The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-03-13

l79 tramps, and the cost to the county has
been about -. 600 per month.
President Stokes's fifteenth annusl re-
port of the Ocean Grove Association show
that the expenses for the wear were s5O.3l6.
o.. and the income 50. 100. 80 over that sum.
In years previous the aggregate deficiency
has been 81. 300.
At a meeting of the stockholders OF the
East Orange roller skating rink, held a few
DAYS ago. the financial statement showed
that since the rink was opened on Septem-
Der 2ath it has earned above all expenses
the sum Of $4,000.
John \. Bradley, the founder Of Asbury
Park. refuses to sell any mere lots there.
He fears that the seashore towns have
been built too fast and too careleSsly, and
saws that 10 more buildings should be
erected until better sanitary regulations
are provided.
Very little danger : nov apprehendett
from the ice gorge in the Delaware rivera t
Trenton. 4 large creviee has been opened
from the falls opposite that city TO Whites
Island. and the water IS flowing safely
through. the ice having been rotted by the
recent tlaa and rainfall.
\ newly organized company, with ex-
Postmaster General James at its head, i
negotiating for the purchase of the old
watch works al Marion, Hudson county,
to be used as a mandatory for the manu-
faeture Of the Hopkins mower and other
agricultural machinery, 1t is said from
! LOCO to 2.0G0 hands viii be employed.
\ few days AGO the belt came off the gov
ernor OF the big engine at the oil cloth
works at Plainfield. causing the machinery
to run at lightning speed. Before the en-
CINE could be stopped nearly every spoke
in the large fly wheel was ripped out, and
the engine itself thrown from its found
alton. The loss is fully 5000 by the acct
dent.
The following are the members of the
/ Cabinet ofPresident Cleveland: Secretary.
of State. Thomas F. Bayard, of Delaware;
Secretary of the Treasury, Daniel Manning,
of New York: Secretary of War, William
c. Endicott. Of Massachusetts,: Secretary
of the Navy, William G. Whitney, of New
York: Secretary of the Interior. l.. z. {.
Lamar. of Mississippi; Postmaster-General
William f. Villas, of Wisconsin; Attorney
General. a. II. Garland, Of Arkansas.
T. S. Arthur. the w~ell-known author and
publisher. died at his residence in Philadel-
phia last Friday night. Among Mr..
Arthur's many popular tales Illustrative OF
domestic life and designed to incnlcate pure
morals may be mentioned Lights and
Shadows of Real Life. Ten Nights in a
Bar-Room. Tales for Rich and Poor, :
Library for the Household, Three
Years in a Man-trap." The Good Time
Coming" and kindred works. Fora NUM-
Der of years he has also published, in con-
n~ection with another work. trims Home
Magasine.
Mr.. f. b. Sterling, the well known
stamp collector of Trenton, is about to
send a / notable exhibit to the New Jersey
Department at the New Orleans Exposi-
ton. 1t is a $1,000 United States docu-
ment stamp proof in orange. green and
black colorS. There is probably no other
stamp of the kind in the country, only
three or four having ever been issued.
The proof is prettily mounted on a white
card which is suitably framed. and has at
tached an inscription stating that it is the
largest and highest valued stamp ever is
sued by any government in the world.
The creditors Of Capt. W. D. Holt, the
embarrassed proprietor Of the Hotel Wind
sor OF Trenton. have agreed to take Il bond
and mortgage on all his real and personal
estate. which is valued at $40, 600. Capt.
Holt amassed a fortune as a lawyer. and
put the greater part of it into the hotel,
which was completed only a few months
ago. The bond and mortgage covers every
thing he has in the world. saving his wear
ing apparel. The creditors have appointed
three of their number as a Board of Trust
ees to manage the property, and they will
select 4 person to run the hotel. The
Windsor is a temperance house.
The annual report Of the Bureau of Vi
tai Statistics, included in that of the State
Board of Health, shows 5. 1868 marriages in
New Jersey during the year, %, 263 births
and u ,1fG deaths. OF the deaths 1871
We're of children under five years, while
5.298 died of Symotic diseases. The high
est death rate was in Atlantic City, $3.50
per thousand, which is due to the fact that
there is a large Summer population which
does not enter into the calculations of the
living, while it furnishes a large addition
to the number of deaths. The highest
actual death rate is in Paterson, 2S.3S per
thousand; Jersey City with 25.15, and
Newark third with "a. 20. The lowest city
rate is tina of Salem, 1913. while Plain
field is next with 1926: Railway third,
1913; then Phillipsburg, Is. 10; Millville,
1884; Bridgeton, $50; Burlington, S.93.
The State rate is 10. 20 per thousand, and
the highest county rate is that of Hunter
don, HIP.
The Butler Rubber Company, of Bloom
ingdale, Passaic county, discovered recent
ly that manufactured goods were being
stolen by the wholesale by employees. One
Of the latter. named Parks. was arrested.