The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-06-28
LOCAL NEWS.

Thomas While is in Camden, painting
the houses owned by Jehu L. Allen.
The days are beginning to shorten since
last Friday, the longest day of the year.
Bruna's first excursion of the season to
Atlantic City takes place Thursday, July
18th.
The old willow tree in front of the black
smith shop of Sheppard Taylor has been
cut down.
A horticultnrist says the strawberry of
the next decade will be large enough to
slice down.
The regular quarterly meeting of the Sa-
lem County Board of Agriculture will be
held in Woodstown, July Gath.
L. Wallace & Bro, are putting in q 90
horse power boiler at their canning factory
additional to the one heretofore used.
From the tlag-pole in front of the East
Avenue hotel, there now floats a handsome
new flag bearing on it the name of the
house.
Fogg and Richman, insurance agents,
haye added the Liberty Insurance Co., of
New York, to the list Of substantial COM
panies represented by them.
Numerous excellent attractions have al
ready been booked by the management of
the Opera House for the coming season,
which will open about Sept. Sd.
Secretary of Agriculture Rusk is prepsr-
ing a volume treating of the common di-
seases of horses and cattle, which will be
distributed to the farmers of the country
in the Fall.
List Of letters remaining uncalled for in
the post-of:ee at Woodstown, week ending
June 22a: Cornclia Aldridge. Miss Mar
tie Richman, Mrs. Annie T. Duffy, Mr..
Harrison Reave.
Woodstown is honored with n young
lady who has no mean opinion of her per-
sonal attractions, and declares that her
proportions are "within half an inch of
those of Venusl'
Benj. Lee, eolorcd, a former resident of
Salem, who has been holding a position in
the Custom House at New York, for the
past year, was dismissed last week. MIR.
Lees political faith, which is Democratic,
was the probable cause.
Persons going travelling should inyari-
ably leave their name and destination on
their baggage. A check frequently be-
comes detached and the trunk lost when
if it had the name on it the rightful owner
would seldom meet with such a loss.
Mr.. John S. Kirby, aged 70 years, an old
and highly esteemed citizen of Salem. died
suddenly on Friday morning. Mr.. Kirby
worked for Dickinson & Bro, in Woods
town, when they were in the tin and hard
ware business over twenty years ago.
The commencement exercises at Penning-
ton Seminary are in progress this week.
Salem county is represented in the gradu-
ating class by Mayhem NJ. Davis, o fPenns-
Vile, Classical and Bellies Lettrcs, and
John G. Campbell, of Elmer, in the Com
mercial
Frances Ellen Walker, sister of Mrs.
Lewis Shrimp, lately deceased, was buried
in the Friesburg Cemetery yesterday.
The body was brought to Woodstown on
the morning train. The deceased lived in
Philadelphia, and death was caused by
apoplexy.
Yorktown Belle, recently sold by Will
liam Robbins, Of Yorktown, is on the cir
cult for the season of 1889, having made
the opening at Island Park, Albany, last
week, when she won the 2.22 race, trot-
ting q half mile in one of the heats in .094,
and the mile out in 2.225.
In pursuance OF the usual custom the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company will open
its line for Fourth of July travel at the
usual reduction in rates. Excursion tick
cts will be sold between all stations on the
system on July ed, 81, and 4th, valid for
return until July Sth, 1889.
Michael Killbridge who works for N. r.
Lippincott, while attempting to stop pair
of mules that had started to run away on
Wednesday of last week, was knocked
down. and had his collar-bone broken.
DR.. Alien attended the injury and Kill
bridge is now able to be about again.
Complaint having been made of the ex-
p~losion of fire crackers on the streets oil
the Borough, in violation of an ordinance
against the ii ring of rockets, sqaibs and
crackers, Mayor G. III. Richman has posted
notices v arning all persons against the
same in future, under penalty of the ordi-
nance.