Bridgeton pioneer., 1886-01-14

for labor and increasing the hours for
study.
A ten-year-old girl, whom local
Children's Protective Society had res
cued from dangerous surroundings,
was started from Newark, n. j., ON
Saturday night, for Cheyenne, w. T.,
with tag attached to her clothing
and letter asking the conductor to
see that she reaches her destination.
Her father, who lives in Cheyenne,
had sent on money to pay her fare.
The New Brunswick Common Coun-
Gil have decided to remit for five years
all taxes on the stock, machinery and
buildings of the Columbia Rolling Mill
Company, should it decide to locate
there. 1t makes the same offer to any
other manufacturing concern. Ex
Judge Woodbridge Strong, promi-
nent citizen, expresses a willingness to
donate to the company site for their
| Thomas Crane, laborer, while fell
| ing trees in the woods near Decker
town, Sussex county, recently, was
killed by being caught under large
tree that he was cutting down. He
had been at work all day in the woods,
and when the tree was nearly cut off
from the stump it fell in IA direction
that was not expected. His skull was
crushed in and he died almost instantly.
He was aged about 60 years, and has a
family living in Montague township.
Ethel Cochrane, child, died at Jer-
sey City, recently. The physician in
charge gave diphtheria as the cause of
death Mrs. Cochrane was not salts
fed that this was the case, and caused
an autopsy to be made. The post
mortem revealed the fact that death
resulted from poisoned candy, 'and an
effort is being made to discover where
it was procured. The theory that death
was caused by diphtheria was occa-
stoned by the illness of her brother
with that disease.
A burglar, accompanied by a woman,
entered the dwelling of Mr.. Higbie, in
Crawford, Essex county; early one morn
/ ing last week. Mrs, Higbie awoke at 80
o'clock to find a tall man leaning over
her holding a revolver, with which he
said he would blow out her brains if
she made any noise. While he pointed
the revolver at her his female confed-
crate rifled Mr.. Higbie's clothing, Sc
curing $45 and gold watch. The pair
then crept out of the room, leaving
Mrs. Higbe Frustrated with fright.
Many of the people who live among
the hills of Middletown township, near
Red Bank, Monmouth county, find that
their wells are running dry. Some of
them have had their wells sunk deeper
than they were originally dug, but the
benefit gained by this work has been
only temporary. One farmer near
Middletown station had his we'll deep
ened twice, and yet he has not suffi-
cient water to supply his needs. Moth
ing like the present scarcity of water
/ in that section has ever been known
before, since there are innumerable
springs among the hills which have in
supply all the wells.
The Morris Jerseylnan says: There
is Presbyterian minister in the In
sane Asylum, graduate of Princeton
! College and formerly missionary to
China, where he had charge of a
newspaper. Owing to his indefatig-
able labor he became insane. He had
brilliant intellect and was a person
of great mental capacity. A short
time since he was given an almanac,
and he proceeded to prove the astro-
nomical calculations therein. He in
sisted that he had found blunder, and
to please him, notice was sent to the
lodged his error and the correctness of
the poor insane preacher
Mrs. Dora Bismark, of Jersey City, is
in hospital with fractured skull, in
flicted by her husband and will prob
ably die Her husband is ten years
her senior, but she has not lived with
him for year. Before she left him
she was obliged to cause his arrest fire.
quently for assault and battery. She
earns living by washing and scrub
bing, and one day last week as she was
on her way to Oscar Bassett's house,
she was met by her husband, John
Bismark, who demanded money He
struck her in the face with sufficient
force to knock her down, and her skull
was fractured on the curbstone Her
husband fled and she made her way
to Mr. Bassett's house, whence she
was removed to the hospital.
The Rev. Mr.. Long, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church at Kennedyville,