The Penn's Grove record., 1885-06-27

The population, Of Alloway, 50 525,
u decrease of u since 1890.
c. ". Cable has received the contract
to repaint the Pennsgroye school honse.
The Central Sunday school cleared
about $40 at their festival last Satur.
day evening.
Salem National Ranking Co, have
d eclared a %semi-annual dividend Of )
per cent payable July 1st.
AL PennsgrJye needs now is Il START
er and time keeper 10 have a First class
race course on Main st.
The residents of Pemsyille are
averse to have Sund ay excursions to
their village.
There were t~wenty-eight graduates
from Pennington Seminary last We'd
nesday week.
The last meeting of the Salem Chau-
| tauaua Circle was held at the residence
of Capt. G. c. Watson last Monday.
Bridgetonians are signing a petition
| aginst running the proposed Sunday
train from that city.
Water lilies are plentiful in the
Woodstown Lake. The Egyptian Lot
- =, ,,,t got IA, l1ppna
s. r. Leap & Bro, S store will be
| closed on next Saturday afternoon
July 4th.
The steamer R1ckland brought a
small party from Philadelphia to
Penssgroye ON Thursday.
1859 n loads of Strawberries have
| passed over the Delaware railroad
through Wilmington the present sea-
son..
Woodstown has n of the most
lourishing oranges in South Jersey.
| Several new members have been added
recently.
King crabs are very scarce along tn
| shores of Delaware Bay this summer.
They have been extensively used hith
erto as fertilizers.
The Salem STANDARD objects to the
purpose of the West Jersey Railroad to
run a train between Philadelphia and
Salem on Sunday.
The seventeen year locusts are ap-
psaring i'll this section. They make
splendid bird food, and the fishermen
say they are excellent for bait.
New Jersey strawberries brought
good prices through the season as the
Delaware and Maryland berries were
nearly gone when the Jersey berries
came on.
ID. Z. Leonar | and Morell Thomas
made Il pleasure trip down the bay
last week. They report plenty of
fish, plenty of sharks, and plenty 81
mosquitoes.
A man giving the name of Charlie
Miller WAS captured while in the act Of
breaking into The house Of Mr.. Oliphant
at Sharptown on Sunday. He was
edged in the Salem Jail.
All persons Wishing meat kept Ill the
refrigerator Saturday night must ca
for the same on.y between Z and s e.
clock Sunday morning. Positively no
meat sod on Sunday.
Kiue Il Shoemaker, butchers.
Several persons from Sdem aai
VoodstoWn accompanied the New Jer'
Edito ial excursion to Old Point Com
fort, Virginia, this week. I'VE poor
| editors have to take our Old Comfort
at the usual point at home working.
Miss Abbie Kidd, who has leen
teaching at Salem, arrived home last
Saturday. She has been engaged as
Assistant Superintendent of the Il
Yard Primary school for next year.
Lanuing & Peterson have had Il new
water sprinkler made with which 10
| snrinkle the streets. 1t will be \ much
needed blessing on "A dusty, sultry cay
and the citizens should respond readily
to keep it going.
The milk prodlc3rs of tue New der
sey and Pennsylvania counties supply
ing Philadelphia have met, organized
and decided to increase the wholesale
| price to the city de ilers to six cent gu
and after July the first.
The Steamer delaware" common
ces making Sunday excursions from
Philadelphia to Fort D;laWare mkt
Sunday. The ''Reybold" also com
mt her Sunday excursions from
Salem to Philadelphia next Sunday.
On next Saturday July 4, the Me
| Cali will run as follows between Pen IS
grove and Wilmington: leaves Peuns-
grove ats, 9, IL, A, NJ, aud /, 3, 5,
G.3OP. NJ. leaves Wilmington at s, 10,
A. NJ. II NJ. sud 2, 4, 6, I p. NJ,
Pilesgrove and Warrington town
ships are reported to have less population
than five years ago, When the U. ).
| census was taken in 1880, the general
opinion prevailed that some errors ver
made in regard to the enumerating in
Pilesgroye.
Rev. Anthony Atwood, of Philadei-
| phia. well known IN this sectio2, viii
celebrate his 8ith birthday anniversary
to-day, Saturday. Many of his umer
Gus friends and relatives have been in
vited 10 attend.
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