Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-14
LOCAL BRIEFS.


Sol Dobbs moved to Gloucester City
on Tuesday.
= The ice harvest in this section has been
the best for several years.
The Grand Lodge, K OF 2. will meet
in Trenton on Feb 20 and 81.
H. A. DeHart had big sale of his
excellent vehicles last Saturday.
Town meetings and the City Charters
election will occur on the 18th inst.
"A horse squeezed Howard Joyce so hard
one day last week that his arm was broken.
The financial report of Logan and
Mantua townships are advertised this week.
Read the advertisement of the Glou-
cester Feed and Dairy Company in another
column.
The February meeting of the City
Board of Education will be held in the
Academy tonight.
The special attention of farmers is
directed to Warren Atkinson's advertise
ment on another page.
Woodbury. schools observed Lincoln's
birthday, Tuesday, as holiday. The
banks and post office were also closed.
An enjoyable evening was spent at the
home of Mr.. Thos Hurff by the members
of the Kemble Epworth League on the 18th
inst.
On Saturday last Sheriff Springer sold
the Grieve property in Clayton to the COM
plainant in the action Louis Whitall, for
$1,000.
Take supper with the ladies of the
Central Baptist church tonight. Fried
oysters, chicken salad, hot biscuits, coffee,
calle-35 cents
Thomas Black sold his recent lot of
horses at Westville last Wednesday at an
over price of Sl60. He has three good
animals at private sale.
The Paulsboro Baptist congregation has
sought and received permission to baptise
twenty-five converts in the Central Baptist
church of this city next Sunday.
The specifications for the construction
OF Delaware street and German street stone
roads have been approved by State Road
Commissioner Budd, and bids for their con-
struction are advertised for.
The fire department was called out
about 1. 10 O'Clock yesterday to extinguish
fire in the harness room at Paul's Hotel
stables, which was done in usual Woodbury.
style-before anything was burned.
George Vollmer, farmer of Deptford
township, kept the trolley tracks above
Gloucester too long as he was going to
market last Saturday morning. and his
wagon was wrecked and his wife somewhat
injured by rear-end contact with trolley
car.
The special committee of the Board of
Chosen Freeholders appointed to examine
A. los, Do,
went over it last Monday, and made open
ings every one thousand feet, and will make
recommendations at the next meeting of
the Board.
AT the last meeting of the Gloucester
County Medical Society, DR.. S. f. Stranger
was elected President; Dr. s. F. Ashcraft,
Vice President, and DIR. George i. Read
ing, Secretary and Treasurer. The meet
ing was an interesting one and largely
attended The different subjects were
ably discussed.
The Philadelphia Times purposes Civ
ing two public school teachers and two
pupils in New Jersey a free trip to the
Pan-American exposition at Buffalo next
summer and has referred their selections
to Times subscribers, who are to express
their preference by ballots cut from the
Times. The name Of Prof. L. j. Frey, of
Woodbury., is at present at the top of the
New Jerseys list, and Willie Turnbull, of
Woodbury., heads the list of popular New
Jersey pupils.
The country is filled with tramps
again, and the complaints come from all
sections. An exchange, commenting on
the large number in its community, says
MANY of these visitors are genuine work
ingmen who have been forced to take to
the road by reason of loss of employment
That they are genuine is proven by their
hands and the willingness with which they
accept employment from the farmers, no
matter how small the wages offered ?
list of advertised letters for the week
ending Feb. ID, 1901: Lena Adams, Miss
Lizzie Allen, l.. Burdid, Miss Ellen Carter,
Ephraim Davis, James Dilks, Charles A.
Fredficls, D. NJ Fox, Alma w. Gibson.
Charles S. Hall, Mrs. S. H. Hewitt Edward
Howey, Richard Howey. James Headley,
Louisa NJ Jocob, J. G. Ritcheson, Mrs.
VIM. f. Truitt, Mrs. Mary Thomas, Miss
v. Walpan. Persons calling for the above
letters win please say advertised.