The Monitor-register., 1896-10-02
LOCAL NEWS.
The reed bird season has closed.

The reed bird season has closed.
Watermelons have about disappeared
from market.
Charles Hewitt's property, on Mill
street, is receiving a coat of paint.
Excursion to Mauch Chunk and Switch
back Oct. SJb. For particulars see Frank
Flitcraft, agent.
Reuben While is having his barn and
new fence painted on his property on
Creamery avenue.
The equinoctial arrived about a week
late, but Tuesdays storm was true to
oldtime traditions.
The canning factories have about
finished their pack, and they are putting
them mp ready for shipment.
the beautiful large plant, known as
elephants ear" on the la wn at the resi-
dence of Ann Thorne, on upper Main
street, is in bloom.
The Baileytown Sabbath school W i'll
give a musical e l~tertainment to -uight. 1t
will be conducted by Prof. Walter L..
Castell, of West Chester.
Fl. K, Newmyer, of the Philadelphia
E0ensng Bulletin, has been booming that
excellent evening daily in this section this
week, and meeting with good success.
The Band rendered Miss Aida H.
Turner a serenade on Monday night.
previous to her leaving to enter St. Luke's
Hospital, Philadelphia, yester day, to pre-
pare for a trained nurse.
The Prohibition County Convention
will be held in the W. G. T. U. rooms,
Salem, on Thursday next, Oct. Sih, at 2
o'clock p. m to nominate oand dates for
Senator. Assemblyman, Sheriff and
COrouer5.
The annual report of Superintendent
Gwynne, of the Salem county public
schools, show that the cost of the schools
last year was $50. 799, 01, and that 5S19
pubils were enrolled, 3099 being boys, and
2721 girls. The school property is valued
at 1922, 200.
Nellie. the little black terrier which
accompanied Israel Renner on his daily
rounds as lamplighter, was killed by the
cars at the Creamery avenue crossing on
Friday last. She was an intelligent ami
NAL aud was much liked by many of our
residents.
Rev. John T. Craig, acting pastor of
the Baptist Church, who recently preach
ed a sermon on the Presidential Gam
paign, in which he took strong ground in
favor Of sound money, has expressed a
willingness to spend a week making
speeches in Salem county, and there is no
doubt but that he will be invited to do so.
He is an able talker.
A private class composed of beginners
in German will be started sometime this
month by Albert T. Yarnall. The lessons
will be conducted at Bacon Academy two
afternoons a week from 4.30 until b 10.
Terms very moderate. All who are con-
formulating a winter of earnest study are
cordially invited to join the class. For
further particulars please address the in
structor.
A lecture will be given in Bacon
Academy Lecture Room on Seventh DAY
evening. 10 month 10th. by Clarence W.
Boomalj. of West Chester, "a. HIS
lecture "From Ocean to Ocean" is interes-
ting alike to old and young sud contains
MANY important facts not to be found 10
history, The entertainment will begin
at r AZ Admission for adults 20 cents,
children 10 cents.
The first of a series of five games OF
base ball between the Swedesboro ana
nome clubs was played at the ball grounds
last Friday. the Swedesboro boys win
ming by a score of Is to IL. The nome
club presented a patched-u up nine ana nae
the game won at one stage OF the contest;
wheu they went to pieces ana allowed
the visitors to drive by them. Inc next
gam will be played here to MORO"
afternoon.