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


field Water Company to have the borough
buy its plant.
Raymond Conner. Millyille boy, was
fatally injured while escaping from a hotel
fire at Cleveland, Ohio.
i The Pennsylvania Railroad, it was stated,
has adopted a rule by which all ambulances
Unjust pay fare on the ferry boats. or
r A Melville glass firm has received an
border for enough beer bottles to keep one
factory bnsy for the remainder Of season. 4
! Claud Stratton, a Millyille barber. will
probably lose his right arm as the result Of
scratches he received from briars while gun
ming on Christmas.
i Police Charles Fitzsimmons, Of Camden,
is suffering from an attack Of blood poison
| ing, resulting from hand scratched in ar
resting tramp several days ago.
Poor Director Edwards, of ,Pleasantville,
has not had single call for aid so far this
winter Usually by this time this official
has been busy dispensing relief.
Max Koplan, fruit dealer, was held for
trial by Justice of the Peace Carr. at Bor-
dentown, on charge Of selling liquor to
cadets II Bordentown Military Institute.
LIST Sunday, Elias Obus, Of 1888 Broad
way, Camden, sold five cents worth of
candy to colored lad. Recorder Stack
house fined him $40 for violating the city
ordinence.
By the breaking Of crane chain at the
New York Shipyard, in Camden, Harry
Mcknight, % years old, of Gloucester, was
injured about the legs. He was taken to
Cooper Hospital.
Between MerchantvilIe and Camden the
largest trolley car in the State has just been
put in service. 1t is 623 feet in length and
accommodates 60 passengers. Six more will
be put on as soon as they are built.
By the vigorous use of hat pin, Miss
Elizabeth Kirschman, a dressmaker, of At
lantic City, repulsed Daniel Williams, a
negro, who attacked her while returning
from work on Monday evening.
An oil-caIrying barge, 176 feet long, 81
fleet wide al d Is feet deep is being builtsat
Isthe New York Shipbuilding Company's
Eplant, at Camden, for the Standard Oil Co.
George Ledden, son of Blacksmith Led
den, at Wing Lane, accidently shot himself
last Tuesday. He was in the bean patch
and in raising his gun vine caught the
hammer and raised it just enough to dis
charge the gun. The load entered his left
shoulder, decorating it badly.
| The 1905 pack of tomatoes was nearly
lone third smaller than the previous year,
land the price has advanced from Csc. a
Edozen cans at the canneries in December,
I1904 to 81. 10 in December, 1905. Farmers
in Sonth Jersey anticipate good season on
tomatoes this year. 40
Col. Benjamin Hart died at his home in
Passaic, on Monday, at the age of Il years.
He was veteran OF the Civil War, COM
manded company in the battle of Gettys-
burg, and during the railroad riots on the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Rail-
ways in 1885, was in command Of the State
troops called out to suppress the rioters.
j At the annual meeting of the Ceilings
wood Sewerage Company, the stockholders
voted to increase the capital stock Of the
company from $50, 900 to $150,000, and for
~. xo,rr~o,,;1.4;ov, ~ a.. oo,,,,ayv This
was made necessary by the continued and
rapid growth of the town and the building
operations and opening of new streets.
The company has built at West Ceilings
wood fine disposal and liberation plant,
covering about four acres, and the system
is one Of the best known.
DIR. J. L. Beck, Of Vineland, was struck
by the pay train on the Central Railroad
lat Norma, last Thursday, and instantly
killed. His driver, Arthur Smith, was SO
badly injured that he died soon after. The
men were in a closed carriage and were
driving parallel with the train Owing to
the rain on the plate glass of the cab, the
train was not seen. Conductor A. Durling
and engineer G. Van Middlesworth we're in
i charge of the train. They said the whistle
was blown, and every effort made to give
warning. Dr. Bucks head was crushed
and his body thrown by the side of the
track. Smith was dragged with the horse
and carriage and badly mangled. The
horse was killed and the wagon demolished.
| DR.. Beck's wife. daughter and sister were
Frustrated at the news, and the town horri
fed at the death Of q popular physician
Ismith's mother is so years old, and it is
1 feared the shock will kill her.
At meeting of business men, Atlantic
City, members Of the Board Of Trade and
4 other interests last Friday at which Charles
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