Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-06-19
LOCAL BRIEFS.

-E.F. Dell returned from his southern
trip yesterday.
Architect Peddle is preparing plans for
enIarging Newh0ld school house.
The work of fe-surfacing the Crown
Point road is progressing rapidly.
Misses Belle Holston and Frances
Carey are doing Boston this week.
There will be matinee races at Green's
stock farm next Saturday afternoon.
The First Baptist Sunday school will
picnic at National Bark on the Goth inst.
Thomas NJ Tice sold twenty-five head
0f Rorses at Mt. Ephraim last Monday at
an average price of $40.
~-Hendrickson, the expressman, will run
two wagons during the summer, making
one delivery earlier in the afternoon.
John C. woltert, of Wolfert's Sta
ton, picked a tomato last Sunday, and
expects to pick this week fos shipment.
"A resident of our county says be has
not seen quail so plentiful in Gloucester
County since he was boy, as at present.
Mr.. Wainwright Churchill, well known
here, and Miss Maud Wainwright, of Over
brook, Pa, were married last evening at
Overlook.
Commissioners to sell the house and lot
Of Geo. C. Hewitt, Clayton, SOLD the prop
erty last Saturday to D. Wilson Mooge for
S10lG.
Rev. Jesse Y. Bark will preach in
Christ Chtrch, Woodbury., next Sunday at
1890 O'Clock, A. NJ. The public made
welcome.
L. c. Justice, near PedricktOwn, from
a foar acre patch of Strawberries sold
81 500 worth, about 81 200 of that amount
is profit.
-Liberati will open his engagement at
Washington Park Sn Saturday evening
next His coming marks the real opening
of this popular resort.
-'Cris'' Beck, on the former Yeager
farm, Deptford township, marketed four
baskets of tomatoes on Wednesday, and
JOS Lodge, of Mt. Royal a similar quantity.
Asa C. Harker, owner of the former
Jacob Gunther farm of Deptford township,
writes us under the date of June IS, II am
Sieking early tomatoes for market to-day"
The second demand on our Freeholders
for fox bounty came from George E. Smith
of Franklinyiale yesterday. The amount
is $3.50, the fraction being the justices
fee.
After hearing the objections to admit
ting the will of Mary Downs to probate
last Thursday, Judge Jessup confirmed the
action of the Surrogate in probating the
will.
beginning with next Sunday the
Central Baptist Sunday-school will hold its
session at quarter before ten in the morn
ing, church services beginning at eleven
O'Clock.
The South Jersey Gas, Electric and
Traction Company has put one hundred new
gas stoves in Woodbury. homes this spring.
There are now about six hundred apd
fifty of these stoves in use in this city.
Estate agent P. B. Burk has sold
eighty-five acres of the 8, FL, Ladd farm, on
the Westville-G lassboro county road, princi-
pally bush land, to Arthur Stewart OF
Philadelphia. Price not stated.
John ]. Costello, of Wenonah, phones
ms that Sid Fosters trial Of speed, announ-
ced to take place on the 18th. inst, will
take place on the 25th. inst. at the same
place and hour, Providence permitting.
The general understanding has been
chat Jergey truck was from ten days to two
weeks later than usual, yet Jersey beans,
cabbage, cucunabeTs, egg plants and toma-
toes are going into market ten days earlier
than last year.
The Bed Gross Association, of Fhilad-
elphia, has sold through our townsman, w.
r. Speakmaa, tWo of their army wagons to
Mr.. Curtis. for the South Jersey Gas, Ell
eetrie and Traction Company, and three to
LSyeryman, Daniel Mumford.
The case of Samuel D. Lodge, admin
fstrator O. t. a, of Rachel r. Rulings, de-
ceased, VS.. El1aeF J. Hulings, ct ais, is
expected to be argued in the Court Of
Errors and Appeals Tomorrow. 4. H.Swack-
hanser. ESQ.,, for appellant and Jos. J.
SummerelI, Esq. for respond entS.
The sale of isndg Of J. d. Green by G.
G. Green. trustee, last Thursday, resulted
in the sale of the store and dwelling, No.
245 South Broad street, to James Park, tor
50. 3O5: twenty-five foot lot on Hopkins
street to G. G. Gerhard, for S267S0; and
two forty foot lots for $3.50 and 1920,
respectively A small house in North
Woodbury. was sold for $500.
White burning caterpillars at her home
an Soutil Broad street Tuesday evening
Mrs. a. III. Locke had ? barrow escape from
being burned to death. 4 piecs Of burning
sapeF lodged on her back, and leF Ight
wearing apparel Immediately took ire.
Neighbors responded promptly to her call
for aid, and the flames were extinguished
vet not before she had received burns ex
tending from waist to neck, and TO hel
finger tips.
Trenton is to be congratulated upon 1T
approaching accession of the Jordan l.
Mott Iron Company, which is soon T.
move to that city from Mott Haven, N. Y
THE concern employs thousand men, ano
has long been prominent industry OF the
metropolis Its object in going to Trenton
Is to be nearer fire clay and terra Gotta
works Of whose output it uses great
quantity: This PLACES Trenton undel
further obligations to the RsSiFe soil Q
New Jersey
South Jersey sportsmen are somewha
ehaqrined at the unsuccessful efforts t1
secure ouails from the West for stocking
the game fields of lower Jersey Some
time ago consignment of quails for Aalen
county from Oklahoma was e0niseated 81
! route nv the authorities and liberated
Similar fate befeil a lot Of two hundred am
8fty birds consigned to Cumberland Co.
and Cape May county sportsmen who wer
negotiating for several hundred birds nav
cancelled the order 1t, was the hope 9
several well known sportsmen to plac
zeveral hundred birds out this spring, bu
/ fhefr efforts have been somewhat discourse
ed by the seizure Of the birds rom ID
West.