Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-02-15

Logan township financial statement is
published this week.
-Dan'l Mrmford is running a coach too
and from all trains.
Some West Deptford farmers are plant
ing peas on Feb. IA.
The Republican Club has changed its
headquarters from Stokes to Merritt Block.
The Republicans of Paulsboro are 60
ing to hold mass meeting on Saturday
evening.
1t is announced from Salem that VIM
F. Buohl has sold his hotel there to Benz.
F. Tuft for $4,000.
On Tuesday last Sheriff Springer sold
the F. A. GOffray property in Woodbury.
Park to H. c. Wilson for $3.50
Game Warden Muller has put mum
Der of stock fish in Fox Run pond and
also Prickett's pond, HuTffville.
The telephone rate between Woodbury.
and Bridgeport will hereafter be ten cents
Heretofore it has been twenty-five cents.
Congressman Loudenslager has sent
an ingoice of agricultural seeds to the
Constitution Office for general distribution.
Who will get the local census jobs
The fees will average about $40 for two
weeks work. Congressman Lcudenslager
will name the successful applicants for the
job.
Capt. w. Cloud has plans prepared
for a handsome villa to be erected at Chel-
sea this Summer. They are now in hands
of builders for estimates.
Jacob Wagner has bought the VIM. S.
of al
with new house and new barn. On the turn
pike, in Mt Royal, for S., 400, and will
make it his future home
COUNCILMAN Leeds is prominent in
a corporation that has purchased the cele-
brated Chalfout hotel at Atlantic City, and
he will devote portion of his time to its
management.
On Saturday last B. W. Andrews, ex-
ecutor of the Smallwood estate, sold the
meadow at IS per acre to Will a. Hoffman,
and the Red Bank tract to L Hampton
Williams at 81 per acre.
The Republican City Executive Com
mitteee will hold it annual meeting in the
Republican Club rooms tonight Officers
will be elected and arrangements made to
issue the nominating books. 4,
Executive Committee was represented at
the reception to VIM. J. Bryan at Burling
ton last Thursday by Messrs Sickler, Cox,
D. W Brown, Davidson, Jones, Molony
and Carpenter.
Three teachers of the Woodbury. public
schools are on the sick list this Week.-Mrs.
Pierson, Miss Kerr and Miss Polk. Their
places are being filed by Miss Carrie
Smith, Miss Alice Lippincott and Mrs.
Franklin Ware.
Special services will be held in the
Central Baptist church this and tomorrow
evening. Tonight, Rev. John Gordon, D.
D., OF the Second Baptist church, Phila,
will preach and Friday evening Rev. }. NJ.
Stlffisr, Of Grocer, will occupy the pulpit.
The NJ. E. church at Porchiown, Glou-
cester county, having been greatly i'm
proved and beautified will have an all-day
service on next Sabbath, eighteenth inst
Rev. Samuel M. Hudson will preach the
opening sermon at ten O'Clock a. m. All
are invited.
Effort to discover the identity of the
person who assaulted Mrs. Haskell, at the
residence of her sister, Mrs bennett in
Franklin Township three weeks ago has
been discontinued, as the perpetTator of the
deed covered his tracks most thoroughly.
The Grand Jury will meet next Sat-
uTday, and the rumor is that the Eyre
murder Gaze will be considered. Justice
Garrison is said TO be of opinion that the
case must be tried here, in which opinion
high legal authority in Pennsylvania con-
curs.
by the sudden turning of his horse, a
shoe drummer was thrown out of his car
rage last Saturday, and was badly cut Oh
the head. DR.. Stratton, OF Woodbury.,
dressed the wound, which required ten
stitches to mend.
Logan township Caucus will be held
at Z 30 p. N. on March Sd. A Justice of
the Peace, Assessor, Chosen Freebooter,
Commissioner of Appeal, three Township
Committeeman, two Surveyors of High
ways. Constable and Poundkeepers will be
nominated, ard other public business trans
acted.
Prank P Dell, of this city, has pur-
chased an old-estabIished clothing and
gents furnishing goods business at Wash
ington, n. j., and already taken possession
of same. The removal Of Mr.. Dell and
family from our city will be universally
regretted. for ali the reasons that enter into
an exaulted, lifelong citizenship. Mr..
Deli goes to one Of the liveliest, np-to-date
towns in the State, where we bespeak for
him prosperous business future
Church Burned.
Last Wednesday evening shortly after
the congregation of the Downer NJ. E.
church had left, the roof of the edifice was