Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1888-03-01
OUR OWN STATE.
Things Our Residents Want to
Know.

cSiSC Niey oONfHut says. 1Hero was
quite dramatic incident at the Capt.
tol last week in the meeting of two
gentlemen who had. during the war,
fought upon opposite sides. During
the war two confederate spies were
shot by Union General. Jeff Davis
hearing of it, retailiated by ordering
| that two of the Federal soldiers then
confined in Libby Prison should be ex-
| ecuted. The inmates of that prison
drew lots, and one of the two who drew
black balls was Captain Henry w.
| Sawyer, of the First New Jersey Cav
airy. President Lincoln heard of Davis
order, and to counteract it, command
ed that General Lee the present repre-
sentative from Virginia, and another
Confederate General, then prisoners,
should be held as hostages for the safe
| ty of Captain Sawyer and his compan-
ions. The result of this was that Cap
tain Sawyer and his fellow prisoner
were spared. The order of Jeff Davis
was not executed upon them. All four
lived to regain their freedom. Captain
Sawyer came here from Cape May re.
Gently to visit his son in-law, who keeps
drug store here, and he visited the
Capitol, where Representative Buchan.
anan brought him face to face with
| General Lee.-When their former re-
lations to each other were explained
there was very warm round Of hand
shaking"
Commander E Burd Grubb, of the
New Jersey Department of the Grand
Army of the Republic, has announced
the following appointments: Assistant
! Adjutant General, Fl. l.. Hartshorne,
of T. NJ K. Lee Post, of Camden; AS
sistant Quartermaster General, G. s.
Magrath, of W. B. Hatch Post, Cam
den; Department Inspector, Captain
DeHart, Elizabeth; Chief mastering
Officer H. L. Bridgem, Garfield. Post,
Newark; Judge Advocate, I. W. Mid
dleton, Ambrose E. Burnside Post,
Toms River; Chief of the Personal
Staff, s. E. Phillips, of Parker Grubb
Post, Burlington; Ordinance Officer,
H. c. Grossman, of f. A. Stevens Post.
Hoboken; Commissary Assistant. &
T. Branue, of Ulrie Dahlgren Post,
; Elizabeth; Provost Marshall, 4 Saw
yer, Cape May; Assistant Provost Mar
shall, VIM. Zimmerman, of Joseph H.
Ridgway Post, at Beverly.
The Grand Lodge A. 0. U. W.,
which embraces New Jersey, Delaware,
Maryland and Virginia. has elsctedj
the following officers for the ensuing
year: Grand Master Workman. J. A.
Van SAINT, Camden, N, j.; Grand Fore
man, John w. Defendorf Whining
ton, Del; Grand Overseer, w. A. Bar
rows, Mount Holly: Grand Recorder
: A. F. Colbert, Baltimore, Nd; Grand
) Receiver, Myer Hirsh, Baltimore, M.
: D.; Grand Guide, VIM. H. Foulk, Will
} mington, Dell Grand Inside Watch,
George T. Truitt, NJ. d., Pocomoke
! City, NJ. D.; Grand Outside Watch, J.
N. Hyslop, Bellhaven, Va; Grand
J Trustee, William Thegan, Camden, N.
N. j.; Supreme Representatives, Will
liam H. Verinilye, Samuel Eccles, Jr.,
and William A. Reynolds.
The Mercer County Board of Agri-
culture, in annual session has elected
the following officers: President, Thos.
Cubberly; Vice President. J. NJ. Dal-
rymple; Secretary, Franklin Dye;
Treasurer, H. r. Wilmington, and a
director from each township. In his
address the retiring President (Eye)
referred to the numerous trusts recent
" organized in commercial circles and
regretted the tendency to the consoli-
dation of interests by which high prices
are squeezed from the small buyer.
The annual report of the Chief Engi-
neer of the Fire Department, of Cam
den, showed that during the year just
closed So alarms of fire had been re.
ceived, of which sc had been through
the boxes and seven local. The loss
by hrC on real estate was Sl9.I2l.6S,
and on personal property 5 05, 1906,
making the total losses $125, 2s1 33, on
which there were insurances aggrega-
ting $751;, $50, leaving balance of $32,-
1856 insurance over the losses.
The removal of the islands in the
Delaware river between Philadelphia
and Camden with ship canal across
our State and law to keep the men,
haden pirates from depicting our fish
ing resources are matters now under
serious consideration, and If accom-
plished will give to the State a new
impetus and make the year notable
for Its three great events.