Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-08-20

his potatoes they sprouted and grew
all right, but after the small potatoes
had grown to the size of shellbarks, in
stead OF growing larger, they too, be-
gan to sprout, thus making more
plants.
The annual excursion of the employees
of the Clark Thread Works, of Newark.
was made on Saturday last, to Long
Branch and Ocean Grove. Nearly
3,7OO persons participated, and five
trains, of sixty-five cars, were used to
transport the eXcursionists. The ex-
penses of the affair were borne by the
Thread Company.
During the thunder storm last Thurs
day night, the large new barns of
Ephraim Griscom. about two miles
from Salem, were struck by lightning
and entirely consumed, together with
all his hay, wheat, oats, harness, and
some household goods. His family had
a narrow escape from death. Loss,
Pf'OoU, luSuTttIlCt, tyS,OUU.
The father of Senator Mcpherson
died at Avon, New York, recently, in
the eightysecond year of his age The
absence of the Senator from General
Grants funeral was due to his attend
ance at the bedside of his father, for
whom he has always held a warm af-
fection, and in the loss of whom he will
receive universal sympathy.
DR.. G. G. Abbott, the naturalist, re-
Gently found upon his farm at Trenton,
a box tortoise, upon the under shell of
which was cut his grandfather's name,
J. Abbott, with the date 1921. The
appearance of the tortoise denoted
great age, and there is no reason to
doubt the fact that the name was really
engraved upon it sixty-four years ago.
A shrewd fellow is quietly making
his spending money at Atlantic City
by retailing liquor on the beach. He
carries several large TASKS in his pock-
cts and accosts bathers just out of the
water and tells them he can give them
drink of good whiskey. He makes
no direct charge for the Slug" but
accepts just what the people choose to
give him.
The Brinkerhoff family are to hold
a family reunion on the 27th inst, at
Ridgefield Park, Bergen county, on a
farm that was formerly a part of the
Brinkerhoff homestead, having been
purchased by Hendrick Jorisen Brink
erhoff in June, 1856. There are now
in this country between five and six
thousand Brinkerhoffs, all of whom
descended from Hendrick Jorisen
Joseph Il. Connors, as agent of the
Campaign Banner and Outfit Company,
of New York, has begun q suit against
Congressman William McAdoo, to re-
cover $144.75, alleged to be due the
company for uniforming the McAdoo
Engineer Corps last Fall. The full
amount for the uniforms was $31425,
of which all but STATS has been paid.
The suit will be tried in September.
The New Brunswick Times (Dem. J
names John F. Babcock, of the Fredo-
MAN, as a candidate for the nomination
for State Senator by the Republicans of
MiddleseX this Fall. Howard Mac
Sherry, who was private secretary to
Senator Schenck, is a candidate, and
ex-Assemblyman Carson is reported to
be willing to be candidate in case he
should be compelled to give up the
postnastership.
Frank Hallenbeck. Plainfield junk
dealer, has been arrested, charge with
purchasing and selling the bottles of
Plainfield and Easton bottlers contrary
to the law. 1t is said that Hallenbeck
bought the bottles, which were worth
thirteen cents each, for two cents each,
and shipped them to New York, where
they were sold at an advance of five or
six cents each. The trial will be the
first in this State under the law.
Intermittent fever has broken out in
the Insane Asylum at Morris Plains.
Nine nurses and one patient were
stricken with it, according to a report
made to the Board of Directors by
Director Smith, on the 9th inst
Since then all have recovered, but sew
eral new cases were reported on Satur-
day. 1t is thought the fever originated
in imperfect drainage of the institution
caused by a stoppage of one of the
sewer pipes.
Up in Bergen County the political
pot has begun to warm up, and both
parties are looking about for strong
Over a dozen have been
named" for the Senatorial nomination
by the Democrats, and the Republi-
cans are talking of Assemblyman Peter
Ackerman and G. E. Blauvelt, chair
man of the Republican County Com
nittee. John Van Bussum is seeking
5he Democratic Assembly nomination
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