Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-05-08
LOCAL BRIEFS.

this week.
An assembly dance is the attraction at
the Country Club tonight.
The Washington Park fishery took
5000 shad at one haul last Monday.
Woodbury. Green Houses are selling
the great stock of desirable plants at half
price. See adver.
Farmers and breeders will read with
interest the advertisement of ''Sid Foster"
in our paper this week.
Isaac Sands, of Red Bank, caught a
young sturgeon at Red Bank on April II,
and it cost him just $40.
The Woodbury. Dam county road, and
the German street extension to Broad street,
are practically completed.
The Common Council of the Borough
of Swedesboro has appointed Detective II.
C. Garrison, town marshal.
There is complaint from navigators of
the creek, that bridge-tender Bob. Hudson
is lax in his attention to duty.
VIM. NJ. Albright, the Ledger's repre-
sentative here, is the happy father of
daughter, born on the 9th instant.
At $50 O'Clock next Saturday, the
North Woodbury. A. A. ball team, will
grounds.
WIN. T. Furey has bought the George
W. Reed residence on Davis street, and will
move to it from his present home on Hes
sian avenue.
Halls, the well known Market street
dry goods merchants, advertise special
bargains in ladies seasonable waists See
adver. on fourth page.
One of the carriers on the rural mail
delivery out of Swedesboro, delivered 300
letters in three weeks, besides papers and
packages too numerous to mention.
John latham has completed the i'm
provement to the front of his handsome
house on High street by laying concrete
curb and gutter and terrace steps, Sites
Bros, of Westville, did the job.
"A preacher of our county called on
county official last week and inquired if
there was not law in this State comforting
on ministers of the gospel right to vote on
shorter residence than ordinary mortals!
West Deptford township receives a
larger amount of franchise taxes, and a
greater sum for liquor licenses than any
township in the county. This fact ac
counts for the townships low tax rate.
Gent E. Burd Grub entertained his
old command, the TwentyThird New Jer
sew. at his Edgewater Park mansion on
Saturday last, which was the fortieth
anniversary of the battle of Salem Church.
Mt. Holly Herald: sc. ID. Chenowith
formerly assistant supervisor on this rail-
road section was visiting friends here on
Monday He was trying to buy horse,
wagon and harness to be used on little
farm he owns at Woodbury."
On Friday last, Councilman James S.
Hanson. Jr., of Camden, and Justice of
the Peace James M. Finly, of the same
CITY. were each sentenced to three months
in the county Jail by Judge Joline for
attempting to compound a misdemeanor.
Thomas Bowe and George II. Madden
will represent the Woodbury. branch of the
Classblowers organization at the annual
Convention in Atlantic City in July, and
Sam'I S. Luffbury, J. A. Williamson,
Morris Townsend and B. Wescoat the
Glassboro branch.
"A young man named Cochran, came
down to Almonesson Lake fishing last Sat
urday. and wandered down the race, below
fine dam. In attempting to cross the race
ON plank, the board tipped when he was
in mid-stream, and he took an involuntary
cold bath, and was rescued with much
effort.
Ouarter Sessions will be held in the Court
House tomorrow to try the allegation
LODGED against Lewis W. Magnus, by the
Mutual Banking and Building Association
of Elizabeth, that he continued to collect
in the name Of the Company after his en-
nloyment had been terminated.
The State Board Of Veterinary Examin-
ers organized at the State House, Trenton,
last Monday by electing w. H. Laws,
President; W. Gray, Secretary, and l.
Smith. Treasurer. A committee consisting
of Doctors Laws, Gray and Rogers were
appointed to arrange the questions for the
first examination which will be held in the
State House on the last Tuesday in June.
The annual meeting of the Woodbury.
Auxiliary of the Red Cross Society will
be held at the home of Mrs r. M. Mat
lock. on Wednesday, May IA, at O'Clock,
at which place and time there will be an
election Of officers to serve for the ensuing
year, and such other business transacted as
may come before the meeting. F. V. Brad
way, Rec. Sec'y.
I'm response to a request to publish the
boundaries of National Park, we quote
from the public notice published in these
columns last February: beginning III the
centre of Woodbury. creek, where the same
empties into the Delaware river, thence
southwardly up Woodbury. creek to point
opposite Hessian Run, where the same emp
ties into the said creek; thence eastwardly
mn said Hessian Run two thousand feet,
more or less, to the southeasterly line OF
land belonging to James E. Lake, adjoin-
ING Arthur Stewards land; thence between
Lake Lake and Stewards land and by land
of Emily r. BURNETT to Red Bank avenue;
thence north along Red Bank avenue, fol-
lowing said Burtnett's land; thence north
west along said BURNETT land to line be-
tween Burtnett and Julia Klaiz; thence
west between BURNETT and Julia klalz to
land of National Park Association; thence
follow;no the land of National Park Asso-
citation its several courses and distances to
to the low water line of Delaware river;
thence westwardIy along low water line OF
Delaware river to the place Of beginning. "
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