The Monitor-register., 1897-08-06
JOHN WANAMAkER


1.-THE MoNToR-REGIsTER can be found for
sale every week at Pixies News Agency.]
Miss Mary Woodside. of OXFORD, Pa, is
spending week with her uncle. S. Taylor
Rogers and family.
Mrs. Samuel A. Croft is visiting her son,
VIM A. sailer, in Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. b. Zippler, of Philadel-
phia, are spending some time with Mrs. Il.
w. Dubois, mother of Mrs. ZippIer.
Philip Parker and family are occupying
their comfortable cottage at Pitman Grove.
Benz. b. Weatherby. of Milville, has been
the guest of his brother. L. H. Weatherby.
Mrs. John Hunter and daughter spent
Wednesday at willow Grove Park.
Miss Daisy Jones, of Beverly, has been
visiting her friend. Mrs. David Hawn.
Miss Name Rulon has been visiting her
sister, Mrs. Robert Gwynne, Jr.. at Salem.
The little Misses Elsie and Emma Zippler
are visiting their grandparents. MIR. and
Mrs. John Zippler, in Camden.
Miss Anna Miller, of Woodbury., spent
| Sunday with Swedesboro friends.
Mrs. Rebecca Reynolds returned last week
from a months visit with relatives and
friends in Camden.
Mrs. S. Taylor Rogers spent Sunday and
Monday with her sister, Mrs. Martin OFT, in
| Elmer.
| Mrs. Sarah S. Smith returned on Tuesday
evening from pleasant visit with friends
at Bridgeton and vicinity.
| Miss SalIie Zane is spending several days
| this week at Pitman Grove.
Miss Miriam Haines, of Camden, is visit
ing relatives in this vicinity.
Mrs. Louisa Emory attended the Epworth
League rally at Pitman Grove on W ednes-
day as the delegate from Swedesboro Chap
| ter.
| Mrs. Alonzo Vanneman and daughter and
| Mrs. Charles Crane, of Bridgeton, have
been the guests of relatives here.
Miss Amanda Your1nson is visiting her
sister. Mrs. j hn W. Dubois, at Woo dstown
Mrs. VIM. A. Miller, of Philadelphia, Wis
tied her sisters here last week.
Miss Sanvfll, of Philadelphia, has been
the guest of her friend Miss Retla C. Fox.
Miss Matte Rairdon visited her sister in
| Trenton last week.
Tomatoes have become so low in price
that they were not wanted on Tuesday at
even ten cents per crate. Potatoes are
lower but still paying WELL with small ship
nents.
Alcyon Park drew crowds of farmers and
| their friends from this neighborhood on
| Wednesday, and, we understand, that with
good speaking, uantities of good things to
| eat, and the pleasant reunion of fl lends, tn e
day was one to be remembered
The family of Louis p Mayer has been
afflicted with visitation OF diphtheria,
three children having been stricken down
with the dread disease, and .ourth, we
learn, is seriously Ill with cholera infal tum.
We are glad TO not, that the dIphtheria pa
| tients are recovering under the care of Dr..
o. GrimshAw
On Saturday evening, as two hucksters
| from Philadelphia with u load of bananas.
| were closing up business, one of them acci-
| dentally stepped from the boardwalk on
Lake avenue, and, falling In a ditch. broke
his arm. Dr. Grimshaw reduced the frac-
| ture and the men left for home
large party from this place went on the
Reading excursion on Wednesday. They
report delightful, although Il tiresome,
day.
The grape crop in this section is nearly
| ruined by the rot, caused, no doubt, by the
excess of rain during the past month.
| The grand rally of temperance workers
ana their friends at Pitman Grove on Tues
day was enough to make glad the hearts of
| all friends OF the cause. The audiences at
both sessions were larger Than on any pre-
'io"' o|S"oioht Sho"ihS noSt cOncluS1Vely
that the sentiment is growing. No doubt
your readers will be favored with q full
| account of the day by workers OF your own
| town, who were in attendance.
Miss Mamie Lambert and son. Cha rles. of
Quinton; Mrs. Anna Lawson, of PhiladeI-
phia, and Mrs. Beulah Costello and daugh-
ter, of Harrisonville, spent Sunday with
MIR. and Mrs. Joseph Heritage
John Douglass, of this place, was seriously
and. it was at first thought fatally, injured
while playing base ball at Alcyon Park on
Wednesday. While sliding to base his
breast was struck by the second baseman's
knee. causing two severe hemorrhages, in
dicating serious internal injuries. He was
brought to his home here late on Wednes-
day night, but did not regain consciousness
until Thursda morning. His case is con-
sidered very serious.