The Penn's Grove record., 1886-01-30
County GIeaniL gs.

Quite a number or SWedeSboro peo-
pie do their shopping in Woodstown.
1t is the fruits of Woodstown business
men advertising.
The Salvation Army has laid siege
to Elmer.
Bridgeton has four police officers,
Salem seven and Woodbury. one.
There are twenty-seven patients
from Salem county in the State Luna
tic Asylum, fifteen of whom are men
and twelve women, and the county has
paid g, 1881 for their maintenance.
The total number of patients III the
institution is GAG.
1t is stated that the building of ex-
tensive glassworks by A. G. Lamar,
of 81 Market street, in South Camden,
along the river front, will not cause the
abandonment of the Elmer glasSwOrks
at Elmer, in which Mr.. Lamar is large
ly interested. Mr.. Lamar, it Is stated,
will simply withdraw from the Elmer
works and the remaining stockholders
will take charge and run them.
The annual meeting of the w. j.
Agricultural and Horticultural Asso-
citation was held last Thursday week.
The following were elected; President,
Omar Borton; Vice President, DR.. NJ.
j. Paulding, john w. Dickinson, DIR.
l.. \. D. Allen, John Hanes; Secretary,
Jas. D. Lawson; Treaurer, Samuel T.
LippIncott, Executive Committee,
Robert Hewitt, George Coombs, Bar
clay Edwards, Charles r. Burt, Isaac
c. Dubois, Clark Petit, Henry w.
Austin and Alfred Lippincott. Sep
TENDER 18th and 10th. 1886, was fixed
as the date of the next annual Fair.
The telephone in Salem has cut the
receipts of thu telegraph down consid-
erably.
1t cost Elsinboro township nearly
$3.50 to ditch the snow from the lead
ing roads of that township,
Chaplain McCabe preached in Broad
way NJ. E, Church, Salem, last Sum
day and succeeded in raising 500 to-
wards his 81, 000, 900 missionary fund
which he is confident he will secure be-
fore the close of the fiscal year.
The Reform Club of Salem have
passed resolutions to the effect that if
the old parties fail to nominate men
for the City Council at the spring cleo
ton who will pledged themselves by
proper guarantee to vote in Council
against grantingFof all licenses, the
Club will put up acceptable candidates
to be voted for.
George w. Ayers s. Son, of Allo-
way, have sold their good will and fxt-
ures of their machine works to Wilmer
johnson,
The new Chapel at Canton Is nearly
completed for being occupied.
The work on the new iron bridge
at Hancoek's has been delayed by the
weather. The stone work is not yet
completed yet and the iron work has
not arrived.
Says the Bridgeton Neos: ga Deer
field farmer put five acres in wheat
last year, using ten and a half bushels
of seed in sewing. When he came to
gather it in and thresh it he had Just
as many bushels as acres-6ye. The
contract in his was that one-half of it
should be delivered at Fairton, and he
accordingly carted two and a half BUSH
els there. The land is held to be
worth 500
Thomas Shourds read q very inter-
esting and valuable paper on the early
settlers and property owners of the city
| of Salem before the Historical Society
in salem on Tuesday. Other valuable
papers were also presented to the Soc
ty.
Dr.. w. B. E. Miller, Veterinary
Surgeon, of Camden, Thursday visited
Warrington and found a herd of dairy
cows suffering with pleuro-pneumOnia.
Three of the cattle were killed and
tw~enty-three were iuoculated and
quarantined.
state News
The City of Woodbury. has issued
SD Nm worth ~ houda fnr the ron.