Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-07-06
LOCAL

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The bank statements are advertised
this week
Belmont Perry, Esq is in Woodbury.
this morning, having arrived from Sants
Ana, Cal, during the night
The stone road contractor is making
commendable progress with the Woodbury.
stone road
The County Board of Assessors will
meet in the Court House next Monday at
O'Clock, a. 10.
The First National Bank of this city
has declared the usual sem-annual dlvi.
dend of six per cent.
The glassblowers who have been work.
ing in western factories during the recent
blast are all at home this week.
Tee Mantua NJ E Sunday school will
hold their annual excursion to Cape May
on Wednesday, the 10Th inst.
We publish interesting letters thiE
week from James S. Carson, Porto Rico
and w. A. Mattson on board the U. :. S.
Detroit, last heard from at Valparaiso,S S. A
"A citizen of Woodbury. has captured q
kissing bug, and it is on exhibition under
glass in Druggist Marshal's show win
0OWs 14CtC 10 uO CllQCUCC tudt IL ndf
enjoyed its propensity in this section.
List of advertised letters for the week
ending July 8, 1899: Philip Baylor, Miss
r A. johnson, Miss Mary Mye Helen
Williams, Charles Kinsley. Persons calling
for the above letters will please sav sdVer.
tised.
District Deputy, Agustus Prehl in.
stS1led the officers of The Shield of Honor
last Saturday This order has member.
ship of 10000 and paid $4,000 death
benefits last year. Surely, this is grand
record.
james Washington, colored, of Centre
vile, Camden County, was committed to
Jail Wednesday By Justice Pancoast in
default of 5000 bail on charge of fourishing
pistol at Washington Park late on the
night of the Fourth.
The funeral of Mary, wife of Mr. Den.
mis- Blake, ON Thursday, who died on
Monday last, was the largest this commun-
ity has seen in long time, the services
were it st. Patrick's church. The inter
ment being at Gloucester City.
Our papers addressed to Hurffville and
portion of the Bridgeport package went
wrong last week, and were not delivered
until Monday, We shall make an earnest
effort to locate the responsibility, and cor
rect the service 10 the future.
There is unanimiiy of opinion among
farmers that the sweet potato crop will be
very short this year. The plants have
suffered from the May drought and cold
weather in June. The report is that q
large proportion of the plants have died
md oF 9th
DR. Michael j. Brown has sued the
West Jersey and Sea Shore Railroad Com
pany for $4,000 for injuries alleged 10 have
been received in the railway collision in
this city on June %, 1897. DR.. Brown
says he was injured so badly that he was
entirely unfit physically to follow his pro-
fessi0nal duties.
Quaker families willing to offer good
home to friendless boy or girl of anj age
and who will receive the child as member
of the family and give it such care and
training as will fit it for life OF selEsup.
port and usefulness, are invited to CORE.
spond with The State Board of Children z
Guardians, S2o South Broad street, New.
ark, n. J.
Certificate of Incorporation of the Lake
side Land Company, of Swedesboro, was
filed in the County Clerks office, on Tues.
day. The incorporators are Chas d. Lip.
pincott. George B. Mitchell, George G.
Jones, Henry w. Ridgway, Benjamin P
Lawrence, Howard V Locke, Alexander Fl
Hewes. Adrain P Locke, Henry Mayhem
and John G. Rulon.
1t is matter of conjecture who will
operate the Woodbury. Glass Works next
year. The Glass Trust is dickering for the
plant, and until the negotiations are closed
all is uncertain. II is quite certain, how.
ever. that the works will be operated
because the plant is handsomely equipped
complete in every department, hence moi
Likely TO be dispensed with even if il goes
into the Trust.
That advertising is the key TO succes,
in the case of aged George John Stutz, oi
Plainfield, who is about to receive SIS $50
from German bank as the result of hi.
mothers desire TO give him good start il
life sixty six years ago, goes without denial
Had it not been for the scanning of ths
newspaper columns by his son-in-law in {
casual way the old German would have
probably died ignorant of the fact that one
George John Stutz was wanted for the pur
pose Of delivering into his possession ar
original $4 900 that has compounded itsel
nineteen times. The mother put the 81 O0C
IN sayings bank, and died without letting
IL he knoWn