The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-02-24

| The basket festival recently given by
the w. G. 7. IT,, of Pedrcltown, netted
the Union over $50.
George r. Pedrick, of Pedricktown,
| has purchased the noted stallion, Othello,
Jr., Of Joseph Steward, OF Mnllica Hill.
| AS the outcome of distul banec at the
"Bellowing Bull. a quart place at tluin-
| ton, one day lately. William Fogeding
secured warrant from Justice Wood, Of
| Salem, for the arrest of David Henderson,
| the proprietor, on a charge Of assault and
| battery llendrickson waived Il hearing
and gave bonds in 5000 TO appear st
| Court.
At the annual meeting of the East View
Cemetery Company held at Salem on
| Tuesday, officers were elected as follows:
| President, W. Graham Tyler; Secretary,
Benjamin Patterson; Treas, w. n. billiard.
| 1t was reported that the receipts from the
sale OF lots during the year were Sl6SG-S So.
| The nnmber of lots sold was 49, and the
interinents numbered IS.
The large shoe factory Of j. L. Fitzhugl',
at Centreton, was destroyed by fire, on
| Wednesday evening OF last week, the origin
being unknown. 1t is less thana year since
| the building, which stood on the same site,
| but occupied as a hay fork factory, was
burned to the ground. The shoe factory
gave employment to 23 hands. Mr.. f'it2-
| hugh figures his loss ON the building,
stock, machinery, &c, at over $1,000, with
| $4,000 insurance.
The following delegates were elected at
meeting of the Prohibition voters OF
Salem held on Monday evening, 10 attend
the State Prohibition Convention in Tren-
| ton, on Feb. 2Sth: East Ward Edward
Dare Joseph b. Youker Smith Bilder-
back, Henry Chavanne, NJ. d., George
| Dare West Ward-Rev VIM. Louder
bough, Rev. A. IL. Semhower, Thomas
Brown, II. T. Seagrave
| A syndicate composed of W. Henry
Dunn, Richard Hiles, Biddle Hiies,
! George Ayares. Loren Plummer, Louis
Pancoast and j w Acton. on Saturday
purchased of Mrs. Maria II. Eakin, the
Garwood House property on Market street,
| Salem, for ser. COO The syndicate will at
once connect the lower floors into modern
stores, while Tie upper floors will be used
for Offices, society rooms. etc, etc. The
new purchasers expect to have the stores
ready for occupancy by March 23th next.
| Charles A. Morrison, a young man liy-
ing at Elmer, was arrested by Deputy
| Marshal Mccormack and arraigned before
| United States Commissioner Cassady, Of
Camden, on Saturday, charged by Postal
Inspector Parham with sending obscene
matter through the mails. The letter,
which was directed to a young woman, had
been sent to the dead letter office, where it
was opened and an official detailed to ar
rest Morrison. lie acknowledged his guilt
and was held in $500 bail for a further
hearing.
The laird anniversary of St. Paul's NJ.
e, church, of Pennsgroye, was celebrated
Oh Thursday Of last week with appropri-
ate exercises Rev. Il. G.. Hancock, Of
Burlington, preached in the morning; Rev.
j. S. Sooy, Of Trenton, in the afternoon;
and Rev. w A. Allen, Of Pennsvillc, in
the evening. Tho liquidating society re-
ported that 81 900 had been paid ON the
principal OF the church debt and the
Ladies' Parsonage committee reported
they had paid the interest and 1850 on the
principal on the parsonage debt during the
past year About $500 was raised by sub
] scrption during the day.