The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-09-12

will have . smoke in the Castle Hall
in week or two, to begin series OF en-
tertainments to be given during the Fall
aud Winter.
The annual sociable Of the Hibernia
Fire Company of this city will be held on
Friday evening of this week in the engine
house. The committee promise fine
entertainment. Tickets, 90 cents.
Rev. +. r. Morse. d. D., associate
pastor With Rev. Dr. r. A. Macarthur,
of New York city, will supply the pulpit
of the Baptist Church of this city next
Sunday, 10 the absence Of the pastor
j. B. Kline, the Bridge street tobac-
conist, makes special efforts to carefully
select his different tobaccos, segars, &c.
When any goods fails to give satisfaction
his customers he drops the sale at once.
Oscar G. Bodine, son Of Fl. F. DO
dine, of Locktown, was last week APP
pointed letter carrier for the city OF
Trenton, he having passed an excellent
examination and being highly recon-
mended.
The skeleton of an umbrella was dis
covered the other day at Wapamaker's
quarries, which from its condition had
lain away long while. 1t was 10 under
large rock that was broken up for Bel
gian blocks. How it came there or when,
is a mystery. The cover was simply dust
and fell to pieces as soon as the handle
was taken hold of.
While 10 Lambertvlle last Saturday
we called on John II. Stockton, who for
many years was Flemington's leading ca
terer. He has an ideal place of business
and its neatness and complete arrange
ment show enterprise and there is every
evidence of plenty of business. "Nibs
knows how, and therein is where the Sc
cret lies. -F2emington Home VisitOr.
The fiend in human shape who en-.
tered the stables at the outlet locks in
this city and maliciously injured the
horse and mule therein to such an extent
as TO cause their deaths should be hunted
down and made to suffer the penalty OF
the law. That there is such a person in
our midst is disgrace to our city. A
reward should be offered for his appre-
hension.
Talking about snakes, John Mitchell,
the ice man, is man who won't prevar.
icate, and he says on one day last week
he saw part Of snake up on the Water
Company's farm which was as large as bis
arm in thickness and Of bright yellow
color. 1t had commenced to crawl into
the rocks, and he was not able to see it
all, but from what he did see it must have
been of unusual size. The color was
what puzzled him the most, as he has
seen many large snakes 10 his time.
The snake which was reported killed
at McGovern's quarries last week by Cap
tain Van Solver could not have been
copperhead, as there are men living in
our midst, who have seen hundreds OF
them, who say they have never yet seen
one over three feet long. That they do
not grow long is fact, but what is one
. foot and four inches when a snake story
Is on the market, especially when the
New Hope correspondent of the Philadel-
phia Record makes scores ami scores
out OF about one score
We are Informed by the manager OF the
Lambertville Athletic Association that A.
G. Boswell (The Jersey Lily will pitch
for him against the Doylestown team, On
the Association grounds here on next
Saturday (Sept. 15th) Mr.. Boswell
played his first match as a pitcher in the
Lambertville club, before entering the
University OF Pennsylvania, where he has
done such good service as a pitcher.
Doubtless there will be large turnout.
Game called at $50 p. NJ, and ticket
Office opens at 2. 30 P. M.
"A Cadet Corps is being organized in
conjunction with Company q. of this
city, composed OF young men from ten
years of age upward. In other parts of
the State these corps are becoming very
popular and the drilling and man9uvers
are said to be on par with the organic
ations which foster them. That there is
no better method OF developing the hu-
man frame and giving a graceful and dig
nihed carriage to q person than military
training, is admitted by all physicians.
All young men OF good moral character
are eligible TO membership.
"A farmer by the name OF Holcombe,
was driving down Main street, in this
city, about o'clock yesterday afternoon,
when one OF the bolts came out of the
shafts, allowing the shafts to fall on the
heels OF the horse, which took fright and
ran away. The frightened animal ran at
furious rate out Bridge street to Union,
where in attempting TO turn the corner.
the wagon--a light one, filled with empty
peach baskets--struck a fire-plug, throw
lag the horse to the ground and badly
breaking the wagon. The horse was only
slightly injured.
The play presented last evening was
the beautiful five act comedy drama OF
"Divorce, or Woman Against Woman. y
The play is full of striking situations.
Miss Wyman, as Florence Grantley, the
neglected wife, took the honors OF the
evening, her performance being charac'
terized by her thorough comprehension
OF the character and its truthful and force.
full interpretation. = Brooklyn Times.
This great play will be presented dur
ing the engagement Of the Carrie Wy
man Comedy Co. at Holcombe Hall
Thursday, Sept. 18th.