Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-12-22
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cattle, near Mullica Hill.
Jan. 25-John +. Anderson. near Woodbury..
LOCAL ITEMS.
Our correspondents all write of the
prevalence of the grip.
-Stackenwalt is selling Christmas trees
at from seventy-ive cents to four dollars
each.
Carleton P Stokes new feed and seed
store is quite an improvement to Cooper
street.
Mr.. and Mrs Morton Haley, of Mau-
ricetown, spent last Sabbath with the Misses
LOudenslager.
This will be a lean Christmas for
Democrats, because the turkey is in the
other fellows coop.
Mr.. George E. Pierson and wife will
celebrate the twenty fifth anniversary f
their arriage on Monday evening jan 2.
j. D. Cuuard has bought the barn on
Belmont PerrY's property on Newton
avenue, and is moving it to Almonesson in
sections.
Invitations are out for the marriage of
Mis- Della Heritage. of this city, and Mr.
Walter Howell, of Hartford, Conn, on the
9th inst.
Rev. Edward Dillon has declined the
appointment of Chaplain to the Third N.
]. Volunteers rendered him last week by
Acting Governor Watkins.
Mr.. C. L Riley. of Saginaw. Mlchi-
gan, who ten years ago resided here, and
was connected with the Liberal Press, was
visiting friends here last week.
The December meeting of the City
Board of Education will be held in the
Academy to night, at Z 30 o'clock. The
meetings are public.
Francis Lafferty, young citizen of
our county. has hung out his shingle as an
sttorney-at-law at POT Market street, Cam
den. Success to him.
The twenty-fourth annual meeting of
the State Horticultural Society will be
held in the State House, Trenton, on We'd
nesday and Thursday, January 4th and
5th.
-Marl of superior quality has been
discovered on the farm of Geo. B. HURT,
near HuIffville, and is now offered to the
farmers at reasonable prices. Good road to
the pits.
The meetings of the Woodbury. aux
Hilary of the Red Cross will hearafter be
held ON the first Wednesday of each month
at 10 80 a. M, at their room, Merritt's
Block
The annual Christmas entertainment
by the Sunday school of the German
Lutheran church will be held in the
church on the evening of Christmas Day..
at 8 o'clock. All invited.
Mayor Laid yesterday forward draft
of $50 to Capt. Dubois of Company 81, the
amount hastily contributed by citizens
with which to purchase Christmas treat
for the boys of Company H.
On request of Samuel Roberts, counsel
for VIM. II. Burning, Judge Jessup will
tomorrow, the 23d inst. hear argument
for a new trial of the case of Bum ng vs.
the .Glassboro National Bank.
The list of advertised letters for the
week ending December 10, 1898. A. S.,
A. A. Adams, Edwin Davis, Fred Fritz,
Elmira Price, w a. Starkey, Mrs. Liddie
Syphax. Persons calling for the above
letters will please say advertised.
Miss Alice Clayton, young lady of
this place, and daughter of the late JOS
Clayton, graduated from the Woman's
Hospital of Philadelphia, as trained
nurse. on the 14th inst, and stood No. in
CLASS OF twenty I'VE.
jos Coombs has the most complete as
well as most attractive barber shop 10 South
jersey. Recent additions are tile floor,
modern closets, beautiful DECORATION. A
new cigar counter and furnishings are
expected every day.
The Aims House hogs were slaugh-
tered recently. Below are the weights:-
4O7, 1913, 1862, 1857, 37S, 37S, 381, 418, 421,
442, 1853, 1853, 402, 4l0, 442, 461, 476, 483,
544. 554, SIS; total, 9532 lbs. average of
% hogs, 49S $40.
County Collector Barber says in the
Constitution this week 6 The last term of
court cost the county between $24O0 and
$500" Is this more economical admin
istration of Justice than when the people
bad representatives Cd the Bench
The Woodbury. Fireman's Relief Asso-
citation on Monday night elected the fol-
lowing officers President, Adon W. Cat
tell Vice President, T. A. Matlock Secre-
tary, Samuel H. Ladd Treasurer, B. w.
Cloud Trustee, for three years, Charles
Walton.
Invitations to the marriage of Miss
Edythe second daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Col G. G. Green, to Mr.. Franc L Grannis, of
Chicago, on Wednesday, the 28lh inst,
were sent out last week. The ceremony
will be performed at the Green mansion at
7ocl0ck p. m.
"A massive monument was last week
placed to mark the resting place of the late
Harry Steelman, in Clayton cemetery, by
Snellbaker Bros. of this city. 1t is ten
iOo Barre granite boulder, rock finished,
with highly polished face, on which is
carved. "Harrv Steelman." Around the
face is a massive ivy carving
The following merchants have united
in an agreement to close their business
places at p. N. the year round, except
on Friday and Saturday evening, begin
ming January 1st CORTLAND Stokes, Or
fando Dalrymple, Leon Hampton, w. P.
Armstrong, VIM. Farrow, w. III. Sithens,
John Pierson, Il. L. Burkett.
Grip has become epidemic The ply
sicians are going night and day and those
who are free from it are in the minority.
One hundred thousand cases are reported
In Philadelphia, and the number is increas-
ing. The New York Board of Health
declared that the disease is contagious, and
this opinion is held by local physicians
with whom we have conversed. If
promptly treated it is not dangerous, but if
neglected its tendency is to pneumonia
The plans for the improvements Of Broad
street, this city, as prepared By engineer
VIM. M Carter, and approved By the Board
of Chosen Freeholders, have been approved
BY State Road Com missioner Budd. This
approval carries with it assurance that the
road will be built as soon as the weather
will Justify its construction. The plans as
approved, call for a Macadam road, on
both sides of the trolley tracks extending
to point four feet from the curb line, and
eight inches 10 depth.
The account Of Sarah E Chew, execu-
trix of the late Stille Chew, recently filed
in the Surrogate's Office, shows balance
Il the executrix's hands of $l06, 1866 81 .
Rv the terms of the will this sum is to be
divided into two equal parts, and one part
& 10 90 to Sarah r. Chew absolutely, and
he other to be held IN trust for Sarah 4.
chew. the interest to be paid to her during
her life and the trust fund to be disposed
~ nv her ia such manner as she may BY
w;ll direct. David O. Watkins is named
Is trustee in the will.
The way Thos. C. A len of Glassboro
,sans his harness, 10 such black, velTety
condition is by the use of porpoisine bar
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