The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-12-27
LOCAL NEWS.

Did you have a Merry Christmas?
A green Christmas means a white Eas-
ter.
[. l.. Davenport will take charge of
Clark's mill soon.
No freight trains were run on the rail-
road on Wednesday.
Howorth's Hibernica and Double Irish
show will appear in the Opera House to-
night.
The Daretown Presbyterian Sunday
School held their Christmas entertainment
last night.
The regular meeting of the County Board
of Agriculture will be held in Woodstown
on Jan. 22nd.
The public schools have been closed
since Tuesday morning. They will reopen
next Monday.
The Veale sisters gave a concert at Null
lica Hill on Monday evening and at Dare
town on Tuesday night.
We understand that Charles Boone will
move in the spring from Bridgeton back to
his farm at Woodstown.
The S2S pound hog sold by Isaac b.
Coles to Joseph Ballinger, died before
reaching Camden last week.
The nomination of Josiah M. Hewitt as
Postmaster at Woodstown, was confirmed
by the Senate at Washington last week.
Expressman Reeves states that he
handled more express matter this Christ
mas than during any previous Christmas
week.
VIM. B. Foster has enclosed the David
Broadway burying lot in the Baptist GEM
etery, with neat marble posts and galyaniz-
ed iron rails.
Our milk dealers Flitcraft and Riley, &C
cording to their usual custom, donated
milk and cream to their patrons on Christ
mas morning.
Frank G.. Mount has closed up his
bakery in Woodbury., and is now work.
ing in a restaurant at Ninth and Green
streets, Philadelphia.
Turkeys are very scarce this year, and
advanced in price five cents per pound on
Tuesday in the Philadelphia markets, sell
ing as high as 25 cts per pound.
On our second page to day will be found
a striking and instructive illustration of
the comparative worth of the various kinds
of baking powders now in the market.
List of letters remaining uncalled for in
the post-ofiice at Woodstown, week ending
Dec. 21st, 1899: Mrs. Henry Gill (2). Rebec-
ca S. Prickett, Miss Mary G. Smith, Mr..
W" ~
Dan Trego, Mr.. John WEIGH.
TheBaptist Sunday School will have
their Christmas treat for the children this
(Friday) evening. Each member of the
school is requested to be present. A gen.
eral good time may be expected by all.
Did YOU have the headache on the morn
ing after Christmas? Some one has wisely
said a poor dinner makes a man cross, and
a rood one makes him uncomfortable, so
it appears to be about equal either way.
Franklin Flitcraft, of Woodbine Lodge.
No. 1913, /. o. o. F., has been appointed
by the Grand Lodge as ID. ID. q. Nj. Tor
District No. 2S, to install the officers at
Woodstown, Alloway, Centreton, Elmer
and Pole Tavern.
The arrivals at the EAST Avenue for
the past week are: Chas. +. Hoffman, agent
Howorth's show: VIM. Disston, Philadel-
phia; Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Harry Gaskill. Mt.
Holly; Lizzie Brown, Pemberton; W.. 1.
billiard, VIM. A. Casper, Salem.
Maurice b. Elton, while at Salem on
Friday night, had his horse to get loose
and start home. When in trout OF Il. At
kinson's farm, near the County Almshouse,
it ran into a telephone pole, breaking loose
from the road cart to which it was hitched
and returned home.
A walk over town on Wednesday night
disclosed some pretty Christmas trees.
Among them we noticed those at the resi-
dences Of DR.. p. G. Souder, Wm. Zip
pincott. w. Henry Lippincott, >. II: Turn
er, Frank Harris, +. 5. Davis, VIM. II.
Compton. Vim. Ruff, John Borden. Bridget
Whalen, VIM. ii. Reeves, ]. IL. Peterson,
|. X. Lippincott. John Conove:, Mr.. Gar.
rison and Charles Nixon.