Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-02
LOCAL BRIEFS.

See advertisement of Rutgers free
scholarship.
There was false alarm of fire last
Saturday p. m.
B. w. Cloud advertises desirable First
Ward lots at public sale.
Mrs. Belmont Perry, of Santa Anna,
Col, is visiting her parents.
Prof. Tharp will open his summer
school at Mantua on June "a.
j. Monroe Kresge, of Stroudsburg,
Pa, was sunstruck last Monday.
Wellington Kugler has moved into one
of Col Green's houses ON Poplar avenue.
-Blasius Aid Society will give an enter
tainment in Green's Opera House on May 8.
Charles Parker has resigned as a men,
Der of the Greenwich Township committee.
Harry Hendrickson has sold his ice
n. route to The Woodbury. Ice and Power
company.
Col. Green and family arrived home
erday, all in good health. Welcome
1.-THE Woodbury. Ice Plant announces
= It's purpose to sell ice cheaper than for
several years past.
The Woodbury. Glass Works now have
an independent ditch from their oil retorts
! around Starts meadow.
n The sacred cantata truth the Moabit-
Jess, will be rendered in the NJ. E. Church
81 on Thursday evening next.
Councilman Reading is having his
? home renovated and beautifed, John Riehl
being in charge of the work.
Mr.. James Baird has been appointed
superintendent of the National Park i'm
provements to succeed Captain Abdul.
There are twenty-nine high speed
trotte at Green's stock farm-among them
Patsy Z 208, and five less than 2.15.
John g. Whitall cut one hundred and
fifty-eight punches of asparagus yesterday
from his five acre patch, at So per dozen.
j. F. Rodan sold 20 COWS last Saturday
at an average price Of $41.90. Considering
most of them were dry, the price is well up.
The New York Ship Building Company
will launch their first ship next Saturday
afternoon at one o'clock. The launch will
be strictly private.
Rev Mr.. Funk and son, Of Scranton,
Pa spent last Sunday with Miss Sue S. G.
Kerr, and occupied the pulpit of the Pres
byterian Church Sunday morning.
Contractor Best has contracted to build
twelve room house on Atlantic Ave, At
lantic City, for Mr.. M. w. Newton. The
work will be started at once
Miss Emma Lee is having her home at
the corner of Broad and High streets made
more pleasant and attractive by replacing
the old style windows with large plate glass
in oak frame. Jos. B. Best did the work.
List of advertised letters for the week
ending April 30, 1901: w. Allen, Annie
Fezslery, Lewis A. Gentner. Persons call
ing for the above letters will please say
advertised
AT the invitation of the Camden Iron
Works. Councilmen Davis, Burkett, Leeds,
Munyan and Batten went to Annapolis on
Monday to view the r. d. Wood triple
expansion pump, in operation there.
"A human body was taken from the
r Delaware at Red Bank last Saturday. 1t
was that of a man about go years Of age,
and was badly decomposed. 1t was
moved to Budds morgue, and buried in
the strangers ground on Monday.
During the past year Clinton Ladow,
of this city, has suffered several attacks Of
appendicitis, severe attack last week
rendered an operation necessary which he
underwent at st. Joseph's Hospital. We
are glad to state that the operation was
successful and his permanent recovery is
assured.
Chapter 191 of the laws Of 1901 is Of
interest of every Freebooter, Town
Committeeman or School Trustee. 1t is
made misdemeanor to be directly or in
directly concerned in any agreement OF
contract for the construction Of any bridge
or building of any kind, or any public
improvement, or in the furnishing Of goods
chattels supplies, etc.
Fish Warden Torton, of Salem County
caught A. J. Muller, of Chester, with his
net out before twelve o'clock Sunday night
and took him before Justice John F. Truit
of Bridgeport, who imposed the statuary
penalty Of 500. The practice of violating
the fishing law was pretty well broken VI
under Warden Platt, and the experience O
this Chestertonian will haven tendency tx
prevent casting of nets before the legal hour
"A Warren county man has been trying
a novel experiment during the past year
He watched the stock markets and made sup
posititious investments, OF which he kept I
careful track At the end Of the year h
found that if his speculations had been rea
he would have been out of pocket just $500
O00 1t is fine illustration of the fatt
which lies in wait for the amateur on thu
stock market.
The Eastern Telegraph and Telephon,
Company has opened its exchange at Thirt
and Federal streets Camden, and the public
have been invited to inspect the handsome
building and complete, up-to-date equip
ment Last Friday night one Thousand
Camden people inspected the superb plant
and this evening Thursday, May p out
of-town business people are invited. Re
freshments will be served.
NOTICE.
TO MEMBERS OF OLD co. H, 4TH N. J. V. l
Camden, Mt. Holly, Salem Bridgeton and Mill
vile papers please eopyl
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