The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-10-31
Bucks County Briefs

combe, took out marriage license il
Philadelphia on Wednesday.
Mrs. and Mrs. L. NJ. Althouse, O
Klntnersville, entertained severa
members Of their family on SUNDAY
IN honor of the fifty third anniversa
ry of their marriage. A delightful
time was had by all.
Ten thousand dollars was given by
a jury as damages for Nathan Frank
OF Philadelphia, in his suit agains
John r. Williams, of Newportville, il
the trial of the suit heard befor,
Judge William G. Ryan this week il
which Frank claimed that Williams
alienated his wife's affections.
Timely discovery of a fire in thf
smoke house on David S. Diehl's farm
Bedminster, Monday night, prevented
a disastrous fire as the barn is near
the partly burned building. One OF
the children awakening in the night
discovered the fire
Florence Mood, the small daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mood, of Otis
vile, who had her leg severed by a
moving machine about two weeks ago
was brought home from Grandview
| Hospital, on Monday.
On the farm of Peter Meyer, north
of Springfield church, can be seen a
field of Alfalfa which shows the sue
cess with which this crop can be
grown in this vicinity if the condi-
tons are made favorable, Three ex-
cellent cuttings of hay have been
taken from the field this season, and
there is fourth growth on the field
now that would yield good crop if
harvested.
A new industry will shortly be add
ed to Sellersville in the form of
shirt factory. The firm of Freed
man, Casper & Company, of Philadel-
phia, have leased the Billger Building
on East Temple avenue and work is
being done at the present time to get
it into proper shape for their needs.
A number of machines for the manu-
facture of silk shirts have been in
stalled and at an early date the fac
tory will be in operation.
AS result of a hearing at Lang
horne on Friday, Charles Lee, of
Upper Wakefield, alleged to be one
of a gang of automobile thieves oper-
ating in Bucks county, Philadelphia
and New Jersey, was held in $500
bail for trial on charges of receiv-
ing stolen goods and violations of the
1919 automobile law which makes it
an offense to sell cars without IL
cense or to have automobiles with the
engine numbers defaced
Orders to repair the Quakertown
and Sellersville pike, recently pur-
ed from the State Highway depart
ment.
Damages to the extent of $3.50 were
awarded Friday by jury in civil
court to Charles S. Worthington, of
Lahaska, in his suit against William
L. LaRue. Mr. Worthington claimed
that he was badly injured as the re-
suit of being assaulted by Mr.. LaRue,
on whose farm he was tenant. This
case concluded the term.
Yardley Water and Power Com
pany has been making repairs to the
tank which supplies the town. A
new pump was installed a short time
ago.
Emmanuel Souder, of Quakertown
raised a pumpkin weighing SO pounds
and measuring so inches in circunfer-
ence.
Close to $3.50, it is estimated, will
be cleared by the fair held by the
Doylestown Baseball Association in
the Armory on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday evenings.
Fred Stone, of Rieglesville, while
on his way to Rieglesville in his auto
mobile. Wednesday evening, accident
ally ran his machine into an obstruc-
ton, with the result that he landed in
the road on his head, suffering
number of cuts and bruises on head
and face. He was rendered uncon-
scious for some time. He was taken
to the Easton Hospital, where his in
juries are being treated.
Andalusia, the old village of Revo-
lutionarv fame and the homestead of
the wellknown Biddle family for the
last one hundred years, was dressed
in gala attire Saturday in honor of
the welcome home celebration of its
twenty -ofe heroes of the great war.
At about $50 o'clock Friday even
ing a very serious accident occurred
in the barber shop of Arthur Hinkle,
Plumsteadville. Mr.. Hinkle was fix
ing his carbide lamps to have them
give better light, when in some way
an excess of carbide fumes ESCAPED,
with the result that a terrific explos-
ion occurred. Some of the windows
in the room were shattered, the door
was blown out and also a part of the
wall of the shop. Mr. Hinkle was not
seriously injured His shirt had
caught fire, but was promptly remov-
ed. but not before the side of his
body and face was badly scorched.
The windows of the Plumsteadville
store. about a hundred yards distant
were shaken, showing the force Of
the explosion.