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West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-08-09

THE OLD JERSEY PENNY.-Speaking
of the Jersey State penny, issued before
the United States commenced coming
this denomination, the Trenton Gazette
says:-'f we mistake not, in 1865 our
State was called Nova Casarea, and the
assembly that year resolved, that for
the more convenient payment of small
sums of money, Mark Newly's "copper"
called Patrick's Half-penny should pass
current as a circulating medium. These
were really Irish half-pence, which Mark
Newly brought over with him on pri-
vate speculation. In 1856, Albion Cox
and Walter Mouldt, merchants in New
York city, contracted to strike $4,000
worth Of pennies for the State, and they
struck the first one in that year. These
are now known as the horse-head pen
MES, the reserve side bearing the head
OF a horse. There is one peculiar feat
ure connected with them. Although in
1886 there were thirty varieties, in 1887
twenty, and 1888 ten, there is only one
that has the horses head turned to the
left. All the others are turned to the
right. There are quite number of
these pennies in existence, generally
found in private collections. Now and
then one of these pieces is sold for $5."
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-08-09
GOVERNOR NEWELL.

Hon. VIM. A. Newell, one of New .Jer-
sey's ex-Governors, now Governor of
that famous territory in the great North
West, known as Washington, is well
liked in his new home. Here is what
the Historian, published at Astoria, Ore
gon, says of him.
Governor Newell, of Washington
Territory, is in the city, and leaves this
morning on the Miles to Gray's Harbor
and Quinault reservation: He has just
come down from east of the mountains
and reports splendid crop; he saws the
wheat will go forty bushels to the acre.
and the grain crop around Walla Walla
and that whole country is something
prodigious. Gov. Newell comes pretty
near our ideal of an official He is worth
a million dollars year to the territory
that is so fortunate as to have him for
its chief executive. With great expert
ence, possessed of unusual information
and gifted with unusual powers of ex-
preston, man of the most indefatipable
industry, this gentleman traverses the
entire extent of the magnificent territory
to the north of us, noting, observing
everything and publishing the result Of
his information. He is a potent force
with voice and pen and is doing great
work In the development of the terri
tory. And the theme is worthy of the
man. The territory possesses so many
elements of greatness, its natural wealth
and resources are SO illimitable that they
can scarcely be exaggerated, but the
discriminating observation of the Gov
ernor enables him in his tour through
the country to select the salient points,
and SO place them as to insure correct
statement OF facts as they exist
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-08-09
THE STARS.

August is the least brilliant month of
the year for stellar displays. The dog
star, Sirius, with his magnificent retinue
OF heavenly diamonds, is almost in con-
Junction with the sun, and there are
very few stars of the first magnitude to
reward the search of the gazer. The
brightest one now visible is Arcturus, a
hne red star, which may easily be found
by following the curve made by the han
die OF the big dipper, which is now up
side down. Continuing in the same
curve, low down near near the horison,
is Spica, the only first magnitude star
in the constellation Virgo. Over in the
south the Crab has things all his own
way, with Autares flaming red from the
middle of one of his claws Up higher,
just beside the Milky Way, the middle
one OF three in straight row, is Affair,
the gem of the constellation Aquila.
Almost directly overhead, in the early
evening, beams the standard first mag
nitude star Vega, in the Lyre.
The planets are very coy this month.
Mercury and Uranus are evening stars,
but they don't count because they are
invisible. Saturn does not rise until af-
ter midnight, and Mars is still later.
Both are now in the ''rainy Hyades," {"
with whose principal star, the ruby
Albebaran, Saturn will be in coniunc-
tion at sunrise of the 18th. Jupiter does
not rise until about three o'clock, and
Venus is so late as to be eclipsed by the
glory of the coming king of day. Later
in the month, however, Jupiter will be
seen at any time after two o'clock, and
Venus, although still late, will be visi-
BILE as the sun gets lower
The absence of planetary attractions,
however, may be more than made up by
auroral displays such as made last Sun
day evening delightful; and about the
10th, and again on the gath, the usual
meteoric showers may be expected. In
the middle of the month the moon will
rule the night, and will stay longer than
usual; so that altogether lovers and
other persons addicted to evening strolls
are provided with very attractive pro-
gramme for the month
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-08-09
AS the "British Crown sy,,,

AS the British Crown" swung up to
the American line dock few davs ago.
an old woman who had been walking the
deck since sunrise leaned over the taft
rail, calculated '"That's him, and disap-
peared in the cabin. At the same mo-
ment a still more elderly man on the
wharf shrieked That's my Benedictar'
and ran up the gang plank, followed by
a body guard of friends, and rushed
after the retreating woman. TWENTY
eight years ago scene as sad as this
was joyons was enacted by the same
pair on the Cunard dock at Liverpool
when Thomas Barbour bid farewell to
Benedicta Price and set out to find his
fortune beyond the sea. Relatives had
made the union of the couple an impos-
sibility for the time being, and although
thelr ages were respectively AZ and 35
years, they concluded to await the re-
moval by time of the objections to their
marriage. 1t took nearly third of a
century, for it was not until a month
ago that a letter came from Miss Bene-
dlcta announcing that she was free to
reaeem the pledge she had kept so well.
The result was the reunion and demon
stration on the British Crown
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-08-09

The inhabitants of various Russian
provinces are aghast at the devastating
ravages of the locusts. Intelligence lust
received from Charkoff states that in
that district the locusts are swarming
over and utterly destroying the crops of
fertile tract of fifty thousand acres.
Also in the district of Novokopersch, in
the government of Voroneschki, and in
the neighborhood of Taganrog, the same
frightful destruction of the crops is pro-
ceeding. The most energetic measures to
stamp out the plague are being taken, and
with this object the district Government
of Novokopersch has voted $4,000 rou-
bles, and the Governor in person has
left for the scene of havoc. In Taganrog
the grain and locusts have been burnt
together in order to stamp out the pest.
From Borissnglebsk the latest is still
more lamentable. The locusts in this
government are ravaging track of
some seventy thousand acres. Six thou
sand soldiers sent to the assistance of
the inhabitants are powerless to check
the appalling destruction committed by
these ravaging and Unsuitable insect
legions. They have also appeared in
the government of Balaschevski
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-08-09
STATE ELECTIONS OF 1885,.

| The State elections held this wear are
not many, but some of them are of
much Importance to the States con-
cerned. Connecticut will elect Noyem
Der 9th, one-half it's Senate and it's full
House OF Representatives. Georgia, on
April gath, elected Henry d. Mcdaniel,
Democrat, Governor. to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Alexander II.
Stephens. Iowa will elect October 9th.
Governor and other State officers, part
OF its Senate, and it's full House of Rep
resentatives. Kentucky elected August
9TH, Governor and other State officers
andLegislature, and voted upon the ques-
ton OF holding convention to revise
the Constitution of the State. Mary
land will elect November 9th, Governor
and two other State officers and Legis-
lature. Massachusetts will elect Novem-
Der 9th, Governor and other State officers
and Legislature. Michigan elected April
Cd, Democratic Greenback Supreme
Judges and Regents of the University.
Minnesota will elect November 9th, Gov
ernor and other State officers, and vote
upon three proposed amendments to the
Constitution of the State, which pro
vide Cd that the general elections shall
be held hereafter in November of each
even year; (2) that the Secretary of
State, the Treasurer and the Attorney
General shall serve two years, and the
State Auditor four years, and (3) fix the
terms of service of the Judges and the
Clerk of the Supreme Court and of the
Judges of the District Court of the
State. Mississippi will elect November
9th, its Legislature. Nebraska will elect
November 9th, Justice of its Supreme
Court and Regents of the University.
New Jersey will elect November 9th,
its Governor, part of its Senate, and it's
full House of Representatives New
York will elect November 9th, Secretary
of State, Controller, Treasurer, Attor-
ney-General, Engineer, Surveyor, and
both branches of the Legislature, and
vote upon proposition to abolish con-
tract labor from the State prisons Ohio
will elect October 9th, Governor and
other State officers and Legislature, and
vote upon three proposed amendments
to the Constitution of the State, which
q and q regulate or prohibit the sale of
intoxicating liquor, and (3) reorganize
the judiciary of the State. Pennsylya-
MIA will elect November 9th, Auditor
General and State Treasurer. Rhode
Island elected April 4th, Republican
Governor and other State officers and
Legislature. Texas will vote August
18th, at a special election, upon four
proposed amendments to the Constitu-
ton of the State, which a. relate to the
sale OF the public school lands; (2) limit
the rate OF State and local taxation: (3)
provide for the formation of a public
free school fund, and (4 fix the terms of
the county courts. Vermont adopted
March 9th, two amendments to the Con-
stitution of the State, making officers
undert the Federal Government ineligible
to seats in the Legislature, and provid-
ing for the election by the popular vote
OF Secretary of State and Auditor of
Accounts on the general State ticket.
Virginia will elect November 9Th, part
of its Senate and it's full Assembly,
Paterson Press
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-08-09

At Congregational meeting of the
First Presbyterian church, Cedaryille.
the following resolutions were unani-
mously passed, in reference to the resig
nation of their pastor, Rev. g. L. Smith
WHEREAS, The Rev. George L. Smith has tend
cred his resignation as pastor of the First Pres
byterian Church, of Cedarville, N. j. therefore.
RESOLVED, That in accepting it, we, the members
OF said church and congregation, desire to put on
record that it was only at the urgent request Of
our pastor that we consent to the severance of
the ties which have existed between us for the
past four and half years.
ResolUed, That we hereby express our entire
confidence in his piety integrity and faithfulness
IN the pastoral office; the kindness and sympathy
manifested by him to those in affiiction: and the
ability and care he has shown in his preparation
for the pulpit.
Resotred, That we hereby express onr earnest
desire that wherever, in the providence of God.
he may be called to minister, he may meet with
the friendship. confidence and esteem to which
his qualities of mind and heart entitle him.
RESOLVED, That we heartily commend him to the
Christian love and sympathy of the people over
whom he has been called to minister, praying that
his lab0rs may continue to meet with the Divine
favor.
Resolred. That copy of these resolutions be
presented to the pastor of the Church. and that
they be published in the Br1dgeton Chronicle and
PIONEER.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-08-09

For the benefit of all concerned, and
as a warning to those who are in the
habit of bathing in nude state, we
publish the following from the revised
Statutes-section A. of the Crimes Act;
Every person who shall be guilty of
open lewdness, or any notorious act of
indecency, grossly scandalous and tend
ing to debauch the morals and manners
OF the people, shall, on conviction, be
liable to fine not exceeding one hun
dred dollars, and to imprisonment at
hard labor not exceeding twelve months,
or either of them, at the discretion of
the court"
All persons bathing in nude state in
any public place liable to be seen by the
public or by any person or persons trav-
cling in sight of such persons bathing,
are liable to the penalties of the law
above stated
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-08-09

James Carey, the Irish informer in the
Phoenix Park cases, was shot dead while
landing from steamer at Port Eliza
beth, South Africa The murder was
committed by fellow-passenger of
CareYs's named O'Donnell, who was ar
rested. The English government had
taken special and expensive measures to
protect Carey. O'Donnell had doeged
Garry from London. The informer was
travelling under an assumed name with
ms family. News of his shooting created
intense excitement in London and Drh-
lin. a large crowd gathered at night in
front of jaime Carey's house in Dublin.
cheering loudly because the informer
had been killed. Carey, it will be re-
membered, was member of the Dub
lin municipal council and prominently
connected with the Irish ''Invincibles,
a secret society. After the assassination
of Lord Cavendish and Mr.. Burke Carey
turned informer, and it was mainly
through his testimony that five members
OF the "Invincibles" were convicted and
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-08-09

THE LOWEST TYPE.-In the remote
wilds of Buenos Ayres there is tribe of
Indians who may reasonably be taken
as affording an important link in the
chain of evidence necessary to demon
strate the truth of the evolution theory.
They are few in number, and exceed
ingly wild and hard to capture; in fact,
they are scarcely more than wild beasts.
Two of them were recently wounded by
hunters and secured. They are said to
be the only ones ever taken alive into a
civilized community. They can hardly
be said to talk at all, their chatter being
no more Ineligible than that of mon
keys. The two specimens lately secured
were about three feet in height, and
covered with thick growth of hair
Each had a kind of stone hatchet, which
was used both as a weapon and as an
implement with which to obtain the
means of subsistence 1t is an interest
ing reflection that this lowest type of
the American aborigines dwells in re-
gions separated only by mountain
chain from the home of the Peruvians,
who were the most intelligent of the
native races of the Western Hemisphere.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-08-09
TRAGIC OCCURRENCES,

AS soon as Mrs. John Simpson of Me-
tropolis, heard that her six-year-old son
was drowned in the Ohio she committed
suicide
Just before a Swiss boy, fourteen
years of age, was drowned while bath
ing at Cotton Hill, w. Va, he escaped
being killed by the cars.
Jacob Haughman, aged sixty-five, of
Conestoga township, Penn, met his
death by falling from ladder from
which he was picking cherries.
While Benny Carter, of Salem, Va.
was leaning over his boat hauling in a
fish, he was seized with cramps, fell over
board, and was drowned.
Daniel Dorrity, aged thirty-six, went
in bathing in the canal near Syracuse.
After climbing out upon the bank he
was seized with terrific cramps, fell into
the water and was drowned.
John ]. McElhorne, Jr., aged eleven,
of Ardmore, Penn, went bird shooting
contrary to law. The gun went off pre-
maturely and SO did McElhorne's leg.
Amputation did not save him, and he
died.
In attempting to cross stream by
walking on log thrown across, Mary
and Kate Lanner, of Millerstown, Penn,
were drowned. Mary became nervous
suddenly caught hold of her sister. and
both fell in
While visiting in the country near
Summerville Mills, Ga, several little
girls playing together obtained toy
pistol. Minnie Ship now carries a ball
in her cheek, and Mamie Steine has died
from wound in the stomach.
Moses Stuart went fishing in Whites
Creek, near Chattanooga, Tenn. He car
ried some dynamite cartridges with him,
one of which exploded. tore off one side
of his head, and knocked him into the
creek, where he was drowned.
An eight-year-old lad from the CITY.
who was visiting at Port Jervis, wheeled
the baby carriage, containing his two
year-old brother, out on the towpath of
the canal, left him there, and went for
cherries. A gust of wind blew both
baby and carriage into the canal.
In bingham, Me-, Arthur Wilder.
while bathing, jumped into rowboat.
After he had pushed out into the stream.
he noticed that the oars were missing
The boat was soon in the 'sNarrows ;,
where the current runs at the "a ta of civ
knots an hour. He became frightened.
jumped overheard and was drowned.
Aaron Pinney, Jr., of Tariffville, fell
thirty feet from cherry tree. The fall
produced conclusion of the spinal col
umn, resulting in paralysis of the lower
extremities and death. He was a grad
uate of the Columbian law school, Wash
ington. David Schragham, of Augusta
county, Va, and Maggie Derass, of
Akron, Ohio, were killed in the same
way
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-08-09

The National Railroad Company of
Japan, incorporated with capital of
$20,00O,O0O, under the auspices Of the
Japanese Government, two years ego, has
adopted the American system Of build
ing railroads and is now constructing
the main line which extends from Toxic
to Anderson, the Northern seaport of
Japan, distance of $50 miles. A part
of the main line, about fifty miles in
length, has already been finished and
will be open to the public this month or
next. The terminus of the line is the
commercial centre of province where
silk culture is the principal occupation
of the people. The silk raised in this
province is highly esteemed in foreign
markets and is exported to America as
well as to Europe in large quantities
every year. 1t is expected that the
whole line will be finished within three
years.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-08-09
The San Francisco Chronicle tbps


The San Francisco Chronicle thus esti.
mates the Pacific timber supply: The
average yearly cut of lumber in Oregon
and Washington for the last thirty-tive
years has been in round numbers 72, ,OOO,-
600 feet. Let us assume that for the
next thirty years it will be three times
as much, or 100000 feet year At
that rate of forest destruction it would
take TAO years to exhaust the timbernow
growing from the Columbia to the
Fraser and from the sea backward to
the Eastern slopes Of the Cascade Noun
tains. At an average lumber consump-
tion of 5O0,OOO,OOO feet year, there is
forest sufficient to last 800 years, and in
that time the timber first cut would be
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-08-09

The address of the National Union
League, found in another column, should
be read by every Republican. 1t is an
able document, full of good advice. One
of its best paragraphs is the following
Entering as the Republican party has
soon to do in many Of the States of the
Union upon political campaigns fraught
the future of the country, it is the hope
of the National Council of the Union
League that the spirit of dissension and
bitterness which has been rife in some
sections of the Union during the past
few years may die away and be forgot
ten.
Let every Republican who loves the
party read this paragraph, and also the
full address. 1t will show him the path
of DUTY
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-08-09
OUR FOREIGN POPULATION.

| The immigration into the United
States during the fiscal year just ended,
was more than 25 per cent. below that
of the preceding year and 10 per cent.
below that of the year which preceded
that. The total number of immigrants
arriving in the year just closed was $780,
ia, against 77O, ,429 last year and $50, 431
thus arrived in the country and taken
up their abode here within the past
three years The total arrivals for the
past ten years have been less than 4G00,-
0O0 and in no three years preceding had
the total run much above 1,000, 900. The
largest number of immigrants arriving
in any one year preceding the three in
which the present "boom' has been
running was 459,8O3 in 1878. The num-
Der of immigrants who have arrived in
this country during the last fifty years
is over 100000. The smallest num-
Der of arrivals in any single year in the
half century aforesaid was in 1888, when
the arrivals were 1894 In 1S42 the
number for the first time exceeded 1OO,-
900. Since that it has only fallen below
that number four times-in 1843, 1874,
1861 and 1862. Germany continues to
furnish the largest number of arrivals.
Last year there were 191, ,643 from Ger
many, the next largest being 1882 from
England and Wales. From the Domin-
ion of Canada there were "a, 900, Ireland,
63, 700, from Scotland, 1862. From
sunny Italy there were 81, 715, from bleak
Norway, 1884. and from Sweden, "a, 59e.
Nearly three-fourths of the arrivals
come in at the port of New York, the
number of arrivals of immigrants at
that port in the past year having been
4O6,697.
The number of foreign-born persons
residents of the United States is now
about 100000, or nearly one eighth of
its present population. In 1880 it was
6,679, ,943, in 1870 it was 5,567, ,229, in 1860,
4, 13S, ,697.
New York has larger number of per-
sons of foreign birth than any other
State. 1t has 1,250,00O out of a total
population of 100000. Half million
of these are from Ireland and $50, 900
from Germany. Pennsylvania and Illi-
nois have each 100000 of foreign birth;
Ohio, 100000.
OF the 100000 of foreign population
now in the United States 2, 225, 900 are of
German nativity and nearly 1000, 900
Irish. Besides the 100000 who are of
foreign birth there are about 100000 of
foreign parentage. The percentage of
arrivals for the past few years shows a
large increase from Germany. A few
years ago the arrivals from Ireland
formed much larger per centage of the
whole than now. The number now ar
irving from Germany is more than three
times as many as those arriving from
Ireland. Last year there were 191, CAB
Germans to 76,252 Irish The number
OF emigrants leaving Germany in the
past fifty years is estimated at $500, 900;
most of them came to the United States.