Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-07-01
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The woodcock season comes in to-day
Dollar excursion season to the sea shor
opens to-day.
Agent Wilson advertises reduction
in the price of bicycles.
"A new timetable goes into effect OF
the West Jersey R. B. to-day.
Justice R. G. Porter made bis first
commitment on Tuesday.
The M. E. E1nday-schoOl is picknick
ling at National Park to-day.
The Woodbury. wheelmen propose
making run to Atlantic City next Sun
day.
John Morgan has surrendered tht
Eagleton mail route, and his successor
takes hold to-day.
Council examined Assessor Redfield's
duplicate last Tuesday night and changed
only one assessment.
The Epworth League of the Camdel
District, will make their annual excursion
to Ocean City on Thursday July Is.
Three of the four National banks o
our county announce the payment of semi
annual dividends in this eek's paper.
The new marriage law goes into effec
to-day, along with the wood cock season
and new West Jersey R R. timetable.
-On Monday John G. Whitall, of this
city, whose farm is at Thorofare, shipped
twenty baskets of tomatoes to market
-Alcyon Park will celebrate the Fourth
of July on Monday, the 9th. 1t is a good
place to 60 and spend the day. See pro-
gram.
There will be no prepared celebration
of the Fourth of July in Woodbury. this
year, because the people have no money to
burn.
The Presbyterian congregation at
Gloucester City celebrated the fftieth an
niVersary of its organic on Monday
last by special services.
IL, 900 crates of strawberries were ship
ped from Vineland to New York and New
England, during the past season at a pro-
fit of from 81 to So per crate.
The grocery stores and banks will be
closed on Monday next Butcher shops
will remain open until 10 a. m. The post
Office will be open between and 8 a. m.
and 80 and 5 80 p. M.
John Smith, colored, indicted by the
Grand Jury of this county for robbing his
employer, Richard Evans, of Sewell, was
captured at Pine Grove on Tuesday and
committed to the Woodbury. Jail.
The Ledger estimates that payments Of
interest in Philadelphia on July LIST, on
government, municipal and corporation
bonds held in that city, will amount to
$9.OOO,OOO Here is prosperity to some
body, sure.
H. c. Garrison, chief of police at
Washington Park, wants twelve (12)
special officers for July 5. at the Park.
Applicants must present themselves at the
gheriff's Office, at the Court House. at 1Oa m
on Friday, the I'd inst.-to morrow.
The enlistment of the following five
members OF Company expired last Sun
day: Sergeant E. Redfeld and Corporal
W. T. Redfeld, Samuel Talman. 1. q.
Williams and Ed Ham. Sergeant Red
field and Private Ham re enlisted.
-On account of the celebration of the
4th of July the regular monthly meeting
of the Women's Christian Temperance
Union will be postponed until Tuesday,
the 9th at p. m. at the home of Miss E.
B. Stokes, corner Glover and West streets.
The streams of Southern Illinois were
stocked with German carp about FIVE years
ago, but none have been seen until this
Spring when myriads of them appeared.
Until their appearance. the experiment of
stocking the streams was looked on as a
failure.
The Gloucester City Board of Health
is about to take action to remove tallow
trees from that city Numerous complaints
have been made to the Board of the often
sive odors given out of these trees. causing
nausea. Further complaint is that the
pollen flies everywhere, and cause the most
distressing headache.
List of advertised letters for the week
ending June %, 1897: Harry Biddle,
Hampton ChatwoOk, William Haynes, Lena
Horsey, Mrs. Jennings, Mr.. Lou Lomax,
George Pancoast, Thomas Parvos, X. E..
Robinson, Richard M. Shaw, F. Smith,
Miss NJ. E. Tyler, Garfield Watson. Per-
sons calling for the above letters will please
say advertised.
"A. S. Wilson announces the following
bicycle sales recently Blanche Ball, No. 8
Hartford, $50; Rodman Clement, Mantua
Grove, No. Hartford, $50; Albert Dell,
No. Hartford. $50; Mrs. Congdon, Cam
den, Winner, SS5; Ellen Gibson, Crescent
Lou Chew, 1917 Crescent, $50; Joseph E.
Haines, Phila., No. Hartford, $50; E. C.
Leeds, 500 Victor J. D. Thompson, No. 8
Hartford, $50.
j. H. Leppee announces the the fol-
lowing recent sales Richard Brown,
Ladies' Spaulding, $50; Theo. Laub. Gents
Spalding, $50; Mrs Wescott, Girls Craw-
ford, S35: Frank Bachman, Gents Spal-
ding, $50; Gus. Bartlett, Gents Spalding,
$45; Mrs. Jacob McKeen, Ladies' Winner,
$40; Oliver Devault, Credenda, $25; Nim-
rod Chew, Spalding, $45; Samuel Wilkins,
Winner. $40; E P. Henry, Spalding, $50.
The glass year that ended yesterday,
the Goth INST, while marked By considerable
activity, has not been profitable one fol
most manufactures IN South Jersey on &C.
count of the sharp competition. During
July and August the furnaces will be put
in repair ready to start on September 1st
The wage question for the next blast il
considered by manufacturers and blowers
during the two months of rest, and fol
several seasons past no great delay in start
ing has been caused by failure to reach
amicable settlement of this question. Con-
ditions now seem favorable to q prompl
resumption Of work on September 1st.
Nefwon's Hotel Sold.
There has been talk for some time Of thu