Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1888-03-15
JERSEY NEWS.
Events Happening Through
out the State.

Waldron shaplejgh, Superintendent
OF the Welsbach Incandescent Gas
Burner Company's factory at Glouces-
ter, in trouble through his generosity.
The company importei several cases
OF goods from Europe, and when. they
arrived at Philadelphia the collector
allowed the removal of the goods to
| Gloucester before examination. Two
examiners were sent to Gloucester. and
Supt. Shapleigh gave each So John
G. Murphy reported the circumstance
to his next superior appraiser, Baker,
turning over the bank note. Mr..
Baker reported it to the Collector, who
sent it to the Treasury Department,
and from there it went to ATTORNEY
General Garland, thence to District
Attorney Bigelow, of Newark, and
finally it came to United States Com
missioner Cassidy, of Camden, who
issued warrant for Mr. Shapleigh's
arrest on the charge of violating a
United States statute. Mr.. Shapleigh
gave bail in 5000 for his appearance.
During February the employees of
the Pennsylvania, West Chester and
Camden and Atlantic Railroads, at
Camden, deposited with the Com
pany's Saving Fond nearly three thou
sand dollars,
The police of Elizabeth have been
instructed to report all saloons found
open after 12 o'clock Saturday night
| The journeyman painters of Eliza
beth have been granted $2.7 and So
day. They have been getting 81 so.
The Asbury Park Board of Trade
are making an effort to secure an ap-
preparation sufficient to make port
of entry at the mouth of Shark river.
The women confined in the State
Prison have been very industrious for
some time past. Within the last seven
months they have trimmed and sewed
| buttons sn over twenty thousand
Pslrirts for Fdifferent'shirt factories in the
State.
The Hebrew Association of Long
Branch has been presented with
splendid plot of ground on Bath avenue
by Mr.. Myers of New York. The sum
of $S, 900 has been subscribed by the
Summer residents of Monmouth Beach
toward the building of new railroad
station at that place.
The next convention of the New Jer
sey State Fireman's Association will
be held at Paterson, on September
Goth.
The Jersey Central Railroad Com
pany is reducing its force of employees
at all points of the line, to cut down ex-
penses.
The w. G. T. U. of Paterson are try
ing to raise enough money for cart
with which to carry hot coffee to all fires
and supply the firemen with all they
may wish to drink, thereby keeping
them from using Intoxicating liquors.
At the solicitation of Congressman
Hires and Buchanan, of the First and
Second New Jersey Districts, respect
lively, a petition is being circulated
among the farmers of the districts,
protesting against the passage of the
Mills Tariff bill or any other bill which
reduces the duty on agricultural
products.
Comptroller Anderson will change
his residence from Trenton to Somer-
vile on April 1st. on account of the
poor health of his wife and daughter,
who are suffering from malaria. The
Comptroller has a beautiful little place
in Somerville, with fruit and flower
gardeRs, lawns and large shade trees.
He will go to Trenton every day that
business of an important character re-
quires his presence, and will retain his
voting residence there.