The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-10-10
LOCAL NEWS.

Chilly
Chestnuts.
Changing leaves.
Candidates cavorting.
Don't forget the Electrical.
Sweet potato custards yum! yum!
Straw hats, issue of 1894, called in.
Watermelons a sweet dream of the past.
Salem county courts week after next,
October 21st.
There is talk of organizing a Grand Army
Post at Elmer.
Cumberland county oystermen report
business very dull
About fifty tickets were sold here for the
entertainment at Salem last night.
Dickinson & Lippincott's canning factory
shuts down for the season to-day.
Bridgeton's canning factories pay out
$1,000 week during the busy season.
There is talk of extending the Delaware
River Railroad from Pennsgrove to Penns-
vile.
The Bridgeton Pioneer has started daily
edition to continue only during the cam
paign.
Israel Conover now peddles beef forSmith
Hewitt III handsome wagon just turned
out from Otinger's shops.
Rev. J. d. Randolph lately pastor of the
DaretOwn Presbyterian Church, removed
to Camden on Wednesday,
In d. w. C.Whites third watch club, on
Wednesday, George Snelbaker, Jr., drew
the 18th watch. Ticket, No. 49,
The date for the Prohibition Convention
of the First Congressional District has been
changed from the 10th inst. to the 10th.
Old man ''Glut'' seems to be running
the canning factories of Salem and vicinity,
Judging from our exchanges from that
quarter
Presiding Elder Walton is authority for
the statement that of the $50 ministers of
the New Jersey Conference, lao are out for
st. John.
The Liberal Press says the people of
Woodbury. have been seriously incon-
venienced on account of their wells going
dry. They want a water-works.
Richard Miller's store, at Centreton,
was entered on Thursday night of last
stamps and pair of boots stolen.
John N. Brannin, of Millville, is about
to remove to Minneapolis, Minnesota,
where he will superintend large flint glass
works soon to be erected in that city.
Bridgeton has obtained an injunction
against canning firm restraining 1T from
polluting the city's source of water supply
by emptying refuse matter into the stream
Joseph H. Lopez, an old man, was found
dead in a shed ON his sons farm in Elsin-
boro township, Salem county, few days
ago. The death is attributed to apoplexy.
The Peoples National Party of the First
Congressional District of New Jersey held
their Convention at Vineland, on Thursday
of last week and nominated Charles T.
Atkinson, for Congress.
The President of the Delaware Shore
Railroad estimates the cost of the proposed
extension from Pennsgrove to Pennsville
at $4,000, and has made the proposition
to extend it providing the citizens raise $685.
600 of the amount.
The Pitman Grove Camp Meeting As
ISOLATION has organized for the ensuing
year by the election of Rev. A. +. Ballard
President; James ID. Hoffman, Vice Pre-
Rev. w. Walton and Henry I. Young, SUI
perintendents.
The barn of Joseph Newcomb, situated
two miles from Pennsville, was destroyed
by fire one night recently. At the same
hour the house of Mr.. Whitesell, near by,
was discovered on fire, but the flames were
extinguished. One side of the house was
found to have been saturated with kerosene.
The Democrats of Gloucester county have
Endorsed Jacob V. Holdcraft, the Prohibit
ton candidate for Sheriff, whchwill make
warm fight for that office. The remain-
der of the ticket is Senator, John M. Hen
derson; Assemblyman, Daniel F. Cream;
Coroner, Captain Bright.
The following were elected delegates
from Pilesgrove township to the Repub-
lean Convention at Salem, yesterday:
Thos. b. Parker, Aaron Somers, Asa Il.
Pedrick, Israel l.. Morgan, Charles II.
Richman, Joseph N. Reeves, George W.
Barton, Harry Lippineott, Chas. Shock
lev Geo II Griar Iinpiupnft Coles