Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-03-25
LOCAL Items.

LOCAL ITEMS.
To day is moving day in South Jersey
-HsYe you tried "Wenonah" Bakin,
Powder yet9 If not, why not
-Chas. E. Won Siege is moving into hi
New West Ead Hotel' to-day.
Mrs. Irwin moved from the DR.. Read
ing to the Belmont Perry residence yester
day.
--Nimrod Chew is laying cement wall
and steps around M. w. Newton's Curtil
ave. properties.
-Hilborn, the old-established and re
liable halter, 2lS Market ST., makes hi
Spring announcement to our readers thi
week.
Sheriff Collins on Monday last solo
the Thompson Huff property in Mantus
township, to L. Matlack, Esq solicitor, fol
$500
The contract for re-car peting the FRS
Baptist church was award ed to e. w
Starr, after competition therefor with largs
carpet dealers of Philadelphia.
Agent Leppee, TIA Broad st. has 9
few more of 1896 500 spaldiDgs at $65
each LIE. Has sold IA of them the last week
better get one while you can.
Fire was placed in the Dinkey" fur
mace of the W odbury Glass Works on
Monday. This is the first evidence we
have here of returning prosperity.
-Thos. M. lice advertises a sale of cat
tie at Clarksboro on April LIST, and Jacob
Dupper. agt., one of miscellaneous personal
property at Paulsboro on the same day.
Mrs. G. G. Umba will make sale Of
personal property on Saturday afternoon,
preparatory to moving into one of Hannah
Lippincott's houses, No. 81 German street
The Aid Society of the Central Baptist
church will hold social at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Smith ON Hunter
street, on Friday evening, March 26, at s
o'clock.
An entertainment for the benefit of
the piano fund of the III. E. Sunday
school will be given in the lecture room of
church on Thursday evening, April /, at
8 o'clock.
Lincoln Park, the famous family resort
will be sold by the Receivers for the cor
poration on Thursday, May 9Th. Full partic-
ulars of the sale are given in an advertise
ment in another column.
-Zineman & Bro, the celebrated oIti-
clans of 100 So. St., Philadelphia, have
opened branch store at No SO So. 18th
St., which will be devoted exclusively to
the pr ,mpt and careful filling of prescrip-
tiops.
The Newbold Baptist Ladies' Aid will
have a supper Thursday evening, April l,
at Miss PurtOn's, second house from trolley
on River Drive. All who have attended
this society's suppers, know they give
splendid suppers for 25 cents
Mr.. E. P. Henry's lease on the Dobbs'
brick yards near Woodbury. having expired
he has resolved not to renew it for another
year ON account of the general depression
in building lines. His foreman. Mr.. Glen
Dobbs, has taken position with New
York brick company.
Morgan 81. Abbott, administrator, will
sell real estate of the late Wm. B. Abbott
near Clayton, tomorrow and ]. M. Hen
derson, administrator, will sell real estate
Of the late Chas. w. johnson NEXT We'd
pesday. For description of the properties,
see advertising columns.
The new Postmaster General has ruled
on the important tenure of Office question,
and re-affirmed the ruling of his immediate
predecessors that pos masters of high and
low degree shall serve four year terms.
Many an elegant petition has been put on
ice since that decision was promulgated.
The Sons of Veterans OF Woodbury. and
vicinity are requested to meet in Gen.
Howell Post room on Tuesday evening,
April 6, at O'Clock, for the purpose of re-
organizing the Camp of the Sons of Veter-
ans j. M Henderson. Commander. Lunch
will be served at 10 o'clock.
The Testimonial Concert to Miss Mohr,
in Green's Opera House Tuesday night, is
pronounced by musical critics to have been
the most enjoyable entertainment of the
character ever given in our city. Miss
Mohr was at her best-in splendid voice
and before large and friendly audience
The talent throughout was of the highest
order, and combined made a. musical treat
both enjoyable and refreshing.
Jos. W. Pratt, of Westyille, Is building
q vel driIler, on plans of his own, which
he believes will overcome difficulties in
surmountable by any machine yet con-
structed The difficulty in reaching the
lower water currents. and obtaining the
best water, in large quantities, in our soil,
is the quick sands, which when reached, is
impossible to penetrate. The binding force
on the pipe is SO great that driving is i'm
possible, as he proved in a recent trial of
one of the most powerful machines yet
built, and which has been very successful
in solid or rocky soils.
When Jos Low, of Thorofare. was re-
turning home from the singing class in
Woodbury. on Tuesday evening, his horse
took fright at email building that form
erly had been used as a coal Office on the
wharf and was being moved TO the TweIls
place, and which had been left standing
next the curb at the Twells gate. The
horse ran into j. q. Bradway's fence,
wrecking the carriage and tearing down
several panels of IRON fence Fortunately
nobody was injured Al Green. who passed
later, was Obliged to ungear his horse IRON
the carriage to get it past the unusual
object.