The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-12-24
LOCAL NEWS.
A Merry Christmas to all.


Benz Abbott filed his lee house on
Wednesday Will, ice over six inches thick.
j. IL. Turner is getting ready To move
into his handsome new dwelling house this
week
Sam'l Austin delye red two calves at our
station on Wednesday weighing 1870
pounds.
The skating this week has been fine but
at this writing it looks as il it was about
to be put stop to.
The MONITOR is indebted to Sarah d..
Filler for Christmas present in the shape
Of basket of fine apples.
A little son of VIM. Buffers, " bile playing
with his sled on the ice on the mill pond
on Tuesday, broke through, but was res
cused from his unpleasant predicament by
Bob Goforth, who was fortunately near
by
Morris Hewitt, who succeeded to the
ownership of Yanaman's news route, has
sold the same to Charles smith, who now
has the whole business of supplying the
outside newspapers to orr borough in his
hands.
The season of yendues and other sales is
at hand For a neat poster ar sale blll the
MONITOR Office can supply ysur needs at
as low rates and with as good work as
elsewhere We mention this matter for
your benefit.
Mrs Mary Broadway will offer at public
sale OH Jan Stll. the dwelling and sixteen
acres of land. formerly Samuel IL. trad
ways. in Newtown. This is good OPP
portunity to secure pleasant town prop
erty with valuable land attached.
The Directors of the First National
Bank. of Woodstown, recently passed
resolution that no protested paper should
be allowed to lie in the Bank longer than
thirty days from date Of protest. A notice
to that eject IS posted i'm the Bank.
The Champion moving machine COM
pany have sent to their agent here, W. I.
I.ippincott, pretty gold pin as a testime-
NAL The pin represents mower WIN
spirited team and good locking driver ON
the way TO the field, and is an artistic
piece of work.
Abram Cochran, Master in Chancery
of New Jersey, will on Saturday, Jan. 10Th,
sell i'm front of the Wooastown House,
the real estate of George G. Sithen, lately
of Harrisonville, being u dwelling house
and lot at Harrisonville and a tract of land
in Upper Pittsgrove township
f, s. Foge. attorney and real estate
agent. has variety Of properties tor sale
and to rent, as will be seen by reference to
his business card in another column.
Among Others a pleasant residence at
Sharptown, and the farm near East Lake
Mills, recently occupied by Samuel Gaunt.
las s Bradway. of South Woodstown,
81 ,rt, Ia ct
of his horses. which he found dead in the
stable on Wednesday morning. There
was nothing apparently the matter with
the animal the night before. 1t is sup
posed an attack of collie in the night caused
its death.
Forts Opera Company that performed
here last night came from Bridgetoh via
Elmer and Riddleton on the morning tram.
Finding the wait at Middleton rather mo
notonous they started to walk into w Gods
town and made it on good schedule time,
some of them reaching here about ten
minutes in advance of the noon train from
Salem. 43
The almanac for 1887 gives few items
of general interest: New Years Day comes
on SATURDAY., Washingtons Birthday on
Tuesday. st. Valentines Day on Monday,
April Fool Day on Friday, Memorial Day
on Monday, July 4th on Monday, christ
mas on Sunday. Easter Sunday WIN DC
the 10th of April, Lent begins Marcl 7,
There will be four eclpses, two OF the sun y
and two of the moon. One February .,
visible as a partial eclipse in the uniteo
States. The others that occur as follows
are not visible in the United States; the an
nual eclipse Of the sun, February ss'
August 49,
The Presbyterians have adopted the
plan of holding their Sunday-sohoo ser
vices Immediately after the conclusion VI
the church services on Sunday morning,
and hold no afternoon session. 'nurcn
commences at 10 o'clock and the service is
over at II o'clock, when the Sunday -schooi
assemblies. This serves double purpose
of getting .he Sunday school children 70
attend church service and secu ring the az
tendance of the adults attbe Sunday -scnosi
exercises beside accommodating the cnilae
rem Of the congregation who reside ont OF
town and cannot well come in twice day.
Tie officers aud teachers seem mueh
,,ioasod x,-;tb tlia new a arrangement,