Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-12-20
LOCAL BRIEFS.
-pr. Campbell is home again.

DIR. Campbell is home again.
There Will be a meeting Of the Board
Of Education tonight.
Druggist Marshalls advertisement
deals with timely topics.
Read zimmerman & Brothers adver. on
the fourth page of this issue.
The Kemble Memorial church has
raised $3.50 to meet floating indebtedness.
The banks win be closed on Christmas
Day. aad the post Office during the usual
hours.
The Sabbath-school workers of the
zaEless cl5Irehee.-ss. deep in Christmas
labors
Confectioner schrenk is prepared to
FIJI Santa Claus sleigh with sweets that are
pure and wholesome.
Several farmers of Deptford township
have gone into the hog business farmer
having three hundred head.
u. Dean Thompson is home from an
eleven months trip through the West for
the Keystone Watch Case Company.
Florence Lodge, f. and A. NJ, held
their annual banquet at Newton Hotel last
evening. The grand officers were present.
There are several cases of small pox in
jersey City and Perth Amboy. In the
former city one Of the schools have been
closed.
Snellbaker Bros, marble workers of
Woodbury. and Woodstown, have bought
out VIM. S. Carpenter, marble worker, of
Clarksboro.
"A sewing maching makes an acceptable
Christmas gift, and L. Brown & Co. have
the biggist bargain in sewing machines we
have ever seen.
F. A. Gofflay, who has had carriage
shop at Westville and Woodbury., died at
has home on West Centre street last Mon
day afternoon.
Herbert Twells has secured a position
as draughtsnlan with an Orange, n. J.
manufacturing firm, and entered upon his
duties this week.
Landlord Rachor, Jr., is about to
make extensive improvements at his hotel.
The pool tables are to be taken out, and
lunch counter installed.
We regret to learn that quite number
Of Wcodburians dropped $1.25 in the end
less chain gold watch scheme The sucker
crop is always ready for the harvest.
The depredations of skaters on the
fences around the Newton ice pond, is the
cause of the refusal of the proprietor to
longer allow its use as a skating park.
The negligence case of Deptford town
ship vs.. Plum, was tried before Judge Jes-
sup yesterday. Watkins & Avis for the
township and Robert S. Clymer for Plum.
The nineteenth century will be ushered
y.
good deal Of pomp in many sections. Wood
bury ought to be preparing something inn
posing.
List Of advertised letters for the week
ending Dec. II, 1900 Miss c. Gill, Dan'l
Z. Rodger, Mrs. Smith, Anna I'rusty
Persons calling for the above letters will
please say advertised.
The Reading Club fund was augmented
by the amount Of 1853, the result of the
sale at the residence Of Mrs. VIM. E. Speak
man last Wednesday evening. The amount
IN the treasury is now $174.
The meeting of District No. %. K. of
r., in Woodbury. last Thursday evening,
was great success Eighty-five members
ioined in the splendid BANQUET at Newton
Hotel, and participated in the session in the
lodge room.
The Republican members Of the legis-
sature held their caucus at Trenton on
Tuesday, and selected their officers. Glou-
eester county is to get door. keeper, sure,
and perhaps page, later. Mr.. Buck viii
name the lucky man. The place is worth
from 800 to 5000, and the labor is light.
Printed matter has a personality Just
Us much as human beings. If You have
business which is successful and prosper
Gus and important, do not allow your
printed matter to malign and misrepresent
Tour goods. Good printing is worth all it
costs. tCurent Advertising.
p. B. Burk, local representative of the
Prudential Insurance Company, has in his
possession the original key Of Libby Prison.
IL is an immense affair, seven inches long
and weighs fourteen ounces, the tumbIer
icing 4 by II inches 1t was given him
~ an old soldier, who poclzeted it on a
Convenient occasion in war times
The two farms sold by the Hunterdon
County National Bank last Thursday did
not bring very encouraging prices. No J.
known as the Werts farm, in Delaware
township, consisting Of 200 acres, was pur-
chased 81 Henry Schlapfer for $3.50 pei
acre. No. 2, consisting Of 60 acres located
ii KingWood township, was sold to a Mr.
Smith for SO 40 an acre. Democrat
There Is dangerous article Of stove
polish on the market if there is any truth il
the following: Miss Carrie Lauer, aged q
wears, Of York, Pa, while attempting II
brighten stove with a polish came neal
burning to death. As soon as the polisl
Fas applied to the stove an explosion took
riace Her clothes took fire and werl
nearly burned from her body. She receive,
injuries which may prove fatal.