The Monitor-register., 1896-08-07
m uIlIca Hill.

Ira Coles lost a valuable horse on
Saturday.
Samuel Moore and wife are recreating
at Atlantic City.
Joseph Chatham spent three days last
week at Atlantic.
Miss Mariana White has been visiting
friends in Bridgeton.
Parker Hurff and wife are entertaining
friends from Williamstown.
George Kay, of Philadelphia, has been
spending few days at home.
The Misses Harper, of Harrisburg, are
visiting Mrs. William Horner.
Miss Laura Munyou, of Camden, is the
guest of MIS-. George Poinsett.
Miss Lizzie Engle, of Horsham, Pa, is
| renewing old acquaintances here.
Rev. f. l.. Jewett was one of the
speakers at Pitman on Saturday.
Miss Lottie Boys, of Philadelphia, is
| the guest of Miss Martie Borton.
j. P. Haines and wife, of Clarksboro,
| were guests of our town on Sunday.
Walter Shoemaker and family, of
| Swedesboro, were in town last Sunday.
Harry Hampshire and family, of Phila-
delphia, have been visiting in this locality.
A number of our Grangers attended
the grand picnic at Aloyon on Wednesday.
| Collins Hazelton, of Salem county, was
the guest of William Harker last Satur-
day.
| Miss Lena Burt, of Pittsgrove, was the
| guest of her aunt, Mrs. Roberts, on Sun.
| day.
| iron fence about his residence newly
painted.
Miss Hattie Sutton, of r thorough,
| Pa is visiting her sister, Mrs. A. Ii.
| Matthews
jesse McAllister, of Swedesboro, was
entertained by L. D. Ridgway and wife
on Sunday.
! Mrs. Edward Beale and children, of
Shirley, are visiting ber mother, Mrs.
Myra Evans.
l. o. Acton and family, of Salem, have
been the guests of Wm. Harker during
| the past week.
Relatives from this town attended the
| funeral of Priscilla Pancoast at Ed
ridges Hill on Wednesday.
William Richards aud .Harry Norman
and family, of Philadelphia, were guests
of Captain Stratton during the past week.
Miss Mary Ella Ridqway, one of
Camden's popular teachers, is visiting
relatives aud friends in this vicinity.
Jonathan Iredell and family and
| William Nelson and family were guests
of Samuel Ridgway, of Harrison Vile, on
Sunday.
Some of our citizens are making their
homes at Pltman during the campmeet
ing season, and many are attending the
meetings each day.
Stokes Union, W. G. T. u. held the
meeting Tor this month on Thursday
afternoon. Topic considered, "The
Importance of Press Work"
The tax rate for Harrison township for
1896 is 81 a. as follows: County. so cts.
State school, 28 cents roads, 90 cents !:
overseer fees, 5 cents poor, 1 cent, and
district school, 20 cents.
! The luscious grape is coming into
market. The Misses Adcock shipped the
first cutting last weak and Nathan s
the Champion variety, very fine in quality
and sizs.
Aaron Ridgway has been i'll for some
| time, unable to attend to thu interests of
his farm. A few days since fourteen of
the neighboring farmers united their
labor in doing up the work of the farm
in most satisfactory and thorough
manner. A most neighborly act which
cannot lose its reward.
The Grand Army Post took large
number of our people on the annual
excursion to Atlantic City last Thursday,
returning in the evening, after very
| pleasant day on the beach, humbly CRATE
full for their preservation from the fate of
that hapless train that passed over the
| same track SO soon after them.
FrIesburg.
The Junior Society is now practising
an exercise which they are to render on
picnic day, August 18th.
A party of our young people passed
through Friesburg, Wednesday morning,
| on their way to Hancock's Bridge, for
| gala day fishing.
| A number of the parents of our con-
| greg alton have taken fresh air children
| from Philadelphia for couple of weeks
outing in the country.
The ladies of the w. q. T. U. gathered
on Wednesday afternoon snd listened to
some very profitable addresses by Mrs.
Patterson and Mrs. Bassest.
The people of our community were
startled Friday morning on hearing of
the terrible accident which occurred on
the excursion train, in which so macy of
our friends were travelling, returning for
| AtlanticiCity. We deeply sympathize with
the suffering and bereaved and we as .
congregation are very thankful that none
of our members are seriously injured.