The Monitor-register. [volume] (Woodstown, Salem Co., N.J.) 1892-1972, 1897-08-27
NEWS AT THE c6uNTY-sEAT.

have fallen at his approach, anu homes
are sad now because loved ones are not.
Paul Erhardt, ST., who has been quite i'll
for some months, passed away on Satur-
night, aged .6S years. He had been en-
gagged in the gunsmith business for forty
years. He was devoted member of the
First Baptist Church.
Samuel P. Carpenter, an old resident
of this city, died on Monday afternoon,
aud the remains were inferred in
in Friends burying ground to day. He
held the Office of Surrogate from 1867 to
1872, being elected on the Republican
ticket. He was born in Warrington.
January 10, 1912. on the farm where his
son, s. Preston Carpenter, now lives. He
was member of the Orthodox Society
of Friends, and man of blameless
character.
The City Council has elected Joseph
K. Washington City Recorder in place OF
the late Harry P. Morrison.
Samuel Crist and Joseph Vanneman,
employed by G. W. Casper, while at
work tinroofing the house of Mary
Hogan, on Market street, accidentally
fell to the pavement on Tuesday morn.
ing, receiving severe injuries. Crist had
the thigh bone of his right leg broken
and badly splintered. He also received
several cuts and bruises about the body
and face. Vanneman had no bones
broken, but had several severe gashes
out in the face and was badly bruised
about The body, face and head. The two
men were standing on slat ladder, the
kind that is usually used by tnsmiths,
which was hooked over the peak OF the
roof. For some reason the hooks
worked loose, throwing the unfortunate
men to the sidewalk below, distance of
about thirty feet. Crist was taken to
Cooper Hospital, Camden, on the $40
train in the afternoon, in order that he
might have the best of attention and his
leg be saved if possible. A telephone
message from DR.. R. M. A. Davis yester-
day morning, states that Crist passed
good night and it is not thought that it
will be necessary to amputate the leg.
Instead of the use of splints the injured
mans leg is kept in place by the use OF
sapdbags. The hospital physicians con-
slider Crist's chances as good.
Rev. J. G. Edwards and family have
gone to Ocean Grove to spend the bal.
ance of his vacation. Rev. W. G.
Meyer, of Quinton, will preach in the
First M. E. Church on Sunday morning,
and Rev. B. Lippincott, D. D., of Phila-
delphia, in the evening.
Rev. j. Ward Gamble and family have
returned from Pitman Grove.
Rev. DR.. Lippincott, of Philadelphia,
will preach in the Broadway M. E.
Chnrch on Sunday morning, and Presid-
ing Elder Wight in the evening.
The most severe electrical storm that
has been experienced for years visited
this section on Wednesday night. For
more than two hours one flash of lightn
ing followed another in rapid succession,
while the peals of thunder we're terrifying.
A barn belonging to W. Graham Tyler,
on Fifth street, and tenanted by Richard
M. Acton, was struck by lightning, set on
fire and destroyed. A horse standing in
the stall was killed by the bolt, while
two hogs, colt, lot of farming imple-
ments, hay and feed we're consumed by
the flames. The loss on the bulldog is
placed at $500, fully covered by insurance.
Loss on contents, $500. upon which there
is an insurance of $3.50. The fire broke
out just as the special train arrived from
Washington Park, and report being
started that the fire was in the stables of
Ford's Hotel, there was a rush for that
place as many had their teams there.
Jonas Lounsbury, an Elsinbore farmer,
had three valuable COWS and bull killed
by lightning. The cattle were huddled
together in an open field. Mr.. Louns-
bury's loss is fixed at $3.50, which is
PARTLY covered by insurance.
A large barn on the farm of Mrs.
by lightning and in few minutes the
building was a mass of flames. The
promises are tenanted by Joseph Fa m.
kolp, who is heavy loser, having no
insurance on his part of the contents.
The barn contained al bout four hundred
bushels of wheat, sixteen tons of hay, a
lot of farming implements, harness nd
seven head of horses. The horses and
harness were gotten out of the burning
building. Mrs. Bassett's loss is estimated
at $1,000, upon which there is an insur-
ance as follows: Barn, $1400; shedding,
$500; contents, $3.50.
Jos. B. Youzer and family have re-
turned from Pitman Grove.
The tomato canning factories are now
in full blast, and the pack is likely to be
light one.
The widow of Harry P. Morrison was
paid 81. 900 on Saturday, by W. Fl. Law
son, treasurer of Salem Conclave, Inde-
pendent Order of Heptssophs, the insur-
anoe on his life in that society. He had
only been member few months and
had not paid in more than $12
Rsv. W. V. Louderbough, is spen ling
q part of his vacation at Honey Brook, in
Chester County, Pa. Ga last Sabbath, he
preached at Brandywine sManor Presby-
terrain Church in the morning and at
Honey Brook in the evening. His
pulpit at Salem is supplied by DR.. Ban.
uard and DR.. Botsford.
Indian Relies Found In New York.
No systematic researches had been
undertaken by any explorer within New
York city prior to the spring of 1890,
when the accidental finding of the frag-
ments of a beautiful jar at Inwood sug-
gested the possibility of other specimens
Of aboriginal handiwc in that vicin-
lty. The vessel was found in an excava-
ton made near the present Dyckman
street, at its junction with the proposed
Sherman avenue. Quantities of decay
ing oyster shells on and near the sur
face of the ground indicated an Indian
feasting place, and an examination Of
the deposit revealed split bones, bits of
rude pottery and a number of arrow
points of quartz. The character of the
place being apparent, an archaeological
enthusiast made extensive excavations
and recovered number of human skel-
etons which his fancy connected with
the objects found upon the surface, but
which are without doubt the bones of
early settlers of the valley, the graves