Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-04-28
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Lawyer Swackhamer has spent several
days in Plainfeld this week.
The open season for bass and pickerel
is from May 20 to November 80.
Col G. G. Green and family arrived
home from California last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs.J W. Merritt will celebrate
the 25th anniversary of their marriage on
May :
See advertisement of annual meeting
Of Woodbury. Real Estate Mutual Loan
Association
Contractor Chas NJ Garret has broken
ground out Delaware St. for a new house
for Mrs Anna Thomas
On Monday last Sheriff Jones sold the
Mary E. Chew property near Westville to
Henry C. Wilson for $3.50.
Woodbury. Lodge, l. O. 0. F. will
attend divine services in the Presbyterian
Church next Sunday morning.
W H. Turnbull is putting concrete
walks and terrace steps in front Of his
beautiful home on High street.
The county examinations in all the
public schools of the county other than
Woodbury., will begin next Monday
-Zac Richards, of Paulsboro, shipped
enc hundred punches Of asparagus on Mon
day the 25th, and ninety on Tuesday. Also
his sweet potatoes at ninety cents per bas-
ket
Mr. and Mrs VIM F. Buohl, of Flem-
iugton spent last Sunday in Woodbury. with
Mrs. BuohPs parents. Mr.. and Mrs
Augustus Prehl, and Mr.. A. S. Wilson sold
him an auto-car on Monday
p L. Wilkins estate agency announces
the sale Of the Geo. H. Barker brick farm
house out Delaware st. and lot 40 fit.
front by 418 #. deep, without the farm, to
Mr. II. NJ. Daggett. Price not stated.
On Friday last Coroner Heritage was
called to view the body Of Chas. Kyle, of
Brooklyn who left his home in the morn
ing of that day. and later the body was
found in the water near a cranberry bog.
The Coroner gave certificate of death from
accidental drowning.
The 18th annual Grange Picnic will be
held at Alcyon Park on Wednesday and
Thursday, August 10 and II. This will
probably be the greatest of all Grange Pic
MICS On Thursday, Governor Jones Of In
diana, Master of the National Grange, will
speak
The State Board of Taxation has issued
an order that hereafter under the law, all
appeals to the State Board must be filed on
or before April LIST, next, following the date
Of the assessment. According to this an
nouneement no appeals from assessment
made in 1903 can now be filed.
Mabel J. daughter of John Yetter,
aged "A years, died at the residence Of
Augustus Prehl on Tuesday night of
typhoid fever. Mabel and her father have
made their home at Mr.. Preh2s for several
years. The funeral will take place from
the Prehl residence on Friday, the 30 inst.
at 10 o'clock.
List of advertised letters in the post
Office for the week ending April 26, 1904:
Berthe Brown, Charles Colson, DR.. and Mrs.
Francis Collies, H. Durall, Ethel DeGroat,
Mrs. Epler, E. Gross, independent Editor,
Beatty Muschosten, John Oneal, Pheda
Olson, Charlie Randolph, Mrs. Catherine
B. Stark, NJ. B. Yudizky. Persons calling
for the above letters will please say adyer-
tised.
Among laws made by the Legislature
this year is one providing that all numbers
Of State license shall be removed from auto
mobiles as soon as the machines enter this
commonwealth and only the New Jersey
license number be displayed on the back
Of the machine The law is due to the
fact that automobile owners are stopped by
constables to ascertain if among the three or
four license numbers, there is a New Jersey
one.
The corner stone of a mission chapel
was laid at Westville last Saturday after
noon. The mission is branch of the
Church Of the Ascension, Gloucester City,
and the rector Rev. W. G. Emhort, was in
charge of the ceremonies. The corner stone
was laid BY Rev. Samuel Upjohn, Of Ger
mantown The building will be Of frame
at cost Of about $4,000, and will be COM
pleted in june.
--0n the 18th inst. the Chancery suit Of
Orlando Kelsey and wife, Of BlacEwood vs..
George Z. bikes and wife, Of Wenoah, that
grew ont Of dispute as to title to house
and lot in Blackwood, was tried. Complain
ants claimed right Of the property because
of parole agreement entered into in 1882
with the owner, Amos Stevenson, and under
which they have since held possession.