The Monitor., 1888-06-08

appearance.
Wild honeysuckle is now in bloom, and
laurel will soon be out.
The potato bugs have been troubling the
farmers in this county fourteen years.
Jos. L. Duell is reported as having one
of the finest fields of wheat in this section.
A liberal award awaits at this office the
finder of ring which is advertised in an
other column.
The Quarterly meeting of the Friends
was held in Salem yesterday. The attend
ance was not so large as usual.
l. r. Carney, on Sunday last, found a
horse blanket. The owner may have the
same by calling on Mr.. Carney and prov
ing property
Frank, the coach dog owned by John III.
Turner, died of old age yesterday and was
given burial deserved by such faithful
animals. He was about fifteen years old.
Active preparations are being made by
the temperance people for the Fourth OF
July celebration they propose to hold in
our town, and full particulars OF the same
will be given soon.
Children's Day will be observed at the
Baptist Church on Sunday next. In the
evening there will be children's service,
consisting Of recitations, dialogues, singing
&c. In the morning the sermon will be
appropriate to the occasion
The Fenwicks of Salem have challenged
the Woodstown base ball club TO play a
series of games for the championship of
the county. One of the conditions of the
challenge is that each club shall pay one
| half of the expenses OF an umpire to be
selected by A. j. Reach, of Philadelphia.
The bird law of this State provides that
no person shall, during the months of
| March, April, May, June, July or August,
| willfully molest, tear down or destroy the
nest of any wild bird, or take, carry away
| or destroy the egg or eggs of any such
wild bird, under 4 penalty of 50 for each
| offence.
| 1t is claimed that the presence of the
castor oil bean plants around the house
will prevent mosquitoes from becoming
very numerous. AS the plant makes a
| beautiful ornament it would not be out OF
place, and might, therefore, be given a
| trial with advantage. 1t is doubtful, how
ever, if there be any plants that will keep
away the pests.
Two slick and oily tongued strangers
have been doing lucrative business in an
| up-Jersey town selling soap under misrep
/ TeSenbdblOfiS. He tfiCk WIS W 20 iHbo IL
grocery, buy up bar soap, cut it into small
pieces, perfume it, wrap each piece in a
| fancy wrapper and sell it for a ''new and
popular shaving or toilet soap, at ten
cents a cake. On each bar of soap bought,
they made net profit of sl.G2.
| A member of the Society of Friends who
attended Quarterly Meeting at Salem, yes
| terday, vas given some one elses horse to
| ~; I,u tIo in tha
stable at which lie put up his team, and
| did not discover the difference until he
reached Woodstown. The mistake was
| discovered at the livery stable when the
| rightful owner of the horse came after his
team, and a telephone message was sent
up, and matters adjusted satisfactorily.
In response to a request from the Wash
ington Tribune, the adjutant of the late
John G. Foster Post has forwarded the
names, companies, regiments and addresses
of thirty ex-union soldiers residing
| in this section. 1t is the object of the M
ti0nal Tribune to secure the names and ad
dresses of every surviving Union soldier,
for the information of veterans who arc
anxious to get track of their old officers and
and comrades. Six hundred Thousand
names have been secured.
Tho following is list of the letters re
naming in the Post Office, at Woodstown
for the month ending May 31st, 1888. Mr.
James Banks, w. W. Banks, Mr.. William
Cox, Susan Carpenter, George Conover
Mr.. Nathan Fossctt Miss Mary E. Glib
son, Mrs. Henry lIinson, Michael Kcegal
(3), JOS Kain, Mrs. Gotleib Kreiger, Mr.
Lamott, Mrs. Hannah Lester, Geo. Law
renee, Mr.. David Lewis, Herman Muller
W. II. Milliken, NJ d., Mrs. Sarah Peter
son, Edward Robinson, III. l.. Slape, Esq.
Mrs Matte A. Smith, Miss Sarah Shorter
Mrs N. Simpson, Rev. David Tatum q
Mr.. Daniel Tillman, Collins ID. Williams
(2), Samuel d. White Mrs. Wilkinson
George Williams, Mrs Weather, Edw
Yates, Esq
The suit of Empson Atkinson agains
Ernst Becker, engaged the attention o
Esquire Dickinson, lawyers Fogg ant
Armstrong, and twelve man jury yester
day. Tho suit was brought to recover
800 forfeit money, paid by Atkinson t.
Becker, on agreement that Atkinson was
to clear property, sold by him to Becker
OF all tenants by the 25th of March 1SS1
or pay 500. Atkinson failed to clear the
premises and paid the forfeit, and now
sues to recover it back, on the ground that
Becker was virtually in possession because
he afterwards received rent from tho
tenant, L. A. Massey. The jury re
mained ont until seven O'Clock, wher
they returned a verdict for the de
fendant This case was an ''annex" t'
the ono tried last summer between Atkin
son and L. A. Massey.