The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-04-03
south Jersey Notes.

Sea Isle City is booming with improve
ments.
Apoor Camden girl has just fallen heir
to about $40, 900.
Scarlet fever is said to prevail in several
Cumberland county towns.
1t is hoped that President Cleveland will
visit Cape May mex summer.
\ large white swan was killed in a bay
on the Atlantic county shore last week.
The barge that was sunk in Oldmans
creek has been removed at an expense Of
5000.
Swedesboro's citizens have subscribed
So. 090 toward the establislimentof a shoe
mandatory.
Maud Peterson, an ~cight-year-old girl of
Newport, has just finished a quilt of one
thousand pieces.
Fogg & Hires shipped Is, 900 cans of to-
matoes to Philadelphia from Quinton last
week by steamer.
Electric lights and a mounted police will
! mark two important steps in Woodbury.
march to progress.
The skating Kinks in Bridgeton are closed
on Friday nights so as not to interfere with
the prayer meetings.
The Gloucester ferry-boats, after being
laid mp in their docks all winter, resumed
their trips on Wednesday.
The Gloucester County Orphans Court
has ordered the distribution of the estate of
the late Thomas II. Whitney.
Alloway's citizens. both in and out of the
| church. are well pleased at the return of
Rev. {. II. Elder to that charge.
Ocean City is situated ON an island seven
miles long by one mile wide, and is entire
~ surrounded by nayigable salt water.
The West Jersey Game Protective So
ciety will hold their spring meeting at
Heileman's Hall, Camden, ON April 10.
James 4. Coar.o OF Egg Harbor City, was
held in 50, 600 bail in Philadelphia OF Fri
day, on a charge Of passing bogus checks.
DIR. Pitney. Of Absecon, has a colt nine
months old which be values at 81, coo. Its
dam is a Patchen mare and sire Gen. Wash
ington.
The collection boxes of The Central NJ. f.
church of Bridgeton were broken open
and robbed ON Sunday. No money was
secured.
Chas. L. Springer. of Bridgeport, lost
a fine COW from poisoning, the result o flick
ing fresh paint off a building annexed to
tine bafi1-yaTd.
1t is expected that the work OF dredging
the Maurice river at Millville will soon be-
GIN in accordance with the appropriations
made by Congress.
Charles T. Molony has given mp his lease
on the Woodbury. Park race course. and
there is no likelihood Of any series of meet
ings there this season.
The Hurftville creamery has been sold
for 81 .430-less than one-third the cost of
erecting the building and putting in the
necessary machinery.
Rev. Joseph Atwood. Of Bridgeton. a
popular Methodist clergyman, has just
married his fourth wife. The lady IS Mrs.
Humphrey. Of Ocean Grove.
The newly appointed pastors OF the
churches under the direction of the New
Jersey Methodist Episcopal Conference
assumed pastoral charge on sunday.
Poles are already set for electric light
wires IN Woodbury., and the wires Will all
be strung in a few days. The lights will
probably be in operation next week.
A new draw bridge is to be built across
Alloways creek, al Hancock Bridge, as
soon as arrangements can be made. There
is talk OF making il an iron structure.
Bishop Scarborough will visit St. James
Church, Paulsboro, tomorrow evening,
and Christ Church, Woodbury., on Sunday
evening, To administer the rites Of confir-
nation.
An unknown man jumped from the
Salem passenger train as it was passing
through Gloucester at a rapid rate, one
afternoon last week. He struck the ground,
turned a triple somersault, got up, looked
after the train and started off towards Cam
den