Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-12-04
LOCAL BRIEFS.

VIM H. Burning has been discharged
from bankruptcy.
Congressman Loudenslager's address is
now Washington, d. G..
Joseph Wurst moved to Philadelphia
yesterday. See adver. of his sale.
An unusual amount of personal prop
erty is advertised at public sale in the
DEMOCRAT this week.
VIM. F. Buohl and wife, of Fleming
ton, N J., spent Sunday with his wife's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus Prehl.
The Woodbury. Board of Health, at a
meeting held last Monday night ordered
the quarantine on Woodbury. jail raised
next Monday, the 9Th instant.
If the first three days of Winter rule
the season, the coal trust will be hit harder
by Providence than by the miners, rs the
1st, I'd and Sd were almost Spring days.
Justice Garrison has postponed the
trial of Humphries for the murder OF Camp
bell from Dec 10Th, to January 10, next,
on account OF the small pox outbreak in
Woodbury. jail.
In Warren Atkuson's advertisement
last week the type made us say that Frank
Brown raised "46'' baskets of potatoes per
acre, which was just 400 baskets short of
the actual yield.
The black bass season closed Deem
Der L. During the last season Andrew
Barber has caught eighty-one OF these beau
ties from Almonesson lake, the heaviest
weighing over four pounds.
George Manlove, of Paulsboro, when
he wants a rabbit peF-pie, Just takes his
Thomas cat under one arm and stick IN
his hand and starts out He mas had three
such feasts this rail-, from cunning trips of
this kind.
George w. Croft, son Of Rowland Croft,
the Camden Wooden Manufactur has
purchased at private sale the late Cooper
Jessup residence on Red Bank avenue, and
thirty acres of land surrounding same. Mr..
Croft will make his permanent residence
there. The price is not stated.
James Coleman, colored, the smallpox
patient that Woodbury. Board of Health
sent to Camden Municipal Hospital three
weeks ago, is reported convalescent, and
ready to be returned to his cell. AS Cole
man is under indictment for simple assault,
a wise policy would seem to be to dismiss
him on his own recognance.
Following are the officers of Gen'l
Howell Post, No. 81, G. A. R., elected
Tuesday evening - Commander, A. S.
Chew; ST. " c., Jas. w. Davis; Jr. V. c.,
VIM. T. Cozens; Chaplain, VIM. r. Dopson;
Surgeon, Jos Morgan; @. M, E. c. Cattell;
o. Of D., Theo F. Burkett; o. of g., Thos
H. Andrews; Representative, VIM. T.
Cozens; Alternate, JAS w. Davis.
The annual election of officers of
the Kemble M. E. Sunday School was held
last evening and resulted in the following
being elected: Supt., F. H. Heritage; Asst
Sup'ts, Miss Emma Louden, Cliff
ford Dubois; Sec'y, VIM. C. Eldridge,
Asst. Sec'y, Wilmer Knox; Treas, Miss
Nellie Thackara; Librarian, VIM. Eastlack
Organist, Miss Emma Thackara; Supt.
Primary Dept, Mrs. DIR. Curry.
The red fox pelt law will prove quite
an expense to Sussex county the present
year, Says the Newton Herald. 1t is esti-
mated that not less than two hundred foxes
will be killed before the next meeting of
the Board of Freeholders At So each this
will make net expense of $780, to which
will be added the justice fee of fifty cents
for every fox killed, twenty-five have
been killed in Gloucester county.
AT the November meeting of the Board
of Education last Friday evening, at which
Messrs Wilson and Estell were absent, the
Board fixed the Christmas recess from
Wednesday noon, the oath, to Monday
morning the 29th, and the New Years
recess from Wednesday evening, the 31st,
to Monday morning, January 5. There is
said to be wide spread rebellion among the
pupils at the action of Board in breaking
the holiday recess with three days of work,
and the teachers have requested the priv
ilege of meeting the Board tomorrow even
ing at 7.30 o'clock, which request has been
granted.
Don't fail to visit the ssFestiyal of
Days. in the Central Baptist Church to-
day and tomorrow. An attractive feature
will be display of Christmas cards, calen-
ders and dainty little books, both for chill
dren and for their elders. These always
make desirable Christmas gifts. Ice cream
sand wiches and coffee, and oysters in three
styles will be served at the reception day
booth. Homemade fruit cake, cents a
pound. A large assortment Of white and
bingham aprons will be displayed, and
house plants will be another attractive
feature At the booth Of fancy articles
may be found handmade handkerchiefs
and collars, hand paint china, crocheted
and beaded work, and variety of other
useful and ornamental articles. The bazaar
will be open afternoon and evening.