The Lambertville record., 1920-03-19

A. S. Price, of Woodhin, has a
flock of White Wyandotte pullets
from which one day he gathered 28
eggs from 20 hens, the whole lot of
his chickens, 40 in all, laying 180 eggs
in days.
AS Charles Shissler, of Fallsington,
was returning from Tullytown, the
bolt came out of the shafts and the
horse becoming frightened, ran away.
throwing him out on the canal bridge,
where he lay unconscious for some
time before he was found. He sus-
tained cuts and bruises but no bones
were broken.
Rev. Clyde Smith, who has served
as pastor of the M. E. Church at
Lumberville, for some time, has ac-
cepted the pastorate of the church at
Quinton, N. J.
Ten years in the Eastern Peniten-
tiary was the menimum sentence Civ
en- by Judge Ryan, Friday, to George
Hickman, the 19-years- old youth who
attacked his benefactress, Mrs. Her.
bert Leedom, of Churchville.
j. Harry Berger, rural mail carrier
at Lumberville, has sent in his resig-
nation to the government, which will
take effect in March, 1920.
Mrs. Ella w Preston, aged 83, died
at her home on Mill street, Doyles-
town, Saturday morning, from a COM
plication of diseases. She is survived
by her daughter, Mrs. Howard Evans,
where she had been living, and son,
Albert Preston, Solebury.
Isaac Clymer, who represented
Bucks county in the State Legislature
some years ago met with a painful
accident Monday morning resulting in
the fracture of his hip bone He
was working in the barn yard on his
farm recently sold to Mr.. Brown,
just below Doylestown. He fell when
he slipped upon snow covered ice,
landing with full force on his hip. He
was removed to Grand View Hospital.
With the announcement of the Gen.
eral Cigar Company, Quakertown,
that $8 weekly would be paid anyone
desiring to learn cigarmaking, marks
an epoch in the local tobacco industry.
AS far as can be learned, this is the
first instance where any local cigar
concern has offered payment during
period of learning.
The cost of opening roads in
Plumstead township is said to be
close to $4,000.
Montgomery County Commissioners
elected Warren S. Gresham, of Sell
lersville, formerly connected with the
state highway department, to be
county engineer, At a salary of $780,
He will be provided with assistants
and an automobile, with desk room
and other accommodations in the |
court house.
Harry L. Weamer has purchased |
the store property of P W. Hagerty, |
at Chalfont.
The Mt. Pleasant hotel was sold by |
the sheriff on Friday to John H. |
Stever, New Britain Township, for |
$3.50. The property belonged to
Gottleib Koenig.
Abram Swartley, mail carrier be-
tween Colmar and Mt. Pleasant, has |
resigned because of inadequate pay. |
Russell Swartley, of Colmar, whose
bid for the contract was the lowest,
received the appointment, beginning |
on Monday, March 18th.
Landsdale has sold the building of
the Fairmount Fire Company to a
Philadelphia firm for S9500. The
building was undesirable for fire
house because it was inaccessible.
The company proposes buying the
Lloyd building on Main street.
Owing to the storm Saturday, only
four companies were present at the
meeting of the Bucks County Fire
mems Association at Morrisville. A
special meeting will be held in Doy-
lestown on Saturday, April II, at
which time the cups presented by
William Lewis, Edison, for the COM
pany with the largest percentage of
new members and the company with
the largest number of new members,
will be presented.