Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-04-07
LocALITEMs.

The season at Washington ark will
open on Memorial Day.
The annual school examination will
begin on Monday, April 25.
Edwin Colson is soliciting subscription
for a new bank to be located in Woods
town.
Company E rapidly recruiting to
war footing only three places are now
open.
Winter is not only lingering in the lap
of spring, but spreading itself all over the
old dame.
Misses Lucy and Helen Flanagan are
possessors of Hartford bicycles purchased
of Agent Wilson.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the First
Baptist church have changed the date OF
their planked shad dinner from April 21st
to the 18th.
AT six o'clock Wednesday morning the
thermometer was down to 20 degrees above
zero in Woodbury.. IF any fruit survived
the pinching of such an atmosphere it is
tough brand.
The bonded Indebtedness. both princi-
pal and interest, of the Gloucester Turn
pike Company, amounting to $4,000 was
paid off last Friday by the National State
Bank at Camden.
Augustus Prehl adYertises sale OF
carriages, buggies and harness for the 18th
inst. His residence on Cooper street will
be offered for sale at the same time. He
has as fine lot of carriages it is possible
to collect.
"A new postal law went into opeI ration
March LIST, to the effect that mail matter
addressed to the leading dry goods
merchant" or the leading physician"
etc., will not be delivered by the post
master.
List of advertised letters for the week
ending April 4, 1898: Mortimus W. Cole
man, Mrs Ella EveriDeham. Miss Lille
jefferson, F. Rohlfs (2), Self DeShields,
Rob't B. Wood (2). Persons calling for the
above letters will please say advertised.
Bicycle Ag Mt Leppee has made recent
sales of the following wheels: John Barber,
1913 Spalding Racer Lyman Mock, 'sS Spald-
ding Roadster; VIM. Milne, Stormer Chas.
Jones. '98 Spalding; Miss Nellie Higgin-
botham, Stormer; Mrs Hutchinson, Win
ner; Harry Fish. Spalding Frank Haman,
Stormer; Mrs. II. Hewlings, Stormer.
Our Exchanges warn their readers
against tall, smooth faced, full complex
toned and rather attractive looking man
who is quilting people by representing
himself to be an agert for Chicago pub
fishing house, and offering to sell books to
one person in district at a very low price,
etc. He collects few dollars in advance,
and that is the last you hear OF him. 1t is
good plan not to pay for books or any
other articles bought of agents until the
articles are delivered.
Tickets for the concert to be given by
the Princeton University Symphony Club
under the auspices of the Woodbury. Coun-
try Club will be on sale at the box-ofice
in Green's Opera House Tuesday evening,
April 18th. The sale will open at s p m.
to those who, on or before Monday. April
18th, guarantee the purchase of tickets (; to
all others, at p. m. Not more than six
tickets will be sold to one person. Those
desiring to guarantee the purchase of tick
cts may do so by address, g VIM. E.
Speakman, Chairman of Entertainment
Committee. After April 18th. tickets will
be on sale at j. W. Merritt's Drug Store
President Connor, of the Delaware
River Railroad, states that no change in the
timetable will be made before May, or nm
til the West Je sey local trains are changed
for summer. The service of tie road is to
be improved, new engine having been
purchased, together with new cars, and the
rolling stock is being overhauled. The
change in the time table viii include prob
ably an express each way between this city
and Pennsgrove. The train now leaving
here for Paulsboro at 2 p M, will run
through to Pennsgrove, and later train
than the 40 from Philada. to Pennsgroye
vii be put on, leaving the city at $50
The express trains will make the run in &C
minutes including stops at principal sta.
tions.