The Penn's Grove record., 1885-11-14

bya jury IN the Camden Court 10 Al
fred T. Avis against the n. L. Chnrcl
Of Gloucester City. Avis, who is
milkman, was thrown from his Wagon
and injured by running into a pile Of
building material il the It ect belong.
ing to the church, and which was moi
marked with a red lantern.
Small farms are in demand in The
neighborhood Of Vinelahd.
Thirty four ounces, are grown at
Vineland made u htapiag half bushel.
United States Treasurer Jordan says
he has wrongly been accredited as Il
citizen OF New York when lie really
belongs TO New Jersey.
The borough of Anglesea, Cape May
county, has but twenty legal voters
and the election officers at the II cent
election played cuchre all day to pass
the time away.
The Prohibitionists made a gain Of
f%orty-three in Vineland, which IS attri-
buted 10 st. Johns S10o speech there.
The owner of IA single saloon in Cape
May has paid overSj99 expres5dge on
liquors since the fist Of the year.
A resident OF Port Republic, Allan
tic county, raised a sweet potato this
season that weighed three pounds and
two oune4s.
Mr.. Leon Albeit, Jr., the Govern
or's Youngest son, will be graduated
from the Columbia Law School next
commencement.
The ProHibittonists of Burlington
county polled 6s3 votes on Assembly
men.
An old Cape May county farmer who
has been a close observer of the wealth
er fol- over half a century predicts that
this winter will be an unusually severe
one.
Two large sperm whales were recent
captured at TIE life-saving station at
Long Beach. Both have been sent by
express to the Smithsonian Institution
at Washington.
The report of the Beard Of United
States Engineers IN reference to the
Fishers Point like in the Delaware
River has been sent to Washington
1t is understood that the completion Of
the dyke according to the original pan
has been recommended.
Charles Payne, Jr., of Melville, who
was recently tried and convicted in the
United States Court for issuing fraud
ulent applications for pensions has been
sen.encedb JudgA Nixion to eisltaeu
months in State Prison.
The last thing at which General
Mcclellan worked OF the day of his
death was an account of the battle of
Antietam. lie was preparing IA ries
Of articles for the Ceattry Magazi,te
and the first Of them was to he one on
Antietam. 1t was not finished. From
between he leaves of Il book lyiag on
5te gereral's table when he died pro-
truded numerous pagesos manuscript.
The book was an authority the general
Lad been consulting and the manuscrlt
was the hall mTitttharticle Oh his most
famous battle.
An oySt I dealer says there is rot
much money i'll oysters this year,
There are plenty Of them but they run
very snail. This is said to be due TO
the fact that nearly all the oysters
planted last year have died and those
that are being ca Ight LOW are young
Unless they run larger toward ihe eid
Of the seasm The business this yaar
will be a failure.
The immense pen OF hogs on the Itio
Gfapde Sugar plantation, Cape May
county, was terribly depleted b. the
recent cholera Or plague which Visit
Ell that section out OF n-arly 500 hogs
under Keeper Roselnan's care, 439 sue
eumbed to the disease, the most of
ITEM being breeding sews. The loss,
IL is said. ran into several thousand
dollars mainly composed, us they were,
vi valuable breeds.
Banner Thomas. of Absecon, is
building sill another pond for some Of
his ten pound carp. He has invested
big money in the business and will soon
begin to take big fish out OF it.
The crop Of sugar eane en- tie Rio
Gfande plantation is nearly all gather
ed. IL is expected that tins will be Il
very successful season