Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-04-27
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&C. W. Starr advertises seasonable
necessity.
Cape May is going dry, and Atlantic
City is going 10 have dollar gas,
Charles Jordan is building an addition
to his residence on Jackson street.
John Rachor, Jr, and wife, will 90 to
Boston next week for a ten days visit.
William NJ. Carter. Esq, is executor
aud trustee under the will of the late Sy bill
o Keasbey.
The Board OF Chosen Freeholders will
meet next Thursday to close the business
of the year.
No bidders offered to purchase the
Merritt residence last Saturday. even after
very liberal advertising.
We see by the Santa Ann, Cal Stand
ard. that Mrs. Bern mt Perry has arrived
there without incident or accident.
w E Speakman and family of Euclid
street, will leave home in few days for
six months trip to Norway and Sweden.
-U1der an order of the Postmaster
GeneIal, promulgated last Friday, Mick
Teton and Evan, in this county. were made
money order post offices.
Announcement is made of the engage
ment between Miss Mary Dell. daughter of
Mr.. Thomas Dell, of Euclid street, and DR.
Schmidt, of Philadelphia.
ID. L. Pine is laying cement pave
ment in front of S r Budd's property, on
Cooper street, occupied by Carleton P.
Stokes
About $3.50 worth of spurious silver
coin, in dollars and halt dollars, was passed
on the Gloucester saloon keepers last
Saturday night.
The Consumers Gas Company has
taken orders for thirty-one gas stoves since
their advertisement was inserted in the
DEMOCRAT month ago.
Friendship Fire Company attended the
funeral of George Watson in body last
Saturday. Rev. Edward Dillon nfficiated
the interment was at Green cemetery.
Mrs John viereck, of Wenonah,
daughter of our old citizen, Mr.. c. g.
SCfleiss, died of pneumonia on Monday. A
husband and two small children survive
her.
1t is hot work around the glass fur
nsces these spring days, and nobody should
desire to keep the men who have to stay
here the comfort of belonging to the
Uoion.
"A new ruling of the revenue commits
sion makes it possible for those having
accounts in the local banks to draw out
their money by giving receipt instead of
check, thus avoiding a tvo-cent stamp,
says the Dover Inder
John Rachor, Jr., bought trotter from
Thos M. Tiee yesterday, which be conf
IDENTIFY believes will show up wonderfully
well on the race course The animal is a
green westerner, but had no trouble to dis
lance ? 80 racer on the road.
Among the bidders for building the
new wing to the Camden County Asylum,
was Councilman Joseph B Best, OF this
city. whose bid of $41 ,174, was within
$500 of the successful bidders, B. f..
Swetten & Son.
Under the plan of reorganization of
the National Guard, Company E, of this
city, is attached to the Third Regiment,
composed of companies from Camden, Long
Branch, Asbury Park, Burlington, Mt.
Holly, Beverly, Woodbury.. Vineland and
Atlantic City.
Counterfeit dollars, bearing dates of
1897, 1881 and 1882 have made their APP
peaTance. They have such a good ring
that bank officials who sent some of the
dollars to the national treasury for examine
tion think the COMES contain more silver
than the genuine money.
The profits of advertising are not
direct, like the returns from a sale. but
they always come when the proper medium
for making an announcement TO the public
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town in the county and in larger number
than any newspaper published.
On Thursday evening, May Alb, the
Gloucester County G. E. Union, will hold
Evangelistic services in the Westville N.
P. church, beginning at 745. Rev Mr.
ChiIdrey, of Woodbury. Baptist church and
Rev J. Leneppie, of Pitman Grove, will
address the meeting.
Yesterday, the 26th instant, was the
S0th anniversary of Odd Fellowship, and
it was celebrated by lodges all over the
country. The total mem bership of the
order is DOW over 100000. The first
lodge was established in Philadelphia in
1919, and was known as Washington
No l."
-Arbor Day will be observed by Wood
burg public schools tomorrow afternoon.
though the exercises will not be elaborate
There will be singing aud Rotations u the
various schools, and each seho ar will be
given an opportunity to cast ballot for his
OF her favorite tree, but there will be no
tree or flower planting
Sheriff Collins last Monday sold the
Lena Frank property in Logan township 10
Margaret P. Stoughton, the complainant.
for $500 Also the Thomas Keen property,
in Monroe township. to Jennie Scott, for
$40. And on Tuesday a cottage and
adjoining lot, in Pitman, property of Dia-
ment Bros. to Thomas Hilyard, of Salem,
for $3.50
The citizens of Hopewell, Mercer Co,
recently subscribed $50 600 in order to
bring large factory there The factory
bad promised to come if that amount was
raised. Now the factory folks have backed
ont and Hopswell is feeling glum.
Washington Star
That Is more honorable than coming and
Staying just long enough to get possession
of the SIC, 600, which is the rule with
concerns that move their base for a money
consideration.
Andrew Marcns lost a good, steady
team horse Wedn. sday p. "a ia a strange
manner. He had vicious horse, and was
driving 1t beside solid, reliable worker for
the purpose ef breaking it in. Jos. Roe
was driving the team. while Mr.. Marcus
held a rope, as a check on the vicious beast
When opposite La1bs shoe store, the horse
began to crowd toward the pavement, and
despite the Efforts of the two expert horse
men, swung up to the curb, forcing bis
mate directly astride an iron hitching post,
which pierced it's body through. After
releasing the horse from the wagon, Mr.
Marcns ended the snfferings of the injured
horse with an ak.
An improvement that will be appre-
ciated is to be made By feed merchant, Mr.
Harry Fish About a year ago be bought
the G. G. Umba property, add begau the
feed business. He has found it inadequate
TO his needs, and determined to raze the
portion now occupied as his feed store, and
remove the dwelling. 10 their place be
will erect q brick building, Two stories
high and eighty feet deep, which be will
occupy as feed store and dwelling.
Operations will begin in a few days,
h0mpson Allen being the contractor We
tanasuIate Mr.. Fish that in one short
.s business has outgF0wn the origi-
tcusness
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