Bridgeton pioneer., 1886-07-01

made the best record in his day on
five-lnile track General Grant died
from the kick of another horse.
The mystery surrounding the death
of the little colored girl found in a
ditch along the line of the Camden,
Gloucester and Mt. Ephraim railroad,
at Camden, still remains unsolved.
The police have been working on the
case, but without any favorable
results, The body was photographed.
About five hundred white and colored
people visited the Camden Morgue
and viewed the remains.
G. K. Lands has purchased an adj
ditional tract Of land south of the
italian settlement in East Vineland
and has laid it out in beautiful style
peculiarly his own. 1t will be settled
by Italians for wine culture, and will
be made to resemble some parts of
Italy, as, in fact, is now the case with
all Vineland, in consequence of the
absence of fences and abundance of
orchards and vineyards.
The operative potters of the United
States will hold convention in Tren-
ton on July Goth, next for the purpose
of forming a national organization with
the view of correcting certain evils.
They complain of the lack of justice
and uniformity in the matter of wages,
and that no extra allowance is made
them when new and difficult shapes of
ware are introduced in the potteries
Each pottery in the country is entitled
to from one to three delegates.
Railway was visited between / and 3
o'clock one morning last week by a
gang of thieves who made a raid on
the Catholic church, robbing it of its
communion service, silver candlesticks,
golden chalice, and many other valua-
bles. The thieves then went to several
private houses and at David Hetfelds
stole considerable property, including
his gold watch and chain, which hung
at his bed side. The police think they
have a clue in the suspicious actions of
man and woman who were noticed
about the neighborhood with a lorse
and buggy recently.
Adjutant General Stryker has issued
a circular requesting the various com
mandants of New Jersey troops in the
war to send to his office, at Trenton,
all muster-rolls and other documents
in their possession. Copies will be
made and the originals returned to the
owners. Many of the papers, if prop
erly filed, would be of great service to
disabled soldiers and their families.
General Stryker requests an instant
compliance, and agrees to pay all ex
penses. The copies of the documents
will be used in the preparation of a
future history Of the New Jersey
troops.
The residence of Daniel Coleman
was entered at Raritan one night re-
Gently, and gold watch and $50 be-
longing to boarder were taken. Had
the thieves gained an entrance into
Mr.. Coleman's sleeping apartments,
they no doubt would have gotten
quite a booty, as he had about $1,000
in his pantaloons. The same night
they effected an entrance into the
residence of Tunis Mulliner, carriage
manufactures of that place, and sue
ceeded in obtaining $500 in money and
other articles of value amounting to
over 1900. Mr.. Mulliner had just
had the money paid him, and was go
ing to use it in purchasing 4 house
and lot. 1t is a serious blow for him.
as in the past four years his factory
has been twice destroyed by fire.
Probably the young lady who at
tracts the most attention at the Beach
House, Sea Girt, is Miss May Sharp
teen, a maid of 5 years, who has a
fortune of 81, 900, 900 in her own right.
Her father, who was the Paris partner
of Arnold, Constable & Co., New York,
died in the French capital Il few years
ago, leaving his entire fortune to Miss
May, who was his only child. In the
five brief years of her life she has al
ready crossed the Atlantic Ocean seven
times and made several visits to the
German and French spas, the fashion
able resorts of Spain and Italy, and
the mountain peaks of Switzerland.
She is Il bright and attractive little
miss, and her extended travels have
advanced her beyond her years and
given touch OF quaintness to her
manners.
State Comptroller Anderson has just
published the statements filed last year
by the various railroad lines operating
in New Jersey. The report shows that
there are ninety-four roads in the
State. The capital stock aggregates
S112, ,527, 507.11. The total bonded debt
is S12S. 240. 614 81 The other debt