Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-16
LOCAL BRIEFS.


OF blast the county over.
Water mains are being extended out
Cedar street to III. c. Warrants residence
The regular spring inspection of Co.
will be held at the armory, Woodbury., on
Friday evening, May "a Public invited.
The sale of the real estate of Mary K.
Roe, advertised to take place on the tenth
instant, was adjourned to the seventeenth.
List of advertised letters for the week
ending May IA, 1901:-Ernest E. George,
81; Alice Harmon, James Isings, c. o.
Sutton.
Camden county is having plans pre-
pared for new $500, 900 Court House to
be erected at the intersection of Broadway,
Market and Federal streets.
Baker Schrenk came out Tuesday
morning with new delivery wagon Of the
latest style, and with many Improvements,
purchased of Augustus Prehl.
Miss Emma Lee is having concrete side
walk laid in front of her home at Broad
and High streets. Joseph Henry and
assistants are doing the work.
Contractor VIM. D. Fletcher has COM
pleted handsome improvements to the resi-
dences of Charles Gebhardt on Hopkins
street, and DIR. George E. Reading on Broad
street.
The Glassboro, Elk and Clayton Town
ships Sunday-School Association will hold
a Convention on Monday, May 81. Revs.
Eli Clifford and H. c. Sperbeck will make
addresses.
Gloucester City is taking good care of
her smallpox victims, by supplying food
and attendance. One family demanded
three chickens and half dozen boxes of
strawberries, and got them.
There will be "Liliputianr matinee
in Green's Opera House, Saturday after
noon at two o'clock. Admission, children,
ten cents; adults, twenty-five cents. No
tickets sold for matinee. Tickets still on
sale for evening performance.
The Clayton Board of Education has
elected Walter T. Fox Principal of the
school and these assistants: Miss May
Janvier, Miss Hannah Porch, Miss Lille
McCaughn, Miss Mary Davis Miss Phoebe
Miller and Miss Abbie Kidd.
Capt. B. W. Cloud and C. Walter
SILVER sold seven First Ward building lots
at public sale last Saturday, as follows:-
Three to S. B. Munyan, at sos, $105, and
$40; Mr. Shivers one at $50; F. L. Will
kins two, at $95 and $3.50; Freebooter
Barnaby one at S35. The houses were not
sold.
The American Construction and I'M
proyement Company has filed articles of
incorporation in the Gloucester County
Clerks Office The incorporators are
Arthur Starr and Alexander l.. Rogers, of
Woodbury., and Samuel H. Richard, of
Bridgeport. The capital stock is placed at
100000.
VIM. Cornell & Son of Glassboro, have
put up handsome and substantial double
iron gates at the entrance of the driveway
to w. Harrison Livermore's house; hand
some new iron fencing around Hon. ID. o.
Watkins home at the corner of Broad st.
and Newton avenue, and repaired the iron
fence around the Academy.
Gen. Howell Post, No. 81, G.. A. R.,
extends an invitation to the Sons of Vet
Grams and the Spanish American War
Veterans to join with them in the Memorial
Day services, on May Both, at o'clock p.
m. Services will be held at the Court
House. War veterans in all localities are
requested to join us in the exercises.
The Woodbury. Auxiliary of the Red
Cross Society has elected these officers
President, Miss E. B. Matlock; First Vice
President, Mrs. W. E. Speakman; Second
Vice President, Mrs. c. r. Ogden; Record
ing Secretary, Mrs. E. T. Broadway; Cor
responding Secretary, Mrs. F. B. Skinner;
Treasurer, Mrs. E. T. Jacques.
The Woodbury. Glass Works are no
more. the title having been changed last
week to f'The Woodbury. Bottle Works,
Consolidated, +" articles of Incorporation
TO that effect having been filed last Friday
with Geo. G. Green and VIM. H. Beckett
of this city, and Joseph H. Jefferies, of
WAYNE, Pa, as incorporators. The capital
stock of the company is $l5O,O00.
"A washing social was held in the parlor
Of the KembIe M. E. church on Monday
evening by the Sunday-school class OF Mr..
milford Hewitt. A very enjoyable even
ing was spent by all. Messrs Carroll
Rogers, Amos Wick and Rob't Pedrick
were awarded prizes for the neatest work.
Eight dollars were realized toward the car
pet fund.
Rev. John NJ Deming, of Doylestown,
Pa. will deliver lecture in the Central
Baptist church on Tuesday evening, May
%. 1901 Mr.. Deming has selected sub
iect familiar to all: "Pilgrims Progress, F"
and being illustrated by stereopticon views,
will prove very entertaining as well as in
structive. Ten cents admission will be
charged.
Mr.. E. T. Bradway has sold his valu-
able Guerensy COW to H. Mex Twombly
of Madison, n. J., a member Of the Wander
belt family. She left yesterday in charge
of veterinarian Geo. E. Talmadge, of same
place 1t is quite likely that she will go to