Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-10-28
LOCAL ITEMS.


500
Sec advertisement of Tice's sale of
cattle.
Mr. E. P. Henry, of Woodbury., has
purch ased the F. M. Booth residence at
Wenonah.
-Leona the eight year old daughter of
Geo. Eldridge, of Glover street, is sick
with scarlet fever.
Grocer Stokes is the winner of prize
bicycle awarded by the Sunlight soap peo-
pie, on monthly sales.
Harry Hartman. for long time coach
man for Col. Green, has started in the livery
business at Davis hotel.
Last Friday evening lamp was up
set at the house of Joel Sagairs, in the first
ward, and only prompt action averted a
disasterous fire.
List of ad vertised letters for the week
ending Oct rs, l897.-Rev. Joseph F. Flana-
gan, Major Handy, D. B. Jones, Mrs. Sam
uel Lamb. Harry Wright, Thomas WorrelI.
Prof. Fithian is instructing large
class of singers in the III. E. church. The
second meeting will be held next Monday
evening. The charge is only five cents per
week.
Judge Jessup released the Woodbury.
ballot boxes from the embargo of the law
on motion of D. o. Watkins, President of
City Council, on Monday, and they will be
ready for business next Tuesday.
Mrs. Harry Grant, of the first ward is
making q nice recovery from an operation
to remove the appendix which was perform
ed by Prof. Woodward, assisted by DR.. T.
E. Parker, at Cooper hospital three weeks
ago.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety of Mt. Zion NJ P church near Barns
boro. will hold lunch social at the home
of Jonathan Hurff, near Jefferson, on We'd
nesday evening, November Sd. at 73O
O'Clock. Everybody invited.
Mrs. Eliza Heintzelman, mother of
Mrs Edwin F. Dawson, of Popular avenue,
was SO years old on Tu esday, aud the event
was celebrated by gathering of friends
Mrs. FL. is in excellent health, and in pos
session of all her faculties.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union will
be held at the home of Mrs. Morgan 319
South Broad street, Monday evening next
Nov. 1, at eight o'clock. A full attendance
is desired as we will have reports Of the
State Convention.
City Collector Redfield reports that the
collection of taxes closing with the Doth
inst. is just about the same as last year
about $4,000 received and $4,000 delin-
quent. Hence we may assume that pro. :
perity among tax payers is just about
where it was one year ago. before the adj
vance agent thereof came on the scene
"A tramp, young, frisky and very full
of whiskey, tried to bulldoze pound of
coffee from one OF Grocer Sithens' clerks on
Monday, but was landed in Jail for abusive
language and disorderly conduct He was
shown the way to the lookup, and assisted
to pursue it. by Harry Fish, Sithens' stall
wart business neighbor.
Gloucester Co. Woman's Christian
Union has engaged Mrs. Isabella b. DEM
crest, Co. Sec. of the State Organization,
for lecture tour through the Co. early
next month This fact will be welcomed
by all who heard this attractive and
logical speaker Temperance Day at Pit
man Grove last summer aud recently at
Mullica Hill. Dates will be announced
before long.
Rev. NJ. T Lamb Superintendent of the
New Jersey Children's Home Society, who
recently spoke in Woodbury. in behalf Of
that good cause, met with very painful
accident in Passaic city last saturday even
ing week. He was travelling on his bicycle
when, by collision which con d not be
avoided, he was thrown from his wheel and
had his nose broken, besides getting some
bad bruises and cuts.
Councilman VIM F. Buohl of the third
ward, this city, on Monday closed the pur-
chase OF the Nelson House, famous host
lery at Salem from J. H. Shannon, for
about $4,000. and will take possession on
Monday, November 10th. Mr.. Buohl is
one of Woodbury's active young businss
men, and his going will be loss to The
community, but he will take with him
general well-wishes for success.
There was special meeting Of the City
Council Monday evening to take steps. to
secure the city ballot boxes for use next
Tuesday. The law provides than the con-
tents Of the ballot boxes of cities shall not
be disturbed until three months after an
election. and it was TO arrange to make
application for such order that the meeting
twas held. Proper steps were taken and
Judge Garrison made the order on Tues
day.
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