Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-06-06
LOCAL BRIEFS.

The June meeting of the Woodbury.
Board of Education will be held tonight.
Contractor Thompson Allen is building
house at Swedesboro for Robinson Smith
The gas company began the extension
of gas mains on Green street Tuesday
morning.
The Woodbury. Country Club will give
progressive euchre for the benefit of the
ice fund
james Warren is having concrete
curb and gutter laid in front of his home
on High street.
DR.. Campbell's residence is being
beautiied by new paint laid on by L. c.
Sparks and Son.
The Flower Union held the first meet
ing of the season at Mrs. jacques residence
Tuesday evening.
Memorial Day was celebrated in this
county agreeable to programs published in
our last issue.
The annual picnic by st. Patrick's
church, this city, will be held in the church
yard on Saturday, June Is.
The Gloucester City authorities are
killing dogs and cats owned by families
that have had smallpox.
All the Woodbury. lawyers were in
Trenton on Tuesday, attending the opening
of the Supreme Court.
Harry Bennett, living on the Clement
farm near Chew's Landing, lost valuable
three-year-old colt on Tuesday, of lock
jaw.
The city of Salems estimate for
maintaining its public schools next year is
Of Iocf
year.
Water superintendent Wilmer flushed
many fire plugs Tuesday, and for few
hours the water had bilious look. It's
superfine to-day.
The Westville fire company will do
service as guardians of the peace on Sun
days, having been sworn in for that pur-
pose. This means that rowdy;sm at West
vile is ended.
-On Monday last Sheriff Springer sold
the Ashton M. Thomas property, in Frank
lin township, to Agnes Nash, for $500; also
the E. r. Wood property in Malaga, to J.
Boyd Avis for 50, 500.
The commencement exercises of the
Carpenter street public school will be held
in the Bethel A. M. E. church on Friday
evening, June Z. Admission 10 cents, for
the benefit of the church.
The Board of Health of this city
recommends that citizens refrain from Wis
iting districts infected with smallpox or
allowing friends from infected districts to
visit here, as a precaution against the
introduction of the disease.
james Baird has just sold the Swartz
property at National Park to Lewis Hol-
land, of Camden, who will soon convert it
into beautiful residence. Mr.. Holland is
very wealthy, and is valuable acquisition
to the resort.
VIM Batch, Philadelphia, while in
Woodbury. last Wednesday, swallowed a
intent. He changed his plans after it
reached the first landing in his anatomy,
and sought Doctor Clark. He lives, we
hope to good purpose.
The Woodbury. Heights residents have
added 5000 to the township appropriation
of $50 and are building good, broad
highway from the Mantua pike to the
Knights Run stone road, through the
centre of their town. It's a fine improve
ment.
At a meeting of the Gloucester City
Board of Health last week, President Blake
stated Gldb not Oue Vi UH6 6l0Ncu peISOIS
who had died from smallpox had been vac
cinated, and those persons who had been
vaccinated and afterwards contracted the
disease had only had it in mild form.
The new draw bridge was placed in
place on the trolley line, over Timber creek
Yesterday The old draw was foated off
with the rising tide, and the new one
brought to place, and raised into position
as the tide came up. 1t was neat opera
alton, nicely executed.
Sixty thousand people visited Washing
ton Park on Thursday and not an accident
occurred to mar the days pleasure. This
excelled last years attendance on Memorial
Day by ten thousand. The United Dancers
League, of Philadelphia, held their annual
picnic at the Grove, and had about 10000
persons present. It was the largest picnic
ever held in the Grove on Memorial Day.
The ten months school year in Wood
hurry will end tomorrow afternoon at 3. 80
o'clock. Aside from the breaks caused by
enidemics of diphtheria and smallpox
which caused a loss of five weeks, the year
has been a successful one, and gratifying
progress has been made in all departments.
The schools will reopen on September g.
believing it is impossible for pro-
fessional or business man to be strictly
honest, Mrs. Nancy B. Irving, book
publisher, has offered to give 81, 900 to the
first man who can prove that he has not
told falsehood during month of business
s Here is a chance for a Woodbury. lawyer to
pick up cool thousand.
VIM. F. Bouhl has purchased the
Mount hotel at Pennington, Hunterdon
county, this State, and already taken pos
session The hotel is one of the oldest and
among the most popular in the county
town Of Hunterdon and Mr.. Bouhl's many
friends here hope the success that has
marked his business career will follow him
to his new field.
1t seems that Gloucester county can
not present an applicant for the Rutgers
Free Scholarship examination which
was open at the Court House last Saturday,
when none presented themselves. Is the
strenuousness of the times quenching in
our youth thirst for knowledge, or is it
fact that our public schools do not pre-
pare the boys for entrance to this institution?
If these questions are Of sufficient impor-
lance for public discussion, we would like to
have the views of some Of our county
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