT on the wing, breaking it
The bird few about 80 feet when Waite
Darlington shot at 1t, missed 1t the frs
load but caught 1t with the second in th
breast, when 1t dropped to the ground
Darlington has the bird in his possession
and will have 1t stuffed and mounted.