Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-06-16
Norman Grey. Esq, is on Western

Mrs >. Il. raul Will mahhge eh0 pea
Crest Inn, Cape May, this Summer
The Woodbury. Trust Company took
the SIG, 900 issue of Jail bonds.
IF. V. Myers, Jr., tomorrow starts the
plumbing of new hotel at Serf City.
e. P. Henry is building Preston Rrice's
new house on Curtis avenue of cement
blocks.
On Sunday next Charles Holston, VIM.
Edwards and Robert Pedrick will start for
the st. Louis Exposition. They expect to
be gone for two weeks.
Those opposed to the purchase of the
Manley lot for school purposes now threaten
to resort to an INDUCTION to prevent con-
summation of the purchase.
Samuel D. Lodge, Collector of Mantua
township, has resigned, and the Township
Committee, at meeting to be held to-
morrow, will fill the vacancy.
Charles Wolferth, of Wolferth's sta
tion, and C. Edward Joyce, of West Dept
ford, were among the graduates of Brown
Preparatory School, Phila., last week.
L. w. Sickler,o of Glassbaro, has formed
county hand of twenty pieces, that is now
open for engagements. Good players from
every section of the county form the per-
sonnet.
The B. Y. P. U. of the Central Baptist
Church will hold Lawn Fete on the lawn
of 1O3 South Broad street, on Tuesday
evening, the 21st instant. Ice cream, cake,
and candy for sale.
John Redfeld reports the sale Of three
more lots on Curtis avenue, one to Preston
f. Rice and two to Jeptha Kline. 1t is
understood that handsome residences will
soon be in course of construction.
The sale of pies, cakes, candy and fancy
articles in the Presbyterian Chapel last Sat
urday for the benefit Of the Red Bank SAM
tarium was great success, the sum of
1882 being realized for that object.
The picnic committee Of the Gleuces-
ter County Sunday school Association, have
decided to hold the annual county picnic at
Alcyon Park, on Wednesday, August Oath.
The work of preparing prog am will be
completed as soon as possible.
The Grocers annual excursion will be
held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday
next at Lake Hopatcong. B. W. Andrews
and wife, Hon. D. o. Watkins and wife,
and John Frazee and wife, of this city, will
be of the party.
But for the fact that new self adjust
ing switches are in use on the w. J. and S.
S. R. r., the Cape May express would have
been wrecked at Iona Tuesday evening
about five O'Clock. A freight train had
been drilling there and when it pulled out
the brakeman forgot to close the switch.
Happily the new Continuance for just such
emergencies worked, and when the great
train, going sixty miles an hour approached,
she kept the right track, but the passengers
were terribly jolted. The train was
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switch
On invitation Of Chas. Stokes, Of Bev-
erly, Burlington county, Messrs. Jos. T.
Sickler, Esq, Hon. J. J. Davidson, John
G. Whitall, Thos. G. Dilkes, James Park,
Thos J. Stratton and c.. A. Madden, Of
this county, and Edw. Marter and Garter
ter Walters, of Riverside, and VIM. D.
Garretee, of Philadelphia, spent last Sun
day at his home. After twelve mile
driye along the river, they returned to the
Stokes Mansion in time for dinner. Need
less to say, the party were royalty enter
tanned and vote Mr.. Stokes the prince of
hosts
The DEMOCRAT takes pleasure in
thanking trucker ]. Wood Hannold, Of Mt.
Pleasant farm, for splendid bunch of as
paragus. Three punches rghich Mr.. Han
mold placed in Druggist Marshall's window
on Monday were Of the following dimen-
sions: 10 spears, 135 inches long, averag-
ing inch in diameter;S spears, 12l inches
long, weighing lbs, OF. and 9 spears,
10 inches long and weighing 2 pounds and
10 ounces. Mr.. Hannold is recognized to
be the grower Of the largest asparagus in
Gloucester County, if not in New Jersey,
and always receives top notch prices.
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Trading Stamps.
Wegive yellow and green trading stamps,