The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-17
Miscellaneous.


while carrying pail OF water and
broke three ribs.
The Board of Trade has completed
negotiations for the location.of large
hosiery factory at Clinton.
Cholera has broken out anon g
swine in the vicinity of KlinesyilIe.
j. Ewing lost 16 out of 10 fat shoats
The ladies of Pennington have
adopted the fashion of removing their
hats during entertainment at the
Opera House.
Sunlight Council, Jr., o. II. a. NJ.
of Hardingville, has disbanded, and
most OF Its members will unite with
the Council at Elnar.
The Board of Education. Of Lambert
vile, hope to erect $4,000 school
house. They have asked town council
fol that amount.
1t is said that the first Presbyterian
Church of Pennington owns the first
Bible ever printed in this State The
work was done by Isaac Collins, in
1871.
|. j.. Stevens, an agent for the United
States Pipe Line Oil Company, is set
ting for damages caused to farmers in
Warren county by a break in the oil
pipe.
b. r. Malsbury has had his ice
house at lmlaystown remodelled by
w S. Pullen and Samuel Pancoast.
Samuel Messlor of Windsor. will
occupy the Nelson house, near I'm
iaystown station, after April 1st.A
Mr.. Norton, of New Brunswick, has
been visiting his daughter Mrs. j. F.
Crawford, at Allentown.
Mrs. Alice Woodward, of Toms
River, has been visiting her daugh-
ter Mrs. q. f. Fisher at Allentown.
Garret Dennis, lead the Epworth
League service in the Allentown n. .
E. church Sunday evening.
Mari Sprague has moved from Bor-
dentown to near Allentown.
Miss Blanch Sexton, of Crosswicks,
and Wallace Conover, of New Shar-
on, were married by Justice John w.
Long, Thursday March 3rd, 1898.
Mr.. James Magee has moved from
the Allison E. Preston farm to Thos
Lokerson's house on Union avenue.
A surprise party was given to Carl
ton Baird, of near Marlboro, Monday
of last week
John Heiser has moved to the J. s.
Herbert tenant house near Marlboro.
The Collection at the missionary
service conducted by Pastor A. Nj.
Lake, of the Imlaystown M E. church
amounted to $40.
Mrs. Catharine Parker and sister
will remove to the Bryan house at
ImlaystowD, b. HI Harker will re-
move to the house vacated by Mrs.
Parker.
Lieutenant May Kemp, of the saliva
tions Army, while selling War Crys'
in New Brunswick Saturday night
entered saloon in Albany street to
offer her papers While the young
woman was selling her papers a
stranger attempted to kiss her. The
bartender went to her rescue as
did William Steel The man threw
the bartender to the floor and his leg
was broken by the fall The stranger
escaped.
Thomas Maddox. Jr.. sixteen years
old son of a railroad man was killed
last night on the Lehigh Valley Rail
road in Phillipsburg. He with com
panions were riding into town ON q
pushing engine. How he came to
fall off or get under the wheels is not
known. The accident was discovered
by the engineer feeling the wheels
pass over the boys legs. While the
men were disputing as to whether the
body should be disturbed passenger
train came along and ran over the
body, cutting off a foot.
The committee in charge of the im-
provement of the Lakewood road
have elected r. H. Morris president,
John w. Conine, secretary, and VIM.
Madge. treasurer Daniel Voorhees,
has charge of the work 1t was de-
cided to cover the road with heavy
coat of clay, to be followed by gravel.
The road is to be twelve feet wide.
The subscription from the citizens of
Freehold were collected by Mr. Gar
ret d. Carson last week
The Fruit Growers Association of
Keyport has decided on the following
prices to pay berry pickers this sea-
Strawberries, / IA cents per
cup; blackberries i cents cup, and
raspberries ! cent cup. The former
prices were 2 cents a cup for straw
berries. u cents for blackberries and
from to Il cents for raspberries.