Gloucester County Democrat., 1906-02-22
JERSEY HAPPENINGS
DURING THE WEEK,

A Philadelphia firm will start knitting
mill in Bridgeton.
Counterfeit nickels and quarters have
been circulating freely in Gloucester City
during the past week.
Isaac Neyelings who sued the PLEASANT
vile Water Company for S20, 900 damages,
secured verdict Of $1,000.
The work Of building bridge across
Newton creek for the new electric road to
the seashose is well under way.
J. O. Henirickson, Of Mount Holly, re-
ceived a fee or 800 for his defense Of John
son, the Moorestown murderer.
The Public seryios Corporation will soon
begin to operate line Of express trolley
cars between Haddonfeld and Camden.
Long Branch City Council has awarded
contracts for ocean front improvements to
the amount Of quarter Of million
dollas.
DR.. Florence DeHart, recently appointed
resident physician at the State Home for
Girls, at Trenton, died on Tuesday after an
illness of only three days.
The Clayville Fireproofng & Brick works
tyo miles above Millville, haye been least d
by Mr.. FELTON,, Of Mays Landing, for six
years, and will be put in full operation this
week.
Maggie Clark, the little girl who was
alleged to have been murdered by her step
father, Albert L. Jones, near Masonville, is
now an inmate Of the Children's Home at
Mount Holly.
All the outbuildlngs on the farm Of Tyler
Engle, on the road from Rancocas to
Centerton, were destroyed by fire Of mys-
terious origin last Friday evening entailing
a loss of S., ,000
The Longport Borough Council has pass
ed an ordinance to erect a new boardwalk,
80 feet wide, along the entire beach front,
a distance Of two miles, and to connect with
the boardwalk to be built at South Atlantic
City.
Fifty years ago, Estilow simons, Of Mt.
Holly, helped to build the barns on the
Alfred Bovine farm on the South Pember-
ton road, which were recently destroyed by
fire. He is now engaged in rebuilding the
same barns
At church trial in the State street M.
E. Church, Camden, last Friday, George
L. Fox was found guilty of circulating i'm
moral, false and iibelous statements con-
cerning Pastor Demaris and was sentenced
to expulsion from the church.
Rather than appear in court as witness
against his brothers and sisters in suit
over the settlement of his fathers estate,
Henry Fl. Keeler, Of Titusville, Mercer
county, shot himself in the breast with a
shotgun. He died instantly.
The gill net fishermen who ply their
trade in the vicinity Of Kaighn's Point are
circulating a petition to the government
light house authorities asking that the large
buoy placed in the river off the Point be
removed during the fishing season.
S. Holcomb, carpenter of Atlantic City,
accidentally touched liye wire while at
work and fell dead. 1t was found that the
wire contained only 10 volts, while TOO at
least are required to kill Death was due
to heart failure brought on BY the shock.
During an exciting revival service in the
Fourth M. E. Church, Millville, Miss Anna
Creamer knelt at the altar, professed con-
version and Immediately went into deep
swoon in which state she continued for
twelve hours She complained of no i'll
effects upon regaining consciousness.
While at work digging away sand hill
on New York avenue, Anglesea, George
Crowley unearthed tin baking powder
box, which contained quantity Of silver
and copper coins and two ten-dollar notes.
The sum amounted to over $24. How il
came where it was found is a mystery.
After wrangling for a year or more over
the matter, the City Council Of Atlantic
City has finally let the contract for paying
Atlantic avenue with bitulithic pavement
The contracts haYe been tested in the
courts for all the other kinds of pavement
and it is thought this present contract will
be final
A jury in the District Court decided on
Thursday, that man must pay his wife's
bills, whether living with her OF not.
After Calvin r. Sigle and his wife, Of East
Camden, separated, Mrs. sigle contracted
an account with Strawbridge & Clothier, Of
Philadelphia, who sued Sigle. A verdict
was given for the firm in full for $164 IS.
The women Of the Shiloh Baptist church
have hit upon a novel method for raising
funds for the church. All the eggs laid on
Sunday by the hens belonging to members
OF the congregation are to be gathered and