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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-01-27
Notice for Publication.
LAND OFFICE AT HALEY, IDAHO.

JHNHtTy ., INJI.
Nutce Is hereby given that the following d AIMED
settler has hled notice of his intention TO make fl
nal proof III support of bis claim. and that said
PROOF Will be mace before the Register and Re.
tstFer al Halley. Idaho, on February To- 1891, viz
Robert Hay, for the southwest quarter of the
southeast qusrer, and the southeast quarter of the
southwest quarter of section three, Township five
north, Range twenty nine east
lie nam IS the following witnesses t. pr We his
continuous residence upon, and cultivation of
ssi land viz: Merton Hswley, u b. Hawley j.
'" Kyle AMI J. 8. Branson all OF Howe, Idaho
W. I. RILEY, Register.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-01-27
Application for Patent.
NOTICE No. $40.


UNITED STATES LAND OfFI'E,
HALEY, Idaho, December 20, lsSO.
Notice is hereby given that Louis Pellissier,
whose postofice address is HALEY Alturas county,
State of Idaho. has this day filed his application
tor United States Patent for fifteen hundred lin
ear feet of the
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-01-27


.FRIEDMAN" LODE MINING CLAIM,
situate in Section 6, Township north, Range II
east, Boise Meridian, Mineral Hill Mining Dis
trict. Alturas County, State of Idaho, consisting
of BAG linear feet of the lode. and surface ground
GOO feet wide being Lot No. 49, and described in
the field notes and plat of the official survey on
file in this office, with magnetic variation at Is
degrees ard 30 minutes east. follows:
Beginning at the initial point of this claim, and
running south 81 degrees % minutes west 300 feet
TO corner No. ] thence north SO degrees % min
utes east 600 feet to No. 2: thence south %
degrees IS minutes east BAG feet to corner No. 81
thence south SO degrees 25 minutes west GOO feet
to corner No 4; thence north % degrees IS min
utes west 346 feet to corner No. and place of be-
ginning survey of exterior boundary Of this claim,
embracing an area Of ALAG acres applied for. No
conflicts.
tween Section 6. Township north. Range II east.
ana Section 81. Townships north, Range II east.
bears north 50 degrees and 81 minutes east 1910
feet.
The said claim being of record in the office Of
the County Recorder Of said mining district ut
HALEY, in Alturas County, State OF Idaho. The
nearest known locations being the "Abbie." Sur
yey $50, and the "BOdit, - both lode claims.
Any and all persons claiming adversely any por-
ton Of the said Friedman" lode mining claim or
surface ground are required to file their adverse
claims thereto with the Register Of the United
States Land Office at HALEY. State of Idaho. with
in the sixty days publication thereof, or they
Will be barred by virtue of the provisions Of the
Statute in such cases made and provided.
W, T. RILEY, Register.
direct that the foregoing notice Of application
for patent be published for the period Of sixty
days in the WOOD RIVER DAILY TIMES, u newspa-
per published at HALEY. Alturas County. State of
Idaho being the newspaper published nearest
said claim
VT. Ri EY, Register.
First publication January 2Oth, 1891.
W. II. WATT, attorney for applicant
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-01-27
Application for Patent.
NOTICE No. $40.

rSITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
HALEY, IpAHO, DeCembeI %. 1850.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-02-13
H-arrIsonviIIe Nores.

The Iron Hall seems 10 be putting on new
strength. Last Wednesday night four were in
itiated, and five more are ready tor the next
meeting night.
\ select party lately surprised their friends,
Florence and Sadie HurT, and a good time
was enjoyed.
The first social of the Epworth League was
held on Thursday evening, and was 4 decided
success. Some of our people say have them
often, so say we all.
Harry D'Esta's Comic Company held forth
on Friday evening in the Town Hail, but Vns
not much patroniZed.
Our pastors subjects for next Sabbath are,
a. m. "Christ our 1ife,"p. IN. THE Assimiia-
ting Power of Personality The Epworih
League prayer meeting will be led by Mrs.
Dye.
A Chautauquan Reading Circle has Teen
organized and meets every Monday night.
Our day schoo is certainly a model for
order and quiet. During sehoo hours you
would hardly know in passing by that school
was kept there.
Miss Carrie Stratton is quite sick.
one of our young men wears a smiling face.
The reason for it is. he has found a house
keeper.
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n letter BOX.


DEAR EDIToR;-lf you Will allow me a
small space in your paper, | will try to
give your readers a idea of my trip to
Iowa after horses and of the country here.
| left Philadelphia Feb. Sd, at ~ 20, noon,
on the Chicago limited; arrived in Chicago
Feb. 4th at y 80, noon, three hours late.
| STAYED in Chicago until G p. M, and then
took the train for northwestern Iowa. |
am now 500 miles west of Chicago and
only 100 mills east Of Omaha, and one
county between here aud Nebraska. This
is one of the finest farming countries |
ever saw. The soil is black and very rich.
The country is rolling. and not fiat as
expected to find it. Corn, oats and hay
are the main crops. They grow some
wheat, barley and fax. There are a great
many hogs and cattle fatted here. Every
farmer has from so TO 200 hogs. Pork is
worth 81 cents per pound, live weight,
here now. There were three car loads of
fat cattle shipped from here TO Chicago
Yesterday, which averaged 1900 pounds
per head, aud every one had been dis
horned. All the stock is dishorned here.
was on Charles Cooks ranch yesterday.
He has nine sections OF land, b40 acres IN
a section. and has 4G00 bead of cattle on
the ranch. He has 500 head of imported
IIeftiNTH CLitlG AtSu ~ SASNoH VII. Atc
is fattening 1900 head Of cattle this win
ter. | saw 500 cattle there that weald
average 1900 pounds each. He has one
cattle shed three quarters Of a mile long,
boarded tight on tic north side, with
pens on the south which will hold LOG
head of cattle each. THIS cattle are pat in
these pens and fed; there is water iu each
pen. II addition to this Shed there IS an
eight square barn for cattle which covers
one acre Of ground. one hay barn that
holds 1000 tons, and one silo that holds
400 tons. The cattle barn is SO arranged
with gates and alleys that it can be made
ia enc large pen or small ones, WITH water
in every pen. There are 5000 hogs on the
ranch. The soil will grow almost anything,
There are sweet potatoes, waiermelons ana
trpek OF all kinds. The climate is grand,
and The roads good. Fourteen years ago
Ills country was all prairie. Then the
Ib;caga Northwestern Railroad vas built
| tbroueh here, aud now they have a town
If 1900 population, with waterw orks and
an the modern improvements, two banks,
two schools, two opera houses, seven
| churches. tive machine shops. three ele-
yat,,rs with a capacity of 1000 bushels OF
grain each, three good hotels and Rotiee'sse,
| aud no ram sold in the town. Tue horses
here are very good, and you have 70 pay a
good price Tor them. | hope to come home
With a very good load of horses. VII
| close as | have taken more room than !
asked for. Hoping to return TO woods
| tow soon, l am yours truly.
w. T.. LIPPiNcoTT.
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lust ever the County Lines.

w. P. Haines, Of Mickieton, will speak
in Mullica Hill tomorrow night on KEN
iniscenses of the war; for Jas. S. Stratton
Post, G. A. r.
Triumph Lodge. NJ. o. Y. B. o., Of
H~arrisonville, was instituted asst Thursday
evening by the Supreme Deputy, VIM. A.
Chew, of Phila. The officers elected and
installed were: Past p resident. Robt. Ell
der; President, Charles Fox; Vice Pres
ident, C. C. Avis; Sec'y, w. J. Duell;
Treas, w. w. Banks; Marshall. Charles
Walters; Guard, VIM. B. HARRISON; Sem
tinel, Elwood Madara.
Andrew j. Hustled, who was struck and
killed by a freight train on the West Jersey
Railroad at Hustled Station on Monday was
recently the station agent at that place, as
was his father before him. He had left
the station and was walking along the
railroad track toward home, stepping on
the ties outside ofthc raj, when he was
killed. Being very deal, he did not hear
the train nor the signals that were given.
He vas 62 years old. Coroner L. Bellows,
of Bridgeton, will hold an inquest at Deer
field to day.
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AiIoway Abstracts.

Charles Armstrong was married to Miss
Lizzie Strang Yesterday.
Mrs. Jos Rsmster is recovering from her
recent illness.
The railroad project will probably be
revived shortly. and WORK on it commenced.
All the right of way except through one
property has been secured.
Vim Anderson is still canning aud ship
ping peas
We are callea GA to announce the death
of another old friend and neighbor, Joseph
NJ. Allen. who died oA Monday, at noon,
iu the 74th year of his age. Mr.. Allen on
Thursday Of last veek sustained a stroke
of paralysis, being unable TO talk only IN
whispered monosyllables ever since. lie
was a descendant of the old Roberts fam
ily, who came from England in 1877. The
interment was made yesterday atll O'Clock
in the NJ. Z. Cemetery.
There is considerable sickness about
town..
The Baptist Church is meeting for pray
er zach evening this week, preparatory to
special evangelistic services TO commence
next Sunday evening.
Rev. w. L. Mayo will preach a missicn'
airy sermon 90 Sunday morning next, wher
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-02-13
Rev Creamery Methods.

The managers of the West Chester (Pa.)
Creamery have solved the question of pure
and impure milk as lar as they arc con-
oerued themselves. Instead of buying the
tactical fluid by the quantity they pay for
it according to the amount of fat it con-
tains. In order that the Superintendent,
Ziba q. Martin, may be certain that the
testing is done properly. Professor G. b.
Cochran, State Chemist, has made ar
rangements to perform the analysis himself
by the system which he devised a year or
more ago. At stated Intervals Professor
Cochran makes a thorough test of the
samples which are given him, and the
farmers who %patronize the West Chester
Creamery are paid according to the result
of his Investigations.
The experiment is being watched eager
", and those interested feel confident that
the rev plan will De a success. 1t will GER
tainly stimulate farmers to keep a better
grade of cattle.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-02-13

James Featheler butchered his pen Of
fine hogs for market On Tuesday.
Miss Martie Taylor opened her school on
Monday, after a severe attack of the Ia
grippe. She recovered within a week
under the skillful treatment of Dr. L. A.
d. Allen, of Woodstown. ..
Rev. Daniel Johnson, pastor of our NJ.
M. church, was united in wedlock TO Miss
Linda S. Langly, of Unionville, on Thurs
day Of last week. After a short trip for
a honeymoon, they returned to Auburn on
Tuesday, where they were given a welcome
reception by his Pensioners. The Cornet
Band, of Pedricktown, furnished some
very Inc mnsic, and also the calatbum-
plan band, Of Auburn. did it's part.
The things at Mrs. Annie Wright's sale
on W ednes day brought fair prices.
Oae day last week one of our young
farmer boys geared out his team to the
stalk sled as usual, and riding along think
ing of the good times. past, and to come, be
saw something move the stalks of a heap
be was then passing, which drew his at
tentien from thought to the stalk heap.
His FIRST thought was a fox, but, without
further delay he gave the heap a kick hen
to his great surprise out ran four oppos-
sums. Quick as thought the boy was after
item with a stalk in hand. He soon over
took them, as oppessums are rather sleepy
in the sunlight, II by striking one with
the stalk and kicking another he succeeded
in getting three to sleep so he could gather
them together, then by taking the rope
which bound the stalks, he tied their tails
together and tied them to a corn stub, and
then loaded his stalks and game, and start
ed home rejoicing in his victory. And of
course all the Auburn boys heard about it
that night.
Joseph Homer lost a very fioe horse one
day last week, which he recently purchas-
ed of Charles Smith.
The following are the names of the
pupils standing highest in the Auburn
school during the last month: Mabel E.
Batten 96 Is, Hannie A. Layman SO 4 10,
Rollie N. Batten DIT Is Wallace Lippin-
colt 81, Mamie Given SC Sc. Primary
Department, Willie L. Featherer 90 SIP,
Eva J.. Hoffman 80 1-12, Willie G. Locuson
90 lie, Rachel Lippincott, SO. Emma B.
Featberer SO, May Horner 90 11-12 T.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-02-13
Real Estate sales.

G. IL. Sinnickson Master in Chancery,
sold the Grice farm, in Upper PIttsgrove,
on Saturday, to William Gfice, Jr., fer
$14 per acre.
Clement II. Sinnickson, Special Master
in Chancery, sold in Salem Saturday the
real estate belonging to the estate OF Will
liam Austin, deceased. A farm in Piles
grove township, known as the Park Farm,
which was occupied by Mr.. Austin at the
time of his death, containing 2l9 acres, TO
J.. Warren Smith and John Austin for sluU
per acre; a tract of land sit,atc on the
S%harptown and Baileytown road, to Mary
Jane johnson, for $40; the sale OF this plot
OF ground was made in order TO give MIS-.
Johnson a clear title to the same. a house
and Let near Fenwick Station, to Emory
Steward, for $3.50; house aud lot In the
village of Sharptown, to Frank Kiger, for
$500; an undivided half Of a tract of bush
land, conta ming 80 acres, situate in Man
nington township, to Mary Ann Austin,
for SIS. The sale of the farm lying along
the old Salem road, occupied by Samuel
Austin. was postponed until tomorrow,
18th inst.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-02-13
Quinton Items.

Inc CaSG avenue feStGeuLS were STARTLED
last Sunday morning by the swift travel
ing of a horse through theii thoroughfare-
By the time the different watchers gained
the street the animal had made his exit
quite as suddenly as he appeared. 1t was
found to have been one of Mr.. Emnor
Rob:nsons, of Salem. Friends guided the
runaway in tie lane of sir. John Robin
son, where it was taken care of.
Messrs. George Weldon and Frank Bell
we're two of that recent party of crow
hunters, and during the night wandered
from their companions, and for thine Were
virtually lost. As near as they could locate
themsel yes, it was at Thunderboit. BY dint
of following the opposite direction they
YEARLY made their way home, as the first
faint streaks of daylight appeared. Aud
the crows? All yes, the crows
Mrs. Annie Franklin of Bridgeton, was
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Myers
last Thursday.
Miss Dorcas Dixon is visiting relatives
la Bridgeton.
The entertainment which was repeated
last Saturday night was quite as largely
attended as before and enjoyed equally as
well, though the night was as bad If not
worse than the Saturday evening previous.
The members of the u. F.. Church pro-
pose continuing their amusements in the
way of au old fashioned character festival,
Saturday evening week the 21st. Many gro
tesque figures will undoubtedly be present
and the occasion will be as antique as
possible.
Rev. Mr.. Price of Tuckerton commenced
a series of gospel meetings on last Wed
nesday evening in the Baptist church and
will continue to preach on Sundays until
further developments. Mr.. Price is of
pleasing address and the large audience
present last Sunday manifested great
Interest.
The N. f. bell rang for MONDAY prayer
here recently, and was observed by the
majority Of our towns people.
Mr.. aud Mrs. VIM Patrick of Elmer,
spent Sunday in this place with their
daughters.
Messrs. John Anderson and Wm.Towser,
clarionet, Vim. Hancock violin, and Mrs.
j. Anderson organ, rendered ar excellent
selection in the Baptist church last Sunday
evening.
ct. Valentines day is rapidly approach
ing, and we look back with longing to
other days when
Bright youth with all its sweets was ours,
when we d welt in sunny, lowered bowers
And the birds that flew,
And flowers that grew,
Were no happier, no brighter than we In that
time,
hen we sent and received a nice valentine.
Wm Radle and bride made their appear
ance in the Baptist chapel here recently.
Also Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Brown, a new
" welded couple. Mrs. Brown is from
Maryland, and is c%harningly pretty and
stylish.
A number of our most prominent res
idents contemplate forming a Cooperative
Co. to manufacture window glass at Spring
City this coming fall. We sincerely hops
it is only rumor, for in the event OF their
departing We shall lose not only many 81
our highly esteemed townsmen, but a
number of the accomplished ladies as we'll
Mrs. Abper s.. Patrick of Elmer, anc
Mrs. Joseph Kline OF B~ridgeton, are visit
ing their mother in this place.
Eve.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-02-13
LOCAL NEWS.

Several people about town are complain
ing Of water in their cellars.
Last Saturday was the fifth su cessive
Saturday on which rain fell.
William Austin and Eugene Engles have
been held in $500 bail, for court, on a
charge of assaulting Sallie Pierson.
The jury brought in a verdict of mo
cause for action" in the Jehu Allen We,
Jos. NJ. Weatherhy case on Saturday.
During Sunday night some one helped
themselves to the contents of a refrigerator
standing in the shed Of the residence Of
John Borden.
Our premium offer for 1891, to new sub.
scribers, arc to old subscribers securing
new names, will appear in next weeks
issue. Look out for it.
DR.. P. G. Souder reports considerable
sickness pertaining to the nature of
grippe" but thinks the recent continuous
wet weather may have caused IL.
Only four freeholders will be elected in
One each In the townships of Alloway,
Elslnboro, Pittsgrove and Quinton.
Our letter box contains an interesting
letter from VIM Z. Lippincott, who started
about two weeks ago for northwestern
Iowa, where he is purchasing horses for
this market.
Remember the Martha Washington sup
per to be given by the Y. w. G. I. u, in
Humphreys block, Feb. 20 aud 2lst
Admission free, and the usual variety of re-
ireshments provided.
The order FOR Salem County's share of
the State School tax, s43, 4T9. "a, was re-
ceived by the County Superintendent last
week, and oiders at once sent out to the
township collectors.
We have surely had a sup~erabundance of
rain within the last month. Our mer-
chants complain that their business has
suffered from its frequency and bad roads,
preventing people from coming TO town.
The New Jersey Trust and Safe Deposit
Company, of Camden, is presenting small
depositors with miniature nickle plated
banks, which can only be opened at the
institution, to help them increase their
accounts.
Pork is selling as low as "a 8 hundred
pounds with few anxious buyers. Dealers
are oaly offering 81 80 a barrel for sweet
potatoes at the stations. 1t has been a
long time since prices of these two staples
have been SO low.
The letters Of Glitter Pill" orr bright
Daretown~ correspondent, calls forth the
following from the Bridgeton Neus. "The
Woodstown MONITOR has a correspond
ent in Daretown who is too funny to live
In such an obscure place. He furnishes a
column of matter weekly and every other
line is a joke"
An up Jersey newspaper. in discussing
the near approach, Of the Spring election,
says that it is highly important that good
men, and only good men. should be select
cd for the very important, but too little
regarded, township offices. In speaking
of assessor, it is said; 'Tbe assessors
Office is a specially important one, and only,
the best qualified men should he selected
for the office, as it becomes their duty TO
value and assess not only the personal
property of their respective districts, out
also the real estate, and in which matter
great care and good Judgment shonid be
exercised"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-02-13

Salem waterworks paid the city last year
an income of s4700 in water rentals.
Mrs. Ziba Sithens, of Elmer, who was
recently granted a pension, received $1,000
in back pay.
Albert Stetser of Pedricktown, recently
unearthed twenty one Indian arrow heads,
five inches in length. while digging on his
Farm.
Postmaster Whitaker. of Pennsgrove,
has secured for that place an early morn
ing mail from Philadelphia arriving at
go. and a late mail out, leaving on the
5 0S p. m. train.
Samuel Townsend, shipbuilder, is now
building at Pennsgrove a schooner of 100
tons burthen, for Philadelphia parties.
She is constructed of Salem county white
oak. r. G. Miller, of Alloway, furnishes
the timber.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-02-13

voting III opposition. Mayor Richman
named Messrs. Ballinger, Wright and
Lippiucott as the committee.
Mr. Lawson protested that the former
ordinance passed by council could not be
ignored in this manner. Mr.. Richman
stated that as the ordinance had not been
advertised, 1t was not in effect, and a con-
tract could not be legally made under it's
provisions.
Mr.. Lawson moved that the ordinance
already passed be ordered advertised in
both papers in the borough. His motion
was not seconded.
A motion to adjourn then prevailed.
1t is tie understanding that when the
committee having the watermorks ordi-
nance in charge shall have framed one
suited to the borough needs, then bids
shall be invited for the construction and
operation of the plant, the contract to be
awarded to the lowest responsible bidder.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-02-13
Daretown Dots.

=
If Joe is Eds father what relation is 10
to Joe?
Now as John Krum has his big New
fouudland' shut up in the woedhouse, aud
DIR. Pauiding keeps his Jersey male bovine
chained under tue howell, the Mayor has
fixed the grayeied walks and Bitter PHI"
promises to so to church although some
NAV think that the reform school or penn
Tertiary should be the preliminary steps to
be taken by this''obstropulous" Individually
we see no reason why Daretown should not
build up. Let her BOOM,
We wondered what Deacons Foster and
White were doing at the Baptist parsonage
one day last week. A first thought was
that maybe they had come 10 hunt tue
p~astor's overshoe that got mired (Myereo)
sometime ago, but as we learned that the
shoe had been previously excavated, and
the hole which it left flied ia with some,
thing less than a wheeibarrow load OF
gravel 1--WE don't mean TO say anything
about the size OF the pastors foot) we
couId not see that the deacons had any
thing to do ia the matter OF search war
rant for the lost shoe. As We have a pro-
peusity for finding ont other folks business
$50 Mrs. "Piil" says) vi continued to pry
iuto the matter. aud was rewarded to our
supreme satisfaction by finding out that
the gentlemen in question had met to re-
pair the parsonage kitchen and that they
did their work we'll. A kitchen isa good
thing to have about a house. Fashionable
folks may not think so, but it is most as
important as a parlor, specially aboat meal
time. suppose the good deacons Thought
OF this when they concluded to TX the
kitchen.
A birthday party was given at the house
Of w. II. Walker, near Yorketown, Wea
nesday evening of last week. The party
was given in honor Of Mr.. Walkers ONLY
! daughter Bessie. Bessie lisa hne girl AUD
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-02-13
An Anniversary Surprise.

The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. George B.
Grier dropped in on them unexpectedly oil
Monday afternoon last to celebrate the
tw enty-sixth anniversary oftheir marriage.
Despite the storm, nearly all of those in
vited were present, and an enjoyable time
was spent, enlisened by music by the
Misses Macaltioner, followed by an excellent
oyster supper. Among those present were
Frank Davis aud wife, d. d. Lippincott
and wife, Franklin Fiitcraft. wife and
children, Geo. NJ. Andrews and wife, Mrs.
G. l.. Riley. j. III. G. Richman and wife.
Empson Atkinson and wife, VIM. NJ.
Weatherbv and wife, ID. w. G. White and
WIFE. Chas. II. Richman. wife and daugh-
ter, Henry Richman and wife. Jos. Mac
%altioner and wife, Miss Annie Macaitioner
and Miss Joe Maealtioner. of Woodstown,
and Miss Smith, of Salem.