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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-05-17
s,catn OF Rlae,.woea.

Death has removed the oldest male citizen
ofthis county, Peter Blackwood, who passed
away ut Salem on Sunday morning in his
9Sth year. the deceased fell out Of a wagon
three weeksago, and the shock to his system
was SO great that it caused his death. Mr..
Blackwood was bora in Quinton township
March 12. 1902, being 81 years of age in
March last. lie vas drafted in the war of
1912, but desiring to finish his wheelwright-
ing trade, he secured a substitute for $1G.
He shortly after engaged in the wheel
wrightlng business in Salem, which he
carried on until 1885, when he took charge
of the stage line between Salem and Cam
den. He carried the mail as we'll as pas
sengers. He continued to drive a stage on
this line until ABOUT 1862, or a short time
after the completion OF the Salem railroad.
He then removed to Auburn, and ran the
stage line from Auburn to Swedesboro,
until a few years age. At the time Of his
death he was the Oldest stage.driver in tie
State, having been engaged in that bust
ness for over half century. The deceased
always voted the Wing ticket up to the
foundation Of the Republican party, when
he identified himself with that party, and
voted for Gen. Harrison at the last election.
He never during his long life used liquor as
a beverage, nor INDUCED in tobacco in any
form. The funeral was held on Tuesday.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-05-17
ue,aware river w..sreas,.

The annual meeting of the stockholders
of this corporation was held at Woodbury.
last week. The report of President Con-
ner showed that the road had done a larger
business than ever before and was crafty
ingly prosperous. The following were
elected as tho new Board OF Directors:
VIM. S. Conner, II. A. Dupont, Eugene
Dupont, Chas |. DUPONT, William DuPont,
Samuel Hopkins and Alex. Justice. The
Board organized by electiug VIM. S. Con-
ner President and Treasurer and DIR. S. T..
Miller Secretary. The extension of the
road from Pennsgroye to Pennsvllle, a dis
tance Of six miles, is among the early prob
abilities. A committee from Pennsyille
was present at the meeting to urge upon the
stockholders the a~dvisability of the project,
and it is understood that the right of way
is to be secured and a quantity of stock sub
scribed that will secure the extension asked
fOr.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-05-17
Cumberlana courts.

The session of the Cumberland Courts
on Monday was entirely taken up by appeal
cases. Judge Reed being absent in ATTAIN
tic county, the Prosecutor announced that
he would be unable to move the case against
District Master Workman John Coffey,
John Mack, T. ]. Mathis, George Charlis
and John Halcourt, charged with conspir,
acy, and the case goes over until the octo-
Der court.
The case Of the State against Mrs. Alice
Peacock of Deerfield, charged with keeping
a disorderly house, was taken up on Tues
day. j. L. Van SICKLE, counsel for the de-
Tense, during an examination, was charged
by a witness for the State with uabecoming
conduct, whereupon he called ont cts a
lie and you are IN Internal liar Judge
Hoagland severely reprimanded him, and
threatened him with punishment on a rep
etition of the offence.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-05-17
Prospects for a Bounseous Harvest.

The crops throughout New Jersey never
looked in better condition at this season of
the year than they do at this time. The
promise Of a large hay crop is especially
good, and there will also be a big yield of
apples and other fruits. The apple-blos-
som period passed without the cold, chill
ing storm SO common and so much feared
at that time. The young fruit is now set
beyond any danger from this source, and as
the bloom was unusually abundant, there
is every reason to expect a large crop. The
weather for corn planting has been ex-
tremely favorable. eliminating in the re-
cent showers. Some potatoes that were
planted just before the very heavy rains of
two weeks ago, rotted in the ground, ne
cessitating replauting.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-05-17

the ballot is the source of all power, and as
has been well said SIS the prerogative of
manhood, the intellectual and moral
training should be the one aim of our public
schools. 1t is idle for the trustees to boil
ster up their action in this matter by talk-
ing about giving good accommodations in
such q howell. There is not a white person
in the district that would send a child to it.
and the trustees very well know it. Neither
would any teacher of ~attainments accept
such a position, although the District
Clerk said he would try his best to secure
one. 'sBut the school is over-crogded ,
say the trustees, which to them IS sufficient
reason to separate The coleFed portion from
the white strictly ga the line Of complex
ion D. DoEBLEYoU.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-05-17
e,rir,s misrut.n. norll.unra.

Large hocks of sv lifts are arriving in va
rious parts of New jersey, and the farmers
say that when these migratory birds abar-
don their Southern homes and fly north
ward before the middle of May it is a sure
sign Of an early and warm summer. Each
flock sends a couple of scouts III advance,
apparently for the purpose of making me-
neurological observations, and on their re-
port the main body acts. The two pion-
GERS are often seen fitting about 4 village
for three or four days when they disappear,
and in a week or SO, if the atmospheric
conditions are favorable, the whole colony
is at work building nests under the caves
of the house roofs. Milburn, in northern
New Jersey, has been a favorite summer
resort Of the swifts for nearly seventy
years. They make their homes under
the roof Of the village hotel, and
their arrival was always eagerly looked
for. But last year, though the Two
scouts came as usual, the flock did not
follow. The spring had been raw Il I'M
pleasant, and the birds were evidently dis
t~rustful of the summer. The villagers
feared chat their aerial friends had forsaken
them altogether, but q few days ago, as
some of them were sitting Oh the veranda
of the hotel. the advance guard flew past
them, aud all MilhaEn rejoiced rs the lid
ings spread. The swift is q dark teatnered
bird, q good deal larger than the ordinary
house swallow. Its wings are amazingly
long in proportion to the size OF the rest of
its body. 1t is essentially a creature of
sunny lands, and travels about so as to live
in %perDetual summer.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-05-17
ARirsnday Anniversary.

On Wednesday afternoon about fifty
relatives and friends of John Dickinson
met at his home, near llaines' Neck, aud
gave him a happy surprise, it being his
fftieth birthday. The company was full
of good humor and pleasantly, and they
spread a table laden with the good things
OF the earth, to which all did ample justice.
The pastor of the Sharptown Nj. Il. church
was present to enjoy the social greetings.
Altogether it was a season OF joy not soon
to be forgotten by those present. Mr.. and
Mrs. Dickinson seemed to renew their
youth in the overflow of joy, and to get a
stronger grip on the future.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-05-17
Increasing sne salaries.

Under the new law just signed by Gov
crnor Green by which the County Superin-
tendents of Schools receive twelve and a
half cents per scholar with a maximum
salary of 81 1900 and Il minimum Of $500,
the salaries of these officials will be consid-
erably increased in all the counties Under
the old law the minimum was $500, the
maximum $1,000, and the fee per scholar
ten cents. This does not include the
scholars Of cities where there are City SUI
perintendents. The salaries of the Super
~intendents in some of the counties where
there is u large territory TO traverse were so
small that they could scarcely pay their
travelling expenses. Every school must DO
visited twice a year. The, salary of Supt.
Gwynne is increased from 500 to $500 by
the new law.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-05-17
,.ec,,us OF Pomona grange.

Salem County Pomona Grange, No. G.,
held their regular quarterly meeting in the
room of the Woodstown Grange on We'd
nesday afternoon, with a good attendance
present. The programme of exercises, as
adopted by the committee, was an interest
ing n and was ably carried out. An
address Of welcome, delivered by Lecturer
Emily Borton. was responded to by II. c..
Perry, of the Friesburg Grange. Then fol-
lowed an able paper by John A. Flitcraft
on 'tNusic in Families. Reports from
the oranges over the county were then re-
ceived and an essay read by Empsen At
kinson, on the subject Are Farmers work
ing for themselves. orfortrusts and monopo-
les An article by Riehman Coles on the
subject s'ls this Granged doing the good work
it should do was read, and a discussion on
the same was participated in by Adam Graf,
Phebe Perry and others. Several sugges-
tons as 10 how chicken thieviag can be
prevented were offered. The question was
raised as to whether Woodstown should
not have an official board for the preven-
ton Of cruelty to animals. 1t was thought
that there was an agent OF this society
here. Tho question OF how to destroy the
worm that eats the foliage of the goose
berry and cnrrant bushes, was taken up.
N. II. Steward recommended the use of
white helleborc. Spriakled on the leaves,
another member said lie had been success
full 10y using PARIS Green freely, spread on
the ground under The bushes. A letter
from Ellen NJ. Coles was read, stating that
at tho last session Of the National Grange.
a committee was appointed on Woman's
work in the grange, that the State Grange,
BY request, had appointed a like commit
tee, and asked that Salem county Pomona
Grange appoint q similar committee to con-
fer with committees from the snb-Grange.
She also distributed circulars to the mem
bers Of each committee. asking for their CO.
operation in this work.
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Ii. ra.M.aa Dat Dr. Ertraet lne
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-05-17
cur s.efter Rex.
Rights er oolored ChItdren.

Mr.. EpIFoR;-A movement has been
inaugurAted by our present board of trus-
tees of School District No. 26, which points
directly to tho withdrawal of all colored
children from the primary department of
our public school. Some two months age
the board of trustees called a meeting Of
the patrons of the school for the purpose
of getting an expression Of their views in
reference TO the propfiety Of building a
school house. A committee, consisting Of
tho board, to select a suitable location was
the result of this meeting.
Al a called meeting, May 9th, the COM
mittee reported that they had tried to SCI
cure a lot in Newtown, tthe lower end ct
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-05-17
lied.

H8LMES.-0n Apriis sth, atthe salem county
A~imshouse, Natsiey Holmes, aged about "a
years.
R~oTsERTS-At Pedrfcktown. April 9th,
IS eltev G.. Roberts, IN the 9Th year OF MS age
kILI.E-In Bridgeport, on April seth. Marie
kflie, in The Soth year of her age.
ROBlNSON-In salem, May litl, Dr.. H..
Emma Robinson.
LANGLEY.-At Touchdown, on May 18th.
Reuben Langley, aged IS years.
BLACkwo0D-In Salem. May 18th. Peter
Blaekwood, aged % years.
McIAFERTY-Tn Warrington township.
May 18th, Elizabeth McCaferty, infant daugh
ter of Mary Anna McGaferty, aged 2 months
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-05-17
r where d o All the slles Come.

The above question is often asked, and
seldom receives as satisfactory az answer
as has been given by a contemporary: The
common fly lays more than $50 eggs, and
the time from egg-laging to maturity is
only about two weeks. Most of us have
studied geometrieal progression. Here
We sec it illustrated. suppose one fly COM
menced 'to multiply and replenish the
earth about June I. June ID, if all lived,
would give $50. Suppose rs of these are
females, July l would give us, surprising
no cruel wasp or other nntowafd eircum-
stances to interfere. II, $50 flies. Suppose
5625 of these are females, we might have.
July 10, S43, 80 flies. For fear OF bad
dreams we will not calculate what might be
By September u.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-05-17
New Route 10 Atlantic CIV.

The steamer Henry A. Haber, formerly
run on the Hudson between New York and
Newburg, has been purchased by the New
jersey and Wilmington Ferry Company,
and will begin on Saturday to run between
Wilmington and Pennsgrove. When the
Wilmington and Northern Railroad Com
pany completes its cutoff road to its Della
ware river pier, the boat will stop at the
pier. A lew route to Atlantic City will
then be established from Wilmington to
Pennsgrove, where the Delaware River
Railroad will be taken to Woodbury. and
Atlantic City. The Baltimore and Ohio
will probably use this route.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-05-17
LODGES AND SOCIETIES.

~ 80 IT8J.
WooDsrowN LODGE, No.. los, /. o. q, T.
Meets every Tuesday evening in Turner's
building.
WooDsTowN LoDGE, No. 1873, f & A. NJ
Meets Tuesday evening, on or before full
moon and two weeks thereafter, in Bortons
Hall.
WooDBfNE LODGE, No. lbs, /. o. o. F.
Meets in Turner's Building every Friday
evening.
MosAesA TRIBE, No. AZ, IMP. O. r.. NJ
Meets in Turner's Building every Monday
evening.
WooDsTowN GRANGE No. s, +. OF H.
Meets every Wednesday evening in Turner's
Building.
HARMONY COUNCIL, No. Sc, O. u. "A. NJ
Meets every Tuesday evening in Riley's
Building.
WoMAN's CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNIoN.-
Meets every Thursday afternoon at three
O'Clock, AT their room in Turner's Building
President, MIS-. Anna Il. Sonder; Correspond
ing Secretary, Mrs. b. Il. ~IiumDhreys.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-05-17
atsemnfeu Suinfde.

Nicholas Kuentze, aged SO years, a Ger
man living with Joseph Ballinger, attempt
ed to commit suicide some time last Fri
day night, and was found on Saturday
morning with his throat badly gashed and
several cuts on his wrist. kucntze had
been drinking heavily for several days be-
fore committing the deed. He was re-
moved to the Homeopathic Hospital in
Camden on Saturday afternoon, and is
slowly improving from his self-infiicted in
iuries.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-05-17

FRIENDs-Services on First and Fifth DAYS at
i0.3U A. NJ. Monthly meeting first Tuesday
after last Monday in the month. Sunday
School meets at $50 O'Clock every Sunday
morning.
METHODIST E~pIsooPAL-Rey. Il. III. DureII.
Services at 1000 A. NJ. and 100 T. NJ. Prayer
lheeting Wednesday at z. 80 p. NJ.
Sunday School at 200 P. M, superintendent,
George w. Boone.
BAprIsr-Rev. w. E. Cornwell.
Services Mt 1900 A. NJ. and 7.30 p. M. PRAYER
meeting Thursday at 7.30 +. NJ.
Sunday school at 200 7. NJ, Joseph Bradway,
Superintendent.
Observation-Disclosures. Il. p. johnson.
Services at 1000 A. NJ. and 7.30 p. NJ. PRAYER
meeting Wednesday at 100 p. NJ.
sunday School ut li.45 A. NJ. j. f.. Jaquette,
Superintendent.
CATHoLIC-Iiev. Father Tracey.
Beginning Sunday, January 9Th, services at
IL O'Clock, a. NJ, and every other Sunday at 0
O'Clock. a. NJ.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-05-17

a special meeting Of the Board Of As
SCISSORS of the county was called to meet in
tie Court House at Salem on Wednesday,
the object being to reconsider the action
taken at a former meeting, whereby the
valuation Of real estate in the county was
ordered reduced tea per cent. C~onsidera-
bic opposition had arisen TO this decision
Of the Board, and after free discussion Of
views, the order was reconsidered and the
valuation Will remain IS in former years.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-05-17
licectorll.
" EST JEHaEI KAILROAD
ON and after Jan. 2Sd, 1889.

Trains going north.-L07 and 800 A. NJ. LAB
and 4.25 l. NJ. Sundays, 7i2 A. NJ, ana 1881. NJ.
Trains going s~outh.-9.29A NJ, PAT, $50 and
G.5j T.. NJ. sundays, 933 a. NJ. and 6. 30 p. NJ.
Trains leave Philadelphia.-s.0A A. M, 100, 40
and $40 p. N. sundays, SIS A. NJ. and I. Is p. NJ.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-05-17

ONCE hours, 600 A. NJ. to 500 p. NJ.
Office hours for money order business. 700
A.. NJ. to 100 7. NJ.
MAILs-Close at G.45 and SOB A. H, 1888 and
4.l3 p. NJ. Arrive Mt 9.39 A. NJ, 800 m Z. 90 p. NJ.
SALEM M~AfLs-Closea at 9.l9 A. NJ. and LAO p. M.
Arrive at IL. SO and 4.l5 T. M.
suARProwN M~AlIs-Ciose at $3.50 A. {. Arrive
at $50 A.. NJ.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-05-17
PILESaRovE LIBRARY AND READING ROOM.
OPEN SATURDAYS Fro 3 90 TO q 90 p n
VI - D d D.UU 1U J.VU II
story Riley's Building.
MnInlanrlhin fnnc N

Membership ecs.....-....... $500
HAlntiui 10
Permits granted for the use of books at
cents per week, on application to any of tn,
trustees.
E.S. Foaa. Secretary
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-05-17

Hires Improved Root Beer Extract. One
bottle. Is cents, makes five gallons Of
beautiful and refreshing beer. Sold by
E. B. Humphreys Il Co.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-05-17

Canton mattings. We are selling one At
% cents, which is worth, as things, 60 10
cents more. It's nicely woven and very
heavy. It don't pay to buy the Zoe ard
15c qualities IL you expect any serytne
from them. +. B. Humphreys q 60.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-05-17

If you need a white toilet quilt It viii
pay you to see our stock. The q wesea
at 50 We formerly sold At $50. We
have some ax low IS Is ceats.-E. n. HUM
phreys & Co.
, 1889-07-21

OLYMPIA, W. T., June 20.-The con-
%vention opened to-day with an affidavit
from the secretary of the woman's suf-
frage bureau hat a petition with $4,000
signatures had been burned up in the
Seattle fire. The announcement was re
ceived with satisfaction by the convention
which her went into committee OF the
whole and the judiciary articles were
adopted practically as previously reported;
there are only a few minor amendments.
Section three which was amended when
the number of supreme Judge was raised
to five, provides that Judges of the su-
preme court be elected by qualified elect
ors Of the state at a general state election.
The first election shall be held upon the
adoption of this constitution, Judges
elected be classified so that two shall hold
Office for a term of three years; two for a
term of five years and one for seven
years. The judge having the shortest
term to serve shall be chief justice.
, 1889-07-21
EUROPEAN BUDGET.
Turkey Joins the Alliance of
the Three Great Powers.
Austria Ready to Send an
Army to Servia.
Mr.. Gladstone's Remarkable
Eulogy Of Parnell.
Important European News.

Copyrighted 1885, by the n. Y .Associate ed PRESS
BERLIN, jury 20.-Long pending ne
gotiations with the Porte, aiming at the
have finally resulted in an entente under
which the Dreibund guarantees to mann
tain the integrity Of Turkish territory in
accordance with the treaty OF Berlin. The
question concerning Crete is reserved,
Prince Bismarck promising to influence
Greece not to interfere, provided further
autonomy is co9ssied to the Cretans. 1t
is stipulated that Turkish troops shall
cooperate with Austria, Servia and Bull
garla in the event of war with Russia.
The Sultan received Count Radowitz,
German ambassador, on Wednesday, and
arranged for the rece ption of Emperor
William, whose visit to ConstantinOple
depended upon the Porte's conclusion on
an entente. The negotions were accelera-
ted by the gravity OF the situation in Ser
via.
A cabinet council held in Vienna
Thursday, debated whether the time had
come for military intervention by Austria.
The wal minister reported the arming of
Servian reserves en- masse Russian Of
ficers, he said, we're engaged in inspecting
fortresses, barracks and depots in Servia.
The minister advocated immediate action;
everything was ready to march two army
corps into Servia The council declined to
wait until County Kalnoky influenced the
reappearance of King Milan in Belgrade.
The partisans of King Milan are eager
for civil war to crush the Russians. II it
occurs, King Milan will invoke Austrian
assistance and thus give Kalnoky ground
to interfere.
The interview at the foreign office be-
tween Count Herbert Bismark and NJ.
Roth, Swiss minister, was amicable.
Count Herbert intimated that the Ger
man reply to the Swiss note, though Dc.
nuuncing existing treaty settlements,
would invite early negotiations for a new
treaty. The tenor of the reply would be
so friendly that Count IIerburt was con-
6dent the Swiss government would con
slder the hostile phase of the dispute
closed. The Swiss secretary of Justice
and police ven to Zurich, Thursday, and
submitted a number of German socialists
to interrogation and obtained pledges that,
while residing in Switzerland, they would
%renounc all propaganda compromising
the country. The same pledge will be
demanded of every refugee sheltered in
Switzerland.
, 1889-07-21

The freedom of the city of Edinburgh
has been conferred upon Parnell.
The Italian government has withdrawn
vessels from the blockade of the ports near
Zanzibar.
The porte will send several battalions of
troops to Crete in consequence of the
threatened rising.
Bo~ulangists In Marse,lles have decided
to nominate him in four cantons for the
councils general.
Grand Duke Constantine, uncle of the
car, has suffered a stroke of paralysis and
lost the power Of speech.
The jury in the case of William O'Brien
against Lord Salisbury, for SANDER, re-
turned a verdict in favor of Salisbury.
a accommodating party from Wady
Halfa found the Dervishers occupying a
good position and learned they had been
reinforced by 10000 men. The British
troops at Assonan number 1900 and are
considered strong enough to attack the
Dervishes.
, 1889-07-21
Edinburg Honorrng ParneII.

EDINBURG, July ? .-The presentation
of the freedom of the city to Parnell took
place at the corn exchange, which
was packed to the doors.
while hundreds were unable to
gain admittance. The earl of Aberdeen
was in the chair. Parncll was given an
enthusiastic reception, the immense audi
ence rising and cheering Tor several min
utes. Deputations from all Liberal socie-
ties in Scotland presented addresses.
Gladstone, in letter to the earl of Aber-
deem, wro'e: The time has not yet ar
rived for detailing the memorable expert
ence of Parnell during the last two years.
| believe that experience to be unparal-
leled in the history OF British statesmen
in parliament for the past two centuries.
| believe the Psrnellites to be in the best
sense Conservatives, they have been a re-
storative force of great value to the peace
OF Ireland and honor of England, while
the tyranny of the government has deep.
ened the aversion of Ireland"