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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-06-05

ONCE hours, 100 A. NJ. to $50 p. NJ.
Office hours for money order business, II. IN.
to ] p. IN.
MAILS-Closea at I. ID and 800 A. NJ, $40 /. y. Ar
rive at 9.37 A. NJ, sos and 10 p. NJ.
SALEM MAILs-Close at 9.l5 A. NJ. and 40 p. NJ.
Arrive at l2.45 and lis p. NJ.
SHARPTowN MAiLs-Close at go A. NJ. Arrive
at 500 a. NJ.
i NJ a. HICKMAN. Il. NJ.
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1frectoru.
WEST JERSEY RAILROAD.

Trains going north.-7.24 and S.l5 A. 81, 1874
and 4.0i P. NJ. Sundays, 7.42 A. NJ.
Trains going south.-9.29 A. NJ, 2.5l, 4G and
1.G2 p. NJ. sundays, 6. 10 P. NJ.
Trains leave Philadelphia.-S.l0 A. NJ, 1.30, $40
and $40 p. NJ. Sundays, 5.15 p. NJ.
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Salem ScinfiIIations.

The Garfield Tub is about to become an
incorporated body.
The High School commencement takes
place next Friday, June 18th.
There is prospect of a freight siding be-
ing constructed from the main railroad
track to the factories along the creek as
far as the foot of Broadway.
The census of the school children of Sa-
lem shows $50 of school age in the East
Ward and 600 in the West Ward, 4 total
of 1879, being 10 less than last year.
The Reform Club will hold one business
meeting each month on Monday evenings.
the remaining Monday evenings Of the
month to be devoted to public meetings at
the Lecture Hall. Rev. James Rogers, of
Elmer, will address the first meeting of
the month on the evening of June 18th.
The managers of the Lecture Hall, after
considerable trouble, have succeeded in
making al engagement with the famous
Bijou Opera Company for the Lecture Hall,
on Monday and Tuesday evenings next,
June 9Th and 9th. The opera of ''The
Mascotte'' will be presented on Monday
evening. and "Olivette' on Tuesday even
ing. This ~well-known company, which
plays only in the larger cities, received the
highest endorsement ON their recent tour
through the large cities Of the South.
w. Graham Tyler, Of Salem, OIL Thurs
day last made a formal presentation to the
Salem Library Company of the handsome
new Library Building on West Broadway
now in course of completion. He accom-
panied this munificent gift with a PROPOSE
ton that if the citizens of Salem would
raise a sum Of money to be invested, the
interest to be applied to keeping up the
Library, to any mount from $1,000 to
$40, 900 he would add to it an equal sum.
Mr.. Tyler is the son Of John Tyler, now
deceased, a wealthy citizen of Salem, who
left to his son his entire estate with 4 YER
bal request that he should make provision
Tor a library building, and We are inform
ed the sons liberality has far exceeded the
outline suggested by the father. How
much more desirable is a monument like
this, speaking to hundreds daily of the
liberality and public spirit of an individual,
than shafts of marble in a lonely cemetery.
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MuIIica Hill.

our readers are very often deprived of the
news of the week because of the inconvenience
in getting mail matter to the MONITOR. so it
was with the programme for the Crystal for
last Thursday evening. which was the last
meeting of The season.
About one hundred people were present At
the previous meeting 20 witness the Noel
Trial, which proved to he a grand success. Our
counsel, Asa Engie and ii. ;. Kahn. and our
Hon. Judge, Thomas Borfon. did nobly their
parts. After considerable examining and
cross g Examining the counsel summed up and
the jury Withdrew but soon agreed ana re-
turned q verdict of .No cause for action
hence. the Crystal goes free. Before closing
the above meeting the society voted to adjourn
during the summer months or until >eptena-
Der The "Crystal, assisted by the Band OF
Hope" will give a public entertainment in the
Town Hall, on saturday evening, June 10th. A
very interesting and unusual programme ia
being prepared, of which we will speak more
in the next issue.
The "Baptisi7 friends were successful with
their festival last week. The total receipts
We're nearly $50: net slG2. Pastor of the
church, Rev. H.. J. Hamilton. preached in siis
chapel. ut Berkeley. last sunday afternoon.
\ missionary to India win preach in the
Methodist church next sunday morning and
evening he will also address the sabbath
school in the afternoon. having with him the
idols, etc, worshipped in india
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Pancoast 4 Lippineott are selling a first
class ice cream freezer cheaper than ever.
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Our own welI-known make of eheviof
shirts, oottonade pants both for men and
boys-likewise o~veralls, all sizes, made IN
onr bniiding and warranted not 10 rip.
y. d. NnmpIreN a. Co.
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CUURrHES

FR~IENDs-Services on First and Fifth days ut
1920 a. NJ. Monthly meeting first Tuesday
ing, Thursday before last Monday. sunday
School meets ut 8 O'Clock every sunday morn
ing.
METHODIST EPIsCoPAL-Rey Nj. Wright.
Services at 1000 A. NJ. and 100 p. NJ. Prayer
meeting Wednesday at 7.30 +. NJ.
Sunday school ut 800 p. NJ, c. II. Richman,
Superintendent.
BAPTIsT-Rev j.. f. Wilson.
Services at 1000 a. NJ. and 100 L. Nj. Prayer
meeting Thursday ut 100 =. NJ.
Sunday School Mt 200 +. NJ, Joseph Turner,
Superintendent.
PREsBYrERIAN-Rev. q. I. McCurdy.
Services at 1890 A.. NJ. and 40 7. Nj. Prayer
meeting Wednesday at T.30 p. NJ.
sunday School ut 200 p. NJ, J. L. Jaquette,
superintendent.
CATHOLIC
Services third sunday in the month at II. 90
A. NJ.
WoMAN's CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION
Meets every Thursday afternoon at 80
O'Clock. President, Mrs. b. Ware Correspond
ing Secretary, Miss Annie Macaltioner
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PlLEsaRovE LIBRARY AND READING Roo,

OPEN SATURDAYS FROM 800 to 800 p. NJ.
Second story Riley's Building.
Membership $2.W
Annual ..pi.W
Permits granted for the use of books at
per week, on application to any ofthe trustees
H.. $. FoGG, Secretary.
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The Perfection Reversible Hay Elevator.
Grapf,ler and Double Harpoon Hay Forks.
at Pancoast & Lippincotts.
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The Public School commencement ex-
ercises will be held this afternoon in
Hunts Hall.
Don't fail to attend the Festival of the
w. c. I. T., tonight and tomorrow after
noon and evening.
Several car loads of railroad ties are on
the siding at our station. They will be
used to replace the old ties on the road be-
tween Woodstown and the Junction.
You can have your own opinion of the
hotel keeper who takes the names of thir-
teen friends that signed his application for
license and pays to have them paraded on
the public streets and then attempts to
charge the doing of it on 4 neighbor. This
was one in WoodStown last Saturday.
The members of the Woodstown Base
Ball Club desire us to state that they
would like to arrange to pay n match
game with the Nationals, of Salem, or
some other club, ON the Fourth of July
in Woodstown. Arrangements can be
made by addressing Frank Wright, Sec
rotary.
George w. Crothers is carting in gravel
and filling mp the low ground in the rear
of the old slaughterhouse and will move
his barn back to the new ground and
build to it an addition so by 80 feet i'll
size, thus securing greatly increased ac-
commodations for his constantly growing
business. The old slaughterhouse will be
converted into a carriage shed.
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LODGES AND SOCIETIEs.

WooDsTowN LODGE, No. l3s, F.& a. Nj
Meets Tuesday evening, on or before full
moon and two weeks thereafter, i'll Bortonfs
Hall.
WooDBINE LODGE, No. 1913, 1. o. o. F.
Meets in }. ii. Turner'S building every Fri
day evening.
MosAcsA TRIBE, No. u, INF. o. Il. NJ
Meets in j. II. Turner's building every Mon
day evening.
WooDsrowN GRANGE, No. s, T.. of H.
Meets every Wednesday evening in liley's
Building.
Meets on the first and third Thursdays in the
month in Riley's building.
HARMONY COUNCIL, No. 81, O. L. A. NJ
Meets every Tuesday evening in Rilcy's
Dnilding
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Daretown Dots.

Lightning, like death, loves a shining mark.
Never WAS this saying more 'strikingiyr veri-
fled than IN sunday afternoon last when u
thunderbolt from an angry cloud descended
Hpon the ~.'fiirest and finest" of DR.. Pauld-
ing's herd of Jersey cows, killing her instantly.
At the time the lightning struck her she is
supposed to have been separated from the herd
and grazing upon an elevated spot in the held.
The Dir. paid 800 for her when II cali, and
would not have accepted $500 for her an hour
before she was killed.
Miss Mamie Janvier, of Bridgeton, n gives
instructions in instrumental music TO quite a
number OF pupils in the neighborhoed of Dare
town, will give a musical soiree in the parlor
of DR.. Cook, next Tuesday evening, 18th inst
The net proceeds from the Bazaar and festi-
val held here last week reached the pleasing
amount OF selo, The proceeds will go into the
organ fund.
Jerry Foster, our station agent, has been
adding more land To his domain, by the pur-
chase OF II slice off DIR. Paulding's farm. And
thus he goes on adding piece TO piece, and
farm to farm.
The Rev. Mr.. | phain, Of Phila., Will dispense
spiritual things TO the Presbyterian congrega-
iion on next sunday.
The ladies of the Baptist church met at this
parsonage on Tuesday evening of this week To
re-organize the Aid society.
The mother of the Rev. Mrs. Parker of the
BAPTIST church, who spent the summer time
with her daughter. has returned again TO so
journ awhile. Her home Is in Baltimore.
Albert keigere claims TO have succeeded In in
venting what may be called an egg-tester /:
something hy which an egg that would not
haich under favorable conditions can be told
the fourth day from the time the eggs are put
under the hen on placed In the incubator.
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improvements.

The fence il front of the Friends Meet
ing House yard has been put in thorough
repair.
Samuel B. Pancoast has rebuilt and re-
paired the stone curb walls in front of his
two properties at Eldridge's Hill.
VIM. NJ. Weatherby has the cellar dug
and the walls going up for his new house
on Main street, adjoining Israel A. Hewitt's.
G.. F. Pancoast has on the ground the
material for a very pretty iron fence to be
erected in front of his handsome residence
in North WoodstOwn.
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Obituary..

Thomas P. Bond, a former %well-known
and highly respected citizen of M~annington,
in this county, died on Tuesday night last,
at his residence in Camden at the age of so
years. Funeral services We're held last
evening, at his home in Camden. and the
remains We're brought to Salem this morn
ing for interment, services being held at
the Friends meeting house at 10 o'clock.
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Personal.

DR.. Musgrave, of Swedesboro, is getting
ready to go on a three months trip to Eu-
rope.
Joshua Moore, our uptown merchant
was taken seriously i'll on Wednesday even
ing, but at last reports was better.
j. w. Ottinger, carriage maker in South
Woodstown, will leave Woodstown in a
few days and take up his residence in
Wisconsin.
Morris p. Borden, of Chicago, with his
wife and child, arrived in Philadelphia last
Saturday and is visiting his parents in
Woodstown.
His Honor Judge Plummer was in town
on Saturday. The Judge is looking well
for one of his years, and appeared to be in
excellent spirits.
The many friends here of Rev. ]. G.
Crate, will hear with sorrow that he has
been stricken with paralysis. The Nays
Landing Journal gives the following ac-
count of the calamity:
Rev. j. G. Crate, the pastor of our Meth
odist church. while at work in his garden
on Friday evening last, was stricken with
paralysis, and carried to his room in an i'll
sensible condition. Physicians were hast
lily summoned and everything done that
was possible. He has since rallied and we
sincerely trust may soon regain his usual
| good health.
Mr.. Crate has had one or two slight at
tacks previously. We join the Joarnal in
the wish that he may fully recover.
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o. Coulson has sold the Sullivan Union to W.
A. Masse.
Capt. David Newsom has been nominated by
the Democrats for mayor of Columbus
VIM Mauck has been found dead in a public
road, in Harrison county. His neck was broken
Cause of death unknown.
Henry Burrell, who swore falsely to the age of
Miss Venover, of Seymour, to James Wilhoite,
has been captured and put in Jail in default of
500 bail.
The barn of Joseph Hardman, south of Hunt
ington, burned, and quantity of grain and a
lot of farming implements were destroyed Loss
about 81, 900; insured for $500.
The wife of DIR. W. r. Work, of Charlestown,
meeting him with an unmarried woman whorn
he has been recently visiting, met tho twain
with cowhide, and after lashing the woman,
laid the ready rawhide over the back of her hus-
band. The Democratic sheriff-elect, Charles
Hay, also married man, who was, pending the
assault, with sister of the other woman, finds
himself in extremely unenviable position, as
divorce suits are likely to follow.
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Flowers that win Grow in the Shade,

arm auu ddrue0s
There are few plants that will flower in places
from which sunshine is entirely excluded. Some
plants will grow well enough developing shoots
and leaves, but flowers of nearly all kinds must
have some sunshine OF those that do we'll and
flower when planted out in the open ground
where the sunshine only comes for two or three
hours during the day, may be named the follow
ing Calceolarias, fuchsias, lobeias, herbace-
Gus phloxes, pansies, forget-me- nots (myosotis).
lily of the valley, and other herbaeeous plants
and shrubs whose native habitation is shady
woods. Perhaps better effect is produced in
such situations by ornamental leaved
plants, such as coleus of all kinds.
aehyranthes caladiums, cannas, aspidistra,
and other plants with high colored
leaves. With those may be combined the diff
ferent styles of gray or white leaved plants such
as centaureas cinnerarias, gnaphaliums, plants
known under the general popular term of ''dus-
ty mlllers.' These are much more preferable
for such shady situations than towering plants
1t may here be remarked that the~cultivator of
plants in rooms should understand the necessity
of sunlight to plants that are to flower and en-
deavor to get them as near as possible to win
dow, having an eastern or southern aspect The
higher the temperature, the more plants suffer
for want Of light. Many plants, such as gera-
NUNS, fuchsias, or roses might remain in tenn
perature of 400 in cellar for example. away
from direct light for months without material
injury, while if the cellar contained a furnace
keeping up temperature of TOO they would all
die before the winter was ended If tropical
species, they might stand it better but all
quickly become enfeebled when kept at a high
temperature and away from the light
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except Belmont At Henry, Donelson, Shiloh
and the siege of Corinth. as staff officer and
engineer, his services were conspicuous and
highly meritorious. At the second battle of
Corinth his skill as soldier was displayed in
successfully carrying reinforcements to the be-
sieged garrison when the enemy were between
him and the point to be reached. In the advance
through Central Mississippi last November and
December General Mcpherson commanded one
wing Of the army with all the ability possible to
show, ne having the lead in the advance and the
rear returning In the campaign and siege
terminating in the fall of vicksburg General
Mcpherson has borne q conspicuous part At
the battle of Port Gibson 1t was under his imme-
date direction that the enemy were driven late
in the afternoon from position they had sue
ceeded in holding all day against an obstinate
attack. His corps, the advance always under
his immediate eye, were the pioneers in the ad-
vance from Port Gibson to Hankersons Ferry.
From the north fork of Bayou Pierre to Black
river 1t was constant skirmish the whole skill
fully managed. The enemy were so closely
pressed as to be unable to destroy their bridge
of boats after them From Hankersons Ferry
to jackson the Seventeenth Corps marched upon
roads not travelled by other troops, fighting the
battle OF Raymond alone, and the bulk of
Johnston's army at Jackson also was fought by
this corps, entirely under the management of
General Mcpherson. At Champion Hill the
Seventeenth Army Corps and General Nc
Pherson We're conspicuous. ALI that could be
termed battle there was fought by two divis-
ions of General Mcpherson's corps and Hovey's
division of the Thirteenth Corps. In the assault
Of the 22nd of May, on the Notifications of Vicks
burg, and during the entire siege General Nc
Pherson and his command won unfading laurels.
He IS one of our ablest engineers and most skill
full generals. The promotion Of such men as
Sherman and Mcpherson always adds strength
TO our arms.
u. S. GRANT Major General.
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Chicago Trlbune.
We are glad to notice that even the labor and
excitement of a political campaign have not al
together distracted Mr.. Finerty's attention from
literature, and that he found time to dash off in
the last issue of the Citizen little Gaelic poem
to Ell Mahdi. The concluding stanza rings like a
trumpet. as follows:
Buail Leaf, buail Leaf, Ell Mahdi!
s ma stad IN troid go dec.
Che fhad as tn aon Sacsanach
a d-tir do dhuthchals beo.
Bua Leaf, buail leat
Gus congbhigh brat
An Fhaidh go hard san gaoith-
Go m beidh zach beul
Ag glaoidh sge-
TIA Egypt a chodhP"
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SHERMAN AND MCPHERSON.

Grants Letter to the President Asking Their
Promotion.
Washington Special
The following letter from General Grant rec
ommending the promotions of Generals Sher-
man and Mcpherson, has not heretofore been
published:
HEADQUARTERS DEP ARTMENT TENNgssER
vIcKsBURG, July % i 863.
His Excellency, A. Lincoln President of the United
l would most respectfully, but urgently, recon-
mend the promotion of Major-gene w. T.
Sherman, now commanding the Fifteenth Army
Corps, and Major general j. B. Mcpherson,
commanding the Seventeenth Army Corps, to
the position of Brigadier general of the regular
army.
The first reason for this is their great fitness
for any command that it may ever become
necessary to intrust to them.
Second-Their great purity of character and
disinterestedness in anything except the faith
full performance of their duty, and the success of
every ere engaged in the great battle for the
preservation of the Union.
Third-They have honorably won this dis
tinction upon many well-fought battlefeds. l
will only mention some Of their services while
serving under my command.
To General Sherman / was greatly indebted
for his promptness in forwarding to me during
the siege of Fort Doneson reinforcements and
supplies from Paducah. At the battle of Shiloh
on the first day he held with raw troops the key
am indebted for the success of that battle,
Twice HIT and several IL think three) horses
shot under him on that day, he maintained his
position with his raw troops. 1t s no dsparage-
ment to any other officer to say that do not be-
lieve there was another division commander On
the field who had the skill or experience TO have
done it. His services as q division commander
in the advance ON Corinth, will venture, were
appreciated by the (nowl general-in- chief be-
yond those of any other division commander
General Sherman's management as commander
of troops in the attack on Chickasaw Bluffs last
December was admirable. Seeing the ground
from the opposite side of the attack. saw the
impossibility of making it successful The con-
ception of the attack an Arkansas Post was
General Sherman's. His part Of the execution,
no one denies. as good as could possibly
have been. His demonstration on Hainess Bluff,
in April, to hold the enemy ut Vicksburg whilst
the army was securing foothold east Of the
Mississippi; his rapid marches to join the army
afterwards; his management ee jackson, Miss,
in the first attack; his almost unequaled march
from Jackson to Bridgeport, end passage Of that
stream, his securing Walnut Hills on the 18th of
May, and thus opening communications with
our supplies, al attest his great merits rs a
soldier. The siege of Vcksburg and last capture
OF Jackson aud dispersion Of Johnston's army.
entitie General Sherman TO more credit than it
usually falls to the lot Of one man to earn.
General Mcpherson has been with me in every
battle since the commencement Of the rebellion
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GRANTS PROMOTION.

How the Old Commander Received His Com
mission as Lieutenant-General.
To the Editor of the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
There appeared in your paper of yesterday an
article headed, "A Memorable Occasion Ii
purports 70 relate a conversation between your
correspondent and myself, describing the deliv-
cry by President Lincoln to General Grant of
the commission of lieutenant general, in March,
1864. The article contains so many errors that
can not allow it to pass without correction.
am represented as being the only surviving
member of Lincoln's first Cabinet. That is not
so; Mr.. Cameron is the only surviving member
of his first Cabinet. was appointed successor
to Mr.. Caleb B. Smith about the 1st of January
1862 / am not in my seventy seventh year by
f. seven years.
When the President delivered the commission
of Lieutenant-general to General Grant the
members of the Cabinent were Mr. Seward
Secretary of State; Mr. Chase, Secretary of the
Treasury; Mr. Stanton, successor to Mr. Came
ron), Secretary of War; Mr.. Weles. Secretary
of the Navy; Mr.. Blair, Postmaster-general; Mr.
Bates, Attorney general, and myself, Secretary
of the Interior. OF these and all present upon
that occasion, with the exception of General
Grant, am the sole survivor.
Mr.. Lincoln thought it fit and proper to con-
Upon my entering the room of the President all
of the Cabinet were present with the exception
of Dir. Stanton. Soon after / inquired of the
President why we were summoned. He made
no direct answer. Whether the other members
present knew why they were called 1 do not
know The President seemed to be in good
spirits, which made me wonder the more
why we were there; but / supposed in due
time / would find out and listened to the
conversations going on. The President had not
much order In the arranging and keeping of his
papers; his table was generally filled up with pa
pers as long as they would lie on it. He did not
seem to have any difficulty in finding any paper
thSt he wanted amongst the huge mass thrown
pro1niscuously there. Presently Mr. Stanton.
Gsueral Halleck and General Grant entered the
room. Without accosting the President or any
one present, they moved rapidly to the far side
of this table, and stopped facing the table, with
General Grant between General Halleck and Mr.
Stanton. The President was on the opposite
side. As they STOPPED and we're in the position
described, the President arose and took from the
table scroll tin case, opened itand took out the
parchment commission. He then took from the
pile of papers upon the table what soon proved
10 be his address TO General Grant, the precise
words OF which carnot remember, neither have
a copy. AS we'll as / can remember 1t run
nearly in these words
General Grant-'rhe Congress Of the Unitad
States recently PASSED Law creating the Office