The Monitor-register., 1896-06-05
LOCAL NEWS.

June roses never looked more beautiful.
Mosquitoes are already presenting their
bills.
Go to Grier & Boone's for a full assort-
ment of all grade of underwear.
The farmers are seriously feeling the
lack of rain in the shortening of their
hay crop.
Assessor Richman is now making his
rounds looking up the wealth of Piles
grove township.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E.
Church cleared about $40 by their festival
on Saturday evening.
Woodstown was pretty we'll repre-
scented at the Memorial Day exercises at
Swedesboro on Saturday.
Summer is here, according to the
almanac, but summer weather seems to
have been side-tracked somew here.
List of unclaimed letters remaining in
the post Office for week ending May Both.
d. l.. Ballinger, Mr.. Eada Moody.
Are we to nave a Fourth of July cele-
bratieD I? The effort was such a success
last year that it ought to be repeated.
The patriotic impulses kindled by
Memorial Day prompts the question,
4sWhy don't the Woodsto W IN veterans
reorganize their G. A. r. Post?
The ladies OF the Baptist Church will
hold a straw berry festival in the chapel
at the real of the church, on Friday and
Saturday evenings, to which all are
invited.
The Salem combination will run their
seashore excursions this summer on the
lA.,, T,1u Grh RI Atlantic
CITY. and July 22d to Cape May; Aug.
9Th, to Atlantic City. this will be Eagles
Dav. also on Aug. Goth, to Atlantic City.
The Woodstown w. G. T. U. will OBJ
serve Flower Mission Day on Tuesday
next. according to their annual custom.
Those having flowers to spare are request
cd tn send them to their rooms. A dele
ration will visit the Almshouse in he
afternoon.
The Lotus Tennis Club was organized
on Monday ewing, with the following
oHicers. President, Miss Julia ii. Elton;
Vioe-Presiddnt, DR.. VIM. Jaquett; Secre-
tary, Miss Lulu Wright; Treasurer, DIR.
Ralph Souder. The club expects to
uniform and select a suitable tennis court.
Anoth ermeeting will be held next Monday
evening. They now have some twenty
three members.
The Salem freight now goes down the
road two hours earlier than formerly, and
on Friday morning last the train was
wrecked at Ogden station. The train
parted, and on the heavy grade at this
place the rear section ran into the front
part. telescoping one or two cars, n
causing a general smashup. No one was
injured. The wreckage had to be burned
to clear the tracks.
Isaac H. Ringgold, of Bushtown, has
received word that he will be admltCeu,
next September, as a student at Lincoin
University, Chester county, Pa, at the
request of DR.. Collier. Edward Richard.
son, of Baileytown, was admitted iase
fall and has been getting along well with
his studies. 1t is gratifying to see our
young colored men ambitious to acquire
a collegiate education.
On last Tuesday Mrs. George Nj.
Andrews forwarded to Brown Brothers
81 Co, Bankers, New York, the sum OF
S21. so, contributed for the relief OF the
sufferers in Armenia, to be distributed by
Clara Barton's agency. The above
amount was donated as follows: By the
Society of Friends, Woodstown, $500;
by the Friends First day School, So 35;
by the W. G. T. U. of Woodstown, $11.15.
To this can beaded the sum of $40 10,
contributed by the members of the Presby-
ierian Church, making the total amount
nf the Armenian Relief Fnnd raised at
Woodstown $31.60. This speaks well
for the sympathy and liberality OF our
people.
The bicycle craze is being accused OF
causing the hard times, and lengthy
articles are appearing in the metropolitan
dailies in support of the argument. IL is
claimed that the purchase of bicycles
has diverted a large amount OF money
from the usual commercial channels; put
that it is the cause of hard times is far
fetched. However, there is no DOUBT
that many persons have been saving IN
other expenditures in order to use the
money to purchase a bicycle, and
some. perhaps, have thus used money
That & to nave gone elsewhere. 1t is
estimated that there are at least 700
bicycles in use in Salem county. and
counting these at $50 each. would repre-
sent $35, 600, while many of them cost
from $75 to 500. bringing the figures mn
to at least $50, 600. An item of ~exnense
of that kind cannot help but have some
influence on business conditions.
The Memorial Day exercises in the
public schools were of an interesting and
enjoyable character, the children acquit.
ting themselves we'll and reflectipo
credit or the care and patience of the
teachers in training them. The specta.
tors present more than filed all the
available space in the rooms. After the
exercises by the schools we're concluded
the old veterans took charge. with Mayor
Richman as chairman. who, in a graceful
speech, introduced VIM. P. Haines, Of
Miekleton, the fighting Quaker" as be
is more familiarly known. He made q
most excellent address, replete with
"reminiscences of war days that gave q
vivid picture of army life and the scenes
incident to wars bloody work. He was
followed by Geo. F. Meley, OF Swedes
boro. and Rev. Mr.. Wells in a few
remarks. An attentive audience fillini
the grounds in front of the school build
ing, listened to these addresses, n gave
a rising vote of thanks at the close
Comrade Haines has an invitation tx
come again and give us a genuine camp
fire,