Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-09
LOCAL BRIEFS.

d. Cooper Andrews is confined to his
bed.
The bank statements are advertised
this week.
Miss Cynthia Lang is visiting relatives
in Atlantic City.
Jesse Brown is going to open a green
grocery at Atlantic City.
The Fish Hawk is propagating shad
off the Howell's cove fishery.
Mr. P. B. Burk is moving from High
street to the Bell Building to-day.
Friends of Harry Madden will be glad
to know that he is regaining his health.
Landlord J. j. Foster, of Pauls Hotel,
is improving the driveway into the stable
yard.
Sacred Cantata, truth, the Moabitess, "
will be rendered in Green's Opera House
tonight.
The May meeting of the Board of
Education will be held in the Academy
tonight.
-Millville is Prohibition town, yet
there were eleven arrests there for drunken
ness last Saturday.
Mrs E. J. Frey and son are spending
Morris counties.
Thomas M. Tice sold nineteen head
of horses and sixteen COWS at his sale at
Mt. Ephraim last Saturday.
VIM. o. Williams, of Swathmore, for
merly of this city, was here last Monday,
calling on his numerous friends
Misses Mildred Cattell and Nell Hoff-
man, of Philadelphia, spent Sunday with
relatives and friends in Woodbury..
-Fishdealer Marcus horse ran away on
Tuesday morning, and brought up against
ing the wagon.
Mrs L. " Garron and Mrs Ernest
Redfeld and children were the guests of
Mrs. Jennie Livezey, at Doylestown, Pa,
on Wednesday.
-Stereopticon lecture on Pilgrims Pro-
press will be delivered in the Central Bap-
fist church on Tuesday evening, May %,
by Rev. John II. Deming.
IS. w. Ladner has an acre of radishes
and is pulling for market. Mr.. L. has our
thanks for large bunch laid on our table
Thursday morning.
Horse owners needing fy-nets will do
well to call on E. d. Knisell. He has the
largest stock to select from in Gloucester
county. See advertisement.
The deed transferring the Bramell
estate of 238 acres, at Paulsboro, to Andrew
w. Mellon, of Pittsburg, was left for
recording last Monday. The consideration
was 500, 300.
"A Chicago expert has discovered the
connection between housekeeping and
in of
shaking. He dosen't say that he repre-
sents carpet cleaning factory.
AT the Davis sale on Tuesday, team
of horses was bought by Harry Ladner for
1926; dry COW brought $42 and tomato
plants $50 per thousand. The attendance
was large, and good prices were realized.
Three ice wagons started business in
Woodbury. last Monday morning-that of
the Woodbury. Ice Company, d. F.
Hendrickson, and Morgan q Sagirs. All
announce the same prices.
Our chosen Freeholders are climbing
the ladder of financial fame with great
regularity. Ten thousand dollar steps up
ward each year are of the sort that will
make their impress on the feelings of tax
payers after awhile.
A lot of land fronting fifty feet on the
Ocean and Tennessee avenue, Atlantic
CITY. was sold last Monday for SIPS, 900,
or So. 500 per ocean front foot. The pur-
chaser was a New Yorker. This is top
notch price for Atlantic City property.
The Newfeld Rug Company has filed
articles of incorporation in the Clerk IS
office. The capital stock is 100000,
divided into 1000 shares The incorpora-
TORS are James G. Morrow Vineland; John
O,Neil, Newfield, and Moses Krauss, of
Philadelphia.
Jos. w. Pratt, of Westville, is getting
ready to install ram, tank and substructure
for water supply for Harry Ladner, near
Woodbury.. Mr.. Pratt is also sinking two
artesian wells for w. L. Stevens & Bro. at
Cane Nav City, and has contracts to sink
four six-inch wells for the Gloucester City
Ice Company.
There are said to be fifteen cases Of
smallpox at Gloucester City, and schools
have been closed. The Board OF Health is
enforcing the health laws In the hope OF
preventing the disease from becoming cpl
demic There is also case OF smallpox
in Camden jail There have been three
deaths from the disease in Gloucester.
On Monday last Sheriff Springer sold
the Stephen Allen property, in Deptford
township, to the complainants in the action,
the Mayor and Council of the City of Wood
bury. for $780, The city's claim, with the
c,sts, amounts to 81 ,265, and represents the
Ogden Fund 1t is understood party is
ready to take the property at about that
figure.
Andrew W. Mellon, the purchaser OF
the six hundred acres of land at Paulsboro,
has bought four hundred acres of land north
of Timber creek and fronting the turnpike
and Haddonfield road, including the well
known Browning, Kay and Ezra Bell farms,
aad now the good people of Westville and
Gloucester City and Mt. Ephraim are
hugging themselves with the idea that a
big steel plant is going to be established
there.
Bids to build bridge over Matthews
Branch, the stream on the Delaware street
road. West of the Reeves farm, were opened
YESTERDAY. There were two bidders, Mr.
E. P. Henry, of this city, and Aaron Ward
of Camden Two bids were submitted by
each. one for stone arch and one for {
steel bridge Mr.. Henry bid 81 ,604 for thu
stone bridge and 81 100 for the steel bridge
while Mr.. Ward bid 81 $50 for the stone
and 81, $50 for the steel. Mr.. Henry wa
awarded the contract to build stone arcl
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