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Bridgeton pioneer., 1889-02-14
A FORMER BRIDGETONIAN
HOnOred by ms Employees al
Camden.

Hon. John Hood, formerly of this
city, and son of ex-Mayor James
Hood, has since its incorporation, been
Superintendent of the Camden Street
Railway company. The stock has re-
Gently been sold, and on Saturday his
employees presented him with hand
some gold headed cane as testimonial
of the high esteem in which he is held.
AT the last meeting of the old Board
of Directors, the following preamble
and resolution, offered by Mr.. Wilbur
F. Rose, were adopted Whereas,
John Hood, Esq, who was the origin
ator of the Camden Horse Railroad
Company, and has been identified with
its management as an officer from the
date of its organization to the present
time; and Whereas, A change in it's
Board of Directors, produced by the
sale OF the stock of said corporation,
is about to be made, the retiring Board
OF Directors ofsaid company, believing
it due to Mr.. Hood to place proper
expression of confidence in said gen
tlemen upon record, do hereby resolve:
That John Hood, Esq, has discharged
the duties of Director, Secretary, Treas
urer and superintendent of the Cam
den Horse Railroad Company in a
faithful and efficient manner, always
laboring for the best interests of the
Company. ais faithfulness, economy,
strict integrity and ability have com
manded the confidence and respe3t of
the stockholders and Directors, who
sincerely regret the sundering of their
relations with him." An engrossed
copy OF the resolutions was ordered to
be presented to Mr.. Hood.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1889-02-14
BRIDGETON, N j, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY H. 1882
AN OLD DOCUMENT.
Gen. BlOOmfielG's Opinion on
Matters and Things.

Samuel Moore has an old volume of
bound pamphlets, some of them quaint
and curious. One, judging from the
writted signature, formerly belonged
to Gen. Joseph Bloomfield, so long
Governor of New Jersey, and who in
his early life practiced law in our Cum
berland Courts. This pamphlet was
published at Burlington, in 1899, by
Isaac Neale. and was written by Will
liam Livingston, the eminent patriot
of the Revolution and the first Gov.
ernor of the State of New jersey. It
is entitled, What l have seen and
have not seen." An extract or two
will show the character of the docu-
ment: "Ihave seen justices of the peace
who were burlesques upon all magis-
tracy, justices illiterate, justices par
tial, justices groggy, justices courting
popularity, in order to be chosen As
semblymen, and justices encouraging
litigiousness. But have not seen any
joint meeting sufficiently cautious
against appointing such men justices
of the peace"
Now that the people elect by ballot,
are justices always chosen for their
fitness?
II haze seen four times as many
taverns in the State as are necessary.
Those superintendent taverns are con-
tinualIy haunted by idlers, and are
confessedly so many nuisances. All
well-regulated governments would
abolish them; and yet Ihaue not seen
any of the courts that license them,
| willing to retrench the supernumerary
| ones"
With all our boasted advance in
| civilization within the past hundred
years, the number of licensed taverns
in some parts of the State are yet
deemed to be entirely too many for
the good of the community.
He thus very justly complained OF
the treatment of the Revolutionary
soldiers:
II hare seen our soldiers marching
| barefoot through snow and ice; | hart
not seen them duly recompensed for it,
nor America SO grateful for the mex.
pressible hardships they suffered, as
thought she would have been.n
The subsequent action of Congress
in the treatment of the soldiers of the
Union has been wonderfully generous
in comparison.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1889-02-14
I6 cts. Der IlOzen

A miller of Seeley is a practical
joker, and he always delights to have
laugh at the expense of his good
natured wife. Here is his latest: His
wife and her sister keep chickens Joint.
~ and the eggs are sold in a lot and
the proceeds divided. The miller the
other day brought a number to
Bridgeton and sold them all for 16 cts.
per dozen. Returning home he in.
formed his wife that all the eggs, with
the exception of two dozen, were sold
for 16 cents per doz. The two dozen
referred to were sold for thirty-two
cents. Then his wife commenced to
figure on the proper division of the
money. Eight dozen at 16 cents was
easy enough to divide, but there were
the other two dozen which had been
sold for SO cents. And when that
woman found that dozen at 16 cts.
amounted to 80 cents, she gave her
husband cold glancing look Of utter
contempt. Poor Johnl
Bridgeton pioneer., 1889-02-14
.Eaii on Fire.

There was CONSERVATION among the
prisoners in the old Jail, at Camden,
Sunday afternoon, and if IL had not
been for the promptness of the Off
cials and the fire department, the Jail
might have been a crematory. There
is considerable alteration going on in
the old courthouse, and the prisoners
in short time will be removed to the
new cells in course of erection in the
new building. The new heaters in the
old Jail must have been overheated and
caused the partition work to shoulder
and catch fire. The dense smoke
alarmed the watchers, and an alarm
was immediately given. The prison
ers were naturally alarmed, as they
were confined in the corridors, and if
the flames had spread, they would
have either been roasted alive, or else
allowed their liberty.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1889-02-14
Hay Stack Burned.

Three badly scared Third ward boys
came home late Thursday afternoon
from short tour in the country.
They related their troubles to their
parents, and begged them to see to it
that q police officer would not put
them in Jail. The boys had gone out
for ramble, and when about two
miles out of town they noticed hay
stack in a farmers field, and the
thought came to them that it would
be ever SO jolly to hollow out a sort of
cave in it, and spend portion of their
time there. This they did, and when
the cave was large enough, the three
crawled in. How cosy it was! 1t was
jolly sport, and the boys enjoyed it.
But this was not all. They wanted to
enjoy cigarette, and in a moment
three of the detestable weeds were
lighted. A spark from one of the
cigarettes was, unseen by the boys,
carried off in the hay, and two or
three minutes later the stack was on
fire. The boys boldly ran to the house
OF the farmer and gave him informa-
ton, and with his aid the fire was kept
from spreading. The farmer thanked
the boys for their honesty in telling
him, and told them he would not pun
ish them, as the loss of few tons of
salt hay was nothing serious.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1889-02-14
The Cannon Range.

The cannon range spoken of in the
PIONEER several times, is now said to
be a certainty. The United States
Government will not ask the Legisla
ture to condemn the land, but will buy
It, or has bought it, from two promi-
nent land holders, one of Trenton and
the other of New Brunswick. The
range is to be ten miles long, with
terminus near Mays Landing. The
starting point is in the vicinity of
Richland. The surface of the ten
mile range is almost level from begin
ming to. end, with a gradual slope.
Store houses and barricades will be
built at a cost of $250000, consuming
about two years of time before the
range will be ready to try heavy guns.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1889-02-14
THE IRON HALL.
The Eject of the Exposure in
BridgetOn.

The continued exposure of the
methods of the Order of Iron Hall, is
bearing fruit, and the growth of the
orderis evidently seriously endangered
For over a week the Philadelphia
Record has been bringing out its heay-
lest batteries upon the workings of the
Iron Hall, and there will be general
breaking of the ranks throughout the
entire country. Recently the Record
contained several columns of matter,
which, if true, proves that thousands
OF poor men are being defrauded of
hard earned money. In addition to q
full history of the Order which it pub
fishes, it gives in detail the entire
workings of the Branches and exposes
all of the secret work, making it posi-
BILE for anyone SO disposed to get with
in the walls of a Branch. These
articles are having it's effect in this
city, and many who thought they
would join the order, now fatty refuse
to do SO. A number of members of
the local Branches have signified their
intention of withdrawing, before any
more money is paid in.
The Order of Financial Union has
not been heard of since its first organ
ization. The fact that bears most
weight with the doubling members, is
that the Supreme officers continue to
refuse to endeavor to clear the matter
up by producing argument against the
material furnished by the Philadelphia
papers. The only reply made by the
head officers of the organization to in:
quiripg members, is that 1--WE treat
the matter with cold contempt
These persons declare that to their
mind there is little comfort or argu-
ment in the cold contempt" theory.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1889-02-14
OPEN TO THE WORLD.
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE AG-
RICULTURAL SOCIETY.
The Society to Receive Exhibits
from Everywhere--A Long
Session.

A special meeting of the Cumberland
County Agricultural Society was held
in the Grand Jury room of the Court
House, last Monday, and there were
about thirty-five persons present.
President Minch called the meeting to
order shortly after two o'clock, and the
minutes of last meeting were read by
Secretary Garrison and approved.
The first business was the taking up
of the resolutions laid over at the an
nual meeting, which radically changed
the bylaws of the Society. The first
resolution, which read ANY person
belonging to the First Congressional
District, can become member of this
Society upon the payment of one dol
lar to the Treasurer" was on motion
unanimously tabled, and article No. 9
was amended to read mo premium
shall be awarded to any competitor
who has not. paid one dollar to the
Treasurer, either for membership or
exhibitors ticket" etc. This allows
any person in the world to enter their
exhibits at the Fair upon the payment
of one dollar, but prevents any but the
Cumberland County members voting
in the meeting of the Society, or to
have anything to say regarding the
disposition of the property. Article
10 was amended, substituting the word
First District" in place of County
but this is entirely superfuous. and
shortly after q resolution was offered,
which must lay over until the next
meeting, which does away with the
entire article.
Secretary Garrison called the atten-
ton of the meeting TO the fact, that
the old tentunder which poultry and
carriages are exhibited at the Fair
grounds, has become very dilapidated
and hardly safe, and also stated that
he had been offered one of the build
ings Of Getsinger & Sons, on South
Laurel street, dimensions 52xS0 at a
cost of $400. 1t would cost, he said,
1 u.
The building was in good condition.
| This invoked q free discussion and
there We're many for and against, but
the majority Of the sentiment was
against the old building. If anything
was desirable new building should
| be built.
After q somewhat lengthy discussion
the Society resolved that they would
build number of poultry coops, OF
uniform size and that they should be
used by all exhibitors of poultry at a
rental fee of fifteen cents per coop.
Mr.. Belford Elwell made an effort to
have some of the horse divisions
changed around, but was unsuccessful
in getting his amendments through,
On motion canned peas, corn, and
| beans were added to the list of articles
in the home department.
A resolution was offered to lay over
until the next meeting, that hereafter
the purchaser of a members ticket
should be entitled to one check, and
later it was amended to do away with
all checks. There was free discus
sion upon this point, but the resolu-
ton was Overwhelmingly defeated.
The meeting then adjourned.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1889-02-14
--------------------------
At tine TumbIing Dam.

The headquarters OF the tramps in
this locality, is said to be at the Tumb-
ling Dam. On Sunday persons walk
ing in that locality, saw bevy of the
worthless rascals gathered around a
log fire and before them was spread a
feast of good things which they had
begged and stolen. Coffee was being
made over the fire, and they seemed
to heartily enjoy themselves.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1889-02-14
I'm the Hands OF Receivers.

There are fifteen savings banks in
New Jersey in the hands of receivers
and managers under the direction of
the Chancellor. Notwithstanding this
formidable list the general interests of
banks of savings in the State were
never more stable. There are forty
eight banks, and their exhibits last
year made are of % very satisfactory
character
Bridgeton pioneer., 1889-02-14
Question Settled.

The Courts have at last settled q
long vexed question. A photographer
persisted in printing and selling the
portraits of customer, after being
forbidden so to do by the sitter. The
Courts have decided that the negative
is the property of the photographer,
but the copyright rests with the sitter
and no copies may be taken beyond
what the latter orders.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1889-02-14
VOL. XII.
THE NEW SYSTEM.
The Australian Method OF Voting
Explained.

There is feeling of misgiving
among those who know nothing of
the proposed Australian system of vot-
ing except what they have learned
from the bill itself, that it is very in
tricate and cumbersome, and may
prove puzzling to the voters. These
fears are entirely groundless. A per-
son who should obtain his only knowl-
edge of the present system of voting
in this State from reading of the long
and verbose law, would fall probably
into similar error. It takes a great
many words to describe in the verbose
particularitv of the law, what is really
a very simple matter, and that re-
quires only few minutes to perform
in practice.
Under the Australian system the
voter enters q rallied off space. He is
handed ticket. printed by the State,
containing all the nominations reg
ularly and legally made by the differ
: parties like this
ertA FOR GOVERNOR:
",
Nse'5bsrg s. Green. Democrat ............
Clinton B. Fisk, Prohibition.
%-gFOR CONGRESS:
]. Buchanan, Republican. ............
G. Il. Beasley. Democrat ...........
j. Morgan, Prohibition. .............
And SO on, giving all the nomina-
tions for the different Offices being
voted for.
The voter takes the ballot thus
handed to him, and retires alone into
a small compartment, of which there
are several, formed simply by boards
fastened edge-wise to the side of the
room. Here the voter, all alone by
himself, marks cross, as above,
opposite the name Of every candidate
that he wants to vote for. No living
soul can possibly tell where he places
the cross and whom ne votes for. He
then folds up his ballot, hands it to
the election officers, and sees it de-
posted in the box, and passes out.
All of this, from the time that he en-
ters the rallied off space, receives,
marks and votes his ballot, takes but
a few moments. The whole operation
is very simple one, and effectually
secures the desired objects, of prevent
ing intimidation and bribery. Nor is
it costly. A room may be fitted up
with the necessary appliances in a few
hours and at very little expense.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1889-02-14
THE STATE LIBRARY.
The Volumes of New Jersey and
Their Rooms.

Up to March 18th, 1896, the State of
New Jersey had no place to keep it's
books. So the Legislature that year.
ordered Maskell Ewing, it's clerk, to
purchase a case 10 preserve them in.
This sufficed until February sth, 1904,
when William Coke, of Burlington;
Ezra Darby, of Essex, and John A.
Scudder, of Monmouth, catalogued
the 1853 volumes belonging to New Jer,
sey. In 1922, it appears, the Clerk of
the House still had charge of the
books, and SO in that year the Legis-
lature appointed a regular librarian.
At the same time there was a law
library, to be used only by the Law
Library Association, the Chancellor
and Judges of the Courts. This was
kept in the Supreme Courtroom until
1897, when the two libraries were con
solidated. Those who have visited the
Capitol know the room where the 3d.
600 books, pamphlets, magazines, ETC.,
are kept. They remember the gal
leries, the big-faced clock that ticks
the hours away; the view of the river
as it pushes over the rough rocks in
the rapids and sparkles seaward under
the big South bridge, the pictures of
judges, living and dead, and the big
book where all visitors are supposed
to register their names, with oftimes
quaint chirography. The things are
soon to change. Up on the top of the
new State House, in a room wide
| and long, are 20 be built tall
| cases which reach to the sky-lights.
Here, aloft to roomier quarters, will
be the new library. while the old
| historic room down stairs will hold the
fora, fauna and the geological speci-
mems for which New Jersey is famous.
| Disastrous ConfiagratIon.
The third fire within a short time
took place in Vineland last Thursday,
the ware and store houses Of the Vine
land Grain s. Feed Co. being totally
destroyed with loss of about $1,000.
The fire broke out in the morning, be
ing discovered at one O'Clock. An
alarm was immediately sounded and
the firemen responded. They did
heroic services in saving property adj
Joining, but could do nothing to save
the ware houses. The winds were
blowing gale, and the water from the
mouth of the hose pipe froze when it
came out. The buildings were covered
with q tin roof which did much to
prevent the spread of the flames. This
building was surrounded by Kimball,
Prince & Co.'S lumber yard and other
buildings and it was feared that the
entire town might be devasted by the
flames
The fire was gotten under control
about eight O'Clock, and soon after, the
flames were extinguished. The fire
originated from stove ia the Office OF
the building The ware houses were
filed with an unusual large amount
of grain and all this was destroyed.
The place is owned and under the con-
troll of Taylor & Co., of Camden. The
resident manager is James Hunt. 1t
is not known how much the insurance
upon the building will amount to.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-01
Tile TRADE IN CHICACO.

Chicago pee. 81 tSpccaD. Hutchinson who has
been the big buyer Of wheat for several days Kept on In
that line to-day. on bis buying, the price for MAY
went from ~ % to II OS 10 The advance was not
held partly bocause Of free realizing partly because IL
Ielng the last day Of the year trading was greatly
embarrassed by the pIanlS Of DE brokers, ard partly
Iecause INC visible supply figures wcIe no. Just What
-. majority Of the crowd expected The price
cin.ed I "a cents under the to,,. Corn was steady
ali III session. and when wh at was the strongest
shaved a little strength of ite own. MAY OPENED ana
cjnsci AZ 81 Is cents. Tho visible supply figures
sIowed An Increase # I.ee3 0O0 bushels The oats
Dit was enlivcned By heavy selling supposed 10 "
etdent in the provision pit the collapse Of Tho
iecember Isni squeeze. The price on SATURDAY was
- 20 II closed TO-DAY a low a. CO.. Pork for
Nv sold between sI3 80 and s13 81. and closed at
go 40 ON the curb. May wheat sold at I'll o.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-01
THE MARKETS.
TOTAL RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE.
Per North River. Vessels and Railroads.
GENERAL MARKET REPORT.

BUILDING MATERIAL-B Bricks have advanced dur.
ing the week but other material remain at previous
rates Uprver hard bhck, 90 25ase IS Croton DARK
and Red, s15Gsi6; Cr0tOn, Brown, Sl4d*l5; trenton
and Phlade pha Front s27es2S Hayersiraw, hsrl
s8 75dS7 50 Der LOCO ohOat kosendae Cement 81 iV@
81 20 per Dbl American Portland 81 1O9s2 80 Enslsh
Portland 81 20a@2 80; German Portland 81 30Gs2 20;
RocSianl Common Lime, 81 per Dbl, and do Finishing
4 20 st~te Common Lime. SOC and do finishing, 81 90
os1 10; Ground soc Lath 90 l5at2 20 pr .Ooo !;
Coats Hair % d30c per bushel Cattle Hair, l7d2Oc
ChICORY Quiet but steady: Graduated English
14Ts use; Is. g. G. Granulated German, Lao Soc
COCOA-Prose1t stocks ample for all needs put
carefully offered We quote Marncaibo 2fa24 l-2c {;
Cauca, 20a22c Caracas, 17a1sc; Trinidad lSaio l2c ;
BAHIA 1903 Lee, and Gusyaqull, 1913 LIE.
CObPERAGE STOCK-1here is nothing passing Of
special Interest at Molassss Shocks and
Heads s2as2 10 sugar Shocks and Heads, 3s-inch
81 9OGs2 30-lnch 81 G0asl 70; old Shocks and Now
Heads Ss.inch 81 4oasi 45 36.inch, 81 SOdsi 35 ;
Ola shooAs without Heads 95cGs1 Rum Shocks and
Heads % 5ods3 GO; Rum Pipes, So Empty Hogsheads
81 5Oas2 60 Hoops II feet s29as32 ~ feet s2!as2s
COFFEE-Rio the spot dull and nominal. Cargoes
quoted 10 84c No sales There was session OF the
Exchange to-day.
COTTON-For prompt delivery quoted quret steady, and
without change OF movement Sales, 256 bales for con-
SUMPTION and week. before reported 10S bales
for export and 3f bales for consumption Port receipts
90 G72 bales against 3d. 070 bales this day last week. and
az Oi0 bales for day last year. Since September
The rcelps ports have aggregated 370445l bales
comparing with 1880 500 bales for the corresponding time
last -,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-01
GRAIN AND PRODUCE MA EnE7S.
FEATURES OF NEw.YeRK DEALINGS.

FEATURES OF NETWORK DEALINGS.
Speculation and the export demand refuse 10 De
reconclled in the wheat market The spot market
was practically neglected. and of shippers did
nothing when other buyers were absent The options
however were active the trading running up TO over
5000 COO bushels The market reflected a closing up
Of contracts on both sides of the account, with the net
result In favor of the bulls The cable advices were
frmer and early dealings supported by reports OF
vigorous buying by the western manpulaors. May
wheat sold up to 81 % "a after excited opening
at 81 OF 1-2ds1 OF IS stimuli aneOusly. When the
visible supply statement was Published. showing in
stead OF decrease increase Of 2G5.1eo bushels
break Of followed on realizations The safes
were we'll absorbed that traders turned tar aho
prices rallied. closing firm at net gains OF 10 cent 1or
all but January (which ended up Only 5-i ccl'u. IS
february ~ O3 "a March. ~ % S; May. ~ OI 81
The visible supply statement OF corn showed an
increase of 1227 4OS bushels, but 1t eXcrtfd no I'M
portant effect the market spot lots were Without
change Of Significance and shippers took about 10000
bushels. This continued export demand sustained he
business prices ended practically UNCHANGED g, 40
for January, 46 Is for February and do cents Tor
May The oats market was devoid Of feature but The
tendency of prices toward ease, the options
closed OIL 81 for January. - for February
And 90 > for MAY. The lard market was dun and
The lower prices recorded presented little significance
Tie receipts % grain and hour reported Yesterday
at New York. Philadelphia BaliiTnore and Boston were
a. follows: Wheat 13.453 bushels; corn, 372.61s
h,shels: oats l29.11S bushels: total grain. T15.249
YANKEE and Il. louis. the arrivals were: Wheat.
~ No bushels: corn. 550147 bushels: oats 1906
bushels total grain 773,oGo bushels; Hour. $40
bapp
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-01
THE COURTS.
Pits OF LEGAL NEWS.

The applIcstion Of Evelyn r. Underhill for alimony
and a counsel fee in her suit for limited divorce
from Edward f. Underhiil. stcnographer of surrogate
Ransom's court, on the ground of abandonment and
failure TO support was denied by Justice Andrews,
Of the Supreme Court, yesterday.
Frank Gordon, retail dealer in Shoes Nos. l'l'a
and 1853 broadway, made an assignment yesterday
to Nathan Lewis, giving preferences Tor S'oo
Judge Wallace yesterday filed in the Clerks Office
NJ the United States Circuit Court opinion over
ruling the demurrer in the suit Of the Pennsylvania
Railway Company against the Baltimore and Ohio
Railway Company. The defendants demlrIed
on the ground that II was to be presumed thai me
bridge was constructed according TO law. . Judge
wallace allows the defendants TO answer The com
plant.