Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-01-24
LOCAL BRIEFS.

The Wallace street extension ordinance
is advertised.
Grocer Sithens is recovering from a
serious cold, which threatened pneumonia.
Undertaken s. R. Budd bought pair
of fine black hearse horses at Black sale
last Thursday.
Mr.. Blair Smith, of Pitman, formerly
of Wenonah, moved into the Lupton house,
on Centre street, last Monday.
L. w. Sparks & Son are painting the
mansion house on the Jos. A. Moore, for
merly Lord farm, on the Swedesboro turn
pike.
The second $4,000 payment on the
city water bonds, made by Council last
Tuesday evening, came entirely from the
works over expenditures during the past
five years.
-Thos Black sold twenty-four horses at
his sale last Thursday at an average price
of $3.50. He will start West for another
load next Saturday, and expects TO make
his second sale ON Feb. g.
Miss Martha Fraas will enter the West
Jersey Homeopathic hospital, Camden, on
February list, to prepare herself for the
profession of trained nurse. At present
her mother and herself are very i'll with
grip.
There will be a shooting match at live
birds at West Deptford Hotel next Thurs
day, at / p. M, between Philip Wolman,
of Mullica Hill, and c. B. Platt, of West
willie, for the championship of the county,
followed by sweepstake matches.
Testimony in the case of the Borough
of CLAYTON VS.. Samuel Z. Warrick, involv-
ing the matter of the collection of taxes,
which Warrick appealed to the Supreme
Court, will be taken by Supreme Court
Commissioner Jos. J. Summerill to-day at
10 a. IN. The case will be argued at the
next session of the Supreme Court.
Under the act of 1899, township col
lectors are required to make statement Of
the receipts and disbursements of the town.
shin to the township committee on or before
the 5th day Of February, and detailed
statement of the persons who have paid
taxes and the amount, and the names of
delinquents and the amounts due.
"A large iron tank, eight feet in diane
ter and twenty-four feet long, was delivered
in Woodbury. from Merchantville by wagon
drawn by six horses yesterday. The tank
is to be utilized as an oil retort for the Con-
sumers' Gas Company. 1t required some
nice teaming to deliver it at the works on
Railroad avenue without mishap.
Chairman of the Finance Committee
Jos. B. Best was evidently little bit proud
of the achievement of paying $4,000 Of
water bonds last Tuesday evening without
resorting to taxation. And we may add.
with all propriety, that Woodbury's fnan-
cier is as careful and painstaking an official
as it has been the fortune of the city to
lave in all its experience. The city treas
nry has had watchdogs before, and it has
one now.
Here is a chance for our bright boys
and girls. The Colonial Danes of New
Jersey offer prize of S. for the best essay
on a colonial site building, written by a
pupil in any public or private school of the
State and entitled IA Colonial Landmark
Of New JERSEY 1t must be description
of some historic site or editice known to the
writer. Anecdotes and accounts of notable
colonial individuals may be embodied. The
essay should not be less than 700 words in
length and should be sent by March tc
Miss Anna L. Brakeley, Bordentown.
JOS S. Taggart, Jr., had an appoint
ment to meet his parents at Tomlin's station
ON Tuesday morning. and by mistake
boarded train on the main line. He dis
covered his error almost Immediately, and
as the train was running slowly Ito his eye
Jumped off at the German street crossing
He turned several somersaults on reaching
terra firnla and is now bed-fast, sore il
every joint, but with no bones broken His
gold watch was smashed to powder. Rail
road employees say that it struck the enc
OF tie.