The Penn's Grove record., 1886-07-24
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STATE NEWS

The salary OF the Postmaster at
Bridgeton is now $1,000 per year.
Senator Carter, of Burlington, and
Senator Herring, of Camden, are put
down In the newspapers us being earn
estly in favor of the nomination or
Gen. Fisk by the Republican State Con-
vsntion.
While the registered letter and
money order departments OF Camden
Post Office have doubled tbeir work in
the past year the special delivery has
proved a total failure, less than . hum
dred letters per month being average
ed by the single messenger who is en-
ployed.
Presiding Elder Gaskill has taken
mp his residence at Pitman Grove.
Prosecuted Of the Pleas Jenkins, of
Camden county, is investigating a Case
of alleged inllumame treatment of two
boys at the Harmonial Home, Anchora,
a small place in Il G pines, twenty-five
miles from Camden on the Camden &
Atlantic Railroad. The Home was
started 10y j. Madison Allen as a free
love institution about fifty years ago.
lie intended to form a community
similar To that at Oneida, n. L. Allen
had one lawful and one or two women
who were said to be unlawful wives.
Six months ago Aliens community
was increased by a family named Bron-
son, who came from Russell, Mass.
The family consisted of two Bronson,
a daughter, two sons and ~a-year-old
baby. Tie property they had was
turned over to the community. Dur
ing the winter the boys were obliged
% beg from the neighbors. and
one of them has been sheltered by a
man named Spalding tor some time.
Some Of the food was exhibited by the
boys. 1t proved TO be coru musked
in Il mill and backed with water. A
sample was sent to Prosecutor Jen-
kins, along with u statement that the
boys were being slowly starved to
death.
A mortgage is now being foreclosed
in Atlantic county which effects near
ly three hundred families in the town
ships OF Galloway, Mullica and Hamii-
ton. The land covered by the mortga-
&c is a portion of a tract which was
owned by the Gloucester Land and
Farm Association, but subject to a
mortgage made to William Colwell in
1866. The lands were sold for non-pay-
.ment of taxes and bought in by the
townships named. These townships
were sold from time to time to German
settlers, who brought in good faith,
| aud were not aware of the existence of
the mortgage. In many instances the
| the present holders have handsome
residences and vineyards. They will
however, it is said, lose all they have
expended upon the lands by the fore
closure sale, which will occur at any
early date. Galloway township, in
many cases the township, gave war
rantee deeds, and the parties have a
remedy at law against the township.
The Court of Errors on Monday de-
cided finally that the legislative act Of
1895 continuing city police in office
during good behavior is constitutional
The question Vas brought up from
New Brunswick by the oil Republican
force, which had been put out a. sooi
as the city Government passed from
Republican control. The decision,
however, has application in every cit
81 the Slate where the terms of the po
lice are not already liked by statu g
In Trenton the Democratic police al
! confrmpd u power ny il, wlnie IN Ne'
brunswick Tie Old Republican leee
. VIII be reinstated