Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-07-29
LOCAL ITEMS.

LOCAL ITEMS.
Reeves hill has been put in repair.
The bank statements are advertised
this week.
The price of sugar advanced on Monday
but who has heard of wages being increased
The cold rain OF Tuesday drove the
people away from the sea shore resorts by
the thousands.
Now that they can increase their profit
will the nom union glass manufactures pay
the union wage scales of wages?
John Rachor, Jr, has plans prepared
for a new house to be built on Curtis
avenue. Mr.. R. has not yet decided
whether he will build of brick or stone
The cinders placed on Center street
were washed into Col. Green's lake by the
recent rains, while the crushed stone on
Cooper street, with greater exposure to
water, remained in place.
The glass blowers signed the wage scale
for the blast of 1913 just week too
soon. They might have obtained an in
crease if they had only waited until the
new tariff went into effect
"A beautiful colt owned by Harry
Firth near Glenloch, was injured in barbed
wire fence last week, and its injuries are
1ikaIv fo doetrov ito r,cofnInoss nr pudd
is giving in the best attention.
Marion Dawson, of Kenton, Del has been
selling very useful household article in
town the past week. The article is the
product OF his own mind, as is its name,
the American Housewife"
List of advertised letters for the week
ending. July, 26, 1897 Joel Cross, BENZ
amin Fancy, Thomas Mullen, Antoinette
Winter, ~. Persons calling for the above
letters will pleased say advertised.
-Horseman Harry Davis has moved his
string of trotters from the Gloucester race
track to Green's stock farm near this city
Among them are Out of Sight, record 2 134
L. D., record 2204 VIM. S., record 1929
and Addie G., record 2.1s4, and many
others. There will be matinee races next
Saturday afternoon.
The West jersey railroad official have
completed the investigation into the rear
end collision in Woodbury. about four
weeks ago, and Conductor Dan'l ]. Packer
of the express and his brakeman, and the
telegraph operator at Wenonah have been
discharged. There is general regret here
at Mr.. Packers discharge as he is great
fayorite with the people.
The Republicans of this county are
engaged in about the biggest scrap in theil
history, and Bro. Barber is carrying load
that would simply crush less limberman
Between keeping his hands from showing
in the Clerkship fight; keeping the woeful
Encouragement of city affairs from biz
readers and hunting mp candidate to rul
against Dave" Watkins, he is heavily
weighted. Will he succeed all around?
1T is not widely known that our sste
village of Mantua has system of watel
works, but she has all the same. Mr.. Jot
Scott, the lumber merchant of that village
fathered the enterprise and soon pure ar
IL tesian water will be coursing through
mains on every street. The work of layinI
ne mains will be completed in day 0
two, and then all v no will may take. W.
doubt if any other town of its size in th
country is similarly blessed. We congratu
late Mantua.
The Changers of Gloucester county will
hold their fourth annual picnic at Alcyol
Park near Pitman Grove, on Wednesday
august 4, 1897 Addresses will be mad
by Col. j. q. Brigham, Worthy Master {
the National Grange. and Geo. L. Gilline
hau, Worthy Lecturer of New Jersey Stat
Grange. Farmers and all others are invites
to attend and hear popular subjects abb
discussed. Exhibits of agricultural imple
ments will be welcomed. All the attr az
tions of the Park will be open all day.
The Committee of the Board of Chose
Freeholders on the stone road from Pauls
boro TO Swedesboro. consisting of Messrs
Miller, Knight, Cooper and Usinger AM
Engineer Carter, met State Road Commits
sioner Budd on that road last Monday, an
after examining the same, it was th
opinion of the Commissioners and the Com
mittee that the road should be built {
Macadam instead of Telford, which wi
reduce the cost $1,000 per mile. Hence .
the next meeting of the Board request vii
be made to change the plans The roa
will probably be built next Spring.
The Star Mail Routes are one of th
frauds that seem to have strong hold I
Washington. These routes are bid for
Washington and one or two firms yet Ii
whole lot. Then they start their agents a
over the country to sub let the route an
they secure mail carriers in the warrior
localities at ruinously low price. The col
tractors make good thing, and the POI
mail carrier don't get enough to keep b
horse shod. Il seems to us that count
seat postmasters all oyer the country coul
attend to these routes, and see that Il
men who do the work get what the Cove
ment pays. Here is an opportunity f
Congressman Loudsnslager to immortalil
himself.