The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-25

tween 3J0atd 400 from Wlnaston to
F,rC Delaware a Fdesi'y.
A farmers basket picnic will De Tell
in Crcsae's grove, between Pedricktown-
and P~enusgrove, on Wednesday Angus,
9TH. Everybody is invited to go and
! take a basket.
New Castle across the river is feel
ing .he effects OF hard times. The
Delaware lion Works at that place
have quit night work, discharged about
10 men aud reduced the wages Vi
Of ti,oss retained from Toto L. per ceut
Whatever you do, don't forget the
Pennsgrove Cornet Bands exclusion to
Atlantic City OF next Thursday the
Both. The boys expect 10 do everything
they can to insure all a good time who.
go with them.
About 22j went on the moonlight
excursion on Thursday evening. SjG
were cleared for st. Pluls Sunday
school Library, Denny Bros. having
offered the use Of the Mccall free graf
is.
cold Prob" ought 10 he turned outof
office il lie can't give US cooler weather
than We have been having. Wonder
if the ice men have not bought him
off. He will have to change his report
next winter.
$. F. banner, of Wilmington, has
received q contract to bnild a steam
yacht for Edward Humphreys OF Lower
Penns Neck to be used in carrying
produce between the two places. The
craft will be 81 feet long, II feet beam
and 4 feet depth Of hold.
Some the citizens of flower Penns
Neck chartered the Metal and made
u moonlight excurion to Augustine OF
"Wednesday night. About 200 went
along, a few bsiLg from PennssrO We
and several from Salem who drove TO
Pennsville.
All the river and bay excursion boats
have been well loaded during the %etk.
Ga Monday the Clyde took over 1000
10 Woodland Beach. On Tuesday
she carried fully as many and took on
at Pennsgroye $50 who came down on
The Reybold.
The weather has been extremely hot
during the p ,st week The thermom-
eter has ranged through the sos the
whole time and frequently owe u 100
dnriDg the heat Of the day. The lack
of rain and the excessive heat is burn
ing the pasture up and causing the
corn TO roll.
The hot oppressive weather has prov
ed Il good thing for the seaside resorts.
The West Jersey IL. r. took 90 well
filed cars of pleasure seekers to Allan
tic City on Saturday and 4G on Sunday
Forly-six car loads were taken to
Cape May on Saturday and u on Sun.
day.
). II. leap has begun to have 4 Gel
Ter dug Tor ~ li+w house ~ be erected
altau, midway betu een his residence
and that of Dr.. Groff's. 1t will lie of
stylish architecture and will be occu-
cupitdb 10y his son john u, Leap who
is about 10 take unto himself a better
half.
The post office department at Wash
ingt,n has discontinued the bulletins
Of the weather reports heretofore sert
out 10 all postmasters, for the reasons
hat newspapers give the reports to all
interested, ana in many eases before
the ma led bulletins arrive.
The first New Jersey can alrupoS
we're tai en- t., the Wilmington market
on Tuesday by Isaac Shoemlker's sol
Gilbert, Of near Pedricktown. The
warm weather Is burning Tie cantaloC-
pes and vines up so there is a poor
prospect for a crop.
On Thursday while four young fell
lows from Wilmington were sailing III
a skiff near the flats above the wharf
they were struck by Il flaw and upse',
but no one drowned. Howard Pyle
b ing near in his sturgeon skiff picked
them up and brought them ashore
when they procured another boat and
towed the one upset ashore.
On Wednesday Capt j. D.. Whit
aker's schooner Lewis X. C~o:tingham
was anchored Oft Penns2 rove. On
Thursday morning the Capt, his wife
and Harry. Adams left on her for Bos-
ton with a cargo of coal. She is char
tered from boston to Charleston, $. c.
The Capt. andAis wife will return
home by rail from Boston, preferring
not to go South during warm weather
Henry Barber expects to open two
new streets ON his property. One will
begin OH Main street above Buffers Tow
and extend thr )ush to James Smiths
the other will be in axtension of uar-
Mrny street to the former enc. At the
junction Of the two streets he will open
a cemetery. The opening of these
will furnish several valuable
building lots for sale.
On Wednesday evening there vas a
tub race in front of French's grove
between the boarders which made
great deal OF amusement. The distant
was from the lower corner of the stone
wall to neal the wharf. There were
seven entries. Only two went the
whole distance, the others having up.
set soon after they started. George
OF Wilmington, won the first
prize and j. Z. Price the second.
Cn Friday there vas an excursion
Philadelphia in the grove. On
Wednesday the First NJ. Z, Sunday
school of Salem came mp on the Major