Smothered To Death
    It was cold, bitter cold, when Fred. B. Braston and his wife left their residence in Rochester, N.Y., to visit the parents of Mrs. Braston.  They took with them their only child, a girl four months old.  To protect the child from winter’s cold, they carefully wrapped her in a heavy shawl.  Passing down North St. Paul street they crossed Vincent Place bridge.  While going over the bridge the child cried, and the mother, thinking that the cold wind from the gulf below troubled the little one, drew her closer to her breast and wrapped the shawl more closely.  The child cried once upon Lake avenue and then was still.  On their arrival at home the child was found to be dead, and a physician, after examination, announced that it had been smothered by the shawl in which it had been too closely wrapped.
 

Local Department

    The Rev. Henry Boehm, who on the 8th of last June celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of his birth, and who was doubtless the oldest clergyman in the world, died on Staten Island last Tuesday.
 

Sudden Death
    We regret to hear of the sudden death of Mrs. Charlotte Bellis, wife of Garret S. Bellis, which occurred at her husband’s farm, near Trenton, on Tuesday, 28th ult., of heart disease… She was a daughter of the Garret Heath, of Locktown, this county.

    Dr. Adams, the oldest Congregational preacher in New Jersey, died on Christmas day, at Orange, aged seventy-four years.

    The Coroner’s jury to investigate the mysterious death of Dr. Dunham, of New Brunswick, rendered their verdict on Thursday evening last.  They find that deceased came to his death by drowning in the canal at whose hands they were unable to discover.

    Lawrence Raymond, of Berkeley, in Gloucester county, a German of unsound mind, was recently liberated from the Woodbury jail, where he had been confined for non-payment of tax.  He wandered around the country for several days and Monday of last week, was found, frozen to death, in a corn field, about four miles from Paulsboro.
 

Marriages

    Dec. 25, by Rev. W. H. Shermer, Elwood Shafer, of Perryville, to Alice Rea, of Pattenburg.

    Dec. 15, by Rev. David Kline, Andrew Fritts, of Anderson to Ann E. Pence, of Changewater.

    Dec. 25th, by Rev. C. E. Young, William F. Yard to Rachel Holcombe.
 

Deaths

    On the 24th day of December 1875, at her residence in Union township, Mrs. Mercy Carter, oldest daughter of Aaron Van Scykel deceased.

    In Brookville, Nov. 14, Esther Ann, wife of Amos Swallow, in the 66th year of her age.

    Dec. 26, in Easton, M. Louisa, widow of the late Henry D. Maxwell.

    Dec. 10, at Holland, Peter S., son of Peter and Lydia Ann Bellis, aged 18 years.
 
 

Jan. 11, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 19, Whole No. 1945

A Sad Story
    A sad story comes from Flatbush, Long Island.  On the 31st of October, Mr. John Beekman James, of the firm of James & Ernest, No. 49 Broadway, buried his little boy, two years of age, who died of scarlet fever.  Ten days afterward his eldest son, four years of age, also died of the same malady, and Sunday, January 2, relatives and friends gathered at the little Church of St. Paul’s, Flatbush, to pay their last tribute of respect to Mr. James himself, who died two days before from the same disease.  Mr. James, who was well-known business man, was in the thirty-seventh year of his age.

Choked To Death
    James Aery, an employee at the Diamond State Rolling Mill, of Wilmington, was choked to death while eating dinner on Christmas.

    A very remarkable coincidence is related in connection with Mrs. Priscilla Smith (relict of the late Jesse Smith), who died several years ago.  She was born in 1812, on the 9th day of the 9th month, at the 9th hour of the day, and died in 1872 on the 9th day of the 9th month, at the 9th hour of the day, 90 years of age.  She was a resident of Woodbury, N.J., where she passed the most of her life and when she died was the oldest person in that quiet little town.

Father Boehm’s Death
    The Rev. Henry Boehm, who on the 8th of last June celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of his birth, and who was doubtless the oldest clergyman in the world, died on Staten Island on Tuesday evening….  Father Boehm was born in Lancaster County, Pa., and for a year was one of King George’s subjects….  He joined the Methodist church when he was twenty-one years of age and was soon afterward licensed to preach.  For more than thirty years has been in the Jersey City Conference, and as long ago as 1842 was on the list of supernumeraries…
 

Marriages

    Jan. 8, by Rev. T. E. Vassar, David J. Hoff of Chicago, to Susan F. McCann of Flemington.

    Jan. 8, by Rev. S. J. Morris, Peter Q. Smith, to Anna M. German, both of Flemington.

    Dec. 22, by Rev. J. D. Hewitt, Augustus S. Holcombe, to Minnie O. Stewart, both of Mt. Airy.

    Jan. 1, by Rev. B. F. Summerbell, Joseph H. Williamson, of Flemington, to Tillie Myers, of Frenchtown.

    Jan. 1, by Rev. E. M. Griffith, John M .Peltz, to Louisa J. Inscho, both of Baptisttown.

    Dec. 30th, by Rev. J. P. W. Blattenberger, James Paine to Catharine Hibler, both of Clinton.

    By Rev. J. A. Davis, Dec. 22, A. R. Peer, to Margaretta Backer, all of Pottersville.

    Dec. 23, by the same, Stephen H. Wortman, to Hattie Henry, all of the above place.

    Dec. 30, by Rev. J. Ewing, Garret Voorhees, Jr., of Rocky Hill to Harriet Everitt, of Clinton.

    Dec. 11, by Rev. C. S. Woodruff, Jacob H. Hance, of Anderson, to Ophelia J. Moore, of Changewater.
 

Deaths

    Near Ewingville, Mercer county, December 21st, Mrs. Charlotte Bellis, wife of Garret S. Bellis.

    In Kingwood, January 3, Mary W. Bray, aged 70 years and 6 months.

    Near Sergeantsville, Dec. 31, Lemuel Larue, aged 16 years.
 
 

Jan. 18, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 20, Whole No. 1946

Local Department

    Isaac Hall, of New Brunswick, a brother of Cornelius V. Hall, the hotelkeeper at Perryville, died suddenly on Tuesday last, while on a visit at the latter place.

    We are sorry to be compelled to announce the death of Mrs. Carrie Wyckoff, wife of Martin Wyckoff, Esq., of Asbury, and daughter of the late Hugh Capner, of this town.  The sad event occurred on Friday last after a brief illness.

    Clarence, an invalid son of Rev. T. E. Vassar, of this place, died suddenly last Saturday night.  He was about 12 years of age, and for the past five or six years had been a sufferer from some chronic disease.
 

Marriages

    Jan. 12, by Rev. T. C. Young, Charles Hoffman, to Mellie Durham, both of Ringoes.

    Jan. 7th, by Rev. G. W. Morton, Moses S. Bird, of Union and Ann M. Blake, of Croton.

    Jan. 13, by Rev. J. P. W. Blattenberger, George H. Marshall, of Young’s Mill, to Emily R. Bellaire of Quakertown.

    Jan. 10, by Rev. B. F. Connolly, Bartley Malloy, to Annie Cawley, all of Lambertville.

    Jan. 5, by Rev. A. M. Harris, George M. Alpaugh, of Cokesbury, to Lydia E. Wack, of Middle Valley.

    Jan. ?, by Rev. John B. Kugler, Jacob Emery, Jr., of Junction, to Kate Butler, of Charlestown, N.J.

    Jan. 4, by the Ref. J. B. Campbell, assisted by Rev. Mr. Williamson, George K. Srope, of Pattenburg, to Augusta Haven, of Round Valley.

    Jan. 6, by the Rev. J. W. Blattenberger, William H. Hibler, to Louisa Tine, both of Clinton township.

    At Three Bridges, December 13th, by John Higgins, Esq., Patrick Price to Clarinda Seals, all of Somerville.
 

Deaths

    In Lambertville, Dec. 17, James McEntyre, aged 56 years.

    At Farmersville, Jan. 4, Conrad P. C. Apgar, aged 61 years and 11 months.

    In West Amwell, Dec. 22d, Julia L. Buchanan, aged 13 years.

    In Lambertville, Jan. 3, Minnie, daughter of Warren A. Cummings, aged 7 years.

    Near Sergeantsville, on the 7th inst., Margaret, wife of Green Sergeant, in the 76th year of her age.

    In Lambertville, Dec. 30, of diphtheria, Frank J., son of Charles H. W. and Lucie Vansciver, in the 5th year of his age.
 
 

Jan. 25, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 21, Whole No. 1947

Death Of The Sheriff Of Essex County
    David J. Camfield, Sheriff of the county of Essex, died at his residence in Newark, last Thursday morning.

Sad Affair
    On Saturday last, a young son of Wm. Cole, of Milford, aged about twelve years, was out skating with some other boys when two of them came into collision and young Cole was thrown with great force upon the ice, striking the back part of his head.  He was very much stunned, but it soon passed over and seemed to settle into a headache.  On Sunday morning he attended Sabbath School and after School was out went home, took a seat, cried out suddenly, “oh, my head” and expired.  -  Frenchtown press.

Death of “Gus” Schenck
    The young colored man whose name heads this paragraph and which has become familiar to our readers from its association with several doubtful transactions, died at his father’s residence in this place last Saturday night, from the effects of injuries received the previous Saturday night in jumping off the cars while running at full speed.
 

Marriages

    January 1st, by Rev. I. Poulson, William F. Huff and Rebecca H. Johnson, both of Pleasant Corner.

    Jan. 18, Rev. E. M. Griffith, assisted by Rev. C. S. Conkling, E. Page Southwick, of Trenton, to Emma J. Slack, of Frenchtown.

    Dec. 25, by Rev. S. J. Morris, James B. Hanson, to Sarah E. Barris, both of Flemington.

    Jan. 8, by Rev. S. E. Webster, Andreas Dahlberg, of Oxford, to Emma Fritz of New Hampton.

    Jan. 1, by Rev. Samuel Sawyer, Wm. Emmons of Fairmount, to Mrs. A. Howell, of Schooley’s Mountain.

    Jan. 8, by the Rev. Samuel Sawyer, Geo. A. Banghart, of High Bridge, to Emeline Trimmer, of Little Brook.

    Jan. 22, by Rev. Robeson Hyde, Hiram Bush to Emma Jane Trimmer, all of Franklin township.
 

Deaths

    Jan. 8, at the residence of his son, in Flemington, William Brewer, aged 83 years and 10 months.

    In Frenchtown, Jan. 10, Dr. Isaac Ott, aged 77 years.

    Near Stockton, Jan. 5, Annie M. Delany, in the 14th year of her age.

    Near Bloomsbury, Dec. 30, W. Chester, aged 22 years, 10 months and 6 days. (Willover)

    At Asbury, Jan 14, Carrie, wife of Martin Wyckoff.
 
 

Feb. 1, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 22, Whole No. 1948

Marriages

    Jan. 20, by Rev. B. F. Summerbell, George W. Hummer, of Washington, to Mary E. Kline, of Frenchtown.

    Jan. 8, by John W. Henderson, Justice of the Peace, Henry H. Hockenbury, of Cokesburg, to Elizabeth Hill, of Round Valley.
 

Deaths

    Near Bloomsbury, Dec. 30, W. Chester, son of Hon. Joseph Williver, aged 22 years, 10 months and 6 days.

    In Lambertville, Jan 22, Charles Judson, son of Isaac S. and Frank A. Roberts, aged 3 years, one month and eight days.

    Near Reaville, Jan 23, of pneumonia, John Williamson, aged 68 years.

    In Alexandria township, Jan. 19, John F. Tinsman, aged 69 years.

    In Alexandria township, Jan. 23, Mary D., widow of the late Luther Opdycke, aged about 70 years.

    In Lambertville, Jan. 12, Maggie Mangan, aged 14 months.

    In West Amwell township, Jan. 12, Theodore, son of Stephen and Jane Hort, aged 13 years.

    Near Larisons corner, January 1st, 1876, Nellie, wife of John H. Holcombe, and daughter of T. Y. Van Marter, in the 22d year of her age.
 
 

Feb. 8, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 23, Whole No. 1949

A Boy Kills His Brother
    A painful sensation was created in Freehold yesterday afternoon by an accident which occurred at the residence of Mr. John Henry Armstrong, in Atlantic township.  From what we can gather it appears that Mr. Armstrong’s son, Edward, about 18 years of age, was taking a shot-gun from the hooks on the wall where it was hanging, when the cock caught in something and the gun was exploded, the whole charge entering the head of his little brother, aged between 4 and 5 years, who was standing by, killing him instantly…. – Monmouth Democrat, Feb. 3.

Guilty of Murder In The First Degree
    Edward Doyle, one of the “Molly Maguiers”, who was tried at Mauch Chunk for the murder of John P. Jones, was found guilty of murder in the First Degree.  The case was given to the jury on Monday evening at about six o’clock, and on Tuesday morning at eight o’clock they return with a verdict of murder in the first degree.
 

Marriages

    Jan. 27, by Rev. J. B. Kugler, Jonathan Salter, to Alice Beldleman, both of Frenchtown.

    Jan. 2, by the Revs. Williamson and Ewing, Winfield S. Smith to Martha E. Van Syckel.

    Jan. 29, by Rev. M. N. Oliver, Simpson D. Stillwell, to Charity Ann Craft, both of East Amwell township.

    Feb. 2, by Rev. C. E. Young, Samuel W. Van Syckel, of Holland township, to Anna J. Lare, of Raritan township.
 

Deaths

    At her residence, in Quakertown, Jan. 19, Rachel C. Laing, aged 62 years.

    Jan. 8, near Trenton, Elizabeth Danbury, relict of John D. Danbury, of Flemington, aged 87 years, 1 month and 1 day.
 
 

Feb. 15, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 24, Whole No. 1950

Nearly A Centenarian
    Mrs. Elizabeth Trimmer, who was born in Washington township, Morris county, on the 4th of July, 1776, died at the residence of her son, in Townsend, Ohio, on the 18th ult., aged 99 years, 6 months, and 14 days.  Her family was noted for longevity, her maternal grandfather having lived to the age of 110, and her mother became a centenarian.
 

Local Department

    Suicide – On Sunday, the 6th inst., Mr. George Parker, the auctioneer, who lived near Tumble, committed suicide by hanging while on a visit to his son at Baptisttown…. He was about 58 years.

    A correspondent of the Morristown Banner in noticing the death of John Philhower, of Peapack, aged 78 years, which occurred on Sunday of last week, say: … About fifty years ago he purchased a farm in Peapack, earned the money and paid for it in a few years. …

    Mrs. Elizabeth Callen, a respected lady of Lambertville, died at that place week before last, having completed her 99th year.
 

Marriages

    Feb. 5, by Rev. I. Poulson, John Q. Adams, to Harriet S. Hillier, all of Croton.

    Feb. 8, by Rev. G. F. Love, Samuel T. Trimmer, of Franklin township, to Sally C. Still, of Raritan township.

    Feb. 2, by Rev. J. P. Waterhouse, William W. Housel, of Delaware township, to Laura Lucinda Ege, of Newark.

    Feb. 2, by Rev. J. P. Waterhouse, William W. Housel, of Delaware township, to Olivia H. Thatcher, of Jersey City.

   (The two marriages above are as listed in the paper.  Cannot find correction.)

    Jan. 26, by Rev. D. Halleron, George Frace, of Alexandria, and Keziah L. Kinney, of Union.

    Feb. 5, by Rev. D. Halleron, B. Hassel, to Sarah E. Robbins, both of Alexandria.

    Jan. 27, by Rev. N. S. Aller, Wilson Bray of Frenchtown, to Mary Bell, only daughter of John Hunt, Esq., Mt. Pleasant.

    In Flemington, February 13th, by Rev. T. E. Vassar, John Edward Anderson, to Mary E. Hartpence, both of Franklin township.

    At Locktown, Feb. 10th, by Rev. Isaac C. Goff, Asher W. Carroll to Elizabeth B. Sutton, both of Locktown.
 

Deaths

    Jan. 30, in Frenchtown, Mabel, only child of Levi and Emeline Hann, aged 6 months.

    At High Bridge, Feb. 2, the infant child of Cornelius S. and Harriet Hummell.

    In High Bridge, Feb. 1, Susanna, wife of Llewellen James, Esq.

    At Cokesbury, Jan. 31, Peter Sutton, aged 86 years.

    In Lambertville, Jan. 28, Winiford Freal, aged 60 years.

    In Lambertville, Feb. 8, John Groman, aged 44 years.

    In Lambertville, Jan. 29, Hannah, wife of Elwood Kay, aged 53 years.

    In Lambertville, Feb. 7, Eva, daughter of Chas. and Frederica Kimmel, aged 3 months.
 
 

Feb. 22, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 25, Whole No. 1951

    The will of Lorain Truman, of Woodbridge, is contested.  He had four daughters and two sons, and for some unknown reason he made no provision for one of the daughters.  Undue influence is alleged, and the disinherited daughter contests the will.  The amount involved is about $300,000.

    Auction Sale of Elegant Furniture!  The subscriber, being about to remove to Kansas City, will sell at his residence in Flemington, on Saturday, March 4th, a large and complete assortment of Furniture, Carpets, &c., ….  John S. Emery.

Murderers Sentenced
    Patrick Ward, for the murder of Peter Miers in Phillipsburg, N.J., in May last, was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced Tuesday last to be hanged on the 24th of March next.
    John Ritter, who murdered his two children in Hackettstown, N.J., in October last, was brought into court last Tuesday and allowed to withdraw his plea of not guilty in the first degree and pleaded guilty of murder in the second degree.  The Chief Justice accepted his plea and sentenced him to State prison at hard labor for twenty years on each of the two indictments.
    John Walters, for killing his brother at Springtown, N.J., in November last, pleaded guilty of manslaughter and was sentenced to State prison at hard labor for five years.
 

Marriages

    At Junction, Feb. 13, 1876, by Rev. John B. Kugler, Peter V. H. Nevius, of North Branch Depot, to Rita V. Staats, of Junction.

    January 27th, 1876, by Rev. A. M. Harris, Charles Rinehart, of New Germantown, to Mary Angeline Apgar, of Cokesburg.

    February 8th, 1876, by the same, Jacob M. Brown, of Glen Gardner, to Lizzie Sutton, of Cokesburg.
 

Deaths

    At White House Station, Feb. 11, 1876, Freddie, infant son of James N. and Fannie Pidcock, aged about 5 months.

    February 12th, 1876, of consumption, Julia S., daughter of Jacob D. and Mary Ann Suydam, formerly of Flemington, aged 18 years, 1 month and 9 days.
 
 

Feb. 29, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 23, Whole No. 1952

Mine Disaster
    On Sunday afternoon a catastrophe occurred at the Exeter Mine of the Lehigh Valley Company at West Pittston, by which four men were instantly killed and several fatally injured by an explosion of fire-damp….The killed are Thomas Harris, Alexander Jones, Edward Allen and Daniel Smalley…

Death of Miss. Charlotte Cushman
    Miss Charlotte Cushman, the greatest actress if not the most gifted dramatic artist of either sex, the American stage has produced, is no more.  She died at Boston, on Friday morning last, in the 60th year of her age.  Long an acute suffer from that terrible malady – cancer – she several times retired from the stage, intending never again to appear before the footlights, but when her health became temporarily better the fascinations of the artist’s life took strong hold of her again, and she yielded to them….
 

Marriages

    Feb. 17, by Rev. T. C. Young, George Suydam, to Lizzie Webber, both of Ringoes.

    Feb. 19, 1876, by Rev. B. F. Summerbell, Bartolette R. Hann to Mary Ann Fisher, both of Kingwood.
 

Deaths

    In High Bridge, Jan. 13, Jennie B., wife of Isaac W. Dorland, aged 22 years.
 

Found Dead
    A young man named Wm. Thomas, aged about 30 years, was found dead on Thursday last in the woods near the residence of his foster mother, Mrs. Fitzer, living on the mountain near Bloomsbury…

Sudden Death
    A man named Isaac Lowe died very suddenly at his residence in Three Bridge, last Saturday night…. He leaves a family.
 
 

Mar. 7, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 24, Whole No. 1953

    Mrs. John Rurke (Burke?), wife of a laborer on the coal wharves, was struck by an express train on the Central Railroad of New Jersey, on Tuesday night, hurled about ten yards, and instantly killed.

Sudden Death
    Last Saturday week, a daughter of Mr. Chris. Duckworth, of Glen Gardner, died very suddenly and unexpectedly.  She was about the house in the morning engaged in ordinary work and at noon she was a corpse.

Letter from Stockton
    Saturday evening, Feb. 26th, Mr. And Mrs. Robert Dilts celebrated their 50th anniversary or golden wedding, surrounded by their children, seven grandchildren, and near friends… Mrs. Dilts is 72 years old and her husband 76.  He is one of a family of ten children, all of whom are still living, the oldest being a sister aged 83 years, and the youngest a brother over 60.
 

Marriages

    By Rev. E. S. Jemison, George R. Hann, of Sergeantsville, to Ella Wagoner, of Reaville.

    By Rev. John B. Kugler, Edward Hazard, of Asbury, to Bella Fritts, of Broadway.
 

Deaths

    In Easton, Pa., Feb. 22, Laura King Bird, only daughter of Elizabeth, widow of George W. Bird, deceased.
 
 

Mar. 14, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 25, Whole No. 1954

    A coachman named Daniel Murray, in the employ of G. V. Kissam, of Morristown, was thrown from his box on Thursday, and instantly killed.
 

Marriages

    March 4th, 1876, by Rev. R. Thomas, at the residence of the brides’ mother, in Stockton, Eli Lowe to Jeanette Snyder, both of Delaware township.

    February 26th, 1876, by Rev. A. M. Harris, Harvey Stephens, of Morris county, to Charity C. Apgar, of California, this county.

    March 1st, by Rev. B. F. Bowles, Stacy B. Bray of Lambertville, to Libbie Warner of Philadelphia.

    February 23d, by Rev. Charles H. Thomas, Elisha R. Wilson, and Alice A. Sebold, both of Lambertville.

    By the same, March 4th, F. William Page of West Amwell, to Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, of New Hope.

    By Rev. C. H. Thomas, March 4th, William Naylor of New Hope, to Hannah M. Curtis, of Lambertville.

    March 2d, by Rev. G. W. Horton, John P. Hartpence and Margaret Ann Trimmer, both of Franklin township.
 

Deaths

    At Farmersville, Feb. 29th, Elizabeth Apgar, widow of C. (Conrad) P. C. Apgar, aged 56 years.

    At Dilts’ Corner, Feb. 7th, Alice J., wife of Howard Pidcock, aged 23 years.

    At Three Bridges, Feb. 24th, of consumption, Kate D., wife of Jacob V. Higgins, aged 27 years and 29 days.
 
 

Mar. 21, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 26, Whole No. 1955

    William Stauffer, a farmer in Raritan township, Middlesex county, about two miles north of Metuchen, committed suicide on Monday night.  He was about 65 years old, and leaves a family to mourn his loss.

    There has just died in Alexandria, Pa., a Mrs. Hough, at the age of ninety-seven years.  She was born and grew up in New Jersey, and when of age, she cast a vote at the polls for Thomas Jefferson for President, the laws of this State at that time allowing any one with a certain property qualification to vote, whether man or woman.
 

Local Department

    Clinton has just lost by death two of its oldest and most respected inhabitants – Mrs. Mulligan and Mrs. Pittenger.  The latter was aged 96 years.
 

Marriages

    March 12, by Rev. G. F. Love, Lewis A. Updike, to Jemima B. Hartpence, both of Flemington.

    March 18, by Rev. G. S. Mott, David Waldron, of Readington, to Margaret Quick, of Flemington.
 

Deaths

    In Delaware township, John, only son of Asa and Rebecca Besson, aged 18 years, two months and seven days.

    In Three Bridges, March 15, Rachel Shaw, in the 89th year of her age.
 
 

Mar. 27, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 27, Whole No. 1956

    Seven boys of German Valley ate the root of nightshade and were poisoned.  The son of George Fowler, aged 9 years, was taken with spasms and died soon after…

Painful Rumor
    A rumor prevails as we go to press that Charles Blue, of Kingwood township, was drowned on Saturday night last in the creek near Kingwood..

    The Pellet family are ahead.  Obadiah Pellet, a well known citizen of Sussex county in the early part of the present century, died in 1849, leaving a family of twelve children, six brothers and six sisters, all of whom are still living and have passed the meridian of life, their united ages amounting to 750 years.  There are forty-eight grandchildren, seventy-two great grandchildren, and just to make it interesting, there is one great great grandchild, daughter of R. V. Armstrong, of Frankford.

    An old man named Charles Parkins, went into a saloon in Paterson, on Tuesday night, and calling for a glass of beer, he poured some power from a paper into it, and drank the mixture.  He than told the bartender to wash the glass carefully before using it again.  The old man then went home, was taken sick and died in a short time.  He said the power was Paris green.

    Hon. Thomas P. Carpenter, who many years ago occupied a seat on the Supreme Court Bench of this State, died at Camden on Monday, in the 73d year of his age.
 

Marriages

    March 22, by Rev. J. P. W. Blattenberger, John L. Mattison, of Readington, to Hannah F. Rowland, of Annandale.

    March 18, by Rev. J. G. Williamson, Holloway W. Bellis, of Readington, to Mary E. Dilts, of Sidney.

    March 15, by Rev. W. C. Nelson, Isaac Lunger, of New Hampton, to Hattie Bragg, of Mechanicsville.
 

Deaths

    In West Amwell township, Emma Dora, daughter of Alfred and Mary Elizabeth Buchanan, aged 9 years.

    In Lambertville, March 21, Elizabeth C., wife of David Naylor, aged 54 years.

    In Lambertville, March 20, Mary Matthews, relict of Isaac Matthews, Sr., aged 85 years.
 
 

Apr 4, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 28, Whole No. 1957

    Mrs. Elsie Menagh, of Hackettstown, aged ninety-three years, died last week.

    The Camden police on Saturday night found a woman named Colbach, who resided at Kaighn’s Point avenue, wandering the streets in an unsound condition of mind…. All through Sunday she was insane, and measures will be adopted to place her in some asylum.  She has liven in Camden for many years, and has considerable property.  About one year ago her husband died in an insane asylum.

A Sad Affair
    On Sunday evening, the 19th of March, Mr. John Rulon and Miss Virginia Parent were married in the Baptist Church at Hamilton Square, in the presence of a very large circle of friends, and on Wednesday evening of last week the bride was a corpse.  She had not been entirely well for some time previous to her marriage.

Wonderful Twins
    The Blue Ridge (N.C.) Blade says:  The wife of Mr. Joseph Wisenhunt, of Burke county, gave birth to twins the last night of the old year.  One was born ten minutes before 12 o’clock and the other ten minutes after 12.  So one was born on Friday and the other on Saturday, one in 1875 and the other 1876.

    Rosanna Huhn, a young girl 16 years of age, whose parents live in Newark, committed suicide on Thursday morning by hanging herself to a bedpost.  Jealousy is said to have been the cause.

Not To Old To Love
    Married by Bishop Janes on the 18th inst., Dr. W. C. Palmer to Mrs. Sarah A. Lankford, of Brooklyn.  The doctor is a widower of sixteen months, and aged seventy-three years… Mrs. L. is a widow of three years, and has reached her three-score and ten years.  The death of Mrs. Phoebe Palmer a few months since caused quite a gap in religious circles, but it is more than filled by the present very happy marriage.  The couple has taken a trip to Florida.
 

Marriages

    By Rev. E. S. Jemson, George R. Hann, of Sergeantsville, to Ella M. Wagoner, of Reaville.

    March 25, 1876, at the Spruce Run Parsonage, by Rev. David Kline Abraham Caryatt, of High Bridge, to Mary A. Plum, of Spruce Run.

    In Frenchtown, on March 23d, by the Rev. B. F. Summerbell, Mr. Jacob S. Voorhees, of Millstone, to Miss Mary Ella Merrell of Frenchtown.

    March 29th, 1876, by the Rev. P. A. Studdiford, D. D., Mr. William Calvin Crabb to Miss Emma A. O’Daniel, all of Lambertville.

    March 30th, 1876, by Elder P. Hartwell, Mr. A. C. Gandey to Miss Sallie F. Holcombe, both of Lambertville.
 

Deaths

    In Clinton, March 11th, 1876, Mrs. Sarah Pittenger, in the 96th year of her age.

    In Frenchtown, March 27th, 1876, Mrs. Alona Taylor, widow of the late Alfred R. Taylor.
 
 

Apr 11, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 29, Whole No. 1958

Death of Ex-Governor Charles S. Olden
    Ex-Governor Charles S. Olden, of New Jersey, died at Princeton, in this State, last Friday morning, at three o’clock, in the seventy-eighth year of his age.  He was born upon the old homestead at Stony Brook, near Princeton, which has been in possession of the family for nearly two centuries, in February 1799….  He was a direct descendant of the old Plymouth stock.

Horrible Murder In Warren County
    Mr. Jacob Young, a well known farmer of Harmony, Warren County, was fatally beaten and robbed of a large amount of money last Monday night.  He was not discovered until next morning, when his body was found in the little summer kitchen of his residence, covered with blood, but still alive… He died during the afternoon.
 

Deaths

    At Quakertown, March 30th, of consumption, Theodore Scott Probasco, only son of Theodore Probasco, aged 24 years.

    In Hackettstown, March 13th, Jehu Curtis, formerly of Kingwood township, aged 86 years.

    In Washington, Warren Co., March 29th, 1876, David P. Srope, formerly of this county, aged 88 years, 4 months and 24 days.

    In Baptisttown, March 24th, 1876, Richard Godown, aged about 97 years.

    At Clover Hill, March 28th, of pneumonia, J. Rutsen Schenck, Jr., aged 16 years, 4 months and 4 days.
 
 

Apr 18, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 30, Whole No. 1959

The Township Elections

    Tewksbury – Pound Keepers, George B. Sutton, et al.
 

Marriages

    By Rev. R. Thomas, John F. Sherwood, to Emma J. Naylor, both of Stockton.

    April 12, by Rev. R. F. Robb, Hiram M. Horner, of Stockton, to Selina Hunt, of Ringoes.
 

Deaths

    At Kingwood, April 11, John Whitecraft, aged 81 years.

    March 20, at Reaville, Clarence Merrell, aged 28 years.

    March 26, near Reaville, Jacob Brewer, aged 48 years.

    In Mechanicsville, March 30, Frank, son of Levi C. Backer, aged about 6 years.

    In the same place, Katie, little daughter of the above.

    Near White House, on March 10, infant daughter of John and Elizabeth Breese, aged about 16 months.
 
 

Apr 25, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 31, Whole No. 1960

Suicide In Warren County
    A miller named Theodore Garren, aged about 50 years, committed suicide by suspending himself by the neck from a beam in his barn, near Hutchinson’s station, on the Belvidere Delaware Railroad, Warren county, Monday morning last.  A letter written by him was subsequently found, setting forth that the people had suspected him of having been connected with the murder of Jacob Young, which took place in Warren county a few weeks ago…

    On Wednesday morning of this week, Geo. Hunt found the lifeless body of David Naylor, late of Lambertville, lying along a bank near the railroad track at Brookville.  The following verdict was rendered by the coroner’s jury:  “We find that David Naylor came to his death from laudanum administered by his own hands while under the influence of intoxicating liquor.” – Hunterdon Independent.

Death Of An Old Soldier
    Mr. Jos. Wilson, residing near Kingwood, N.J., died on Wednesday of last week.  He served this country in the war of 1812, and has been receiving his pension from the Government since then.  He was over ninety years old.
 

Marriages

    April 20, by Rev. J. G. Williamson, Mahlon T. Mulford, of Plainfield, and Amelia A. S. Smith, of Franklin, Hunterdon Co.

    April 11th, by Rev. T. E. Vassar, John M. Elgord of Readington, to Kate D. Stires of Flemington.

    April 20th, by the Rev. T. E. Vassar, Wilson F. Fulper, To Georgie E., daughter of George Gano, both of Flemington.

    At Pottersville, April 1st, by Rev. J. A. Davis, Oakley Apgar of Fairmount, to Hattie F. Skelton of Pottersville.
 

Deaths

    At Pottersville, March 17th, Christopher Hageman, in the 13th year of his age.

    In Lambertville, April 19th, David Naylor, in the 67th year of his age.
 
 

May 2, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 32, Whole No. 1961

    Mrs. Mary Bonnell, formerly of Westfield and Springfield, died in Newark on Monday, in the 98th year of her age… Mrs. B. represented 5 generations, having 8 children, 48 grandchildren, 99 great grandchildren, and 14 great great grandchildren – a total of 169 descendants.
 

Marriages

    April 15, by Rev. Chas. H. Thomas, Charles E. Scarborough and Nettie Black, both of Lambertville.

    April 27, I. Newton Davis, of Pleasant Run, to Grace Roberson, of Croton.
 

Deaths

    Near Sergeantsville, April 2, John S. Bush, aged about 60 years.

    Near Neshanic, Somerset county, John S. Hagaman, in the 62d year of his age.

    In Flemington, April 19, Luman B. Sutherland, in the 68th year of his age.

    Near Locktown, April 13, Spencer Stout, aged 84 years.

    Near Flemington, April 24, Mary A. Moore, wife of Horace Moore.

    At Cokesburg, April 13, Clarissa, wife of Sylvester Alpaugh, aged 39 years.
 
 

May 9, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 33, Whole No. 1962

    On Thursday afternoon, Mr. W. Clayton, of Kearny township, set fire to some woods on his premises, for the purpose of burning up the brush.  A little girl named Steed was playing in the woods at the same time, unknown to Mr. Clayton.  Owing to the high wind the fire spread rapidly and the little one was enveloped in flames and burned in a shocking manner.  She died in a few hours.

    Caroline Weber, a little girl in the employ of Mr. Joseph Harth, of Bruce street, Newark, was so badly burned from the explosion of a kerosene can on Monday, that she died in a few hours.
 

Local Department

    Suicide – Charles Titus, a lad employed on the farm of Nathaniel Phillips, near Harbourtown, committed suicide on Thursday night of week before last by hanging himself in the barn of his employer.  He was only 16 years of age and the cause for his rash act cannot be accounted for.
 

Marriages

    May 6, by Rev. T. E. Vassar, Samuel F. Fauss, of Newark, to Mary H. Shepherd, of Baptisttown.

    April 26, by Rev. J. P. W. Blattenberger, Calvin C. Huff, of Hillsborough, to Amy R. Hummell, of Pleasant Run.

    April 29, by Rev. J. P. W. Blattenberger, Charles S. Agans, of Pleasant Run, to Nancy Huffman of High Bridge.

    April 29, by Elder A. B. Francis, Charles Ent to Mary Johnson, both of Delaware township.
 
 

May 16, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 34, Whole No. 1963

Marriages

    At the M.E. Parsonage, in Stockton, April 6th, by the Rev. R. Thomas, George Bush to Emma R. Moore, both of Sergeantsville.
 

Deaths

    In Frenchtown, May 6th, William Sanders, aged 73 years.

    At White House, May 5th, Anna Mary Lane, in the 24th year of her age.

    In Flemington, April 13th, Rachel Pyatt, wife of David B. Rittenhouse, aged sixty-five years and six months.
 

Annual Report of Kingwood Township:
    William H. Barcroft, in account with Kingwood Township for the year:
        Paid Out: Paid Wm. B. Sutton, part of Assessor’s fees - $87.00
        Paid Note of Wm. B. Sutton - $100.00
        Paid Wm. B. Sutton, for keeping Poor - $308.75
            Wm. B. Sutton, not on warrant - $23.42

    Charles Kugler, in account with Kingwood Township, as Collector:
        Received of Wm. B. Sutton, interest on note - $6.42
    Amount Paid out:
        Paid Wm. B. Sutton, for keeping poor - $291.25
        Paid Wm. B. Sutton, Justice, part of fees - $8.00
        Collector hold notes of Wm. B. Sutton - $500.00
 
 

May 23, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 35, Whole No. 1964

Mysterious Death of Adam Ball
    Adam Ball of Oxford, was found on last Friday drowned in a small reservoir, back of the new furnace at that place.  Ball was a blacksmith, and formerly a resident of Belvidere.  He removed from here to Oxford, and being a cripple, was unable to work at his trade.  He started a saloon at that place, and carried on the business until recently, when he sold out…

Death of Mr. Rankin
       Mr. Wm. Rankin, probably the oldest and certainly one of the most successful teachers in this State, died at Mendham on Wednesday.  Our first knowledge of him was as a Assistant in the Classical School of Rev. Clarkson Dunn, in Newton, more than forty years ago.  From thence he removed to Deckertown, then to Amity, N.Y., back again to Deckertown, then to Chester in this County in 1853, and subsequently to Mendham.  -  Jerseyman.

    John Wills, of Bridgeton, committed suicide, a few days ago, owning to financial trouble.  He left a wife and three children, and at the funeral, while friends and relatives were assembled to bid a last farewell to the remains, Mrs. Willis, wife of the deceased, uttered a low scream, fell back and expired.
 

Marriages

    May 9, by Rev. T. E. Gordon, Charles H. Kimbal, of Trenton, to Anna Chappelle, of Flemington.

    May 13, by Rev. I. Poulson, Albert H. Hann, of Kingwood, to Emaline Ent, of Delaware.

    On the 13th inst., by Rev. John B. Kugler, James E. Tonzean, of Dunellen, to Annetta L. Berry, of Junction.
 

Deaths

    In Frenchtown, May 15, Mary F., daughter of Charels and Lizzie I. White, aged one year and three months.
 
 

May 30, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 36, Whole No. 1965

    Annual Report of the Finances of  the Township of Tewksbury, for the Year Ending April 6th, A.D., 1876
        George B. Sutton, Collector, Dr.

    Annual Report of Henry C. Hoffman, Treasurer, for the Year Ending April 6th, 1876
    Received:
        Apl. 17, 1875 To cash from Geo B. Sutton, Collector - $400.00
        Sept. 11, Geo B. Sutton, Collector - $250.00
        Nov. 12, Wesley Sutton - $50.00
            Interest on Wesley Sutton noted - $9.20
        Apl. 6, 1876, George B. Sutton, Collector - $1000.00
            George B. Sutton, Collector - $18.00

    Annual Report of Wm. Eick, Overseer of Poor for Township of Tewksbury, for the Year Ending April 14th, 1876.
     Received:
        Dec. 25, 1875, Geo. B. Sutton, Collector - $500.00
        Feb. 12, 1876, Geo. B. Sutton, Collector - $500.00
        Mrh. 31, Geo. B. Sutton, Collector - $300.00

     CR:
        Keeping Eliza Sutton - $140.97
 

Local Department

    Sudden Death – We greatly regret to announce the death of H. Suydam Crater, eldest son of Col. G. F. Crater, which occurred on Sunday morning last at the residence of his father-in-law, John B. Rockafellow, near this place, after a very brief illness.
 

Marriages

    On Wednesday, May 24, by Rev. M. C. Reed, John H. Neighbor, of Plainfield, to Mary L. Emery of Clinton.

    May 20, by Rev. J. P. W. Blattenberger, Geo. W. Hunter, of South Branch, to Catharine L. Reed, of Centreville.

    At the same time, by the same, William H. Scott, of Readington, to Catharine M. Mannon of Centreville.

    May 23, by Rev. M. N. Oliver, William Higgins of Three Bridges, to Susie S. Young, of Clover Hill.
 

Deaths

    On Sunday morning, May 28, of Acute Albuminuria, Henry S. Crater, in the 35th year of his age.

    Near White Hall, May 16, Sarah A., wife of Morris Culver, aged about 72 years.

    April 10, near Flemington, Lottie, daughter of Joseph and Adaline Hoagland, aged 6 years, 1 month and 2 days.

    Near Pattenburg, April 12, Jacob Hassel, in the 59th year of his age.
 
 

June 6, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 37, Whole No. 1966

Death Of A Well Known Pugilist
    Arthur Chambers, the prize fighter, died in Philadelphia on Wednesday, of consumption.  Chambers was born in Manchester, England, about thirty years ago…

A Distinguished Editor Killed
    Mr. Bloss, for the past twenty-five years editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer, who is widely known throughout the country, was instantly killed about half-past seven o’clock Sunday night while walking on the track of the Little Miami railroad, near Branch Hill station, where he resided…. He was fifty years of age, born in Derby, Vt., and leaves a wife and four children.

Terrible Drowning Accident
    On Sunday afternoon last, two young boys, sons of John Gary, and Alexander Smith, a married man aged about 40 years, and all living in the vicinity of Neshanic, went into the river to bathe.  While in the water one of the Gray boys was seized with the cramp and his brother went to his rescue.  He was immediately seized in a death grip, and as both were in deep water and likely to drown, the man Smith went out to rescue them.  He too was seized by both boys and all were drowned.

    Mr. David LaReu, clock maker, of Millstone, went fishing in the river near the railroad bridge; his daughter, four years old, accompanying him.  They were there an hour or two and then returned home, near by.  At tea time the little girl was missed, and a hunt through the village failed to discover her.  Mr. LaReu then thought that possibly she might have gone back to the river, and taking a rake he proceeded to the spot and soon brought the dead body of his child to the surface.

    Nine members of the family of Martin Laros, near Easton, Pa., were poisoned Wednesday evening.  Mr. and Mrs. Laros have died, and the others are in a critical condition.  Poison was discovered in the coffee they used.
 

Marriages

    May 27th, by Rev. John Faull, John B. Corson to Elizabeth Hummer, all of High Bridge.
 

Deaths

    In Kingwood township, May 31, James Ashcroft, aged 72 years.

    At Junction, May 22, John Ervin, aged 23 years.

    On the 20th ult., at Stockton, William Hoff, aged 23 years.
 
 

June 13, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 38, Whole No. 1967

County Finances
    The County of Hunterdon in account with Fisher Pidcock, County Collector, from May 12th, 1875 to May 10th, 1876:
    Disbursements:
        W.B. Sutton- inquest of Wallace - $45.67
        W.B. Sutton – inquest of Blue - $6.92

    Census – Kingwood, W. B. Sutton - $88.67
 

    Anna Reasoner, 11 year old daughter of Samuel Reasoner, of New Hope, Pa., was drowned on Tuesday afternoon, in the canal at New Brunswick.

    The scarlet fever is and has been quite prevalent in this town and vicinity for a few week past.  All of Wm. H. Reamer’s children have been down with it, and one of them has died from the effects of the disease.
 

Marriages

    June 3d, by the Rev. T. Heileg, Wm. Buckley, of Kingwood, to Emma Slick, of Erwinna, Pa.

    June 3d, by Rev. E. M. Griffith, John S. Robinson, of Franklin, to Hannah M. Hempton, of Kingwood.

    June 8, by Rev. T. E. Vassar, Wesley W.  Snyder, of Lebanon, to Adelaide V. Percival, of Flemington.
 

Deaths

    In Flemington, June 4, John B. Bloomer, aged 23 years.

    In Flemington, June 10, John Britton, aged 72 years and 6 months.
 

A Terrible Tragedy – Easton Pa., June 5th
    The terrible Laros poisoning case is creating an unparalleled excitement here, especially since the confession of the son that he poisoned the family.
    The case is one of the strangest that has ever transpired, and shows Allen Laros, the poisoner, a thoroughly cold-blooded villain.
    The family of Martin Laros consisted of seventeen children, thirteen of whom are now living.  Those who were in his household were Allen, Alvin, Clara, Alice, and a grandchild.  Moses Schug, also an inmate of his household, is a gentleman sixty-two years of age.
    The father and mother are both dead, but the children have all recovered.  Mr. Schug now lies in a very critical condition, and although there is very slight hope that he may partially recover, he will never be absolutely cured of the effects of the poison….
 
 

June 20, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 39, Whole No. 1968

Baltimore, June 16
    A very remarkable double tragedy has been enacted at Blermont Mills, Hartford county, in this State.  A boy from the House of Refuge, named Christian Klotz, murdered the daughter of his employer, an attractive girl of 17, in the cellar while she was preparing breakfast yesterday…. A man in the crowd suggested that hanging was equally expeditious, and Klotz, in the most wonderful coolness fastened the rope around his neck again, climbed the tree unaided, tied the rope to a limb, and with the utmost sang freid, said “good bye” and let himself drop.  His neck was broken immediately.

    Asa Fairbanks, the old man whose death on a witness stand, in Providence, has been reported, was very poor, and two of his daughters were very rich…
 

Marriages

    At the residence of the bride’s parents, by Friends’ Ceremony, 6th month, 14th, 1876, Henry C. Stover, of Flemington, to Ella Lloyd, of Dolington, Pennsylvania.

    June 10, by Rev. J. P. Moore, George W. Holcombe, to Rettie C. Fauss, both of Sand Brook.

    June 6, by Rev. T. Hellig, Charles T. Barron, to Matilda E. Sopris, both of Lambertville.

    June 6, by Rev. C. W. Nelson, Lemuel D. Bedell, to Minnie Laforge, both of Pleasant Plains.
 

Deaths

    June 1, near Raven Rock, Anderson A. Johnson, in the 50th year of his age.

    April 28, at Painters Creek, Ohio, Elizabeth Houghner, wife of Jacob Godown, in the 53d year of her age.

    June 10, at Lebanon, Manehias Neighbor, aged about 36 years.

    June 4, at the residence of his son, in Pittstown, Nathan Warman, aged 84 years and 4 months.

    In Flemington, June 18, Robert M. Ramsey, aged about 35 years.
 
 

June 27, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 40, Whole No. 1969

Terrible Accident
    An accident of the most horrible nature occurred at Elizabeth, on the Monongahela river, Friday morning, resulting in the death of William Stewart, a farmer residing in Jefferson township, this county…

Drowned
    On Tuesday afternoon last, a little daughter of Mr. John E. Battye, of this city, age about 6 years, was drowned in the canal basin, in the lower part of the city…. She was the only and idolized child of Mr. and Mrs. Battye, and her loss is a sore one.
 

Marriages

    In Lambertville, June 18th, by Rev. Father Connelly, John J. Callan to Annie M. Malloy, both of that city.

    June 10th, in Milford, by Elder Charles A. Beek, Jacob H. Hagaman, of South Branch, to Mary A. Tine, of Mt. Pleasant.

    In Frenchtown, June 22nd, by Rev. B. F. Summerbell, Samuel Broadhead, of Milford, to Emma Hawk, of Frenchtown.

    June 17th, by Rev. M. E. Ellison, Peter B. Lare to Kate Britton, both of Hunterdon county.

    June 17th , 1876, by Rev. R. Hyde, Tunis Servis to Mary A. Joyce, all of Delaware township.

    At Junction, June 17th, by Rev. John R. Kugler, John J. Cyphers to Abbie H. Huselton, both of Junction.

    June 17th, 1876, by Rev. Israel Poulson, James Fisher to Sarah E. Bellis, all of Ringoes.

    June 22nd, 1876, by Rev. J. P. Blattenberger, Dewitt Clinton Purdy, of Chicago, to Jerusha R. Yawger, of Clinton township.
 

Deaths

    In Plainfield, N.J., May 10th, 1876, Mary Wenzel, formerly of Flemington, aged about 46 years.

    In Lambertville, June 21, 1876, Edward S. Gordon, aged 19 years.

    In Lambertville, June 17th, 1876, Mrs. Annie Conway, aged 97 years.

    In West Amwell, June 7th, 1876, Annie M., daughter of Fritz and Mary Peters, aged 2 years and 11 months.

    In Flemington, June 6d, 1876, of scarlet fever, Fannie, daughter of William H. and Harriet Beamer, aged 6 years, 6 months and 11 days.
 
 

July 4, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 41, Whole No. 1970

    H. Stanford, engineer, running engine No. 179, on the Fast Mail Train West, was instantly killed at Port Byron on Monday, while passing that station at their usual high rate of speed.

    About a week ago, Louis Uhde, the owner of a tenement house in Hoboken, ordered a tenant to leave the house on account of small-pox in the tenant’s family.  He threw their straw matting out into the street and the neighbor’s children scattered the straw all along the block.  The city authorities sent City Physician Phindar to have it removed.  Uhde ordered him out of the house in an insulting manner.  Last Thursday Uhde died, the first victim to his own carelessness.

A Brute Killed
    Last Friday night Oscar A. House, the notorious divorce lawyer of New York, was shot and instantly killed by his wife, at their residence near Lawrence Station, not far from Trenton….
 

Marriages

    June 14, by Rev. J. G. Williamson, William K. Melick, of Union township, and Minnie A. De Mott, of Franklin township.

    June 28, by Rev. P. C. Connolly, Robert Reardon, of Flemington, to Kate Moonan, of Lambertville.
 

Deaths

    In Flemington, June 20, Cathrine, wife of Peter Brewer, aged 43 years.

    June 13, in Clinton township, Mrs. Maggie Voorhees, in the 20th year of her age.

    Near Ringoes, June 25, Kittie B. Blackwell, daughter of Ann M. Blackwell, aged 19 years and 3 months.

    In Lambertville, June 27, Dora, daughter of Pierson R. and Lucretia Niece, aged 3 months and 21 days.

    In Alexandria township, June 25, Mary, wife of Samuel Stout, Jr., aged 38 years.
 
 

July 11, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 42, Whole No. 1971

    Thomas B. Quackenbush, who committed a rape upon Mrs. Sarah Norton, seventy-six years old, near Indian Falls, N.Y., last December, from the effects of which she died, was on Thursday last found guilty of murder in the first degree, and was sentenced on Saturday to be hanged on the 11th of August next.
 

Local Department

Drowned
    On Sunday, 2d inst., a young man, named Lorin Voorhees, son of Elias Voorhees of Round Valley, went into the water at Hoffman’s mill-pond to bathe.  While in the water he was taken with severe cramps, and although tow other young men were with him, he was carried under and drowned.

    Between two and three o’clock on Tuesday morning, T. J. Wyles, of Elizabeth, entered his house under the influence of liquor and lighted a kerosene lamp.  Shortly afterwards he overturned it upon the floor, which set the house on fire.  Neighbors saw the flames and were soon there and succeeded in rescuing the drunken man and his wife from the burning building.  Unobserved, however, he entered the house to get a coat, and his perilous predicament was not known until his cries for help were heard from the second story.  Every effort was made to save him, but in vain, and he was burned with the dwelling.

    James McTate, residing in Broome street, Jersey City, was visited Wednesday night by his daughter and her infant child.  A quantity of beer was procured in which they indulged to such an extent that both father and daughter became intoxicated.  While in that condition, the mother fell over on her child and smothered it.
 

Marriages

    July 4, 1876, by the Rev. T. Heilig, George Hull, of Bloomsbury, to Sarah C. Manning, of Clinton.

    In Clinton, July 4th, 1876, by Rev. M. C. Reed, John Ducks to Mary Manning, both of Clinton.

    July 1st, 1876, by the Rev. David Kline, John W. Bogart to Amanda Smith, both of Junction.
 

Deaths

    At Dilts’ Corner, July 2nd, 1876, George, son of Samuel O. and Mary Barber, aged about 5 months.

    At Annandale, June 27th, 1876, of hemorage of the kidneys, William P. Laire, aged 60 years and 5 months.

    In Frenchtown, June 29th, 1876, Christopher, youngest child of Samuel C. Meyers, aged 2 years and 10 days.
 
 

July 18, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 43, Whole No. 1972

Marriages

    June 4, by Elder George Tenny, John Reinert, to Ida M. Taylor, both of Lambertville.

    July 8, by Rev. Wm. Wardlaw, Francisco Liandro and Mary Donahoe, both of Flemington.

    July 13, by Rev. C. H. Thomas, Albert Horton to Hannah Swallow, all of Lambertville.
 

Deaths

    Near Locktown, July 5, John T., son of Wm. and Martha L. Conner, aged 1 year and 3 months.

    In Lambertville, July 1, Mortimer P. Forman, in the 69th year of his age.

    In Lambertville, July 9, Lizzie B., daughter of Walter and Mary R. Adams, aged 1 year and 6 days.
 

Local Department

    Theophilus Bodine, a native of Alexandria township, this county, committed suicide at Phillipsburg one day last week, by taking arsenic.  Mr. Bodine was about 65 years old.  He leaves several children.

    “Old Asa Crowell”, of Paterson, noted for many years on account of his extreme obesity, died suddenly on Saturday.  He weighed over 400 pounds, and when buried on Monday, his body had to be carried to the grave in a business wagon, as there was no hearse in the county large enough to hold the coffin.

Drowned
    Freddie, the son of Mr. Peter Alpaugh, of Hamden, was drowned under very painful circumstances last Wednesday afternoon.    The little fellow, who was about four years old, went with his grandfather, Mr. Swayze, to fish….

The Sun’s Sad Work
    On Tuesday afternoon the lifeless body of Wm. Duncar, employed by the Central Railroad as foreman of its carpenter work at High Bridge, was found near that place.  He had evidently died from the effects of excessive heat…  his home in Bergen Point.  We learn that he leaves a wife and three children.
   Shortly after the discovery of Duncar’s death, the dead body of Holloway H. Aller, a well known old citizen of this vicinity, was found by the road-side near High Bridge.
 
 

July 25, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 44, Whole No. 1973

    The well-known yacht, Mohawk, owned by Vice Commodore William T. Garner was capsized in a squall in the upper bay off Stapleton, Staten Island, Thursday afternoon about 4:30 o’clock, and Commodore Garner, his wife, Mrs. Garner, and Miss Adele Hunter, of No. 40 West Thirty-fifth street, were drowned.  Three of the crew were also drowned..
 

Local Department

    Abraham Brokaw, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Mechanicsville, was buried on Sunday, the 16th inst.  He was in the 85th year of his age and had been married four times.
 

Marriages

    July 15, by Rev. J. P. W. Blattenberger, William C. Lott, of Bloomsbury, to Lizzie A. Aller, of Clinton.

    July 19, by Rev. John G. Smock, Winfield Kinney, to Anna Lare, all of Readington township.

    In Lambertiville, July 20, by the Rev. Wm. Swan, Horace B. Dean. To Lida Williamson.

    July 15, by Rev. B. Carrell, John B. Fulper, of Cherryville, to Arena Burkett, of Kingwood.
 

Deaths

    Near Copper Hill, July 1, John E. Hartpence, in the 80th year of his age.

    In Kingwood township, July 21, Fannie Warford, aged 88 years.

    In Flemington, June 18, Clara Burk, daughter of Samuel L. and Mary E. Hart, of Philadelphia, aged 6 months.

    At White House Station, July 18, Abraham Pickel, at an advanced age.
 
 

August 1, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 45, Whole No. 1974

Deaths

    In Lambertville, July 23, Julia Ma..son?, aged 54 years.
 

Local Department

    On Thursday of week before last, while Nathan Castner, was working alone in the middle of an oat field, on the farm of Mr. Peter Crater, near Asbury, he was prostrated by the extreme heat and died within an hour.  Deceased leaves a wife and four children, living at Glen Gardner.

An Aged Couple
    Perhaps the oldest married couple within the borders of our county at the present time, are Mr. and Mrs. Paul K. Dilts, who live about one mile from Clover Hill.  Mr. Dilts is aged 88 years and Mrs. Dilts 83.  They were married February 23d, 1811, over 65 years ago…
 
 

August 8, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 46, Whole No. 1975

Marriages

    At Doylestown, July 30, 1876, by Rev. S. M. Andrews, Stacy B. Sutton to Hannah Hiner, both of Kingwood, N.J.

    August 2nd, by Rev. A. J. Martine, of Stanton, William H. Angel to Margaret Ann Bird, of Trenton, both formerly of this county.

    July 29, at Sidney, by Rev. J. G. Williamson, A. J. Pierson, of Franklin township, and Jennie Case of Alexandria township.

    At Easton, on the 22nd ult., by Rev. Frank E. Miller, William Abel to Lydia R. Lewis, both of this County.
 

Deaths

    At Clover Hill, July 2d, 1876, of dropsy, Mary E., wife of William H. Strimple, aged 39 years, 10 months and 28 days.

    June 9th, 1876, at the residence of Sarah Poulson, in Flemington, Sarah Jane Van Norman, aged 8 years, 5 months and 2 days.

    In Flemington, June 18th, 1876, of scarlet fever, Walter, youngest son of James and Rhoda Housel, aged 2 years, 5 months and 7 days.  Also, July 22nd, 1876, of the same, Charlie, eldest son of James and Rhoda Housel, aged 6 years, 1 month and 3 days.

    In West Amwell township, July 29, 1876, Annie A., daughter of Joseph Q. and Hannah M. Farlee, aged 5 months and 19 days.

    In Frenchtown, July 16, 1876, Bud Gould, only son of John C. and Susie I. Gould, aged 6 months and 1 day.
 
 

August 15, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 47, Whole No. 1976

A Woman Killed While Trying To Save Her Dog
    On Monday evening of last week, while Mrs. Kupp and Mrs. Walker were walking on the Central track, through “Black Dan’s Cut”, just at the lower end of town, the passenger train due here at 6:57 came rushing down at full speed and Mrs. Kupp’s dog ran on  the track and commenced barking at it.  Mrs. Kupp, in her anxiety to save him, went on the track after him, and in spite of the entreaties and warnings of her friend, would not get off till she had saved the dog.  The engineer of the train applied the brakes and blew his whistle, but it was of no avail, the engin striking Mrs. Kupp throwning her in the air and killing her instantly.  Mrs. Kupp was about forty years of age, and leaves a husband and two children. -  Warren Democrats.

Belleville, Ont., August 8.
    George Humphreys, while returning to town with a box of huckleberries, stopped on the road to rest and fell asleep.  On waking, he discovered John Duffin removing his box of berries to a wagon.  Humphreys ordered Duffin to return the berries.  He refused and was shot by Humphreys and instantly killed.
 

Deaths

    In Flemington, August 4, after a painful illness, George T. Rockafellow, aged 37 years, 1 month and 9 days.

    In Rosemont, August 4, Joseph Dean, in the 29th year of his age.

    In Lambertville, July 28, Louis E., son of the late Reading Slack, aged 17 years, 4 months and 21 days.

    In Lambertville, August 5, Amelia Stryker, daughter of Gervas and Caroline H. Ely, aged 3 years and 10 months.

    In Somerville, July 25, Rachael L. Dakin, wife of Dr. Henry G. Wagner, formerly of Quakertown, Hunterdon Co., aged 39 years, 8 months and 3 days.
 

Drowned
    Judson Fleming, son of Mr. Elijah Fleming, of this place, was drowned in the bay at Elizabeth on Monday evening last…  His funeral took place on Friday morning, the remains being placed in our Baptist graveyard.  He leaves a wife and two children to mourn his sad and untimely end.
 

State Notes

    Edward Calarney, a widower, aged 65, died at Rahway, on Sunday, of starvation.  He had accumulated some property and had money put away.  He leaves one sister living in Plainfield.

    Sameul H. Stryker, only son of Chas. M. Stryker, of Harlingen, aged about 17 years, was killed on Friday of week before last.  He was on his way home from Hopewell, his mother and two sisters were with him in the carriage, and in coming over the mountain at Rocky Hill, in turning a corner of the road by some means the carriage was overturned, throwing all the occupants out, the young man’s head striking against a tree, injuring him so seriously that he died in about 10 minutes after the accident.
 
 

August 22, 1876, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 48, Whole No. 1977

Warren County Item
    On Monday afternoon, Mr. Alfred Stephens, a prominent citizen of this neighborhood met with a very serious accident which terminated his life on Thursday morning.  He was unloading a load of wood at the Musconetcong crossing, several miles above Hackettstown, and a passing train frightened his horses, which started on a run….  He was 51 years and 5 months old.  -  Gazette
 

State Notes

    On Friday night the Atco accommodation train ran over a man named Valentine near Ashland Station, killing him.  The deceased was sixty years old, a carpenter by trade, and resided at White Horse.

    Some time ago, a son of Samuel Miers, living at Phillipsburg, was playing in the street and stubbed his toe.  He caught cold in the wound and finally became affected with the lock-jaw, from which he died on Sunday.

    An adopted child of Timothy Welch, of Westfield, met with a sudden and horrible death on Thursday last.  While playing about the door it slipped and fell into a butter tub filled with water and before its situation was noticed it was drowned.
 

Deaths

    In Lambertville, on the 13th inst., Mary, wife of Charles W. Angel, aged 59 years.

    Near Larison’s Corner, August 6th, 1876, Elmer J., only child of John H. Holcombe, aged 7 months and 14 days.
 
 

August 29, 1876, Vol. XXXIX, No. 1, Whole No. 1978

His Useful Life Ended – Washington, Aug. 20
    The account of the last hour of Speaker Kerr are graphically described by his clerk, who had known him intimately at his home in New Albany, and who was with him every hour while he performed the duties of Speaker…. The Speaker died at 7:20 P.M. to-day, peacefully and quietly…
 

Local Department

    Recently, a child of Mr. Theodore Tinsman, of Bloomsbury, aged about three years, died from the effects of eating matches.  It is thought that the child eat off the tops of almost half a box of matches.

Suicide
    A man named Charles Marshall, living near Sandy Ridge, committed suicide on Saturday of week before last by taking laudanum.  He formerly lived at Quakertown, and was a man of some means.  Within the past year he seems to have had considerable bad luck and he became discouraged.  He leaves a family.

Murder in Warren County
    Another horrible crime was committed within the boarders of Warren county on Friday night of week before last.  The particulars of the case as far as we have learned them are as follows:  A married mad named Albert Lee, of Port Murray, while in an intoxicated condition, visited a house of bad repute near the Lockport church, two miles from Port Murray, on the evening above mentioned.  He is said to have imbibed freely of liquor during the evening, and about 12 o’clock became engaged in a quarrel with a woman of the house.  The quarrel lasted for some time, and the woman became greatly enraged, stepped into a room and picking up a gun stepped to the door and shot Lee.  He expired almost instantly.  Lee has a family of small children.

Centennial of the Smith Family
    The Morris Republican publishes the following invitation:
        To whom it may concern, or to the descendants of John Henry Smith and Christian Smith, his wife, and their childrens’ sons and daughters, consisting of the following named persons:  Christopher Smith, Martin Smith, John Smith, Andrew Smith, Joseph Smith, Isaac Smith, Peter Smith, Jacob Smith, Charity Sheates, Laney Groff, Catherine Manning, Elizabeth DeMott, Mary Pickel, Rebecca Cole, Sarah Garrabrant, Christian Garrabrant, Zachariah Smith.
        Now be it remembered that the above named persons were born and brought up in Readington township, Hunterdon county, N.J….and it was resolved that this gathering will be held in a grove on the farm of Peter Z. Smith, formerly owned by Zachariah Smith, deceased, one mile and a half mile east from Peapack, Somerset county, N.J.

Rev. Charles E. Young
    The death of this widely known and well loved minister of Christ has probably been heard of by the majority of our readers…  Born, baptized and educated in New Jersey, and spending most of his ministry within its borders,…  The eldest surviving child of Rev. Geo. Young, now of Point Pleasant, Pa., he was born in the city of Paterson on the 26th of Aug, 1841….  The same spring (1865) he was married to Miss Lizzie Phillips of Chester Co., Pa. …
 
 

September 5, 1876, Vol. XXXIX, No. 2, Whole No. 1979

Suicide – Weary Of Life
    Charles Miller, on of Flemington’s oldest and most respected citizens, committed suicide last Thursday forenoon by hanging himself in the barn upon the premises where he had spent a long and useful life.  For some months previous to the sad event the old gentleman had given evidence of a failing mind, and it was his constant wish, we understand, for death to come and relieve him of the burden of his infirmities.  His age was about 82 years, but for months past he had believed himself to be over 100 years ago.

Sad Accident
    On Tuesday morning a little girl, aged about 5 years, daughter of Valentine Schneider, of Raritan, while playing about a large pile of hoop-poles by her father’s residence, in that village, was killed in a singular manner.  By some means a large bundle of poles rolled from the heap upon her body, and when discovered she was dead… -  Somerset Messenger.
 

State Items

    Miss Carrie Jones, of Keyport, was fatally burned on Friday by the explosion of kerosene, which she was pouring into a stove to make the wood light quickly.
 

Marriages

    August 26, by Rev. R. Van Amburg, Hugh Doren and Lizzie Dilley, about of Flemington.

    August 19, by Rev. J. G. Williamson, Nathan Hoppough, of Union, to Maggie A. Oaks, of Bethlehem.

    August 26, by Rev. J. W. Hartpence, Asa M. Anderson, of Mount Pleasant, to Amy W. Sinclair, of Frenchtown.
 

Deaths

    In Lambertville, August 8, Patrick Halpin, aged 67 years.

    In Lambertville, August 17, Maggie Martin, aged 8 months.

    In Clinton, August 15, William Wagner, in the 76th year of his age.

    At Bloomsbury, on the 27th ult., Maggie, only child of Peter D. and Arabella Rockafellar, in the 6th year of her age.

    In Glen Gardner, August 8, Charles S., infant son of J. D. Seigfried.

    At Reaville, August 6, John Hoagland, aged 64 years, 7 months and 1 day.
 
 

September 12, 1876, Vol. XXXIX, No. 3, Whole No. 1980

Marriages

    In Lambertville, Aug. 2, 1876, by D. A. Sutphin, Esq., Wesley Lear, of Pennington, N.J., to Mattie Denight, of Lenwood, Chester county, Pa.

    Aug. 23d, by the Rev. Alex R. Thompson, Edward R. Choyce, of Flemington, to Mary E. Henderson, of Brooklyn, N.Y.

    Sept. 2, by Rev. M. E. Ellison, Benjamin R. Woolverton, of Junction, to Lizzie, only daughter of Lambert Scott, Esq.

    September 6, by Rev. R. A. Chalker, Charles H. Wilmont, to Mary H. Arnett, both of Lambertville.

    August 31, by Rev. C. H. Assay, William Van Camp, to Mary Gorman, both of Lambertville.
 

    Rev. Thomas H. Rittenhouse died on Friday evening last, at the residence of his father, Daniel T. Rittenhouse, in Frenchtown, aged 29 years, 6 months and 13 days.  He was born and raised in Kingwood township, and at an early age united with the Kingwood Baptist Church in Baptisttown… Typhoid fever was the immediate cause of his death.
 
 

September 19, 1876, Vol. XXXIX, No. 4, Whole No. 1981

Marriages

    Sept. 7th, by Rev. G. F. Love, R. S. Masterdon, of Middletown, N.Y., to A. A. Fancher, of Croton.

    Sept. 13, by the Rev. N. S. Aller, Wm. M. Duckworth, of Little York, to Mary Bundy, of Finesville, Warren County.

    Sept. 14, by the Rev. George Young, I. B. Lequear, of Kingwood, to Ella, daughter of Paul Stover, Esq., of Point Pleasant, Pa.
 

Deaths

    Near Flemington, July 4th, Catharine Case, aged fifty-seven years, 2 months and 16 days.
 
 

September 26, 1876, Vol. XXXIX, No. 5, Whole No. 1982

    Bishop Janes, of the Methodist Church, died on Monday last, at his residence in New York City, after a long and painful illiness.  He was born in Sheffield, Mass., on the 27th day of April 1807.
 

Marriages

    August 31, by Rev. C. S. Conkling, Eli Case to Mary Catharine, only daughter of Jacob B. Hawk.

    Sept. 16, by Rev. R. Leighton Gerhart, Rutledge G. Cronce, to Mary M. Weider, both of New Jersey.
 

Deaths

    At Sand Brook, August 25, Rachel Reed, widow of the late Jesse C. Reed, in the 83d year of her age.
 
 

October 3, 1876, Vol. XXXIX, No. 6, Whole No. 1983

Shocking Accident At Paterson
    A terrible accident occurred Monday afternoon last at Scott’s calico print works, on the corner of Mill and Van Houten streets, Paterson.  William De Groen, who was employed in the bleaching department was walking near a large vat when he slipped on the floor and fell against the shafting which runs the rollers.  His clothing came in contact with the machinery, and he was caught up and whirled around with great rapidity.  After a few revolutions his clothing gave way, and he was stripped completely naked.  The nude body was then whirled along the rollers the whole width of the room and precipitated into a vat filled with a boiling compound.  From this he emerged in a few seconds, although when he attempted to walk he fell prostrate on the floor.  Some of his fellow workmen ran to his assistance and he attempted to speak to them, but on opening his mouth his whiskers and the flesh from his cheeks fell off.  The flesh hung from his body in shreds, so that ribs were visible in places, while his sight was gone.  His hair had fallen off and altogether he presented such a sickening appearance that some of the workmen fainted.  Notwithstanding his terrible injuries, he lived until 4 o’clock on Tuesday morning, when death released him from his sufferings.  The deceased was twenty-seven years old, married, and resided at No. 49 Holsman street.
 

Marriages

    Sept. 28, by Rev. J. G. Williamson, Lewis S. Hoff, of Kingwood, to Mary S. Conover, of Alexandria.

    Sept. 19, by Rev. J. P. W. Blattenberger, Alfred Harsell, of Raritan township, to Sarah E. Cole of Readington.

    Sept. 26, by Rev. T. E. Vassar, Levi Higgins, of Neshanic, to Hannah M., daughter of Ezekiel L. Everitt.

    Sept. 22, by Rev. G. W. Horton, Lewis Ruple, of Alexandria, to Emma N. Pittenger, of Clinton.

    Sept. 23, by Rev. J. Faull, Garret C. Wack, to Annie M. Iliff, all of Lebanon township.
 

Deaths

    In Baptisttown, Sept. 27, Ambrose Fox, aged about 65 years.

    In Kingwood township, Sept. 26, John Servis, aged about 65 years.
 

    A little boy named Adams, in trying to steal a ride on a heavily loaded lumber wagon, at Lambertville last Thursday, fell under one of the hind wheels which passed over his abdomen causing his death in a few hours.
 

State Notes

    A widow named Pitcairn, aged eighty years, was married at Westfield on Wednesday to a clergyman named Williams, and just as the final words of the ceremony were pronounced the bride was struck with paralysis, and is not expected to recover.
 
 

October 10, 1876, Vol. XXXIX, No. 7, Whole No. 1984

Marriages

    By G. S. Mott, D.D., October 4th, Jacob W. Shepperd, of Sidney, to Sarah J. Matthews, of Quakertown.

    September 27th, by Elder Charles A. Beck, Samuel E. Vanselous and Mary E. Vanderbelt, both of Holland.

    September 27th, by Rev. T. E. Gordon, at the M. E. Parsonage in Flemington, George W. Niece and Rebecca Francis Rittenhouse, both of Kingwood.

    On the same day, by the same, William F. Kugler and Hattie E. Anderson, both of Kingwood.
 
 

October 17, 1876, Vol. XXXIX, No. 8, Whole No. 1985

Suicides

    Albert C. Edmunds, a young farmer living near Pattenburg, committed suicide by drowning himself in Snyder'’ mill-pond, not far from Mt. Pleasant, on Monday morning last, but the body was not recovered until Tuesday.  He was young man of good character, 26 years old.  He had been jilted by a young lady to whom he was greatly attached.

    The wife of Mr. Cornelius Wyckoff, of Stanton, committed suicide on Monday evening.  She had long been a sufferer from cancer…..
 

State Notes

    Jacob Hook, aged 15 years, son of Michael Hook, while gunning at Fort Lee on Sunday, shot himself accidently, and died within an hour afterwards.

    A fifteen months old child named, Lizzie Waite, whose parents live in Lafayette, Hudson county, fell from a second story window on Thursday, and was so badly injured that she died shortly after.
 

Marriages

    Oct. 11, by Rev. Horace Doolittle, Winfield S. Howard, of Little York, to Sarah A. Smith, of Mount Pleasant.

    Oct. 11, by Rev. A. J. Martine, Samuel Griggs, of Flemington to Georgia Ent.

    Sept. 9, by Rev. B. H. Sanderlin, Charles H. Price, to Rosa M. Marjarum, both of Lambertville.
 

Deaths

    In Brat leboro, Vt., on the 8th inst., Henry Case, formerly of Mount Pleasant.
 
 

October 24, 1876, Vol. XXXIX, No. 9, Whole No. 1986

Local Department

Fatal Accident
    A very sad accident happened near Lambertville on Friday afternoon of week before last.  Louis Cummings, aged about 20 years, in the employ of Mr. C. Arnett as team driver, was coming out of the woods with a load of logs, when by some means the wagon was upset, and young Cummings being caught under the load was crushed to death.

Fearful Accident At White House Station
    An accident attended with fatal results occurred at White House Station on the afternoon of the 14th inst., the particulars of which we take from the Somerset Unionist:  Two young men named Whitfield Emmons, son of Andrew Emmons, of Readington, and John Smock, attended the Democratic caucus at White House.  As they approached the railroad track at White House Station, upon their return, a westerly bound coal train came along, which frightened the horse and he became unmanageable.  The animal dashed toward the train, and turning to the right proceeded on, passing between the platform of the depot and the train.  The carriage struck the post of the platform and was knocked into fragments, and Emmons was hurled violently out and instantly killed…
 

Marriages

    At the residence of the bride’s parents, on the 18th inst., by Rev. T. C. Young, George W. Stout, of Everittstown, to Chrissie C. Bird, of Clinton.

    October 19th, by Rev. Robeson Hyde, Jas. C. German, to Martha B. Anderson, both of Cherryville.

    October 7th, 1876, near Locktown, by Elder George Tenney, Andrew R. Bellis and Lizzie Snyder, both of this county.

    October 11th, by Rev. T. E. Vassar, Harry A. Fluck to Annie F., daughter of Avery Parker, all of Flemington.

    October 19th, by Rev. J. P. W. Blattenberger, John S. Lanning, of Oxford, Warren county, to Mrs. Mary C. Fitts, of Stanton.

    On the 19th inst., at Baptisttown, by the Rev. B. Carroll, Amplius B. Chamberlin, Jr., of Delaware township, to Mary J. Leavitt, daughter of the late Dr. John Leavitt.

    By G. S. Mott, D.D., October 18th, Alfred S. Riley to Lydia G., daughter of Joseph H. Gray, all of Flemington.
 
 

October 31, 1876, Vol. XXXIX, No. 10, Whole No. 1987

Shocking Accident
    A train on the New Jersey Central Railroad ran off the track last Tuesday evening at Evona, a small station near Somerville, and was badly wrecked… Mathias Dening and William Reilly were killed instantly and several were injured.

Sudden Death
    Lewis Riegel, conductor of the midnight freight, signed his name in the telegraph office at Frenchtown, on receipt of message at 1.20 Thursday monring, and died before the train reached Phillipsburg.  He was the son of Samuel Riegel, of Frenchtown – Independent

    Isaac J. Fisher, of Middlebrook, Somerset county, died on the evening of 22d inst.  He had long kept a hotel at Bound Brook, and had many warm friends.
 

Marriages

    October 18th, by Rev. J. G. Williamson, at the residence of the bride’s father, James A. Little, of North Branch, and Sarah A. Best, of Franklin, this county.

    On the same day, by the same, at the residence of the bride’s father, Jacob Philhower, of Franklin, and Laura C. Compton, of Raritan township.

    October 21st, at the parsonage in New Hampton, by Rev. John B. Kugler, Oliver F. Apgar, of Cokesburg, to Eliza F. Crater, of California, this county.

    October 19th, at the residence of the bride’s father, by Rev. N. S. Aller, John C. Bloom, of Kingwood, and Mary Virginia Stout, of Alexandria.

    Near Cherryville, October 24th, by Rev. T. E. Vassar, Samuel Johnson King to Hannah E., daughter of Conrad Philhower, both of Franklin.

    October 28th, in Flemington, by Rev. T. E. Vassar, John G. Hulse, of Bucks Co., Pa., to Mary E. Wenzel, of Flemington.

    October 25th, by Rev. J. P. W. Blattenberger, Lewis C. Potts to Jennie McCloughan, both of Stanton.

    October 11th, by Rev. I. Poulson, Judiah Sutphin to Alletta Lake, both of Ringoes.

    October 28th, by Rev. I. Poulson, William S. Hoppock, to Lizzie A. Hillier, both of Delaware.
 
 

November 7, 1876, Vol. XXXIX, No. 11, Whole No. 1988

Death of the Mayor of Camden
    We chronicle with much regret the death of the Hon. John H. Jones, the Mayor of Camden.  He died of heart disease, at his residence, on Friday night….  Mr. Jones was born in St. Anne county, Maryland, and at the age of fourteen went to Philadelphia, where he learned the printing business.… In 1847 he removed to Camden, where he has since resided…. He will be buried on Wednesday…

A Crazy Barber Cuts His Own Throat
    Paul Haase, proprietor of the barber shop in the basement of Case’s Drug Store, at Somerville, committed suicide about 2 o’clock Saturday, 28th ult., by cutting his own throat…. It appeared that he was engaged to a young lady of New York, where he had been formerly employed, and a telegram was sent her…. He was about 28 years of age, and had only been in Somerville a few months. -  Unionist.

Gloom In A Kentucky Court
    Judge McManama, in passing sentence upon Richard Shuck, who is condemned to be hanged Jan. 12 for the murder of his father-in-law, Nelson Parish, used this language: …

    Mr. Aleck Whittaker, a citizen of Irish birth, died last week in Franklin township, Gloucester county, at the advanced age of one hundred and nine years, ten months and eight days.

    The funeral of Diedrich Mengels, a veteran of Waterloo, took place on Wednesday at his residence, at Essex and Warren streets, Jersey City.  The deceased man was 88 years of age, a native of Bremervorde, in Belgium, and served under Wellington in the corps named after his birthplace.

Suicide
    The body of Mrs. Margaret Wells, 60 years of age, was found in her room in Somerville, last Friday morning, the throat having been cut from ear to ear.  Some years ago her husband, William Wells, known in this place as the “man with the big watch,” committed suicide by drowning in a cistern in Somerville.

Fatal Shooting Accident
    On Wednesday last, John Williamson, aged 18 years, employed by County Collector Smith, in Delaware township, went out gunning in company with his father and four other gentlemen.  About two o’clock in the afternoon, when the party was near the house of the elder Williamson, they stopped for some purpose and the young man stood on a stump leaning upon his gun.  The gun slipped from its resting place and exploded, one load entering his stomach producing injuries which resulted fatally twelve hours later.
 

Marriages

    Oct. 25, by the Rev. N. E. Smith, Isaiah Force, of Flemington, to Hannah T. Ross, of Somerville.

    Nov. 1, by the Rev. T. Heilig, Forman H. Bellis, to Sarah E. Wieder, both of Hunterdon.

    Oct. 31, by Rev. J. G. Williamson, Jacob H. Hiler to Martha Mulligan, both of Sidney.

    On the same day, by the same, William Hoffman, of Clinton township, to Emma Bird of Union township.

    Oct. 7, by the Rev. Thos. Swain, Joseph W. Bond, to Mary S. Hampton.
 

Public Sale of Valuable Real Estate
    The subscriber, as Assignee of George D. Rittenhouse, will sell at Public Vendue, on Wednesday, November 22d, 1876, on the premises, in township of Kingwood county of Hunterdon, near Locktown, the farm of the said George D. Rittenhouse, conveyed and assigned to the subscriber for the equal benefit of his creditors, adjoining lands of John Sutton, Ambrose Fox, and lands of the last Joseph S. West, deceased, and others,…  John P. Rittenhouse
 
 

November 14, 1876, Vol. XXXIX, No. 12, Whole No. 1989

    On Tuesday morning, Mrs. Mooney, of Phillipsburg, was run over and almost instantly killed on the Easton and Amboy Railroad in the small cut east of the place where she resided… She leave a husband and four or five children to mourn her loss.  About  a year ago her son, aged about fifteen years, was run over and killed near the same spot and on the same road while picking coal.  Deceased was about forty years of age.

Drowned
    A laborer on the Delaware & Bound Brook Railroad, named Michael Fannin, while returning to his home in East Millstone on Monday evening, accidently stumbled off the railroad bank and fell into the canal.  … His body was recovered about an hour afterward by Andrew Bowman, bridge-tender.

    Miss Ida a. Pickerel, 18 years of age, residing in Monroe county, La., got desperately in love with a young man, who knew nothing about it.  One day last week she heard he was to be married to another girl and she put an end to her trouble by taking a dose of strychnine.  It turned out the fellow had no idea of marrying anybody.

    Harry Hunter died at his father’s residence, in Halsey street, Newark, on Monday morning, from the effects of the bullet wound he received several months ago by the accidental discharge of a pistol in the hands of a comrade, while at boarding school in Freehold.

Suicide
    Mr. John E. Tiger, an old citizen of Clinton township, aged about fifty years, committed suicide at his residence, Sand Hill, on Tuesday morning.  His wife found him hanging by the neck to a bed-post in his room, at breakfast time…
 

Marriages

    Nov. 10, by the Rev. J. D. Hewitt, Charles B. Shephard, to Alvaretta Prall.

    July 27, by the Rev. J. L. Baswell, James S. Bellis, to Osie Vlerebone, both of Flemington.

    Nov. 8, by Rev. P. A. Studdiford, D. D., Robert S. Coryell to Eva. R. Cooley.

    Nov. 8, by Rev. B. F. Robb, Joseph H. Everitt, to Catharine Meyers, both of Hunterdon county.
 

Deaths

    In Milford, November 7, Jos. Scarborough, in the76th year of his age.
 
 

November 21, 1876, Vol. XXXIX, No. 13, Whole No. 1990

Hunting Down Assassins - Pottsville, Pa., Nov. 14
    Patrick Tully, another one of the murderers of Alexander Rea, was arrested and lodged in jail here yesterday.  Tully was the assassin who followed Mr. Rea into the woods on Saturday, the 17th of October, 1868, and fired the shot that caused his death….
    The following partial list will serve to give the public some idea of the Molly Maguire doings in this section:
    On Sunday, Feb. 24, 1872,  Daniel Krammer and his wife, an aged couple, were killed in their house…
    On Sunday, Jan. 26, 1873, a poor German was so mercilessly maltreated on the road between Ashland and Girardville, that he died the same evening.  His name was Fred Stendle..
    On Jan. 23, 1874, Thomas Farrell, entinced William Bradley into his house, and when there shot him in the back, killing him instantly, after which he cut the body in two and threw the halves into an old airhole of an abandoned mine…
    Thomas Dougherty, a miner, was waylaid and shot dead about 10 o’clock on the evening of the 18th of March, 1874, as he was going to work in the mine near Centralia.
    During the progress of a fire at Mahanoy City, on the night of Oct. 31, 1874, a riot occurred, during which George Major, chief burgess, was shot dead.
 

    The death of William Abbott, “the king of the Cariboo gold mines,” is announced from Victoria, B.C…

    John H. Banta, died in Paterson on Monday.  His wife died some time ago, and both deaths are attributed to grief and trouble….

    Says the Clinton Democrat:  The death of Jesse Miers, Esq.,  on last Friday, was an event for some time expected, but none the less  sincerely mourned by the whole community in which he had passed his long and useful life.  His funeral ceremonies at the Clinton Presbyterian Church on Monday monring, drew together an unusually large congregation..

Sudden Death
    Mr. James H. Blackwell, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Flemington, was found dead in his bed last Sunday morning.  He had been feeble for several years past; …   His age was about 78 years.  As early as the year 1825 Mr. Blackwell was post master of Flemington, from which it will be seen that his life fifty years ago was such as to recommend him to the confidence of the public.

    Mr. Aleck Whittaker, a citizen of Irish birth, died last week in Franklin township, Gloucester county, at the advanced age of 109 years, 10 months and 8 days.

    Several months ago Jefferson Ellis, a colored man of considerable property died in the Essex County Lunatic Asylum.  He bequeathed the greater part of his estate to a daughter living in the West Indies, and his other children are now contesting the validity of the will on the ground of  the insanity of the deceased.

    Early on Saturday morning a boy named James Reuter, whose parents live in Elizabeth, was so frightfully burned while trying to hurry up a fire with kerosene that he died about noon on the same day.

    While Mrs. Catharine Stanton, of Third street, Hoboken, was leaning over the coffin of her child, her clothing took fire from a taper.  On Monday she was dying.

Railroad Accident
    On Saturday evening last two young men who lived in Phillipsburg, James Finnagan and Daniel Smith, were at a dance in South Easton.  Near midnight they started for home, by way of the railroad bridge across the Delaware.  A little after midnight the engineer of a locomotive crossing the bridge noticed that something was under the wheels and he stopped his train to see what it was.  He found the two men lying within a short distance of each other…. In a short time death relieved Finnagan of his sufferings…
 

Marriages

    Nov. 7, by Rev. Horace Doolittle, Peter K. Swackhammer, of White House, and Mary Ann Carkuff, of Centreville.

    Nov. 9, by the Rev. T. E. Vassar, Simon Jurrud, of Princeton, to Mary Ellen Nevius, of Flemington.

    Nov. 14, by Rev. T. E. Vassar, William C. Rinehart, to Kate McCue, both of Flemington.

    Nov. 15, by Rev. T. E. Vassar, Hugh G. Stull, of Frenchtown, to Helen D. Salter, of Flemington.

    Nov. 11, by the Rev. R. Thomas, Phillip Abbott to Martha D. Slack, both of Sergeantsville.

    Nov. 13, by the Rev. R. Thomas, Josiah Hartless, of Stockton, to Emma V. Conn, of Titusville.

    Nov. 6, by Rev. C. H. Thomas, John W. Dilly and Mary R. Keyser, all of Lambertville.
 

Deaths

    Nov. 12, in Bloomsbury, Wm. Dalrymple, at the advanced age of 92 years and 25 days.

    In Clinton, Nov. 11, Jesse Miers, aged 75 years, 2 months and 15 days.

    In Lambertville, Nov. 13, H. S. Holcombe, aged 21 years.

    In Sergeantsville, October 22, John H. Gordon, aged 79 years.
 
 

November 28, 1876, Vol. XXXIX, No. 14, Whole No. 1991

State Items

    Patrick Leary, a Pennsylvania Railroad track laborer, was struck by a train at Monmouth Junction, Friday night, and instantly killed.

    Joseph Fagin, the young man mentioned last week, as having accidentally shot himself at Kinkora, died on Saturday.

    Judge John D. Everitt died at his home in Sandyston township, Sussex county, on Wednesday of last week, aged about 79 years.

    Mrs. Susan McCormack died at the residence of her son, in Sparta township, Sussex county, last week, at the advanced age of ninety-nine years.  She was widely known throughout the township and was a great favorite with the young people in her neighborhood, who will kindly remember her as “Aunt Susie.”
 

Marriages

    Nov. 11, by Rev. I. Poulson, Israel P. Trimmer, of Clinton township, to Susanna Hartpence, of Raritan.

    Nov. 15, by the same, Isaac Haines, to Lina Thatcher, both of Delaware.

    Nov. 18, by Rev. R. Thomas, Thomas McAloan, of Raven Rock, to Mary C. Heath of Rosemont.

    Nov. 18, by Rev. J. G. Williamson, George F. Case, of Raritan, to Ann Elizabeth Cregar, of Clinton township.

    At the same time, by the same, William Gano, of Ovid, Seneca Co., N.Y., to Mary Conover, of Clinton.

    Near Readington, by Rev. John G. Snook, Nov. 22, Cornelius t. Teneick to Eleanor Davis.

    By the same, at Harlem School House, Augustas Cramer, of Pleasant Run, to Melvina, daughter of Johnson Dilts.
 

Deaths

    In Flemington, Sept. 16, Henry F., son of William and Mary L. Reading, in the 21st year of his age.

    Nov. 6, John W. Gary, aged 56 years, 10 months and 6 days.

    At Centreville, October 6, Mrs. Jacob E. Hall, aged 68 years.
 
 

December 5, 1876, Vol. XXXIX, No. 15, Whole No. 1992

    Thomas J. Brokaw, aged twenty-one years, was killed on Saturday evening by the discharge of a pistol in the hands of Thos. Teeple.  The two young men lived at Samptown, near New Market, and were standing in front of Brokaw’s residence singing…

    A young man named Lewis Murdock died