The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-06-28
WEDNESDAY,, JUNE 20. 1899.

ins his residence by extending porch
along the south side of the building
The Rt Rev. James McFaul. Bishor
of Trenton, will dedicate st. Joseph's
new Catholic Church at High Bridge,
July 4th.
I. Z. Lear and A. d. Anderson
are having handsome stone pavements
put down in front of their properties
on Union street.
II. NJ. Hartman has sold out his
store and newspaper route to John w
opel, Of Philadelphia. Mr.. Opel will
take charge on Saturday of this week.
Workmen are engaged in erecting
new foundry and machine shop for
Coombe 4 Massey, ON South Union
street. ON the water power company S
land.
Charles 4. Davis, of this city, has
been chosen musical instructor of the
Amwell Orchestra. Mr. Davis ) music
nj abilities are too well known for any
comment.
Miss Mary W. Green, recently Vice
Principal at Reading Academy Elem
ington, has received an appointment
by the Board of Education of New
York City.
Allen y Van Nest have leased the
factory property of the late George Il.
Gray, near the Penn. Railroad depot
in Pennington, and will soon begin the
manufacture of boilers for steam heat
ing plants.
Rumors of the sale of the Delaware
Bridge nj this place are rife, but they
have no basis of truth, although it is
not denied by the company that an
effort is being made by n trolley com
pany to buy it.
The Masonic Grand Lodge recently
helda meeting at Trenton and decided
to enlarge the Home. near Burlington.
The cost will be about $40, 900 The
addition will provide accommodations
for an increased number Of INDECENT
members.
The new passenger train known as
the Mount Pocono Special, that was
added to the Belvidere Division ON
Saturday last, was not very well pat
ronized Oh its first run. The train
will run up on Saturdays and down on
Mondays only
Don't forget that the fireworks dis
play on the Tennis Grounds will begin
promptly Mt o'clock, p NJ, with a
display Of day fireworks nm inven-
ton of the japanese. As these will be
quite novel to our people, they should
he on hand in time to see them.
The Lawn Tennis Club of this city
isina very flourishing condition. Once
IA month an entertainment is given ON
the grounds at which the ladies show
how natural it is for them to make
things pleasant and agreeable. This
month tea will be given, and it will
occur next Saturday.
The firing fiof firecrackers, bombs,
etc, has begun already This should
he stopped 10y our authorities. There
are several people in our city seriously
sick, and the noise great annoys and
injuries them. Boys and others should
be willing to wait until the 18th arrives
before beginning their noise.
Are YOU ruptured Mr. Shamal z
has had 20 years experience applying
truss two weeks and then return the
money if You are not satisfied Lady
attendant.
Princeton will send team to take
part in the Olympic games at the Paris
exposition next year. A team Of ten
or fifteen men will be sent in June and
chosen from among the best athletes
incollege. II will represent Princeton
distinctly and no consolidation will be
made with other college teams
The old well on Swan street has
been cleaned out and put i'll order, so
that families may again use it for
drinking water. The Hibernia fire
engine was taken to the well last Tues
day evening and n large quantity of
the water pumped ont. A new pump
has also been put in, in place of the
old one.
1t seems almost impossible to keep
the old pump on South Union street
in working order. OF late some mis-
chievous boys have been putting stones
down the pump tree. The stones be-
came wedged fast, making it impossible
to pump Uncle Isaac Clevenger has
his hands full to keep it in order. He
has had the pump in charge for many
years and would like to catch some of
these boys at their mischieyous work.
The Court of Errors and Appeals,
in an opinion by Justice Dixon, Mon
daylafternoon of last week, affirmed the
decision of the Supreme Court uphold
ing the constitutionaity of the Anti
Gambling amendment to the Constitu-
ton. Such hopes, therefore, as the
racetrack people cherished that the
courts would ultimately decide against
the amendment are dashed to the
ground, and if there shall ever be horse
racing in New Jersey:again, the sport
will have to be conducted without
book selling and pool-selling features.
Cigars at all prices, and the best
in each grade, at Kline's.
At the recent meeting of the stock
holders Of the Hunterdon County Fruit
Exchange the following Directors were
elected: DIR. n b. Boileau, Godfrey
r. Emery, A. ID. Melick, Thomas J.
Stires. Martin Frace, J. Wesley Melick,
u. NJ. Burd, John A. Young, Geo. Il.
Boss, Stanford Emery, lands Dali
rymple, Theodore c. Housed and NJ.