Gloucester County Democrat., 1904-05-05
LOCAL BRIEFS.

on the W. j. and S. S. Z. r. next Monday.
John N. Hummil, Bridgeton's grand
old man, died on Tuesday last aged 90
years.
Capt B. W Cloud and family will
occupy their Tentnor cottage tomorrow,
May 6.
Principal storrie Of the Salem schools
has accepted the election as Principal Of
Woodbury. schools
John, son Of the late A. S. Barber Jr.,
now Of Washington, D. G., is in Wood
bury for few days.
a. Clinton Clement has retprned home
from pleasant visit to his brother, S. w
Clement, at Los Angeles. Cal.
The Board Of Freeholders is holding
their last meeting to-day. The new Board
will organize next Wednesday,
The Directors of the Mullica Hill and
Woodbury. Turnpike Co. meet at Paul's
Hotel this afternoon at 2 O'Clock
Mr.. and Mrs Benz. Thorpe and
daughter Margaret sailed for Europe on
Saturday last for a two months trip.
s herd of fourteen fine COWS belonging
TO Amos Gaunt, near Elmer was killed last
week by order Of the State authorities.
&c J. Hurff, who has spent the winter in
California, has returned to his home in
Camden. He is delighted with California.
The Trolley Co. is trying to lease the
building formerly occupied by a. Chaplain
as waiting room for passengers. Every
body hopes they will succeed
L. " Garron has moved from the
Christ Church house on Delaware street,
which he has occupied for eleven years, to
his new house on Curtis Ave.
Gloucester City Board of Education
propose erecting new four room school
house on Hunter street and adding four
more rooms to the Monmouth street
building.
shipment of mares arrived at the
Wenonah Stock Farm, Wenonah, n. j.,
to-day from Stock Farm in Delaware, to
be ored Sid Foster, the uncle to Lou
Dillon, i. .5s7.
The merging Of Camden trolley lines
with the Camden, Gloucester and Wood
bury line, accomplished last week should
result advantageously to Gloucester county
patrons Of the trolley.
DR. Geo. w. Bailey, who with a party
of 800 delegates started on April 1st to at
tend the gNorld's Sunday School Conven-
tion at Jerusalem, notified NJ. Ware Scott
on Monday of their safe arrival there.
Farmers up in Warren county under
took to solve the labor problem with them
BY getting Indian boys from the Carlisle,
Pa, government Indian school, but the
effort proved failure.
The team Of calico ponies, belonging to
Dan Mumford, which have been causing
such comment for their fine appearance,
have been sold to MacFarland and Hol-
der, for their animal show.
"A sale Of old pennies in Phil 5elphia
last Saturday attracted the attentioA OF a
Gloucester county farmer who has been saw
ing old coin all his life, and he finds that if
his collection should sell at the rate
brought at last Saturdays sale they would
realize the neat sum of 81, 400.
On Monday last as Clement Turner, of
Paulsboro, was driving through Paulsboro,
leading horse, an automobile passed.
The leading horse took fright and sprang in
to the wagon, almost onto Mr. Turner,
who escaped with some bruises, but his
runabout was smashed to klndling wood
Marion Sharp and Benz. Horan, two
Woodbury. boys who have for the past four
years been pIowing the Asiatic Seas on
the Don uan-DsAustria, as Uncle Sans
blue jackets, one Of the ships captured at
Manila by Dewey, returned home last Sat
day. Horan developed wonderful skill as a
gunner
List Of advertised letters in the post
Office for the week ending May 2, 1904
Anna breisf0rd, Mrs. y. Y Clarke, Grace
Coy, Hannie Eastlack, Alexander Jones,
Richard johnson, Mrs Annie Woodhouse,
Tan Szanowny. Persons calling for the
above letters will please say ADVERTISED.
The first electrical storm Of the season
occurred Sunday afternoon, May 1st and
was followed bY gentle refreshing shower.
The new house Of christiana Reihl, in
North Woodbury., was struck BY lightning
and slightly damaged, and the windmill on
Wm Goldy's farm was set on fire BY bolt.
The damage to the latter was slight
Nine, ten, eleven, twelve and thirteen
pound shad are reported among the catches
this spiing, weights rarely heard Of before,
off Camden ferrias Tuesdav sffkeannnn one