The Penn's Grove record., 1885-03-28
STATE NEWS.

irIaalfau genius Of Vineiand has
inv,u,ud and patented Il complicated
a.e.r Of mechanism in the ,hAp Of u
universal clock, giving the exact time
ofd,y of all Ilaces on The globe.
If Rockwell proves a doeile prisoner
lie need not rye more than fft cen
wears of his sentence Of twenty years.
The Government has purchased a lot
At ,pl Isle CITY in proximity to the
H~fa-sayiug station as a site for a rev
lighthouse.
Appointment sign on Lands, avenue,
VilcIa,d, reads dis follows: "Wtlcome
10 adj. o.. & Gauther, undertaken"
Hiram J.. Chtesu3am, Of Blidgeton,
and Miss Eva NJ. Thomas, Of Clayton
~ero married a few days since, after a
eomtsaip of t~wenty-eight years.
Tie MHlyiIe Council has refused the
application Of John G.. Hampton for Il
license 10 sell vine, although ne offer
ed TO pay alee Of $1,000 per anuum.
A Bridsrton lady, who is seventy
nine years of age, and who has been
,ootrIess for twenty years, is cutting
new tegth in her old age.
It cost S72,3 1916 rs to run the city of
MiIyllle a year, tie receipts froIn all
/. sources being $74,34l.75.
Ex-Governor 1t. John, of Kansas, is
booked for eleven add esses IN the
First Congressional district during
the coming camp-meeting season.
The West Jersey Game Se@iety has
paid out since the fast Of the year
800 tor the killing Of hawks, nearly
rigrt hundred having been killed III
SOuta Jersey.
New York parties contemplate build
ing Il roller skating rink al Cape May,
at d c4sy 1f $40, 900.
Large quantities Of copper ore are
now being shipped from The mines near
cOmGryiIle.
-Four carloads of hides and deer
skins from the wrecked brig Anita
where shipped from Somers Point tsr
New York last week.
Ten young ba clelors of English
| creek have entered INTO a solemn coLn-
pact 10 get married during the present
year.
john +. Hutchinson, of Burlington
county, las sold his Jersey bull Duke
Of CIeverdale, (No. 6094,) to Clarenc,
Rambsden, OF Moron, Pa, Tor 5000
The Delaware river is frozen oyel
again beta above and below tt euten
and Affords d sight that the Oldest III
hablyaut is sad TO have Ieyer kloWn
before in Match. A numueI of ) cam
freight piopellors were caught by The
cJ!d suap in the Delaware and Rattan
canal and are frozen tight at different
points along the route.
Horace Elmei, an old Bridgeton boy
wins commenced his career III The
Chronicle office and Afterwards entered
The Naval Academy ~ Annapolis,
has recently been pr NOTED to Com
mduder in the L. >. Navy.
The new b ard of Freehoiders OF
Gloucester county. will stand Il lie
publicaHs to 5 Democrats.
Over 400 persons have connected
themselves with The Methodist churches
al Atlantic Clty as ii result OF the eX-
tlaord!nary religious revival there.
The residents of New Jersey at the
NatiJl a. Capital are arranging to or
ganl9e IA State DenioCrdtic As5ocIatlon.
The Congress Hall Hotel at Atlan-
tic CIty has been sold at Shefitt'S sale
to Joseph IL. barney, tie owner ef the
Dennis House, Tor 81, 800.
The employees of the Cumberland
nail and IRON works, at Brldseton, have
asked for a restoration of he ten per
cent which was taken off their wages
at the beginning of the year. The
managers are holding the matter un-
der advisement.
Among the descendants and rela-
tives of George Washington present
on the floor OF the House during the
Grafton at the close of the Washington
/ during monument dedication services,
Was Mrs. l.. Montgomery Bond, 81
Elizabeth, great graodniece Of The ia
ther Of his country.
The railroad siding to the Swedes-
boro glass works is completed. Thu
factory will be located between the
tank house and the Il. r.. bridge
At a meeting of the dire ctors of the
Cumberland Mutual Fire Insurance
I Company, held in Bridgeton last week,
L. hraim j. Lloyd, formerly of Salem,
was elected Secretary of tie company
in place of Henry Ii. Lupton.
THE new ELECTROMAGNETIC Law
has goue into effect, and prohibits the
manufacture aud sale of the article en-
tirely, under a penalty of $500, one
hall Of which goes TO the informer and
the other to tie county.
At a meeting of the Board Of Com
missioners OF Asbury Park, held on
Tuesday, it was decided to sink wells
for the purpose of supplying the city
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