The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-09-12
LOCAL. NEWS

Get your over coat out of pawn.
The shower was very acceptable.
Who wants to be Sheriff next term?
Public schools adjourned on Wednesday
noon until this morning.
The West Jersey Baptist Association
met at Mount Holly on Tuesday last.
The Petit jurors for October term of
our Courts will be drawn next Tuesday.
The weather for the past week has been
unanimously voted the hottest of the sea-
son.
The descendants of Judge Henry Freas,
of Salem, will hold reunion at Penns-
grove on the Oath inst.
The Woodstown Musical Academy under
the direction of Profs. Pierce and Geibel
will commence ON Tuesday next.
The members of the W. G. r. U. are es-
pecally requested to be present at the
meeting next Thursday afternoon, as bust
ness of Importance is to be transacted.
BY the will of Mary Quirk, whose sud-
den death we noticed lately, her son James
Quirk was left executor of her estate and
ON Monday he proved the will before Sur
rogate Morrison at Salem.
The Oakland Sunday School ON Sunday
last in the services, made special allusion
to their late Secretary, Ella Watson, and
adopted resolutions of respect, which we
publish in another column.
In our statement of the taxables, &c. of
Pilesgrove township, copied from the re-
port of the Board of Assessors, slip of
the pen made us say court for county. :"
pF hn ppuntV "A <
$6.5S5.
Chas. p. Reeves has sold to Lippincott
Weatherby Il Co., building lot on East
Mill ST., adjoining the Seagraves property,
so feet front by 800 feet in depth, for $3.50.
Mr.. Reeves has four other lots for sale ad-
joining the one above mentioned.
The brown mare Mary c., who took
second place in the minute race yester-
day afternoon is half sister OF the fam
Gus horse St. Julian and bids fair to be a
fast trotter Her first performance on the
track was at Bridgeton last week.
l.. ID. Patten, formerly of Woodstown,
who was seriously injured at Bridgeton
lately by an unruly horse, was in Woods
town this week. He is obliged to carry
his left arm in a sling, and is doubtful
whether he will ever be able to use it again.
Z. M. Wright, of Sea Isle City, while on a
business trip through this section last week
stopped at the Garwood house, Salem, ON
Wednesday night with his team. The
next morning his horse was taken sick, and
died in a short time, it is supposed from
lung fever.
We met Moses Hanley, of Yorktown,
on the street on Wednesday, and congratu-
lated hifn ON being freed from the unjust
suspicion under which he was lncarcerated
in Salem jail Moses says he prefers the
free air of Yorktown to the atmosphere Of
any Jail, however luxurious.
A horse in one of Geo. w. Crothers dou,
BILE teams attached to 4 hack, while on the
way to the Fair Grounds on Wednesday
morning was suddenly taken sick and fell
down ON Salem street, in front of Col. Dick
inson S residence. The animal soon rccov-
cred sufficiently to be led back to the sta
BILE
A party of young friends of Miss Jennie,
daughter of Charles III. Richman, to the
number of about twenty, paid her visit on
Tuesday evening last and had very
pleasant time. The lawn was ornamented
with chinese lanterns and about nine
o'clock a fruit supper was spread under the
trees and heartily enjoyed by all present.
The following are the delegates from
Pilesgrove township and Woodstown Bor-
ough to the Democ' attic Convention at Cape
May, tomorrow:
I6pnsAip James Sharp James ii. Feth-
erer, Matthew Fetheier john Homer,
John s. Johnson
Borough, James NJ. Allen, Jos. X. Riley,
James ID. Lawson, Jehu l.. Allen, Michael
Myers. Ff
Samuel Sturgcs, young colored man,
living with N. r. Lippincott, while under
the influence of something stronger than
water, on Saturday night became dis
orderly and profane on the street near
Humphreys store, so Marshal Reeves ran
him in, and on Sunday morning he CON
tributed to the Borough finances sum suffi-
cient to knock the business end off five
dollar note, and departed in much more
subdued frame of mind than when he went
in.