The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-11-21
STATE NEWS.

office on tuesday.
The Gloucester Gingman Mills, employ
ing several hundred hands, shut down
Saturday night for an indefinite time.
Among the callers on President-elect
Cleveland, on Monday, were Governor Alb
bett and Senator Mcpherson, of New Jer-
sey.
Last week an inspection of the West
Jersey railroad and branches was made
by Engineer Abercrombe. when every
thing was found in a satisfactory condi-
ton.
= Some time on Tuesday night the Post
office. at Bridgeton. was broken into and
robbed of three or four dollars in money
and few envelopes; but no stamps were
taken.
South Jersey has two candidates for the
Engrossing Clerkship of the State Senate,
John H. McMurray of the Camden
Courier, and D. II. Smith, OF the Salem
South Jerseyn'an.
Special Detective Joseph Ore, of the
West Jersey Game Protective Association
on Wednesday reported the destruction of
over 200 snoods. which were found in the
woods, near IIardingville, Gloucester
county
The Governor of the State ON Tuesday
APPOINTED Senators Nichols, Carpenter,
W b. Vanderbilt, Schenck, Cochran and
Griggs as the State Board of Canvassers,
to meet ON the 25th inst, and canvass
New Jerseys vote.
Thomas LAWN, farmer residing near
Pitman Grove, Gloucester County, while
passing through Pine Grove, in the suburbs
of Gloucester City, on Thursday afternoon,
fell from his wagon under the feet of his
mules and received injuries from which he
died ON Friday morning.
William n. Barnard late superinten-
dent of the Camden and Atlantic Railroad,
has left to take charge of one of the rail
roads at Reading, Pennsylvania. His
place has been filled by Joseph Crawford,
Esq, superintendent of the West Jersey
Railroad who will hereafter have charge
of both roads.
Frank Mitchell an employee of the
Nens- Times Office at Nineland, lille sit
ting in a room with his wife on Sunday
afternoon, made an attempt at suicide with
a razor His wife. i'll trying to wrest the
weapon from him, was cut about the hands.
1t is thought he will recover. No cause
is assigned for the deed.
Michael Collins, of Deans Station, this
State, attended wedding at Michael Cam
pion's saloon on Saturday night. Much
whisky was drank and when the party
broke up Collins was found lying in the
street. He friends put him into wheel
barrow and wheeled him home, where
he died. His death is supposed to have
been caused by an excessive indulgence
in whisky.
The tricycle. is proposed to be put to a
new and novel use in the city of Elizabeth
where an experiment was recently made to
ascertain if policemen can be successfully
and advantageously mounted on that We
hicle. The committee found itself unable
to agree as to the result. The majority
however, thought the idea a good one, ON
general principles, and have about conclud-
ed to adopt it.
The hanging Of St John in effigy i'll this
city. at the Diamond Cottage where so
many Prohibition meetings have been
held, is not praiseworthy proceeding. If,
as has been commended 1.-THE blood of the
martyrs is the seed of the church," so
such unseemly exhibitions as the hanging
of an apostle of any reform only promotes
it, and makes its advocates all the more
determined - dn.de1t Post
In Sussex county a young man named
Willing Clark went into the woods ON
mountain and accidently shot himself so
badly that he could not get away from the
spot where he fell. He lay there four
days alone, when he was found still alive
but was so badly wounded that he died
within twenty-four after being removed to
his home. Doctors said that if he had
been found Immediately after the accident
his life could have been saved
At the unwilling of the battle monu-
ment at Monmouth on Thursday fully 10
900 persons We're present. Nearly every
person of prominence in the State was in
attendance. About /, 400 soldiers were in
line. The affair was grand success. The
monument is handsome piece of work
manship and cost 100000. Ten thousand
dollars was subscribed by the residents of
the county, ten thousand by the State and
twenty thousand by the national govern
ment
After much talk about starting town
at Barnesboro Station, and many years de-
lay, steps have been taken which are APP
parently an actual beginning OF the enter
prise. Persons farm has been bought by
a party from Philadelphia, the names
given being Thurlow and Davenport.
Joseph lIurff's farm is also bargained for
Next week the work of surveying and lay
ing out streets will be commenced. The
location is one Offering exceptional advant-
ages the land laying on gentle slope af
fordintr tbp host of Il Ira inapa aud rpadv far