Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-04-12
LOCAL ITEMS.


The Democratic Association meeting
Tonight.
Tice advertises sale at Mt. Ephraim
nsxt Saturday.
--Brusehabel's stock Of Easter plants is
larger than ever.
-Hampton-of-Cou will close out his
grocery stock and fixtures next Friday and
Saturday afternoons.
Through F L. Wilkins estate agency
Mr. E. j. Hasse, of Philadelphia, has
leased Frank P. Dell's house on Delaware
street.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the First
Baptist church will hold the annual
pIanked shad dinner in the lecture room Of
the church on Thursday, April 10.
The County Board of Assessors will
meet in the Court House, this city, OBJ
Friday, April 20, at 10 o'clock a. M, pre-
paratory 10 making the annual assessment.
Il. NJ. Buzby, of Wenonah, has pur-
chased a Cleveland bicycle with the Nor
row coaster brake for himself, and an Ideal
bicycle for his son, G CARROLL, of Agent
Wilson.
Our readers will gain much valuable
information, on a variety of questions of
public interest, by reading Congressman
Champ Clark's letter Oh our first page this
week.
Arrangements are being made by
General E. Burd Grubb for the annual
reunion of the survivors Of the Twenty
third New Jersey Regiment at Edgewater
Park next month.
Mrs. Emily Hopkins will spend the
Trelmer with friends ia and near Denver,
IJrado. Her home on Cooper street will
be occupied during her absence by Mr.. w.
1. Margerum and family, Of Philadelphia
AT the annual meeting of the Ladies
AID society of the Central Baptist church,
Monday afternoon, the following officers
were elected President, Mrs Clement
Reeves; Fice-President, Mrs. E. A. Hill
liaid; Secretary and Treasurer. Miss Matte
q. Batten.
"a fact brought out by the publication
II the article on the prosperity OF our farm
ell, from the Ledger last week, is that five
large farm near Woodbury. are without
tenants this year, Or were at the time the
article was published-the Roe farm,
Samuel Sharp farm, Mrs Griscom farm and
two of John C. Tatum farms. All the
above contain over one hundred acres
each.
lit Holly Herald;-This is fish story,
all right. bat true one, nevertheless. %
Monday, Sheriff Fenton and Deputy Sheriff
Doughty went trout fishing in Back run in
Eyesham township, near Milford, and
captured nine speckled beauties that would
have delighted the heart of any true
sportsman. The idea of trout being caught
in Burlington county will surprise a good
many people.
MI Howard Kanthorn and his mother,
Mrs. Eva c. HanthroD, have determined to
spend year in California, with prospect
of making that State their permanent
hume. Howard will leave on the 18th
inst, ard. Mrs. Hanthorn will follow a few
weeks later. They will reside for time
at EImira, small town one hundred miles
north OF San Francisco
Alfred S. Marshall took leave of his
friends last Friday morning. before start
ing across the Atlantic to spend three
months in England France and Germany.
He left for New York at once, and boarded
the steam ship Fms, of the North German
Line that sailed on Saturday. Mr.. Mar
shall has been twice around the globe, and
EIDE several trips across the Atlantic
lie has left his drug business in charge of
Frank Maier, competent pharmacist.
--Peof Liberati's famous band of fifty
pieces has been engaged for the coming
season at Washington Park. The Professor
viii rehearse at the Park during the week
beginning May 20, and the opening day
will be Saturday, May 26 Professor Lib
craft has engaged his old room at Newton
Hotel; and the members of his band will
secure homes there, and at various boarding
IL uses in the city.
The people viii be glad TO know that
tom" Ward is not Tom any more but
Mr.. Thomas Ward, clothed in his right
mind, and actuated by real purpose in
life He came to himsel in Cooper Hospital,
Camden, last week when informed that
unless he halted bis pr sent = ays be would
become blind 81 Ia MS remained re-
formed for a whole week, aud numerous
friends have extended TO him a helping
hand.
The local gas company VI II pass to new
owners, the Burlington & Camden Gas and
Electric Company to morrow, but 80 far as
the public is concerned the gas will flow on
Just the same and the business be conducted
by the present courteous superintendent
Mr.. George w Curtis. Many people are
expecting ineandeseent electric lights soon,
aud cheaper gas. We hope sIey will not be
disappointed
When statement Of fact gets into the
air and into the newspapers, too, there is
general some truth N it. II has been in
the air for several months that majority
Of the stock of the Camden, Gloucester aud
Woodbury. Trolley Company had been pur-
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pany Of North Jersey, gigantic corpora
tion that owns many trolley lines mp the
State, also some-the Bridgeten and Mill
vile line, South Of Us. Il is said. further,
that the southern holdings are TO be con
aected with this line via. Glassboro, Clay
10 and YineIand, creating line to parallel
lie West Jersey TO Brjdeeton. Il is said
also. that Hon. Wan. Thompson is 10 be
President Of this line, and VIM. Wilson.
superintendent The pleasant feature Of
III this news Is that nobody is injured If il
is true, and most Of us will survive the
shock i We learn, nliEmalelg, that II i fake