Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1886-02-04

1u71ppIlChHC lOT pcuolOl. MI. ReoVtS
is confident of his ability to prove his
innocence
| 1t is somewhat remarkable that the
two largest oak trees in New Jersey
are growing on land owned by the
society of Friends. One is on the
| grounds of the Friends meeting house
two feet and seven inches in circum-
ference. The other, of almost precisely
the same size, is the historic old tree
in the Friends burying ground at
| Salem.
Mr.. Hiram g. Wood, farmer living
near Little Falls, Passaic county, dis
covered a hole in the ruins of an old
building on his farm, and is amusing
| himself pulling out the snakes. They
are generally blacksnakes, but occa-
sionally rattlesnake or an adder is
encountered. The other day black
snake was killed with sparrow in his
mouth. The total length of the snakes
killed by Mr.. Wood up to the present
time is 1877 feet, inches.
An unusual religious revival is re-
ported to be in progress at Princeton,
and meetings have been held it the
Methodist and Presbyterian churches.
Lawyer Dennis and other leading men
are active; stores close early; big pos
ters announce revival meetings; the
churches are thronged, and numerous
| conversions are reported. All the
J clergymen are, of course interested.
An effort is to be made to close all
Sunday traffic. The religious excite
ment has interfered with the business
of the skating rink, billiard halls and
the saloons.
Thomas Lloyd was walking on the
track of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
near Railway, with his wife and little
girl, when train came along. Lloyd
got his wife and child off the track, but
was himself struck and killed. He was
from Jefferson City, Mo-, and had come
East hoping to get work at his trade
as carpenter, but failed. He then
came on to Metuchen, as far as he
could pay fares, and had then walked
on to Railway, vainly seeking work at
other villages on his way. The body
was buried at the expense of the
railroad company, and several char
liable people of Railway have inter-
ested themselves in the wife and child,
and will send them back to Missouri.
The Board of State Prison Inspect
tors met at Trenton, Friday, and COM
menced an investigation into the dis
cipline of that institution at the request
of Keeper Laverty. The proceedings
are secret. The scandalous charges
made by Minnie Schaffer, the dis
charged convict against the keeper last
week, and his own acknowledgement
that male and female convicts some
times intermingle while discharging
certain duties, created so much COM
ment and criticism that the keeper
seeks to vindicate himself by an inves-
tigation. Minnie Schaffer has been
indicted for perjury, and her trial will,
it is said, make some ugly disclosures.
She will be defended by able lawyers.
A short time ago Rev. David Ahels,
an eccentric person who made his
home in Burlington, died, and his will
was admitted to probate by the Sur
rogate of Burlington County. In the
meantime, however, the person named
as executor also died, and Robert w.
Vain, a Philadelphia lawyer residing
at Burlington, was made administra-
tor. The will provides first for the
payment of all debts and funeral ex-
penses after the death of the testator,
and then requires the executor to de-
vote portion of the residue of the
estate to the founding of a home for
unemployed persons, and directing
that preference be given to the testa-
tors relatives in case they desired to
avail themselves of the privilege. The
last clause of the will is the most
amusing. 1t directs the executor to
expend the residue and remainder de-
rived from the sale of the property to
establish colony for the encourage
ment and propagation of goats, with
the idea of inducing people to do away
altogether with the meat of swine for
food. Lawyer VAIN has not started
the goat colony, and is in quandary
what to do.
Constable Clevenger, of Pemberton
Burlington County, early on Thursday
evening, went to the residence of VIM.
Grover, a blacksmith in that village,
for the purpose of arresting him on a
charge of assaulting his wife, but
found that he had not yet reached
home. He concluded to await his re-
turn. Shortly after Grover entered
the house and inquired the officers