The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-10-09
LOCAL NEWS.

A full supply of postal cards at the
post-office now.
Row boats are in demand for ferriage
across the mill pond.
Take in our plants il you do not want
them nipped by the frost.
Work on the new school-house in South
Swedesboro is progressing well.
The new postal cards have one thing in
their favor-they don splatter ink.
Thos. Allen, of Alloway, has a suntiow-
er stalk containing eighty-two flowers.
Alloway starts out on the fall campaign
of pie material with a ''punkin" that
weighs 113 pounds.
Rev. William Pittcnger lectured in Ell
mer last evening for the benefit of the &.
A. r. Post. Subject, Capturing a Loco
motive"
The Elmer Band, backed by prominent
citizens, intends purchasing new instru-
ments and employing the services OF a hrst-
class leader.
One afternoon lately, Thos. W. David
son. of Swedesboro, shipped more thanfiye
hundred barrels of sweet potatoes over the
Swedesboro Railroad.
Woodstown Lodge, No. 139, Z. A. NJ,
has resumed work after the summer vaca-
ton. Their first meeting of the season
was held September 22d.
The Prohibitionists intend making a
plucky fight in this county this fall. There
is a good deal of vitality about the Prohib-
ition party in this county.
The October term of court convenes at
~ AnII MO xnp a
week too soon when we said last week that
it would commence on the 18TH.
The railroad managers will try the ex-
pertinent some time this winter of running
a theatre train one night a week on our
road between Salem and Philadelphia.
1t is announced that any enterprising in
dividual who will start an institution III
Elmer that will employ 80 hands can re-
ceive the ground free and $1,000 to aid IN
building.
The Republicans of Pilesgrove township
will meet at McAIlisters Hall, next Mon
day night, to elect delegates to the county
convention to be held at Alloway on
Thursday next.
Davidson, the new postmaster at Swedes-
horo has moved into his new building.
His new office furniture is in place, and is
the handsomest that could be obtained.
He will have thirty Yale loek-boXes, and
.about two hundred boxes of the ordinary
kind.
The stove men walk with elastic step
and smoke good cigars. Their harvest
has now begun. After the first cold snap
everybody demands instant attention,
and trouble with the wrong joint of pipe
and mashed elbows will be u topic of con-
wcrsation for a week.
The officers of the West Jersey Railroad
Company were engaged most of last week
in going over and inspecting the road. All
of the points touched by the main line and
branches were visited. The work of put
TING our division of the road in shape for
the winter campaign has already been be-
CUR.
The Republican County Convention will
meet at Alloway next Thursday to select a
candidate for Assembly. Capt. Whitaker
will in all probability be the nominee. ac-
.cordinp to the custom in the party Of ac-
cording a second term at Trenton to those
who serve out their first term s~atisfac-
torily.
AT a meeting held in Swedesboro last
Tuesday night it was decided by those
present to organize a Reform Club in that
place and a constitution is being prepared
preparatory to organization. com-
mittee was appointed to confer with the
w. C, T. IT,, as to the ACCESSIBILITY OF both
organizations occupying the same hall
Howell's Hall-and to consider a PROPOSE
ton to open a reading room under Their
joint supervision.
The winter schedule ON our railroad
went into effect on Tuesday. There Is
very little change in the arrival and depart
ure of trains from our depot. The early
morning train north nov leaves at 7.24 m
stead of 1.04. The only other changes are
in the Sunday trains. Prom Philadelphia
on Sundays the trains leave Market street
wharf at 500 A. NJ. and 5.15 p. NJ. arrly-
ing at our station at Dis and Gao /. NJ.
Leave Woodstown station for Philadelphia
on SUNDAYS at 7.42 A. NJ. and 4.jS L. Nj.