West-Jersey pioneer., 1880-01-29
SOUTH JERSEY NEWS.
CAMDEN COUNTY.

CAMDEN COUNTY.
On Thursday morning las. the wagons Of
Christian Kleinz and VIM. Whitehead,
while driving along Kaighn's avenue, CAM
den came in collision with such violence
that one of the wheels of Mr.. Kleinzs vehi-
Gle was broken off, which threw him to the
pavement under the horses feet, where he
rested by policeman Anderson for cruelty to
his horse in whipping him with heavy
whip, aud making him run at furious rate,
causing the accident. He was held in 5000
bail to answer at Court.
1t is said that sufficient stock has been Sc
cured to warrant an early commencement
Of the work of building the new railroad
from Camden snd Marlton and Medford by
way of Haddonfield. The surveys are about
completed. The work will be executed un-
der the supervision of the Camden and At
lantic Company, who will operate it and
furnish the rolling stock.
The body found at the fish house, Glou-
cester City, on Wednesday, has been identi-
fed as that of Ambrose Simpson, cigar
dealer, of Frankford Road, Philadelphia.
He was 55 years, and was temporary insane
at the time of his suicide.
On Friday morning, as Mr.. Knowlton, an
old resident of Gloucester, was crossing
King street, he accidentally fell to the
pavement and split his nose completely
open. The blood flowed freely, and it was
with some difficulty that the physician
stopped it. The old gentleman would cer-
tainly have bled to death had it not been for
the near presence of the physician.
On Wednesday afternoon thief entered
the house of Mr.. Langley, on Broadway,
Camden, and stole about $50 from bureau
drawer, with which he escaped.
1t is estimated that during the past year
over one million two hundred and fifty
thousand passengers crossed the river be-
tween Camden and Philadelphia on the
boats of the Federal street Ferry, and more
than eight hundred thousand on the Market
street line. An increased business was ex-
perienced on the Kaighn's Point, Cooper's S
Point and Shackamaxon ferries during 1879.
1t has just been ascertained, by the dis
covery of an old account of the M. E. Church
of Camden, that the first lot for church
was bought of Joshua Cooper on November
10, 1909 for SIS. 1t was located at the
Northwest corner of Federal and Fourth
Streets. The carpenter work of the build
ing, to be thirty feet sqare, was contracted
for at $50 with Jonathan Goodin. This
Church, was the mother of the Third Street
M. E. Church, from which all the other M.
E. Churches in Camden originated.
SALEM COUNTY.
The following are from the Woodstowr
Register.
On morning of the Goth inst, with tenn.
perature at about $50, there was observed
here handsome rainbow in the northeast
Same evening had thunder and lightning
James Coombs last season harvested 120(
bushels of wheat from 40 acres, average O
80 bushels per acre. Yet the hail storm O.
last June did considerable damage to thu
crop.
| Last Tuesday about 9 P. M. there cam'
a terrible wind gust, blowing fences about
| uprooting some trees, etc. We learn tina
the barn of Abel Brown, on the Clawsor
farm just east of Woodstown, was moved
off it's foundation several inches.
On account of the heavy fog last Friday
the steamer Thomas Clyde was prevented
from making her usual trip to Philadelphia
and on Saturday she was compelled to cas-
anchor at the mouth of the creek on hel
down trip, and to lie there until Sunda.
morning when she reached her moorage il
this city.
ATLANTIC COUNTY.
Mr.. VIM. G.. Bartlett, of this city, ha
had couple of men in his employ moving
meadow grass at Cedar Grove, this week
The grass is green as in Summer. Tw'
wagon loads were mown. The like neve
occurred in this section before, and haymel
swinging their scythes in midwinter is
marvellous sight.-AtIantic City RevSeo.