The Monitor-register., 1897-02-12

| lThe MONITOR REGISTER can be found TO
sale every week at Pixies News Agency.l
Miss Sadie Ackley has been spending
ton days with relatives in Camden.
Mrs. Martha Dubois, of Bridgeton. ha.
been the guest of her sister, Mrs Saral
s. Smith
William Diameut, wife and eop, o
CedArvil'e, Cumberland cnu tv. kav
cteu visiting w. H McCullough aDc
| wife
Miss Margery Davis, of Virginia, has beer
visiting her relatives, Mrs. Frank and Edgar
Bolton.
Miss Maria Whitaker, of Philadelphia
expects to spend several weeks with Miss
| Emily Robbins, in South Swedesboro.
W. Cooper Kirby and wife, Harry T. Ford
and wife. Misses Rebecca Ford and Sara
Moore attended the wedding of MI. Chas
e. Ford. Jr, and Miss Emma Gertrude
virgins, at Salem, OH Wednesday.
The young friends of Miss Gertrude Dilks
| gave her pleasant surprise on Wednesday
evening.
den on March 25th.
Joseph M. Sithens has bought the farm
known as the Chas. Locke farm, owned by
samuel Longacre and will remove 10 it in
| the spring. He offers his desirable resi-
dence in South Swedesboro for rent
| Samuel Homan has removed from Elijah
| Bowers farm to the farm of Nathan War
| rington.
During the severe cold weather of last
week, red birds became so tame as to come
into the shrubbery around our village
homes, searching for food.
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Church will give an entertainment entitled
"The Interstate Milkmaid's Convention, -
in Meley's Hall on the evening of Feb 26th
for the benefit of the chui ch organ fund
Our esteemed townsman, Freeholder j ohm
Pierson, or "Uncle John,'' as he is familiarly
known here, has been suffering for some
time with bad cold, which finally settled
into severe attack of bronchitis, and not
| pneumonia, as has been enormously stated
by several papers. He has been confined to
MS BED several days, and owing to his
extreme age. he being in his 92d year, con.
siderable anxiety has been felt as to the
result of his illness, but at this writing he
is steadily improving, and indications point
to his rec covery. His granddaughter, Miss
Ella Taggart, of Philadelphia, is constantly
at his bedside, ministering to his wants.
Joseph Makelva, another of our well
known and respected citizens, has been
eXtremsly i'll, but is improving.
Clarence Madara, who has had severe
attack of infiammatory rheumatism, is or
| the road to recovery.
Owing to the death of Elwood S, Rogers
the fires in the gasshouse were blocked on
Tuesday and the operations Will not be re
sumed until Monday, next week
At regular meeting of Swedesboro
Grange, No 8, Patrons of Husbandry the
| following officers for he ensuing year were
elected: Master, j. III. Sithens; Overseer, j
IL. Brown; Lecturer, A. p. Sithens; Steward,
t. b. Turner: Assistant Steward, W. E. Ash
craft; Chaplain, NJ. E. Black; Treasurer ID
L. Brown; Secretary, e. c Warrington; Gate
| Keeper, T. r. L. Packer; Pomona, l.. P
Turner; Flora, L. F. Helms; Ceres, M IL
| Pancoast; Lady Assistant Steward, c. p
Turner.
| At the 10Th annual meeting of w ooIwich
| Protective Association the following officers
| were elected: President, Howard " Lock
Vice President. James j. Davidson; Secre
tary, Charles d. Lippincott; Treasurer, Sam.
| uel Ashcraft; Directors, Samuel b. GaskilI
Joseph R. Black, David S. Adams, VIM. H
| Borden, Carlton E. Rulon, W m. H. Brown
James B. Cooper The Association is in 9
prosperous condition, having membership
of sixty five and fund of S566 in the treas
ury. No losses have occurred during the
year.
Our farmers are showing their faith in the
coming season by getting their hotbeds in
order and planting tomato seeds.
The news of the death of Lieut.. Franklin
II. Coles, at his home in Philadelphia, on
Saturday evening, came great surprise
! and shock to his numerous friends in this
vicinity, where he was we'll known ano
highly respected.
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Hurff gave reception
in honor of the 10Th birthday of their son
Aaron II. Hurff, on Friday evening. large
number of young people were present, and
an enjoyable evening spent.
| Elwood S. Rogers, Secretary of the
| Swede sboro Glass Works, died on last Sun
| day afternoon, after a lingering illness OF
| consumption. He came here in falling
| health, and gradually sank until his death
| He was thorough business man, and his
death will be severely felt by the firm
Funeral services were held on Thursday
evening, and on Friday his remains were
removed to Rogers Ford, Pa, for interment