Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-04-06
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-Th0S. lice adPeItlse5 morse safe
Mt. Ephriam.
The public schools will have a hal
holiday to morrow.
DR. H. Advisors horses. four in mum
Der. are laid up with influenza.
VIM. G. johnson, of High street, hal
secured another patent on printing press
Game Warden Muller has put larg,
number of yellow perch in Almonessor
lake.
The District School" will not be giver
in the Orera Heuse to morrow night as an
nounced last week.
The Committee on Public Property
has purchased new flag, which will hoai
from the Court House tomorrow.
The FIRE bell was moved from Friend
shjp's old house to the new fire house on
Tuesday, April A. 1t weighs Sl2 pounds
The March transaction of the Wood.
bury Mutual Loan and Building Associa-
iion aggregated over fifty Thousand dollars
Arthur Lay had his first shipment Of
Delaware shad from Penusgrove on Wed.
nesday, and he sold them quick at rs cents
each.
The West Deptford Township Board
of Education has organized with Jesse
Mullen, President, and 4. NJ. Dolphin,
District Clerk.
jos W. Merritt will offer his former
residence Oh South Broad street at public
sale on the 18th inst. For particulrs see
advertisement.
Rev Joseph Hopkins, of Pitman Grove,
aged rs years, one OF the oldest members
of the "a. P. Conference, died on Sunday
from uremic poisoning.
The ladies of the First Baptist church
will hold their annual shad supper on next
THURSDAY evening, from 6 TO o'clock, in
the church, North Woodbury..
Among the stockholders of the Wood
bury Loan Association whose shares lately
matured was the Woodbury. Castle, No. Is,
K G. E. who held fourteen shares amount
ing to $500
Governor Voohees has designated Fri
day, April IS, as Arbor Day, and recommend
that I" that day be devoted by the people to
the planting of forest trees and to appro-
pirate exercises in the schools of the State
Contractor Mullen, of the Paulsboro
and Swedesboro stone road, went over the
road last Tuesday with bis expert, and
from what we gather from his conversation,
the county has a law suit on its hands.
And all the result Of loose business
methods.
Last Monday Sheriff Collins sold the
Thos II. Dawson property, at Coles Mills.
TO Tn s. Burrows, complainant in the
action, for 500. And OF Tuesday the
81 nj 80
Henry W. Ridgway, for $1,000
Can Woodbury. afford to expend $25,-
600 10 improving Broad street, the bonds
to be paid in ten years? That is what
City Council will ask the people TO aid
them in deciding next Tuesday night
Form your opinion. tax payers, and respond
to the call of Council.
List of advertised letters for the week
ending April 3 1899. Lille Bratten, Jack
Clement, Beatrice Fink, Anna M. Geitz,
Sadie Hartman, George Henson, Ida Matt
son, John Mitchell, Robt. Morris, John II.
Murray, c. F. Woley. Persons calling for
the above letters will please say advertised
The annual Easter bali which was held
in Woodst0wn last Friday evening, proved
to be a great success The attendance
from Philadelphia was the largest yet
Tn. finest orchestra that ever performed in
Woodstown discoursed the music. The
ladies gowns were more beautiful than
ever before. x.
-Ex-Councilman Henderson is doing
more than usual amount of repairing to his
properties in Woodbury. this Spring. w.
Harrison Livermore lie supervising large
amount of improvement to Col. Green's
properties, and there is general cleaning
and securing going on all over the city.
When dame nature comes along with
flowers and new Leaf, Woodbury. will be at
her best
Candidates for the postmastership Of
Woodbury. have begun to bnz although the
present encumbents term will not expire
for year yet. We have heard of the fol
lowing gent emen mention as candidate
Ex-senator Jos. B Roe. Geo. E. Pierson,
John R. Peddle, George W. Hughes. M. F.
Cattell, A. S. Barber, Jr., III. Ware Scott,
Charles W. Starr, Arthur Starr.
The Woodbury. Board of Education
met on Thursday evening last and organ.
lied b. electing Mr.. C A. Madden. pres
ident and John Redfeld, clerk. The
president announced the committees as
follows Property. - Carpenter, EsteIl.
LiVermore. Appiicatiops-W Wilson, Red
field, Livermore. Red6eld, Car
penter, Wilson. The Property COMMITTEES
was instructed to proceed at once in the
matter of fire escapes. The next meeting
will be held on Thursday evening, April 13
corporal William c. EldTidge, in a
letter home says:-Eyery one is thinking
about being mustered out, and talk of little
else. We expect to turn in our guns Oh
Tuesday, and start for home on Thursday
will arrive at Broad street station about
noon on Friday, the 7th Several of as
took another walk up to Mt Paris, yester-
day. The South is getting very pretty
Dfw, the trees are in leaf, and flowers Of
all kind are blooming 10 the yards.
The Liberal Press newspaper was sold
by Sheriff Collins on Wednesday to Mrs
Elisabeth Cooper, the Complainant in the
proceeding, for $l050. There was a
sprinkliDg Of newspaper men and specta.
tors present. but the only bidders were
Mrs CoopeT'5 attorney, ex-Judge Robert S.
CIymer, and J. Frank Wilson. The bid.
ding started at $500 by the attorney, and
went by $50 jumps TO the figure at which
it was bid of, Wilson stopping at $1,000
Dir. Cooper informs as the publication will
be continued, but under whose auspices is
not Jet determined