Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-12-17
MCGOWAN & NICHOLS, Publishers.
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
Hundreds of men were employed
along the coast from SandyHook to Bar
negat the past week repairing damages
caused by the recent storm.
1t is expected that an extensive watch
factory will be located at Trenton.
Arrangements are being made to trans
fer factory in one of the Eastern
States.
William Colkitt, of Mount Holly,
Burlington county, age sixteen years,
ate aquantity of raw cabbage while
out cunning, and died soon afterwards
from cramp collie.
An excursion party of fifty from Mich
igan, former residents of New Jersey,
have been visiting the upper part of
State. Some of them have been alb
sent twenty and thirty years.
John Mclean, ex-P President of Prince
ton College, has been reappointed a
member of the Board of Trustees of
the Smithsonian Institution, by resolu-
ton of the United States Senate.
The City Council of Woodbury. has
instructed the Water Committee to
contract with Coon & Mooney, of
Kingston, Pa, for the erection of water
works. The contract price will be
$61, ,S6G
Rev. DR.. E. H. Stokes, of Ocean
Grove, has made collection of many
of his best poems, published in various
journals from 1S43 to the present time,
and added several heretofore unpub-
lished, which are now issued in vol
ume of 366 pages.
The house where the late William H.
Vanderbilt was born in 1921, still stands
onlower Burnett street, near the steam
boat wharves, in New Brunswick The
great fortune gathered by Cornelius
Vanderbilt, the elder, was commenced
in that old house.
Master Doughty, of Somer's Point,
| Atlantic county, one day last week
killed thirty-one black duck and four
wild geese. He made a remarkable
shot in killing the four geese. He used
two-double barreled guns bringing
down a goose at each shot.
Inspector Butler, of the State Prison.
recommends that the State cancel its
contract with the shirt manufacturers,
who employ nearly half the convicts,
alleging that the State was so misled
in making the contract that it will be
cheaper to pay the $4,000 forfeit than
to carry out the bargain.
Two COWS belonging to Rev. Mr..
Frazier living between Greenville and
Westtown, Hunterdon county, died
very mysteriously recently. A post
mortem examination disclosed the fact
that they had eaten large quantities of
acorns, which had swollen after enter
ing the stomach, and caused death.
Elizabeth is to have a hair-pin factory
to make hairpins of a new form. VIM.
H. Jackson, of the Singer Works, Eliza
beth, has invented machine that will
do the work and put the pins up in
packages for less than it costs for
duties on the pins imported from Eng
land. From seventy-five to one hun
dred of the new machines will be made
at once, and the company will begin
operations as 500 n as possible.
Vineland is soon to have water-works,
Charles Keighley, a manufacturer, hav-
ing contracted to put up the machinery
and lay all the mains as a private en-
terprise. Water is to be delivered by
system of drive wheels eighty in num-
Der, which have been sunk on the prem
ises adjoining the factory. A Holly
automatic pump with a capacity of
100000 gallons a day, will be used,
although the present needs of the bor-
ough will not require more than one
half that amount. The work of lay
ing six miles of pipes will begin in a
few days.
Jesse Huggins a farmer of Plum
stead township, Ocean County, has
created considerable excitement by
having warrant issued for the arrest
of his wife on the charge of incendiar-
ism. Higgins left home one morning
few weeks ago, and on his return in
the evening he found that all the out
buildings on his farm had been de-
stroyed by fire. He apparently re-
manned inactive until Wednesday of
last week, when he went before Squire
Hurley, of Jackson township, and
swore out the warrant. The young
woman is Higgins second wife, and is
only 20 years old, while he is 60. There