Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-11-19
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York supreme court has fixed the price
Of kisses at $2.S7 each by confirming
the decision of the lower court in Miss
Frances Petitss breach of promise suit
against Tittemore, the town blacksmith
Of Galway, Saratoga county. Miss Pet
1t sued Tittemore for $4,000. During
the trial she announced that he had
kissed her 1926 times during the four
teen years of their courtsh ip.
The Pacific coast from British Column
bia to southern California and inland
to western Colorado was on Tuesday
and Wednesday swept by a snowstorm
that resulted in an almost total pros
tration Of telegraph service over that
territory and in the mountains has all
but tied up the railroads in midwin-
ter blockade. In some places the mer
curry fell to 10 degrees below zero.
A conspiracy among employees for
the robbery of railway cars of the Big
Four company has been discovered by
the police of Indianapolis, Ind The
robberies are said to have extended
over period of seven years. Goods SO
far accounted for amount to more than
$4,000, and new discoveries are being
made every day.
The financial interests of Colonel
Samuel e. Winslow of Worcester,
Mass, doing business under the firm
name of Winslow & Co., bankers land
brokers' and the Samuel WinsloW
Skate Manufacturing company, all but
two shares of which are owned by Colo
mel Winslow, have been placed in re-
ceivers' hands
Governor Toole of Montana has call
ed a special session of the Legislature
to pass laws to relieve the Industrial
condition in the state caused by the
shutting down of the Amalgamated
Copper company's properties, whereby
$4,000 persons were directly thrown out
of work and $4,000 more affected
In the work Of retrenchment which
the officials of the United States Steel
corporation have ordered and planned
it is proposed to reduce the annual pay
roll of the giant corporation about
$15,00O,000, or slightly more than 10
per cent of the wages paid last year.
Over twelve inches of snow fell on
Sunday and Monday on the level in
Fergus county, Mont, and under the
heavy winds has played havoc with
mountain passes, filing the canyons
with snow Trains and stages were
blocked. Intense cold prevailed.
The court of criminal appeals has af-
i firmed without reservation the consti-
nationality of the new state law in
Texas prohibiting betting on horse
racing. Both the bettor and the ac-
ceptor of the wager are punishable
William Jennings Bryan sailed for
Europe Wednesday on a hurried visit
to Ireland, England and the continent
He will be absent from this country
only about six weeks. He was accom-
panied by his son.
Under the will of the late Sarah B..
1 Harrison, sister of the late Governor
/ Henry B. Harrison of Connecticut, Yale
university is given 100000 in memory
/ of her brother
Parties walking in the woods near
Tarrytown, N. T., on Thursday picked
about two dozen ripe field strawberries
and saw thousands of green ones
i The Detention House For Chinese at
Malone, n. Y, built TO accommodate
between 100 and $50 persons, now shell
tiers 20S Cinnamon.
The department of agriculture makes
the estimated seasons yield of corn
i 2,313, 100000 bushels.
The city council of Chicago has pass
ed an ordinance prohibiting the sale of
toy pistols.
A heavy snowstorm occurred through
out northern New York on Monday