Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-10-06
LOCAL BRIEFS.

is spending ten days at Oak Lane
j. r. Wick has big stock of horse
blankets, which he is selling at low figure.
The new bank building at Elmer will
be occupied next week. 1t is an up-to-date
structure.
-Wanamaler & Browns Fall announce
ment appears in our advertising columns
this week.
Mrs. E. D. Knisell, of Curtis avenue,
is spending ten days with her sister at
Hammonton, n. J.
Official notice of the bankruptcy pro-
ceedings of F. V Myers Jr., will be found
in another column.
Hon D. 0. Watkins, who left with
Gov Murphy's party for the Worlds Fair
on Tuesday, will return next Sunday.
Samuel Powell is connecting four
houses on Carpenter st. with the sewer -
two for Mrs Thackara and two for Mrs
Ballerstedt.
The Entertainment committee of the
Country Club announces an indoor circus
to be held in the Casino Saturday evening,
October s.
Mr. Andrew NJ Redfeld, Jr., and
family of Atlantic City, are spending
week with Mr. Redfeld's parents on Della
ware street.
There will be an entertainment in the
Presbyterian Chapel Friday evening Octo-
her p, at o'clock, for the benefit Of the
Chapel debt fund.
Mr. and Mrs Thomas J Black, of
Woodland Park, Colorado, have been recent
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Dubois on
Curtis avenve.
Percy latham and Miss Hannah Hea-
ton, popular young people of High street,
were married Oh Wednesday last at Penn
ington by Rev. Frank Moore.
The Annual Institute of the public |
schools teachers of Atlantic, Salem and
Gloucester Counties will be held at Allan
tic City on October II, 10 and IA
See catalogue of properties in the
hands of real estate agent, P B. Burke,
on our seventh page. Probably no other
agent in West Jersey has so wide clientele.
Col. Balm, the ''Silver Tongued Orator
of Kentucky gave his lecture, Platform
Experiences in Memorial church Monday
evening, before an audience of fair proper
tions.
Rev Malcomb Taylor, wife and son left
Monday for Boston. Mr.. Taylor expects to
spend two weeks at the convention, and
Mrs. Taylor and son expect to be gone the
entire month with her parents.
The annual sale by the Ladies' Aid /
Society of the Presbyterian Church, will be |
held on November Is and Is, opening on
the ee ening of Tuesday, November IS and
continuing on Wednesday
The foot bail season opened last week
and Edmund H. Carpenter, a juvenile
player, was the first victim of the rough |
play. DR.. Wilson says he will carry IA
crooked probosis hereafter, as reminder of
his brief half-back experience.
Constable Jacob Murphy about whose
going away last week there was so much
comment, returned last Saturday He
was at once arrested, the warrant being
sworn out bg the colored girl who was uu-
til last Friday an inmate Of the Jail. He
gave bail in the sum of $500 for his appear
ance at court.
w. H. Graham who stole landlord Hen
drickson's osercoat from Paul's Hotel last
February, and whose capture was noted I
some weeks ago, was tried before Judge |
Jessup last Friday. His conviction fol- |
lowed, and he was sentenced to State prison
for one year The overcoat problem viii
not trouble him this winter
Gertrude Washington the colored girl
whose coafnement in petit jury room
under special guard during the interval of
jail rebuilding, so demoralized the guard |
duty, was given hearing before Judge
Jessup last Friday and sentence was sus-
pended. Her crime was the larceny Of
dollar from her last employer at Westyille.
The plant of the Fries Breslin Com
pany, rug manufacturers, in Ferry avenue,
Camden, was destroyed by fire early last
Monday morning. The loss estimated at
$3.50 600. The insurance carried is $500 600 !
Three men were injured. The cause of
fire has not been ascertained. Five hun
bred men are thrown out Of employment.
"A woman treasurer has gone wrong
The lady is Mrs. Luella Stout, of Mill
vile, and she was treasurer of Star Of
Hope Temple, United Order of Americans
She drew the lodges funds, amounting to
$3.50, from the bank on Monday, and left
home by rear alley, drove to Franklin
Vile where she hnardad a train for no one