The articles in “From the Archives” are reprinted from previous editions of The New Jersey Herald, which began publication in 1829; the Sussex Register, which began in 1814; and the Sussex Independent, which began in 1871. The stories appear in their original form, although some have been edited for length. 125 YEARS AGO July 2, 1879 LOCAL AFFAIRS HOME ITEMS The post office will be closed on the Fourth, excepting from 11 to one o'clock. Mr. Hatley EARL, of this place, fell from a cherry tree Monday, fracturing one of his ribs and receiving other injuries. Rev. Dr. PRIEST is reported on his way from California, and is expected to occupy his own pulpit on Sunday, July 13th. It is reported that "Sussex" and a horse belonging to Robt. DEMPSTER, of Phillipsburg, will trot at Deckertown on the Fourth. Persons having letters, on July 4th, for Newark and New York should mail them by 8:30 a.m. , as probably there will be no afternoon mail on that day. Rev. T.V. WALTERS, a member of the Newark conferences since 1845, is dangerously ill with pneumonia at his home in Hackensack. Monday evening no hopes were entertained for his recovery. The steamer Pinafore was launched on Swartswood Lake on Saturday last , and is now ready for the accommodation of pleasure parties. The boat has a capacity for carrying 600 passengers, and is propelled by a newly patented engine manufactured at Middletown. Arthur WALTHOR, an eight-year old lad of Stockholm, and his parents, visited New York last week, and returning to the Jersey City depot in the afternoon, the little fellow strayed away. His parents missing him, search was at once instituted, but all efforts to find him failed, and the parents left for home, but a short time after their departure Conductor DUFFIELD, of the Midland road, received a dispatch from a conductor on the Pennsylvania road, stating that the little fellow was on his train and all right. He was sent back to Jersey City on the next train, and returned to his home in Stockholm. (thank goodness for a happy ending) and Happy 4th of July to all. Linda Linda's family genealogy: http://www.poundscammarotofamilygenealogy.1afm.com/Index.htm Researching the following surnames: Cammaroto,Caminiti, DeFeo,Ferriolo, Gaspardino, Giraulo, Meinardi, Briggs, Christie, Demarest, DeGroot, Cressor, Pounds, Lawler, Mc Auslin Cressor and Sohier.