The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-20
LOCAL NEWS.

The ilillman murder case is being tried
in the Gloucester county courts this week.
The state of New Jersey has ,99S Sab
bath-sehools, containing 100000 scholars.
IIarrigan's Tourists, performed in the
Opera House last night, to a large audi
cnce.
Mr.. Charles S. Catrey's Salem Volun-
tcer won the colt race at Vineland, on
Tuesday, in 2.49l.
Miss Cadmus, of Philadelphia, las re-
opened her private school for children at
the residence of Mrs. Joseph Reading.
The corn throughout South Jersey is
FRUSTRATED by the storms, causing loss of
It part of the grain and all the fodder.
VIM. Austin fell out of his wagon while
coming up Salem street hill on Wednesday
morning, bat was not seriously injured.
We are compelled to leave out of this
issue the third instalment of 'Uncle
Johns sermon. 1t will appear next
week
We are under obligations to Miss Annie
4. Macaltioner for the able report of the
Sunday School convention in another
column.
James Benczet pnt in the first day of his
duties as President of the First National
Bank, last Tuesday, signing large num-
Der OF bank notes.
VIM. NJ. Coles, George M. Andrews and
Henry Lippincott represented Pilesgrove
township at the Republican convention in
Trenton on Tuesday.
Until the rains Of last week. the tomato
crop is said never to have turned ont bet
ter tomatoes but the crop has been seri-
ousy damaged within the past week.
The 1fa,le, of Baltimore, the Journal of
the canned goods packers, reprints in its
current issue the article on Haines' can
filler published in the MONITOR lately
1t is remarked that the foliage is begin
ming to fade very early this year. Some
attribute this to the exceedingly wet and
cool weather Of the early part of the sea-
son.
Frank G. Mount has purchased Kleck-
ner's bakery, corner of Broad and Hop
kins streets, " oodbury, and took charge
of the business the same on Monday
last.
Mrs. John Borden brought to our Office
yesterday large bunch of pear blossoms,
which had been picked from tree on
which the ripened pears were still hang
ing.
VIM. n. Nixon and his force of workmen
are painting the woodwork inside the
Friends Meeting House. This building
is l04 years old and the inside of it has
never been painted until now.
The tax rate for the township this year
is rs cents on the 500, and the borough
rate is S5 cents. All residents of the school
district will have to pay an extra school
tax of eight cents, in addition to the above.
The Pink Festival held in McAllisters
Hall on Friday and Saturday evenings
last, for the benefit of the M. f. Church,
was very successful. About SIS was taken
in and the net proceeds will foot up over
$40.
The outlook for farmers is not encour-
aging. Corn is generally down on the
ground; potatoes are in some instances
rotting, and the tomato crop, which prom
ised fair, has been seriously injured by the
wet weather of the past week.
Sheriff Butcher having taken chattel
mortgage on property of Clinton Robinson
balance Of fines, (sl0,) tho Board of Free
holders last week ordered him to nave the
same cancelled, Robinson being sick, and
tho mortgage covering all his household
effects.
No person living will again date docn-
ment properly without using 80" 1t
now stands on the extreme right-1SS0.
Next year it will take third place-1890-
where it will remain for ten years. 1t will
then move into second -1O00-where
it will rest for century.
List of letters remaining uncalled for in
the Post Office at Woodstown, week end
ing Sept. II, 1880: II. Augusta Farrand
(2), Mrs Lizzie b. Foster. Mr.. Isaac JUS
tice, Miss Julia johnson, Clayton Locuson,
Jr., Mrs Rachel Mckilip CD, Mr. Benla-
min Slliven, Mrs. Philis Williams, MIR.
Charlie Wilson, WIN. p. Wear.