The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-07-14
WEDNESDAY, JULY IA. 1897.

held Sept. IA, 3 and l6
The Pennington Water Company will
declare dividend Of per cent.
"A patent on a stove pipe has lately
been granted II. d. Hibbard, Of High
Bridge.
The First National Bank OF Somer-
vile has declared a semi.annua dividend
of 9 per cent.
The congregation of the Evelittstown
NJ. f. Church will hold harvest home
on July 2lst.
The reunion of the Fifteenth Regi
ment, N j. Vol, will be held at Somer-
vile on September 8.
The botlling establishment OF ex-
Sheriff Pculson at Pennington was put
into operation recently.
When you are weak, tired and life
less, you need to enrich and purity blood
with Hoods Sarssparila.
VIM. IL. Force, formerly proprietor
of the County Hotel, Pennington. is i'll at
his home near Pennington.
Lambertyile Council, Jr o. [. A NJ,
will remove TO Wilson's hall, corner Of
Union and York streets, August st
John NJ. Wilson, of this city, won the
ole and five mile bicycle races aud was
second in another race at Doylestown on
Saturday. 81 inst.
The Twining Complny's quarries, at
Stockton, are very busy. Last week the
men worked from O'Clock a. m. TO 8
O'Clock p. m.
i. p Bailey, who has been principal
Of The High Bridge school for twenty two
years, has become an insurance agent.
Eighteen pullets, owned by the Rev.
w. p Chase. Of Milford, were killed by
"a skunk on Wednesday night a week.
Frank Joiner, OF Belyidere, formerly
Of this city, has been granted pension by
the Government for injuries received
while in the army.
Fred Palmer, OF Frenehtown, has ten
dercd his resignation as principal of the
Ringoes public school and will take
chlrge of the Stockton school next Fall
-Rcv. ". H. Shermer, formerly
pastor Of the Frenchtown Baptist Church,
bat FOR some years located in Elizabeth,
has recently accepted call TO Atlantic
City.
The Pennington National Bank has
Just declared for its stockholders a semi
annual dividend Of 3 per cent, and the
Ilunterdon County National Bank u divi-
dend of per cent.
The relatives and friends surprised
Mrs. o. r. Fauss, OF Sand Brook, on her
54th birthday. All present partook Of
dinner, after which she received numer-
GUS useful presents.
The wheelwright and blacksmith shop
and barn belonging to William Able, at
New Hampton, were destroyed by fire
Sunday night a week.
Katie PoseIs, aged Two years, n
daughter OF Martin Powers, fell from the
porch of her grandfatbers residence in
Pennington, on Wednesday evening OF
week before last and broke her left arm,
The c. f. Society OF the Presbyterian
Cnurch of this city, will meet next Fri
day evening, at 100 O'Clock. Subject
Belief in Christ-what it is, what it does,
John 4 46 50 Acts l6 % a. TO be
led by Miss Mary Laubenstine.
The ctizans of Clinton have issued
very pretty sketch book OF that town. 1t
contains views Of The principal streets.
buildings and surrounding country. 1t
sets forth the advantages Of the town for
manufacturing or residence purposes.
lightning performed one of its odd
tricks on Budd S. Woodward's farm near
ElllsGale, a few days since. bolt
sqlintcred the gable end of his barn and
struck four horses. Two OF the animals
were completely blinded and two were
partly paralyzed
"A fire broke out in the barn OF Joseph
O'Brien, near Monlgomery's store, on
Cottage Hill, in this city, last night about
half past eleven o'clock. 1t contained
some hay and straw. The barn was
io,a! loss. Oar fire department was out
and did good work after getting on the
ground. The fire vas probably Of inccn-
diary origin.
AT or near Clinton last Thursday ev-
euiug week, DR.. knight stepped from
his wagon TO fix some part OF the harness.
While so doing his horse took fright and
rap of at great speed, He fetched up at
the David Schomp farm at Pleasant Run
with both wagon and harness pretty well
torn up II was long run and rapid
run, and the good fortune is that no SER
ious harm came OF it.
A gentleman named FitzhUgh, OF
Trenton, who WAS stopping at LIKE
Hotel, Pennington, met with painful in
iuries on Saturday night week. While
riding bicycle near the Presbyterian
Church at a late hour be was run down
by reckless driver Mr.. Filzhugh was
thrown violently from his wheel and bad
ly cut and bruised. The wheel was
wrecked.
The New Jersey Christian Endeav'
orers. who went on the excursion to San
Francisco, were about twenty hours De-
hind time iu arriving at their destination.
They we're unable to get more than Two
meals a day during the last two days OF
their journey. 10 order to procure break
fast at Minturn, COL, Saturday morning
. tho daIeuafpa Ii ad to enter