The Monitor., 1886-09-10
L.OCAY. NEWS.


Our liverymen put in Thursday at
Bridgeton Fair driving hacks.
Look out for T. Dunn & Co.'S exhibit of
furniture at the Fair next week
The Democratic Congressional Conven-
tion for this District will be held at Wood
bury on the 30th inst.
Liveryman Crothers will have accommo-
dations for feeding and caring for horses
during Fair next week
T. Dunn & Co., of salem, will make a
very fine exhibit of furniture at the Fair
next week Don't fail to see 1t.
Rev. Geo Street, Of Pennsylvania, who
occupied the pulpit of the Baptist Church
last Sunday, will preach here again next
Sabbath.
A sum of money was found by John
Bradway of Ncwtown, while repairing an
old she'd floor. The owner can obtain it
by proving the amount and paying
charges.
The new pulpit furniture OF the liar
risonville NJ. i. Church, which will hc re-
opened for service next Sunday, has been
furnished by John ii. Turner from his
furniture warerooms.
The Democrats of Salem county will he
entitled to send seventeen delegates to the
Democratic State Convention which meets
in Trenton on the 2Sth inst. The whole
number in the state will be G3S.
Did it ever occur to the good people of
Salem that light in the covered bridge
would be great convenience to the trav-
ellers who are Obliged to penetrate the
darkness of shat time-honorcd structure?
Preston Wriggins the other day gave
evidence that he knew what printers liked
by sending in basket of fine pears, which
we voted on and unanimously decided were
good enough to eat" Thanks friend W.
The Young Woman's Christian Temper
anoe Union held their monthly gospel tom
perance meeting in tho NJ. f. Church last
Sunday afternoon. George w. Boone pre-
sided and Rev George Street and others
made interesting addresses.
~ The re-onening of The New Opera House
for the season will take place on the even
ing of September 9th, 1886, when "Only
Farmers Daughter, one OF the most
successful plays on the road will he pre-
sented by one of the best companies that
has ever visited Woodstown.
To say that Mrs. Smith Hewitt will
have charge of the dinner table on the Fair
Ground next week is equivalent to saying
that the wants of those who prefer to take
dinner on the ground will be fally pro-
vidcd for. Mrs. Hewitt has we'll de-
served reputation for good dinners
The Oldest mile stone, probably that now
stands in South Jersey can be seen on the
road from Sharptown TO Swedesboro. 1t is
battered and worn by the elements, but
almost as plainly as in l1f3 (when 1t was
erected) it tells the traveller that 1t is
'stwenty-one miles to Cooper's Ferry as
Camden was then called.
A delegation of ''Ys'' invaded our sane
tum in our absence last Tuesday morning
bearing ''basket of summer frnit, as
memento of the festivities of the evening
previous, for the benefit of the office force.
The BOYS pronounced it good, SO good
indeed that by the time the editor returned
there was nothing left but the basket
j. G.. Stretch, with force Of ten car
penters, on Tuesday raised the new barn
for Liveryman Fox, in the rear OF the
Opera House. II was good sized job but
it went through without a mishap and FOX
will have his horses inside by Fair time if
nothing happens Nothing short OF an
earthquake will cause this barn to fall.
The ornamental work on the now dwell
ing of John II. Turner on Main street is
designed and executed by Joseph &.
Stretch. who is also doing like work for
other parties in addition to his own con-
tracts for building in our Borough. Slr
Stretch has n natural aptitude Tor de-
signing and planning buildings, as the neat
modern residences he has erected here
bear testimony Mr. Stretch Will tins
fall put mp his sash factory and dweiing
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