Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-01-01

There was brief season of skating
last week.
There are two cases Of typhoid fever in
Woodbury..
There were IL, 600 marriages in Phila-
J delphia during 1902, 1000 less than during
I. 1901.
The State Board of Veterinary Ex-
aminers meets in the State House, Trenton,
on January 9 and 10.
The new 325 pound bell for the Cen
trail Baptist Church has arrived, and will
be promptly put in place.
The local tribe of Red Men will give a
'ssmokern tomorrow night. and pass the
pipe of peace to pale face brothers.
Minister, the clother, has leased Mar
shall's new store, and will occupy it Feb.
1. 1t is fine store, centrally located.
Mrs. Jessie Cumins, of Newfeld, has
the smallpox, and there are said to be
several cases Of varioloid in that village.
The thirtieth annual meeting of the
State Board of Agriculture will be held in
Trenton on January Ia, Is and 16, next.
The sale of the real estate of Antoine
Mele advertised to be sold by Sheriff Jones
last Monday, has been adjourned to Mon
day next, Jan. 5, at the same place and
hour.
"A citizen of Almonesson got two bush
els of coal in Woodbury. last Monday. He
had money enough to buy a Winters sup
ply, but money don't count in the coal
market now.
The John Hanes farm, near Eldridge
Hill. and two farms of Isaac Ballinger, near
Col faku at
public sale at Woodstown last Saturday,
and bid to only Sal and $46 per acre. They
were not sold.
List Of advertised letters for the week
ending Dec 80, 1902 Mrs. Mary Katein,
Ben. Parks, Mrs. Anna Peters, Ben. Simp-
son, C. H. Worthington. Persons calling
for the above letters will please say adver-
tised.
Elsie, the nine-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Hitchner, on Davis
street, while pulling sled on the side
walk last Friday morning, fell and dislo-
Gated her shoulder. DIR. III. H. Clark re-
duced the fracture; and Elsie was made as
comfortable as her accident would permit
An interesting feature of our New
Years Day issue is the events of 1902
national and county The list of deaths OF
our county forms a remarkable exhibit Of
the work of the ''silent reaper" The list
is gathered week by week from sources
open to the publisher, and is as complete
and accurate as painstaking effort can make
it,
The Christmas entertainment held in
the Central Baptist Church Tuesday night
was a decided success. The songs and
recitations rendered by the children, and
the entrance of Old Santa, was thoroughly
enjoyed by all Each little girl received 8
bureau, and each little boy a bank, beside
their usual treat. There were many happy
faces turned homeward.
Following are the new officers Of AID
vance Lodge, No. 8, Shield of Honor =
S. M. Frank Braun; w. NJ, Chas. Bengle
: Jr. NJ, Nimrod Chew; Conductor, Edward
Blake; Recording Secretary, Henry Pratley
Financial Secretary, Harry Glading; Treas
urer, William Brewer; Trustee, lsaat
Hewitt; Chaplain, A. Prehl; Rep, VIM
Sennett; Alternate, Henry Pratley.
The six surveyors appointed to lay on
new road in Logan township from Bridge
port to the river, met in the Town Hall
Bridgeport, last Friday, and then went
over the route. When it came to making
up their report the Surveyor divided, thre'
in favor and three against the road. Th
movers in the enterprise have had a cavea
filed against recording report OF thu
action Evidently there is opposition IL
Logan to this route to the Delaware.
"A car load of coal was run on the sid
ing at Paulsboro last Friday, and the goot
news swept over the village like an electro
storm People fastened to their stabl
and drove out to the coal yard in hast
while others ran with baskets, when Il
their surprise the car was re-attached Il
the train and hurried out Of town. That
the coal situation in Paulsboro and othe
South Jersey towns.
The Insurance Companies are surel,
putting it on to property owners in Wood
bury pretty thick A hundred per cent
increase in rates is out of reason, and be
yond any necessity. Woodbury. propert.
owners have gone deep into their pocket
to equip and maintain superb fire depart
rnents. with the result that there has bee
no fires of any consequence in the city j
several years. 1t was supposed, and eve
suggested, that such FIRE protection woul
lower insurance rates, but the proof
otherwise. Couldn't a local company
organized to protect the people from tn
wholesale plundering
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