Gloucester County Democrat., 1898-03-03
DoINGS IN NEW JERSEY.

Stockton, N. J., March 1.-SamueI W.
Johnson, chief of police of this place,
was yesterday suspended by the town
council pending the result of his trial
for connection with the attempt to
bribe the Shaw murder jury.
Trenton, March 3.-John Mehan. a
New York city lithograph artist, who
has been working for local photog-
rapher, was found unconscious at his
boarding house yesterday, and died
shortly afterward. His death is sup
posed to have been caused by drinking
wood alcohol.
Trenton, March 2.-Katie Reitzinger,
aged II years, was burned to death
at her home in this city yesterday. Her
little brother, in the absence of his
mother, had lighted torch. When
his sister attempted to extinquish the
flame her clothing caught fire, and be-
fore help arrived the child was burned
to a crisp.
Newark, N. J., March 1.-James Me-
rino, so years old, of New York, and
Frank Petulme, aged %, of this city,
both employed as laborers on sewers
at Forest Hill, near this city, were
seriously injured yesterday by the ex-
plosion of powder. They were thaw-
ing it out, in order to prepare blast,
when the heat caused the powder to
explode. Both men were burned about
the head and hands, and were removed
to hospital. They will recover.
Paterson, March John O'Rourke
is a blacksmith of this city. For many
months he had been betrothed to Mrs.
Bridget Carey, g. widow. Then he
met Sadie Henderson, who said she
was widow. One night, O'Rourke
says, he was intoxicated and was mar
ried to Sadie by Justice Canning. Later
he discovered that Sadie had hus-
band living in Scotland, and his love
for the Widow Cary returning he Sc
cured a dispensation of divorce from
Thomas Casey, justice of the peace.
He is soon to wed the widow
Trenton, March 1.-The court of errors
today in the case of Anderson against
the North Hudson Traction company
decided that a mutilated dollar bill
was not legal tender; that the fed
eral statutes providing for the re-
demption of mutilated bills by the gov
ernment did not make the bill a legal
tender as regards third parties. The
case came into court on a suit of An
derson for damages for being elected
from car where he had rendered
mutilated dollar bill and the conductor
refused to accept it.
Newark, Feb. 2S.-Rose Rich, years
old, of No 139 South Orange avenue,
had narrow escape from death in
front of her home yesterday afternoon.
The child had gone to candy store
on the opposite side of the avenue and
started to return just as a trolley car
of the South Orange line came down
the steep hill at a lively gait. There
was no time to stop the car. All the
motorman could do was to drop the
safety fender and trust to luck. For
tunately the fender worked, and the
child was lifted out of it quite well
save for a bump on the head
Trenton, Feb 27.-Jacob A. Geissen-
hainer, of Monmouth, a congressional
candidate in the Third district. sees
victory perched on the banners of the
Democrats next fall. Mr.. Geissenhain-
er has served three terms in congress.
He was first elected in 1889. and came
off successful in three consecutive
congressional contests Mr. Geissen-
hainer says that the tendency Of things
political in the Third district is to
swing back to the Democratic side of
the house He says the Democrats
viii elect I'VE out of the eight con-
gressmen this fall. He expresses the
belief that a Democratic governor win
be elected. and that James Smith will
70 hack to. the United States senate.