Woodstown register. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 187?-1892, 1884-01-08


+Pennsville now has daily mail. :
-+Salem County Courts convene on
the 18th inst.
1.-THE house painters of Salem will
demand 81 per day after the first of March
Rev. James Ticket, eff ,Alloway, has
accepted a eau from the Baptist church,
Dover, Del.
1.-THE Gas Company, of Salem, has
reduced the price of gas used by the city
to S2.Is per thousand feet. -
"A son of John Baker, of this county,
recently shot hen hawk which measured
four feet seven inches from tip to tip. J 4
THE sum of $4,000 with which to
build the new chapel of St. Johns P. E.
Church, at Salem, was raised in two weeks
1.-THE bottle works at Glassboro have
about half million dollars worth of glass
In the ware sheds, yet new shed 4oxIoo
feet has been built.
THE old "Reliance " hand engine,
with hose carriage, etc, has been sold by
Salem city to the Woodstown authorities
for $3.50, SO report says.
ION Thursday afternoon week this
section was visited with thunderstorm,
the flashes of lightning being frequent and
the roll Of thunder distinctly heard.
+ Last Friday evening a Molasses
Candy-Pulllng party assembled at Isaac
STATIONS, in Swedesboro. Candy-pulling
was enjoyed by the large and lively party
| "a u,vna...ene OF t~--.;f..i i-sis.
and workmanship has been erected over
the remains of the late Judge Yorke in the
St. Johns Episcopal Church yard, at
Salem. ts4Y Re.af
Mrs. Lippincott's next lecture, "The
Wits and Humorists of the 10Th Century"
will be delivered next Saturday evening,
Jan. 18th, at her residence, above Woods
town Bank. YFYgYKS
--People around Bridgeport, Glouces-
ter county, hope that the coming year will
not be so hard on dogs in that neighbor-
hood. About fly were mysteriously killed
there last year
F. We have from E H w of Pittsgrove
a communication about Old John Blown,
that does not favor treating him Whose
Soul goes Marching On" by any means as
an inspired martyr. Next week we will
give our Pitt sgrove friend hearing.
Next Sociable win be held on Fri
day week. at the residence of George M.
Andrews, on East Avenue. This makes
the third consecutive meeting of this pop
ular society on East Avenue-last meeting
at. VIM. Taylor's and one previous at
David D. Llppincott's. .~l
IAN exchange says superstilious
subscriber who found spider in the copy
OF his paper, wants to know if we consider
1t bad omen. Nothing ofthe kind The
spider was merely looking over the col
umns of the paper to see what merchant
| was not advertising, SO that it could spin
its web across the store door and be free
| from disturbance t =. go ~,
| il. H. Peterson & Son East Lake
Ice Co, finished filing Their ice house on
Saturday with 6 inch ice Stored about
SIS tons. Yesterday friend Peterson went
down to the Almshouse with his pillow,
saws. ice hooks and ice. runs, to assist the
Steward in filling his house. To day he
goes to Swedesboro with his rig TO help
Chas. Lipplncott fill his house
r. John 6. Foster Post, of this place,
had public muster in of officers last
Thursday evening at their headquarters.
Quite number of ladies, including also
the Ladies' Loyal League, were present.
| After the new officers had been installed,
the Chaplain, Rev. J. G. Wilson, the
Commander. 1. Vannaman, and visitor j.,
M. D. Dickinson, made appropriate ad-
dresses. This Grand Army Post gets into
favor with the Woodstown public, and is
deserving the confidence and good will
bestowed, for the work they have to do is
In the best sense patriotic.
+E. F. Lewis, principal of our public
school, gave his scholars, as Chrlstm as
present, an aquarium, containing pearl,
gold and silver fish. The present was
much appreciated. This is a handsom e
addition to the many interesting features of
Principal Lewis room, among which are
the collection Of blooming fJwers, the
cabinet of curiosities, etc. Mss Fosdick's
room is also very inviting, the walls being
furnished with pictures and appropriate
notices ,and to make it still more cheerful
the notes of the pretty little canary which
inhabus this room are often heard.
1.-THE following officers of Livingston
Lodge, 1. o. of o. F. were installed on
the sd inst by district deputy Tlce of
Williamstown assisted by brother Mayhem
of Clayton N. G., Aaron Somers V. G.,
Conrad Fluuerer S, Amos Eastlack T.,
Ira Coles; G., Samuel Moore O. e.,
c String {; R. S. to N G., Lippincott
Coles ; L. S. to N. G. Clark Moore F.;
R. S. to V. G., Elweod Vanmeter, L. S. to
V. G., Alfred Mada-a, W.. VIVA. G. Pimm,
c., Lewis ANIME, R. S. s., Geo. H. Duell'
L S. S, Samuel M. Edwards, Sitting P. c.,
Glenn. Medara.
THE officers oil Woodbine Lodge, 1.
| 0. O. F., were installed on Friday even
ing, Jan. 18th. by District Deputy Joseph
Gray:
N. G., John H. Turner.
V. g., ]. E. Jaquette,
| Sec''y, Joseph S. Brown,
Treas, James Abbott,
l. G., 1. c. Shinn,
o. G., VIM. G. Hughes,
R. S. N. G. Joseph Comitti,
L. S. N. G., Joseph Taylor,
R. S. V. g., Isaiah Gotorth, ~
L. S. V. G., William B. Foster,
| R. S. S., Smith Hewitt,
L. S. S., Joseph Hewitt,
L Chaplain, F. Flitcraf.