Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-12-26
LOCAL BRIEFS.

The driver of the express wagon is glad
its over
-Thos Krkbride is very ill at his home
near Sewell.
Miss May Hendrickson is spending the
holidays in Washington, D. G.
j. j. Magee, of Hessian ave., has had
his house fitted up with electric lights.
Last Saturday the glass factories of
{ South Jersey stopped work for ten days, a
Miss Eliz sbeth Stackenwalt, of Ger
mantown, Pa, spent Christmas with friends
here.
The new city Jail at Camden will be in
readiness for occupancy by January first, it
is expected
Captain S. P Comfy, Of Washington,
D. c., spent Sunday with his mother and
sister in this city.
Three of the DEMOCRATS force are
victims of grip. This disease has seized
Woodbury..
Harry P. Kirby has accepted position
in Pittsburg, and has gone to take up his
new duties.
Jos. Jessup, wife and son, of New
York, are spending the holidays with rela-
tives in Woodbury..
Books Hurff and wife, OF Harffvills
were visitors Of George G. Eldridge, OF
Glover street. GA Christmas.
About Jan. 1st johnson, the tailor,
will move his business to the upper floor of
the old Cooper street fire house.
Mrs. Anna Richman has been suffering
greatly from sprained ankle received by
falling, while going down cellar.
in Dover an ordinance has just been
passed requiring moving picture shows to
pay license fee OF $50 year.
Fl. J. Barnhart and wife, of Washing
ton, D. c., spent Christmas Day with Mrs.
Barnhart's mother, Mrs. Harper Davis.
Mayor Iadd has attached his approx
ing signature TO the school appropriation
ordinance, and it is advertised this week.
81 Before the largest crowd of the season
HlWoodbury basket bah team administered
another defeat 30 Westvile on Christmas
Day by score of 81 to 25.
IS. R. Hammitt, who for the past three
years has resided on the Roe farm, has pur-
chased she Harry Parks place, at Newfeld,
for 81, 900, and will move there during the
coming week.
I'm 1854 tomatoes first came into gener-
first packed in tin and glass by Harrison
w Crosby, at Lafayette College, Easton,
Pa, and sold at SO cents can. ~
The school at Fries Mill has been
closed and she Franklin Township Board
N of Education is haYing the fourteen child
rem transported to WILLIAMSBURG. James
{ F. Patterson takes them oyer every day in
big enclosed wagon 20
The Aaron w. Knight farms were sold
at public sale last Friday by the admins
tratrix. Tract No. L, containing 80 acres,
with bulldogs, was purchased by Eber B.
Bishop for So, SIS; tract No. 2, so acres,
without bu ldings, by John Rulon for
$1,655.
Woodbury. public school closed last
Friday evening for the holiday recess and
will reopen on Monday, January 6. As
the legal holidays Of 1908 Washington's
birthday and Memorial Day both fall on
Saturday, this is the last vacation the
pupils will hsye during the school year.
Last Monday Woodbury. post Office hal
its biggest holiday trade. the gross receipts
being between $126 and S127. Over 1900
one-cent stamps, for post cards, were
sold. When it is considered that all the
sales were for small amounts, none over a
few cents, is may be realized that the post
office force was kept busy.
The caucus of the Republican Senators
last week made Editor VIM H. Albright a
Christmas present Of three months, three
days-in-a-week $1,000 iob-the assistant
secretaryship OF that body. We congratu-
late him on his preferment, and that the
striDgency in the money market don't
affect the State treasury.
About two O'Clock last Friday morning
John Rachor, ST., who has a grocery store
at West End. heard noise in the cellar of
his store. Upon investigating he found
two colored men trying to get into the
store The men also soon discovered Mr.
Rachor and made their escape, leaving
nothing behind excepting pair OF gloves.
Mr.. Rachor thinks he knows the men.
Last Monday was not the kind of a day
people could be expected TO attend a ven
due, so A. G. Harker adjourned his to next
Saturday, December %. No farm in the
county is better equipped than his, both as
to stock and implements. hence those in
need will be likely 30 find inst what they
want there. In addition, 1000 bushels OF
corn, grown on the farm, will be sold. The
important articles are enumerated in an
advertisement in another column.
"A pair OF offers have been living for
( some time at Dr. James McClure's pond,
near Williamstown, and the doctor has
been trying for long time 30 get his eyes
upon them. He took his rife few days
ago aud soon after arriving at the pond one
of the animals was seen to raise his head
above the water. With an unerrlng aim
the doctor fired and hit the otter squarely
in the eye The animal is beauty and
measures Al inches 10 length These ami
mails have become almost extinct in this
part Of the country. 80
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