The Monitor-register., 1897-11-05
Additional County News.
Swsdesboro L Items.

1.-THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS can pc found for
sale every week at Pixies News Agency.l
Mr.. and Mrs. John Woodruff n daughter,
of Chester, Pa. nave been the guests of Rev
and Mrs. W s.. Ludlow. at the NJ. E. parson.
sonage.
Mrs. James Sheldon. of Millville, has been
visiting his son, Mr.. Andrew G. Sheldon,
who has been seriously i'll.
Mrs. Abram Jones, of Center Grove, Cum
berland county, has been spending a few
days with her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Isaac Ore.
Mrs. Amos Jones and Miss Ellis Taggart
visited Mrs. Henry W. Poinsett, at Mullica
Hill, on Saturday.
Messrs. b. A. Headley, s. Will GaskilI and
DR.. B. f. BnZby are spending. several DAYS
duck shooting on Chesapeake Bay. Capt
Edward Eastlack and his son Clayton con
veyed the party to the ducking grounds on
their trim little steamer, the "Lillie K :"
The Epworth League OF the M. e. Church
will hold a rally on Tuesday evening. Nov.
9Th. and ar enjoyable evening is expected.
All of the ~neighboring Leagues have been
Is, vited, besides the young peoples societies
Connected with the churches in our own
town. Rev. Marshall Owen, ofPalmyra, will
make an address. Subject: "a Tour through
the British Isles" Admission free and all
invited.
The Swedesboro League attended a rally
given by the Clarksboro League on Thurs
day evening of last week. Rev. w d. Lud.
low made an interesting address and the
evening was pleasantly spent with music,
recitations, etc.
The ladies of the Swedesboro Baptist
Church will give al entertainment in Lip.
pincott's Hall on Saturday evening, 9Th
inst, for the benefit of the church. AS the
object Is q worthy one, those having it in
charge hope for the patronage of the public.
Miss Marietta III: Longacre, wife of Samuel
Longacre, died on Tuesday afternoon. after
an illness of several wesks, aged SO years.
Her funeral takes place on Saturday. She
leaves a daughter.
Mr.. G. Wilmer Brown, and Miss Bertha r
Turner. both of this place, were quietly
married at the M. e. 2 arsonage on w ednes
day evening.
Miss Amanda Wilson and the teachers of
Woolwich township are attending the
Teachers Institute at Atlantic City this
week. All schools are closed except the
night school,.
Miss Mary Miller, Of Wilmington, Del, is
spending some time with her niece. Mrs
Oliver Grimshaw.
Mrs. Sarah s. Smith has returned from
Bridgeton, where she has been spending
some time.
A handsome team, belonging to MI. Henry
Pancoast, living near here, ran away from
his farm last Saturday afternoon and took
the road to Swedesboro. In their mad run
they collied with a carriage, occupied by
Uncle John" Pierson, his granddaughter
Miss Ella Taggart, and Mrs. Amos Jones,
who were returning from Mullica Hill. One
wheel was taken from the carriage and the
occupants we're badly frightened. We
learn that one of Mr.. Pancoast's horses was
so badly hurt that it will be unfit for use for
several months.
The local preachers convention of the U
A. NJ. K. Church was held in the Small
Gloucester Church on Wednesday and
Thursday of this week. On Thursday after
noon the w.. c. T. U. of Swedesboro, held a
temperance meeting there and Rev. W. s.
Ludlow made an address.
Undertaken Geo. W. Hannold attended
the funeral of Mrs. Rebecca Warner al
Clarksboro on Saturday. Mrs. Warner died
observation-disclosures at %1ckfvtur
on Sunday. AS the wife of Undertaken
Warner, formerly of Clarksboro, she was
well known in Gloucester county. Her hus-
band died several years ago.
Mrs. Louisa Emory was called to W God
bury on Friday morning of last week by
|swora that her mother had fallen down stairs
at the home Of her on, L. j. Blatherwick, al
Woodbury., and sustained serious injuries
She found her in an almost helpless conui-
tion, but at this writing she is slightly i'm
proved. She is in her 80th year. .
The wife of DR.. Oliver Grimshaw is seri
ously i'll.
Ex-senator John Pierson on Tuesday last
made a record of having voted for seventy
years in the same township, both spring and
fall. excepting three spring elections in 1861,
'62 and '63, when he represented Gloucester
county in the New Jersey senate and thai
body then being in session passing neces
sary war measures. He always voted the
Wing ticket until John c. Fremont ran tol
President, then voting for him, and all the
Republican candidates. including Tuesday.
He will be 50 years old on the thirteenth o.
this month, being born in 1906 in the towr
where he yet lives.