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profit annually.
The foundries of r. D. Wood, & Co. Il,
leading iron manufacturers in Penn
sylvania and New Jersey, are likely to
remain idle all Summer. The firm has
declared war on the Knights of Labor
in Camden, Florence, and other places
where they have manufacturing estab-
lishments, and now say they will hire
no members of that Order in Millville.
tits probably true, as the New Bruins
wick FREEDMAN says, that "legislation
cannot discriminate against those who
make butter out of tallow," but it can
go for the hide and wallet of those
fellows who sell solidified wagon grease
for butter. In fact it is just what the
law authorizes the people to do
Lake,Uood Journal. And the law should
be rigidly enforced.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has purchased the Adam Angle prop
erty on Bridge avenue, Camden, for
1900, and thereby prevented the serv-
ing of the injunction obtained by the
owner of the property restraining the
drilling of trains on the avenue. The
company is buying other properties
along the thoroughfare with the pur-
pose of securing all of them if prac-
ticable.
When the English steamer Heart
burn, from Philadelphia, was passing
Absecom one morning recently, a large
flock of canaries, bullfnches and other
birds flew on board and took refuge in
the rigging and the houses on deck.
As soon as the vessel reached Atlantic
Docks, Brooklyn, the birds began to
fly ashore, and a swarm of boys caught
many of them. The birds are sup
posed to have escaped from some
aviary on the Jersey shore.
Mrs. Belle Slipp, aged 10, while re-
turning from the post-office to her
home in Burlington, New Jersey, one
evening last week, was met by a negro,
who, because she resisted him, beat
her on the head with two small cobble
stones, laying open the scalp. After
laying some time by the roadside
she dragged herself to her home, where
a physician was called, who pro-
nounced her dangerously wounded.
The Mayor has detailed number OF
special officers to search up the negro,
whom Mrs. Slipp says she could iden-
tify.
The Annual Reunion of the sur
vivors of the 18th Regt. N. J. Vols.
will be held in the city of New Bruins.
wick, on Wednesday, June 10th. 1t is
earnestly requested that every COM
rade who possibly can will attend, as
business of great Importance will be
transacted. Definite action must be
taken upon the matter of Regimental
History and Gettysburg Monument.
1t is hoped that each comrade will
bring, in writing, some original matter
of historical value. Col. John Schoon.
over will be the orator of the day.
A pleasant time is anticipated.
Delegates to the National Baptist
Convention were present at Asbury
Park, May 25th, from nearly all of the
States and Territories. The morning
was devoted to the closing of the
Women's Home Missionary Society
At 2 o'clock the 72d anniversary of the
American Baptist Missionary Union
convened in Educational Hall. Rev
DIR. Edward Judson delivered an ad
dress. Attention was called to the
fact that debt of $50, 1000 had been
lifted from the society, and that there
was balance of $4,000 in the Treas
ury. In the Asiatic missions there had
been 8, $50 baptisms, and in the Euro
pean missions. STA. More than SO, ,O0(
souls have been reclaimed from Pagan
ism.
The bitter dispute over the water
supply question at Cape May has been
settled, the Council resolving to ex
tend the waterworks so that the sup
ply shall be obtained from the main.
land. This, of course, involves re-
lection of the project for the sale of
the waterworks to a private corpor-
alton. In order that the change may
be made before the summer season
opens the water committee was author.
lied to prosecute the work at once
A bid was received from r. ID. Wood
& Co. for doing the work. The Coun.
Gil also adopted resolutions condemn
ing recent publications alleging that
the water supply was impure and in
adequate and censuring the city Off
cials who had given out those reports
or endorsed them.
John Joseph Washington johnson
a colored man, is locked mp in the
Camden City Hall on statement made
by his wife that he whipped his step
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