Woodstown register., 1883-10-16

LEON ADDott the DSmoCIdtiS Sdno'u-
ate for Governor will be in Salem county
on Friday, 26lh inst, speaking at Woods.
town in the afternoon and at Salem in the
evening
last Tuesday our borough was hon.
ored by the presence Of good people from
every portion of the the county, in atten-
dance on the Sunday School Convention.
The day was bright and warm, with
distant haze as in Indian summer. Num-
Der attending this annual county meeting
was this year very large indeed.
F. On 18TH instant the repaired church
at Sharptown will be rededicated Rev +
C Hancock will preach tho sermon in the
morning 81.
4HDelegates who will at!endTEs YIN
ocsatic County invention from Pilesgfove
are-Wm French, ] Madison Allen, Jas
Featherer, Charles Allen and George w
Watson
1tOur county superintendent OF public
schools, r Henry Holme, has been SO
we'll suited in his able assistant on the
Board of Examiners, pauline Wadding-
toni that he has united his destiny with
hers A sensible thing is to strike for the
highest prize, and we must congratulate
the Superintendent on his good luck-fer
lady with higher scholastic. attainments
and more genial disposition he could sell
dom find
"A horse and cart we're stolen week
ago at Haddonfeld from William Wood
of that place, who was absent from home
attending Fair. o. Saturday colored man
and woman were arrested at John Po'ter's,
in Porterville, and taken 10 Salem jail.
They had driven the stolen team to this
county, the thieves having friends here
Every evening of this week extra
meetings will be held at the M E church
in this place
1.-THE thirty-seventh annual meeting
of the Salem County Bible Society will be
held In the NJ. E. Church, Elmer. or
Thursday, October 25th, 1883. Sermon a
at o.3o a. ~, by Rev. J. D. Randolph, o
Daretown. Business meeting at p. m, a
which the election of officers, and addresse!
by Rev. James Moore, of Salem, Rev
Rogers, of Elmer, and others, on Bibl'
work. may be expected full attendance
is requested.
Last Friday night 4 months old in
fant of Mrs Maggie poran, In Manning
on, was found dead in bed
REV John Taylor will leave with
his family in few days for Salisbury, n
C Miss Lizzie Snellbaker will accompany
them, to try the effect of mountain air up
ON her health A young minister from
Baltimore will fill she pulpit at the Pitts
grove Baptist church, for the present
-Richard Allen of this place, pros.
traied last week by paralytic stroke, is
improving
| Prank and Laura Pancoast in their
| affliction over loss of an only child, have
the sympathy of many friends Their in
FAINT son, aged two weeks, was inferred
| Yesterday The funeral of Ida, I3 months
old, daughter of Atwood and Lydia Dali
bow, takes place here to-day
white, our accommodating jeweler,
has Just laid in large stock of new clocks
etc., which m1ke fine appearance &c
and see them.
1.-THE Gentlt ltmen of the congregation
of the Presbyterian Church at Dafetown
meet every week to sew patch work to
make quilt-which well be offered fol
sale at their coming FAIR. Nov. I4th
18th, and I6th.-Go and buy it.
i-Squlrrels appear to have been plenty
this fall from reports OF our sPortsmen
Two Of our young men went out IRON
| Woods!own an hour or so, one morning
! last week, and shot seven fine squirrels
An acquaintance above Swedesboro told
us his younger brother went out cunning
onesday recently and shot seventeen squir-
rels
I -EThere is talk of opening a street
from above the REGISTER Office, on Main
street. to come out into East avenue near
the railroad station The western end OF
East avenue will revert again TO BULLET
Lane" as our Borough authorities have
not been able to get the sidewalk opened
because needed for private uses by prop
erty owner
+Gloucester County Democratic Con-
venten was held at Woodbury. on 9th
sinst. First nomination for Senator was
Judge Edmund Jones of Franklinville;
he declining, the honor was given to Chas
w. Wilkins of Paulboro. Those named
for the position of Assembly nominee
were, DIR. w. A. Glover of Woodbury.,
Peter F. Locke, and Ex Assemblyman
Hewitt. The first named only allowing
his name to stand, he was declared the
nominee for Assembly. For Surrogate.
the candidate selected by the Convention
is Thos C. Dilks Of Mantua. The nomi-
nation for Coroner was given to Mar
tin B. Robinson of Bridgeport, over Jas.
Pennington of Harrison, after Francis A.
Campbell of Mullica Hill had declined.