Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-02-25
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Levi Bowers and wife, of Clayton. spent
Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. William
Eastlack.
Miss Fannie Young, of Norristown, Pa,
and Harry McIntire, of Philadelphia, have
been the guests of /. H. Weatherby and
daughters
Miss Mia Orr has been spending several
days with friends at Mickleton.
Mrs VIM III. Hannold visited her daugh-
ter, Mrs. J. Fl. Kirkbride, in Camden, last
week.
Past Grand Chancellor, VIM. H. Nc
Cullough, attended the Grand Lodge K. OF
P. at Trenton last week.
Arthur Sparks will represent Memirako
Tribe, No. IS, at the Great Council Imp'd.
Order of Red Men, at Trenton, this week.
Councilman VIM. A. Miller and family.
of Philadelphia, have been visiting Mrs
w. G. Hunter and family.
Mrs. s. F. GaskilI attented the Epworth
League Convention at Burlington last week,
and from there went to Trenton to visit
relatives.
VIM. Fl. Brown has just purchased q
handsome Blasius piano for his daughter,
Miss Ella.
Commission merchant, Thomas W. David
son, took business trip West last week.
Miss Blanche CLARK has been the guest of
her friend, Mrs. VIM. A. Sailer, in Phila
The Epworth League, of the M. E.
church, will give an entertainment entitled
the Interstate Milkmaid's Convention, in
Meley's Hall on Friday evening, 10Th inst.
Samuel T. Steward removed from Henry
Mitchell's farm, to Aaron Hurff's farm, on
Tuesday.
We understand that Adrian p Lock will
move into town soon, and will occupy VIM.
FL. P0insetfs house.
DR.. T. B. Turner had the misfortune to
loose part of his tomato hot bed by fire on
Saturday night.
Rev. s. F. Gaskill exchanged pulpits
with ReY. B. F. Shepperd, of Auburn, on
last Sunday morning.
Rev. Geo. L. Barker occupied the M. E.
pulpit on Sunday evening.
There has been no advance in the price
of sweet potatoes; so and 60 cents per
barrel being the price of the best stock.
Our farmers still haYe large quantities on
hand.
James Makelva is slowly improving from
his long and severe illness.
Uncle John" Pierson is making salts
factory improvement. and hopes to be out
soon.
William, the youngest son of Mrs. Hattie
Croft, died on Tuesday afternoon, after an
illness of only few days of disease of
the brain. Mrs. Croft lost her husband
only few months ago, and she has the
deepest sympathy of the community in this
added trial.
The remains of Catharine M, wife of
James j. Brennan, were brought from her
late home in Philadelphia, and inferred in
st. Joseph's cemetery on Saturday.
The first thunder storm of the season
occurred on Monday night, ompanied
by heavy rain.
Elmer johnson, a young man employed
at Blacks saw mill, had the first and sec
ond fingers of his left hand cut entirely off
by contact with the saw on Wednesday of
last week. He was taken to his home at
Lewis Warrington's, and Drs. Buzby and
Grimshaw attended to the wound, which
will lay him up for some time.
Swedesboro Lodge, A. o. u. W.. has paid
to Mrs. Allen Wallace the sum of 81, 600 on
the death of her husband
Carp fishing which our fishermen found
to be very profitable business last year, has
thus far been failure this season, as only
an occasional one has been caught. Some
fair catches of cat fish have been made.