The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-06-27
FROM THE FIRST WARD.


James Moonan, James II, Reynolds,
Andrew ], MeClinton, John NJ Casey,
Thomas kilrey, John Mehan.
Councilman Guilliek, assisted by
Councilman Callan, addressed the
members of the Curb Stone Club
upon the political situation, recently.
1t is hardly necessary for us To state
that all three of our ward representa-
tiVes in council are Bryan advocates.
and their faith seems to he very strong
III their fayorite; but sound thinking
men know that Willie Bryan cannot
be elected and the Democrats who still
stick To him are simply putting up II
blum New Jersey can be counted with
n hundred and twenty five thousand
for Mckinley this Fall, She has cut
loose from Democracy never To return
again. The Democrats are trying to
raise an issue, but up-to- date have
/ failed to do So They have tackled the
/ Trust, tried Imperialism, and some are
+ still holding ON TO the old-left-over
l6-to-1 plank of the Chicago platform.
Our First Ward Fife and Drum
! Corps are DOING some training for the
campaign work which they are expect
ing i'll the coming months. With the
short time they have been organized
and taking into consideration the diff
| ticulties which an organization of this
| kind meets, the boys have done re-
markably we'll and deserve credit and
praise for their progress.
/ The new flag stone walk in front of
the Centennial paper mill is n great
improvement over the old cinder walk
Other placeson South Main st. should
follow suit, and not wait for our conn
ell representatives to do the work for
thcm.
The llibernia Fife and Drum Corps
| played some good martial music for
Company + last Thursday evening.
| The company il perfocting itself for its
! yearly eneampment at Sea Girt, which
commences the It'll of July aud lasts
| for week The company il becoming
very proficient under the management
of Captain Reading, and it will keep
M its end with the rest of the regi
meut while i'll camp.
Charlespidcock made short work dis
patching with n gun II cat which belong
ed to him. The eat was too fond of Mr..
Markey's young chickens. Now If We
could only borrow Gatling gun and
open up on something like thousand
dogs which are permitted to run loose
around our city, our citizens could
sleep more comfortably aud the taN
rates not be changed
William kroesen met with painful
accident while nj work at the Lambert
Vile Rubber Gompanys works las
Friday afternoon. 4 large bnr Of irol
. slipped and fell upon his foot, splitting
the nail of the great toe and seriousl
hruisin@ the member, He WIS taliel
home and the wound attended IL by
physician.
The fishing nj the falls has been OK
ira good the past week aud the boy
have had their sport catching th,
'eatties, The recent rain rolled III,
river and an eStra run of the horny
tribe visited these waters.
Several of our warders visited philn
delphia last week and Witnessed ia,
parade Of the different organization
which came from Gar and near TO tn
Republican National Convention, an,
all seemed 10 be highly pleased wit
the display. The crowd was very larg
and full of enthusiasm. The decora
tions were grand. Those who conl,
and did not go, missed something
which perhaps they will not have NJ
opportunity of seeing again very soon
Low water in the feeder is causini
considerable inconvenience to the mill
and factories which nre dependent up
ON il for power and already several q
the mills have had to shut down fol
hours through the middle of the day
on account Of the short supply. Il
something is not done to abate this
nuisance, in the course of IL very few
years the supply will be completely
exhausted, and these mills and factories
will have To put iii steam power, as ne
factory il paying institution while
the machinery is at n standstill.
II is reported that we are new sure
of n stocking factory being located ii
LambertyiIle, but we shall be It'll,
timid about reporting the particulars
until we see more Of it, ns we have hat
several false alarms concerning thi'
much desired Improvement.
General George G. Van Camp i,
having poor health this Summer. II,
has hardly been ont of his home the
past three months His present com
plant started with something like thu
grippe, and has affected his eyesight u
such way that he cau hardly see t,
get around the house. George ~ NJ
old soldier, and formerly belonged I,
Company A, 18th Regt. n. j. Vol. ,an'
il well known by, I might say, all th
surviving members Of the old 18th
No doubt this article with catch til
eye Of some of his many friends, VIII
are anxious to know how the "Gener
al il getting along at the beginnin
of the 20th century, or 80 years sine
the war was over. The 'Gencral wa
examined for mn increase Of pensio
about four months ago, bnt the wheel
Of justice moves slow.
Did you ever hear Of man name
Thomas Foley? The first acquaint
ance had with Mr.. Foley was ava
back in my palegreen boyhood day.
when ! had fallen in love with IN
teacher, n dear old neglected blessin
in skirts, Just old enough TO he IN