The Monitor., 1884-06-27

son to Atlantic City on Thursday, July 10th
POSTMASTER RIcHMAN has in his possession
an old colonial six pound note which is quite
curiosity in its way. 1t is printed in red
and blue ink on heavy paper and bears on the
face, "This bill of six pounds Proclamation
is emitted by law of the colony of New Jer-
sey passed in the fourteenth year of the reign
of His Majesty, King George the Third
Dated, March 25th, 1776 Signed, Robt.
Smith, Jno. johnson, John Smyth," In the
the reverse side is a rough cut of leaf and
the warning "To counterfeit is DEATH
Printed by Isaac Collins, Burlington, New
Jersey" The note was found among some
papers belonging to Mr.. Richman's grand
father and in its day would probably have
purchased good-sized farm
On AND AFTER next Tuesday, postal notes
to the sum of $499 can be procured at our
post office for three cents, and money orders
for any amount will only cost trife
HERE WILL BE a general suspension of
business in our borough on next Friday, July
4th. canvass of the business firms in the
place, made on Wednesday, resulted in about
thirty firms agreeing to close their places of
business.
The SPECIAL TRAIN advertised for the per-
formance of "Otto " in the Opera House at
Salem was poorly patronized, only six from
Woodstown attending. To save expense to
the stockholders of the Opera House, they
were conveyed home in carriage.
DAUGHTER of Mrs. Burns, living on Union
street, was severely bitten by dog one day
this week.
A BLAINE AND LOGAN CLUB organized on
Saturday night with forty-three members, to
which several additions have been made since
The pro tenn. officers are Omar Borton, Presi-
dent, and J. NJ c. Richman, Secretary.
The CoRoNERs JURY called to inquire into
the cause of the accident on the Camden and
Atlantic railroad rendered the following YER
dict on Tuesday afternoon, after an hour and
half's deliberation:
We find that Sylvester Palmer, w. Scott
Hiles, George Baxter, Augustus Edwards,
Albert Smith, Frank A Fenton and Nicholas
Barber came to their deaths by collision of
trains, extra No. 8 and No. 80 on the Camden
and Atlantic railroad, near what is known as
Pixies Peak crossing, on Saturday morning,
June 18th, 1884, and that the collision was
caused primarily by the disregard by Engi-
neer Palmer, of train No. 20, of order No. IL
of that date directing his train to meet extra
No. 8 at Ashland, and we also find that Con-
ductor Glenn, of train No. 80, did not OBJ
serve or obey his orders and the instructions
and rules of the company when he allowed
train No. 80 to leave Ashland, and after leav-
ing by not signalling the engineer or apply
ing the air-brakes by means at his disposal
and well known to him, and thus stopping
his train and we further find that the orders,
regulations and instructions to train men on
this road were ample, if properly obeyed and
observed, to have averted this accident"
The BooNToN, N. j., COMMON COUNCIL has
passed a very stringent license ordinance. 1t
provides that all parties to whom a liquor or
beer license is granted shall furnish bonds
and sureties with "two good and sufficient
freeholders in the sum of two hundred dollars
each for the good conduct of the licensed
party, engaging that he shall obey all the re-
quirements of the law, both as to himself and
his house.
CAMDEN has adopted the high license sys-
tem
BR1DGEToN has organized telephone COM
pany
FARMERS generally have cut their hay crop,
and the wheat harvest is here. Much of it
has been cut this week.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LIBRARY at Sharptown
has been increased by number of new
books. catalogue of the same is now
being printed at the Temperance Gazette
office in Camden.
From the Ocean G10Ue Record.
About o'clock on the morning of We'd
nesday, June 18th, the most distinguished
man in American Methodism, if not in the
church at large, Bishop Matthew Simpson
ceased to work and live. For ten successive
days this event was regarded as inevitable.
A constitution worn out with excessive ner-