The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-08-05
NEW norn AND BUCKS COUNTY. PA.

-Newtown has increased her voting
population 20 over last year.
Twelve marriage licenses were grant
ed by Clerk Willis Wall, ut Doylestown,
during the month of August
+ Many fishing parties indulge in the
sport at Upper Backs Eddy, on the Del
aware, but the catches are few.
"A FISH pond belonging 10 Alvin Lear,
of Upper Blacks Eddy, was drained few
evenings ago by some scamps, who stole
all the fish.
The Every EUening. of Bristol, is no
longer published. The paper made n
heroic effort for existence, but lost money
from the start.
"A large freight building is soon to be
put up at New Hope by the East Penn.
Extension II. Il. Co. The plans have
been made and the contract entered into.
Instead OF picnic this year the
Horsham, Solebury, northampton and
Wrightstown Farmers Clubs, are talking
Of trip to Cape May, on the steamer
Republic.
The new railroad station at New
Hope, has been completed and ticket
agent Rceder is now occupying ii. II is
pretty and well-designed building, but
hardly as large as 1t should have been.
Philadelphia milk commission-men
paid their patrons 8 to 81 cents per quart
for milk, and Beech Spring and Centre
vile creameries paid ~ aud 70 cents per
cwt. respectively, for milk at last settle
ment.
On Saturday, while hauling in hay,
Clarkson Raisner, son of Washington
Raisner, of Doylestown township, was
thrown from load of hay. He landed
upon pitchfork, one of the tines pierc.
ing his leg aud producing painful wound.
-Eastburn Reeder, of New Hope, Pres.
ident of the National Protective Dairy.
mems Association, has issued call for o
special session at Williams Grove, Tues
day morning, August 90, when the ques,
ton of bogus butter will be brought &c
their earnest attention.
-'Uncle Billy Stockton, of Camden
"a native of New Hope), the patriarcha
looking evangelist and one of the oldest
members of the New Jersey Conference,
who is known from one end OF the State
TO tho other, is celebrating an suspicious
event-the birth of a bouncing baby. The
venerable father is nearly four score years
OF age.
The Bucks County Historical Society
is occasionally presented with relics soi
more than usual interest. Que of these IL
a Colts revolver found on the battle.
ground of tho Little Big Horn, near the
spot where the gallant General Custer met
his death at the hands of the Sioux In the
disastrous campaign of '76. The donor
is Elmer L. Grey, of Yardley, to whom
the weapon was given by cowboy, who
had been in the vicinity of the Little Big
| Horn at The time OF the massacre, and
| found the relic on the battle field shortly
after. Mr.. Grey presented the weapon to
the Society.
The Camping Club, Of Doylestown,
left for their old camping grounds,
Scamp Pleasant" on the Delaware, n
Point Pleasant, early Saturday morning.
The party this year comprises Frank v
Purdy, Charles A. Fretz, II. d. Schcetz
William F. Kelly and William Ash. The,
have issued neat cards of invitations tC
their friends 10 visit them during thu
camp, with the proviso that they do no
come on Sundays. No visitors will b'
received.on that day. The first CAM
was held in 1882, and since that date tn,
club has regularly gone on these delight
full trips, with the exception of two years
this being the eighth annual camp.
Agnes Roth, Of EastoR, Pa, aged O.
years, has lived all that time in the sam'
house, although tue building has been re
moved three times through the grouut
upon which it stood having been taken b.
railroads. This aged lady took her frs
railroad ride on last 4lh of July, whel
she went to Lambertyille, N. j., to visi
Oscar Bird, a nephew, who felt highl,
honorcd and pleased with her visit.
Mr.. Bird is an engineer for the New
Hope Fire Company, and, it will be re
membered, it was he who perhaps save
many Doylestown people from being kill
ed or terribly scalded, about 1880, Will
testing the Doylestown borough fire hose
The company had brought their engine t
Doylestown for that purpose, and wer
proceeding with the test 10 the presenc
of large crowd Of people, when MI
Bird, noticing the engine was not work
ing exactly right, made the timely dill
covery that some one had tempered wit
the boiler, and prevented a terrible catal
trophe. Bird is good engineer and un
derstands his business.
His father was steamboat captain
who, with four others, was blown up an
all were instantly killed. Five Other
were scalded and wounded. A. J. SOLE
mon, tho well known New Hope landlor
and wife, were standing near the capital
and talking with him, at The time of Ii
explosion, but neither Of them we're in I'll
least hurt or scalded, but they were ii
only ones left to care for the dead an
wounded. --Doylestoson Democrat.
Gen. Chas. w. Haight, well-know
Democratic politician, died at Freehol