Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1886-06-24
= &1.5O Per Year.
MCGOWAN 81 NICHOLS, Publishers.
STATE NEWS.

benjamin CreSSe, at RlO UranQe, cape
May county, which measures 90 feet in
circumference. At noon it will shade
forty square rods of ground.
An eccentric and wealthy German
named Philip Yost, died recently at
Camden. He saved enough from his
pay as soldier in the Mexican war to
set up in blacksnithing, and accumu-
lated real estate valued at over $50, 900.
He leaves an insane widow.
A young man living near Ramseys,
Bergen county, was sued by young
lady upon whom he had waited in days
gone by for the value of gold ring
which he retained after he had made
love to another charmer. The young
man paid the value of the ring. and
settled the case.
Mrs. Joseph Reed, of South Branch,
Somerset county, exhibitsa an egg weigh
ing a quarter of pound, laid by one
of her Cochin China hens, and another
weighing two pennyweights that was
laid by Plymouth Rock hen. The
latter is about as large as a robins
egg.
A turkey buzzard flies around Lower
Neck, near Elmer, Salem county, which
wears tied around its neck a small
nickel sleigh bell, which can be seen
and often heard to tinkle. Strangers
often watch it with interest. 1t was
caught when little, and the bell fastened
upon it, it said.
A track walker on the West Jersey
railroad found the body of a well
dressed man thirty years of age, lying
alongside the rails at Newfeld, one
morning recently. 1t is supposed to
be that of Joseph C. Carlin, as Cath
olic Bible containing that name and
the date April 1S, 1884, was found in
his pocket.
Several counterfeit five dollar gold
pieces, bearing the date of 1891, have
appeared in Newark. They are larger
in diameter and thicker than the gen
uine coin. In the head of Liberty the
chin is very long, and the U in United
States is reversed. The weight is eight
grains lighter than the gold coin. and
the value is about one-half
The Society of the Cincinnati of
New Jersey will hold its annual meet
ing in Freehold, on Monday, July
5th. The business meeting of the So
ciety will be held at the Court House
The Society will dine at Taylor's Hotel
There will be about seventy five gen
tlemen present. This will be the first
meeting of the Society ever held in
Freehold
Frank 0. Cole, Department Com
mander of the Grand Army of the Re
public, has sent request to every
Post Commander in the State to send
him the name of one veteran who par
ticipated in the battle of Gettysburg in
New Jersey regiment, in order to
make up the commission authorized to
build the battle monument on that
historic field.
The Passaic county Republicans are
talking about the advisability of pre-
senting the name of Hon. John H.
Robinson, better known as Dominic
Robinson" as candidate for Gov
ernor. They say no question can be
raised as to his Republicanism, and his
well known temperance views are such
that he would be as strong with the
Prohibition element as their own can
didate.
A sailor was fshed out of the river
off Gutenberg, this State, on Thurs
day night, after he had been for some
time yelling Justify for help. He ex-
planned that he had thrown himself
overheard in fit of jealousy, having
quarreled with his sweetheart, but the
water cooled his excitement, and he
then concluded it would be very fool
ish for him to drown himself. He was
evidently cured completely.
A shoe company is to be organized
at Andover, Sussex county, with a
capital stock of $50, 900, for the manu-
facture of ladies' and misses fine shoes.
The machinery, dies and stock of Bren-
nan & White, who were driven out of
business in Brooklyn, N. Y, by the
boycott, have been purchased, and
Messrs. Brennan & White have been
employed to conduct the business.
Andover men furnish the capital, and
about two hundred hands will be EN-
ployed.