The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1892-12-28
NEW HOPE AND BUCKS COUNTY. IA.


Farms in some parts of Bucks coun-
ty are selling for less than the buildings
cost.
Edward H. Janney and wife, oil
Browusburg, in company with friends
from Jersey City, have been on recent
visit TO Niagara Falls.
AT recent meeting OF the Directors
of the Farmers and Mechanics Mutual
Insurance Company Of Bucks county, an
extra fire tax was laid Of $l5 to the thous-
and.
The hunting and killing of part.
ridges, pheasants, wild turkeys, squirrels,
rabbits and deer, In Pennsylvania, is only
permitted by law up to the 8lst of this
month.
S. II. Haley, The purchaser of the old
Cross Keys Hotel, is making arrangements
to begin The Improvements to the hotel.
Henry d. Livezey, of Doylestown, has
the contract for the work.
Upon his retirement from the hotel
business, probably early in the new year,
Enos Weiss, proprietor of the Clear Spring
Hotel, will take trip to Germany where
his presence ia required in the settlement
of an estate.
Isaac Strickler, OF New Hope, now
at the advanced age If 93 years, while on
n visit to friends 10 Philadelphia, recently.
fell from the steps Of the house aud broke
one of his thighs. He was brought home
by Dr. Scott.
The residence of Mrs. Agnew, at Up
per Blacks Eddy, narrowly escaped de-
struclion by fire on Friday morning. The
family arose early and while the daughter
Annie was in the yard she noticed smoke
issuing through the roof. The timely
warning and promptness with which Mrs.
Agnew and her daughter applied the wa
ter saved the house from the flames. The
floor was nearly burned through, and a
lot of quilts aud number OF other ar,
ticlcs were destroyed.
Thursday, December %, will long be
remembered by the people Of Point Pleas
ant as the day when the new iron bridge
across the Delaware was opened for traf.
flc. There remained about fifty feet Of
the Pennsylvania span TO cover, and the
planks were put down Thursday forenoon.
Andrew Shaddingcr had his horse and
wagon on the Pennsylvania abAmeni
ready to cross as soon as the last plank
was down, and so have the honor of be-
ing the first one to cross with a team.
But our expectations are not always real.
lzed
While he was waiting on the Pennsyl-
vania side, Penrose Hicks, agent at BY
ram station, and Thos j. Wasser, (of Lam
bertville), time-keepcr at Byram quarries,
quietly trotted over the bridge with their
team from the New Jersey side, arriving
at Pennsylvania just 10 time to see the
last plank laid, and then drove over to the
village, being the first team TO cross.
Mr. .Shaddipger came 10 second and
was the first Pennsylvania TO cross.
William B. Conner was the first TO cross
with load Of merchandise. The bridge
is 900 feet long, 16 feet wide and 2S feet
high ut the highest part Of the truss. The
teams were driven over on trot and il
made but a slight tremor that was hardly
perceptible. The bridge was built by the
Toledo Bridge Company, of Toledo, Ohio,
according to plans, and under the per
sonal direction Of Frank {. Robvrls, Civil
Engineer, Fourth and Chestnut streets,
Philadelphia, who was employed by the
Point Pleasant Bridge Company to act fol
them. - oytestoaOn Democrat.
CENTRE BRIDGE CORRESPONDENCE
Mr.. Editor, wish you ''Merry Christ
mas"
G. L. Fell spent Christmas at home
We were glad TO see his smiling face will
us once more.
"K,iss Kringle" got around Saturday
night and left some nice presents. Som,
of the boys that had not been very goot
got whips.
Thieves broke into @. Michener's Gel
lar one night recently, taking eighteel
cans of fruit, three bushels OF potatoes
and nearly all his cabbage, which he hat
gotten ready for his trip up Salt river. 81
he won't get up this Winter, and he thank
the thieves for leaving him enough fo
over Christmas.
| Mr. John Purtell and family, of Lam
bertyille, spent Christmas with Mrs. p,
mother, Mrs. Fcatherstob, Of this place
| Some of our pretty girls spent Christ
mas with their best fellows, at Lambert
vile. This looks as il by next Christmas
they will both be one.
There is good skating on the canal ant
some are spreading the eagle"
Who is IL that comes over the rive
sometimes full3 Is it Jack. the gisn
killer2
The Christmas entertainment at th
Presbyterian Church, in Stockton, OF
Monday night, was grand affair.
JEssEY.
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| Smoke "Lambeitville Puffs." Kiln