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Bridgeton pioneer., 1892-08-04
THE NEW DEPOT.
"A zine New Builaaing of Splendid
dimensions and Latest style
OF Architecfura.

fhe plans for tn new West JERSEY
railroad station, which will be begun
within q week or two, have been an.
proved by the Company, and the
name of the contractor will soon he
made known
The new building will be at the cor.
ner of Pearl and Lemon streets, and
will be of brick with stone trimminos
The dimensions will be seventy feet
on Lemon street, and forty on Pearl.
The style will be Of the modern rail.
road buildings. The platform will
continue all about the entire building
and will be low. The trains will not
run in the building, but rather outside
of the east platform. On Lemon
street there will be q covered drive
way, where carriages can drive up
and deposit their passengers and keep
them out OF the rain.
The interior of the building will be
a model. In the centre of the build-
ing will be large waiting room. and
entrance and exit will be upon either
side of the station. There will be but
one waiting room, the mems and
women's seperate rooms being obsolete.
The ticket office will be south of the
waiting room, and on the west will be
private toilet room fer ladies and on
the east one for men. The West Jer-
sey Express Company will have a
room of their own, and the check
room will be adjoining it. A hand.
some news stand will also be fitted up.
and the Union News Company viii
carry on business there all the time.
the same as in the stations of larger
cities 80,
Thus from this meagre description
the people can readily conceive that
the Company is living up to its pro-
mise, and is about building e station
which will be credit to this enter.
prising city. Il will be the finest de-
pot in South Jersey.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1892-08-04
GASkELE STILL IN BED.
Ehe Mystery of 81 Bold Mount
Holly Robbery Uns0lvea.

MOUNT HOLLY, N. j., July 31.----
George E. GaskiIl, who was murderous'
ly assaulted while returning home,
last Monday night, is still under care
of physician, but no trace has yet been
discovered of the men who knocked
him down. The $1400 belonging to
the Baptist Church, of which Mr.. Gas
kilt was until lately treasurer, and
which he claims was stolen from him
along with his watch, has not been re-
covered and Mr. Gaskill will have to
stand the loss.
The peculiar phase of the mystery
is the refusal of Mr.. Gaslxill to tell
where he procured such a large sum
of money, to settle his account with
the church. The physicians say there
is no doubt that Mr. Gaskill was as
saulted, and the fact that his watch
and valuables were missing, is cited as
proof that he was also robbed. The
affair, however, occasions considera-
BILE talk and speculation, and the inac-
tivity of the authorities is the subject
of much commend.
The trustees of the Baptist Church
last night agreed to accept a second
mortgage ON Mr.. Gaskill'J house in
settlement of their claim.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1892-08-04
THE NEW w. j. DEPOT.
The Contract WIIl be Given Out
Within a Week---New Tracks
Lard.

There is no longer any doubt about
the erection Of the proposed new
West Jersey railroad passenger station
in this city.
Work has already ben commenced.
New freight tracks are being laid east
of the present tracks, and preparatory
to the removal of the freight station,
which is to be removed from it's pres.
ent position east, about thirty feet.
As soon as this work is completed,
the work upon the passenger station
will be commenced. The plans and
specifications for the structure are
now In the hands of the contractors,
and bids are being received, and in q
few days the contract will be awarded.
The new station will be q credit to
Bridgeton, and will far surpass the
expectations of all. 1t will be of brick
material and modern in all It's appoint
ments. while the interior will be one
of elegance.
It is proposed to push ahead rapidly
with the work, and trains will be run
ming in the new station in the early
fall. The grounds about the depot
will be nicely laid out, and kept in the
best possible condition.
The old depot will then be entirely
abandoned, and it is hinted that con-
siderable improvement will be made
In the train service both to and from
this city.
The West Jersey Railroad Company
meant what it said when it was pro-
posed to build new station here, and
now having overcome all the obstacles
that have been in the way, the trains
will soon be running in the handsome
Cew depot.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1892-08-04
BRIDGEToN, N. j., THURSDAY. AUGUST 4. 1892.
COAL GOING UP.
Raised 20 Cents Per Ton at. she
Mines.

A new schedule of coal prices for
August was prepared last week at the
monthly meeting of the large mining
firms, and to-day, when the new
schedule goes into effect. the price oil
coal will be advanced Until to day
the wholesale prices of stove coal at
the mines has been $3.50. This will
be changed to So rs. It is claimed that
the advance is made for the purpose
of placing the price of coal where
there will be reasonable profit in the
business. Miners say that for several
years rates have been SO low, that, far
from being any profit in mining coal,
there WAS an actual and heavy loss,
and that the present rates, which are
only fairly good, are slowly recovering
past losses and making the business
pay.
This advance in the wholesale price
here from $3.50 to $2.75 will make the
price of coal for Philadelphia the same
as the tide prices at which coal is be-
ing sold in New York. The advance
will have an immediate effect on the
retail market, and this morning retail
dealers in this city will advance their
price from $3.50 to 1915.
It has for some time been the Gus
tom of a number of the retail coal
firms in this city to charge 25 cents
more on each ton of coal when it had
to be carried in baskets to it's bin.
They also charged when the coal was
run in by a chute from the sidewalk.
Where this extra charge is to be made
the price will now be So. An effort is
being made to have this custom be-
come general -r.-
The new coal exchange Of wholesale
and retail dealers is gradually assum-
ing shape, and its members expect
that it will soon be in position to
carry out the aims with which it was
established. The principal object of
the organization is claimed to be to
establish and maintain a uniform re-
tail price for coal, insuring to the
dealer a fair profit, and to attain a
standard ton at either 1000 pounds or
2240 pounds, preferably the former
Philadelphia Press.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1892-08-04
MRS. ROBT. MORE DEAD.
An Esaimable Lady Passes Away

Am Essimable Lady Passes Away.
Mrs Robt. More died at her resi-
denoe on Bank street, on Saturday
evening. after. an illness of short dura-
tion.
Mrs. More, the wife of che Hon. Rob.
More, was one of the most estimable
ladies of this city, ind was well known
throughout large circle of devoted
friends in the county, the prominence
of her husband and the qualities of her
own personality contributing to her a
wide acquaintance and social circle.
She was sister to Mrs. George
Harmon, of Deerfeld, and, by birth, a
Cake. She was a lady of rare domestic
virtues, endowed with superior in.
telligence and warm and tender SYM
pathies, which left their impress upon
her household and extended far be-
yond, throughout circle of loving
friends.
Robert, Richard NJ, and Azariah
More glass manufacturers, and John
More are her sons, and Mrs. VIM. E.
Riley is a step-daughter; another
daughter. Miss Lizzie, resides ct home.
Mr.. More, who himself has recently
became convalesant from long spell
of sickness, and the entire family have
the sympathy of the community in
their af71iction.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1892-08-04
BABIES OF ALL SORTS.
AsDury Parks EnfantiIe COach-
Sing Parade Il Big success.

AsBURY PARK, July 31-The long
talked.of baby parade took place here
yesterday afternoon, the procession of
baby carriages requiring three hours
to pass along the boardwalk. There
were many original and novel decora-
tions and each of the three hundred
contestants had appeared with the full
expectation of capturing one or more
of the prizes, for wasn't baby "just the
sweetest, prettiest, dearest creature in
the world ?n
Mrs. John Burke, of. Princeton, oc.
cupied phaeton with her eleven
months-old triplets and received much
attention. A little papoose carried by
an Indian squaw was also contestant.
The prize for the prettiest decorated
carriage, handsome baby carriage,
was won by Silvia Weilde, Chicago
tot. The prize of lady's gold watch
offered for the youngest mother in the
parade was not awarded, as there were
two contestants, and che matter will
be decided after an investigation of
both claims.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1892-08-04
New Jersey TempIars Ready.

Grand Commander, Mutchmore, OF
the Knights Templar of New Jersey,
has issued orders for the communicates
to form State battalion at the Trien-
nial ConcIave at Denver. No standard
except that of the Grand Commandery
is to be;carried. Eminent Sir Edward
Mills will act as adjutant and chief of
staff, with the following aids: Sir
Warren Dobbs, A. J. Briggs, j. A.
Alstrom, w. r. Sebring, |. L. Regis
ter, Georga g. FELTON,. J. III. Acker-
man, A. D. Winfield and Leonard
Greer.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1892-08-04
sheep Raising in Dakota

Is financial success, as is evidenced
by the statements made by prominent
Dakotians in a pamphlets just issued
by the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railway, copy of which will be sent
free upon application 10 j. H. Hiland,
Genl. Freight Agent, Chicago, ILL.,, or
to VIM. Kelly, Jr, Travelling Pass.
Agt., so So. Third Street, Philadel
phia. Pa, ~ If
Bridgeton pioneer., 1892-08-04
TEE STATE OF TRADE.
Hot Weather Checked Business
But Helped Crops.

New YORK, July s9.-R. G. Dunn s.
Co.'s weekly review says: Extreme
hot weather for an entire week has
checked many kinds of business, but
hes not presented considerable excess
over that of last year. At the same
time the weather has been extremely
favorable for the growing crops, ex-
cept in limited districts where damage
has been done by violent storms, and
the crop outlook is decidedly lmprov-
ing.
The failures occurring throughout
the country for the last seven days
number for the United States III, for
the corresponding week last year, 229.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1892-08-04
ANOTHER CARRIER.
Hereafter There VIII be I've
Commercial Routes.

SOMmercfR1 ES0uaeS.
Ever since he has been in Office,
Postmaster Hewitt has been endeavor.
ing to have another carrier appointed
for Bridgeton, so that he might ex-
tend the Commercial routes, and take
off some of the work Of some other
carriers.
He has just received word from tbs
authorities that such g carrier will be
allowed the office. He has arranged
so that there will be two Commercial
routes, and extending the area for four
deliveries per day. so that busin ess.
men in the First, Second and Third
wards. will be greatly benefited.
Louis Ginenback, recently appoint
ed sub-carrier, has been given the Sec
ond ward route, and Raymond Bard
will be given the second Commercial
route. The new arrangements will
begin on Monday next.
This is another success for the Post
master, who has given Bridgeton
many of the finest improvements that
the people now enjoy.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1892-08-04
worth Ten Dollars

to any family, is DR.. Kaufmann's book
on diseases; finely illustrated plates
from life; don't be humbugged, but
cure yourself. Send three 2.cent
stamps for postage to A. P. Ordway
& Co.. Boston, Mass, and receive a
copy free. 81 2w
Bridgeton pioneer., 1892-08-04
WtuAct as Manager.

Horace H. Shoemaker, who has
been book-keeper of the Cumberland
Glass Company, has purchased one
third interest In the Alva Glass Works
at Salem, and will take up his resi-
aence in that city, and become mana
ger of the enterprise. Mr.. Shoemaker
has also resigned his position as or.
ganist of Central M. E. Church, owing
o his change in business.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1892-08-04
PIrMAN GROVE CAMP.
Arrangements All Completed
and Hundreds OF C0taagers
a4t In the Grove.

PITMAN GROVE, N. j., August L.
Though the general camp meeting at
this great Methodist resort viii not be.
gin until Thursday next, the season
commences tomorrow, when the
Women's Home Missions will hold
their Convention in the morning. and
in the afternoon and evening there
will be 3 grand temperance rally In
the big auditorium 5s.-
Mrs. General G. B. Fisk will preside
at the Women's Home Mission meet
ing, and addresses will be made by
Francis Willard, Mrs. Norton, of New
Mexico; Miss Geneva Moore, of Black
wood, and others. President Ballard,
of the Pitman Grove Association, will
make the opening address. Rev. A.
G.. Lawson, D. D., will address the
temperance meeting on '.The Gam
blers' Victory" @ E
On Thursday the general camp
meeting will begin. Rev. Edmund
Hewitt will preach the opening SER
mon. Presiding Elder Reiyea, of the
Camden District, will have charge of
the camp meeting the first week and
Rev. David B. Updegraff, the Ohio
Quaker evangelist, will have charge
during the remainder of the camp,
Arrangements have been made to
have Bishop D. A. Goodsell preach on
Tuesday, the 9th inst, and Bishop
Newman on the following Tuesday.
Among the other preachers who are
expected to take part are Rev. A. g..
Lawson, D. D.. of Camden; Rev. Drs.
J. b. Graw, ]. L. Chopin, j. Walker
Jackson, Z. r. Dunn, J. F. Crouch, L.
Simons and T. Hanlon; Revs. A. Law
renee, P. Provost. E. ]. pponcott,
J. T. Price, L. Edwards, @. E. Downs,
B. G. Lippincott, Jr, W. Reeves.
During the camp meeting Dr.
Simons and Rev. David Updegraff will
preach several sermons. The pro-
gramme of services has been made as
follows: At $40 O'Clock there will be a
sunrise service. led by Evangelist w.
g. Stockton; s O'Clock, Bible reading;
8 O'Clock, experience meeting; 10-3O,
morning worship; noon, social service
in the tent. led by Mrs. Lizzie Smith,
Clara Boyd and Lima Kenney: l
o'clock, children's meeting, led by Mrs.
Carrie Thompson; $50 o'clock, after
noon worship; 6 o'clock social tent
meeting; O'clock, young peoples
meeting, led by Rev. w. N. Osborn,
and 30 o'clock, evening worship, fol
lowed by other services. Each of the
services in the pavilion will be pre-
ceeded by praise services, led by Pro.
fessor II. L. Gilmour, who will be
musical director, assisted by Professor
Kirkpatrick and others, who, with DIR.
Gilmour, compiled the hymnal to be
used, called the winning Songs.
All the arrangements have now been
made for the opening of the regular
CAMP
Bridgeton pioneer., 1892-08-04

The big Democratic majority, which
was TO repeal the Mckinley tariff off
hand, and show the country how
much better and more rapidly it could
do business than its Republican prede-
cessor, Is wallowing in hopeless
deadlock with the appropriation bills
delayed beyond all past record and a
session stretching on to August.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1892-08-04
lam Proud

to say from personal experience that
Sulphur Bitters, which advertisement
will be seen in another column, is the
best spring and blood medicine to be
found. It is prepared by an honest
Arm. who scorn to use cheap and
worthless medicines, but use the best
that money can buy. Editor. 272w
Bridgeton pioneer., 1892-08-04
Appointed a Sub.

Postmaster Hewitt has appointed
John Burroughs, sexton of Central NJ,
E. Church, 8 sub letter carrier, and
he will begin his duties at once upon
the approval of a $4,000 bond which
he has given. This makes seven car.
riers to look after Bridgeton's delivery.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1892-08-04
SERIOUS CHARGE.
Capt Fred. Hess. OF szfElyigEe, in
HALL


A sensation developed Saturday
afternoon in Millville, when Captain
Frederick Hess was arrested and
brought before Mayor Whitaker on a.
serious charge, preferred by Mrs.
Susanna Griner, of No. Is Myrtle
avenue. The woman has borne an
excellent reputation since her resi-
dence in Millville, and her husband is
a shearer at Whitell, Tatum & Co.'S
Millville glass works.
Captain Hess is known all over
Cumberland County, and until a few
months ago was a prosperous mer-
chant in Millville. Reverses in busi-
ness. however, forced him to accept s.
position as manager at the gravel pits
of Herschel Mulford, at. Silver Run.
Mrs. Griner alleges that while picking
uskelberries in a dense woods near
the gravel pitsl the crime was com.
mitted.
The complaint was made by the
woman's husband, and, after private
hearing, Hess was committed without
bail by Mayor Whitaker. Although
the woman positively identified Hess
as her assailant, he denied the crime
and claims it is case of blackmail.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1892-08-04

Piles permanently cured; no pain
DR.. Reed 80 3. 10Th Street, Philadel
phia. Send for circular. 751y
Bridgeton pioneer., 1892-08-04

Cleveland is the Democratic party.
It was at his behest that the honest
convictions of Democrats in the House
on the silver question were strangled
in order to give Cleveland chance to
grind away on the only string he can
play-the free trade string, This is an
assertion that the Republican party
has already solved the money ques ion
and that it is not an issue.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-08-26
RIVERS ON MARS
Wherein They Differ from ~
on the Earth.

Interesting Fscts Concerning III.
ical Nature of the C,r.s, a., 'isT.
Cleaned by Recent Scieu,,o-
Obs<ryatt..
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-08-26
ABUSES OF NATURALIZATION.
Foreigners at Election Time Given Citi-
zens' Rights without Iteing Sworn.

Foreigners at Election Time Given Citi-
zens' Rights without Being sworn.
The real question about immigration
is less the danger from the sheer num-
Der of people than from the abuse of
naturalization. The national naturali-
ZatiOn law as it stands is inefficient to
prevent the grave abuses that now dis
grace most of our states, and especially
the pivotal" states. How these abuses
could be stopped radically is clearly
pointed out in the Forum by Prof.
John B. Moore. late assistant secretary
of state. and as high an authority as
there is on this subject. In discussing
the abuse and the remedy Prof. Moore
saws:
The obvious intention of congress
was that the naturalization of aliens
should be judicial process. resulting
in a formal and recorded judgment of
the court. In the early times, when the
principal Legislation on the subject was
framed, this end was easily attained.
The basis of the law now in force was
laid in the act of 1862. The number of
immigrants who came to the United
States in 1920 was only slightly greater
than that of the persons who have in
y
ship in a single court in the days pre-
ceding a general election. The process
OF naturalization has now degenerated
into a clerical act, attended with
scarcely SO much formality as the or
binary certification of record. I'm
mediately before elections, when the
greatest care should be exercised, men
are brought into our courtroomS by the
hundred and admitted to citizenship by
clerks as rapidly as the meager printed
forms can be filed up and signed. In
many eases they are not even sworn
upon their so-called examination. and
the witnesses who are admitted TO prove
their qualifications are sometimes pro-
fcssional perjurers, utterly without
knowledge of the facts as to which
they assume to testify. 1t is not eX-
travagant 10 say that in this way thou
sands of persons have been enabled to
participate in our elections without ever
having fulfilled the requirement as TO
residence prescribed by our naturaliza-
ton laws"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-08-26
odditie. About Rats.

Rats are natives Of Asia and 'as
raids westward belong 10 comparau7,
modern times. From the fact that %.
are not mentioned by any Of the rs'
Europeans IL is surmised that they W.
unknown west of the Ganges
ancient times. The black rat irsi 'al
from Asia 70 Europe in the s!X'ee-
century-along with the plague
was first known as the ''grarsys
specter," because he preyed OF :
flesh of those who died during g
awful visitation. He was also kn-'
as the plague cat" because The CO.
mon house cat had a similar hao
feasting on the dead. The black
was the common house rat until 7
brown or gray rat made his appeaTa1
in l775. The gray rat came 20 blf'
from India, by way Of Russia, and
now popularity known as the NJT"
rat, from a mistaken tradition tha
came from Norway 10 England
from the latter country 10 Amerlca
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-08-26
DANGER Or POLE HuNTlNG.
Those Who Have Pcrishcd Have Made
Blundcrs Hard to Explain.

Those Who Have Pcrishcd Have Made
Blundcrs Hard to Explain.
The popular notion is that arctic ey-
plorinG is a very risky pursuit, but in
reality it is not so. Fishing on the
Grand banks is much more dangerous.
As Mark Twain saws: The greatest
peril which people encounter Is not met
with in travelling on the railways. but
in going to bed. Most people die in
bed Only three expeditions ont of the,
many which have been made have in
volved loss of life.
t'ranllIn.s party starved TO death
mainly because there We're too many in
IL, where Schwatka travelled ,Grec thou
sand miles away from any base OF sup
plies, living off the country GreeIv
whose subordinate officer, Lockwood.
attained the furthest north ever
reached. beyond eighty-two degrees
north latitude, was subjected to awful
Sutferings many of those with him dv-
ing, merely because of too much red
ape in Washington. If the navy de
partment haC kept the appointed
rendezvous at Cape Sabine. where il
had agreed to have a vessel with pro-
visions at certain date. there would
have been no trouble. 1t is the whalers
who encounter most serious perils in
the Arctic ocean. Hardly year passes
when some whaling vessels are not
lost. In 1871 only three ships were
saved out OF fleet Of twenty-five. No
lives were lost. but the natives on shore
have been using chronometer cases for
brass kettles ever since.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-08-26
WALLED LAKE OF IOWA.
Nearly Three Thousand Acres OF Wat
Inclosed by Natural boundary.

Nearly Three Thousand Acres OF Water
Enclosed by = Natural boundary.
The vast region which lies to the west
of the Mississippi river Is well provided
with wonders in the shape of natural
and artificial curiosities. Devils tower,
Spirit lake, Christ's table, the Red Snow
mountain, the geysers of the Yellow
stone park, besides many minor oddi-
ties, being among the number, but none
has a more widespread fame than the
wonderful walled lake" in Wright
county, Iowa The lake occupies a
ground surface of two thousand eight
hundred acres, and its entire surface is
from four to ten feet higher than any
point of land in the immediate vicinity,
the waters being kept in bounds by an
immense natural OF artificial stone wall
composed of powders estimated TO
weigh from one hundred pounds up TO
three tons each In some places, where
two or three of the larger stones lie
close together, the interstices are
chinked with smaller powders so
evenly and in such a workmanlike
manner as TO preclude all idea of its be-
ing the work of other than intelligent
beings. Originally the wall was from
ten to fifteen feet in height, very broad
at the bottom and taperlng up TO an av-
erage of four feet at the top. Some
scientists argue that the wall il the re-
suit of consecutive freezing of the wa
tiers of the laloe-that the action of the
ice on the sides of the embanEment
forced the stones into their present po-
sition. The Philadelphia Press says
that those who take this view of the
matter have failed TO notice that. al
though there is plenty of stone in
Wright county, there is absolutely none
within I radius of ten miles Of the lake.
Those who believe the work to have
been done by prehistoric man claim that
at one time the vicinity of the lake was
strewn with bowlders (as is most of
northern Iowa, having been one of the
regions that was covered with the de-
bris of the glacial age), but that they
were all gathered up by the busy beings
of long ago and fashioned into the wall
which causes SO much amazement in
the Hawkeye of to-day.