The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-31
LOCAL NEWS

Woodstown public schools will reopen
Sept. 7th.
1t rains every day now, and sometimes
more than once a day.
The lotus lilies in the Sbarptown pond,
also in our pond, are now in bloom.
Yesterdays matinee races on the Fair
Grounds were not held, owing to the rain.
Action on the w~aterworks ordinance has
been postponed by Borough Council for
the present.
Only SIX went from Woodstown on the
G.. A. r. excursion to Atlantic City or
Wednesday.
Salem county's death rate for the past
year was 1921, the average over the state
being 1880.
E. Atkinson will sell 12 acres of second
crop clover next Tuesday. See adv. in
another column.
Courses Landing bridge is now open to
travel. A sale of old material yesterday
amounted to about $50.
The first ANIMAL fair of the Cape May
County Agricultural Society will be held
October 9th and 18th.
We are under obligations to Saml. NJ.
Lippincott Tor a large basket of toothsome
%"Lippincott Early apples.
The Bridgeton Fair takes place on their
new grounds on August 18th, 10th and
goth. See their adv. in this issue.
Woodstown Grange, Patrons of Hus-
bahdry, will hold their picnic in Pancoast's
woods, east of Woodstown, on Thursday.
August 18th.
The dance at the east Avenne'' last
evening under the management of Saml.
r. White and Chas. B. Grier was largely
attended and very enjoyable.
Don't forget Bruna's excursion to Cape
May, Sea Isle City, Wildwood, Anglesea
and Holly Beach next Wednesday.
The funeral of Rev. Firman Robbins,
B~ridgeton, was held on Saturday, inter
ment being made in the Sharptown NJ. E.
eemet ery.
A colored man who has served time for
chicken stealing was caught a few weeks
ago in a woods in Warrington dressing
chickens for market.
A game of ball betw cen the Woodstown
club and the Baileys, of Philadelphia, will
be played tomorrow on the Woodstown
grounds. Game will call at 3.15 p. m
Walter Randolph was arrested yesterday
and committed to Salem Jail in default of
bail, charged with stealing chairs from the
porticos of various residences over town.
Detective Carney has succeeded in ar
resting Elisha Mitchell, the colored gentle
man who was wanted last Court for a
fracas in Woodstown. lie is now in Jail.
'Bellman," the noted Salem county
stallion, trotted a mile at Cleveland, Ohio,
on Saturday. in 2.1S4. Budd Doble says
he will trot in 2.15 before the season is
over.
Put camphor gum with your new silver
ware and it will never tarnish as long as
the gum is there. Never wash silver in
scapsuds, as that gives it a white appear
ance.
There will be a special meeting OF the
Board of Chosen Freeholders held at
Courses Landing o-morrow, for the pur-
pose of accepting or rejecting the new iron
bridge at that place.
Timothy p. Newell, a member OF the
liquor firm ofNewell q Ridgway, Phila-
delphia, died at his home in Camden, on
Sunday aged 6S years. He was well
known in South Jersey.
The census department has issued a bull
letin which deals with paupers in aims
houses in 1890. New Jersey is the seventh
in the list of States, having ais inmates
in the several a~lmshouses.
John A. Flitcraft, of Yorktown, lost a
valuable brood mare on Saturday, OF perito-
nitis, suppose to have been caused by a hook
from some OF the cattle. She leaves a very
promise g three months, old colt.
Friends First-day school held their pie
mic yesterday in Aliens grove, near Har-
risonville, and the Baptist and Methodist
schools united with the YORKTOWN school
in their picnic in Coles's woods.