The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-12-18
LOCAL NEWS.

No ice stored yet
Get YOUR new resolution in order
Christmas trees are timely topics
Almanaes for 1885 have appeared.
Some of our merchants are very busy.
Whooping cough is prevalent at Salem.
4 literary society is to BE- organized at
Quinton.
Milk is not received at the creamery on
Sundays now.
Large hogs seem to be the exception
among farmers this winter.
Z. l.. Stratton was appointed Post
Master at Mulica Hi ON last Friday.
Those gentlemen who own fine sleighs
are anxjoasly waiting for the first snow.
The PRESBYTERIAN cemetery on Church
street has had a new fence erected IN front.
A Band OF Hope, with ninety-eight
members has been organized in Swedes-
boro.
Six shares of West Jersey Railroad stock
were sold in Camden last week at soo{ per
share.
Charles W. Norton and Henry Barber,
of Penns.eTove. were among the New DER
sew visitors at Washington last week.
The fair held by the Young Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, of Salem, on
Friday and Saturday evenings was sue
cess in every particular. They cleared
nearly 5000.
Major f. T. Scott and wife are now in
TROY. New York, where the Major speaks
next Sunday. to be followed by six speeches.
We hone to publish letter next week from
the Majors interesting pen.
Tuft & Fox, liverymen, of Salem, lost
valuable horse last Friday night from flat
ulent collie. The animal was being driven
on the road from our town to Salem and
when opposite Clark Pettt's dropped
in the road and died almost instantly.
Commissioners Carter, Knight and Cook
have finished their surveys of the twenty
nine farms belonging to the estate oil tine
late JOS. Jessup, and are now preparing
their report to be presented to the supreme
Court making division of the property.
Lodge of Good Templars has been
organized at Evans Mills by Col HEX
man, with forty members. Col. ii1cknlah
was engaged to form lodge at 6rioSe-
port on Sunday, but was delayed by the
storm and could not fulfill his engagement
In the case of Franklin Lippincott,
Swedesboro. against the w. }. r. X. 90,
for the loss of a horse when became
frightened by a pusll-car at crossing ana
killed itself by running away tried at Wood
bury lately the verdict was for plainti1'
the damage being fixed at s350
Rev Charles D. Parker, of the Pitts
grove Baptist Church, has presented ms
RESIGNATION to the congregation OF that
church. Mr.. Parker has received a call
from church in Florence, this state,
which he has accepted, and he will enter
unon his labors in this new field at the
beginning of the new year.
Prof. Pierce. OF the Pennsgrove Music
al Academy, has started a class IN wing
Lane which meets every Tuesday even
ing. His class at Daretown is now III
course of tuition, and meets every rIi-
day night. Mr.. Pierce has secured the
services of Miss Maggie Gill, of Philadel-
phia. as assistant teacher.
The season of public sales is upon us
Those contemplating holding services OF
this nature would do well to have the
order of exercises printed at the MONITOR
office. In other words, we PRINT III Soou
tyle and at moderate rates, venaue DIS
seal estate bills, and in fact all other oiils
you happen to need. we take eslec'''
prains with our job work.
Woodstown Lodge, 7 \. NJ, on tues e
day night elected the following 9lheers 81, iof
the masonic year commencing Dec. 2nn.
w n WIN. y CLAYTON; s. w, l.. A. D
Allen N D.:J. ". E. S. Fogg; see''y, J. i.
Peterson: Treas, /. p. lawson; Proxy to
Grand Lodge w Il. Mccullough me nc,
above. with the appointed officers, will be
installed on Monday evening, 9th INST.
W. w. Mole, who las been for nearly
six years in charge Of the West jersey ra'i-
road station at Glassboro, has been trans
ferred at his own request to The station AZ
Yorktown. Mr. Mole. WHO viii he rentil-
bered as having formerly filled the pnsi'ioh
of agent at Yorktown, viii leave N'tSS-
boro the first OF January and ioca'e on
farm a mile on so from YORKTOWN sta'ion,
and in connection with his railroad duties
will give some attention to farming,