The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-12-03
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LOCAL NEWS.

The Sunday schools are preparing for
their Christmas entertainments.
Winter caught on with an icy grip tax
ing us. rs it were, by surprise. Yesterday
was one of the coolest of cold days and
kept getting colder.
The Ladies' Loyal League of our town
contemplate holding an oyster supper and
festival in McAlister's Hall, on December
3lst and January 1st
The Pilesgrove Protective Association
held meeting for the transaction OF Dusl-
ness on Monday afternoon. The list OF
members is to DO revised and published
w. G.. Garrison, commission merchant
at 1927 South Front St, Philadelphia. in
forms us that nice, smooth white potatoes
are in demand at IS and 60 cents per
bushel.
Woodstown is popular trading point.
One of our merchants, who adyertises in
the MONITOR, reports his sales and cash
receipts for the week ending last Saturday.
at 81, 700.
Rev. Z. H. Durell, of the NJ. Il. church,
of this Borough, is largely interested III
cranberry culture having a bog of over
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county. The Weld for the season Just
ended was quite good.
VIM. C. Davis has taken possession OF
his new house on North Main street. 1t Is
a neat and tasteful residence and effects
quite a transformation to the view OF those
who recollect the old tannery buildings
that for so many years occupied the site.
One hundred and fifty reserved seats sold
thirty-sjy hours before the performance, is
something unprecedented in the history OF
entertainments in our town, but that's the
way the count stood on the Uncle Tom S
CABIN performance on Tuesday noen
The design for the 2-cent postage stamp
to he put in circulation about January
next has been selected. 1t was prepared
by Tiffany & Co., of New York, and rep
resents an embossed head of Washington
i'm profile upon blue tinted background.
The property of Ewalt Richman, con-
sisting of a farm on the road from Woods
town to Sharptown, farm at Ierketown,
the store stand at Yorktown and about
$50 acres of young timber land, will be
sold by his assignees at public sale on the
29th Of January.
Dealers in fertilizers say that their sales
are likely to be very llSHb III oou.'i ooi.eJ
next season, the enormous hay crop of this
wear being disadvantage to them, as
most farmers will have enough manure
without commercial fertilizers
Jehu L. Allen has set out shade-trees
Norway Naples of fine shape ana vigor-
Gus growth along the front OF his building
lots on Allen avenue aud Spring Garden
street. Mr.. Allen has also opened gravel
pit on the hill in the rear of the lot at the
head of Allen avenue and has gravel Of
yery fine quality for sale at reasonable
prices.
Rev. w. f. Cornwall on Wednesday
took. up his abode with. us, moving INTO
the residence OH Salem street lately vacated
bv l.. b. Ware. Mr.. Cornwall was given
a hearty reception, general invitation
having been extended to all the church
and to their ''frends and neighbors" to
come and SEQ him on that day.
Now is the time to bring in your adVer-
tisements, as the people are thinking abont
making purchases and they will look over
the papers and see what the merchants
have for the holiday trade. 1t might be
we'll to add also that the MONITOR circu-
Iates among the temperate and industrious
class of the community, which is the class
among which the average merchant hnds
the most satisfactory customers