Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-10-05
LOCAL

LOCAL Z MS.
Sweet potatoes are 81 90 per barrel this
week
-Edw. Shuster is having barn built On
his LOT on Chestnut street.
Read Toone & HoIIinshed's advertise
nlent on our fourth page.
Barclay Mankins is painting William
S. Connor's residence again.
Jacob Yearick's pension has been in
creased from ST. to $24 per month.
"A new time table went into effect on
tn West Jersey and Sea Shore road on the
Sd inst.
Eleven of Ben. c. Browns Chinese
pheasants were killed by dogs last Sunday
Light.
II. G. Cox & Bro. are Just finishing a
new delivery wagon for Mr A. Kock, the
Mantua baker.
"A fall from a bicycle resulted in a
fractured knee, the unfortunate being the
little daughter of Rob't Carr.
The B. Y. P. U. will give their annual
Boston Tea" in the Central Baptis. church
on October 10. Admission 25 cents.
The new rules governing the Demo
cratic organization in this county are
printed on our fourth page this week.
Principal Frye, of the Woodbury.
schools, is instruetiDg a class of teachers in
geometry in the Academy Monday even
iDgs.
M. F. Engle has had his barber shop
and cigar store renovated this week, and
H. oho - la
proved designs, put in.
The early frosts, which are the earliest
for several years, have wrought much
damage and loss to cranberry growers and
late tomatoes and pumpkins.
The Ledger's local correspondent be-
lieves that the Delaware River Railroad
has been sold to the Reading system, and
il is to be extended to Camden. We all
hope it has.
The green houses of Louis Duncan, of
Westville, were destroyed by FIRE Oh Sat
urdsy night last. The origin of the fire is
a mystery. The loss is estimated at $1,000
Insurance $780,
The annual business meeting of the
Young Peoples Association of the Presby-
terrain church will be held in the chapel on
Friday evening. Officers for the ensuing
term will be elected.
Sheriff Collins on Monday sold the
Norton property to G G. Green, complain
ant, for 5000, and on Tuesday the W. d.
Carter property at Pitman Grove to Robert
s. Clymer for $1,000.
AT special election held on wednes
day, Gloucester City authorized the City
Council to improve the streets to the ex
tent of 100000, and issue bonds of the
city in that amount.
Francisco Athletic, who killed Giov-
ami DeFeo, with whom be boarded, near
Williamstown early last summer, will be
tried for murder, the Camden Grand Jury
having found an Indictment against him
on Monday.
Mr.. John 81. Redfeld has sold his
twenty acre farm on the Red Bank road,
just below the old toll gate, to a Mr.. Sayer,
of Haddonfeld, for So 500, and will make
public sale OF his personal pr operty soon
and move to South WestEilIe.
List of advertised letters for the week
ending October 2, 1899: VIM. Covington,
Miss Lydia Cox, Miss Mary Chew, Miss
Sarah Gibson, Miss E. NJ. johnson, Miss
Anna E. johnson. Miss Psttie A.
Lacy, Mrs. Mary Morggin, Ora Sharp, John
Wilkins. Persons calling for the above
letters will please say advertised.
Gloucester county dairmen are going
TO advance the price of milk from three to
four cents per quart, Wholesale. This ad-
vance in price is made necessary by the
shortage in the hay crop and high price of
feed, making it impossible to produce milk
at three cents. Four cents per quart
wholesale, means eight cents retail.
IF. L. Wilkins reports the sale of the
Isabella d. Graham porperty OF Lincoln
street to Charles Heckt, of Camden. Mr..
Heckt will greatly improve the property
and soon occupy it. The same agency re-
ports the sale of house and lot on Sum-
init avenue, Newbold. belonging to Bel
mont Perry, to Chas. r. Barker.
The semi annual election of officers of
the Young Peoples Society of the First
Baptist church on Friday evening. resulted
as follows: President, H. c. Waram, Jr;
Wee President, IdelIa Gibson; Secretary,
Leona P. Scott Treasurer, Walter Tatum !;
Ofganist, Hannah Frye; Ushers, Percy
Wise, John Sagirs, Theo. Dilks and BENZ.
Koran.
the Street committee seems to have
forgotten the condition 10 which it has
left Broad street, because piles of earth,
cobbies, brick bats, etc, still remain along
the cutters and on the walks, unsightly
monuments Of the recent street improve
ments OF course, the only reason for the
condition 10 which the street is left, is that
the committee has forgotten itse,f
Qkoto Doa-d r.
meeting held Tuesday, elected County
Superintendents of schools as follows
Camden county, Charles A. Albertson !;
Cape May County, Aaron Hand Burliug-
ton county, Herman Stees; Ocean county,
+ North Mercer county, M S. Hartwell /;
Warren county, Martin L. Cox Sussex
county, J. Hill Somerset county, Fl. Nets.
The Interstate Fair did not haye a
successful meet this year, the attendance
being ~ 900 less than last year. An officer
Of thu Fair says that he is satisfied that
" the rainy weather on the opening day,
the Dewey excitement, the international
boat races, and the Philadelphia Exposition
have been tremendous factors against the
Fair, and that, without them, this would
have been our most successful year,
The contractor for the Woodbury. and
Knights Ran gravel road is making rapid
progress beginning in the centre Of the
distance and working both ways The
bridge near Hendrickson's farm is being
raised about three feet and the line of The
road in some instances, particularly at
Roes Hill is found to be not according to
the original road lines and is being changed,
more to the eastward, requiring the re-
mcYal Of stumps and uuderbrush.
Court Notes.
At a special session Of court Friday
morning beld by Judge Jessup, the case of
Nora Willianna charmed with afaalirrr rrcl,ds