The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-10-02

Vice President Hendricks is stopping at
the Traymore Hotel. Atlantic City, for q
few days.
Ex-Mayor Green. Of Woodbury., claims
that a field Of corn on one of his farms will
yield 120 bushels to the acre.
Fifty-hye hands are now employed in the
Woodbury. hosiery factory. and the machi-
merry is read for setting about twenty more
to work.
II is rumorod that the Salvation Army,
now located at Nineland, has designated
Williamstown as the next place to carry on
their warfare.
The oyster shipments from Atlantic
county last month were larger than last
September and the demand for them is
unusually brisk.
4 Cumberland county farmer has 500
bushels of apples lying ungathered On the
ground in his orchard, and hundreds of
bushels still hang on the trees.
A G. A. r. Post, of Gloucester City.
contemplate giving a horse race and bicy-
Gle race at Woodbury. Park on October
18th, for the benefit of the Post.
The Bridgeton Chronicle records as a
fact the circumstance of a business firm
having ordered a new store built, which,
when completed, was found to be withouta
single chimney.
The Melville Mutual Marine and Fire
Insurance Company on Monday applied to
the \ ice Chancellor for the appointment of
a Receiver. The application was granted
and Thos. Whitaker, of Millville, has been
appointed to the position.
Jonathan hughes. the Elmer counter
feiter who has been lying in the Camden
Jail for some time past, was taken to Tren-
ton on Monday to plead to the charge in
the United States Courts, a true bill having
been found against him.
The Prohibition voters Of Atlantic
county met ar Pleasantville on Saturday
and nominated Augustus J. Smith. OF
lIammonton. for Register; Asbury
Chester. of Atlantic City, for Coroner, and
Wilbur r.. Tilton, of Hammonton, for
Assembly.
John Bow, a fift~een-year-old boy, living
at 729 Chestnut street, Camden, bought q
bottle of whisky last Sunday at Patrick j.
Murphy $ saloon, 936 Chestnut street, Cam
den. A little later he was brought in a
drunken condition to the City Jail. On
Monday Murphy was arrested on the charge
of selling liquor to a minor and keeping
open ON Sunday.
A number of the citizens Of Atlantic
City have formed a company TO sink an ex-
p~erimental artesian well in that city, TO
test the question Of obtaining a supply of
pure water. The work will be done under
the direction Of State Geologist George III.
Cook. who has assured the gentlemen in
terested that an abundant supply of pure
water can be obtained at a depth of ZOO
or l 200 feet.
1t is estimated that the shipment of
grapes from Nineland during the season
up to last Monday aggregates in the neigh
borhood of 100 tens or 1.400. 900 pounds.
The crop is not yet all marketed, and this
amount does not include the grapes which
have been made into wine. either fermented
or unfermented. The price has averaged
three cents per pound, gross, ont of which
sum has to be taken the price of marketing,
such as freight, commission. expense OF
packages. etc. SO that the price netted to
the grower will not be far from two cents
per pound, or say $50, 900 for the 400, 900
pounds SO far marketed.
The Republicans Of Camden nominated
on Thursday of last week a county ticket,
three convention being held. Edward
Burroughs, of Merchantville. was nominat-
ed for County Clerk. The Collectors
Convention nominated Nathaniel Barton,
a Centre township farmer. The greatest
interest centred in the Register of Deeds
Convention, at Chew's Landing. Charles
II. Barnard. of Gloucester City. was NOM
mated OH the second ballot. The conven-
ton refused to make its choice unanimous.
Barnard was postmaster of Gloucester City
from November, 1881. until August last.
The ticket is regarded as weak from the
fact that it is taken wholly outside of CAM
den city.