The Monitor., 1892-01-22
LOCAL NEWS.

Venus and Jupiter are now the evening
stars.
The music of the sleigh bell is heard on
the streets.
A gold ring was lost on our streets We'd
nesday. See adv elsewhere.
Many of our citizens attended the Ire-
dell trial at Salem yesterday.
Mrs. Hannah Smith has moved into her
new Bowen avenue residence.
Some of our townspeople found their
pumps frozen up Wednesday morning.
The artesian well contractors are in
town, and yesterday recommen ced work
on the well.
Prof. Devoe's prediction failed to mate
rialize. He promised us plenty of ice by
the first of January
Some doctors say that four-ffths of the
grippe" cases are made up of nine-tenths
Imagination and one tenth sore throat.
A subscriber at Nyack, N. Y, is the only
one to send correct answer to our CO.
numdrum given last week-viz: "atten-
uate."
The hydraulic cider press is said to pro.
duce about one half gallon more cider from
a bnshel of apples than can be gotten by
the old fashioned screw press.
Some of the tomato packers of this coun-
ty are considering the advisability of plac-
ing the price for raising tomatoes at 20 per
ton.
A board walk around the new Bank
building is greatly appreciated by many
who have been obliged to wade through
mud and stumble over the uneven path
way for months past
A stated meeting of the Society for IL Q
Prevention of the Cruelty to Children will
be held in Grand Jury Room at Salem, on
Saturday, January 30th at II A. NJ.
FRIDAYS snow did not make very good
sleighing, but that of Tuesday night, with
it's foundation of sleet, has packed nicely
and sleighs have been out in full force.
The 36th Annual Meeting of the New
Jersey Editorial Association will be held
at the American House, Trenton, on Mon
day, Febuary 1st, 1892, at IL o'clock A. Nj.
The lectures of Mrs. H. L. Monroe in the
Opera House on Wednesday and Thursday
evenings were fairly attended, and of much
interest. A small sum will be cleared Tor
the benefit of the public school library.
The following uncalled for letters remain
in the Woodstown post office: Chas. Z.
Knobel, John Hawn, Mary r. Lambert
Elizabeth Reason, Miss Ada Reed, Mrs.
Cornelia Thomas Harris, Aaron smith.
The annual meeting of the Salem County
Board of Agriculture will. be held in NC
Alister's Hall on Wednesday next at lO a.
m. Besides the election OF officers, ana
other important business, j. Nj. White. Oh
New Brunswick, will speak on Asparagus
Culture"
Residents of Elmer who wish to do busi-
ness in Salem now either drive to Wooos,
town and take the train, or else Taiiroao
it around via. Woodbury.. This is because
the trains on the old Salem and Elmer road
allow but very little time in Sa'em, ana
are very frequently late at that.
In the report of the State Tax Comm,s-
sioners recently issued the Board THINKS
Salem county fairly assessed, in iact one
of the fairesf and best assessed IN the state.
In this little county, however, the to'al
exemptions are 81, SS1 900. Salem county
debts amount to the magnificent sum o'
SO, 526, 600.
No fire insurance policies will be renewed
at existing rates, all but.5 per cent. OF .ns
companies of Philadelphia having agreed
to advance the rates 90 per cent lt Is ca
pected that the other per cent WIN oe
likewise. Companies in New ork, boston
and other large cities have ralseu .ne' me,
rates. or will The heavy losses oil ias'
year, the consequences of low rates, - sNel
as an explanation of the raise.