The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-01-22
GENERAL NEWS.

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James ". Murray. editor Of the Legal
/ Journal, one Of the brightest young
lawyers al the Allegheny county bar,
/ died Of delirium tremens in the Jail at Pitts
burg Pa, on Monday.
/ 1t is believed that the recent cold wave
I carried frost 10 almost tic extreme south
ern end of the Peninsula Of Florida, and
/ there IS little doubt that substantially the
entire orange crop remaining on the trees
IS frozen and spoiled.
! In Florida the young lemon trees are
killed by the late cold. Il was estimated
{ that the crop Of oranges would be 1000
! 900 boxes. but this Is doubtful now. The
effect on the market viii be to raise the
( price Of foreign fruit.
/ John Matindo, Hungarian living at
/ Passaic. came home drunk on Sunday
night and undertook to thrash his wife.
She raised her rnontll-old babe as shield,
/ tile blow fell on the infants head and it
died shortly aftersard.
| The Excise bin proposed by the New
York state Temperance Society provides
/ that a Commissioner shall be appointed to
1 see that tile requirements of the Law be full
I filled 1t also requires advertisement
three times in local paper Of intention to
open saloon. and also that the applicant
give a bond Of $4,000 There must be
but one entrance. the front. to a saloon
and hen the saloon Is closed this entrance
must be locked By paddock oil all holidays
and election days. or on Sunday, or be
tween the hours Of 10 PM. and : AN. 1t
also forbids the sale Of liquors for credit or
for anything but money.
The bill IS accompanied by lengthy
argument in IL support lay the State Tenn
perance Assembly. who urge that it will
mite all three parties in tlic common cause
Of Temperance.
The Bangor. Maine, ice dealers are in
high feather over the prospect OF big bust
ness this year on account Of the discour-
aging reports from the Hudson River and
the almost complete ruin Of the kennebec
crop by freshct and anchor ice. The Ken
nebec crop will be about coo, 0o0 fons.'short
and this is enough to guarantee the largest
operations every known on the Penobscot.
This river has frozen smoothly, and the ice
was never better. All the home companies
will cut to their fullest capacity, and outside
concerns are coming there. Various parties
are trying to make contracts for Bangor
ice, and one company has sold 5000 tons
for the low price Of - cents ton, while
another company, almost the same day
sold for $1.10. Scraping and planning have
already commenced there and emitting will
begin this week There are not 4 great
number Of laborcrs available just now,
most Of the riyermen having gone into the
woods, but it is expected that many Of the
Kennebcc's idle men will come over to
Bangor during the winter for employment
The probable cut there for shipping ppr-
poses viii BE- about 2o0. 900 tons or mp
ward
Tie Rev. 10 Cool, said to the American
Temperance Union, i'll Chiekering Hall
New York, on Sunday afternoon: We are
the most drunken race on the planet. In
the census Of red noses the Germans. Irish,
and Americans take the lead. The heart.
liver. and stomach OF every nan who drinks
intemperately are affected. and the diseases
are transmitted from parents to children.
Moderation won't do. Narcotics are As
bad as alcohol. and it is not ont Of place to
look at the many cases Of men who die
from cancer Of the mouth from smoking.
The population IS massing itself in cities
more every year. and vice is increasing
AIisrule in municipal government is due TO
whisl,cy. Great cities are mounting 10
the crown Of American politics, and stand
ing tip-toe on these cities is the liquor
traffic. We are to-day in more danger
from the liquor traffic than fifty years ago
from slavery. The Mayor of Chicago said
three years ago that the temperance
societies and the churches could do their
/ talking on the platforms, and the bummers
would riln the town. High license saloons
are tie strange wOman's home and the
resort Of gamblers and politicians. ! have
not given up all hope that the Republican
( party sill take the lead in the crusade
against the liquor traffic If 1t Doesn't
the party will sink into nothing. All re-
forms have been begun by third political
party There should be a Law prohibiting
the sale Of liqnor, and third party 10
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