Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-06-10
LOCAL ITEMs.

county,
LOCAL ITEMS.
Are we TO have license complications
in Council?
Read Theo. Laub's advertisement on
first page.
-Thos. Nash, of this city. is graduate
of Penn Charter.
Harry Ladner lost valuable COW last
Sunday of milk fever.
Read what Theo. Laub says about shoes
in an advertisement on our first page.
-Whitsuntide Monday was observed as
holiday by the employees of Blasius piano
works.
Lightning struck the Baptist church at
Wildwood Saturday night, and damaged
one corner of the building.
The annual excursion of James S.
Stratton Post, No. 81, &. A. R., to Atlantic
City. will be on Thursday, July 29th.
Alex. L. Rogers successfully passed his
first years; examination at the Temple
College Law School, in Philadelphia, last
week.
Patrons of NJ. F. Cattell's Woodbury.
Laundry to the amount of ten cents week
will be given a chance on a high grade BIZ
cycle.
Justice Henry L. Haines, of East
Greenwich committed Hamilton Champion,
colored, to Jail last Tuesday night, for a
period of twenty days, for disorderly con-
duct.
"A meeting of the members of the city,
borough and township Boards of Health of
the county will be held in the Court
House next Monday afternoon, the 21st
inst.
commencement exercises at Temple
College will be held next Monday evening.
Among the graduates are Miss Salome
Morgan of this city and Miss Louella War
rington, of Swedesboro.
The Deptford Township committee
has given Geo. Pfeiffer & Co., the franchise
to erect and maintain water plant at West
vile, the compensation being two years
water supply for the town.
Steward Senior, former citizen of this
city, now.of near Germantown. is visiting
old friends in this county this week. Though
in his Goth year, he is yet hail and hearty
and ia anioVinp pnod health
Sheriff Collins last Monday sold the
Alonzo Jenkins property at Sewell to Henry
O. Hulburt, the complainant, for $3.50; and
certain property of the Lincoln Park Steam
boat Company to Hugh c. Moore, the COM
plainant. for $500.
AT the ffty-seventh commencement
exercises of the Pennington Seminary
the graduates from this county will be
Thomas s. Cline, English salutatoryr
Wenonah; Damon B. Pfeiffer, Williams
town; Elina Taber, Redwood.
Next Saturday. the 18th inst, the an
nual o'clock picnic by st. Patricks
church. this city, will be held in the church
yard, Francis music will be feature O
the event. On the Saturday following, the
10Th inst, like gathering will be held il
the yard at st. Bridget's church, Glassboro
The members of Co. E. are decorating
the armory and making preparations fol
their festival Friday and Saturday even.
ings of this week. You will find on sale
ice cleam, strawberries, cakes and candies
Each admission ticket of 10 cents entities
Won to chance on a $50 Crescent bicycle
1897 pattern. Give the boys lift.
Jos. w. Pratt, the artesian well an6
water supply contr actor, drilled well aDd
obtained an unusually large supply 0
splendid water, has had numerous in
quiries to supply families from his well,and
ia about to erect works over same with tina
end in view.
The employees of Blasius Piano Com
pany make the first payment from thei
relief fund to the family of James A
Hutchinson, engineer Of the establishment
who died on the 9th inst. The organiza
the title of Blasius Aid Society.
The Commencement exercises of th'
Woodbury. High School will bs held il
Green's Opera House tonight. No tickets
have been issued, but the public will b
made welcome Among the features of th'
exercises will be an address by State Schoo
SUPERINTENDENT Baxter. Children under L
years mnst be accompanied by parents.
in starts building, on Tuesday. even
ing next. the lady friends Of Friendship
Fire Company No. I, will give a birthda.
party the object Of which is to procur
money to liquidate an indebtedness Of th
Company, incurred in purchasing over
coats. Every man. woman and child les
than two hundred years old will be glad :
aid in this cause to the extent Of a cent 70
each year Of his or her age.
-Msj E. r. sDrigman is home from tril
to Mexico where be has obtained contract
for public work amounting to $6,OOO,0O0.
is remarkable, isn't il, that American capita
should seek Investment in country who's
finances are on silver basis? However
nobody will accuse the Major Of going fal
from home in search Of shadows or IN
profitable investments.
Col. Green took tally-ho rarty
Salem last Saturday, and spent the Ssbbat
in that delightful, well governed city. Th
party left Woodbury. at II o'clock, dine
at Ford's, in Swedesboro. and supped an
spent Sunday at Ford's Il Salem. Co
Green and son George, G. G. VOORHEES,, v
H. Livermore, J. H. Waikup and S.
Budd comprised the party. The return tri
was made Monday morning.