The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-12-21

no otuef on the statement that they
are just as good.
The Lamhertyille Rubber Works
will be closed one week for the
Christmas holidays.
The sunday School of s. Au-
drew's Church will celebrate Christ
mas Tuesday evening, December eth
st. Johns Parochial School will
have vacation of ten days during
the holiday season.
AT the Mt. Carmel Church on
Monday evening, December Goth will
be given their usual Christmas enter
tainment.
Nehemiah Green and Miss Bea-
trlce German were married by the
Rev. William Lynch ON Monday even
ing of this week.
The public schools of our city
will he closed from Friday of this
week until Wednesday, January 4th,
for the Ghristmas-New Year holiday
season
A dance will be held at St. John
Hall next Wednesday evening, De-
eember 2Sth. at which time drawings
will he made on the beautiful High
OAK Heater and the gold pieces.
Miss Lueretia Hope, daughter of
Rnnyon Hope, residing near Ringoes,
aud Saxon Probasco, of this city,
were united ia marriage on Saturday
afternoon last. The happy couple
will reside in Lambertvile.
The State Teachers Association
meets IN Trenton on Tuesday, Wed
nesday and Thursday of this week.
The entire corps of teachers in this
city, sixteen in all are now members
of this association.
James Mullineaux. newspaper
dealer, has been seriously i'll ut his
home on Bridge street. He has con
ducted this one business IN our city
since October LIST, 1857. forty seven
years. We sincerely hope his illness
will not prove fatal
Louis Botti, cut his hand at the
Lambertville Rubber Works on We'd
nesday SO badly that it required the
attention of physician to dress the
wound. On Friday George Hartman
met with II similar accident at the same
pace.
John Sharpe, of this city, sailor
on the L. s. $. Colgoa, has been or
dered to Trinidad, South America.
lie will spend Christmas on the high
seas. He was formerly on the Battle
ship Massachusetts,, which met with
an accident last week by the bursting
of n boiler, when six men we're killed.
Miss Annie Bice aud William
Walton, clerk at s S Van Horn.
store, We're married Saturday evening
at the Presbyterian manse by the
Rev. II. A. MacKubbin Miss Abbie
Vert, cousin to the bride, was
bridesmaid and Cleveland Culver
was best man.
Mrs. Mercy Werts died at the
residence of her son, William Werts,
No. 10 Buttonwood street, Monday
evening, aged 81 years. Funeral
services will be held at the Centen-
AIRY Nj. f. Church Friday afternoon,
at 200 o'clock, conducted by the Rev.
w. p. G. Strickland, of Camden, a
former pastor of that church, assisted
by the Rev. s. G.. Pitt, pastor. In
terment at Riverview Cemetery.
At the public sale of real estate
of the late Isaac Howard Holcombe.
deceased, held in this city Saturday
last, three properties were sold as fol-
lows: Lot No. /, eight-room frame
house at No. "a Franklin street, pur-
chased by Theodore W. Holcombe for
II, 100. Lot No. 2, eight room brick
house at No. 90 Church street, and
lot No. 3, double frame house at Nos
30 and "a George street, of four rooms
each, were sold collectively to Alex.
Allen, of Pennington, for 81, 790. J.
w. Hoppock was auctioneer. The
double house on George street will
be purchased from Mr.. Allen by A.
Watson Smith, the oyster man, and
many improvements made to them.
J. Wesley Wiley, who was arrest
ed one day last week at Freehold on
charge of stealing horse from Thee.
Il. Smith. of West Amwell township,
was taken to Pennington Jail We'd
nesday evening last by Sheriff Dilts.
On Friday he was taken to Belvidere
by the Sheriff of Warren County,
where he has since been indicted by
the Grand Jury for assault and bat
terry upon policeman of that town.
The Hun terdon county authorities
will not have a chance at him for
many year after Judge Shipman has
"his say. We are informed that
Wiley almost kicked to death the po-
liceman he as saulted, that his face
was merely one mass of jelly.
John Rowe, a farmer who lives
near Pennington, visited this city
Thursday and in the evening in going
up Union street turned into Perry and
drove toward the canal. His horse
saw the danger and turned suddenly
around throwing the driver out of the
wagon and into the snow in the road
The animal then stood quiet, while
Rowe lay moaning and making such
noise that he awakened W. Russell
O'Neill who lives at Union and Perry
streets.
Mr.. O'Neill got out of bed, dressed
himself and went to the mans relief.
Assisting him to his feet he helped
him and the horse to one of the hotels
where the animal was stabbed and the