The Penn's Grove record., 1888-04-21
SATURDAY, APRIL 81, 1888.
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Malaga.
A seal was seen in the river at New
Castle on Monday.
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Lewis Cook has entered the RECORD
Office to learn the art p~reservative.
Truman Mattson has gone to Phila-
delphia to learn oil cloth printing.
Rev. T. e. Carman, who wal in town
on Wednesday paid us a pleasant call.
st. Paul's Parsonage society, will
hold a Dairy Maids festival on May
Goth.
The personal property Of Clement A.
Borden, dec, will be sold next Satur-
day afternoon.
Capt. J. D. Whitaker left Cardenas,
Cuba, on the 18th fol the Delaware
Break water for orders.
The snow and hail mingled with rain
on Monday morning was not encourag-
Ing to sweet May flowers.
Jos. }. Summerill now has his law
office in Woodbury. with lawyer Clymer
opposite the Court House.
James Bl,ck's hot lied got fire un-
derneath last Sunday and was burned
entirely up giving quite a loss.
James Harris has had a new building
erected at the cOrns of Main and
Franklin streets for a fish market.
The steamer Clyde has charge her
trips now leaving Salem at 7 O'Clock,
Pennsgrove at 9, and Philadelphia at 3
O'Clock.
Rev. T. e. Carman has consented to
preach at Esterville, Atlantic county
occasionally as 1t has not been visited
recently.
Capt. Thos. Naylor left New York
with his schooner last Saturday for
Florida with no cargo but will return
with lumber.
VIM. Davis, of Swedesboro, is q new
clerk in Leap& Sons store. He is a
brother to Thos. Davis formerly a clerk
with the same firm.
.'Linwood," whose advertisement
appears in the RECORD, trotted a mile
and twenty yards to a trotting wagon,
one day recently, in 2:43.
A North Carolina paper says the
catch of shad this spring in Cape Fear
river is unprecedented this year owing
TO the artificial propagation.
The sturgeon fishermen with their
fleets of boats, nets, and floating palaces
have departed for Bay Side, where
they will remain six or eight weeks.
Quarterly meetings at the M. E.
Churches tomorrow. Presiding Relyea
will preach at Emmanuel church in
tie morning and at st. Paul's in the
evening.
ID. p. Leonard arrived home on Sun
day from Old Point Comfort. His
letters in the RECORD were full of in
formation of that place and written
in an interesting style.
silas Pedrick and VIM. H. Pedrick
were elected Commissioners OF Deeds
for Oldmans township by the recent
Legislature. U. p. Neck's quota is full
without appointment.
The State Board of health reports
81 deaths in U. P. Neck township dur
ing 1887, making the death rate 1913
per 1000. There we're 10 deaths in
,Oldmans township in 1887.
The Band and the boys paid Andre
'Hewes and his bride a visit on Tues
day evening. The old saying is ''go
it while your young" Blessed are
they who always continue young.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Delaware River Rail-
road company will be held at Wood
bury on Tuesday May list. Directors
are to be elected and other business
disposed of.
1t is said the refusal of Geo. Abbott
TO purch ase milk of some farmers will
eventually work to their advantage rs
it will force them to improve their
stock 80 that that the milk will be of
the standard quality.
The rates of expressage of the West
Jersey Express Company have been
raised. All express matter is now re-
auired to be weighe | and the rates
for packages weighing over thirty
pounds have been increas ed. the
charges being rated according to
weight.
One of the minor acts of the late
Legislature provides that Township
Committees may order the public roads
gone over every month and all rubbish
removed. Another similar act pro-
.vides that Township Committees may
, be given authority to control the roads
and abolish the office of Overseer.
This is also a step in the right direc-
tion.
A perfectly sound body and a mind
unimpaired are possible only with
pure blood. Leading medical authori-