The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-11-08
LOCAL NEWS.

Ernst Becker has purchased a safe and
placed it in his restaurant building.
Vanderyeer's Minstrels in the Opera House
tomorrow evening. Watch for the splen-
did street parade.
A special session of court was held in
Salem ON Saturday. A number of persons
were naturaliZed.
David Dickinson was reelected steward
of the almshouse, at the meeting of the
trustees on Monday.
The regular monthly meeting of the
County Board of Freeholders will be held
in Salem next Wednesday.
Woodbine Lodge, l. O. O. F., of Woods
town, will hold an election of a Corporate
Board in their lodge-room this evening.
A stone and brick gutter is being laid
along the front of the block of buildings
in which the MONITOR Office is located.
Jos. G. Stretch placed a new machine in
his steam saw aud pla ming mill yesterday,
to be used in the manufacture Of window
sash.
A Mrs. Carey who has been in the en-
ploy of Jos. E. Ballinger for a number OF
years, fell from a step on Monday, breaking
her leg.
Save your home paper and have it bound.
A few years will make it the most enter
tanning and instructive volume you can
possess.
The sidewalk on the lower side of Grant
avenue, from the bridge to the railroad
grounds, in front of the Bowen lots, has
been graveled.
IN. ,.~.l,. xooo4,,~ ,f tho Ga1ap, Conn
ty Medical Society, was held in WOodStown
on Wednesday, twelve members being pres
ent. The usual routine business was trans
acted.
A game of baseball played at Swedes
boro on Tuesday between the Woodstown
and Swedesboro clubs was won by the
Woodstown nine, eight innings being play
ed. Score 6 to 5.
People are beginning to think of the
holidays and consider what they will buy
for presents. Consult our advertising col
umns; trade with those who advertise and
YOU will be happy.
The Y. w. G.. T. U. will hold their fes-
tival on Friday and Saturday evenings OF
next week, and not this week, as stated in
our last issue. 1t will be held in the res
taurant building adjoining the MONITOR
Office.
The festival held by the Mite Society OF
the Nj. i. Church, OH Friday and Saturday
last, was continued on Tuesday, election
day. and the ladies will clear about 500 by
their efforts. The money will be used to
paint the parsonage.
List of letters remaining uncalled Tor IN
the postofice at Woodstown, week ending
Nov Z. 1880: Miss Anna +. Shute, Mrs.
Lizzie Stewart, Miss Mamie +. Town.
send, Mrs. Sarah Jones Mr.. John Edmer-
son, Samuel f. Moore, Theo. +. Sheldrake.
The Presidents proclamation setting
apart Thursday, the 2Sth inst, as Thanks
giving Day, will afford all ample time to
provide themselves with turkeys. Governor
Green will, as is his custom, select the
same day. The day is becoming generally
observed in all parts of the land.
One of the greatest mistakes many OF
our citizens make at this season OF the year
is the raking up of all fallen leaves from
their lawns and flower beds. By allowing
them to lie they rot and enrich the soil ana
keep the grass in better condition for spring.
No better fertilizer can be gotten than
these leaves, and it is w~asteful to burn
them.
III. ID. Flanagan is making IN effort to
form a class of children for the study of
vocal music. The first lesson will DO
given tomorrow, Nov. 9th, at 3 O'Clock,
at the residence of Mrs. Hewitt, on Main
street. All children who desire to learn
TO sing are cordially invited to be present.
Adults who are interested in music, vocal
or instrumental, are also invited.
Miss Amanda Abbott, who has for the
past eight or ten years kept a millinery
and trimming store two doors from the
MONITOR Office, will remove about the
first of January to the store in John Inr-
ner's block. now occupied by William
Clark IS a confectionery, ice cream ana
oyster saloon. Mr.. Clark will move in one
of the Massey stores. nearly opposite his
present quarters.