Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-01-10
LOCAL BRIEFS.

-Elbert Kirby of this county is taking
an agricultural course at New Brunswick.
William Joyce has purchased the prop
erty of P. B. Burke on High street, and is
moving into it.
Mr.. Theis, son of Augustus Theis, of
Bunker Hill, is building fine house on
the Terrace, at Grenloch.
The Board Of Education will hold a
special meeting tonighs to endeavor to come
to an agreement on school site. y ~
There is a number of cases of scarlet
fever in the Third Ward, and few in the
Second, but none in the First Ward
The reported lease Of the Lee farm to
VIM. Allen and Champion Goldy was not
consummated and the farm is advertised for
rent.
Mr. George Horner, who has been en-
ployed at Child's store, has been given the
managership of Child's store at Haddon
Heights.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. White, of
Bridgeton, have been recent guests Of the
daughter, Mrs. William D. Dufield, Of
German street.
-Rey. James Diyerty, of Philadelphia,
spent Sunday with his brother, Dr. II. B.
Dlyerty, and preached in the Kemble M E.
Church in the evening.
Mrs. SStanger Iszard, Of Centre street,
who has recently undergone an operation
for appendicitis, is doing very nicely, and
is expected to recover.
Mrs Michael Feltman, who lives on
the Clayton farm, has been suffering with
mashed hand, caused by the falling of a
lid of a washing machine.
The Neubert vendue, advertised TO
take place on the 18th instant, is declared
off, and the farm he occupies is not now
for rent. This indicates he will remain
another year.
The fishers Union, of the Presbyterian
Church, held business meeting, and the
following officers were elected: President,
Charles Urban: vice president, Hermon
Ruch and secretary and treasurer, Fred. J.
Ruch.
The annual meeting of the Country
Club will be held next Monday night, and
a fall attendance is desired. Reports for
the past year will be received and presi-
dent, two vice presidents, secretary and a
board Of trustees of seven members for the
ensuing year elected.
The American Dredging Company is
preparing to blow in'' large tract of the
Eagle Point meadows. As preliminary
cross bank is being made TO protect the
trolley tracks beginning near the Sayer
place. The filing up of tide meadows is
going to make much valuable property
along the River front of our county 4
List of letters remaining uncalled for
in this Office for the week ending Jan. Z,
1907: Mrs. Walter Allen, Mr.and Mrs. VIM.
G. Bennett, Urban Dufield. Dr.J. E. Green,
Tom Gunder, Mrs. Fanny Jones, Wv. Law,
John Locklin, Edw. B. Moore, Walter Pruitt,
S. Anthony Savage, Miss Susan Willis. In
calling for the above, please say advertised,
giving date of list. Chas. Walton, P. M.
A dollar bill has an average life of
about fifteen months. Two dollar bills, not
being SO actively used last on the average
more than sixteen months. A five dollar
bill lives on an average two years before it
IS worn out and the government is called
upon to replace it. Ten dollar bills last
about three years and twenty dollar bills
more than four years.
-Messrs E.-H. Durell, John A. Brown,
Albert Henry, Annie Fl. Thomas, John
Urban, E. P Henry, the Twells estate, and
Phila. Trust Company, announce that they
will make application to the legislature to
annex to the City of Woodbury. certain
lands along the western boarder Of the
city. The line at Delaware street Is at the
westerly line Of the Cloud farm, and the
easterly line Of the Reeves farm.
We call She attention Of our readers TO
the advertisement of the Swedesboro
National Bank in this issue. This institu-
ton now has a modern vault and safes,
and all known Safeguards are thrown
around the institution The management
ia enterprising, yet conservative, which
has earned for it the confidence Of the
business people Of that section Of the
county.