The Monitor-register., 1896-06-12
NEWS AT THE C0UNTY-sEAT.

Things have a quiet turn here at
present, and there is a sort of breathless
expectancy for the outcome at at. Louis
next week. While everybody feels pretty
SURE that Mckinley will be the man, aud
that the platform will declare for sound
money, yet of course it is not absolutely
certain, for there is "many a slip betwixt
the cup and the lip" The situation is
one of intense interest, aud seldom has a
national contest awakened more wide-
spread concern. If the Democrats at
Chicago shall take the free silver horn
of the dilemma, a battle royal may be
looked for. Do you know that there are
more silver men in Salem county than
have been counted? Scarcely a group
gathers at the country store or elsewhere
to discuss politics without the talk
developing a goodly number in favor of
free silver. The single gold standard, In
connection with diminished of
the government, have largely oocasioned
the present depression in business, but
wouldn't a change to free silver coin age,
at the rates to 16 to 1. preoipitate a
panic What is needed is increased
duties to shut out foreign goods, and
give the work to our own manufacturers
and workmen. With Mckinley in the
White House this will be assured.
Joseph w. Lippincott, we'll known to
your readers, and a former resident of
Pilesgrove, died on Saturday and was
buried yesterday. He had been in poor
health for some time.
M. FL. Stratton. Esq, has completed
| the census of the school children in this
city and reports 1869, an increase of
twelve over last year. The actual
increase, however, is twenty three, as
eleven have died during the year from
the diphtheria epidemic.
Elk Judge Howard Carlow, of Camden,
was in this city yesterday, taking testi-
mony in a law suit before M. q. Stratton,
Esq.
The milk team of Barclay Griscom,
while standing in trout of J. B. Yonker's
| poultry store or Friday morning, took
fright and started up Broadway. They
frightened the horse of VIM. johnson, of
Lower Penn's Neck, which was standing
in front of Jos. B. Lawrence's store.
His horse dashed across the street, where
it collided with another team. In the
collision the horse was thrown, and Mr..
johnson, in trying to manage the animal
was considerably cut about the face.
time, but escaped unhurt. The Griscom
team ran out in Elsinboro and returned
by Oak street, when they were finally
caught, with little damage resulting.
This runaway again makes necessary the
precaution to always hitch your horse
when you leave the animal, however brief
your intended stay.
The commencement exercises of the
High School will take place on Friday
week in the Opera House.
The quarterly meeting of the Salem
OOuuUy 1lbJOTicdl OOCLoIy Wab uoiu !"
the Library Building on Tuesday after
noon. DR.. E. s. Sharpe read an interest,"
ing paper on "The Origin of Public
instruction and Development of Free
Schools in the State of New jersey" and
IA Review of the Public Schools and
Proceedings of the Board of Education of
the City of Salem during the years of
1871, 1872 and 1878"
The John Gaynor Glass Works of this
city shipped SO carloads of fruit jars last
month; seventeen carloads were shipped
in one day. This factory will continue
running day and night until July 1.
The Salem base ball club, which is q
member of the South Jersey League, will
begin practice next week.
There are thousands of bushels of last
years potatoes in this county which can
not be disposed of as low as ten cents per
hushel.