The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-07
LOCAL NEWS.

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The stock pens at the station have been
rooted over.
A poor crop of sweet potatoes is predict
ed by many.
Oar public schools will open on Monday,
September 18th.
A number of our citizens attended the
Bridgeton Fair Yesterday.
Monday was Labor Day, a legal holiday,
but was not observed in our town.
Wyckoff Council, Jr. O. U. A. NJ, of
this place, has surrendered its charter.
The ''dandy tomat" ventures into
Woodstown at the risk of his life these
days.
Yesterday was the occasion of Friends
Quarterly meeting at Woodstown. The
attendance was good.
A full report of the all-day prayer meet
ing held by the W. G. r. Z. on Tuesday is
given in another column.
The foundation for the new house of
Mrs. Thomas r. Coles, to be erected on
Bowen avenue, is about finished.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Freeholders will be held in the
Court House, at Salem, next Wednesday.
The annual meeting of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union of Woods
town will be held in their rooms this af-
terloon.
The annual convention of the Salem
County Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will be held at Salem on Wednesday,
September 10th.
Harry Richman and Ulster Atkinson,
who INDUCED in n race on our streets on
Wednesday evening, were fined five dollars
each and costs by Mayor Richman for fast
driving.
A new variety of watermelon has APP
peared in market, says the Pennsgroye
Record. 1t is called the Screen Gold,'
and the flesh, instead of being red, is of a
golden color.
e. Wallace & Bro, at their canning fac
tory in South WoodstOwn, have in operation
at the c~apper's bench a new tinman's fur
mace using kerosene oil, having done away
with the gasoline and charcoal furnaces.
The regular meeting of the Pilesgrove
Prohibition Society will be held at the res.
idence of Lewis b. Wright next Monday
evening, 10th inst, at 1880 o'clock. A full
attendance is urged as important business
will be considered.
The Pennsylvania State Fair is open
this week and will be all next week. 1t is
said to he greater and grander than ever
before. You can &c in the morning and
have ample time to get tired enough OF
sightseeing to return the same evening.
Samuel White has sold his four-year-old
Volunteer colt, emma "" which won the
our.year-old race at Thunderbolt Park last
week, trotting in 2.54, 2.494 and 2.5234, to
Josiah M. Hewitt, VIM. w. Fox and Jo-
siah Jordan. The price paid was 5000.
A union colored camp meeting is to be
held in Divers woods, near Pennsgrove,
by st. James A. U. NJ. p. church of East
Wilmington, and Mt. Salem of Woods
town, beginning tomorrow, Sept. Sth, and
to continue over two Sabbaths. Revs. i.
b.. Scott and C.. II. Walker have 1t in
charge.
Two new lamps have been placed in
front of the East Avenue Cottage, and one
in the rear, and they serve to light mp all
the surroundings on dark nights. They
give vastly more light than the borough
lamps, which no doubt cost more money, as
the cost of the former, we learn, was only
$3.25 each.
A beautiful new flag pole was brought
in town from Camden last evening and
will take the place of the one struck by
lightning two weeks ago in front OF the
new building on East avenue. 1t is seven
feet longer than the old one and much
nicer in every particular. 1t will be raised
to-day or tomorrow, and will be protected
with a lightning rod.
At the close of the session of the woods
town Lodge of Good Templars, on
Tuesday evening, the members were
invited to the lot in the rear OF the
NJ. e. Church whore a watermelon
spread had been prepared by the brothers
of the lodge. After tho feast the Good
Templars repaired to the W.. T.. i. =.
rooms and help the "Y.'s' hold a jubilee
meeting over the result of the election