The Penn's Grove record., 1885-04-25
STATE NEWS.

Rsrier; Some Of the young ladies of
Atianti:vit complain that the married
ones do all the flirting.
\ ease WIS tried in Trenton recen tly,
which was OF interest TO those having
/ the care Of horses. The driver of 4
/ $ age ire left his horses unhitched and
they ran away. \ man was run over
! aal disabled d few days on account OF
tie injuries received. lie brought
AN action for damages and recovered a
verdict Of 557,95.
OF tie present conceded succe ssful
sunmer re5o. g on the New Jersey
coast eleven were started under the
auspices and patronage af members of
tie Methodist Conference and their
direct following.
Recent experiments at Dupont's
Thompsons point nitro-glycerine works
have resulted. it is claimed, il the dis.
cevtry Of a new explosive Of tremend-
Gus power.
Woodbury. trotting park IS to be
sold at Thomas auction 1oolns, Phil
adeiphia, on April 18th.
The West Jersey Railroad Company
is having the road-bed t~hroughiy clean
ed preparatory to summer travel.
Andrew jackson Disbrow was ap-
pointed postmaster Of the village of
Old Bridge under President Jackson,
and has held the Office %forty-nine con-
secutiye years. lie was a staunch
Democrat Until after Buehanan's
time, Tut since that has been q RePub-
lican. His friends are now wondering
huw President Cleveland'scisil service
reform viii affect him.
The fertilizer works of Coe & Rich
mond. uear PauisJoro, are b ing push
ed to their utmost capacity.
The employs Of the Cumberland Nail
and Iron Works, nj psil-eton, struck
far an increase IL wage, last week and
are still out.
Since the advent of the Salvation
Army i'll MiiivilIa il IS claimed that
! there is a decided falling off in the
! number of kegs of beer auiving there.
The work Of the Army seems to have
reached snch 4 class,
Work has begun on the new shops at
the state Prison, which will be 100 feet
by II feet. The building will be OF
stone two stories high, tue foundations
three and-a half fest thick.
The terms of four Democrats and
two Republican State Senator's will ex-
pine this year. Smith, of Burlington;
Mir, rof Cape May; Carpenter, of
lIattderton; Cochran, of Sussex ;Shenck,
C MiIdl5sex, and Griggs of Pa'-
Slic. The Democrats expect TO elect
senators in Cape May, Hunderton,
sussex and Middlesex. Pa &C will re-
turn Il Republican leaving Burlington
to dec de The political m 'jority Of the
Senate.
\ third balloon ascension for the pur-
pore Of taking meteorological obsesva-
TONS WAS made last week, from thu
GIrard College grounds ny Professor
Wise, the aeronaut, and several mtni-
bar5 OF the Signal Services corps. The
rise was made at II O'clock, and The air
vessel. catching astrong noGt"w cur
rent, JAILED over the city toward South
e.. Nv Jersey. TIE yoyugers reach
el terra lirma in t;tt evening alb ut 4
mle from VIII amstown, \. }. and II
Il short time the bal oau wa surrounded
by upward of 1909 people from the
neisLbol n county.
You can buya Thousand III len tick
ct on the West jersey railroad for cd,
a trackvalker on Ike West Jersey
Railroad fouud fastened to the rails
ufal Bleuz Y sta afew mornings ago
what was supposed TO be an infer a
machine of s. me sort. II resembl q
srnewhata danger torpedo, . but tn
railroad men 4 clared it was not M
T. was seat 90 the company's office ut
Camden for Examination.
The house Of Captain David She -
parG, at Cedarville, Cumberland caun y
Wa eat. red by a thief "a Saad" hiSd,
and a uumbar of yalu al are'cles W g
s-olen.
The s1preme Cnnr. mas apptn Ell
ex-JuGge Panc0ast and Surveyor F1|
Ter. of Ctm tn, aad Justice ClemeH i,
OF uadtoar,lL, a comn sTian t7dat'r-
mi 1.-THE DISPUTE biunla'y linz b tween
Burlington and AtlanAc Cup;ies.
The Ne JERSEY Confere2co OF she
NJ L. Church wih cel2Hra.r t.a seq
centennial ahuiycrssrya It's next meet
ing IN Bridgeton.
Pennington Semi AIRY H's 80 stalen
at present. 1t viii b. r'pilei ana
tel up with sLe lm heating ap9'i''e y
the eosainc tpnner al IN t>Fe'se Vi