The Monitor-register. [volume] (Woodstown, Salem Co., N.J.) 1892-1972, 1896-11-20
LOCAL N EWS.
Colder weather prevails.
Christmas goods are appearing.

Christmas goods are appearing.
Splendid house. cleaning weather.
With wheat at $1-the farmers are in
luck.
Pasture is very good for this time Of
the year.
The cyclers are having good weather
and good roads.
Boys outing cloth waists, $780,, Hum
phreys' Opera House Store.
Get your holiday advertisements ready
for the MONITOR REGISTER.
Thanksgiving next week. A blustry
week is promised by the weather clerk.
We have been having summer weather
this week, an unusual experience for
November.
The ladies of the Baileytown A U. M.
E. Church will give supper on Thank
giving evening.
The late cool waves have reminded the
small boys that shedding and skating time
will soon be here.
Geo. M. Andrews has been repairing
his stationery store and Frightening it up
for the holiday trade.
VIM. s. Madison has been grading and
sodding around the public building,
greatly improving its surroundings.
List of unclaimed letters remaining in
the post office for week ending Nov. 18th
William II. Cole and Lambert q. Rich
man.
Geo. G. Washington will have sale of
OHIO cattle at his farm on Monday after
noon, Nov. Both. This lot contains some
choice stock.
The annual Salem County Teachers
Institute will not be held this year during
Thai ksgiving week, but instead the first
part OF December.
Don't fail to hear the lecture of Rev.
John T. Craig, on the Religious Char
actei of Abraham Lincoln" at the Bap.
fist Church tonight.
The Plesgrove Township Committee
will meet at the Office of the PilesgrOve
Creamery on Wednesday afternoon next,
the 25sh, at l O'Clock.
Stacy Coles brought to this office on
Tuesdaya basket of mammoth white tur-
nips, one of which weighed 81 pounds.
He raised 10 baskets Oh two acres.
DON'T forget that large amount of
money is due us on subscription account,
for perhaps you may be one OF the Lum-
her. This is a reminder that we need it
at once.
The number of farms in the United
States. according to the census OF 1891,
Was a. 564, Gal, of which 2,269, 72S were
cultivated by their owners. Total area
in farms, 622, 218, 619 acres.
L. B Wright and family are again at
home. The remodeling o. his residence
being completed, they moved IN on
Wednesday. The dwelling is now modern
in appearance and its conveniences.
The Atwood farm, near Wiley Is School
house. in U. Z. Neck, containing 1877
acres, was sold Oh Saturday, by e. 5
Foep. Master and Chancery, for $16 pei
acre. Wm. J. Kelly of Philadelphia, was
the purchaser.
Auctioneer Casper, on Saturday, in
Salem, sold thirteen shares OF the salem
National Bank stock for $12o on per share
DR.. Geo. G. Pierpont, of Salem, bought
eight shares, and David D. Lippincott, Of
Woodstown, five shares.
Wheat in Salem county reached tht
dollar mark this week. Sweet potatoes
have also risen to one dollar a barrel
This is certainly a better outlook fo
the farmers, many of whom have on hanC
considerable W heat and fair quantity o
sweet potatoes.
John V. Trft, of Evansville, father o
Sta ton Agent Tuft, had an arm broker
in two places while stepping from ar
elevator in Philadelphia, last Thursday
The elevator started just as Mr.. Tuft was
about to alght from it, throwing hin
violently to the floor.
Ex.Judge Westcott, counsel for thu
administrator of the estate of Richart
and Eva Trenchard, of Bridgeton, whit
were killed in the Atlantic City railroad
disaster last summer, has brought two
suits for damages of $40, 600 each agains
the West Jersey and Seashore and thu
Atlantic City Railroad Companies. TIT
Trenchards at one time resided in Woods
town.
fire started in the woods of Mrs
Eakin, of Salem, in Bushtown, near VIM
Purnell's, about four O'Clock yesterda!
afternoon, aud ragged with considerable
fury for several hours, when it was par
TALLY gotten under control by some of tn
neigbbors, though it continued to burr
all night 1t is thought it was started b.
wad from the gun of some gunners VIII
were hunting rabbits.
Charles E. Mount has received letter
patent for an adjustable bride for pain
brushes, doing away with the old fash
toned way of using Irvine for bridlinq
For the benefit of some of our reader
who do not understand the meaning o
bridling, we will state that it is custou
with nearly all painters to wrap th
brstles of new brush about half thei
length with strong Irvine in order to saw
the bruRh and m IL work nattnr.