Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-12-24

erson, was in 1887. On Wednesday OF
last week, No. 5000 was sent off. The
aggregate value of the whole 5000 is
estimated at $54,O0O,0OO. The largest
production in any one year was 100,
IN 1873, the smallest IA, in 1877; averag.
ing rs.
Police Officers Giberson and Clark.
of Atlantic City, who were discharged
by the new Council, have applied for a
writ of certiorari on the resolution dis
charging them. If it is sustained they
will sue the city for their salaries.
Ihls suit, if successful, means that in
TINS State police officer once elected
cannot be discharged without cause.
Prosecutor Thompson has charge of
this case.
Burglaries have been of almost
nightly occurrence in Paterson during
the past four or five weeks. Early
Thursday morning James H. Bowman,
of No. 73 Pearl street, found a burglar
In his dining room and fired revolver
at him. Then he tried to capture him,
and was stabbed three times in the
wrist by confederate. The rascals
escaped, leaving trail of blood for
some distance.
Harry Cummings, a young English
man living in Jersey City, commenced
laughing on Friday evening and kept
it up until his friends became alarmed.
Medical aid was summoned, and he
was sent to the City Hospital. He
laughed all the way, and after he got
there he kept it up for hours. Finally
the sedatives took effect, and he slept.
When he walked Saturday was well
spent, and the fit was ended.
Benjamin and John Sheppard, for
merly of Lower Alloways Creek Town
ship, Salem county, but now OF Cler-
mont, Florida, have sent for their
blacksmith and carpenter tools. Ben
says that Clermont is far prettier than
it was described to him before he went.
they have purchased twenty acres of
land, at $50 an acre, with plenty of
time to pay for it. 1t is a new town.
and Samuel Sheppard has child born
there, which is the first one in the
town. They named it Clermont, and
the residents presented it with twenty
five acres of land.
A mailpouch, containing letters from
New York, was thrown from train at
the New Brunswick station. Owing to
the speed of the train, which had the
effect of producing a strong current of
air, the pouch was blown under the
train and cut almost in pieces. Letters
were cut i'll two, others were torn and
mutllated, money orders looked like
pieces of brown paper, a bundle of pos
tage stamps was destroyed while the
entire mail was more or less covered
with mud and oil. Some of the mail
was entirely destroyed and lost. A
list OF mail supposed to be lost will be
sent to Washington. A two-dollar
bill in one letter was cut in hundred
pieces, yet the pieces were all there
and readily recognized. Pieces of let
ters were found fully two miles from
the station.
The Singer Sewing Machine Works.
at Elizabeth, We're closed for an indefi-
mite period on Friday by telegraphic
orders from the New York office The
Immediate cause of the shutdown was
levy for the taxes of 1885 by the au-
thorities of Elizabeth. Trouble has
been brewing for several months,
and was precipitated when Controller
Carlton and City Treasurer Whelan,
of Elizabeth went to the factories of
the company and made levy for $2O,-
600, claimed to be due on the last as
sessnent for city taxes. The controller
elected for his levy two locomotives
used in the Singer company's yards,
stating that he did not wish to cause
any unnecessary inconvenience. The
information of the levy was wired to
the New York office of the company,
where it was received at noon. and
the order to close the works was sent
out during the afternoon. The result
is that three thousand men are thrown
out of employment.
The Columbia Bicycle Calendar for
1886, is the handsomest ever received
at this Office. 1t is issued by the Pone