The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-02-20

A eolored W. c. T. L. has been organ
lied in Salem, through the instrumentality
of Mrs. Benz. Patterson, President of the
first Union organized in that city.
Rev. VIM. Boyle, recently a prominent
member of the New Jersey NJ. Z. Confer
ence, and formerly pastor of the First NJ.
Z. church of Salem, was ordained as al
evangelist in the Baptist denomination at
Atlantic City, on Thursday Of last week.
The Ordination sermon was preached by
Rev. J. +. Wilson of our town: the Ordina-
ton prayer was made by Rev. Sidney Dyer,
of Philadelphia; the hand of fellowship
was given by Rev. Chas A. Mott. of Mill
vile, and the charge to the candidate was
rendered by Rev. James Buchanan, of Penn
berton.
The last of the testimony in the Vain
wright murder case was given ON Tuesday.
One hundred and seventy-seven witnesses
were sworn in the case, n~inety-nine for the
state and seyenty-eight on the part of the
defendants. District Attorney Middleton
opened the summing up for the state on
Tuesday afternoon. He bitterly denounced
Rockwell as the man who killed VAIN
wright and carted his body down to the
creek. The case will hardly be given to
the jury before Wednesday or Thursday
of next week. This is the oath day Of the
trial.
Ex-Sheriff Seth P. Hustled, of Bridgeton,
has engaged John s. Mitchell, Esq. of that
city, ex-Judge Pancoast, of Camden, and
ex-senator Nixon. of Millyille, as counsel
in his suit for eco, 600 damages against
Editor Cheeseman, of the Bridgeton Pr
triot. The alleged libel is that Immediate
ly after the last term of court, the Patriot
Of January Both published an article
charging ex-Sherif Hustled with perjury in
office, c~orruptly packing the Grand Jury
at the January term, 1894, and the petit jur-
ors of that and the succeeding terms of
his Office.
A meeting of the stockholders of the
Pennington Railroad and Transportation
Company. and the Belvidere Railroad Com
pany was held in Camden on Monday, and
the consolidation agreed to by the respect
i've boards of directors on the goth of Janu-
airy was ratified. The new road will be
known as THE Belvidere Delaware Rail-
road Company and the capital stock
81, 150, 900, divided into 49, 90 shares, of $50
each. The Belvidere road extends from
Trenton to Manunka Chunk, a distance of
sixty-four miles, and intersects the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western. The
Pennington is a spur Of the Belyidere, and
extends from Lambertville to Pennington,
twelve miles.
The programme for the Tooth anniversary
Of the founding of Port Elizabeth, which
took place yesterday, is as follows: Salutes
we're fired at daybreak, sunrise and at s
o'clock. Their followed a Continental pa
rade at $50, after which came the exer-
eises in the church, consisting of music
and addresses. The centennial Grafton
was to be delivered by Gen. James T. Rus
ling, of Trenton, and the history of Port
Elizabeth was read by j.. W. Bowen. In
the evening an Grafton was delivered by
Hon. J. W. Newlin, of Millville. In Relic
Hall were displayed articles ranging in
age from 20 to 100 years, while an old log
cabin which had been erected on the site
of the original habitation was a novel fea-
ture.