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

How She Acted Towards "a Midnight
Burglar.

Between and o'clock Wednesday
morning, Miss Margaret Morris. of New
ark. \. j., hearing a noise at her home,
40 Canal street. woke her sister.
While her sister was dressing Margaret
whispered to her: Il awokc and heard
strange noise looked and listened, but
heard nothing more. and closed my eyes.
Then heard the noise again and looking
up saw tall man, roughly dressed, stand
ing close to my bed | saw him by the
dim light from the street lamp was
going to scream, but changed my mind,
and watched him. keeping my ears nearly
closed. Then he bent down and placed his
ear close to my face to find out | suppose,
If were asleep Oh. | thought | should
die with fright and felt sure he must hear
the beating of my heart, but breatled
just as steady. Then he put his hand
under my pillow. but found nothing. In a
moment more he dropped down and
crawlcd noiSclessly out of the door and
down the stairs. Oh, do hurry. | am
sure he is in the house now, and we must
get an officer.
The girls went out and called in two po-
licemem. Together they searched through
the house, but everything was secure.
You must have been dreaming" said
one OF the officers gruiily.
The policeman both laughed, but the
girl was sure She had not been deceived by
a dream. You haven't searched the
/ cellar yet; try that she said.
The cellar was ransacked without sue
cess until, just as they We're about to give
up tho search, the younger sister uttered a
scream. Oh, there's boot she cried
Crouching in the darkest corner of the
cellar they saw rough, surly looking man.
lie was dragged forth by the officers and
taken to the station-hOuse.
In default of 81 900 hail. he was commit
ted 10 await trial. He gave his name as
Edward HOLLYWOOD.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-09-05
Ternnerance in Bridgefon.

The w. c. T. L. is not resting or reced
ing but advancing. Every Sunday after
noon they hold well-attended meetings
Every week day their room is open, where
cheap temperance dinners are served. The
temperance doors stand open day and
night, while licensed places are being closed
The preachers of all denominations are ont
spoken and active. A city official, who
has heretofore favored license, said to me
recently, the liquor men are more reckless
than ever, and believe it is because they
know it is their last year. '-Nf,es.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-09-05
Liquor TRAFFIC.
KemarE xable Conclusions of the Nv iss
Federal Council.

BEgNE. August 30.-Thc Federal Conn
Gil has sent a blue book to the Assembly
cmbodying the results of an official inquiry
into tbs liquor traffic, induced by petitions
sent up from various caltons for legisla-
ton against such traffic. The petitions
give statistics which show that the con-
sumption of alcohol in Switzerland is
greater per head than in amy other com
try Of Europe Statistics also show that
the consumption of brandy among the
Swiss is increasing. and that parallel with
this there is an increase of misery and
want
In spite of all this the Council refuses to
recommend restrictive legislation. 1t
states that the sales of liquor in Switzer-
land represent an annual return of $50, 0o0.
600 francs. In one clause of its report
headed: The advantages of spirituous
drinks, the Council is outspolen in de-
Tense OF social drinking. Among other ex-
traordinary statements, it says The prac-
tice of social drinking of spirituous liquors
brings cheerful temper into society, eff
faces the traces of daily labor, opens the
heart to other impressions and is intimate
ly associated with the development of pub
lie life. The public life fosters intellectual
activity and is remedy against nissan
thiophy, cgotisln, vanity, narrownoss OF
ideas and extravaganza of imagination.
The report has taken the country by sur
prise.
The Prohbitionists and the w. c. f. L.
are both regarded byvery goodpeople asun-
wise in their demand for am abolition of the
government liquortaX. Here comes Cardi-
nal Manning, however, and after speaking OF
the four hundred and seventy english stat
utes which have built up great legal seat
folding around the drink traffic in England,
says: 1T seems to me that Legislature
ought To separate the government of this
country from All beneficial interest in the
trade in intoxicating drink.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-09-05
A woman's Platform for Norm an"
south.

Mrs. salIie r. Chaplin closed her address IN
the amphitheater at Chautauqua with the fol
lowing unique and beautiful original poem
II is a platform worthy of the age:
Tben women. build what men in vain
Have tried to build these hundred years
And failed in throes OF heart and pam,
And torture deep, and blood ana tear;
4 platform broad rs all the land,
Where north and south and east and west
In grand and high accord may stand,
Arm linked witha and breast with breast
Where Maine may bring her plank OF pine
To mortice with palmetto beam,
And round the stately elm entwiIie
Vines from the bayou's turbid stream;
While stanchions set in granite rock,
From old New Iitmp-hire's bosom Drought
VIII stand all storms nor heed their shock
With Alabama iron wrought;
Where Mississippi hand to hand
With Minnesota, asks to be,
seeking redemption for our land,
Struggling To set the nation free
And Florida from ont her groves
OF tropic fruit and towering palm,
Joins with brave Kansas, whom she loves
And sings with her the inspiring psalm.
Where all the old and grand thirteen.
Who bore, IL one. the tyrant's sway,
MAY with their sister states he seen
Engaged again in deadliest fray.
The cruel gulf, by carnage made,
Too long has severed kindred blood;
But where our banners are displayed
An arch Of peace now spans the Hood
With every sound of discord stilled,
High on that glorious arch we stand,
With one resolve each heart l. filled
To strike for home and native land.
We hold alone the place sublime,
No claims of section, creed or pride,
No thought of color, class or CLINE,
Our Iove-embattled ranks divide.
Deep unto deep, with answering cry,
Atlantic to Pacific pleads:
Hold women to your purpose high,
And show your faith by word and deed;
Then women, build, for he You sure
You build far better than you know,
And that YOU are building shall endure
Till time itself shall be no more
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-09-05
FIFTEEN Cents. worth of whiskey.

John p Carman, an 11-year old lad, liy-
inc at 49, North Sixth street, was found in
an unconscious condition at Eight and But
tonwood streets last night by a policeman
A powerful odor of whiskey revealed the
fact that the boy 5 state was due to alcohol.
He was taken to the Eight District Police
Station. where he was labored with iortwo
hours before he revived. Young Carman
confessed that he had purchased fifteen
cents worth of whiskey in saloon near
Ninth and Buttonwood streets. and had
swallowed the whole of the vile dose. The
saloon keeper who sold the whiskey will be
nrnsecnted -PAIn. Pres.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-09-05

Another case of severe burning, resulting
from an attempt to fill lighted lamp with
kerosene, has been reported. This parti-
cular form of carelessness appears to beeven
more common than that of stimulating fire
by pouring oil upon it, A few weeks ago
a train of cars rolled into a great wooden
depot it a Western city which was crowded
with cars, in many of which the passengers
were asleep. An employee whose duty it
was to replenish the lamps of the cars with
oil did so without extinguishing them, and
when he came across one whose chimney
was smoked and needed cleaning. lie left it
burning by his oil can while the chimney
cooled. and while he attended to the other
lamps. All this was done as matter of
course, and is probably repeated every
night in the year. But some morning we
shall read of an accident III this Western
depot, Of its destruction by fire, and. per-
haps. of the deaths Of some of the sleeping
passengers Such carelcssness, though
continued for months or years without mis-
hap, is pretty sure to end in disaster
which cannot properly be described as ac-
cidental. --Ledger.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-09-05
NOVEL SORT OF OVERTRADING.

There's nothing like a handy way of ac-
counting for things, or a ready way to dis
pose of puzzlers. Thus it is said that the
doctors (the NJ. DIS we meaW have their
malaria for large collection OF NAL
aides they don't care to designate by
more precise names. And the dubious
gcologst, when he finds strange rock, or
one in an out-of-the-way place, has (orsome
years ago did have) a ready resource in
trap" If it couldn't be accounted for in
any other way--it was trap. Political
economists and miscellaneous philosophers
have their handy way of accounting for
some things, too. Ii there is dizziness in
trade, a spell of inactivity i'll business, it is
'ovcrtrading' that is called i'll 10 do duty
in the way of explanation. This has done
a great deal of duty in the last ten years;
and is on duty now. And doubtless there
has been vast amount of overtradhg i'll
manufactures, mining, shipping, railroad
ing. &c, &c. and so far the praise is
fairly used.
Now it is employed to explain what APP
pears to be a lack of paying visitors at the
summer resorts. There seem TO DC too
many of these, just as there are too many
railroad and mining enterprises in the
United States, and too many ships IN
Great Britain Wherever there is a bit of
picturesque mountain or lake, or the least
taste of a medicinal OF thermal spring; or
wherever there happens to be strip of
smooth sea-beach, or a rocky cliff over
hanging the salt water. there is to be found
the summer hotel either already built Or
planned. Look at 4 new map of the At
lantic Coast from the Capes of tile Della
ware to Bar Harbor. Maine. and especially
along the Jersey shore, and there are
stretches of eoast-line where the summer
watering places are 50 thickly strcwn as to
leave no space for the engraver to add
another name on the map. And there are
no signs of holdin. M. Every fall, winter
or spring secs the projectors, surveyors and
builders at work, as if the supply of sum
mer bOariers is incXhaustable. II this
kind OF exploitation continues, every
hotel to himself 1t is no part Of the pur-
pose of these remarks to dampcn the ardor
or abate the vi9or with which such enter
prises are undertaken, but simply to OBJ
serve that the explanation of 'OyeltradingN
appears to he as applicable to the summer
resort business at this time as to many
other enterprises. 1t might be worth
while to consider whether it would not be
good business notion to pause for awhile to
give the country change to grow up TO
its existing facilities in the matter of noun
tain, lake. spring and seaside hotels.
While it is true in one sense that there *
room for all of them and more, too it
seems to he quite as true that there are not
enough people of leisure to populate all of
them to the profit of either owners or land
lords.-Ledger.
Rev. Thomas II. Taylor. of the Pearl
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-09-05

The controversy between Rev. \. j..
Wright and enquirer has assumed pro-
portions not contemplated by us when it
was commenced and we certainly think
that both the diSputants have i'll the heat OF
the FRAY been led furthur than intended.
Mr.. Wright had prepared and sent us for
publication rejoinder to inquirer 5
letter of last week which shows both dis
position and ability to take care of him
self. but on consideration and at our sug-
gestion he yields his rightto reply i'll the in
teresto fpeacc and harmony. continuation
ofthe contest ON its present line can certainly
not be productive of the good intended,
it having assumed too much of per-
sonal ASPECT and we cannot but take a
share of the blame to ourselves. that we
have permitted the mattertO 90 so far. Our
desire was to give both parties an equal
showing, and the fact that both We're men
capable of Judging the nature and effect of
their contributions led us to grant them a
hearing in THE MONITOR. We trust that
the feeling created between our two valued
contributors and coadiutors is more appar-
ent than real. and that they may continue
to work each in his own way and both
with and through the MONITOR, for pro-
hibition
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-09-05

Georgia's magnetic girl has gone back to
her sunny home with forty Thousand dol
lars of Northern cash. Who says that
Yankees cannot be humbugged
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-09-05

Passed Assistant Payinaster James A.
Ring, [. 5. n, recently tried by Court
martial on charges of drunkenness has
been sentenced to suspension from rank
and duty for two years.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-09-05

Chestnts are ripening The clubs TO
knock them from trees with are ripe and
ready for action.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-09-05

street Baptist Church, Bridgeton, is earn
estly advocating the election of ST. John.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-09-05

The Secretary Of the Navy has decided
to raise the Tallapoosa, and operations for
that purpose will be begun in a few days.
The contract for raising the vessel was on
Tuesday awarded to the Merritt Wrecking
Company of Boston. The Tallapoosa i, to
be delivered at Brooklyn for $50, 600.
The Greenville times., 1884-04-26

"Why do we occasionly load up
our columns with abstruse meta.
physical speculationsr' ~ Because
1t is our easy method Of putting on
record hypotheses that will &C.
count for the interesting origin
and causes of the phenomena of
life. The demonstration, showing
the connection of the flow of sap
and the circulation of the blood
with tho rotary motion Of the
earth is of comparative easy elabor-
alton and will some time form an
other chapter in the columns of
the paper.-Delta Review.
The Greenville times., 1884-04-26
CONVENTIONS.

Most of the States have now
held Republican conventions. But
the election Of delegates has not
yet with certainty, indicated the
nomination at Chicago. Arthur
and Blaine are the leading candi-
dates, with the advantage appar-
emily in favor of the former.
The convention in this State
was held on the 22d, Jno. r. Lynch
presiding. 1t was signalized by q
futile contest of the Chalmersites
to get in the Republican party.
The result showed that it takes
two to make a bargain; and that
Chalmers is not yet a Republican.
The following are the delegates,
all but three for Arthur:
Delegates to Chicago for State
at large: b. X. Bruce, Jas. Hill,
j. NJ. Bynum and r. f. Beck.
First District, Ii. G. Powers, W..
ii. Kennon; Second District, Jno.
s. Benton and ID. L. j. Mathews;
Third District, w. ii. Allen and
ii. Wesley Crayton; Fourth Dis
trict, j. W. Longstreet and II.
Harrington; Fifth District, Judge
VIM. Hancock and +. G. Grand
berry; Sixth District, John II.
Lynch aud .. A. Simpson; Sew
enth District, John A. Galbrcath
and Thomas Richardson.
The first resolution urges the
Importance Of the Mississippi river
asa national highway, the necessi-
ty for its improvement and the
protection of the people dwelling
along its banks.
The second declares in favor of a
protective tariff.
The third endorses the Blair bill.
The fourth declares that Missis-
sippi Republicans will support any
Republican that may be nomina-
ted.
The fifth declares that delegates
from States that have no prospect
Of casting their votes for the nom.
inees should support the candidate
most acceptable to the Republican
States.
The sixth heartily endorsed
Arthur's administration, and de-
nounced Longstreet's attempt to
form white Republican party.
The Greenville times., 1884-04-26


A meeting Of the WashiBgton
county Democratic CONSERVATIVE
Executive C0mmitle Is called in
Greenville Wednesday May 18th,
to provide for county representa-
tion At the State Convention TO be
held June 11tb. 1854 81 jackson.
The following is a list Of said men,
bers:
w. G.. Yerger, Chairman.
First District-C. Watlington
II. ]. johnson.
Second District-E. I. Worth
ington, II. L. Baker.
Third District-Theo. Pohl, j.
ii. Evans.
Fourth District-Jno. McCutch-
en-, j. A. V. Feltus.
Fifth District-J. I. Atterbury
J. ]. Casey.
The Greenville times., 1884-04-26
A Cruel Suggestion.

BY the way, has 1t ever occurred
to those gentlemen, whose names
shall be nameless now, who think
that they recently Hoped into the
Republican party in Kinds county,
that it was really no flop at all, but
simply an effort to flopi 1t has
been heretofore supposed that q
very low order Of politician could
make a successful Hopper. Are
our fend imaginings on this sub
ject to be disslpatedf What IL
the Republican party should re-
fuse to receive the would-be flop
persl What Clarion.
The Greenville times., 1884-04-26
Sale Of Grssavillc School Houses.


AN AcT entitled an act to author.
ize the Board OF Supervisors OF
Washington county to sell school
houses.
Section /. BE it enacted by the
Legislature of the State of Missis.
sippi. That the board of supersi-
sors of Washington county, in this
State, be and they are hereby en-
powered and authorized TO make
sale and conveyance of school No.
/, and school No. 2. aud the lots
of ground appurtenant to and up
on which they are situated, all
located In the town of Greenville
and the State of Mississippi.
Sec. 9. BE it further enacted,
That the proceeds arising from the
sale of said school houses and lots
mentioned IN the first section of
this act, shall become Il part ofthe
school fund of said county of
Washington, but to be used only
for the purchase of two other lots
of ground aud the erection of two
other school houses on said lots,
in said town of Greenville, said
school houses to he similar in all
respects and to be built according
to the same plan and specifca-
tions.
Sec. 3. Be 1t further enacted.
That nothing in this act shall pre-
vent said board of supervisors
from selling and conveying the
said two lots above mentioned, and
purchasing two other lots in said
town and removing the present
said school houses No. one and
two respectively thereon if they
shall deem II best.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted,
That this act shall take effect and
be In force from aud after its pas
sage.
Approved, March IA, 1884.
The Greenville times., 1884-04-26
A Malone Deadener-His Rival
Recognized.


HEADQUARTERS RErrRLlcAS Ex COMMITTEE,
l5lj ii. Street Washington. u. e.,
April Is, issi
Hon. j. Il. Dezendorf. Chairman
State Central Committe:
Sir-The executive committee
respectfully request you to send
80 soon as elected the full names
and postoffice address Of dele
gates and alternates to the Nation.
al Republican Convention for the
State at large aud from the dis
tricts. Care should be taken to
write the names plainly, that the
list for the use of the convention
may be free from errors. Should
contest occur. Respectfully,
ID. M. SABIN, Chairman.
The Greenville times., 1884-04-26

I'D, GhEE6FiLLE TINES:
From a recent trip 10 the eoan.
ty aud Lake Lee district, / an. led
to address yOu some observations
on the state Of the leyee round
the lake, as I travelled SIX miles OF
It on foot, aud / think Il to the in
terest Of all that the boards con.
sideratiOn Of the situation should
be invited thereto by your pub
fishing these remarks. For the
many years | have been interested
in the county, / have never seen
this levee 50 much damaged from
the effects OF washing, waves aud
high water. and this leads ME to
observe on the local effect of the
ordinance against riding on levees.
The public road from Areher's
lane to Avon store now, and gen.
orally all the way TO Glen0ra, is
practically, and naturally from its
location aud proximity to base
OF levee, impossible and unusea-
BILE during high water period. Is
1t to be supposed that travel can
or should cease all that timei II
does not, and the effect is disas-
trous to the levees, which are
mainly used TO avoid the road be-
low, and much more injury is done
to .he sides and base from this
abuse, than could have, or ever
has resulted frsm riding-not dri.
ving-on the top. All freight has
to be hauled at this period by "wa-
ter carriage / am told also that
many people do ride on top of the
leyee, and that the guard who
challenged one Of these, was told
he knew others were allowed to
use it, and so why not hef The
guards reply and excuse being,
he had been sick. | would here
suggest the inquiry whether the
roads ever have been located at
the legal distance, 80 feet, from
base or sipe ditch. Certainly not,
on the whole line of road. do
not think much of this guard sy s.
TEN, nor believe the expense in
Cured by 1t, produces any ade.
quate result in our neighborhood,
at least Our levee cost the dis.
trict practically nothing from 1870
till after high water of 1872, and as
far as the work done there since
is concerned, il has every bit Of II,
except the raising and even part
of that, been washed away by 's3
and 'S4 high water, and so much
further injury has occurred, that
some different protective system
applicable to new earth work, must
be adopted or our levees will be
broken through, not by weight of
water against them, nor by eur.
rent running over them, but by
having q hole washed clear
through some exposed part. The
guard, seems to me from appear
ances, to have taken no steps to
protect the levee practically from
washing, till all the injury was
done. is that the object OF his
employment All that has been
done is useless, unsightly and un.
workmanlike for any permanent
purpose, and so that way may
be called wastefnl expenditure.
Work on our front ought to be
done and protected permanently
before high water comes. | would
suggest that line of posts, such
as there used to be on Wayside
front should be again placed at
base Of new earth work required
before 'S5 in order to save in fu-
ture the damage aeerueing each
year, from wave action only, on
the unsodded new earth work, and
this applies to that portion of
levee from Wayside store to Ash
land front inclusive.
NONRESIDENT.
The Greenville times., 1884-04-26

The Planters Journal for April,
is brimful Of timely and interest
ing articles. One on Ex-Governor
Bullock, of Georgia, with a fine
likeness, is especially worthy of
note.-Appeal.
The Greenville times., 1884-04-26

The Board of Supervisors allow.
cd $500 to enable Yazoo county
to make an exhibit at the New Or.
leans Exposition and will appoint
seven commissioners, one from
each beat and two from Yazoo
City. The citizens of the county
should use every effort to Secure
a proper epresentation.-Senti.
NOD.
The Greenville times., 1884-04-26

The P. j. quite affects the biog.
raphical "ferie tale" line of late.
Its piece of light color work on
Rufus Jehoshaphat Bullock, is es-
pecially poetic in its conception.