Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-03-01
LOCAL BRIEFs.


oh. Mumford is putting in hay scales,
ia. Ballinger advertises seed potatoes.
&C. W. Hawn moved to Elmer last
Monday
-GIassboro is having an epidemic Of
humps and measles
Jos. NJ Carter, Of Aura, has been gran
ted pension Of $10'a month.
-Glassblower VIM. McKean and family,
have moved to Massillion, Ohio
Forty houses are contracted to be built
in Pitman by the first day Of june
See adver. of the Gloucester Grain and
Dairy Feed Co. on our eighth page.
Mr.. Everett Pierce moved into his
beautiful new home on High St. yesterday.
Mrs. John A. Brown of Delaware st. is
spending week with her son in New
York City.
Miss Lillian Garrett of West Chester
Normal School spent Sunday with her par
ents here.
The Della. & All. Tel. 4 Tel. Co. has
orders for seventy-fve phones to be placed
in Woodbury.
-Merchantyille post Office is to be abolish
ed. and the town mail will be delivered by
carriers from the Camden Office.
gill fishermen assert that all signs
point to big and early run of shad. We
hope that the signs point true
Miss Sarah Kahn, of franklin Square
Hospital, Baltimore, is enjoying fortnight
with her mother on Penn. St.
ssv. Jas. a. Garland, Secretary to the
Bishop 81 Psnna.. will be acting Rector OF
Christ Ghurch until afesr Lent.
Rudolph. The only son d Warner Cooper,
81 fsuntsr sf.eaught his heel while jumping
fence, fell, and broke bis arm
The front axle of milkman Moore's
delivery wagon broke on West street this
morning. but there was no loss Of tactical
fluid.
A pleasant surprise party was rendered
Misses Bertha and Florence Jesshp last
week, by number Of their Philadelphia
friends.
-Furman Harris, Of Elmer has gone to
California to make his future home. Mr..
Harris was in thetoyster business in Wood
bury several years ago.
John Price, former resident of We
nonah, died at ColIingswood last Saturday,
aged 90 years and months. The interment
was at Bethel last Wednesday.
Benz. F. James. the auctioneer, viii
have a sale of farm property on March Ia.
He has leased his farm to VIM. Epley OF
Hurffville, and will make Pitman his future
home.
The home Of President Dubois, of the
First National Bank Of this city, at Clay
ton, was entered by thieves last Saturday
night who ate aud carried away the provin-
der for the family sustenance over Sunday
Prof. Durell's lecture on the Battle
Of Trenton, y in the Court House last Fri
day evening, under the auspices of Dept
ford Institute Trustees, gave Woodbury.
people, young and old, very interesting
and instructive hour.
The Young Ladies Home Missionary So
ciesy Of the Presbyterian church held their
February meeting on Monday evening at
the home Of Mrs. Howard HAWTHORN on
Curtis Ave. The subject Indians was
very interesting and instructive.
Freehold, the county town Of Mon
mouth county, has a hotel or saloon for
every 692 persons, while in the townships
there is one for every 218 inhabitants Wood
bury now has a bar for every $3.50 persons,
and the townships viii vary from one TO two
thousand for every bar.
Mr.. M. W. Newton, owner Of the
Molony" building corner Of Curtis and
Railroad ayes, will next week begin tear
ling down that building, after which he will
build neat business office on the site for
the New York Horse Manure Co. While
the ange is being made, the manure COM
pany will have a temporary Office if the
Merritt Block.
The sixteenth anniversary Of the
Young Peoples Society Of the PRESBYTERIAN
church, was very largely attended, and
thoroughly enjoyed. The date Of the an
niversary occurring on Washington's Birth
day afforded the members to furnish 9
unique program, which consisted Of recep.
tion given to General and Lady Washington
under a canopy Of American flags Music
and Eocution interspersed the program
and al late hour refreshments were
served