Local Directory Notes at Cranbury Church and Rail Schedule
Local Cranbury notices list First and Second Presbyterian services, Sunday school, prayer meetings, and a Methodist church schedule. Rail time table shows trains to New York Philadelphia Jamesburg Long Branch and local station stops with arrival and departure times.
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Second Presbyterian Church
Jos
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Philadelphia
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Long Branch
United States
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New York
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Ocorn Grove
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New Years Night at the Methodist Church
The Methodist Sunday School held its New Year celebration with speeches songs and tableaux under Superintendent A H Snow. Hattie Cole Gracie Woodward Stella Le and Annie Mason sang and Miss Billy Adams read a moving death scene. The event raised funds totaling $86 for the Rev Woodward and ended with a treat under Buffal robes after the wigwam theme. The hour concluded with the sheriff seizing a locomotive’s lien but the money was paid and the engine released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Sunday School
Sunline
A. H. Snow
W. “Woodward
Lizzie Vanduen
Abie Suuw
Maron
Istry Vandusen
Reaper
Jowers
Sid
Hattie Cole
Gracie Woodward
Stella le
Annie Mason
Miss Billa
Adium
Lousit Dory
Muzzie Cole
Cora Lanning
Lillie
Billy Adams
Maggie Cole
Ral Adams
Bedline
Lillie Sra Fannie Seow
Rela Adams
Magele Cote
Ida Williamsen
Dor Shepherd
Lobisa Dory
Aurien
CIE Severs Lawyers Discharged In Tax Suits
On January 1 Barker Gammere Judge William T Haftian and Corbin along with other counsel employed by the Attorney General were notified their services were no longer needed in suits to enforce taxes on railroads under the new levy. Case activity winds down though some action may proceed to higher courts if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barker Gammere
William T. Haftian
Corbin
Court of Errors and Appeals
Consta
Cranbury Station Notes on Freight, Grange Meeting and Rail Costs
Local Cranbury items report a thirty year service anniversary for agent Mr. Duha Gibgon. Freight shipments were light for the holiday market while the December 1885 freight report notes a rise in freight value. The article covers Grange proceedings in Middlesex and Mercer counties urging legislative action against Pennsylvania Railroad rate practices and a long, satirical local report on railway operation and community life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duhia Gibgon
Benjz-Fil
Mercer
Middlesex
Spadong
Als
Cranbury
Apperget
Pennsylania Railroad Company
New Jersey
Grange
Murder Reported in Trenton Bordentown Area
Thomas Moran of Bordentown, track walker for the Pennsylvania Railroad, was found dead near lock No 2 between Trenton and Bordentown. A head wound and a neck wound led to suspicion of murder by tramps. Moran, about 60, left a childless widow in Bordentown. his remains were cared for by the Cordier of Bordentown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Moran
Bordentown
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Trenton
Multiple Local News Briefs From New Brunswick Area
Reports include the death of Cornelius Bergen Jr after a fall in New Brunswick and the death notice for Mrs. Catherine Campbell wife of Rev Dr William Campbell former Rutgers President. Camden liquor license renewals and Columbia Rolling Mill stock offer actions are noted along with a Cranford home invasion attempt, a purse snatching, and a severe child scalding accident in New Brunswick with disfiguring injuries.
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Catharine E. Campbell
Wm. H. Campbell
New Brunswick
Rutgers College
Columbia Rolling Mill Company
Raiway
Tig Siloans
Camden
Police
Temperance Advocates
Vth
A. Bweluy
Highie
Cranford
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