The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-03-16

part of it go and do it perhaps the
other fellow is in a worse condition or
Is waiting to help some one out to Just
that extent.
LEM Lenape Lodge, No. 10, |. Q.
Q. f., gave a supper in the lodge
room last evening, Mt which about
eighty were present, including visiting
Odd Fellows from Trenton and New
Hope
The first shad to be caught at any
of the fisheries in this city this season.
was caught at Smiths fishery. ON the
Island point, yesterday. II was pur-
chased by Geryas Ely. Two more
shad We're caught to day.
-Ex-sheriff John 7. Cox, the Re
publican candidate for freebooter in
Readington, was defeated by j. V. L.
Sehomp, who, the Clinton Democrat.
says, was elected by good round ma
iority.
The moving season is approach
ing. Subscribers of The RECORD who
intend to move and want the addresses
of their paper changed. will avoid
trouble and delay by giving the al
dress to which the paper was formerly
sent rs well as the new address.
Paul, young son of Mr. and Mrs
Fred. Simon, while playing with a
pair of suspenders on Sunday last.
swallowed the small clamp which
fastens to the buckle No bad effects
have resulted, although the parents
were greatly excited over the affair.
DR. H. A. Cordo will deliver the
second discourse in the Series To
young people on Lessons from the
Young People of the Bible for the
Young People of to-day. ON next Sun
day evening, in the First Baptist
Church. The young people are most
cordially invited
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Hopewell Valley Can
ming Company was held in Van
Fleets Hall, on Monday afternoon of
last week. The company paid out for
wages during the past year s., $40. 35.
A dividend of per cent on the capt
tai stock WAS declared
The Democrat 4dtertiser remarks
that Tax collector John Wilson. of
West Amwell township. IL sharI or
than creased lightning ON tax shirk.
ers This was demonstrated on Mon
day when he brought John Shurts 10
the county Jail for non payment of
taxes. Whether Mr.. Shurts will pay
up or serve day for every dollar due.
remains TO be seen
4 good barn 10 rent in central To-
cation S. V. HoLpES.
j. b. Sleifer will have big sale
of his entire stock of groceries, provi.
sions, store fixtures, horses, wagons,
&c, on Thursday afternoon and even
ing of next week, at the store, corner
of Bridge and Union streets. They
will be sold in lots TO suit consumers,
and as everything is to be sold, go
high, so low''-people should be ON
the lookout for big bargains See pos
tiers for particulars.
James Snyder Reed, formerly n
well-known citizen of Delaware town
ship who died at the residence of his
son, Datis Reed, in this city, March
2d, was born July 9, 1892, and was
son of Jesse c. Reed, at one time Sur
rogate of this county His whole life
was spent in Hunterdon county, the
place of his birth, and for ten years he
was Assessor of the township of Della
ware. His remains were inferred Mt
Sandy Ridge.
A Prohibition rally was held at
Pennington few days since, at which
the question of building n county
headquarters was discussed 1t was
proposed to putup building in which
the prohibition paper could find home,
and the various meetings of temper
ance organizations be held. A com
mittee was appointed to secure sub
seriptions. The Prohibitionists must
have "money to burn when such an
undertaking is seriously thought Of
We learn from the Dom0crat-1 Id
0ertisor that three Pennington clergy
men have been singularly afflicted this
Winter and Spring. DIR. J. w Ro-
gan, of the Presbyterian Church, and
DIR. ]. E. Sagebeer, of the Baptist
Church, were both confined to their
beds for many weeks by severe illness,
and now a two-and-a-ha year old son
of Rev. Wesley Martin, of the NJ. f.
Church, is only Just recovering from
third attack of pneumonia.
The Senate at the afternoon session
last Wednesday, passed Mr. Skirm s
bill, which enables Rev. DIR. Thomas
Hanlon, President of the Pennington
Seminary, to change his surname, and
children, to Hanlon, from which the
90" was dropped half century ago
upon the death of the reverend gentle
man s father. This bill was the first one
presented this session, but because of
some irregularity in the matter of
advertising in accordance with law it
was reintroduced by Senator Francis
for the President protein, several
weeks later
List of letters remaining unclaimed
in the Post Office at Lambertville, n. j.
George Snyder,
Jacob Strauss.
f. w. CLossoN, ?. NJ.
Lambertville, n j., March l2, 1893.
Wonders Never Cease.
No ono naed sufTer the t0rtiIraa Of