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The Penn's Grove record., 1884-12-13
LEAGUE ISLAND SHIP YARD.

Rear Admiral Nichols, Chief of the
Bureau of Yards and Docks, recon-
u .nds liberal appropriations for the
different Navy Yards for thu next fiscal
year. Among tAeE is IN lem of
Sl.l50.3j5 Tor League Island. He says
win truth nat tie uncertainty as to
rs f4.urs s causing serious embarass-
4s1i Z LAX = estimates concerning it.
Hat-nE more evident than that
sC-v az respectable Navy will he built
5sIs ra5 142- tzE years. This being
carer than that
LsA - . e-s place TO do
a wa-E & - very midst Of
- interest eft in
LIZ aallry W--s .ke raw material.
a Wzl and the largest
H agas steel may be
b. :asg asilEeE exist moi can
x created sayaAeEe else.
I. pain, lhea, that this valuable
property ought - * UTILIZED. y great
govsrgEeal sb.p-y2rj can be built up
q. Lea.ue sand cheaper than any
where e.ga, AMI VIXEN the work is done
it VIII have ali the Surroundings which
can give il value and prrlnauence. 1t
is not d matter VI local interest 10 the
geoy'e Of Philadelphia i'll any such
degree IS It should be Of purely BUSH
ness interest to the Government, which
should get the best results for tie least
uol9.-Pt.}a Times.
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The Louisville GNz-.er g~aa~1al car
respondent. writing truG the l3agar-
stricken districts I'D KENTUCKY Eu4
Virginia. SAYS Jla1 "a horrible sla.=
OF az xlstt i'll VI " AM Les c5aa-
LIS. Yir : 1ulalaf eff ais.
css srs r1ae1 IL wae4 WA1ia l
uss.sa=5. Tae disease LA rl4s-1
sz -a ia La.u - q
and Wise couuiy, EGE- Ll IL
any other counties l. Ia zai.z,
county tie deaths have been - 111z1-
Gus that il las been difficult - PROVIDE
10. tie pgcper burial Ct the victims.
Another account says that IN Lk,
Dickinson and Buchanan COUNTIES,
Virginia, and Mcdowell, West EiEgi-
nla, scattering cases have occurred,
averaging about - deaths in each.
Whatever the original cause Of the Dis
ease may have been, there is ne doubt.
bHt it a been augmented ~ the
drought and Impure wafer. The first
cases which appeared We're bloody lux
with yomit, later assuming the form
OF Asiastic CHOLERA. In nearly all casts
where the patients died they were at
lacked with severe gripping with the
above named symptoms. The disease
existed i'll two forms, one as above, the
other commencing without gripping and
yomit. Those AFFLICTED III the latter
way never died."
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he began this course be weighed 100
pounds. 4 few days ago he weighed
1914 pounds while wearing a light
~overcoat. He is sixty years Of age and
in apparent perfect health.
Application will lie made to tie next
! Legislature for tie division Of Gallo
ways township, Atlantic county, the
TART contiguous to Egg lIaIbor City to
lie erected into a new township. IL is
stated that the inhabitants of Gallo
was are united III the desire for tae
diyi son.
A system Of thieviug Aas been goiag
on OF late on the shore bays, ~ vi ioh
many planters have beon robbed of all
they had planted, and others nearly SO.
Watchers have been stationed, 1hd il
has been determined to shoot tie first
person caught stealing oysters.
Two notices Of application to divide
the county Of Monmouth are published
in the Red Bank Standard. Tie new
county is to be called the county Of
East Monmouth, and to be composed
of the townships of Rarilan, .Uolmdel,
MiIdletpwn, Shrewsbury, Ocean, NeI-
tune and Wall.
Heston& Shreye, proprietors of the
! Atlantic City Rerietc, by their attorney,
Samuel IL. Grey. Esq, of Camden,
have fled Il plea of justification in the
Supreme Court of New Jersey, in
answer to the charge OF libel brought
by Rev. Dir. Graw Of Camden. TUE
Case was sent down to the Camden
CirepitC Court for trial at the My term.
The suit is for St0,0 & damages.
The Atlantic county yessel-owners
will contest the night Of the old com,
plnhs TO collect wharfage on vessels
lying outside other vessels at their
wharges in Philadelphia. The vessel
owners Protested against this charge
ior some years, anu now lhey nave
employed counsel, and will test tie
matter in the courts.
While workmen at a brick yard at
Egg Harbor were digging clay in 4 pit
recently, at a depth of eighteen feet,
they found Il weil-yhaprd earlhun pot
of about four gallons capacity. TX
pot was standing upright and " 5
flled with the same ~dark-cOlored clay
which surrounded 1T. When and how
It ame to lie imbedded at suchsa g IA
is a matter of conjecture. Mum rous
specimens of petritied mood a1a bon"s
have also teen found in 'ti.e same 10
cality.
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"
YhS Standard under the y Use aud
conservative editorship of Mr.. Patter-
son, is Il of the cleansst and brightest
sheets of Republican journalism. Al
through the campaign it kept from
party SANDER or personal spite. 1t
seems to be governed by a motive not
:tjG:ply for the opportunity of the
''leaYes and fshes' but because Of its
love for the principles Of the party. -
In last weeks issue it said that the
Democratic press had shown its wis
dom in their advocacy of the Prohibi-
ton movement, and tnat the ou.burst
of fury exhibited 10y soIGe of the impul-
siye Republicans because Of the result
0f tke election was out of harmony
with former professions, aud not con-
versant with the real silent sentiment
Of the party. Prohibition cannot be
whistled down, aud abuse only proves
the greatest agency for its propagation
Viewed from our standpoint we
have no d ficulty in concluding that
that the Prohibition movement has.
come to stay, because it is founded on
4 principle that has the germ of life in
1t; a principle that directly appeals to
the better nature Of men, ana secures
attention and allegiance because 1t
commences with the individual and
tNe hoIae as the Foundation of its beue-
L but another Interpretation of the
original principle which called the
Republican parry ihto being-human
freedom and the right Of lYery man to
enjoy this fun fruit Of his toll Taking
this view of the question, and it is the
only correct one, \ policy Ct conciia-
ton would seem To be much WISER
than one of cas,igation aud ostracism, -"
The Standard is tight. Prohibition
has not ouly cone to stay, but to
triumph,
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The Electors for President and Vice
President met on the 81 at the capitals
Of thair respective States, and cast
their ballots, in accordance with the
aw. Tie ballots cast by the North
Carolina College were of silk, and will
be made into aa American flag. The
total vote of the country for President,
every state except Nevada being Off
eial, gives Cleveland 4,9l4,05S: Blaine.
~4,o44,2j2: St. John, 15e, -, and But
ler, 134,U2s. CleyelaId's plurality over
Blaine is 69,806. The change made by
the official vote of Nevada will be very
slight. In 1880 Garheld'S plurality
over Hancock was 9464. The official
vo,e OF Texas gives Cleveland 13l,556
.&3WslitT. ever Blaine, and LIS, g2l
majority over all. Butler received
3S2l votes; st. John 35ll, and DelYa
Lock wood >. Official returns from the
Territory ef Arizona give Dean, Re
publican, for Delegate 70 C5aggess o.
D47, votes, aud Heed Democrat, 555l
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NEW ENGLAND for FREETRADE.

That New England is for freetrade
is not only shown by the vote in the
national election, Tut it receives con-
Ermat.on in that frank and independ-
ent Journal, the Springfield Republican.
That %jour.al assumes what THE
NEWS deduced from an analysis of the.
votes-that agriculture has left New
England, and now manufactures have
also moved West and South; that New
England manufactures are therefore
somewhat crowded by the children Of
her own bounty in the domestic mar
ket;' ana that therefore they must
seek a foreign Market" in which
they cannot compete if tie present
tariff onr&w material is maintained.
ID other words, New England is as
positively for freetrade to-day as she
was fol- protection when Daniel Web
ster opposed the reduction of the tariff
by the Clay compromise. Daily Nelcs.
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PROFITS or FRUIT.

An acre Of vineyard almost any
where in the state, says the Sacra-
mento Bee, will yield five tGns of
grapes, worth $50 a ton, making a
fetal Of $3.50, against q total $3.50
from a yield of thirty bushels Of wheat
Ell the same area OF land. A single
vineyard Of 800 acres, near Fres.o, is
producing this year about 2000 t ans,
worth so TO So u ton. 1t would take
about $500 acres Of land, producing
thirty bushels TO the acre, TO raise
grain enough to bring that amount
this year. What a waste of valuable
space wheat growing involves in Cali
formal But we have more illustra-
tions. J.. w. CassiGy's ten acres
cherry orchard, neal Patumala, this
season produces q crop mor valuable
tbau could have been ggcwn op 700
acres devoted to wheat. In fun hear[
ing, with the crop worth 10 cents a
round, it has been estimated that the
yield Of his orchard would bring S37,-
500. But only taking half this sum
ISIS, 100 the returns are more than
our estimate would allow from 700
acres OF land in wheat. Still another
example: Il. b. Blowers, in Yolo
county, las twenty acres CT vineyard
devoted to seedleSs Sultana grapes.
The weld this season is estimated at
tweaty tons to the acre, and he has
been offered $40 per ton, but he will
convert the grapes into r~aisins, and
thus IN IKE IN = mInoy. Forty dol
lbrs 4 ton " / be $500 per acre, or
$4,000 for a yield of 4 vineyard of
twenty acres. Instances of this kind
might be multiplied, but these should
suffice for the present.
one by II TIE graiu-groYers are,
becoming impressed with the logic of
such facts as we have given above,
and are engaging in the cultivation of
f.u,t. Z. l.. Buuce, of Suffer county,
began growing fruit un an eXperipe2
tai scale, his ranch being almost
who,y given up to wheat. Now he
has a. orchard Of uIirty-two acres,
twelve of which command a rental
Of $1,000 7 year, cash in advance, clear
Of al expenses. This is equivalent 10
mor than S Per cent. profit upon a
valuation Of SlQoQ ~ acre. TIE Mays
vile AppeQl says that he is about to
set out ninety acres mere in creb ard,
AMI AIS mrans to ptu.S Z l-gse VINE
ya.G. L1lc is a pa grtsst,s ~
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The Presidents message was listened
to is both Houses with usual inatten-
ton The proportion of Senators and
Members who lOungedand looked Dor
ed, and tried to kill time was consider
ably greater than the number OF atten-
tive listeners. CongEessmen consider
the official reading Of clerks very mo-
notonous, and prefer to get their i'm
I press. ons of an Executive document
from their own perusal OF It. After an
extended inquiry among them l learn
that, as a whole, they think President
Arthur's last annual message is his
best. They praise it for its dignity,
for its temper, and for the ~clearness
and simplicity of its style.
But the report of the Secretary OF
! the Treasury is more commented I0rn
than the Presidents message. II has
been called the most vigorous presen-
tation of the financial cond ton of the
country that has ever been made, Mr..
McCulloch has pleased the friends of
lower taxes IN his .arjtf Recommended
lions, but his position will. doubtless
excite a great deal of d~issentin his own
party.
The first sensation Of the session was
in the House of Representatives by
Congressman Follett's impeachment
resolutions. lie brought Charges
against Marshall Lot Wright in co.,
neetion with the employment of deputy
Marshals at the election in Cincinnati.
A, short, bitter debate followed in
which Messrs. Converse, Hiscock
Reed, Brumm, Miller and ex-Speaker.
KeIffer took part, aud Lhe resoluti II !.
were finally adopted.
Tue new Senator, Mr.. Sheffield, who
IS the temporary successor OF the late
senator Anthony, OF Rhode Island is
about sixty years cd. He is quite
lame ami walks laboriously with the
assistance OF a large cane. lie has n
f~ew.stlagglIng locks of hair, which he
combs over d bald head, y benevolent
~countenance, and prefers ior an every
day garment, II la Senator Conger ana
/. REPRESENTATIVE Polanda swallow-talled
coat.
Senator Logan occupies his old seat
ia the Senate chamber bet ween the
Maine Senators, and was the first man
to break the brief silence after the
chaplains prayer on opening day. Dem
ocrats rs wen as Republicans sought.
the first opportunity to shake hands
with the defeated candidate aud pass
some words Of friendly greeting. Gen.
Logan met them gil with "a smile aud
ready reply, but it ~was evident that,
his old time exuberance OF spirits
could not be summoned at will.
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A GREAT INVENTION.

The Mason cotton-p,cker ls said to
be an elt.6 success. Commissioners
appointed on behalf of the New Or
leans Exposition have followed the
machine in the field, and record their
official opinion that one picker care-
fully driven, drawn Oy ore. mule, and
followed by three CLEANERS, viii do the
work Of forty pairs Of human hasds.
The flying metallic fingers pluck only
the full-5iown cotton. The plants are
uuinjure1. The fibre thus plueked is
automatically bagged. Doubtless more
will be heard of this invent ion next
year, when it enters iatIFyactical com
petition with labarers whose daily
wages it VII impeIll.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-12-13
WASHINGTON I

The first week of the second session
OF the Eort57eigRth Congress Las ID
ded. Already both Of tue Leglslsti.e
bodies have settled down to work.
This They did alacst as naturally and
quietly AS If only a week instead Of five
months had interviewed between the
the last and present meetings.
On Monday when the PTesid MT Of
the Senate and the Speaker of the
House brought down their gayels ex-
ac'iy at pOops thus opening Congress,
crowds of visitors Oiled tile galleries
both chambers had an air Of freshness.
and cleanliness, and the desks of Sen
ators and Representatives were loaded
with flowers. Otherwise there was but
little to indicate tkat it vas tie begin
ming of a new SESSION.
One interesting and decidedly unusu-
al feature of the occasion was tie good
natured chatting INDUCED in by the
Democrats at the expense of their Re-
publican friends, over tue result of she
PRESIDENTIAL election. The Republic
cans took the bantering in good part,
and no bitterness was manifested. Con-
Fres9+M-Uox, of New York, was con
spieuously busy in offering c9ndolenee
to his political opponents.
The Democrats are in fac spirits.
but the Republicans skillfuuy conceal
ANY detection they may feel. The
seutlern Members are not so demon
strative as it WAS predicted they would
b.. They congratulated each ether on
the I'emocratio gictory, but they seem
ed to be impressed with the duty of
restraining hilarity IN the presence Of
i.ea. defeated oppo
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STATE ITEMS.

A new life saving station is to be
erected at Bayhead. 1t will cost $1,000.
One hundred nen were laid off at
the Cooke Locomotive Works, Patter-
SOU, on saturday.
The New Jersey State Agricultural
Society has declared Il dividend OF S
per cent.
The wife of Editor Bunnell, of Il e
Decker,own Independent, has recently
inherited atortuneyo so, 900.
Atlantic City is how in IA fair way to
have a drainage system und,r way, and
possibly completed by next suulner.
Judge Nixon has decided that the
lelse of the New Jersey Central Rail
road to the Reading Railroad Company
is valid.
SIS 900 a week is alleged to be expen-
ded for beer alone i'll Trenton, making
the annual drink bill of this one liquid
81 ,456, 600. My, what thirsty peoplel
Hudson county is III u financial fix
owing to tho failure of cities aud towns
in the country to pay their taxes, "a
failure that has, in some instances. re-
sultedensem embezZlemeut or defalca-
tiol.
The inhabitants of jersey City, and
more especially the flights are wild
with excl ement over a scarlet fever
and dlphtheria epidemic. MAJ yd5aths
ars reported every day.
Benjamin II. Smith, ex-member of
Council of Camden, has been appointed
a Deputy United States Marshal, and
assigned to duty in Georgia. lie Is
said to receive d salary Of 50, so.
,Jedge Van syclf, in the Ocean
County Court, at TQms River, 1xsd
the Wainwright murder tyial fer
January 20, when a special aston
VIII be held Eighty witnesses have
been thus far subpGnaed.
a bed Of fine clay, suitable for the
manufacture of t~erra-cotta, has been
disco7ered on the farm of Dickerson
M. Cox, of Pennington. Large guam
titles are being shipped to the terra
Gotta works at Pcith Ambpy.
The gerks of the Home Rubber Com
papy III Trenton, were destroyed by
ire on Sunday morning. The loss
amounts 10 S7U,00o, on which there
was an insurance of about $50, 900.
Joseph Stokes and his sons We're the
proprietors.
A monument to commemorate the
labors of the eminent missionary to the
Indians. David Brainard, was dedica.
ted on saturday, under the auspices OF
"a Lafayette College Society, upon the
site Of his log cabin, half a mile from
Martins Greek ferry, in Warren
county.
Of the seven great manufacturing
States, New Jersey is second only TO
Massachusetts, in the proportion OF her
total population that ire directly en-.
gaged in ma%nufacturipgs aud second
only to Massachusetts, In the relative
value OF manufactured products to
1t has been determined to s9ud the
Vase, won b. the Prlvis-
Nttalion Of the New jersey Ma
tional Guard at yorktown, Va, oen-
Ienntal celebration. as a trophy for the
ex,elleaes of their camp, soldiglY
bearing and drill, tc the New orlehss
Exposition.
Loais Herbst, proprietor Of Camden
has been iliying on a diet of
skimmGd milk only, for five months
tai Eg 20 otter lo.d " dTlAk. Whea
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-12-13

by the Bishops Of the Church, repre-
seating tls3tetbodisl Episc0pa', Meth
odiyt Episcopal South, African Metho-
die Episcopal; African Methodist
Episcopal Zion, Colored Methodist
E]piscopal, Independent Methodsts,
Canada Methsdists and Primitive
Methodist Churches. These branches
represent almost four millions of mem
bers. or a Methodist community of
about 10000. OOe. The Methodist Pro-
testant Church and other non piseo-
pal Churches are not represented
officially, but have sent fraternal dele.
gatlOus.
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arm winter skirts at 4
third off; Is cents up.
Example of outfit for a boy;
blouse, trousers and over
coat of brown-miXed cheviot,
rough with heavy twilled stuff
to wear like IRON; plain for
the larger boys, neatly corded
for the smaller. $3.50 for
the blouse, all sizes 4; 81 50
for the trousers, all sizes {;
So. 50 for the ovcrcoat up to
.ten-year-old size, 81 up TO
seventeen.
A tailor wouldn't cut and
sew them for the money ;
couldn't.
They are cut by hfties,
fifty garments with a stroke
of the knife; taken home to
put together and sew. Every
part was thought out long
ago. One out of hundreds,
higher and lower; the method
the same in all. The cloth
ing as various as the needs
and tastes Of boys and their
mothers.
john WANAMAKER.
Cslessput, ThiTGostk and Market streets.
and City-hal square.
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According to the recent report Of the
Grand Secretary Of the order Of cd
Fellows, of this stare, there are now
3ll lodges OF the order in New jersey,
1qp new eyes having been instituted
during the year. The total member
ship is loose, "a gain Of $50 members
during the year. There were 1902
members and III widowed families
relieved during the year, There was
expended co. clarity y al the lodges
G@.iug the year just closed 37l,066.90,
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who is seJsflDT an example worthy Of
emulation. The conversion Of the
wheat ranch,s Of California into or
ehards and Vineyards would be an
industrial reMln Il incaiculable
benefit TO III eae~- 1t would add
immensely to- hec population and
wealth. Nortopie that the press can
agitate in California can compare with
this in importance.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-12-13

II e celebration of the Centenary Of
Methodism in Baltimore, began ON
Monday, A general conference as
sembltd in Mount Nerno2 CAurch,
and will continue until tLs ietk. Tie
.Con,erepce is a delega ed body, col
q ing q about SIX haHdred IA mbcrs
nf0iited 10y Annua' Conferences, er
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-12-13

Francis Murphy has begun another
temperance revival in Pittsburg. 1t is
aid that $500 persons signed the pledge
las tweek. and Tuesday 7JQ2 persons
were present in Musie Sail.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-12-13

The work of laying the cable in the
c.ulu.ts Of the street car calie roads
in Philadelphia is completed. If the
cable roads are Successful, it VIII dis
peuse with a large number Of horses.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-12-13

Gen. Grant has refused to receive a
pIlsicn FROM tbs government. 1t Is
one Of the-Hisest acts Of his life, rs be
las always beeR looked upon as a public
parasite.
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G11ananaker's.


o.
PauiaEIPnrA. Decsmbera
Seal was never better.
Seal was going ito be high;
but NovemHAr wasn't
weather for furS. The win
ter is half-gohe4 and the
wearing of furs has hardly
begun. The winters slow
ness has cut our expectations
down; our profits rather.
We shall make our skins
into garments-no doubt
about that. Our work-room
is busy all day and half the
night. We never did more
or better work. We must
keep your goodwill, you
know. As for money-we
can make that another year.
All sorts of fur-garments,
as plenty as if they brought
US a fortune. May be, they
will before winter is over.
Driving furs are ready. Not
everybody waits for snow. :
A black silk of We olden
tyne. We do not remember
it /; but are told it is old as
well as new.
An exquisitely fine almost
iengthwise twill, like that OF
drap d'et6 bat finer. Soft and
dreamy. Not a sheen a
sparkle. Not a blade OF
: light; a thousand points.
Star-dust.
Thick and stately. $3.50
to So 22-inch.
Another dress-tlannel. We
have sold tens of thousands
of yards of a certain flannel
at 37H cents are selling it
now. Anotherha come bet
ter; same width; IS cents.
The 371a is. so good for the
money that We can't get the
favorite colors fast enough to
keepa supply. The IS is bet
ter still. Enough to begin
= with /; navy blue, garnet,
brown, green, Just short of a
yard wide.
A man can't understand
the mothers tulness of heart
over the baby's dainty
but a man can get a partial
comprehension of the mean
ing of Christmas to mother
and child from the little baby
garments that a heartless
factory makes. A bit Of a
cloak, for example, of snowy
wool. You see no fabric.
The fleece itself surrounds
the tender lambkin, holds her
in its soft embrace, ana hangs
in flowing roundness. The
thought of cold is impossible
in that depth of wool of
hardness,too. What a shield
between the baby and the
world What another world
for the baby within! What
does baby think of the
world? Nothing but soft
ness nothing but mothers
dalliance.
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\ bill to suspend the coinage Of the
silver dollar. has been introduced by
Nlg. Buckner Of Missouri.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-12-13

Warm winter skirts at q
third off; Is cents up.