Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-04-02
JERSEY HAPPENINGS
DURING THE WEEK.

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\ The Baptist Church at Ocean City was
re.opened on Sunday. II has been closed
for several years through lack of INTEREST,",
More tomatoes will be raised in Cape
May county this season than ever before in
It's history All of the factories have con-
tracts with farmers for large acreages.
VIM. L. Price of Burlington died in Mt.
Holly hospital last Sunday following an
operation for appendicitis. He was 50 years
old and leayes wife and six children.
John Rutland, painter, Of Gloucester
City, who fell from a roof at Newton ave.
and Broadway, while he was engaged in
painting it on March IA, died on Sunday at
Cooper Hospital as the result Of his injuries.
Struck by train on the West Jersey and
Seashore Railroad, near Salem, Mrs. VIM.
White was hurled from her carriage and
fatally hurt Her son, who was riding on
the seat beside her, escaped with few
scratches.
The Rev. Father Petri and the eongrega-
tion of the Church Of Our Lady broke
ground and blessed the site Of Atlantic
City's first parochial school, on Thursday
last. The structure will cost $4,000
Rogers & Co., Of Moorestown, are the con-
! tractors.
Chief of Police Gravenor, of Camden,
made public his annual report one day last
week, and it contains some interesting
figures and suggestions. During the year
1907 there were 3,039 arrests, about half Of
them being for intoxication. The patrol
and ambulance runs tosaled 4, 342
Salem City Council has entered into a
fve-year contract with the Salem Electric
Company to furnish lights for the streets of
the city. The city pays $50 for each en-
closed arc lamp; $37. so for each 100 candle
power light. and $3.50 for each 50 candle
power Bernstein lamp.
Miss Jennie Jones, Of Millyille, was
struck in the face with basket ball while
witnessing a game, and her nose glasses
were broken and her face cut. She brought
suit for damages against ''HilIy' Wallace,
MilIYille's big guard, but jury before
Mayor Smith brought verdict of s'no cause
for action.n
The glass unions Of South Jersey, will
send representatives to Trenton, ID attend
the House Committee hearing on the bill
prohibiting persons under the age of Is
years from working after p. N. They
will oppose the measure for if such law is
enacted it will cause hardship upon the
manufacturers of this State.
While repairing and adjusting brake
shoes on trolley car at the Camden and
Trenton Company's car barns at Riverside,
Thursday morning last, John Linden, of
Burlington, had both of his hands crushed
when the car started from some unknown
cause, and as result his right hand was
amputated above the wrist at the Burling-
ton County Hospital.
Miss Louise Kuh, of Pleasantyille, lost
valuable turquoise pin. She missed it
greatly, and advertised for it in a local
paper. Possibly her chickens read; but, at
any rate, while she was in the chicken yard,
one old hen, looking very wise, suddenly
approached her and. coughing several times,
deposited the lost pin at her feet.
Last Sunday was the seventieth anni-
yersary Of Mrs. John Silpatb's connection
with the Baptist Church, Of Burlington
With number of Others, she was baptised
in the Delaware river by Rev. DR.. Ketchum
seventy years ago, and last Sunday night at
the close of the service, Rev. T. 81. East
wood and Mr.. T. F. Ellis, Jr., were appolnt-
ed to extend the congratulations Of the con-
gregation TO their aged member.
Winfield S. Bonham, Of Shiloh, mem
Der Of the Cumberland County Board Of
Taxation, met with serious and painful
accident Tuesday Of last week, by which he
nearly lost his right arm. He was saving
some extra heavy wood with circular saw,
run by naptha engine, when IN some way
he struck the rapidly revolving blade with
bis arm right at the elbow. The saw cut
through flesh, muscle and even part Of
the bone, making-a terrible wound.
Chief Justice Calabaugh, Of the District
Supreme Court. discharged the rule recently
issued against Secretary Taft, Secretary
Cortelyou and General Mackenzie, chief of
engineers of the army, at the instance of
the Bemis Construction Company, which
brought suit for an injunction. The COM
pauy sought to prevent work under a con-
tract TO deepen the harbor at Cold Spring
Inlet, Cape May, N. j., on the ground that
tbe Brakewater Construction Company, Che
contractor, was not bidder for the work