The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-11-12
LOCAL NEWS.
he chestnut crop is no good.

The chestnut crop is no good.
The proportion of gunners to rabbits ap-
pears to be as about six to one.
There is a demand for small and conve-
nient houses at a moderate rent.
Thanksgiving day approaches and the
turkeys are roosting high. Which is a
chestnut.
Thos. Green killed yesterday a hog for
Benz. Bishop weighing 410 pounds, and one
for Ira Coles weighing 407 pounds.
The first snow storm of the season pre-
vailed throughout South Jersey en- Monday
afternoon and the squalls were quite heavy.
Services are now held in st Joseph's
(Catholic) church every Sunday morning
at o o'clock, instead of every third Sunday
as formerly.
According to the report OF the Commas
sioner of Pensions. just issued, there are
21S pensioners in Salem county, to when
there is paid $4,000 % per month.
"a Box of Cash. will be played at the
New Opera House next Thursday night.
The best seat in the house 30 cents; adj
mission. 25 cents. Secure seats at once
and enjoy III evening oil fun.
The reported loss at sea of the U. ).
Revenue Cutter Manhattan, on which VII
lis Pedrick, of Pedricktown. in this county,
is engineer. turns out to be uniounded as
the vessel has arrived safely in harbor and
was in no danger.
At a meeting of the State Poard OF Edn-
cation at Trenton last week, il was agreed
to ask the next Legislature to increase the
..to.;on 80 nn,ntv SpnariUtpOipntS so AS To
make $500 per annum the minimum ana
81, 500 the maximum.
N. r.. Smith, who Is an experienced mu-
sician. has under instruction a newly or
ganized cornet band Of fifteen members, III
our Borough. They have not yet pro-
cured their Instruments, but are undergo.
ing preparatory drill in the rndllnents Oh
music. They have been organized about
four weeks.
IF Won take down yonr stove pipe next
spring and lay it away packed III cetton III
a rosewood case, we'll bet you live dollars
and a half that when you get it out III the
fall YOU can't get it to go up as 1t was pc
fore inside of two hours and a hall. IL
seems strange, but we believe it's true,
nevertheless.
A new kind of worm is iniesting the
Aso
apple crop in many sections. Inc worm
locks like an enlarged hair and varies from
two to five inches in length. 1t lodges IN
the heart Of an apple and eats utwaf
The worm is wonderfully supple and ties
itself up in a Knot so as to be scarcely WIS
ible to the naked eye, Tho fruit growers
fear that it is destined to do a deal OF
harm.
TIN new bo,ks added to the T~ilcsgrove
Library have gone out like hot cakes ana
the demand is fer more, but financial re-
sources at present are limited. AT a re-
cent meeting of the Board OF Trustees a
committee was appointed TO consider the
question of giving an entertainment ny
hom. talent at an early date. We hope
the move may be successful and result III
large additions to the collection oi reading
matter.
Prof. Foster, the meteoroloeist, pre-
diets a great storm period extending from
Dec. 4 to II, curing which will occur some
of tl,e most destructive storms OF recent
wears. These storms will be much ei the
same nature as the great billiards oil last
January. Heavy snow and ing WINGS
will greatly impede railway travcl; ana nc
advises railroads to prepare for b~iockaae
in the Western States about Dec. D. The
snow blockadcs reach the Eastern tateso ON
Dec. 0. These storms will break mp the
drought in the southeastern States.