Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-23
LOCAL BRIEFS.

ID. F. Hendrickson's ice will keep
National Park people cool this Summer.
-Carnell & Son, of Glassboro, have re-
paired the iron fence around the academy.
Mr.. w. II. Borden succeeds Mr.. John
Kelley, Jr., resigned, as a Trustee of the
M. E. church.
The annual Inspection and Muster of
Company | will be held in the armory to-
morrow evening.
Mrs. HI. G. Waram is treasurer of the
Young Peoples Society of the West Jersey
Baptist Association.
An adjourned meeting of the Board of
Education will be held in the Academy to-
night, at 7.30 o'clock.
-Alcyon Park will open for the season
on Thurday, the Both inst, Memorial Day.
For programme see advertisement.
Patrick Murphy, agent of the West
Jersey Railroad here, is studying the
United States at Buffalo this week.
The Public Property Committee of the
Board of Chosen Freeholders has reelected
A. S. Chew janitor of the Court House.
The Trustees of the Central Baptist
church have approved plans for their new
church edifce, and estimates are being
secured.
The Camden County Chosen Free
holders on Monday fixed the county budget
at 1927, 700-an increase of 3d. 200 over
last year.
Lovers of fine horses will be afforded
treat at Green's stock farm next Saturday
afternoon when the opening matinee races
will be held.
Capt Harry L. Burton and Mr.. Eph-
Ram JONES' of Centre street, are both
seriously i'll, and very slight hope is enter
tanned of their recovery.
By law passed by the recent legisla-
ture, lawyers after July 4th will have the
power to take Acknowledgements the same
as commissioners of deeds.
An oily -tongued book agent, repre-
senting himself is an agent for John
Wanamaker, swindled the teachers of the
Trenton public schools out of much money
Burlington county Constables while
in attendance at Court wear uniforms of
blue cloth with brass buttons, which en-
ables the Judges and Sheriff to distinguish
them from the plain people.
List of advertised letters for the week
ending May 20, 1901 Mrs. VIM. Craig,
Mrs. E. M. Gardner Alfred HI. johnson, 2;
Robert Upshur. Persons calling for the
above letters will please say advertised.
A trolley car, bound in from Almones-
son, ran into an engine standing at the
station last Friday morning. The cab
windows of the engine were broken and
the trolley platform somewhat damaged.
The county statement of receipts and
expenditures, on the fourth page of this
issue, will repay careful reading. The
people will discover how much money has
been spent and where the county is at
financially.
Last Friday Judge Nixon confirmed
the last assessment of benefits on the
Knights Run county road. In the first
assessment the City of Woodbury. was
assessed $40 for benefits, while in the
latter the amount is 1915.
The office of the Woodbury. Glass
Works is being enlarged to meet the re-
quirements of changed conditions, an
nounced last week, and Mr.. Jefferies will
remove his Philadelphia offices to this city,
and Woodbury. will be the main office of
both the Woodbury. and Fairton Works.
The entertainment entitled 1.-THE
Liliptutians, or the Cruise of the Polar
STAR given in Green's Opera House last
Saturday, by children of Christ church,
was signal success, large audiences being
present at both the afternoon and evening
performances. The gross receipts were
$3.50, net to the church, $125.
Following are the officers for Washing
ton Park, appointed last Thursday by
Sheriff Springer and sworn in by Judge
JesSseh: Captain, Arthur Yorrow, West
s- WI! John Turner, Brazier Westcott, Geo.
hllo1ball and Joseph Taggart, Woodbury.;
Jacob Murphy, Thorofare; George Culp,
Almonesson; David Watkins, Newbold.
The people of the county will learn
with regret of the serious illness of former
Lay Judge, John M. Moore, the glass
manufacturer of Clayton. Late informa
ton from his sick room is to the effect that
he is somewhat improved, but there is no
assurance of recovery from the complica-
ton of diseases which have overtaken him.
Reports from Gloucester City indicate
that smallpox is on the increase there.
Two deaths have resulted, and we were
informed yesterday by citizen, that there
were sixty cases. There is decided differ
ence of opinion as to the character of the
disease, some asserting that it is not small
pox. but new disease brought by the sol
diers from the Philippines. Yesterday the
Board of Health of Camden inaugurated
quarantine against traffic with Gloucester
City.
AT the annual meeting of the Camden
Gloucester and Woodbury. Railway Com
panv held in Gloucester City last Friday
the following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, J. Willard Morgan; Treasurer, Thos
N. McCarter; General Manager, Malcolm
C. Ludlam; Directors, q. H. McCarter,
David Baird, j. Willard Morgan, William
J. Thompson, c. w. Riker, F. F. Dryden,
T. N. McCarter, A. R. Kuser, G. A. Null
Ter. The question of extending the road
to Glassboro and Clayton was discussed,
but no action was taken.
The man who visited all the physicians
of Woodbury. two weeks ago, and secured
permission to 'swrite note to the doctor
making an appointment, and who, if left
alone. rified the Office of articles Of value,
was arrested in Philadelphia last week.
He was loaded down with all sorts of
physicians appliance, from those Of great
value, to eye glasses and spectacles. The
only Woodbury. physician who suffered any
loss was doctor III. A. Wilson, who lost
stamps and small articles to the value of
$12. Through Philadelphia detectives he
recovered an old pistol valued because of
family associations.