Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-02-13
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Miss Louise Adams, of Glassboro, has
been visiting Mrs. B. r. Moffett.
William J. McIntire, of Phila, has been
a recent guest of his uncle, 1. H. Weather
by.
Rev. and Mrs. S. F. Gaslxill, of Ceilings
wood, are spending few days with their
daughter Mrs. Geo. M. Ashton.
Mrs. Vincent Sharp and daughters, Anna
and Fayetta, of Camden, visited her sister,
Mrs. Geo. W. Pither, on Friday.
Miss Maggie Vanneman, of Monroeville,
has been the guest,of her sister, Mrs. Jacob
Ware.
The friends of Rev. W. S. Mitchell, pas
t7r of the M. E. Church, will be sorry to
learn that he is seriously i'll with inter
mittent fever complicated with other
troubles.
Conrad Daley, youngest son Of Mrs.
Moses Batten, is dangerously i'll with
pneumonia.
Warren Rulon is seriously i'll with symp-
toms bordering on pneumonia.
We are glad to note that Frank the little
son of s. Russell Parker, who has been ly-
ing at the point Of death with membranous
Group, is now steadily improving with every
prospect of complete recovery.
A little child of VIM. Conover has a
light attack of scarlet fever.
Mr. and Mrs Geo. Meley spent part of
last week with their son, Geo. Meley, Jr.,
and wife, of Phila.
Mrs VIM. L. Moore and children, who
left here last October for a visit with
friends in their former home in CIaremore
Indian Territory, have arrived safely home
again.
Contractor Charles H. Nicholson has COM
menced work on his new house, corner of
East Ave. and Thompson street.
John r. Zill has purchased the William
Zane property on Main Street.
Geo. A. Rode has purchased of Mrs.
Anna Smith, her property at the foot of
Main street, which he will occupy. Mrs
Smith proposes to build new house.
Frances, the little daughter of VIM. H.
Hannold, Jr., who has been seriously i'll, is
improving.
Geo. NJ. Ashton, clerk in the Swedesboro
bank, is confined to his bed with inter
llllbbCHo ACNN1j lOlIOW NdCClldUlOu.
The M. NJ Jones school of elocution will
give an entertainment in Meley's Hall on
Friday evening, Feb. 81, for the benefit of
Pride of Diamond Council Daughters of
Liberty. The entertainment promises to be
a fine one and the cause is a worthy one.
The hotbed of DR.. Turner in So Swedes-
boro, was destroyed by fire on Monday.
A quiet wedding took place at the resi-
dence of Isaac Vanneman on Tuesday
evening when his daughter Miss Emma
Vanneman, was married to W. Grant Sim
mons, NJ. D. DR.. S. c. Sutton, rector of
Trinity Episcopal Church, performed tn e
ceremony i'll the presence of the immediate
families of the contracting parties Dr. and
Mrs Simmons will occupy their handsomely
furnished home on Main street.
The new sewer, the contract for which
was given to Sweeten & Son, of Camden,
has been completed and accepted by the
sewer committee and is in every way sa It's
factory.
The thirty-fOurth annual meeting of the
Toolwch Protective Association was held
IN Lippincott's Hall on Monday, Sd inst,
and the following officers elected: Pres,
Howard Y. Locke; V. Pres. William HI.
Wolf; Sec'y, Charles D. Lippincott; Treas,
Samuel Ashcraft; directors, Saml B. Gas
kill, Carlton E. Rulon, Joseph R. Black,
William H. Borden, David S. Adams, VIM.
II. Brown, James B.. Cooper, Wesley B.
Gill. Christian Miller and Charles Stewart
were admitted to membership. The Asso-
citation is in a Furnishing condition and has
1861. IS in its treasury. Not horse has
been stolen from a member since its organi-
| cation.
The meeting called on Friday evening Of
last week to consider the question Of incor-
poration was well attended and great deal
of interest was shown. The subject was
freely discussed and considerable opposition
to the plan was manifested, which however
did not take shape, and committee OF
five, VIM H. Brown, Nathan Warrington,
John Moore, James Batten, Chas Wilson,
was appointed to lay out the bounds of the
borough and prepare bill to submit to the
Legislature and report at q meeting held
last evening.
While James Hopkins, of near Harrison
vile, was loading coal at Moore's coal yard
here on Monday he was stricken with
paralysis. DR.. B. F. Buzby was called and
| the sick man was removed to the home of
Mrs. Mary Kane on Broad street, where he
| gradually lapsed into Inconsistencies, from
which he never rallied, and died on Tues
| day afternoon. His remains were removed
to his home on Wednesday morning. He
leaves wife and several children to whom
| his sudden death is terrible shock.
Presiding Elder Dobbins preached in the
NJ. E. Church last Sunday evening and
Rev. H. G. Howell in the morning.
We hear great deal of trolley talk, and
it looks as if two different lines NIGH
reach US.