The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-12
Buy your coal of Geo. W. Massey.

Buy your coal of Geo. W. Massey.
A fine stock and big variety of
smokers goods, at Kline's, 90 Bridge
street.
Edward Bytheway, of this city, has
taken a position as foreman in a quar-
~ at Stockton.
Marion, the fourteenth months-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Battye
Schermerhorn, living on North Union
street, fell and fractured one of her
arms, one day last week
e. Raphael, the Main street
clothier, is continuing has special
sale, and sells seasonable clothing way
below cost.
William G. Holden has been trans
ferred from the train masters depart
ment of the Belvidere division, Penn
sylvania railroad, in this city, to the
relief department, and will be en-
ployed as stenographer in the office of
Company Physician Wells.
"A horse attached to a sleigh, be-
longing to John G. Holcombe, the
Deleyan street grocer, was turning
the corner at Union and Coryell
streets last Friday, when it slipped
and fell heavily in the street. The
shafts OF the sleigh were badly broken
and the harness damaged.
The Pleasant Valley Vigilant So
ciety has re. elected the old officers.
President, j. W. Fleming vice presi-
dent, Levi Stout secretary, Joseph r.
Leigh treasurer, Arthur I. Blackwell.
Resolutions were drafted in memory
OF two deceased members, John M.
Smith and Livingstone H. Tomlinson.
Rev. w. G. Stockton, retired
minister of the Methodist Episcopal
church, formerly of New Hope, Pa is
seriously i'll in Hopewel He is more
than 80 years old. MIR. Stockton's
only daughter, Mrs. Sara Drake, died
recently at the state hospital near
Trenton, where she was removed after
surgical operation which bereft her
of reason.
One Of the best things our Village
Trustees could do would be to make
the license fees to travelling medicine
shows 30 high that it would make the
advance agents inquire for the next
train out of town. They take hun
dreds of dollars out of tho town and
away from the legitimate merchants,
and leave no lasting benefit to anyone.
-Hunterdon Democrat.
WANTED, woman for general
homework. middle aged woman
preferred. Apply at residence 81 Gin
ton street. Mrs JOHN d. Cox.
- Hon. William II. Martin, of
Frenchtown, has been elected vice.
president, and A. B. Haring, of the
same place, one of the Directors of the
Vanderbilt Timber, Mining and
Southwestern Railway Company.
This company has recently secured a
large tract of timber land in eastern
Alabama, and will build railroad to
market the lumber and develope the
resources of that section.
Ralph Voorhees,, of Clinton, has
just given $25, 900 to the general board
OF missions OF the Reformed church to
found college at yellore, Madras,
India. This makes 800, 900 which Mr..
Voorhees, has given to church purposes
in the last two years. The giver is an
uncle Of the governor, has been
blind for years and has large banking
interests. On Christmas, 1907, he dis
tributed $50, 900 among relatives, and
Ex-Governor Voorhees, received $40, 900
Our old friend, ex-freeholder G..
Wilson, of Delaware county, admits
being knocked out by his brother, CHI.
Wilson, of Harbourton, Mercer coun-
ty. The Mercer county Wilson reports
to date 40 lambs from 20 ewes. He has
sold his pork for s122s. so for SO over
keepers, and 4S pigs, s months old.
making 70 head in all. His poultry
are just as hard workers, and during
the month ofJanuary up to this present
time they have produced him an aver
age of so eggs day. His Oldest lamb
weighs 80 pounds. What farmer can
make better showing?
-'Lambertville Puffs" are still GO
ng up in smoke. Kline sells them.
Stephen Horton, about 80 years
old, was found dead, on the bare floor
in the front room of his home, on York
street, last Thursday. He had lived
alone for long time. He was seen
by the neighbors several times We'd
nesday and seemed as well as usual.
A neighbor, by request, bought him
piece of meat and laid it on the table
about P. NJ. Wednesday. This was
found on the table next morning. Dur
ing Wednesday night he broke pane
of glass in one of the front windows,
no doubt with the intention of attract
ing the attention of the neighbors.
In doing this he cut one of his fingers
badly, and blood spots were found
about the floor. A deep cut on the
forehead had bled profusely. This is
thought to have been inflicted by his
falling on brick hearth is front of
the fireplace. His clothing had not
been removed, but both shoe-strings
had been united and one shoe was
partly removed from the foot. His
cane lay alongside of him. He was a
veteran of the Civil War and PEN
sioner. Coroner David Treftz viewed
the body and deemed an inquest UNI
necessary. The cause of death was
pronounced by DR.. McGill to be from
apoplexy. His funeral took place last
Saturday afternoon.
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