The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-07-23
LOCAL NEWS.

Another hot spell after the rain.
The borough streets received a needed
scraping yesterday.
Ny ~scandalous how the rain poured
down last Wednesday.
The oats harvest has commenced and
the crop is an excellent one.
Tomatoes are looking we'll all over the
county, and a very large crop is expected.
Unless it suffers too much from insect
enemies the cabbage crop will be a large
one.
Cole & Bro. are having repairs made to
their saw mill machinery in North Woods
town.
Jersey peaches are in the market, but
their quality IS Indifferent and the prices
rule high.
New corn is getting p!entier and cheaper,
as are also tomatoes, with both of which
the markets are well supplied.
Some of our Methodist friends are begin
ing to think about arranging for their an
nual s%ojourn at Pitman Grove.
First Day school will De held on August
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The second game of the series between
the Woodstown and Salem base ball clubs
will be played at WoodStown this after
noon.
The regular meeting of the Woman's
Christian Temperance union will be held
tonight at the residence ot Mrs. Anna
Loudenslager.
Charles Rose, formerly of Rlchman's
Mills, has moved from Alioway to Salem,
where he is employed in IIornblowcr's
new grist mill.
Sheriff Kelly, on Saturday, sold the
property Of Joseph II. Clark, situated in
Pittsgroye township, to William Carpenter
and Amos Thorpe,
Pilesgroye Library is in receipt of the
first volume of the report OF the state
Geologist, a handsome work replete with
information of interest.
State Veterinarian, DR.. W. b. f, Miller,
of Camden, reports the CHAMBERS prevalent
in several sections of the State, and several
horses have been killed.
The excursion business ON the West Jer-
sey Railroad shows no falling off. There
will be excursions over that road every
day during July and August.
Miss Allie Lippincott, of Auburn, will
teach the school at Eldridgc's Hill the
coming season. and her sister, Miss Natalie
Lippineott, will have charge OF the Laurel
Hill school.
Election this year vii come on Tuesday,
November I'd, and it is noted as a singular
fact that it will not occur again on this day
until the year 1897, eleven years hence. 1t
is the earliest date it can be held.
Bruna1s second excursion to Atlantic
City takes place next Thursday, July Goth.
This will be one of the best chances TO visit
this resort in the height of the season, and
the excursion will doubtless be a large one.
Farmers say that rabbits are plentiful
this year, and that it is impossible to walk
a half a nile in the early evening without
seeing young rabbits playing in the road.
An early evening drive will even discover
bunny playing on the road side near the
larger towns.
Threslcrs conld hot make Roadway dur
ing the forepart of this week where the
wheat was ont in the field, owing to TIE
dampness of the straw. They neglected
to set out the sheaves to dry. The millers
will not buy damp wheat. After the big
rain on Wednesday, it will be several days
before threshing can be resumed.
Professor Dodge, the Statistician OF the
Agricultural Department, says that,
though the average of condition oi spring
wheat on the LIST day of last July was W,
it fell to Sc al the time of harvest, when
is only three points highertilan the present
condition., and represents a loss OF less
than six million bushels as compared with
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