The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-06
LOCAL NEWS.

Friends Quarterly meeting was held in
Woedstown yesterday.
We notice but few of the dogs running
our streets that arc muZzled
w. Harry Smith has put an electric door
bell in his house on Dickinson avenue.
Our streets are becoming dusty, and corn
and potatoes would be benefited by rain.
No observance of Labor Day was made
i'll Woodstowp, except that the bank closed.
Miss Emma Robbins will teach tho Cross
Roads school, near Richmantown, this year.
Miss Rebecca IIiles has put up new
line fence between her property and Bap-
tist cemetery.
Yesterday was Salem county day at the
Wilmington Fair, and many Of our citi-
zcns attended.
Preston virgins has purchased of John
W. Dickinson his cottage on Eighth Ave
nue., Pitman Grove.
Salem countians were not lonely at Will
mngton Fair yesterday. All parts of the
county were represented.
The regular monthly meeting of the
County Board of Freeholders will be held
at Salem on Wednesday.
Harrigan's Irish and American Tourists
House, Thursday, Sept. 10th.
]. Nelson Curry has commenced to clear
his sidewalk preparatory to cHrbing his
property on Dickinson avenue.
Frank G. Mount, advertises in another
column some building lots and personal
property at public sale, Sept 14th.
About twenty five Italian women, who
will work in the canning factory of Dick
insen Il Lippineott, arrived on Wednes-
day.
The Interstate Fair, to be held at Tren-
ton Sept. 50, Oct. ], 2, 3 and 4, promises
tn be equal to the best in point OF attrac-
tions aud exhibits.
We are told that August was the wettest
month in twelve years IN this vicinity. For
that matter so was July, June and May.
They all beat the record.
Empson Atkinson will make sale OF
stock, machinery, etc, in the rear OF
French's hotel TO morrow Saturday at
ternoon, at three o'clock.
E. Wallace & Bro, have discontinued
the use of three cent pieces to pay skin
ners'' in their can house, and now use
brass checks, which are cashed when work
is over.
Miss Il. H. Atkinson, the well.known
artist, will open studio in Philadelphia
some time next month, where she has
already secured large class of art
students.
Miss Emma Coles, assistant to acting
Postmaster Hewitt, has rendered her resig-
nation of that position, TO take effect to-
morrow, and Mrs. Hewitt will here
after assist her husband in the duties OF
the Office.
Rnmor has it that the health of our
town is to be further looked after by two
more physicians who will locate in our
midst-Dr. Frost, of Connecticut and DIR.
Barnart, q Young homeopathic physician
of Camden.
1t would seem that our Agricultural Elk
hbition has grown to be so wealthy that
there is trouble to know just how to divide
the profits. lfthey are not misrepresented,
their late meetings have been anything else
but love feasts.
The store goods and personal property
OF John p. Crispin, deceased, will be
offered at public vendnc by the admins
traitors, at his late residence on West
Avenue, Friday and Saturday, September
13th and 14th, at o'clock.
T.. Wallace & Bro. have secured the
help Of twenty-five Russian Jews from
Alliance Colony, near Elmer, to work in
their canning factory during the season.
They are quartered in the house on Mill
street owned by Chas. b. Clark.
The ladies connected with the Nj. Il.
Church will hold "Pink Festival" in
McAllstcr's Hall on Friday and Saturday
of next week. The hall will be tastefnlly
decorated in pink, and supper will be pro-
vided, also refreshments in abundance.
Weather Prophet Murray, OF Vineland,
makes the following predictions: There
will be three very heavy storms this month,
one this week Frost before the month is
out, snow in New York STATIC in October,
and snow in New Jersey first OF Novem-
Der.