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The Monitor., 1886-10-08

Prohibition nominee for assembly from
Salem county, New Jersey, was born near
his present home III January, 1886. His
father died in 1S49 leaving his mother to
care for seven little children, he being one
of the eldest. He had desire to enter upon
an active business life, but circumstances
made it necessary for him to become
farmer when in his eighteenth year. He
did not marry until he saw all his brothers
educated and in business, but continued
with his mother (who still has her home
with him), tilling the farm and attending
to the business involved therein. In 1874
he was married to Miss Mary N. Gay, of
Boston, and in 1888 removed to the city of
Salem, where he now resides--leaving the
farming interests in other hands. Being
of an active disposition he has, during the
past year resumed, partially at least the
oversight Of his farm. Mr.. Seagrave has
always been temperance man, but in the
spring of 1885 he became an active worker
i'll the cause, and is president of tue Salem
Reform Association. He said ON one oe-
casion, to the writer, "The only place an
honest, active temperance worker can land
is in the Prohibition party" He had
formerly been Democrat in politics, but
landing in the Prohibition party he fully
embraced the principles of the party-say-
ing in his letter of acceptance, 1T is tile
grandest and best of all causes having for
its object the bettering of humanity and
the stability Of the State MIR. Seagrave
is of an old Baptist family, his grandfather
and father holding the Office OF deacon,
and he, in the Memorial church of Salem,
of which he is Il member, has for several
years held the same position, and in addi-
tion for the three past years he has been
superintendent of the Sabbath school, In
benevolence he has been one of the fore
most men of his church. He has been for
several years and now is member of the
Board of Trustees of South Jersey lnsti
tute at Bridgetop, and now holds the posi-
tion Of treasurer of the Institution. To
this school he has given much of his time
and business ability, and has aided it's
finances literally. He is man of positive
convictions, and is true to his convictions.
No blot rests upon his character; he is hon
est, capable and earnest, just the kind of
man needed to legislate i'll the interests of
the people. c.-Iemperane Gazette.
The Monitor., 1886-10-08


The Woodbury. Library has had "a prosper
Gus year. During the year ending September
l goth 2gTg books were taken out ali increase
! over previous year Of I,I72 Forfy-mine new
members have been added, making % in all.
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ioincd ~ churches aag. numbe, og ecbolare
who are members of church. la39; amount
raised for benev0lence, S5llG %: amount
raised for State and county slC4 a; average
attendance, 5000.
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Courts was commenced an Tuesday Inaoe
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and tb, Iudge in lfs cI,.,re,a c,lled atte,tion
to the np,nI,er nj casoe brou,bt bcra,o that
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salem SIffiysgs.

The Fisk Club now numbers fifty MEM
bers, all but seven Of when are voters.
lee formed in the bitches around Salem on
Friday night last.
The Board of Educa ion has notified G.
Mlkman, the professor of penmanship, to
vacatc the High School building, and that
his services in the public schools would no
longer be required.
Col. Balm, of Kentucky, will lecture in
the Salem Lecture Hall on the evenings of
Oct. 26th and 27th, fer the w. c. Il. l..
Tho first lecture will be on ''Boys and
Girls, Nice and Naughty" Admission,
25 and 35 cents. The second evening the
subject will be Temperance, and the ad-
mission free.
Joseph w. Lippincott has filed a bill in
Chaneery for an Injunction to restrain the
carriers ol Salem from standing their teams
on the street in front of his residence dur
ing the summer season while waiting for
Jobs, and which he alleges is annoying.
The property in question is tie Ingham
property nearly opposite the head of Mar
ket STREET. Vice Chancellor Bird granted
preliminary injunction.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gayncr, of West
broadway, We're taken ny surprise on II II
day night last, by an incursion of friends
to the number OF seventy-five or more, TO
assist in celebrating the 25th anniversary
of their marriage The affair was gotten
up by their daughter, Miss Florence Gay
ner, without the knowledge of the other
parties IN interest and was a complete sue
cess. Music, games aud conversation,
caused the hours 10 pass swiftly. and a
bountifully spread table OF refreshments
helped to make the occasion interesting.
The Monitor., 1886-10-08
Lectures at Sharptown.

The Ladies Aid Society of the Sharptown
NJ L. church have arranged for Il series of
three lectures, to be delivered in the church
by prominent ministers of the conference
who served in the war, giving in pleasant
and entertaining manner their personal ex-
periences while in the service. The first
lecture will be given next Friday evening,
18th inst, by Rev. G. b. Wight; subject,
Army Recollections. The second, Oct.
22d, by Rev. d. B. Harris, on ''The COM
mon life of Soldier" The third and last,
Oct. Goth, by Rev. William Pittinger; sub
ject, "Capturng a Locomotive. 1t will
be long while yet before people will
weary of hearing the story of the ''boys in
blue" and this course of lectures will
doubtless draw good audiences.
The Monitor., 1886-10-08
Tenpernncc Notes.

The w. c. Il. L. will hereafter hold
their weekly meetings in their rooms all
joining the MONITOR Office and will meet
on Friday evenings.
Go hear J. ]. Cornell tonight in the
Friends Meeting House, and next We'd
nesday evening, 90 hear Rev M. NJ.
Pressly in the Opera House.
Woodstown Lodge I. Q. G.. r. is getting
ready for the approaching long evenings
and will make their Tuesday night sessions
as interesting as possible for their mem
bershin.
Miss Hattie Turner was elected 2d Vice
President of the Y. w. c. T. T.. at their
recent election and not Miss llilda Turner,
as II too hasty turn Of our reporters PEN
ell caused us to state last week.
Friends meeting house here tonight, will
address temperance meeting i'll the
Friends meeting house, on East Broad
o'clock. and on Monday evening, 11th inst,
at o'clock. All are cordially invited
Judge William II. Morrow, Of Belvidere,
will address the citizens of Woodstown, in
the Opera House, on Wednesday evening,
Oct. 20th in the interest of General Fisk
and the whole Prohibition ticket. Hon.
Wm. II. Nicholson, Prohibition candidate
for Congress from this district, has been
invited to bo present and is expected.
Do not fail to attend the Temperance
meeting in the Friends Meeting house this
evening John j. Cornell, a prominent
member of the Society of Friends, who is
delivering a series of addresses OH behalf
of the Yearly and Quarterly Meetings Tenn
pcrance Committees through Sonth Jersey,
will be the speaker, and he is highly
spoken of as an cxpounder of temperance
truths.
The Y. w. C. T. [. held tl.eir monthly
Sunday afternoon meeting last Sunday III
the Presbyterian church. The singing led
by Mr. Edwards, chorister of the M. Il.
church. with Miss Belle Humphreys, organ
ist, was excellent. Miss Annie Macaltioner
presided and bricfaddrcsses were made by
Rev. G. Bridgeman, Rev. Mr.. Clark and
w. L. Mattson. a fair congregation was
assembled
The w. G. T. L. of Sharptown have
about the pleasantest quarters of any
Union we know of. They had been meet
ing from house To house until o. Ii. Wrig-
gins partitioned off the front of the large
room over his store and gave them the use
of il rent free. The room is well venti-
lated, lighted ON three sides by large win
dows, with n convenient entrance from
the side of the store and the ladies have
fitted it up with mating, curtains, chairs
and an organ, their gentlemen friends con-
tributing literally 60 the furnishing ex-
penses.
The Monitor., 1886-10-08
Pink Festival.

The ladies of the Harrisonvilc w. c. T..
e., will introduce an innovation in the
festival line ON Friday and Saturday even
ings of next week, in the shape of n pink
Festival and Chocolataire," at the
Town Hall, in Harrisonvillc. All the
trimmings of the room will be pink. The
Geographical feature of the entertain
ment is new wrinkle in this section. The
young ladies will each have the name OF a
different county pinned as badge upon
her dress. The names of the county towns
of these counties will be written on folded
slips which will be sold to gentlemen, and
each slip entities the gentleman purchas-
ing to escort the lady bearing the name of
the county of which the town named on
his slip is the county seat, to refreshments.
We will wager good big apple there
will be lots of fun at this festival. Re-
member the date is October 10Th and 10Th.
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For pure, unadulteratcd fun, making
you laugh till your sides ache and the
tears run down your checks, Il first-class
minstrel entertainment takes first place,
and that is the kind of show that, to our
mind, lays all over any other kind Of stage
performances We know of, and of that kind
of show Hi. lIcnry's Minstrels are consid-
cred to be way on top They will be in
Woodstown on the 10Th and don't you
forget it.
Samuel Webster, who found the remnant
of toy balloon, near his fathers mill. at
East Lake, last week, which event we
noticed. has received a letter from the
party who sent the balloon up from West
Chester, Pa, Fair, stating that it was one
of four sent up at that Fair, and that four
others had been sent from each Of half a
dozen other Fairs this season, but Mr..
Webster was the first to find one this year.
Mr.. Sharpless has been sending up bal
looms i'll this fashion for a number of years.
The Palatial Car in which Iii. IIcnry's
minstrels are travelling is veritable model
Of elegance and luxury, it is without
doubt the finest show car ever built. 1t has
u handsome parlor finished in solid walnut
with bronze decorations, elegant tapestry
and all modern facilities. A kitchen with
all improvements, dining room that will
scat Il score of people, luxurious office,
containing bath, bed, wardrobe, dresser,
handsome mirror, clock, library, speaking
tubes, electric bells, and a countless num-
bcr of ingeniously constructed lockers and
stow-aways. The car is furnished in hand
some state rooms, carpeted and curtained,
and heated by the latest hot water appli-
ances. 1t has been pronounced by railroad
officials and inspectors as the completest
and best structure of its kind that their
experience embraces. One of the very
best OF cooks prepares bill of fare of the
latest and most fashionable condiments,
and all in all this beautiful ear and its i'll
genions contrivances are an object Of gen
uinc curiosity.
The Monitor., 1886-10-08
Mt. Holly Fair.

The management of the Burlington
County Agricultural Society has for some
time past been actively engaged in per-
fecting arrangements which shall place the
exhibition of this year far in advance of its
thirty-nine predecessors i'll point of variety
and general excellence. Mt. Holly Fair
would not sustain its prestige If it did not
at each succeeding exhibition offer some
attractive novelties, and its directors this
season have been melted to greater enter
prise, because of their inability to perfect
this year the arrangements for new
grand stand, with which they had hoped
to astonish their hosts OF interested visitors.
The Fair will open On Monday, October
18th. and close on Saturday night, Octo-
Der 10th, and each day will be rcplete with
its own special attractions.
The special train service of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company will be in
creased over last year and will cover four
days at least, thus aifor,ling better facili-
ties than ever for visiting the great New
Jersey show. The usual low rate of ex-
cursion tickets will bc maintained.
The Monitor., 1886-10-08
To W. L. TAYLOR, OF THE WooDsTowS

EeGlSter.'
On Tuesday evening of last week | met
You in the Woodstown Post Office, and to
your face on equal terms called your at
tention to report in your paper of the
w. G. I. L. meeting on the previous Sun
day evening, and said to you that if you
could not report any better than that given
in your paper of that meeting you had bet
ter quit, and that the report published in
the Register, of my remarks at that meet
ing, was lie. You had an opportunity
then and there to meet the charge in any
way the situation demanded, even to in
flicting personal punishment which, ac-
eording to your account, you only refrain
cd from doing because of the profound re
spect you held for an institution with which
| am connected, and your newspaper,
which must have strained your magnanim-
ity to the utmost.
Like a coward you take refuge behind
Your printing press, and to your own shame
give an untruthful account OF the matter to
the public in bombastic letter, which is
in itself the strongest answer i'll the affirm
atiye, t0 the question which heads it, that
could possibly be made.
| The situation you are now iii reminds me
of the untruthfnl Irishman who had pro
fessed conversion to 4 new faith and was
being baptized in the creek on cold win
| ter's morning. The ice had been broken
and the pious professor was thoroughly inn
mersed Upon being brought up from
the water he was asked If il was cold, to
which shivering all the while, he answered
NO" Hearing this his friend Pat, who
| stood upon the shore and had witnessed
the scene. was constrained to call ont ''DiI
him again, he lies yet.
Naur cool assumpfiOn thai my rp!uSa
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All Over The county.

Since October first the Delaware River
Telegraph company has been under con-
troll of the Western Union company. The
rates have been reduced onc-half
The Prehibitionists of Elmer have or
ganiZed a club with fourteen members.
They held their first meeting in Temper
anee Hall last Saturday when number
of new names were received and plans foi
aggressive work adopted
\ new and commodious school house
has been built at Aldine. The trustees oil
the NJ. f. Church have purchased the old
school house, and propose moving it to the
rear Of the church and repair it for the
purpose of having place in which to hold
festivals etc
The Monitor., 1886-10-08

John II. Turner is decorating the front
OF his store building on Main street. occu-
pied by Jcwelcr White and Miss NJ. A.
Turner, with coat of paint with appropri-
ate trimmings.
Joseph G. Stretch last week took down
his large sash factory and carpenter shop
at Alioway and this week is putting it up
on his Woodstown property. lie already
has it enclosed and is pushing it to COM
pletion
The walls are up for the new brick
building, on Salem Street, adjoining the
Opera House and carpenters are commence
ing work on their part of the job. The
masons are now running up the tall smoke
stack from the engine room.
The Monitor., 1886-10-08
seusn Jersey Nofes.

A Hood OF Prohibition literature is being
distributed over south Jersey.
A handsome banner bearing the portrait OF
General Fisk has been strung across Federal
street, Camden.
The new water works company of laddon-
field has ordered ii worlhington pump with a
capacity OF l,oo0, coo gallons per diem.
William l.. Percy, owner ofa wood-spiitting
establishment in Mnlville had his arm fright
fully mangled by having IT caught in the ma
chinery ON saturday.
The anti-Sewell Republican Association OF
Camden has endorsed the candidacy of sam
ucl IL. Grey, the wellknown lawyer, for
United states senator.
Charles q. Myers, Justice OF the Peace of
Bridgeton, died suddenly on sunday while
sitting in his chai-, lie was ihe heaviest man
In Cumberland county.
The Cape May Republican Comfy Convcn
tion has been called to meet at the Court house
on the 18th instant for the nomination of a
sheriff, Assembly men and Coroners.
Old Fort Delaware. opposite The River
shore, where SO many bad characters were fur
nished free board during the war, is still con
sidered OF sufficient importance 10 be used as
n pienic resort.
The Gloucester County Democratic Conyen
iion met at Woodbury. ON Saturday, G. A. Mad
den, presiding, and nominated Peter G. Locke
Logan township farmer for the Assembly
and Winfield :. Thompson and Thomas
Andrews for Coroners. The Assembly noni
nation WAS rendered 10 Daniel H. Cream and
was declined
Aw cru. has been organized at Frank
/ iinyille, by Mrs. 4. Il. Stokes President q
j Gloucester Co. The officers elected are Mrs.
1 W simpson, President; Mrs. Thompson VII
sou, Mrs. Aaron Leonard. and AIRS. Naom
| Campbell, ice Presidents; Mts. Henry :
spauiding. Corresponding Secretary: Mis-
Mamie Atkinson, Recording Secretary. an'
Mrs. James u. Crane, Treasurer
| The dead body of Jonathan scuii, An ages
local preacher, of Ahseeon, WAS found In hi
house, where lac lived alone, on Thufsda
I night OF lilsi week. Death had evidently os
CURED several days before, and l. supposed I
i have been FASTENED by the excitement oi ia
| trial OF .islmes smart, a young kngliHhnlas
" lio robbed ths old man of coHshler.ssle sGi
OF money. The irbll uecuned BAD week an'
saItetl ia a tvs sesr- sentence Tor the tfief
The Monitor., 1886-10-08
LODGES AND SOCIETIES.

WoopsrowN LODGE. No. los, /. q. q. t.
Meets every Tuesday evening in Odd Eel
lows Hall, Turner's Building.
WoopsrowN LopGE, No. l3s, r. Il n. M
Meets Tuesday evening, on or before 'uil
moon and two weeks thereafter, in horton $
Hall.
WoopnixE iopdE. No. lJs, 1. O. o. E.
Meets in j. H. Turner's building every Fri
day evening.
MosAcsA fRiBE, No. A. iMP. o. X. NJ
Meets in j. H. Turner's building every Mon
day evening"
WoopsrowH GRANGE No. $, +. of H
Meets every Wednesday evening in Turn
er's binding.
.IouN q. FosrER Posi- No. 81 q. \. r.
Meet. ON the ii rst and third Thursdays III The
month in Rilcy's building.
HARMONY COUNCIL, No. 5d, o. Y. A. NJ
Meets every Tuesday evening in Riley
building
WoMAN's tnRISr.AS TEMPERANCE u MON
Meets every Friday evening at the residen-
ces of The members President, Mrs Anna T..
Souder; corresponding secretary, Mrs H. a.
GtwleN
The Monitor., 1886-10-08
presbyterians oppose License

At the late meeting of the West Jersey
Presbytcry held at Clayton the following
resolution presented by Rev. +. ID. Harris,
Of Camden, was passed with but one dis
senting vote:
WHEREAS, In the opinion of this Pres
bytery, church members signing applica-
tions for license to sell liquor are proper
subjects for church discipline, therefore,
be it
ResolSed, We cnjoin it on sessions to deal
with such persons by censurc or suspension
from church ordinance
This is the first time that such a rcsolu-
ton has been passed by a New Jersey Pres
bytery.
The Monitor., 1886-10-08

The question arising between Abram f..
Riehman and James Sharp as to right OF
way of the former over the lands of the
latter to get to the timber land of Mr..
Richman has been amicably settled by the
purchase OF road by Mr.. Rchman oven
the Sharp land for Il sufficient period OF
time TO allow all the timber sold to be re-
moved by the purchasers within the time
required by the conditions of sale. Mr..
Richman will make sale of the remainder
of his timber on Tuesday ofnext week, as
will be seen by his advertisement in an
other column of this paper
The Monitor., 1886-10-08
Railroad Officers.

At the annual meeting Of the Salem
Railroad Co., held at the company's office
in Salem last week, the following Directors
were elected for the ensuing year: Richard
NJ. Acton, John NJ. Carpenter, Joseph N.
DuBarry, Charles Il. Elmer, Jacob House,
Quinton Keasbey, Coleman f. Leaning,
VIM. Morris, VIM. j. Sewell, S. p. Short
ridge, Thomas Snnickson, Jr., Josiah
Wistar, Thomas ]. Yorl1e. The stock
holders vote was in favor Of the Issue of
new stock to the West Jersey II. II. Co. to
cover the cost of the proposed freight OK
tension. The Directors meeting elected
William j. Sewell, President, and Josiah
Wistar, Secretary and Treasurer.
The Monitor., 1886-10-08
OhlluArY.

Mrs. Caroline Hickman, daughter OF
Daniel Dilshavcr, formerly of this town
ship, but now Of Salem, came to Salem
county about five weeks ago from h or
home in Peach Bottom, Pa, to visit her
relatives here, bringing with her one child.
While stopping at her fathers house in
Salon. she was taken sick. her disease
turning out to be typhoid fever which
terminated fatally. Her husband was
sent FOR and came to Salem, but was com
PEELED to return home and his wife died
during his absence. She leaves five small
children. She was buried yesterday in
the NJ. Il. cemetery here, funeral services
heing held in the church. Her mother,
Mis-. Dilshaver, is also seriously i'll with
the typhoid fever.
The Monitor., 1886-10-08

Mary Smith, the wife of Robert Smith,
of Unionyille, was instantly killed at the
railroad station at that place on Wednes-
day evening last. She had just started to
leave the station as the : p NJ. train came
along ard was struck by the locomotive
and thrown about forty feet. 1t is sup
posed that, expecting the train to stop
she made no effort to get out of the way,
but the train only stops to let off passen-
gers, or on signal, and dashed by. Her
little five year-old child was alone in her
house to which she was returning when
she was SO suddenly taken from life.
The Monitor., 1886-10-08

FRIENps--Services on First and Fifth days ut
1919 a. NJ Monthly meeting first Tuesday
after last Monday in the month. society meet
ing, Thursday before last Monday Sunday
school meets 1T o'clock every Sunday morn
ing.
METHODIST EPiseopAL--scy. u. II. Durcll.
Services III I0OU \. NJ. and 1.;;D Z. N. Prayer
meeting W cdnest!ly at I.30 l.. NJ.
sunday school at 2.60 =. NJ, G. IL. tichman,
superintendent.
baptist
Services al 1890 \. NJ. ana 100 7. ii. Prayer
meeting Thursday III $50 T.. NJ.
Sunday school III 200 L. NJ, Joseph l,rldway,
superintendent
PaEsnYrEKiAN-
services ut 1890 A. NJ and $50 y. NJ. Prayer
meeting Wednesday 1T 7.D j. NJ.
sunday school III 200 +. NJ, j. Il. Jagncttc,
superintendent.
CATHOLIC
services third sunday in the month Al Hoo
4 NJ
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We note the following as the time Of de
parturc of trains from our station, on the
fall and winter schedule, which went into
effect on Monday. For Philadelphia, 1874,
8.13 A. NJ, 12.43, 4.04 p. NJ. Sundays,
7.42 a. NJ, 4.59 p. NJ.
For Salem, 9.29 A. NJ, 2.47, 450, 6.5C
p. M. Sundays, 9.19 A. NJ, 6.40 p. NJ.
Trains leave Philadelphia at 10 A. NJ,
1.30, $40, $50 =. NJ. Sundays, 500 A.
NJ, 5.15 =. M.
The Monitor., 1886-10-08
Pitman drove camp Meeting Associa
fiOrl.

The annual meeting of the Pitman
Grove Camp Meeting Association was held
on Tuesday, and the following officers
were elected: Directors-Rev. A. f. Bal
lard, Rev. w. Walton, Rev. II. NJ Brown,
II. G. Williams, Rev. p. Cline, Rev. ]. S.
IIeisler, James ID. Hoffman, A. Ii. Mead
and James NJ. Cassidy. President. A. E.
Ballard; Vice President, James d. iIof-
man; Secretary, r. w. Walton; Treasurer,
James Nj. Cassidy; Superintendent, II. NJ.
Young.
The Treasurer reported the receipts of
the past year at sS2l729; disbursements,
$7S41. 90, balance on hand, S31t0G
The Monitor., 1886-10-08
Prohibition Meeting.

Rev. Mason W. Pressly, the eloquent
pastor of the North United Presbyterian
church of Philadelphia, will address the
citizens Of Woodstown, on next Wednes-
day evening 18th instant, on Prohibition,
at the Opera House. Seats tree. and all
are inVit
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TO Organize.

Mr.. II. D. Flanagan will tomorrow or
ganize his class i'm Instrumental and vocal
music, at his room at h. ). Fogg's resi-
dence in South Woodstown. lie will be
i'll attendance from $50 AM. t." 6.W L.
NJ, ard persons desiring to enter the class,
will do well to call on that day. Mr.. Flanagan
has started a similar class at Elmer with
good success.