The Monitor., 1891-09-25
LOCAL NEWS.

New cider.
Golden rod.
Persimmons.
Dusty streets.
Chestnuting parties.
Pears are about gone.
Nice celery in market.
Crab apple sauce is nice.
Winter coal being put in.
Lovely weather for travelling.
Gunners complain of poor sport.
There will bo good chestnut crop.
Heavy freight traffic on the railroads.
Necklaces are coming into fashion again.
Ounces for preserving sell for 50 per
bnshel.
Another week will wind up the peach
season.
A reader Of the paper would like to
know what nse the merry-go round is to
the borough
Some of onr residents are having lots Of
fun III the carly mornings shooting
srarrows.
Bellman is entered and will trot in the
eco stallion race--breeders stakes-at
Boston, on October /.
Uncalled for letters remain in the post
Office addressed to Miss Lizzie Mans, Z.
r. Scott and Levi Browning.
So great is the demand for building pur-
poses at Bridgeton that the building asso-
citation are getting 35 cents premium on q
dollar.
IL is claimed that the borough drain
we'll ON Dickinson avenue is not OF suf1i-
cient depth to properly drain the cellars on
the south side of the same avenue.
The horse of DR.. E. F. Frost ran up
East Avenue on Tuesday morning from
Vanlier's blacksmith shop, but was cap
tured below IIitehner's coal yard before
any damage was done.
Mrs. Ruth Wooley, who has been max
ing her homo with Chas. p. Reeves, has
secured admission to the Baptist Home for
the ged at Newark, and moved to that
institution Oh Wednesday.
The flag pole that has stood near the
corner of Main and Salem streets since the
Garfield campaign eleven years ago, was
cnt down ON Monday. 1t measured SO feet
inches from the top of the ground.
Tho following are the rewly elected Off
GERS Of the Woodstown Y. w. z. L. U.:
Mrs. Irene 3. Smith; Sec, Miss Belle u
Humphreys; Treas, Miss Lulu Wright.
New Jersey is to get $4,000 from the
general government because she has a
State Agricultural College. This will help
TO give the farmers great deal of very
valuable information. 1t is money well
expended.
Miss Rebecca Ililes who resides on Dick
inson Ave-, had her cellar drain dug up
last week. The drain has cost her nearly
$50. but was no good as she had more
water in her cellar with the arrangement
than without it.
The Dickinson & Lippincott canning
house will finish up for the season next
week. They have not been running full
time this week. Prospects are that they
will fill all the cans on hand and may have
to purchase about 50,0
VIM. M. Morrison, of Woodstown, at
tended the reunion of his regiment, the
Ninth New Jersey, held in Pennington on
Thursday Of last week. The occasion was
made gala day in Pennington, and the
veterans given hearty reception. The re-
union next year will be held in Jersey City.
Some ono broke into the Almshouse
about 8 O'Clock Sunday morning. Steward
Dlckinson's family heard the noise and get
mp and made partial search, but could
not discover anyone. When Mr. Dickinson
got up about a 30 o'clock he discovered
that somc one had forced an entrance.
They had cut square hole through the
wire netting in the window and after tind-
ing they could not get into all OF tne
house from below they climbed upon the
shed and forced open the sitting room
window on the second floor. There were were
no signs Of any persons about when hlr.
Dickinson got up. and nothing has pcen
missed. What object they had is not
known.