Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-07
LOCAL S.


at low prices.
Mrs Frank Thompson is home from
Cape Cod.
Cashier Graham and wife are at Allan
tic City.
Contractor E. P. Henry is improving
from recent Illness.
Rev. Edw Dillon and family arrived
home from Maine on Thursday.
John r. Wick will open bis store in
STAIRS building next Saturday. See adver-
tisement.
Capt. Edmund Dubois has opened q
recruiting Office for the Philippine service,
in the srmory.
-Dan1 Mum ford has opened his livery,
sale and exchange stables, at Broad street
and Salem avenue.
The Autumn picnic of st Patrick's
church will be held in the church yard on
Saturday, September 8.
Chairman Batten, Of the Street COM
mittee, is laying pavement and setting
curb and gutter on Glover street.
Charles T. Molcny, sales agent for the
New York Horse Manure Company, is
taking Fall orders at last years prices.
The name of Henry L. Haines, of
Clarksboro, is suggested by voter" for
the Republican Shrievialty nomination.
The Commissioners of Appeal of Wood
bury will meet in Council Chamber on
Monday, September II, at ten O'Clock a. m.
On account of the forebay being blown
out, the Jessup mill, occupied by o. c.
Boody, will be shut down until further
notice.
Joseph W. Merritt is having concrete
pavement laid in front of his Broad street
residence. Joseph Henry is doing the
work.
Counsel for the caveator in the will
case of Beulah Stratton has Appealed from
the decision of Judge Jessup, admitting
the will to probate.
The officers of Mariola Lodge
K. of P, would be glad to see good
Turnout of members on Thursday evening
tonight. Matters of importance will come
up.
Among new advertisements of imme-
diate interest to many readers, are sales of
timber and stock. Cattle dealer Mar
land advertises for a steer-lost from a
drove last Friday.
The trolley extension to National Park,
the construction of which in time for this
years camp was delayed by combination
of circumstances, will be built and COM
pleted by early Spring.
Miss Emma Batten returned to her
home on Hunter street last week, and from
hasty examination judges that the thieves
who looted her residence carried away
goods to the value of at least 500
The opening of the schools OF Mantua
has been delayed until next Monday, on
the advise of DIR. Hillegass, who was in
fuenced in his opinion by the death last
Saturday of ive-year-old child of James
Manahan, of diphiheria.
Beginning on September LIST, the rate
for telephone services to points within ten
miles of Woodbury. Excepting Philadelphia
vas reduced to ten cents for FIVE minutes
conversation. The rate heretofore has been
fifteen cents.
DIR. George NJ. Beckett, former Wood
bury boy. and wife are visiting his mother,
Mrs. Beckett, on Hunter street. Mr..
Beckett has been long in the Government
employ; and at present is a special pension
examiner in Ohio.
The County Board of Elections will
meet in the Court House on Friday next
to confirm nominations for members of the
Boards Of Registry and Election made by
the Chairmen of the Republican and Demo
cratic County Committee.
The third annual meeting of the " Old
Guard" of Company F, Twelfth New Jer-
sey Vols, will be held in the grove at
MickletOu, N. j., on Saturday. September
%, 1899. Business at 1880 a. M, Hard
tack and coffee at noon. Speech, song or
story at 100 p m.
Director Miller and Freeholders
Knight, Hendricksou and Pierson with
Surveyor Carter, Supervisor Laid and
Superintendent Carey made final examine
ton of the new stone road ON Broad street
last Thursday. Nineteen openings were
made and these showed an average depth
of and 82-lO0th inches
Some time ago, a local Protectionist
assured farmer friend that under Nc
Kinley and the Dingley tariff there would
be no more ten cent truck. Last week he
was asked how it happened that farmers
were having five cent truck There was
no answer from that quarter.
List of advertised letters for the week
ending Sept. 4, 1899: Sylvester w. Beach,
Miss Lizzie Bryant, ~ Mrs. Einora T.
Davenport, George Henderson, Isaac J
HeTsey, Mrs. J. M. Lewis, N. Mcdonnell,
Bert Willard, Rosa MiIhback, Mr. Mimson,
Mrs. Alern Widvoie. Persons calling for
the above letters will please say advertised.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union of Gloucester County will hold its
annual Convention in the M. E church, at
Clarksboro, on Sept. 18th. The State
President, Miss Emma Bourne, and Miss
Kate Lenden, gifted Swedish woman will
speak during the day and evening The
latter's subject for the afternoon is "Ameri-
cas- Welcome to Foreigner and for the
evening address it is " The Golden Age
The music all day will be especially
attractive.
The Rev. O. FL W. Stocking, d. d.,
for many years prominent in ecclesiastical
and educational circles, has been engaged
by our fellow townsman, Col. g. g Green,
as private tutor TO his children. DIR. Stock
ing has been Rector Of important parishes
in Albany, Rochester, and Chicago, and has
for fifteen years past been actively engaged
ia the work Of education as private tutor,
principal Of high school and academy, aud
OF a ladies' seminary. His Testimonials
are of an unusually high order, and as he
proposes to receive other pupils OF both
SEXES, We Dtittfe Lie Will ma mere EOOQ
field for bigh-ciass work 10 preparation for
college, business, literary or social career
Particulars will be found in our advertising
column.
There is well grounded hope that the
impediments to The Strengthening aud
deepening Of Mantua creek from Paulsboro
to the Delaware river, are soon to be re-
moved by the appointment of Commits
sioner to assess damages aud app0rtion
the IS 900 appropriated for the purpose of
paying same An idea Of the value of this
improvement TO Panlsboro aud the section
of country contiguous thereto, may be
obtained when we state that by the pres.
ent ciTcuitous channel the distance to the
river is 81 miles; by the new channel, the
distance will be reduced / miles. The
new channel will have from eight TO twelve
feet Of water at low tide, while at present
navigation Of the creek is practically con-
fined to high tide,