Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-07-19
JERSEY HAPPENINGS
DURING THE WEEK.

comes a law without amendment, baby
carriages will be obliged to carry lights at
nighs
While assisting in handling large cake
of ice Saturday night, Captain William
Jerrell, treasurer Of the Artic Ice Company
had his left foot severely injured by the
ice slipping. One OF his toes was cut of.
j. Z. Herbert one Of the owners Of the
old JaniYer glass plant, at Clayton, has
been Inspecting the place and found that
every window pane had been broken, and
that quantity of the light machinery
has been stolen.
David B. Fox, member Of the Board OF
Chosen Freeholders from Elsinboro town
ship and steward of the Salem Country
Club, was stunned by lightning on Friday
last and has been in critical condition at
She clubhouse along the Delaware.
DriYen to desperation by the failure Of
his crops and other financial troubles,
george B. Plasket committed suicide at his
tle farmhouse, which sits a little back
Eom the main road just outside Moores-
sown limits, late Wednesday afternoon or
evening.
Clifford Etherington, aged IA years. son
sCharles Etherington, Of Gloucester City,
fatally injured on Monday afternoon
@ing' thrown from his wheel, and strik-
= head on the edge of stone step.
4 as carried home and died before ply
ian arrived.
Counterfeit silver dollars made their APP
arance in the vicinity Of Gloucester and
orts on the Delaware last week and
Bite number have gotten into circula-
NJ The spHrious coin is difficult TO
f x=rs-aap s55iunterfeits Of
6 denomination are also being put
ser observations throughout the State,
Road Commissioner Hutchinson, OF
9nton has come out strongly in favor OF
anty commissioners instead Of Boards OF
= heholders. He says the new law which
snits this form Of county government is
fixing very satisfactory in several of the
RAnfies and the benefits TO be derived are
AT.
fsnnoyed by the frequent raids upon their
rbs by Italians, farmers in the VICINITY OF
ellington on Sunday captured four of the
Ieggners on the farm Of Lewis Adams,
an exciting chase. The angry farmers
Ell ed the prisoners into farm wagon and
* them to the lookup in Burlington.
iaDr. David R. Streets, Of Bridgeton, died
denly at noon on Sunday. After visit
his patients in the morning he returned
nVs office, prescribed for caller, and
attacked with congestion Of the lungs
insicians were hurriedly summoned, but
81 j give him no relief, and he died in his
e L chair. He was 81 years old.
g5 Grace Carter, Of Atlantic City, at the
ii Of his own life, diyed under moving
5ai6motiYe and dragged from beneath the
snsine Jacob Lovett, the engineer, who was
o4erneath the locomotive when wrong
,a A1al started it. His arm was broken,
sd cut and be was otherwise bruised
out the body when rescued.
William Payne, Of Millyille, narrowly
saped a broken neck while enjoying dip
the surf at Wildwood on Monday. He
ve into huge breaker and struck q sub
.rgsd log A minute later his friends
" him floating in the water stunned.
lev brought him to shore, ard be is now
fined to his cottage with badly bruised
and stiff neck.
seir are representatives OF nine potato
ing firms at the Elmer Station besides
sral men who buy from local buyers
his Is expected to be great week in the
wing line, if growers can getthe tubers
knpt Of the ground, but farm help is very
10. Last year potato growers carted
aD product ten TO twelve miles to this
lnd because better prices were received,
slsghis year they are coming from further
f6n2he taxpayers Of this place have ans
s,,s, q ii matter that is now before ths
daAip committee the Bell Telephone
= az find il necessary to purchase tht
l ssa q Holly end Of she Lumberton Turn