The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-04-27

Mrs. John w. Shultz, of Aubu IN, has q
rooster that has been setting for two weeks,
The proprietors of the Daretown ream,
cry have secured a lot of ground and will
building soon.
John N. Cooper, of Salem. one of the
oldest and most prominent citizens, died
suddenly Of paralysis on Sunday.
The Langley farm, near Willow Grove,
has been purchased by n gentleman from
New York State, and will be turned into
a grand Grnit farm.
r.. Henry Holme and Joshua Wadding-
ton of Salem left for Virginia last week.
Their canning factory is now being built.
They will remain IN Virginia until the
close of the canning season.
Wing Lane school has raised 800 and has
applied for an additional $50 offered by the
State. and will purchase a Ii library for the
use of the pupils. Miss Ella Denelsbeck,
the teacher, is building up the school.
The body found ia the Delaware River
below Pennsgrove on Sunday proved to be
that of David Walker, aged 10 years, OF
Chester, Pa, who, with two companions,
was drowned off that place on March %.
A tract OF wood land belonging to DIR.
W. f. Stiit, of Salem, located near Allo-
way, was fired on Sunday, and was extin-
guished by a few Alloway people after six
or seven acres of yaung timber had been
burned.
Miss Kate Regain, teacher of Yorktown
school. who has been on the sick list for
about ten weeks, is expected to resume
charge next week. She is an importaat
witness in the coming snit Of the colored
people against the school trustees.
Mcfarland & Garrison have had placed
in their creamery at Monroeville q DeLaval
milk separator in place of the Backstrom
separator which was first put in tie fac
tory. 1t is reported that the Backstrom
machine was considered unsafe. A sepa-
rator in q creamery in Kansas bursted a
short time since, terribly mutilating four
men.
John Ray, of Hancock's Bridge. recently
got possession Of a gray horse that has a
large black spot upon it which once
adorned the body of . calf. The hide was
accidentally torn of the horse when small,
when the owner conceived the happy idea
of replacing it with the hide of a cali, fresh
skinned, which proved a successful opera
ton in surgery.
Paulding and Colson, Of Daretown, re-
ceiyed a fine Jersey bull from Connecticut
recently. The animal is IS months old
and is Of the st. Hitler stock, a grade that
stands at the head of the list of Registered
Jerseys. Panlding and Colson have 10 an
imals now Of the same stock. DIR. Paul
ding has a COW of the same stock, which
he was offered 81. 900 for.
The Salem National Banking Company
have purchased Of the Ingham heirs a
ira ct Of land on West Broadway, near the
head of Market street. The site is 5Sxll7
feet. The price paid is not made public.
The present occupant of the premises,
Joseph w. Lippincott, has agreed to va
cate in two weeks, after which the pur-
chasers will erect on this valuable site a
commodious and modern banking house.
The body of b. E. Hcwa ard, son Of Rev.
]. B. Howard, Of the New Jersey Confer
ence. who was killed while coupling cars
out in Montana, March Sd, was taken
from the grave in Elmer cemetery lately,
and examined by physicians at the instl-
cation of the Accident Insurance Com
pany. in which his life was insured for
SO, 900. They were unwilling at first to
nav tho insurance, ~contending that Mr..
Howard died of heart disease. Al the
examination it was found that his
windpipe was completely severed in
twain, one of his ribs broken, and his
heart badly bruised, prov ing conclusiveiy
that his death was caused by being Jam :
med between the cars.