The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-03-23
LOCAL NEWS.

Mount opens his ice cream saloon to-
morrow night.
John X Deacon recently had twenty
two chickens stolen from him.
Justices OF The Peace now have jurisdic-
ton in attachment cases, to the extent OF
5000
Thos. Green last week killed a hog for
DIR. Newton, of SharptowD, weighing 424
pounds.
The wheat crop is said to be iii splen-
did condition, giving farmers assurance of
an abundant harvest.
The Leap Year party that was TO have
been held last week isl be given in Hunts
Hall next Thursday evening.
Casimr Davis has purchased of Albert
Crothers the news stand and restaurant
lately owned by Charles Smith.
The regular quarterly meeting of the
Salem County Board of Agriculture will
be held at Alloway on Wednesday, April
25th.
Charles II. Riehmau will be sworn in as
Mayor of this Borough at the regular
meeting night of council on Monday even
ing next.
Geo. w. Crothers has just received a car
load of western seed oats, to which he in
vites our readers attention in another
column.
Ernst Becker viii furnish the room in
his building lately occupied by +. A. Mas
sey, and use it as a ladies ice cream saloon
and res taurant.
Dir. Sarah Taylor and Edw. Darlington
have purchased lots at Victoria, near
Westviile station, and contemplate build
ing on them this spring.
A thunder shower on Wednesday after
noon, accompanied by heavy rain and
wind, mixed beautifully with hail-stones as
large as peas. was an unusual thing for
this season of the<yea
The Pawnoe Indian Medicine Company
are giving nightly performances in the
Opera House and are drawing large audi
cnces Their medicines are meeting with
ready sale among our citizens.
The exhibition of art work made by the
Davis Sewing Machine company at the
store of Mrs. II. A. Lippincott this week,
is said by those able to judge to be very
fine, and It has commanded the praise OF
all who have seen it,
We learn as We go TO press OF The death
of John Broadway, of New Brunswick,
father Of Joseph s. Broadway, OF our town,
which occurred on Wednesday night. Mr..
Broadway has been living in New Bruins.
WICK Tor SeveGal years. nc iuhSA"i WIN
take place on Monday.
This year Easter will fall on the list of
Aprii-nine days earlier than last year.
The earliest possible day for Easter IS the
92d of March. and it fell on that day in the
wear 1918 for the first time in 200 years.
In 1918 Easter viii fall on tho 23d of
March. as it did in 1915 and 1856. The
latest Easter occurred in 1856, the gath of
April. and if will not fall on that date
again until l04j.
DIR. Susan +. Stackhouse, who delivered
the first lecture of the course of six in the
room of the w. C. T. u. on Saturday night,
was taken i'll and was unable to finish the
lecture. Owing to this, those who were
present, who came for the one lecture only,
will be entitled to attend the second IN the
course, free of charge This lecture VIII be
on the care of children TO morrow (satur,
day) evening, and will begin promptly at
half past seven O'Clock.
The trouble in the Yorktown School
District, No. 81, does not seem TO be set
tled yet. A call for meeting for the Cleo
tion of trustees was posted according to
law, and the meeting waa held last Tues
day night, but not one of the residents OF
the district was present, except the trustee
who posted the notices. After waiting
come time he closed the school house, and
now the trustees W i'll have to be appointed
by the County Superintendent.
The Postmaster General has issued cir
cnlar to all postmasters whose coinpensa-
tiou ranges frcm $500 10 $1,000 per annum
reauiring them TO back-stamp all letters
with the date and time OF their arrival;
also extending this requirement to all dis
trimming offices Of every class whatsoever,
Heretofore the Understanding of letters
was only required to be done at Offices ct
the 10000 class and higher, but II has
been done at the Woodstown Office Tor sew
eral years past.