The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-06-12
LOCAL NEWS.


The River Shore grounds will open with
free hop next Wednesday.
Swedesboro's telephone Office will be
located in Tyler's jewellery store.
Work on the new railroad bridge at
wedesboro is being pushed along.
The fires in the glass factories of this
county will be put out on the last day of
June.
If an abundant crop of maple seed is any
sign, that species OF tree is in no way likely
to become scarce.
We want news from all over the county.
If anything of note happens in your neigh
borhood, let us know of it.
The mail route from Mullica Hill to
Evans Mills has been ordered discon-
tinued by the Postmaster General.
The regular summer schedule of trains
will be out and put in operation on our
road about the 18th Of this month.
Magnoias are now seen almost daily on
our streets. The young folks well know
where are the best places to find them.
Arrangements have been made for all
the G. 4. r. Posts of South Jersey to join
in grand excursion to Atlantic City on
July 9th.
The poles for the Swedesboro telephone
from Woodbury. are being hauled. 1t is
supposed the work will be completed in
about a month.
Early potatoes throughout the county
are looking unusually well and give
promise of an abundant crop should the
weather continue tolerably favorable.
Mrs. Ellis, State Secretary of the
W. G.. II. u, is expected to delivera lecture
in Woodstown the last week in this month
Further particulars will be given later.
The festival of the Swedesboro W. G. T.
U last week netted the society about 500.
The ladies propose building reading room
as soon as the funds on hand will warrant
it,
1t is reported that in addition to the
present Sunday trains, train will leave
Philadelphia for Salem on Sunday morn
ings, and leave Salem for the city in the
afternoon.
The 8. Is train from our station now con-
meets with the New York Express at Cam
den Junction. Heretofore passengers for
New York have been compelled to leave on
the early train.
One of our exchanges suggests that the
great need of the age is the erection of seats
in front of churches. 1t is too hard ON
man to have to stand up in the church yard
during services.
Superintendent Crawford has invited the
manufacturers along the line of the West
Jersey, Camden and Atlantic and branch
railroads to participate in an excursion to
be given them on the Goth. The guests
ha to- tn
steamer around New York harbor
VIM. Ladow, the Jacksonville carriage
builder, has his usual large force of men at
work this Spring. In addition to his reg
ular repairing and new carriage work, he is
building coach for Mr.. E. Adams, the
Glassboro liveryman which is to be COM
pleted in time to do service between Glass
boro and Pitman Grove during camp meet
ing.
There have been many contradictory
statements published in our county news
papers in regard to the distribution of i'm
maculate signers of a tavern keepers hotel
petition, we simply state the facts that
many of the signers were indignant to see
their names in print, paraded by person
who is honest enough to state that one OF
the most anti-temperance men employed
him to promenade our main thoroughfare
for two hours on Decoration Day Woods
to,on Correspondent in 'S,cedesboro Times
The Harrisonvlle and Franklinville road,
between the old Commissioners pike and
the old Mullca Hill and Pole Tavern pike,
was surveyed lately for the purpose of
removing Entertainments and restoring it
to its proper width, two rods. job ).
Haines with the township surveyors,
Chalkley Cole and Alfred French, marked
the boundaries. In some instances the
road was narrowed down to one rod in
width, and the survey was made necessary
to prevent further encroachment ON the
highway.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Glouces ter and Salem Turnpike
Company was held at Clark's hotel
Swedesboro, on Saturday last. The fol-
lowing were elected to serve as Directors
for the ensuing year: William Knight
Chas. ID. Middleton, Jno. G. Tatum. Jos.
G. Haines, James j. Davidson, Samuel
Salisbury and d. c. Andrews The Board
organized by clecting VIM. Knight Pres
ident: Benz G. Rulon, Treasurer and ID.
G. Andrews, Secretary. A five per cent,
dividend was declared, payable on demand