The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-03
LOCAL NEWS.

The wheat crop promises well. Harvest
is well advanced.
The morning up train makes the run to
Camden in as minutes
Rev. A. II. Eberhardt now rides a Co
lumbia safety bicycle.
The MONITOR force will observe the
National holiday tomorrow.
W. Richman is now receiving nice snap
ping mackerel fresh from Anglesea.
The salary of Postmaster Hewitt has
been raised 500, being now $1,000 per year.
|. X. Lippincott has sold a drove of fat
cattle to Butcher Riley, of Harrisonville.
Saml. Headley only had about half a
crop from his strawberry patch this
season.
The July meeting of the County Board
of Freeholders will be held in Salem next
Wednesday.
Don't forget Bruna's excursion to Allan
tic City next Thursday. 1t will be a nice
days outing.
The new borough assessor don't seem
to be making much Roadway with his
assessments.
The First National Bank announce their
usual semi-annual dividend of six per cent,
payable on demand.
A new boiler for Fogg & Hires
Quinton canning factory went through
town one day last week.
Barlow Bros. Minstrels will open the
season at the Woodstown Opera House, on
Wednesday evening, August Goth.
The Woodstown post-office will be
closed tomorrow, July 4th. from 10 A. M.
to 5P M. and ag ain at 7 o'clock P. NJ.
business man. died on Monday aged SO
years. Mr.. Miller was a native of this
county.
The first Jersey peaches in this vicinity
were in market on Tuesday. They were
not very desirable but sold at 30cts a
half peck.
Letters remain uncalled for in the
Woodstown post-office addressed to Miss
{. A. lfoff, M. G. Taurola, and Bess
Linden.
Blackberries are ripening, and form
quite an important branch of industry to
the colored youth and misses in the vicinity
of Bushtown.
The regular meeting of the Y. w. G. T.
L. will be held in the rooms next Monday
night. Bible reading will be tho pro-
gramme, to be led by Miss Aida Turner.
The eight o'clock express train some
times makes the run from Swedesboro to
Clarksboro, seven miles, in seven minutes.
Pretty fast travelling, considering the road
bed.
Tuesday, July 7, and Wednesday, July
5, the Woman's Christian Temperance
Uuion, of New Jersey, will hold meetings
at Asbury Park. Mrs. S. j. G. Downs, of
Ocean Grove, will preside.
The West Jersey Driving Club will hold
a me citing at the Woodstown track to-
morrow. There will be four r~aces-3-year-
Odds, 3-minute for trotters and PAGERS and
special and exhibition races.
A horse driven by Mrs. Mary Sickler
started to run away while unhitched in
front of the residence of her son., VIM
Sickler, near Yorktown, one day last week,
and damaged the carriage somewhat.
Large quantities of hay and wheat have
been put into barns this week. A serious
question for the owners of these crops, is
us my barn insuredp'' because the danger
of fire by lightning is increased thereby.
w. W. Fox's Della f. will trot in the
2.45 race at Vineland to. morrow and VIM.
Disston's Lady f. is entered in the 2.S5
class. A special train will leave Vineland
at 1890 p. NJ. for Salem, via Woodbury..
The members of Salem County's Board
of Registration this year will be: Demo-
Gratis, G. G. Ford Jr., Salem, and George
w. Hickman, Upper Pittsgrove; Repub-
%licans. ID. Harris Smith. Salem and Henry
ooombs, Upper Pitsgrove.