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

PouHuo, rdiSeu ny Oafnuel AuStlD, was
shipped from our station last week.
All new subscribers to the MONITOR who
have not made their selections of books
will please send or bring them in at once,
as we wish TO make cur first delivery
sometime next week.
At the meeting of Borough Council on
Monday night, the question of water-works
for the own was discussed, and a commit
tee of councilmen appointed to view the
systems in other towns.
George W. Crothers is building a new
barn on his livery property, 28x23 feet in
size, which will stable ten. horses. Car
penters Saml. Carney and son, Frank Car
ney, are doing the work.
Mrs. Carey, living with the family of
Jos. Ballinger, who fell and broke her leg
about two months ago, has improved so
slowly that it was found necessary to
again break and reset the broken limb
this week.
The New jersey edition of the New
York World contained on Monday short
sketches of the lives of the State Senators,
with a portrait of each, including a fairly
good likeness of Senator William Newell,
of our county.
- hOot al Aib III SOnliDS COlti
weather will do we'll to avail themselves of
the present opportunity for getting a heavy
overcoat at lower figures thar such gar
ments have ever before been purchaseable.
Fry it and be convinced.
Corn is worth only twelve to fifteen
cents per bushel in Kansas and the farm
ers are using it for fuel. 1t has been i'm
possible to get ears sufficient TO ship the
imnpngn orpnc aud oo-p in napu D1aans
is stacked up in great heaps.
The arrivals the East Avenue for the
past week are: c. E. Jameson, A. S. And
erson, II. w. Rogers, S. r. CLARK, E.
Knight, Wm. Disston, Philadelphia; James
Thomas, W~illiamsport; Chas. Mckinney,
John Mckinney, Smithfield, Ohio; Miss
AsaY, Pemberton.
The Inter State Fair Association, at
Trenton, has declared . dividend of five
per cent. The success of the venture was
greater than was expected, over $4,000
people having been in attendance during
the week. There will still be a snug sur
plus in the treasury after the dividend is
paid.
List of letters remaining uncalled for in
the post-office at Woodstown, week ending
Jan. 18th 1890: Mr.. Jacob Cooper, Mr.. Joe
Corson, Mr.. George Boodey, Mr.. Peter
Ridgway, Miss A. Myers. Mrs. Sadie Kir-
by, Mrs. Angelina Allen, Mr.. Matthew
Brown, Mrs. Harriet Bowyer, Bertha
Adams, S. P. Williams.
No cold weather yet up to date, and
still those who own ice houses do not ap-
pear to be discouraged. Joseph Duffield,
who has for several years been en-
ployed at the Aims House, tells us
that they filled their house last year on
the 18th of February, so it would appear
to be time enough yet.
As was anticipated by local veterinari-
aas, the all-prevailing grippe has fastened
upon the horses, and hundre DIS of animals
are reported to be suffering from the dis
ease. Very few fatal cases have come to
light, and these were largely due to inn
proper treatment OF the nlalady in its early
stages. Twenty horses of the Milbourne
Mills Company, in Philadelphia, are inca
pacitated by the disease.
An old resident tells us of an incident
which came under his observation last
Sunday, which day will go down in his
tory as the warmest mid-winter day ever
experienced in this latitude. While on his
way to attend the temperance meeting in
the Friends Westinghouse he noticed an
elderly farmer, living above Moodstown,
who had laid off his coat and driven all the
way into town in his shirt sleeves.
A slight fire occurred at the residence on
the Pleasant Valley Stock Farm, late on
Saturday night, which was fortunately dis
covered and extinguished in time to pre-
vent serious damage. The housekeeper
noticing the smell OF smoke, it was discov-
cred that the ioist over a large lamp in the
kitchen was smouldering, and Oh the plas-
ter being knocked off, started to blaze. A
few minutes work with the fire e%xtinguish,
ers subdued the flames.
A suit brought before Justice John
Holmes by Samuel Sheppard, a sixteen
year-old colored boy, against S. L. Alli-
son, of YORKTOWN, was tried on Wednes-
day of last week. The amount sued for
was SOC, alleged wages due Sheppard from
Allison. Allison. who was represented by
c. II. Sinnickson, Esq, of Salem, proved
that the boy was taken for his board and
clothes, and that he had been sent to
school during his indentureship. The
jury returned a verdict of ''no cause for
action
The temperance meeting held III the
Friends Westinghouse on First-day last
was largely attended, the different denom-
nations being well represented. The ex-
ercises opened with a recitation in concert
entitled "The Little Girls Plea" by Alice
Borton, Elsie Borton and Wilma Coles.
The different phases of the temperance
question were then ably presented by Asa
Engle, Edwin A. Holmes, and others.
The closing exercise was q responsive
reading in concert by the members of the
First-day school.
We are in receipt of a catalogue of rare
water lilies and other aquatic plants from
E. D. Sturtevant, of Bordentown, this
State, which contains much interesting
matter concerning their care and culture.
Accompanying the catalogue is a hand
colored plate illustrating the Egyp-
tian lotus, (~nelumbium speciosum,) a
plant similar to the American lotus,
(nelumbium luteum,) growing in the pond
here and at S%harptown, the difference be-
ing in the color of the Egyptian lotus,
which is OF a bright rose tint.
A runaway shortly after dinner on We'd
nesday resulted in the smashing Of a road
belonging to Harry Wallace, a car
rage owned by Alexander B. Justice, and
a general tearing up of harness on both
teams. Wallace, while driving down
Main street, had one of the lines break
while near the post office, throwing him
out. His horse ran down the street and
collided with the team of Justice driven by
Joseph Sye, just as it was coming out of
Dickinson street, throwing the horse and
turning the carriage over on it's side.
held on to the animal, and both it and
the horse of Wallace were captured with