Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-03-22
LOCAL

LOCAL ITEMS.
The dags and nights were of equal
length yesterday.
George W Reed will remove to Allan
tic City next Monday.
Mrs. A R. Bains is spending this week
with relatives at Newtown, Bucks Co, Pa.
One of C. W. Starts bIooded cows died
on Sunday of milk fever, a cash loss of
500
There is a movement to establish q
local telephone company and make it popu-
lar By fixing low price.
All Township Committees will meet
next Saturday for organization, under the
new Township law.
-Chas. B. Tbackara sold house on
Glassboro avenue on Tuesday to ADELAIDE
Carter. Price about $3.50.
Mr. John D. Green will occupy one of
the Building Association houses at the cor
ner of Green and Packer streets.
Woodbury. Board of Education will
meet at 7.30 in the academy tonight for
the purpose of organization.
Through +. L. wilkins estate agency,
Mr.. E. T. Neal of the ship building firm has
leased a house on North Broad street.
On Monday last Sheriff Springer sold
the John Tonkin farm of 81 acres at Aura
to Geo. Keebler, of tFlassboro, for 81 $50.
Joseph j. Summerlll, Esq started on
Wednesday for bis cunning preserve near
North East, Mary land, for few days duck
shooting.
Read the advertisement of "Child's
Pique and Louhoffs Flakes" It cones to
us from a firm Of highest character as deal
ere in pure food products.
Mr.. Julius Leuthy, of Mantua, is me-
gotiating for the purchase of Ford's Hotel,
Swedesboro. Only few hundred dollars
now divide the owner and prospective pur-
chaser.
The Spring announcement of Hall &
Son, the Philadelphia dry goods merchants
who are especially popular with rural
traders, will be found in our advertising
columns this week.
Josiah Chew, runner for the First
National Bank for twenty two years, cele
brated his ffty-ninth birthday on last
Monday. Good wishes to Mr.. C.'s con-
tinued fortune of good health and con-
tented mind, viii be general.
"A small>child of VIM. Hates, of Clay
ton, was probably fatally burned on
Wednesday morning. 1t had just reached
the walking age, and while left alone
minute reached the fire, with the above re-
suit. 1t was taken to Cooper's hospital on
the noon train.
Mr. Edward A. billiard died at his
residence on Popular avenue on Saturday
last of complication of diseases aged AZ
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one daughter, have resided here about q
year. The funeral was on Tuesday. Inter
ment in Ohio
We thank the District Clerks in the
various townships for reports of the result
of the school meetings on Tuesday evening
last, which form an interesting news exhi-
bit in our columns this week. Ia connec-
ton herewith we desire to thank friends
for promptness in sending the result of the
town meetings, published last week.
The Ladies' Aid society of the First
Baptist church has elected the following
officers President, Mrs. Chas. Walton I;
First Vice President, Miss A. Williams !:
Second Vice President, Mrs. W. C. Will
liams; Secretary, Miss Josie B. Scott
Treasurer, Miss N. Gardener.
The spring conference of the GIouces-
ter County Sunday School Association was
to haYe been held in the Westville M. P
church the last of April, but as the Glou-
cester County Christian Endeavor Union
has scheduled meeting there two weeks
later, Pastor Patterson is trying to make
other arrangements.
Until yesterday, Andrew NJ Redfeld
was possessed of dog of wide reputation
for faithfulness, eyenness of temper and
uniform sobriety. All friends of that dog
were Andrews friends, and none other. As
be had done Thousand times before the
dog visited the railroad station on Wednes-
day. He is dead now, victim Of the
heartless car wheel that cut his body ia
twain. Everybody mourns his loss
everybody sympathizes with Andrew.
On Tuesday morning a beautiful
sheppard dog ran into SenDett's blacksmith
shop Oh Broad street with its under-iaw
hanging down. and showing other visible
signs of being mad Morris Powers was
engaged 10 shoeing DR.. KIby's horse.
while the doctor was sitting near reading
q piper. a helper saw the dog and gave the
alarm. Mr.. Powers dropped the horses
foot and seized a hammer and flung it at
the animal, striking it in the front legs
and halting it in an instant. d.. Kirby
seized hammer and struck the animal on
the head, killing it The dog had ev-
identity come a long distance, as it was
much exhausted. DR.. Kirby had a dog
under his care with symptoms of rabies in
North Woodbury., and he Immediately went
and pnt it out Of the way. If this dog has
been running a great distance, as its con-
dition indicated, we may look for an
epidemic of mad dogs in the near future.
"a new feature of church entertain
meDts is to get number of young married
couples to tell in public why they married
Why we Married entertainment was
held 10 Trenton Baptist church last week
and WAS great success. Seven couples
etood up and nubossomed themselves Oae
got tired OF boarding house fare and mar
ried girl who had gained reputation as
bread maker, only to find that she had
married TO gel rid OF bread baking Nearly
all got the opposite of what they sought
One young woman had but one reason, the
fear Of being an old maid. At the con-
clusion of the trying ordeal the husbands
were recompeHsed by having the 0ppor-
tunity to ask their wives if they would
rather now be single, and to be greeted
with csloruses Of " No, MAJ There ID q
suspicion that the pastor got up the ente1-
tainment for the purpose of promoting
matIimcng afaoDR bis aock.