The Monitor-register., 1896-01-10
Over ihe county Lines.

OScE tMo OVuMty AAucb
At the sale of stock of the Farmers
and Mechanics National Bank, of Wood
bury. last week, two shares sold for $160,
two for $162 and five for $167.
The first drowning in the skating ponds
occurred an Saturday, when Frederick
Howard Hunt, the IA year old son of
Thomas E. Hunt, ct Bridgeton, broke
through the ice on Seeley's pond, at the
head Of Greenwich, and was drowned
Mr.. Hunts hired man was with the lad
and nearly lost his life in his efforts to
save the boy. The man was rescued and
resuscitated after considerable effort.
Since Rev. E. 8. Ham made a stand
against the licensing of the hotel at Tuck
ahoe he has been subjected to a good
manyspetty annoyanoes. Last week some
body placed a lot of tacks on a pathway
which they knew would be used by
Misses Elsie and Bessie Ham, the PASTORS
oa aa1gnters. and a gentleman friend on
tneir return from bicycle trip. The
tires of their vheels were punotured and
ruined.
John K. r. Hewitt, a member of the
Camden County Bar, once a powerful
lawyer, leading polil loan, and Demo-
cratic candidate for Congress, was taken
to the Almshouse Saturday. He was once
debarred, years ago. for some question
able transaction in connection with PEN
sion. Later he was reinstated and attain
ed to some distinction, when he began to
60 down hill. But he has been seven
years reaching this present level.
Suspected of being the ruff ans who at
tackled fourteen-year.old Ulla Carr on her
way from Sunday-school last Sunday,
Frank and Stephen Furie, brothers, were
arrested near Vineland Saturday. The
girls father made the complaint, but she
was unable to identify the prisoners, ow-
ing to the darkness at the time of the as
sault. As they were unable to prove an
alibi, however, Justice Miller held them
under 81 900 bail each for further hear
ing.
A donkey tramway is to be constructed
on the grounds of the Home for Feeble
minded, at Vineland, for the amusement
of the inmates. An antiquated little car
was donated by the Camden Horse Rail-
road Company for the road. 1t arrived
last week, and as it was hauled from the
station Mayor Lord rushed from his
office, mounted the car and proclaimed
himself the first to ride in street car in
Vineland. Many business men followed
his example and for time the horses
could not pull the car, owing to the crowd
wkich packed it.
A joyful meeting between husband and
wife, who had been separated for nearly
twenty years, took place last week at
Vineland. 1t was in 1877 that John
Byers left his wife in Vineland and
started West in the hope of making a
fortune. On arriving in Kansas, Byers
contracted the gold fever and pushed on
to the Black Hills mining region. There
he lost the thread of communication with
his wife, who was pining for letter day
by day. By and by she concluded her
husband had met death at the hands of
the Indians and almost gave up hope. In
the meantime Byers was meeting with
failure after failure, until his hope was
almost crushed. The wife remained
faithful, however, and to-day she is the
happiest woman in Vineland Mr.. Byers
struck fortune at last, and comes back
with sound physical health and we'll
filled pocketbook.