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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-05-31
xoutn Jersey NoIes.

Lucius Whitaker has put in twcnty-three
consecutive years on a baggage car on the
West Jersey Railroad between Camden and
Bridgeton.
It has been discovered that Justice Daniel
f. Woodruff, of Bridgeton. has been exereis-
ing the powers of aJustice Of the Peace lie
gally. His commission expired on May I, md
complications are expected.
1t is stated that the Merritt WreclSing Com
pany, of New York. has contracted 50 make an
effort to raise the treasure Of the ship De
Braak, sunk at the mouth OF the Delaware.
and Is 70. begin operations next week.
The new banking law passed last winter, re
stricting the number Of branch banks, except
authorized by commissioners appointed for
that purpose, has operated in Atlantic city by
the closing here on Saturday last Of the branch
of the Leg Harbor City Commercial Bank. Ii
is also probable that the branch OF the Mer-
chants Bank. of Atlantic city, located at Egg
Ifarbor City, Will be closed in a few days
Articles of incorporation were Eied in the
Gloucester County Clerks Office ON Tuesday
for the lincoln Park Company, with a capital
of sa50,Gdsl, Of which Sia. oooi is paid in. The in
corporatofs are 4. Il. Stoney, of Keyport. y.
j.: Joseph Madden, Robert 5. Patterson, and
George McGowen, OF Philadelphia. The OBJ
iects stated are the purchase, improvement
and selling Of real estate: to establish and
manage hotels, picnic and pleasure grounds.
and to transport passengers and merchandise
By water, the places OF landing TO be Wood
bury, Greenwich township. Philadelphia,
Chester. and Wilmington, Del.
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uarrisnurille Notes.

Miss Abbfe Grimshaw has been employed
as principal of public school for the
coming year.
Walter Fox will be principal Of the pub
lie school at Williamstown. He will be
missed in tho church and Sunday School.
Children's Day will be observed in the
NJ. L. church here morning, afternoon and
evening Of June 9th. Come out and help
make it q success.
The cornet band has been reerganized
with Edwin REIN as its leader. They make
good music.
VIM. Dubois has been improving the
property now occupied by Ephraim Tiee
by moving and r%emoGeling the yard fence.
/. K. NJ. has the largest pasture field in
this neighborheed and it has no end. 1t
consists Of tie public highway.
Our carpenters are very busy. Neighbor
sweigert intends 70 erect a handsome resi-
dence some time con
I.adow and Ogden have both purchased
a new organ. ITarrisonville is noted for
its musical talent, it has ten organs, one
brass band and lots Of children, u tin
horn and lots of chin music, and even the
frogs take up the strain.
There was a grand party at LOUIS Bend
ers on Saturday night. Plenty of fun and
refreshments.
We see that Lippmcott's keep all kind OF
foreign fruits, and of the finest quality.
and the best soda water.
If any one wants to RIM, fight, jump or
play ball call on Pat Muldoen. Bat he
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our letter Rox.
Citizen of Rasleysown Speaks.

Mr.. EDIToR:-In your last issue notice
a communication from Mr.. George d.
Andrews, District Clerk, stating that in
my remarks at the last school meeting |
said that | did not know of any better
ground for a school house than that select
ed by the trustees. positively deny ever
making any such statement. My answer
to the gentleman was that | had not been
appointed to look for a site, but thought
ground could be bought both in Newtown
and Woodstown, for | knew that two years
ago Mr.. Allen had opened a street in South
Woodstown, offering lots at fair prices.
If the sympathy expressed by the gentle
man in his remarks had been genuine, and
Baileytown was the only place where
ground could be obtained, one would think
the gentleman would have suggested that
one or two of its citizens be placed on the
committee. Had such been the case we
would nave selected ground convenient
not only to ourselves but also to other cit
liens. both of Newtown and Woodstown,
for it is well known that the present school
house will soon be too small for the white
children even. Bat the trustees want to
get the eolored children out of the school
TO make room for the white ones rather
thar TO have another house located con-
venient for all classes of citizens. In view
of this action on the part of the trustees
we have no confidence in them. for We IN
derstand full well their motives. They
should remember that their rights are Il
rights in this matter, and we expect to
maintain them. To deny us them is to
deny our citizenship. We know eur friends
and we are not to be deceived any longer.
1t is one thing to dig a hole for the ele-
plant. bnt quite another to drive him into
it. EDWARD RICHARDSON,
May &Oth. 1889.
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eolama,maker's
rnIlADrlrHIA. Monday. May y,

PHILADELPHIA. Monday, May p, lssa.
We tell you day by day and
week by week of the goods we
have for sale, of the convent
ences offered to enable you to
do your buying comfortably and
easily. Ifyou can come to the
store ali these await you. BIT
y0u can ezlloy Me0z acztAout com
ins,
You and the store are nearer
together to-day than ever before
your wants and its power to
supply. You can sg,7he for what
YOU wish and be served as well
as il you came.
The how-to-do-it is here told.
There is an important and
carefully organized department
Of our business, employing hun
dreds of people, which devotes
its energies to filing orders by
mail from out-oftown custo-
mers. 1t is entirely indepen-
dent of the regular selling force
Of the house, and as far as pos
sible is meant to represent the
customer and the interests Of
that customer. People who are
trained in the qualities and values
of goods-expert shoppers, in
fact-take in hand your written
order and go from counter to
counter selecting the goods re-
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CnurcTa notes.
Quarterly meeting of Friends will be
held at Salem next Thursday.

Quarterly meeting of Friends will be
held at Salem next Thursday.
Preparations for the observance Of
children's day are being made by the Bap-
fist congregation.
Childrcn's Day services will be held in
the Presbyterian Church, Daretown, both
morning and evening, Sunday, June 9th.
The programme of exercises for Child
ren's Day service, to be held in the VI. Il.
Church on Sunday evening, June 9th, is in
active rehearsal.
The regular gospel temperance prayer
meeting will be held in the w. G. 7. T..
room next Sunday evening, at quarter-past
six O'Clock. All are invited.
Rev. Mr.. Brewster, Of Connecticut, will
occupy the pulpit of the Baptist church
next Sunday. Rev. James Trickett Of Al
loway, preached last Sabbath.
Rev. s. w. Clark, Secretary of the State
Sunday School Association, will speak in
tho Daretown Presbyterian church this
evening. All sunday school workers arc
especially invited.
Rev. A. Z. Ballard, representing the
Church Temperance Commission, preached
in the pulpit OF the NJ. e. church last
Sunday morning and in the Presbyterian
church in the evening.
At the Woodstown Methodist Church,
Rev. A. II. Eberiardt pastor, next Sunday
morning the sacrament of the Lords sup
per will be administered after the N
The subject for the evenings service will
be Forgotten and Undecorated Graves. y
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Trade setdom roI,owea.

4 correspondent in the Philadelphia
Ledger Of last Saturday, III reply to a for
mer correspondent WHO regretted that rush
seated chairs could not be made or repaired
nearer than Connecticut, calls attention to
the fact that Dan Ware, Of our town, does
such work, and at less cost than the
eastern firms. The editor of the column
remarks as follows: Other correspondents
testify to the good work done on these fine
old chairs by members ofthe Ware family,
who have been in the business for three
generations-a notable thing in this coun-
try. William Ware, at Bridgeton, New
Jersey, is named by one correspondent.
Large furniture stores. hat can only give
information about far-off rush eat when
visited, might well take note of these near
places. The several Ledger correspondents,
who have been grieying over their chairs,
have only to send dimensions of seat to
these places and gel estimates of cost in re-
turn.
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THamantaker's

CURED, just as you would do if
buying from a list you had made.
All possible care is exercised
that the article selected shall be
Just what the writer asks for.
Of course there are occasion
al Misunderstanding, and delays
sometimes occurs because we
may not have the exact article
wanted and must get it or have
it made, or because customers
fail to be explicit, even to the
omission of quantities, colors,
and sizes. Taking the many
hundreds of daily orders into
consideration, however, these
are few indeed.
But to order clearly and salts
factorily you must know the
goods and their prices. Hence
the General Catalogue Of the
store, issued Spring and Fall,
containing carefully compiled
lists Of articles kept for sale, with
their price, Illustrated wherever
possible.
In the Catalogue you have
spread before you for your choice
the stocks of more than f0Yzy
stores and so conveniently ar
ranged and indexed that you
can find any article in an instant.
That's more than most shop
keepers can do even in their own
shops.
Ii you wish that Catalogue,
ask for it. A postal card re
quest IS enough, but be sure to
give your name and address.
The book will come by return
mail, without cost to you.
JoIIN WANAMAKER.
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Mrs. Sallie Capper is visiting in Wood
bury.
Lucien b. Ware, of Woodbury., was in
town yesterday.
Saml. P. Foster, editorofthe Elmer Times,
was in town on Tuesday.
Misses Addie and Mande Engles made a
visit home IN Sunday last.
Mrs. Sarah F. Ballinger, of Salem, is
visiting friends in our borough.
Mayor Richman and E. 3. Humphreys
made q visit to B~ridgeton last Friday.
Mrs. Lydia MacNeil and daughter, OF
Camden, are renewing a-cqaaintances here.
Miss Sallie Shepard, of Matawan, N. j.,
is the guest of Rev. A. II. Eberhardt and
wife.
Mrs. Hayes Perry, of Wenonah, has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Taliltha Morgan,
near Daretown.
Allen Flitcrafs, of Chester, Pa, we'll
known here, made n short visit to Woods
town yesterday.
Mrs. Castle and Miss Gordon, of Phila-
delphia, are stopping for a few days with
Mrs. Eliza Best.
Mrs. Susan Grady, with her daughter
Mrs. Smith, both of Philadelphia, were the
guests of Mrs. j. S. Engles this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wm. c. Davis, with their
son Elwood and wife, were visiting friends
in Delaware county, Penna., last week.
Mrs. Sallie Beasley and child, Of Cam
den. visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Co~n..aI ffo.,rv ON "Wednesday anpnm-
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All over the county.
AIumps prevail in Alioway.

Mumps prevail in Alioway.
There are fifty-ninc vacant houses in
salem.
Efforts are being made to establish a
Grand Army post in Deeriield.
The festival held by the Alloway cornct
band on Saturday evening Melted them
about $50.
Fox & Candy, of Pole Tavern, have sold
their mill to Joseph Coles, Of the Wing
Lane Creamery.
Seven passenger cars are now run on the
Delaware River Railroad on Sundays to
accommodate the pleasure seekers.
The regular quarterly meeting of the
Salem County Historical Society will be
held in Salem on Tuesday afternoon next.
At the meeting of the directors of the
West Jersey Grove Camp Meeting Assoei-
alton, recently held, it was decided to hold
camp this year commencing on Thursday,
August 10, and close on Monday, Goth.
Additional Improvements are to be made
to the grounds and a successful meeting is
anticipated. The Rev. S. Fl. Ham has
been invited to conduct the meetings.
The new ferry line between Pennsgroye
and Wilmington began operations last
week, the steamer III. A. uabers' making
fourgound trips per day. She is command
ed by Capt. Enos w. Cain, Of Camden.
AS the s'Haber's'' freight capacity is lim-
tied, it is the intention of the company to
put a barge on the route as soon as the
freight traffic increases tosuch an extent as
to make it necessary.
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Roy In the Grave.

On Monday afternoon the funeral of
Samuel Laws, the glassblower, who COM
mitsed suicide at Bridgeton on Friday last,
took place from his parents residence,
Millville. A large crowd of people had
gathered about the cemetery when the
body arrived, and when the lid was raised
an unknown woman fell in q faint. This
was followed by a small boy falling into
the grave prepared for the suicide. 1t was
several minutes before the boy was gotten
out. When the services had been con-
cluded and the coffin was about to be low
cred into the grave, the earth caved in n
many Of those near the grave narrowly es-
capped falling in. The grave had to be re-
dug, after which the body was lowered.
The deceased was 30 years of age. His
mind had become affected from the recent
labor troubles at the Cumberland glass
works, A number Of the blowers went on
a strike, but Laws refused to join them
and he was harassed and seorned by them.
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Serser.a New s:aIno LEW.

The new game law, which has just gone
into effect, provides the following changes
in the seasons: That it is unlawful to Kill
or have in possession quail, rufiied grouse
or rabbits, except between the last day of
October and December 1G, under a penalty
Of $40 for each quail, grouse or rabbit. A
like penalty is imposed for killing or hay
ing in possession any woodcock, except
during the month of July and between the
last day Of September and December 16.
Upland or grass ployer may be taken or
killed only between the last day Of July
and December Is, and Wilson or English
gray snipe only during March and April
and between the last day of September and
December 1G, under penalty as above.
The open season for reed birds, rail birds
and marsh hens is limited to between the
last day Of August and December 16, under
a penalty of S. for each bird.
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Golden weading.

On Thursday of last week Mr.. and Mrs.
W. d. Kirby celebrated their golden we'd
ding. Mr.. Kirby is seventy-three years old
and his wife Mrs. Abbie is seventy years Of
age. Their married life Las been blessed
with six children, all Of whom are living.
W. II. KIRBY, Of Elmer, is one Of the
children; Samuel Kirby, another son, lives
in Middleton, Conn.,, and John Kirby, their
youngest sou, lives in California. The
daughters are Mrs. S. Y. Jones, of Aldine,
Mrs. Frank Homer, of HarrisonvilIe, and
Miss Mary Kirby, Of Woodstown. The
children were all present except John and
Samuel. Ten grand children and Mrs.
Jennie Adams, Of Philadelphia, completed
the company. The aged people We're given
several presents il gold in a substantial
form, and an elegant dinner Was not the
least interesting feature of the occasion.
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Court Echoes.

The following are notes that We're omit
ted from our report of court news last
week.
VIM. Grice died in Upper Pittsgroye,
April 4tIl, 1889, leaving a widow and four
children. One of the children, VIM. II.
Grice, with the consent of the Others, APP
piled for letters of administration On his
fathers estate. Mary Ann Grice, claim
ing to be his widow, filed a eaveat against
granting letters OF administration to VIM.
Ii. Grice, claiming to have q prior right as
widow. On q hearing of the case before
the Orphans Court, it was shown that
Mary Ann Grice, by the name of Mary
Ann Laningberg, was married in Aug,
1889, TO Jubal Clark, who is still living and
now resides in California. 1t was also
proved that she had received partial sup
port from Jubal Clark up to within six
years of her marriage to Grice. In con-
sequence of this state of facts, the Court
granted letters of administration to VIM.
II. Griee.
John Peacock, arrested sometime ago at
YORKTOWN. on a charge of chicken steal
inp. and released on $500 bail, failing to
appear. his reeognizance was forfeited.
Wholesale licenses were granted Hitch
ner & House, of Aiioway. Refused
Jacob Weiss, Daretown, Chas. Kern aud
Harry Counsellor, P~ittsgroye.
In Circuit Court the only case heard was
Samuel E. Warrick VS.. Gaudaloup aud
Addie Wolf-on contract. ~Swaokhamer
for plaintiff; /. O. Acton for defendant.
Argued. Decision reserved.
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Isaac saxton, q colored man, has been elect
ed Justice OF the Peace at Bridgeton, under
peculiar circumstances. t the election last
March it was thought there was no vacancy in
the Office of Justice in the Third ward. but
many citizens voted for Saxton III a spirit of
fun. IL has been discovered now that the
term of Justice Woodruff expired on May /,
and that Saxton received enough votes to
elect him.
Howard Ireland, manager of the Association
of Dog Fanciers' "dog farm" ut Berlin, Cam
Den county, has received an order from the
standard Oil Company, of Pennsylvania, for
two hundred bun dogs, 10 be purchased as
quickly as possible. The dogs are all to be
bIooded stock of the most approved sort. They
viii be used by the company at its many prop
critics throughout the state as a means of pro-
lection. 1t is said that ireland receives 5000
tor the animals.
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Asa Epidemic Of Runaways.

Yorktown was treated to tworunaways
on Wednesday. The team of John John
son, living near YORKTOWN, while load
ing fertilizers at the warehouse Of John G.
Reeves, took fright and started on a run
for home, which they reached without any
damage occurring. Shortly after the horse
harnessed to the butcher wagon of Win.
B~oltinghouse became frightened and made
a short turn around in the road. upsetting
the wagon. With the exception of q torn
curtain no damage was done.
The trotting mare of W. w. Fox broke
away while being harnessed on Tuesday
morning, taking q turn through the centre
Of the town before being caught. A few
cuts on the horses legs were the result.
Two young men in a buggy, enc of
whom was said to be named Costello, of
Swedesboro, had a narrow escape from
serious injury in front OF the MONITOR
Office yesterday afternoon. In attempting
to turn around, their horse, which had al
ready made q desperate attempt to run
away, overturned the buggy, throwing
both out, but without damage.
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Y,,e yearc sisters.

The concert and literary entertainment
given in the Presbyterian Church on sat
urday night by the Neale sisters was high
w enjoyed by the fair-sizcd audience pres
ent. Awarded and entertaining programme
of recitations, vocal music, etc, was pre-
sented by the sisters, Misses Jennie, Saidee,
Annie, Abbie and Bertha, among which
may be mentioned the "Cradle Song" by
three Of the young ladies, a quartette en-
titled tho 'Fairy Song and The En-
gineer, a quintette. We trust these young
ladies may DO permitted to visit our town
again, when with better weather and under
more favorable circumstances u larger an-
dienee may be looked for.
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Danger in .ne postage Stamps.

The Sanitary Noes calls attention to the
fact that a postage stamp may in various
ways convey eontagion. One Of the SIM
plest and most plausible is that in which a
postage stamp, partially attached to a let
ter to pay return postage, is sent by a per-
son infected with some disease to another
person. The disease is transferred in the
first place to the adhesive stamp through
the saliva, and in being attached to the
letter by the receiver the poison may be
transmitted to him in turn through the
saliva. Another cause may be the !nfec-
ton of the stamp with disease germs. The
stamp, having been exposed in a room
where a diseased person lies, may become
slightly moistened and thus retain the
germ. That this is true can be proved
very simply by q microscopical examine
ton. We often see 4 person holding change
for a moment ill the mouth, probably not
knowing that investigation has shown that
disease germs can be carried by money. If
one could see through what hands the
money has passed they would hesitate be-
fore using such a third hand. Silver money
is as bad as paper money, but while many
would hesitate to hold a dirty bank note in
their mouth, they think that a silver piece,
because bright, is apparently clean.
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Delaware River "a. II. Finances.

The report Of President Conner at the
annual meeting Of stockholders, of the Del
aware River Railroad showed the gross
earnings and expenses FOR the year ending
December 81, 1889, as follows: Passenger
earnings, $~27,831.47; freight earnings, 49,
721.43; miscellaneous, So, 775.16; making
the total gross earnings, $40. 334.06: total
operating expenses, SAT, 716.60. Included
in the operating expenses is the cost ofsa
new engine, S3T00. and other permanent
improvements amounting to about SO, 900.
There was moved over the road, both ways,
So, 800 tons of freight, and there were car
ried 152,332 passengers. The average
earning per passenger train mile was Al
cents; the passenger earnings per mile of
road was $l,27G.0 6.
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LODGES AND SOCIETIES

WooDsrowN LODGE, No. los, 1. O.. G. T.
Meets every Tuesday evening in Turner's
building.
WooDsrowN LODGE, No. 1873, F.. A. NJ
Meets Tuesday evening, on or before full
moon and two weeks thereafter, in Borton $
Hall.
WoopgTNE LopGE, No. 15s, l.. o. %. F.
Meets in Turner's Building every Friday
evening.
MosAosA TRIBE, No ~, IMp. O.. r. NJ
Meets in Turner's Building every Monday
evening,
WooDsrowN GRANGE, No. s, p. OF IL
Meets every Wednesday eveningin Turner's
Building.
HARMONY COUNCIL, No. 80, o. u. A. NJ
Meets every Tuesday evening in Riley'S
Building.
WoMAN's CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION
President, Mrs. Anna F. Souder: Correspond
ing Secretary, Mrs. f.. Ii. Humphreys.
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A petition is being circulated asking the
railroad officials to continue the 10 down
train at that hour when the change in the
timetable is made, ithaving been rumored
that it was to be changed back to the old
time, $40.
The game of ball played at the Fair
Grounds on Saturday afternoon between
the Woodstown nine and a club compris-
ing employees of Joel J. Baily & CO., Phil
adelphia, resulted in favor of the home
team, the score standing IA to 0.
The Good Templars realized from their
festival last week a little over $31, which,
considering the weather and other attrac-
tions, they regard as fairly good" They
desire us to express their thanks to the
public for their patronage, and to those
who contributed assistance in other ways.
List OF letters remaining in the postofice
at Woodstown, week ending May Goth:
Joseph X. Ashton, Mrs. Banks, Miss Lii
liza Brown, Mrs. Lizzie Ennells, Mr.. Henry
Justice, Miss Sarah King, Mr.. Joseph
Mitchell, Mr.. Howard G. passed., Mrs.
Mariana Simpson, Miss Elver Walker,
Mr.. Henry Weber.
The W. G. T. U. and Y. w. G. T. Z. Of
Woodstown, together with the Unions OF
Mullica Hill, Swedesboro and Harrison
vile, will be the guests of Mrs. Laura NJ.
j.. Pancoast, near Harrisonville, one day
of week after next. A programme of ex-
ercises will be prepared and an enjoyable
afternoon and evening is anticipated. The
day will be announced next week.