Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-02-25
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Miss Irene Sharp, of Camden, is
spending the week with her aunt, Mrs.
George w Pither
William H. Mccullough, Jr., of
Camden, spent Sunday with his pa
rents here.
E. J. Blatherwick, of Woodbury., was
the guest of his sister here, on Satur-
day
Miss Mary Luohy and Miss Katie
Luohy, of Wooistown, were Sunday
guests of Swedesboro friends
Mrs. B. L. Zane, of Camden, has
come to spend some time with her
daughter, Mrs George w. Pither.
Miss Lizzie Sharp and Miss Helen
M. Yatman, of Camden, spent Sunday
and Monday with Miss Florence G.
Pither.
Rev. A. Lawrence preached for Rev.
Lewis S.. Moore, at Auburn, on Sun
day afternoon.
M. Augustus Sparks and wife, who
went from here to TuckertOn few
weeks ago, and we're stricken with
smallpox almost as soon as they ar
rived there, have recovered from the
disease and returned home, reaching
here on Saturday evening.
The residence, store and workshop
of M c. Sparks have been fumigatad
by the Board of Health and the family
released from quarantine.
Freebooter Charles Wilson has so far
recovered from dangerous attack of
typhoid fever as to be about the house.
Mr. Samuel A. Croft is recovering
from an illness which has kept him a
close prisoner in his home all winter.
The Ri. Rev. John Scarborough, D..
D., Bishop of New Jersey, made his
annual visitation to Trinity Episcopal
Church, on Sunday, preaching and
confirming a class.
The body of Rev. Anthony Cassese
has been removed from the lot where
he was buried, in 1886, to the centre
piece in st. Joseph's Cemetery. Ac-
cording to the custom in Catholic par
ishes, the centre plot in the cemetery
is reserved for the burial of priests.
Mr. Harry L. Cottrell and Miss Geor-
gianna Zane, both of this place, were
married at the residence of Abram
Fry, at Glassboro, on February 18th.
They will reside in. Swedesboro.
Mr.. and Mrs. John S. Batten quietly
celebrated the fifty-fifth anniversary Of
their marriage, on Monday, 18th inst.
Only their children and grandchildren
were present. It was also the twenty
first anniversary of the marriage of
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton e. Rulon, whose
marriage took place on the 34th ami
versary of the marriage OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Batten, parents of Mrs. Rulon.
Mrs. Lena Willig and little son, Clar-
ence. are spending the week with John
Poole and family, at Mickleton.
The funeral of Elizabeth, infant
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony
Gerlack, took place on Sunday after
noon, with interment in ST. Joseph's
cemetery.
Frozen water pipes, on Wednesday
morning of last week, caused no end
of annoyance and some expense to a
good many householders here. The
thermometer registered three degrees
above zero.
Frank Jones, colored, died early on
Tuesday morning, after a brief illness
He had been for sometime in the en-
ploy of Landlord Harry L. Lord as
hostler, and was trusted employee.
He left the hotel on last Thursday but
was on the street as late as Saturday.
William H. Hannold, Jr., is quite i'll
at this writing and confined to his
room
The heavy rains of Sunday and Sun
day night caused two washouts on this
branch of the West Jersey & Seashore
Railroad one just above and the other
below the town. The $40 up-train, on
Monday morning, ran into the one
above the town at what is known as
the stone road crossing, throwing the
locomotive from the track and partly
derailing a passen ger car. No one was
hurt The wrecking train was brought
into service and the train placed on
the track and the break was repaired
as speedily as possible and traffic re-
sumed about noon. An accident to
the Z o'clock train from Salem was
averted by the timely warning OF the
washout below the town given the en-
gineer by Albert Titus, who tagged the
train.