The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-06-26

The Supreme Court of the State has just
rendered a decision to the effect that mort.
cages on church property must be assessed
and taxed the same as any other personal
estate. This new ruling will cause great
surprise and no small amount of uneasiness
among holders of this class of securities.
The public pump in the centre of the
town gives out most excellent drinking
water and is gaining a large patronage.
The pump over in front of the J II. Peter
son block used to have the trade but
some claim the water from the public
pump, as it is called, is better than that
from the Peterson well.
From a private letter received by a
Woodstown resident from a friend in Texas,
it would seem that that state is a veritable
garden spot. Rains have been plentiful,
and corn is from 10 to Is feet high, all out
in silk and tassel. Cotton is f%ourishing
and prospects good for a heavy yield.
Plums, dewberries, peaches, tomatoes,
watermelons, etc., are coming in.
The firm of Judson Bros, San Antonio,
Texas, brothers Of Mrs Josiah Pancoast,
who frequently visits Woodstown, have
bored an 8 inch ~aitesian we'll in San
Antonio $40 feet deep, from which water
clear as crystal gushes up three feet above
the pipe. The flow is estimated at between
two and three million gallons a day. The
firm have been asked to bore a larger well,
from which to obtain a supply for the town
Mrs. Annie Dubois, about thirty years
old, living on Clinton street, near Second,
Camden, attempted suicide on Wednesday
morning of last week by swallowing laud-
anum. The police were notified and the
woman was taken to the Cooper Hospital,
where antidotes were administered. The
reason assigned by her for the act was that
she was in love. Mrs. Dubois, whose
maiden name was Bond, is a native Of
Salem county.
Travellers over the railroad bridge iu
North Woodstown complain of some of the
one part of the bridge. The railroad CON-
pany has charge of the repairs on this
bridge, and may save themselves a bill for
damages by attending to it.
lSince writing the above we learn that
on Wednesday a horse owned by a man at
Swedesboro broke through the bridge, and
narrowly escaped serious injury.
The Bridgeton Meas tells of a young man
living near Friesburg, who was engaged
to be married to a young girl living in
l. hihAoSiPhh&s ~ II iOi w w
visit his family. She was Of an observing
nature, and the early rising and hard work
of her sweetheart's mother and sisters did
not escape her. After due consideration,
on returning to the city she broke off the
engagement, advising the young man to
marry some one used to that sort of life.
Sensible girl.
Salem County ice cream has for years
hoa,1 pofa Al no tIo hast m a arfh anl inst
ly so, for who ever tasted letter than
that made by ]. P. Bruna or J. @. Davis
of Salem. As good as theirs may be, and
we've never tasted better, Mrs. Sheppard,
who has recently opened a saloon next to
the MONITOR Office, makes and sells as
good as any of them, at least this is the
opinion of many who have tried it. Stop
in as you're passing sometime and see
what you think of it.
A quiet home wedding took place at the
residence of Rev. f. H.. Durell, Delaw are
ST., Woodbury., for merly of Woodstown,o on
Wednesday aftern Don, the contracting
parties being the Reverend gentleman and
Mrs. Elizabeth Malmsbury, nee Skirm, of
Trenton. The ceremony was witnessed
by the children of Mr.. Durell and immedi-
ate relatives of bride and groom. Mr.. and
Mrs. Durell left for Cape May, where they
will remain till July 9th, when they will
take up their residence in Woodbury..
Charles Burt, who received a few votes
for Borough Assessor, has, we understand,
been sworn in, (whatever that may mean)
by John Holmes, and it is said expects to
assess the taxpayers within the borough
limits. Whatever this party's claims may
be to the office or whatever fitness he may
possess for the position we do not know,
but one thing we do know his hackers are
not the kind to insure him a favorable re-
ception at the hands of the people Of Wood
town. He'll learn this if he starts out.
E. A. Massey wishes to correct a mis-
understanding arising from the fact that
no funeral services were held in Woods
town over the emains of his beloved wife.
Mr.. Massey desired that the many friends
of the deceased here might be permitted to
pay their last respects to her memory, and
regrets that such could not have been the
case, but the state of the weather and the
arrangements for services at Mrs. Massey's
former home made it impossible. At the
N. L. church next Sunday, pastor A. H.
Eberhardt will make reference to this sad
death.
Never since the organization Of the
Pantaloon Company have their products
met with so much favor or found such
ready sale. Orders have been crowding them
ever since the opening offspring, and at no
time have they been in position to fill them
on call. AT present they are sold about two
weeks ahead, there being orders sufficient
on file to absorb their entire output for the
next fifteen days. They are anxious to
get caught up if possible by the LIST of
August SO as to give the operators a