Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1898-11-23
DoINGs In NEW JERSEY.

regiment, New Jersey volunteers, was
mustered out of the service OF the
United States last night. The Second
went from Sea Girt to Jacksonville,
Fla, where they became part Of Gem
eral Lees command. They remained
at Jacksonville until ordered home to
be mustered out.
Railway. N. J., Nov. &c. w. Rog-
ers, of Camden, employed as con-
ductor on the Amboy division of the
Pennsylvania railroad, and H. G. Rue,
baggagemaster Of Rogers train, were
killed here last night. They had COM
pleted their run for the day and were
walking to the depot to take train
for home when run down by the Chi
rago limited, eastbound. Theor bodies
were cut UP and scattered along the
track for some distance.
Trenton, Nov. 18.-The Grand Lodge
Of Odd Fellows of New Jersey, in an
nual session here, yesterday elected
these officers: Grand master, Malcolm
B. Wood, Newark; deputy grand mas
ter, H. ]. Melosh, Jersey City; grand
warden, e. A. Bussing, Lyndhurst;
grand scribe, Lewis Parker, Trenton;
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Bordentown; grand representative, +.
w. Tussey. Camden.
Trenton, Nov 16.-The annual session
of the Grand Encampment of New
Jersey Odd Fellows was held here yes
terday, and the following officers were
elected: Grand patriarch, Joseph w.
Walling of Keyport; grand high priest,
Andrew Didrick Of Hackensack: grand
senior warden, Anthony Moore Of Jer-
sey City: grand junior warden, Harry
A. Phillips of Newark; grand scribe,
Lewis Parker Of Trenton; grand treas
urer, James C. Robbins.
Trenton, Nov. 22.-General James r.
Rushing and other stockholders of the
Trenton Light and Power company
have retained counsel to bring suit
against President James Moses, of the
company, to secure for the preferred
shareholders 100000 which Mr.. Moses
recently received in the sale of the
company for the common stock which
he held. Mr.. Moses claims that the
stock is his. Those back OF the suit
say he merely held 1t in trust.
Burlington, Nov. 20-While out gun
ming Richard Pew, of this city, started
a rabbit and was just about to shoot
when second rabbit jumped from
clump Of bushes, hoped on the first
rabbit and hot fight followed. The
little animals bit and scratched and
rolled over and over, and Pew might
have killed both at one shot had he not
been so interested in the outcome of
the scrap. The fight was over and both
rabbits had busted away before he re-
covered from his surprise.
Trenton, Nov. 22.-Walter Conway,
one of the five prisoners who escaped
from the Mercer county jail on Sunday,
was sent to state prison yesterday to
serve a sentence of ten years. Conway
was one Of gang Of tramps who were
holding up people on the outskirts Of
the city some weeks ago, when William
Conwell was shot and killed by some
of the tramps. The murderer of Con-
we'll is still at liberty. Conway is the
only one of the five who escaped from
Jail that has been recaptured.
Trenton, Nov. 16.-Trenton people are
being furnished with gas at rs cents per
1000 cubic feet. The new plant of the
EeOple OdS improvement COlupduyp
of which William L. Elkins, of Phila-
delphia, is the head, was put in opera
tion yesterday, and a war is on be-
tween this company and the old one,
the Trenton Gas Light company, which
until the new company was organized
was charging 81 a thousand. Since then
both companies have been underbidding
each other. The old company yester-
day reduced its price to As cents, and
the new company came down to rs
cents.
Burlington, N. J., Nov. 19.-Two per-
sons were injured, an engine and pas
senger coach destroyed and a railroad
station burned yesterday by rear-end
collision between two local passenger
trains on the Camden and Amboy rail-
road at Florence, near here. The in
jured are: Joseph Smith, engineer,
badly cut and bruised; Harry Jones,
conductor, injured internally. Both
men live in Heightstown, N. ]. The
first train had been ordered to wait at
Florence for the coming train, but ow-
ing to carelessness or lack of time the
brakeman of the waiting train did not
flag the approaching train until too
late. The passengers escaped with a
severe shaking up.
Paulsboro, Nov. 20.-Nearly a year
ago the board of freeholders decided to
adopt the hammer and stone pile reme-
dy for tramps who infested Gloucester
county, and Immediately there was a
scarcity of this class of floating popu-
lation The stone pile never material
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evidently become aware of <his fact,
as the past week they have swooped
down on the different communities and
are almost pestering the life out Of
the residents. No one has yet taken the
initiative in having them carry out the
intent Of the freeholders' resolution,
but Sheriff Collins is ready to do his
part as soon as victim is brought to
him, and has big wood pile In lieu
of a stone pile.
Trenton, Nov. 19.-Chancellor McGill
yesterday decided that DR.. Marcus
Friedlander must reconvey a house
county, to Valentine Block. The house
was decided to DR.. Friedlander by
Block in 1897 when the doctor became
engaged to Blocks daughter, Sophie.
The doctor was then living at Nc
Keesport, Pa. Miss Block did not want
to go there to live, and upon agreement
that Friedlander would locate in Union
the house was given to him. Subse-
quently Friedlander went west and
wrote to Block, saying he had changed
his mind about marrying the daugh-
ter. Frienlander was asked to reconvey
the house, and said he would do so
upon return of a diamond engagement
ring which he had given Miss Block.
The latter refused to give up the ring.
and this suit was then brought