The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-10-24
Miss Carrie Cummings is prepared L
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-Hurrah for Capt. Shields, the brave
defender. He is worthy of every true
Americans vote.
-Epworth prayer meeting Sunday, at
6.45 P. NJ. led by Geo. R. Safer. Topic
1.-THE Primitive Church.
The little busy bee," after lively
season, has retired to his Winter quarters
for needed rest and quiet.
If you do not want to encourage the
Democratic Office brokerage shop at Flem-
ington, vote for DR.. Sproul for Surrogate.
Mrs. M. E. Mathews, sister of Messrs.
James and Thos. Callan, of this city, has
been appointed to a clerkship 70 the Agri-
cultural Department at Washington.
-Pittstown shipped this year 10000
baskets of peaches; aud yet, owing to the
low prices, the farmers did not make
much out of their big peach crop.
The matter of poor pavemeuts will
no doubt be taken up again at some dis
tant day. In the meantime some one
must needs be injured.
Que hundred aud fifty thousand bas-
kets Of peaches were shipped from White
House Station during the season recently
closed.
The specia,y.selected segars and to.
baccos sold by J. B. Kline are noted for
their excellent flavor and good smoking
qualities.
Two entertainments of the Big
Bnrlesque" order were refused license
and dates during the past few days, and
thus the city loses six dollars and Com
pany G thirty dollars.
You can shoot crows, but then there
is no one who is supposed to eat crow
but politicians, and there are not many of
them in this locality. There might be
sale for them at Pennington.
Two years ago Cornish spent in the
First Ward nice sum of money equal,
1t is said, to i've dollars for every Domo-
cratic voter. This year he is distributing
offices in that Ward and intends, perhaps,
to spend his money elsewhere.
-Scribner s. Smiths Circus, which ex
hibited 10 Frcnchtown on Saturday a
week, closed the season there, and have
gone into winter quarters at that place.
The wagons and material will be stored
in buildings of VIM. Campbell and the
horses elsewhere.
james j. Kilroy, of this city, mas re-
celved an appointment as clerk in the
Naval Department at Washington, and
left here for his post yesterday morning
Mr.. Kilroy is an intelligent and gentle
manly young man, Of excellent character,
aud will make an efficient clerk.
John X. Zeigler, proprietor of the
Lambertville House, died on last Sunday
morning, in his 10Th year. He had been
troubled with Bright's disease for long
time. Although confined to his bed for
few days, his demise was somewhat I'M
expected. His funeral will take place
this afternoon.
Even a billboard can be attractive, |
as is proven by the new one which Henry |
Trefz has erected on North Main street. |
A number Of others will be set up, pro
vded he can get positions for them. A
neat board is much better than fallen
down, dilapidatcd house, a fence or va
cant lot. They give an air OF refinement
and enterprise TO city, but 1t won't do
to splatter them up with "Big Burlesque
female minstrel posters.
The dog registry law has not been a
success. Every day can be seen on our
streets CANNES that are not ornamented
with collar and tag. 1t was reported
early in the season that such dogs would
be shot, but 1t seems that that was mis-
statement. 1t is not fair 10 those who
did comply with the law that this left
over class is allowed to run at large
Serve all alike, enforce The law, and there
will be more revenue or less dogs.
in a city of churches like our own is
it not little peculiar that there does not
exist a branch of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association There are young men
enough here TO organize and successfully
conduct such an enterprise, and the good
results emanating therefrom cannot be
told Reading room, lecture and concert
hall, gymnasium, library, baths, amuse-
ments, all combined, would attract and
entertain. Surrounded by religious teach
ings, the young man is safe from the al
lurements of the world as dished out by
worldly hands.
1T has been generally understood In
this neighborhood that the bid known as
"flcker," or "high-holder, was one not
protected by the law and thus open at oil
times to the wiles of the eager sportsman.
1t was decided last week by the commits
sioners that flicker is a species OF
woodpecker and therefore comes I'M
der the species OF insectiverous birds.
Consequently the man who shoots one OF
them and is caught 10 the act, or Is found
with one Of them in his possession, Will
have the extreme pleasure of putting up
twenty dollars as a sort of hush money to
the State officials.
List OF letters remaining unclaimed In
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