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Bridgeton Pioneer.
GEO. W- McCOWAN, Editor and Publisher
‘Hew to the line, let the chips fall where they may.”
VOL. XLVIII.
BRIDGETON, N. J., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13,1896.
TERMS, $1.00 per year in advance
WHOLE XO. 2494
WILL IT BE MTJRDEK ?
Samuel Harris Hits Jerry Locke and the
Latter May Die—Unconscious at This
Time—No Arrests Made.
Special to Pioneer.
Port Norris, Feb. 7.—Another trag
edy has awakened this quiet town and
created great excitement. It occurred
yesterday afternoon, and while the crime
was committed at five o’clock there have
been no arrests, and yet murder may be
the result.
Just what is the cause of the quarrel
which led to the crime is not at this time
known, reports being conflicting. Jerry
Locke is the victim and at present lies at
his home here unconscious, and has been
since the moment he was struck. Sam
uel Harris was the assailant, and has not
been arrested as yet.
Both parties are colored and the crime
was committed down about the old
school house, where there were few peo
ple. A quarrel was begun and must
have been a heated one. It resulted in
Harris catching up an ax helve and deal
ing Locke a terrible blow upon the head.
Locke fell immediately and has remained
6 unconscious ever since. Dr. Gordon
Harker was called and dressed the wound
land cannot at this time tell whether the
^result will be fatal, but it is feared that it
twill thus terminate.
Harris went into hiding but a war
rant has been sworn out for him and
placed in the l ands of George Reed the
Constable, and he is making a diligent
• search for him.
f.'
(Special from Staff Reporter.)
Port Norris, Feb. 7.—[12.30 m.]
There is not much more to tell regarding
the Port Norris tragedy than already
above. The scrap occurred at Harris’
house, and the quarrel was over a wo
man. Locke accused Harris of taking a
Woman by the name of Sands out riding.
The lie was passed and the blow follow
ed, falling Locke like a log.
i Dr. Gordon Harker found a contused
f wound, two and one-half inches long,
near temple bone, about three inches
above left ear. Concussion of brain re
sulted and there is no likelihood of re-‘
covery. Locke is about thirty-five years
of age and came from Baltimore.
Harris was last seen going through *>
woods near the home where the fight oc
curred, and is in hiding. He was in the
gang that caused the death of the colored
man at Long Reach, and for which crime
Sandy Hays is serving a term in State
Prison.
Case Reviewed.
Not since the oyster city of Port Norris
was stirred up over the murder of Young
Booth by Alexander, alias “Sandy”
Hayes, has there been so much excite
ment as there was Wednesday night,
when it was learned that it was likely
another murder had been committed
in the pretty little town.
The Pioneer of Friday gave the
only account of the tragedy, which may
yet result in murder and the sending of
one of the beligerants to the gallows.
A representative of this paper was sent
to Port Norris Friday to learn full
particulars of the affray. He found in a
little story and a half shanty, on the out
skirts of the village, the victim of the
i affray, Jeremiah Locke, lying on a bed
apparently dead, with a bandaged head.
Locke was too feeble from the loss of
blood 'to talk about the matter between
his semi-oenscious spells, and his assail
ant was nowhere around, so the story
was told by Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Brown,
at whose house the cutting occurred.
Locke boarded at the Brown domicile
and report has it that he thought more of
Mrs. Brown, than a single man, os he is,
should, but at the same time was not re
pulsed by Mr. Brown. It also appeared
that Samuel Harris had a liking for Mrs.
Brown. He was not a boarder like
Locke, but occasionally visited the
Brown residence. ■>
This was the case Wednesday after
noon, and when Harris stepped over the
threshold at Brown’s house he was met
with a volley of oaths, hurled thick and
fast at him by Loeke, who accused him
of taking Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Sands
out riding.
This was denied by Harris, when Locke
flaunted in his face a handkerchief,
which Liveryman Banks said Harris had
left in a buggy and which he thought be
longed to Mrs. Brown.
The men grew quite angry over the
matter, passed the lie, etc., when Mrs.
Brown undertook to explain that she and
Mrs. Sands went to Haleyville on the
day in question, on the cars and walked
home, and that the handkerchief did not
belong to her at all.
Henry Smith was also connected with
the affair, and had told Locke that Harris
did go after the women. This he also
accused Harris of. All the time both
men were getting more angry.
Locke was under the influence of liquor
and said he thought he would go up to
the church to a festival being held.
Harris followed him to the door and
Iheir trouble was renewed. Locke ran
out to the wood-pile, and grabbing up a
board started for Harris, who had been
held back in the house. Finally Harris
got loose and running out in the yard
seized an axe and struck at Locke, but
missed. He then turned with his axe,
and with the blunt end brought it down
on Locke's head, striking him on the left
side of the head, about three inches above
the ear, mating an irregular wound of
nearly three ineh< s in length. i
Locks fell to ti e graund and bled like a
hog and Harris after gazing at his victim
a few seconds took to the woods and ran
away, saying nothing to anyone. Locke
lay on the ground unconscious until car
ried in the house and put to bed.
Dr. Harker was immediately sum
moned and dressed the wound, which
was an ugly one to look at.
Locke passed a restless night and once
during the night he thought he was dying
and called the people of the house around
him to bid them good-bye, saying he was
dying.
On Friday !morning when Dr. Harker
arrived he found Locke in a bad condi
tion and while the Pioneer representa
tive was there Locke had several chills
and his teeth would rattle and his eyes
roll, he complaining all the time of sev
eral pains at the base of his skull. This
is a pretty sure indication of an inside
fracture which will most likely prove
fatal. The doctor has doubts of his re
covery.
Locke is said to be a peaceable fellow
when sober, but very quarrelsome when
drunk. Harris, his assailant, is a stout,
black fellow' and a bad man generally.
All the parties concerned are colored.
Harris’ shoes were brought to the
church for him to put on Wednesday
night, but he did not call for them. It is
thought he is in hiding Somewhere in this
city.
Locke is liable to die from the wound.
Constable Oeorge Reed, of Port Norris
has the case in charge.
There has been trouble in Port Norris
ever since the Baltimore and Virginia
colored persons have located there, but it
seems to be among themselves.
THIEVES IN FAIBTON,
H. F. Conner & Co.’s Store Bobbed and a
Horse and Carriage Stolen.
The store of H. F. Conner <fe Co.,at Fair
ton, was broken into by thieves early
Sunday morning.
They cooly packed up a large quant'ty
of the goods in the store, such as boots
and shoes, muslins, hams, sugar, coffee,
etc.
Then they went to the livery stables of
Joe Smith and stole a horse and brand
new phaeton, and taking them to the
store, backed up the wagon and loaded it
full of goods.
The thieves must have filled the w.agon
with the goods, considering the amount
of articles which the fum missed.
It was a cool piece of robbery and was
committed some time after midnight
Saturday.
Just how much was stolen could not
be ascertained Sim day, but it is thought
about a hundred dollars worth of goods
were taken.
The thieves were tracked to Bridgeton
yesterday morning and from here to
Millville, where the horse, wagon and all
the goods, except one pair of rubber
boots, were found in what is known as
“Paradise Row.” The horse was track
ed by a peculiar shaped hoef.
' Constable Lore has warrants for two
men named Joseph Barber and Andrew
Sayre, who are the thieves.
These two men have served time in the
State Prison, having been sent from this
Court during Sheriff Shaw’s term.
FOGG WAS INSANE.
He Was Not Feigning Insanity When he
Was in Court Facing a Jury.
James P. Fogg, of Roadstown, has been
taken to the Insane Asvlum, at Trenton.
A Commission of Lunacy has investi
gated his ease and pronounced him in
sane.
Fogg, it will be remembered, was the
man who was tried at the last regular
term of Court, on a charge of obtaining
goods under false pretenses, and was
acquitted of the charge by the jury. The
State at that time tried to convict him of
the charge, but the defense claimed that
Fogg was insane and unfit to transact
any business, being wholly incapable on
account of his insanity alone.
The Court and Prosecutor at that time
almost ridiculed the idea of his being in
sane. They were not alone in this mat
ter, either, for nearly everyone in the
court room thought Fogg was feiguing
insanity, but his lawyer, Ogden Burt,
stuck to the idea that lie was insane.
It has now become a settled matter tha
the man was insane, and is now in the
Asylum, where he properly bekaaigs.
A Law Printing Measure,
Trknton, Feb. 10—'The Legislative
Committee of the New Jersey Editorial
Association was here to-night sonneting
the members on the possibility of the
passage of a bill for the printing of the
laws in the newspapers. The committee
agreed on a conservative bill which they
think can be passed. The Governor and
the Comptroller are to designate ninety
newspapers, equally divided between
the two parties. The general laws are to
be published in all the newspapers, but
the special acts only in the papers pub
lished in the localities where the laws
will apply. The bill will not be intro
duced until Monday night.
“A Friend in Need, is a Friend Indeed.”
A friend advised me to try Ely’s Cream
Balm and after using it six weeks I be
lieve myself cured of catarrh. It is a
valuable remedy.—Joseph Stewart,
621 Grand Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.
• ®on was afflicted with catarrh. 1
induced him to try Ely’s Cream Balm
**nd the disagreeable catarrhal smell all
, .'‘m.'. hg appears as well as any one.
J. G. Olmstead, Areola, 111. It) lw
H you would always be healthy, keen
your blood pure with Hood’s| Sarsapa
rilla, the One True Blood Purifier.
OTSTEEMEN TALK
Governor Griggs Sends In Some Nomina
tions for Court Officers—A Couple of
Them Democrats.
Trenton, Feb. 10— As if to make
amends for the dilatory tactics which
have prevailed for the past four weeks,
both branches of the Legislature got
down to work in earnest promptly at the
hour of assembling this evening. Scores
of office-seekers were on hand, and they
wore greatly interested when an official
document from the Governor containing
the following nominations was presen ted
in the Senate:
Prosecutor of Passaic county, Eugene
Emley; District Court Judge of Paterson,
ex-Assemblyman William I. Lewis; Dis
trict Court Judges of Jersey City, Roder
ick B. Seymour and Joseph D. Bedle;
District Court Judges of Newark, Thos.
McCarter, Jr., and Fred. S. Guild; mem
ber of Board of Managers of State Hos
pitals for the Insane, ex-Assemblymen
John C. Eisele, of Newark. All the nom
inees are Republicans excopt Bedle and
Guild.
The nominations were referred.
Senator Daly again tried to worry the
Republicans in the Senate by presenting
two “jingo” resolutions. One defending
the Monroe doctrine, was referred to a
committee, while another indorsing the
position taken by Senator Smith, in his
speech in the United StatesSenateyester
day, was ignominiously tabled.
Senator Daly also presented a petition
signed by John Kehoe, asking for the
impeachment of Prosecutor Stagg, of
Bergen county. It was referred to the
Judiciary committee- In a general way
it charges Stagg with being lenient
towards those accused or high crimes and
severe with those charged with trivial
offenses.
Mr. Voorhees introduced the following
bills: Providing for the re-enactment of
the Jury Commission law; forbidding
naturalization by any Court within thirty
days of the fall election, except those who
may become eligible to citizenship during
said period of thirty days; making it un
necessary in first class cities to publish
ordinances, &c., more than five times in
the official newspapers.
A communication was received from
the State Board of Education asking the
Legislature not to interfere with the
present school law providing for the or
ganization of the public schools by town
ships, instead of districts. The new plan,
the Board states, works perfectly and
could not be improved upon.
i'he Committee on Game and Fisheries
gave a hearing this evening on Assem
bly bill 21, introduced by Assemblyman
Austen, which provides for a State com
mission to have control of the oyster in
dustries about the Maurice River Cove in
the Delaware Bay. The commisson is
intended to take the place of the present
Oystermen’s Association, which has
power to issue licenses and coutrol the
industry.
A large number of people representing
both the association and the oystermen
were present. Walter H. Bacon appear
ed as counsel for the association. As
semblyman Austin appeared in behalf of
his bill. He 6aid that the Oystermen’s
Association was formed by a emsll min
ority of the oysterinen. “The association
is composed of five men,” he said, “who
control the purse strings of that body
and frequently vote for junkets to Tren
ton like the present one.”
“It is not so; not so,” cried members
of the association.
“It is,” returned the Assemblyman,
“and where these few men oppose the
bill there are 3500 people in South Jersey
who favor it.”
captain uorson, an oyster planter of
Cape May, said he favored the bill. “Do
you think,” asked Assemblyman Austin,
“that the thieves are afraid of the associ
ation?” “It does not seem so,” was the
reply. “The thieves are seldom pun
ished.”
Mr. Austin intimated tlmt there was
au understanding between the associa
tion and the men who continually rob
the oyster beds and said ho has proof
that the association repeatedly failed to
prosecute the thieves who were caught in
the act.
The following spoke against the bill:
W. H. Bacon, Bridgeton; Captain Har
rison Hoi linger, Port Norris; Peter
Campbell, Newport; Benjamin F. Roray,
Captain Janies Shepherd, William Nixon,
William A. Diament, Cedarville, and
Edmund Stites, Newport. Each speaker
claimed that no further supervision was
needed of the oyster industry than that
of the present association,
DROPPED DEAD.
Sarah A Smith Suddenly Fxpires In Mill
ville.
Friday afternoon Sarah A. Smitn, a
widow aged seventy years, suddenly bx
pired at her homo No. 208 Smith St., Mill
ville.
She was living with her daughter, a
Mrs. DufTield, and when she died was in
the act of sweeping off a back step. She
fell with the broom In her hand, and was
carried into the house. A physician was
hastily summoned but death was im
mediate.
County Physician Thompson was sent
for and alter viewing the body decided
that death was the result of paralysis of
the heart, and a certificate was given in
accordance with that view.
If von are interested in poultry, read
about the one hundred poultry pictures
m another column. i 03 w
UNION SEBVICE.
The Series of Congregational Meetings
Commenced in the Opera House Sun
day Evening,
Tho congregational meetings of the city
opened in the Opera House Sunday for
a month’s series of religious meetings.
Nearly all the churches of the city were
closed except those where overflow ser
vices were held.
Long before the time for the call of the
meetings a crowd stood around the Opera
House door awaiting an entrance, and by
shortly after seven o’clock the house was
filled to an estimated number of fifteen
hundred souls. After this time people
were turned away and were compelled to
seek other fields of worship. The First
Presbyterian Church was the edifice se
lected lor the overflow meeting, and this
church was also filled. The Central M. E.
Church had a large congregation, and the ■
Commerce St. M. E. Church had a good
sized crowd.
At the Opera House the meeting was
opened with song service led by chorister
Will Evans, who had a choir of one hun
dred voices on the stage.
Most of the pieces sung last night were
old ones, the chorister being timid about
putting on the new music for these
special meetings the first night. The
music was fine and the voices blended
nicely. Roy Robinson was organist.
After the song service, Rev. Mr.
Bridges, of the West Presbyterian Church
read the Scriptures and prayer was of
fered by Rev. J. F. Heilenman, of Trin
ity M. E. Church. A duet was sung by
Mrs. Edwards and a cousin from Phila
delphia.
Rev. C. C. Tilley, of the First Baptist
Church preached the sermon which was
a strong, clear and forcible one. The after
meeting was in charge of Rev. W. D.
Stultz, who reviewed the work of the
committees who have canvassed the city,
and asked what the church members
were doing in this great religious work
the churches has combined to do.
At the First Presbyterian Church, Rev.
Mr. Hart, pastor of the Berean Church,
occupied the pulpit and delivered an ex
cellent discourse. A choir was sent from
the Opera House to this church with
Thomas R. Janvier as chorister and Mrs.
W. (X Garrison as organist.
These meetings are to be held nightly
in thd Opera House for one month, with
oversow meetings at the different
churches as designated. Mr. Evans has
two kundred names enrolled for the
choirJb ut of course this is more than can
be given positions on the stage.
Serrices are being held this afternoon
in the First Presbyterian Church.
Freni the large number of persons who
attended the first service in the series of
meetings at the Opera House, the union
services bid fair to become at once one of
the greatest religions revivals of all de
nominations ever seen in this city.
ROLL CALL.
A Pleasant Time at Bridgeton Castle. K.
G. E.f Tuesday Evening.
Bridgeton Castle, So. 13, K. G, E.,
held a roll call Tuesday evening in their
rooms in the third story of the Pioneer
building. It was a most successful and
pleasant occasion ever held by this
Castle. Sir Knights were numerous and
all enjoyed themselves.
A short business session was held be
fore the roll call. When the call was
made about one-half of the 213 members
of the Castle responded to their names.
Some made short addresses, others sang
songs and many told a funny story.
Courtlandt McKim, Charles Allen and
William Daniels sang songs in response
to their call.
Letters were read from Past Grand
Chief Joseph Arnold, of Philadelphia;
Rev. C. S. Miller, of Trenton; John
Trenehard, of Colorado, and Dr. O. M*
Allen, of Newport News and others, re
gretting their inability to be present at
this roll call.
About half past ten o’clock the mem
bers sat down to tables tilled with re
freshments. Each member wore a bout
toimire. After an hour’s feast, the roll
call of Bridgeton Castle ended.
Look for His Satellites.
Jupiter now reigns supreme in the
stSirry heavens. He is the evening star,
and is in the constellation Cancer, and in
an admirable position for observation.
Those who possess opera or field glasses
should not fail to turn them upon Jupi
ter, as all four of his satellites ran be very
easily distinguished. On the 17th, about
twenty minutes before midnight, three of
the moons will appear, strung out on the
west of the planet, while the fourth will
be seen on the east. On the 24th, at the
same hour, they will be arranged two on
liio east and two on the west.
Has Them in Charge.
Owing to the illness of Secretary Dye,
of the State Board of Agriculture, the
various county Institutes are being held
under direction of Theo. F. Baker, of this
city. The work is keeping Mr. Baker
very busy, and he is going pretty much
all over the state. He has with him prac
tical speakers from Ohio, New York and
Pennsylvania. Mr. Baker says a great
deal of interest is being taken in the
meetings throughout the state.
An Aged Person's Death.
Mrs. Lore, widow of Nathaniel Lore,
1 tod at her home in Dividing Creek last
night. Mrs. Lore was eighty-three years
old. The funeral services will take place
at the Baptist Church, in lint village, to
morrow afternoon.
GARB BILL DEFEATED.
Knocked Out in the Senate Yesterday After- !
noon.
Trenton, Feb. 11.—In honor of the
memory of the martyred President, Abra
ham Lincoln, both branches of the Legis
lature decided to hold no session to-mor
row, the anniversary of his birth. Short i
sessions will be held on Thursday and
then adjournment until next Monday ’
night will be ordered. Governor Griggs }
sent in to the Senate to-day the following .
additional nominations:
Presiding Judge of Middlesex County ,
Common Pleas, Woodbridge Strong, of
New Brunswick.
Prosecutor of the Pleas of Middlesex .
County, .John S. Voorhees, of New ,
Brunswick.
Trustees of State Reform School for
Boys, Moses Bigelow, of Newark, and
Frank S. Gaskill, of Ocean.
Judge Strong will succeed J, Kearney
Rice, who was appointed by President
Cleveland as United States District Attor
ney. Mr. Voorhees will succeed ex-Sen
ator Robert Ad rain as Prosecutor. Both
nominees are Republicans.
The nominations sent in last night
were confirmed by the Senate, and simi
lar action will be taken on these later
nominations on Thursday.
Garb Bill Squelched.
The Senate had a lively session to-day,
bul the House proceedings were rather
dull Senator Rogers’ anti religious garb
bill was knocked out in the first round in
the Senate after a warm debate, in which
Rogers was overthrown by the sarcasm
of Daly, the firery onslaughts ofSkirm
and the convincing logic of Voorhees.
The bill is similar to the measure Rogers
vainly endeavored to have passed last
year.
ine Camden senator s argument that it
had been adopted in Pennsylvania seemed
to have no weight. He said it was de
manded by 50,000 members of the Junior
Order of American Mechanics and the
Patriotic Order Sons of America. Sena
tor Skirtn, in a fiery speech, denounced
the bill as un-American and the most in
iquitous measure ever introduced in the
Senate. Senator Voorhees argued that it
was 'unconstitutional.
Senator Daly’s motion to strike out the
enacting clause, thereby killing the bill,
was agreed to.
Those voting in the affirmative were
Daly, Gould, Herbert, Johnson, Ketcham,
Kuhl, Parry, Skirm, Voorhees, Vree
land and Williams.
Those in the negative were Bradhv,
Engel, Hoffman, Packer, Rogers, Ross,
Staats and Ward. President Thompson
did not vote and Senator Stokes was out
of the chamber.
The State Game and Fish Commission
to-day gave a public hearing on their
bills proposing changes in the game and
fish laws. Many sportsmen were pres
ent, and there were numerous complaints
I and suggestions. Owners of pound nets
are stirred up by the provision requiring
them to apply for an annual license, the
fee to be $100. This also takes in the
menhaden fishing steamers.
The number of game wardens is to be
cut down from 25 to 15, and the maximum
of expenditure by the commission will
be §5000.
It was agreed to amend the law so as to
allow game to be sent out of the State for
25 days after the close season begins.
This was a concession to game shippers.
The bills will be introduced next week.
STEUCK BY A FLY WHEEL.
James Hinnian is Badly Injured at the
Rolling Mills.
An accident occurred at the rolling mill
of the Cumberland Nail andjlron Works
which will no doubt cause James Hin
man, a colored man, to lose his life.
Hinnian while under the influence of
liquor, went up to the mill and entered
the works. He was engaged in conver
sation with some workmen there and sat
down on a barrel.
The barrel was near the big fly wheel,
which was in operation, making many
revolutions a minute.
During his jocular talk the barrel
rolled and Hinman fell headforemost.,
into the pit when the fly wheel revolves*
His head stiuck on the wheel which
threw him back apparently dead.
Blood flew in all directions and the
man’s head looked as if it had been bat
tered to a jelly.
Hinnian was picked up and taken to
his home. He lives in the house owned
by the West Jersey Railroad Company
on the corner of Orchard street and the
railroad track. Three doctors were in at
tendance. They discovered that Hin
nian had received a compound fracture
of the skull. The brain was exposed.
He had several cuts on his head besides
the fractute. The doctors tried trephin
ing, but it seemed impossible for him to
live through the night. It was a great
wonder Hinnian was not killed instantly.
Ho cannot live.
Only One Foot ot Water.
The tide inj Cohansey cretk Tuesday
afternoon was oue of the lowest ever seen
by some of the oldest inhabitants of
Bridgeton. Old sunken logs, stones, etc.,
that were never seen before, wi re laid
bare. About 5.10 o’clock, there was only
ono foot and four inches of water in the
channel. Persons working on the bridge
could walk to and from the shore with
boots on. Workmen took advantage
the low tide and tixed the water main
that crosses the creek at Broad St., which
at the lowest tide was almost all bare.
LINCOLN’S BIKTHDAY.
V Sk,‘,c,‘ of *,le Martyred President for
the Renefit of the Younger Element
of Oar City.
Had Abraham Lincoln lived until Wed
lesday he would have been eighty three
rears old. Wedmsiay cities and towns
celebrated the birthday of that patriot,
hit little is done here in Bridgeton in the
vay of celebrating the event of this noble
nan. The banks, however, recognize
he fact that it is a legal holiday, but out
ide of this there is nothing to mark the
mniversary of the birth of Abraham
jincoln.
In this generation there is little or
lothing to teach the young minds, ex
cept from history, and it is a question
whether they know much about it op.
lot, that such a man, great and noble as
ie was, ever ex.srec!.
For the benefit of the children to-day,
md in respect to the memory of the im
nortal Lincoln, the Pioneer will give a
ihort sketch of his life
Abraham Lincoln was born February
2,1809, in Hardin county, Ky. He was
he sixteenth president of the United
States. His boyhood days was spent on
i farm, getting a common school educa
ion, shifting from place to place, until
ie was elected to the Legislature from
Macon county, Illinois. In 184® he was
elected to Congress. At this time Mr.
uiucom stood six teet, tonr inches in.
height, lean in flesh, weighing one hun
dred and eighty pounds, dark complex
ion, with coarse hair and grey eyes.
His career ran along politically, with
many drawbacks, and he was subject to
all criticism that his antagonists could
bear down on him.
On May 10, I860, he was nominated as
the first choice of Illinois for the Presi
dency by the Republican State Conven
tion, held at Decatur. The Republican
National Convention held in Chicago on
the 16th adopted a platform on the 17th
that denied “the authority of Congress,
of a territorial legislature, or any indi
viduals, to give legal existence to slavery
in any territory of the United States.’’
On the 18th, after three ballotings, Mr.
Lincoln was unanimously nominated for
the Presidency.
At the ensuing election he received
1,857,610 votes and Stephen A. Douglas
1,291,574 and received 180 electoral votes
to Douglas’ 12. Prior to his departure
for Washington, he visited his step
mother, who, with deep emotion, said
“She was sure she would never behold
him again, for she felt that his enemies
would assass; him.’’ Four years
later her forebodings were realized.
In his inaugural address, March 4,1861,
in full view of the secession of some of
the States and the wavering attitude of
others, he said:—“I consider that in view
OI me constitution and the laws, the
Union is unbroken, and to the extent of
iny ability I shall take care, as the con
stitution itself expressly enjoins upon
me, that the laws of the Union be faith
fully executed iu all the States.”
The war commenced and men were
called to the front. President Lincoln
said that “every man in this country has
a right to be equal with every other
man.” and after lighting for that purpose
for several years, on the 9th of April he
received the news of Lee’s surrender. On
the evening of the 14th of April, 1865, he
visited Ford’s Theatre, Washington, in
company with Mrs. Lincoln, aud two or
three personal friends, and at fifteen
minutes past ten o’clock was shot in the
head by John Wilkes Booth, an actor
and a fanatical devotee of the rebellion,
and died at twenty-two minutes past
seven o’clock the next morning. The
dull, bitte; agony and fierce indignation
of the people found vent in general and
heartfelt mourning.
Neither iu this country, or elsewhere in
the world, will the memory of Lincoln
ever die. It was his mission to preserve
what George Washington had created.
He relied on the iniative capacity of the
people and by his wonderful executive
ability and spotless integrity,commanded
the attention and confidence of the nation.
The leader whose administration sub
dued a rebellion of eight million people,
the emancipator whose pen struck the
shackles from the limbs of four millions
of slaves, the ruler who assisted to dem
onstrate the fact that a government rest
ing on the enlightened popular will, is
strong enough to maintain itself under
the .most untoward circumstances, he
now occupies a niche in the temple of
fame, previously unfilled, and will com
mand the cordial piaiseof men of the
latest generation. He freed the slaves.
Workman Injured.
George Brookman, a moulder at Cox &
Son.’s Foundry, was injured yesterday
afternoon, lie was goiug out of a big
door, when the wind caught it and threw
him back against some heavy, rough
eastings. He was considerably bruised
aud cut about the hands. It is feared ho
is hurt internally. He was taken to his
home in Fast Bridgeton.
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