The Monitor., 1888-05-18

Weodstown will not hold any formal SER
vices.
William Ballinger, of sharptown, has
sold his Volunteer stallion to Mr. Buchan-
an, OF Camden, for 5000.
Examination of candidates for teachers
certificates will be held in Salem on Friday
and Saturday of next week.
The Salem County Protective Assoca-
tion will hold regular meeting in Meal
listers Hall next Monday afternoon.
Woodstown has a dog that knows the
sound of the dinner bell of his owner, and
makes for home whenever he hears it.
Amos Buzby left the Springhouse cream
cry in pennsyly last week to assist in
the building OF the Daretown creamery.
A meeting of the- Salem County Pomona
Grange was held in the room of the Woods
town Grange at this place on "Wednesday
afternoon.
The derailing of train on the Sea Isle
branch of the West Jersey railroad on
MoEday afternoon delayed our late train
.dowB about an hour.
We print at the head of our local page
ahis week, the names Of the signcrs to the
mpplication for license for the hotel at this
Islaee, made at the present term OF court.
The Pawnee Indian Medicine Company
who have for a week past been located ut
IIarrisonyille closed there on Wednesday
night and opened i'll Sharptown last night.
Judge Reed will be at the Court Honse
at Salem on Thursday, May 3ist, at 10
O'Clock, A. NJ, To consider the application
recently made for holding local option
election i'm thiS county.
The statement in one Of the Salem papers
that fifty-ivc subp@nas were served III
Woodstown on Mond',y was rather exag-
.ge,atcd. Only about ten snbpTnas were
served in our town on that day.
A portYait of Jehu Allen, painted by his
daughter Miss Ida Allen, and two ilne
,crayon pictures of John turner's Two
yonne children, are on exhibition in Turn
er's warerooms. 1tie efayoh Wolk Was
done by Joseph Myers.
Few pretticr towns can be found in the
State Just nov than Woodstown. The
weather of the past week, with IT'S oeca-
sional showers, has brought out the leaves
on tho trees and all vegetation mas taken
long jump forward.
The audience in the Opera House last
NIGHT seemed to be well pleased with the
Pat Muldoon show. The attendance was
very Good considering the time OF year,
and the performance was about the heSt OF
the kind eyer given in the house
Robert p. Robinson, one of the oldest
and most respected citizens OF Sharptown,
PASSED away on "Wednesday, IN the o.ih
year of his age. Mr. Robinson was an IN
dnstrious honest. christian man and lived
useful lie. He had been in failing health
For mora fLoo y Vpar DaSt.
II was rnmo.ed around town last week
that one OF Noodstown's fair damsels was
among the contestants at the beauty
Shay at the Dime Museum, in ih'iadel-
phia, but n gentleman who visited the inu-
scum for the purpose oi ascertaihih' the
truth of the rnmer says that such was not
she case.
The members Of iIe W. C. T. Z. will
meet in their room this evening Tor the
purpose of pcrfectiiig arrangements IN con
,,eeiion with the Fourth Of jnly celebra-
tion which they propose holding. The
meinbers of the Pilesgrove Prohibition
Society and of tho Y. w. G. T. L. arc in
y;tcd to attend and confer with them in
This matter
A. Lincoln Kirk, gentleman who comes
veil recommended. will give an entertain
uent in the w. G. I. U, room at tins place
a., noxt Wednesday evening. May 23d. for
thc heuefit Of the w. G. T. U. Tho enter
tainment will be Of a high order, and one
,hat can be enjoyed by all, and VIII con-
eist of readings, rotations, lmpcrsoha-
,ions aud character sketches of variety
calculated to interest and please every one
,rhc adn,ission for adults will De acts,
children 15cts. Go and spend an ENJOY
able evening" and at the same time he'p
along good cause.