The Penn's Grove record., 1884-11-01
STATE ITEMS.

Ex-senator. Job II. Gaskill, Of Penn
berton, has been stricken with paraly-
sis, and but faint hopes are entertained
of his recovery.
A large number Of coasting schoon-
ers have been forced 10 lay up III Great
Egg Harbor, owing to the prevailing
low freight rates,
Hubbard Hendrickson, of BED Bank,
has invented a pumpkin peeler which
is said to do excellent work.
John Lucas, proprietor of the Gibbs
boro paint works, has decided to pre-
pare an exhibit for the New Orleans
exhibition.
For the theft of four watermelons
from an abandoned patch on the farm
Of J. B. Chapman, at Snow Hill, four
colored persons, two of whom are
women. have been committed to the
Camden Jail, by Justice Numbers, for
ten days, in default of izes and costs.
The Grand Jury Of Monmouth took
a new departure last week and actu-
ally indicted a man for stealing an
umbrella. The thanks of a suffering
people is theils.
Judge David ). Blackman, Of Port
Republic, was found dead ut his mill
dam at that place on Monday afternoon
Of last week. He was law Judge of
Atlantic county for many years, was at
one time Senator and held other posi-
lions of honor and trust.
There are now S29 convicts within
the State Prison walls, of whom 4l0
are employed By the contractors. The
contract for coal will not be awarded
until the November meeting of the in
specters. The south side Of the new
wall is almost finished, and it is ex-
pected that the entire work will be fin
ished by New Years day.
Governor Leon Albeit has appoint
ed C. II. Barney, Of Jersey City, State
Commissioner to represent New jersey
at tho New Orleans Exposition, and j.
II. Reynolds, Superintendent Of tie
West Jersey Railroad, at Camden, as
alternate,
In the Frank Patterson case the
Grand jury found "a indictments for
forgery. Mr.. Patterson was hailed in
the sum of SO, 000 1t is rumored
that indictments were found on other
parties in this case, aud that the e will
be some interesting developments.
The inhabitants Of the upper part of
AtlAktic county say that they have not
in twenty years known 30 severe q
drought as prevails now. Streams
Though the cedar swsmps that were
never known to fail are dry now
The three men whe were killed on
the Pennsylvania Railroad. at Eliza
beth, on Wednesday night, have been
identified as Chas. J. hurry, Il years
old; Thomas Mullins, As years, and
- johnson q years. They were
all from Wilmington, Del, and were
morocco finishers. They were going
to Newark in search of employment.
Isaac and Joseph Archer were chss-
ed by a catamount, a few nights since,
while driving from Deughty's tavern
te Nays Landing.
ia bills have been found by the
Grand Jury of Monmouth county.
Mrs. Myers cowhided two married
women in Hackettstown on Sunday for
flirting with her husband who is an
engineer on he Del. Lackawanna and
Western II. Il.
John McNeely has entered suit
against I'll: Camden and Atlantic Rail-
road Company for $4,000 damages in
consequence of his ejectment from a
train. He was the holder of a ticket
which the conductor claims lad ex-
pired, and he refused to pay his fare.
The grand jury Of Mercer county
indicted the Trenton and Allentown,
Crosswicks and Trenton and Hope
we'll and Ewing Turnpike Companies
for failure TO keep the highway in good
condition, and charging the public toll
when the pixies were in IL dangerous
condition for travel.
At the recent meeting of the Ocean
Grove Association it was resolved to
break up the indecent habit of parad-
ing the public avenues with scanty
bathing costume, and the still worse
practice ofpersons lying on the sands
until a late hour. The rule will be to
food the beach with light and inter-
Tupt all incoming sentiment along the
beach after proper hours. The old
board of officers and executive COM
mittee were reelected.
Mr.. John Wiley, of No. IS Law
renee street, Burlington, has in his
poSsessi N an old family Bible which
is a relic of indeed great value. The
volume was printed by Charles Bill,
| and the executrix Of Thomas New
comb, printers to the Queens Most
Excellent Majesty. at London, in the
year l7OS, and was the property of Mr..
Wiley's great-grandmother The book
is in a splendid state of preservation,