The Monitor-register., 1896-10-09
LOCAL NEWS.

The chestnut crop is said to be large.
Campaign parades seem to losing their
grip.
Thanksgiving Day is seven weeks from
yesterday.
Charles Garrison has stocked his pond
with German carp.
This cool weather will soon ripen the
home made mince pies.
The frost this morning had the appear
snce OF a young snow.
The Farmers canning factory is now
canning sweet potatoes.
The stove and coal dealers are on good
terms with themselves just now.
P~ersimmons are ripening, but they need
a few heavy frosts to make them good.
The Young Friends Literary Society
will meet at Bacon Academy this evening.
The canning factories made their final
tomato packing of the season last week.
A humber of the voters in this commu-
nifty enjoyed a cigar with the next Sheriff
yesterday.
Butcher John w. Dubois is selling
iarg9 quantities of homemade sausage
ana scrapple.
Il. +. S. Gilman is making some i'm
propements to his property on South
Main street.
John G. Reeves is putting a hot water
heating apparatus in the house of Miss
II. Fl. Flanagan.
Miss Rebecca Borton is having some
improvements made TO her property on
Bowen avenue.
The Republican Executive Committee
will meet in the parlor of the Nelson
House, Salem, tomorrow afternoon.
Is your gate fastened good and strong
Halloween will soon be here. We think
our readers will fully understand what
we mean without going into details.
List of unclaimed letters remaining in
the post office for week ending Oct. Sd:
Annie Adams, Herbert Donaldson, David
Perry, 2: Annie Taylor, Mary Kelley, A.
L. Pryke.
William Beal and Israel G. Hewitt
have started in the hog butehering bust.
ness in the rear of John w. Dubois
properly, on South Main street, They
have been quite busy this week.
A valuable horse belonging to Benz. +.
Colson. of near YORKTOWN, broke one of
its legs Wednesday. 1t with several
others got out on the railroad. and in
driving them off caught its foot in the
track.
The Swedesboro club failed to make an
appearance for the game of base ball
arranged with the home club last 6atur-
dav and a game was played between two
NAKED mines. We nave an idea that the
Swedesboro boys would have had a hard
mt to crack had they come down, as
ssBid'' Phifer's right wing was in pretty
good shape.
r G. Haines received last week letters
natent of the United States for his top
ming and wiping machine, which is now
heino used quite extensively in canning
Factories for doing work tina is difhcuiG
to oct women to do. The machine ID
b ing sold on a royalty by a large manu-
featuring firm in Bridgeton. he mas ALSO
received patents on a -hlllng machiue
dated Sept 80, 1890, and on an improved
potato planter, Sept. IL, 1894. lnese
last machines are also being usea TO sohe
extent and sold on a royalty.
Mass Meetings.
A Republican Mass Meeting will be
held in the Opera House, Woodstown, on
"wednesday evening next. Oct. l4en'
which will be addressed by Hon. Jonn .;
Gibson, of Newark, an eloquent ana
Hnent sneaker. and q man in every way
capabIe of presenting the Issues OF the
present campaign in a clear and lnteiii'
gent manner.
On Thursday afternoon, Oct. 10Th, at
8 o'clock, Hon. John W. Griggs, Governor
of New Jersey, will address a meeting IN
the Opera House. The people generaiiy
without regard to party affiliations are
invited to these me etings. Let there be a
grand rally to welcome the Governor.
Was, New Jersey Baptist Association.
The eighty fifth annual meeting of the
West New Jersey Baptist Association
convened in the Canton Baptist Church
on Tuesday morning, Moderator b. +.
Hope. of Salem, presiding. The meeting
was opened 18th devotional exercises, the
urayer being made by Rev. E. b. Ware.
Rev. j. Williams delivered an excellent
address, in which he extended a welcome
To those in attendance. The Introductory
sermon was preached by the Rev. q. Z.
P. Fox.
The afternoon session was opened with
a prayer service, conducted by Rev. +. D..
Shermer. Rev. ]. G. Stump, of Pedrick-
town, was elected Moderator; Rev. d. s.
Kidd, of Cedarville, Secretary, aud
Robert F. Seagrave, of Salem, Treasurer.
DIR. Palmer, of Philadelphia. Secretary
Of Home Missions, and DR.. Weston, OF
New York City, made addresses, IN
which they made earnest appeals Tor
financial aid to the Home Mission csuse.
According to the report made by Rev.
a. FL. ~Sembower. of Millville, the West
New Jersey Baptist Association had
donated $5525.37 to the State mission
work during the past year, but the
amount was entirely inadequate to meet
the demands.
M 0tho HNrao III ra~'c rannrA $1,000 %hat
during the year $110.S4 had been raised
for association purposes, while the dis
bursements amounted to $50 81; balance
on hand. $12 81; collections for South
Jersey destitute library fund, $11 IS:
building and loan fund, 1894. 40; paid out
for that purpose, $50; balance on hand,
S314.42; amount raised for ministers and
widows fund, $110.59, all of which
remains 10 the treasury. Beside this, the
Association has $3.50 invested for the
latter cause, with bond and mortgage
security.
The evening session convened at z
O'Clock with a prayer service for minis
terial students, conducted by Rev. c. G.
Zwayer. At 7.30 a lively but harmonious
discussion took place on the works of he
Publication Society. The closing address
was made by Henry G. Weston, D. D.,
Ii. D
The Wednesday morning session VAS
opened with a prayer service for Chris
tian Work, led by Rev. 2. B. Hiley.
At II O'Clock the doctrinal sermon was
delivered by Rev. H. II. Thomas, and a
collection was taken for the South Jersey
Institute, after which the convention wal
adjourned for dinner.
Those who attended from the Woods
town Baptist Church were M. d. Dickin'
son and wife, Mrs. George Duell, W. B.
Hitchner, VIM. Patrick and wife, Jos. r
Hackett and wife, John W. Hackett and
wife.