Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-05-01
LOCAL BRIEFS.

LOCAL BRIEFS.
The leaves popped out in a marvellous
way this week.
The farmers are putting plants out by
the millions this week.
Mrs. Hughes, of Green street, will
move to Camden tomorrow.
County Clerk RidgwaY feels that he
has his opponents beaten already.
The step from stocking heaters to push
ing lawn mowers is a short one in our
latitude.
Col. Green's handsome turnouts are a
new and pleasing feature of life on Wood
bury streets.
Greenwich Township Republicans are
said to favor. Wilkins for Clerk, and Joyce
for Sheriff.
Revenue Collector Isaac Moffett, of the
First District entered on new four year
term on May LIST.
Mrs. Joseph Paul, lessee of the New
Evergreen Hall, is making every effort to
have the opening on May 10.
Mr. J. H. Nichol has broken ground
for his new residence at the corner of
Cooper street and Popular avenue.
Tomorrow afternoon, May 2, the High
School base ball team will play the Lans-
down High School team on the home
grounds.
Theodore Zane and Jos. Lang, ST., will
be the Democratic election officers to hold
the first election under the National Park
borough charter.
Co.,
two story brick building to be erected at
once on the site of the old butcher shop
now occupied by John Pierson.
"A workman was killed at the New
York shipbuilding plant last Monday by an
oak plank falling and striking him on the
head. Death was instantaneous.
The old reliable business house of
Toone & Hollinshed, the "Wanamaker of
Camden" in an advertisement call atten-
ton to seasonable bargains.
If you have anything for sale, rent or
exchange, or if you want anything, you
can tell nine thousand people about it by
employing the advertising columns of the
DEMOCRAT.
The Greenwich Township Board of
Education last Monday evening elected
VIM. c. Sullivan, of the Westville schools,
to the position of Supervising Principal of
their township schools.
VIM. H. Dufield, one of the local
news-gatherers for the Philadelphia papers,
has purchased a lot on Holroyd Place, east
of Dr. Curry's, and has plans prepared for
ten-room residence, to be erected at once.
The regular annual inspection and
muster of Co. 1, of this city, will be held
at the Armory on the 9Th inst Every man
is expected to be present and have his
clothing and equipments in first-class con-
dition.
Governor Murphy and party of
millionaire capitalists of Philadelphia and
New York, dined on planked shad and
"fixins'' at Washington Park last Monday,
and later enjoyed a trip down the river on
a steamer.
On Saturday evening May 10, at seven
O'Clock, the legal voters of West Deptford
township will meet in the Town Hall,
Thorofare, to vote Eyes, or mo- on a
. pro uositon, presented by the Board of
Education. to expend the sum of 81, 600 to
enlarge the Newbold school house by the
addition of another story.
a well informed citizen of Camden
informed us this week that five hundred
houses would find tenants at once in that
city, if they were obtainable. Many houses
are being built, but almost universally
they are for sale, not for rent, and the new
population coming to the ship yard and
other industries, are not seeking permanent
homes yet.
At 9 o'clock a. M, on Wednesday
morning, the Both inst, St. Patrick's
Church, this city, was the scene of a pretty
wedding, soleminized with all the rites of
the church, Rev. Father Dolan officiating.
The contracting parties were Mr.. Thomas
Keegan and Miss Catherine Carolin, both
estimable young people of this city. Budd's
hest carriage and team of white horses took
Mr.. and Mrs. Keegan to the city, the first
eight miles of their wedding tour. Mr..
Keegan is employed at the Swedesboro
glass works
We understand six property owners
have submitted bids for the post office, as
follows: g. G. Green, for the present loca-
ton: Mrs. Sarah Paul, on Broad street.
north of Samuel Franklin's residence; A.
S. Marshall, adjoining his drug store; Jacob
III. Bibo. in the former Harris restaurant
adjoining Newton Hotel; the old Town
Hall, at the corner of Broad and German
streets, and J. D. Carpenter, for the former
B. F. Carter residence, now occupied by
Arthur Lay. The bids are to be opened
to-day and the agony of expectancy will
soon be over.
The members of Kemble Memorial NJ
E. Church and its several departments have
started in to perform a heavy task. 1t s
their intention, in years. time to cancel
a mortgage of So, 900 that has been resting
on the church ever since its construction.