The Monitor-register., 1897-10-01

[The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS can be found for
sale every week at Pixies News Agency.]
b. f. Dubois, of Philadelphia spent sew
eral days last week with his cousins, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry McCollister.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Ii. Comey, of Camden,
have been visiting Rev. and Mrs. VS.. Lud-
low.
Miss Lucretia Meley has been the guest of
relatives In Philadelphia.
Miss Ella Brown is visiting the family of
her uncle, jeffrey Batten, in Woodbury..
Micha Allen and his sister, Miss 10.
sephine Allen, visited their cousin, Mrs.
Samuel Salisbury last week.
Mr.. VIM. I'll. Hannold, Jr., and family
spent Sunday with DR.. and Mrs. John Il.
Cheesman at Elmer.
Mrs. z. A. Atkinson and daughter, of
Woodbury., are spending some time with
the Misses Drue and Anna Cheesman, at
Oak Grove.
Mr.. Harry Zane and family. of Camden,
spent Sunday with Editor Geo. w. Pither
and family.
Miss Matte Rairdon has been visiting her
sister, Mrs. Joseph O'Neil, in Trenton. Her
little niece, Miss Matte O'Neil,
led her home.
Nil. Edgar Ill. Holbrook and wife, of Butte,
Montana, Mrs. Beacon, of Pittsburgh, Pa.
and b. f. Holbrook, of Philadelphia, have
been visiting Mrs. b. +. Buzby, daughter Of
the latter.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Frank Faucet are spend
ing some time at Seaview, Atlantic county
Miss Beulah Locke. of Bethlehem, Pa, has
been the guest of Miss Emma Batten.
Mrs. L. Newton Hannold, OF Philadelphia.
visited Mr.. and Mrs. w. IL. Hannold last
week.
Mrs. John Gill. who has been sick for some
time, lis failing with no prospect of ecovery
Rev. W. S. Ludlow and wife spent Thurs
day and Friday with the brother of the lat
ter, at Chester, Pa.
Rev. w. S. Ludlow preached a stirring
sermon on the amendments on Sunday and
the w. c. I. u. distributed literature on the
subject. Literature was also distributed in
the other churches of the W
The Swedesboro night school opened oE
Monday night with nineteen scholars. Mrs.
Mary Yourinson Is the teacher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Pike attended the
funeral of Mrs. Pixies uncle, MIR. Franklin
DEM, at Mantua, on Thursday.
Mrs. Geo. Sparks, whom we ave several
times mentioned as seriosuly i'll, is improv
ing, although till confined to her bed.
Mr.. David B. Richard son., who has beer
dangerously ill, is considerably improved.
TIE condition of Thomas Worrell, wht
has been sick over a year, is not improved,
but he is gradually failing.
Henry Salisbury, who accidently shot him
self in the arm, is making very satisfactory
progress toward recovery.
Heavy shipments of sweet potatoes are
being made from this station, with prices
ranging from 81. 80 to So 90 per barrel.
The Junior Epworth League will holo a
festival on Oct. 9th.
Memirako Tribe, Improved Order of Red
Men, will hold a fair on Oct. 18th, 18th ant
10th.
Two very slight frosts have occurred here
A Swedesboro lady lost a handsome gold
| watch and chain while gathering chinqua
pins on Tuesday, and early on Wednesday
morning visited the place and found thu
lost article. Moral: cav your watch a
home when gathering chinquapins.
Mr.. Joel Corson, living near here, was
| taken very sick on Monday evening while
attending to the work il his barn, and
called to his wife for help. He was removed
| to his home and a physician called, but hi
| grew worse rapidly, suffering intensely, ant
died on Wednesday morning.
EIwood Massey, colored, died at his home
| here on Wednesday.
| The election on Tuesday passed OFF very
| quietly here and but little interest was
| manifested. The vote was as follows
Amendment No. l, 1853 for. los against; No
| 2, 1866 for, 100 against; No. 8, l62 for, To-
| against. Only about half of the vote of the
| township was polled.