Gloucester County Democrat., 1901-08-22
LOCAL BRIEFS.

The open reed bird season will begin
next Monday.
Mrs. Peter Zell is lying very i'll with
slight hope of recovery.
Sixteen new houses are in course OF
erection at Gloucester City.
Butcher Jemison has sold his business
to w. Mills & Bro, of Camden.
The public schools of Mantua town
ship will open on September Sd.
-Stites Bros, of Victoria, are building
John Tatham's new house on High street.
Gus. Fisler has bought building LOT
in Woodbury. Park, from W. Harrison
Liyermore.
-Restauranter Arthur Lay is now pre-
pared to serve his customers with hot coffee
from beautiful urn.
The bottom fell out of the truck mar
ket on Tuesday, cantaloupes selling at ten
cents basket.
One must conclude after reading the
reports of recent damage by wind and flood
that Woodbury. is favored spot.
OF the thousands carried to Washing
ton Park from Woodbury. yesterday, not an
accident of any character occurred.
-Freeholder Joyce has placed a sub
stantial fence on the Budd side of the
causeway north of Crown Point bridge.
Mr. P B. Burk has opened real estate
and insurance offices in the old First Na-
tional Bank building, corner Broad and
Hunter streets.
Through real estate agent P. B. Burk,
w H. Turnbull yesterday bought the
Rachel Green lot, adjoining his residence,
on High street.
Contractor Dey, of North Woodbury.,
has contracted to build house at the col
ner of Green and Dare streets, North Wood
bury, for Justice Barnaby.
"A special meeting of the Board Of
Chosen Freeholders will be held next Mon
day to consider the replacement of damage
to bridges and roads by floods.
The annual meeting of the County
School Board Association will be held in
the Academy, Woodbury., on Saturday,
August 81, beginning at $50 a. m.
"A. E. Budd, of West Deptford, took
up load of 116 baskets of citrons and
realized $33 80 for the load-that was the
lowest market of the season, thus far.
The Point Breeze oil works, ignited by
a lightning bolt Monday afternoon, have
kept bank of smoke in the sky by day
and illuminated the country for miles
about by night.
With $500 600 on deposit in our banks,
the raising of $50. 900 or $40, 900 to estab-
lish silk factory here will probably b.
only pleasant recreation for some of cur
busy citizens.
Patsy K, the well-known race horse,
was distanced in the second heat of the
2.Os. class at Brighton Beach, N. Y, last
Saturday; time, 2.043. In the first heat
he came in second; time, 209.
Commuters from Wenonah, Woodbury.
Heights, Woodbury. and Westville, are
circulating a petition to the railroad COM
pany for the incorporation in the next
schedule of a a. m. train to Philadelphia.
List of advertised letters for the week
ending Aug. 20, 1901: American Import
ing Co., package, Gus Fulhbrick, Mrs. John
Irwin, Jr., Rosie Isler, Rosy Isola. Persons
calling for the above letters will please say
advertised.
The last will and testament of James
Munyan, deceased, was admitted to probate
Monday, the 10th instant 1t disposes ol
an estate valued at from $25, 600 to $30, 600,
and names his widow, Susan A. Munyar
and A. Fl. Swackhamer, Esq, executors.
Last Saturday colored man in the
employ of GREEN'S Stock Farm drove the
team of gray horses formerly Col. Green's
coach team, but now reduced to farm
team, attached to farm wagon up to the
post office, and ran in for his mail, leaving
them unhitched In his absense two trolley
cars came up, one north and one south
bound, and the powerful old coachers
started toward home at the top of their
speed. Two children in pony dog cart,
pulled into the curb and escaped being run
down. but colored man, with load
OF truck, was less fortunate, and lost a
wheel The team stopped in the Stock
Farm yard