The Monitor-register., 1897-11-12

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sale every week at Pixies News Agency.]
Miss Laura A. Weatherby has been visit
ing relatives in Philadelphia.
DIR. b. f. Buzby and s. Will Gaskell re-
turned on Saturday from the Chesapeake
Bay, where they have been enjoying the
sport of duck shooting.We understand that
they had very good success.
MIR. Benjamin b. Weatherby and his son,
Henry, of Millville, have been spendingsa
few days with Mr.. L. IL. WeaJherby and en-
joyed the first days of The cunning season.
Patrick Conner has been building an
office and putting up a set of Champion
scales at his wharf on Rlccon creek. He will
engage in the sale of fertilizers,
Mrs. James Bradley, of Chestertown, Md,
has been the guest of Mr.. Elijah Bowers and
family.
Miss Ella Brown has been visiting her cou-
sins. at Evergreen Hall, Woodbury..
Mrs. Sallie Batten, of Mullica Hill, has been
spending some time with her sister, Mrs. W.
Ii. Brown.
Mrs. George L. Barker and children expect
to join Mr.. Barker in their new home at
De Moines, Ia, some time next week.
The Gloucester County Board of Agricul-
ture will hold its next institute at Swedes-
boro, on Nov. 18th and 10th.
Mr.. VIM. A. Shiveler has been spending a
few days with his friend, Joe Haines, at Sea.
view.
Captain Edward Eastlack and his son Clay
ton and B. A. Headley returned on Tuesday
from their cunning trip to the Chesapeake
Bay.
Mrs. Oliver Grimshaw, who has been Ian
g%erously sick, is considerably improved.
Mr.. Andrew G. sheldon, who has been on
the sick list for several weeks, is able to be
about again.
Mrs. S. A. Blatherwick, of this place, whom
we mentioned last week as having had a
dangerous tall at the home of her son in
woodbury., is considerable improved st
this writing and able to leave her bed for q
short time.
SWedesboro has an epidemic of tonsilitis.
A number of school children and others
have been sufferers.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Wilmer Brown, who were
married on Wednesday evening of last week,
were given a calithumpian serenade on
Thursday evening. Two or three other
couples who had been married several
months, were also treated to the delightful
music.
A chicken thief in the shape of q large
eagle has recently paid requent visits to
the yard of j. A. Batten, near here, and car
ried off several fine fowls. Mr.. Batten is
waiting for the noble bird and hopes soon to
end the depredations.
The funeral of Mrs. Marietta II. Longacre.
wife of Samuel Longacre, on last Saturday,
was largely attended. 1nterment was made
in Lake Park Cemetery. The family have
the sympathy of the community in their
loss.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. p. Partenhiemer of
Camden, have thu sympathy of a large circle
Cora G.. whose funeral took place on last
Saturday afternoon. The mother of the
young lady win be remembered as Miss Ada
Makelva. daughter of James Makelva, of
our town.
John Gibson, of near Mulllca Hill, and
Miss Lille Eastlack, daughter of Captain
and Mrs. Edward Eastlack, of this place.
were married by Rev. W. S. Ludlow at the
extend our congratulations to the happy
couple and wish them q safe and prosperous
voyage over the matrimonial sea.
We are sorry to learn that Charles k
Mayer is quite seriously ill.
Leonard Zirkenback is building q new
house on the site of the one destroyed by fire
last summer.
Rev, b. Sheppard, of Auburn, preached
in the NJ. e. Church last Sunday, exchang-
ing with Pastor Ludlow.
Quarterly meeting services will be held in
M. e. Church next Sunday, and Rev. W. S.
Ludlow will follow them with q series of
special services, in which several n~eighbor-
ing pastors will participate.
The temperance meeting held by Downs
Union in the colored churcha at Small Glou-
cester was well attended and very interest
ing. The Presiding Elder of the district
and the pastor of the church welcomed the
ladies heartily. Miss Sallie Zane, President
of the Union, conducted the opening devo-
tional exercises, and Rev. W. S. Ludlow
made a stirring temperan ce address. which
was well received. The ladies were well
pleased with their cordial reception and
hope they may be invited to repeat the visit.
The favorable weather of the last few
weeks has brought out the fall roses in pro-
fusion. Several of our ladies make a spe-
cialty of rose culture and have had fine dis
plays of late. We noticed a bunch of the
tender varieties gathered on the 9th inst.
which contained some magnificent speci-
mems.
Mrs. b. II. Moffett, who several weeks ago
was stung on one OF her fingers by a cent?
pede, is having the injured member treated
bp a specialist in Philadelphia.
Henry Pancoast is building q handsome
residence on his farm near here. We learn
that q friend Is bearing the whole expense of
the building, between seven and eight thou
sand dollars. John Hunter has the contract
n l.. P. Mayer is doing the mason work.
The same generous friend has presented
Mr.. Pancoast's daughter a handsome piano.
The family are to be congratulated. Not
every friend is such a friend.
The rally held by the Epworth League in
the M. e. Church, on Tuesday evening, was
largely attended, representatives being
present from the young pc ople's societies of
our own town and also from Woodstown,
Auburn, Harrisonvi1Ie, Asbury and other
places. Rev. Marshal Owen, of Palmyra.
made an address on his trip to the British
Isles the past summer, and exhibited the
watch that Francis Asbury gave to his
mother III III, when he came to America as
the pioneer Bishop of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church. He purchased it for about
$J2 of an aged man in England, to whom
Mrs. Asbury had given it, and it is now val
ued at $1,000 as a relic. The church was
beautifully trimmed, and a splendid lunch
was served at the close of the exercises.