The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-10-09
South Jersey Notes.

The Woodbury. City Council decline to
entertain a proposition to supply Wenonah
with water.
job NJ. Smith oficiated as undertaken at
Haneock's Bridge for over twenty years
and buried l 100 persons in that time.
The sugar mills at Rio Graude are now
running on full time, and the present crop
which is being gathered will produce .
yield of about M, 900 tons.
Chas. Smith, of H~addonfeld, has return
edfrom Dover, Del, where he has been sue
cessfulinthe races. He had a sulky demol-
ished which cost him 1925.
The syndicate formed at Atlantic City
to supply water from artesian wells will
begin to bore the test well this week, the
machinery having arrived from Illinois.
The Cape May County Republicans on
Saturday nominated Joseph II. Haines. of
of Cape May City. for State Senator. and
a. j. Tomlin. of Goshen, for Assembly
man.
R~ev.Joseph Atwood, formerly of Camden.
has just buried his fourth wife at Asbury
Park. this State. Mr.. Atwood was mar
ried the last time but a little more than a
year.
The Goth annual convention of the Cum
berland County Sunday-school Association
will be held in the Baptist church at Port
Norris, October Is. An interesting pro-
gramme has been prepared for the occasion.
The contractors for the iron work on the
new ocean pier at Atlantic City nave finish
ed their task and now only the woodwork
remains to be done. 1t is expected that
the pier will be opened with public
ceremonies about the 18th inst.
Owing to a strike of the 200 weavers en-
ployed in the Gloucester City Bingham
Mills on Tuesday, the 800 hands employed
in that mill are out of work. The strike
was caused by a refusal of the workmen's
demand for an increase of - per cent. in
their wages.
Morgue-Keeper Patrick Powell, of Cam
den, on Thursday week caused the arrest
of Coroner p. w. Beale because the latter
allows other undertakers to handle bodies
which he takes in charge in his official
capacity. The Coroner entered bail in the
sum of 800 to answer
The property of Samuel Applegit, a
wood and enal merchant, and prominent
citizen of Bridgeton, has been attached by
the Sheriff. 1t is said Mr.. Applegit is a
defaulter TO the amosnt of several thousand
dollars, upon bonds placed in his hands by
Mrs. Ruth G. Brewster, a widow.
The trial ofex-Sheriff Daubman of Cam
den, ON the charge of having been concern
ed in primary election frauds, was post
poned from Saturday until to-day by re-
quest of his counsel. Counsel for the Law
and Order Society argues that the case can
not be tried before special court. but the
court holds to the contrary.
The case of the Attorney General against
the American Dredging Company, to re-
strain the further extension of the dyke
being built in the Delaware, above Cam
den, to carry out the Governments con-
templated improvements in navigation,
has been transferred from the state courts
tothe United States Circuit Court.
The Gloucester County Sunday School
Association held its annual convention at
Glassboro, in the NJ. +. Church yesterday.
Among the speakers were Rev. s. F.
Wheeler, Rev. William Staulcup, Rev.
Heilenman, Rev. /. d. Stultz. Rev. S w.
Brownson. Rev. Edward ii. Bronson.
The executive committee of the Glou-
cester County Bible Society decided to have
the next annual meeting of the society in
the NJ. f. Church at Bridgeport, on the
27th inst. Revs. ]. r. Thompson, c. ID.
Sinkinson and {. F. Garrison were direct
ed to make arrangements for the meeting,
and Revs. l.. D. Stultz and A. p. Bolts
ford to make the addresses in the evening.
Four members of the Woodbury. Electric
Light Company went to West Chester on
Monday to inspect the Edison Electric
Light System in operation at that place
with 4 view of adopted the same system in
Woodbury.. 1t is claimed that the Edison
light is cheaper and more satisfactory in
every way than the Thomas-Houston sys-
tenn now used in Woodbury.. the latter not
being acceptable for house service.
The hog cholera still prevails through
out Cumberland County. Samuel Tomlin,
of Stoe Greek, dragged out his eighteenth
pOrker on Saturday, and has seven more
i'll. Fred Seybert, of Bridgeton, has lost
an evendozen. InShiloh and the surround
ing sections the loss has been especially
severe, while i'll the lower part of the coun-
ty it is thought the disease must soon die
out for want of material To feed upon.
DIR. W. B. E. Miller, of Camden. and
DR.. Dyer, Of Mount Holly, two of the best
known veterinary surgeons in the State
and employed by the Department of Agri-
culture at Washington as inspectors of dis
eases of animals. received on Saturday no.
tee from headquarters that their services
were no longer required. The cause of the
dismissal was the fact that the Depart
ment has ceased work in New Jersey. The
order takes effect on the 18th inst.
In the Cumberland County courts on
Wednesday the suit of ex-Sheriff Seth P.
Hustled against Editor John Cheeseman. of
the Patriot, for alleged libel. was postponed
until January. owing to the inability of
counsel to agree upon a day at this term.
The suit was brought on account of an
article which Cheeseman published, charg-
ing that Hustled. as sheriff. had packed"
the grand jury which acted apon the mo-
torious Van Syckel-C heeseman assault
case.
The residents Of North NineIand held an
indignation meeting there one evening last
week to protest against the appointment of
Jas. Dalton as p. NJ. at that place and almost
every resident OF the village was present.
Resolution, were passed expressing indig-
nation at tie appointment. 1t was claim
ed at the meeting that the petition upon
which Dalton obtained the appointment
contained fictitious names as well as the
names of children. Great excitement pre-
walls among the people, who are thoroughly
indignant, and every effort will be made to
oust Dalton.
The valuable work Of the forty life saw
inc stations on the New Jersey Coast is