Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-23
LOCAL BRIEFS.
was a big tide yesterday.

--Inere was Dig blue yesterday.
"A class of fifty will graduate from the
State Normal in February.
= Woodbury. Lodge, 1. O. 0. F., has
placed NV organ in its lodge room.
Stock of the Farmers and Mechanics
bank is worth $500 per share-par value,
$780,
"A Holstein COW on the Chestnut Ridge
farm near Gibbstown, has record of 1853
quarts per week. a
One of our butchers sent 100 pounds of
Haines' sausage ard 100 pounds of scapple
to ]. B. Fox of Chicago on Tuesday.
"A big revival is in progress at the
oilassboro M. E. Church. OF fifteen at the
altar last Sunday evening, thirteen were
young men.
At John Curran's vendue last week
corn sold at 81 cents, hay SIS, crab grass
S13, a horse at SIT and COWS at an aver
age of $3.50.
The engagement of Miss Alice Thorp
Stokes and DIR. Edward Gibson, Of Too
woomba, Queenslands, Australia, has been
lately announced.
Jos. T. Sickler, Esq, has sold the old
Roe property, on Broad street, to Sarah E.
Paul for SIS, 500. Mrs. Paul contemplates
building three brick dwellings thereon.
Several of the young people of this
CITY have had the misfortune to break
through the ice this winter but we are glad
to state that nothing worse than colds have
resulted.
We last week stated that j. S. Fisher
and J. N. Kier bid for the contract to build
the Handingville-G lassboro county road.
Mr.. FISHER writes us that Mr.. Kier has no
connection with the contract
Miss Marian, daughter of ex-Mayor
and Mrs. D. F. Hendrickson has been taken
TO DIR. Prices private hospital to undergo
an operation for appendicitis. The latest
report indicate a speedy recovery.
Five shares of the Woodstown Ma
tio,,aI Rank stock were sold on Saturday,
at that place, at the following prices: Three
shares at S377.75 per share, and two al
S379 25 psr share. The par value is 500.
THE EMPLOYEES of the glassworks have
presented George Vennell with snug sum
70 cover the expenses OF the operation on
his son. who is in Philadelphia hospital
The boy is getting along nicely at the Last
report.
A gentleman of wide knowledge Of
conditions among the farmers OF our county
saws that in twenty-five years the native
nonulation will have sold their farms te
Germans. Italians, etc., because OF the
diffieulty in securing competent farm help
ssTbe Merchant of Venice, " the third lee
t,re of the University Extension Course
will he delivered in the Central Baptis
Church this evening at s O'Clock. 1t will
he we'll worth the attention OF all In
terested in Shakespeare to attend this lecture
&c Il, is said to be an exceptionally fine one
Single admission, 25 cents.
The report from Salem is that Edlto
.Gwynue has sold the Sunbeam to thre'
vonnp men of that town and is gong Z
furn his attention to pushing a paten
macadam road, surfaced with tar or plscn
If ssBob7 has got stone ROAD tnas won
blow or wash away, he mas fortune anesi'
and we hope he catches it.
citizens Of Salem have subscribed
81 s0O TO buy land to induce foundry t.
locate there. The agreement is that nelthe
,,r;,,c;nal nor interest on this amount shall
r ,,aid If twenty men are employed for q
.,,oaEs wages to aggregate 81, 900 per year
70 he complies with the conditions for =
wears the debt is cancelled.
AT the meeting Of the Board OF Eduea
t;on last Thursday evening, Miss France
Carey. teacher in the Fifth Grade, tendere,
her RESIGNATION, to take effect February
and same was accepted. Messrs- Rediiel'
and Carpenter were appointed commute
n confer with our Senator and Assembly
man on features of the school law WHO
tbe present legislature will enact
List Of letters advertised in the Pos
oe;ac for for the week ending Jan. 2l-Fre
P, u L. BossIer, Miss NJ Heaney
Mrs Mrs Mary Lacy, Mrs. Rebecca Newton q
Ian q G. Smithers, Mrs. Mary v Smith
Mrs. s. Tutlet, II. d. Turner, Mrs; John
Wa. ri Persons calling for the abov
letters win please say advertised.
The annual supper by the ladies' OF tn tn
prssbvterian Church will be held IN To
1s ls.,,,5 on Thursday, Both instant. A nm
b hi If fare viii be provided as follows
chicken J1is salad, chicken croquets, peas, :
o CENTS. chicken salad, fried oysters, peas
cents cents: chicken croquets, fried oysters, pea
* cents: rolls butter and coffee. lc
cream. 10 cents extra.