Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-10-21
LOCAL

-Areyo registered? Are going to vote?
Charley schrenk is taking the electri
cal course at Drexel Institute.
After Monday next, the price of milk
in Woodbury. will be seven cents per
quart.
Lieutenant s. P. Comfy, of the
United States battle ship Indiana, is spend
ing week at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bradway are
now riding '97 pattern Columbia bicycles
purchased of agent Wilson.
Henry Stanley and J. M. Plum adver-
tise big combination sale of personal pro-
perty at Westville next Saturday.
MIR. J. II. Mason telegraphs us that he
is obliged to postpone his visit to Wood
bury until next Tuesday afternoon.
The concert held at Wenonah for the
benefit of the Jr. A. o. U. NJ. was great
success, and there is general desire to
have it repeated soon.
The First Baptist church has contracted
with Fred Gousal & Co., Phila., to build an
iron fence around the church property. The
work to be done at once.
The entertainment by the Junior choir
of the First NJ. E. church, of Camden, "a
Dream of Fairy Land" in the M. E.
church, this city, last Thursday evening,
was the greatest success of the season.
VIM. C. Beck, for three years one of
the Woodbury. Glass Works Office force,
has resigned his position to prepare him
self for Princeton college, which he hopes
to enter next year.
The first anniversary reception Of the
Central Baptist church was held in the
meeting room Tuesday evening. The
pleasant social occasion was participated in
by the congregation and friends.
Mary Jane Anderson, colored woman
OF Green street, died last Saturday, after
treatment by an old colored woman of
Chester, Pa, practitioner of the mysteri-
ous art. Coroner Parker has taken the
case in hand and notified the Chester au-
thorities.
WIN. VESSEL, of Glassboro, was dis.
charged from custody by Judge Jessup
last Saturday, on application Of his coun-
sci, A. 81. Swackhamer, on the grounds
that the commitment papers were defect
i've, not making specific the allegation of
embezzlement.
Democrats, see that your name is on
the Registry list of your township, also
that your Deighbor is registered. The
township and ward Boards will sit next
Tuesday, the 18th inst, to revise and
correct the registers. Official notice of this
meeting is given in another column.
Yesterday was tax paying day through
out the county and the hope is that
County of Gloucester will now be able to
resume payments. For the first time in
the history Of the county, payments have
been suspended for some time and a good
many people have been seriously dis
appointed.
Game Warden Muller on Tuesday ar
rested Carl Eucken and VIM. Scharaff, of
Philadelphia, for having robins in their
possession, which they had killed in West
Deptford township. Esquire johnson i'm
posed fine Of S24.50 ON the former and
$40 on the latter. Illegal cunning is get
ting to be expensive sport.
I'm ten days or two weeks the Sunday
school of the Central Baptist church will
exhibit the chrysanthemums given to the
school by Mr.. Care OF Mantua. Prizes
will be awarded for the best plant. At the
same time there wilpbe on exhibition and
sale the collection of pictures offered by
the Ladies Home Journal. The pictures
are fine and by the best artists
The State Board Of Taxation will sit
in the court house, Woodbury., on Monday,
December 10, to hear complaints in tax
matters. Appeals may be brought before
the Board at this session, by filing an appeal
with the clerk Of the Board, and serving
copy OF the same. with notice in writ
ing upon the clerk or attorney Of the tax
ing district where the property is situated,
three days before the date of meeting,
John Smith, alias Richard KelIar, ar
rested some weeks ago at SwedesbOro for
passing counterfeit silver dollars, was in
dicted BY the United States Grand Jury at
Trenton last week, and on Monday plead
guilty and was sentenced TO term of two
years and six months in prison, and to pay
fne Of $500. The woman in the case
was given one year in the State prison and
. fne Of $500.
"A District Meeting of the K. Of P. was
held 10 the lodge room of Concordia Lodge,
Mantua. last Monday night. Grand Chan
cellor Rockefeller. District Deputy Cowgirl
and brothefs from Woodbury., Paulsboro
Black wood. Glassboro. Mnllica Hill, Harri-
sonyille. Swedesbofo and Clayton being
present. The session continued until II
O'Clock, after which refreshments were
served The order in this district is in q
sound condition, and next reports to the
Grand Lodge win show 9 slight increase.