Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-05-16
MuLLlcA HILL.

/ The fire alarm rang about noon or
Hast Friday and William Horner's
kitchen roof was on FIRE. Mr.. Finken
and Frank Shermin put it out with 9
fire extinguisher, before the fire en-
CINE arrived. The fire started from 3
gasoline stove that sprunk a leak.
Rachel Lippincott started last Satur
day to spend this week in Philadel
i phia attending the Friends yearly
meeting at Fifteenth and Race streets
/ DR.. S. f. Ashcraft is out again after
4 being confined to his home suffering
with the hives.
Several in town are having theii
residences painted, among them are
| William H. Madciff and Miss l. Kirk
bride.
Mr.. Clarence Downs, our enterpris
| ing florist on High street, has enlarg
ed his hot houses and has fine col
4 lection of Towering plants.
Miss L. Kirkbride attended the fun
eral services of Mrs. Prudence Peirce
at the residence of her brother
Phineas Kirkbride near Marion, n. j.
on First-day afternoon, 5mo. 18th, at
2 o'clock. Nathaniel Jones, of Moores-
town, an Orthodox Friend spoke and
made beautiful prayer. Mrs. Peirce
was 81 years of age and a beautiful
character. Interment at Eastland, Pa.
in the Friends burial ground on Mon
day at 2.30 p. m.
Those who attended yearly meeting
on Sunday from Mullica Hill We're:
Postmaster and Mrs. w. Iredell, Mil
lard F. Parker and Mrs. Parker, Mis-:
Pancoast, John A. Ballenger and Mrs
Ballenger.
Rev. Mr.. Smith, our Methodist Di
vine. entertained their daughter from
Jersey City, and son from Pennington
Seminary over Sunday.
Those neither absent nor tardy in
the intermediate of the Union AGA
DENY during the month of April, are
as follows: Marie Wolfe, Halle
Burgher. Katie Lloyd, Marie Costello
Alice Costello, Vera Pitman, Elsie Bal
lenger. Walter Scott, Paul Finkeni
! Vernon Lloyd Myrtle H. Gaventa
teacher.
Bishop Scarborough, of the Diocese
of New Jersey, visited st. Thomas
Church, Glassboro, on Thursday even
ing of last week and preached brie1
sermon. One lady was confirmed.
The new street along the Poinsetl
property is completed and Main street
connects GlasSborO road.
Mr.. Joseph Evans, who resided or
Jonathan Iredells farm died with pneu
monia, and the funeral took place or
Tuesday morning. There was very
large attendance. Mr.. Evans was
! prominent in the Grange, and a mem
Der of the order of Heptasophs. Inter
ment at Mantua
Mr.. Will Norman shot blacf-snake
last Friday near the pond, that meas
ured six feet and six inches.
The Mullica Hill Concert Band Is
booked for Decoration Day, at Glass
boro.
Mr.. Lewis H. Parker's horses were
| too quick for him on Monday. They
were harnessed to some agriculture
| implement, and as Mr.. Parker went tC
get a drink of water, they started OF
a run into Jessup's lane
The Loyal Temperance Legion vii
give a strawberry festival on Saturday
evening, May 18th, in the W. G. T. U
Hall.
Miss Josie Kier, who has been IL
i with the measles is teaching as here
tofore
/ The farmers and gardeners were
/ fearful of the ice and frost last Satur
day night. Ice was as thick as win
dow glass.
i The annual convention of the Wash
i ington and Monroe Township Sunday
School Association will be held in tht
Presbyterian Church, May 23rd, a
Williamstown.
4 On Friday, May 10th, Joseph Gardin
er's team of horses ran away and tort
up the bridge in front of the butcher
shop, and wheels of the wagon Were
broken. No one injured.