Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-07-20
DoINGS In NEW JERSEY.

Bordentown, N. j., July 20.-Clifford
Farley 20 years of age, of Trenton,
last night shot his sweetheart, Rather
inc Donoghue, aged IS years, near the
latter's home in Bordentown, and then
put a bullet through his own head.
Both shots are likely to prove fatal.
although it is possible that the girl
may recover. Jealousy is said to have
prompted the shooting.
Atlantic City, July 17--Strong reso-
lutions in support of the striking glass
blowers at Bridgeton, N. j., which
were adopted at Saturdays session of
the Bottle Blowers Association of
America, now in session in this city,
were given to the public yesterday
The resolutions declare that the strike
is justified and was provoked by the
manufacturers, who brought it on with
the intention of gaining public senti-
ment. The convention affirmed the
rights for which the strikers are con-
tending and pledged themselves to sup
port the strikers and their cause to the
end
Camden, July 17.-Camden's white
wings" were put to work this morning
They haven't their white wings yet
but Street Commissioner Mohrman
says they will soon be logged out in
the natty white duck suits that per-
petuate Commissioner Warnings mem
DRY in New York Street cleaning and
garbage collecting by city employees is
an experiment in Camden. Hereto
fore the work has been done by con-
tract, and the contractors work has
been invariably unsatisfactory. The
streets were not cleaned according to
contract, and there were many and
constant complaints from business
men and housekeepers.
Camden, July 16.-Camden is to
score first point as an inventor of a
novel bonfire Mayor Hatch will order
the miscellaneous collection of slot
gambling machines captured last week
in ten or more saloons placed in big
heap and set on fire. All he money in
the machines at the time they were
captured will be taken out by the
agents of the gambling apparatus be-
fore the day of destruction. The blaze
will be an expensive one There are
about 20 of the captured machines.
and some of them are elaborate, hav-
ing ingenious appliances attached and
being equipped with handsome trim
mings. They are valued at $780,
Bridgeton, N. J., July 49, The hear
ing of q striking glassblowers for
rioting on Thursday last, when Is nom
union blowers brought here to work
at the Cumberland glass works were
assaulted on leaving the train, was
held yesterday before Mayor Apple
gate. Prosecuting Attorney j. Hamp-
ton Fithian appeared for the common
wealth and former Judge John w.
WestCott, of Camden, and Samuel Ire
dell, of Bridgeton, looked after the
interest of the defendants. Twenty of
the men were held to answer at court
Albert Dickinson was held in $500 bail
to answer the charge of assault and
battery and rioting, and the others in
sums of $500 and $500 for rioting.
Bail was procured for all. John Simp-
kins was discharged.
Newark, July 16-An unusual case
of somnambulism came to the notice
of the police early this morning, the
subject being Frederick Buchler, ,
years old, who lives with his parents
at IS Garfield street. He was sound
asleep Wuen HIS IHOLueE IetlFeu last
night, but about o'clock this morn
ing he climbed out of his crib and
still asleep, went into the street II
was raining hard, but the downpour
did not awaken the child, and he walk
ed through Garfield street into Wash
ington street A belated citizen who
was hurrying along on the opposite
side of the street saw the tiny appari-
lion in white, and crossed over. The
little fellow paid no attention to his
interceptor, and did not wake up until
he was nestled in the strangers arms.
Then he began to cry, and his protector
wrapped him in his coat and hurried
to police station. About daybreak
the child's mother ran to thestation, on
the verge of Mysteries, declaring her
child had been stolen. The babe was
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