The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1892-02-03
NEW HOPE AND BUCKS COUNTY. Pa.

NEW HOPE AND BUCKS COUNTY, IA.
1t is proposed to introduce, tobacco
growing In the Buckingham Valley.
-Lumbervile has been made money
order office. Bucks county post offices
are looking up.
Farmers along the Northeast Rail-
road are asking for freight reductions on
manure, apples and potatoes.
-Doylestown Council has decided by a
vote OF TO 8 to accept the offer of the
electric light company 10 light the town
with thirty arc lights for three years. 1t
will cost the borough $26l0 per year.
On January Is. the Supervisors Of
Tinicum township met at Head Quarters
and assessed the road tax for Tinicum for
the year 1892, and fixed the rate of thirty
FIVE cents per one hundred dollars of val.
uation.
The price paid by T. Howard Akin.
son, Of Buckingham, for farm OF 142
acres at Ivyland, was $l2, 643 SO. 1t Il
located in the idst Of the most fertile
farming land in Bucks county, where SO
large a tract seldom changes hands.
Thomas w. Trego, of Doylestown
borough, and s. Edward Pascball, OF
Doylestown township, have been appoint
80 IL
Charities 10 visiting and inspecting such
institutions in Bucks county as come UNI
der the supervision of the general board.
"A fourteen. ycar-old son of William
b. Crnuthamel, living. on the Tobias
Nash farm, in Tinicum, two miles from
Point Pleasant, attempted suicide recent
ly, by hanging himself with halter strap
in bis fathers barn, but was found by his
younger brother and sister before life was
extinct. The boy has recovered.
Laura, the three year-old daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward S. Stackhousc, OF
Dcylestewn, fell backwards into a wash
boiler OF boiling water on Thursday morn
ing, January 81 The child was horribly
scaldsd on the back part of her body,
from the crown Of her head 10 her knees,
and fingered in great agony until Friday
afternoon when death ended her suffer
ings.
john j. Haubert, who recently pur-
chased TIE Fountain House hotel proper
ty, at Doylestewn, at public sale for $50,
900, has sold the same to James Kane, at
an advance, it is reported, of $500. 1t is
further reported that Mr.. Kane will trans
fer the property TO Daniel Mclaughlin, of
| Solebury, who was clerk at the hotel
some years ago, and that the latter will
assume charge of the property in the
| Spring.
John J. Gapgwere, Penn f. Baker
aud David E. Kichline, of Easton, agents
for tea stores In Easton, were arrested re-
Gently in Durham, Bucks county, for ped.
ding without license, and Justice Purdy,
of Riegesville, bound over Gangwere and
Kichline, who each furnished 5000 bal
for their appearance at court. Gangwers
is agent for the Grand Union Tea Com
pany and Baker and Kichine are EN-.
ployed in the same capacity for the Allan
tic & Pacific Tea Company. The com
plant was made by representative of the
Merchants Protective Association. Ths
managers OF the branch stores in Easten
say they will fight the case.
"A largely attended meeting OF citi
zens Of Centreville was held in Fighters
hall on Saturday evening, when 1t was de
termined to change the name OF the will
age of Ccntreville to Buckingham. Tt
that end the following resolution was I'M
animously adopted ResolUed, That we,
The citizens Of this village, and patrons 81
the Buckingham post office, Ia public
meeting assembled this twenty-third day
Of January, A. D. 1892, hereby change
the name Of our village, now known as
Centfeville, to the name and title OF Buck
ipgham, by which it shall hereafter be
known and recognized, SO that the name
| Of this village shall correspond with the
name of the post Office.