The Monitor-register., 1896-08-07
NEWS AT THE COUNTY-SEAT,
SATEM Aup G 1900

ga touch of sympathy makes the whole
world akin," as was illustrated yester-
day in the large attendance at the funeral
of three of the victims of the Atlantic
City disaster. They were Mrs. Mary
Freas and Miss Anna Freas, her daughter,
and Miss Lydia CARL, sister, whose
remains were brought here from Atlantic
City and inferred in East View cemetery.
The services were held in the cemetery
chapel, and were conducted by Rev. Geo.
s. Wendell, of the Baptist Church, of
Alloway, assisted by Rev. A. Fl. Sem.
bower. of the First Baptist Church, of
were opened and those present were
allowed to view the bodies. One grave
served for the three caskets, something
that has never occurred before in the
history of Salem. The sympathy of the
entire assemblage was with Rushton
Ffeas, the son and brother, as he
stood heart-broken by tho grave and took
farewell look. His father, who was
badly injured in the same accident and
not likely to recover, is the only other
one of the family remaining.
The fatal wreck of the Bridgeton excur-
sion at Atlantic City last week probably
deferred some from going on the excur-
sion from this city to the seashore to- day,
but after all it proved to be tie largest
one the combination has so far taken
down this season.
The Atlantic City disaster was fruit.
full theme for pulpit discussion on Sun.
DAY, Rev. j. Ward Gamble making it the
basis for his discourse at the Broadway
M. E. Church on Sunday evening. He
said he knew well Engineer Farr, who ran
tae Inflated Reading express, and had
received him into the church when a
pastor at Atlantic City. He was a trust
ed employee, and he could not believe
that he had deliberately disobeyed the
danger signal.
Rev. j. X. Thom pson, at the First M.
E. Church, also spoke on Sunday evening
on the disaster
Rev. Samuel r. Stratton occupied the
pulpit of the First Baptist Church on
Sunday. Rev. A Fl. Sembowe preached
at Millville.
The Twilight service at the Bros dway
M. E. Church will be held at 6 O'Clock.
The pastor, Rev. ]. Ward Gamble, will
take for bis subjects, prelude, Worship"
sermon, "a Model Woman
Our base ball Team still maintains first
place, though dropping an occasional
game so as not to make the contest too
uneven. Bridgeton bit the dust on Tues.
day, but reversed the score to-day. The
Bridgeton games are being played in this
city for the present.
AS long as human nature remains as at
present constituted, it will fall prey
to the sharper. 1t is strange how people
will SO easily succumb to the oily tongue
OF stranger, but there is something in
their honeyed words that seems to charm
A rascal was in this city last week claim
ing to introduce patent ironing machine.
He proposed to take orders from his VIC
Tins for the machines at 500 each, to be
paid in weekly instalments of So so each.
At the same time he promised to furnish
nnlaundered goods to the amount of So to
the purchaser of every machine each week
until the debt had been cancelled. This
scheme naturally met the approval of the
women rs it meant money to them to all
intents and purposes. The machines were
to have been delivered on Monday of this
week, but before using them the agent
declared that it was necessary to have
recipe for putting gloss on the linen,
which he offered to sell at SO, and asked
pay for it in advance. This money he
secured from the unsuspecting women,
and before taking his departure suavely
promised that woman would accompany
the machines and instruct the purchasers
how to operate them. Here the curtain
dropped, and his victims are now practis-
ing rigid economy to be ready for the |
next sharper.