The Penn's Grove record., 1885-11-28

: y firDer near Sw~cdasborn shot soma
rabbits ou his own premises o icw
da, before the season opened. The
West Jersey Game Protective S~ociety's
esacer had him arrested. Consider
able i terrSt was taken in the case as
the farmer claimed the right to shoot
game on his own property. The case
was tTie | before Squire Ford Of Swedes-
boro last week when the farmer WAS
acquitted The West Jerses gan G ~ :
tective Spciste cisins that a faimer
LAS no right TO 81 DOT game IN his W
property olt OF season and will prob
ably take the case to u higher court.
A mysterous character who is known
in Mhlvil'e as ''The Devil' who is
again at its old tricks of soaring wom-
en- on the lonely streets of that town at
night. Within the past week it has
been seen several times, 1t has been
chased, but managed to elude capture.
1t is supposed TO be a man dressed in
female garb, and is an imitatof of the
rascally parsonage who has appeared in
several of the Iargertowns throug bout
the State.
Two bushels of genuine English wal
nuts have been gathered from two tres s
planted in MOI tclair eight years ago
as an experiment by Robert Earl.
The most successful merchant of
Matawan is but thirteen years of age.
His name is Bissell and he is thorough
ly enterprising and a good manager.
The recount OF votes cast in the re-
cent election in the Seventh Assembly
district of Jersey CITY shows an in
creased majority of 81 for Terry Nc
Donald, independent Democrat.
A blue heron was shot in the woods
near Millville on last Saturday.
II is possible that the Legislature
will pass a law this winter prohibiting
deer shooting for three and possibly
for five years.
The West Jersey Game Protective
Society has paid in the last six months
a bounty of twenty-five cents each for
1922 hawks killed in Cape May county.
This number is IN excess of those re-
ported to the society in all the other
counties. The society's Director fer
Cape May has neglected to retain the
heads of the hawks for which be has
paid, and there is a horrid suspicion
that unprincipled hunters have Impns-
ed upon him by making the same head
do duty for an indefnite number of
bounties.
The work on the court house at
Woodbury. is progressing very favorably
The watershed is in position. the
beams (iron) are being laid for the
first flooring. The first scaffoid is err
ected completely around the building.
The tower is constructed So that it
may settle without pulling the building
with it, rs they are net tied.
The appointment of Ex-assemblym n
Augutus w. Irons to lie postmaster al
Toms River, after "a bitter triangular
failt, is said to be another victory fer
United States Senator Mcpherson.
There were f ur men who had been
governors of New Jersey in the Sta 9
House al one time the other day. They
We're Governor Albeit, Supreme Court
Justice and Ex-Governor Parker. Ex-
Justice of the Supreme Court and Ex-
governor Bedle AMI Ex-Governor Lud-
low.
Ex Sheriff Enoch HAWTHORN, Of
B~ridecton, lately picked several quarts
OF straw berries on his farm near that
place. The berries were of good favor
ard grew out III the patch, exposed to
the weather, just as in the Spring.
Both the Democratic and Republican
polico forces OF New Brunswick contin-
he on duty, answer at roll-call at the
statio"-houses and make arrests.
DIED.