The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-05-15

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pleted in about three weeks.
The Salvation Army's converts in Salem
so far only numberone person.
O'Brien pays $50 for the privilege of
giving a circus performance in Salem next
Wednesday,
Joseph Engle has sold to Asa 5. Colson
G S5-100 acres of lard in P~ilesgroyc town.
ship, for 5000.
Are we to have an excursion train to
Barnum's circus which shows at Bridge
ton next Monday?
Richard L. Crispin, near the Fair
Grounds, advertises seed potatoes for sale
in another column.
Dickinson & Lippincott are now making
about ?, 100 cans a day at their factory,
foot of Salem street.
An effort will be made to form a COM
pany in Salem for the purpose of supply
ing the electric light.
Elias Buzby. of Warrington, has had 20
kill two horses this Spring, each having
had a leg broken by accident.
Rev. j. +. Wilson exchanged pulpits on
last Sunday morning with Rev. Chas. ID.
Parker. of the Daretown Baptist church.
Seven prisoners are now confined in the
county jail-six awaiting the coming term
of Court and one serving out a sentence.
Arrangements are being made to secure
the eloquent temperance lecturer. John B.
Cough, TO deliver a lecture in Salem at an
early date.
Edgar. son of Daniel Cobb. was bitten
on the arm by Il dog belonging to Isaiah
Jones yesterday. The dog was shot by
Edgar's father.
The road beds on the several railroads
running out of Camden are being put in
first class condition for the fast trains to
the sea shore this summer.
Nextweek Will be a busy one fer tie hack
man who runs a stage between here and
Salem. The r. NJ. train leaves Salem too
early to accommodate court-goerS.
Mrs. s. J. c. Downs, State President of
the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
will deliver an address in the NJ. E.. church
at IIarrisonvile. next Sunday evening,
May Eth.
Farmers are having much bad luck
with their hot beds this Spring. Many
sweet potatoes have rotted. several losing
as high as one-half Of the potatoes placed
in the beds.
George w. Barton has sold a triangular
piece of land near YORKTOWN, containing
about 1 : acres. to John X. Deacon for 800
per acre. This makes both farms a
straight line.
The prospect for a fine strawberry crop
is promising. Not so with raspberries and
blaekberries. Both of these suffered ter
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canes being killed.
The Salem Board of Health has declared
the slaughter houses in that city a nuisance
and has ordered them removed. An in
spection Of all ~out-houses and cellars will
be made by the Board.
Johnson Post, G.. 4. r. No. 90, of Sa-
lem, will make ain excursion from that
place and %neighboring towns to Plila.,
Beverly and Burlington on June 9th, on
the steamer Thomas Clyde.
According to the map hanging in the
mysterious sanctum behind the frosted
windows. Cedarville is in Salem county
That shows how dumb we are. We
thought it was in Cumberland.
The attention of the Board of Health
should be called to persons throwing dead
animals in our m%ill-pond. a large hog
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nuisances as this could cause a very serious
epidemic in our town.
Three new streets will be applied for at
coming term of Court, to be laid out in
our town. two Of them to commence be-
tween the houses of VIM. Z. Flitcraft and
Dir. P. G. Souder. Only one of these will
be laid out, however.
Richard p. Hiles. father of W. Scott
II;lo. 1.-lo uac kit1nJ in tho railroad ar
cident on the Camden & Atlantic Railroad
sometime ago, died very suddenly while
sitting at the supper table at his home in
Salem on Wednesday evening.
In our account of the meeting OF the Sa-
lem County Medical Society, last week. we
made a mistake in saying that DR.. Wad-
dington was elected President. DR.. w.
was the retiring President, and DR.. Bilder-
back was elected to that Office.
Several Of Salem's lovers of horse-tiesh
have leased the Thunderbolt race course,
near that city. for another year. \ meet
ing will be held soon TO elect officers to
manage the course. The track will be
put in first-class order. and weekly races
will be held.
n. II. Lippincott, of our town, attended
the sale of equine stock at Pierre Loril-
lard's stock farm at Jobstown, this state,
last FRIDAY. Mr.. Lorillard sold at this
sale twenty-five half and t~hree-quarter
breeds, the highest price being 1910 for a
3-year-old saxon.
At u meeting of the Directors of the
Salem National Banking Company, held
on Tuesday, Hon. Geo. Hires was elected
a Director, to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of C.. M. Eakin, Esq. The Board
Of Directors will meet soon to elect a
President to succeed Mr.. Eakin.
\ lawsuit between Samuel Nixon,
plaintiff. and Henry Robbins, defendant,
occupied the attention of Justice Goforth's
court on Monday. The action was an al
legged breach of contract concerning some
painting Robbins had hired Nixon TO do.
A verdict for sG.25 in favor of the plain
tiff was given.
\ large hole was dug in the East Ave
nue. road yesterday. under the direction OF
the Borough authorities, the object being
to find the wall Of the cellar under the old
Risley store, which vas torn down some
years ago, and which will figure in the
| cellar-way suit. The wall was struck at
the depth of about five feet.
Cole & Bro, our busy lumber dealers, re-
| ceived at Salem on Tuesday a vessel
load of lumber from North Carolina, con-
tanning 50, 900 shingles and 24.00 feet of
scantling and boards, all splendid stuff.
This Iun,hal * intended in mart for the