The Monitor-register., 1896-03-13

Go join Whites bicycle club.

A fine lot of buggies at L. B. Wright's.
The storm this wsek was the anniver-
sary of the blizzard eight years ago.
Consult S~nelbaker Bros adv. in an
other column. Entrust your work with
sideawake dealers.
The Township Committee will meet at
the Pilesgrove Creamery on next Tuesday
afternoon st ! O'Clock.
The "New Idea" store will reopen for
business about March 25th. See an
nouncement In this paper next week.
List of unclaimed lett ers remaining in
the post office for week ending March T5h;
MRS. Harry Rice, Mrs. Mamie Eaten.
If you want a bicycle on easy terms.
by the club system, call on White, the
ieweIer and dealer in standard makes of
wheels and sund ries.
BENJAMIN Heritage, Of MiekIeton,
geeSured before the Woodstown Grange
and Field Club on Wednesday night, his
subject D eing 1.-THE forest and fruit trees
of the State"
Wednesdays storm was one of the
most severe of the winter. opening with
she heaviest fall of snow of the season,
chen finishing with a genuine March rain,
both sold and wet.
The annual meeting of the Woodstown
Public School District will be held at the
school building next Tuesday evening,
for the election of seven Direetors and the
soting of appropriations. $1,000 is asked
for.
The Pennsylvania Railroad bridge
aaross the Delaware, from Bridesburg to
rhe New Jersey shore, has been compieteo,
and trains will Inn from Broad street
station. Philadelphia, direct to the sea-
shore next summer.
The .sStar Hall'' corner, Broadway q
Msrsat streets, Salem. was sold at public
aale or Saturday last, 10 front OF the
Court House.. by E s. Fogg, Master IN
Ghaneery. for $15. 900, Richard lilies
being the purchaser.
An entertainment will be given by the
.nn,1s Of Raeou Academy on Sixth day
svanIn0. Third month 20. 1895, in the
sectnre room of the Academy. Tickets,
OK cents Should the evening prove very
stormy the entertainment VIII Do poss
poned one week.
Some of the friends Of q. L. Coles nave
presented him with a solid silver meual'
suitably inscribed, for his relay run srom
<Woodstown to s wedesboro, seven ms
in twenty-three minutes. on feo. eotu.
- 10 a handsome Gift. and will no doubt
be appreciated.
Dogs attacked James Kilpatrick's nock
nf Pekin ducks last Wednesday nlgmt,
killing three and mangling seven. ine
damage was appraised and the sowns1lp
,ha bis of fun by the prowIing dogs, that
ought to have been trained to stay at
bone.
1o,.n Il. Peterson 81 Son have con-
arast d to furnish ice the coming season
for the R,chmantown, Sharptown sna
West Avanne creameries. Ine cream
s.seies at Ricbmantown and
lave been leased to a Philadelphia mig
company, who will commence buying
milk April LIST.
A good many believe chat eieotfic
tsgs.ss ). ouid be as good as a night watcn-
,naa, and perhaps if we had had electric
lights she recent robbery OF Frank
Wrightss shoe store would not have taken
ala .e. In Smyrna, Del, they discharged
eheir night watch man after putting IN an
electric light plant. If this be true, IL
would be a cheap service for the mei-
chants
The 4:10 train down yesterday after
noon. on the Woodstown and SwedesDoro
road, struck the team of John Monaghan
at Mt. Royal, while he was attempting 20
cross the track. Monaghan was Instantly
killed. the wagon was demolished and the
horse badly mutilated. The dead man
was a farmer and lived at Berkeley, about
a mile distant. Why Monaghan failed te
realize his danger is 3 mystery, as the
engine bell was ringing and the whistle
was blown.
Considerable speculation has been In
duiged 10 about town since the death OF
Edward Wallace, as to its probable effecl
npon the e. B. Humphreys Pantaloor
Factory, the impression prevailing that
perhaps Mr.. Humphreys would not ears
to burden himself with this additional
responsibility, with his other large bust
ness interests, and the factory might shu'
down. We understand that its opera
tions will be continued, this being {
necessity, as it's business is planned 81
far ahead that it could not shut down a
present Without serions loss. This vii
be good news to the large number o
operatives IN the factory, some thirty
being employed there and a large
number OF inishers outside. SO that
number of families are dependent upor
the income thus received. Il distributes
annually a large amount Of money ii
Woodstown, and is a business enterpris
the like of which we ought TO hsve man,
more.
r.. 3 Wright has a large stock Of car
riages this spring.