The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-09-24

samuel D. Kile, a prominent gloucester
county farmer, residing ut Bridgeport. was
found dead in bed Oh Monday morning at his
residence.
George G. Green, Of Woodbury., contem-
plates selling his pleasure yacht. He now
proposes having a handsome palace car built,
in which he purposes making a tour Of the
United states.
The barn Of George 5hcrrerd, on Grove
street, H%addonleld, WAS burned on Monday
morning, together with the contents, consist
ing of hay, straw, feed, harness, wagons and
two horses. The loss is estimated at :2eo-
1t is being made very warm for Illicit liquor
sellers in ~Bridgeton. Mrs finder, a German
woman. was fined $50 and costs on Tuesday it
being her second offence. This Is the third
conviction recently. IL is rumored that other
arrests will soon be made.
The Cumberland County sunday-sehool As
ISOLATION, at their next meeting, viii vote on
the proposition not TO contribute any more
money to the state Association, but instead
use it for the work Of the county in organ
izing townships and holding meetings.
The I'd Animal Convention of the Cumber-
land County Woman's Christian Temperance
Union viii he held in the Methodist Church,
corner Lands avenue and Seventh street,
Vineland, N. J., Wednesday, September 10Th,
commencing ut ten in the morning, and to
continue through the day and evening.
The body of an unknown man found in the
woods near Moorestown, on Thursday of last
week, has been identified Us that OF IL laborer
employed for Il few weeks by Farmer Fuller,
at Wilson'S station, about a mile from Moores-
town. 4 wound on the head, apparently in
flicfed by a blunt instrument, and n cut across
the bdomen evidently caused death.
There is ii strike among the cranberry pick
ers on many of the big bogs in Burlington and
Atlantic counties ON account Of a reduction in
the price paid for picking. The price this sea-
son range from 80 to 80 cents per bushel. In
some localities the berries are rotting ON the
vines. One or two of the largest growers have
secured quite Il number OF pickers from the
Jewish colony at Nineland who are willing TO
work at fhe reduced price.
Thomas Moore, colored, was arrested in
Bridgeton last week ON a complaint OF selling
Iiquor without license. lie at irst pleaded
not guilty but when the witnesses against him
had begun to put in an appearance decided
That discretion was the better part Of valor
and pleaded guilty. lie was lined The usual
amount, s25 and costs, and was released upon
Councilman james Keen and j. Frank DALEY
going his security for the amount.
Jonathan Hand, who was locked up in the
Nineland Jail on The charge OF assau!ting and
robbing Miss Clark, of south Nineland, last
saturday week, escaped from The lookup on
Friday. lie started Il fire lear his cell door,
burned tho shcathing through and Iricd OIL Il
heavy oak plank. A settee in the corridor
was broken mp for levers 10 pry apart the
iron bars of Il transon over the street door
and the prisoner squeezed through 10 freedom
There Is qnite a fight in progress at Wash
ingfon over the post-ofice at Woodbury.
There are at least six applicants for the place
and they are working snip and tuck" for the
appointment, which pays a salary OF about
81, 900 per annum. The present incumbent, {.
T.. Abbott, is an aged man who has held the
position continuously for neariytwenty years.
Within the past few months he has changed
the force in his Office by appointing Democrats
instead of the former Republican employees
1t Is thought that Postmaster Abbott Will hold
the place until his term expires, February II,
1922