Bits Of South Jersey - News From 1870

A great source of information for any history buff is old newspapers. While skimming through some of the news articles from "The Constitution" dated from 1870-71, better known as the "Woodbury Daily Times", I found some clips that might be of interest to some of our readers. Hope you enjoy!

On Saturday night last, a party of our neighbors went to the river to bathe, at Fancy Hill fishing grounds. Upon resuming their clothing, each one of the bathers found that he had been robbed by a petty thief.

Biddle Reeves lost his watch and a dollar, Wm. Knight, D. Cooper Andres and Chas. W. Knight, each 3 to 4 dollars, and Arthur terry a pair of sleeve buttons. A few nights before, A.S. Simmerman lost a steel tape line. Suspicion having fallen upon a young man working in the neighborhood, by the name of Albert Waggoner, Mr. Reeves, accompanied by Sheriff Mathers, proceeded to the residence of the young man`s mother at Camden, and found him displaying his watch to her as an article he had just purchased. The sleeve buttons and $4 of the money was recovered, with Mr. Simmerman`s tape line. The young man said he only took the watch, &c., in fun, and wanted to show off a little. But as his amidable intentions were not appreciated, he was brought to Woodbury jail. July 27, 1870

The Census of 1870 Gloucester County

Woodbury- 1965, Deptford- 2968, Greenwich- 2342, Mantua- 1897, Clayton- 3677, Franklin- 2192, Woolwich- 3760 and Harrison- 3032, Total= 21,563 Oyer and Terminer

State v.s. Jacob Youngblood. Selling liquor on Sunday. Pleaded guilty. Fined $30.

One Cent Reward

Ranaway from the subscriber, an apprentice named Mary E. Grover, colored, 16 years old, about 5 feet 2 inches high, with scar over the right eye. All persons harboring her will be dealt with according to law.

What Next?

Paper petticoats are among the recently imported novelties from London. They are neat, pretty, and serviceable, each and every petticoat having printed upon it a full description of the latest styles and fashions. They are sold by the dozen, and have attained great popularity. What next?

Necktie Sociables

Wyoming folks hold “necktie sociables” when they catch a horse thief. The tie is made of rope and lasts a man his life time.

$10.00 Reward

Ran away from the services of the subscriber, at Asbury, Gloucester Co. N.J., on the 1st inst. James Thompson, an indebted apprentice to the farming business. He is 17 years old, and has lost the use of his right eye. The above reward will be paid for the return of said boy, or $5 for any information as to where he is. All persons are forbidden to harbor or trust said boy on my account. Joseph Moose.

For those interested in genealogy, here are some marriages and deaths:

Married
Henry Borchers to Miss Rachel Ann Griner, Oct. 15, 1870
Mr. Nathan Strattan to Miss Beulah E. Gibson, Oct. 27, 1870
Mr. Samuel J. Wilkinson to Miss Matilda Bownes, Feb. 14, 1871
Mr. Samuel M. Trout to Miss Hanna A. Corner May 3, 1871

Died
Benjamin Lord, in the 51st year of his age, Aug. 10,1870
Mr. John C. Turner, in the 63rd year of his age, Nov. 1, 1870
Marcy Fowler, aged about 98, Nov 2, 1870
Jacob T. Batten, in the 48th year of his age of heart disease, Feb 17, 1871
Mary King, wife of Peter King, in the 67th year of her age, Feb. 21, 1871

Note: The Gloucester County Historical Library located on Broad and Hunter Sts. in Woodbury has the Woodbury Daily Times on microfilm starting from 1870.

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Author: Vickie Van Antwerp