The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-09
A line Of Herdic coaches has been
started i'll Miliville.

A line Of Herdie coaches has been
started i'll Milville.
Bridgeton's new national bank already
has a surplus Of about S., 500.
More than fifty new houses were built in
Glassboro during the past year.
Both factories of the Woodbury. Glass
Works went to work again last Monday.
It is now thought that the new PENIS
Neck bridge will be ready for travel by
Feby. 18th.
Bridgeton feels the business depression
keenly. Her rolling mills are idle, 50 is
her wooden mill, and it is said that some of
her glass factories will go out of blast.
An organization of Sons of Veterans is
being formed in Salem. At a meeting in
ago, seventeen sons of soldiers signed the
roll.
Commerce street VI. i. Church, Bridge
ton, observed Christmas day by distribu-
ting 1000 pounds of flour, $40 pounds of
sugar, - bushels of potatoes, 80 pounds of
coffee and a large variety of clothing
among the poor.
Atkins Lawrence. the actor, has pur-
chased a piece of land at Bare Tree Point,
on the Delaware river, near Fort Della
ware, upon which he will erect a hand
some cottage. 1t has been his custom to
tent out there every summer.
Samuel Scott. of Elmer. this county.
has been arrested for illegally trapping
rabbits and quails, at the instance of the
w. J. Game Protective Society. He was
tried on Tuesday before Justice McFar-
land, of Monroeville, and fined 515.
The experiment with electric lights in
Woodbury. will be made soon. The ma
chine for generating the electricity has
been bought, and in a few days the nee
essary wires will be put up. About a
dozen lights will be used in the expert
ment.
Monds Island. on the jersey shore. oppo-
site Chester, has been purchased by a
Philadelphian, who is fitting it up as a
summer excursion resort. Walks have
been laid out, pavilions erected, 500 trees
planted and a restaurant and other build
ings put up.
At a glass-ball shooting match between
Camden and Woodbury. teams, held at
Woodbury. on Saturday, the latter team
won by seventeen points. breaking 1873
balls out of $50; Cattell, Davis and Lodge
each breaking fifteen straight. The Camden
team broke 121.
Work has been stopped on the a~rtesian
well being drilled at the depot at Wood
bury, on account of the cold weather. il
has now reached a depth of 425 feet with
out yielding a sufficient supply of water,
and the drilling Will be resumed as soon as
the weather will allow.
The Executive Committee of the w. c.
T. t., of Gloucester City, distributed one
hundred quarts of milk on New Years
day, the gift of Mr.. f. S. Dobbs, of the
Mt. Ephraim Dairy. The New York
Baker gave them one hundred loaves OF
bread, which We're distributed. The com
mittee is out Of funds. but still continue
the good work, at their own expense.
DIR. J. f. Leaning. Of Cape May, has in
his possession a family relic of great his
toric yalue-a massive gold ring which once
belonged to Gen. Washington and which he
presented to Lieut.. Richard Somers, OF
the L. S. Navy, a great uncle Of the
Doctors on his mothers side, as a mark
of esteem in recognition of the Lieuten-
ants distinguished services. The ring con
tains a lock of W~aSlinptOu'S hair.