January 7, 1879, Forty First Vol., No. 20
Robert W. Mackey, who had been prostrated for the past two months by hemorrhage of the lungs, died last Wednesday at his residence in Philadelphia. Though but little over forty-one years of age, he had for several years been a power in the Republican councils. He was born in Pittsburg, Pa., December 22, 1837....
John Thompson and his wife Ann were put under ground in Baltimore last Thursday. John and Ann were of the same age and celebrated their golden wedding in November 1876. Last Thursday Ann was struck with paralysis while at the dinner table. At supper, John was struck with paralysis. Ann's funeral was fixed for last Monday. John died on Monday.
Samuel and James Wilkins are twins and 80 years of age. They were married on the same day. Their farms adjoin near Groveland, Oakland county, Michigan...
A Newburyport, Mass., dispatch
says:
Last Tuesday
night at South Byfield, six miles from here, John H. Caldwell, while kneeling
in family prayer was killed by his insane wife, who split his head open with an
axe. The attack was unperceived by Mrs. Caldwell's sister, who was
present and kneeling at the same time. He was forty-five years of age.
Rev. Frederick W. Beasley, brother of Chief Justice Beasley, of this State, died at Torresdale, Pa., on Saturday, aged 71 years. He was a clergyman of the Episcopal church, and has resided at Torresdale for the past thirty years. His death was sudden and the cause heart disease.
Jacob Folk,
of Roseland, Livingston township, Essex county, left his home on a small farm
there on Wednesday morning last, saying that he was going to the woods to cut a
ladder pole. He did not return at night, and his family gave the alarm to
his neighbors. Eight men began a search for him and at 11:30 o'clock the
same night he was found lying dead near a piece of woods. The body was
face downwards and resting on the head was a large, heavy pole, which had
evidently crushed his skull.
Marriages
Jan. 1, 1879, by Eld. J. Rodenbaugh, Joseph H. Stull, of Kingwood and Caddie Conover, of Locktown.
Jan. 1, by Rev. George Young, William A. Shepherd and Goinettia Rittenhouse, both of Delaware township.
At Ringoes, Jan. 1, 1879, by Rev. C. S. Converse, Edward W. Hortman, of Woodsville and Mary A. Larowe, of Rocktown.
Jan. 1, 1879, by Rev. J. P. W. Blattenberger, Joseph Stutter, of Raritan township, to Ida Rayne, of Hillsborough, Somerset county.
Jan. 1, by Rev. Fred. Bloom, Wm. K. Heath to Rebecca R. Barcroft, both of Kingwood.
On the same day, by the same, John C. Huff, of Three Bridges, to Rachel Reed, of Sand Brook.
Dec. 25, 1878, by Rev. Wm. H. Ruth, Edward P. Anderson, of Pattenburgh, to Frances McCrea, of Bloomsbury.
Dec. 25, by Rev. J. G. Williamson, Philip F. Hawk and Lizzie A. Stevenson, both of Union township.
Dec. 31,
1878, by Rev. I. Poulson, Calvin Hill to Emma Wagoner, both of Reaville.
Death
At Centreville, Dec. 31, 1878, Maria, wife of D. C. Hoff, aged 63 years and 7 months.
Near White
House Station, Jan. 2, Jennie May, daughter of J. T. B. Schomp, aged 2 years, 1
month and 14 days.
Local Department
Ex-Sheriff Warne, of Warren county, died last week, aged ninety. He was a Major in the war of 1812.
Jacob
Vliet, Esq., of Bloomsbury, died on Saturday A.M., Dec. 28, after an illness of
a few weeks, aged about 86 years.
Undoubtedly, the oldest person in Raritan township, if not in the county, is Mrs. Corcoran, mother of Patrick Corcoran, of this place. If the old lady lives until the March coming she will be one hundred years old...
Mrs. James
Babbitt, daughter of Wm. Berry of Asbury, but lately resident in Newark, was so
terribly burned at her home in that city recently, that she died after two
weeks of indescribable suffering, and was buried in Asbury last Tuesday....
State Items
A brakeman
named Opdycke was frozen to death last Friday while coming down on a Central
Railroad freight train from Easton to Elizabeth.
January 14, 1879, Forty First Vol., No. 21
The sad intelligence reaches us of the death of Judge Joseph Vliet, which occurred at his residence in Washington at an early hour Tuesday morning. His death resulted from septicaemia, which was caused by a fall received at the county seat some three weeks ago. The Judge was in his 59th year....
Morton
McMichael, the able editor, the eloquent orator and distinguished citizen,
whose name is as familiar to the world of newspaper readers as a household
word, died at his residence in Philadelphia, on Monday afternoon last, in the
seventy-second year of his age.... Mr. McMichael was born in Burlington
county in this State in 1807 - (W. Jersey Press)
Marriages
Jan. 8, by Eld. Jacob Rodenbaugh, John J. Cline and Amanda Naylor, all of Delaware township.
Jan. 4, by Rev. A. M. Harris, John S. Yorks to Jennie M. Sheets, both of Stanton.
Jan. 1, by Rev. B. F. Robb, John R. Johnson, of Lumberville, Pa., to Marietta Bodine, of Delaware township.
Jan. 8, by Rev. C. S. Converse, Luther C. Voorhees, of Hopewell, to Jane D. Hunt, of Ringoes.
At Ringoes,
Jan. 8, by Rev. Alex. Miller, Oliver H. Cole, of Readington, to Anna Chamberlin,
of East Amwell.
Deaths
At White House Station, Jan. 8, Dorotha Hoagland, aged 82 years.
At New Germantown, Jan. 8, Alletta Van Doren, aged 70 years.
Near Ringoes, Dec. 31, Mrs. Sadie A. Myres, aged 22 years.
Near Ringoes, Dec. 25, of dropsy, Rebecca Ann Housel, aged 48 years and 25 days.
Near Princeton, Dec. 29, Elbert Houghton, in the 82d year of his age.
At
Changewater, Jan. 2, Sarah Carling, in the 77th year of her age.
State Items
Mr. Isaac Selover, of New Brunswick, mentioned as suffering from lockjaw, occasioned by a gunshot wound in his foot, died on Wednesday morning last.
The death is announced at Mendham, of Ex-Judge William Babbitt, the oldest citizen of Morris county, in his 97th year. He was a Judge of the County Court for 10 years and the Justice of the Peace for 50 years.
The body of
an eccentric old bachelor named Matthew Richards, familiarly known as
"Mattie" was found on Wednesday frozen stiff in the house in which he
lived, near Springfield, Union county. Deceased was 73 years old.
January 21, 1879, Forty First Vol., No. 22
State Items
Charles T. Pfifer, of Elizabeth, died suddenly on Tuesday last from a tumor on the heart. Deceased was married, but separated from his wife three years ago, and it is not known where she is.
Emma Lang,
a child about twelve years of age, died at her mother's house in Jersey City on
Friday last, and the certificated signed by the physician states that the cause
of death was overwork and nervous prostration. The child has two young
brothers and the three children are said to have been very cruelly treated by
their mother.
On Tuesday last, Miss Walker, residing at Brecon Mills, Ontario, suddenly dropped dead. Her betrothed, Edward Cousins, hearing of her death, cut his throat, and Miss Walker's mother, on seeing her daughter's corpse, also dropped dead.
At Sherman, Texas, a gambler named Harrison Thurman got into a difficulty with Deputy United States Marshal Walter Johnson. There had been a previous misunderstanding. They met on the street, drew pistols, and the gambler, getting the drop on Johnson, instantly killed him.
A terrible tradedy took place at Big Creek, near Waterloo, Iowa, last Tuesday night. Thomas Quinn, a farmer, cut his wife's throat, then his own.
Mrs.
Sinclair, wife of Hugh Sinclair, who lives on the road from this place to
Everittstown, died suddenly on Sunday last. ... Heart disease was
assigned as the cause of her death. She was in the 71st year of her age.
Marriages
Jan. 8, by Rev. J. P. W. Blattenberger, Thos. Holcombe Fisher to Louisa Hoagland, both of Ringoes.
On the same
day, by the same, Sandford Hagaman, of Reigelsville, Warren county, to Sallie
L. Smith, of Copper Hill.
Deaths
At the residence of S. S. Robbins, in Flemington, Jan. 9th, Mrs. Permelia Howell, in the 93rd year of her age.
At New Brooklyn, Middlesex county, N.J., Jan. 7, Elizabeth, widow of James Benward, formerly of Hunterdon county, aged 83 years.
In Franklin township, Jan. 4, Francis Trimmer, in the 79th year of his age.
Near Oak Grove, Jan. 9, Anna, widow of Gordon Larue, aged 77 years, 1 month and 18 days.
At the residence of Geo. M. Housel, near Barbertown, Jan. 13, Elizabeth Bird, aged about 80 years.
In Delaware township, Jan. 4, of apoplexy, Solomon Holcombe, aged 64 years.
In Lambertville, Jan. 7, Ellen Reading, aged 49 years.
In Trenton, N.J., Jan. 9, Ira S. Gibson, formerly of Lambertville, in the 68th year of his age.
At
Readington, on the 15th inst., youngest child of Dr. Thomas Johnson, aged about
2 years.
January 28, 1879, Forty First Vol., No. 23
News Items
On Monday night, Mrs. Davis and her child, one year of age, were burned to death at Hyde Park. The fire was caused by the explosion of a kerosene lamp.
Thomas Johnson's bakery and dwelling at Kingston, Ont., were burned Wednesday morning. Mr. Johnson's two little daughters were burned to death.
Mrs.
Captain Daniel Dobbins died at Erie, Pa., last Monday in her 100th year.
She was living in Erie when Commodore Perry fitted out his fleet that defeated
the British at Put-in-Bay in 1812...
Sylvanus D.
Slack, editor of the Frenchtown Independent, died at his residence on Fourth
Street, Frenchtown, on Tuesday evening last, after a lingering illness of about
five weeks, aged 29 years, 6 months and 12 days. Mr. Slack
commenced the publication of the paper, Ross Slack being associated with him
for a time. He was an only child of Andrew Slack. He leaves a widow
and two children. His two grand-fathers, William Snyder and James Slack,
are both living at advanced ages. Mr. Slack was a member of the
Frenchtown M.E. Church and one of the class leaders. His funeral took
place on Saturday last. Interment in Frenchtown cemetery, by the side of
a deceased child.
Marriages
Jan. 11, 1879, by Rev. F. Doolittle, James E. Hall, of White House Station, to Sarah Jane Gordon, of Ricefield.
Jan. 23, 1879, by G. S. Mott, D.D., William G. Hill, of Raritan township, to Ella P. Holcombe, daughter of Daniel B. Holcombe, of Mount Airy.
Jan. 22, 1879, by Rev. C. S. Converse, Francis Marion L. Higgins, of Ringoes, to Ella Maria Hill, of Wertsville.
Jan. 16, by Rev. W. D. Roberts, assisted by Rev. P. A. Studdiford, D.D., James O. Bowne, of Lambertville, Addie May Throp, daughter of Mrs. R. V. Throp, of New Hope, Pa.
Jan. 18, by Rev. R. Van Amburg, Thornton Conover, of Tewksbury, to Emma R. Bragg, of Readington.
Jan. 18, by
Rev. John B. Kugler, Irvin B. Slater, of Beattystown, to Maggie B. Ortt, of
Schooley's Mountain.
Deaths
At Stanton, Jan. 23, 1879, John Allen, aged 35 years.
At Farmersville, Jan. 23, 1879, George Lindaberry, aged about 93 years.
In Lambertville, Jan. 18, 1879, Charles Edward, son of James and Caroline Wyckoff, aged 2 months and 16 days.
In Lambertville, Jan. 21, 1879, Mary A. Rogan, aged 23 years and 4 months.
In Oil
City, Pa., Jan. 12, Mrs. Juliet T. Reeve, wife of John C. Reeve, formerly of
Lambertville.
State Items
Charles Branning, a conductor of a coal train on the Pennsylvania Railroad, was crushed between two bumpers on Tuesday last, while in the act of coupling cars at Bennet's Station, near Spottswood. He was taken to his home, at Fourth and Hartman streets, Camden, in the evening. His recovery is doubtful.
On Wednesday last a son of the Rev. Geo. G. Hepburn, of Eatontown, went skating on the Shrewsbury river. He said he intended to skate to Newark. He did not return home and on Monday his father went to Newark in search of him. While he was there the body of his son was found in the Little Silver River, near Seabright. The boy evidently broke the ice in some weak spot and fell through. He was seventeen and a half years old.
Martin Coleman, a Newark brass refiner, scolded his son Martin, a youth of 20, one day last week, for neglecting some horses committed to his charge. The boy made a saucy reply and his father struck him with a boot. Martin drew a knife and cut his father in the arm, severing two important arteries. The father died on Tuesday night. The boy left the city on Friday.
Henry
Prichett, aged 23 years, committed suicide in the Mt. Holly jail one night last
week. He had been locked up for drunkenness...
February 4, 1879, Forty First Vol., No. 24
A Sad Accident
On Saturday
the 25th ult., three Princeton students took the train for Baltimore intending
to spend Sunday with their parents in Wilmington, Del. In attempting to
pass from one car to another when the wind was blowing with terrific force, the
young man in advance was almost blown off, only escaping by holding on to the
brake wheel for bare life. Young Vaughan, son of Dr. Vaughan, was close
behind him, and as he reached the platform the fury of the wind increased and
he was hurled with terrible velocity from the cars. Great consternation
prevailed, a dispatch was sent to Linwood near where the accident occurred and
the body of the young man was found. His death must have been
instantaneous. He was about 25 years of age and very promising.
Miss Rose Lewis, of Phillipsburg, aged sixteen years, while walking over the railroad bridge last Tuesday night, fell through to the wagon read, twenty-five feet below. She suffered internal injuries, from which she died two hours afterward...
Last Friday, a farmer named Richard Runkle, who lives two miles from Hopewell, on the road to Lambertville, committed suicide in his barn by hanging himself to one of the rafters with a silk handkerchief. His body was found at five o'clock in the afternoon, by a Mr. Stout who cut him down. He was aged about 50 years, and leaves a family.
A few weeks ago we gave a notice to the effect that Mrs. Corcoran, mother of Patrick Corcoran of this place would be a hundred years on the first of March. We were mistaken in the time. The old lady's centennial birthday occurred on Saturday last, February 1st.
Killed By A Train Of Cars
Andrew Sheets,
a farm laborer in the employ of Peter Smith, near Lebanon, met with an awful
fate on Thursday morning, 23rd ult., at Glen Gardner. He was going to the
depot to take the 7:42 A.M. train from home, and was within three minutes walk
of the station. When the cars struck him he must have fallen with his
neck directly across the rail, for his head was completely severed from his
body.... He was to have been married the following Saturday. He was
buried at Allertown. He was about 52 years of age.
State Items
On Monday evening two residents of Belleville, named William Coles and P. McClusky, were proceeding along one of the streets of that town when suddenly Coles fell to the sidewalk. McClusky atttempted to raise his companion, when he was horrified to find that he was dead.
In the case
of Abagail Morris against Capt. Leonard Seely, of Red Bank, for damages for six
breaches of promise of marriage, from 1870 to 1878, during which time six
children have been born to her, and two suits for damages settled, the jury, on
Friday last, awarded the plaintiff $1100.
Marriages
Feb. 1, by Geo. S. Mott, D.D., George Jordy to Carrie A., daughter of Harvey Dean, all of Flemington.
Jan. 16, by Rev. I. Poulson, Winfield Poulson to Sallie Reading, both of Head Quarters.
Jan. 25, by Elder George Tenney, James Eichlin to Lorana Bellis, both of Hunterdon county.
Jan. 30, by Rev. T. C. Young, John J. Pegg to Emma Case, both of Raritan township.
Jan. 14, 1879, at Littleton, North Carolina, by Rev. J. W. Primrose, Garret S. Bellis, formerly of Hunterdon county, N.J., to Mrs. Panthea B. Allen, of Littleton, N.C.
Jan. 29, by Rev. Alex. Miller, Roderick Provest, of Germantown, Pa., to Minnie K. Schanck, of Oak Dale, Delaware township.
Jan. 28, by Rev. Chas. H. Thomas, Emily Baldwin to Emma R. Hoffman, all of Lambertville.
Jan. 30, by Rev. Chas. H. Thomas, Edward A. Creed to Mary Case, all of Lambertville.
Jan. 22, by Rev. D. R. Foster, David Thorn, of Pennington, to Lizzie, daughter of John B. McPherson, of Flemginton.
Jan. 18, by Rev. W. E. Watkinson, Theodore Hunt, of Baptisttown, to Jennie Castner, of Washington, Warren county.
Jan. 14, by Rev. T. T. Campfield, Frederick L. Lance, of Mt. Lebanon, to Sarah Deats, of Anderson, Warren county.
Jan. 23, by Rev. Mr. Stout, John Willever, of Asbury, to Hettie Warner, of Glen Gardner.
Jan. 14, by
Rev. T. E. Davis, Joseph F. Bartles, of Pottersville, to Sarah E. Teats, of
Fairmount.
February 11, 1879, Forty First Vol., No. 25
Local Chips
The death of Asher Schenck occurred at Annandale on Friday evening a week after great suffering. Mr. Schenck was step-father to Sheriff Beldon.
Mrs. Eleanor Mathews, of Mt. Airy, celebrated the 50th anniversary of her marriage on Thursday last with her family.
Charles
Ewing, an old and highly respected citizen of East Amwell township, died on
Wednesday last from heart disease, at the residence of his son, John Ewing,
aged 78 years. Mr. Ewing was Assessor of that township for many years.
On Jan. 24,
at New Germantown, Mrs. Elizabeth Gulick, aged 93 years, was buried. Mrs.
Gulick was born in
Marriages
Feb. 1, by
Rev. S. K. Doolittle, John W. Hoffman, of Cokesbury, to Laura A. Sutton, of
Feb. 1, by
Rev. S. K. Doolittle, Jacob R. Alpaugh to
Jan. 30, by
Rev. William D. Hires, Charles C. Webster to Awildia Kitchen, all of
Frenchtown.
Deaths
Feb. 5, at Barley Sheaf, Elizabeth O. Cole, wife of Jacob Cole, aged 75 years.
Jan. 31, at
Jan. 30, in
Feb. 1, at Lambertville, John Koons, aged 50 years.
Near
Ringoes, Jan. 28, 1879, Jesse Pegg, aged 75 years and 22 days.
February 18, 1879, Forty First Vol., No. 26
Local Chips
James English, track boss at White House Station, was struck by Engine 144, on Monday evening and killed.
Last
Thursday afternoon, Moses Burd, a photographer, was very seriously if not
fatally injured, while walking down the railroad track near Glen Gardner
Station. He was struck by a locomotive, one of his legs cut off, and his
head very badly cut. His recovery is reported doubtful.
State Items
About a
week ago, Mrs. Mary Harrison, of Bloomfield,
Marriages
At Three
Bridges, Feb. 6, by Rev. A. M. Harris, Edwin W. Packer to Ida May Kinney, all
of Three Bridges.
Deaths
January 10, 1879, Catharine, wife of the late Peter S. Swackhamer, in the 66th year of her age.
In Everittstown, February 12th, 1879, Isaac Bloom, at an advanced age.
In
Frenchtown, February 12th, 1879, John L. Case, aged 62 years, 7 months and 11
days.
February 25, 1879, Forty First Vol., No. 27
Local Department
It was
Thomas, and not James English, who was killed by being struck by a locomotive;
and the accident occurred at
State Items
Mrs. Grash,
a middle aged laboring woman, of
Marriages
Feb. 20, by Elder Jacob Rodenbaugh, DeWitt Dalrymple to Lydia A. Kline, all of Frenchtown.
Feb. 12, by
S. W. Roe, D.D., William Wyckoff, of
Jan. 18, by
the same, Peter Dalley, of Readington, to Emma H. Lee, of
Jan. 30, by
Rev. J. G. Williamson, Sidney Runkle of Cherryville, to Mary Matilda Dyer, of
Feb. 16, by
G. S. Mott, D.D., John Dennaker to Lucinda Smith, daughter of Jacob Smith, all
of Flemington.
Deaths
In Lambertville, Feb. 17, of diptheria, Annie E., daughter of Harrison and Elizabeth O'Daniel, aged 2 years and 9 months.
Near Stanton, Feb. 10, Abraham Emmons, aged 88 years.
At Croton,
Feb. 13, 1879, Lizzie, daughter of Wm. K., and Sarah Housel, aged 24 years and
2 days.
March 4, 1879, Forty First Vol., No. 28
Marriages
Feb. 26, by
Elder Jacob Rodenbaugh, James N.
Feb. 20, by Rev. H. G. Williams, John W. Fisher to Annie P. Hulley, both of Sargeantsville.
Feb. 22, by Rev. G. F. Love, Aaron T. Trimmer, of Quakertown, to Mrs. Harriet Barcroft, of Kingwood.
Feb. 22, by Rev. Chas. H. Thomas, George E. Hoffman, of Lambertville, to Annie E. Tyson, of New Hope, Pa.
Feb. 22, by
Rev. J. M. Helsley, Jonathan H. Taylor to Mrs. Sallie S. Fisher, all of
Feb. 26, by
Rev. J. G. Williamson, Harman H. Hoagland, of White House, to Annie K. Suydam,
of
Feb. 26, by Rev. J. K. Maning, George W. Bartow, M.D., of Three Bridges, to Mrs. Matilda Bigelow, of Keyport, Monmouth Co.
Feb. 9, by
Rev. M. M. Fogg, William H. Vining to
Feb. 22, by
Elder A. B. Francis, Daniel S. Fox, of
Deaths
At
In
Lambertville, Feb. 22, Kate Crook Titus, daughter of Henry L. and Annie Titus,
aged 7 weeks.
Locale Department
George Ely,
Sen., a well-known citizen of Lambertville, and lately Supervisor on the
Delaware and Raritan Canal, died on Tuesday last, aged 64 years.
State Items
Chancellor
Runyon has granted a divorce to Adam Rehmon, of
March 11, 1879, Forty First Vol., No. 29
Daniel Porter, editor of the Somerset Unionist, died on Sunday evening after a protracted illness.
A fire at
Fatal Railroad Accident
At 11:55 P.M.,
on Monday night, a collision took place on the Pennsylvania railroad at
Frankford Junction, Pa., between a freight and coal train by which an engine
and twelve freight cars were demolished and John Paxton, the engineer, had his
legs crushed, necessitating amputation above the knees and Charles Cole, the
fireman, who received internal injuries, both died Tuesday morning.
Marriages
Feb. 19, by
Rev. J. Tindall, George W.
Feb. 26, by
Rev. J. A. Kingsbury, William H. Smith to Mrs. Lizzie Vanderhoof, both of Glen
Gardner.
Deaths
Feb. 25,
near
Feb. 27, at
March 1, at
March 2, near Fairmount, Mahala, wife of John Emmons, aged about 55 years.
March 1, in Glen Gardner, Elmer, youngest son of John S. and Lizzie Eveland, aged 1 year and 2 months.
Feb. 5,
near
In
At
Tarrytown, N.Y., March 2, Susan M., beloved wife of James E. Mallory, and only
daughter of J. P. Blackwell, formerly of Flemington.
On Wednesday last, Patrick Gerty, a Lambertville lad aged about 14 years was killed by being run over by a train of cars upon which he, with some other boys, was stealing a ride. His head was crushed shapeless, one leg was cut off entirely, and the other almost severed from the body.
William Petty, for many years an inmate of the poor house in Alexandria township, started on Saturday afternoon, March 1st, to visit his brother. On Sunday his dead body was found about five hundred yards from the poor house. It is supposed that he dropped dead from heart disease on Saturday just after starting on the visit, as he had not reached his brother's house. His age was about 70 years.
Diphtheria
prevails to an alarming extent in Bedminister,
March 18, 1879, Forty First Vol., No. 30
The
skeleton found recently in reopening an abandoned lead mine at Ellenville,
Ulter county, N.Y., has been identified as the remains of David Smith, who
disappeared in 1866....
State Items
Samuel Earl
died at his home in
Rev.
Nicholas Vansant, of the
Miss May
Throckmorton, living at
Marriages
March 12, by Rev. J. G. Williamson, Stanford Emery to Mary Elizabeth Painter, both of Union township.
March 8, by Rev. A. Vandusen, Lawrence C. Van Houten to Jennie Robertson, all of Mechanicsville.
March 8, by Rev. William Baily, Abram E. Reed, of Dreahook, to Mary J. Johnson, of White House.
March 12,
by Rev. J. R. Adams, J. M. Pickell, of White House, to Mary, only daughter of
Oliver Dunster, of
March 8, by
Rev. F. Bloom, Abel Kerr, of Lambertville, to Mary E. Hammer, of Rosemont.
Deaths
Near Sergeantsville, after a long and painful illness, Dillie Reading, aged about 26 years.
In Lambertville, March 6, Anna A. Lombaert, aged 85 years.
In Frenchtown, March 10, Caroline, wife of Justus W. Britton, aged about 30 years.
In
Lambertville, March 13, Susan W. Simpson, eldest child of the late Judge John
N. Simpson, of New
At Three Bridges, March 9, Alice Berkaw, aged 22 years.
Near Readington, March 5, youngest child of Winfield and Elizabeth Schomp.
At
Near Junction,
March 13, Mrs. Catharine Stires, aged 82 years.
Local Department
A very sad
and sudden death occurred at Peapack,
On Saturday
last the children, grand children and great grand children of Mrs. Jane Case
(widow of Samuel H. Case), to the number of about forty, met at the residence
of her son William, near Headquarters, and celebrated the estimable old lady's
76th birthday.
The Township Elections.
As far as
received we give the names of the officers elected in the various townships last
Tuesday.
The death
of Hon. Joseph Fritts, of
March 25, 1879, Forty First Vol., No. 31
Local Department
Mary Green,
aged about seventy, was found dead at her residence in Prallsville, near
James Q.
Auten, an old and respected resident of
State Items
Aaron Lowe,
of
Ex-Judge,
Robert S. Kennedy, of Stewaresville, died suddenly on Thursday morning, of
apoplexy. He was a widely known gentleman, coming from a family of
distinguished men. As a citizen he was respected, honored and esteemed in
no light manner, and as a public man held the confidence of all. He was
for a number of years Associate Judge of
Peter
Brown, a well-known young man of
One of
Chas. Dickens's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Alfred Tennyson Dickens, has met a
terrible death in
Marriages
March 13,
by Rev. C. H. Thomas, Lewis W. Bice, of
Deaths
Near New Germantown, March 17, Sarah, only daughter of Samuel and Henrietta Westerbelt, aged 10 months.
In Sergeantsvilles, March 16, Robert E. Holcombe, aged 59 years.
Near
April 1, 1879, Forty First Vol., No. 32
Funeral Of Mr. Foote
The funeral of
the late Frederick W. Foote, Esq., editor and proprietor of the Elizabeth
Journal, took place yesterday afternoon. The services were held in
Marriages
March 20,
by Rev. A. B. Still, Isaac B. Adams, of Moorestown, to Ella Mortland, of
Marlton, both of
March 24, by the same, Clark Ruple to Mary E. Hartpence, both of Union township.
March 22,
by Elder J. Rodenbaugh, C. B. Kitchen, of
March 27,
by Rev. Samuel M. Studdiford, John I. Smith, of
March 23, by Rev. Wm. J. Hires, Wesley Hawk, to Victoria Heath, all of Frenchtown.
March 22,
by Rev. C. S. Converse, Fritz Buck to Rebecca Ann Palmer, both of
On the same
day, by the same, Avery P. Cook, of Flemington, to Rebecca Ann Pullen, of
March 18, by Rev. John H. Smock, Edward Cox, of Fairview, Ill., to Gertrude Cox, of Readington.
March 22,
by Rev. Fred. Bloom, Wm. L. Hart to Hattie Williamson, both of Lambertville.
Deaths
Near Sergeantsville, March 19, Mrs. Amanda Port, aged 57 years, 9 months and 12 days.
Near
At Centreville, March 28, Jacob E. Hall, at an advanced age.
In
Lambertville, March 26, Charles, only child of John E. and Annie Kilroy, aged 8
months and 23 days.
William Rinehart, of Junction, died very suddenly on the 13th inst. Deceased was an engineer on the Central Railroad. He came home as usual on the above named evening, apparently in his usual good health. After supper he complained to his wife of being tired, and lying down on a lounge, was soon to all appearances asleep. He had not slept long before his wife, hearing an unusually strange noise, hastened to his assistance, only to find her husband dead. Death was supposed to have been caused by paralysis of the heart. Deceased was a brother of Samuel Rinehart, Esq. - Clinton Democrat.
Last
Thursday afternoon three young men named Hazen Van Horn, William Galloway and
Andrew Muchley were bringing a small raft of firewood down the
Jacob Gray,
a well-known farmer, who for a great many years had lived about a mile a half
west of this town, died after a brief illness from a painful disease, last
Saturday. At one time in his life he conducted a saw mill near his late
residence, and there are very few middle-aged persons living within a radius of
ten miles who have not heard of "Gray's Saw Mill". The old spot
still retains its name though for twenty years or more the business has been
discontinued. Mr. Gray enjoyed the esteem of this community as an honest
man and a good citizen. His age was about 73 years.
April 8, 1879, Forty First Vol., No. 33
Mrs. Mary
E. Wainwright, widow of the late Orlando Y. Wainwright, of
Marriages
March 31,
by Elder Roberson Hyde, John D. Huffman to Anna J. Lykes, both of Quakertown.
Deaths
In Lambertville, March 29, Martha T. Van Horn, aged 52 years and 1 month.
In Readington township, March 30, child of Ross Jones, aged 3 years.
In
Near
At
Centreville, April 3, youngest child of David Dilts, aged 1 year and 9 months.
Notice to Absent Defendants.
(In Chancery of
To Martha
Alice Summerbell
By virtue of an order of the Court of Chancery of New Jersey, made on the day
of the date hereof, in a cause wherein Joseph J.Summerbell is complainant and
you are defendant, you are required to appear and plead, demur or answer to the
complainant's bill on or before the Twenty-sixth day of May next, or that in
default thereof such decree be made against you as the Chancellor shall think
equitable and just.
The said bill is filed against you for a divorce from the bond of matrimony.
Elwood C. Harris, Solicitor of
Complainant
March 25, 1879
A Remarkable Couple
John Still and
wife, who reside at Croton, about five miles from Flemington, passed through
this city on Saturday last on their way to
Terrible Explosion At
Frenchtown
Last Wednesday
afternoon, a few minutes before 4 o'clock, a terrible explosion took place in
Frenchtown. The boiler in the large saw-mill belonging to Hiram Deats,
and occupied by Charles White and Jacob White, exploded, sending fragments of
the building for several hundred yards. Robert R. Swick, an honest,
sober, hard working man aged 55 years, was instantly killed. Mr. Swick
was the engineer, and has worked at that business for more than twenty
years. He leaves a wife and five children. Henry Sigafoos was
loading lumber a short distance from the mill, in company with Charles White;
they had taken the four horses from the wagon, and the two were engaged in
booming the load at the time of the explosion. Mr. Sigafoos was seriously
injured, and but little hopes are entertained for his recovery....
April 15, 1879, Forty First Vol., No. 34
F.S.
Regansburg, editor of the Atlantic Democrat,
The Last Queer One
A
Marriages
April 1, at
April 12,
by the same, Robert D. Labaugh to Mary A. Hassel, both of
April 2, by
Rev. W. E. Watkinson, W. Walton Frace, of
Deaths
At Kinney's Mills, April 4, Theodore Shurts, aged 44 years.
Near Baptisttown, April 2, John Shepherd, aged about 70 years.
In Lambertville, April 5, Richard Bennett, aged 80 years and 3 months.
In Lambertville, April 5, Stella Lovell, daughter of Peter S. and Elizabeth Parker, aged 3 months.
In
Lambertville, April 6, infant child of Thomas and Eliza Cronan, aged 11 days.
Suicide
On Friday
afternoon, 4th inst., Cyrenus Johnson, of
A track
walker named Kelley, a resident of Bloomsbury, was run over on Friday night,
April 4th, on the
John M. Stevens, for many years hotel keeper at Neshanic, died on Wednesday of week before last.
The wife of
Rev. R. R. Hoes, of
Mrs. Kate
Skillen, a spruce young widow of Mechanicsville, is said to have eloped last
week, Wednesday, with Obadiah O. Cole, a neighbor, who deserts a wife and three
children, while Kate takes her two. Both lopers are represented as sickly
and poor. -
State Items
Joseph K.
Chew, the father of Mr. Sinnickson Chew, of the Camden Press, was buried in
George W.
Halsted, the last of the famous Halsted brothers, of
April 22, 1879, Forty First Vol., No. 35
John M. Walters, who was sentenced to State Prison for five years in 1875, has been pardoned, and was released Wednesday. John and a sister and brother lived together in a little house on the road from Hughsville to Springtown and one Sunday afternoon during an altercation, John struck his brother in the back of the head with a stone and killed him, and, subsequently pleading guilty to manslaughter, was sent to prison. It was generally considered at the time that the stone was thrown in the heat of passion, without any intent to kill or injure; and the Court took that into consideration in pronouncing sentence.
About three
o'clock last Tuesday morning the body of a man was found lying on one of the
tracks in the Central Railroad yard, at Communipaw, and was subsequently
recognized as that of John Downs, a brakeman on the Long Branch Division.
The unfortunate man was in the habit of sleeping in a caboose, and it is
believed that he was on his way from supper when struck by one of the bobtail
engines, which are constantly moving about the yard. The time at which
the accident happened can be surmised from the fact that his watch had stopped
at twenty minutes past eight o'clock. The body was terribly mangled and was
taken to
Hezekiah
Shafer, the wife murderer, was hanged on Thursday in the jail yard at
Ira S. Remey, a farmer aged 42 years, formerly a man of wealth, who lived in Westtown, ten miles south of Middletown, N.Y., was found dead on Friday night, lying on an unfrequented road a mile from his home, where he had perished from exposure. He was of intemperate habits. He leaves a wife and several young children.
On
Saturday, 6th inst., William Cornwallis, grandson of Lord Cornwallis, was
buried in the Friends' burying ground at Vincentown,
Mrs. Annie
Barker of Jacksonburg,
Local Department
One day
recently, William Sutton, of New Germantown, while driving out in company of
two young ladies, was thrown from his buggy by the frightening of his horse,
which gave a sudden jump, and had his collar-bone broken. Fortunately, no
further serious damage was done.
At the
funeral of a child of Mr. David Dilts, which took place on the 5th inst., near
Three Bridges, there were present five grandfathers of the deceased - three
great grandfathers - two grandfathers - and further, their wives are all living
and some of them were at the funeral.
Marriages
April 12,
by Rev. H. G. Williams, James G. Black, of Lambertville, to Josephine Van
Doren, of
April 12,
by Rev. J. G. Williamson, John W. Hann to Sarah Jane Sheets, both of
Deaths
Near
In West
Amwell township, April 8, Mrs. Sarah Dean, relict of John Dean, late of
Near Three
Bridges, April 17, 1879, Ann Young, daughter of the late Jacob Young and widow
of John J. Van Fleet, aged 70 years.
April 29, 1879, Forty First Vol., No. 36
Finding His Daughter's Body
Jacob Eder, of
John
Wagner, of Manheim,
Charles
Sweet, a deaf mute, aged 38 years, separated from his wife, in
Marriages
April 15,
by Rev. Chas. B. Thomas, Joseph M. Hayes, of Washington, D.C., to Lizzie A.
Pusey, of Lambertville.
Deaths
In Lambertville, April 21, Emma A. Murray, aged 31 years, 8 months and 21 days.
At Asbury,
March 20, John Rowland Larrison, aged 89 years and 2 months.
May 6, 1879, Forty First Vol., No. 37
State Items
Edward Conover, a brakemen on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, was instantly killed in the yard at Hoboken, on Tuesday. He was engaged in coupling cars, when he was caught between the bumpers and crushed to death.
The son of a man named Antony Compte, of Paterson, died a few days ago and was buried on Tuesday. The family attended the funeral and upon their return the father rose to open the door and immediately fell back in the doorway dead. He had been ailing for some time.
Thekla Lipfert, aged five years, whose parents lived in Newark, was run over and instantly killed by a train a the Cottage street crossing of the Pennsylvania Railroad on Tuesday morning. She had been playing near the track with a ball, which rolled away from her and landed near the railroad track. As she went to pick it up she either fell or was drawn under the cars.
Mrs. Betsey
O'Neill, of the Water Gap, was picking coal on the railroad track, last week,
and seeing a train coming, she stepped from it, leaving a basket of coal
behind. Afterwards, thinking she would have time to get the basket from
the track, started, got it, and would have got off safety had not her foot
caught fast between the plank and the iron rail and held her fast till she was
struck by the train, which knocked her loose and clear of the track, breaking
her leg and injuring her inwardly, so that death ensued immediately.
Burned To Death In A Hotel
A Scranton,
Pa., dispatch says: last Wednesday night John Keough, proprietor of the Rising
Sun Hotel, at Carbon Hill, and his family, retired to rest. The family
consisted of three sons and two daughters, and the father. The sons
occupied one room, the daughters a second and the father slept alone. At
1 o'clock, Keough was awakened by hearing one of his daughter scream
"Fire!" and on going down stairs he found the entire lower portion of
the house in flames. Hastening to the room where his sons were sleeping,
he caught up the youngest and rushed with him down stairs, supposing that the
others were following. When he reached the yard he discovered that they
remained in the building. He returned to rescue them but the entire house
was by this time enveloped in flames, and Keough, blinded by the smoke and
severely burned by the fire, was forced to retire without finding the
children. In the meantime, one of the boys and the elder daughter had
succeeded in escaping by the back stairs, but one of the boys, William, age 13,
and the younger daughter, Margaret, aged 12, were burned to death....
Keough and one of the boys who escaped were so severely injured by the flames
that they are expected to die....
C. L. Cobb, who was a Representative from North Caroline, in the Forty-first, Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses, died at Elizabeth City, N.C., Wednesday.
Mrs. Sarah
Josepha Hale, long and widely known as the editor of Godey's Lady's Book, died
at Philadelphia on Wednesday night, in the 91st year of her age.
The
Lambertville Record, speaks of a cane that was once the property of Abram
Hagerman, grandfather of Peter Hagerman - who died near Ringoes on Monday of
last week at the advance age of 85 years. The cane has a heavy bone top
and silver bands, and on the band the initials and figures - "A.H.,
1733" - are plainly inscribed. The wood is of a very had and durable
nature and bears a brass ferrule, of about six inches in length.
Marriages
April 26, by
Rev. S. E. Webster, Leonard Fritts, of Port Colden, to Miss E. E. Walters, of
High Bridge.
Deaths
In Bethlehem township, April 24, William M. Smith, aged 68 years.
Near Sidney, April 26, John Hulsizer, aged about 75 years.
Near Fairmount, April 27, Philip Philhower, aged about 80 years.
At his residence, Morristown, N.J., April 30, Jacob Vanatta, in the 55th year of his age.
Near
Ringoes, April 28, Peter Hagerman, aged 85 years.
May 13, 1879, Forty First Vol., No. 38
Last week,
Charles F. Freeman, the mail-carrier at Pocasset, Mass., in a freak of
religious frenzy, killed his little daughter, Edith, only five years old.
The man is a Second Adventist....
State Items
Rev. Dr. Greenleaf S. Webb, of New Brunswick, celebrated his 90th birthday on Friday, having been born in Columbia county, N.Y., May 2, 1789.
Aunt Betsy Hendrickson, who helped to put out a fire when the British marched through Jersey, Monmouth ward, firing houses here and there, died in New Haven, Conn., on Friday, May 2nd, aged 113 years.
Thomas Regan, a boy 12 years of age, was left alone at his home on Beacon avenue, Jersey City Heights, Tuesday evening and fell from a chair into a pot of boiling water which stood on the floor by his side. He was horribly scalded and died in less than an hour.
Jacob
Vanatta, late Attorney-General of New Jersey, died at his residence in
Morristown on the 30th ult. His death was occasioned by
over-work.... He was born near Hackettstown in 1825. He was the son
of a poor farmer. He was taught the trade of tailor, and after serving
his apprenticeship he concluded to "go west" having saved $25.
He settled at Jersey, Ohio, where he taught school and afterward was for a year
a clerk in the Post Office at that place. Subsequently he returned home
and entered the law office of Mr. Theodore Little, at Morristown.... He
married a daughter of the late Mahlon Dickerson, but never had any
children. The funeral last Saturday was attended by nearly all the State
officials, Judges, Ex-Governors, Congressmen, &c. - Monmouth
Democrat
Marriages
April 26, by Rev. Jacob Weidman, Alvin Umstead to Cealia Beary, both of Hampton Junction.
April 30, by Rev. J. Tindall, G. H. McClain to Hattie L. Cox, both of High Bridge.
April 29,
by Rev. J. Grove, Daniel Edaline, of Phillipsburg, N.J., to Anna McGloskey,
formerly of Lambertville.
Deaths
At Neshanic Station, May 7, 1879, Deborah, wife of Judge Corle, in the 77th year of her age.
At Philadelphia, Pa., May 1, 1879, Elizabeth, wife of Isaac Skillman, formerly of Hunterdon county, aged 40 years.
In Lambertville, May 4, 1879, John S. Brady, aged 19 years and 11 months.
In Lambertville, May 4, 1879, of cancer of the breast, Sarah Kinsey, aged 53 years and 9 months.
In Clinton, May 5, 1879, Alexander Probasco, Sr., aged 75 years.
Near Hamden, May 4, 1879, Carrie, daughter of James Emery, aged about 14 years.
At Landsdown, April 22, 1879, Helen S. Hoyt, daughter of Mrs. Sarah C. Hoyt and the late Capt. M. Hoyt.
In Groville, N.J., April 30, Mrs. S. J. Bromilow, a former resident of Lambertville.
In Frenchtown, May 5,1879, John R. Stout, aged 40 years.
Near Mount
Pleasant, May 9, 1879, Wilson Leonard, aged about 65 years.
Local Department
Peter W.
Burk, an old resident of this place, died on Tuesday night last after long
suffering. He was a tailor by trade, and carried on the business for a
great many years in the northern wing of the house wherein he dwelt. Some
three or four years ago he lost a favorite son, and this sad bereavement
affected his mind and completely broke him down. He was a respected
citizen, a kind husband and father, and his death is lamented by many
friends. He was buried with Masonic honors on Friday afternoon.
The mother of M. S. Welsh, of Mechanicsville, who had for some time past been living with a son-in-law at New Germantown, while standing on a chair one day recently, fell and injured herself so badly that her death resulted soon after. She had stepped upon the chair in order to reach a clothes hook. She was aged about 94 years.
A sudden death occurred in this city last Sunday morning. John Brady, of this city, son of Stephen Brady, aged about twenty years, was walking with two companions along South Main street, near M. Knowlan's store, when he suddenly remarked that he had a terrible pain and feared it would kill him, and fell dead. Sometime before, he had run very rapidly to catch a train, and it is thought he injured himself seriously thereby. - Lambertville Record
Suicide
On Friday
last, Hamilton Forman, of Frenchtown, was found suspended by a rope fastened
around his neck, dead, in his barn on his farm near Milford. Some two
years ago, Mr. Forman moved from his farm to Frenchtown, since which time he
visited the farm almost daily, overseeing his employees. He left his home
as usual on Friday morning about six o'clock and drove to the farm, and about
nine o'clock left the hands and went to the barn at which place he was found at
noon as above stated. Mr. Forman is reputed to be the wealthiest man in
that section of the county. He leaves a wife and several children.
No cause is assigned for the act as he was of a cheerful and lively turn of
mind. His age was 65 years.
Death of Ex-Sheriff Chamberlin
Amplius B.
Chamberlin, who has long been a sufferer from disease, died at his residence
near Locktown on Friday last. He was born in the interior of the State of
New York, coming to Hunterdon county more than fifty years ago. He filled
several offices of honor and trust in this county, among them a three-year term
as Sheriff, and Secretary of the New Jersey State Senate two years. In 1849,
upon the death of Joseph Besson, County Clerk, he was appointed by the Governor
to fill the vacancy from March to November of that year. He was in the
72d year of his age.
May 20, 1879, Forty First Vol., No. 39
Death Of An Aged Colored Woman
There died in
New Haven, Conn., on Friday, May 2d, a colored woman named Elizabeth
Hendrickson, who claimed and was supported by relatives and friends in the
claim, that she was 113 years old. She was well known, and in 1876 she
attended the loan exhibition of relics, and was an object of curiosity to many
people. There is no reliable data upon which to determine her age.
A man died not long ago at the age of 80 years, whom she said she nursed when
an infant. She had been married three times, and had children by her
first husband, but they died of old age some years ago. She claimed to
have helped when ten years old, to put out a fire in New Jersey caused by
British soldiers in the revolutionary war.
Edward Taylor, of Monsey, Bergen county, committed suicide by hanging himself on Thursday of last week. The cause of the suicide is unknown.
James
Woolman, a leading citizen of Woodstown, Salem county, died suddenly on
Thursday morning. He was largely engaged in the tanning business.
Marriages
May 13, by
the Rev. H. B. Garner, Charles S. Hurley, of Lambertville, to Rella C. Leigh,
of Hopewell.
Deaths
In Lambertville, May 8, 1879, Catharine, wife of Samuel Wyckoff, aged 43 years and 5 months.
In Clinton, May 14, 1879, Rachael S., widow of the late Peter H. Rodenbaugh, aged 71 years, 1 month and 13 days.
Near
Quakertown, May 16, 1879, John Myres, in the 92d year of his age.
Samuel Carhart, President of Ocean Beach, this State, while waiting for the New York train at that place last Tuesday morning, fell in an apoplectic fit and died in a few moments. He was on of the wealthiest and best known citizens of Monmouth county. Mr. Carhart was a native of Union township, this county, and some twelve or fifteen years age removed to Ocean Beach from High Bridge. His age was about 50 years.
Robert
Hoagland, professionally known as Robert Cavella, a balloon trapeze performer,
died at his home in Bound Brook, on Thursday of week before last, from the
effect of injuries received by a fall while performing at Phoenixville, Pa., in
September last.
One by one the aged are falling, and the familiar forms and faces of several men whom we have seen upon these streets from time to time ever since we can remember, have within a fortnight been touched by the resistless hand of Death. We last week announced the demise of ex-Sheriff A. B. Chamberlain and Captain P. W. Burk, and now we have to chronicle the death of John Myers, of Quakertown, aged 91 years; and Joseph K. Potts, of this vicinity, aged about 80 years. May they rest in peace.
Eli young, of Glen Gardner, a Democratic candidate for Assembly some four years ago, died at his residence last week of consumption.
Isaac B.
Manning, of Mt. Pleasant, has been sorely afflicted lately. In March he
buried a lovely daughter and last week a grown-up son - both victims of that
terrible scourge, consumption.
State Items
A five month old child John Scully, of East Newark, was accidentally smothered to death on Tuesday night, about 10 o'clock, in the absence of its parents.
On Saturday afternoon last a little colored girl, named Maggie Franklin, living with C. N. Staats, near Bound Brook, fell into the canal and was drowned.
Miss Elizabeth Dorsett, daughter of a well known New Jersey patriot who took part in the battle of Monmouth, will shortly celebrate her 103d birthday at Middletown. The venerable lady is the grand-aunt of ex-Governor Bedle, and a grand gathering of the Dorsetts of Middletown and Hoboken will assist at the celebration ceremonies.
The death
of Thomas J. Corson, a widely-known physician of Trenton, is announced.
His decease occurred Sunday morning after a long and painful illness. He
was born in New Hope, Penn., February 12, 1828, and was graduated as a
physician from the University of Pennsylvania, and commenced to practice of
medicine in Trenton in 1854. He was a member of Assembly, Physician of
the New Jersey State Prison, Superintendent of the Public Schools of
Trenton, and President of the New Jersey Medical Society.
May 27, 1879, Forty First Vol., No. 40
Mrs. James Allen, of Scranton, Pa., fell from a third story-window on Tuesday, and was killed instantly.
Judge Asa
Packer died at Philadelphia at ten o'clock Saturday night, 17th inst., in the
seventy-third year of his age. Asa Packer was emphatically a self-made
man. He was born in Mystic, Conn...
A special term of the Glouchester county Court for the trial of Michael Tighe for the murder of John Burk, is now in session... The trouble which led to the tragedy grew out of a dispute as to the right of some property. On March 14, 1879, Tighe assaulted Burk with a shovel, striking him on the side of the head with the edge, inflicting a wound about five inches long and so deep that the pulsations of the brain could be seen. The wounded man lingered until March 31, when he died...
Christian
Weber, of Paterson, quarreled with his wife one night last week, and when she
went to bed he hanged himself to a beam in the ceiling of the kitchen...
Killing His Brother
A Baltimore
dispatch says: John Stinchcomb, a resident of Severn, Ann Arundel county, Md.,
while quarreling with his brother Louis today, about some property became very
much excited. Finally, John, exasperated at this brother's obstinate
refusal to accede to his view of the matter in dispute, drew his revolver and
shot him, killing him almost instantly. Leaving him dead in the road some
distance from Severn, John returned home and killed himself by a second
discharge of the same weapon. John was 50 and Louis 45 years old, and
neither married.
A Kentucky girl and her lover had vainly tried for four years to elope together - They were Thomas Owen and Miss Kate Sanford, of Milburn. A few nights ago, Miss Kate bravely jumped out of a window. She broke one of the small bones near the ankle, but Tom got away with her, and she was held on her feet while the marriage ceremony was performed by a sympathizing clergyman.
Richard Farren, a boy 9 years old, came to his death in a singular manner in Everett, Mass., last Thursday afternoon. He had been amusing himself by hanging between the stringers of a bridge on the Eastern Railroad, and pulling himself up so that his head extended above the rails. While in this position and watching an approaching train on the inward track, a train came up behind him on the outward track and severed his head from his body.
A singular accident happened in Paradise township, York county, Pa., on Wednesday afternoon. Samuel Stahle, a blacksmith, aged twenty-two years, whose home was in Littlestown, attended the funeral of Mrs. Mary Hantz. There were many persons about, so Stahle and other young men threw themselves down on the grass in the yard. Stahle had his open pocket-knife in his hand, when one of the young men jokingly rolled him over. The blade of the knife passed through the ribs and pierced the heart. Stahle died instantly.
A Baby Killed On The Rail
A Lancaster,
Pa., dispatch says: This morning (Friday) about 7 o'clock, as the Harrisburg
Express on the Pennsylvania R.R. was passing Salunga, several miles west of the
city, the engineer discovered a child, about twenty months' old, sitting on the
track. Before he could stop the train it was struck and instantly
killed. The infant was a son of Abram Hall, who lives near the railroad.
Marriages
May 18, by Rev. J. G. Williamson, Larason Stryker Jr., of Pittstown, to Lucy M. Butler, of Franklin township.
May 16, by
Rev. W. H. Ruth, John Apgar to Ella Taylor, both of Clinton.
Deaths
In Kingwood, April 27, at the residence of her son-in-law, Albert J. Arnwine, Sarah Allegar, in the 63rd year of her age.
At White House Station, May 27, Conrad P. Alpaugh, aged 43 years and 3 months.
At White House Station, May 17, William W., son of Sylvanus and Eleanor Cubberley, in the 20th years of his age.
On May 8, Mrs. Gale, wife of Dr. Alfred Gale, of Asbury.
Near Bloomsbury, May 16, Eliza, relict of the late James Boss, aged about 74 years.
In Clarksville, May 16, Eli W. Young, aged 35 years and 1 day.
In
Junction, May 18, Susan L., wife of Lewis Anderson, aged about 30 years.
A very
sudden death occurred in Clinton on Monday morning. Mrs. John Manning, of
New Germantown, passing Sunday at the house of her brother-in-law, James
Manning, attended the M. E. Church here, in the evening, and during the service
was taken with a sort of apoplectic fit. She was carried to Mr. M's
place, and medical aid promptly given her, but she died at an early hour the
next morning. She was about 55 years of age. - Clinton
Democrat
State Items
Walter, son of John Henry, of Crosswicks, Burlington county, whose foot was badly cut with glass about a year ago, has just died of lockjaw, supposed to be caused by portions of the glass remaining in his foot.
Mrs. Rebecca Layman, wife of Captain Nelson Layman, of Pedricktown, Salem county, died on Tuesday, 13th inst., of lockjaw, caused by running a splinter in her thumb. She was taken on Sunday and for three days suffered intensely.
A fisherman
found the body of a man about fifty-five years old on the shore near the
Elberon Hotel, Long Branch, Thursday. It was identified as that of F. T.
Miller, of New York, a workingman who lost his wife about a year ago and has
since been unsettled in his mind.
June 3, 1879, Forty First Vol., No. 41
A young
girl named Van Derwork was struck and killed by a train of cars near Elmira,
N.Y. on Wednesday last, as she was stepping out of the way of another train.
Wholesale Poisoning in Vermont
Eleven children
have died from drinking poisoned water from a brook at Newark, Vt., and two
others are not expected to live. The brook had been polluted by the
carcasses of some sheep and a horse. A Mrs. Morse last two children, Mrs.
Aldrich two, Mrs. Carpenter three, and two other of hers it is said will die,
taking her entire family.... The latest dispatch received states that two
more children of John Aldrich have died from drinking the poisoned water,
making five - his entire family. Mrs. Aldrich is insane.
Husbands In The Way Of Their
Wife's Paramours
Mrs. Kate Cobb
and Wesley Bishop have both been sentenced to State prison for life for the
murder of Mrs. Cobb's husband; Mrs. Jennie Smith and Covert D. Bennett
have been found guilty of having deliberately murdered Mrs. Smith's
husband. Mrs. Geo. H. Mack, of Rock Co., Wis., is in State prison for
life for the murder of Mr. Mack, and Mrs. Mack's boy paramour, Frank Dickerson,
on whose testimony Mrs. Mack was convicted, is now on trial as an accomplice in
the murder. In Lowville, in New York State, Mrs. Harriet Merrihew is in
prison for the murder of her husband's brother and the attempted murder of her
husband.
Marriages
At Flemington, May 27, 1879, by Rev. R. Johns, Joseph Opdyke of Frenchtown, to Lu. H. Opdyke, of Erwinna, Bucks Co., Pa.
In Lambertville, at the residence of the brides' parents, on May 24, 1879, by Rev. F. Bloom, assisted by Rev. H. G. Williams, Clark B. Johnson of Raven Rock, to Sallie A. Green, of Lambertville.
In Lambertville, at St. John's R. C. Church, on May 15, 1879, by Rev. Geo. P. Doulin, James T. Callan to Honora Mary Casey, both of Lambertville.
In Bethlehem, at the residence of the bride's parents, by Rev. P. D. Day, assisted by Rev. Mr. Horton, Nathan Gano of Asbury, Warren Co., to Lenora, daughter of Sylvester H. Smith, of Bethlehem.
At Glen Gardner, May 24, 1879, by Rev. S. K. Doolittle, Lewis Warrick of Chester, to Rosa Waidman, of Junction.
In
Pennington, on Thursday, May 29, 1879, Daniel C. Titus to Miss Belle Wiley.
Deaths
Near High Bridge, May 16, 1879, Abram Cregar, aged 76 years.
Near Sidney, December 1, 1878, Jane E. Trimmer, aged 28 years.
At Junction, May 20, 1879, Edwin E. Rowland, aged 17 years.
In Lambertville, May 25, 1879, Bessie B., twin daughter of George L. and Susan P. Titus, aged 13 years and 3 months.
In Lambertville, May 22, 1879, John Malone, aged 16 years, 6 months and 12 days.
At her residence in Readington township, on May 24, 1879, Margaret Kinney, in the 80th year of her age.
At White House, May 6, 1879, Isaac G. Stryker, aged 67 years and 9 months.
At Ringoes, May 30, 1879, Peter J. Young, in the 83rd year of his age.
At
Readington, May 23, 1879, Margaret Hoppock, widow of Peter Kinney, in the 81st
year of her age.
Local Department
On day week
before last, Miss Sarah Wilson, of Sidney, generally known as "Aunt
Sally," fell to the floor, fracturing a wrist-bone. It is claimed
that she is oldest person in Franklin township, having been born Oct. 28, 1782,
thus being in her 97th year...
A Sad Accident
Last Saturday
afternoon, Mr. Geo. L. Titus, of this city, took a drive into the county with
his wife and twin daughters, to call upon his son, Frank R. Titus, who lives
not far from Blackwell's Mills. When near his son's residence, he saw him
at work in the field, and got out of the carriage to go over to him. Just
at that time, a wagon with milk cans frightened Mr. T.'s horse, which started
off. Mr. T. had hold of the lines and he was dragged for a considerable
distance, when the lines were pulled from his hands. When near the bridge
across the creek at that point, the horse suddenly turned, broke the shafts and
upset the carriage. Mrs. Titus and her two daughters were thrown out on a
pile of stones, and one of the girls (Bessie) received such serious injuries as
to cause her death on Sunday evening last... Bessie was about
thirteen years old at the time of her death.
We regret to hear of the death of our well-known old friend Peter J. Young, of Ringoes. On Friday night last, the old gentleman retired at his usual hour in apparent good health, and next morning was found dead in bed, with his cane in his hand, as though about to pound upon the floor for help. He was aged about 83 years, and for the past five years had made his home with his cousin Theo. J. Young, Esq.
We learn
that an old gentleman named Hartpence, living near Barber's Station, died last
week from the effects of paring one of his toe-nails too close, causing first a
profuse bleeding and then mortification, causing his death.
State Items
Early
Tuesday morning a little boy of Elizabeth, named Morhart, aged six years, died
from the effects of a kick in the bowels, received a few days ago from a
playmate named Kimler.
Mrs. Phoebe
Bond, wife of the late Elihu Bond, a solider of the Revolution, died near
Morristown Tuesday of last week, aged 77 years. She had been a pensioner
of the Revolution since 1830. Elihu Bond was born at Waverly and served
under Washington, taking part in most of the war. When peace had been
declared he sought for an old chest that he had buried in the field years
before. He found it, with its silver spoons and coin intact. He
married the lady who has just died when he was 74 years old, living ten years
with her. Two sons by his first wife, the Rev. Lewis Bond and David Bond,
aged between 80 and 90 years, are still living.
June 10, 1879, Forty First Vol., No. 42
The life of
General James Shields, who died on Monday, was eventful enough to have served
for the pages of a romance. The emigrant son of an Irishman in humble
life, he was three times elected, and from three different States, to the
Senate of the United States, the highest political office a naturalized citizen
can hold, and the highest except Presidency itself. Upon his
arrival in this country in 1826, when the State of Illinois was but eight years
old, he settled there, and rising with the country, having read law, and being
a man of force of character, he was singled out by his neighbors as a
representative man, and served them as a lawyer, legislator, Judge of the
Supreme Court and General.
A Kingston
dispatch says: Three deaths have recently occurred from typhus fever in the
family of John Hagerty, who lives near the village of Milton in this
county. A son was buried last week, and other members of the family
suffering from the same disease are not expected to live.
Aunt Betsey Dorsett
Miss Elizabeth
Dorsett, the centerarian, died at the residence of the late Ezra Osborn, at
Middletown, at half-past ten o'clock on Saturday night, May 31, aged 101 years,
11 months and 16 days. She had been confined to her bed about two
weeks. Her physicians say that she had no physical ailment, but life gave
way from the weight of years.
The N.Y.
Herald of Monday says: This remarkable woman was born at Bethany, midway
between Middletown and Matawan, June 15, 1777. Her memory extended back
to the closing years of the Revolution, and she was one of the very few persons
living in this age who had seen and had conversed with General
Washington. She resided at the place of her birth until 1838, when she
removed to Matawan, then known as Middletown Point. For the last twenty
years of her life she has had a home at the residence of Mr. Osborn, whose wife
was Miss Dorsett's niece. Upon reaching her centennial birthday, it was
intended by Miss Dorsett's relatives and friends to celebrate the event, but
the precarious health of Mr. Osborn, who was then living, and who has since
died, forbade.
A woman shoots another, and all for love! A case of this kind recently occurred near Snow Hill, Md. A Miss Lillie Duer shot a Miss Ella Hearn, so that she died soon after, and the trial of Miss Duer for murder is now progressing....
At
Roherville, Washington county, Md., on Tuesday, Lewis S. Miller, aged 15, shot
and killed Charles Norris, about the same age.
Marriages
June 5, by Rev. G. S. Mott, D. D., Albert H. Rittenhouse, of Flemington, to Mary E. Risler, daughter of Alexander Risler, of Elizabeth, N.J.
May 29, by Rev. H. G. Williams, John r. Thatcher to Mary E. Sigafoos.
May 17, by Rev. F. C. Cothy, Ira Latorette, of Mt. Airy, to Helen Zens, of Lambertville.
May 31, by Rev. Charles H. Thomas, Franklin Cole to Maggie B. Lewis, all of Lambertville.
May 31, by Rev. Chas. H. Thomas, George Everitt, of West Amwell, to Hannah R. Hartpence, of Rosemont.
May 28, by the Rev. N. S. Aller, Urmston B. Hager to Adella Rapp, all of Holland.
May 17, by Rev. G. W. Tomson, Michael Shurtz to Abba Lake, both of Junction.
May 31, by Rev. J. G. Williamson, Charles B. Housel of Kingwood to Ella A. Rounsavill, of Franklin.
At the same
time by the same, Lambert Compton to Maggie J. Bonnell, both of Alexandria
township.
Deaths
In Lambertville, June 1, 1879, Sarah A., wife of George J. Naylor, aged 52 years and 7 months.
In Flemington, May 9, 1879, Cornelia C. Britton, aged 24 years and 5 months.
At Easton,
May 31, 1879, Elijah W. Iliff, a resident of New Hampton, N.J., aged 77 years.
On The Life Of Late Peter J.
Young
It was with
profound sorrow that I announce the sudden death of Mr. Peter J. Young, an aged
and highly respected citizen of Ringoes. For the last seven years he has
been making his home with his cousin, Mr. Theo. J. Young.... Peter J.
Young was born Sept. 10, 1797, in Amwell township. He received a common
English education, which cultivated a strong desire for reading, of which he
was very fond. He was descended from one of the old settlers of this
county. His grandfather, Peter Young, who was a native of Germany, came
to this county and settled at or near Pottstown, N.J., now a small village,
where he remained but a short time. Soon afterwards he took up a large
tract of land which he bought of the Indians, situate on the northern slope of
Sourland Mountain, only a short distance from where now stands the village of
Wertsville, on a portion of which some of his descendants resided a few years
ago. Peter J. Young was the son of Jacob Young, and the oldest of seven
children. His father lived a short distance from the village of Ringoes,
owning the farms on which now reside Mr. Wm. Sutphin and Mr. Jeremiah Young,
brother of deceased. He was probably as good a historian as we had in the
county, his memory being very retentive of facts and dates. He had in his
possession a great many old papers and documents, which were left him by his
old uncle, Mr. John Lequear, of whom I have heard him speak in the warmest
terms... In 1825 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Guthrey, by the Rev. James
McLaughlin, she being six years his senior.... They lived almost forty
years together in unbroken happiness, except by the loss of their
children. He was the surviving member of the whole family. He saw
laid away in quick succession his wife and three sons. On the death of
the last and youngest son he sold his farm to the present owner, Mr. John Kise,
retiring from active duties in the decline of life, upon a decent competence,
with the respect of all who knew him.... On June 3, 1879, the
funeral services were held at the Kirkpatrick Memorial Church, conducted by the
Rev. Dr. Miller... His remains were interred by the side of
his wife's in the old Dutch burying ground at Pleasant Corner....
State Items
During the week ending Sunday, five of the seven children of Gustav Albrecht, a shoemaker on Palisade avenue, Jersey City, died of small-pox. The surviving two are low with the disease, but it is believed , are out of danger. The children contracted the disease fr