Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1886-06-24


out. Finally the broken end of the
life line was reached, and all were res
cued When landed both ladies were
unconscious, but were revived after
the usual means of resuscitation were
applied.
Peter w. Livingston, the last de-
scendent in the direct male line OF the
Livingston family SO famous in the
annals of New York State, died recent
ly at Morristown, Morris county, aged
76 years. Mr.. Livingston leaves
widow, member of the DePeyster
family, but no children. The family
is of Scotch origin, and since it's settle
ment in this country two centuries ago
has always been prominent in society,
while it has furnished many noted
men to public life. 1t is also one of
the few American families which had
noted ancestry in the Old World.
1t has been apparent for some time
that when the budget for 1887 of New
Brunswick was made up it would far
exceed the tax levy of the present year.
This increase is credited to the bad
management, extravaganza and gen.
eral incompetency of the city. A few
nights since the Finance Committee of
the Board of Aldermen held q meet
ing in the office of the city attorney,
and strong effort was made to keep
the figures down to the present rate,
but it was found to be impossible. 1t
was finally decided to increase the city
tax 1-10 per cent. making the entire
tax So per $1,000. Very few know of
this action of the committee, and just
what the taxpayers will say about it
remains to be seen. The complaint
for years has been that the tax was
already too high.
For number of years it was thought
that the Belvidere mines were thing
of the past. When work was sus-
pended the mines were allowed to
overflow with water, and things went
to destruction in general. A few
months ago the mines were purchased
by party of New York capitalists,
who Immediately set about clearing
things up generally, and place that
once gave promise of a wilderness now
promises to be one of the best produc-
tive iron ore mines in New Jersey
They have a branch railroad connect
ing with the Lehigh and Hudson
River Railroad, which makes trans
portation very convenient. They
have discovered bed of good besse-
mer ore on Jephtha Little's property,
and are at present engaged in excavat-
ing the same.
James Hendershot, of Saltwater
township, has been committed to the
Sussex county Jail, to answer to a
charge of criminally assaulting the
daughter of Robert Vanstone, who
lives near Swartswood. The girls
father was not informed of the assault
until some time after it had been COM
mitted. He at once started to procure
warrant for the arrest of her assail-
ant. While on his way to the Justices
he came upon Hendershot, with several
other men, working the roads. Van
stone attacked Hendershot. The fell
lows companions, knowing nothing of
the cause of the old mans savage as
sault, came to Hendershot's assistance,
and used Vanstone very roughly,
striking him on the neck with shovel,
jabbing fork into his arm and batter
ing him in shocking manner.
The State Fish Commissioners have
published their annual report showing
the catches of shad during the past
two years. The report shows any
thing but an improvement on the
Delaware shad prospects. The catch
of 1885 is placed at 1909, 92S, and that
of 1886 at 1,50S, 86S, decrease of 400,-
900 fish, which was accounted for by
the fact that the latter season was
very late, and the report of one dis
trict was wanting. The season of 1885
was remarkable for two things, its
lateness and the unusual size of its
shad. Active fishing was delayed three
weeks longer than usual, and yet the
fishermen closed the season with bet
ter balance in their favor than they
did the previous year. Accompanying
the paper on shad is an extract from
the report of r. b. Reading, who oper-
ated Matching boxes in the Delaware
river from June 1st to July 4th, 1885,
and succeeded in turning out B, 445, 900
young shad for the state commission,
besides providing the United States
Fish Commission car with 200, ,0G0 eggs.
Mr.. Readings Matching cost but 81 for
1000 The report also contains an
illustrated paper on smelt culture, by
George Richards, of Hackensack.
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