Gloucester County Democrat., 1898-03-17
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Dentist Bennett is renovating his
offices.
Il. G. Cox & Bro. will make sale at
Paulsboro on the 22d.
II. A. DeHart will make sale at
Thorofare on the 26th.
Grocer Stokes tells some facts about
coffees in his advertisement this week.
1t is stated with a degree of plausibility
that Lincoln Park is to be opened the COM
ing season.
What Warren Atkinson has to say
about fertilizers is of especial interest to
our farmer readers.
-Theo. P. Green moved to the j. D.
Green farm on Monday. His specially will
be chickens, ducks and his famous homing
pigeons.
The following were elected mem bers of
the Monroe township Board of Education
on Tuesday night for three year terms =
James M. Tweed, Harry Crist, John R.
Downer.
makers, who gave such an enjoyable enter
tainmeut in the Opera House two weeks
ago, will appear here sgain on Saturday
eYsning.
We desire to express our thanks to
friends in the various townships for prompt
reports of the Town Meetings, which en-
abled us to give complete report of same
in our issue of last week.
1t is reported that negotiations are
going on for the purchase of Jessup's Mill,
below Mantua, for electric light power to
Furnish light for Mullica Hill, Jefferson,
Alcyon Park and adjoining towns.
Samuel Keen, of Pitman Grove, started
last night for Alaska, under contract at a
tempting salary, to take charge of saw
mill and store, located near Dawson City
for large corporation. We wish him
success.
-Ex Senator Barker and family. of
Pasadena, California, are in New York, and
will arrive in Woodbury. the latter part of
this week. Mr. Barker will spend only a
few days here, but his family will visit
few weeks.
Agent Leppee announces the following
recent bicycle sales: Mrs. A. Darlington,
Winner Miss May Wells, Winner; Geo.
Weatherby, Winner; John Dillman, Win
ner; C. G. Voorhies, SpaIding; William
Bennett, Stormer.
Robins are with us earth worms are
at the surface Of The ground; dandelions
are in bloom, leaves are putting out. buds
ere swelling. All these.are considered sure
harbingers of Spring, yet they are strangely
out of place in this latitude at this date.
List of advertised letters for the week
eading March IA, 1898: Mrs NJ. Clark
Auna Denn, Miss Sadie }. Ellis, Wilson
Flynn, Raymond N. Hart, Rike Morgan
Charles II. Roane. Thomas Ward Persons
calling for the above letters will please say
advertised.
John Jones, farmer living near Black
wood, is lying very i'll with an attack of
lock jaw caused by stepping on alder
stubble about two weeks ago. DR.. Brewer,
of this city, is in attendance. and on Tues
day called in DIR Reading for consultation.
Mr. Jones' present condition encourages the
hppe that he may ultimately recover.
"A repetition of the very successful
dance held last New Year Eye in Hunts
Hall, Woodstown, is to be given Friday
evening. April 1st, and promises even to
eclipse the last one held there under the
same management, which consisted Of
Warren Shinn and Abjah Bushnell, Jr. A
number of Woodbury. folks are invited.
Information is wanted at Houston, Texas.
concerning Helen Metz, who while yet
child was sent to this State, forty years ago.
Her mothers name was Mrs. Mary Ann
Sleeper Metz, her grandmother's name was
Mrs. Lydia Stratton Sleeper, and was born
in Burlington county. She is heir to some
property left by her grandfather.
The next public question which Wood
bury will be called upon to meet will be
that of complete system of sewerage.
The bill, prepared 10 meet the require
ments. has passed both branches of the
legislature, and been signed by the Cover
NOR. Before its provisions can be made
operative, they must be approved by q
majority vote Of the people, hence there
will be ample time to give the question the
deep consideration it requires.