Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16

The first freight train of the week
arrived in Woodbury. from Camden at II 80
Thursday.
Assistant Water Superintendent Will
mer was at the pumping station from
Monday to Thursday.
Fred Fsrnhsm of the Third New Jer-
sey Vols is in Woodbury., and is now a
plain citizen again, as his regiment has
been mustered out.
The terms of COuncilmen John Reibl,
in the First (; B. w. Andrews in the Second
and d F. Hendrickson in the Third Ward,
expire this Spring.
Elisha A. Conway is prepared to travel
with the Scorcher the coming season, as he
has purchased of Agent Wilson one of the
popular light running so pattern Rambler
bicycle, price, $40.
Mrs. John Shaw aud son will sail for
England on the ship Wiesland, schedula ed
to sail from Philadelphia on the 18th
Mrs Shaw's trip must be delayed several
days because the ship is now at sea, and a
week overdue.
The Board of Education last evening
resolved to encourage an effort on the part
of the scholars and friends of the Wood
bury schools to secure a piano for the
Academy an the plan offered by Wana-
maker & Brown, details of which will
soon be published.
There will he no session of the Circuit
Courts of our county until next Monday
Last week recess was taken until We'd
nesday last, when on a despatch from
} udge Miller Circuit issues were adjourned
until next Monday, and Supreme Court
issues put off for the term. The Wood
bury jurors and Mr.. Wilson of Deptford
were the only Jurors present on Tuesday.
AT a regular monthly meeting of the
Woodbury. Auxiliary Red Cross Society,
held February LIST, 1899, it was decided
not to hold more meetings at present, as
there was no pressing need for work. The
articles on hand were sent to the Phila-
delphiai Red Cross headquarters as
their doors are never closed and the
money in hand was placed in Phiadel
phia Savings Fund. The organization
will be kept up permanently, and be ready
for any emergency. The annual election
of officers, etc, will be held the first We'd
nesday in May next.
Trustees G. G. Green and Horace f.
Nixon, offered several desirable Woodbury.
at public sale last Saturday, and
only small property on Salem avenue,
desired by the Delaware River Railroad
was sold. The store property occupied by
A. }. Higgins, which cost the builder, the
late L. NJ. Green, 81 900, was bid up to
the Jesse Brown property adloin-
ing w. H. Sithen's grocery store on the
south, was bid up to $500; the old Gen1
French residence was bid up to $2,l50; the
house on Green street, occupied by Lew
Allen, was bid to 5000, and lot on Wood
street to $3.50.
The officers Of the Camden, Gloucester
and Woodbury. Railway Company are
entitled to commentator for the zeal they
have displayed the past week in keeping
their road in condition to serve the public,
and opening it when the storm subsidized
1t may not be generally known, that every
particle Of snow must be kept from the
rails in order TO maintain the current, and
up to late Sunday this was done by the
constant use of the great power sweeper.
Early on Tuesday great gangs of shovelers
were put to work on various portions of
the road with the result that service was
resumed between Woodbury. and Camden
on Thursday, and they expect to have the
Mantua line 10 operation on Friday.