Woodstown register. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 187?-1892, 1883-10-09

S, and Anna L. Their ages range from
four to fourteen.-Ep.
California's orange crop is the largest
ever known in the State.
There are 2,2oo trains leave the rail-
road stations Of London every a. hours.
A mountain of copper ore. practically
inexhaustible, has been discovered IN
Nevada.
The Mississippi river has 1851 miles
navigable to steamboats,, and 2o,22I miles
navigable to barges.
BY the explosion of a boiler in Pitts
burgh, Pa, Sept. aoth, five persons were
killed, and many others injured.
French deputies get $1,000 a year.
British M mbers of Parliament get moth
ing, American Congressman 5000.
John Payne Collier, philologist, biblio-
grapher and commentator on Shakespeare,
died at London. Sept. 18th, aged "a years.
Jay Eye See, the phenomenal fye-year-
old, trotted a mile without skip or break
in 2 ION at Narragansett Park, Provi-
dence, R. 1.
The northeaster lately closed the mouth
of Shark river. The citizens of Ocean
Beach can now walk along the beach to
ocePl Grove and Asbury Park
the birds of America, collected and
prepared for the great naturalist's own use
has been purchased and presented TO Am
herst college by Ebert E. Farnham, class
of IS.
Emily Johnson, aged six years. was
badly poisoned by eating jimson weeds,
on Saturday last, and up to this writing
no hopes of her recovery are entertained
by the attending physicians.
Some dissatisfaction seems to exist in
Bridgeton over the verdict of the Coroner's
jury in the recent poisoning case of May
erlen. Some people sill think he was
poisoned by his wife, spite OF the verdict
to the contrary.
William Broadway of Gloucester City,
has been exhibiting in his store window a
cluster of four pears, the coabined weight
of which was nearly thres pounds. A
single one lying near them, taken from the
same tree, weighed fifteen ounces.
The grand depot of the London and
North western railway at Birmingham.
Eng, is the largest in the world. 1t GOV.
ers the space which was once occupied by
200 houses. and when completed the
whole will cover eleven acres, and csst
SI,25o,ooo.
A brown mare was found between Ce-
darville and Newport on Monday last and
is now at Cawman's hotel, Newport. The
animal is described as follows: White on
both hind legs, shoe off right fore foot,
scar on right fetlock. The horse is await
ing an owner.
The first carload of passengers over the
big bridge, started from Brooklyn last
Tuesday morning. The trains ran ON hive
minutes Roadway, and occupied six min
utes IN making the journey. Five car
were run. The cable system of train run
ming appears to be complicated and I'M
pleasant.
A Pittsburgh court has decided that
railroad companies must insure sleeping
ing-car passengers against theft. The
Judge charged that since the company Of
fers the facilities of sleeping acconmoda-
lions as an inducement to pay an extra
sum, it binds itself to protect its patrons
while they are asleep and for the time be-
ing helpless.
Democratic State Committees, to serve
for three years: AT large-John r. Mac
Pherson, Gottfried Kruger, Rufus Blod-
gett and Manning Freeman; First Dis.
trict-Ri chard S. Jenkins; Second AN
drew J. Smith; Third-John H Laird;
Fourlh-Samuel I. Smith; Fihh-Gar-
rett Ackerson, Jr.,; SIXTH. H. East
wood; Seventh-A. A. Hardenbergh.
There has been added to the faculty of
the Philadelphia Deaf Mute Institute, cor
ner Broad and Pine streets, three new in
stru ctors. Mr.. Booth in the girls depart
ment, and Miss Barry and MISS Wood in
the boys. Mr.. Joshua Foster, the princi-
pal OF the Institute, is now i'll, and is I'M
able to attend TO his duties. He is much
missed by the pupils. and we hope his re-
covery viii be speedy.
John Kay, an esteemed young man OF
the vicinity OF Haddonield. was badly
gored lately by a bull belonging to Ed
ward Hus.o on, which Fred Kay had on his
farm. He had gone into the field Tor the
purpose of driving the bull out. when the
animal charged on him aud tossed him in
the air three times. Then, while lying on
the ground with the fost Of the bull on
his body, he seized the bull by the horns,
and being a powerful man. held IN until
assistance arrived. The physician would
not let him be seen for some days but nov
he is doing well.