The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-07-17
LOCAL NEWS.

Dog days will soon be here.
The new Sunday train is very lightly
patronized.
Are you going to Atlantic City with
Bruna next Thursday?
Franklin Flitcraft's new house on East
Avenue is fast approaching completion.
Rev. w. B. Kirby occupied the pulpit
of the Presbyterian church last Sunday
morning
John X. Deacon, living on the Gorke-
town road picked ripe tomatoes from his
patch last Friday.
In Massey's watch club on Monday last,
Henry Weber, of Warrington, drew the
18th watch, No. 30.
The small boy and the green apple are
now fighting for supremacy. The S. b..
generally ''gets left. :
Jos. X. Lippincott has secured from a
five acre field 178 bushels of wheat, nearly
36 bushels to the acre.
The picnic of the Alloway M. Z. Sunday
School which was to take place last We'd
nesday, has been postponed.
Some of our boys make a little pocket
gers on the trains at our depot.
Bruna's second excursion to Atlantic
City goes next Thursday. This is always
the best patronized of the season.
Tomorrow the 101st anniversary of the
venerable Michael Potter, of Willow Grove,
will be celebrated with fitting ceremonies.
A surprise party visited Mrs. Aaron
IleWallen on Auburn street last Wednes-
day evening, the occasion being her SOth
birthday
The water in the Alloway mill pond is
lower than it was ever known to be. The
reason is given that so much land has been
cleared of timber i'm that section.
Rev. James Rogers, of Elmer, preached
an excellent temperance sermon ON last
Sabbath evening, from the text. mo
drunkard shall enter the kingdom OF
heaven.
The Fifth Maryland Regiment will be in
camp at Atlantic City next week and those
who 90 on Bruna's excursion next Thurs
day will have an opportunity to view the
encampment
The taxpayers in Morgan District,
YORKTOWN, have decided to raise $500 with
which to erect a new schoolhouse Tor the
colored children in that district The new
building will be finished in time for the
fall term
General Manager Charles f. Pugh, OF
the Pennsylvania railroad, accompanied by
Chief Engineer Brown, Superintendent
Dayton, Train Master Burleigh, Engineer
Abercrombie, of the West Jersey Railroad,
were over our road in special on MONDAY
on tour of inspection.
The balloon sent up from Cobb's store
last Saturday night was picked up ON the
farm of Edward While, near FenwicK.
The first attempt was failure, the balloon
catching fire, but another was ready to
take it's place. Another ascension VIII
come off in a week or two.
Mrs. Benz. Patterson, of Salem, Vice
President of Salem county, and Mrs.
stokes, of Woodbury., Vice-President OF
Gloucester county, were at Elmer yester-
day to organize Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union These ladies were accom-
panied by Mrs. r. Kelso Carter, OF Chester
John G. Foster Post G.. A. X. will, in
connection with several other Posts in oul
state, make an excursion to Atlantic City
on July Goth. The season at this popular
watering place will then be at its height
and no doubt many will avail themselves
of this opportunity for days recreation
A new swindle is on the road, which is
thus described: Two men call on farm
er and represent themselves to be photo
graphers. They agree to furnish the far.
mer with photograph of his house for Of
cents The farmer signs an agreement to
receive the photograph at the price named,
which agreement turns up in good time as
promissory note for goodly sum.
Two sports in the floral kingdom have
recently come to our notice in the shape OF
double Gala lily owned by Miss Matte
Stratton, above Eldridgc's Hill, and an
other one of the same variety, but witt
spotted leaves, belonging to Mrs +. b.
Humphreys ofour town. The flowers are
shaped as an ordinary Gala lily, but eacl
contains smaller one inside OF the usua
flower
The Michigan farmer, who is too bright
to be caught by seed contracts and the
like which turn up in the shape OF W day
notes, is now beng worked by young
man who seems to be neither of the eartl
earthly nor of the heavens heavenly, but
who has petition for the reduction OF
taxes. The new scheme works quite al
well as the old one-the note comes up II
80 days just the same.