Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-05-23
JERSEY HAPPENINGS
DURING THE WEEK.

Whole nelQS OF bomaboeS III ehe sAotutsJ
of swedsboro, the great tomato-growing belt
of South Jersey, have been ruined by the
heavy frosts
Hall million dollars, officials state, will
cover this years advance in Atlantic City's
ratables, the present taxable valuation OF
the resort being something aboye$5O, 900, 900
Eastern reports are TO the effect shat the
glass factory project that was talked OF at
Tuckahoe, N. j., have gone by the board.
The necessary funds to finance the deal were
not forth coming.
Ii is said that Gloucester City Council
will grant saloon licenses to every applicant
this wear and then enforce the law and re-
woke the license of any saloonkeeper that
violates the law.
Mrs. Mary Mulholland, Of Wood street,
Burlington, has begun to cut her third set
Of teeth. She is past seventy years old
The new teeth began to make their appear
ance a'few days ago.
A special census, ordered by the Asbury
Park Common Council and being taken by
members of the police force, is nearing COM
pletion. 1t is belieyed that the enumeration
will show permanent population of II 600
Al a hearing before Justice Wheaton at
Pennsyille last Monday German employed
ON one Of the river dredges was fined $l00
and costs for fishing in the river on Sunday.
The arrest was made by Fish Warden Tor
ton, Of Penn's Grove.
George Sheppard, of Quinton, attempted
So fill the tank Of gasoline stove without
extinguishing the flame at the burner, Thur
day, and was badly burned by the explosion
that followed. Lewis Higgins, neighbor,
extingulshed the flames
yineland doctors have formed an associa-
tion. all the members of which sign bond
slsat thay VII not giTs their services to any
society. club or lodge on reduced basis.
a All members are pledgeRto charge the re-
gulation fees for services rendered.
E. NJ. Chandler Reed, one Of BeverIy's
popular citizens and former councilman,
will have TO submit TO the amputation Of
his leg in order to save his life, as gangrene
has set in from bullet wound received dur
ing the Civil War, at Gettysburg.
Lightning struck and slightly damaged a
trolley car Of the Public Service Corporation
at Haddon avenue, near the city line, dur
ing an electrical storm in Camden Sunday
afternoon. Much excitement prevailed.
among the passengers, but all escaped in
jury.
In all probability the horse troughs in
8 Camden will be ordered shut off by the
Board Of Health becuse of the spread Of
planders among horses. Not only the horse
trough, but also public fountains, may also
be closed by Camdens health authorities
Three thousand young chickens were des-
troyed in fire on the White poultry farm
at Rosedale as 2 o'clock Saturday morning.
Al least a thousand Of the. chickens were
ready for the New York markets and were
10 have been shipped there in the next few
days.
The Episcopal diocese Of New Jersey took
q decided stand on the divorce question last
week at its 1z3d annual conyentioD, ,conduc-
ted in St. Michaeps church, North Warren
street. Trenton. It instructed its clergymen
TO refrain from marrying persons who have
teen legally divorced.
The Alumni Association Of Woodstown
High School decided at their meeting last
Monday evening, not to hold banquet
this year as there are no graduates from the
school this year. The association has about
completed the raising Of the 500 which it
pledged for the piano recently placed in the
High School.
The committee appointed by the Elmer
City Council to examine Collector w. w.
Johnson IS books and see if it could ascertain
she balances in the several appropriations,
over which there is such controversy, has re
ported that the task is gigantic one, and
beyondits ability to solve, principally because
being men Of business, the members have
not the time to spare for il and do not think
Council ought to exact it Of them.
There are more than 400 graves Of veterans
ia the three cemeteries at Gloucester, and
in order that they will all be decorated with
flags and flowers on Decoration Day, Admir-
al Farragut Camp, Sons OF Veterans, has
made request that relatives OF all veterans
meet It's com mittee and point out the graves.
The few veterans that are left will turn out
with the camp on Decoration Day, and also
attend church on Sunday evening, May 26.
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