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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-14
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The regular meeting of the County Board
of Freeholders was held in the Court
House at Salem on Wednesday. An unu-
sual number of bills from the various town.
ships were read and ordered paid, includ-
ing the burial expenses of several INDECENT
soldiers.
David Sparks, of Warrington, appeared
before the board and asked that a wider
bridge be put in near his residence. and a
committee consisting of Messrs. Shute,
Humphreys and Bevis was authorized TO
act in the matter.
Messrs. Mayhem, Humphreys and EN-
mel were appointed to view a bridge neal
Avis Mill.
A committee was also appointed on a
bridge near Elmer and the Board then ad-
journed until the second Wednesday in Oc-
tober.
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Reeves Dyer, of Philadelphia, was the
guest of j. N. Curry yesterday.
Sheriff Ridgway, of Gloucester County,
was noticed among the crowd yesterday.
Mr.. Henry Kirby and wife, of Camden,
spent Sunday in town with w. Harry
Smith.
Miss Nellie Black, of Chester, Pa, has
been visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Elma
Fogg of our borough.
Miss Lavinia Conover has returned from
a twO-weeks vacation, part of which has
been spent in Millville.
Mr.. and Mrs. John leopard and son, of
Westville, are spending a few days in our
town, the guests of w. Harry Smith.
Mrs Hugh Grimshaw, of Harrisonville,
who has been under a physicians care with
symptoms of typhoid fever, is recovering.
Miss Verna and Maggie Black, of Piles
grove, started to school at Pennington
Seminary last week. Miss Verna is in her
senior year and will graduate next spring.
Judge E. A.. Armstrong, in company
with Christopher A. Bergen Esq, of Cam
den, the Republican nominee for Congress,
were in town yesterday, and visited the
Fair.
Salem county will be well represented at
the State Normal School this year. Miss
Anna Stretch, of Hancock's Bridge, Miss
Sarah S. Ayars, of Salem, and Miss Martie
Taylor, of Auburn, will attend.
Abram Cochran, Esq. and wife, of Ell
mer, started on a western trip on Tuesday
to be gone three weeks. They expect to
visit the Ohio Centennial exposition at Gin
c~innati, and to visit their old home in Preble
county, Indiana.
l. Lewis Davenport, who recently moved
to Watsontown Pa, to take charge of a
Touring mill there, is with his wife visiting
Charles Garrison, on Mill street. Mr.. Da-
venport has given up his position at
Watsontown and accepted a more remu-
nerative one in a large mill in West Phila-
delphia.
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churches showed a present membership of
5279 in the bounds of the association, the
increase during the year being seventy
six. There have been 213 baptisms. In
the evening Rev. DR.. T.. 3. Palmer, dis
trict secretary, delivered an address on
foreign missions; Rev. A. H. Sembower,
of Salem, an address III state missions,
and there was a general discussion on as
ISOLATION missions.
The Association finished up its business
on Wednesday. In the morning the men,
bers assembled and received the report of
the committee to nominate preachers.
Rev. A. 3. McCurdy was named to preach
the Introductory sermon and Rev. r. G..
Cass the doetrinal sermon at the next
meeting Of the Association. The commit
tee on ministerial education and the COM
mittee on temperance and the one on trus-
tees for the South Jersey Institute, made
their reports, which reports were thorough
ly discussed. At the conclusion of these
subjects the doctrinal sermon was preached
by Rev. w. E. Cornwell, of Woodstown,
taking as his text LIST John 2;5.
After dinner the Association again as
sembled and the committee to nominate a
treasurer presented the name of r. T. Sea-
graves. The report Of the American Bible
Lands was read and addresses by lev. w.
Ii. Maryland, d. d., Mrs. S. NJ. Miller and
Miss S. Walker followed.
The evening session convened and the
reports Of the Sunday-schools were heard
and the question of Sunday-school work
most ably discussed by Reys. J. J. Pier
son, T. G. Cass and E. Basset Morris.
The report of the Habituary Committee
was then heard presented by Rev. i. J..
Glover, and the meeting was then adjourn
ed, this ending the work ofthe 10th ami
versary of the West Jersey Baptist Asso-
citation. The next anniversary meeting
will be held in Millville, converting Tues
day, Sept. 10th. 1889.
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Just over tne county Lines.

Company A, Third Regiment New Jer-
sey Volunteers, is to celebrate its annual
reunion at Glassboro to-day.
The Cumberland County Prohibition
Convention has been called to meet in
Vineland On September 10Th.
Peddlers from Atlantic and Gloucester
counties are said to be retailing liquors in
Cumberland county, and secret police are
looking them up.
The Goth annual Sunday-school Conven-
ton of Gloucester county will be held i'll
Woodbury. on Thursday evening, Sept.
9th, and all day Friday, Sept. 2Sth.
The Pitman Grove School District has
decided to build a two-story addition to
the present school house, to be completed
by December list. The improvements, it
is estimated, will cost about $4,000.
Willie F. Stratton, son ofNathan STRAIT
ton, died at his fathers residence, near
Mullica Hill, on Tuesday of consumption,
aged 81 years and six days. The funeral
will be from his fathers residence to-day.
Rev. William II. Jeffreys, a former we'll
known and popular minister OF the New
Jersey Methodist Episcopal Conference,
died at Trenton on Sunday night. The
funeral was private and the interment
took place at Clarksboro.
The Cumberland County Agricultural
Socicty's Fair last week was in every re-
spect a success. 1t was held two days,
with a net profit of about $1,000, which
amount will almost wipe out tie debt in
CURED last year, at which time the fair
was held three days.
Joseph Harker, of Gibbstown, was
brought before Justice Page, at Woodbury.,
on Monday, on a charge of attempting to
bride Samuel Duncan, of Greenwich town
ship, at the Local Option election in Glou-
cester county. Harker was held in $500
bail to answer at court.
1t is rumored in Gloucester City that
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
has purchased the property of the Glou-
cester Ferry Company, and that the new
owners contemplated running q road from
Gloucester City to the seaside resorts in
South Jersey, and also a road through the
prominent towns along the Delaware river.
The laying of the track on the extension
of the railroad from Glassboro to Mullica
Hill has been delayed on account of the
difficulty in procuring rails. The track is
laid to Five Points, and will probably be
extended to a point about one mile from
Mullica Hill, where a temporary station
will be built and used as a depot until the
trestle at the Mullica Hill end is complet-
ed, which will not be for another year.
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Frank +. Patterson, formerly proprietor of
the Camden Courier, has started TO build a
four-story printing hoRse OF Federal street
below second.
DIR. w. II. +. Miller, state Veterinary SUR
geon, dispatched twenty-five dogs in nineteen
minutes by the application of prnssic acid at
the Camden dog-pound last Friday.
An interesting real estate suit has been com
| menced in the Court of Chaneery which, it is
stated, viii involve the title to about so0oacres
of land in the townships of Hamilton, Gallo
way and Mullica and Egg Harbor City.
The notification OF the woman's Christian
Temperance Union to the liquor dealers Of
Atlantic City. that unless the latter complied
with the new sunday law they would be pros
| ecuted, seemed to have its desired effect last
| sunday, as not one bar room in that city was
open on that day.
The Methodist Ministers Association, OF
Camden. will next Monday discuss the ques-
ton, 'lAre Christianity and good morals in
themselves, as maintained by the Prohibition
issues, at stake in the near election, as impor-
tant as the tariff, fisheries and finances are 80
the welfare ofth nation -
The Atlantic County Agricultural ana Hor-
ticultural Association having purchased the
| property, rights, and privileges of the old Egg
Harbor City Agricultural Society, willendeav-
| or to make their first annul fair. which viii be
| held in Egg Harbor City Sept. p, q, "a and u
| the most brilliant that has ever been held in
south Jersey.
The Atlantic County Grand Jury on We'd
ncsday returned % true bills OF Indictment
Among them was one against young Elder for
| the murder of his father at H~amInonton. No
bill was found against William Lewis, who
was charged with throwing George Lii OF an
excursion train at Elwood and causing his
death. Lewis was discharged.
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Corner Stone LAYING.

The corner stone of the new Haines'
Neck NJ. Il. church, in Warrington, was
laid ON Friday afternoon. The stone was
put in position by Presiding Elder Dob
bins. Rev. P. Corson, the pastor in
charge, made the prayer. Rev. Samuel
Webber read a portion of the Scriptures,
while the sermon was delivered by Rev.
Z. c. Hancock, of Salem. The corner
stone was not covered, for the reason that
a number of documents intended to be put
in the stone were not ready. About 500
was raised during the afternoon, and about
$40 was cleared by the supper given by the
ladies in the evening.
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The changed Jury System.

For tho first time in the history of Salem
county the services of the sheriff will not
be required in preparation of the panels of
grand and petit Jurors for the October
term of court. VIM. Patrick, of Quinton,
and Edward Wallace, of Pilesgrove, at the
last session of the Legislature, were elect
ed Jury Commissioners for this county,
and they will, for some time to come, per-
form the duties of the sheriff so far as the
preparation of list and selection of grand
and petit jurors are concerned. In accord
ance with the provision that the Commits
sioners should not be of the same political
party, they were elected by the Legislature
to represent the Democrats I'M the Re-
publicans alike. There will be two radi-
cal changes in the new system over the old.
By the old system the sheriff selected the
grand jurors. There was no drawing of
names from a wheel or any other method
of selection depending upon chance. The
sheriff simply selected twenty-four reputa-
BILE citizens and summoned them forthwith.
The names of the grand jurors were also
kept strictly private from all excepting the
deputies or constableS who served the sum-
mons. BY the new law this system of Sc
crecy is virtually abolished. The Jury
Commissioners are directed to prepare a
list of seventy-five names, all of which are
cast into a wheel. Then, in the presence
of the county court, twenty-five names are
drawn out by one of the commissioners.
The drawing is in public, before the court,
and the names are recorded. After the
panel of grand jurors is thus drawn, a list
of double the names necessary for the petit
panels is prepared, under the supervision
of the court and drawn by one of the COM
missioners. The new method provided
for the petit panels is very similar to the
old. The preparation of the list and the
drawing cannot take place more than thirty
days from the time of holding court. The
presiding judge of the County Court makes
the order for the drawing which will take
place on Tuesday, Sept. is.
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We can sell you a good 36-inch all Wool
Black French Cashmere at 90 cts, better
at s.. and better yet at GO. the latter 40
inches wide. We have just received an
other purchase of the 46-inch Henrietta
cloth that we nave sold so much of at 81 90.
1t is little trouble to sell this if we can get
beside a sample of some bought elsewhere,
ours always takes the premium. Bring sam
pies Of the cheapest and best Cashmeres
You have seen at a given price, and give
us q chance to compare with ours.
L. u. Humphreys a. Co.
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ALI over me CnunfY

The lax rate in Salem has been fixed at
SLIT on the 500.
The Daretown sch DOL was re-opened last
week, with Miss Hattie Fish as teacher.
All the quart places" On the outskirts
of Salem have been closed since the local
option election.
Alloway public school opened on Mon
day last with T. J. Clark, principal, and
Miss Sallie Ayars, assistant.
The stocking factory at Elmer, owned
and operated by George Selb, was destroyed
placed at $4,000, which is said to be covered
by insurance,
Richard G. Miller, of Alloway, has re-
ceived the contract for furnishing the lum-
Der, both white oak and yellow pine, for
the new bridge across the Maurice River
at Maurioetown, Cumberland county.
Samuel Nichols, a resident of Pittsgrove
township, was fined $3.50 one day last
week, by Squire Hitchner, for disturbing
a Local Option meeting that was being
held in the Union Grove school house. He
had been imbibing too freely, and attempt
ed to organize an opposition meeting out
side.
The Young Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union, of Pennsgrove, have elected
the following officers to serve the ensuing
year President, Miss Belle j. Alloway;
Vice Presidents, Misses Susie Flanagan and
Edith Denny; Recording Secretary, Mrs.
May Smith; Corresponding Secretary, Miss
Carrie V. Holton; Treasurer, Miss Alice
Frambes.
(tbor1ae Rr1rr,f, ,ou- I,1+a1 ~ Dn,ne
vile will be 36x50 feet, three stories high,
and will be built on the old ship yard
property. 1t will accommodate 400 guests.
A new wharf will also be built in front of
the place. 1t is said that the owners of
the excursion steamer Orchard Stockton"
are interested with Mr.. Brown in the en-
terprise.
Lightning struck the barn on the Pan
coast farm, tenanted by John Callahan on
the road from Quinton to Acton's station,
on Saturday. The lightning struck the rod
which was broken, then went into the hay
NOW, tearing Oft the weather boards and
splitting a large beam. The electric fluid
then ran to the rod again, and down that
to the ground. A hole was made in the
hay by the lightning large enough to ad-
NIT a mans body. Fortunately no fire re-
suited.
Charles Stevenson, of Elmer, is the owner
of a horse 81 years old, that still retains a
lively gait and takes a firm hold of the bit.
The horse was purchased at a vendue in
1858, when it was one year old, by Henry
j. Dubois. 1t afterwards became the prop
erty OF Mr.. Mcintosh, and stood in the
stable for ten years without ever being har-
messed or taken out. He was then pur-
chased by Mr.. Stevenson. the present own
er. The animal, to all outward appear
ances, is good for 81 years more.
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The eighteenth annual fair Of the West
Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural As
ISOLATION, held on their grounds near
Woodstown this week, may be voted a sue
cess, though it is doubtful if the associa-
ton will ave a very large balance to its
credit after settling up, as the bad weather
kept the attendance down to small pro-
portions on the first two days. Tuesday
was very stormy and the number of visi-
tors was very small. Races announced for
that day were postponed until Wednesday
morning. Wednesday dawned brightly
but the crowd in attendance was scarcely
equal to that of an average first day. The
postponed races were all disposed Of on
that day and preparations were made for
the big rush that was predicted for Thurs
day--a prediction that was verified by the
large number Of people in attendance,
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West Jersey Raptists.

The West Jersey Baptist Association
held its seventy-eighth annual session in
the First Baptist Church at Bridgeton on
Tuesday. This association now comprises
the churches of Gloucester, Cumberland,
Salem and Cape May counties. Rev. w.
T.. Cornwell, Of Woodstown, was chosen
moderator and Rev. j. Judson Pierson, of
Woodbury., clerk. The doctrinal sermon
was preached by Rev. DeWolt, of Salem.
A letter of dismissal was granted the Som
ers Point Church to unite with the Cam
den Association. Reports from the
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probably as many as were ever on the
grounds at one time.
OF the fair proper WI will not under
take TO 60 into details. In the exhibition
tent the display Of fancy work, flowers,
fruit, art work, preserves, household arti-
Giles, ETC., was voted fully up to the aver
age, while many Of the departments con-
tanned a better assortment than in former
years. A noticeable thing was the fact
that the exhibitors this year represented a
wider territory than usual, serving to make
the fair the "West jersey" in fact as
well as in anne. In the stock department
the entries were unusually large and fine,
especially among the horses, and much val
liable and blooded stock was presented for
the inspection Of those in attendance.
The army Of fakirs and gamblers that
Infested the grounds, presumably by the
permission OF the association, was every
where noticed and commented on. Jam
didly we do not think a greater number of
this class of frauds was ever before gath
cred together in this part of the state.
Games of chance of every description, COM
prising bagatelie boards, wheels offortuae,
sweat boards, etc., were scattered over the
grounds in every direction. Back of the
grand stand the man who wrapped five and
ten dollar bills around cakes of soap and
sold the same, minus the money, for three
dollars for three cakes, piled his game
without molestation, and thimble-rig man,
with his shells and the little ball that
mysteriouslY disappeared from under the
shell where it was placed, offered bets
freely as to the whereabouts Of the little
sphere but, luckily for the lockers on.
found no victims. This man was marched
off the grounds on Wednesday, but he
turned up again yesterday and recon-
menced operations, but without success so
far as we can learn. There was no lack of
other games by which the unsuspecting
victim was tricked out of his money, how
ever, and we are confident that the
amount of money secured by these swind-
lers and gamblers, from those who were
persuaded to invest in their schemes, will
run away up in the hundreds. While the
association may reap a small amount
from the sale of privileges to such per
sons, the harm done to the rising genera
ton who indulge in such games of chance
cannot be estimated, and we feel sure that
the reputation of the fair will sustain more
injury than can be compensated for by the
money received if such ~disreputable char
acters are to be allowed to ply their
schemes in such numbers as they did this
year.
The following is the summary of the
races !:
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We nave silk umbrellas-called silk aud
generally sold as such; the warp only il
silk and the filing cotton, &c inch for e.;
IS inch S2.2J. Eight ribbed paragon
frames. mounted ON the ends of handles
with heavy l4-carat gold knobs. Is It Is
the fashion now for every one to carry .
silk rain umbrella, we commend these ~
being Of exceptional good value for ths
MONEY!. d. Humphreys 81 Co.
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We have discontinued the publica-I
ton OF the names OF the signers of the
petition for license in Woodstown.
We have good reason to believe that
lat least four of the list voted "dry" in
the election OH September 4th, and as
to the others there will be no occa-l
sion for their services in that line for
the next three years.
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Our customers tell us that u shoes
wear better than those they buy elsewhere.
This is easily accounted for. We've been in
this business for 50 y-ears-know what to
accept and what TO reject-and are always
in position to protect our patrons. II you
want anything in Shoes give our stock .
trial. New store under the Opera House.
L. i. Humphreys.
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Ofice hours, 600 A. M. to 500 P. NJ.
Onice hours for money order business. 700
A. NJ. to 100 p. NJ.
MAILs-Close at 6.45 and SOB A.. NJ, 10. 33 and
Alb p. NJ. Arrive at 9.39 A. NJ, 500 and 700 p M.
SALEM MAILs-Close ut 9.l9 A. NJ. and 40 p. M.
Arrive at 1888 and 4.l5 p. NJ.
SHARPTowN M~AlLs-Closea at 80 A. M. Arrive
at 7.30 A. NJ.
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LODGES AND SOCIETIES.

f1D.
WooDsrowN LoDGE, No. Jos, L. O. q. T.
Meets every Tuesday evening in Turner's
building.
WooDsrowN LODGE, No. 1873, 4. Il A. M
Meets Tuesday evening, on or before full
moon and two weeks thereafter, in Borton's
Hall.
WooDBTNE LODGE, No. 1853, 1. %. O. F.
Meets in turner's Building every Friday
evening.
MosAosA TRIBE, No. AZ. INF. o. Il. NJ
Meets in turner's Building every Monday
evening.
WooDsTowN FRANCE, No. 8, z. OF IL
Meets every Wednesday EVENING" in Turner's
Building.
ARM COUNCIL, No. IS, o. U. a. NJ
Meets every Tuesday evening in Riley's
Building.
WoMAN's CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION
Meets every Friday evening at their room
in Turner's Building. President, Mrs. Anna
+. Souder; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. e.
b.. Humphreys.
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If you want the celebrated Reeve CT
''Lester'' boots, cote the New Store under
the Opera House.
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9irectnru.
WEST JERSEY RAILROAD.
on and after JUNO BON. 1sss.

Trains going north.-z.07 and SIG A. M, 1913
and 402 p. NJ. Sundays, 7.07 a. NJ, and 5.1I p. M.
Trains going south.-9.29A a. M, 2.47, AS and
7.G5 p. NJ. sundays, 9.36 A. NJ. and 7.39 i. T.
Trains leave Philadelphia.-S.2 20 A. NJ, 80. 34O
and $50 Z. NJ. Sundays, S.15 A. NJ. and 500 P. NJ.
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The celebrated Lester Boots, said TO be
the best in the market, for sale by E. Is.
Humphreys, under the Opera House.
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FR~IENDs-Services on First and Fifth DAYS at
1880 A. NJ. Monthly meeting first Tuesday
after last Monday in the month. Sunday
school meets ut 900 o'clock every Sunday
morning.
METHODIST EPIscoPAL-ley Il. III. Durelf.
Services at 1000 A. NJ. and 7.30 Il. M. PRAYER
Meeting Wednesday ut 80 P. NJ.
Sunday School ut 200 p. NJ, superintendent,
George w. Boone.
BAPTIsr-Itev. w. e. Cornwell.
Services at 1000 A. NJ. and 7.30 p. NJ. PRAYER
meeting Thursday at 7.30 p. NJ.
Sunday school ut 200 p. M, Joseph Bradway,
superintendent. -
PREsBYTERIAN --ltev. L. p. johnson.
Services at 1000 A. NJ. and 1870 p. NJ. PRAYER
meeting Wednesday at 7.30 p. NJ.
sunday School at Has A. M, }. Il. Jaquette,
Superintendent.
CATHoLIC-iey. Father Tracey.
Beginning Sunday, January 9th, services Mt
IL O'Clock, a. NJ, and every other Sunday at 0
O'Clock, a. NJ.
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the Gloucester County Courts.

NoUeS rejected, ib.
LinnOrS. qG.
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Membership
Aliuitl 40
Permits granted for the use of books at s
cents per week, on application to any of the
trustees.
II. S, FoGg. Secretary
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lhe official Vote.
The following are the official figures of
the Local Option election held last week.
as returned by the Board of Canvassers at
their meeting in Salem last Friday.
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PnEsGRovE LIBRARY N READING Room.
OPEN SATURDAYS FROM 800 TO 800 p. M.
econd story ltiley's Building.