Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-11-24
D0INGS IN NEW JERSEY.

eraI Lees command They remained
at Jacksonville until ordered home to
be mustered out.
Millville. N j., Nov. %. The glass
workers at 7. CA Wheaton & Co.'s
! plant in this city went on strike yes
terday because the factory committee
was discha:.sed. After reinstating the
committeeman they also refused to
work, and would not give their reason.
President Smith, of the national asso-
citation, has been sent for.
Railway. N. j., Nov. 21.-G. w. Rog-
ers. Of Camden, employed as con-
/! ductor OH the Amboy division of the
| Pennsylvania railroad. and H. G.. Rue,
baggagemaster of Rogers train were
killed here last night. They had COM
pleted their run for the day and were
walking to the depot to take train
for home when run down by the Chi
cago limited, eastbound. Theor bodies
were cut up and scattered along the
track for some distance
Trenton, Nov. 22.--General James f.
Rushing and other stockholders Of the
Trenton Light and Power company
have retained counsel to bring suit
against President James Moses, of the
company, to secure for the preferred
shareholders 100000, which Mr.. Moses
recently received in the sale of the
| company for the common stock which
he held. Mr.. Moses claims that the
stock is his Those back Of the suit
say he merely held it in trust.
Burlington. Nov. 20-While out gun
ming Richard Pew. of this city, started
rabbit and was just about to shoot
when second rabbit jumped from a
clump of bushes. hoped on the first
rabbit and hot fight followed. The
| little animals bit and scratched and
rolled over and over. and Pew might
have killed both al one shot had he not
been so interested in the outcome of
the scrap. The fight was over and both
rabbits had busted away before he re-
covered from his surprise.
Trenton, Nov. 22.-Walter Conway
one of the five prisoners who escaped
from the Mercer county Jail on Sunday,
was sent to state prison yesterday to
serve a sentence of ten years. Conway
was one of gang of tramps who were
holding up people on the outskirts of
| The city some weeks ago, when William
Conwell was shot and killed by some
| of the tramps. The murderer of Con-
well is still at liberty Conway is the
only one of the five who escaped from
Jail that has been recaptured.
Burlington, Nov. 20.-"No man should
| live longer than the time allotted to
him." said John wonderful, who had
| fought in two wars and who was nearly
100 years old. The old man on Friday
last bought some laudanum at drug
store 'to kill rats WITH he said. Then
he went out beyond the city, swallowed
the poison and lay down in cornfieid.
This morning the old mans body was
found lying against a corn stack, with
| his head pillowed on a stone. For two
days and two nights he had been ex
posed to the storm, while his family
searched high and low for him, little
thinking that he had committed sui
eide.
Burlington, N. J., Nov. 1.-Two per-
sons were injured an engine and pas
senger coach destroyed and a railroad
station burned yesterday by a rear-end
! COllSlOn DGIWScA LWO lOCdl passenger
trains on the Camden and Amboy rail
road at Florence, near here. The in
jured are: Joseph Smith, engineer,
badly cut and bruised; Harry Jones,
conductor, injured internally. Both
men live in Heightstown. N. J. The
first train had been ordered to wait at
Florence for the coming train, but ow-
ing to carelessness or lack of time the
brakeman of the waiting train did not
flag the approaching train until too
late. The passengers escaped with a
severe shaking up.
Paulsboro, Nov. 20.-Nearly a year
ago the board of freeholders decided to
adopt the hammer and stone pile RENE
dy for tramps who infested Gloucester
county and Immediately there was a
scarcity of this class of floating popu-
lation. The stone pile never material
lied, however, and these Migrants have
evidently become aware of this fact,
as the past week they have swooped
down on the different communities and
are almost Fostering the life out of
the residents. No one has yet taken the
initiative in having them carry out the
intent of the freeholders' resolution,
| but Sheriff Collins is ready to do his
part as soon as a victim is brought to
him, and has big wood pile in lieu
of stone pile.
Camden, Nov. 2O.-Aecording to the
advance sheets of the annual report
of the state board of health New Jer-
sey is growing healthier and it's past
| glories as a Gretna Green are gone for :
ever. The total number of marriages
| in the state during the last IL months
is 1928 as against 1911 in 1897. This
shrinkage is due to the passage of the
Lloyd law, which provides that non
residents of the state who come here
to be married must procure license.
The decrease is principally in the num-
Der of nonresident marriages. Last
year 1000 couples crossed the state line
to wed. This year only 262 couples
| from other states were made man and
wife here. Last years record shows
that the Camden ministers alone mar
ried 4,4S4 couples, while this year they
have married only S24 couples.
Trenton, Nov 19.-Chancellor McGill
yesterday decided that DR.. Marcus
Friedlander must reconvey house
and lot in the town of Union, Hudson
| county to Valentine Block. The house
| was decided to DIR. Friedlander by
| Block in 1897, when the doctor became
engaged to Blocks daughter, Sophie
The doctor was then living at Nc
Keesport, Pa. Miss Block did not want
to go there to live, and upon agreement
that Friedlander would locate in Union
the house was given to him. Suisse
quently Friedlander went west and
wrote to Block. saying he had changed
| his mind about marrying the daugh-
| ter. Frienlander was asked to reeonvey
! the house. and said he would do sc
| upon return of diamond engagement
! ring which he had given Miss Block
| The latter refused to give up the ring
and this suit was then brought