Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-03-15
LOCAL ITEMS.

Cox Bros. advertise another sale at
Paulsboro.
Samuel H. Kirby is confined to the
house.
John Kain, a young Third warder, is
i'll with pleurisy.
Gus. Prehl win have sale of carriages
etc. next Monday.
The Board OF Chosen Freeholders is in
session to-day.
"A large brick addition is being erected
to Blasius piano works.
The proposal to create a Trustee for
Dan1 Thackara's estate is off.
The Nj. E. conference began the annual
session at MillEille last Tuesday.
VIM. C. Fox has lot of fresh horses
which be adYertises at private sale.
Councilman Leeds is Candidate for
the Presidency OF that body, We are in
formed.
Mr.. J. W. Anderson of Camden county,
has leased the Joseph Carter farm from g.
g. Green.
Postmaster Jessup is having the post
Office cleaned, painted and papered. Jos.
Gibson is the decorator.
Eli Eldridge has been confined to his
home oyer four months with complication
OF diseases.
Mrs. George E. Pierson is spending a
few days in New York, the guest of Mrs.
Joseph L. Pierson.
H. A. DeHart. the Thorofare wagon
builder. sold $500 worth of vehicles at
mn hIic sale last Monday
Sheriff Springer sold the Elwood Kier
farm in Harrison township on Monday last
to Mrs. Amanda Clark for 5000
-Ex-Sheriff Collins is moving to Pitman
Grove to-day, and Sheriff Springer is NOV
ing from Bridgeport to the Sherifffs castle.
-Freeholders Walton and Mathers and
SnrYeyor Carter rode over the PauIsboro-
SwedesborO stone road yesterday, on tour
of inspection,
In case change of residence requires
a change of post Office address, subscribers
will kindly notify us promptly, giving old
as well as netu address.
The Chancellor has granted decree
of divorce in favor Of Samuel F. Fry, of
HuIffvilie, against his wife. Anna L. Fry on
the ground OF desertion.
VIM. C. Fox sold 80 head of horses at
his sale last week. B F. james, a young
auctioneer of HurffvilIe, was on the block,
and did his part to Mr.. Fox's entire salts
faction.
Telegraph and telephone wires have
been elevated ten feet in Woodbury. by the
erection of poles of greater length. The
wires are now supposed to clear the trees
at every point.
Harry Cloud will farm the Griscom
farm this year. VIM. yanneman, of West
willie, has moved to the Green farm on Red
Bank ave. VIM. Densten will truck the
Merritt Pierce farm on Crown Point Road.
-Thos Black sold twenty three head OF
horses at Westgille yesterday at an average
price of S156 80. Auctioneer Knisell says
this is the highest average price obtained
in this county during the past fifteen years.
--On January Is, Fred. Lang. of Dept
ford, bought a team of horses from Thos.
Black, paying $406 The best horse of the
team died on Monday night last, and Mr.
Black has divided the loss with MIR. Lang.
-Diequietiug, but uncOnfsmed rumors
of the fate Of some Woodbury. boys in the
Philippines have reached Woodbury..
Beyond tue puUfic olutid4 lcpoIt VI Oapp.
Dubois being wounded, no news has
reached Woodbury. of February date.
The big tank at the Woodbury. Glass
Works burst this morning, and seventy
tons of monIten glass poured into the pit
surrounding the furnace. 1t will probably
take q week to make necessary repairs
during which the blowers and helpers will
be idle.
Under the auspices Of the Woodbury.
Reading Club, Miss Anne NJ. Earle, oil
Phila, will give two lectures IN the Pres
bgts rian Chapel, Woodbury.. March 81 and
April A. at 4 p m. Subjects THE
English Lake Country and its Poets," and
Louis XIV and Versailles" Admission
rs cents.
The Committee of the Board Of Chosen
Fseebolders, to whom was referred petit
ton for stone road on Delaware street
from Broad street to Crown Point Road, Q
distance Of about miles. will report to
the Board to-day that sufficient frontage
has signed the application to secure the
building of the road.