The Penn's Grove record., 1886-04-17

On Tuesday evening the schooner
Bessie l.. Stull arrived home with a
load of 10000 shingles and 1909 fept
of lumber from Washington. Y. g..
ror John SummeriH s. Bro. She has
been gone four months under the
charge of Smith Hewitt. Maurice VAIN
wright, and Robert Hewitt WHO have
beeH carrying freight with her il O..
vicinity ct Norfolk.
The Ladies Mite Society of Emman-
uel NJ. +. Church expect to give %
floral service in that Church on Fri.
day evening June 18th. They lave
secured tile service Of Rev. 9. Z. Og-
den, of Uancock's Bridge, the noted ar
list. who gave such an entertaining
blackboard temperance lecture at the
Convention Of the county Temperance
Alliance in Salem last wednesday.
Peddlers are becoming numerous.
They have learned TO be shy of towns
which require them to have q license.
AS they are free here, this vicinity is %
favorite resort foi them. Only by hay
ing a borough government with some
one I'D authority to tax tn nj will they
be kept cut. Gu. merchants live here
ard pay tax On their capital with which
the ydo business Why should otheIs
do business without a tax?
The steamer Brandywine has Ie9n
taken back to the Harlan yard at VIII
mington, where she had two masis
placed in her, the same as the iiud OIL
river boats have, the object being t.
brace the boat ard thereby cause her
to run steadier She resumed her trips
the first part of the week and the VIII
miugton was taken to off be giving Il
thorough over hauling, prior to resum-
ing her place for the season.
On Tuesday night as Mr.. Charles
Leap was on his way home from Salem,
after taking G.. II. Morrison home,
some one ran into bis team neal the
Pointers, threw him out, damaged the
wagon, and his horse ran away. He
was taken to James Newell's and Rob
ert n. Vahneman brought him home
in the night. Mr.. Leap was sume-
what bruised about the face. His
horse had to be caught next day.
Some Of tie heaviest policy holders
and members of the defunct Millville
Marine and Fire Insurance Co., in this
section have issued a call for a meeting
of all the persons who hold policies and
are members of the said association to
be held at the office of Jos. J. Summer
i'll, Esq, in Odd Fellows Hall, PENIS
grove, on Saturday evening, April II.
The object is to organize to take some
action in the suit pending in the Court
of ChanceTy against that corporation
Which vitality effects all policy holders
of that association.
The shad fishing season has opened
with a most favorable prospect fer the
fishermen. The Bay fishermen report
the catch last week the best beginning
within their memory. Tie best nets
cashed as much as 5000 OF S225, the
P%ennsgroye nets being in the lead.
The catch, in the Bay has been better
this week team last but the price has
dropped some. The tugs, Denny broth
ers having hired an extra tug this week
because The ebb tide would have delay
ed their reaching market loon enough
with one. they took 19,000shad to mar
ket on Monday night, 1000 ON Tues
lay, 10000 On Wednesday and 10000
On Thursday. The highest catch III
tine bay was on "Wednesday WHEN Geo.
Watson and Josiah Smith caught 4U4
Ilad. Ono hundred WAS IA high catch
in the river ut Pennsgrove Oh Monday,
80 ON Tuesday, TO on Wednesday ana
"a IN exceptional catch Oh Thursday
by Edw. Dougherty, Jr. On Thurs
day morning shad brought So II hun
bred i'll philadelphia: The buyer On
he shad beat paid $50. On Friday
there was a drop in prices, the buyer
paying only sl2 IA hundred.