Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-12-26
JERSEY HAPPENINGS
DURING THE WEEK.

The market for muskrat fur has opened
well; 90 cents for brown, 80 cents for black.
Carcasses are sold at the old price, four cents
each.
Because an inferior quality of gas has
been furnished to the borough, the Council
of Pennsgrove has held up the company's g
bill Of $780,
Farmers in the vicinity Of Bridgeton are
shipping sweet potatoes at the rate of 500
baskets each day and the suppy does not
seem to be nearly exhausted.
So great is the need of tending boys in
the Miliyille glass factories that the manu-
facturers will give any man work who will
! place one boy in their employ. ca
Fogg & Hires, of Quinton, have sold this
season sixteen car loads of canned tomatoes
to a packer at Glassboro to fill his future
orders The cars hold from 500 to 700 cases
each.
Because he was kind to John Caywood,
of Lewistown, Pa, in his old age, Lewis
II. Austin, youth of Mays Landing, has
been rewarded with $3.50, 600 under the
provisions of Laywood's will.
Father McShane, of St. Nicholas's Catho-
lie Church, Atlantic City, has cleared the
site for the first parochial school in the re-
sort in Pacific avenue, adjoining the church
and is preparing for the erection of build
ing to give accommodation to 700 pupils.
Il tseams to be general conclusion that
the Court Of Errors and Appeals in its opin-
ion on the validity OF the Perkins Tax act
will uphold the law SO far as it affects the
State in revenue. The litigation has been
pending for many months and the railroads
seek to escape the taxes Of So, ,000, 900 i'm
posed by the legislature.
Fears that it might be impossible to open
She new 100000 Atlantic City hospital on
January because the Board Of Governors,
with treasury deficit, is unable TO pay
$50, ,000due Contractors Thompson q Styles,
have been dispelled by the action of the
builders in agreeing to wait until the money
is available Churches will help to raise
the shortage.
IS, Gesrge C. St.atton, Raymon d L. Warren
and Florence E Cfamer, of Ca mden. have
just secured, through Lawyer S. Conrad
OFT. of that city, patent on combination
trolley wheel. Mr.. Stratton is the patentee,
and he claims that by this contrivance the
wheel cannot jump the wire of its own ac-.
cord, and that it is capable of supplying
more power.
In civil suit TO collect bill in Egg
Harbor, few days ago, it developed that
the four constables of that city who have
been acting of late haye none of them quail
fed for Office, and haye had no authority
to make the arrests which have been made.
1t is required that bond be filed at the
time they are sworn in, formality none of
them complied with.
The people in general and the merchants
in particular of Gloucester county are COM
n~f4 81 L..
20 tax paying day They claim it is so
near Christmas that they have no money
left 80 properly celebrate the occasion. The
merchants felt the effect so much last year
that very few of them put in any stock of
Christmas goods this year.
At dinner given to the Road Committee
of the Mercer Board Of Freeholders at
Princeton on Saturday, Counselor Gulick,
agent for Andtew Carnegie in the Princeton
Lake matter, announced that Mr.. Carnegie
at his last visit to Princeton noted the beau
tiful stone bridges across the lake and or
dered his agent to use $4,000 more to
build wings at the end of each approach,
materially beautifying the lake.
The contract for the first section of At
4 lantic Citys new concrete boardwalk has
been let The first section to be built will
{ be from Connecticut avenue to the inlet
and will cost $54, 900. This section will
be moved quite a distance seaward and
thus bring lot Of valuable land into the
market The scheme as new contemplated
is to make the whole of the five miles of
this wonderful esplanade Of concrete>with
plank deck. This will make an inde-
structible structure.
Judge Endicost gaye she Cape May county
lawyers severe shock, on Wednesday,
which will be appreciated by laymen. A
case was concluded rather sooner than was
expected AID the following cases on the list
were called. In one case non-suit was
granted and in another Judgement was
awarded because the cases were not ready
although marked so. A few cases of this
nature would be very beneficial to clients,
witnesses and jurors, who are made to dance
attendance on the dilatory lawyers.
IF you don't want licenses granted in
your community, you must come into court
and say so, said Judge Berry. in the court
at Toms River on Friday, as he granted
four wholesale licenses in Lakewood. II
grant these licenses because Lakewood peo-
pie, though they were notified that these
Licenses were to come up to-day, have not
thoUgbt it worth while to make protest,
after / adjourned the hearing till to-day =
This makes 19 licensed places in the town
Of Lakewood, where a few years ago not a
license WIS granted.
A man representing himself as member
Of the lodge Of Junior Mechanics, calling
himself G. L. Dewitt, Of Newport News, Va.
has been travelling through New Jersey
asking assistance from members Of the order
Officers OF the lodge at Glassboro put him
up at the hotel While there the man said
he was Frank Sterling, of Pittsburg. Pa
AT the hotel he bad occasion TO use the tele-8
phone, and while trying to make call Re
heard bis own description being given over
She wire, accompanied BY request shat be-
be arrested for fraud. Hanging mp the re-
oeiyer the man quietly slipped ont Of town