The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-15
LOCAL. NEWS.

Fair time draws nigh.
Summer is nearly over.
Apples are plenty, good and cheap.
Do Won subscr ibe for this paper, or did
you borrow it.
Camp meeting at Pitman Grove closed
last night.
Yesterday was the day for the Annual
Farmers Picnic at the River Shore.
The West Jersey Surveyors Association
held meeting at Bridgeton on Tuesday.
Any person finding brass door key will
.oblige the owner by leaving it at this office.
The citizens of Vineland celebrated the
.23d anniversary of the settlement of that
Borough on Friday last.
Bruna's third and last excursion to
Atlantic City takes place on Thursday 2lst
inst. Time table and fare as usual.
Chills and fever have seemed more than
usually prevalent this season. Even old
mother earth had a shake on Sunday. We
hope it won't be repeated.
A shawl found by one of our subscribers
on the road from Eldridge's Hill to Harris
0nville last week can be had by applying
at this Office and proving property.
The annual picnic of the Methodist
Sabbath School, of this place, will be held
in Coles woods ON Thursday, 21st. a
good time is expected. Allwill be welcome.
The Salem County Protective Association
will hold it's annual meeting i'll McAllister' S
Hall. on Monday. August 18TH, at o'clock,
p. NJ. Election of officers will be i'll order.
The supper given by the young ladies of
the Daretown Presbyterian Church on
Wednesday evening OF last week. realized
about $40 for the treasury of the Mission
AIRY Society.
Through the kindness of Mrs. A. Il.
Loudenslager the saturday edition OF the
Philadelphia Record is now found on the
reading room table of the Pilesgrove
Library Association.
Tomorrow afternoon at B o'clock, the
trustees of the Baptist Church will have
sale of old building material and fencing,
suitable for kindling, ETC., on the ground i'll
the rear of the church.
A petition is being circulated to present
to the Borough Council, asking the abate-
ment of the slaughter house nuisance III
our midst, which the residents in the
neighborhood declare they can no longer
endure. - f4tt .
The orchard of William C. Davis ON the
Eldridee's Hill turnpike, is one of the most
beautiful sights to be seen in day drive.
The trees are nearly uniform III size, closely
set. and loaded down with fruit in all stages
of growth and every variety of color.
Richard Allen, well known and re-
,spected citizen, died on Saturday last,
finn
place ON Tuesday morning. Interment in
the Friends grave yard. Mr.. Allen had
been in poor health for long time past.
The MONITOR this week is printed on
better grade of paper than previous edi-
tions The first lot purchased ana not give
satisfaction and has been returned. we
don't propose to do any half way work
in the mechanical execution of onr paper II
we know it.
The members of the Order of United
American Mechanics, of Burlington county
are having gala time to-day on the
Mount Holly Fair Grounds. Bicycle rae
ing, a sack race, an orange race, music ana
dancing. and other recreations are on the
programme. sft. 4
The rains of last week caused cave
I'm the end of the culyert crossing the
Main street in front of Richman's poultry
si.op and left long hole, extending nearly
across the sidewalk. 1t has been temper
arily eoyered with boards until somebody
gets time to fix it. M as
Clement Hall. prominent and highly
respected citizen of Salem. was attacked
with paralysis on Sunday night last and
died in a short time afterwards without
recovering consciousness. He was sixty
five years of age. His funeral took place
Yesterday from his late residence IN Saiem'
Tomorrow night the Jennie Wallace
Combination from New York, will enter
tain our people at Hunts Hall with their
rendition of ''Mimie'S Luck or Ups and
Downs of New York Life. The play
promises to be a good one, and we hope II
will be greeted by a full house.
One of the brightest papers on our list OF
exchanges is the Trenton Daily imes'
conducted by Lawrence Mott. IL Is IN
dependent in politics, has its say, ana says
it well about matters and things, u
reliable newsgatherer, and fears no NOSE
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