Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-15
LOCAL ITEMs.
Look out for chicken thieves.


Corn is going into shock and silo
The Chosen Freeholders are meeting
to-day.
Next Sunday will be Rally Day at the
NJ. E. Sunday school.
The second crop of grass, now being
gathered, is unusually heavy.
The first frost of the season came in
this section on Tuesday morning.
Cows averaged SAL per head at Thos.
Tice's sale at Woodstown last week.
The County Board of Elections are
announced in our advertising columns this
week.
Sheriff Collins has put veto on Sun
day fishing at Almonesson-a little late in
the season.
Considerations of humanity demand
that the railroad crossings in this city be
better guarded.
Robert S. Clymer. Esq, assignee of
Leonard S. Backus, advertises store goods
at public sale.
Frank Hunter, young man of Porch
town, Franklin township, vas taken TO the
Asylum on Wednesday.
fire department has been incorporated, and
will have its first parade on Thursday next,
the I'D inst.
The season at the parks and groves, as
well as at the seasbore and mountain re-
sorts, IS drawing to close, and it has been
profitable one.
Mr.. Chss. E Heritage has bought
from Mr.. NJ W. Newton the new brick
residence on Curtis avenue formerly occu-
pied by Mr.. Foster.
Next Monday evening the Republicans
of this county will elect delegates to the
State Convention to be held at Trenton on
Thursday, September %.
-CAelists are arranging for moonlight
run through Fairmount Park on the night
of the 9th inst. The party will leave
Woodbury. on the Z Is train and return on
on the II % from Market street.
The following names will appear on
the nominating ticket at the Republican
Crawford County Caucus next Saturday =
Assembly, D o. Watkins Surrogate, Mil
ford F. Dubois, Jesse W. English Coroner.
Samuel s. Ledden.
John N. Allen. near Wood bury. lost
valuable horse last Fridey night of ipfama.
tion of the bowels. The opinion of
Veterinary Surgeon Budd is that the cool
weather, following the heated term, induces
this complaint among horses.
Mr.. G.. A. Davis, who about four
months ago sold his hotel at Clayton to
Armstrong Bros, has taken the property
back at the price paid, $4,000 This
makes no allow ance for improvements
made amounting to 81 200 Marvin Davis
will conduct the business.
Samuel R. Budd will hasten extensive
alterations to the building he has recently
purchased, and occupy it in week or two.
Jeweler Porter will then move bis business
to the room used as an Office by Mr.. Budd
and Augustus Prehl will re-establish the
livery business in his old stand
We gather from the various reports
from Sea Girt Camp, that the boys are
pretty unanimous in their desire to termi-
nate their army service as soon as possible,
and the disposition of the department is to
PERMIT all to do SO who desire. The Fourth
Regiment is to be reorganzed and will
include those who prefer army to civil life
List OF advertised letters for the week
ending Sept. II, 1898: Mrs Amanda Budd
James Briant, Miss Louise Barnitz, Charley
Justice, BERTHE Kinnaman, George Pures
Annie Sampson, Mrs. l. LsSpencer, Jennie
r StOnehill, Mrs. L. R. Warten, Berth
Wright, Ongelo Comolli. Persons calling
for the above letters will please say adver-
tised.
The Republican machine will be put
in operation next Saturday TO grind out
candidate for Assembly, Surrogate and one
Coroner So far as the nominations are
concerned they are already made, and the
election is only held to give the Repub-
lican voters the idea that they have selected
the party candidates. The Bosses are
liberal to that extent. The polls will be
open from to o'clock p. m.
On Saturday next committee of the
State Board of Education will meet ir the
Academy, Woodbury., for the purpose of
examining candidates for County Superin-
tendent. VIM. Fl. Eldridge the present
incumbent, and Prof. w. F. Bowen, of
Glassboro public schools, are candidates
This committee will make recommended
tion to the State Board, and the election
will be held on October 4.
State Road Commissioner Henry I.
Budd came to Woodbury. Tuesday morn
ing for the purpose of going over the pro-
posed macadam road in Woo bury and
also to inspect, with the committee, the
new road from Paulsboro TO Swedesboro.
He was met at Woodbury. station by Direc-
tor Starr and Freebooter George E. Pierson
and with Surveyor Carter examined Broad
street. He expressed the opinion that the
street should be improved with yitrifed
brick, and said that State aid could be
granted iowa d its construction to the
amount of the construction of macadam.
The new stone road was gone over, and
the commission and committee COM
plimen ed the contractor for the apparent
good work done.