The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-03-28

deceased has been lying very i'll for some
time past, and the announcement of her child's
sudden death was no doubt severe blow to
her. The numerous friends of Mr.. Stiles
have shown their sympathy for him in his
hour of trouble by contributing nearly 800
to his aid, a large proportion of it coming
from the employees of the glass-house, where
Mr. Stiles is laborer--Std7,ddrd.
THE CASE of Rev. j. Ell. Pierce, against the
trustees of the Burlington schools, in which
the Supreme Court decided that Mr.. Pierce
(colored) had right to send his children to
the school nearest his residence white or
black, has been taken to the Court of Errors
and Appeals, and the plaintiff will hardly be
likely to get the benefit of his judgment this
year.
THE OLD DISCIPLINE ENGINE COMPANY held
meeting Cthe first in ten years., at McAllis-
ter's hall, on Wednesday evening. A pouring
rain at about the hour set for the meeting
made the attendance smaller than would have
been the case if the weather had been favorable.
Joseph D. Taylor called the meeting to or
DER and being vice. president of the company,
took the chair in the absence of the president.
Geo. M. Andrews was appointed temporary
secretary
1t was resolved to re-organize the company,
and in response to the invitation for persons
wishing to join the company, II came for
wary and signed the constitution.
William Clark was appointed to secure SUBJ
scriptions forfthe repair of the engine.
John Fl. Turner, president of the Reliance
Company made a few remarks bespeaking
harmony of action between the two companies,
and the meeting adjourned to Saturday eve-
ming next at the same place.
THE PERSEVERANCE COMPANY has disbanded
permanently, and turned their apparatus over
to the borough authorities.
THE RELIANCE ENGINE was again tested on
Thursday afternoon, of last week, under the
guidance of two members of the Salem COM
pany who came up for that purpose A larger
force on the brakes accomplished better results
than at the first trial.
The little QUAKER" was brought out at the
same time, and it was claimed by many that
she was fully equal to the Reliance, SO far as
the stream thrown was concerned. AS we
were not present we cannot speak authorita-
lively on this point.
AN EPIDEMIC of malignant scarlet fever and
diphtheria has visited Bridgeport, in our neigh
boring county, and many deaths have occurred.
The physicians seem to attribute the primary
cause of the epidemic to the gases arising
from the water in the wells and cellars of the
houses Although the town is situated on
Raccoon creek, and is near the river, no such
visitation, as in the past month, was ever
known there before.
As the fever and diphtheria are disappearing,
infammatory rheumatism and malaria are ap-
pearing. DR.. Curry states that there is every
probability that they will soon run their course
as an epidemic The rapid spread of the
fever is attributed by many to notable pro-
tracted meeting held in the Methodist Protes-
tant church, which was crowded nightly for
weeks and where great risks from contagion
with the disease was run by the people.
ON SATURDAY LAST, about noon, a woman,
evidently tramp, made her appearance on
our streets, apparently the worse for liquor,
and began soliciting aims from the passers by.
Each refusal to contribute to her necessities
called forth shower of abuse from vocabu-
larry more stocked with forcible than elegant
words and to all appearances inexhaustible.
Councilman Turner politely requested her to
make herself scarce and received reply
couched in very disrespectful terms, in which
the color of his hair received pointed notice.
This was more than human nature, to say
nothing of official dignity, could endure, and
Marshal Reeves was sent for. The woman
meanwhile was making good time for the sta
ton. and when the marshal overlook her
was in front of George Andrews residence.
Upon the officer laying his hand upon her
she dropped to the ground as if shot but
afterward consented to "come 'er long 'er
me, (" and was escorted in state to the lookup,
demonstrating meanwhile against the ignominy
of arrest by policeman without brass but
tons to his uniform. She was left in the
cooler to mediate upon her way till the mid
die of the afternoon, when her husband Cd,
who had been patiently waiting her return to
their trusting place, up the railroad track,