The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-05-04
LOCAL NEWS.

The May term Of courts will
May 18th.
Oyer 900 excursion tickets to the circus at
Salem were sold at our station on Monday.
A meeting Of the Salem County Medical
Society was held in Salem on Wednesday.
Charles Goforth had a shad in his wagon
ON Wednesday which weighed over eight
pounds.
Tho Fish Com missioners of this State
will inspect the shad fishing industry Of
fhe lower Delaware on the 18th inst.
The Salem County Teachers Institute Is
to1be held sometime in October, the exact
date not having yet been decided on.
The Pawnce Indian Medicine Co. have
been giving entertainments in Yorktown.
They closed there on Wednesday night.
The District Lodge, |. O. G. t., for dis
trict No. YI.will hold its regular quarterly
meeting at Bridgeport, on Tuesday, May
18th.
Do not forget the strawberry festival
and package entertainment to be given in
MeAlIister's Hall tonight and tomorrow
might
Duncan Clark is booked to play at the
Opera House at this place next Tuesday
evening, although no paper has been put
up by the bill poster yet.
The regular monthly gospel temperance
prayer meeting under the direction of Miss
Amanda Abbott will be held in w. G. T..
IT,. room, on next Sunday evening at $50
o'clock.
N. II. Lippineott has purchased from
Mr.. Il. w. Andrews, of Woodbury., Minnie
Clyde Volunteers y~earling colt by King
Wilkes. Mr.. Lippincott has named the
colt "Catalpa.'
The teachers Of the county have been
questioning whether they will have 10 make
aIp the DAYS lost during the blizzard. The
authorities have decided to leave the mat
ter to the district trustees and teachers for
settlement.
Salem county will this year receive from
the State $43, 1913. 16 for the support
.f her schools, against s35, 400. So last year.
Only three counties in the State now re-
eeive back less school money than they
collect-Salem, Somerset and llunterdon.
The neatly bound advance sheets of the
fourth annual report of the State Board Of
Assessors form a handsome volume con-
tanning much valuable information respect
ing the work Of the Board and All excellent
railroad map of the State, showing all the
stations along the varions railroads.
On account Of the similarity between
the tl,ree-eent nickel and the dime, the
nickel coin is to he Withdrawn. This Is an
advantage from n business point of view,
hut how about dime church collections?
Some viii find their contributions IN
creased more than three-fold when there
are no longer any make believe" dimes to
be had.
The statement of the business of the West
Jersey Railroad Company for March shows
gross receipts of $l0t 90G. AN increase of
$40, over March, 1887. The operating
expenses increased $5912, and the net earn
ings decreased $4753. The net earnings
for the three months ended March 81 were
&11,6l1, a gain of $196i over the first quar-
ter in 1887.
Tie following are the officers elected to
serve the ensuing term in WoodStowh
Lodge, No. los, /. @. G. r.: G. T., VIM.
Clark; v. r.. Lizzie Carr; Sec, Lizzie
Flitcraft; Asst, Frances d. Fogg; r. Sec,
Lizzie Bradway: Treas, Henrietta DAVIS;
Chap, Mary Watson; Marshall, Oscar
Reeves; Dep. Mar, Ella Clark; Guard,
Maggie Shaw; SEN, Nathan lilies; Snpt.
Juvenile TemplaIs. Lizzie Taylor; +. I.
r., E. s.. Fogg.
The following is a list of letters remain
ing in the Woodstown post-oifice for the
month ending April 50th Joseph Buns.
Mr.. Elton Carter, Elwood Davis, Mary VI.
Davis. NJ. Fox, Mrs. A. $. IIalstead, Miss
Virginia Hartranft, +. T.. Harvey, Richard
@.lones, Mr.. Albert II. johnson, solomon
Johnson, Samuel Jackson, Esther }. Trim
bile Lippiueott, Mrs. II. lawson. pav,d
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