Trenton Times, The (Newspaper) - February 13, 1885, Trenton, New Jersey V V VOL in NO AND SHOPS I IOW 1 1 IE CHILD'S I ABOR LAW WORKS in of Inspector Out The report of Terence T Fell tbe State Inspector of factories aud re- cently to the interesting The law limiting the employment age and work hours of children minors and of an inspector for the of the AM by the of 1883 tbe result of many of and devoted efforts on the part of tbe organized of New Were it not for their to the abomination of child slavery and establish child tion upon the lasting basis of compulsory education it is only fair to say that our ould still be disgraced by the hideous spectacle of little of and eight years of age seeking death by toil in our factories and workshops much to the thoughtful intelligent pioneers of humanity who the labor aspirations blate and lead the organized labor forces with so much skill and wisdom WHAT THE LAW The labor Uw of 1883 prohibits the employment of boys wider the age of twelve years and of girls under the age of fourteen years in any factory workshop or establishment lure of any goods whatsoever is carried on It provides that no child under the age of shall be employed for a longer period than an average of ten hours a or sixty hours a week Also that no child between the ages of twelve and such child shall have twelve preceding some public day or night school or some well recognized private school attendance to be for five days or ings every during a period of at least consecutive which may be divided into terms of each so far as the arrangement of retool terms Tne report says that there are and manufacturing in the and abont children employed J P Donnell of Paterson and John C Craige of Newark were appointed deputies year This department it required to en- force the following 1st The act limiting the employment hours of women and minors and prohibiting the ment ad The ten hour act 3d Tbe 4th Tbe act to protect children from neglect etc 5th The act to protect the health of boyo and girls 6th Tne act for the ent of cruelty to children 7th act prohibiting the sale of cigarettes or tobacco in any of ita forms to minors The vet for the punishment of crime The act for the better protection of the health of females language the object being of course to get tbe labor of parents and dren at a price and to bring both into competition with our own citizens Fourteen a day in some cases the service rendered by children of thirteen the for this being that the daytime allowed off their day labor Many of these children that they could not attend school trough to do overwork and others said that they were unable after ten and a half hours labor to attend night Mr Fell recommends many needed existing laws The sooner a comprehensive factory and workshop act is passed the better will it be for the of onr commonwealth The laws relating to the protection of labor which come under the authority of this department are only efficacious when the mewa of their enforcement are provided Few think of obeying the cigarette law the pool law the law providing seats for female employes or the laws relating to the employment of unless they have the dread of legal authority before their eyes of this kind without adequate of enforcement always fall into de They are in tha interest poor aud toiling enforced by the authority of State they fail to fill their mission and only help to Create for law GRANO MISSING PENNING I ON'S NOTE Miu Sued Upon a Note Obtained by on a Worthless fhat In Chicago The Court of Common this ing was engaged in hearing an appeal in the owe of George S Bunn against Louisa Ketcham and Joseph B The defendant is the absconding Pennington harness maker who after rowing to the extent of the credulity of lirt friends and neighbors irf Pennington and this city suddenly shut up his shop iu the village folded hi tent and silently stole away The suit was brought upon a joint note for made by and his aunt the other defendant drawn to the order of the plaintiff on ruary 3 1883 payable in one year Bunn gave the note to Hagerman the day he ab- and took a check for the amount in payment A writ of severance of the obtained and the suit against Miss Ketcham was that which was being tried to-day Mr S Derling for plaintiff and Mr H N Barton lor the defendant A lively legal dispute took place as to whether the suit wra to be on the note as a lost documentor as still existing GOT NOTE 1085 LATEST BY TWO AN ENGLISH OPINION OF AMERICA AND Mr Fell calls out on behalf of the dren examinations made in the leading districts of he State and Nothing -hottof have Isd to believe in the of ignorance which The number of children are being reared in for injuring society in natural filings are destroyed and forget the good they have ever turned hose homes are too often tion of and who to appalling The condition of children appeals to who desire to society fro and ruin and tbo prefer prevention to of the toiling poor are not naturally disorderly or They not born thieves Iwa or They are m capable of good children who are favored and care and and honorable With their an and dwarfed and stunted then little ones of onr state out- their and appealingly implore of to afford pabulum and physical they so need OF af paid of Inspector nf dren would not amount to The at hich some of the children engaged in in very many ons to life and lunb and is suited only for of mature is proven by by some of have I print never been publicly of brought ont the in IK ap f Announces and Mates Appeal to N J of the Depart of Grand Army of the lic general order No 1 of the current series for the present year It no- the of the election of cers in this city Also that the per capita tax had been reduced from eight cents to sir per The are continued at Eed The Department announces tKe on Assistant Adjutant General John Ked General Charles F Kirker Paterson Department Inspector Frank 0 Cole Jersey City Chief Mustering Officer Phil K Tufts Rahway Judge Samuel Orange The Personal and Awiistant In- will be announced in future ders The order concludes with the lowing appeal to the The financial condition of our department excellent let now turn onr attention to strengthening and elevating onr noble der Upon command I promise to do all iii power to promote the best interests of this department and A K I earnestly your hearty and co-operation us all gether resolve to this year a grand Tbe Department of New Jersey should bo second to none the ciples of fraternity charily and loyalty in- duce every to do something to ad- vance his post There are many good men still outside who are eligible let an effort be made to bring them in there frequent and social intercourse between the posts where they are so located M to der it possible the principles of fraternity be kept outside of the post meet there only and your posts will per the prosper so will it be with the department that during the year they A ill make an effort to recruit into their every worthy soldier within their limits The public often at a how to re- lieve the monotony of office city life during the Winter The by is already a thing of the pvt brief diversion from pursuits to the contemplation of nature in her Winter glory a to renewed as well w a point of from which to the coming period of Summer ation Tbe weird grandeur of the falls already attracted of ed visitors this Winter The ice bridge in the theme of all those who have profited by tbe opportunity offered by the Weet Shore Koute This popular line will run another to 14th lent ing Pennsylvania R K station City at 605 and 8.16 P M Only for the round trip Tickets will be good going only on above trains February 14th and returning Febmary 15th and George S was called and testified that he lives about a mile from and is a farmer He had known Hagerman for several years and on 3d 4883 ho loaned him on a note On November 10th last witness had the note at his home Hagerman came to Burn's house said he wanted to pay that he had just been left some money by a ative and had it on deposit in the First National Bank of thin city Hagerman gave his check for the amount got HF PROSPECTIVE LADY OF HE WHIlE HOUSE Mrs WIFE or THE VICE As everybody knows Cleveland has no wife and further than this there seems to be no foundation for the gossiping tales again in the newspapers connecting his name with this that or the other young resident or else where In short there exists nothing like evidence that Mr Cleveland is going to many Who then will be the lady of the White minister and grace its festivities with the charm of the Should one of the coming President's sinters undertake the duties of this position gossip says that she prove unequal to maintain it because of the desire on the part of Mrs Hendricks to shine as the first lady in the land The Vice wife would be certainly equal to the distinction She is not only Future ity of convict a By to Taj LONDON February 18 Tbe Times an editorial article morning to the letter written by Mr stone to Mr G W Smalley printed in the York on the first of present doubts Jhe realization of WrL Gladstone's hope the unity of til peoples the ob- which the the way of such a i nation are the ructions in and about Ireland and the squabbles between the advocates of fair trade and the A Convict Nearly Kills a Guard By Associated to THE Ohio February 13 While at work in the penitentiary foundry yesterday Charles Dai ley a prisoner serving a six yeam sentence for sprang upon the guard John J McGuire and beat and kicked him unmercifully heating the convict ran for the wall Earner who caused the Cincinnati riot last year started in pursuit and after a sharp run captured brought him back to the prison McGuire is quite seriously injured Opinions on by Various Governor Abbett is making himself solid With all of the boys Holly Business is brisk in the legislature and the Republican majority deserves well fer ite method aud admirable work Jout nal Trenton is threatened by a flood and are being the out A limited supply of water iu always regarded in Trenton as good for washing purposes especially when the it in session Mott of THE hts a dollar in tbe His clerical duties probably cupy his left hand while his right hand carves ont one of ILu brightest afternoon papers in the State Atlantic City Times The attempt of the rival factions of the New Democracy to supplant each other in the affections of Mr Cleveland is being watched with deep interest by cians of all pities So far Mr Cleveland has made no thus filling both with hope HI elapses the feeling intensifies and will not have spent itself until after the fourth of March from Trenton are that despite the strong pressure brought to bear in favor of GeK Abbott will promote Gen Plume to succeed the late Geu as nf NPW National Guaid The is that liy thir means the Governor to weaken Gen Sewell as a candidate for re-election to the United States Senate in the hope that he Abbett luay ie his successor Press This a child of Nathan an iron on Clinton street quite at ita parents residence dating the absence of mother Mrs had gone to the store and left the child playing ou the floor It up to the stove and by some means the sleeve of ita drew caught fire and burned it on the and A tit heard by the mother soon n opened the door Ibe fire and The dates for the fair of the Burlington County Agricultural Society year have been fixed the 13th to the of October Coroner Davis yesterday held an in tbe csae of Emma wbo it OH alleged died from tbe injuries by the two who were sentenced to State for the wult before her death The jury found that from chronic came to Trenton presented the rheck at the bank and payment was re- fused there were no funds the money having all been drawn ont several Ou lie of November Miss to Bunp that she had signed the note On tion Mi Bunu denied ever stating to any one that Hagerman offered to either the money or the check and that took tbe cbeck Bunn said be has since to or the note but was not able to do so Miss the defendant wan called by the and admitted signing the note as a matter of accommodation for Joseph B Hagerman Miss Ketcham said she knew that man going away on the day he left Fennington 00 YOUNG GO Miss Retcham said that she knew ing about baggage but that Hagerman said he was going West John Hoppock who now resides in ville said he in Chicago on the 12th of November and at abont nine in the was sui prised to meet Joseph M there man told him that he had money from three persons in George 8 Bunn held a note and Miss Ketcham and he did not to pay it or have Miw Ketchani do so He related how he gave the check to fc O Bunn and that he then came to Trenton and consulted Mr barton as to the note 4 nether he would be in danger of a when he came back Mr Barton to the plaintiff on the ground that there no legal proof that the note had been loot that no frand been proven If had money enough to the note in bank and gave any number of checks to there was no legal fraud while it might not be in cordance flith strict moral ethics Judge the Mr Barton opened for the defence saying that the note had been overdue nearly a year and a judgment bad been obtained on it Hagerman and that Hagerman did not make any statement of this kind testified to by Herman's brother testified that told him in the presence of Occur that he offered bills or money for the note Woolsey testified to that fact tbe Court affirmed the ment of the Court bolon Ketcham A Fret to THK HAVEN Mich February 13 The steamer Michigan not of since Monday and anxiety it felt for her safety Arrested for Highway Isaac Sanndere a colored into the arms of Police Officer Leahy last night Saunders was wanted on a charge of highway robbery preferred by Kearney numerous who believe that Mrs Hendricks hfl lady nf tho during the administration of the bachelor dent prominence given her name for this reason accounts for onr use of the above new excellent portrait of lady for the entertainment of our readers is fifty age and childless Her only child a hoy died in 1851 when years old In the absence of maternal ties she has devoted tiei self to the inter- ests of her husband has been his ing companion very much and cultivated society with the view to his advancement She is well-informed and a woman of sagacious judgment her husband's best adviser and competent assistant in affairs not frequently of absorbing interest to women His best speeches bear evidences of her taste and discrimination Her charities are with a ness method which is admirable During the time when her husband was of visited with him the various penal and reformatory tions and inquired into their affairs closely Mr and Mrs Hendricks know better than anybody else how much Be is indebted to his helpmeet for his success in life of Matron Ferry About a week since Mrs Harriet F Perry the Matron of State School for Girls in Kwing township near this waa taken with a severe cold which developed into pneumonia The disease progressed rapidly and caused her death Perry was the Matron of the school since its opening and her administration was very successful Mrs leaves many friends to her loss While Coupling Can This about two o'clock an em- ployee of the Pennsylvania railroad named William V Buchanan met with a had at Coal Port while coupling One of his hands were caught between the bumpers and two of his fingers were crushed and cut off He was attended by Dr Phillips and taken to his home on Fast Front street Princeton Hampton ww knocked JJH Montgomery by three colored men two of are now in jail awaiting trial SaundeiS was locked up and will be given a hearing at this evening's session of the Police Court Stoutness of English Women Argonaut An English of 40 who is not fat whether the be fair rarity aud when cue remembers bow English women livu to does not cause it it is the inordinate eating that canoes it They have their rolls ana on rising and often before rising breakfast at 10 lunch at 2 tea at 5 dine at 7 and after all that have supper before ro No wonder that they expand to a size which gives a man as Hawthorne says two wives instead of one But tbe custom of so many meals is dying out and there is at list hope that women will no stouter as they grow older than their slighter cousins gn this nf jfi Tun AA A Spread Appropriate and Good Speeches in The annual dinner of the Trenton of Trade was at the Mouse evening It was the seventeenth en- of that kind and a really en- one it WHS Mr John A Campbell the newly elected President presided The menu was excellent and of great riety Toasts were proposed and ed to after that part of the had of regret for were COY Of cil Brooke Mayor Donnelly and Abraham S Hewitt and Cooper of Ne York The toasts were as follows Tbe State of New responded to hy Buchanan The City by er Owens Parson sang a song Kindred tions Secretary Stelle recited tire Gerwan Barbara Frietchie Our in- by K S A J Rider Onr Invited by bishop borough and Mr Boston The by William Cloke and K C Stahl Trenton's by Gill Our by Mr gess Our by William ton Our Transportation by Joseph R Gilkyson Senator Miller of Cape May made some It was almost before tbe rose all voting the seventeenth annual dinner to he a a prominent lawyer of New dim at hli in pr IS n In mm ll I 3 41 Narrow HI Saved Samuel Dickinson the Concordia Hall druggist is putlog large signs over the in front of his store on West State street This his Temple in getting the signs into position and bile Temple on top of a high step ladder ft one end of the into the upright post is in the ground he leaned over too far The con- sequence AM that the ladder ent from and he AM thro n n over the sign have fallen to the a of net Mr and another were tbe of the be fell Beyond a good fright it to The stock market to-day according to the re- port af Messrs Wolle Co stock and bond broken of this city has been much more Inactive of late In fact it properly be dull indeed were it not for the trading in two or three of the ing active stocks Prices opened fractionally loner with the exception of the three Gould stocks which opened fractionally higher During the first hour prices weakened somewhat but during the following advanced again and at present time the IB at a standstill with the tendency upward for the time being but at it has a tiled appearance lacking the snap of or ten days here are other than those In the to affect values either way and tbe future is still a matter of considerable Petroleum operations are limited aud confined to ft range between and and money con- about 2 per cent on Government 3 P.M Pitts A Western them Pacific do do pfd 40 1 vj A St Paul 73 Ohio A The Boston public has recently ro a very unique publication from Pans being a kept by the dressmaker to Antoinette The given by the queen and tbe ladies of the court for robes headdresses etc are noted down and the materials used in producing these articles are enumerated with great acy illustrations are also quite re- The tall hats by ladies day are as compered with in dimensions to those in the times of the unfortunate queen Two large volumes aie required to record these interesting de- tail illustrative of the prevailing taste of 100 years ago The Paris Charivari a clever picture of the divorce problem in an alleged toy tor children On a ordinary stand are figures of a man and woman standing at either end and fusing each other They are joined by a baud which so connects them that they cannot be separated except by ting it apart On this band strung eral children wbo if the band is cut will slip off the loose and fall down The problem is to cut the band without ing the position of the children It points to a mural very graphically and one worth considering by the community in connection with our frequent and f divorce Addle in By cutting oft tbe handle of leaf fans you can make very good table or lamp mats Bind them around the edge with either braid or ribbon or you may knit a border of silk pieces if -a lamp mat if fur letter pose put some tiny bom of ribbon or some bulls over the binding if balls are pick them out with a after you make them to have them appear more The one of Strauss most successful will be rendered neTt week at Haverly a Theater in Philadelphia by the Opera Com pany The opera in a particularly bright and one The plot is BO good it was converted into a comedy called Contempt of Court and played at Theater In New York lawyer's Original Georgia drew an immense audience at the Opera House last evening The wan capital and it was one of the best cheap shows Trenton yet had Ben Dock Sawyer and Roger Haycraft deserve especial mention for their creditable There be matinee The wonderful and Kngle Clock is at il ton exhibition at Temperance Mail It is a marvel of mechanism and U worth visit weather By Press to THE TIMH Feb 13 For the Middle Atlantic States partly cloudy weather and light snows northerly winds becoming able slightly colder J xat Pacific Deli A Shore A 10 aid 9 New Onion R Tot St Mary's clock is again going It ii that the Liedertafel Singing ciety building a new hall Police Justice is still confined to bis with attack of The Stevens property on Want State street been Mr John K The Sanitary Committee of Com toon cil will the at a atting to be held to-night The U S Supervisors of Election paid off br U 8 at the Building An oil bank at day and the roof tailed into the air hat ten factory bni ued yesterday It ill at ba rebuilt bythe The Insane Department of the phia Alms Mouse if Blockley pital by fire tat night There acre to death The shrieks of the lunatics ere Many of them all to rescue Mary COT of Springfield W Vs buried a days ago One of her friends insisted that she UBS not The WM opened and it as found that Hiss Cox had boon buried alive The lining torn the the and Aitin Tbe poor girl bad literally fty KtT hands i torn the lips a to The skater Misi Carrie of an of at the rink ut evening Tbe annual of ference of the Episcopal be held in New on the 19th of next On Wednesday one biakeman on each on the Bound Brook road wai by the Philadelphia and named J Leroy in a few weeks for the of hh in WM Workmen have been engaged in repairing are being overhauled at the Trenton Iron On Wednesday a stranger hired a hone carriage from livery stable to to a funeral The rig not la la A private sociable A ill be next C C M i VI
