The Penn's Grove record., 1888-07-07
State News.

Camden INDUCED in an old fashioned
Fourth of July celebration for the first
time in many years.
The new Kaign's Point terminus of
the Reading Railroad was used for the
first time last Sunday and the express
trains for the seashore over the lew
route we're well patronized. The ferry
boats run from South street to kaigili's
Point and save nearly fifteen minutes
by the new route.
There is a movement against Repre-
sentative McAdoo i'll the Seventh dis
trict. He has no more Federal patron
age. and the hue and cry in his district
is now for Ed Mcdonald.
The Union Transportation Company,
which was announced as having leased
the abandoned PembertOn and lights
town road, will not be able to carry
out their contract to begin operations.
The lease with the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company has not yet been signed.
1t is now reported that a new company
is to be formed, which will be known
as the New Egypt Transportation Com
pany, with Office and terminus ut New
Egypt. The Pennsylvania Road runs
freight trains over the road at regular
intervals and gathers up the freight
from the stations along the line. No
passengers are allowed To ride.
1t is supposed at Bridgeton That
Richard Randolph, al eccentric man,
So years old, committed suicide easly
Sunday morning by jumping into CO.
hansey Creek. He Had called up a
Druggist aud asked for arsenic, saying
the Lord had called him and lie must
go. His clothing and s23 were fond
in a little office near the creek which
had been his lodging place, and his foot
prints were found leading into the wa
ter. He vas found afterwards
in a building where he could witness
the searchers graphing the Cohansey,
He was locked in IA cell and on Monda,
morning taken to the Trenton Insane
Asylum.
Ex-State Senator Isaac r. Nichols,
of Bridgeton, has announced himself
as a Republican candidate Tor Congress
from the First district. Each of the five
counties in the district-Camden, Glou-
cester, Salem, Cumberland and Cape
May-now having candidates of their
own, Camden looming up with numer-
Jus ambitious men, and the canvass
promises to be as warm as the hot
months come. Mr.. Baker thinks Cum
berland should have the plum this year
because ii has not been represented i'll
Congress for thirty years.
The temperance advocates of Cumber-
land county held IA convention a few
days ago and thoroughly organized
for the Local Option election, August
%. A campaign committee of two
from each ward and township was APP
pointed.
Mary Donovan and Barbara Defuer,
the two young Philadelphia girls, are
still held in the Camden county iail AS
witnesses in the Clemmer murder case.
They are unable to secure the $1,000
bail required by Prosecutor Jenkins. |
and will probably have to stay in the
Jail till the trial of the case, next Octo-
Der. They are paid 81 per day besides
their prison fare, and every day are al
lowed an outing on the lawn surroun-
ding b county buildings, under the
care of Deputy Sheriff.
William Garrison, of Lambertyille.
heard "a tremendous racket in his chick |
en-coop the other night. When he in.
veStlgated the noise he found one of
his ROSTERS and a big rat in a pitched
battle. The rat would stand up on its
hind legs, preparatory to spring at the
rooster, when the latter would fly at the
rat ard strike him with his spurs. The
rooster thus spurred the rat six OF seven
times and finally killed it, coming off
without any injury.
The West Jersey railroad carried 81
OF people to Atlantic City, q
to Cape May and % to Sea Isle City
last Sunday.
Frank e. Smith has started a paper
in New York which he calls the Anti
nuisance Journal" and which is the
official bulletin of the NaliOual Anti
nuisance League. 1t proposes that the
liquor traffic be adjudged a public uui.
sance by common law.