The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-01-25
LOCAL NEWS.

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The MONITOR enters on its sixth year
with this issue.
The river steamer Reybold is being re-
paired at Salem.
Some of the boys at tending the public
school INDUCED in a general free fight yes
terday.
Joseph aud Elmer Duel, near Woods
town, filled their ice-houSes during the cold
weather last month.
A progressive euchre party was given at
the residence of James G.. Pancoast on
Wednesday evening.
Apparatus for uncovering mari is being
erected on the meadow of N. r. Lippin-
colt, near Woodstown.
The Swedesboro and Pedricktown base
ball clubs are arranging to play a series
of three games at Woodstown.
Gold dollars arc now worth 81 LIS, and
are scarce at that. One of our merchants
has a half dozen of these rare coins.
Seats are already being secured for the
performance of the Moss Family in the
Opera House on Monday evening next.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Pilesgrove Dairy Association will
be held in McAllister's Hall on Monday,
Feb. 4th, at 2 O'Clock, p. NJ.
Josiah NJ. Batten's pen of hogs. killed
by Thos. Green IN Tuesday, weighed as
follows: 415, 400, 1902, 800. One'killed for
John X. Deacon weighed 400.
There will be another new moon this
month, on the 31st. There will be no
moon in the short month of February, and
so the full fiedged month of March will fall
heir to two.
The Moss Family will stop at Mrs.
Hewitt's. They perform in Salem to-mor-
row Saturday. evening, and will probably
arrive iu Woodstown on the Sunday morn
ing train and remain here till Tuesday
morning.
The ball given in Hunts Hall on Fri
day night last, under the management OF
Harry Lippincott and Edward Austin, was
a success, about sixty couples from the
town and neighboring vicinity being in at
tendance.
The first meeting of the Salem County
Teachers Association, will be held IN the
High School Building, Salem, on Satur-
day, February I'd. 1t is expected that
nearly every teacher in Salem county will
be present.
Thieves entered the residence of Michael
Callaghan early Friday morning. but were
frightened away before securing anything
of value. A closet in which Mr.. Callaghan
had placed some money the evening before
had been pried open.
Zaccheus Timberman. living near Allo-
way, showed us on Wednesday a fifty-dol-
lar gold piece, octagonal in shape, coined
in California in 1852, which is quite a Curl
osity. Mr.. Timberman has refused an
offer of $75 for the coin.
A new time table went into effect on our
railroad on Wednesday. The only train
on our branch affected by the change is
the second train mp in the morning. which
now leaves at SOB instead of {. Is. Allth
other trains remain as before.
The track of the railroad for about a
mile and a half. between Harrisonville and
Swedesboro, is in such a condition that the
engineers have been ordered to reduce
speed along this piece of track and run at
the rate of fifteen miles an hour.
King Wilkes, the noted stallion, has been
sold by the estate of the late r. B. Conk-
lin to J. A. Alexander, of Woodbourn
Farm, Ky, for s15, 900. King Wilkes has
a record Of 2.224I and is the sire of Oliver
K, who has a record of 2. 16I. The two-
year-old colt "Caltapa," owned by N. K.
Lippincott, was also sired by King Wilkes.
The Board of Underwri ters, of Phila-
delphia, who recently inspected the Burt
kerosene-burning furnace, now in use IN
the Farmers cooperative canning factory
and the factory of L. Wallace Il Bro, have
reported favorably on the burner, and the
rates of insurance on these buildings have
been GU. down in consequence OF this de-
cision.
What this country needs at the present
time is more men who would scorn to en-,
ter a factory or other place of business ana
keep up a RAINING fire of senseless gossip
with the employees, thereby deterrlng them
from rendering an honest days labor for
their days wages, and at the same time IN
curing the displeasure oftheir principal or
employer.