Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-08-24
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.


VIM. Stempel, Of Phila, won the fine
breech loading gun ratified off by John
Hahn. An interesting item connected
with the affair was that No. sos, the lucky
number, was also the first number drawn.
Arthur Buruham, Of Somers' Point, was
in town on Friday and Saturday. Mrs.
Burnbam lies seriously i'll at the University
Hospital, having recently undergone an
operation.
G. H. Hilyard attended the funeral Of
his brother at Camden on Saturday.
Miss Ozella Weems is spending few
days in Baltimore
u. Patterson and family, Louis Duncan
and family, Lon Sng der and wife, G. Strate
and family, Minnie Davis and Mrs. Frank
Baxter visited National Park on Saturday
evening
Coroner Hunter was kept busy at Pauls-
boro several days this week in connection
with the Rich murder case.
The base ball game between Woodbury.
Jr's. and Westville Jr's resulted in a
VII tory for the latter team. Score IL to 4.
P. A. Andersons season begins in New
York, August 81, at the Fourteenth street
L
Vile" Charles Hassenforder will manage
the katherine Rober" company which
plays through New England in repertoire.
Bessie Rohken will play soubrette parts in
the same company.
VIM D Hanle gave number of friends
delightful ride in steam launch on Tim
Der creek Tuesday, the party going five
miles above Clements Bridge.
James Alexander, OF Philadelphia, has
heen the guest of Mrs. S. Haines fer several
days.
The wallet lost by G. A. Richter on a
Gloucester ferry boat was returned to him
through an advertisement.
r. A. Kinch is rapidly recovering the
use of his right leg which was partially
paralized last week.
The base ball game on Saturday between
the Germantown and Newbold clubs was
won by the visitors. Score-11 to Z.
The excursion of Prosperity Lodge, No.
80, [. 0. NJ. to Atlantic City on Wednes-
day, August 80. is expected to be large
affair.
Edward Turner and family of Philadel-
phia, and Samuel Turner, and family of
Gloucester, spent Sunday with J. Powell.
Mrs Carey and son, of Pittsbnrg, are
visiting Charles Wood.
Mrs. John Plum is at Ocean Grove.
Mrs. Walter Clayton is visitsng among
friends at Blackwood and Atlantic City.
Fl. A. Brown, Philadelphia, c. Acton,
Salem; M E Slater, Easton, Pa JOS H.
Tisdall and family. Phila.; DR.. Conrad G.
Hoeil, and Mrs. Hoell, of Camden, are
registered at Falls Hotel.
Mlss L. Hambright and Miss Charles
Flogg, Of Lancaster, Pa, are visiting hrs
Samuel Ehrenzeller.
DIR James Hunter hopes to begin we'll
earned vacation next week. After a stay
at Portland, Maine, he will spend three
weeks visiting the various delightful re-
sorts along the New England coast.
John Harrop is entertaining a number Of
relatives from Wisconsin.
John Curley, Jr captured at prize at the
baby show at Washington Park last
Wednesday. The judges declaring him to
be the most interesting baby"
Walter Duncan returned from three
weeks visit to Atlantic City in time to at
tend the fire.
Mrs Goeller, living opposite the Duncan
estate, is very ill from the excitement Of
last evening
Mrs. C B. Smith and Mrs. P. A. Mason
who have both been very ill, are much
improved.
Daniel Fox, Daniel the Genial" as bis
associates on the road know him, while
helping to get the hose cart up steep hill
seriously sprained his ankle.
For the second time 10 two weeks the
community has been stirred into excited
activity by the sonorous pealing OF the fire
alarm. For the fifth or sixth time vaIu-
able buildings here have been sacrificed 10
the Fire God, the offering of horrid
wretch, who, torch in hand, has skulked
about in the darkness of the night making
holocaust of mems properties, left unguard-
ed in fancied security. And in grave ap-
preheDsion for tie homes and their families
security the villagers are gathering together
10 omiDous confab and will unite in every
effort to ferret out the perpetrator of these
dastardly outrages.
At nine O'Clock Tuesday night flames
were seen issuing from the new barn be
longing to Lewis Duncan. An alarm was
quickly sounded and as promptly responded
to by the Union fremen. From the in
fiAmable nature of the barn and its con-
tents it was soon beyond control, and at
tentiOn was given to the handsome dwell
ing and out-buiIdings which received no
injuries beyond severe scorching.
number Of farm wagons, etc, were hauled
from the burning building which in a
short time was reduced to ashes. The
family was at Washington Park and varI-
Gus rum0rs regarding the perishiDg OF
several fine horses, proved on their return,
to have been without foundation.
The barn which had been newly erected
to replace the one burned, apparently by
the same hand, in the big fire on the
Duncan estate in March, was valued at
$3.50, fully covered by insurance num-
Der of tools belonging to G. B. Smith who
is building Louis Duncan house on an
adjoining lot were stored in the barn and
totally destroyed.
That these frequent fires are of iDcen-
diary origin brooks of no denial. Shortly
before the flames were discovered Tues
day evening Mrs. Oberheitzsl, residing
near the Duncan property, discovered a
man hiding among some grape vines at
the rear OF her yard. When discovered
he ran quickly to the fence and disappeared
ia the weeds. Mrs. Thomas Bolt who
had also seen him quickly called William
Fox who beyond discovering footprints
could not find any trace Of the man.
Detective Dobson has been retained By
Mr.. Duncan and a number of Sherlock
Holmes are in the field for the 500
reward offered for the arrest of the fire.