The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-16
LOCAL NEWS.

This time
Look out for
A variety of weather.
New moon tonight.
Winter half gone already.
Welcome to the Reading Room.
Patronize the Pilesgroye Library.
You are invited to visit the public
school.
The sun set at exactly five O'Clock last
night.
Dockstadter & Armstrong; MINISTRIES
will perform in Hunts Hall on the Both.
Thomas While has gone to Elmer to
paint the new house just finished by our
former t%ownsman, George W. Robinson.
Geo. C. Homer has been appointed Free
holder from Oldman's township, to fill a
vacancy caused by the death of Mr.. JUS
tice.
Ephraim Coles, of Richman's Mills. since
the death of his wife has given up house
keeping, and on Wednesday took up his
residence with his daughter, Mrs. Nc
Allister, in Woodstown.
Miss Fosdick, teacher of the Intermedi-
ate department of the public school, pre-
scented each of the pupils in her room with
a neat and pretty desk cover, to be their
property as long as they remain in her
room.
Mrs. J. S. Engles was the delegate to
the annual convention of the Loyal Ladies'
League, which was held in Camden on
W,lnaolau This acsnniatinn iS a nrpat aid
to the Posts of the Grand Army of the Re-
public.
Notwithstanding the great number of
houses which have been built i'll our
Borough within the last few years, there is
IA cry for more and applicants are numer-
Gus for every house likely to be vacated ON
or before the t~wenty-fifth day of March,
next.
Since the cold snap about Christmas the
weather has not been favorable for the
ice business. j. II. Peterson Il son sue
ceeded in housing about 200 tons and are
waiting for a second crop to get the 800
tons more, necessary to fill their house at
East Lake.
Henry Buck, a stock buyer. who is well
known here. and brother of VIM. ID. Buck,
formerly of this place, has compromised
the case for damages brought by him
against the Penna. II. r. Co., for the loss
of an arm in a railroad accident over a year
ago. and is reported to have receivedS 81, 0OQ
from the company.
The annual meeting of the W. j. A.. "
II. Association was held in McAllister $
Hall Yesterday. The officers and execu-
tive committee OF last year were reelected
with the exception of Charles ID. Coles
nh, Ja.lina1 "a pa-aIprtinn and clark
Petit was chosen in his stead. September
10th and 18th was fixed as the time for the
Annual Fair of 1889.
Mrs. Rebecca Fravel, who will speak
next Thursday evening in the Friends
meeting house, on Temperance, is recon-
mended as a very interesting and enter
tanning speaker. She recently delivered a
lecture in Mullica Hill and left a very
favorable impression on the large audience
who listened to her. Go and give her Il
pleasant reception on her first visit to our
town. The exercises will at
half past seven O'Clock.
.'The local paper" says Whitelaw Reid,
sis the best read paper III the world. All
the city papers cannot supply the place OF
the home paper. No other contains the
marriages and deaths no other paper gives
the time for the next ball, picnic or politi-
cal meeting no other publishes the roll OF
honor of the public school no other dis-
cusses the affairs of the town and gives in
detail the local news, which cannot be OBJ
tanned from any other source. Everybody
reads it, and this is why the local paper is
the best read in the world"
w. c. Garrison, a former resident OF
this vicinity. now a commission merchant
of 327 South Front street, was united in
-, Th,rr1av ayaninm pf last