West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-08-22
COUNTY NEWS.
MAURICETOWN.

during the last week, ON their annual pleas
ure excurion. They are fine musicians ant
are well organized band.
The excursion mania is abating little
as the boats are beginning to find business
freighting watermelous &c.
The ~. H. Nixon" ''Sallie and Ceola, ,
and "Elnorah" left the last of the week fol
New York, taking from 10000 to 1900
melons. The season has just opened fol-
this trade, the crop being behind hand thi'
year. Buyers are plentiful and are paying
good prices. Nearly the entire crop is sole
in this vicinity, either by the hundred or the
field.
The executors of Geo. E. Compton's es
tate lately sold a quantity of cedar swamp
on the overhowed meadows, bringing about
800 per acre.
A. NJ. Loudenslager, Esq, is not a candi
date for the Greenback nomination for AS.
sembly as has been stated. He has recently
been selected as Special Tax Collector fo,
the Township of Commercial, and proposes
to devote his time and energies to that bus
mess until the money due the township is
collected and turned into the treasury.
Mauricetown was known as Mattox Land
ing until 1919.
The original name of Maurice River was
Wahatquenack.
VINELAND.
The Dennis Kearney mass meeting which
was to have taken place in Vineland on
Tuesday evening was fizzle. 'Ben'
Butler was not on hand, neither was "Din.
mis-, my boy"
c. K. Landis, and his private secretary
John L. Burke, have joined the Greenback
party. This caps the climax.
The National Bank" project is taking
shape rapidly. The capital stock will be
$4,000.
Out Of the forty men who enlisted for
five years in the first military company
started in Vineland, July IS, 1878, (old Co.
d, of Fourth Battalion, now Co. K of the
Sixth Regiment), only five remain to receive
their discharge papers, the others having
left the place Or put in substitutes. They
are J. Cunningham, w. H. Cloyd, NJ. M.
Dewitt, Stanton P. Hall and Charles O.
Stetson.
Martin Edwards, was arrested by the
''Society for the prevention of Cruelty to
Animals few days since, charged with
cruelty in his methods of killing chickens.
He was acquitted.
The Vineland Fair which comes off the
first week in September promises to be one
of the most successful ever held in the
county.
Last Thursday the residence of Mr. Mills
was entered and robbed while the owner
was absent. The thieves took some money
and valuable articles.
Vineland Encampment No. 81, I. o. O..
F., will hold an anniversary entertainment
in Cosmopolitan Hall, Thursday evening,
Thomas R. Blackwood, M. W. G. P, George
N. Mutt, P. G. P, Lewis Parker Jr., G..
Scribe of G. Encampment, of New Jersey,
will be present, and are expected to make
addresses.
And now Vineland wants an Archery
Club
The colored people of this place held a
jubilee in Central Hall, on Tuesday evening
last.
MILLvILLE.
The house of Joseph Branin, on the turn
pike, came near being destroyed by fire a
few nights since. The family had retired
to bed, leaving coal Oil lamp burning
During the night the lamp exploded, and
when the family awoke the floor was on fire
Prompt action saved the house.
Jos. Beecher, who delivered greenbacl
lectures in Cumberland County last Fall
and who has since served term in the Mer
Ger County Jail for traducing the character
of Hon. 81. G. Kelsey, was in Millville one
night last week, and delivered violent har
angue to crowd in front of Davis Livery
Stable.
The Republican and Herald men are hav
ing a little war of words, over the temper
ance question.
Millville was organized as township 1901
SHILOH.
A large number of young folks from thi
place spent the day at the Warner House
yesterday.
An accident in the form of an "upset,
happened to a couple who were going tt
Camp Meeting on Saturday evening. Ac
cidents will happen to Shiloh people wher
they go "pleasuring.''
Some of the teachers of Shiloh were not
mentioned week before last Mr.. A. F
Randolph will 60 to Daretown; Miss Mar,
Fogg goes to Orange; Mr.. W. H. Barret
returns to Whig Lane; Mr.. W. Thomas re
turns to Dutch Neck; and Miss L. F. Stan
ton will 90 to Horse Branch, Salem co unity
LEEsBURG.
The Odd Fellows Beach Party at Eas
Point was success in every particular
Nearly every family in Leesburg was repre-
sented. A large number Of carriages, wag
ons, hay shelvings, &C., were used to cor
vey the party to the beach. Much credi
is due Mr.. John Russell, who furnished sub
stantial aid toward making the affair sue
cess.
Prof. Corson will have charge of the pub
school in this place, the coming year.
John King, near this place, had a hors
stolen one day last week. 1t is reported
that the thieves have been captured.
CEDARVILLE.
Through Mr.. William Conover's fndin
some boys in his watermelon patch the SCI
vices of the constable were called into requi
sition, and Justice A. F. Bateman had ar
other opportunity of dispensing justi &c
| The extreme youth of the culprits got ther