Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-30

-Ihe grass crop Will be unusually heavy
this year.
The new trolley time table is advertised
this week
Examinations are in progress in the
Woodbury. public schools.
The stores, banks and business places
generally will be closed to-day.
The cool weather has DELAYED, but not
injured the Jersey strawberry crop.
"A new timetable went into effect on
the w. ]. & S. S. r. R. last Sunday
-Thos M. Tice advertises sale of Ohio
horses at Mt. Ephraim next Saturday.
The post Office will be open between
and 8 d. N. and 4.30 and s. 80 D. m. to-
day.
John G. Herman has sold his hotel
business in the First Ward to John Callen,
of Philadelphia.
Exercises appropriate to this holiday
were held in the public schools of the city
yesterday afternoon.
Through F. L. Wilkins estate agency,
Mrs. Frederick Edwards house, No. 172
Woodland Ave, was sold yesterday to Her.
man Ruch. Price not stated.
On account of the storm last Saturday,
races at Green's Stock Farm were declared
off until next Saturday, June LIST, when
the same schedule will be in effect.
On Monday last Sheriff Springer sold
the property of Susanna Gallagher, in
Washington township, to Richard Evans,
the complainant in the proceedings for $500.
up to last Sunday night there had been
nine deaths from smallpox at Gloucester
City. The authorities are now taking
stringent measures to stamp out the dis
ease
AT a special meeting of the Woodbury.
Auxiliary of the Red Cross Society,". held
May %. it was voted to appropriate ten
dollars toward the relief of the Jackson
vile sufferers.
AT the annual banquet to the officers
of the Farmers Picnic at Washington Park
Tuesday afternoon it was resolved to hold
the picnic this year on Wednesday, August
The American Mechanics lodge of this
city will raise flags at the West End school
house this morning at $50 and First Ward
at 1910. There will be music and speech
making.
The first base ball game of the season
on the Country Club grounds will be played
on Saturday, June 1st, between the Ship
Yard B. B. C. and the Penna. r. R. Y. M.
C. A. Game called at o'clock
While hanging screen door last Friday
"Bobby" Dutfield received bad fall
through the step-ladder, on which he was
standing, becoming unruly. He was not
seriously injured, but very much Jared.
With straight week of rain, it seems
almost like flying in the face of facts to
assert that there is drought in Woodbury.,
but there is-except in the first Ward For
the first time in his life Herman is monop-
olist
-Blasius Piano Works were closed down
last Saturday and Monday for the annual
inspection of boilers. They were cleaned
on Saturday and the State inspector of
boilers performed that duty on Monday,
making nice report of their condition.
Work was resumed on Tuesday in all de-
partments.
List of advertised letters for the week
ending May 81, 19O1-Mrs Bette Cammie,
Jas. Connolly, Fab Davidson, Chas. A.
Davis, Adam Fisher, ]. S. Fielding, Mrs.
Bert Herbert, Mrs. Mary Howey, FL. P.
Hill, Mrs. K. W. Laing, H. Mass, VIM.
Muller, Walter Wright, M. Ryan, D. F.
Sergeant, VIM. Stranger, Ben. Simpson.
Jos. J. Summerill has rendered his
resignation as a member of the City Board
of Health. To the promptness, thorough
ness and firmness with which this Board
took hold of the smallpox cases in Wood
bury last Winter is no doubt due the quick
termination of the disease here, and there
will be general regret that the ranks of the
Board are to be broken at this time
Inventor VIM G. johnson, of this
city, has just completed something new in a
printing press, designed to print envelopes.
The patent office has allowed each of his
fifteen claims. The movement is entirely
new and original, the capacity being 5000
impressions per hour, with automatic feed.
The patterns were made and the press built
throughout in Mr.. Johnston's shops on
High street.