Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-03-28
LOCAL BRIEFS.


boom.
&C. G. Gebhard is improving his home
on Hopkins street.
The Council Chamber is being decor
ated by paper hanger John H. Carpenter.
The new State Board of Education
will meet in Trenton tomorrow for
organization.
-Everbody in reach of the gas mains is
getting gas stove This is the result of
intelligently advertising a good thing.
The Gloucester County Teachers Asso-
House next Saturday, beginning at ten
O'Clock a. m.
Since the performance of last Saturday
night the roosters of the town have been
wonderfully quiet, crows being about as
scarce as hens teeth.
The twenty-eighth regiment, in which
are several Gloucester county boys, is
expected home from the Philippines the
latter part of May.
John latham has purchased building
lot on the north side of High street from
Miss Emma Lee, for $3.50, and will build a
handsome residence thereon this Spring.
Night school closed in Woodbury. last
Monday evening, having been held the legal
term, sixty-six nights. The attendance has
been slightly above that of any former
year.
The county has paid contractor Mullen
in full for building the Paulsboro- Swedes-
boro stone road, and is now going to
expend between six and seven thousand
dollars in completing it. Whew!
"A. J. Green vacated the D. o. Wat
kins residence yesterday for the Vanneman
house on Cooper street. Mr.. Watkins will
soon occupy his handsome property himself,
it having been put in fine condition.
Our prosperity" neighbor has dis
covered that workmen have taken to the
road again, saying yesterday = ''Never
were so many tramps seen passing through
Woodbury. as last week"
w Harrison Livermore has contracted
with Dan'l L. Pine to lay concrete side
walk on the Red Bank avenue front of his
property. The improvement is likely to be
continued along the Baptist parsonage
'front.'
The sewer committee of Council has
twelve applicants for chief engineer A
recommendation for election will be made
to Council next Tuesday evening. The
Committee expect that plans will be pre-
pared and work begun by June LIST.
The Board of Education of West Dept
ford township has organized with Jesse
Mullen, President ;; R. M. Dolphin, Secre-
tary; r. M. Plum, caucus enumerator.
The committees are: Finance, Messrs. Hill
yard, Leonard, Dolphin; Property, Messrs.
Sites, Plum, Dolphin.
The sale of Paul's Hotel to Mr.. ]. J
Foster, of Gloucester City, was consum-
mated last Friday, and Mr.. F. took pos
session at noon on Saturday. The new
proprietor is an experienced and successful
host. and will revive the former popularity
of this famous old hostelry.
"A new schedule of fares went into
effect on the trolley last Monday. Books
good for thirty continuous rides between
Woodbury. and Camden are sold for 81 30;
forty rides between Newbold and Camden
1925. Single fares remain the same, &c
cents for round trip between Woodbury. and
Camden.
Last Friday Sheriff Springer sold thu
Fraas property, 10 South Broad street,
this city, to B. w. Cloud, the complainant
in the action, for $1,000. On the same day
Francis B. Davis as Special Master, sold thu
Samuel Laub farm, containing owe two
hundred acres with good buildings, neal
Turnerville, to the complainants, The Cam
den Safe Deposit and Trust Company, fol
81, 800.
We understand that prosperity has
been so great the past year that an unusually
large crop of Office seekers has been de
yeloped in the ranks of the G. o. P, an(
come out even before the usual harves
season. At another time we will announces
the list, which includes some names tina
will be new on the caucus ticket, and SOM
with decidedly aged flavor.
Joseph w. Pratt has just completed al
artesian we'll at Andes E. Budd's Hessial
avenue place, an abundant supply of whole
some water being found at depth of IL
feet. The new we'll is nine feet distan
from an old well that had gone dry, ant
when the new one was completed Mr.. Bud
sent men there to fill it up. To their SUI
prise there was fifteen feet of water in it.
The third lecture of the Universit
Extension Course, Kingsley, was delivers
in the Central Baptist church Tuesda
evening last to large audience. TIL
fourth lecture, Ruskin, will be delivere
ON Saturday evening next. Single ticket
25 cents. The fifth lecture, Arnold, wi
be delivered on Tuesday evening, April
1t is needless to add that these delightful
: lectures are all finely illustrated.
Councilman from the Second Ward
and Chairman of the Street Committee
Jeffrey G. Batten, is candidate for super
visor of the German street county road
and Clement Reeves is candidate for th
supervisorship of the Delaware street count
road. For the supervisorship of the Clay
ton and Williamstown road there al
two candidates, J. Jefferson Eldridge an
Jos. NJ Dunn. The appointment is mad
by the State Road Commissioner, on ii
recommendation the law requires) of
majority of the abutting property owner
but it is understood that the recommend
ton of Senator Stranger is more desirable
have than that Of all the property owner
Hence property and interest count f'
nothing against the desires of our rulers.
What &c eTEpI INC WHITE lead an