Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-12-15
LOCAL BRIEFS.

-One OF mllKman JOycesS nofSeS Tell
dead on East Cooper street early Wednes-
day morning.
The Country Club Far held Friday
and Saturday evenings of last week, proved
to be a success both socially and financially.
Mrs. Anna H. Eldridge, aged 80 years,
died on Thursday, at the residence of her
son-in.law, Samuel H. Waram, near Ma
tional Park
Charley Schrenk slipped on the pave
ment Tuesday morning, and in falling
broke his thumb Dr. William Brewer
reduced the fracture
Clarence L. Red6eld will be manager
of a big blue rock shooting match for
prizes on the Second Ward Gun Club
ground on Christmas Day.
Considering the weather, II. A. De-
Hart, whose first public sale of the season
was held last Tuesday, feels well satisfied;
the aggregate Of sales being over $1,000.
The Passion Play presented by DR..
Arthur spooner Philo, with stereoptican
views given in the Kemble Memorial Church
Monday evening, was thoroughly appre
ciated by large audience
List of advertised letters for the week
ending December, -, 1904 Mary Barnard
William A. Clark, John f. Dewes, H. X.
Garman, Thomas Hennel, Mrs. Sin Ike.
Persons calling for the above letters will
please say advertised.
Since Saturday last snow has fallen to
the depth of fully eight inches, and the
sleighing is about the best known in this
section in many years. At this writing
there is no prospect of a breakup, and
sleighbells are constantly iingling-
The annual meeting .of the Baraca
Glass of the First Baptist Church, elected
the following officers for the year: Presi-
dent, Albert Heal; vice president, H. c.
waram, Jr.; secretary, Fl A. Mankin;
treasurer, H. G. Dopson.
The fire department was called out
about nine o'clock Monday evening by an
alarm from box 30, the residence of Mrs.
Holden, colored, on CORTLAND street, being
on fire. The fire, which originated from
super heated stowe, was extinguished be-
fore the department got into action. The
damage was slight.
john Posy is locked up in Philadel-
pha. on the charge of attempting to kill
Sarah Lewis, of Mt Royal, last Monday.
Sarah complained 10 Justice Davis, of this
city, that Posey broke a bottle over her
head, and shot at her three times. A war
rant was issued to Constable Canning, and
the man was arrested in Phila Wednesday
The following Board of Directors were
elected at the annual meeting of the
National Park Association: Rev James b.
Lake. d. D., Rev. h. A. Parsels, D.,
Rev VIM. P. Davis, D. d., Rev. G. w.
Ridout, s. S. Iszard, Mr.. Charles S. Ack-
ley, Capt S. Abdill, F. R. Fithian, Fred.
G. Elliott, John Wills.
The annual meeting of the Stockhold
Assn. will be held in Parker's Hall, Null
lica Hill on Tuesday evening, January 3,
next, at which time the Both series of
stock will be issued This Association was
organized January II. 1876, and seventeen
series have been matured and paid Jos.
Chatham is President; r. Benezet, Treas
and E. L. Stratton, Secretary.
DIR j. Hume Carter, we'll known
veterinary Surgeon of Burlington county,
in treating a horse two weeks ago to-day
for supposed collie, had portion of skin on
his hand broken by the horses teeth.
Next day the horse was found to be suffer
ing from rabies, the sysmptous being clear
" defined, and died in great agony. On
Saturday of the same week Dr. Carter
went to Pasteur's Institute, New York for
treatment.
MT. Holly Herdkd:-HAn operation for
appendicitis was performed last week at
the Burlington county hospital upon a
young woman from Burlington, and on
opening the yeriform appendix two No. 7
shot were found therein. After the patient
had recovered from the operation she was
questioned in regard to the presence of the
shot, and then recalled the fact that only a
few days before she had eaten some stewed
rabbit, and supposed she had swallowed the
shot in that way. She is now in fair way
Of recovery. The operating physicians at
the hospital have had great many cases Of
Appendicitis and they say it is very rare to
find any foreign substance in the appendix.
This explodes the theory that grape seeds
are the cause Of the malady.