Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-04-11
LOCAL BRIEFS.

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school building.
Baker Koch received carload of Gold
Medal flour yesterday.
The Misses Reeves are having their
residence painted by B. N. Gibson & Son.
Farmers tell us that vegetation is at
least two weeks behind the average season.
Tickets for married Life' may yet be
obtained at Merritt's. See advertisement.
The trolley scheme from Swedesboro
to Paulsboro is now believed to be an aerial
one
The April meeting of the Board of
Education will be held in the Academy to-
night.
Chief Engineer Easbey for the sewer
system, is surveying the city preparatory to
submitting his plans
The New York Ship Building Company
will launch their first ship in about two
weeks They have several contracts under
way.
The body of j. N. Allen was recovered
in the creek near the scene of the drowning
accident last Friday and the funeral was
held from his late residence on Saturday
last. The interment was in Green GEM
etery.
"A sale of homemade bread, cakes,
pies, and candy will be held in the Central
Baptist church next Saturday, April Is,
beginning at II O'Clock. Hot biscuit at
clock. Ice cream for sale by plate OF
quart.
The options on lands between Pauls-
boro and the river now include seventeen
tracts, and as they expire on the 28th
inst, developments must be rapid. 1udi-
cations that the options were not secured
for amusement, but that real business is
behind them, are not wanting.
The Belgian hare fever has reached
Woodbury., and there are some pens of
choice stock in town. Amos Parker has
the most valuable stock, one having cash
value of 500 and several from $40 to $50
each.
Agent Wilson has recently made the
following sales: Stephen Doughty, Crescent
for his wife and daughters, Ethel and Eva;
Charles M. Allen, $50 Rambler racer;
Gertrude Reeves, Clarksboro, $40 Cleve-
land; r. G. Garwood, Bridgeton, Crescent.
All married men who served in the
war with Spain are to receive a State bounty
of Sc per month, and all unmarried men
81 per month for their terms of service
This will help to distribute the State treas
ury surplus.
The Lincoln Park and Steamboat Com
pany and the South Jersey Light, Heat
and Power Company are among the corpor-
ations chartered under the laws of this
State that have lost their charters by reason
of non-payment of taxes for two years.
AT the semi-annual meeting of the Y
P. A. of the Presbyterian church on Tues
day night Frank J. Maier was elected
President; Leon V. Garron, Vice President;
Miss A. V. Cattell, Secretary, and F. B.
Davis, treasurer
Perhaps if the city had another team
of horses little street sprinkling could be
done in the windy season. As it is, one
team must be kept for the admiration and
amusement of a select circle, while the
people are blinded by dust
Notwithstanding the disagreeable
weather last Sunday, the services in the
various churches were attended by large
congregations, and the Sunday of joy''
was fittingly commemOrated in song, ser
mon and by profusion of floral decora-
tions.
The body of a woman about thirty
years of age was found floating in the Della
ware near Washington Park yesterday, and
brought to Budd's morgue. 1t was at first
thought to be the body of Miss DeCou of
Haddonfield, but her relatives did not
indemnity it.
Jos. J. Ayers, Charles F. Tice and
Allen S. Hurff, Surveyors of the Highways
who laid out the private road in Monroe
township for Vim. HI. Hartman, of Monroe
EIliot's Hotel, Williamstown to-day to
make an amended return pursuant to the
order of the county courts.
"A Miss Estella Hykes, teacher in the
Morrisville public schools, has rendered her
resignation and accepted position to teach
in an English school at Shanghai, China
She is under three-years' contract, at a
salary of 500 per month for two years and
S120 the third year. Her transportation is
also paid.
The Gazette says: 'HIf man should
come to Court House in the interest of
establishing business matter what it
might be-and fall into the hands of some
of our citizens, the chances are that they
would so completely disgust him with the
town in ten minutes that he would leave
on foot rather than wait for the next train. -
There are others.
List of advertised letters for the week
ending April 10, 1901-Harry Anderson,
Harry P. Bouk, Rachel Borden, l. E. Cald-
well, Mrs. Clark. James Connolly, VIM. M.
Mounce, A. A. Packard, Jennie Pennyville,
Helen Richards, Joseph Rollins, Addie
Smith, Eral Smith, V. Walpoe, Mrs. Lara
Zarles.
The last lecture Of the University
Extension Course was given by DIR. Sykes
in the lecture room of the NJ E. church
Tuesday evening, the subject being Kip
ling. A vote of thanks was rendered
Misses Cansdell, Reeves and Batten, teach
ers of the public schools for securing the
advantage of the successful course The
announcement was made that steps have
already been taken to continue the lectures
next year.
The pool teams of the Woodbury. and
Salem Republican clubs played the second
game at Salem last Tuesday evening, and
the Woodbury. players scored another
victory, the score being 231 to 1872 in their
favor. The Woodbury. players were Null
ford, Albright, Sprigmsn, Huff and Wiki
ms, while the Salem llayers were Fowler,
Dunn, Grier, Simmons and Banks. The
Woodbury. boys were accompanied by
several friends, and all report good time.