Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-12-03
LOCAL saIErs.

The skating season opened last Sat
urday.
And now it is Coroner H. A. Wilson,
Woodbury..
There are many cases Of measels in
Woodbury..
-Almonesson lake is frozen over, but
the ice is thin yet.
The State Grange is in session at
Trenton.
-Blasius Aid Society will give their
annual entertainment on the 10th instant.
John Dersch purchased the late Silas
Richards farm OF 26 acres recently sold at
public sale for 1920.
Sheriff Jones took the three wire
thieves-M cWarren, Brown and VanSant
to State Prison on Tuesday.
IF. w. Bake, formerly of this city, has
changed his residence from Elizabeth to
Richmond Hill, New York.
Snow fell to the depth of two inches at
Glassboro on Monday evening, half inch
at Woodbury. and none at Gloucester City.
"A photograph makes an acceptable
Christmas gift. Loveioy. 81s Arch street,
is a skillful and economical artist. Try
him.
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months for the price of r.
Marsha has wonderful stock Of
goods designed for Christmas gifts. A
partial enumeration of his line will be
found in another column, with cordial
invitation to inspect his stock.
-Urban's Candy Kitchen is the only
place of the kind in the county, and his
stock of CONNECTIONS is not surpassed in
excellence or variety by the biggest Of city
stores. His prices are much lower than the
city dealers, zoo.
Merchant Elkinton, of Mullica Hill,
advertises his annual opening Of holiday
goods on the 5th instant. Mr.. EIkiuton is
one of our county's most successful mer-
chants and his holiday enterprise is an
annual feature that people go miles to
enjoy
The latest applicants for fox bounties
are Samuel Coleman, who killed fox
near Brooklyn, Monroe township, and
Henry Finger, Jr., near Franklinville
Since the Fox Bounty law went into effect,
April, 1902, eighty-three foxes have been
killed in this county, and $3.50 paid for
each.
"A Camden dressmaker was stricken
with smallpox and in course Of time the
Board Of Health destroyed the contents Of
her home among which was sixteen gowns
belonging to sixteen customers. The
sixteen women received $3.50, and COM
ain bitterly.
As there has been some misstatements
as to the prices paid by st. Patrick IS
Church Of this city for the Simmerman lot
at the corner of Cooper and Euclid streets,
and the adjoining wilkins home. we have
sought the record for the exact figures.
These show that $1,000 was paid for the
Simmerman lot, and So, 500 for the Wiki
ms home.
The farm Of the late Clayton Shuster,
containing 100 acres, at what is known as
vxr.4at = A. n "a .s,,-<x s.~c. ..<,ll ioee
Saturday to DIR. Strittmatter, of Phila-
delphia, for $4,000. Dr. strittmatter is
fast becoming the largest land owner in our
county. being now possessed Of a large por-
ton Of the river front between Red Bank
and Mantua creek.
p B. Burke's agency aunonnces the
following sales this week: The Joseph Coles
farm. Of III acres, below Mullica Hill, to
Mr. Warren, tenant on the farm, for
81, 500; the Browning house, adjoining
Paul's Hotel, on Broad street. Woodbury.,
Il W. Harlison Livermore, Esq, price not
. stated; two - acre tracts at Williamstown,
belonging to Mrs. Hutchinson, to two
Philadelphia parties price not stated
The Fiager farm Of 30 acres, at Clalksboro
70 Edw Lord, for So. 700.
Up to last year our farmers had no
trouble in raising their own seed white
potatoes. Last years seed proved fail
IRE, and another new problem was pre-
septed We learn that Thomas N Tiee,
Of Deerfield, has solved the problem by
keeping his seed in cold storage till wanted
for planting The seed comes out Of stor-
age as fresh and bright as when put IN,
and a quick strong growth follows Cold
storage is the coming scheme for preserving
seeds 'till planting time, as we'll as fruits
and meats till markets are favorable. John
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