The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-12-14
E0CAE. NEWS.


There was an unusually large ring
around the moon on Wednesday evening.
Mrs. II. A. Lippincott makes her Christ
mas announcement in this number. Read
it.
Israel e. Morgan is now occupying his
recently remoIeled house on the Daretown
road.
Isaac Coles killed a hog for Thomas
Lippincott a Tuesday weighing 575
pounds.
The Sunday Schools are now rapidly fill
ing up preparatory to the Christmas dis
tribution.
The time of evening services at the
churches of this town has been changed
from Z 80 to 7 O'Clock.
The pond was frozen nearly over yester-
DAY morning, and the cold weather last
night finished the work.
Thos. Green killed this week for Charles
Brown, %Sharptown, a fourteen-months pig
that weighed All pounds.
d. r.. Cruise has been awarded the con-
tract for papering the lecture room of the
NJ. f. Church at this place.
Some communications on the question of
fire protection for our Borough are crowd
ed out of our Issue this week.
In many of the Methodist churches last
Sunday there were special services in
memory of Charles Wesley, who died 100
years ago.
Thirty thousand Christmas trees left
Camden on Tuesday for New York. They
were all cut from lower Jersey forests and
forwarded.
Jas. II. Howell has purchased of JOS. X.
Riley the house on the Keen property, east
of Woodstown, and will remove the same
to Bushtown.
There will beng large sale of wagons,
carriages, sleighs, harness, robes, ETC., at
Mark Ayares' carriage shop tomorrow
Saturday afternoon at o'clock, sharp.
A young man who was suspected of hav-
ing appropriated some jewelry belonging
to one of our citizens was subjected to a
search process on Wednesday morning, but
to no avail.
s.Only A German was performed by
julie Keen and his company in the Opera
House Monday night to a light audience.
The performance was much liked and the
German character acting of julie Keen was
excellent.
Collector Ballinger will occupy Goforth's
shop, on East avenue, tomorrow, and on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of
next week, to collect taxes. lie will also
be at virgins store, in Sharptown, on
Monday, between 2 and 5 O'Clock, r. NJ.
As Mrs. Anna F. Souder was alighting
from the late Town train at our station on
Saturday evening, the train started and
Mrs. Souder was either thrown or fell to
the platform. She was taken to her home
in a carriage, where she speedily recover
ed from the effects ofthe accident.
The Tuesday evening prayer meetings
connected with the Baptist church, under
the direction of the Society of Christian
Endeavor, are well attended and very in
teresting. The public are cordially invit-
ed. Young people will fad these meetings
very helpful to them in their Christian life.
An interesting letter from Paris, written
by Miss Lizzie Ii. Atkinson, who is pursu-
ing her art studies abroad, is among the
articles crowded out of this weeks issue by
the pressure on our advertising columns.
1t will appear next week. Miss Atkinson
will probably return home sometime this
month.
d. w. c. White, the old established jew
eier. is out this week with a timely an
nouncement of goods in the holiday line.
Mr.. White tells us he never before had
such a varied aud large assortment to select
from, and our readers will do well to take
this into consideration before laying in
their purchases in this line.
L. A. Massey, the ~ieweler. has some
thing to say to our readers this week for
the holidays. Mr.. Massey has greatly i'm
proved his property by an increase of count
er room, new display cases, and an over
hauling generally, and is fully prepared
for the accommodation of buyers OF holi-
days goods. lie has a fine stock displayed.
In accordance with a time-honored Gus
tom the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Company
will for the Christmas and New Year hol-
idays sell excursion tickets between all
principal stations on its system at reduced
rates. Holiday excursion tickets will be
sold December 22d, 23d, 24th, Goth, 29th,
Both and 31st, and January LIST, valid Tor
return trip until January Sd, 1889.
A competitive examination willtake place
at Salem on Thursday, Dec. 9th, at 10
o'clock, A.. NJ, for the Purpose of select
ing a candidate for the appointment OF a
cadet from the First Congressional District
of New Jersey to the Military Academy at
West Point. Information relative to the
appointment and admission of cadets will
be furnished by either the Wal Depart
ment or upon application to George Hires.
The music at the Christmas entertain
ment to be given on Christmas Eve at the
Methodist church of this place, promises
to be excellent. Aside from the singing
by the school the ~cantata, "Santa Claus
Mistake - is very fine. Mr.. Frank Dun
ham has charge OF this part of the pro-
gramme and is making an extra effort to
have this surpass anything they have ever
given. A small admission fee of ten cents
will be charged at the door.
The local gunners report that there
are very few quail to be found. 1t is
thought that the blizzard of last Spring
caused destru ction of the greater portion
of the game birds in the State, and few II
any quail survived on the higher lands
Those coyies which found shelter in heav-
lily hassocked meadows, where they could
travel under the snow, were about all that
escaped. Where there were ten last year
there are but two or three this.
..Oh Yes, on, Ycsr"
That auetioneer William A.. Casper is a