Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-02-01
JERSEY HAPPENINGS
DURING THE WEEK.


Many glassblowers, thrown out OF en-
ployment BY the shutdown Of the Bridge.
ton factories, haYe secured places in Mill
vile.
A permit was issued to the Camden Coke
Company for the erection of additional
coke oyens at the foot Of Mount vernon
street.
John Roddick, superindent Of CONSTITUTE
tion, expects to have water in Pennsgroye,
from the works at Perkintown mill pond
on February /.
Sheriff Norcross, Of Mount Holly, has
served papers on the Bordentown Water
Commission eiecting them from possession
Of the old water works.
Ex-Judge William Plummer father of
William Plummer, Jr., the present Senator
from Salem county, died at his home in
Salem Tuesday morning.
One dealer shipped five tons of poultry
from Pennsgroye last week. Poultry
raisers are having good season and the de-
mand is good aud prices high.
High tides have broken the creek banks
near Harmerssille, and men are obliged to
go to and from work in boats while the
women are imprisoned at home.
The appropriations for the new govern
ment buildings at Jersey City and Eliza
beth are to be increased Jersey City's
appropriation is to be 1926, 900 and Eliza
beth's $25O,O00.
At meeting of the peach basket manu-
facturers of Hunterdon and Warren conn
ties an agreed price for baskets was fixed
at $25 per thousand during the peach
season Of 1906.
After sermon by Rev. Frank Moore,
president of Pennington Seminary, at
Fourth M. E. Church. Millville, Sunday
evening, collection amounting to S129
was presented to the institution. VT
Elwood S. Layton has conveyed the Dam
ser mill pond to E. 1. Dupont Company for
$1,000. They will rebuild the food gates
and take the water to Carney's Point by
pipe line with which to make powder
Camden's City Solicitor has decided that
the city has the right to issue bonds for
100000, equally divided, for fire and
water Improvements demanded by the
underwriters before removing the pink
slips.
Pleasantville's old metal doll factory,
which was seized for back taxes, has been
redeemed by it's owners paying the borough
$4,000, and will be converted into an auto
buggy factory with several hundred en-
ployees.
DR.. H. G. Taylor, one Of the leading
physicians Of Camden, is suffering from
lacerated wounds Of the face and head
which he sustained on Sunday night by
falling down the steps Of st. Paul's Prot
estant Episcopal Church.
Notice Of an application to the Supreme
Court for writ Of error in the case Of Cap
tain William Hart was served on Judge Jo-
line in Camden. Hart was recently con-
yieted and sentenced to four months in the
county Jail for conducting disorderly
house in his houseboat Comfort in Timber
creek.
DIR. George o. Forsyth, Of Pemberton,
and Dr. John Feaster, of Cookstown, both
veterinary surgeons, were bitten on their
hands Saturday night last by horse at
Cookstown, which was suffering with hydro
phobia. Both men left Sunday for
the Pastedr Institute, New York, to be
treated for their injuries.
Dr. Samuel F. Stanger, Of Jacksonville,
is receiving congratulations of host Of
friends upon his election as Resident Ply
stefan Of the New Jersey State Prison. The
doctor will enter upon his duties the first
Of February. DIR. Stranger is one Of the best
known of Gloucester county's practitioners,
and his selection is deserved recognition
Of his skillin his profession.
A composition house at the Dupont
Powder Compan's Hagley yards, Whining
ton, was destroyed by fire Tuesday night
Of last week. There were several explos-
ions Of nitrate, but the damages was con-
fined to the building in which the fire
started by the company's fire department,
headed by T. Coleman Dupont and Alfred
I Dupont. The loss will exceed $4,000.
The bill for postage stamps used by some
of the county officials has been vetoed by
Burlington Co. Auditor VIM. w Worrell,
notwithstanding the Board of Freeholders
ordered the same paid. He also turned
down the bill for paying Jacob G. Hendr:ck-
son, who acted as prosecutor during the
illness Of Samuel A. Atkinson. The bill
was approved by Judge Gaskill, but the