Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-23
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B w Andrews and wife are on pleas
ure trip to Florida.
The Woodbury. Glass Works resumed
work on Monday.
-MrJ b. Lupton was on the street
Tuesday, enjoying the pleasant weather.
Mrs. Dr. T. Earle Budd, of Orange, is
visiting friends in Woodbury..
Lieut. Barber and Corporal Sparks, o.
Company b, are home on brief fnrlougbs
The annual financial statements o.
Mantua and Logan townships are advertised
this week.
near Park ave, last Saturday, but damage
was slight.
Ex-senator Geo. II. Barker is expected
East this week, and will spend a briel
period in Woodbury..
Mrs. R. G. Porter has employed a
competent watchsmith, and will continue
the jewellery business.
The average height of the human race
is for men, 5 feet inches; for women,
feet inches.
The Presbyterian church. of this city,
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ton, TO the passionate.
H A. DeHart advertises second sale
at his shops in Thorofare. His first sale
aggregated over 81 800.
Butcher John Persons bay PAGER died
Monday night This is the sec nd horse
John has lost in past month.
John Wilson, in care of Green Gene
terry, has least the Green Homestead farm,
at Clarksboro, of Mrs. Lupton.
the Republicans, of Deptford town.
ship, will hold their nominating caucus in
the Town Hall. WestviIle, next Saturday
afternoon from 3 to S p. M.
Councilman Best, Chairman of the
Finance Committee, desires all bills against
the city to be handed in at the meeting Of
Council next Tuesday evening.
The suit of E. P. Henry against John
H Dialogue & Son. in the Circuit Court
has been settled BY the defendant paying
the claim in fall, $61l, and costs.
The sale of the Thos L Wentz farm
by Assignee SWackhamer last Thursday,
was adjourned for one week The highest
bid was slightly above $1,000. The farm
contains 50 acres.
William Hillman has purchased of
Dennis Blake three properties in North
Woodbury-one on Broad street and two
on Cherry street. He will reside in the
Broad street house.
Jacob Wagner killed his pen of thir-
tie hogs on January 81, their combined
weight being 1900 pounds, an average OF
300 pounds EACH Cyrus Brown, the local
butcher, bought the entire pen.
-One dollars worth of Porpoisiae Axle
Oil will oil all the wagons, carriages and
farm machinery for one year. Farmers
say they can make dozen trips to Phila-
delphia in hot weather without re-Oiling.
The Republicans will nominate can.
didates for City officers on Saturday after
noon next, the polls being open from to s
O'Clock p. m. The Democratic City con-
vention will probably he. held on Saturday
evening the In clab room, Prehl Building
WIN. c. Fox has changed the date of
his third public sale, from March 3, to
March 8. The change was made necessary
by the storm which prevented him from
go ng West TO make personal selection of
his stock.
An exchange tells of dead editor at
wh Sc funeral GIT delinquent subscribers
marched by and viewed the remains OF
that number SIG muttered sadly " He was
an industrious, bright and good mao, but
be couldn't save anything"
The remaining volunteer regiments,
enlisted for the war, are 10 be mustered
out at once, among them being the Fourth
New Jersey. Hence we may look for our
boys home again soon. Shall we give them
as enthusiastic and impressive a reception
as we gave them God speed last July?
Twenty new companies were ineor-
porated in New Jersey last Friday. The
largest was the whiskey trust capitalized
at So 10000 A milk trust capitalized
at $500 600, was also incorporated the same
day II the two were to consolidate, would
they be milk punch trust?
The George w. Bailey Company was
incorporated at Trenton ON Wednesday
with capital stock of 100000 The
company is to mine and deal in anthracite
and bttumiDous C al. The incorporators
are Geo. W. Bailey. of Wenonah; Howard
], Merrick, of Collingswood and Herbert
g Merrick, of Philadelphia.
The Democrats, of Woodbury.. will
meet in their club room 10 PrehPs Build
ing, this Thursday evening, the 23d inst,
10 consider the matter of calling q City
Convention to nominate candidates for
City officers The Republicans will hold
their nominating caucus Oh Saturday after
noon next.
The SD anniversary OF the organization
Of the Methodist Protestant Society, West
vile, and the 9Th anniyersar; of the dedi-
cation Of the present church structure, will
be celebrated on Sunday, March 5th, with
special exercises. Among the ministers
who participate in the services are Rev. j
Tushingham, Rev ] II Hopkins and Rev
G. w. Jester.
The last annual report of the State
Dairy Commissioner shows that out of 752
samples Of foods and drugs anall zed 2O8
were adulterated 10 honey and syrups
more than half contained salicylic acid.
Sauces of all kinds were found to be more
or less adultersied. Every year the State
Dairy Commissioner sets forth the facts
about food and drink adulteTation, but the
prosecutions are very few.
90 Monday last Sheriff Collins sold
the franklin P. Reynolds house and lot, at
the corner Of Germ Aa aud franklin streets,
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Association for $2O5O Also the Cheese
man house and lot at Pltman Grove, to
Micheal Stackenwalt Of Woodbury., for
$3.50. On Tuesday he sold the Eiiz sbeth
Kille farm, 10 Logan township. containing
125 acres, to VIM II Moore for 81 4Oh A
few wears ago this farm was valued at
$4,000
The storm of last week demoraIized
Court business to about as great an extent
80 any other. The time of the Circuit
Court Judge is provided for in advance,
and when week assigned to our county is
lost, new dates which will not conflict
with business of other counties must be
arranged, hence the jurors who came last
Monday TO try these cases we're excused
until the Judge shall fix dates 10 give "a
this county probably next April