Bridgeton pioneer., 1886-06-10
MCGOWAN & NICHOLS, Publishers
STATE NEWS.

General Kilpatrick's old war horse
''Spot" is to take part in the procession
at Port Jarvis, on the 4th of July.
The Knights of Labor have four
assemblies and a membership of 5000
in Camden. This is an increase of
$500 in year.
Weakfish have been SO plentiful
during the week at Atlantic City that
they have been drug on the market
at three cents per pound
Plainfield Republicans are anticipat-
ing the Presidential campaign of 1888,
and have formed Blaine and Logan
club with a membership of SO.
A woman at Cherry Hill, Bergen
county, borrowed a silk dress, a jersey
and SO cash to bury her child. After
the funeral she disappeared with the
borrowed goods.
b. F. Patterson, proprietor of the
Camden Daily Courier, and David
Baird, the we'll known politician of
that city, will sail on the 18th instant
on trip to Europe.
The old Woodbury. Touring mill is to
be occupied by the Jorden Castor
Manufacturing Company, of Colum-
bus, Ohio. This establishment will
give employment to fifty hands.
Mrs. Cleveland will have to wait un-
til March 4, 1889, to start upon her
wedding tour. After that day her
husband won't have any excuse to
offer about being detained by public
business.
VIM. L. Rambo, of West Deptford
township, Gloucester county, has al
ready marketed 5000 worth of aspara-
gus this season, and expects to get
nearly as much more for the balance
of his crop.
Isaac Beemer OF Sussex county, says
that he has an apple tree from which
he gathered one hundred bushels of
apples last year, and says he can sub
stantiate his assertion by the affidavits
of four reputable citizens.
A rare and handsome bird, called
the snow heron, was killed by Captain
Clark Bowen, ot<the Somers' Point
Fishing Club. on Thursday last. 1t
was presented to George Robinson, of
Philadelphia, president of the club.
Weak-fish of unusually large size
have been taken by the seine men in
Raritan bay, near Port Amboy, in the
last few days, many of them weighing
from four to six pounds each, and one
weighed twelve. Horsefeet have be-
gun to spawn, and shad are about over
for the season.
A Long Branch burglar was con.
victed on nine indictments in the
Monmouth County Court last week.
He was sentenced to ten years hard
labor in State Prison on each indict-
ment. He will be out in time for the
Bi-Centennial.
The annual retreat of the Catholic
clergy of the diocese of Newark, which
usually takes place at Seton Hall Col
lege Immediately after the commence.
ment exercises at that institution, has
been postponed until the middle OF
August, owing to the rebuilding of the
burned wing of the institution.
The Baptist, Methodist and other
denominations not having church at
Holly Beach, have organized stock
company for the purpose of buying a
tent in which to hold services during
the Summer. The tent is already pro.
cured and will be raised as soon as a
suitable site on the beach front has
been selected.
Hon. c. T. Cowenhoven, presiding
Judge of Middlesex county, is charged
with gross neglect of duty. 1t is al
legged that on several occasions the
Judge has convened the court at great
expense to the county, for witnesses,
constables, and other fees, and has
then neglected to present himself, thus
necessitating an adjournment.
Mrs Jennie Rendelli, the Irish wife
of John Rendelli, an Italian, in Ho-
boken, jumped out of a third-story
window on Thursday night to escape
her husbands violence. She struck
several clothes lines in her fall. In a
short time she recovered consciousness
and said she had no complaint to make
against her husband.
The members of the New Jersey City
Board of Public Works for the term
that ended last month are i'll at ease.
Steps have been taken to have the
accounts of the Board thoroughly ex-
amined. tis claimed that deficiency
of nearly 100000 exists in the water