The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-03-30

and OF rare quality.
The thirty eighth annual report of
the New Jersey Home for Disabled
Soldiers at Kearney has been issued.
There were sixty four deaths in the
institution during the year. The Home
has cared for 90, 230 soldiers.
The annual meeting of the Town
Improvement Association will he held
in the Friends Meeting House, Mon
day, April 4, at p. NJ. There will
be election of officers and payment of
dues at this meeting.
The Junior Epworth League will
hold pie, cake aud candy sale Wed
nesday afternoon, April 10. Ice cream
Will be offered for sale in the evening.
A good programe will be given at s
O'Clock.
The annual meeting of the Women $
Foreign Missionary Society of the
Preshytery of New Brunswick will be
held in the Presbyterian Church at
Lambertyille on Thursday of this
week
Company +, of this city. will be
seen in new uniforms by the time they
go to camp i'll July. 1t is the Khaki,
and has been adopted by the State
Military Board and approved by the
4 4, ~
The Baptist Church supper Wed
nesday and Thursday evenings of last
week netted Sis 3, Two hundred
and forty-four persons were fed the
first evening and two hundred and
twenty-nine the second.
Shad fishermen claim that the pros
pect for good season is very bright,
as after sever winter there is always
large run of shad, the reason for
which is that the melting ice and snow
attract large number of shad to the
Delaware river.
Remember these three pointers
when i'll need of Wall Papers. LIST !;
that We have the largest and most
exclusive line of Papers Mt lowest
prices. End; the best workmen to
hang them. 3rd; the newest ideas and
styles of hanging.
HoLcoMBE, 81 Main street.
Mrs. William Dilts, of Pennington,
died at her home on Main street Fri
day. She was 80 years old and had
resided there for several years. The
funeral was held from her late home
Tuesday morning ut II o'clock, the
Rev l.. d. Temple officiating. Inter
ment was made in Prospect Hill Gem
etery.
A leading merchant says he does
not consider that his goods have been
really placed on the market until they
have been distinctly advertised in the
newspapers. His advertising appro-
priation he considers ms essential part
of his business as is the purchase of
stock, and he gives to it quite rs seri-
Gus attention.
The Fish aud Game Commissioners
of New Jersey have been making an
effort to purchase large number of
rabbits, which they propose to liberate
in this State. In some sections of the
State rabbits are not wanted, but in
other parts complaint is made of their
scarcity and numerous rednests have
been made for supply.
The Freeholders have decided not
to expend the money of the county in
the construction, binding, maintain
ing or repairing of sewers, drains or
structures across the streets in Lam
bertville, Pennington, Frenchtown,
Stockton, High Bridge, junction and
Clinton, the same being chargeable
upon the municipalities and not the
county.
Charles l.. Stryker, OF the Washing
ton Star, and o. s. Freeman, of the
Passaic City Record. have been APP
pointed delegates to the National Edi-
torial Association, which meets at St.
Louis on May 10 to 10. Anthony Kill :
gore, editor of the Hunterdon County
Democrat, the executive committee
man of the National Editorial Asso-
citation, will also attend.
The addition to the New Jersey
Children's Home Society is approach
ing completion. The building and
furniture caused an outlay of SO, 900.
About SO, 600 is needed to clear the in
stitution of debt. The object of the So
ciety in providing homes for orphans
and waits is a commendable one, and
should be aided in financial way by
the public.
Laura, daughter of Joseph Ashford,
died at the residence of her grand
mother in Jersey City, Monday and
her body was brought to this city
Thursday morning of last week.
Services were held at the Centenary
NJ. +. church at o'clock Thursday
afternoon, conducted by the Rev. s.
G.. Pitt. The interment took place in
Mount Hope cemetery under the di-
rection of Undertaken J. X. Labaw.
The ferry boat that was in service
at Frenchtown, during the past win
ter, has been sold to the Delaware
Bridge Co., who are using it putting
the piers here in order for the new
$75, 900 bridge. Mr.. Gaddis, who was
negotiating for it lately to use in the
manner it was used there, could not
secure suitable landing place on the
New Hope side, hence he did not pur-
chase it-as 1t was liable to brighten
the shad away from New Hope.