Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-05-24

Failuresof the shad fishing industry will
make Pennsville murchants suffer very
much, as the prosperity of the town de-
pends altogether on the shad fishing busi-
ness.
On the farm Of Mrs. Mary Dilkes, in
Salem county, 1900 tomato plants were de-
stroyed by the recent frost, and heavy
losses are reported throughout that section
of the county. The strawberry crop will
be greatly diminished, and in some sections
the peach crop will be failure.
1t is said that the Burlington County
Courts have recently failed to conyict a
gang Of chicken thieves because the farmers
refused to come forward and testify against
them The reason given for this is the
threats made by many of the colored
friends of the culprits that they would
burn the farm buildings Of those who gave
evidence. The negroes are carrying high
hand in Burlington county, and many Of
the people are really afraid Of them.
An assault on negro by young Italian,
resulted in race riot in the Eighth Ward,
Camden, Friday night last, in which VIM.
NJ. Kennedy, 80 years of age, of 567 Ferry
avenue, was shot in the arm; William
Saunders, Of Kossuth and Central avenue
sustained scalp wounds III being hit with
club, and Angelo Messailo, 81 years old,
sos Central avenue, received lacerated scalp
wounds.
The plates and papers seized in the John
M. Rogers Works by Secret Service agents
several weeks ago as lottery paraphernalia
under search warrant granted by the
Federal Court in Trenton, were returned
to the company on Friday last in compli-
auce with the order of United States JUS
tice Cross, on Thursday. The management
Of the Rogers plant is greatly exercised
over the unpleasant notoriety given the
concern by the seizing Of the goods.
With the thermometer ranging at 80 in
the shade, the heat in the glass factory at
Millville last Friday was terrific, and the
prostrations were many in number. Many
of the old glassblowers did not attempt to
work. In order to increase the comfort Of
their workmen, Whitall Tatum Company
have sheet Of running water falling and
encirling the red-hot furnaces. The water
breaks the hot blast to considerable ex-
tent and also provides drinking water at
every ones hand.
Nathan Sharp, rs years old, who lives on
the E. c. Knight farm, opposite Knight
Park, at Colllngswood, Camden county,
met death at grade crossing at City Line,
Camden, Friday morning last, BY his team
being struck by an Atlantic City flyer"
He was on his way to Camden to deliver
several cans Of milk for his son-in-law,
Arthur French, and was not aware there
had been a change in the time table of the
express trains on the West Jersey and Sea-
shore Railroad, which went into effect
Friday last.
Frederick, the four-year-old son of Fred
erick Baumgar tner, of Pennington, N j.,
drank a quantity Of disinfectant from a
bottle Saturday morning and almost i'm
mediately went to sleep. Nobody thought
that the disinfectant was poisonous and no
attempt was made to arouse him nor to
counteract the effects Of the liquid. The
lad awoke after five hours slumber and
complained of severe pains. A physician
was then called, but before he arrived the
boy was dead.
To the capsizing of canoe on Union
Lake, above Millyille, at noon on Sunday
the lives Of Thomas P. Clark and nineSyear-
old Richard Lewis were sacrificed. While
the body Of Clark was recovered that of the
boy had not been found when darkness
came. The boys father, Daniel G, Lewis
presidents and general manager Of the Mill
vile Traction Company, which owns the
park and lake, then ordered all the conl-
pany's linemen to the scene to string wires
and LET down incandescent electric bulbs
into the water to assist in the search which
he is personally directing.
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