Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-12-28
LOCAL ITEMS.
Skates are in demand.

Skates are in demand.
Stating is fine wherever there is ice,
and not too great depth OF water.
&C Scott Rambo has purchased house
and lot at Tborofare from Warren Rambo.
Mrs. Bertha HoeDke has bought q
house and lot at Thorofare from r. A.
Jester.
1t was crisp, bright Christmas, but
Santa Claus was obliged to come in his
automobile.
Woodbury. Council, No. 81. o q. A. M
will attend services in the First Bap fist
church next Sunday evening
Jos. C. Timberman is building new
house on Mantua road. north of the
Swedeshoro railroad crossing.
w. Patterson. of Thorofare, has leased
the former Berj Cloud farm on Red Bank
road, now occupied by Mr.. Dennis Blake.
The Central Baptist Sabboth-school
held its Christmas entertainment on Tues
day evening, and the Presbyterian school
last evening.
List of advertised letters for the week
ending Dee % 1899:-E C. Cooper, Jos.
Foster, q. McElroy, Harriet Sumay, Mrs.
letters will please say advertised
The committee has awarded the con-
tract to heat the new fire house to Mr.. A
J Rice,"of this city, for 800, he being the
lowest of the three bidders. Muller Bros.
bid was sos, Reeves & West, Gloucester,
$40.
Mr. John Rambo has sold his 400 acre
farm on the Delaware, at Gibbstown. ad-
joining the Repauno Chemical Company's
works, better known as the Gibbstown
Powder Works, TO the aforesaid Company
for $4,000. The Company proposes to
double the capacity of their works.
AT the December meeting of the City
Board of Education on Thursday evening
last, by unanimous vote, Miss Naomi
Caldwell, of Philadelphia, a graduate of
the Philadelphia School of Design for
Women, was employed as special instruc-
tress Of drawing. She will begin her
duties January ID.
-Blasius Bros met with considerable
loss Tuesday morning in the drowning,
from ferry boat, of team of horses carry
with them large piano wagon in which
were two pianos. The firm transport
pianos from their works in this city to their
sales rooms in Philadelphia by wagon, and
early Tuesday morning the team driven by
their regular teamster GusD Stewart,
started to Philadelphia with two valuable
instruments. They boarded the boat
DauntIess, at Gloucester Ferry for South
Street, and becoming numb with cold Mr..
Stewart went into the cabin to warm up.
Just as the boat was nearing it's destina-
ton whistle was blown, and the team
took fright and dashed into the gates.
crushing them and went beadlong into the
river and disappeared from sight. 1t is
stated that the chain inside the safety gates
was not in place. else the wagon could not
have gone overheard. The loss is said to
be 81 600.
Jacob J. Hendrickson usually takes
his summer outing in a sea voyage in a
sailing vessel along the coast, but this year
he took an involuntary journey abroad and
went through two ship wrecks He came
home last Wednesday, and thus describes
his experiences: Oa the ninth of October
left Philadelphia for Hillsboro, N s., Oh
the schooner Il. & J. BIenderman. On the
ninth of November the return trip was
begun. On the twelfth snow storm and
bowling gale was encountered off st. John,
New Brunswick. The mainsail was blown
away, and the vessel began to leak. All
hands were kept at the pumps forty EIGHT
hours. With nine feet of water in the
hold, an order was given to abandon the
vessel, and the crew took TO small boat.
Four hundred miles from land after being
ont two days and nights, they were picked
up By the steamship Hestia, and taken to
Glasgow. Three nights after their rescue
they we're called on to help the crew of the
Hestia, which was 10 dagger of laundering
in gale. Fifty head Of cattle were washed
overheard, the rudder chain broke. and il
was with great difficulty that the steamer
reached its destination. On the second Of
December Mr.. Hendrickson started fol
home on the Kastilla, bound for Baltimore
and reached there on Wednesday last.