Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-06-01
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THURSDAY, JUNE l. 1853.
LOCAL LIENS.

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When will the work of Macadamizing
Broad street begin
"A new time table goes into effect OF
the West Jersey & Seashore R. r. to-day
The sale of the Garrigues property wal
again adjourned last Monday for another
week.
r K. Morgan went to Jersey City
yesterday to take a position in the P. 4. r
Office there.
"A S. Bartlett. who is blowing glass al
Olean, N. 7 this fire, spent Sunday with
his family here.
"A slight FIRE occurred in a small house
in the rear of the Country Club House last
Thursday afternoon.
An abusive tramp was sent to Jail last
Friday for threatening violence, when bis
demand for food was refused.
Services of the Central Baptist Sab
bath school will be held at Is a. m.
during the summer months beginning next
Sunday.
Washington Parks opening last Satur-
day proved that as resort it is not second
in popularity to any of its numerous
competitors in or about Philadelphia.
-Chas. Parker, Esq, of Manasquan.
son of the late Governor Joel Parker. was
in Woodbury. this morning, and honored
the DEMOCRAT with brief social call.
The W. T. e. q. will hold its regular
monthly meeting on Monday, June 5th, at
the home of Mrs John Heaton, High street.
at eight o'clock p. m. A full attendance
is desired.
AT the rate credits are going to the
Piano Fund of the Woodbury. Public
Schools at Wanamaker & Browns, the
piano will be forthcoming early in the Fall.
Friends of our schools are doing nobly
The trolley company ran their new
sprinkler over the road last week. 1t is a
ponderous affair, and does thoroughly the
work OF wetting the tracks, and a reason
able distance on either side.
The Business Mems Association of
Paulsboro, will bold a banquet next Mon
day evening in DawsoD's Hall. The
committee on speakers promise to have
SONS orators of national repute present.
-Under The new ticket system on the
Camden, Gloucester and Woodbury. Electric
Railway the round trip fare from Cimden
to Washington Park has been reduced from
20 TO Is cents, and to Woodbury. from 25
to 20 cents
-Snellbaker Bros have Just erected an
imposing Barre granite monument in East
View Cemetery, Salem, for Rev. G. E Han
cock, of the M. E. Conference, also, for
Chas. W. Dunn, of Salem, in the same
cemetery.
The festival and band concert given
by The Red Men and BIasius Band on Fri
day and Saturday evenings Of this week,
promises to be the biggest event of the
kind OF the season. The band will spare
no pains to give frst-class concert
List of advertised letters for the week
ending May 20, 1899 Mrs Minnie Barber,
Sarah w. Brown, Mrs VIM. Grissim, Miss
Eva Heritage, Miss Lizzie Parker, Mrs.
Sarah 4. Parker, James r. Taylor, John
f. Washington, Woodbury. Chem zeal Co.
Persons calling for the above letters will
please say advertised.
Every one welcome at the rooms of the
Dewey Club. Saturday evening, June 3 A
short literary and musical program will be
rendered, and refreshments will be on sale.
The proceeds are for the purpose of making
some necessary Improvements in the First
Baptist Sunday-scho0l room. Admission
five cents. All are welcome.
AS one of Thomas r. Tice's men was
driving through Woodbury. leading a
y0uung horse, it took fright and jumped on
one of the hind wheels of the carriage,
breaking it down. The driver was equal
to the emergency, and prevented a general
smash up by skillfull handling of the
horse.
The work of identifying the interior
of the Farmers and Mechanics bank, is
progressing the walls of the banking room
being now completed. The artistic work
was done by Mr.. Hulinger, of Merchant
vile, and is a delightful and pleasing
harmony of green and blue, relieved BY
gold leaf and a harmony of colors. A
thing of beauty" it is, and we trust it will
long be joy" to the pains-takiDg officers
of the institution.
During County Court last week we
noticed that large portion of the witnesses
faithfully kissed the Bible when being
sworn This proceeding Is not necessary
under the law passed by the late unlament-
ed Legislature aud no sensible person will
continue TO salute the microbe-infested
volume before going on the witness stand
All that is now required Chap. 1913, laws
of 1899 is for the witness TO hold one hand
upon the Bible while the oath is being adj
mlnistered. This applies to all courts in
the State. The law is good one.
There will be meeting of the Wood
bury Auxiliary of the Red Cross on Friday
morning next, June ID, at 10 o'clock in
the Board of Trade room to consider an
appeal made by Miss Clara Barton, TO the
Philadelphia Society and by them to the
Woodbury. Auxiliary. The following
cablegram has just been received by the
Philadelphia Society:
HAVANA. Cuba. May %. 1892
Associate Society of the Red Cross.
win Phila. send 800 canvas cots for orphans,
with bed G., thing and cases of calico, muslin
and denim
(Signed) CLARA BARTON.
Schools are closed at Barnsboro and
Mantua, in the former place because of two
cases Of diphtheria in the family of Tobias
Stetser, one of which proved fatal. and in
the latter because of two cases of scarlet
fever, one of which has proved fatal, and
tie other, in the family of Isaac Haines,
which at this writing, showes marked i'm
proyement DR.. E. L. Hillegass treated all
the cases, and says the diphtheria in
younger child OF Mr. Stetser yielded Quick
y ~ OAtA-rOAtD= Al TIC Cf1cC VI Tue CtucSt
child, death resulted before that remedy
could be applied.
The Prerogatise Court at Trenton has
sfirued the decree of the Orphans Court
OF this county and sustained the will of
Robert Hawthorne, who formerlv lived at
Gibbstown. His daughter. S. E. Norton,
filed eaveat against admitting the will
to probate. The case was heard in the
Orphans Court and the will was finally
admitted. The matter was then placed
before the Prerogatiye Court at Trenton
and was argued on the 18th of May last.
David o. Watkins, Esq, appeared for the
executors of the will. and S. S. Richards,
Esq, for the directors
Application was made before Judge
Garrison, in Camden, Saturday, for an or
der to compel Greenwich township to pay
the costs of a recount in contested cleo
tion for a committeeman from that Town
ship, and to revoke Thompson's certificate
of election. W. Scott Thompson was declar-
ed elected by one majority over Howard W
Miller, and was granted a certificate by the
local Board of Election. Miller was
allowed recount, which resulted in a tie
vote. Judge Garrison intimated that mas
much as the recount did not elect the ap-
plicaDt for the recount, be could not grant
either request, but held the whole matter
uuder adviaemenf