The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-10-02
LOCAL NEWS.
Goodbye Postmaster Ricbman.

Goodbye Postmaster Ricbman.
Court convenes next Tuesday week.
Two of Alloway's marksmen killed eight
teen hawks last week.
Considerable corn is cut and in shocks
throughout the county.
The busy head Of the family now strug-
gleth with the stove pipe.
The neat sum of s240 was realized at the
recent jug breaking of the Quinton NJ. f.
Church.
Railroad avenue. Swedesboro. has been
opened across the railroad from the depot
to the creek.
The bumptious watermelon and high
priced peach give place to the melting and
mellifiuous grape.
In Massey's watch club, on Monday last,
Henry w. Savers. of P%ennsgrove, drew the
28th watch, No II.
David Elwell, of Warrington. shot a
hawk on Monday which measured six feet
from tip to tip of wings.
Chas. p. Reeves is now running Baker
Frank G.. Mounts wagon to Alioway
on three days in the week.
The penalty is sl5 for permitting seed of
the Canada thistle to ripen. Farmers
should make a note of this.
The Methodist, Episcopalian and Pres
byterian churches of Swedesboro are hold
ing a series. of temperance meetings this
week.
Gertrude, daughter of J. S. Engles, while
playing at see-saw on Monday was thrown
off her end of the board and had her arm
badly sprained.
A tomato plant on the farm OF Samuel
w. Baker, of j.. A. Creek, contained 220
tomatoes, 100 of which were ripe and
picked at one time.
VIM. Summerville. i'll the employ of
Calvin Dilks near Alloway, was cutting
timber on Saturday last, when the axe
slipped and cut his foot badly.
The Chautauqua Literary and Scientific
Circle will meet this evening at the resi-
dence of VIM. u. Flitcraft to elect officers
and enroll new members for the ensuing
year.
On Monday night the roof of the glass
factory at Swedesboro caught fire from the
pot furnace. No great damage resulted
however, as the fire was promptly extil-
guished.
Several of our citizens attended the tenn
perance meeting held i'll the Academy Of
Music, Philadelphia, on Wednesday even
ing. at which Ex-Governor st. John de
livered an address.
There are said to be more quail ON the
Atlantic county shore this season than Tor
many years past, and reports from nearly
oyaru, caafion of fhn Stafp Indicate fine ga me
condition of affairs.
A vessel from New Haven, Conn, loaded
a cargo of sweet potatoes at bridgeport,
Gloucester county, last week, for a New
England consignment. This was quite an
event in the sweet potato trade.
The suits of William NJ. Coles and the
Pilesgrove Dairy Association against Ed
ward Cove, alias "The Lester Milk Co..
have been compromised by the payment of
"a sum of money to the plaintiffs, in settle
ment of their claims.
1t is probable that the Bell Telephone
Company will soon extend their line from
Camden to Pe%nnsgrove, Bridgeport and
Pedricktown, connecting with Woodbury.
at Paulsboro. Subscriptions are being
taken for that purpose.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Unions of Salem county distributed at the
recent Fair held here 1850 temperance
tracts, 300 temperance chrome cards, be-
sides a large number of temperance, agri-
cultural and family publications.
There was just frost enough in tins
vicinity during the cold weather oil last
week to touch the tops of the tall chestnut
trees, loosening the nuts, which were shaken
to the ground by the high winds, while the
frost was not sufficiently on a level with
the gardens to affect the most sensitive
plants.
At the Sunday School convention held
last year at Alloway James 5. Hannah
gave the invitation to the convention to
meet this year in st. Paul's Church. Inc
ground for the church had not been broken
then. Mr.. Hannah has passed away, but
st. Paul's church now stands q monument
to his faith Rnnsgtope Record.