The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-07-25
LOCAL NEWS.
Colds abound.
Game is scarce,

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Game is scarce.
Good weather for sleeping.
Inhale ammonia to relieve a cold.
Bruna's excursiont to Cape NJ az August
9Th.
Assessor Richman is abont completing
his rounds for this year.
Paul McAllister has made an assig nment
for the benefit of his creditors.
A new street lamp has been placed at
the creek bridge. on Salem street.
The Farmers picnic will be held at Sill
yer Grove. Pennsville, on August 7th.
The animal faImers' picnic will be held
at the River Shore on Thursday. August
18th.
Read the advertisement of the excursion
to Cape May on the steamer Republic"
next Wednesday.
Keep in mind the grange RS county pic
mic, in the woods near Woo dstown, Au-
gust 9Th. 1t will be a pleasant ocoasi on.
This is the season of the year when men
get their hair clipped and thus display the
scars they received in their boyhood days.
An exchange says that those who have
the largest share of what is termed ''horse
sense" as a rule have the least to do with
horse racing.
F.. c. Haines shipped three of his can
filling machines this week to Gamers at
Wallaceburg, Ontario; Salisbury, Missouri;
and Plainfield, Iowa.
Ga Wednesday of this week E. 3. Hum
phreys 4 Co. placed an order with a man.
ufacturer for seventy five rolls or pieces of
floor oil cloth, nearly 1000 yards.
A %can.house dance under the manage
ment of Chas. B. Grier and Herschel Nor
rus sill be held in tho Farmers Cooper
alive Factory on Thursday evening,
August It'll.
The temperature at seven o'clock last
Monday morning, July 21st., was 54o, or
ten degrees cooler than it was on Christ
mas last, at three o'clock in the after
noon, when it registered ga.
The loss on the barns of Geo. Lippincott,
at Auburn. was covered by $3.50 insurance
in the Farmers Mutual Co. On the con-
tents was 5000, in the same company,
which will not cover the loss.
Superintendent of the Census Porter is
sending ont checks in payment of the
services of those enumerators in whose
cities the final returns have been made.
About SO, 900 are TO be paid of.
Mayor Richman received a call lately
from a married woman who wanted him TO
stop her husband from running with an
other woman. She was informed that this
was a little outside of the Mayors line of
duties.
Saturdays Philadelphia Ledger says.
''The will OF Thomas w. Davis, which was
probated yesterday, contained a Request
of 5000 to the PiIesgrove Library Associa-
ton, of Woodstown, for the purchase OF
books for the said library"
Complaints of the depredations of foxes
in the vicinity of Auburn and Sharptown
reach us frequently. Summary meas ures
should be taken to kill these pests, and
the ~fox-hunting fraternity should In the
future pay some respect to the rights OF
farmers wives and daughters, on whom
the loss usually falls.
The Little Gleaners,''a company of
little folks in the M. Il. Church of this
place will hold a festiv al nnder canvas on
the Borough lot on Dickinson street, on
Friday evening, Aug. LIST, 1890. Ice cream.
cakes, fruits and CONNECTIONS will be served
by the lit lie folks. Proceeds for the re-
pairing of the church property.
Tho Twenty eighth Regiment, New Jer-
sey Volunteers, will hold its annual re-
union on the 2Sth of August at Perth Am
boy. The following officers OF the regi-
ment have appointed a committee of ar
rangements: Isaac ~Inslee, John Fothergill,
J. ii. Terrill, p. II. Sampson, Charles A.
Dunn, John Gregory and William A. APP
plegate.
The Secretary Of State is now sending
out the parchments to the men who have
been selected to act as COMMISSIONS OF
Deeds. These appointments are made by
the Governor because the joint session
failed to appoint. Those receiving COM
missions can only serve for the term un-
provided for by the Legislature. their
terms expiring at he close ofthe next leg
wislative session.