Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-09-22
PiTMAN GROVE.

I'll MAN GhOsE.
Mr., and Mrs. Isaac Haines are spending
few days at Wildwood.
Mrs Harry Rulon is visiting her cousin,
Mrs. DR.. Jeely, at Allentown, Pa.
Watson Michael,a Summer resident, has
bought lot on Holly avenue below Joseph
Carr's residence.
Miss Rulon has sold her new house on
Mount Vernon avenue to E. L. Ostrander,
of Ocean City, for 50, 400.
Mrs. Kate Tillyer, Of Vineland, spent
last week with her sister, Mrs. Isaac Haines
Milton Perciyal expects to build a cot
tage on the lot adjoining his West avenue
cottage.
DR.. Howard Clark has bought the lot
corner Holly and Oak avenues.
Mrs. Steward is altering the cottage
rented by Frank Harry into a Winter
residence.
Mr.. and Mrs. James D. Kelly returned
on Monday morning delighted with their
trip across the continent.
w. L. Peterson is raising ard enlarging
the Regtel0 printing house.
I. w Newkirk's have changed their
Highland house during the Winter.
Ralph Porch is changing his residence
into double house, and A. A. Knisell will
occupy one side.
E. H. Clapp has bought the Poole cottage
ON West avenue for 81, 800.
Joseph Carr loaded eight hundred bas-
4 kets of white potatoes on car Tuesday
/ price, fifty cents per bushel.
! John Langham has traded his West Ave
cottage for the Reading cottage on Broad
way.
Mr.. Bleyler, who has summered here for
years, moved back to his Camden home on
Thursday, and suddenly died the next day.
Insurance agent Doughty has secured a
lot on Simpson avenue, and expects to put
up a double house.
w. A. Rulon is spending short vacation
at Wernersville, Penna., before resuming
his old position with Delp Bros, 10th and
Spruce streets, Philada
The removal of the passenger station to
the site of the new cinder station above
Holly avenue, has been removed for some
time, but we hear that Mr.. Lowell says
there is nothing in the rumor.
Mrs Deborah Smith, of Mullica Hill,
spent the latter part of last week with Rev.
F. L. Jewett's, and Mrs. NJ F. Packer, of
the same place, is now their guest.
Oliver Chew moved his family here on
Thursday last, but has not yet opened his
restaurant, as he is still in bennington
running the business he recently sold, as
the purchaser is i'll.
The demand for houses still continues,
and there are indications of as great build
ing boom next year, as that Of this year.
Mrs. George McClelland has rented her
new house on McClelland avenue to J. w.
Parker, summer resident. Contractor
Lacy has another house for Mrs. McClel-
land enclosed.
The turnpike company is putting large
drain across the road at Holly avenue, and
hereafter the drainage system of the grove
will not be so heavily taxed.
The thunder storms Of Wednesday after
noon and evening, and the tornado Of
4 Thursday morning combined, made one the
heaviest down-pours ever seen here. The
town and grove were flooded, but escaped
with badly washed streets and avenues.
The heavy wind blew down the tank and
/ framework OF Frank Kelley's windmill
and the tank of James Kelley's. The dam
at the electric light plant was washed out,
and the large bridge carried quite dis
lance, and left on the meadows. The bridge
across the stone road was broken in two
and turned down stream. The breaking of
the dam at Handles pond caused the wash
out at the electric light plant, and that
caused the dam at Prickett's pond to break.
The scene of desolation attracted hundreds
of sightseers. Many fish were caught, some
of them being unusually heavy bass. Several
Pitman young men got Benjamin James
out Of serious predicament. A small
bridge near Prickett's pond washed out as
he drove over it, and Mr.. James and the
team were precipitated into the water.
The horse was nearly drowned when the
young men got to it. Hundreds of dead
sparrows were picked up the next morning
1t is a singular Conscience that the tornado
occurred on the same day Of the month as
last years when Mr. Stratton was killed at
the Pitman avenue railroad crossing.