The Penn's Grove record., 1885-04-18
SATURDAY, APRIL IS, 1885.
10 s.
,sey,s motto: fish or fight.

The primary department of the Ped
ricktown school has been closed.
Hotbeds in this section are reported
to be doing well. Some have their
sprouts up.
Evening services III Il Churches
will begin hereafter at u O'Clock. Sun
d~ay-School at q.
q r Shoemaker has moved to the
border Of Wilmington where he Will
keep q boarding house.
Can't. Dodo Borden has charge OF the
s. A. Mccall while the Denny Bro
run the shad line.
VIM. A. Sack and Augustus Cam
are on their way home from the South
and will go in the bay to fish.
Mine host French is having the wall
repaired in front of his grove, when
was washed down last winter.
Albert Steiser of Pedricktpwn in
tends TO have a wEeelwriGht shop III
connection with his blacksmith shop.
Somers & Justice, sturgeon fishermen
of ~Pedricktown, have returned from
the South and are fishing in the bay
The house on 20. Roberts farm
Pedricktown ca, It fire one day last
week. but was put out with much ditii-
Guilty.
Farm work is said to be about tHo
weeks behind hand this year. So every
body has the same start no one a
complain.
The cha1geable open winter weather
OF the past season has nearly xii ed the
wheat out in some places. A poor crop
is predicted.
The Major Reybold is carrying large
quantities of freight. Sometimes 1t
takes u half hour to unload the Penns-
grove freight.
Our worthy coal dealer, Henry Bar
ber, is building q large coal bin GU OF
the large timber which was gathered
out of the ice last winter.
House cleaning and spring novo-
ting VIII soou be the order OF the
house wives When you want your
new paper 90 to Mrs. Bilderbacks.
If there is to be war between New
Jersey and Delaware those who know
where the old cannon is hidden,
should bringi it out at once so it "a be
brig htened up for use.
The township committee is having
the cutters along the edge of the road
on Main st. cleaned out and the dirt
thrown out on the foot path which i'm
proves them somewhat.
In this weeks issue win be fonnd
the advertisement of J. T. Mnllin Il
Son. They are Wilmington's finest
cloIhers, and are WORTHY the patronage
of all who want a good suit.
Delaware is too small a state to own
this country. If che gets both New
Jersey and Pennsylvania aboard of her
she will have a harder nut to crack
than any grain Of corn she ever crack
ed.
The steamer s. A. Mccall made her
first trip On Thursday morning. Silt
has been rerainted throughout, and her
ladies' saloon has been handsomely
r~ecarpeted and refurnished, so that
she is neat and safe Il boat as phys the
river.
Reuben S. Hunt, who has been clerk
ing for ). r. Leap 81 Bro, for some
time has serurei a position in W. H..
Woodruff'S store in Bridgeton. His
position has been filed by Thomas
Davis, of Swedesboro.
Charles p. Robinson, brakeman on
the Delaware River R. r., had his
right hand caught between the bum
pers of some freight cars on Tuesday.
The middle finger was mashed and his
hand some what injured.
About the las: sweets. Ne season
were shipped from the ls,t on We'd
nesday. They were sold bSs}rhos. Saul
sbury, for 81. 70 per barrel being tho
highest price received this wear by
any one In this section.
The sturgeon fishing firms of Torton
& Blohm and Bruhns& Son started tor
the fishing ground on Wednesday
morning with all the fishing parapher-
malta. They expected to go to their
usual ishing grounds On the Delaware
side, 10 miles above the breakwater.
They have a resolute and sturdy looking
c hwd Of men with them, able to take
care Of themselves IN case Of a conflict.