The Penn's Grove record., 1885-09-12
Stale News.

The hog cholera is on the increase in
Gloucester county.
The cheap excursion to Cape May
last Sunday was well %patronized, the
West Jersey Railroad carrying 5365 per-
sous. Seventy cars were used. The far;
was only fifty ce,lts.
Ground has been broken for a new
library building at Drew Seminary,
Madison. The library is noted t + its
collection Of books ON hymnologY.
The Ocean county Democrat says the
cranberries ARE rotting, and that not
more than half Il crop will be earnered.
Cornst alks sixteen feet hi. h have
been taken RON IA field on The McIIen-
~ farm, nea Mount Holly.
Sussex county has gained only G31
inhabitants in the past forty-iiye years,
and in 1850 the population was 5oS
greater than it is now.
Frank II. Cook, of Stow Greek,
Cumberland county, las, it is said, the
largest crop Of peaches of any me in
the county. IL is estimated he VIII
have nearly four thousands baskets
from between 500 and 1000 trees.
Henry Lewis, of Washington, has be-
come demeuted from smoking eigare!-
ties, and is now in the Morris Plains
Asylum, with but little hope OF lis re-
cosery.
Mrs, Hannah Eudicott, of Mays
Landing, recently finished a very hand
some crazy quilt. 1t contains 9J8J
pieces of every shade of silk.
At the Instance of Henry S. CARL
the Sheriff Will sell on the Sd of Ocio-
Der the building OF the Miilyiile Mn-
tual Marine and Fire Insurance Conn
rany.
A dynamite manufacturing company
in Morris county has secured IL coii-
tract to furnish 1900, 5000 pounds OF
blasting powder for The construction OF
INC DcN iIitcuuN INV bClhS N"hS ~
New York City.
Abram }. Jerdlemon, postmaster of
Belleville, who died recently at the age
of seyenty-three years, uas IN of the
Argonauts Of 40. lie, with twenty
other J~erseynieH, spent seven months
going across the continent TO hunt 70.
gold in California, and came buck pen
niiess.
The cranberry crop, on the whole,
will rrove Il failure III Clmdeh aud At
lantic counties. Most of the boys Ware
Injured by the fires and some have Suf-
fer d from the COLI. The Atlantic
Cranberry Compauy's bog near Elwood
will yield about 1000 bushels. This
bog was swept by the forest fires las'
year.
The Cape May Star has raised the
color line at that resort by ohjecting to
the toiared peop,e bathing a the reg
ular lathing hour. Tue Star says
''they should at least corine themaelf
to a diff rem. portion of the beach than
that used by The WHITES"
Tie Executive Committee of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union
of New jersey has decided TO employ
Mrs. Mary, II. Hunt. of Ohio, to can
rass the State in the interest of the
Hygiene Educaticn bill. Ms. Hunt
is the Superintendent of scientific III
struetilno Of the Natilna Union. This
action was decided upon at the s@mi'
nnnal convention held last spring.
Mrs. Hunt is said to be one Of the
ablesi speakers Oh the pl torn on this
subject, which she has made a spe2ial
study.
The Gloucester County Bard OF
F~reeholders have appropriated an adj
diti1nal ST., 600 for lie new Court
House, making the total appropriation
$4,000. Tie contract has been awar-
ded to Arthur II. Williams, of Camslcn
and the building committee were in
structed / o contract Tor extras, anintn'-
ing in ali to $62, So7. The money will
be raised by issuing s:Xt.-four SOC
bonds ard tllirty-threa $1,000 bonds,
payable at the rate of 5000 yearly.
In two counties this fall-Camber-
land and Union-;he election VIII be
for As,emblymen aud one corn er only.
Burlington, Cape May, uunterdon and
Sussex each elect a Senatoranl Assem-
mymen. Somerset, Warren and At
lantie elect each acounty Clerk; Der
gen. Senator and Clerk; Camden Coun-
ty Collector, Clerk and Regis er OF
Deeds; Middlesex, Senator and Coro-
ner: Hudson, Surrogate and Corcler
Passilic, Surrogate aid senator, with
Assemblymen in each.
AT The Rio Grade sugar plantation
the best crop OF eAue ever grown on
flat tract win soon be gathered. The
work OF grinding the cane has begun.
Daring THIS mouth tie compiny viii
have shipped 1,710 barrels of Rio
Granda molassrs, ami i,0a0 barrels Of
Cuban motasses, The heaviest shipments
eyer mades from the mills.