The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-07-15

There is saloon for every 2se per-
sons in Hudson county.
If the game law is correctly stated
notices against trespass must be post
ed on or before July IS.
Judge Comet at the last term of
court, imposed fines aggregating 81
1856, all for violation of the liquor
laws.
Governor Fort has re appointed
Chas. N Reading, of Frenchtown. as
a member of the Board of Managers
of the New Jersey Fireman's home at
Boonton,
In October of last year the cost of
living in this country reached the
highest point, Judging by the whole
sale prices of 25S staple commodities.
Casper Budd, one of the oldest
farmers in Gloucester county, has
rugged up an umbrella for his cultiva-
tor and now rides in the shade while
at work.
An effort is to be made to stop Sun
day baseball IN Haekensack, but the
ball players charge discrimination,
and say if baseball is prescribed Sun
day golf should be.
Edward Mullica, Z. year-old farm
er, of Evan, keeps up with men half
his age. He has ditched and cleared
about ten acres of meadow land this
spring and summer.
South Jerseys huckleberry crop is
an enormous one this year, aid the
largest within the history of the old
est resident. The berries are being
shipped to Philadelphia nd New York
markets.
The four-year-o daughter of Ray
Springer, who was i'll the boat which
eapsized off Paulsboro year ago,
when two persons were drowned, has
just begun to regain her speech, which
she lost through fright.
Owing to the dangerous grade cross
ings of the High Bridge branch rail
road at Galifon, orders have been
issued to engineers to run slow when
passing through the village. Recent.
ly several accidents were narrowly
averted.
No base ball club can obtain or
claim legal right in this state to play
ball on Sunday from any source.
When they play ball on Sunday they
do 80 by consent because no one
attempts to enforce the law.
According to the accident bulletin
of the New Jersey Railroad Commits
sion fifteen persons were killed and
| seven injured during the week end
ing June 90 on five railroads running
| throughout the State.
The first six months of this year
show an enormous falling off in immi-
grafton. indicating total arrivals for
1908 of less than 400, 900. There will
be few tears shed over this sort of
business depression
A crusade against the creamery
owners of New Jersey has been insti-
tuted by the State Board of Health
for their violation Of the Inv against
uncleanliness. Inspector George W.
deputy inspectors are at work in all
| parts Of the State looking for violat-
| ors.
Capt. Joseph Brown, of the Bay
Head Fishing Co., caught leather
back turtle in one of his pounds re-
Gently that weighed 400 pounds. The
turtle was shipped to New York, aud
is now the property of the Natural
History Association. Capt. Brown
received $25 for the turtle.
The business of transferring through
freight from the Central to the Penn
sylvania railroad il much larger now
than at any other time. At present II
large amount Of pig iron il being ship
| ped from Wharton to points in the
| southern part of this State and Penn
| sylvania via this place. 1t is said that
| 900 car loads of iron will be shipped
| this month
Farmers in the southern part Of the
state who have been equipping their
vehicles with lights under the i'm
preston that they were required 40 to
do by law passed by the legislature
last winter, find that no such law was
enacted. But the farmer who drlyes
over the country roads after dark
with light shining from the front
and rear of his wagon takes n small
or risk Of being run down by IL Ian
tern headed driver of IN automobile
than does the farmer who goes abroad
in the darkness with no light to mark
his way, remarks the Trenton State
Gazette.
The usual number of Fourth OF
July victims are being reported by
the press Of the country. II takes
some days for blood poison to do ts
deadly work, aud therefore since the
advent Of the nse of chemicals in fire.
works that cause blood poisoning, il
takes about two weeks to reap the full
harvest.