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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-04-24

\ ttae late convention Of the state ".
&. T. L. In salem. Ms. I. J. Mclaughlin
eavg ss fol.eEiu ing illustration:
Tie EzE bar q magnificent piece Of
machinery E1a ub5ea N Dc smelling.
T.aeas stands an 5nelae "a the track made
cat q the 4t material. polished 10 the
last P0s degree. L has everything
neelfaL rs on the track bat II does rot
SIR step. What i the matter with the
engine Melting the matter With It.
II warts 3 man aboard wHo knows hos 10
nan ia.aad where ae wishes i - 20. Naen
i.s ec1s abzrI ard sets tie engine at work.
Il a5s long before II steauaS away. -
eae faest rzah Law we eaald ever
pat uyaa the statute book could npt Of IL
self II eE aae practical utility for the over
tE-rsv aEtae lHsHer traffic. II must have
sFaes. men and women lshind il. With
5ae asa 81 prohibition IN their hearts. IN
teat BIs.n having tie majesty ef the Law
Sustained.
The Pr5albitlonists are in the majority
III tIe legislature of Georgia. They are
not. however, "slial party Prohibition
sis. bar Democratic ProilibitioBistS. 1t Is
said labor has improved 100 PR cent. in
tie counties where prohibition has been
adopted. Tile 1fs5aaa PratJtgaisf says:
-+Iae business snen are fast becoming
PrslibItienists. as a matter of business.
L
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-04-24

best graduated sugar Tets. standard
white 64cts, good white at 6 cts. corn s
cts, l.ewis's I've II cts. a box, Pennsylva-
ma I've 3 cts, kingsford's best starch s cts.
large boxes blue cts, liquid Bengal indigo
bluelng y cts, good Porto Rico molasses so
cts, best golden New Orleans IS cts.
Proctor y CANDLES Oleine soap I cts, good
black or green tea, As cts. pound, strictly
pure pepper % cts. pound, ginger 20 cts.
best nutmegs &c. OF. We sell none but pure
spices Give our roasted coffees a trial. We
ouy none in packages but select them green
ana have them dry roasted. Best golden
no - cts, Maracaibo 20 cts, Laguyra %
cts. T.. b. Humphreys & Co.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-04-24

whea ron fas paragraph market
with a p@Be3 marx IS indicates hat your
snbser5ufaa expires #8 IT, am %
3hieh 80 Market I46 paper
continued Tn Ysuraas l9r 9 les follow
ing auubr gHsl g91 have E4s ~
tuafty - nesEF rs Egz bare M9f ssFea4s
done #aeflaF ~ sI4t 2 desire T. ~
Dew
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-04-24

Woodstown Ia, its full proportion Of
Young folks who Cow are attending school
and laying The foundation for G,,tarc uac-
fulness. 5 very few years hence they viii
be casting about for something to do. a
others have before them. What shall it
be At present there is "A very limited
field Of work here. The majority Of our
young men have been compelled to leave
home for enployment-solne Of whom
Woodstown could i'll afford to spare, But
80 il viii continue unless employment at
home IS furnished them. Tie shoe factory
project furnishes the solution to the prob
lem-how 70 keep our grow iug-up popuIa-
ton At home. Not that all must needs be-
come slocmakers. but that the success Of
the sloe factory means tile success Of other
business enterprises, and they in turn will
stimulate all branclles Of industry and use
fulness. The present enterprise is 10 pa
per scheme. IT. promoters mean business,
aud their money is talking as we'll as their
tongues, but they cannot do It all. We
hope they viii have substantial co-opera-
ton. IL the enterprise succeeds and each
Of the investors makes a fortune. 50 much
the better; our people will A4ye shared in
the work aud in the rewards. "a wide
door and e~ffeetual IS opened" for Woods
town if the people will see it. There are
many adyersaries' however, in the shape Of
indifference, timidlty, and we fear, jeai-
ousy. A failure Of the present project
means greater difficulty for the next. IF
this tide is taken at Is food it may lead on
to fortune. IF neglected, our borough Will
probably be high and dry on the rocks for
the next decade, so far as large manufae-
turing interests are concerned.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-04-24

we can sell a package of late caught
Ia lamdiy mackerel, not large but fat, for
sS.oo anu Will warrant it to contain As
lbs. OF ilsh. We also have them in kits.
T. Il. Humphreys & Co.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-04-24


Doubtless many Of onr readers saw the
sensational item extensively circulated by
the press Lately. stating that Miss Frances
Z. Willard. whose name IS a household
word among temperance people. had adj
dressed a communication u q Western
Presbytery claiming 70 have received a Di-
vine revelation touching woman suffrage.
The story vas improbable GA is face. and
tie following from Miss Willard, in re-
spoass 70 q query from the MosIroR.
effectHally dispose Of tie matter:
EVANSTON, H.. April p. 1sS3.
THE NoAIToH-&eeept my thanks. SIR
eerely. for your kind inquiry. The en-
closed explains Inc falsity Of the assertion
in 'ASsociated Press telegram.
Geurs, sincerely.
FRAScEs T.. WILLARD.
The following IS tho enclosure in Miss
Wizards letter.
Iii. due Miss Frances +. Willard that
the paper in her own town should make a
correction of the ridiculous telegram fgiBe
through the Associated Press the past
week, with the statement that Size commit
uicated 70 Tie Alton PresbYtery al Hits
boro. H.. a revelation concerning us
duty nn the question ii woman suffrage.
Miss Willard promptly denied tajs aiieg5-
ton in tie (haago Ifsf-0ef0a. She not
having directly or indirectly addressed tie
organization referred to on this ~ any
other subject. The Telegram must have
had its origin in mistaken identity or mali
cioas Misrepresentation aad VIC ask orr
journalistic friends 20 make the gDleadf
Es34aEgTIf at ,oafea -Yf4 frTeF E.yya-fa.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-04-24

wan papers, the only stock in town. at
less than city prices. Dark blanks al 6. 8.
ana 10 cts. White backs at s. 10, 12t and
70 cts. Z, b. Humphreys & Co., Woods
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-04-24

The next few weeks Will be trying ones
for the health, and people eannot be too
careful. The mild spring days will come
with bright sunshine and soft air. tempting
people 10 change their clothing or Sit by
open windows, but The air viii be full Of
dampness and treaeierous to the last de-
gree with its lurking seeds Of cold and dis
ease. Too much care cannot be exercised.
especially il regard 10 the children who
will be tempted to all sorts Of out door
sports, with periods of overheatiRg from
violent exercise and sudden coolipgs of
from sitting down IN the open air.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-24
sTREETER'S VOTE.

A J. Streeter, of New Windsor, Mercer
county, representing the Gath senatorial
district, has made himself ridiculously
conspicuous by his vote for United States
senator. Instead Of voting for either Of
the caucus nominees, when his name was
called he arose and cast ballot for John
Smith" Streeter was elected on the dem>
oCratic ticket with the assistance of the
greenbackers, and it was naturally sup
posed that ne would support Col. Morri>
son. Had the democrats Of his district
imagined that he would not support the
caucus nominee for United States senator.
he never would have been elected, and
his supporters in the Gath district must
regard his action with the deepest
kind of disgust. 1t is especially hu-
initiating to hear of bis voting for
an imaginary person like John
Smith, as had republican been in the
speakers chair, that officer would IN
doubtedly have ruled the ballot as count
ing for naught, in which case Logan
would have been declared elected. AS il
was the republicans claimed that it was
mo vote, and asked the speaker to sc
rule, but he refused. Even Col. Morri,
son, the democratic caucus nominee,
stated that if he had been presiding when
the vote for senator was taken, he could
consistently with his duties as speaker
have declared Logan elected, on the
ground that Senator Strecter's vote fol
John Smith" was no vote at all. Street
er is looked upon as a sensible man, but
he could use bis smartness to better ad.
vantage than by abusing the confidence
of his constituents and jeopardizing TIT
interests of his party by such boyisl
within as he INDUCED in when he voted
for nonenity.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-24

To get out of the hole some lines find
themselves in on Inauguration travel, and
at the same time preserve bare SEM
blance of good faith with the public, is
codundrum not the easiest in the world
TO solve. That the Baltimore and Ohio
was the first to announce in the press OF
the land the low rates to Washington, is
not to be gainsaid any more tran IS the
fact that the B. Il 0. is the only one OF
the trunk lines throwing open Its entlre
system to the advantages OF tue reduction
of fare. Roads that make big talk and
claim the earth too small for their possess
sions are whipping the devil a lively race
around the stump, and making blow
about everything except that which peo>
ple want most to know. This popularity
of the situation has led to many enquiries,
but as yet no explanation has been vouch>
safed as to why the public is made Ash
or fowl of as suits the fancy of the would
be autOcrats of the railroad world. Hence
the hole and the wriggling to get out of
it. Meantime the B. & .. goes on telling
the truth, presenting the real status of the
system one mans money is good as ans
other, and all its matchless series of fast
trains, including the famous limited"
open to all passengers holding Inaugural
ton tickets Amid all the buster Of other
lines, there is not word of denial of the
fact that the B. & o. limited trains are
the only limited trains on any line upon
which the low rate tickets will be accept
ed-or, in other words, the only line up>
on which Inauguration tickets will be
good except upon slow trains. Neither
has there been the shadow of an attempt
at cOntradicting the fact that the B. s. o.
is the only line having its own exclusive
depot in Washington, and the only line
having different tracks for its western
usiness, and that from the east and north
Further, the B. Il 0. is the only line di>
rect into Washington, as proven by its
not having to announce a special sched>
ule for its Washington trains as other
lines are compelled to do The B. & 0.
trains run solid into Washington every
day of the year. and such additional sec
tiOns of regular trains will be run for the
Inauguration as may be demanded Thus
no disarrangement of every day arrange>
meut is necessitated. All employees
along the line have no special instruc-
tons to study, but simply attend to bust
ness as they are accustomed to the year
round. To one giving the real situation
a thought, it cannot but be patent that
when 1t comes to Washington passenger
business, no line in existence can CONS
pare with the B. s. o. The national cap
ital is its stronghold, and don't you for
get it; and more than this, if you don't
want to be compelled to walk in from the
suburbs, take the B. & ..
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-24
THE SIEGE OF PARIS.


ILLINOIS state tteg ster, Springfield, III.
One of the biggest attractions in Chica
go at the present time is the new grand
work of art mem Oncd at the head of
this article. Suc1 an institution must be
seen to be appreciated. 1t is called a
Panorama, but it so far exceeds the ord;,
nary idea of panorama that there is no
comparison between the two. A large
circular building costing probably SEQ, 900
has been specially erected for the purpose
of exhibiting this work, which is so per-
feet so grand and realistic that one gas
ing on the scenes cannot believe that it is
painted picture. We cannot describe it
to person who has not seen it, for 1t
brings up a similar problem to that of de-
scribing the beauties of nature to one
vino has been always blind.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-24

The newspaper professors of informa>
ton have been dreadfuliy mixed up for
several days about ex-senator Thurman.
They recently had him on a train bound
for Albany. Then 0ey sent him to Phil
adelphia to deliver lecture, intimatlng
that he might proceed from that city to
Albany, or perhaps meet the president
elect at some convenient point between
Philadelphia and Albany. Next they an>
nOunced that he had not gone east, but
had only gone on trip to Chillicothe
and now they quietly intimate that the
"Old Roman hasn't been outside the cor>
porate limits of Columbus this winter.
The fool friends" seem to be getting in
their work again.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-24
THE NEWS IN BRisF.

An incendiary fire at Anderson, Ind,
Saturday nj mt CAUSED loss of $l2 ,0t0
Stanton, Mich, was visited with q
S250OJ Il e Sunday morning, sixteen frame
huidinE~ being destroyed
Patrick McDermot shot and killed his
er.i"&-ia-law, Daniel d ,agh rty, Mt e ing
ton, /, cA iani County, Illinois.
The German reichstag has fixed the
dui, a ali SPECIES OF ground corn at I = III
Sc &C. nrr-s, rs proUosel by TIE govern
meat
Mrs Coda of brooklyn, asks the court
10 xiv hay = divorc' .ecaus9 her husband
hat five la-,es o closely written legal cap as
rules 10 her COVER
\ Boston woman says she has been
E2rri Il lei years, anI her husband has
ks Ell her OF an average five times a day,
which make, IS 259 ks es.
The New York Morning journal ad
wise, Mr. C!evsl lnI 10 surround Us admin
strat.on wiyb editors thinks ey sr, as
q class botl WIS., AM conservative.
The commissioner of education places
me number Of medical slu ieuts il tais cotn-
try in 1873 ut 5, 6Sl; in 1883 we had l., 81.
The medical schools during this period III
creased from ~ t. 1874
Miss Mary Young. of Ashland, Pa,
was maIrleI Thursday t. Spotted Wolf,
chief Of the Warm Spring Indian tribe, a
number of whom are travelling through the
.tate giving exhibitions
An old lady in the almshouse at Blooms.
burg, n. j., has not eaten anything for
forty-two days, and very little since Thanks
giving. When she began her fast she
weighed $50 pounds. and now weighs but POO.
The advance of Russian troops to the At
CHAN frontier has alarmed England, and it is
probable that in anticipation of further for
ward movements the British will occupy
Herat and the mountain passes, forming a
neutral strategic line
Secretary McCulloch has sent COM
munication to congress asking for an appro-
priation for printing national bank notes. In
case Of a failure to make an appropriation
the printing will have to be suspended dur
ing the last four months Of the fiscal year.
Mr. Francis s. Drake, a well known
literary man of Boston, dropped dead in
the fremont house Mt Washington Sunday
uIguJ. ne WAS HeluDeT Oh In9 DOSJOn
light guards, and was with that organiza-
ton at the dedication of the Washington
monument,
President Arthur gave his last public
reception Saturday night He was assisted
by Mr.. McElroy, Mrs. Hatton, Mrs. Teller,
Mr. John Davis, and others. The number
Of callers was greater than at any previous
reception, incl uding almost every govern
ment official in Washington and many mem
bers Of the visiting military AMI Masonic
organizations.
At the annual meeting of the Illinois
Press association at jacksonville the follow
ing officers were elected for the ensuing
year: NJ w. Mathews, of Urbana, presi-
dent; W. N. Kennedy. of Dixon; j. B.
Matlock, Of Chester, and w. W. Lewis, Of
Lena, ce-presidents; c. l.. Clapp, of Car
rollton, secretary; G. II, latham, of Green
vile, treasurer; c. b. Bostwick, of Nation;
Charles Holt, OF Kankakee, and J. W. Gin
| ton, Of Polo, executive committee
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-24
Mrs. Loweli's Funeral.

LONDON, Feb. "a The funeral ceremonies
over the remains of the late Mrs. James Rus
sell Lowell, deceased wife of the American
minister, took place Monday At their con-
clusion the body was taken to KenSel Green
cemetery and inferred. The funeral was
strictly private. Among others who fol-
lowed the remains to the grave besides Min
lister Lowell were Secretary Happin, of the
American legation; Lady Littleton, Mr. E.
w. Smalley and lady; Mr.. Stephens, editor
of The Whitehall Review; Hon. Waldgrave
Leslie and Mr. Henry James, the novelist.
Minister Lowell was entirely overcome as
the body of his wife wa; being placed in the
grave. He troke down completely and wept
long and bitterly, His profound sorrow
visihly affected those pre- emit The prince
Of Wales sent message Of coincidence to
Minister Lowell, and expressed regret at his
inability to attend the funeral MIR. Glad
stone callel in person On Saturday and as
sured MIR. Lowell of his sympathy in his sad
affiiction
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-24
ONE WOMAN'S WRECKED LIFE.


Death of Lady Ellen Fortescue in Chi
cage Howell.
CHICAGO, Feb. 24-UndeT the assumed
name of Ellen G. Williams, in little house
ct u Emma street, Lady Ellen Fortescue
died Of apopexy Wednesday morning.
SIR William ForteScue had to leave Lon
don III 1913 on account of some scrape and
while i'll Hull he became acquainted with
Ellen, the daughter OF Capt Murray, re-
tired naval officer They were married,
but the nobleman's intatuation for gam
bling soon regaincd is hold and his estate
went to the dog she persuaded her hus-
band TO gather up the fragments of his
fortune and come to America, which he did
in 1889. Dissipation had ruined her hus-
bands health and they Travelled for a time
in the hope oi restoring it, but in 1862 he
died in a small town in West Virginia,
leaving hC alone with baby
girl few months Old She taught
music and saved up a few hundred
dollars with which to prosecute the study of
medicine at the Rush Medical college She
graduated and began Practicing The loss
of her little daug hter IN 1873 unhinged her
mind to certain extent, and since then she
battIel with poverty in a hopeless fight.
She died of apoplexy, and the coroner was
about to order her body to a pauper's grave,
when a letter was found sewed up in her
clothes, telling where ii sum of money could
be found which she had hidden up against
her death With it were found papers and
plate with the ForUescua arms engraved
upon it, and the story of her ll-starred life.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-24
DASHED IN TO HIS DEATH.


A New York Policeman Heroic Attempt
to Save His Family-SiN SuGocated.
New YORK, Feb. 81 Shortly before mid
night Saturday, a fire broke out in the
building corner Of Beaver and Williams
streets. When the freman arrived they
found that the people living on the top
floors were cut Of by the FIRE, and more en-
gines were at once sent for Ladders were
raied 10 the windows AMI q number
Of persons were rescued. When the
flames vera nearly extingUished the
tiremen were horriiiei TO find five dead
bodies on the upper floor. The re
mains were those OF the wife, three children.
and nother-in-law of Policeman james
Murrey. All had evidently been sufocated
by smoke, as their clothing was not even
scorched. Murray was at the station when
lie Learned that his residence was on fire
lie at once dashed down to the burning
building and underworld to enter by the
Beaver street door, but was prevented by
the flremea. He hurried round to the Will
Jams street entrance, ami, although two men
tried to hold him back, he disappeared into
dark hallway and perislel in IAe burning
building
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-24

THE death of Dr. Damrosch was a
shock to the musical profession and to all
well informed lovers of music in its high
er lines. The news of the, demise was
especially startling in view of the special
enterprises in which the distinguished
musician was engaged. The bell which
tolled for D.. Damrosch was thought to
be the death knell of German opera in
this country for the present; but the news
comes now that Mr.. Walter Damrosch
has been appointed to carry on the work
laid out by his late father. Musicians
look forward with eager expectation to
the performances of the young man, hops
ing, not uureasonably, to see in him at
least an approximation to his eminent
instructor.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-24

Owing to its position in Washington,
it being the only line running directly
through the city, the B. & O.'s advan
tages for the proper and prompt care of
its patrons for the Inauguration are
wholly unapproached by competing lines.
All the passenger traffic of other lines
from the west must combine with the
traffic from the east, and thus the single
line into the national capitol be clogged
with trains to an enormous extent. The
3. g. o. handles its business from the east
wholly independent of its business from
the west, the channels of entrance into
the city being different, and for all pnr-
poses in view the Baltimore d Ohio
really has two lines into the capital, one
from the east and one from the west.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-24

AT Prince Bismarck's private table no
member of the household speaks a word
until its head has tacitly or otherwise
given him leave.
1t is belief of the Buddhists OF Ceylon
that if a woman behaves herself properly
she will eventually become man. Small
temptation to virtue, that.
Senator Cameron has a new claim to
fame. A hog with six legs beneath, and
two above its body, and two tails, was
born on his farm last week.
Two Buffalo women have been made
crazy by the stories told them by for
tune teller.
Edinburgh is the healthiest large city
in Great Britain.