Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-05-06
LOCAL S.

LOCAL ITEMS.
Smoke Bibo's Jumbos sold by all dealers
j. q. Leppee advertises bargains in
bicycles
Grocer Stokes advertises a specially
this week.
Col. Green and family will be home
the last of next week.
-Knisell, 10 Cooper street, has his
Spring stock of horse goods.
This is trying week with the school
children, and teachers too.
=" DR.. Syntax next Tuesday and We'd
nesday nights. Get your seats.
Daniel Thackara sold six lots at
Browning, on the LIST inst at an average
price of $12O
Official notice of the examination for
the Rutgers free scholarship will be found
in another column.
AT the sale of ex-Mayor D. F. Hem
drickson's residence yesterday the highest
bid was $4,7OO, but it was not accepted
Capt. James McElwee has bought the
schooner "Tena A Cotton in New York,
and will do coastwise business with her.
Gen. Howell Post has begun prepare
tions for celebrating Memorial Day, but
the program is not yet in shape for public
announcement
Andrew Reid, representing Scribners,
was in Woodbury. this week, calling on his
book loving friends. His next visit will be
in September.
John Dawes, an Ocean county farmer,
aged 81 years, tried his own case in the
Court of Chansery on Tuesday and won
against two lawyers.
Barron, the horseman, is in Woodbury.
aga D. and on Saturday drove Bndd's coach
and four to and from the races with the
skill of the veteran that he is.
The Governor, State officers and mem
bers of the last legislature, will partake of
plank shad dinner at Washington Park
on Thursday next, the 18th inst
Fred Gerlack, near Jacksonville, has
Just completed a fine new barn, and John
Bishop has one in course of erection
Michael Swigert has both contracts.
The New Jersey State Fair, at wav-
erly, will be held the entire week begin
ming on September 9th and ending on the
11th. The racing premiums will amount
to 81 500
-Ex-Councilman Henderson is reno
waiting his residence on South Broad street
-enlarging cellar, and building an addition
and will put in an improved heating
plant-hot water or steam.
-Sam'l swift, an employee of the Wood
bury Planning Mill Co, allowed one of his
hands to come in contact with buzz saw
Tuesday morning, and paid the penalty
with cut that nearly severed two fingers
Capt. John F. Truitt, who was elected
in Logan Township at the last election to
the Office of Justice of the Peace has received
his commission from the Governor of the
State and qualified. See card in another
column.
As Miss Katie Chopper was pulling
tacks from carpet one day last week, one
few upward. the sharp end striking and
piercing the eye-l all, and de troyiDg the
sight. A specialist is treating the injury,
but recovery from the shock is very tedious.
"A tile floor is the latest and most
effective improvement in baker c. G.
Schrenk's attractive business place, which
is in harmony with the sound ideas of per-
manence and stability which characterize
all of Mr.. schrenk's building operations
Gus Prehl will make sale of carriages,
harness, etc., at his stables on the 18th
inst. Persons having any articleor articles
of personal property, from household goods
TO animals, can enter and have them sold
on commission. Mr. PrehI has a fine room
for displaying furniture
List of advertised letters Tor the week
ending May Sd 1897. JAS Bowers, A. d.
Covey, Scott (2) Doggett, Sarah E. Gibson,
Mrs. Nellie Heath, Henry Hoffman, Miss
Florence Meacham, Isaac Kaufman, D. w.
Moore, Chris. Newcomer, Sederick Pease,
Essic Randall. Cyrus Sell. F. Smith, Miss
Lottie A. Williamson. Persons calling for
the above letters will please say advertised
The last meeting of the Board Of
Chosen Freeholders of 1896-97 is held to-
day, and the new Board will organize next
Wednesday. There will probably be no
change in the official make up of the
Board, as its political status will remain
unchanged. The chief subject to try the
souls of the members will therefore be Of q
financial character.
The contest over the Grissim estate
has been twice in Court this week, and will
be continued before Judge Jessup on the
2lst inst. The complication in settling the
estate arises for the unfortunate applica.
ton of two women for letters Of admin
istrati0n, both of whom claim to be the
legal wife of deceased. Letters we're granted
to the supposed wife, in October last with
out protest, when wife No. 2, who claims tt
be wife No. l, appeared and asks that the
former letters be revoked. Mr.. Grissim
died in Swedesboro, and was one of the in.
corporators of the Swedesboro glass works
He had resided in Canada, from whence
the contestant comes Judge Clymer il
counsel for the administrative.
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