Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-12-23
LOCAL s.

LOCAL ITEMS.
Look into Starrs Tomorrow
-Tice adyertises a sale of cattle
See what Florist Carre advertises.
The bank statements are advertised in
another column.
The DEMOCRAT wishes the people a
Merry Christmas.
VIM. C. Fox advertises a sale of horses,
wagons and harness.
"A. S. Wilson advertises skates, all
sizes and at all prices.
j. A. Ballenger ad7ertises another
public sale Of dairy cows.
The glass and piano works will be
closed next Saturday.
There will be shooting match at
Berkley on Christmas and other sports
The next Quarterly Meeting of Friends
will be held at Mu.lica Hill on January
Indications to-day are that we will
have the greenest kind of Christmas in
Woodbury..
j. M Plum will resume management
of Fal's hotel, as soon as transfer of license
can be made
The Country Club proposes to food
Col. Green's Meadow and have a skating
park, when it freeze
subscriptions to the shirt factory are
not coming in as rapidly as was hoped. nor
in encouraging amounts.
"A beautiful piece of embroidery, the
the handiwork of Miss E. G. Schrenk, is on
exhibition iu Merchant English's show
window.
Mr.. Edw. HOwey yesterday moved
from his farm near Almonesson. to one OF J.
NJ Henderson, s houses on South Broad
street.
Col. G. G. Green and family left Wood
bury last Friday for their Winter home at
Pasadena, California, and arrived there last
evening.
-Fancier Kirby's kennel of Irish settlers
is said to be the finest in the country, tax
ing the highest honors at the Brooklyn
show last week.
The village of Elmer is agitating
scheme of water works The proposition is
to build astand-pipe system to cost between
fifteen and twenty thousand dollars
Two young merchants of this city are
winding up their grocery busiuess-E. C.
Jessup on Cooper street, and Bert Park on
Hopkins street-but the cutting process is
etilI on.
The banks and business-houses gen.
orally will be closed all day on Saturday
next, and barber shops at noon. The post
Office will be open between the hours of
$50 and 9 80 a. M, and a 30 and 5 80 D. m.
The City of Salem seems to have Sc
cured a silk mill to locate there. The city
is asked to raise $75 600. and take as
security first mortgage on the plant which
with the building is valued at double that
sum.
A S. Wilson has sold two hundred and
sixty bicycles this year, the largest sales of
any year of the four since ne engaged ex-
clusively in the bicycle business. He says
the prospect of the business for the future.
is just as encouraging as any previous year
Young Peoples Prayer Meeting in the
Presbyterian chapel next Sunday evening
at O'Clock. A special Christmas program
has been arranged. The topic is, What
message did Christmas bring you ?" lisa.
53:1 10. All are cordially invited to at
tend.
Contractor E. P. Henry, of this city
was last week awarded the contract for the
stone and mason work of the new st. Pauls
M E. church of Atlantic City. Smith &
Steelman. of Atlantic City, haYe the con-
tract for the carpenter work. The esti-
mated cost of the edifiee is $25 900.
I'm the event of Hon D. o. Watkin's
selection as Speaker of the House of As
sembly, (which now seems assured), Mr..
Geo. E. Pierson, of this city, will be his
private Secretary. The people here will at
once recognize that Mr.. Watkins has exer-
cised rare Judgment in the selection of his
confidential assistant
-Messrs Wilson T. Jones and A. B.
Richman, two enterprising and reliable
young men of Franklin township, have
formed partnership to conduct the real
estate business under the firm name Of
Richman & Jones. They have just issued
catalogue descriptive of twenty properties
which they offer for sale
AT the annual meeting of the Wood
bury Firemeu's relief Association, held at
the parlor of the Friendship Fire Company
on Monday evening the following officers
were elected; President A. w. Cattell
Vice President, t. A. Matlack; Secretary,
Samuel H. Ladd; Treasurer, B. W. Cloud
Trustees. Dr. Geo. Reading, Harrison ].
Dubois. Geo. W. CatteIl.
Lewis Accoo, the colored farm hand
who Garry arrested some weeks ago fol
robbing the residence Of Henry Weatherby
near Mullica Hill, on Monday plead guilty
as charged. and was sentenced to term D
two years in the State prison. Garry
has traced four other robberies to him, ani
finds that he has previously spent one yea
in the State institution on similar charge
having been discharged only nine month
ago.