Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-01-31

Swedesbors bank stock sold last week 4
1856 per share. Par value, 500.
VIM G. Fox sold twenty-five head 4
horses at his sale last Thursday.
Joseph T. Sickler, Esq, has purchase
the Thomas J. Craven property in ClarksII
boro, and will occupy it soon.
At horse sale at Swedesboro last Satur
day, some horses sold as high as $500. Til
lowest price was $115.
Clinton Norcross, of Swedesboro, is goinl
to California on Feb. 3, and will settle per
manently at Los Angeles.
Thomas Smith, colored farm hand nea
Swedesboro, had his feet badly frozej
Saturday night week. He drank too freel1
and laid out all night.
While attending horse sale at Sweded
boro on Saturday week, Philip Berkle, neal
Mickleton, was kicked in the arm by
horse, and small bone in one arm wa
broken.
While driving one of Nicholas Bahman1
teams through Swedesboro last week, Tues
day. Robert Woodruff lost control of them
and was thrown out on his head, and badl,
cut. The horses ran into an electric ligh
pole near the bridge and were caught.
Clarence A. Folwell, of Paulsboro, VIII
is working at his trade, that of carpenter
at Atlantic City, fell from the roof of
three-story building on Wednesday, AM
was probably fatally injured. He strucl
on his face, which is crushed to shapeles
mass.
A Card.
H. w. Morgan and the Library Com
mittee of the Deptford Institute, take thi
method of thanking the glassbowers an
others, for contributions aggregating fort
($40) to the Book Fund of Deptford Inst
tute Free Library H. w. MORGAN.
Jan. %, 1901.
Snow fell to the depth Of about fou
inches on Wednesday, and this mornin
sleigh bells are iingling merrily.
Sheriff Springer exercised his hal
dozen boarders shoveling snow from th
walks around the county buildings. !
citizen suggests that the Sheriff pass ther
along.
DR.. Henry Schmidt and wife, nee Mar
Dell, returned Tuesday last from tour {
fifteen months in Europe, and will spend
few days with Mrs. Schnlidt's parents, MI
and Mrs. Thos. Dell.
The ladies of the Central Baptis
church will give an oyster and chicke
salad supper on Thursday evening, Feb. Il
from $50 to O'Clock. The public
invited Tickets 35 cents.
The annual meeting of the Blasiu
Aid Society was held in Prehl's Hall, las
Thursday night, and the following officer
were elected: President, F. w. Miller
| Secretary, C. Heber Keat; Treasurer, Juliu
Schnorr. The society is in prosperou
condition, having over $500 in the treasury
A Woodbury. family haG fresh toms
toes last week, right from the vines. Las
fall a number of vines were laden wit
green fruit and the housewife pulled ther
up by the roots and hung them in COZ
cellar Being somewhat out of the wa
they were not NOTICED till few days agt
when the tomatoes were found ripe and {
/ fresh as though ripened in the field.
Capt. Shivers will give his company
school boys their first military drill in tt
i Armory next Friday afternoon, from 3. 4
to AS 1t will be interesting to Woodbur
people to know that Of all the public schot
children in the United States 5000 onl
have military instruction. In New Jerse
only two schools have military instructio
at Trenton and Plainfeld.
/ The Aims House Committee of IL
Board of Chosen Freeholders, at a meetir
held last Thursday, on advice of We
ernian Rogers of this city, determined
sell the COWS on the Aims House farm f,
beef, and buy new herd. The idea tn
got abroad that the COWS were diseased,
erroneous, they are simply useless as mill
ers. At the same meeting the Commits
determined to employ an able bodied ms
to attend to the helpless old men inmates
A proposition by an independent cor
pany to construct trolley railway fro
Mantua to Woodstown, via Mulliea Hi
and ,Harrisonville, has aroused nut
interest along the route, especially
i Mullica Hill, where a majority of the pc
pie are anxious to secure a trolley line
Woodbury.. A preliminary meeting W
held at Mullica Hill last Thursday mig
and stock to the amount Of $4,000 W
subscribed. The promoters want $50,
to carry the scheme through.
Our local disciples of Blackstone m
in Lawyer Summerill's office last Fridi
evening and took preliminary steps to for
Bar Association. Messrs Jessup, Sun
merrill and Avis were appointed col
mittee on permanent organization. T
: society is to be known by the title seT
Gloucester County Bar Association. y
} first function will be held at Newt
Hotel next Monday night, when the as:
, citation will celebrate the one-hundred
anniversary OF the appointment of Jol
. Marshall to the Chief Justiceship of t
t United States, a position he filed wi
great distinction for bhirty-fve years.