The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-06-27
LOCAL NEWS.
No scarcity Of ice yet.
Peaches will be scarce.
Straw hats everywhere.

Straw hats everywhere.
Flannel shirt sales booming.
Buttcrmilk is a cooling drink.
The cock crows early these mornings.
Farmers say egg plants promise well.
lIammocks are swinging in the breezes.
The streets were full OF people up to a
late noun after the circus ON Wednesday
night.
Several persons of our town attended
the High School Commencement at Salem
on Friday.
There is an early harvest this year.
Wheat will be ready to cut before the
Fourth of July.
Bruna's first excursion of tho season to
Atlantic City July 10th. See adv. in an
other column.
The stores Of E. b. Humphreys will be
closed after nine O'Clock next Friday
morning. July 4th.
Joseph G.. Stretch commenced work on
Howard Thomas new house at Moores-
town on Tuesday.
Z. w. Iredell has placed in position a
large smoke. stack on the boiler at Web
ster's East Lake flour mills.
Last Friday was the longest day of the
S&A bCAiks Pt0OCoo q w
Inperceptible for some time.
If you don't believe the MONITOR has a
widc-awake corps of bright correspondents,
read the letters they have in this weeks
issue.
Mayor hickman re quests us to say that
he will enforce the ordinance against the
shooting of tirecrackers in tho streets of
the borough.
A large number of our people attended
the commencement of Miss A.. Nj. Woods
music class, held in the Salem Opera
House last night.
There will lie religious services at the
Salem County Almshouse next Sunday
afternoon, at $50 O'Clock, conducted by
parties from Salem.
Joshua w. While, in another column,
offers 4 liberal reward for the return OF the
watch and chain stolen from his residence
last Saturday night.
The summer schedule of time on our
railroad will go into effect tomorrow. The
revised timetable will be found at the
head of this column.
On Wednesday w. Ii. Vanlier purchased
IN the city II very large southern water
melon, which he has been offering for sale
at his store in South Woodstown.
Don't forget the Fourth of July mass
meeting Oh the Woodstown Academy
grounds next Friday. Mrs. Lathrap has
a national reputation as a speaker.
The dressmakers Of our borough are
still as busy as ever. 1t would appear that
very few persons mako their own dresses
by the way the mantnamakers are sought.
The sale of COWS advertised by w. p.
Lippincott & Co. for last Friday was ad-
in.,.,al -, - +Iz tt~14 a..n
The stock will be offered for sale in about
two weeks.
State Entomologist j. b. Smith has dis
covered that "zomonia,' while it does not
prevent rose bugs from gathering on vines
and shrubs, will kill them if applied while
they are IN.
ANY one wishing to contribute provisions
of any kind to the w. g. +. U. for their
meeting next week may leave informa-
tion concerning the same with Mrs. VIM.
4. Flitcraft.
1t is reported that President Gates, of
Rutgers College, is to be appointed to the
Office of State Geologist. lie has been fill
ing the position since the death of Profess
sor G. IL. Cook.
James Gardiner, who a third of a cen
tury ago taught school at Auburn, and
later on at Sharptown, where he afterward
kept store, died at his residence in Mantua
last Sunday aged % years.
The farmers say that quail will be very
plentiful, next season. They are already
breeding, the season being earlier than
usual. Large coyeys have been seen In
various parts OF the country.
One of the circus teams had a lively run
down Green street oa Wednesday evening,
bringing up against the fence of one OF
Dan Wars's houses. No damage done,
except the breaking of the tongue.