The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-01-17

LOCAL NEWS.
Court next Tuesday.

Court next Tuesday.
Temperature this morning 26o-more
like winter weather.
Five deaths have occurred at B~aileytown
within the past two weeks.
The Knox murder case is in progress in
the Cumberland County Courts.
Winter will have to hurry up il we are
to have a January thaw" this month.
Fruit buds are full almost to bursting in
some places. What the result of this will
be remains to be seen.
A dance party was held by a number of
young folks in the unoccupied house owned
by FIR ank Davis last night.
New Jersey ranks second IN the Union
as a tomato growing State. The past year
she packed over 12, 600, 900 cans.
Several shooting matches have taken
place in this vicinity recently, clay pigeons
being used as targets, instead OF the live
birds.
An experienced young man says it takes
one letter to tell the difference " the
summer and winter styles of courtship, viz:
G ate-grate.
The annual meeting of the New Jersey
State Board of Agriculture will be held at
the State House, Trenton, OF January
9th, 30th and 31st.
The firm of f. NJ. Borden s. Co., stove
dealers. have removed into commodious
new quarters, Nos. 118 and 100 North
Second street, Philadelphia.
We will make an offer next week by
which old subscribers as we'll as new, may
secure two of the books given away IN our
book offer. Look out for it.
The germs of influenza can be conveyed
on s~reenbacks, the doctors say, but never
theless germs accompanied by greenoacks
will be received at this office.
Wilbert Richman displays in his store
window quite a little museum, consisting
of a coon. a wood duck and a species OF
water fowl to this vicinity.
With the Philadelphia dailies publishing
in each issue five columns of death notices.,
it seems as though the green Christmas
fat graveyard" saying was being
ed.
.Janonicas in full bloom, trees blossoming,
lawn tennis, croquet, spring overc oats ana
many other summer indications here IN tne
very heart of winter. Wfat are we coming
80?
II is said that Woodstown has several
.Jamaica ginger drinkers who use mat AT
ticle TO ouench their unnatural thirst. wnen
whisky or rum cannot be procured ior the
purpose. -.
II is said that Joseph X. Lippinc0tt, nv
inv on the Prospect Hill farm near WOODS.
town. has the finest over sixty u al
of Alderney COWS to be oundi ID TINS part
of the State. -,
PHILADELPHIA was the armes oil tue pig
cities ON Sunday, the thermometer reacn-
jpg 72o. 1t was the hottest !" n.e
day in the history of the Signal Service
Department.
A Bible reading will be given at the !.
w. G. T. u. meeting on Monday evening
next. promptly at $50 o'clock. Members
are requested to be present, and to pring
their Bibles.
The Il. b. Humphreys Pantaioon '1on,
papy received an order yesterday ny man
from a dealer in the upper part OF thls
state for one hundred and twelve dozen OF
their products.
A new disease has made its appeara ncs
among the horses in the vicinity o. rem
horton. Mount Holly and burlington;
Already several deaths have occurred anu
many horses are sick.
"Wednesday night was the third OF Tue
literary contests at the Woodstown urangs,
the brothers having charge. Inc ioul.n
and last will be held next month, Wheh ene
sisters will have their turn.
Thomas Green has recently killed ior
Simon S. Wentzell two hogs weIgh,ps ~.
aud 4e2 pounds. one for John n. Deouu
weighing 447 pounds, and two lor "u
white weighing 442 and als poppps'