Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-09

pouitEy III OOOuouty iaee Lledy.
-Unusually large f9cks of wild geese
3 few over Thorofare last Tuesday, and they
few low, too.
Maurice ]. Murphy of the First Ward
has temporarily taken up his residence at
Colingswood. w
The Rebecca Chew property at the
Lake was sold by Wilson T. Jones last
Thursday for $3.50.
There is case of diphtheria on Frank
lin street, the twelve-year-old son of David
McQuillen having the disease
The annual Conference of the M. E.
church will be held in the First church,
Camden, beginning March %, next.
Counterfeit quarters and half dollars,
OF date of 1898, have been put in circula-
ton at Pennsgroye during the past week.
The. ex. Judge William Beckett farm.
near Hurffville, was not sold last Thurs.
day, the highest bid being only $40 per
DIR. Fl. Fl. Clark drives rather the
toppiest doctors turnout in town, and
Woodbury. physicians all have comfortable
turnouts.
Through L. B. Barron, Harry Grant
has sold his pacing mare to Mr.. Craig of
Philadelphia. She has a 2 80 mark with
out training.
Purchases of manure by Gloucester
county farmers are larger than for several
years previous This means more farming,
and we hope with increased profits.
The name of Dan1 J. Packer. son Of
the late Sheriff and Senator Packer, is
mentioned in connection with the Sheriff
atty nomination, succeeding Sheriff Col
Inns. "a
: = Joseph Clement celebrated his 85th
birthday at his home on Cooper st. Sun
day, by family gathering Mr. Clement
is the youngest old man in Woodbury..
May he remainso many years yet.
Warren Atkinson's pumpkin crop has
afforded a vast amount of amusement for
some of his friends, as well as a basis for
fake newspaper prosperity. The pleasant
feature of which is that Mr.. A. takes it all
and smiles.
s The Epworth League rally in the M
E. church, this city, Tuesday night, was
participated in by chapters Of Paulsboro,
Thorofare. Westyille and Gloucester City.
Every feature of the. gathering was enjoy
able and profitable.
alt is asserted that there will be
greater number of changes in West Dept
ford township next spring than for many
years previous. An immediate change will
be that of W. A. Feltman from the Warner
Cooper farm to Westville. The Dehner
Bros. will be his successors ON that farm.
Tie one hundred employees of the
NewfeId rug factory are out of work.
They asked for an advance of one-half cert
per yard and stopped. work on Monday
becahse their demand was refused by Mr..
O'Neii. the manufacturer, who claims that
the market is dull, and sales very slow.
The HaddonfieId Tribune ADVOCATES
bonding that town for, $4,000 to improve
the streets. Woodbury. needs permanent
street improvements, but before this step
is taken, the question of sewers should be
disposed Of By the wa, what has become
of the sewer project
The SHIRT factory project is progress
ing yet, the original enterprise having
reached the point Of preparation and exc
ention Of the lease of the building by the
party of the first part. A new development
is that the Singer sewing machine company
is anxious to establish shirt factory here
without cash consideration.
List of advertised letters Dec 6, '97.
Mrs. Kezziah Barret, Miss Susan Colson,
Elmer E. Deaner, Miss Lizzie Densten,
Miss Annie Foard, Biard G. Jones, Miss
Lizzie Lock, s O Puckett, s. w. Raymond.
Persons calling for the above letters please
say advertised.
<4Last Saturdays Philadelphia papers
gave the narrowing details of the terrible
crime Of Mrs. Annie wife of John Wiggel,
who suffocated her two children by taking
them into the bath room and turning on
the gas. When discoYered the children
were dead. She was taken to hospital
and will recover. The family came to
Woodbury. with the Hope Manufacturing
Company, and resided on Lincoln street,
but removed to Philadelphia when that
firm failed.
The little villages Of Hurfyille, Mantua,
Wenonah and Pitman Grove. will soon be
lighted with incandescent electric lights.
The former and latter are now so lighted
and poles to carry the wires, are being cree
ted in Wenonah and Mantua. Evidently
the day is not far distant when leading
country roads in this section will be So
lighted, ami farm houses and farm build
ings will be strung with electric wires for
illumination. The world moves, rapidly.