Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-03-08


River Cove are laid up for the season.
The Long Branch City Council has agreed
to pay sol 900 for the disposal Of garbage
for ten years.
Surveyors are laying out the Benjamin G.
Brewster tract Of 1000 acers near South Vine
land into five aud ten-acre farms.
A new convent for the sisters Of St.
Dominic, to cost fifteen thousand dollars,
will hebuiIt at Gloucester this spring and
summer adjoining St. Mary's school bnild-
ing.
| Gloucester City Council, on Thursday
night passed an ordinance PERMITTING the
West Jersey and seashore Railroad to lay
additional tracks through the city for its
electric line.
A Baltimore canning firm has offered TO-
contract with Salem County farmers for $50
acres Of tomatoes, at $40 a ton, payments
to made once week or for every load.
Uusil further notice, children under six
years Of age will be refused admission 70
the Camden Free Library and its branches,
even when accompanied By their parents.
The Curtice Brothers Canning Company,
Of Salem County are offering several dollars
ton more for sweet corn this year. Prop
er cultivation upon rich soil will make a
profitable yield.
Charles Mullica, Walter Bacon aud Harry
Cooper, Of Salem have broken the record
for making pint Club sause bottles making
$50 dozens in one day. The former record
was 202 dozens in one day.
| Captain Mark Caste, hero Of the Chero-
kee wreck, found in his mail, one day last
week, s., 800 check from the Carnegie
Hero Fund Commission. It is to raise a
mortgage on his modest home, at Pleasant
vile.
| Congressman Gardner has notified
Bridgeton officials that the proposition to
improve Cohansey creek has been favorably
reported on the Congressional Committee,
and preliminary survey Of the stream
ordered made.
| Governor Stokes appointed Samuel w.
Kirkbride, Of Asbury Park, to be ssrer-
visor Of the State prison at Trenton. The
appointments covers a period Of i've years
and will yield to the occupant about $25,
900 for the term.
| John J. Mccarthy has driven well 500
feet deep at his summer home, at Mantua,
| from which flows stream sufficient to.
supply the entire town. The water is Of
| the finest quality, and residents are in
favor OF erecting water plant.
| Frederick Roedel, Millville baker, who
declared that he had heen attacked in bis
stable gagged and forced to open his safe
| BY two masked men, who robbed him OF
| So, 400 last Monday, has been arrested on
charge of embezzlement, and held under
So, 600 bond.
| The North American Glass Company, Of
Melville, is now running at full capacity
with three eight hour shifts, and the blow
ers broke all previous records in producing
l159 boxes Of double-strength glass. This
| is % per cent more than was ever made be-
fore in the same period.
A delegation Of city officials, business
men and politicians went to Trenton on
Monday to attend the hearing on Camden's
new charter bill. The Republican leaders
are opposed TO the bill owing to the powers
it confers upon the Mayor. From reliable
sources it is said the bill has little chance
OF becoming law.
The Washington Park fishery has been
| leased for the coming season to Joseph Fl.
Bennett who will commence early next
month to overhaul the big net for initial
| dip about April tenth. This fishery has for
more than one hundred years been operated
| by the Rice family, ard Captain Bennett is
member Of the famous Bennett family OF
| fishermen who operated the fisheries at
Paulsboro and RiYerton.
! Howard Prickett, who shot his fellow
workman, Edward Mulholland on Satur-
day as they were leaving the Welsbach fac
tory in Gloucester City, N. J., attempted
suicide early this morning BY catting his
throat and gashing his wrists with slissl
Of broken glass. He PIE ced his windpipe.
but missed his iugular vein by fraction Of
an inch, and will, the physicians say re-
cover.
| Several ice manufacturing plants at
South Jersey resorts are busy making up
supply Of ice for next summer. The nm
usually mild winter has prevented the
gathering Of ice in sections Of South Jersey,
aud many farmers and others who need ice
during the warm weather win be compelled
to depend largely on artificial ice this year.
| A large force Of men were placed at work
at Seventh and Vanhook streets, Camden
Wednesday, clearing away a number OF RAM