The Lambertville record., 1902-09-10
The vacation season is about over

The county fair season is now on
us.
The days are growing perceptibly
shorter at both ends.
/ -Housekeepers are growing uneasy
about the winters supply of coal.
Visitors to mountain and shore
are home again ready for business.
Church congregations are increas-
ing in size as vacation season nears
its end.
The Grand Master will visit Leni
Lenape Lodge, No. 10, I. o. 0. F., of
this city, September IS.
The Rockaway Valley Railroad
has up to Saturday week handled
$50, 900 baskets of peaches.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joel Reading and
children, of Philadelphia, have been
visiting relatives in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Bowden and
son Russell, of Easton, Pa, visited
friends here the past few days.
The people who are hardest to
cure are generally those who have
nothing the matter with them.
"A crisis has been reached in many
a coal bin in town and it is hoped that
the coal strike is near its crisis.
The American embassy in London
has issued warning against stories
of unclaimed estates in England
The Fleet Wing Hook and Ladder
Company's truck house is being great
ly improved by new coat of paint.
Mrs. Agnes Thompson and son
James, of Philadelphia, visited Mr..
and Mrs. George w. Massey during
the last week.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stout and daught-
ers, after spending the summer near
Weirs, in New Hampshire, have re-
turned home.
The wife of Peter Higgins, who
lives on Quarry street, died on Mon
day, of typhoid fever. Her funeral
took pace this morning from st.
Johns Church.
w. +. Hayhurst, Esq, returned
home the first of this week from his
California trip. He took in several
extra excursion trips. Among others
trip to the Yellowstone Park, and
was highly delighted with it.
DIR. Hunt, of the State Board of
Health, was in town on Monday.
There are several cases of typhoid
fever here, and he came to investigate
the cause. In every case it was found
that the sick had been using either
we'll or eistern water for drinking.
-Thos. w. Mitchell's ice house, at
Brookville, was burned to the ground
about o'clock on Tuesday morning
1t was undoubtedly the work of an in
cendiary. A few days ago an attempt
was made to set it on fire. The build
ing was 4S by GA feet, and had only
been built year or two. There was
but little ice remaining in the build
ing. There was some insurance on the
property.
Mrs. r. II. Van Horn and her
sister Mrs. s. b. Bray, on their way to
Asbury Park, last Thursday to attend
the Friends Convention" (now in
oaooionl ataDDaJ nvar latmann tro;na
at Trenton and called at the residence
of DIR. Rogers to see relative. In
descending the upper fight of stairs,
Mrs. Van Horn caught her toe in the
carpet, which had become untacked,
and fell the full distance to the sec
ond landing, receiving severe shock
and very bad bruises on her forehead
and face. She recovered in few min
utes and continued on her journey to
the Park.
Last Monday morning, while Har-
ry +. Van Horn was doing some work
in the front part of r. II. Van Horn &
Sons store, where new show windows
are being put in, he was struck on the
right hip by bunch of bricks which
loosened and fell from the wall above
while he was leaning over with his
back to the wall, and was knocked
down and rendered unconscious for a
time. He managed to walk home later
on but in the afternoon his right leg
became so painful that physician
was called, who found that one or
more of the tendons of his right leg
were broken. The injury is very pain
full, and it will be.some time, probably,
before he will be about again.