The Monitor-register., 1896-03-20

Mr.. Griffith is still very sick,
Mrs. Sarah A. Jordan is on the sick list.
Mrs. Ellen Taylor has been ill for some
time past.
S. g. Pancoast has recovered from his
recent illness.
Mrs. Hettie Horner is recovering from
a slight illness,
Bicycle riding is not very good @
this way at present.
The infant son of Jos. Burden is lust
recovering from a bad burn.
The fishermen of Oldmans creek repork
carp fishing as a thing of the past.
Miss Lizzie G.. Hunt paid a short visit
to Miss Verna Cheesman last week.
Mrs. Mary A. Floyd has about recoy-
erred from her illness of several weeks.
Rev. B. F. Sheppard has returned from
Conference, and we extend to him a cor
dial welcome home.
Mrs. Sue Sholenburger and family. who
have been visiting relatives here, returned
to their homo some days ago.
Mrs. Pedrick, who has been spending
some weeks with her mother.in.law. at
Linwood, near Atlantic City, has returned
to her home.
The Epworth League meeting will. be
led by Ferd. Gravenstine on Sunday even.
ing, the topic being "The Temptation to
Presumption
The eolored man that gave a sample
lecture here, March 10th, did not follow
it by the promised one on the 18th, on
account of the inclemeney of the weather.
The Young Peoples meeting, which is
held in the chapel every Saturday even.
ing for the benefit of the young converts
especially, will be led by Mr.. Haines this
Saturday evening.
j.. j.. Hunt and ]. M. Given attended
Conference at kridgeton, Friday and Sat.
urday. they also made a flying trip to
Seaville, for the purpose of inspecting the
new church lately erected there.
The pulpit of the NJ. e. Church was
empty last Sunday, but the church was
not. There was a goodly Eumber present
In spite OF the weather. Jos. T, Kirby
did his best to fill the missing PASTORS
place, which he did to the satisfaction of
al. After the regular services J. M.
Given took charge of his class, and 80 far
as we can learn the time spent there was
a Joyous one to all present. Several
were also present at Sunday school, and
at the evening services, of which Mr.. j.
M. Given had charge.
A very serious accident occurred here
on March 18th. Walter Brown, the cid
est son Of Henry Brown, aged about 10
years, left his home In Auburn on the date
mentioned, about 2 O'Clock in the after.
noon, for the purpose of going carp fish
Ing, saying to his mother if be caught a
carp be would return about A O'Clock,
Accordingly, nothing more was seen OF
heard OF him until bis brothers. return
from school, when he vent to the creek
IN search for him. On arriving there he
discovered the boat was unoccupied. He
returned to the town as quick as possible
with the sad message, when his mother,
10 company with some men (hsr husband
being away on the boat went to the
creek to investigate, and to their horror
saw the boat at anchor in the middle of
the creek, in a cove known as log land
ing, about the deepest place in that part
| of the creek. After about an hour had
| elapsed, during which the men worked
| diligently, they succeeded In bringing the
body to the surface. His wrist was tied
to the cast net, which had about twelve
pounds of lead on it. The boy was en-
tirely alone, and it is supposed he made
the net fast to his wrist to insure the
safety of the net, little dreaming of the
danger in which it might pat him. When
he was brought out of the water of course
he was Enthusiastically dead, and was then
taken home. The funeral services took
place on Monday, Rev. J. G. Stump, the
BAPTIST minister at Pedricktown, CON.
Quoting the services,