Bridgeton pioneer., 1886-05-27

National Guard after fifteen years of
service, if they so desire, has also been
signed.
The citizens of Burlington county
are considerably worked up over the
announcement of the discovery and
confession of the man who murdered
Joseph Titus, a colored man, in Bur-
lington twenty years ago. Mayor Sill
path, of Burlington, on Thursday of
last week received letter from John
Huston, Sheriff of Shiawasse county,
Mich, in which he stated that John
Wesley Garwood, a former resident of
Burlington county, but who has for
many years been living at Durand
Station, Mich, had confessed, while
suffering from what he supposed to be
a fatal illness, to have murdered Titus
in Burlington twenty years before,
and buried the body in the night on
the island opposite that city. Garwood,
however, recovered from his illness and
then begged Sheriff Huston not to ex-
pose him. The latter in his letter saws
that Garwood is about go years of age
and in quite comfortable circumstances.
Mayor Silpath has been engaged in
resurrecting all he can of the history
of the murder, and hopes to have the
murderer brought back to Jersey
THE WORINGME EMS CONGRESS.
The Institute at Millville was thrown
open Friday afternoon to the delegates
chosen to the Fifth Annual Congress
of the Workingmen's Clubs and Insti-
tutes of the United States President
John J. Gilroy called the Congress to
order. Nominations being the first
business, the following gentlemen
were nominated and elected officers of
the Congress for the ensuing year =
observation-disclosures T. Paine, of Wells
Memorial Club, Boston; Secretary and
Treasurer-R. NJ. Atwater, of Milville;
Corresponding ngSecretary-George Hall,
Jr., of st. Marks Club, Philada.
Delegate Neill offered resolution to
the eff.ot Sat the executive commit
tee be authorized to print an address
for distribution among the clubs of
the Congress, outlining the best meth
od of establishing and conducting
beneficial associations. A long discus
sion followed the reading of this reso-
luton, and lasted until the end of the
afternoon session. The resolution was
adopted, and recess taken. During
the recess the delegates were provided
with a collation. and escorted around
the town and shown the advantages
the workingmen of Millville had de-
rived from the building associations.
Some 1000 or 100 dwellings have been
built in the town by workingnen,
through the assistance of the building
association.
The evening session was better
attended than the afternoon meeting.
President Gilroy made the opening
address, taking for his subject Work
ingmen's Clubs" ut is IMPOSSIBLE
he said, ito successfully develop club
system in America upon a charitable
basis. 1t is, therefore, necessary for
us to charge the initiation fee and i'm
pose dues to get members After
speaking of the social features of the
clubs, he said: MANY clubs have
added coal clubs, building associations
and beneficial associations The latter
feature has been very largely de-
veloped in Philadelphia. 1t consists
of providing for members and their
wives financial benefits in case of the
death of either, and in the case of a
member being sick he receives medi-
cal attendance without any extra
charge beyond the dues, and sick bene-
fits of $5. The whole system is founded
upon a fee of sixty cents each per
month and an assessment in case of
the death of a member of fifty cents,
and that of his wife twenty-five cents.
1t is very popular"
Rev. DIR. H. l.. Wayland, of Phila-
delphia. read a paper on "Postal
Savings Banks" in which he strongly
urged the establishment of such insti-
tutions by the government. Richard
L. Howell, of Millvile, read IL paper
on Building Associations in Manufac-
turing Towns He pointed out the
great success of the six associations of
Millville, and how they had benefited
the workingmen.
An address on "How to Obtain and
Enforce Prohibition in Small Cities
was made by John w. Branin, of Mill