The Monitor-register., 1897-10-15
LOCAL NEWS.
Chestnuts are ripe.

ppEitASbh ggu AZ GU 6DAiAlAS GOiAD
now.
The woods are bsginni ng to put on
their autumn huas.
The October term Of Court commences
next Tuesday.
The rain on Tuesday was very timely,
but more is needed.
The time for buokwheat cakes aud sau-
sage is dra~ ing near.
1t is time TO be thinking abont putting
mp your cunning notices.
The delightful weather seems to be a
fortaste OF Indian summer.
Harry Handle has rented q place in
Elmer, where ne will open a restaurant.
Warren MeAllister md force are giving
the residence OF John IL. Turner q coat of
paint.
At this time of the year there is always
somebody who's glad to see you,-and
that's tbs candidate.
Allen Moore has bought the Mary Ann
Kirby farm, near Wing Lane, containing
about one hundred acres.
Geo. W. Crothers has been making
some repairs to the restaurant property
occupied by Frank Kiger.
The rain has greatly aided the farmers
in breaking up their ground and sowing
wheat. Some early sown wheat is
already up.
Matthew Dickersoh's minstrel troupe
will give an entertainment and cakewalk
in the Opera House on Thursday even
ing, October 21st.
Geo. G. Waddington will have a sale of
fresh COWS at East View Stock farm on
Wednesday next, the gosh, Read bis
adv. for particulars.
The rain on Tuesday morning was
gladly welcomed by the women folks,
whose supply of soft water was getting
rather low, if not exhausted.
The handsome new house of Harry
Guest, on Bowen Avenue, is nearing
completion, aud they expect to occupy it
about the middle of November.
List of unclaimed letters remaining in
the post office for week Guiding Oct. 9th:
Tammss Boone. Issao No Green, Lizzie
Purnell, L. @. Smith, Aiam Temple.
Salem has introduced the school saw
ings fund system in the public schools.
Why not Woodstown now? 1t is a
splendid drill for thu children in pro-
noting right habits of econ ON les.
A brick pavement has been laid in front
of the Haines property, occupied by W.
B. Hitchner, on East avenue. The
work was done by E. w. Jess. This has
long been needed, and q street travelled as
much as this needs q good sidewalk.
A small cyclone passed over Bush
town on Tuesday morning, wrecking the
barn and a shed on the farm of Mrs. Maria
Eskin, of Salem, tenanted by VIM. Pur.
nell. His wheat was stored in bins, and
it was scattered broadcast. The barn will
be rebuilt at once.
The Mercy and Help Department of
the Epworth League will hold a musical
tonight at the home of Samuel Web
ster, on Salem street. John Q. Moore, of
PennsvilIe, will be present with his
graphophoue to assist in en%tertainingl the
audience. A silver offering at the door.
Miss Mary Il. Taylor, Of Eldridge's
Hill, makes the announcement in another
column that she will take a few pupils on
the piano and violin. Miss Taylor is an
accomplished artistic, and those who con-
template taking lessons on the above
instruments will fnd it advantageous in
securing suoh a finished instructor.
Henry r. Russell, of Philadelphia,
will deliver two lectures before the pupils
of Bacon Academy, next Third-day, one
in the morning at 10 80 and the other in
the afternoon at 2 O'Clock. The subject
of the first will be Cheat" and the other
"Oxygen." The friends of the school
and public generally are invited TO hear
these lectures.
Superintendent A. o. Dayton, Of the
West Jersey and Ssashore Rail road, has
appointed g. N. Gregg trainmaster tc
suooee d A. L. Sparks, who retires be-
cause of poor health. Mr.. Gregg was
former iy of Salem, and has been
all his life in the employ ofthe company,
having starte d as 2 train boy and worked
his way up on merit.
At the Democratic delegate meeting on
Wednesdayevening,th the following delegates
to the County Convention we're elected
for the borough and township. Borough
Daniel Wright, Geo. Stoffels, Frank
Foster, Thos. To0hy, Edward B. Riley
and John B. Reeve. Tnwnship-Josiah
Jordan, Geo. WataoD. Jas. Featherer,
Nathan Kidd, John johnson and Jos.
Banks.
Ira s. Duell, at DuelI's Corner, while
at work in the field on Tues day, noticed
a large eagle soaring high above him,
and soon after it swooped down and
alighted on q chicken neal the hedge
fence. He went and got his gun, and so
intently was it engaged in its meal, that
he got within a few feet of it and shot
it. The bird measured six feet and three
inches from tip to tip of wings.
The game of base ball between the
home club and the Stevens A. A. at the
Ball Park tomorrow afternoon is arous.
ing a great amount of interest in this
vicinity, and q large number will probs-
bly, witness it. The Camden boys ART
going to bring 3 strong picked nine with
them, and as the local team will be well
padded, the contest should be worth
going to see. This game will about wind
up the season.
At the Republican primary meeting on
Saturday evening the following gentle.
men were elected delegates to the
Republican County Convention at Elmer
on Wednesday: BENZ. Patterson, Samuel
VanPelt, David D. L%ippinoott, Samuel
Carney. Oliver R. Keen and Allen Moore.
The following were the delegates from
Pilesgrove Samuel Buzby, Edgar c.
Moore, Joseph Morgan, Edward Hum
phreys, Levi s. Priokett.
Jos. E. Balliuger, while farming the loi
belonging TOD, w. Lippincott last spring,
found q preserving citron plant which,
perhaps, owed its existence to seed
that had been left in the lot the season
before. The plant was we'll farmed and
taken care of, and Mr.. Ballinger was
amply repaid for the extra pains be took
with it's culture. 1t developed great run
ming propensity. as some of the citroni
were picked twenty feet from the hill
and a few of them we're forty feet apart
Over fifty citrons were picked from tina
one hill. and their total weight was 4S(
pounds. Some of the citrous were largel
than an ordinary bucket.