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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-06-27

The Mite society of the Baptist Church held
its monthly meeting at the residence of the
pastor ON Wednesday evening, when a pleas
ant time var spent. Among the exercises
were a reading by the president, g solo by MIR.
Mayo with chorus by the company, and q
musical colioquy by the pastor and his daugh-
Ter.
The subject announced for last sunday
evening at the baptist church was 's1he four
anointings OF Jesus" The preacher pointed
ont how so many speakers and By IN writers
mix mp the human anointipgs OF Jesus MS
though there we're but one ana wher you have
heard them. You cannot tell who amounted
Him., whether an unnamed woman, as in
Luke :, or Matt. u. and Mark "a. or Mary OF
bethany as in John II. or Mary Msgdalene a.
/ tradition falsely asserts. No such clouds need
To have remained on the mind OF any who
heard the Bible reading IA Sunday last.
Rev. r.. X. Albin VIII exchange with the Rev.
W. L. Mayo on sunday morning next when
his subject viii he skeliowship with Cod
A meeting Will be held enc evening next
week TO organize All AliomAy branch OF tho
Omitted Socie v of Christian Ende4vof' In
connection with the BAPTIST church aud sun
day The Rev. l.. Myers with some rep
resentatives of Tho Pittsgrove Branch are ex-
peeted 10 assist IA the organization. The day
and hour are 10 be announced N sunday
next. L.
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Iircctotu.
WEST JERSEY RAILROAD.
On and after June 18th. lSG0

r,ain leave Woodstown, going north-6.37
. M a. M, 2. 5S, 4.08 p. NJ. sundays, 6.52 A. M. 81
~ NJ Arrive in Philadelphia, 500, 900 a. NJ,
IA. +. 20 p. NJ. Sunday, $50 A. ~, GAO ?. M.
Trains leave Woodstown, going south-9.29
M. 247, 500, 700 2. NJ. Sundays, 9.2S A. NJ,
t1TSrains leave Philadelphia for Woodstown--
ssoA. NJ, 1.3U, 41o, 5.4oP.M. Sundays. $40 A.
NJ. g. 20 p. NJ.
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The following persons signed the
application of samuel French,
Woodstown, for license, May term OF
court, 1890:
Ewalt Eichman, G. NJ. Miller.
William Robbins, Frank. L. Wallace,
ID. Il. Waddington, John 4. Hughes,
Michael Garvey, John X. Deacon,
John Holmes, Nicholas Justice,
III. W. Austin, Geo. W. Barton,
lRichard Gosling, Frank w. Iredell.
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over me comfy

Elmer will celebrate the Fourth with a
shooting tournament.
Elmer school district contains 275 chill
dren, an increase of 81 over last year.
Ninety eggs is the spring record of three
geese belonging to William ID. Tort0n, of
renn's Grove.
E. E. Long, of Pittsgrove, is cnltivating
silk cocoon's. He has 9000 pure bred Chin
ese silk worms.
r. G. Miller's saw mill, near Newkirk, Is
running on full time now. Several ship
ments of sawed timber have already been
made.
Elmer's new station will soon be a GER
tainty. Work has been commenced on the
new freight station, which is located just
below the station.
Vice Chancellor Pitney has rendered a
decision that Mrs. Sallie Nj. Price and Miss
Anna V. Cooper, of Pennsgroye, will re-
ceive the entire estate of John n. Cooper,
valned at $50, 900.
The Republicans have named D. Harris
Smith and Henry Coombs as their members
of the County Board of Registration to DO
appointed under the new law. The Demo-
| Gratis will probably name Ex-Assemblyman
NJ. F. Riley and John p. Flynn.
AT a meeting held at Alliance Colony
| lately $500 was ordered raised to build
| the new school house. An acre Of ground
| adjoining the new synagogue was ordered
| to be purchased. The school house will
| be erected and school commenced in the
fall.
Farmer Percival Hannah, Of Salem,
while carting hay into his barn recently,
was felled to the floor by the heavy
machine fork striking him in the breast.
His little 4 year-old daughter had pulled
the rope in play and nearly killed her
father.
St. Paul's NJ. Z. Sunday School, Penns-
grove, will make an excursion on Wednes-
| day, July 9th, on the steamer .'Bridgeton'
to Mt. Ararat, Port Deposit, Md. The
boat will leave at 6 O'Clock am, and re-
turn at S p. M, aud will stop at Pennsville
going and returning.
A telegram was received on Sunday that
C. G. Ford, Jr., of Salem, who accom-
panied the New Jersey Editorial excursion
| to Canada, on Friday last, was seriously
| i'll in Quebec and requested some member
| of the member of the family to come there.
His father, Mr.. C. c. Ford, Sr. and his
| sister, Mrs. A. r. Burr, drove to Philadei'
phia on Sunday evening to take the mid
| night express for Canada.
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LODGES AND SOCIETIES.

WoopsTowN LODGE, No. los, L. o.. T.
Meets every Tuesday evening in Turner's
Ruilding.
WoopsrowN LODGE, No. l3s, r. 4 A. Nj
Meets Tuesday evening on or before full
moon and two weeks thereafter, in Borton's
Hall.
WoopBINE LODGE, No. 15S, l. O. o. f.
Meets i'll Turner's Building every Friday
evening.
MosAosA TRIBE, No. AZ, IMP. o. r.. NJ
Meets in Turner's Building every Monday
evening,
WoopsTowN GRANGE, No. 8, r.. OF H.
Meets every Wednesday EVENING" in Turner's
Building.
Meets every Tuesday evening in Riley's
Building.
SECOND UNION LOAN AM BUILDING ASSOCIA-
TIoN, meet second Saturday evening in each
month, Mt 7 O'Clock. in John Holmes office.
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CHURCHES.

rp1ENps-Serviccs on First and Fifth days at
10 70 A. NJ. Monthly meeting first Tuesday
liter last Monday in the month. First-day
school meets at 900 O'Clock every First-day
morning.
Serpi ices Mt IL. 80 A. NJ. and 7.45 p. M. PRAYER
,,eetipp Wednesday at 7.45 p. NJ.
sunday school at 200 T. NJ, superintendent,
Miss Amanda Abbott.
HAPTlsT-Isev. X. II. Afbin.
Services at 1880 A. NJ. and 7.45 p. NJ. PRAYER
meeting Thursday at 7.4j P. NJ.
sunday school at 200 p. M, Joseph Bradway,
superintendent.
Christian EndeavoI Society meeting Tues
dny evening at 7.45 O'Clock.
Observation-Disclosures b.. z. johnson.
Services ut 1890 A. NJ. and 7.4j p. M. Prayer
meeting Wednesday at 7.45 p. NJ.
sunday School at l1.b A. M. j. +. Jaquette,
superintendent.
GATHoLIo-Rev. Father Tracey.
Services every other Sunday ut 0 A. Nj.
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second story Riley's Building.
Membership $500
Annual 90
Permits granted for the use of books at
cents per week, on application to any of tn,
trustees.
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WiIe screens, will fit any window, a5ct
at Humphreys.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-12-05
The Reapportionment Bill.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-The Republ lean
leaders in the House have decided to pre-
pare Reapportionment bill without
waiting until the New York census con-
troversy is decided. Chairman Dunnell,
in accordance with this decision, has
begun work on the figures furnished by
superintendent Porter, showing the ap-
portionment for each State, based on
increases in the membership of the House
from 332 to 375 inclusive. Mr. Dunnell
has not decided on the number of mem
bers that the bill will provide 1t is
intended to have the bill introduced at
an early day and passed by the House
before the Christmas recess.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-12-05
RUN DOWN BY AzTRAIN.
Three Employees of the Readin Roa
Meet q Horrible Death.

Ihree employees OF the Reading Road
Meet Horrible Death.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 6.-ShortIy before
noon a gang of men employed by the
Reading Railroad Company at their Port
Richmond coal wharves went to the Office
at pier Z, below William street, for the
purpose of being paid off. The Office is
close to the car tracks.
A crowd of the men were standing in
line, when there suddenly shot around
the corner train of coal cars. The
men shouted, and those furtherest from
the window started for the other side of
the track, which they succeeded in
reaching in safety. Others, however,
were not sufficiently quick, and the
train came down upon them, crushing
the life out of three of them by forcing
them against the,wall of the Office.
The names of the killed are: James
Helferty, William McGowan and Michael
Newlin. @- .-..--
The injured are Conrad Michael, 10
years old, arm broken and otherwise
injured, and George Ransom, 90 years
old, badly bruised. =. -
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-12-05
ONCE WAS ENOUGH,

He Loved His Son, But Could Afford to
Bury Him Only Once.
The Calgary (Canada) Herald tells
the following: A young gentleman
who lately left his home in England,
having exhausted his credit, tele-
graphed to his parents:
Your son was killed this morning by
a falling chimney. What shall we do
with the remains ?''
In reply a check was sent for $40,
with the request ''bury them" The
young gentleman pocketed the money
and had an elaborate spree. When in
a condition for writing he sent his IA
Their the following note:
II have just learned that an infamous
scoundrel named Baker sent you a ficti-
tious account of my death and swindled
you out of EGO. He also borrowed e1O
Of me and left the country. I write to
inform you that am. still alive and
long to see the parental roof again. I
am in somewhat reduced circumstances,
the accumulations of the last five wears
having been lost-and if you would only
spare me 920 1 would be ever thankful
for your favor. Give my love to ALL"
A few days after the young man re-
ceived the following dignifed letter
from his outraged parent:
my DEAR Son: 1 have buried YOU
once, and that is the end of it. de-
cline to have any transactions with
ghost Yours in the flesh,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-12-05
THE CLIFF MYSTERY.
To-Day's Inquest on the Body
of Lawyer Townsend.
SEVERAL WITNESSES EXAMINER
Prosecutor Campbell is Assisting in thA
Examination.

A Ns"so of Detectives Working on the
ssssr Some of the Cobwebs of Exagser-
ton Swept Away-The People About
EnglewOOd Believe that the Lawyer
Was Assassinated and Robbed.
HAcKENsAoK, N. J., Dec. 5.-Coronar
Hill began at 10 a. m. to-day the formal
inquiry into the cause of the death of
John Townsend, jr., who was found at
the foot of the Palisades last Friday
afternoon. There are at least ten wit
nesses to be examined, and the inquest
will probably last several days. Prose
cutor Campbell is present and is assisting
In the examination.
Among the witnesses are the bow who
saw the body falling from the cliff, and
the boy who saw a stranger wandering
about in the lonely forest within 900 feet
of the cliff at just about the time when
Mr.. Townsend must have been in the
neighborhood and still alive.
Of these two boys, the first, Louis
Norman, the 12-year-old son of a fisher
man, is not particularly bright, and does
not tell the same story twice. The other.
Jimmie Hagerty, is only 10 years old.
bvt he has a connected story, which he
tells with persistence and accuracy. No
one has been able to furnish any further
information of the man in the light
brown coat whom this boy saw.
Those who believe in the theory that
the man who got off the train at Engle-
wood at 1915 o'clock on Friday after
noon and was driven by Tim Coakley to
the emil PITY Floyd cottage near the turn
ing into the Hudson Terrace road, was
not John Townsend, jr., are anxious to
hear the testimony of Tim Coakley, who
is now by no means sure that the dead
man was his passenger. By a singular
oversight Coakley never viewed the BODY.
but took the word of Ed Lacey, the hack
man who made the bargain.
A good deal has been said about a
nephew of Mr.. Townsend who looked
very much like him and bore the same
name. 1t now appears that this nephew
has no existence, and that the person
supposed to be he is Frederick A. Howes.
There is great interest taken in the
inquest, and it has been learned that a
score of detectives are working on the
case. A great many interesting and
important details have been collected by
the reporters and some of the cobwebs
of fabrication and exaggeration are
swept away. But neither the relatives
of the dead man, nor the New Jersey au-
thorities, nor the reporters, who are
working night and day, have yet ar
ranged the facts to fit satisfactory the
DRY.
About Englewood, where the belief
that MI. Townsend was murdered is now
general, the suspicion has been expressed
by many that Mr.. Townsend was assas-
sinated and robbed by some of the peo-
pie who are known to frequent the cliffs
in that vicinity.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-12-05
OUR BIRTHDAY.

To-day the DEMOCRAT, thanks to the
favorable reception it has met with
from an appreciative public from its in.
,eption, enters upon its fourth year OF
usefulness.
1t is given, fortunately, to few to
inow the trials and tribulations, and the
mental and pecuniary outlay required
to successfully launch q daily paper,
and make it self-supporting. That the
DEMOCRAT is spared to celebrate its
bird anniversary, is proof conclusive
That it has met with fattering success
from the start. Planted In a fertile
field, the lusty Seeding sunk deep its
rOots, spread its branches, and now
grown into a sturdy tree, scatters it's
fruit in constantly increasing circle of
happy homes.
While firmly convinced that it is the
province of the daily paper to voice pub
lie sentiment, rather than to arrogate to
tself the right to mould it, the DEMO
FRAT has ever boldly advocated the
light, and denounced the wrong, re-
sardless Of party affiliations, or cow
ardly- policy. Whether the DEMOCRAT
las successfully - advocated measure
,fter measure, that has ultimately been
adopted by the public, while our older
contemporaries were neutral for fear of
defeat, we leave our readers to judge.
While the price of the DEMOCRAT is
less than that of our local contempora.
les the foreign news. field .sis fully
covered, while as chronicler of local
happenings it claims the first position,
and confidently challenges public opin-
on in that respect. The DEMOCRAT il
ssentially family paper, and anything
unfit to be read at the fireside is rigidl,
excluded. Within a month a doctor in
providence, forwarded an advertise
nent, with his check to pay for the
anne, at our regular rates. The check
was returned with the information that
we did not publish anything of that
nature in our columns. A few days
the advertisement appeared
in the columns of local paper. Com
ment is unnecessary.
AS an advertising medium the Dem
ocRPT is second to none. That it reaches
the buying classes our merchants apple
ciate, as our full columns show.
On this our natal day we extend
greeting to all of our patrons, thanking
them for their generous countenance in
the past. wishing all a merry Christmas,
and PROMISING renawad offOrts IN do
serve their future patronage.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-12-05
DEATH BEFORE DISGRACE.
An Albany Salesman a DefauIter in the
Sum of $4,000.

an &AAN~AJ 50ACShdh % Oe1au1Cer IN the
Sum of $50, 900.
ALBANY, N. Y, Dec. 5.-Joseph B. Alb
bolt, late salesman, bookkeeper and con-
fidential man for H. w. Sage & Co., Ium-
Der dealers, is a defaulter and a corpse.
His body lies cold in death>at Meranee,s
undertaking rooms in Maiden Lane.
Unable to face the world at a time
when arrest and disgrace stared him in
the face, he took this means to escane
the punishment sure to follow as the
wages of sin and destroyed his own life
with the aid of deadly poison,
The news of Abbott's death, and close
upon it the rumor that he was a de-
faulter, reached the public when his
dead body was found in the apartment
house over Johnson's Maiden Lane tailor
shop.
About 2 o'clock, Mrs. johnson, wife of
the owner of the premises, who was
cleaning the rooms, called to one of the
porters in the Windsor Hotel to aid her
in opening the door of one of the rooms
which was secured on the inside. The
porter clambered in through a window
and found the room occupied. Stretched
upon the bed, clothed in street costume
lay Joseph B. Abbott, his head resting on
his right hand. He appeared to the
porter, who stood still in the center of
the room for a moment, to be sleeping.
Abbott's defalcation, it is said, will
reach $4,000, and the knowledge that
his crookedness had been discovered by
the firm and that he was about to be
exposed to the world no doubt
goaded him on to self-destruction
Some time ago Fl. w. Sage & Co. sold
to G. T. Riley & Co., of Philadelphia. a
cargo Of lumber worth $4,000 The
money was paid by Riley & Co. to Alb
bott, who said nothing to the firm but
pocketed the cash, and represented that
the sale was on "time" Abbott made a
confession to his employers. He adj
mitted that he had been robbing them
systematically for long time. Abbott
was about to be arrested when news of
his suicide reached police headquarters.
Abbott was about 40 years of age, and
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-12-05
CRUSHED TO DEATH.
A Blast Furnace Falls and Several Mel
Buried in the Ruins


Buried in the Ruins
JOLIET, ILL.,, Dec. 5.-A terrible acct
dent, with loss of life, occurred
at the blast furnace department of the
Illinois Iron and Steel Company's works
during the morning.
The blast furnace, which was blown
out for refining and repairs made neces-
sary by the recent explosion, which was
also attended by loss of life, fell to the
ground when about 20 men were at
work on it. Eleven men were at work
in the inside at the bottom and about
six on top when the accident happened
The rescuing party succeeded in extri-
eating all the victims from beneath the
mass of debris. The dead are: Nels
Larson, John Henderson, Gus Loosa,
Thompson Swanson, Slaus Fasmeck.
Frank Miller and John Mulusstadis.
Those most seriously injured are: Os-
car Lind, Joseph Mason, John Oleson,
August Weinberg, A. Seisenair, Peter
Erickson John Larson and Patrick Kill
cullen.
The accident was caused by the giving
away of one of the heavy columns on
which the huge blast furnace rested
The loss to the company is estimated at
S75 600
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-12-05

some OF the newspapers are paving
the way for a world Of trouble for the
old bachelors. q Among the miscellane-
Gus information collected by the United
States consuls is to be found the interest
ing fact that the town council of Cara
cas- Venezuela, finding the burdens of
government pressing too hard upon the
men who have families to support. has
made an attempt to equalize affairs by
requiring every unmarried man over 35
years OF age to pay tax of per cent on
an income of $4,000, or 2 per cent if his
income exceeds that amount. There are
some editors who are suggesting that
such plan might be a good thing in
this country, but we rather think that is
a scheme to bull the matrimonial market
as the additional taxation would be suf.
hclent to drive many of the old bache-
Tors into committing matrimony.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-12-05

How is this, Major Mckinley? We
have been told all along that your high
tariff taxation measure would surely
nelp the workingmen by increasing
wages. But here are good miners in
Birmingham, Ala, in idleness because
their employers will not pay them de-
cent wages. You might go down to
Alabama and tell those men about the
beauties of your taxation scheme.
Think you that your sophistries would
convince them?
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-12-05

IT is sincerely to be hoped that the
friends of international copyright will
be successful in securing the final pas
'age Of the measure that has thus been
rapidly advanced On its course. There
can be no question at this late day that
the general sentiment of the country ap
proves Of an equitable copyright that
shall confirm American and foreign
authors alike in the possession of their
literary property, and that shall place
the publishing business of this country
upon higher moral plane by eliminat-
ing from it the factor of literary piracy
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-12-05
He Reasoned from Experience.

Mr.. Tweeds, having lost the partner
for twenty years of his joys and sorrows,
has taken a second.
THAT'S a charming young wife of
yours, Tweeds," says his friend, "but
isn't there-ah-quite a disparity be-
tween your ages?"
mot in the least" replies the wild
over. "All nonsense to talk like that.
Why, she's just the age my first wife
was when I married herl'-Munsey's
Weekly.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-12-05

ASTONISHING success has attended the
Efforts of DIR Lannelongue, an eminent
'pecialist of Paris, to give intelligence
10 little idiot girl. Though four years
old, the child could neither walk nor
stand and never smiled nor took motto.
OF anything. The doctor concluded tina.
the abnormal narrowness of the head
INSTRUCTED the growth of the brian, and
in May last he made an incision in the
centre of the skull and cut piece of
bone from the left side. The result
was marvellous. Within less than a
month the child could walk and she has
become quite bright-playing, smiling
and taking notice Of everything around
her.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-12-05
Arrests for Violating an Election Law.

BOSTON, Dec. 5.-Warrants have been
issued for the arrest of twelve prominent
men, some of them citizens of Boston,
Others citizens of neighboring towns and
cities, for violating the law by moving
out of town before election, thereby losing
their legal residence, and then returning
to vote in their old precincts.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-12-05
A Valuable Property.

We offer for sale at reasonable price
that fine piece of land on the east side of
Field street, south of j. w. Hills residence.
Its frontage is 1877 feet with depth of
about 100 feet. 1t is good location for
either, business or dwelling house property.
Who takes it Also we offer that excellent
vacant business lot at the corner of Field
and Meadow streets.
& Son, Real Els. ACTS.
Masonic Temple 1Os Bank st.
Open Tuesday and Saturday ev'gs, 7tos O'Clock.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-12-05

-Customer-'Give me a pound OF
Java coffee" New Boy diving with a
scoop into coffee-bin) -"Yessir." Gus.
tomer-"Wait I've changed my mind.
I'll take Mocha instead" New Boy
diving into the same bin)-s'Yessir. -
Customer-''See here, you started to get
the Java out of that bin" New Boy
"Yessir. No difference in tn coffee, Sir,
only difference is in tn price. GOOD
News
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-12-05
The Corbett-Slavin Match,

SAN FRANcITCo, Dec. 5.-Jim Corbett
has received letter from Slavin, who
accepts the challenge to fight at the
Olympic club in New Orleans for Sc, 600.
with a bet of So, 500 on the side. Corbett,
according to Slavin's suggestion, will
wire 81 900 forfeit to New York. Corbett
regards the match as sure now.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-12-05

DANBURY, Conn, Dec. 5.-The lockout
of the trimmers, which has paralyzed
the hat trade here for two weeks, is
broken. The conclusion was reached by
concessions on both sides. The manu-
facturers have agreed to recognize the
old Finishers' Association, and to pay
August,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-12-05
Plunger Price Dead.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 5.-A private
dispatch from New York says that E.
Dunbar Price, whose wealth and ex-
travagance have made him we'll known
in this country and in Europe, died
there at the Marlborough Hotel. He
kept racing stable and ran his horses
on all the principal tracks of the East.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-12-05
Two Ladies Receive Shocks

ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Dec. 5.-The first
accident since electric motors were put
on the Lake avenue line four weeks ago
occurred here last night when the wires
went astray and two ladies alightine
from a Car received severe shocks, and a
log was killed by the vagrant current.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-12-05

Dir. Gill is now on his 3rd year in waterbnrv
and the gath of his practice as a physician and
surgeon. The doctor is noted as the only regu-
lar graduate of medicine and surgery in this part
OF the state making an EXCLUSIVE SPECIALITY of
chronic diseases and female complaints Dr.
only to confnements and special chronic cases
The Doctors greatest success is in the treat
Urino-Genital organs, in both sexes, from what
ever cause. Seminal weakness, impotency, ner-
Vous debility and all private diseases are rapidly
cured by the doctors combination method In
all cases his terms are moderate, monthly ay-
ments, medicines free, and he shows special con
Main street. Open daily, except Sundays, to 8
O'Clock