Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-03-04
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LOCAL ITEMS.
Everybody is using Wenonah Baking
Powder. Have you tried it?
The walk on Popular Ave. is being re-
laid.
VIM. D. Corson has bougt Harry GilPt
-four and feed business.
VIM. G. Fox will sell 35 horses at hi
sale at Evan on Monday next.
John W. King has sold his farm il
Deptford township to F. W. Blake.
Congressman Loudenslager is executor
of the estate of the late Dan'l ]. Packer.
The Camden basket ball team Won
last Saturday night by score OF % to 6.
Prosecutor Starr I'm lerstands his duty
and we have faith that he will perform it.
The people of the county are watching
the contest for City Collector in this city
with good deal of interest
The condition of our City Treasurer's
Office, which hurried and incomplete in
Vestigation has revealed, may account for
our tax rate.
The singing class that meets in the
Central Baptist church Tuesday evenings,
has started with thirty-fve members.
Mr.. Harry Rogers, wife and daughter,
are in Washington D. c. this week, the
guests OF friends and will remain over
Sunday.
Mrs J. Wood Hannold will witness the
Inauguration to-day, and then go to
Ocoquan, Va, and visit two sisters who
reside there.
Freebooter VIM. Tombleson has put
chased the Geo. A. Eldridge arm of rs
acres in Williamstown, ana will occupy it
in the Spring.
Agent Wilson has sold the following
bicycles recently; Miss Adelaide L. Liver
more, Nutley; Miss E. Blanche Boblits,
Thorofare; Mr.. and Mrs. Snowman, Phila
Miss Mary Whitall.
Read the fertilizer and hay advertise
ments of Mr.. Warren Atkinson. Mr.. A. is
one of our county's most intelligent and
successful farmers, and what he offers is
what he himself has successfully used and
relies on for best results.
Before the Orphans Court last Friday
D. o. Watkins, Attorney for the assignee of
Augustus Phehl, made application to have
the assigned property reconveyed to Mr..
Prehl. The legal proceeding will be COM
pIeted in about two weeks.
The only Democratic nomination which
we can speak OF with any accuracy is that
of VIM. F. Bouhl for Council in the third
ward. Ee will be candidate in opposition
to Jacob H. Bibo, and he should be elected
by an overwhelming majority.
The Young Peoples Lyceum of the M.
E. Church will have a lot of useful and
fancy needlework on sale in the north side
of Miss Hannah Lippincotts store, COM
mencing Thursday of this week. Home
made cakes, pies etc. on Fridays and
Saturdays, orders promptly filed. Proceeds
for organ fund
List of ADVERTISED letters for the week
ending March 1st, 1887: Theophllus Ander-
son, Edward G. Freeman (2), Harriet
Munoz, Miss Lizzie Parker, Miss Anna
Psulin ~, Patrick Reed, John Reeve, Mrs
Title ScriYner, David Watson. Mrs. VIM.
White, James A. WootIen ~, Miss May
Hudson. (pkgl
-On April LIST, VIM. Griscom, formerly
of this city, now of Bound Brook, will take
MP his residence in London, where he will
superintend the erection of manufactur-
ing plant for his present firm, the Standard
Paint Works, and the manufacture of their
product. This firm has not felt the bust
ness depression, and their foreign orders
require the location OF plant on foreign
soil.
We cannot belieYe that Bro. BARRIERS
unexpressed opinion is that Collector
Reading did the square thing by the
Presbyterian Society when be assessed the
Presbyterian parsonage in the years SO and
"a, and didn't allow the. proceeds of the
assessment to be counted in the City
Treaury? But according to his reasoning its
a private affair; done in the name of the
City Treasurer's Office.
"A decision OF the Supreme Court last
week, Monday, that escaped us. and in
which many citizens of our county are in
terested, was that in the case of E. G.
Miller VS.. John Rambo, supervisor, by
Justice Magee, who decided that the ex-
caYation made in front of Miller's premises
in Paulsboro was without authority of law
and the resolution under which the grade
was changed was set aside as illegal.
Swackhamer for Miller, Summerill for
Rambo.
Two years ago the Mayor Of milwaukee
enhanced his popularity by permitting the
poor Of the city to raise potatoes Oh vacant
and unused city property; now candidate
for Mayor in Chicago, pledges the poor the
privilege of raising beans on the waste
places of the city, in case be is elected
Here in Woodbury., where we brag about
our NOR lily, one candidate for Counincil in
the Third Ward has barrel Of ale on tap fol
the boys, it is alleged Woodbury. politics
is getting interesting.