The Monitor., 1888-05-18
All ever tIie county

Elmer's public school closed for the sea
son last Friday.
Salem poultry dealers pay twenty cents
pound for frog legs.
union temperance meeting was held in
the Baptist church at Alloway on Sunday
afternoon.
Harry b. Wright removed from Elmer
to Glassboro last week, having accepted
position in the postollicc at the latter
place.
w. Collins Keyscr, one of the employees
in the Office of the South Jerseyman, had
hand badly mashed while running job
press yesterday morning.
A protest, signed by the business men of
Salem, is TO be presented to council with
view of stopping itincrant auctioneers from
holding private or public sales of their
goods on the streets of that city.
Mr.. Edmund Lawrence, Of Bristol, Pa,
the owner of the Rumsey Building proper
ty i'll Salem, has informed committee of
the Board of Trade that he wond sell the
property to the Board for $25, 900.
The Fenwick Club, of Salem has reor-
ganized and will have new grounds at
challenged the Athletics, OF Brdgeton, to
play match in Salem on Decoration Day
Luke F. Smith, of Salem, will next week
commence the erection of his new canning
factory at Elmer. The old factory will be
torn down, and two large buildings will be
erected in its place-one 30x40 feet, and
the other 4Sx70 feet.
Harvey Hancock, ten years old, saw n
shad swimming in ditch on his father
meadow, near Pennsgroye, the other day,
and procuring a club he struck it a blow
and captured it with his hands. The fish
weighed over six pounds.
The annual meeting OF Salem County
Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Ami
mails, will be held in Reform Association
Hall, Salem, on Tuesday, May 22d, at p.
NJ Full attendance of members, and all
others interested, is requested.
The brand of tomatoes packed by Kelly
e Ayars, of Quinton will be known as
tho pride of the Farm" They expect
TO put up between four and five hundred
thousand cans. Their main building is
now enclosed and the painters are painting
it,
The case of Joseph Lippincoit against
inc carriers ol 9dlcfti. Dy WHICH ne tfits ~
restrain them from standing their teams in
front of his residence on Broadway, was
argued before Vice Chancellor Bird, at
Trenton last week. The Vice Chancellor
reserved his decision.
William Patterson, President of the Sa-
lem County Historical Society, is prepar-
ing paper, giving history of the prop
erty owners along Market street, Salem.
He expects to be able to have record
from Star Corner to Griffith street, west
side. prepared to read at the next meeting
of the Society, June 5th.
Dir. Diamond, V. s., Chief of the Z. S.
Burean of Animal Industry. accompanied
by u. S. Inspector Miller, Y. s., of Cam
den, and DIR. w. II. Cooper, OF Salem, in
spected Josiah Mitchell's herd of COWS last
week. opleuro- pneumonia was detected.
The veterinares then inspected herds in
the lower part of this county and the upper
end of Cumberland county.
The number of Delaware shad sent to
The Philadelphia market last week was be-
tween 60,000 and 100000 a considerable
falling off from the week previous, and the
indications arc that the season in this To-
caIity is ON the wane. The Potomac, Ches-
apeake and Susquehanna fisheries have
nearly ceased operations, and dealers say
that about ten days more will wind up op-
erations in the Delaware river. Shad dur
ing last week ruled low, and the market
closed on Saturday pretty well cleaned mp
at $i2 and $15 hundred.