The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-12-17

LOCAL NEWS.
Another cold snap.


Tomorrow week is Christmas.
The drummer is abroad in the land.
Prospect for getting ice houses filed is
little brighter.
The Ladies' Loyal League, Of Woods
town, has disbanded.
Tuesday of next week will be the
shortest day of the year.
"Erminie" had seven months run in
New York to crowded business.
Liyeryman Crothers will make his an
nual trip west after horses next month.
Jos. G. Stretch has the cellar dug for his
new dwelling on the corner of Dickinson
street and Railroad avenue.
Rarber. the catcher of the WOodstown
base ball club in games gone by, has sign
ed it'll the Utica club of New York
The goose bone and corn-hnsk weather
prophets do not agree in their predictions
for this Winters weather They VIII
therefore take the weather as other people
do-just as it comes.
Aaron Cole will offer at public sale to-
morrow his farm on the Woodstown and
Mallica Hill turnpike, about one mile
from Eldridge's Hill. The sale will be in
the afternoon in front of the Woodstown
House.
Forts Opera Company, which will ap-
pear in the Opera House next week, opens
the Arch Street Opera House, Phiiaaei-
phia, on January 10th in ''Macare, the
New York and Philadelphia success known
as "Erminie.
tits not generally known that it is. under
our laws, misdemeanor to cut, destroy,
tear down or deface any poster, hand OIL,
legal notice or advertisement, set up IN any
public place in this state AMI punishable
on conviction by a fine of live hundred dol-
lars or Imprisonment in the county jan ho'
exceeding six months.
w. J. Dyer, blind man OF some prom
inence as a vocal musician and who swell
known here, having frequently visited
Woedstown. died suddenly OF pnemonia,
aft Bethehem. Pa, on last Friday. lie had
been giving series of vocal entertain
ments i'm TIE local schools there previous
to his death. He was sixty-seven years oil
age. ,4A ~
The road from Woodstown to the cream
ery and Webster's mill is badly blockau-
ed with snow. almost impossible and ex-
tremely dangerous. 1t seems to MS the bor-
anoh fathers should have put force eimen
on to open the way. 1t is short piece OF
road. but probably more travelled by tine
farmers than any other IN the neighoor-
heed exec pit that to the station.
The Pittsgroye Presbyterian church at
Doretowu. was reopcned on last Sabbath,
DECEMBER 18th. The Rev. DIR. Jelly, Presi-
dent of New Windsor College, Nd,
preached the sermon, which was able and
appropriate. The prayer of dedication was
offered by the pastor Rev. Dr. john
Ewing. The church has been thoroughly
renovated The walls ana ceiiih@ nave LAY,
been frescoed in harmonious colors. Inc
pulpit furniture is entirely new. the chureh
is newly carpeted throughout, ana presents
Almost attractive appearances. ms church
is one of the largest and most prosperous
in the Presbytery of West Jersey.
This is the season of the year when peo-
ple begin to think of subscribing OF iehe"-
ing their subscriptions to Inherent news
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Those who were obliged to be early on
duty Yesterday morning had to lace
bowling blizzard of snow and wind. we
want to meet that man that told us u
would be fair and warm on Thursday II
he has few moments of time to spare us
we will hold sweet communion with nm.
We will. unless he gets the drop OH us,
"waller'' him good in convenient sho"
bank and put snow ball between ms
neck and cellar To trickle gently down ms
spine while he wends his homeward way
To look again at his weather report. no:
we won't do that; we'll inveisle him INTO
oar sanctum, that's what we'll DE- anu
when we have him comfortably fixed away
and he thinks he going to have gooa
time looking over our exchanges ana reau-
Ing the copy on the hook, well let the o.
flee hoy read beautiful s. to him ~
Italian. Ha, hal we'll fix him.