Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1892-09-21
IN ALL PARTS OF JERSEY.
Condensed News of Interest Throughout tht
State.

State.
W. L. Laws, OF Old Bridge, has Sprin!
pig weighing 400 pounds.
The Beechwood range is beaut.
and never fails its duty. Sage.
The stand-pipe for Woodstown's S waite
works will be fifty-five feet high.
Maps valued at $45OO were destroye'
by fire in the Newark City Hall.
1t is said that hog cholera exists to
limited extent in Burlington county.
The Lake Park Cemetery Company
with capital of $4,000, has been OF
ganized at Swedesboro.
1t is said that Mount Holly is to b
connected with several nearby towns b.
mears of an electric railway.
The New Jersey Cranberry Growers
: association has decided to ship one-thir'
; of their crop this year to England.
Millville's Board of Health has ap
pointed committee to provide acholer;
hsss,itel & t';5 !. s.. :ssa.s H
express in order 10 meet his train at At
lantic city where heintended to re-assume
charge of it. As they neared Tenth street
he espied ex-Conductor Blaisdefl, a warm
friend of his in the nextcar, and started
to cross the intervening platform in order
to Join him. Abort this time the curve
was reached and the sudden turn threw
Mr.. Somers from his feet and hurled him
clear of the moving train. His head
struck the next track with terrible force
lracturing his skull in two places. He
was picked up and conveyed back to the
cooper Hospital and treated, but with
out avail, for about midnight he expired.
The remains We're brought to his home
On Thursday evening.
The funeral was held on Sunday after
noon and was without exception the
largest ever held at Somers' Point, or in
fact anywhere along the Shore. From
early in the morning until long after the
hour set for the services to take place at
the house, Il constant stream OF vehicles
Kept arriving, coming from all parts OF
the county, so widely was the deceased
known and respected. Bayside Castle,
X. g. E., attended in a body, in uniform,
accompanied by delegations from Seaside
and Ocean Castles, Atlantic City, and
Brdgeton Castle, of Bridgeton.
The Conductors Association, under
whose direction the funeral was held, ar
rived on a special train from Atlantic
City. Shortly after o'clock process
sion, headed by Baysde Castle, was
formed in front of their Hall, and
marched slowly and solemnly to the
house where the services We're conducted
by Rev Mr.. Warthman, OF Linwood.
The body was then viewed by the large
;,s,sc:nblage. 1t lay in a plain black felt
casket ornamented with silver handle
bars and silver plate bearing the name
of the departed, the dates of his birth and
death. The face was calm and natural
in death with the exception Of several
dark discolorations around the right eye
and temple black scul cap covered
the head where the terrible fractures We're
received.
| Internent was made at Zion cemetery.
The family, thanks to the kindly fore
sight of the departed husband, are left in
| fairly comfortable circumstances. He
carried "a life insurance policy of $1,000,
while all the funeral expenses are borne
by one lodge to which he belonged, while
from another he will receive some 5000.
1t is estimated that at least five hun
dred people were present at the services,
and the majority We're there us warm
friends of the deceased and not as mere
| cu,iositv soelers as is so often the case