Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-10-16
LOCAL BRIEFS.

. Harness maker Knisell's three children
is down with scarlet fever.
The Eastern Telephone Company has
leased many phones in Woodbury..
There are several cases of chicken pox
in Woodbury., and one mild case of va
rioloid.
Concrete payements have been laid by
Mr.. Nicnol and Mrs. Phipps, on Cooper
street.
Clinton S. Hinchman, of Iona, has
bought the E. B. Hewling's bread route
and taken possession.
Col. Green has cancelled several opera
house dates, on account of liability to be
unable to heat the building.
The ladies of st. Agnes Guild, Christ
Church, will give chicken salad and
oyster supper in Parish house, Thursday,
Oct. 80.
"A o. Dayton Superintendent Of the
West Jersey and Sea Shore railroad, died
at his home in Camden Tuesday morning
of paralysis.
Officer Geitz went into the retail coal
business on a stock of two and half tons.
He closed out his entire stock last week
for $62 so.
The first alarm of fire of the year was
sent in last Saturday, but it turned out to
be false, and the fire-ighters loame home
Sorely disappointed.
John G.. Dunn, an oil cloth manu-
facturer OF Camden, has purchased build
ing lot from G. G. Green on Cooper street,
opposite the Country Club.
Robert D. Hughes house and the
Samuel Snyder house, recently purchased
by w. P Chopper, are to be enlightened
with fresh coats of paint by Mr.. w. d.
Geiger.
Horace Madden, of Columbus, Ohio,
who is attending the National Convention
of Horseshoers, in session at the Walton,
Philadelphia, spends spare time with his
brother, C. A. Madden, Of this City.
L. Chew, of West Deptford, has va
riety of red raspberry which besides a big
crop in regular season, has yielded an aver
age of go quarts per day for the past six
weeks. The field is about one-eighth of
an acre.
City Surveyor VIM. NJ. Carter has
been employed by Sewer Engineer Easily
as his assistant in construction of the
sewers. Duncan jacques and JOS Rogers,
who have occupied that position, termin-
ated their service last night.
The trial of the suit brought by Angus
tus Finsel against Sallie Guard for damages
to his truck, destroyed by her cow, resulted
in conviction and Judgment rendered by
ESQ. Mankin in favor of the plaintiff for
As damages and all costs of the prosecution
against the said Guard, which was paid.
A very pleasant and sociable time,
reminding the scholars of the Central
Baptist Church that it was time for all
Jugs containing money for the building of
the new church to be in was held last
Thursday night, Oct. 8. Eighteen jugs were
brought in realizing quite nice sum for the
Building Fund.
This is assuredly year of big things
big strikes, big apples, big potatoes and
now cabbage has its day. Farmer Ed.
Dobbs. of West Deptford, gave US a shock
last Saturday by leaving head forty eight
inches in circumference at our home. We
GOT derrick and lowered it into the empty
coal bin, and the whole family have been
very comfortable ever since.
The Young Peoples Association of the
Presbyterian Church has elected officers as
J follows: President, Miss Helen B. Moore;
Vice President, Mrs Howard S. HAWTHORN
Secretary, Miss A. Virginia Cattell; Treas
urer. F. B. Davis. The Association has
lust completed the laying of a handsome
new carpet in the church, the money to
nav for which was raised by means Of enter
fainments and other functions
List of advertised letters for the week
ending Oct Ia, 1902: Miss Matte Buffin,
Lucy Booth, Mrs. Matilda Cooper, Mrs.
Roda Cou, j. E. Collins, Mrs. Dollie
Evans, T. S. Harper, Miss M. Hall, FL
wood Hurbert, Chas. r. Hill, Edmond
Hickey, Dora Note, Mabel Pierson, Miss
Rosa Pelz, Edward Rimmer, John O..
Ross, J. M. Rutherford, Daisy Queen, Mrs.
lizzie Rush, Sammy Pan You Pouebe,
Doreath Watson. Persons calling for the
above letters please say advertised.
IF YOU need manager to look after
veur affairs, run your business and handle
Il successfully, the place to find him is
around the sunny side Of any store in town.
Won will find him there telling how some
body else's business ought to be run to
make it 90, rehearsing all the gossip that
8 rife about town, and doing many other
little things that are useful to the people
generally. Usually a visit to his home
will reveal his wife at the wash tub or wood
r,;;e the fence down, and the place out OF
renair in general This is picture Of
what can be seen almost any season OF the
year.