Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-08-07
LOCAL BRIEF

Truck dropped to glut prices yesterday.
Interesting services are being held at
National Park.
Don't forget the Farmers Picnic at
Washington Park next Wednesday.
Salem is becoming horse centre to
such an extent that horse shows are sue
cessful there.
"A. S. Parker was brought to Wood
bury Tuesday morning and admitted to
bail in the sum of $1,000.
The Neuschafer triplets will enter the
baby show at the Washington Park Farm
ers' Picnic next Wednesday.
VIM. D. Duffield, superintendent of
John Weyeth's malt works.. has purchased
the old Town Hall property. Price, So, 900.
-Washington's tax rate is $l.40-6Sc.
for county tax, roads, 30c /; state school,
&c.,; township school, 20c.; incidentals,
&c.
AT the August meeting of the Wood
bury Real Estate Mutual Loan Association
next Wednesday evening, the Doth series of
stock will be matured.
Last Monday Sheriff Springer sold the
several properties of A. S. Parker to J.
above the encumbrance.
The tax rate of Elk township is $3.50
on the 500 valuation, divided as follows
County, SO; state school, 10; township
purposes, u; road tax, 40; township school,
II cents.
List of advertised letters for the week
ending Aug. 4, 1902:-Thomas Frazer,
Frank Reilly, Miss Laura West. Persons
calling for the above letters will please say
advertised.
! During the absence of the family in
Trenton the past two weeks, the home of
1hos Bowe, on Wallace street, was entered,
and female wearing apparel valued at about
$50 is missing.
The County Board of Elections will
meet in the Court House this morning for
organization AS the personnel of this
board remains unchanged, it is probable
the old organization will be renewed.
We sympathize with Mr.. and Mrs. c.
w. Hawn in the loss of a little daughter
from accute indigestion. The death 0c-
CURED on Monday, the interment took
place on Wednesday in Green Cemetery.
The annual rally of Temperance Work
ers of the county will be held at Pitman
on the 18th instant. The session will
open at 2.30 p. m, and continue IN the
evening. An excellent program has been
prepared for both sessions.
The Ladies Auxiliary to the Farmers
Picnic at Washington Park is receiving
applications from all parts of the district
for entries of bright babies in the baby show.
This event is one of the popular features of
this great picnic at Washington Park.
odd
family have occupied McGinty cottage at
Cape May. They had just become COM
fortably ensconced there last week when
lightning struck the house and made 1t I'M
inhabitable, and they have returned to
their sure home in Woodbury..
-Pitman Grove Camp meeting opened
last Sunday, and this will be big week at
that celebrated resort. Last Sunday, the
opening day, the attendance was about
5000 but old-time interest will no doubt
develop and the meeting of 1902 will be
equal in interest and enthusiasm to any
that have gone before.
Brooks Hurff, collector of the town
ship of Washington, has made record
nerhaps not equalled in the county, and
certainly not before equalled in that town
shin. He has collected the duplicate OF
1850 clean without recourse to law except
inc an item of So 81, and this delinquent
has moved out of the county. Washington
has cause to be proud of this official
The late report of the State Weather
Pureau states that the wet weather OF the
mast weeks has been unfavorable to maturing
crons and harvesting oats and hay. From
a mass of reports we quote the following
from J. C. Griscom, of West Deptford =
ssCIoudy during most of.week. with heavy
rain on Both; pasture good; white potatoes
rotting in low fields, a light crop OF canta-
loupes."
On Monday evening John Lyons, of
Wenonah. drove up to Laubs shoe store
With his family. The ladies had just
alighted, when the horse started as though
mad II rushed across the street into a
heavy farm wagon, where it broke loose
from the carriage. Mr.. Lyons was not
seriously hurt, but the carriage was much
damaged. Mr.. L. thinks some insect stang
the horse.
The Cosmopolitan Magazine announces
that If has obtained for the year 1902 the
exclusive American rights to ID. q. Wells
work and an option on a like privilege IN
1a03 By way of preface to the publica-
tion of Mr.. Wells Mankind in the Max
inpu a series of papers that is sure to ex-
cite even wider comment than did "Antici-
nations, from the same pen: the August
i, C0s,nopolitan publishes an interesting bio
oranhical sketch and character study OF Mr.,
Wells.
Mr.. J. D. Coles, of Woodstown, re-
ouested specimens of the bee or hornet
fbat has taken possession of Andes E.
Rudd's front porch, and solves the mystery
of their origin, as follows. - Thanks for
fthe gpecimens received, it is the large
European hornet, (Yespa Crabra). The
snecimen was introduced in this country
few wears ago, and is becoming common IN
soms places. 1t has the same general
habits as our large hornet but instead OF
making its nests in bushes, it makes them
generally in hollow trees.
Everybody in need of anything in our
limo sbouid call and secure few OF the
BARGAINS that are going out of our store
these hot days. You can't have too many
,;t . aims and dresses for the baby and
clothing for the older children me Doys
Taed Jackets aud blouses and the mother
,,oeJs 3 shirt waist and skirt, perhaps a
,,rranner-all sizes 80 to so bust measure.
have two or three Of those fine white
dresses left. 10, IL and IA years from .
n 70 81 Ladies, misses and ehildren''
,nnsl;n underwear, made by the best man
ntaeturer of Philadelphia positively mo-
made ia sweat shops The Misses t'ozen'
172 8. Broad street, Woodbury.