Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-09-30
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LOCAL ITEMS.
Jos. L. Reeves seems to be gaining
strength.
"A good many of our people are at the
Interstate fair to day.
"A change in the railroad time schedule
goes into effect tomorrow.
Washington Park closed for 1897 on
the evening of the 18th inst.
Caution notices, cloth and paper, for
sale at the DEMOCRAT Office
w. C. Fox will have another sale on
Monday, Oct. IL. 1897. See adver.
The report is that Wellington Kugler has
made $4,000 in wheat deal.
Patrick Weathers has leased the John
Rachor, Sr. property on South Broad St.
The County Board of Examiners will
meet in the academy on October LIST and I'd.
The township and ward Boards OF
Registration begin the house to house can
Yass of voters next Tuesday.
The football season will open next
Saturday with game between Woodbury.
and United A. A. of Philadelphia
The M. E. church at Gibbstown will
hold an oyster festival on Saturday evening
Oc;. 8, to which the public is invited.
Michael ]. Ryan, of Camden, freight
brakeman, had his hand crushed while
coupling cars at Newfeld on Monday.
Arthur Lay and wife spent three days
this week with friends in Trenton, and took
in the Interstate fair
-Ex-Councilman W. Harrison Liver
more is having concrete walk laid in
front of his residence on North Broad
street.
Democrats! attend your primaries to-
morrow evening, and aid in electiDg dele
gates to the County convention to be held
ON Saturday next.
The regular monthly meeting of the
w. c. T. q. will be held at the home of
Mrs. E. c. Cloud, No. 10 Dare St., Monday
evening, Oct, 4.
Clarence P Eyre, of Chicago, accom-
panied by his eldest son, Ormsby, spent a
few days with his mother, Mrs. S. o.
Keasby, this week.
Last Monday Sheriff Collins sold the
real estate of Moses Batten in CIR eenwich
township to Caroline Warrington, the COM
plainant, for $1,000.
Harry Umbrine is going to start a
wagon express between Woodbury. and
Philadelphia. 1t strikes us that the ex-
press industry needs protection.
The County Board of Election was in
session on Tuesday and granted forty-seven
certificates of registration, nine of which
were to ministers of the gospel.
If the Republican Central Committee
fears to go behind the returns of a corrupt
and fraudulent nominating election, that is
no reason why the people should hesitate
to do SO.
Thieves visited Thos. VENTS corn
field between Woodbury. and Wenonah
Monday night, and carried off between if
teen and twenty baskets of corn. The
wagon TRACES from the field led in the d.
rection of Jericho.
The Special Committee of Chosen Free
holders on extension of the north wing
walls Of Woodbury. bridge, last Wednesday
awarded the contract to Mr. E. P Henry,
of this city, at 81 Is per cubic yard.
"A birthday social, for the benefit of the
Mantua Grove Sunday school will be given
in the school house, Mantua Grove, on
Saturday evening, October 8 There will
be music and refreshments. All invited.
The state Board of Taxation on
Tueeday dismissed VIM. j. Tompsons ap-
peal from the assessment of West
Debtford Township assessor, in which a
reduction was asked from $50. 900 to $22. 900
DIR. John Curry has purchased the pro-
perty of Dr. Flagg. on Holroyd Place, this
city, which includes six fine building lots
and what is known as the Jarrett house
which Mr.. Curry has occupied for the past
year. The price is not stated.
Three glass 6iowersi whose houses are
in Woodbury., went to Olean, N. Y, last
week, where there is partial resumption
of work VIM. Van Hook, Jacob Harper
and David Pancoast Frank Penn of Glass
boro and AL. Baker of Wi Jamestown, went
1t the same time.
"A crop of wheat was grown on the
race track field this year on Col. G. G..
Green's stock farm The crop was threshed
September 28th by Bell Bros. steam
thresher, and go bushels, an average o.
81 bushels to the acre of cleaned wheat
was the crop. The wheat was Fultz
variety.
The school children have been carving
new roads to school since Tuesday morning
Many of the paths have been paved with
hot tears Of anguish, and again Others arr
lightened with beaming cOuntenances. Al
worst the change is fraught with very little
inconvenience, while the objects sought
are the benefit Of all. Let rs have peace
and advancement.