The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-04-04

commenced operations in the building line.
and tasty residence will shortly add to the
attractions of the avenue.
N OUR CREAMERY now receives an average
supply of 5000 pounds of milk daily.
[ AN EXCHANGE says Major Scott addressed
meeting one evening last week in the largest
audience room in Morristown, Morris county.
N. j., which was packed to the wall not
even standing room left. He has spoken at
Hackettstown, where he was also greeted by a
large and enthusiastic audience, and is now
giving series of addresses at Whippany
From thence he goes to Monroe and Mend
ham. and on the 18th inst. commences q
weeks campaign at Boonton, N. J.
We WILL SEND regularly copy of the
MONITOR to the correspondents of the three
Salem papers, if they will send us their adj
dress or number of post Office box.
LIST OF LETTERS remaining uncalled for
in the post Office at Woodstown. March 81,
1884: Miss Mary G. Ross, Miss Ella V.
Thomas, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, Mrs. Sallie A.
Wright, Messrs Bateman (agr. imp }, Thorn
as Berreton, David Lousas, R. Mohr, Rachel
E. johnson, Rebecca W. Davis, Mrs. Eliza
beth H. Clifton, Mrs. c. S. Bowen.
THE CONCLUSION of the explosion of nitro
glycerine at Gibbstown on Saturday last was
distinctly felt here. Six lives were lost by
this lamentable accident, the cause of which
will be forever unknown.
The SALEM South Jerseynaan is one of the
brightest papers ON our list of exchanges.
The QUESTION OF LEASING the vacant ground
belonging to the county at Salem will come
up before the Board of Freeholders at their
monthly meeting, on the 9th inst
SALEM CoUNTY's SHARE of the State school
tax to be raised this year is $35, 3SO.2S, being
1918 % more than last year.
ARREST OF CRIMINAL. : Jacob Trusty
colored, who severely wounded companion
named Oliver Draper, on the 18th of August
last by cutting an ugly cash in his shoulder
with knife, and who fled from justice, man
aged to elude his pursuers until one night
last week, when he returned to his home in
Claysville, and was arrested by officers Car
ney and Simpkins. He was given hearing
before Squire Casperson and held in $500
bail to answer at court. Trustys chances
are good-for a term in states prison
Standard.
The PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, at Daretown,
at congregational meeting held there last
week, elected commissioners to appear at the
session of the presbytery on the 18th inst,
and request the dissolution of the pastoral re-
lation between the church and Rev. J. D.
Randolph, the present pastor.
REV. II. A. GRIEsEMER, of the First Bap-
fist church, Salem, has resigned his passionate,
having accepted call to the Haddonfeld
Baptist church.
MANY OF OUR citizens are in receipt of seeds
from the agricultural department at Washing
ton. This is through the courtesy of Hon.
Thos. Nj. Terrell, M. C. The seeds are of
the best and we'll assorted. Some persons
were under the impression that each SUBJ
scriber to the MONITOR received package of
seeds as premium, but this is an error, as
there is no connection between the seeds and
our paper, the distribution being in accor-
dance with the usual custom of the govern
ment.
BY THE WILL Of the late Maria Thomson,
the Sharptown M. E. church receives legacy
of $500.
AT THE MEETING of the w. G. T. o., Sum-
day afternoon at the institute, Mrs. Samuel
Misskelly made an excellent address, the chief
point of which was that it was the business
and interest of every one to engage in tenn
perance work. She was followed by Mrs.
Brick, who made very earnest address
Mrs. John A. Mickle in her address said that
her work seemed to be with the boys. In the
boys reading room on Mulberry street there
was an average attendance of 20 boys, and
she attended there every evening. She closed
with an earnest appeal to the boys and girls,
and she added to the men and women also,