Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-04-13

Baptist Church on Tuesday evening" was a
success.
Mr.. Charles Brant. Of Boston, is the
guest Of his sister, Mrs. r. NJ Latham, Of
North Broad street.
Arbor Day will be observed in our
schools tomorrow. Those in Green's
Block will spend the afternoon at National
Park.
W Harrison Livermore, in an adver-
tisement, offers the beautiful new house at
the corner Of Broad aud Hunter streets for
sale. See adver.
AT the 3Oth annual meeting Of the
West Jersey Orphange on Tuesday, Thomas
w. Dell was elected Trustee TO succeed
the late Daniel Thackara.
The sY'' will hold social on Friday
evening in the w. G. T. Z. room, No. 10
Cooper street. Young ladies general y will
be welcome to this social session.
Miss Sue Kerr former teacher of the
West End school, and who is now principal
Of the Englewood school, has been the
guest of friend on Glover street this week
The plans OF the handsome new house
to be erected between Hopkins and Centre
streets by Mr.. NJ. W. Newton, are being
drawn by Arhcitect Pebble.
There are SO many reports of men
s'held up' nowadays. that even editors
feel like going armed, though it may said,
to the credit of the discernment of the
highwaymen, that they seem to know the
rich soil and confne their energies thereto.
Miss Anna Lang was given party in
honor of her eighteenth birthday on Mon
day evening A number of guests were
present. Miss Lang received number of
useful presents, among which was a dia-
mond ring
Morton Hutchinson, a two-y ear-old lad
had narrow escape from drowning in
Green's meadow on Tuesday last. He was
playing along the bank and fell in, but
as fortune would have it, his older sister
was near by, and able to rescue him.
The shad supply from Pennsgrove was
cut off Wednesday for the reason that gov
eminent employees attempted to blow up
an old monitor, and the fisherman secured
an injunction restraining them from further
labor in that direction until after the shad
season was oyer and Pennsgrove shad are on
sale again to-day.
The various societies of the Wenonah
Presbyterian church, which has a member
bership of no. haye contributed the sum of
So, 21316 to beneyolence, which includes
missions, home and foreign, publication,
education, etc. The annual expenses of
the church were 81, 9S2. 10. The members
Of this church are certainly up and doing.
The children and grandchildren of
George r. Mankin, Esq, gathered at his
home on North Broad street last Saturday
afternoon to remind him of the sixty
seventh anniversary of his birth. sumpt-
uous repast was served after which be was
presented with handsome Office chair as a
token of their esteem. A delightful social
evening followed
John, the eldest son of contractor
Charles Carrot is in New Orleans. Several
weeks ago he started on trip to visit the
greater part of the world From Wood
bury he went to Canada, after spending
sometime there he went down the Missis-
sippi river to New Orleans The first of
next week he will sail for Cuba and after
taking a good look about the West Indies
will 60 where fancy leads him.
Harry E. Hoyle, young man of this
city, died on the 9th instant, of Brights dis
ease. He was employed at Blasius Piano
Works, and there was little warning of APP
preaching dissolution. He was member
OF the local lodge of Red Men, Odd Fell
lows, aud of the Blasius Aid Society, all of
which participated in the funeral on We'd
nesday. The interment was at North Wood,
Penna.
The Supreme Court case of Sellers &
Dix against the Woodbury. Manufacturing
Company and Alexander Craig, was tried
at Camden on Tuesday before Judge Garri-
son and a jury which resulted in iudg-
ment of non-suit in favor of the Company,
and verdict Of not guilty in favor of Mr..
Craig. This is the same case in which a
jury rendered verdict of So, 500 on for
mer trial A. H. Swaekhamer for Wood
bury Manufacturing Company and Craig.
Miers aud Matthew, for Sellers 4 Dix.
in the Camden courts on Tuesday, the
Eastern Telephone Company began condem-
nation proceedings to acquire a right of
way for their poles along the front of James
Griscom's farm on Glassboro road. Mr..
Griscom has already instituted suit against
this company for damage to this property
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