Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1886-06-17

pulled into it e1ghty-SlX OF these crea-
lures, and among his catch were other
specimens of the water tribe. A skate,
which was new and curious object to
him, and devil fish also increased his
specimens of sea wonders. His catch
of food fish was slnall-only II.
The case of Harry Sutton, II young
married man of Camden, who is slowly
dying from a rodent cancer, is attract
ing much attention from physicians.
1t is stated that this type of cancer.
which has eaten nearly all the flesh
from the mans face and destroyed
both eyes, is so rare there is but one
other instance of it on record. He is
destitute and has a horror of dying in
the Almshouse The Camden Courier
is accepting subscriptions for him.
A fatted COW was killed at B. Hum
ann's slaughter-house, in Freehold,
one day last week. The following
''list of articles was taken from the
animals stomach 90 nails, 1 horse
shoe nail, 1 carpet tack, 2 screws, 1
piece of glass, l piece of iron, piece
of brass. The nails were assorted
sizes, the longest being three inches in
length. The piece of brass had once
belonged to watch, and was what
watchmakers call ''bridge."
The strawberry crop in Camden
county is enormous. Prices are so
low that in certain sections of the
county, where the fruit growers have
been paying two cents a quart for
picking, the price of picking has been
reduced to one cent and a half Great
difficulty is experienced in obtaining
crates in which to ship the berries, the
mill men and crate manufacturers not
having calculated upon so great a de
nand. In many places corners" are
made in crates.
An estate of about $11 900 the income
of which was to be distributed among
1.-The most deserving poor of that
city, was left by Paterson manufac-
turer, who died about a year ago. The
trustee appointed under the will, who
was authorized by the courts to use
his discretion in distributing the in
come, has been so pestered by appli-
cants and the task of hunting up 'the
most deserving poor" has proved so
onerous, that he has asked to be re-
leased of his trusteeship, but thus far
no one can be found willing to take his
place.
The handsome new Presbyterian
church, erected last Winter at Elberon
by Mrs. Moses Taylor, of New York, in
memory of her husband, was dedicated
Sunday morning. The sermon was
delivered by the Rev. Dr. John Hall,
pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presby-
terian church, New York city The
new church will seat about 600 persons.
1t is of the early English style of archi-
lecture, has costly stained glass win
dows, and cost upwards of $4,000
Services will be held there regularly
every Sunday during the Summer
season.
Mrs. Annie Schema, a widow, living
in Elizabeth avenue, Elizabeth, took
her son into the cellar of her house. on
June Sth, and told him that she in
tended to kill herself He begged her
so hard to abandon the idea that she
promised not to do it. When he re-
turned from school in the afternoon he
found her lying unconscious on the
floor. There were several wounds on
her head, which she had inflicted her.
self with hatchet. She was taken to
the hospital. Her recovery is not re
garded as possible. Sickness had made
her insane.
A dispatch from Moorestown, Bur
lington county, says that a peculiar
disease has attacked the white potato
crop in New jersey and the Eastern
Delaware river line of counties in
Pennsylvania. Many acres have been
seized with the disease, which is said
to closely resemble the "black rot" of
the sweet potato. Its first appearance
was manifested in the lower and wet
ter sections of the State. Hon. Edward
Burrough, president of the State
Board of Agriculture, says that nu-
merous complaints have come to him
accompanied by requests as to the
cause of the rot, and that in his judg
ment the disease is wholly occasioned
by the wet weather.
A hostile move was made in the
Camden Board of Freeholders against
County Clerk Burrough, last week.
Resolutions were adopted repudiating
the correctness of his return to the
County Treasury on May 25th of
$500 as being the fees of his office up
to that date, setting forth that it was
believed the receipts amounted to five
times that sum, and directing the So
licitOr to commence Suit against him