Bridgeton pioneer., 1886-04-01


of steaks and chops upon the table,
just from the butcher, and six loaves
of bread hot from the oven. The fam
lily were all at home in the upper
rooms. Before the servant returned
they had made coffee, breakfasted
sumptuously, and gone away with the
meat, bread and lots of preserves from
the store-room.
Two suits that will interest many
Catholics are on the calendar of the
Supreme Court. Three priests are the
parties. The plaintiff is Rev. John E.
Horan, who was deposed on January
18th, because of ugly accusations con-
cerning his habits. He was pastor of
the Catholic Church at Clinton, Hun
terdon County, when the Vicar-General
of the Trenton Diocese ordered his re-
movaL He claimed that his dismissal
was caused by false and slanderous
statements made by Rev. Fathers John
F. Brady and John J. Griffen, and has
entered suit against each for defama-
ton of character. In each instance he
lays his damage at $25, 900.
The Camden Press says: THE trite
saying that it is as good to be born
lucky as rich, has been exemplified in
the case of our talented young towns
man, F. F. Hogate, Esq. 1t appears
that half of the sixty acres of land dis
posed of to the Atlantic City Driving
Park Association, last Wednesday, be-
longed to him, and the other half to
Captain Alfred Conover, of Absecon.
The price paid was $4,000, on which
the profit was $4,000 leaving each of
the gentlemen clear $1,000 ahead in
the transaction. Aside from this Mr..
Hogate is Secretary and a Director of
the Association, holding quite num-
ber of shares of stock. We congratu-
late him on his good fortune
The annual report of the State milk
inspector, DR.. w. G. Newton, which
has just been published by the State
Board of Health, says that milk has
been inspected in Hoboken, Jersey
City, Trenton, Camden, and other
cities during the past year, but not in
Newark, where the inspection has been
under the charge of Inspector Nagles,
whose efficiency the State Inspector
commends highly. During the year
Inspector Newton secured the punish
ment by fine of twenty-four persons,
while nineteen cases were dealt with
otherwise. The State standard for
milk requires twelve per cent. of solids,
and the inspector says he has found no
case in which pure milk has fallen be-
low that percentage.
A notice has been posted at the
Camden Iron Works of R. D. Wood &
Co., stating that the firm consider it
injurious to the business and perma-
nent operation of the works to employ
men who render themselves subordi-
nate to foreign direction by joining a
secrect organization, whose members
in many places resort to violence. The
notice further states that the firm can
not enter upon contracts when their
men could not be depended upon.
Those employees who have joined are
requested to withdraw or leave the
employ of the firm. About 500 men
are employed at the works, of whom,
it is said, over 300 belong to the Knights.
Several of the workmen who were in
terviewed stated that there was no
talk of strike, and that the men
generally were satisfied.
The vicinity of Blue Anchor, Camden
County, is largely settled by spiritual
lists and Free-thinkers They CON
trolled the Township School Board last
year, and it was charged that they
allowed card-playing among the schol-
ars, and instilled improper ideas into
their youthful minds. At the annual
election for Directors, held in the school
house, a few nights ago, the dominant
party was opposed by the conserva-
tive people of the township, and the
contest was an exciting one. Henry
Wood, a son-in-law of the leader of the
Spiritualists, but who is opposed to
the sect, was declared elected, and
fight was Immediately started. The
lights were extinguished, and number
of persons were bruised and slightly
injured in the row, but the anti-Spirit-
ualists came out victorious. Excite
ment over the matter still runs high in
the community.
The freight trains of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad are run through Jer-
sey City on a trestle that stands high
above the housetops. Early one morn
ing last week train stood over the
junction of Sixth and Cole streets and
another train backed down upon it.
A smash-up was the result. One of
the freight cars was lifted bodily from