Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-12-21


looming season. ia
Charles Wheeler, Of Camden is suffering
from blood poising, the result Of being
bitten by spider about ten days ago.
Burglars entered the post-ofice at Mag
nolia, several miles below Camden, and
secured $3.50 in stamps and other yaluables.
The Pennsgrove water works has con-
tracted to furnish water for Pedricktown.
Twenty five plugs will be used for fire pur-
poses.
Bridgeton oyster shippers say that by
Christmas weather conditions continue fav-
|orable, most Of the oysters will be shipped
off Maurice River cove beds. fo
Col. William II. Easily has announced
that he will resign as Assistant Commissary
General of New Jersey. He will have ser
we'd 25 years in the State militia in January.
Mrs. j. 7. Bateman wife of J. 7. Bate
man, a manufacturer, died at their summer
residence two miles West Of Williamstown,
in great agony from dose of carbolic acid
taken in mistake for medicine.
A fire of mysterious origin destroyed the
brick kiln Of Jacob Reich and Fred Radle,
|of Millyille. The total loss will probably
reach $1O,o 900 the heaviest damage being to
valuable machinery which is now complete
'ly wrecked. 10
Sportsmen at New Egypt have figured
that since cunning season opened on Mo-
vember 10, there has been killed in that
neighborhood 22U0 rabbits, 600 quail and
400 squirrels. Many regular gunners have
rs and 100 rabbits to their credit.
The record for blowing glass was realized
at the plant Of the Whitall Tatum Go. at
Millyille last week when a small machine
made {, 900 bottles in a shift Of eight hours.
This is more than three times the output Of
a regular shop in the same time.
Peter Coyle Gloucester saloon keeper
indicted by the Grand Jury at the last
term Of court for violating the liquor law,
by Sunday selling, worried so over the
matter that be died on tie day be should
haye appeared in the Criminal Court.
Representatives Of Henitz Picking Co.
were in Pennsgrove recently looking for
suitable sites for the erection Of canning
and picking factory. There have been
several offers of donation Of land and the
Borough is willing to exempt. them from
taxation for a period of ten years.
The authorities Of Haddonfeld are in
quandary. The voting machine and box
used at the last election cannot be used at
the special election next Tuesday owing to
the recount now going on. It is likely
two of the primary boxes will be employed
for that purpose.
On and after January 1ss the Penna. r.
r. will cease issuing free transportation. 1t
is said there will be no exceptions. A law
.of New Jersey requires free transportation
for its legislators to and from Trenton dur
ing session, and it is not likely the next
Legislature will be affected by the new
move.
The glass business is in very unsettled
condition, blowers complaining they are
not making satisfactory wages. Lack OF
orders seems to be the cause. Many blowers
Of So. Jersey are going West where they
can save more money. Some have taken
their families, leaving their houses vacant.
Trenton has an anti-election Bribery
League. The league expects to ask the
Legislature to amend the bribery act to
make the punishment for such acts i'm
prisonment only, striking out the words
s'or fne'' It expects to extend its reform
to all parts Of the State. This must mean
Woodbury. too.
Joseph J. White, of New Lisbon, Bur-
lington Co., has probably the most COM
plete cranberry plant in the world. He
has at present more than one thousand fer
tile acres, besides hundreds Of acres Of pine
timber which he is converting into bogs as
fast as possible by flooding the same, thus
killing the timber He has $25, 600 worth
Of sorting machinery. 1t requires five or
six years to mature cranberry bog, but
once in bearing they are good for fifty.
years or more.
A well founded rumor is current in
Gloucester City that the Public Service
Corporation will change the route Of the
Camden, Gloucester and Woodbury. trolley
road between Gloucester City and Wood
bury, to take in Westville and incidentally
shortening the route. This will cut down
the time between Camden to Woodbury.
from forty to thirty minutes a branch
will run from Westville to Washington
Park and National Park.
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