The Lambertville record., 1899-08-30
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WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 80. 1899.
Buy your coal of Geo. w. Massey.

Buy your coal of Geo. w. Massey.
The next holiday, Labor Day,
Monday, Sept. 4th.
The post office will be closed on
Monday next Labor Day during the
usual hours.
The County Board of Assessors
will meet III Pennington on Sept. 9th
to fix the county tax rate.
Mr.. \. A. Wood moved his family
from this city to CRANKY, Ontario, on
Saturday last.
Everett x Scarborough canning
factory is now in operation, with a
large number of employees.
George ". Arnett, of this city, has
been awarded S40O contract at the
Reading Academy, Pennington.
The New Hope Athletic Assoeia-
tion will hold picnic in Delaware
Grove on Labor Day, September 18th.
Cigars at all prices, and the best
in each grade, at Kline's.
Former Freeholder G. p. Wilson,
of Delaware township, has reared
eighty six lambs from fifty ewes this
year.
Post 20, q. A. r., enjoyed a
watermelon cut" at their headquar-
ters. corner Church and Union streets,
Friday evening
Liberty band of this city has an
engagement to play at the Methodist
Church harvest home at Pennington,
September eth.
-Hunterdon county has i01 patients
in the two State asylums 20 i'll the
one Mt Morris Plains and % in the in
stitution ut Trenton.
The weather vane recently taken
down from the eupola on the depot is
greatly missed by people living in the
vicinity of the station.
Clark Dean, son of Mrs. Susan
r. Dean, of Rosemont, is member
of one of the regiments fighting to
subdue the Filipinos.
A picnic by the Italians of Stock
ton and vicinity will be on Labor
Day afternoon and evening, Music
by first-cla orchestra.
There will be temperance picnic
August 81, morning and afternoon, ut
Loektown. The Beveridges, Mead
and others have been secured for tie
day.
A big crowd witnessed two artists
paint big picture sign on the side of
Bottis store yesterday afternoon.
The rapidity of the work was sur
prising
The reunion of the Fifteenth Regi-
ment, New Jersey Volunteers, will be
held in Pennington on September 2ist
not September 18th, as published
last week
Miss NJ f. Torbert has had n new
cement walk and other improvements
made in McGready's alley, in the rear
Bridge streets.
After thirty-one years practicing
medicine at Frenchtown, DIR. f. X.
Deemy has disposed of his property
in that place and is about to remove
to Mechanicsburg Pa.
Several members of ST Elmo Com
mlndery, No. IA, knights Templar,
OF this city, will attend the annual in
spection and review of the order at
Asbary Park next Monday.
Taxpayers who have any COM
plant to make should remember that
the final meeting of the Board of
Commissioners of Appeals will be held
in the Council room tomorrow Thurs
day evening.
Heavy rains caused the water to
flood the railroad tracks near Phillips
burg ON Saturday evening of last
week, delaying trains on the Belvidere
Division on Sunday last. The morn
ing train down did not reach here
until after 10 q clock.
Patrick Boyle, aged 10 years, an
old and respected resident of New
Hope, died at his residence in that
borough on Monday morning Of this
week from dropsy. His funeral oc-
ours tomorrow Thursday from his
late residence.
In order that she might enjoy
more freedom from household duties,
the ls-year-old daughter of William
Bell, of this city, administered dose
of Paris green to her baby sister, on
Wednesday afternoon of last week
The baby's life was saved by the
prompt arrival of DIR. +. w. Larison,
who administered powerful poison
antidotes.
Edwin Mace, aged about 30 years.
was struck and instantly killed by an
extra freight known as the "buck
rabbit, at Byram on Wednesday
afternoon last. Mace was employed
in the quarries at Byram and was sent
down the tracks to flag the train pre-
vious to setting off blast. He I'M
consciously stepped in front of the
engine. Both of his legs were cut off
and his head crushed TO a Jelly.
A stranger in our city recently,
after visit at the several engine
houses, remarked to one of our we'll
known merchants that he had Travelled
extensively throughout the United
States, and nowhere, taking into con-
sideration the size of our city, had he
seen a better equipped fire depart
ment, and that our citizens should
feel proud of the men composing that
organization. Democratic Wage
Worker.
On "Wednesday last the mem mhara