The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-07-02
Bucks County and Nearby

Thieves forced an entrance int,
the hosiery mill Of Frederick Rump.
Sons, Langhorne, Monday night, anc
made a getaway with silk hosiery
valued at $4,000. An entrance wa.
gained to the mill by forcing one Of
the windows, after which the robbers
had access to the various parts ot
the plant, and made their selection
Of the goods which they desired to
take. The exact time of the robbery
is not known, but it is presumed
that it occurred some time near mid
night.
While John Helms, Lower Richland.
was hoeing potatoes and cucumbers
he noticed bright object, about six
inches from the surface, and upor
digging it out found it was a lady's
gold bracelet, nicely engraved, and
not furnished but very bright. Mr..
Helms believes the bracelet was in the
ground for many years, as the place
where it was found had not beer
plowed since Mr.. Helms had possess
ion Of the farm, until several months
ago.
There is a possibility that the troll
ley freight service between Bristol
and Philadelphia will be discontinued
in the near future. Nothing definite
however, has been decided, but it is
presumed that because of peculiar
conditions existing, and which make
it impossible to make freight hauling
a paying proposition, that all of the
three companies which operate the
service jointly, will petition the Public
service Commission for it's permission
to discontinue it.
Owing to the storm of June 18th.
the regular spring meeting of the
PueEs County Natural Science Assoc
iation was not held. 1t was proposed
to carry out the same program al
Solebury Deer Park, Saturday, July
3rd. The afternoon meeting will begin
? o'clock and be addressed by Warren
S. Ely, DR.. Jesse Packer and severa'
members of the association. There
will be jitney service from New Hope.
Anthony Wilkinson, of New Britain
was given a hearing before Justice
of the peace Charles R. Nightingale,
of Doylestown, and was discharged
on account of lack of sufficient evil
dence to sustain the charge of ped
ding. Wilkinson is the man who was
arrested Tuesday afternoon on the
charge of peddling writing paper, ana
it was thought at first he might have
been implicated in the recent rob5er-
les. 1t was found that the man was
innocent and some of his statements
caused officers to think he was net
mentally responsible for what he said
Descendants of James and Grace
Ridge Quinby held their annual re
union at the home of Louis and Ma
bel (Quinby) Wilson, near Lumber
vile, June 10th. Dinner was served
picnic style on the porch. Two large
lemons weighing two pounds apiece
were on exhibition, having been sent
by Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Quinby, from
Zephyr Hills, Florida. All members
present enjoyed a good social time
together. One marriage and one
birth occurred since last year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Spencer, of
Mechanics Valley, announce the mar
riage of their son, Warner, and Miss
Selena Scarborough, of Lahaska,
June 18th, in Philadelphia, by Rev.
Mr.. Hopper.
The 147-foot annex to the Quaker
town stove works, now in progress of
construction, is the largest industrial
operation here in several years and
when completed VIII afford much
needed room for this growing con-
Germ.
A sure species of the crab family
was caught by Harry Schiller, one of
the workmen engaged in building the
race track at Menlo Park, Perkasie.
Hearing a dog bark in an unusual
manner, Harry investigated and
found the peculiar animal stranded
in a pool of shallow water along the
creek. The crab was more than a
foot in diameter, shaped somewhat
like a horseshoe and weighed more
than ten pounds. L was brought to
the American House where it at
tracted large crowd, but none would
venture giving a name for it, until
Allen Willet arrived and gave the
desired information. it being king
crab. 1t is quite common in South
ern waters but very rarely found
north of the Chesapeak Bay.
Slaves in 175s
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