Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-08-02


program arranged and the speakers who
have promised to be present the series o.
meetings to be held this year, it should
prove success.
Playing at tag in the new foundry
row, now being erected at the plant of the
United States Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry in
East Burlington, Monday afternoon, Horace
Tyler, the 12-year-old son of Joseph Tyler,
of Foundry Row, was instantly killed by a
heavy oven door falling on him.
Charles Kopton, of 1118 Liberty street,
Camden, was instantly killed in the Penn
sylvania Railroad yard at the foot of Bridge
aye on Saturday. Kopton had been in an
ash pit cleaning out the FIRE box of an en-
CINE, and before the engineer could stop it
the forward wheels passed oyer his chest.
Council may undertake the widening of
the Atlantic City Boardwalk from Illinois
avenue, where the sixty-foot walk stops,
down to Texas avenue, now only 40 foot
wide. The cost will reach $50, 900. The
property owners say the walk below Illi-
nois avenue is too narrow to Accommodate
the throngs which now patronize it.
Twenty-Five passengers aboard the yacht
Goldie Budd, of the Inlet pleasure fleet,
came as near death late Monday afternoon
as any of them are willing to again ap-
proach, when their craft, outward bound
for an ocean sail, was wrecked on Brigan-
tine bar just off Atlantic City, by the sud-
den swapping OF the mast. With the board
walk less than half mile distant, the
frightened passengers, marooned for two
hours in their disabled boat, were watched
by several thousand excited people on shore.
Charles G. Dempsey, -four ard grain
dealer, on the Gloucester & Woodbury.
Turnpike, captured man on Monday steal
ing corn, whom he Gays be identified rs
George Allenbart, Of Gloucester City.
Dempsey first notified the police with she
intention of placing the man under arrest,
as he said the robberies have occurred SO
often that be decided to break them up.
Allenbart however pleadcd so hard for his
liberty, promising restitution if not pro-
secuted, that Dempsey agreed to let him
work it out, and withdrew his charges.
So enthusiastic have the Salvation Army
meetings become on North Third Street
Millville, that the neighbors have made a
vigorous protest to the authorities concern
ing them. They hold meetings until
nearly midnight and the singing, accom-
panied by the pounding Of bass drum,
keep the neighborhood awake. Monday
night George Penn, who had sick child,
walked into the Army Hall and threatened
dire things unless the noise subsided.
Another neighbor becoming disgusted with
being bept awake, trained his hose across
the exit from the hall, and the first who
yentured out received good wetting.
Farmers and dairymen who have exper-
fenced difficulty of late in securing men to
do their milking, are watching with inter
est new system of milking cows by ma
chinery, now being tried at the big Green
Hill Dairy, three miles from Burlington.
For nearly two weeks plumbers have been
engaged in installing the new milking ap-
paratus and the machines are said to be
working successfully. The machine is
worked on the suction principle and the
power is secured from vacuum engine
Connecting with this is pipe which passes
in front of the COW stalls and at every other
stall there is tap in the pipe.
A party drying to Bridgeton from Fair
ton had miraculous escape from being run
down by train on Monday night and from
falling many feet through railroad bridge.
At Rocap's Run the road is being repaired,
and red lanterns placed there misled the
driver. Instead of remaining on the road,
he directed his horse to the railroad track,
thinking it was the trolley track. The
horse walked the ties and when it came to
the bridge which crosses Rocap's Run, the
horse unerringly walked clear across the
high trestle, meyer missing his footing once
Just as the animal reached safe ground be
slipped on a tie and fell, skinning his legs
badly. When the horse fell the wagon re-
mained on the ties and none of the party
were injured.