Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-06-23
LOCAL S.

Toll was taken off The gravel turnpikes
last week.
The hay harvest is in full blast this
week.
Grocer Wm- H. Siihens is building a
rear building TO his store property.
This is the season toput in the winters
coal supply, if you have the money.
Col G. 6. Green and family went to
their Lake Hopateong castle to-day.
-Pitman Grove will not have a general
Fourth of July celebration as stated last
week
The residents of Poplar Ave- and vicin-
ity, are considering plans for private sewer
age.
Company E has accepted an invitation
to attend divine services in Christ church
on July Sd.
Jos. T. Sickler, Esq, advertises the
valuable Pratz farm in Monroe township at
public sale.
W. Harrison Liyermore is preparing
to have flag raising on the lawn at his
home, in the near future.
The Country Club will give supper
on the lawn in front of the club house
next Thursday evening.
&C. A. Browns sweet peas took first
premium at the Horticultural exhibition
in Philadelphia on Monday.
Woodbury. Glass Works will cl ,se for
the season next Thursday, June &c. The
season has been fairly prosperous one.
Twenty thousand dollars worth of the
war bonds have been subscribed for
through the Farmers and Mechanics bank.
-Theo Laub is rounding out extensive
attractions to his store and residence with
a concrete pavement laid by contractor E
P. Henry.
The rural free mail delivery is being
tried in Burlington county oyera an eighteen
mile circuit. Three deliveries are made
daily from bicyc'es
The committee on Public Property of
the Board of Chosen Freeholders has
bought forty tons of coal from dealer
Walton for the Court House.
The ladies, aid society, of AImonesson,
will hold a strawberry and pineapple testi-
val in tent on the school house lot on
Saturday evening, July 2. 1898.
Jos. 7. Sickler, of Clarksboro, bought
the Geo. ". jennings property in Neno-
nah from Jos. COombs, on Monday. and
says be holds the same at private sale.
The executors Of the estate of Thos
Glover are painting several houses in the
West End section; Judge Iessqp has
Lewis Sparks painting has residence, and
Peter Msll is painting his home.
On Wednesday Justice Paulin, of
Glasshoro, committed three small boys of
that town to the county Jail for a period of
Afts en- days for maliciopslY interfering
with railroad property.
Last Monday Sheriff Collins sold the
Scott Tomlin property at Jefferson to Mary
r. TomIin. the complainant in the fore
closure proceedings, for 81 900. The sale
of the F. P. Kirby property was adjourned
for one week.
The Kemble Memorial Tablet was I'M
yelled IN the M E. church last evening
with impressively appropriate ceremonies
Rev. j. w Langley, of Philadelphia, de-
liyered the sermon, his subject being
Recognition of Friends in Heaven"
The last Summer meeting of the
Sunday school Teachers Union will be held
Friday afternoon at Is in the Central
Baptist church. The review lesson will be
taught, and business of Importance dis
cussed. A full attendance of members is
requested.
The annual picnic of St. Patrick Is
church will be held in the church yard
next Saturday afternoon, with the usual
attractions. In an item last week we con-
fused the dates of the picnic in this city
and THAT at Elassboro, and gave wrong in
formation.
Last Saturday afternoon Harry S.
Sharp sold the David G. Patterson house
and Tot on Hessian Ave to Mr.. Alvah Rit-
tenhouse, of Rhila., for $3.50, subject to q
mortgage of $1,000 This is about half the
value the owner placed on the property in
his Lifetime.
We think the propositions to build a
new fire house, and begin a systematic per-
manent improvement of streets, would
MEET as general public approval if submit
ted 10 popular vote as the proposed sewer
system did disappFoyal, because the peo-
pie see the utter waste of patching streets,
and recognize the value OF thoroughly
equipped FIRE department
Seven years ago Mr.. NJ w. Newton,
widely known as the proprietor of New
toms hotel, this city, snld the property to
John Rachor, Jr., a, soon after purchased
a third interest in Green's Hotel at the
corner of Chestnut and eight street, Phila
In the progress of events Mr.. Newton be-
came sole proprietor Of that famous hos
telry, and under his enterprising manage
meut its reputation was extended and
patronage increased. For more than year
the former proprietor Thos. h. Green, has
been negotiating TO repuTchase the business
and these were closed last Friday, and he
will take possession next Monday. A year
ago Mr. Ra boz sold the hotel in this city
back to Mr. Newton, who will return here
and give it his personal attention. 10 the
past Mr. Newton has done much for Wood
barry especial monuments # his enterprise
being Newton and Curtis avenues olay
out these he purchased The land at high
prices, opened and graded the streets and
paved the walks with concrete, and erected
several brick houses on each. Woodbury.
has reason to welcome Mr.. Newton back,
and to hope that in again taking up bis
residence hers good fortune will follow all
bis enterprises.