The Monitor., 1886-11-19
LOCAL NEWS.


Thanksgiving next Thursday.
The Salem County Board Of Agriculture
will hold meeting in Woodstown ne xt
Saturday afternoon.
Rev. W. E. Cornwall has arranged to
take up his abode in Woodstown by wed
nesday Of week after next.
The sale of the personal effects OF Viii
bert Richman, at Yorlsetown, was finished
on Wednesday. The sale occupied four
days.
Twenty-seyen eligible building lots have
been laid out on the Null property in South
Woodstown. and will be in the market
shortly.
Salem County Pomona Grange, Patrons
of Husbandry, held their stated session on
Wednesday in the hall of Woedstown
Grange.
The annual inspection of the West Jer-
sew Railroad and branches was made last
week The inspectors passed over our road
on Thursday.
The first snow OF the season fell on the
1th day of the month; therefore, accord
ing to old tradition, there will be seven
snowstorms this winter.
Chas. II. Smith will re sume his visits to
Woedstown with good stock. He will be
at j. X. Lippincott's farm on "Wednesday
of next week, with drove.
The storm yesterday played havoc with
the telephone line, crossing wires, Diowihs
down poles. and rendering communication
with other points almost impossible Tor
while.
Joseph Turner, ON Thursday, fell from
the scaffold, ia front of }. Ill. Turner new
house, to the ground, distance OF severai
feet, but fortunately was not inJureo ny
the fall.
Frank G. Smith, the Prohibition speaker
who made an energetic canvass III Cumper-
land county for the ticket this fall, 1t rs
said will locate permanently i'll Bridgeton
and practice law. l-Mf
Nicholas Justice, of Swedesboro, wi re-
move to Woodstown shortly. lie has, we
understand, secured the Fair Ground track
for training purposes, and will follow ms
business of training horses.
Thomas Green lately slaughtered for
John Nensteal AGA pound porker ana Tor
Robert p Robinson, OF Sharptowh' Two
nies not nine months old, weighing respec-
lively 800 and 4l5 pounds.
narty of Italians are at work at the
gravel hole, near Harrisonville station,
loading cars with gravel for the freight ex-
tension at Salem Tiey load thctrain and
then ride to the other end in a passenger
car at the rear, to unload.
Workmen are engaged this week IN put
ting up the beiler and engine and putting
the sewing machines with necessary shalt
ing and gearing in place in the new panta-
loon factory. Operations Will De COM
mepced in the course of couple OF weeks.
There will be meeting of the Gloucester
Comfy Board of Agriculture, at SWedes-
horo On Saturday, Nov. Goth, at F. Nj.
The President of the State Board is expect
ed to be present and address the meeting
The question of establishing Farmer
Produce Exchange will be considered
All interested are invited.
Three men and n boy with four dogs and
fonr ouns started out for days shooting
in Inner Pittsgrove tho other day and
hagoed three rabbits and one quail. we
exnected to have full account of the tril
from orr ssDaretown Dots" who knows as
much about it as anybody, but he is a'
mute as an oyster on the subject.
In the purchase of a watch or superior
article of jewellery or silver ware, more,
perhaps. than in most other classes OF mer'
chandise, the buyer, as general thing, Il
obliged to depend largely upon the integ
rity and practical knowledge OF the seller
This is why VIC say that Wheeler " son,
watchmakers and jewelers., OF Salem, are
good parties to deal with when anything
in their line is needed. The house has pcei
i'm business in this county for generator
or more, and their name has ceme 20 DC ,
guarantee of excellence and meney w1rtl
on whatever they sell.
Rev. DIR. Furness, the eminent hitariai
divine. who is announced to preach IN tht
Opera House on Sunday afternoon Sotl
inst. is the author OF "Remarks on th'
Four Gospels. - "Jesns and his Biograph
ers," s'History Of Jesus, "Thongnts OF
the Life and Character of Jesus Of Nazar
eth" 'sThe Veil partly Lifted, The storl
of the Resurrection told again, besides
hymns and other devotional works, trans
lations of secular poetry from the German
and cont libntions to current religious i,'
erature. He was also widely known III I'M
long struggle with Slavery as snpporte
of Freedom