Bridgeton pioneer., 1886-04-08

at conference. Inc state organization
is composed of about forty-fve dele
gates, and is under the leadership of G.
HI. Yatman, of Newark, with Edward
P. Holder as Secretary.
One party of alleged friends of Ire
land in Paterson having organized
Home Rule Club and invited the Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher to deliver a pub
lie address on the Goth of April, the
original National League of that city
has adopted resolutions denouncing
the Home Rule Club as an interfering
body not worthy of recognition. They
denounce Mr.. Beecher as an inveterate
enemy of the Irish who has repeatedly
heaped ridicule upon them, and ap-
peal to every one to support the Ma
tional League as the only Simon Pure
friends of Ireland. The League has
also taken steps to hold big mass
meeting ON the night of April 10Th to
counteract the proposed demonstra-
tion of the Home Rule Club.
Mrs. Lockwood, of No. $40 West St.
Paufs avenue, jersey City Heights,
purchased a quantity of chinaware at
Macy's, New York store, a few days
ago. The goods, which filled two
baskets, were taken to her home by
one of Macy's delivery wagons, and
Mrs. Lockwood helped the driver un-
pack the china. The next morning
Mrs. Lockwood reported at the store
that she had lost her $500 diamond
finger-ring, and believed it had dropped
in one of the baskets. The baskets on
the night delivery teams are not
brought to the store until near noon of
the next day, and Detective Ralph A.
We'll ordered them all to be brought
to him for inspection. There were
over 400, all half full of Clipped straw,
but after two hours work he found
the ring buried in the straw in one of
the baskets.
Nora Dennis, aged years, daughter
of John Dennis, of Bloomsbury, Hun
terdon county, was terribly burned last
Friday, by her clothes taking fire while
playing around pile of burning shay
ings with some other children. The
little one ran a distance of fifty yards
to her home after her clothing was in
blaze. Her mother heard her screams,
and rushing to the door wrapped her
own dress around her and fought the
fire with her hands until, assisted by
others, she succeed in extinguishing it.
Her underclothing was completely
burned off and her sufferings were in
tense. Dr. Lindabury was summoned
and placed her under the influence of
narcotics and found her burned to
complete blister from her feet to her
breast. She lies in precarious state
and only for the mothers presence of
A curious case of death from blood
poisoning caused by wearing colored
stockings, occurred at Petersburg, Cape
May county. Two weeks ago the
youngest child of Jacob Ripper walked
a distance of two miles with her par
ents, wearing new shoes and red stock
ings. The shoes were tight and greatly
irritated her feet She complained to
her parents while on the road, but
when they arrived at their destination
and the shoes were taken off she said
that her feet hurt her no longer and
nothing more was thought of it. Three
days afterward her feet began to swell,
and three days later both legs were
swollen to twice their natural size and
her mind became affected A physi-
clan was called in, but in spite of all
his skill she continued to grow worse.
She was finally attacked with spasms,
which continued at intervals of from
great agony.
Henry Simons, aged thirty-five years,
residing in Atlantic City, and employed
on the West Jersey and Atlantic City
railroad, was killed few minutes past
midnight Friday morning by being
crushed between two freight cars at
Newfield. Simons was brakeman on
the Atlantic City freight train. At
midnight, while the train was drilling
off and shifting cars at Newfield, he
was climbing up one of the box freight
cars. He did not observe portion of
the train approaching him until it was
too late to jump off to save his life, and
his body was caught between the ears
and mangled in a frightful manner.
He died instantly. The accident was
chargeable to no negligence on the
part of the unfortunate mans co-em-
ployes. The body was viewed by
justice fo the peace, of Newfleld, and
verdict of accidental death" given.
The remains We're taken to Atlantic
City. Simons leaves wife. He had
been in the employ of the West Jersey
railroad five or six years He was laid
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