Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-12-28
JERSEY HAPPENINGS
DURING THE WEEK.

From two acres Of ground Charles Freid.
Of Pedricktown, Melted S1465 on tomatoes
Dupont Powder Works presented each
employee with turkey on Saturday for
Christmas.
The fine new $4,000 Pennsylvania Rail-
road station at Sea Isle City was opened to
the public on Christmas Day.
By vote of 354 to 70 the citizens Of
Haddonheld decided in favor of municipal
ownership Of the water supply.
| Nearly so, 900 passengers were transported
by the steamer 'Ubrica' between Wash
ington and Pennsgrove during the year
William Ore, milk dealer Of Millyille
had S10S stolen from his overcoat pocket
while attending Sunday school last Sunday.
Several prisoners in Camden jail received
Christmas presents in the shape Of a grans
Of freedom BY Judge JoIine on Friday last
John Hit, a14-year-old boy, Of Mt Joy,
is suffering from lockjaw, the result Of some
foreign substance getting into vaccination
sore.
Owing to the failure Of quarries to de-
liver marble on time, the $4,000 Court
House in Camden, will not be completed for
about six months
The italian Catholics will erect church
at Sicklerville in the near future. Until
| the new building is finished services are to
be conducted in hall.
! The farmers Of South Jersey believe in
being up to date as an automobile dealer
has orders for thirty-fve machines to be
delivered between now and spring.
| Sea Isle City's Board Of Trade has ap-
pointed a committee to confer with City
Council relative to incorporating that re-
sort into fourth-class city.
Owners of Old Mans meadows at Ped
ricktown, have appropriated 1000 for re-
building the creek banks. These meadows
have been out to the tides for six years.
Dry rot in sweet potatoes is doing grea
damage in South Jersey. Farmers who
have thousand of baskets stored will lose
nearly half by this rot and new disease
which has appeared.
By the oyer-heating of a friction clutch
on a wheel the large plant of the Warren
Wood Working Company, the chief indus
try Of Belvidere, was totally destroyed by
fire Saturday morning
Edward L. Heaton, Of MillYille, chief
Of the fire departments, and prominent
Mason and Elk, was removed to the county
hospital for the insane, at Bridgeton, on
Saturday Of last week.
The Stokes homestead near Centerton
the home Of the ancestors of Govern Ed
ward G. Stokes, and a landmark more than
200 years old, was totally destroyed BY fire
Thursday night of last week.
The shad Fisherman's Protective Asso-
lciation Of Pennsville, made a protest
against the dredging companies dumping
Emud on the fishing ground flats on the low
meadows bordering on the river.
The Cape May Society for the Proven
ton Of Cruelty to animals has notified all
owners TO procure rubber or other covering
to shield their horses from rain and snow.
This is a humane act and should be prac-
tised elsewhere.
George H. II. Moore, agent for the Blu
reau of Fisheries United States Department
Of Commerce and Labor, was in Penns
Grove last week to ascertain whether live
shad can be had there from which to pro-
cure eggs for Matching. The government
will pay $40 per one million eggs. Each
shad will average 10000.
Frank HILL Of Salem, filed an applica-
ton for patent on a glass blowing ma
chine some time since, and learned that
two other persons, Thomas J.. Elherron, of
Alton, and w. J. Finley, of Belaire, Ohio,
had also applied for a patent on the same
machine and in similar manner. It is
now up to the Patent Commissioners to de-
eide who is entitled to the patent.
At a meeting of the creditors Of former
State Senator George Pfeiffer, in Camden,
on Tuesday, F Wayland Potter was agreed
upon as trnstee in bankruptcy to take charge
of his affairs. The liabilities are about
$4,000, while the assets foot up to about
$4,000, Independents Of about $50, 900 til lat
probably could be recovered through law
slits.
The Supreme Court Of Camden rendered
a verdict Of $4,000 last Saturday evening
in favor Of Albert M. Whit Of that City,
against she Camden & Suburban Railway
Co. After alighting from the car he started
to walk around it and became entangled in
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