West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-01-24


pension money for a wound in the leg at
fredericksburg.
Young damsels of Moorestown while away
the time by dressing in male attire and
promenading the depot platform putting
fragrant cigars. One was seen thus engaged
few evenings ago, and the effect is said to
have been very striking.
A well-digger in Lynchburg, Va, in
blasting out we'll the other day, discovered
a snake in the middle of solid rock which
was some so feet below the surface of the
ground. 1t was alive in spite of it's appar-
entity long imprisonment.
The annual income of the Church of Eng
land is $36, 100000. The church has 49,
900 religious edifices, including 80 cathedri.
ais, 10000 glebe- houses, 81 Episcopal pala-
ces, and 1000, 900 acres of land, much of it
in good condition for tillage.
About two weeks ago. painter, named
Joseph Paffen, living in South Egg Harbor,
stepped backward off car on the Atlantic
City narrow gauge railroad, and, falling to
the ground, received injuries from the eff
fects of which he died few days ago.
The following gentlemen have been elec-
ted officers of the West Jersey Surveyors
Association: President, William Parry;
Vice Presidents, Hon George Sykes and
William Dyer; Treasurer, Clayton Lippin-
colt; Secretary, Judge John Clements.
According to the State Comptroller's re-
port the taxa BILE property of the State has
shrunk in value during the past year $780,
6S3, ,01O 80, there being decrease in the
assessors valuations in every county, except
ing Salem, Gloucester, Somerset and Hud-
son.
Sheriff Hirqs, of Salem county, states that
no arrests have been made in consequence
of the murder of Mrs. Dilks, housekeeper
for Mr.. John Lloyd, eighteen months ago,
and that no bloody clothes have been found,
nor has any colored man made disclosures,
or been arrested as was reported.
Miss Hannah de Rothschild, the bright
and good young lady whom Earl Rosebury
is going to marry, has fortune of $15,OO0,-
900. She takes the entire charge of her
landed and otherwise, and is an
excellent woman of business. She is not
beautiful, but has kind, earnest and sin
cere face.
After the failure of the late insurrection
in Japan, richly attired Japanese young
lady was found lying dead in a castle moat,
with her fathers head in her left hand and
a bloody knife in her right. She had cut
off her fathers head at his command, and
then killed herself, that the two might not
be taken prisoners.
About five hundred tailors, belonging to
the Tailors' Union, Chicago, quit work on
Monday morning. They are on strike for
an increase in wages of from % to 40 per
cent. Most Of the strikers belong to whole
sale clothing establishments, but the propri-
etors express the opinion that the strike
will not be serious in extent or effect.
Prosecutor Abeel, of Newark, on Thurs
day, on failure to convict several justices
for taking illegal fees, excitedly denounced
the whole panel of jurors, declaring he
would not try another case until the April
term. He was pointedly endorsed by Judge
Tittswortb, who said the juries had rem
dered verdicts contrary to law, the facts
and the evidence.
A young married couple, named Bragdon,
living in Melrose, Mass, were found on last
Saturday evening, by friends who called
upon them in their sitting room. Mrs. Brag-
don lying dead on a sofa, and her husband
unconscious on the floor, but living. Medi.
cal assistance was called for the man, and
this morning he seemed in fair way to re-
cover. 1t is supposed to have been eau sed
by coal gas escaping through register.
Andrew Cunningham, a young man of
Almonesson, Gloucester county, went to
the blacksmith shop with team of horses
on Thursday. He left the shop to return
home little after noon and between and
3 O'Clock, the team was found in peach
orchard short distance away, and the life
less body of young Cunningham was found
lying at the heels of the animals. The bolt
of the wagon had come out, upsetting the
wagon and causing the horses to run away.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-There was re-
ceived at the Redemption Agency from a
New York city bank $50 note, two-thirds
Of which was counterfeit and the remainder
genuine. The note was pasted very nicely
and the right end of the bill was genuine.
A teller in counting this package would
have passed the note if he had counted it
from the end. The only safe way to exam
me bank notes is to count them so that the
whole note can be seen.
Annie Parks, woman of eighteen, who |
las been living at the residence of James
Clark, No. 191 Fifth avenue, New York,
1as been missing since last Wednesday af-
;ernoon. Last Sunday night she came to
,he door Of her aunt's residence, No. lis |
Concord street, with her garments bedrag-
yled with dirt and torn, and the ornaments
which she had worn during the day were
gone. She told story of being outraged
oy several men and of being robbed after
ward. The next day she told another story
With manifest falsshoods. When her
friends told her that they did not believe
Ter, she went away, and has not been seen
'ince. The girls father lives in Brickburg,
n this State.