The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-25
Woodbury. is to have a hosiery fac

piiil Ferry Compary at tie fl,ot Of
Federal street, Clmden, will cost VII en-
completed 81, 900. II is 10 be "A flame
structure, loo by 90 feet in width.
Three bridges or slips will be built go
feet long by 81 feet width. 1t is tn be
completed by tbs first week in Sspten-
Der.
The superintendent OF the New JeI-
sey School foE Deaf Mutes dc.ires TO
give notice tlnt'all deaf nutes bet ween
the ages of 5 and q are entitled TO re-
ceiye tie benefits OF educ ,tion at this
school. Instead Of growing up a bur
den to the community they ran be
taught to become Intelligent and self
Supporting ci;izeas. Letters should be
addressed to Supt. Weston jenkins, at
the school at Trenton.
Attic Receivers sale OF the East
Lake Wooden NJ Il ut Bridgeton, tie
real estate, machinery and water right
was bought by Jonathan Elmer at the
nominal sum Of $50 oyor his mortgage
Of $4,000. The material Will i the
mills VAS purchased by Mr.. Patton, Of
New York, who with others will at
Cnce form a company and start up tie
mills.
The annual meeting of the State
Temperance League of New Jersey
will be held ut Plainlield OH September
1TJli.
There are SG6 ~convicts in tie State
Prison, the largest number the institu-
ton has even contained.
The lay crop jsut gathered in West
Jersey is much smaller than has BEEN
known for years, and 'he price now is
much higher. than usral. Many farm
ers will have TO buy hay to keep their
stock through the winter.
There is an eighteen-ycar-old boy in
Woodbury. who is six feet and II inches
in Insight.
Summer travel TO the geashore show.
an increase owe last year.
Summer patrons of Cape May city
complains because the place has no
bank.
Millville's population has been re
turned as 1891, an Increase of 114i in
the past five years.
The official census returnsl ii G Ocean
county a population of 1880; and
Cumberland, II .aS2.
The early morning express train from
Atlantic City OH the West jersey r.. Il
was wrecked last Saturday morning at
Tranklinvills. The engineer, George
L. Murphy, vas SO badly injured by
S aging at his post thar lie died while
being taken t. Camden, no one el G be-
ing badly injured. The seven coaches
were disabled AMI the engine badly
wrecked. The 'cident "a caused by
a section boss named Hickey who fail
ed to relock the switch he had changed
to a siding. The train plunged into
seine freight cars loaded with lumder
that wele OH the siding.
The increased acreage of corn in this
state is placed III 2 pei cent.
One hundred and fifty applications
for examination for the Freshman class
At Princeton College, lave already Eeen
enrolled, and it is probable that the
membership of that class next session
will e..eccd two hundred,
A heavy thunder storm passed over
Irerton Oh Monday afternoon. a
young china. decorator named Frank
Knowles, while standing with three
other young men under Il shed, wa
struck by the tightening, and his com
panions were almost blinded. Knowles
clothing was torn from his shoulders O
his feet, and his shoes taken away, eH-
cepting one small piece of sole. lie
was severely burned on the limbs ~
feet. His injuries are not fatal. Tbs
barn of ex-Sheriff Grocer, i'll Ewing
township, was struck by lightning, and
was burned down. A horse and a COW
were also killed.
Returns from tile recent State census
are not all on file yet, bat from the data
at hand enough is hncwn to place the
aggregate population at about 1907
900, on increase of oyer a quarter 81 a
million in five years, or 12a per cent.
Jersey City and Hudson county make
the best exhibit. The increase in the
county is about sc, 1000, and in the city
about 5000. The population OF the
city is abnut l52, 900, and of The county
23S, 900. Essex county comes next,
with a population OF 213,000, while
Newark has 1855 900. Camden and Pas
saic also made large increases. Some
of tho agricultural counties show Il
slight decrease,
The eacampment of the First Brig
age, National Guard, of New Jersey,
will be held at Sea Grit, beginning
August 10Th, and continuing for a
week.
During the past year New Jerseys
coast has been the scene ofG5 disasters,
involving 81, 1885, oj of property, OF
which 81, 800 4i0 was saved; OF this
amount however, 81, 10000 was in
volvtd IN the grounding of the steam
ship Oregan, at Sandy Hook, in which
no assistance Was required Of the lie
saving crew..
1t is said that claimants will soon
seek to acquire possession of RepaHpo
Meadow on the ground That the present
possessors only hold IA ninets-nine-year
lease which is about to expire. Among