The Monitor-register., 1897-04-02

1.-THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS can be found for
sale every week at Pixies News Agency.l
Geo. Nj. Ashton and wife have taken board
with Geo. Meley and family.
Mrs. Joseph Morgan, of Woodstown, has
been visiting her parents here.
Mrs. William Morgan, of Ocean Grove, has
been the guest of relatives here.
Mrs. Henry Polnsett. of MuIica Hill,
visited her parents here this week.
Alexander Hewes took charge of the
Rlack's mill property on Monday.
Mrs. Mary Musgrave caves pleasant after
noon tea to a party of relatives and friends
last Friday.
Mrs. IL. C. Loudenslagger, of Paulsboro,
visited her brother, Samuel Salisbury. on
Wednesday.
County Superintendent Eldridge, of
Williamstown, visited our schools on
Wednesday.
Miss Geraldine Buzby has been spending
a week with her grandfather, B +. Holbrook,
in Philadelphia.
MIR. and Mrs. j. Walker Norton and son
Samuel, of Camden, have been visiting Mr..
and Mrs. S. L. Steward here.
VIM. B.. Zippler and family. of Philadel-
phia, have been the guest of Mrs. Zippler's
mother, Mrs. Hansen Dubois.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. r. Moffett spent last Sun
day and Monday with their son, L.. B.
Motett, and family in Philadelphia.
Mrs. DR.. johnson, of Pennsgrove, and her
sister, Mrs. Sparks, of Pedricktown, spent
Sunday with friends in this ~neighborhood.
Mrs. S. F. Gaskill left on last Saturday for
Trenton to visit friends and attend the Con-
ference. She came home with her husband
on Tuesday afternoon.
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township has organized with Albert Herr
tage as President, and Isaac Stratton as
District Clerk, with a salary of SIS per year.
Rev. Father Lyons, of Mount Holly, as
sisted Rev. Walter T. Leahy in Lenton
devotions at st. Joseph's Church on last
Friday evening and preached the sermon.
Revs. Petrie, of Atlantic City, and Dugan,
of Salem, were here on Tuesday evening.
1t is expected that Rev. W.. S. Ludlow, the
newly-appointed pastor of the Methodist
Church, will occupy his pulpit next Sunday.
Rev. S. f. GaskilI will go to his appointment
at Delair on Saturday and will remove to
Palmyra next week.
The news of the death of Rev. VIM. Wal
ton. of Clarksboro, was received here on
Thursday, morning, and came as a great
shock, although it was known that hs was
~ AAs AAO NOo W. SdCCoSS pt5UOl :
ates here and had a great many friends.
The sympathies of the community go out to
the 1valid wife aud children in their great
sorrow.
The brothers and sisters of Mrs. Deborah
Sparks surprised her on last Friday by
walking into her cozy home to help her
celebrate the seventy-second anniversary of
her birth. Her guests were: Mrs. Mary
A rmGtrOnn Mra Sarah A AtkinoOn nf
Paulsboro; j. j. Atkinson, of Philadelphia;
l.. G. Atkinson and wife, of Mullica Hill;
| Miss Mary Justice, of Pedricktown; Mrs. S.
e. Eastlack, Mrs. L.. NJ. Justice and Miss
Roah Justice, of Swedesboro.
The explosion at the Gibbstown Powder
Works on last Friday was plainly felt here.
Buildings shook on their foundations, and
people ran from their homes pale with
fright, wondering what was the matter. but
the mystery was explained when the great
clouds of smoke were seen rising from the
direction of Gibbstown. Some of the men
who lost their lives were w%ell-known here,
and great sympathy is expressed for the
bereaved families.
Editor Geo. W. Pither of the Ne,os, Chas
p. Batten, also of this place, and VIM. IL,
Duffield, representing thu Woodbury. Con-
Stitutton, are among those who are making
an editorial excursion this week through
the sunny South, as the guests of the Sea-
board Air Line. The excursion is. under
the management of Frank A. Haywood, of
Woodbury., editor and publisher of the
Southern Progress. We may expect a big
boom for the Southland as a result of &C
many editorial efforts as must come from
the trip.
All repair work done by practical
bicycle machiuist of five years. expert.
ence. at Humphreys Bicycle Store, two
doors from Bank.
Peach trees grown from hardy, natural
seed, hundreds of miles distant from
districts affected with YeIoaos, have borne
seven consecutive heavy crops, and are
still healthy. Such trees for sale now at
! Hedgefeld. Plant in April.