The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-07-08
Choice lot of fancy pipes, and plain,

Arrangements are being made for the
annual picnic of the Farmers Alliance
which will be held on Packer Island
Wednesday and Thursday, August 10th
and Goth.
"A Pittstown correspondent says: The
peach crop according to reports will be
an almost total failure in this vicinity.
Many are reporting not enough for their
own use.
The most clearly material for sealing
cans is PARAFIN. You can get it at sha-
malia's.
The new wing at the State Prison of
Trenton, which is about completed, will
give the prison 900 cells in all. The total
outlay of money in this building amounts
to 800, 1000.
The Baptist Sunday School of this
city will hold their picnic at Ellmaker
Isle, Raven Rock, on Wednesday of next
week. The friends of the school are in
vited to go along.
=" Lambertville Pulls are still going
up in smoke, and KLlNR's Bridge street
store keeps them exclusively.
The teachers of Delaware township
have been hired for the coming school
year upon condition that the Township
Board of Education will not be held re-
sponsible if no State moneys should be
received.
"A delegation from the Young Peo-
Piles Societies of Christian Eudeayor of
Tioga Co., Pa, passed through this city
yesterday on the 80 P. M. train bound
for the great international convention at
Washington, d. G.
Constipation, an exceedingly danger
GUS condition of the bowels, is nearly al.
ways the result of carelessness and mat
tention to the calls of nature. To correct
irregularities and restore healthy move
ments, the best aperient is Ayers Pills.
They are easy to take.
Captain E. G. Stahl, Department
Commander of the New Jersey G.. A. r.,
has appointed a committee to select the
time and place for the next annual en-
campment. The committee comprises II.
L. Hartshorn, George E. Martin, Euos F.
Ham, George B. Stinson and John Law
renee.
Recent readjustment of salaries of
Postmasters in New Jersey include these
changes: Pennington, from $1,000 to
81 300; Dover, $4,000 to 50, 100; Hack
ettstown, 600 to 81, roo; Newton, 49,
900 to $4,000; Phillipsburg, $1,000 to
1900; Plaintield, $1,000 to 80, 500; Som
erville, 1000 to 50, 200.
Jesse B. Fisher of Ringoes, whose
disappearance from home recently caused
apprehensions as to his safety, is all right.
He returned few days after going away,
saying that he had been in search of EN-.
ployment which he had found at or near
Centreville, Bucks county, Pa, and at
which place he is now located.
Carpenter Stephen Titus, of Hope
well, committed suicide by hanging him
self TO rafter of new house upon which
he was at work, last Thursday morning.
Titus was comfortably fixed financially,
and no cause is assigned for his deed, ex-
cept it be for grief over the death of his
favorite daughter last Summer.
The best way to avoid scalp diseases,
hair falling out, and premature badness,
is to use the best preventive known for
that purpose-Hall's Hair Remover.
On Saturday of week before last flend
attempted to poison the family of Andrew
T. Lindaberry, farmer living near
Spruce Run Church, by putting Paris
green into the milk pans. A pudding was
made of the milk taken from one of the
pans, and eaten by the family. All were
taken sick but have since recovered.
The Department Of Public Instruction
of New Jersey has issued its bulletin OF
the school apportionment for Hunterdon
county for the year beginning July l,
1896, and ending June 30, 1907. 1t shows
that the county employs 152 teachers;
has a population of 1854 children and re-
ceives 500, 154.27 for school purposes.
The boiler building at Barber & Ire
lands quarries, above this city, was burn
ed down last Thursday night. An alarm
was given on the Fleet Wing bell, but
none of the apparatus got to the fire.
How the fire originated wo have not learn
ed. II is said that tramp was seen COM
ing from the building just before the fire
broke out. The loss is not great, as the
building was worth little. The engine
was slightly damaged.
The drinks that quench thirst most
effectuaIlY are, according to an authority
on the subject, those that possess little
sugar and no salt Among the flavors to
be combined with water are lime and
lemon juice, the juice of the grape fruit,
and phosphates of orange and cherry.
Cold tea and coffee with slice of lemon
and no sugar are also beverages that will
satisfy thirst. Both OF the latter should
be poured from the pot as soon as brewed.
Tobacco users will find in another
column, an item of decided interest to
them, headed "Don't Stop Tobacco At
Dig down 10 the cause of your sick.
ness, il you want to get well and stay
well. Most likely it's indigestion. The