Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-08-21
LOCAL BRIEFS.

LOCAL BRIEFS.
Gus Prehl advertises sale of carriages.
The Chosen Freeholders are meeting in
the Court House today.
The sewer mains are being laid on
East Cooper street and Poplar avenue.
Thieves tried to force an entrance into
the NJ. E. Church Monday night.
H. H. Thoman has purchased the new
house on High street from Miss Eva Allen.
The double house on n Broad street,
belonging to G. G. Green is being painted.
The July meeting of the City Board of
Education will be held in the academy to-
night.
Contractor Henry has completed re-
pairing the damage to the M. E. Church by
lightning several weeks ago.
"A feature of life at Evergreen Hall is
the evening concerts by talented guests,
led by Prof Wolffungen and Mrs. FLAG.
Street Committeeman Batten is piling
up gravel on High street preparatory to
further filling the gutter on Jackson street
and Hampton's meadow.
B. F. Zanes, of Glassboro, shot fox
in Zane's marsh Saturday, Aug. Is. Mr..
Zanes brought the animal to Woodbury.
and received his premium of 3d.
The fruit crop in South Jersey is
immense. John Repp, of Glassboro, has
two hundred acres of fruit, and the yield is
the heaviest he has ever known.
On August 18th, Miss Eliza Ellen Rc-
co and Louis A. Fennaman, both of Wood
bury, were united in the holy bonds of
matrimony by Geo. R. Mankin, Esq
William Warren, North Woodbury.
lad, found a purse containing $54 last Fri
Z day, and returned it to the owner, Frank
Headley, within a quarter of an hour.
Contractor L. P. Henry is doing some
building for himself ON the river shore at
Billingsport constructing fifteen cottages on
two acres of land on the high bluffs over
looking the river.
While plowing, Joseph K. Norton, of
NortonviIle turned up twenty-four eggs as
large as guinea eggs, and each contained
black snake twenty-four inches long, and
quarter of an inc h thick.
The guests of Evergreen Hall made a
trolley party Monday night, and in a
special car with the genial ''Tim" Lynch
as captain, did the entire trolley line, going
to the extremity Of all the trolley lines.
-Freeholder Joshua S. Joyce, of West
Deptford, has flung his caster into the ring
aud gone into the fight for Sheriff. Joshua
is a GOOD man, but the two Williams have
all the votes pledged, It's said.
We did the gasoline stove an injustice
bv stating last week that it was the cause
OF the FIRE that destroyed G. L. Eastlack's S
home. Mr.. Eastlack's stove was Blue
Flame oil burner.
"A delegation from Woodbury. Camp,
p. O.. S. A., No. 81, attended the State
Camp at Camden yesterday, and bore away
a handsome flag for having made the great
est increase in membership.
Real Estate Agent P. B. Burke reports
the sale Yesterday, the Goth. inst. of the
Lewis Jessup farm, Of 81 acres, on the
turnpike near Jefferson, now owned by
Aaron Somers, to Chas G. Kugler, tenant
on the Warner Cooper farm. The price is
not made public. We congratulate Mr.
Kugler ON the purchase of so desirable,
home.
Leonard F. Blue an inspector OF the
Camden. Gloucester and Woodbury. Trolley
Co, proyed himself hero Monday after
noon bv saving 12-year-old John Reilly, of
'Rainhridee street. Phila. from drowning in
the Delaware river at Washington Park.
Blue was riding in trolley car, when he
heard the cries of young Rsllly's COM
panions Jumping from the car he plunged
overheard and brought the lad safely to
shore.
A delightful occasion in the history OF
the Youug Peoples Association of the
prashvterian Church was the watermelon
Marty held on the lawn Of Joshua S. Joyce
last Thursday evening Two wagon loads
of vounp people left the church about 7.30.
The moon light ride was much enjoyed,
hut a greater enjoyment was the eating of
tho lnscious watermelons and cantaloupes.
Could any one have better time? Ask
those boys who walked.
List Of advertised letters for the week
ending Aug. 49, 1902: c. p. Beverly,
Charles Bengel, S. j. Cattell, Harry Frank
lin (3l. Mrs. Sarah A. Fuller, Mrs. Jessie
High. Mrs. Hattie Hughes, William JSbn-
SON ". P. Jay, Mrs Libbie Jorden, Ran
dolph johnson, Robert Knapp, ]. Kochson,
Anna Mcbride, ]. Arthur Paneoast, Mrs.
r, Smith. John L. Schools, Alfred Young,
+ Vansant, James Scammell, Chlnwey
Sopenwife. Persons calling for the above
letters will please say advertised.
-Blasius Bros. are building new stable
in the rear of their piano factory. The
building is 20x4O feet, two stories, and the
frame is put together in the old fashioned
way-mortised and pegged Next spring
hic addition will be made to the factory
bnilding. The east end of the l. will be
extended so feet, and be connected with
section extending 208 feet south. The ex-
tension will be the same style of architec-
ture and height as the present building
four stories high by Efty feet wide.
We thankfully acknowledge an invita-
tiop from the New York Shipbuilding Com
nany TO attend the launch of the ship
taTexanp at their yards at noon last Satur-
Adav While unable to take advantage OF
this opportunity to witness this event IN
tIa history of this grand industry, we are
olad to record the fact that the launch was
Ss1ccessful and the new ship took TO her
native element gracefully and naturally as
her builders had planned. Success to the
ssTexan,' and her builders. The 'Iexan''
will he delivered to her owners, the Amerl-
can Hawaiian Co. at San Francisco, IN
abont I'll weeks and will run between New
Work San Francisco and the Hawaiian
IsIands Her dimensions are: Length
over ali. 484 feet; nodded beam, 81 feet;
nodded depth, AZ feet; displacement. io,-
165 toms; dead weight carrying capacity,
II 600 tons. with 3, 400 horse power en-
o;nes and she will be capable OF lo-knot
sneed The sister ships OF the Texan, pre-
yiouslv launched at this yard, are tne
Nebraskan and Nevadan