The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-03-18


the Somerville team last year, has been
engaged to play with the Pennington team
the coming season.
Plenty of Spinach this week at
Moore's Coryell street Market.
Andrew Hoffman, sixteen year-old-
lad, Of Whitehouse, was killed by jump
ing from a coal train near that place last
Friday afternoon. His coat caught in the
car and he was thrown under the wheels
and crushed TO death.
-Josephus Swasay will move from
Harry Harrison's lot, on the Alexauken
road, to James Wilson's farm. on the
York road, and James Stains will move
from the Wilson farm to the Harry Har-
rison lot.
Last Thursday, March 18th, was the
eighth anniversary of the great blizzard.
And the steady snow fall last Wednes-
day, accompanied as it was by pretty
stiff breeze from the northeast, suggested
that we were to have repetition of that
disastrous storm.
The Democratic State Committee met
at Taylor's Hotel, in Jersey City, on
Saturday, and decided to hold their State
Convention, for the purpose of electing
delegates to the National Convention, in
Taylor Opera House, Trenton, on May 7th.
E. F. G. Young, the Chairman, resigned,
and committee was appointed to fill
the vacancy.
-Dunlap's aud Youman's styles of
Spring Hats are now ready at Trewin &
Co.'S, Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers.
March 11,3t.
"A correspondent of THE RECORD
writes: cat the recent township cleo
tion in West Amwell, the Democrats car
ried the township by II majority. AS
the recent gerrymander adds 25 Republi-
can and Democratic votes to the town.
ship, it will be seen that the Democrats
will have to hustle or loose their grip on
the Offices in the township.
Samuel Niece, who lived on the old
Holcombe farm in the upper part of this
city, has exchanged farms with Harrison
Rose, who lived on the York road, near
town. They moved last week. Both
farms belong to Geryas Ely. Mr.. Rose
wishes TO enlarge his dairy and the farm
to which he removed is larger than that
which he left.
Some very well posted men claim
that there is nothing in the State consti.
tuition to prevent the doing away OF
Spring elections and have it fixed so that
Spring and Fall elections should be held
together. 1t would certainly reduce the
expenses just one. half and save great
amount of annoyance to the people. The
agitation upon this subject is becoming
more widespread.
-Supt. Donnelly, l.. V. r. r., accom-
panied by Mr.. Lattig, Chief Electrician of
the road, and Mr.. Goodwin, manager of
the Traffic Department, visited the power
house of the Clinton Electric Company ON
Tuesday to inspect the facilities for fur
iaiaaina olEREu kax -.
railroad TO connect Clinton, Laudsdown
and Pittstown, says the Clinton Demo-
crat.
The first blast of Spring-trade open
ing is always the demand for Hats and
Neckwear. Trewin 81 Co., Clothiers,
Hatters and Furnishers, are now ready TO
show you all the popular styles of Spring
Hats and the new things in Spring Neck
wesr. Cor. Union and Coryell SITS.
March II 81.
One of the subjects to receive alten-
ton at the annual session OF the Newark
Conference on March 25th will be the
charges against Rev. Everitt d. Decker,
formerly a resident OF this city,, who was
suspended from the South Market Street
church, Newark, last September "for con-
duct unbecoming minister" He was
pastor OF the Port Golden M. E. church
two or three years ago.
VIM. A. Abbott has been reelected
manager of the Pennington baseball team
for the coming season. The selection OF
so capable manager insures strong
team for Pennington, and no doubt many
good games will be witnessed. Already
several clubs, including our old-time riv
ais at Lambertvile, have written for
dates. The coming baseball season PROM
ises to be unusually interesting. - Hun
terdon Republican.
"A large new carriage repository about
for Freeholder Felmly on Bloom
field avenue, Pennington was crushed in by
the weight OF snow on its roof Monday
morning, and the building is now in
ruins, the timbers all being broken and
displaced. The cave-in caused great
noise, soaring Jim Lee, the Chinese
whose washee washee place
adjoined, half to death. -Hunterdon
Democrat.
--Mahlon Rittenhouse, OF Everitts-
town, has just found on his farm, near
Baptisttown, hard rock that contains
numerous bright specks of yellow metal
which is supposed to be gold. Mr.. Rit-
tenhouse is greatly elated at his discovery
and is inclined to believe from a recent
discovery that there is copper as well as
gold on his farm. He will make
thorough search for both.
Mrs. Mary r., the wife OF Mr.. Austin
Carhart, OF Zion, Nd, died in Santa Mon
lea, CAL, on Tuesday of last week. Mr..
and Mrs. Carhart left this city q few weeks
since for California, for the benefit of
Mrs. c. health, her lungs having been
affected. She had hoped that change
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