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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-11-13

Total $780,. 500,6s7 Net increase sla,e73,2ss
Atlantic reports real estate 81. 4Ss, SOL;
personal, STA. 800: deductions. s11S, 100.
yet gives a total of So, $50, 1913. The differ
ence must have been made by an increase
by the Board of Assessors.
The highest valuations were in 1874. be-
ing 1919, 059, 903. From that year to 1879
the valuation decreased to S50S, S92, 33s.
Since 1879 there has been an increase every
year, and for this year the amount foets up
1855. 800, 6S1, an increase from 1879 Of s56,-
SOS, 319. The valuations of 1885 are the
net values for taxation as increased bY the
county boards of assessors.
The New York World says that the re-
ports yearly transmitted to the Comptroller
show evidence of great carelessness on the
part of many county boards of assessors.
In the reports Of 1884 in five counties the
net taxable valuations do not correspond
with the amount of real and personal prop
erty enumerated after deducting the re-
ported debts. The assessed value of the
real and personal property is not much
over one-half the real value in most of the
counties, so that the real value of the prop
erty of the people is about one thousand
millions of dollars. This is exclusive of
the value of the property and franchise of
corporations assessed by the State Assess
OrS.
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old sous. Jersey couus,es.

The following. clipped from an article in
the Trenton Times, gives some interesting
facts i'll regard to the founding and early
history of our South Jersey counties:
Cape May is one of the smallest and one
of the oldest counties in the State. Created
by law Of the proprietoIs in 1899 the
bounds were slightly altered in 1854 and
in ITO. Since that time the limits have
remained about the am This division
was named in honor of Cornelius Jacobus
May, the Dutch navigator, who came there
in 1921. When John Fenwick sailed in
the placid waters of the CHsarea river he
was impressed with the beauty, extent and
serenity of the scene aud he called the
place of his landing Salem. The naine was
extended to embrace the adjoining country
and so in 1896 the county of Salem was
formed. Alterations i'll It's limits were
made in 1741, when Cumberland was erect
ed. Governor Jonathan Belcher. executive
of this State from 1547 to 100, named this
section in honor of the Ddkc of Cumber-
land. In 1877 Gloucester was laid out
and its boundaries were more definitely
a%Scertained in 1909. 1t was named in
honor of Gloucester, England. Burling-
ton. as a county, was first recognized in
1854, though the name was used ere this
for designating, rather indefinitely, q large
tract OF land in central and South Jersey.
As in other instances a law fixing perman-
ent limits was passed in 1903. Burlington
is 4 corruption of the name 'Birdlington, :
a name given to the present town of Eur
ling 10y the early settlers.
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Mrs. whiteseu iaaNew cole.

Scarcely a week ont of custody Mrs.
Whitesell, alias Fox, who has become
notorious in this county by her strange
conduct, and whose case in the last term
of Court was the causc of much comment
when she was SO unexpectedly cleared Of a
charge of forgery, created a new sensation
at her home, near Pennsyille, last Satur-
day, by clipping with Charles Mitchell.
who was also before the Court on a charge
Of breaking and entering the house of
Aaron Olipllant, in %Sharptown. but who
escaped conviction by lack of evidence.
1t is asserted that Mitchell, after his re-
lease, made frequent visits to the house of
Mrs. Fox Cor WhiteselD in the absence of
her husband. The latter. however, finally
discovered his wife's faitllessness. when a
quarrel ensued, in which, it is said, knives
and other available weapons were flourish
ed quite freely, and on Saturday morning
the woman and her new lover disappeared.
1t is supposed She ''slopedi with Mitchell
to Philadelphia. The neighborhood was
thrown into considerable excitement by
the affair. though we doubt not it was a
good radiance to many in the locality who
had positive fear of this oman who has
proven herself to be a dangerous char
acter to be at large in any community
Standard.
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EreehOEGer's Meeting.

lie Board OF CAOSen ffeeloluefS oil Tile
county of Salem, held their regular meet
ing at Salem, OIL Wednesday. TIE usual
routine business of reading and approving
bills was gone through. The bill OF jus
tice Goforth for s11 SO, for cost Of inquiry
INTO the sudden death of John johnson,
colored, was read and ordered paid.
On motion, it was ordered that a COM
mittee be appointed to fix the fees of
physicians in cases of examinations into
causes of sudden death. Messrs. Acton,
Burt and Humphreys were appointed the
committee.
The committee on the bridge over Niko-
mus ran. on the Alloway road, at the foot
of Hungry Hill, was called on for a report.
Application had been made TO move the
bridge from its present location, about 60
feet toward Woodstown. The committee
was not in favor OF the removal, unless the
parties benefited would bear part of the
expense. The Board continued the ON
mittee and gave them power to act in the
matter.
A bill was presented by Charles B.
Clark, miller, for drawing off pond for
twelve days while our iron bridge was in
course of construction. This bill was for
$120, and was in addition TO the S1G0 that
had already been paid by the Board for tie
ten days drawing off stipulated for in the
contract. The contract was that the
county should pay for ten days at $40 a
day. and that all additional expense in
CURED in the drawing OFF OF the pond,
should be paid for by the contractor. The
Board was unanimous in the opinion that
the bill should not be paid by them, and
on motion Of Mr.. Bassett, it was ordered
laid on the table, indefinitely.
Frapbollpr pplrick. of l.. II. Neck. re-
ported that the lower canal bridge had
been run into by the steamboat Mary, Of
Trenton, and was in need of repairs. On
motion, it was ordered that he be en-
powered to repair the damages and that
the expense be collected from the owners
of the boat.
Freebooter Humphreys stated to the
Board thai 4 new bridge would be ncees-
sary over the run that is crossed by the
new street, running from neal the residence
of VIM. Z. Fliteraft, in II Borough, to
the depot grounds. II was ordered that the
matter he referred tn MIR. Humphreys
with power to act.
A petition was read from the meadow
owners on Alloways Creek, in the vicinity
of Hancock's Bridge, praying that an
alteration be made in the plans of the
foundation Of the new iron bridge
BENG Dullt ilefe. ilCFtdSS - NhileN III
the waterway, n change being desired in
the plans of the sub-strueture to enable a
larger flow OF water to pass through the
bridge. Several of the citizens appeared
and addressed the Board in favor Of the
change in the plans.
ON motion. the Committee on Hancock
Bridge was Instructed to inquire at once
into the cost Of an extra span Of 80 feet
thereto, and upon receiving M estimate, 4
special meeting of the Board to be called.
On motion, sign-boards. warning persons
against driving over Woodstown iron
bridge faster than a walk, were ordered to
be put mp on said bridge.
On motion, Humphreys, Bassett and
Layton were appointed to inquire TO whose
duty it is torepair bridge at Riehmantown.
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wanted 10 Try Both Religions.

Stoyan G. Natraisky. a young bulgarian
who had suffered ostraeism i'll his native
land for embracing Professionalism. was
brought over to this country about two
years ago by the Presbyterian Board, and
has since that time been educated at the
West Jersey Academy, a Presbyterian in
stitution, in Bridgeton. with a view to his
becoming a minister and preaching the
gospel, from a Presbyterian standpoint, in
his native land. During the two years he
has occupied many of the pulpits. of all de
nominations, in this part Of the state and
in adjoining states, telling about life in
Bulgaria, and in this way has come to be
well known. His spare time he has oc-
cupied in book %eanvassing and i'll other
ways making a little money for himself.
Recently he threw a bombsllell into the
Presbyterian camp by announcing his de-
sire of continuing his studies at the Bap-
fist school. the South Jersey Institute.
The Presbyterians feared that they were
about TO lose him after so much expense
and labor, though he protested his Presby-
t%erianism, and claimed that his only object
was to secure certain educational facilities.
He was charged with ingratitude and, as
the affair leaked out. whispers We're
quickly spread that he had always had
strong ~leanings toward the Baptists.
Natralsky, seeing the uncomfortable posi-
ton in which he was placed, packed up
his goods and left town. He is now in
W Washington. d. C..
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me letchcf9 Institute OF 1iouccslefcouhlS
commenced the annual session at woodbury.
on NedliesdaY. sessions WHl be continued
nntl today.
The borough of Anglesea, Cape May county,
has but twenty legal voters and the election
oilcefs III Inc recent election played enchfe
all day 10 pass the time.
The West Jersey and Atlantic and Camden
and Atlantic Railroads are to be more effectuul-
~ consolidated 10 permit OF the trains OF both
roads running into one depot.
Cbas PAYNE ar of Mn1ville. ,nu victed of
sending false afidavits to Washington Il, SIM
mort of nension claims. bas been sentenced to
eighteen months in the state Prison
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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-11-13
October Crops.

The following are the reports of the De
partment of Agriculture at Washington
for the October crops of the South Jersey
counties
SALEM.-Milcii better corn crop than ex-
pected; area of potatoes smaller than last
year, but quality and crop good.
ATIASTIc.-Grapes have been very
good. with very little rot. The latter por.
ton of the season has been more favorable
for vegetation, and we nave had rain
enough to keep the top of the ground wet,
but not enough to help the springs that
supply the drinking water in the wells.
The fruit binds are nicely developed for
next crop.
CAMDEN.-First killing frost ON the
evening of the oath; frost nearly every
morning since. Corn well ripened.
Characterization not more than one
third husked: fodder all secured. No late
potatoes grown in this county worth max
ing a note OF; sweet potatoes more than
usual on account of failure to grow late
white potatoes. Hay has been a failure,
both timothy and clover.
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A Church at Pitman Grove.

A meeting was held at the chapel at Pit
man Grove on Tuesday evening, called by
Presiding Elder Walton and presided over
by him, for the purpose of organizing a
Methodist Episcopal Church at hat place.
After religious services, and stating the
object of the meeting, an invitation was
given to persons wishing to unite with the
organization to present their certificates
of membership, when forty persons res
ponded to the call. A board of trustees
was elected, and the Elder announced that
Charles Berry, a local preacher. of Glass
boro, would be the pastor for the balance
of the conference year. A Quarterly Con-
ference was then held and the new organi-
cation started off most hopefully with a
Sabbath school numbering forty.
A number of new cottages are going up
inside and outside of the Grove, and Others
will be built a few months.
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A Mammoth pumpkin.

The greatest curiosity in the agricultural
line in South or West Jersey is a pumpkin
now being grown by Mr.. w. +. F. Murray,
of neal Atco, Camden county. Mr.. Muir
ray is the proprietor of an immense hot
house, in which he grows salad in the
winter and devotes to the raising of all
sorts of monstrosities in the Summer. The
pumpkin referred to measures between
eighty and ninety inches in circumference,
and at its last weighing tipped the scales at
one hundred and fourteen pounds. The seed
was planted the latter part of june in the
middle of the dollhouse. The remarkable
point about this mammoth pumpkin is that
when it was three-tourths grown a pet dog
belonging to a daughter of Mr.. Murray, i'll
hunting for a mouse that had taken refuge
beneath the vine, tore the latter away from
the roots close to the ground, leaving it
hanging but by a single shred. The leaves
Immediately withercd and Mr.. Murray
thought his pumpkin a failure. \ happy
thought struck him. Procuring a wide
mouthed glass Jar ne filled it with a mix
tlire of water. sugar and one or two drugs
which he deemed congenial and of a bene-
fetal nature to pumpkins. Placing the jar
upon the big pumpkin he inserted in the
mixture through the cork a long wick.
The other end Of the wick was inserted in
u slit cut lengthwise in the stem OF the
pumpkin near where it joined the vine
Then, procuring another bottle, he repeat
ed the process near the root, placing
the end of the wick in the bottle, and
the other in a slit cut in the vine. TAX
ing the proper precautions for the pre-
vention of evaporation Mr.. Murray waited
for the result. The leaves were by this
time completely wilted and had fallen
over. lie propped these up by wires and
sprinkled water over them. To the infinite
surprise of the shrewd salad grower, the
leaves stiiiened up and revived in color
from a dirty yellow to a bright green.
The circumference of the pumpkin in
creased perceptibly, and in six weeks had
augmented some fifteen or sixteen inches.
All the liquid in the glass jars was alb
sorbed by the pumpkins and vine. The
mammoth pumpkin is larger in size and
weight than those at the Pennsylvania on
New Jersey state fairs, and would I'M
doubleday have taken the premium at the
Mount Holly fair had il been sent.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-11-13
EraUNs Again.

Complaints have again been made to us
of parties inthis county swindled by travel
ing peddlers, who have sold them spectacles
at an exorbitant price, and threw i'll a
bottle of rainwater as an eyewash. Serves
you right for not p%atronizing home mer-
chants, who pay taxes here, and spend the
profits OF their business among your neigh
bors. Nothing is more common than for
schemers to rig themselves out in scholarly
attire, and, assuming the role Of professor,
start out through the country and sell eye
glasses at any large profit they can get,
81 .50 to SIS, according to the trustfulness
and liberality of their customers. Oar
home dealers will sell just as good glasses
for one-third of the money, and give you
the privilege of exchanging them if they
don't fit. They don't wear high silk hats
or long whiskers, but they guarantee their
goods, and remain among you to make
their guarantee good. Don't ~patronize
strangers.-Sussee Register.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-11-13

AS Cllas. II. Richman, living on the road
to Richmantown, was working in the field
one morning last week, he was attracted
by the cry of a bird, which, from the un-
familiar sound, he concluded to be a rara
aciS. Keeping in view the spot where the
birds were he secured his gun and succeed
ed in dispatching two of them at one shot.
The birds weighed about a pound each
and were about the size Of a woodcock.
which they resembled about tie head and
bill. On the feathers, which were of a
deep brown, were spots of a bright gold
color, like those of the peacock. The rare
beauty and %strangeness of the bird led Mr..
Richman to consult his ornithology and he
found that his game was the Golden Plover,
which is very rare in the United States,
only occasionally straying along our coast
in the fail or winter. They are natives of
Canada or British America and these are
the first specimens, so far as WI know, that
have been fonnd or seen in our state.
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CORRECTED EVERY THURSDAY By W. c. GARRISON
1921 SOUTH FRONT ST.. ~ADELPHIA.
RUTTga-Prime PRINT SIC to zoe: fair pc to 25c:
roll l6c to Use; common SC to loo per NJ. Eggs2sc
to 2pe. per doz. DRESSED PoULTRY-Fowis, I3c To
lIc per ID; Spring chickens lac To Ice per HI
ducks I4c to l6c per Id: Turkeys l5c to Ice per
to tie pef ID; lambs &c to sc per- ID. DRESSED
PoRk-Light Sc 10 &c per III: Heavy 4lsc to &c
pe~ III. FEATHERs-Geese choice Ic to d0c per
duck 2sc 10 soc per liz: turkey &c to Sc per III;
chicken SC TO &c perlb. WooL-Na shed aDc to
32c per ib: unwashed 20c TO BE per lb. GAME
SQUADS 35c to ACC per pair: pigeons SOC TO 35e
per pair; English snipe $lJ0 To SEQ per dozs
rabbits. zoe TO 45c per pair: deer, Sc TO Toe per III
wood cock 60c TO 75c per pair SnapperS Toe 10
re per Id; oysters extra $1,000 TO Sl20 per 1890,
prime 81 90 TO 500 per lo0, calls $500 TO s4.n
per 1900. Dnck teal SOC to 40c per pair; black
ducks soc to soc per pair; mallard 4ac 10 soc per
pair; pheasants 75c to SL8 per pair. Ter1lpin
heifeIs $500 TO sl0.00 per doz. FErIT AND NEGE-
TA~BLEs-Cabhage choice SI0 TO $3.50 per 100
heads, medium s2@ TO $3.50 per 100 heads:
cranberries dark s225 to $40 per bushei;
light Sl.25 to sI.50 per bushel. Pears choice.
SEm to $3.50 per Dbl; fair $3.50 to $500 per Dbl.
or'g's, Fl, $500 10 $3.50 box; lem'ns, Se.a0to SEQ;
ounces $500 20 s4.40per l.bl. Apples choice Sl.I5
10 $500 per bhl fair s2.W t0S2.W per Dbl. Potil-
toes prime 55c to 6oc per bushel; fair 4Sc TO 5Bc.
perbushel. sweet potatoes extra SIZE 10 FOO
per Dbl: medium La to Sl-N per Dbl: cuils iWe
to SIG per Dbl. White tHrnips Doc to s5c per
Dbl: yellow 500 to sl.25 per Dbl. onions $50
TO s2.75 per Dbl. Lima Beans DC TO S0c per bsssk.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-11-13

The carnival at the Mosacsa Skating
Rink, in Salem, on Tuesday night, was
well attended and a success i'll every way.
The floor was comfortably filled during
the early part of the evening, with about
seventy-fiye merry masqueraders, present
ing to the eye a Kaleidoscope effect, as
they whirled swiftly around the floor, the
costumes representing numberless charac-
tiers. The prize for the handsomest cos
tune, a silver cake basket, was awarded
TO Miss Sallie Durham, who was ta~stefully
attired in a suit of black velvet trimmed
with lace and wearing a white satin mask.
The prize for the most comical costume
was given to Albert Durham. The music.
under the direction of Prof. Robinson, was
ali attractive feature of the evening.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-11-13

The East Lake Glassworks, al Bridgeton, be-
gan blowing IN Monday.
rankin siuTT was appointed postmaster at
Monroeville on Tuesday.
There are at present eighty inmates in the
Cumberland county Almshonse.
bridgeport sportsmen played havoc among
the rabbits on NOV. 2d, killing 100.
1t has been decided 10 invite bids forthc.con-
struction Of the proposed wafer works for
Woodbury..
Sincland soil raises chestnuts SO large that II
takes only seventeen 10 fil a quart measure
John Bently raised them.
Egg Harbor City is so welded to its wine
production that not a single Prohibition vote
was cast in that place in the late election.
Postmaster Davidson, OF s~wedesboro. has a
gas ngine placed In The basement of his resi-
dence for the purpose OF forcing watert hrongf
his house.
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10Th MARCH. 1851.

10Th MARCH, 1881.
In the name of God: Amen.
This will and testament being the last
will and testament of Andrew Whoall,
made :le 10th of March, 1851, being in his
perfect senses as ever he was in his life
time, witnesseth that [ make Christopher
Stock my lawful overseer, to see that the
bond of this, my will, be performed as fol-
lows:
Item, first, | bequeath my soul to Al
mighty God, my maker, and my body to
be buried in the ground, and for my
worldly wealth that hath pleased God to
endow me with, all as followeth:
Item, | give unto my brother, Nathaniel
Clark, one SOW pig, that which my father
doth owe, and one barrel OF con when
that is one and twenty years of age.
Item, | give unto my sister, Bette Clark,
three barrels of Indian corn, one pullet
and one sow and three hens.
Item, | give unto my father, Joseph
Jolley, one sow pig and one barrow pig.
| give unto my mother, Margaret jolley,
one barrow pig.
Item, the three barrels of cora that
give unto my sister, Bette Clark, is to be
put to use until she cometh Of age, and the
SOW given her, they that keep her until she
cometh of age are to have of the increase
all of the boar pigs and the SOW pigs to be
pat TO use until she cometh of age.
Witness my hand the day and year first
above written. His
Witness, Andrew u WhoAll.
Peter Montague. Mark.
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Judge Reed, at the recent term of court,
appointed J. II. virgins and Hews Girls
pin, OF Pilesgrove; Samuel Johnson and
Joseph ltemster, of Alloway; and Bartholo.
new Coles and James Hurst, Of Upper
P~ittsgroYe, surveyors to yacate the road
leading over the Upper Canal Bridge in L.
j. Neck, and also to lay a new road lead
ing to the proposed new bridge over the
canal when built. This appointment wa,
caused by the decision Of the Board of Free
holders not to rebuild the Upper Bridge e.
The surveyors will meet at the canal on
November 20fb.
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salem S~Eftin2s-

Revival services have commenced in the
First VI. f. Church, Salem.
Two Salem sportsmen bagged on Mon
day 3J quails, a woodcock and a rabbit.
J. L. p. Voute has been appointed spec
ial delivery messenger at the post office.
The diphtheria &courge, which has pre-
vailed in Salem to a limited extent, is abat-
ing.
Caleb Stanley, who was so severely
burned at Hairs iron foundry some weeks
ago. is rapidly recovering.
Sheriff Kelly renewed his bond on Tues
day and according to custom gave a dinner
to his bondsmen and friends at the Nelson
House.
The White Stone mills, in Salem, will
nave a capacity of 150 barrels per day,
when the contemplated improvements are
completed.
The Salem Cornet Band has chosen u
new name and viii hereafter be known as
the CITY band. They will open 4 skating
rink in Rumsey's Han on Thanksgiving
Day.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-11-13

Ex-Sheriff Coles. of Salem, and daugll-
ter were visiting at Wesley Franklin's at
Jericho, Sunday last and while returning
home had the misfortune to have a
break down while going through the bar
rens. 1t was dark and stormy, and not
knowing what to do the Sheriff put his
daughter on the horse and walked by her
side until they reached EIkinton's Mills,
where they were furnished with a carriage.
-Bridget0n NeTs.
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The Sly Old 'Possun..

Last Sunday night week, Isaac j. Rich
man, living on the road to Richmantown,
was awakened by a commotion among his
poultry. Expecting to find chicken-thieves,
he armed himself and proceeded to the
roost. where he found q muscular opossum
about to deeamp with some of the fattest
fowls. Mr.. Possum was killed at once.
On election night, Mrs. j. Johnson Rich
man, living at Yorktown, was also attract
ed by a noise in the chicken roost, and Sc
curing a club, repaired to the chicken
house and dispatched an opossum who had
killed several of her small chickens, and
was about to attack an old hen.