Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-07-08
sWEDEsBORu.

$3.50 1870
Miss Edith Morton, of Camden, has been
spending few days with her cousins, the
Misses Laura and Name Weatherby.
Clay ton Eastlack and wife have been
visiting relatives at Bridgeton.
Mrs Sarah s. Smith has been visiting
her son, Frank Smith and family, at
Bridgeton.
VIM. H. Brown and wife spent Sunday
and Monday at Atlantic City.
Mrs. S. A. Blatherwick is spending a few
weeks with her son, E. j. Blatherwick, at
Woodbury..
Miss Kate Toole, of Camden, has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
TOole
Misses Nellie Douglass and Mamie Kenny,
are visiting friends in West Philada.
The Misses Annie, Julia and Ella Mona
hon, and their brothers, Messrs. John,
Edward and Joe, have been the guests of
Philadelphia friends.
Masters William and Thomas Toole have
gone to spend ten days with their uncle,
undertaken George Blake, in Camden.
Louis Weber and wife are spending a
month with relatives and friends in and
around Bridgeton.
Martin OFT and family, of Elmer, have
been visiting Mr. and Mrs. S. Taylor
Rogers.
George M. Ashton and wife have been
sojourning at Atlantic City.
Mrs Harry Hewett and children will
leave this week for leland Heights, where
they will spend little time as guests of
Mrs. Ella Parsons, aunt OF Mrs Hewett
Mrs. Louisa Emory spent Monday with
her brother, E. J. Blatherwick, at Wood
bury.
Mr.. and Mrs James Batten, Mr.. and
Mrs George w. Hannold. and Miss Ella
Brown, attended the reception given Mr..
and Mrs. Louis G. Green, by the parents of
Mr.. Green, at Pennsgrove on Saturday.
Samuel A. Croft and wife are attending
the camp meeting at Mountain Lake Park,
Maryland
Miss Ella Brown has been visiting friends
at Woodbury..
Mr.. Frederick Haupt, of Somerville. N.
j., has been the guest of old friends here.
Misses Laura Mitchell, Dora Patterson,
Amanda Yourson, Lula Kuhnle and Miss
Worrell, of this place, are attending the
summer school opened by Prof. John H.
Tharp, at Mantua.
The social department of the Epworth
League, of the M. E. Church, will hold a
lawn social in the academy yard on
Friday evening of this week. The young
people in charge invite everybody to come
and have good time.
The wife of Samuel Thomas, q former
resident of this place, died at her ONE in
Cohansey, Salem county, on last Saturday
morning. Funeral on Tuesday.
Mrs. Ann Hendrickson and her grand
daughter, Miss Lizzie Hendrickson, are
visiting Jacob He Erickson and family, at
Woodbury..
Thomas Draper, his daughter, Miss Clara,
his sister, Miss SalIie, and his mother, all OF
Newbold, spent Monday with j. Harry
Zippler and wife.
Miss Mia Orr has been the guest of her
sister, Mrs. Elmer Lock, at Westville.
Miss Maria Cozens has been spending a
few days with relatives at Lansdown, Pa.
I. Hurff Weatherby has established
telephone communication between his home
here and his fruit farm three miles distant
A great convenience.
That stories grow by being carried, has
just been illustrated by the report that has
gained wide circulation that Mrs. Samuel
T. Steward lost one thousand chickens in
the storm OF last Friday week. As q mat
ter of fact, she lost about fifty chickens
~ t. a.
ridiculous story should be sent out.
Miss Lizzie Cozens has been visiting Miss
Elsie LEROY, at Paulsboro.
The Day We Celebrate" passed off here
without accident of incident; aud save for
the fact that the small boy with his fire.
cracker, to say nothing of the ear-rending
cannon cracker, was every where present.
and the display of flags and bunting, one
could hardly know that we remembered
the day. Everyone who could went away;
some to the sea shore, some to- the noun
tains, aud some to the parks, and some of
us poor souls who had not the spare collars,
had to Just stay at home and he as indie
pendent as we could.
On last Friday noon the cry of fire was
heard in the neighborhood of the glass
house, and it was soon found that the small
house owned by Leonard Zirkenback. and
occupied by John Kolm, and wife, was in
flames. The fire caught from the vapor of
gasoline stove which Mrs. Kolm had
lighted while preparing dinner, and which
puff of wind had blown out. On striking
match to relight it,an explosion occurred,
and Mrs Kolm had to flee for her life. The
fire gained such rapid Roadway that only a
small portion of the household goods could
be saved, and in less than an hour the house
was entirely destroyed A bucket brigade
was formed, and by great exertion the adj
joining house, owned by Mrs. Kate Gal
higher, was saved. The loss on the house
was nearly covered by insurance, but the
old couple who occupied it, lost besides
their goods, about $50 in paper money. We
are glad note that several of our gener-
GUS citizens have come to the relief of the
worthy old couple. and their loss will in a
good measure be made up to them.
Samuel A. Conover has been eIec'ed a
director of the Swedesboro Bank, to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of John S.
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