Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-10-14
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The bank statements are published in
another column.
Ladies have you peen TO Miss Wilson's
opening of Fall millinery?
-Isiah Wells, long a waiter at Newton's
hotel, fell dead en- the streets of Camden
last Thursday.
"A new brick pavement is being laid in
front of the Misses Reeves residence on
South Broad street.
Warren Jones' a well known colored
wsiter of this city, is in Bridgeton Jail on
a charge of larceny.
II. Frank Allen has bought the milk
route at Westville of the estate of the late
Geo. Cozens, and will begin serving it next
Monday.
The purchase of Philadelphia hotel
by John Rachor, Jr., announced last week.
is of, the party of the second part having
jumped his price $1,000.
j. M. Plum & Son have opened Off
ces for the transaction of real estate and
insurance brokerage business in room 345
Bourse building, Phila.
Merchants Toone & Hollinshed, Cam
den; Hall & Son, and VIM. L. Berry, I'd St.,
Philadelphia, make seasonable announce
ments to our readers this week.
Miss Kate Weidmyer. fashionable
dressmaker. is located at 222 South Broad
street, prepared to serve the public skill
fully and at reasonable prices
The Newbold school house was broken
into last Thursday night, and books to the
value of $50 taken. The Board of Educa-
tion offer reward of $25 for the thieves.
The new West Jersey timetable is
published this week; and the winter sched-
ule went into effect on the Mautua and
Almonesson trolley lines on Monday,
making IS minute trips.
"A graphaphOne and vocal concert will
be held in Noblits Opera house, Wenonah
on Saturday evening, October Is, 1897, for
the benefit of Wenonah Council 173, Jr.
o. q. A. M, commencing at o'clock p. N
Tickets for sale at the post Office.
ID. G. c. VIM. G. Cowgirl has arranged
q District meeting OF District No. rs, of the
Knights of Pythias, to be held at Mantua,
on Monday evening next. The lodges of
Woodbury., BlackwoOd, PaulsborO and
Mantua will be present
Among the. guests at the reception
banquet to Congressman Il. c. Loudensla-
ger at Bellevue Hotel, Phila.. Tuesday eve
ming, were VIM. s. Conner, H. s. Talman,
E. c. Leeds, ex-Judge, Robert S. Clymer
Hon. D. 0. Watkins, B. W. Andrews and
VIM. Flanigen, OF Woodbury..
The ridiculous provision of our game
law, says the Salem Sunbeam, in making
the open season for rail birds the month Of
September only has been shown since last
Friday. Since Friday the highest tides of
the season have come in, and there are
plenty of birds, but none dare shoot them.
The executors of the estate of the late
Edmund Brewer. sold the farm known as
the Cross Keys hotel property on Tuesday,
consisting of 10l 500 acres of cleared land,
with splendid house and buildings. to AL
bert Hurff. of Hurffville, for $40 per acre.
The sale will continue to-day aud next
Saturday.
The State Board of Education last
week elected T G Dunn to succeed Rob't-
Gwynne, Jr.. as Superintendent Of Schools
of Salem county. Mr. Gwynne has held
tie position for three terms of three years
each, and has the reputation Of being
among the best equipped and most devot-
ed county school superintendent in the
State.
List of advertised letters for the week
ending Oct. H. 1697.-Allen Bros, Co.,
David Atkinson, Miss Sadie Brown, Nathan
b. Caulk, A. C. Garricle, Patrick O'Donnel,
Susie LEM, James R. Matthews. Mr.. Matti-
son, VIM. L. Park, Archy Pancoast, Carl
Kicker, Mrs. Lizzie Robson, Milford
Robertshaw, Mrs. Louisa Somers, Miss Mary
Staneer, Harry D. Vein.
AT the stated meeting of Council Tues
dsy evening, bills amounting to 81 ,513- %
were ordered paid, among them being the
Ridgway Search bill for 1888 when copy
Of the certified search was forwarded; Q
light bill of $1127 IS, and the balance fol
labor in the street and water departments
A spigot was ordered placed on the ny
drant at Cleveland st. and Park Ave. and
the matter Of paving the Hilles property
on Glover st. was referred to the street
committee.
The annual inspection of the Wood.
bury Fire department last Saturday de-
yeloped that the department is just what
it should be. up to the top notch Of efici.
ency. At the sound of the alarm at
O'Clock Good Will and Friendship compan-
les hurried to their posts, and in little
more than four minutes had attached hose
to 8 plug at the bridge, aid had water
going. Friendship was a few seconds
quickest. bat ran ont $50 feet less hose than
Good Will. Both wings of the department
flap together. May they always do thus
The inspection Of apparatus was highly
satisfactory.