Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-06-09
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summer home on Glover street.
VIM. c. Fox advertises horses, COWS,
carriages, harness, ETC., at private sale.
Henry Longcope and family have re
turned to Woodbury. for the Summer.
-Ex- Prosecutor Perry is home after
an extended and pleasant trip to Califor-
mia.
Druggist A. s. Marshall is having the
front of his handsome store re-sanded and
improved.
j. NJ. Henderson is laying a brick
walk in front of three of his properties on
Centre street.
commencement exercises of the Wood
bury public schools will be held in the
Opera House tonight
The first grass sale of the season is
Michael Urban
The commencement exercises of Wood
bury Private school, were held last evening,
in the presence of large audience.
The executors of the estate of the late
George W. Jennings have adjourned the
sale of real estate to Saturday next, June
IL.
Matinee races at Green's stock farm
next Saturday afternoon will be in min
ute class; 40 class and "a class. Ad-
mission free
We acknowledge with thanks the re-
ceipt of generous box of luscious straw
berries from Freebooter Tombleson, of
Monroe township.
Mr.. Geo s. Truncer, of Mantua, and
Miss Nettie w. Stetser, of Turnerville,
were married on the 9Th inst, at the home
of the brides parents.
% Saturday afternoon and evening
the 18th inst, festival with music and
dancing will be held in the yard of st.
Budgets church, GlassbOro.
The Mullica Hill and Woodstown
Turnpike Company has surrendered its
charter. and closed up its business. The
Company was organized Dec. II, 1851.
Mr.. John Redfeld has completed the
census of children of school age-5 to 1s-
in Woodbury. district, and finds the num-
Der to be 925-8S less than last year.
There will be a strawberry and ice
cream festival held in the wheelwright
shop at Jefferson on Saturday evening
Jnne IL, 1893 Proceeds f1r the benefit of
the M. E. church.
We have changed, somewhat, our form
of makeup this week to admit the report
of the county inancil statement, which
appears on our second page, and our news
summary will be found on the first page.
The Bethlehem Baptist Sunday school
of Clarksboro. N. j., observed Childreu's
Day last Sunday. The program entitled
Gracious Calls" furnished by the Ameri-
can Baptist Publication Society, with the
addition of solo and duet was well
rendered amid profusion of flowers
Goodwill Fire Company No. 2, will
hold its annual picnic at Washingto Park
grove on Saturday, June Is Base ball,
shooting and other matches are being
arranged for. The fare will be 20 cents,
which includes admission to the grove and
entities the privilege of dancing.
MIR. Geo. A. Swayne, of the silk de-
partment of Strawbridge & Clothisr, will
spend the present Summer at Newton's
hotel. Mr.. s. is one of our old Summer
residents, and the fact hat be has re-
established his summer home here is
welcome news to many of his friends
Mr.. John McCleary, the SewelI nur-
seryman, whose farm is near the pumping
station of the Woodbury. water works, has
become patron of the city water depart
ment, and will resort to irrigation of his
fields if they are not provided for to his
liking in the old fashioned way. Mr.. Nc
Cleary is progressive, up to-date nursey-
man and farmer.
List of advertised letters tOr the week
ending June J, 1898: d. Adams. Geo.
Bennett. Giuseppe Prosco, Miss I Bowen,
Mrs. Richard Dubois, Mrs. Amanda Fitz-
gerald. Mrs. DR.. Foster. Clico.z Gentner,
Mrs. Lizzie HagRins, Samuel Jefferson,
Fhos. MaFsden, Ethel May Payne, Elias
Robinson. Peter Rowe, William O. Smith,
Sebastian Schropiein. Persons calling for
the above letters will please say advertised.
The Woodbury. Board Of Education
has reelected the present efficient corps of
teachers for the ensuing year, as follows
Theo. J. Green, supervising principal;
Clara l. Cansdell, Anna NJ. Reeves. Lydia
G Pierson. Ella Klock, Bessie B. Warwick,
Estella Jordan. Alice NJ. Birch, Mary F.
Bachelor, Hannah W. Mitchell, Sue &. C.
Kerr, Belle Plat. Rhoda S. Williams,
Laura A. Batten, Ella aud Mary Henry,
Lillian G, Bennett, Edw. SBassett. Jr.,Lydia
Banton. The two latter have charge Of
the coIored schools.