The Monitor-register., 1896-05-15
LOCAL NEWS.

The ShaQ season is drawing TO a cl OSe
Good weather and good roads for
bicycling.
The May term of Salem County Courts
will convene next Tuesday.
Geo. M. Andrews will take the school
CENSUS for this school district.
It pays to advertise a good article,
whether in city or country town.
Charles Scott is having a new fence
placed In front of his property on South
Main street.
The millers are complaining of lack of
water, as the ponds are very low for this
time of the year.
Prof. Filter, of Salem, delivers a leo
ture in the school building tonight on
his travels in Europe.
Geo. G. Washington has gone after
another car load of fresh cows, the sale
of which will be duly announced.
Miss Mary R. Paul has resigned as a
teacher in our Public School, and she
will teach the Shsrptown school next
wear. This leaves a vacancy here.
Herring have been unusually thick at
Sharptown the past three weeks. and the
residents of that and neighboring towns
Are afforded much sport in catching
them.
+ T.. Davenport has had a stretch oil
Raer's wire fence erected on his property
back of the mill. Lippincott " Colson
have the county rights for this substan
tia1 fencing.
Spelbaker Bros. have curbed the front
of the property of ]. Ii. Reading.
Adjoining property owners ought to fol
low suit, and then let everybody eaton the
infection Of paving.
Len BachmaD, Dupham's jolly. mea'
carver, now serves the best steaks from a
handsome new wagon, the last WORK OF
John G. Nensteal before leaving Woods
Town. The horse is also newly harnessed,
and altogether it is a stylish rig.
Perhaps if Woodstown had a good live,
active Board of Trade, it might advance
the business interests of the W A
similar organization is doing good work
IN Elmer. Here Isl a proposition for
our e~nterprising young business men.
Eva Jackson, colored, was arrested on
Saturday by Detective Gallagher and
taken to Philadelphia to stand trial or
the charge of stealing jewelry, money
and clothing from the residence OF Harris
s Agaew, Germantown, where she nae
been employed as a servant.
A home . is in nc sense a child OF
charity; it earns twice over every dollar II
receives and is second to no enterprise IL
contributing to the up building of a towr
or community. Its patrons reap far more
bent fit from its columns than do the pup
fishers, and in calling for tho support O
the people of the community in which !
is published, it asks no more than IN al
fairness belongs to it, though it general,
receives much less.
That misfortunes never come singly
was sadly fulfilled in the case of JOSEPH
Daniels misfortunes on Tuesday night
when his wife died and a short time aftel
bis horse attached to the market wagor
broke loose from his residence at Eldridg,
Hill, and cams dashing down town anG
partly demolished the wagon before hi
mad flight was stopped. Mrs. Daniel
was well known and thoroughly liked ii
this vicinity, and the neighboriy sympa
thy of the community is readily extended
to MI. Daniels and his family in thei
:. great loss. The cause of her death wa
cramps, of which she has had seyera
attacks recently. The deceased was il
her 5Sth year. The funeral took plac
from her husbands residence this morn
ing. interment at the Baptist Cemetery
What might AVE been a serious runa
way accident was narrowly averted b,
the presence of mind of one of the lad,
occupants of the vehicle on Saturda,
night. A horse and carriage containing
a young man and two lady friends wer
out drisings when the driver dropped th
lines, causing the horse to start at a rapi
gait down Main street. On reaching tb
corner of Main and Marlton streets tn
Young man showed his braverS nv ;nmn
ing out, leaving his two companions :
their fate. The horse continned 4;
frightful speed down Marlton street. An,
when nearing N. r. Lippincott's farm
one Of the plucky riders climbed out owe
the dash and onto the shafts, and sue
reeded in stopping the frightened anims
py seizing the rein. The road is hill
and rather dangerous at this point, and
y very fortunate they secured control Z
me horse before any damage resulted
ihey drove back to town and found theI
gallant escort and continued their driy
e 4 nothing But of the ordinary ha
nsppened. This is an instance Of th