The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-09-05
LOCAL NEWS.

Twill soon be seed time.
The corn crop is promising.
Tax paying time is nearing
Grapes are plenty and cheap.
Our tomato canneries are busy.
We hope the frost don't come too early.
We noticed number of good teams in
the streets yesterday.
Read our article on ''Rum Nabobs," i'll
another column; it will pay You
A. b. Flitcraft will have charge of the
Cross Roads school the coming term.
The Friends had beautiful day for their
Quarterly Meeting yesterday, and Il good
attendance.
The tax rate of Tilesgrove township lex
elusive of Borough tax for this year is six
ty-eight cents on 500.
The Salem Bank Stock sold 10y auction
Ger Casper, at Salem last Saturday
brought $l0l to SOB per share.
The State Board of Education, ON Tues
day, re-appointed r. Henry Holme to the
position of County Superintendent of Pub
lie Schools.
The Woodstown public schools opened
according TO programme, on Monday morn
ing last, with the full force of teachers and
scholars on hand.
The cottages in course of erection by Lip
pincott Weatherby & Co., on Railroad av-
enue, are rapidly approaching completion.
Two are up, and nearly enclosed.
Edward Snellbaker had his hand badly
bruised by heavy piece of timber falling
ON it, while loading lumberat Coles & Bro,
saw MILL on Thursday of last week.
While Jacob Zanes was driving down Ell
bridges Hill on Thursday with a load of
melons his horse fell down, but fortunately
no damage was done, except slight inju-
ries to the horse.
The annual meeting Of the New Jersey
Conference Association Of local preachers
will be held in the Vineland NJ. b. church
ON ihe 18th and 14th inst. to commence at
10 o'clock A. NJ. Several essays on live
questions will be read followed by criti-
cisms and discussions.
A temperance meeting was held on First
day afternoon in the Friends meeting
house with good-sizcd audience, consider
ING the fact that announcement was not
made until that morning. Edward Bur
and Rev. o. b. McCurdy made addresses.
Mrs. Smith Hewitt announces that she is
prepared to furnish dinner tn persons at
tending the fair at her boarding house on
Main street No hotel in the county sets a
better table than Mrs. Hewitt, and not only
on Fair days, but at all other times, per-
sons desiring meals will find accommoda-
tions at moderate rates at her house.
Mr.. f. A. Massey, the .ieweler, will
have a novel exhibit at the Fair next week
in the shape Ola watch in patent dust
and water proof case running under water,
He claims this to be the best dust proof
case in the market He will also have a
large display of gold and silver club
watches and four hundred day clock.
A correspondent wants to know the
meaning of the figures 30, which are
painted on fences on the Warrington road
between Salem and Woodstown. Who
can enlightcn our correspondent? -'So'Hh
Jerseynaan.
Said to have been made by the Telephone
Company to make location of poles
Next!
We learn that Major f. r. Scott closes a
week at Ridgeway, Pennsylvania, next Sun
day. His enyagemet at Pennfield, Clear
field Co., same State. closes the llth. INV
tations to lecture from Erie. Warren
Crawford, Clarion, Huntington, Cameron
and Delaware counties, have poured III
upon him. but New Jersey engagements
are first on his list.
Tuesday was lively day in the neigh
borhood of our office. Tie Prohibition
Convention met next door ON one side.
Professors Pierce and Geibel had then
singing class and RECALLED us with sweet
music on the other side, while across the
street crowd was gathered to witness the
departure for Salem of the prisoner ar
rested by the Philadelphia officer as mar
rated above.
List of letters remaining uncalied Tor III
the post office Woodstown, N. D., August
81, 1881: Miss Annie 5. kirley, Miss
Name Lenter Mr.. Chas. ii. Lewis, Mr.
Franz Loderbauer, John }. Pernell, Key
j. w. Morris, Daniel String, Mrs. Susan
Sullivan, Mr.. James F. Watson, Joseph
Hilliard, Damon G. Humphreys, MIS-
John p. Crozier, Miss Lila Brown, MI
J. Andrews Any one asking for any OF
the above letters will please say they were
advertised