Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-03-19

"A ocd 3 ult was SIlOU IN the DoIaWare
river, near Phillipsburg, few days ago.
1t measured four feet eight inches from
tip to tip of wings.
An old Vineland weather prophet
forecasts snow storm in March deeper
than any we have yet had this season
and accompanied by a heavy wind
There will also be two SHOWS in April.
A story is told of Daniel Scull, who
kept the Absecon lighthouse sixteen
years ago; while dining at the county
almshouse with the freeholders one day,
jokingly selected his room Two years
later he went blind and occupied the
same room.
The Hebrew colony at Vineland has
been failure. Forty of the settlers
deserted last week and went to Phila-
delphia and New York in search of en-
ployment. 1t is presumed that when
Spring opens the remainder will leave
in body.
The State Lunatic Asylum at Tren-
ton has become so overcrowded that
an arrangement has been made where
by the patients from Hunterdon county
six in number, will be transferred to
the Morris Plains Asylum.
The Hon. John Hill Memorial Fund
now has $537.1 18 to it's credit Sabbath
schools that have not yet made their
returns are specially urged to send
their contribution at once to Geo. D.
Meeker, Treasurer, Dover.
In New Jersey trout fishing opens on
the first of March, but there is very
little of it done until after the first of
April, the time when the season opens
in New York State. During March the
trout streams are full of ice and snow
and are altogether too high.
Quinton, Salem county, has Curl
osity in the shape of we'll from which
warm water is pumped. 1t is located
in the window glass factory, and it is
supposed that the water from the
springs feeding the well passes under
the furnaces and is thus heated.
The municipal election in Camden
was the most quiet in recent years.
A light vote was polled The Republi-
cans carried the city on Assessor at
Large, electing Mr.. Thompson by about
1000 majority and making gain of one
member of Council. The new Council
will stand 1G Republicans to 8 Demo-
Gratis
Families living in the vicinity of Cold
Spring Inlet, Cape May county, are Sc
curing the coffee and cocoa from the
wreck of the brig Anita at that point.
drying out the salt water and using it.
AS the cargo has been saturated with
arsenic from the hides which were on
board it is feared that sickness NAV
arise from their use. One case of sick
ness has already been reported.
The best collection of books III the
State is the State Library at Trenton.
1t consists of about 80, 700 volumes, and
is increasing at the rate of 1000 volumes
year. Its chief feature is in the law
branch, but it also has a good showing
of miscellaneous literature, and par
ticularly of rare volumes and records
of value in connection with the history
of the State. Its files of the leading
State papers are very complete. Ten
thousand persons visit the library each
year.
The creditors of Captain w. d. Holt,
the embarrassed proprietor of the Hotel
Windsor, of Trenton, have agreed to
take a bond and mortgage on all his
real and personal estate, which is val
ued at $175,0 900. Captain Holt amassed
a fortune as a lawyer and put the
greater part of it into the hotel, which
was built only few months ago. The
creditors have appointed three of their
number as board of trustees to man
age the property, and they will select
a competent person to run the hotel.
theodore Marsh, of Passaic, in his
lifetime owned some fine trotting
stock, and when he died in 1870 he left
will bequeathing to each of four of
his horses an annuity of $500 to pro-
vide it with feed and care. He direct
ed that the horses should not be EN-
ployed, but allowed to spend their last
n
not abuse the benevolence of their
master, but the days of the third ended
ON Thursday of last week, when he
had attained the age of A years. The
last OF the veterans shows no signs of
allowing the heirs of Mr.. Marsh to di
vide the fund from which he draws
$500 per year.