The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-04-06


Monday April 9th.
Secure seats for Hi Henry's minstrels at
+ Humphreys store.
| All new features at Hi Henry's min
strels next Monday night.
Balinger & Hewitt, dealers in live stock,
| shipped tiftv-one calves in one week.
Borton Somers injured one of his hands
| short time since while running some ma
| chinery.
| Hi Henry's famous Ministries larger and
| better than ever at the Opera House next
Monday night.
| Henry A. hickman is building a barn in
the rear of his new residence on Spring
| Garden Street.
The regular meeting Of the Borough
| Council will be held in the Mayors Office
next Monday night
| 1t looks as though Woodstown would
| have her usual share Of business at the
coming term of courts.
The Sucker" season has opened and
| the campaign torches Of 1884 are in great
demand among the boys.
Thos. Green killed five hogs for William
| Sicker on Monday that weighed 1926, 425,
| $50, $50 and Ais pounds each.
John c. Reeves has reconsiGered his in
| tention of moving to Camden, and will
still continue in the store business at
| Yorktown.
! A valuable stallion belonging to Clinton
| While, is reported to have died suddenly
| this week, but we are unable to give fur
| Their particulars.
County Clerk Coles has received com
missions for those who We're appointed
| Commissioners of Deeds for Salem county
| by the recent Legislature.
The New York World of Tuesday con-
| tains quarter-column article headed
"Woodstown's Bitter Feud," written in
| its usual inaccurate and sensational man
ner.
The "Silver King" one of the best of
| modern plays, will be presented i'll the
| Opera House at this place on Thursday,
| April 10Th, by Harry Miners New York
| Company.
! Ernst Becker is having the front room
| of his building, lately occupied by II. A.
| Massey, nicely fitted up, and will open it
| next week as a ladies restaurant and ice
cream saloon.
| Mrs Thomas Coles, who has been suf-
| ferng from an attack Of paralysis for some
| time past, died at her residence in North
| Woodstown yesterday. The deceased was
about sixty years of age
Miss II. II. Flanagan has returned from
her trip to Florida, and wishes to announce
| that her photograph gallery, opposite the
| public school, will be open for business
| next Tuesday April 10TH
| Ernst Becker had electric alarm bells
| pat in his building on Tuesday. Some
alteration were also made in the alarms in
the Bank and at ID. W. c. Whites
! ieweiry store at the same time.
! The frame Of the new barn to replace the
| one recently burned down in the rear OF
the residence of L. b. Humphreys, was
raised on Wednesday, The barn is the
same size and occupies the same site as the
| old one.
The old red-house alongside the Baptist
! Church, one of the landmarks of the town,
which was bnilt by Zaccheus Ray one of
the oldest settlers of the town. has been
torn down. A parsonage for the church
W ill be erected on the lot.
Miss Mary Shute while coming out of
| Church street one night this week, STUN
| bled over trunk that crosses the path
near Main street, and which is raised some
two inches above the sidewalk level, sew
erely bruising her face and person by the
fall This place should be attended to.
The people of Alloway have been treat
ed to literary curiosity in the shape of
IAN Open Letter written by parties I'M
| known, and referring in puZzling terms to
| the liquor traffic. local application being
made The letter was circulated at night
and many are the surmises as TO its origin.
The ladies' Of the Baptist Church at this
place will hold an Oyster Festival in
| McAllister's Hall, ON Friday and Saturday
evenings, April 18th and 14th. Oysters in
every style will be served, and an album
dance Of ice cream, cake, fruit, coniec-
tionery, etc. The proceeds will be devoted
to the building of the new parsonage.
small admission fee of five cents will be
charged at the door.
| The old still house site on the farm of
| Hugh Grimshaw has been fixed upon for
erecting the IIarrisonvillc creamery, which
| will be run by Gates & Borton. Car
penters have been engaged to construct the
building as soon as the foundation is built
and the proprietors will commence work
tn sre next Monday. \ plot of ground 1877
feet frontage and 80 feet deep has been
| leased for the purpose.
George Abbott, the largest Philadelphia
| buyer of milk in this section, has publicly
announced that, owing to the failure of the
| Legislature to modify the Milk law, he will
| refuse to purchase any more Salem county
milk. His reasons are that, while the milk
has given general satisfaction, there are
| times during the year when from natural
causes milk produced from cows of general
| breeding viii! not come up to the required
| legal standard of 10 per cent. solids, and
| he does not care to take the risk of the
heavy penalty imposed. This action of
Mr.. Abbott will cause the loss Of thousands
| of dollars to farmers in this vicinity,
Along the Railroads.
| Signals have been placed at tile switches
at each end of the siding at the station
here.
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