The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-08-17

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A conference of the Prohibitionists of
this county with Cortland l.. Parker, chair
man of the State Central Committee, was
held in the w. G. r. L. room on Wednes-
day afternoon. Reports were given from
the townships represented and plans of
work discussed. The opinion seemed to
be general that the Prohibition vote would
not be reduced next Fall.
Barbed wire fences are now charged
with conveying lightning and killing stock
near by. 1t is stated that a COW belonging
to William Giles, of Deans, Middlesex Co.,
was standing near a barb-wire fence DUR
ing a thunder storm a few days ago, when
lightning struck the fence some distance
away and ran along the wires to where the
animal was standing, and killed her. A
COW belonging to Theodore West, of Three
Mile-Run, was killed in the same way.
Personal.
Wilmer Flitcraft, of Camden, was in
town yesterday.
Miss Hannie Taylor has returned from q
trip to Pitman Grove.
Miss Nellie Keeper, of Salem, is visiting
Miss Maggie Peterson.
The Misses Moore, of Clayton, are visit
ing relatives in Woodstown.
Mr.. Will Tice, of Deerfield, spent q few
days last week at Pitman Grove.
Miss Comley, Miss Petit and Miss Hor-
ner are guests at Jas. G.. Pancoast's.
Mrs. Bailey of Camden, with her daugh-
ter May, spent Sunday in Woodstown.
Clayton Ruff has accepted a situation
with w. II. Thompson 81 CO., of Salem.
Miss Joe Macaltioner returned home yes
terday after a weeks s~ojourn at Pitman.
Miss Elite French and Miss Allie Wood
of Salem, are among the guests at Asbury
Park.
DIR. Sheppard and Mrs. Lydia Mach iel,
both of Camden, spent Sunday in Woods
town.
Miss Mary Leap has been spending a few
weeks with relatives at Bridgeport and vi
entity.
Mrs. Bowkert, of Philadelphia, formerly
Miss Lille Sailor, is visiting Mrs. Jos. X
Lippincott.
Miss George Dickinson returned home on
Saturday after a visit of y few weeks in
Cumberland county.
Miss Annie Seybold, of Camden, who is
stopping at Mrs. Smith Hewitt's, is among
our summer visitors.
Mrs. William z. Flitcraft, and daughter,
with Miss Sallie Pancoast, are sojourning
at the Delaware Water Gap.
AL. Dunham, of Jacksonville, who is
employed at John Wanamaker's, Phila-
delphia, is taking his summer vacation.
Miss Allie Kelso, has returned to her
home in Philadelphia, after a weeks visit
with her friend, Miss Belle Weatherby.
Miss Zilla Bareford, of Wilmington,
Del. has been spending some time with
her uncle Jonathan Webster, near East
Lake.
Miss Katie McCloskey, saleslady in the
employ of John Wanamaker, is spending
her vacation at her former home in Woods
town.
Mrs. William Fogg, of Shiloh, has re-
turned home after a two-weeks' visit
among friends at Woodstown and else
where.
Mrs. Laura Lippincott Pancoast, living
near Harrisonville, has returned to her
home after spending several weeks at the
Sanitarium at Clifton Springs, N. y.
Mr.. James White, w%elLknown in this
| vicinity, buyer for Messrs. Strawbridge &
Clothier, Philadelphia, sails tomorrow for
| Europe on a steamer of the French line.
Miss Mary Mattson, who has lately beer
making her home in Philadelphia, will
again become a resident of IL town, and
will occupy part Of Henry Robbins resi-
dence.
Frank Cawley, son of Mrs. II. A. Cav
ley, who graduated with high honors from
Swa:thmore College last June, will return
to that institution next month, where he
has accepted the position of Professor OF
Engineering.
Mr.. W. A. F~lanigen, of Woodbury., OF
the firm of Comfy & Flanigen, wholesale
grocers, of Philadelphia, was in tow ON
Tuesday, looking after the interests oil the
tomato pack in this vicinity. He was the
guest of N. r. Lippincott.