The Penn's Grove record., 1884-10-04

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by being thrown out Of a boat. His
body was recovered.
The Y. G. r. T., of H~arrisonYille,
are preparing TO build q Teading-room
in tba: village. 1t will be used solely
for temperance purposes.
Rev. James Y. Pierce has been des-
ignated to fill the unexpired term OF
Rev. A. G. Garrison as pastor of the
Trinity A. NJ. L. Chulch, of Could
town. Cumberland county.
The Gloucester County Board Of
Freeholders have authorized the Build
ing Committee of that body to proceed
to build a new barn on the Almshouse
farm, the cost not To exceed elJ0O over
and above the insurance received.
The stream from which Bridgeton
obtains its water supply is being poLa-
ted by refuse from canning factories.
There is some talk among the people
of invoking the aid OF the State Board
of Health in the matter.
The Mount Holly fair comes of
next week. hs many Of our citizens
are in tie habit OF attending they
should not fail to DO this year. II
is considered the best fair in the
state and promises to exceed all forAer
years.
S. J. Woolgar, says the Swcdesboro
Times, has invented - much needed
substltut, for hitehing-posts, snap
hooks, bride, reif and quiler buckles,
trace fastners, cts. 1t aCcomplishes its
purpose perfectly, and meets with uni
versal approval. He has applied for a
~"caveat' and if granted, will have
them manufactured and placed on the
market.
Secretary of State Frederick T. Ere
linghuysen has II farm Of three bundled
acres on the Rarioan River, with much
promising young stock, and u eommo-
dious house Of Revolutionary times.
lie recently entertained The President
there.
The change from a narrow to broad
gauge on the Philadelphia and Atlantic
City Railroad will, it is thought, be com.
pleted and ready for the broad tread tran
by tomorrow. Many Improvements are
being made at the Buleon street termin-
ui in Camden.
1t is stated that the losses Of the Ma
tional Bank, at New Brunswick, vii
amount to about 800, 000. Cashier Hill'i
defalcation will probably cover S200, 900
| while the balance represents the over
| draft of the President. Comptroller Can
non has authorized the reopening Of fht
bank. Lewis T. Howell has been elected
President and Z. 5. Campbell Cashier
The sale Of stands at the Mount IIo
ly fair realized SO, AT. so, an increast
of more than fifty per cent. over las
year, although fewer stands were sold
John Cassidy, n laborer employed il
a mari pit at Five Points, q few miie'
below Pitman Grove, was badly III
iured OH Monday by the caving in o
two banks Of the pit. His head wa
severely crushed.
The estate of Franklin w. Earl was
on Thursday awarded by a Burlington
county jury $4,000 in a suit brought
against the Pennsylvania Railroad fol
causing his death.
E. N. Cobn, a well-known CamdeI
builder and dog f%ancier, lost about foul
months ago a valuable mastiff Pup
which he had purchased of Edward
Dudley, Esq. lie received no tidingi
of the dog until Monday, when he was
surprised OF visiting tho dog show t.
discovered his lost canine exhibited
and.entered fora prize under the nam(
of "Prince," aged II years. Mr.. Cohr
explained the matter to the manager
of the exhibition, and those gentlemen
declined TO award i second prize medal
which the dog had earned in IA compc-
=, titiOn exhibition. The one wllo had
entered the dog at the show was as
much surprised at the sudden turn OF
affairs as was the true owner, and
made no opposition TO the latters tax
ing his property, lie had purchased
him in good faith Of the party, doubt
less, who had stolen him.
The Liberal Press gives the follow
ing strange fate of a horse: Sometime
in the month of July horse and buggy
belonging to Elwood Davis, of Claytoa
disappeared, and was supposed to have
been stolen. The team was hired to y
young man who drove to Franklinyille
and put it under horseSheds, while he
spent the evening with a young lady,
When he came to get the horse to re-
turn home it was not where he had left
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