The Monitor-register., 1896-10-16


Mrs. Joseph Brown is spending TIT
week with friends in Philad elphia.
Harker Hazelton, nephew of William
8. Harker, is a resident of our town.
There are three vacant houses at the
north end of town just now. an unusual
fact.
William Norman, of Philadelphia,
visited his grandparents here on Satur'
day and Sunday.
John Dunlap, who has been confined to
the house for weeks by serious illness, ia
able to be out again.
Some OF our farmers have been getting
their seed wheat from Salem county
during the past week.
1t is acknowledged that Thomas j.
Mounoe has the finest sweet potatoes
brought to our station.
Sheriff Springer has sold the Emma
Parker property in Jefferson to Under
taker Wolf, of Mullica Hill, for $3.50.
The meeting of the Epworth League
on Monday evening WAS not as largely
attended as usual. owing to the storm.
The concert given by the Drucken-
miller family in Town Hall on Saturday
night was well appreciated by all present.
Many trees throughout our little town
and surrounding forests are magnificent
just now, in the gorgeous tints of autumn.
Tennis playing and bicycling have been
little INDUCED in during the past week,
the weather being unpropitious Tor both.
Everybody, especially those anxious to
dry a weeks wash, are longing for sun
shine, of which we have seen 30 little of
late.
Miss Florence Evans, one of Williams
towns teachers, is a resident of this
place, going by train to and from her
school each day.
Miss Margaret L. Davies represented
the society of Christian Endeavor of this
place, at the State Convention held at
Plainfield last week.
The newly graveled walks leading
south from the depot, d. greatly to the
appearance of that locality and to the
convenience of pedestrians.
The ffaIera! Of Mrs. Edward Hendrick-
son took place on Friday. The deceased
had been i'll a long time, leaving a large
family of children to mourn her loss.
A barber shop has been opened in the
Croft building by Jacob Broschard, of
West Point, Pa, who moved his family
into the Won Siege house two weeks since.
About fifty of our citizens have Joined
the Horse Carriage and Harness Pro
tective Association recently organized
here, and others are about to join. The
need of such protection has been much
felt, especially during the past few
months.
B. s. Warner, of New York, visited
our town a few days since, in the interest
of Maynard, Merrill & Co., Publishers.
The book committee of the Board of
Education has decided to adopt the verti.
cal system of penmanship. A meeting
of the Board was held on Tuesday even
ing.
"God and Mammon," was the topic at
the Christian Endeavor meeting on Sun
day evening. The dark, stormy night
prevented a large attendance at any of
our churches throughout the day and
evening. Many are suffering from severe
colds, contracted during the GOLD, stormy
weather of the past few days.
.-One of our young wheelmen, after a very
thorough investigation, gives the follow
ing report of the bicycle varieties used in
this town and vicinity: Road King, 2;
Crescent, 3; Continental, 2; s & G.
Special, 1; Stormer, 1; Lifts, 1; Apollo, l;
Warwick. 2; Columbus, 1; Columbia, 8;
Hartford, 4; Duke, q; Duchess, s.;
Waverley, 1; Spalding, 1; Credenda, s;
Unknown varieties, 6.
On Friday evening the following
persons were received into membership
of the Jr. o. U. A. M: County Clerk, F.
B. Ridgway, of this place, Wesley Ladent
and Isaac Jones, of Berkeley. Members
from Glassboro. Swedesboro and Pitman
Grove assisted in the interesting
exercises. After congratulatory speeches
all adjourned to Parker's Hall, where q
bountiful repast had been prepared for
the good of the Order.