The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-28
STATE NEWS.

Hthl oPN ~ nv hoS btth pOTC0dS
ed hp religious society OF Pennsylvania
As a ,ite for a national camp-meetinr
Tie work on the new wall at tn,
state Prison las been finished. 1t il
enc # the finest piece Of masonery O
Gle lind in the State. and the work
I which was done under the personal su
revision Of Keeper Laverty cost les.
than the APP reputation.
Tie city Council of Woodbury. ha!
made Il contract with the Thorn.
sou-I.nsgou CO TO light We odbury by
Z electricity for $500 per year. Thirty
three lights will be used.
The oystermen at Port Norris are nov
Engaged in ditching eff their vessel.
which were leached by the late great
storm. It has been proposed to con.
s,ru~t piers at the mouth of Maurice
River so as to afford a halLor for the
oyster vessels in winter.
Al expert accountant has been ex.
amiu,ug tie public account Of Ire nton
10. tie last month, and last night
made a report to Common Council.
showing that since March /, 1876, to
Jauuary 81, of the present year, the
city las run behind S242. 1914, this bling
the deficiency Of receipts from taxes to
meet regular appropriations. No de-
falcatioa has been discovered, hut the
budget Of 1SS0is missing. and its where
abouts is a mystery, the expert says the
accounts were kept in all imperfect and
unbusinesslike manner, and he suggests
better bookkeeping in the future, also
The raising of a larger sum annually BY
tax to meet current expenditures.
In removing the records from the
cid to thtnew County Clerks Office at
Mount Holly Il day last week an old
volume was found containing the grant
Of the Duke of York to John Lord
Berkeley and Sir George Carteret Of all
the lands in tie 5 ate of New Jersey,
and also defining the boundary between
East and West Jersey, which has long
been in dispute and caused considera-
be litigation.
Lewis {. Beatty, of Washington,
Watltn county, has applied for a Iat-
ent on a station indicator" which he
has invented. Ii is to be extended oil
the front Of passenger cars, and is opera
ted by mech meal e~ontrivances con-
ntcted with the car wheels. Tie name
of each station appears on the indica-
tor before the train has reached the
The immense works of the Singer
Machine Company, in Essex
county, viii Oh have been idle for some
time, resume operations Oh Tuesday Oh
full time, giving employment TO sever
II thousand hands.
The number of trade dollars held by
New Jersey banks, is reported at be-
ween $780, 600 and $500, 900. which is
reid III The banks vaults in the State,
eyen-eightes of this ap?ount having
)een taken at Iar.
The Supervisors of Elections in Cam
len have been p aid in full for their SER
ices at the fall election.
The Cape Nay Wate says: From the
eastward the beach is steady maxi
ng out, while westward the ocean is
Inclined to encroach upon the upland.
On Thursday of last week, the 10th,
iDhabitant of the old town # Port
Elizabeth, an Maurice River in Cum
county celebrated the Centen-
NAL anniversary of the towns settle
nent. Salutes were fired at daybreak
and at sunrise from heavy mo bor-
iowed from the State arsenal at Tren-
ton. The Continental Parade in the
morning was a grand affair. There
were masqueradets rep esenting mount
indians, Quakers, Continental sol.
diers ,lIessiaus, oldfashioned market
wagons, tog tther with other features,
to carry the imagination back a hun.
dred years, Mrs. Elizabeth Bradley who
rame from Salem county vas the'foun-
der of the Gown. One of the eight, was
the reproduction of her Old log chain
down OH the wharf. In the school
house were exhibited many relics of
''ye 0lden time" General James F.
Rushing. OF Trenton delivered the Cen
tennial Grafton. SchoOlmaster f. w.
Bowen read a history of the town and
{. j. Ogden a Centennial power. Hon.
j. W. Newlin, of NJ ilyille delivered an
address,
In olden tim S Cape May was a
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chiefly contised to tie schoolmaster.
The annual report of Adjutant Cen
eral Stryker, of New Jersey, shows the
National Guard of that state to consist
OF 219 officers AID 1854 enlicted men, a
total of 1888, which is an increase dur
lug the year of 40 men. The force is
organized into fifty companies of in
and two Calling gun companies.
The total number of men in the State
available for military duty in case of
war is pa, Ola.
Twenty years ago Sheppard Candy, of
Neck, Cumberland county,
swallowed a pin while eating dinner.
The pin lodged crosswise at the root of
his tongue. He felt no inconvenience
IRON its presence while eating but wien