Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-08-11
LOCAL S.

LOCAL ITEMS.
Now that the cruel war is over, WON'T
somebody call eff this torrid weather
Councilman Glading has been ap-
pointed to 5000 position in the Frank ford
arsenal.
The Salem Electric Light Company
that supplies city lights at $85 each, has
been sold out by a sheriff.
Sheriff Collins on Monday sold the
Jessup's Mill property to the Philadelphia
Title and Trust Company for $3.50
Prof Lewis Woodbury. Private School
will reopen on September 9th, with an eff
fcient corps of teachers. See adver
The store in Prehl's Building, formerly
occupied by Fl. B. Simmerman, is now
occupied by A. S. Wilson as bicycle store
The foreclosure proceedings against
SomeIs R. Steelman, at Newfeld, were dis
continued last week, by payment of the
claims.
There will be a race meet at the
grounds of the New Jersey Country Club
on Saturday week, August 20 Look out
for foe racing.
The subject of Mortimer Whitehead's
lecture at Washington Park Farmers Pic
mic on August "a, will be brains Against
Muscle on the Farm"
Horace F. Nixon, Esq. has purchased
the handsome Taylor property on Evergreen
Ave. and it is said he will occupy it this
Fall with his bride
The ladies of the First Baptist church
will give Social" on the lawn of the
church, next Tuesday evening, August ] g.
Refreshments will be for sale.
superintendent G. A. Madden has re-
built the furnace of the Woodbury. Glass
Mandatory ard the works are ready for
an early resumption OF work.
Morris Robinson, colored, a character
about town, fell from his wagon on Newton
avenue, yesterday, and dislocated his collar
bone Dr. Campbell reduced the fracture.
The tax rate of Washington Township
will be $1.30 an the 800 valuation, as fol-
lows; - County, SEE; Township roads, SOC !;
Incidentals, &c; State School, Soc; Town
ship School, 15c.
"A telegram from Longmont, Col, dated
the 9Th inst, brings intelligence of the
death there on that day of Mrs. Thompson
Mitchell, nee Mary Elwell. A husband and
three children survive her.
The heavy rain of Wednesday washed
the west end of High Street SO as to make
travel there dangerous. A days labor in
clearing the cutters would have averted an
expense OF $50 in making repairs.
1t is rumored that the towns of West
vile, Newbold and South Westville will
make application to the legislature next
Winter for a Borough Charter. They
will form fourishing municipality.
DIR. r. G. Webster killed three COWS
in Salem county on Tuesday that were af-
fected with tuberculosis DR. Webster was
accompanied by franklin Dye, Secretary of
the State Board of Tuberculosis Commits
sioneTs.
The County Board of Elections organ
lied on Monday by re electing George E.
Pierson, Chairman, and Thomas G. Dilkes,
Secretary. The three Woodbury. news
papers and the Newfeld Item, Glassboro
Enterprise, and Swedesboro Netus were
selected to publish election notices.
The annual meeting of the Woodbury.
and MnlIica Hill Turnpike Company was
held at Newton's Hotel, this city on Thurs
day last. The old Board OF Directors were
re elected. and these organized by re-elect-
ing Dr. H. C. Clark, president, and G. G.
Jessup. sec'y and treasurer.
Among the claims paid by The Pru-
Dental Insurance Company of America, as
a result of the war with Spain, was that
of Frank W. Booth, the Jersey City youth
who was shot dead during the attack on
Santiago, July 1. Booth was said to have
been the only support of widowed
mother.
r. G. Porter and family returned to
Woodbury. last Thursday, and he is getting
ready to live and do business here again.
Through F. H. wilkins agency he has
purchased lot on Curtis avenue on which
he will at once build a residence, and has
leased the store at the corner of Cooper
street and Hendry's Court, which be will
fit up handsomely Sc iewelry store.
AT A 90 yesterday p. M, lightning
bolt awoke the echoes and caused residents
and pedestrians about the Court House
corner to wink and duck their heads. A
moment later, balI-shaped non-conductor,
on the network of wires at that point,
began to smoke, showing that the bolt
struck there. Motorman Eisenhardt came
up with car al that time, and said he felt
the shock when in North Woodbury..
The horses that draw the Standard
Oil Company wagons have been pros
trated by heat recently, and they have
hired horses about town. They used Mark
Wares fine dspple gray one day last week,
and it was sick when brought home. DIR.
Rogers gave it best attendance but it died
from over heating. Its death is big loss
to Mr.. Ware, and we hope to be able to
chronicle its replacement by the Company
when the facts are presented.
DIR. Eleanor Heistand Moore desires to
thank the pupils of the infant classes in the
various Sunday schools in this city, their
teachers and the friends who so kindly CO.
operated with the little folks fer the gener-
ous response to her personal appeal for soap
for The Red Cross Hospital. Including all
outside contributions about four hundred
cakes were donated, of which the infant
classes gave nearly three hundred cakes.
The largest contribution came from the Cen
trail Baptist Sunday-school and the second
largest IRON the Methodist Sunday school.
Agent Wilson has recently made the
70 lowing sales: Laura II. Ridgway, Mick
Teton, $50 Crescent; Idella NJ Dilks, Pauls-
boro, Crescent Sallie Colson, Woodstown,
Columbia May r. Connolly, Cape May
Court House, $50 Crescent; Carrot S. Sheets,
Mantua, Crescent; S. B. Heritage, Thoro-
fare, Crescent; Lottie Hallett, Crescent;
Harry Fiedeken, Gloucester, Crescent;
Mrs. Robert Foust. $50 Crescent; w. w.
Laird, WestviIle, $50 Crescent; Mrs. Car
Isle, Crescent; Tom Welsh, Crescent; Geo.
Meley, Swedesboro, Hartford; Mrs. Annie
Wills, Crescent; Alice Bughee, Williams
town, Crescent; E. L. Mount. WestYille,
Crescent; Rebeeca Ballenger, Mullica Hill,
Crescent; Mrs. Mary A. Seeds, Berlin, $50
Crescent Thos B. Burris, Red Bank, $50
Crescent.