The Monitor., 1886-10-08
LOCAL NEWS.

Woodcock and squirrel shooting began
by consent of law on Friday last
Wheat seeding is progressing but is
somewhat impeded by the dry weather.
A lilac bush in bloom in September vas
fora curiosity to be seen in the yard of
Mrs. Elma Fogg few days ago.
The Republican County Convention
yesterday renominated Capt. Joseph d..
Whitaker for another term in the As
sembly.
Tho Amphion Quartette, of Atlantic
City will sing at the Opera House tonight.
This is a colored troupe and said opeSscss
great merit.
The frost has put stop to The canning
industry here, but the factories are by no
means idle, a large force being now en-
ployed in labelling ana packing the filled
cans for shipment.
Look out for n swindle worked in the
following manner: A young woman trav-
els about selling watches on the INSTALL
mont plan, collecting Sc at the time Of de-
livery A confederate follows and claims
that the stock was stolen, giving its num-
her in proof The victim has the watch
taken away from him and loses the So he
has paid.
Rev. G.. w. Clark, D. D., OF Camden,
offciated in the Baptist church last sun
day, representing the Baptist Publication
Society. Mr.. Clark was a member OF the
Senior class in the Amherst college at the
time Rev. G. Bridgman, of our Borough,
was Freshman in the same University,
and he was warmly welcomed by his old
fellow student, whom he had not before
seen since leaving college.
Mr.. LII. Henry, proprietor OF the
Famous Premium Minstrcls which ap-
pears in the New Opera House next Tues
day night, has always been noted for the
excellence of his organizations and he as
surcs the public that his present company
has been organized with the end in view
of rounding out all the existing defects of
minstrclsy. The performance will be
found chaste, elegant and refined.
A large concoursc of people assembled
at the funeral services OF the late Samuel
Borton, last Friday morning, at his late
residence, and over fifty carriages followed
in the procession which bore his remains
to their last resting place. James Benezet,
Edwin Colson, Isaac X. Lippncott and
Wm u. Flitcraft. of the Board of Diec-
tors OF the First National Bank, of Woods
II,
oificiated as pail bearers.
The New Jersey State Board of Agricnl-
ture has taken another step to aid the
farmers of the State by giving them such
inio nation as they have been able to at
tain from the State Boards of our sister
States. While these reports are not claim
ed to bc entirely accurate, they are cer-
tainly as reliable as the reports frequently
sent ont by other methods. The Board
makes no conclusions, but gives the source
from which the information was obtained,
and allows all to place their estimates upon
their value. The Board will soon be in a
position to issue these bulletins quarterly,
if they are appreciated and there is de-
mand for their continuance, but at present
the ork of the Board is contracted for
want of suitable quarters and the means
to carry ont the objects of most import
ance to our Agricultural and Horticultural
development. Let the Board be sustained
in this work, and the Department of Ag-
riculture in New Jersey will take rank
with like departments in any of her sister
States, and prove animportant adjunct to
the National Department.