Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1886-10-14

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through Jersey City daily. The signers
of the petition state that an inspector
is necessary to protect the residents of
the state against the sale of diseased
beef slaughtered in Chicago and sent
to the eastern market.
The Coast Pilot newspaper and print
ing office, in Camden, was sold recently
by Receiver James M. Cassidy for $51,
over and above an incumbrance of
$4,000. Among the bidders were At
torney Hays, the law partner Of ex-
Secretary of the Navy Robson, who
is supposed to have desired it for an
anti-Sewell organ. 1t was secured by
E. Wood Marshall, who will continue
a publication.
Samuel Gilbert, of Georgetown, this
State, stored $50 bushels of potatoes in
the attic of his little house prepara-
tory to barreling them. On Tuesday
night, while his family was at supper,
the floor gave way and the potatoes
came down on them, breaking Mr..
Gilbert's arm and Mrs. Gilbert's leg,
fracturing her shoulder, and injuring
a daughters arm SO that it will have
to be amputated.
The discovery that Isaac Marks, a
New Brunswick jeweler, had been rob-
bed of $3.50 in silver and bills led to the
recent capture of band of boy bur-
glars ranging in age from 8 to 12.
Two boys of 1S, who acted as leaders
in the Marks robbery and in several
others have now confessed, being in
dignant because they were given no
share of the $3.50, and have implicated
themselves and others.
The Freemasons of This State will
celebrate the centennial of the Grand
Lodge organization next January. 1t
will be an occasion notable in the
annals of the Order in America and of
an interest beyond the limits of Ma
sonry. The Order gained much of its
strength in this country through the
interest which was aroused in it by
Washington while he was in New
Jersey, and from that time to the
present day it has always numbered
among its members distinguished
citizens of this state.
| An insane man was found in Leeds
woods, Moorestown, recently, by a
constable of the town. He was living
the life of hermit, having taken up
his abode in the woods several weeks
ago, and managed to eke out an exis-
tence by foraging on the neighboring
farmers after nightfall. His where
abouts were discovered by the smoke
from his campfire, and he was taken
to Moorestown and locked up 1t is
thought that he has escaped from some
lunatic asylum. In his lucid intervals
the man spoke very intelligently. He
is evidently person of culture.
James A. Hedden, the cashier of the
Newark Mechanics Bank, was released
from State Prison, at Trenton, last
week, being pardoned by President
Cleveland. Many of his former friends
and acquaintances visited the resi-
dence of his sister, on Park place,
Newark, recently, in the hope of see
ing him, but Mr.. Hedden did not show
himself. His whereaboutsis is at present
kept secret by his relatives. He was
sentenced for seven years, with the
usual allowance for good behavior,
which he received, and had one month
more to serve for his fine of $500.
The authorities of the Camden
County Jail were apprised Monday
afternoon that number of of prison
ers who were confined in an apartment
on the first floor were making an effort
to break Jail. An investigation dis
closed that the prisoners had partially
sawed through two iron bars of the
grating of the window and that an
other nights work would have given
them their liberty. A case-knife nick
ed into a saw had been used. They
also had large file, cOldchisel and
other tools. There were four prison
ers in the apartment, John L. Hibbs,
who was serving six months sentence
for larceny and who broke Jail some
years ago; George Wilson, who was
under arrest for wife-beating and
whose case is now before the Grand
Jury; Edward Vennell, a lad who has
just served a term in the Woodbury.
Jail and who is to be tried in Camden
for larceny, and H. H. Barry, a debtor
prisoner from the District Court.
Senator Nichols, of Cumberland, is
to be congratulated on his renomina-
ton. He has ably represented his