Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-04-19
LOCAL Items.


Hawk, will arrive at Gloucester tomorrow.
VIM Park, of Pitman, is painting
James Parks house on Hopkins street.
DIR S. T. Miller will return from
Philadelphia to his Paulsboro home next
week.
Lawyer Swackhamer now takes recre-
alton behind or astride chestnut thorough
bred
The celebration of Easter in Woodbury.
churches last Sunday was more elaborate,
if possible, than ever before.
-Chas Smith, colored, of this city, is an
inmate of Castle Springer, on a charge of
disoTderly conduct and assault on his
mother.
k. G E. No. 10. of Woodbury., will
give an entertainment on next Tuesday
evening, April "A, in Prehl's Hall, on
Cooper street.
"A bout twenty-five members of Florence
Lodge, A. F. & A. NJ. dined at Newton
hotel last evening, after an interesting
session of the lodge.
Copies of the new school law have been
shipped to the various City and County
Clerks throughout the State, from whom
they can be obtained on application.
Members of Township Boards OF Ed
ucation, where the Boards did not or
ganize previous to March 23d, are required
by the new school law to be sworn in.
The proposition that the school chill
dren purchase q silver service for the pro-
posed battleship New Jersey, meets with
much favor over the State among pupils
ard teachers.
The Board of Education of the city of
Salem, has announced in the local press
that applications win be received for posi-
tions as teachers IN the public schools to
May 3, 1900.
The famous Gloucester fishery is land
ing shad by the hundred at each haul, and
hundreds of people, to whom the drawing
If the great SCENE is curiosity, visit
Washington Park daily to witness the
operation.
-Planked chad parties are the order at
Gloucester, Washington Park aud West
vile, and occasionally our Woodbury.
caterers serve large parties The Knights
of the Golden Eagle dined at Washington
Park last Tuesday.
Governor Voorhees, has designated Fri
day, the 9th of April as ATbor day, and
recommends that the people devote the
day to planting forest trees, and that
appropriate exercises be held in the public
schools of the State.
by an act of the Legislature of 1899
township clerks are required to file at the
county clerks Office the bonds of the town
collector, treasurer, constable and overseer
of the poor. Each bond requires a so cent
revenue stamp attached.
Mr. NJ. W. Newton is entertaining a
party of about fifty friends at a panked
she'd dinner at Newton hotel this after
noon. They came down from Philadel-
phia in President Thompson's private car
and are feasting on the best the water, land
and air produce.
There is revival of the project to
build trolley road to National Park, and
we are informed that opposition thereto is
confined to the Park management, who OBJ
jeet to its being operated on the Sabbath
Capital is ready to build the road at once,
we are informed, if that objection is re-
moved.
Miss Salome Morgans kindergarten
scholars haye a vacation this week while
she is attending the National Convention
IF kindergarten teachers in session in
Brooklyn. n. 7 :, incompany of Miss Anna
q
Philadelphia. Miss Morgan is improving
this opportunity to visit Mrs. DR.. L. Earle
Budd, in Orange.
-Atthe annual meeting Of Christ Church
Parish on Easter Monday the following Off
GERS were elected Senior Warden, Henry
s FoOte; Junior Warden, DR.. II. c. Clark
VestTymen, Charles w. Starr, Samuel G.
Twells, John B Pebble, W. +. Speakman,
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ShiveTs, and john 7. Kirkbride Secretary.
John T, KirkbTide; Treasurer, Joseph W.
Merritt.
There is much sentiment in the city
against the proposed widening of Cooper
street East Of the railroad. and the result
tant destruction of the beautiful trees
fronting the Green farm, and the Romantic
Lovers Walk It is argued with much
force that if the street from Broad to the
railroad is TO remain as at present, proper
grading will put the eastern portion of the
road in as good condition as the portion
which is most used, and not destroy the
natural beauties Of that portion of the city.
List of advertised letters for the week
ending April is. 1900 s. B. Avis, DR..
Blake, Spencer Bonbana, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Borton. Gypsy Cannon, W b. Chalfant,
10ccpu AlHCfirtSs DCs%1d NDtttD, w. Il
Coke, r D. Colyer, William Hall, David
II. HoIcomb. Mrs. d. Hughes, Lemuel
Jackson, Harris Lilly, J. Il Magill, A. w.
Martin, Gregor Painter, Hase Phillips, (2);
James Powers, Mrs. Susie @. Smith, Ellen
SnII, Thornton Yenie. Persons calling
ios the above letters please say advertised.
The humane committee OF the Town
Improvement Association of Summit, n j :,
intend waging a war against mosquitoes
this summer The society is endeavoring
10 rid that part Of New Jersey Of the
Troublesome insects By spraying ponds
with kerosene They have decided 10 OBJ
tain the opinion Of an expert. and accord
iDglY invited Professor e O Howard. Of
Smithsonian Institute, of Washington, D.
G., to visit Summit, examine the small
ponds and give q lecture on the subject.
The fesult Of the experiments will be
watched with interest b5 residents in al
parts Of the State