Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-04-16
JERSEY HAPPENINGS
DURING The MEEK.

that the gunb0at vixen, mad lett pensacola,
Florida, for Camden, for the use Of the re-
serves.
The family of John Taylor, living on a
farm half mile from Buddtown, near Mt
Holly, came near being cremated early
Monday by a mysterious fire that destroyed
their home and all its contents.
James l. johnson, a carpenter working
in Lakewood, accidently swallowed a wire
nail early in Noyember. On April first he
awoke in coughing fit, and feeling some
thing in his throat, went after it with fore
finger and thumb. It proved to be the nail
he had swallowed.
The two hundred and thirty-irst annual
meeting of the Gloucester Division Of the
West Jersey Proprietors was held on Mon
day and the following officers were elected:
Frances Lee Cooper. of Paris, France; Benz.
B. Cooper, of Ridley Park; William Cooper
Wood, Of Haddoafeld, and Mrs. Laura
Cooper Wood, OF Haddonfeid. 10
The oil tank steamship Oklahoma, built
for the Guffey Petroleum Company by the
New York shipbuilding Company to ply
between Sabine, Texas, and New York, left
the yard Of the New York Shipbuilding
Company on Saturday for her trial trip at
sea, and returned on Tuesday. She made
l2a miles per hour, mile faster than re-
qured.
Uncle David Straughton, who resides
near Wiley, and who is now 81 years of
age, has the remarkable record Of having
read the Bible through from cover to cover,
once every year, since he was 80 years Of
age. In the last three years he has read
the Good Book three times each year, and
is able to quote passages from any section
in the work
The Township Committee Of MooIestown.
on Monday added $500 TO the reward of
$500 already offered for information leading
to arrest and conviction Of the murderers of
James Flynn a letter carrier at Moorestown
on April 4. Michael Flynn, the father:
offered three hundred, the A. Q. H., one
hundred, and Brotherhood OF America one
hundred
Shad in goodEy schools are coming up the
Delaware river much to the delight Of the
fishermen. A number OF excellent catches
has been made near Gloucester. David
McCauley hauling in IS, the largest num-
ber for one fserman. This week is expected
TO prove the shad fishing at its height if
the weather continues mild. On Thursday
Captain Beunett throws ont the big net
Price Of the toothsome fish are likely to go
down. ~
Disnayed by the decisive blow struck
them in the Legislature when the Morris
bill was passed, the bottlers of Cumberland,
the strongest prohibition county of the
State, are preparing to sell out and engage
il another business or move. We had no
fear,' said one Idle hostler on Monday,
'that the brewers Of North Jersey would
ever allow such measure to become a law.
Is puts me completely out Of business.
George H. Osborne, head keeper at the
State prison, Trenton, has established a
system Of feeding the prisoners in the halls
ii front of their cells. A few days ago 10
men were fed in wing ? on the new plan,
and other tables are now being made.
Under the old system the men were fed in
their cells, and large amount of food was
wasted when man did not like his dish
With the new plan the convicts can receive
a second helping Of dish if they desire.
At meeting of the trustees of Princeton
University, last week, announcement was
made of a gift Of $3.50, 600 from Mrs. Russell
Sage for dormitory building for freshmen.
Other gifts to the amounts of $l30, 1873 81
also were announced, among which the
principal donors were: Princeton Committee
Of Fifty, $3l, 1880; class Of 1877, $4,000;
class Of 1881, 1000; GeneaaI Education
Board, S64. .666 66. The resignation Of DR..
Cyrus F. Brackets Henry, professor Of
physics for 35 years, was accepted with re-
gret. and Dr. Brackett was made professor
emeritus.
The selection Of laborers for work in the
water department., from among the worthy
unemployed in Camden, was begun on
Monday, in accordance with resolution Of
City Council, BY which a special emergency
ordinance was passed last Thursday, pro-
yiding for an emergency bond issue Of S37,
600 to be used in the water and street de-
partments There were at least $50 men
waiting in the corridors al the City s1Iali
several hours before the arrival Of Water
Chief Hollingsworth- From among the
applicants tbiaty were selected and twenty
four more will be engaged, the limit beIag
ffty-fonf in each department Engines
Tafnham has temployed fifty-fouf nj IN
saer the Highway Departmental 70 do woik
al Forrest Hill Park.