The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-01-05
Buy your Coal of Larision X Mar

are being held every evening.
The ice men in this vicinity are
/ filling their ice houses. The ice is
now about eight inches thick and of
good quality
George c. John has resigned his
position with the Union Mills Paper
Mfg Company and accepted a position
with the Lambertyille Rubber Com
pany as travelling salesman through
Penna.
The daughters Of the late Thos.
Lequear have purchased the farm from
the estate in Kingwood township, \.
J.. containing los acres, for SO, 200 !;
also, four acres of chestnut timber III
the Barrens. Alexandria township. for
St06
The 25th annual meeting of the
State Board of Agriculture will be held
at the State House, Trenton, Jan. Il,
ID and IA, morning and afternoon.
The lecturers engaged and the sub
jects to be discussed should interest
the farmers of the State,
Revival services will commence
next Sunday evening i'll the Methodist
Episcopal church Rev. f. A. DeMaris,
of Eatontown, n. j., Conference, will
assist the pastor in the meetings. Mr..
DeMaris has been very successful III
evangelistic work the past few years.
VAN SEWER, painter, paper hanger
and sign writer, So Ferry street.
The water in the old well on the
Williams property on South Union
Street, has been unfit for use for several
days past, the water being quite rolled,
but from what cause 1t cannot be
learned This is great inconvenience
to the many families in the vicinity
that use it for drinking and other pur-
poses
The other day 1t leak was discover
ed in the pipes of the Standard OH
nine line which crosses the Delaware
at Brookville, three miles above this
city. During the evening, some smart
Alex. set fire to the oil that had leaked
ont and for a time there was Il big
blaze, and big volume of smoke
blew toward our city. but fortunately
no damage resulted.
BY direction of Fish and Game
Warden Durham, of Pennington, 1900
speekled trout were placed in Polhe-
mus's brook at Califon. recently, and
1000 of the same variety in the Mus
eoneteong creek The United States
Government placed 5000 speckled
trout in the small tributaries of the
South Branch river, near BARLEY,
small town on the High Bridge Branch
Railroad
If You want segar that is just the
thing, buy "Lambertville Pufls ].
b. Kline, Bridge street.
Berkey, the Magician, who will
appear Mt Holcombe Hall ON Friday and
Saturday nights, Jan 14th. and 18th. '9s,
presents program of magic which is
seldom seen outside of the largest
cities. Mr. Berkey is nntural-born
magician Even at the age of II
years he was SO dextrous at feats OF
sleight-of- hand that his associates
were led to believe that he was in
league with evil spirits. OF course,
this was but amusement for Berkey,
who knew that dextrous hand was
quicker than the eye. Secure seats in
advance at the usual place, at the
regular prices, %, IS and 50 cts.
"A very pleasant reception was
given to Rev H. A. Cordo, d. d, the
newly-caled pastor of the Baptist
Church, and his wife, last Friday even
ing, in the lecture room. Notwith-
standing the severe storm, n large
number was ont to welcome them,
among them being Rev. Dir. Roberts,
of the Presbyterian Church, Rev. Mr..
Weatherby, of the Methodist Episeo
pal Church, Rev Mr.. White, of the
Mount Carmel Baptist Church, to-
gether with representatives of the lay
element in their churches Beauti
full piano solos by Mrs Massey, and
solos and duets by Miss Barley and
Mrs. johnson and Mrs. Miller, added
to the pleasure of the occasion.
Sheriff Ramsey is kind of heart
and free of purse, as every citizen of
this county knows And on Christmas
day he gave the big string of prisoners
in Jail substantial manifestation of
his generosity and humanity by treat
ing them to an elegant turkey dinner
with all that belongs to a dinner of
good cheer. The meal was bounteous
one and required six big and fat tur
keys in its preparation. The etceteras
were equally plentiful, and there was
nothing lacking about the meal from
an epicurean point of view. The lay
ont was greatly enjoyed by every man
around the board, as well as by
=" Amelie " in her solitary parlor-
DcmOcFdt- 1ducrfiSer.
sheep Killed.