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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-05-29
Yearly ana Quarterly Meetings. Tenn
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A number of members of the above CON-
mittee. met in Friends meeting house on
the afternoon of the 26th inst, and after
the reading of the minutes of the previous
meeting held at Salem, the using of brew
er's grains by dairymen was again spoken
of and condemned, and it was said too
that FIeischmann's yeast, OF which SO many
think SO highly, is made from scum skim
med off the beer.
Nathan Thorn's death was spoken Of as
being a great loss to the temperance forces,
as his hand as well as heat was ever open
in time of need and be never overlooked
the fact that in order to instructive masses
speakers were needed, and that speakers
could not be procured without mourning
expenses. 1t y rs very strongly urged that
we pattern after his good example and be
like him, temperance people every day in
thu year and every hou in the day.
1t was urged that We avoid
all appearance of evil, not allowing
ourselves to be found 10 near prox-
unity to places where the poisonous
liquids are sold, stunning these haunts as
We would all other places of iniquity and
crime.
Another stated that statistics showed
that The increase in tue amount of liquor
manufactured is not in proportion to the
increase of population; that there is a
stronger temperance sentiment abroad in
the land to day than at any previous time,
not being so much confined to organiza-
tions, and that runlsellers themselves are
becoming ashamed OF their business, aud
in many instances have been known to try
to SHIFT the responsibility of disorderly
conduct among their patrons, upon limo
cent sources.
All, surely, the mills Of the gods grind
slowly, but they grind exceeding fine.
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Items.

The Johnson Post G. A. r. attended the
IL. E. Church last Sunday morning in a
body where a special sermon By Rev c. II.
Elder was atteatively listened to.
Hickman Spears has a severe case of
malaria fever.
Mr.. Joseph Thompson Jr. has been con-
fined to the house during the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Sheppard and daughter
Jennie, and Miss Cora Neal, of Bridgeton,
spent Sunday with Mr.. QHint. Friant and
family.
Our men of the wheel attended a picnic
at Marlboro last Friday, and in coming
back were caught in the shower and were
completely drenched.
The members of the Baptist chapel will
hold a strawberry festival at an early date.
Miss Mamie Morrison and Mr.. Aquilla
Simms were baptised last Sunday evening
in the chapel.
Dir. John Dickson has purchased a new
bicycle. EVE.
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marrfed,

J0HNsoN-DENNIs-At Green wich, May
18th, by Rev. w z. lille, Frank S. Johnson,
OF Bridgeton, formerly of Cohansey, and Miss
Ray Dennis, of Greenwich.
BUCkALEW-M \ ERS.-0n May 20, 1891. at
the Reed Street Mission. Pbiladelp hia, b. Rev.
George b. Jones, Mr.. Thomas b. Buckafew, of
saleni,and Miss Lizzie Myers,o OF Philadelphia.
T0UNG-ASDERsoN.-on May 2I, 1921. by
Rev. A. IL. sembower, Mr.. Lewis Young and
Miss Hannah Anderson both OF salem.
HIITCHISSON-NELSON.-On May 2lst.. az
the A. p. Parsonage. by Rev. Ri. Patterson,
George Z. Hutchinson and Maggie IL. Nelson,
both of Pennsgrove.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the Pitts
grove Baptist parsonage. May Is, 1891. by Rev.
l.. Myers, Thomas Hendefs ON, Of PiIfsgrove,
TO Lille NJ SandeTlin, ofSalem.
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AUDITORS SALE
ESTATE
SALEM CIRCUIT CURT.
Emily Brown. Attachment,

AHAy brown, Attachment
Samuel J Crimson, Jr. order for sale.
pf virtue of an order of Salem Circuit
- Court, entered IN above cause. dated May
said cause, VII sell at public yendue, in front
OF the Conrs House, in the city Of salem. New
MONDAY, JUNE 20. 1891
between the hours OF twelve and i've o'clock
in the afternoon OF said day, to-wit, at p. M,
all the right, title ard interest of samuel
Johnson, Jr, the above named defendant, IN
the foiiowing described lots, tracts or parcels
of land and premises, viz:
No. being the Homestead farm of william
Brown, deceased, situate in the township of
Upper Pittsgrove, county OF salem, and State
Beginning at a stake in the line of the salem
Railroad and corner to Rsilin S. Fosters land,
along which it runs north seventeen and q
quarter degrees west ten chains and twenty
i've links 10 a corner inc. W Gods land. thence
by the same ana making land north seventy
Two degrees and twenfy-seven minutes east
forty-three chains and ffty-three links TO a
stone corner to the Hurst lot: fhence b said
lot south seventeen degrees ana thirty-seyen
minutes east three chains and thirteen links
10 the corner OF The Bridgeton stage road;
thence down said road south twenty-onc de
grees twenty-three minutes westtwenty-seveu
chains and seyenty-nine links TO the line of
the aforesaid Salem Railroad: thence along
said railroad the several courses thereof to
the beginning, containing sixty-eight acres
and nineteen hundredths of an acre of land.
more orless-
No. Ais swamp andtimber land, situate In
the toMusAlp Oh AitoWay ana bounded as Ioi-
lows: Beginning alta stake for q corner, in
lands of Hiram Sweatman, also corner no No.
s. thence by said Sweatman's land south
eighty-three degrees twenty-five minutes west
pine chains ninety links to a stone corner To
jeremiah n. Waison's land; thence by the
same north nine and a quarter degrees west
twelve chains to a stake in the main branch
OF A~liowayis creek: thence Up said creek the
several courses thereof to a stake corner. OF
NO. 6. thence by the same south rine ana q
quarter degrees east sixteen chains nfty links
10 the corner first mentioned, containing
twelve acres and nfnety-two hu~ndreoths of an
acre. more orless. Conditions at sale.
WILLIAM I. billiard.
Dated MAY q. 1891. Audftor.
ELS. Foggs Attorney-5ests.
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WHY Nhatl are searce

The decrease 10 the catch of Delaware
river shad this year over last year, is caus-
iEg considerable comment and speculation
as to the cause thereof. Il is estimated
that the decrease will be at least one-third,
and various reasons are given therefor, one
Of the Philadelphia papers claiming that
it is probably u to the impurity of the
river water caused by the discharge from
factories into the stream of some deleteri-
Gus matter Objectionable to fish. Captain
Pratt, the Gloucester county Fish Warden,
who is an old fisherman, and has given a
great deal Of attention TO the habits Of the
mysterious shad, is Of the opinion that the
decrease this particular year is caused by
the heavy floods into the river of three
years ago, which occurred in the Matching
season, and caused the destruction of the
millions of young fish that were set adrift
from the Government hatchery that year.
The young fish do not return until the
third year after they are Matched, and Cap
tain Pratt says If his theory is correct he
will be able to verify it next year, when the
catch should be quite as large as it was
last, as the conditions were all favorable
for the youngsters hstched two years ago,
and they should return in force Ia 1892.
Fish Warden Mccormick, OF Camden, is
inclined to the belief that a greater num-
Der OF shad has been captured in the lower
Delaware and in the Bay this year than is
credited, from the fact that the fish were
shipped direct TO New York this year over
the New Jersey Southern railroad, and
of which no return has yet. been made. In
the early part of the season he say The nets
were stretched across the head of the Bay
ia an almost anbroken line, from shore to
shore, preventing the fish from ascending
the river to their spawning grounds, and
that many not gilled were driven back to
the sea.
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appliance of hooks and ladders and a
suitable building to house them; and in
addition thereto a suitable room for a fire
company to organize and hold stated meet
ings to drill for duty in time Of fire. While
you are about it add also a suitable room
for meeting Of Council for the transaction
of business, also a Jail or lookup, some
thing that in its sanitary arrangements
will be fit for the purposes Of a Jail. The
present public building Of the town and
the only public building ow ned by the town
consists of a low one story building. dis.
posed Of by a former owner as effete, and
now used by the borough as a council
chamber, Mayors Office and a Jail, and
probably of the value Of one hundred
dollars. 1t is a fact confirmed by obser-
walton and experience that but few men
i'll raise above their Surroundings. This
shanty in which you assemble for DELHI
GRAFTON may be the incubus, 0, ye Borough
Fathers, that weighs down your public
spirit. If SO, by some hercultan effort liz
above your surroundings and surround
yourselves with surroundings that will
lift you out of the old ruts. This present
public building is a burleseue on the town
and a matter of ridicule for outsiders. For
comfort and attrac tiveness it will not COM
pare fayorably with the stall of a second
rate horse, and il sanitary arrangement its
Jail is not a fit place in which
to herd swine. Let US rise to
the level of our needs in these public mat
ters, or let us discard Borough govern
ment and avoid responsibility and calum.
ny. Only recently a Salem editor tainted
US with the wish that they had a second
hand lookup for as, and we presume as a
supplement to their Old fire engine. At
the recent session of ohr Court an ex-
FOUNDER of Jurisprudence in an appeal for
a verdict of acqnittal from a criminal
charge preferred against his client, and in
which he waxed vehement and scared to
the sublime heights of oratory, suddenly
bethought himself of our public improve
nents and the thought of them SO knocked
him out that be fell from his lofty perch
just as a peacock is said to drop his
plumes When he sees his feet. One of the
city papers the other day in commenting
upon the public spirit of our town said our
Council at a recent meeting for the discus
sion OF public improvements in the way of
fire protection evolved enough public spirit
to purchase a brace of handouts. How
long are We going to allow ourselves to de-
serve these taunts. We cannot afford to
take a back seat in these matters and by so
doing make ourselves subjects of ridicule.
And we don't have to if we don't want to.
We are a big little town. We have the
wealth necessary to put ourselves in a
position to poke fun at those who now
make game OF US. Let us rise to the level
of our ability aud be somebody or let US
go into a hole and stay there until onr
children out of shame for US lift US cut
and up. JOSIAH.
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AIlOyer the comfy.

Salem has !, 1853 children of school age,
an increase Of 1875 over last year.
A new post Office will shortly be sstah-
lished at Friesbufg, this county.
A COW belonging to Isaac Wiley, Of
Elsinboro. was killed by lightning during
the heavy thunder storm on Friday evening.
The personal effects Of John Proud,
decd, will be sold at public sale at his
late residence near Alloway TO. morrow
Saturday..
Ebenezer Sparks was appointed by the
Court last week as guardian for George
Roberts, ST., Of Pedricktown, who has lost
his mind through softening Of the brain.
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Driving Clubs FRS, sIa,inee.

The following is the list of entries for
the races at the inaugural meeting OF the
West Jersey Driving Club, to DO held on
the Woodstown Fair Grounds tomorrow
afternoon. Races call at 2 O'Clock.
$40 Glass.
/ Geo. Moore, bay geIdfnR.
. Pleasant Valley Stock Farm, g. m, Lady F.
8 j. W. Smith, b. m, Nellie straughn.
Chas. Hickman, b. g., Fleetwood.
Minute Class.
/ Geo. Moore. &.
Nit. Pleasant S. p, b.. e., Mambrino torcst.
3 Lewis Neal, b. g..
4 Pleasant Valley Stock Farm, s. g, Edlln D..
8 John Nensteal. b. M, Ella E..
6 N. II. I.ippincott, b. m. The Spinster.
7 Wilmer Hewitt, 8. G., 7. W. Il ID.
4Year Old
| Mt. Pleasant Stud Place. b. m, Anna r.
? Chas. Duffel, b. e., Jim Blaine.
8 Pleasant Valley Stock Farm, b.. s., Euphrates.
or b. IN, Marty.
4 Clark Petit, b. M, Indiana.
Year Olds.
l Mt. Pleasant Stud Place, b. e.. Redciins.
, W. w. Acton, b. s.,
. Morris Elton, b. g., Nicholas j..
1 Benz. Nixon, b. IN.
0 J.. NJ. wcatherby, b. g.. Honest Tom.
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1ied.
HoRNER-Near Ailoway, May q, Georg
Horner in his Slst year.

HoRNER-Near Aiioway, May q, George
Horner in his slst year.
Alta meeting of the W. C. T. L. held on the
I4th OF 9TH month. the following resolutions
expressing our sympathy were adopted.
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased our Heavenly
Father TO remove from this life Nathan
Thorne, one OF Tour honorary members there
fore,
and generous friend, who by his presence and
cooperation was always ready TO help our
work.
ReSotped That we as q band of temperance
workers would respectfully express onr heart
felt sympathy with the bereaved family.
Resolved, hat O 0 of these resolutions
be presented to the family, entered on the
minutes. and published in the MONITOR.
LIZZIE E~BERHARDT,
j. W. HUMPHREYS,
ANNIE PANCOAST F~LITCRAFT.
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Just over the County Lines.

A w. G. T. U. parlor meeting will be
held at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Woodruff, Mullica Hill, tomorrow
(S~aturday) evening. All members and
their friends are cordially invited.
William Wilson's veteran ofthe late war
and an inmate of the Gloucester county
Almshouse, has just been granted an or
iginal pension of $500. 90 and $12 per
month hereafter, under the new law.
Phineas F. Ledden, of Mnllica Hill, drank
carbolic acid last Monday morning by MIS-
take. A physician was summoned, and,
after administering antidotes, succeeded in
restoring him to consciousness. He will
probably recover.
Gen. Dix Post,G A. r., of Swedesboro,
has everything in readiness for Memorial
Day. The comrades will meet at Bridge
port at 81 O'Clock and at Swedesboro at 2
o'clock. In the afternoon Rev. B. G. Lip
pincott, of Woodbury., will deliver the
grafton.
The Swedesboro club defeated the
Woodlands, of West Philadelphia, on their
grounds on Saturday last. Score 6 to z.
The Woodlands had the great Indian
pitcher, Mainyard, who played under the
name of Allen. Their first baseman, Clair,
WaS kIIeQ ON MS way uoulc ny q na
named Sweeney near Gloucester.
The Rev. H. J. Hamilton pastor OF the
Homestead Baptist Church, formerly Of
Mulliea Hill, who was killed while attend
ing the May anniversaries at Cincinnati,
left a widow and one child. Revs. o.. q.
Buddin9ton, of Wilmington, Del, and h.
A. Griessmeier, of H~addonfield, who were
walking with him arm-in-arm had a
narrow escape. The falling stone bruised
Mr.. Griessmeier's shoulders and tore his
coat.
Mrs. David Abbott, of Green Greek, Cape
May county, contra ,ted malignant diph-
liberia in Camden while attending a strick-
on daughter, and came home very sick a
few days ago.. She died Sunday morning
and was buried in the afternoon. Because
of the dread of the disease, it was impossl-
BILE to procure any one to inter the body,
and in the absence of a clergyman a daugh-
ter read the burial service and did the pray
ing at the grave.
The Gil oucester County Board of Agri-
culture will hold a meeting in Patrons
Hall, Mullica Hill, on Monday, June lst,
at 2 p. m. Prof. Smith, State Entomolo-
gist, will be present and give an address
on rose bugs and other destructive insects,
and possibly give remedies for their exter-
mination. Franklin Dye, Secretary OF the
State Board, will also be present and lend
interest to the occasion by his cheering and
instr uctive counsel. A special Invitation
is extended to the ladies and all others in
terested to be present.
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Cnurcn Nores.

Rev. Ciearfield ark, of Millville, will
exchange pulpits next Sunday with Rev.
B. p. johnson, pastor Of the Woodstown
Presbyterian Church.
blossoms from Decoration Day" will be
the theme of a sermon at the NJ. Z. Church
next Sunday evening by the pastor, Rev.
A. II. Eberhardt. Members of the G.. A..
r., veterans of the late war, and tho
public generally are cordially invited.
Subject for morning, "A Perfect Model"
The sixty-frst anniversary of the Spruce
Street Baptist Sunday-school, Philadelphia,
of which Geo. B. Macaltioner is Supt.
was held on Tuesday evening. The can
tata, ''The Choicest Gift, was presented.
the soprano role being taken by Miss
Annie f. Macaltioner, owing to the illness
Of the lady assigned the part.
The Woolw ich Township Sunday school
convention was held In the Presbyterian
church, S~wedesbero, last week. An inter-
esting program was followed. The follow
ing named officers were elected: Pre- sident.
w. II. Mccullough; Vice President, 1. II.
V~anneman; Secretary, Treasurer. J. H.
Tharp; Executive Committee, Mrs. B. r.
Moffctt, Mrs. G. d. Lippincott, C. K.
Mayer, Henry Shiyler.
Rev. S. w. Clark, the State Secretary,
visited Woodstown on Sunday in the ill.,
terest of the Sunday-schools. He preached
in the Presbyterian Church in the morning
and in the afternoon held a most interesting
conference of workers and others at the
Baptist Church. He made an address at
the M. E. Church In the evening, to a large
audience, and the services have aroused a
new interest in the important work Of
properly training the young.
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Any person wishing TO purchase a good,
reliable watch, gold or silver, can't do
better than to call on White. the jeweler,
as he has made the watch business q spe-
cialty for several years. You will get the
full worth Of your money every time.
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POST OFFICE.

Office hours, $50 A. NJ. to 500 F. NJ.
MAILS CLosE-For all points below Wood
bury, 6.55 A. M; for Philadelphia and points
beyond, 7.40 A. NJ, l2.lI 400 P. M; for Salem,
9.l9 A. NJ. and 800 P. M; for Sharptown, $50 A.
MAILS ARRIvE-7.4o, 1923 A.. NJ, $40 p. M; from
salem, 1887, 4.29 p. M; from Sharptown, 7.3U
A. NJ. and $3.50 P. M.
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RcrKOnaI.

Mrs. Preston virgins has been visiting
her sister, Mrs. D. d. Leap, at P%ennsgrove.
E. s. Fogg,G. G. r., paid an official visit
to the Good Templars Of Dist. No. 2. at
Newark on Thursday last.
Rev. l.. W. Baton, a former resident of
SwedesborO, has been given a professor
ship in the Episcopal Divinity school.
Civil Engineers Weise and Reynolds,
who are working on the new Alloway and
Quinton railroad, were in tow last week
on a visit.
Miss Lizzie A. Lippincott, accompanied
by Miss Pittfield, of Haddorfield, spent a
few days last week at the home of her
parents near Woodstown.
May Pauline Sparks, Bird geport, Emily
Branson Stokes, Woodbury., and Carrie II.
Gaunt, Woodbury., have been visiting
Cooper Coles family at Cream Ridge.
Among the graduates of thu dental de-
partment of the University of pennsylvania
at the recent commencement was John M.
Fogg, son of DR.. /. =. Fogg, of 1907 Arc h
street, who practiced his profession in
Woodstown in the early COS.
George Frederick Grull, of Marion, Iowa,
who many years ago worked in James
Woolman's tannery in Woodstown, was in
town this week visiting his old friend,
Gottleib Brown. Mr.. Grull left Woodstown
81 years ago, and this was bis first visit in
that time. He will sail June Cd. for a trip
to his former home in Germany.
We received a pleasant visit on Wednes-
day from F. Wayland Aver and Walter J.
Mckee, of Camden, the former the head of
the ~well-known advertising firm of N. w.
Aver & Son, Philadelphia, the latter man.
ager of the Mather Mfg Co. Messrs. Aver
and Mckee are taking a short respite from
business cares in a drive through South
Jersey, having driven from Camden on
Wednesday. They spent the night in
Woodstown, and continued their Journey
yesterday. and will take in Salem, Bridge
ton, and other points.
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1irertoru.
@k%SAkuADs
WEST JERSEY RAILROAD

trains leave Woodstown, going north, 7.07,
500 A.. M, 1921, 4.l9, 6.07 ?. NJ. sundays, 7.42 Am,
IA r. NJ. Arrive in Philadelphia, $50, 800 A.
NJ. j. 40, $40, 7.20 =. NJ. Sunday, 9.05 A. NJ, 500 FIN.
Trains leave Woodstown, going south-7.37
a.29 A. M, 2.4s, 5.19, 6.67 P. NJ. Sundays, 9.36 A. N.
6.35 P. NJ.
$40, $40 A. NJ, 1.30, 4.10, $40 P. M. Sundays, S.l5
A M, 5.l5 P. NJ.
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The STATES Population.

Inc total populaClOn OF The state as
shown by the present census, taken as of
June l, 1890, is 1,444, 933, while the pop
~ulation, according to the census of 1880,
was 1,131, 116, an increase of 313, SIT, or
27.H per cent. OF the twenty-one u
ties in the State only three show decreases,
and in each of these cases the decrease is
not large. Passaic and Atlantic counties
show increases Of more than fifty per cent.
Hudson County shows an increase of {. 39
per cent. Camden, Essex and Mercer
counties show increases of more than
thirty three and one-third per cent; while
Bergen, Monmouth and Union counties
show increase of more than or nearly
twenty-fi v per cent. IL the remaining
counties the increases are not SO large.
Of the cities, towns, and boroughs hav-
ing a population of 1000 or more the
largest numerical increases are found in
the cities of Newark and Jersey City,
which places show increases of 45, 1922, or
1920 per cent, and 42,2S1, or 500 per
cent, respectively. The largest percent
ages of increase are found in Atlantic City,
Bayonne, Perth Arnboy, Passaic and
Trenton cities, Atlantic City showing an
increase of 1873. SO per cent, while Trenton
shows a n increase of 92.10 per cent. La
two places only are slightdecreases shown.
ASarrOw Escape.
That was q close call made at the home
of John s. Johnson, at Yorketonn, on
Friday last. Mr.. Johnson and a friend
had driven over to Woodstomn that after
noon and reached home at about the time
the storm was at it's worst. They had
barely made the cover of a wagon shed and
~dismounted when a terrific peal of thunder
which seemed to break directly over their
heads, slightly stunned one of the number
and greatly a~ffrighted the horses. The
dwelling was but a few yards distant from
the shed and was made 10 a very short
time, passing through torrents of rain on
the way with a strong sulphur smell all
around. AT the house another and unex-
pected revelation awaited them. Passing
into one of the rooms on the first floor they
found 1t partially filled with smoke with
the same s%ulphurons, or burut powder like
smell apparent. The gilded frame of a
picture hanging on the wall was blackened
on the lower edge, and the vail itself
badly discolored in spots. By this time
the storm had measurably abated and an
investigation was made outside the build
ing to ascertain the character and extent
of thu damage done If any. 1t was found
that the bolt had struck at the foot of a
tree standing but a few feet distant from
the house, and from there, %ploughing the
earth in its path, had come very close to
the house, so close indeed as to throw
small chopped up pieces of grass all over
a window adjacent. Tie window glass
too, was slightly stained, resembling in
appearance glass when subject to a very
strong heat. None of the family were in
the least injured though some children
playing in an upper room at the time were
somewhat dazed. Verify it was a very
close call.
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THE side-wheel boat, Lady Of the Lake.
lis for sale. Can he seen at SwE1eeOcT0
pond Apply to b. l.. TYLER. Mocrest9~r,
burlington Co, Nd. -
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