The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-05-24
LOCAL NEWS.
are in bloom.

Locust trees are in bloom.
Bowen avenue was scrapcd OH Tuesday.
Tomato plants are being set out-earlier
than usual.
Festival i'll MeAllister's Hall tonight
and tomorrow night.
The heavy rain of Monday flattened
down grass and wheat.
4 fall of snow and hail in near by states
cooled the atmosphere considerably yester-
day.
Joel Borton, Jr., has been shipping con
siderable asparagus from Point Airy sta
ton.
The parlor stoves are being oiled, wrap
ped in paper and put in the attic for the
summer.
Stacy Peterson has purchased the pro-
ducc business of Sa MI Fitzpatrick, in Phil
adelphia.
The statement of the condition of the
First National Bank, Woodstown, appears
this week.
A new portico is being built by NJ. ID.
Dickinson in front of his residence on Sa-
lem street.
Cherries and Strawberries are increasing
in growth and will begin to ripen in a
couple of weeks
II "a SAot ~ ~
tainment-in the Presbyterian church to-
morrow night.
Jersey Strawberries were selling in the
Philadelphia markets yesterday at two
boxes for 25 cts.
B~lackberries in some sections are winter
Killed, so are raspberries, but the crops
promise to be good.
Section Master Carr has received orders
M nIaaa ~ tho raor1nd avnrv COW fO1pd
pasturing on the railroad tracks.
flying a number of the houses at Rich
mans Mills with the paint brush.
We are turning out most of the Festival
posters being printed in this vicinity. We
do them at short notice, and our rates are
low
LIST of letters remaining in the p. O. at
Woodstown for week ending May 18th:
Mrs. Nellie Chapman, Miss S. T. Robinson,
Miss Kate Zanes.
The management of the Opera House
here have already booked several attrac-
tions for next season. The house will re-
open about Sept. 3rd.
Salem National Bank stock will be as
sessed this year at SIS per share, City
National at 500, and Woodstown Bank
stock at $3.50 per share.
Geo. M. Andrews, District Clerk, has
completed the census of children of school
age in the district. The list foots up to
over five hundred children.
The chattel mortgage sale Of goods of
BENZ. Abbott, advertised for last Saturday,
did not take place, the claim of the mort
gage having been satisfied.
The next examination of candidates for
teachers certificates will be held in Salem
on Friday and Saturday, May 3lst and
June list. Tire examination will be for all
grades.
Frank G. Mount has put in a new six
horse power engine at his ice cream manu-
factory on East Mill street, and is now
nicely equipped for the manufacture OF
cream.
All should attend the concert to be given
IN the Presbyterian church tomorrow
night by the Neale sisters. They come
very highly recommended and a rich treat
is promised.
The barn in the rear of the residence OF
Mrs. NJ. w. Clawson has been sold to Geo.
w. Crothers. 1t has been torn down and
will be erected in the rear of the barns on
Crother's livery property.
Alarge number of copies of the annual
report Of the State Agricultural Expert
ment Station, were distributed in this vi
entity by mail on Wednesday, with the
compliments of Prof. Geo. H.. Cook.
The census Office is sending out notices
of the fact that the census year begins on
June list, 1880, and ends OF May 31st, 1890,
and requesting that physicians keep q
record OF all deaths occurring in that
period.
It is predicted that the price Of coal VIII
fall by the LIST Of June. This. if realized,
will be welcomed with pleasure by the
many who are able to place the winter
supply in their bins before the cold weather
comes along.