The Monitor-register., 1897-03-05

me ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS can be found for
safe every week at Pixies News Agency1
Miss Maggie Orr has gone TO Washington
TO visit friends and attend the Inauguration
Miss Daisy Jones, of Beverly, spent Sun
day with Swedesboro friends
Mrs. e. j. Blatherwick, of Woodbury.,
visited friends here last week
Miss Helen Walton, daughter of pastor
VIM. Walton of the Clarksboro Nj. E.
Church, has been the guest of friends here
}. d. Kirkbride and wife, # Camden, have
been visiting VIM. Ii. Hannold and wife,
parents OF Mrs. Kirkbride.
Miss Anna Sheldon has been visiting
friends i'll Camden.
Mrs. Hannah Sheldon, of Millville, has
been spending a few days with her son,
Andrew q. Sheldon, of this place.
Rev. Mr.. Lloyd, OF the Central Pennsyl-
vania Conference of the Methodist Church.
has been visiting Mrs. Sarah Eastlack.
VIM. IL. Mccullough spent a part of last
week at Paterson and Jersey City.
Benezet Decker, of Atlantic City, has been
spending week with his father, Charles
Decker. in South Swedesboro.
Postmaster Davidson has received his
commission from President Cleveland and
Will now settle down to four years more of
service.
The news of the death of Dr.. j ohm Kirby
of Trenton, was received here with a good
deal of surprise and regret. He was native
oil Swedesboro ana a brother of VIM, c.
Kirby, of this place. His wife was q sister
of Mrs. IL. q. Garrison.
Evangelist Geo. r. Barker has gone to hold
series of special services at Palatine, Ill
He will be engaged in the West until May
ssAf1,
gardens.
The entertainment entitled the "Inter-
state Milkmaid's Convention" given by the
Epworth League on the evening of Feb
26th, was repeated on Thursday evening
4Ih inst.
Quarterly Meeting services will be held in
the Methodist Church ON Sunday. Presid-
ing Elder D. b. Harris will preach in the
evening.
Rev. MIR. Bullitt, of Holy Trinity Church,
Philadelphia. preached in the Trinity
Episcopal Church on Sunday.
Elmer Johnson, who lost two fingers from
his left hand in Blacks mill recently, is
making satisfactory, improvement. but it
will be some time before he can use the
injured hand.
Word was received here on Wednesday
afternoon that Hugh Grimshaw, of Harrison
Vile, father of Dr.. oliver Grimshaw. of this
place, had committed suicide by cutting his
throat. You will probably get full particu-
lars of the terrible tragedy from your Har-
risonYille correspondent, The family have
the sympathy of friends far and near in
their afIliction.
What. has become of the blizzard predict
ed for Inauguration week? Has it strayed
or been stolen? Wednesday was an ideal
spring day with a thunder, shower in the
evening. Whe is weather prophet DeVoe.
Harry j. Stein,' young man who has been
in the employ Of Eli Cheesman for several
years. met with an accident while working
in the woods on Thursday of last week
which will probably cost him his life. A
large limb of tree fell, striking him on the
head and fracturing his skull in fearful
manner. DIR. b. F. Buzby was called and
after an examination he hurried him to
the Cooper Hospital. Camden, wher he lies
in precarious condition, with but very
little hopes of recovery.
Swedesboro has an epidemic OF whooping
cough which has greatly interfered with the
atte ndance at school. French measles also
prevail.
The Republicans of Woolwich. township
met in Meleys Hall on Saturday afternoon
and nominated the following ticket: Free
holder, Chas Wilson; Assessor, l.. M. Shoch;
Collector, Thomas Noreross; Township Com
mittee, James Horner; Surveyors of High
ways, Lewis Warrington, George S. Turner;
Commissioner of Appeals. George S. Turner;
Justice of the Peace, John Ford; Constable,
James Cans; Pound Keeper, Harry T. Ford
The Democrats met on Saturday evening
and nominated the:same ticket with two ex-
cepttons. For Assessor they nominated
Samuel Avis, and for Constable, Martin
Spence.