West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-08-08
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS. --.
The Rolling Mills welcome roar is again
heard.
The charge for the use of bath house at
the "Tumbling Dam," is 10 cents.
An 81 fb. rock fish was seined in the
river, last Friday, near the nail mill.
Flour is now $3.50 per hundred, all the
dealers having agreed upon that price
Our canning men have been out looking
after the prospective crop of tomatoes.
Several oyster boats are undergoing re-
pairs at the ship yard of Rice & Bro.
The Warner House is having considera-
BILE Bridgeton patronage this Summer.
M. G. Belford has a splendid line of Glass,
ware at his store, No. Sc East Commerce
street.
Mr.. H. B. Shoemaker has introduced
water into his brick store building on Com
merce st.
A water taker in the Third ward discov-
cred catfish fast in his service pipe a few
days since.
Considerable hook and line fishing has
been done under and above Commerce St.
bridge of late.
The very latest improved Mason Jar for
preserving, at NJ. G. Belford's China Store
Commerce street.
Bridgeton people and others are to be
favored with $1.00 excursion to Atlantic
City, on the 18th inst.
The East Lake Ice Company, and Noah
England ice this week.
The schooner SD. P. Milford, ST." left
on Monday with party of pleasure seekers,
for cruise down the bay.
Plums and grapes are rotting very much,
and the usually luscious Seckle pear is like
ly to prove almost failure.
Mr.. 81. Knerr, formerly of this city, but
now of Wilmington, Del, has been spend
ing few days in our midst
DIR. O. E. Peck has removed his dental
rooms to No. 90 Commerce street, up stairs.
Nitrous Oxide Gas administered.
Quite number of the fair sex, formerly
residents, are enjoying golden hours here
with their friends and relatives.
The Special Sale of Dry Goods is still in
progress at Mr.. D. o. Garrison's, and bar
gains are obtained there every day.
Mason's Fruit JARS 81 90 per dozen. To
buyers of larger quantities, liberal dis
count will be made. at Shoemaker's.
We are under obligations to Secretary of
State Kelsay, for copies of the New Jersey
Bank and Insurance Reports for 1878.
Best quality of Cutlery and Willow Ware,
at M. G.. Belford's store, on Commerce
street, next door to County Clerks Office.
Another improvement for Commerce St.,
is to be fine three-story brick building on
the site of Mrs j. D. Johnson's Millinery
Store.
We will give 25 cents apiece for copies of
the PIONEER of Jan. 9th 1876, and April
18th 1877. They are needed to complete
our file.
All who propose going to housekeeping
will do we'll to call at NJ. q. Belford's China
Store, and purchase one of those splendid
dinner sets.
VIM. Taylor, editor of the The Woods
toaon Register, and James Taylor, of the
Yankton, Dakotah Herald, were in town ON
Wednesday.
No Opium! No morphia or other danger
ous drug is contained in DR.. Bulls Baby
Syrup, for the relief of Collie, Teething etc.
Price 25 cents.
The Office of the Home Educator will be
sold at public sale on Tuesday next, Au-
gust 18th. The sale is at the suit of Mr..
David Tomlin, Mortgage.
During wet weather, many of our side
walks are, to put it mildly, simply abomi-
nable. They are worth dollars to the shoe
makers and shoe dealers at all times
There will be meeting of the Green
back Executive Committee in this city in
connection with the Organizing Committee,
on Friday the 9th of August, at 2 o'clock
p. m.
Dry -Cheap--the special closing
out sale will continue at Mr.. D. 0. Garri-
sons this week. and any body can get a
large amount of Goods for very little
money by going there.
The Pearl street Mission School went on
an excursion to Vineland on Wednesday.
Mr.. George W. Cook, the gentlemanly
agent of the New Jersey Southern Railroad,
secured a train and transported the school
free.
S. E. M'Gear & Bro, have splendid as