The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-07-04
LOCAL NEWS.
Green apples.

tTeeH dPpits.
Now for the sea shore.
Raspberrics ar c plentiful.
Picnic parties are in order.
Too many cucumbers are dangerous.
The schools are closed till September.
Watermolons have come-from the
South.
Beware OF nnripe fruits, which produce
cholera morbus.
The prospects for a good tomato crop ii
this vicinity are said to be poor.
The post-ofice will be closed to day from
10 until ), and at 7 o'clock this evening.
The July meeting of the Board of Free
holders will be held in Salem next We'd
nesday.
Already the grand u rmy of tramps is
being decimated by the demand for black.
berry pickers.
w. p. Lippincott Il Co. will hold an ad-
iourned sale OF cattle on the Fair Grounds
next Monday.
Magistrate Cassidy, of Camden, will
give his annual Pitman Grove outing to
newspaper men, on July II.
The warm weather put the harvest of
wheat right up to that Of hay, and gave
the farmers a great deal of rouble.
DR.. 2. G.. Souder, who has been Guilt
waiting silk worms, has twenty pounds OF
eocoons as the result of the experiment.
Lewis Davenport has made a change for
the better in the appearance of the Clark
mill property, occupied by him, by the lib
eral use of paint and whitewash.
VIM. II. Reeves will commence this
this week to dig the cellar for his new
house OF Bowen avenue. Contractor Jos.
&. Stretch will erect the building.
Cashier VIM. T.. Flitcraft gives notice in
another column that thu usual semi-annual
dividend of six per cent on the stock OF the
First National Bank of Woodstown is now
payable.
Very poor connections are made at
Woodbury. for Atlantic City by the new
schedule of time on our railroad. Passen-
gers must wait an hour at Woodbury. in
The morn ing.
According to the returns of census emu
mcrators Peterson and Coles, Pilesgrove
townships population is 27l3, borough OF
Woodstown 1919, number of farms in
township 1913.
Contractor Jos. G.. Stretch is having
another we'll dug near his planning mill, to
supply water to a fountain he intends put
t'hS up III lit Ia u bhS wv"
tilul residence.
A heavy thunder storm accompanied by
sharp lightning passed over this vicinity
yesterday afternoon. This, with the ram
of Wednesday,, leaves the ground thor
oughly soaked.
Henry Il. Wight has greatly improved
the appearance of his residence, corner
Main and Mill streets, by an A front and
nthar additions E,utraatnr MN a. RrO.
gan had charge of the work.
There is 10 be a general inquiry made in
to the method of conducting teachers in
stitutes in all the different States so as to
apply the best methods for the benefit of
coming county institutes in New Jersey.
The season for shooting woodcock open
ed on July LIST. This gamey bird is report
cd quite plentiful this year and quite a
number of sportsmen can DO found in the
South Jersey wood enjoying their fayori.e
sport.
List OF letters remaining uncalled in the
postoffice at Woodstown, week ending
June 28th: Miss Florence Chase, Miss
Matte Miller, Miss Mary Mannion, Mrs.
Mary II. Lippincott, Mr.. Wilmer Smith,
William Mcbride.
Receiver Hood, of the suspended Mer-
chants Bank, is still hard at work on the
books in the defunct concern, but no state
ment is yet ready to BIO given to the public.
Ii the Mullica Hill branch did not have to
pay other peoples debts its depositors
would receive dollar for dollar.
According to the monthly report of the
Signal officer for the month of June. the
mean temperature has been 73. This is
appreciably higher than any OF the June
months since 1883, when it was 1877. The