Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-04-26

LOCAL ITEMS.
The Assessors are making their annual
visits
-Tice adyertises a sale of COWS at Mt
Ephraim on May 1st.
Col G. G. Green and family will arrive
in Woodbury. next Saturday.
Artist Geiger is painting Postmaster
Jessup's residence on Cooper street.
The farmers are putting out tomatoes
at lively rate this week. Some were put
out last Saturday.
The annual examinations in the public
schools will begin on Monday next and
continue the entire week.
-ReY Edward Dillon " i'll preach in the
First Presbyterian church, Salem, next
Sunday.
Rev. ]. P. Turpin, Of the M. E. Com
ference, a former pastor here, was buried
at Pemberton last Friday.
Patrick Kahn ard Harry Murpy, who
last Thursday were seriously i'll, are both
making rapid recovery.
There will be confirmation at the Ger
man Lutheran church next Sunday at two
o'clock. All are cordially invited.
-Volney G. Cushing. of Bangor. Maine,
an able an eloquent lecturer, will deliver a
temperance address in the NJ. E. church,
Thorofare, Friday evening May 4th.
President Morse, of the New York
Ship Building Company, is 10 Russia in
conference with the Gar in reference to
bodybuilding contracts.
-Arbor Day will be observed in Wood
bury schools tomorrow with appropriate
exercises in the various rooms. The First
Ward school will plant two Norway NAPLES
il addition to the school room exercises.
Christian Wolferth and wife and
grandson, Chas c., son of John G. VOL
ferlh. OF Wolferth's Station, will sail from
New York on May 81, in the Ship Feurst
Bismark, for visit to the Fstherland.
List of advertised letters for the week
ending April %, 1900: II. D. Esta, Richard
Ferris, Florence Green, Charlie Moore,
Edward Nash, Miss Anna M. Peters.
Persons calling for the above letters will
please say advertised.
One of the most elaborate and largely
attended dance parties ever given in
Woodbury. was that in the Armory last
Thursday evening by the Woodbury. Dane
ing Glass. Vsllone furnished the music,
and Chapman the refreshments.
The New Jersey State Board of Chill
dren's Guardians desire homes for it's
wards: Roman Catholic, Protestant and
for coiored children. For pay rates, etc
address New Jersey State Board of Chill
dren's Guardians. Fuller Building. Jersey
City.
There is only enc house building in
Woodbury., yet contractor Allen finds it
impossible to secure carpenters, and is
working himself alone. Two of his regu-
lar journeymen are sick. and all the other
WoTkmen are either at Atlantic City or en-
ployed on the vast construction works of
the New York Ship Building Company.
"A surgical operation for the removal
of cancer of the uteris was performed
on Mrs. P. B. Burk. at the home OF her
husband on High street, this city, on Tues
day, by Prof. Price and assistant of Phila-
delphia. assisted by Drs Wilson and Read
ing. At this writing the operation is
believed to have been successful one.
The City Board of Education, at an
adjourned meeting on Tuesday evening,
reelected by a unanimous vote, Miss
Rhoda Williams and Miss Belle Platt,
teachers in the West End school A
special committee consisting of MessTs.
Livermore, Redfeld and Carpenter was
appointed to investigate the recommends
ton OF principal Frye for an additional
teacher in the High School department.
After an extended soiourn at Klon-
dixie, the Old Maids expect to visit the
scenes Of their childhood in the towns and
villages of our little state of New Jersey,
and will arrive at the Kemble M. E
church on Thursday evening, May g. From
all reports they have had prosperous
time while absent, and will be deeply dis
appointed not to see the familiar faces of
their numerous friends and acquaintance,
go be sure to 90 and not mar the pleasure
Of their return by your absence.
"A business man of the county who
inserted an advertisement 10 the DEMO
GRAFT last year, as an experiment, has
renewed the contract for another year
without solicitation, because it has proved
profitable ex expenditure. There are other
business men in this county who can
increase their business By the judicious use
of printers ink. Thousands of dollars 90
right past the country dealers door to the
city every year, because the country deal
ers have not realized The importance Of
advertising their wares.
Says Stroller in the South Jerseyman
Il was talking to an intelligent fisherman
of this city, on Saturday, about the low
price of chad and be said our fishing laws
are noneensical For instance, it's illegal to
propagate carp 10 State waters Now that's
all mo0nsbine. Sbad all this week have
averaged the fishermen about one cent per
pound, while carp haye been worth Is cents
per pound Why | really believe that il
the United States Fish Commission would
allow the steamer 'Fishhawk' to artifciaily
propagate several million carp FRY and turn
sem loose in the Delaware, it would be
beneficial for the fishermen and it wouldn't
decrease the run of shad one scale
On Monday last Sheriff Springer sold
the Besj Cloud farm near Red Bank to
Dennis Blake, for 500 This sale was q
necessity to perfect Blake's title to the
property Also the Samuel Sharp farm of
ia aeres, near Woodbury., to Asa Redrow,
for 5000. Mr. Sharp purchased this farm
ct Ehefif's sale thirty -four years ago at
Just twice the sum paid for IL last Monday
II has occupied il ever since, and il is in
better condition now than il was then. He
has laid thousands 0; tile, and within the
past Eve years the buildings have been
generally repaired This amount Just
about clears the first mortgage. If the
local prosperity written for the Public
Ledger will so to the Clerk's Office, he will
fpa that one mortgage on this farm
vas paid of By this sale--the second.