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Bridgeton pioneer., 1895-09-12
necessarily abridged,

ooHN MEAN, y II.
Both Mr.. Kean and Mr.. Griggs were in
the city. AS is his custom, Mr. Kean lis
tened, while Mr.. Griggs, as is also his
custom, talked. The x-Congressman
was, in fact even more more reticent than
| usual. About all he would say was that
he was well satisfied with the political
situation, and that it wasn't always easy
to tell who would be nominated. In ac-
cordance with his usual modesty, Mr..
kean did not say that such and such
counties, and parts of this, that and the
| other county would be found lined up for
him when the convention met. There
isn't, at least on the surface, that cock
sureness about Mr.. Kean that there is
about some older, but by no means better
balanced, politicians, but he has always
been found, in the modern vernacular. to
'get there" whenever he has been cam
didate for nomination.
Perhaps the best reason for his success
in this direction is his ability to listen
while others talk, an ability much rarer
and infinitely more useful and practical,
and which Mr.. Kean has developed to
such an extent that it seems to be in
stinctive. Business men who succeed in
business are nearly always good listeners,
and they turn this faculty to good ac-
count. Mr.. Kean is a business man, and,
as now seems settled, just about the kind
OF business man that the masses want
for Governor.
Itwas this feature of Franklin Murphy
which made him very popular and
dangerous opponent before he withdrew
from the candidacy for Governor, and
which more than anything else has made
him successful as the director and chair
man of the Republican State Committee.
Mr.. Kean has the same superior business
capacity, quite as largely developed and
as systematically trained as Mr.. Murphy
And therein lies his political strength
with the people, who, in view of the dis
graceful misconduct of State affairs un-
der several Democratic administrations
have determined to put business man
at the head of the State government.
This fact has been fully emphasized by
the arrival OF the returns from the vari-
Gus counties since the meeting of last
Wednesday. Mr.. Kean's friends and
supporters had become so we'll satisfied
that he would be the Republican nomi-
nee, that they had been content to be
quiet and they were apparently not dis
posed to be aggressive. The Wednesday
meeting aroused them, and there is now
what would in Court be called strong cir
cumstantial evidence that Mr.. Kean will
carry off the honors of the convention.
or course, no one knows yet just what
the result will be, but the fact that Mr..
kean's supporters are not only content,
but pleased with the situation is appar-
ent everywhere.
Mr.. Kean is strong with the people for
many reasons, some of which are his
known probity of character, his superior
Bridgeton pioneer., 1895-09-12
Brought Suit,

There will be on the list of causes for
the coming October term of Court, suit
for damages against the Cumberland
Glass Company. The suit will be for
$40, 600 and the counsel for the plaintiff is
John w. Westcott, of Camden. The suit
is brought by Thomas Fitzpatrick,
through his next friend j John Fitzpatrick.
The plaintiff alleges that the company
had a gate upon its property in 1894, the
part of which had been allowed to be-
come rotten and unsafe. Through this
gate the company invited young Fitz-
patrick to enter the works. On the 10th
of February, 1894, Fitzpatrick was seri-
ously injured by the gate falling upon
him
Bridgeton pioneer., 1895-09-12
KEAN rs GAINING.
He VIII Make Strong Bid During the Next
Week for the Republican Nomina-
ton for Governor.

TRENTON, Sept, 3.-Political predic-
tions and guess work do not hold as close
relationship now as they did two weeks,
or even one week ago. Even then, how
ever, it was quite clear that by the time
the Republican State Convention got to-
gether, Ex-Congressman John Kean and
Ex-senator John w. Griggs would be
practically, if not actually, the only can
didates in the running. On Wednesday
Of last week, to be exact, the friends Of
these two candidates were in this city,
and since then the returns from the va
rious counties have been coming in.
No one who keeps anywhere near
abreast of State politics needs to be told
| that along in June and July, it was very
generally conceded that Mr.. Kean had a
good lead of his competitors in the race
for the nomination. Later on, and es-
pecially during the last week of last
| month, there was partly successful
effort made to make it appear that Mr..
Griggs was rapidly overtaking Mr. Kean
The Wednesday meeting here, to which
the most influential friends of Mr.. Griggs
had been particularly invited as we'll
as some of the strong supporters of
and including Mr.. Kean, did not develop
the strength which the advocates of the
Passaic candidate expected. A compari-
son of notes showed that, while Mr.
Griggs was, as he has always been, a
popular man, Mr.. Kean had lost none of
his popularity with the masses. So plain
ly was this fact made manifest that a
number of claims for Mr.. Griggs were
necessarily abridped
Bridgeton pioneer., 1895-09-12
WHOLE No. 1883
ALMOST A RIOT.
Joseph Johnson the Watchman at cu,,.
berland Glass Works Clubbed Oliver
Dudley. The Two Stories,

The upper part of Laurel street was
| .hfoWn into state bordering on riot
Last week, the dimensions of which was
several hundred people on one side and
colored watchman on the other.
Inc watchman was arrested and
brought down to the Mayors office fol-
| lowed by crowd which cried "mob him.
mob him" in very threatening manner.
The watchman was Joseph johnson.
special officer employed at the Cumber-
iand Glass Works, and the trouble grew
! out OF his ejectment of drunken man
| from the yard of the glassworks shortly
after six O'Clock F.iiay evening.
From what can be gathered it appears
| that Oliver Dudley entel ed the yard of
the Cumberland Glass Works in a state
OF intoxication. JOIN son ordered him
out,-but he refused TO go.
Some one telephoned to the Mayors
Office for an officer to be sent up, but,
without waiting for the arrival of the Off
Ger, Johnson arrested Dudley, took him
| out of the yard and proceeded 10 bring
him down the street intending to take
| him to the Mayors office.
Dudley resisted this proceeding and
Johnson got him by the nape of the neck
and showed him along ahead of him. At
ter passing the Markley store, and when
along the vacant lot this side, Dudley
| went down with Johnson also.
| Here they skirmished about on the
ground until finally johnson brought the
PROSTATE man blow on the head with
his club, laying open the scalp. Tho
blood rushed out and spattered over
Johnson's face, and he got up, leaving
Dudley on the ground.
Men gathered Dudley up and found
him bleeding profusely. The blood was
| washed off, and he was taken to the Office
| of Dr. Harris. who proceeded TO sew up
the wound
Johnson went back into the yard of the
works.
| Irving Cannon, the well-known colored
man, who lives over the Markley stores,
saw the tussel between the two men, and
saw Johnson strike the blow, and he
came down town and swore out war
rant before Mayor Appelgate for john
| sons arrest.
Officer Woodruff Went up, arrested the
watchrnan and brought him down town
| in a trolley car.
An immense crowd was around the
Mayors office, and an angry mood per-
vaded them. 1t would not have required
much to have incited an attack on the
colored man.
Johnson was taken before the Mayor,
| who held him in $500 bail for a hearing
Johnson's story was that when he had
| arrested Dudley, that Dudley attacked
| him, kicking him and hitting him; that
when they fell down Dudley got his club
from him and hit him in the face with it;
| that he recovered his club and then gave
Dudley a blow.
Johnson was badly scared when he ar
| rived at the Mayors office.
| Johnson was given hearing Saturday
morning and held in bail for Court.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1895-09-12
@. G.. CAST DEAD.
He Dies in Philadelphia Hospital Mon

He Dies in Philadelphia Hospital Mon
day.
=. Gottleib Cast, for years proprietor of
the City Hotel, died Monday in a Phila-
delphia Hospital where he has been for
sometime under treatment for softening
of the brain.
Mr.. Cast is one of the best known men
OF the city, and has always been char
acter. He was German and came
here years ago and settled in this city.
The present generation can remember
him as a saloon keeper in the stone
building at the Northwest corner of
Atlantic and Broad streets. Later he
purchased the City Hotel property and
for several years conducted the house.
Since the demise Of the Excise Board he
removed to the property on Atlantic
street, where his amily still resides.
Mr.. Cast was a good hearted fellow and
made many friends. He leaves a wife
and two daughters. s
Bridgeton pioneer., 1895-09-12
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
The Executive Committee Reviews the Sit
uation.

The Executive Committee Reviews the Sit
A meeting of the Executive Committee,
and horticultural Society, was held in
the Grand Jury room at the Court House,
Monday afternoon. The meeting was
we'll attended, all of the members being
present.
The report Of the Secretary and Treas
urer were not very encouraging, but the
committee exhibited determination to
live and succeed if possible.
The report showed deficiency of 81 900,
which amount was necessary to be raised
to pay the premiums and running eX
penses for another year. The committee
after discussing various ways and means
determined to feel the pulse of the people
| of the whole county as to whether they
desire the continued existence of the So
ciety. and to that end would come TO it's
help now to tide it over these dull times.
The following Resolution was
| adopted.
ResolUed, That this committee be a
! committee of fifteen, for the purpose of
soliciting life membership, or other aid
for this society.
And that each one of the committee will
use his best efforts to obtain at least seven
members, and to report the result at the
meeting of the committee, to be held
Monday September 2srd. 1t being under
stood on the part of new subscribing
members, that payment will be returned
if so desired, if sufficient is not raised to
pay $1,000 deficit.
The committee adjourned in the hope
that the people would gladly come to
their aid in endeavoring to carry the old
fair through the breakers.
You will possibly be called on to lend
your assistance.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1895-09-12
Mrs, Service Dead.

Mrs. Alice Service mother of photo
grapher VIM. E. Service, died Tuesday
The many friends of Mrs. Service and
the family, are expressing their sym
pathy and feel deeply the loss of such an
estinlable lady. Mrs. Service, for two
years past, has been keeping house
with her daughter, Miss Annie, She has
been falling in health for year, but has
been seriously i'll for the past few weeks
with heart trouble.
She was respected and constant mem
Der of the Berean Baptist Temple.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1895-09-12
ON WITH THE INVESTIGATION.
The Voorhees, Committeeman Get to Work
in Essex County.

in Essex County.
NEWARK, N. j., Sep. s.-Senator Voor-
hees has issued call for meeting of the
Senate Investigating Committee, to be
held at Trenton eon Tuesday, for the
consideration of evidence submitted to
the committee since the close of the June
session. The evidence will be chiefly
concerning the alleged mismanagement
of the municipal affairs in Newark and
Essex County, and the doings of the
Worlds fair and Electrical Subway
Commission.
The committee will probably fix date
for opening the inquiry in this city
This is in accordance with the plan out
lined at the close of the June session,
when the General Committee resolved
itself into subcommittee.
Mr.. Voorhees,, with the aid of two
detectives, said to be newspaper re-
porters, looked into the various matters
himself. Water, gas and electric light
contracts and trolley franchises received
the closest attention, and when the evil
dence CLEANED was submitted to Counsel
Corbin, the latter declared unhesitatingly
that IT was of such nature as would
warrant thorough and immediate in
vestigation.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1895-09-12
CAPTAIN WOODRUFF DEAD.
The Last of Family of Old Time Water

The Last of IA Family of Old Time Water
men.
Captain Charles Woodruff, a longtime
familiar figure on our streets, died at the
home of his son Charles, early Friday
morning.
"Captain Charlie" as he was familiarly
called, was the last of a family of old time
watermen in this city. He was born
here eighty-tive years ago, and went by
water almost from infancy. He has had
charge OF vessels ever since he was
twenty years old. Five or six years he
commanded vessels on the Pacific coast,
sailing from San Francisco.
lie leaves three children living, Charles
Jr., Mrs. Jel emiah Garrison, of Camden,
and Mrs. Richman Irelan, of this city.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1895-09-12

Piles permanently cured; no pain. DR..
Reed, l29 s. 18th ST., Philadelphia. Send
for circular. 75ly
Bridgeton pioneer., 1895-09-12
Grand Jurors.

Sheriff Shinn will soon be shaping his
list of grand jurors, and serving the sum-
mons quietly. The coming grand jury
will have plenty, of work in October;
large number of criminal cases are
already being put in the hands of the
Prosecutor.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1895-09-12

For the Finest Job Work, the PIONEER
ia the place. ~y
Bridgeton pioneer., 1895-09-12
BRIDGBTON CHAMPION.
Umpire Gleason Awards the Game to
Bridgeton After AIilIviIIe Refuses
to Play on the Local

The South Jersey League season is
over, and Bridgeton stands champion of
the South Jersey League. 1t has won
nineteen games and lost twelve. 1t has
won nine games from Salem and lost
seven. 1t has won ten games from Mill
vile and lost five. The percentage stands
as follows.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31
EUROPEAN GRAIN CROPS.
Interesting Statistics Gathered by tn,
Agricultural Department..

Interesting Statistics Gathered by the
Agricultural Department..
Grain statistics of foreign countries
for the past year are given in a report is
sued by the Agricultural Department. In
European Russia the estimated output
for 1894 is as follows: Rye, S21, 534 ,9O4
bushels; wheat, 2S2, $40 ,040; oats, $751;
$40 ,30S: barley, 1876, 71S,21S; buckwheat,
AZ, 3O9,65 The production of Great
Britain is estimated as follows: Wheat
area 1927, 962 acres and production G1,-
037,927 Winchester bushels; barley,
2,095,771 acres and 74,553, S07 bushels,
and oats, 1888, 401 acres and 139, 1872, T23
bushels. In France the output was in
round numbers 343, 350,0OO bushels Of
wheat, 76,56O,OOO of rye, 56,550,O 900 of
barley and 21S,93S,0OO Of oats. The
wheat product for the year in Germany
aggregated over 126, 100000 bushels;
winter spelt, 81, 1885, 900; rye, 326, $685.
0OO spring barley, 130,0O0,00O; oats,
452, 100000; potatoes, 1929, 7O4, and
meadow hay, %, 29S, 500 tons. The Rou-
manian Government estimates the prin-
cipal crop of wheat 43,5S4, 900 bushels,
rye 5, 769 900, barley 16,906,O00, and oats,
10,019,0OO. In Italy wheat aggregated
almost 123, 100000 bushels, oats almost
16,OO0,0OO, barley over 100000, maize
"a, 763, 900, and rye almost Ii, 0OO,O 00
Wheat exports from the Argentine Re
public for the first seven months Of the
year aggregated 67S,573 tons. In Onta-
rio wheat aggregated over 20,5OO,O0
barley 11,300,O0O, oats over 72,000,000,
potatoes 17,OO0,000, and peas 14,4OO, 900
Winchester bushels. Manitoba produced
100000 Winchester bushels Of wheat,
100000 of oats. and 19,9O0,000 of po-
tatoes and other root crops.
Reports from European agents Of the
department show that there is a more
hopeful feeling in the grain markets of
England and that the farmers there are
expecting better prices. LIN Southern Eng
land great floods have overrun large ex-
panses of arabic land and have limited
somewhat the area intended to be de-
voted to winter wheat
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31


Violence and bloodshed marked the
eighth day of the electric street railway
operatives strike in Brooklyn. Three
militiamen are in hospitals with broken
heads, two having suffered at the hands
Of riotous men and women, while the 9TH
or was the victim of his own carelessness,
having fallen out of second-story win
dow. A score or more. of policemen are
suffering from bullet wounds or contd-
sions of the head and body. disabling
them for the time being. To what extent
the strikers have suffered cannot be con-
jectured. If they escaped punishment II
was not the fault of the militiamen, who'
In accordance with orders. fired as direct
ly ut their assailants as dense tog.
which completely hid objects at thirty
yards distance, would permit The strike
is not ended and order Is not restored.
Seven thousand national guardsmen
and 800 or 1000 policemen were not on
Monday strong enough to make the re-
sumption of the street raihStiy traffic in
Brooklyn practicable. In fact, says q
dispatch, the gain over last Saturday is
scarcely perceptible. The calling out OF
the First Brigade, composed of New York
City regiments, has seemed rather to add
to the tension than to bring solution OF
the difficulties. The task of restoring
peace and order along nearly 200 miles or
street car line is a vast one. The new
levy numbered not far from 1000 men.
They were moved across the great bridge
early in the day. The various companies
went by elevated trains whenever 1T was
possible to the points to which they had
been ordered. Generally speaking, the
greetings they met with on the streets
were far from friendly. Boys guyed and
men jeered them as they passed through
the sections inhabited by laboring people.
The elements which early in the day
were suspicious soon took on an unfriend-
ly aspect. A Scotch mist settled down on
all the city, increasing in density as the
evening approached and added to the diff
ficulties which attended the carrying out
of the announced intention of the street
car companies to run cars upon lines not
operated since the strike was declared.
Such attempts in this direction as were
made were futile. A car started from the
Ridgewood station of the Brooklyn
Heights Company little after 8 o'clock
and was assailed with volleys of stones
and bricks from windows and vacant lots
before it had proceeded far on its way
downtown. A private soldier was struck
in the head with a stone and disabled.
The officer in command ordered his men
to shoot, and two volleys were fred in the
direction of the rioters, who, however,
were hidden by the dense fog. About 250
bullets were sent in search of victims, Dnt
how many of them found human targets
cannot at present be determined. The
militiamen's orders were if they shot it
would be to kill. Policemen also did some
shooting at this point, with what effect IL
as uncertain as in the case of the militia
men. 1t is ascertained by the militia
officers that they only ordered the volley
when the violence of the mob made it nee
essary to do so.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31
Farm Notes.


Many substances which will go into
but serve as absorbents, which save
the valuable portions Of the manure
and avoid loss.
Many fruits are not self-pollenizing,
and fail to give crop. The remedy is
not to depend on a single variety, but
to have several kinds, growing them
close together whenever it can be done.
The keeping qualities of fruit should
be the first consideration. Size and
flavor are important, but some of the
largest and most highly favored fruits
of all kinds will not bear shipment to
market as well as other varieties that
are inferior in quality.
1t is not how much feed can be con-
yerted into some kind of product. A
heavy feeder is considered by some as
an Objectionable animal, but If the ami
NAL yields largely of milk or butter it
must be able to consume and digest n
large quantity of feed proportionately.
A good place to throw the wood ashes
is around the peach trees. Old bones,
that are apparently useless. can be
pounded and buried around the grape
vines. Refuse material and scrapings
from the woodpile are serviceable IL
used as a mulch around any kind Of
trees.
One advantage of depression in
farming Is the demand of the farmers
90 tvxa
profits, which leads them to the use of
better stock and superior implements
The remedy for low prices is larger
crops per acre and extra quality Of the
products.
Many barns and stables VIII cl per-
NIT cold draughts to come In through
cracks could be made more comforta-
BILE at a small expense. A dollars
worth Of thick paper or roll of tarred
felt tackled securely to the wall would
add greatly as a protection against
cold winds and could easily be removed
when summer approaches.
1t is quite possible to feed bees in
the winter on sugar syrup, and to take
most Of the honey in the fall. Sugar is
much cheaper than honey, pound for
pound, and honey is more than half
water. The purest white sugar Is used
and boiled to a thin syrup. This pre-
vents souring, which would otherwise
occur, and would be fatal to the bees.
as 1t produces dysentery.
1t is said that the Arabs have two
methods of estimating what will be the
height Of horses. BY the first a cord
is stretched from the nostril over the
ears and down along the neck; this dis
tance is compared with that from the
withers to the feet; the colt will grow
as much taller as the first distance ex-
ceeds the second. BY the other method
the distance between the knee and the
withers is compared with that from the
knee to the coronet. III 1t has reached
the proportion Of two to one, the horse
will grow no taller.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31
New yarieties of Potatoes.

The tubers will sometimes, though
rarely, "sport" and produce different
variety from the one planted, giving
the impression that they will "mix in
the hill" The only way to be certain
of producing new varieties is to plant
the real seeds, those found in the fruit
or ball." that succeeds the flowers at
the top Of the vine. Each seed In ball
may produce a distinct variety. That
wonderful seed ball which contained
the seed from which came the early
rose also produced several other vari-
cites, some of which were good enough
TO be propagated. People have been
deferred from trying to raise potatoes
from the seed by the statements in the
books. copied from English writers,
that the tubers first obtained were very
small, and required several years of
cultivation before their quality could
the fortunate originator Of the early
rose, and has had much experience in
raising seedlings, informed us that he
treated the potato seeds just as he
did those of the tomato, sowing the
seeds in the same manner, and setting
out the plants at the same time. If a
Seeding did not ut the end of the first
season show some tubers of an eatable
size, he did not bother with it any far
Their. Some seedsmen offer potato
seeds, but unless it is known what va
riety produced them we should prefer
to wait and secure seed next fall from
known varieties. and thus be sure of
the pedigree Of the seedlings.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31
Fall Pa.turinr Winter Grain.

Some of our Western exchanges are
giving opinions about the effect of fall
pasturing winter wheat. We have
seen wheat that made too heavy a
growth in the fall which was material
ly benefited by pasturing with sheep
while the ground was dry and before
the frost had injured the feed. Sheep
are better for this than any other
stock. They are light in proportion to
their feed, and their tramping over
light, porous soil makes 1t compact.
Then, what they eat off the fall is only
what would be constant drain on
the root whenever the weather is mild.
The wheat grower wants large growth
in the fall mainly to get a vigorous
root. If the top growth is cut or eaten
off the root is none the worse for the
fact.-American Cultiyator.