The Penn's Grove record., 1888-09-15
State News.

The window-glass works of the Nal
aga Glass Company, in Millville, will
close doSn for an indefinite period, and
probably not go into blast at all this
season. This action throws about
eighty workmen out "f employment.
I%Iunterdon county temperance peo-
pie have applied fora local option cleo.
ton. The county is likely togo dry"
Congressman John Keen, will b. re-
nominated in the third district. Mil
lard F., son of Miles Ross, is likely to
be Keen's Democratic opponent.
Presidential candidate Belva Ann
Lockwood has signiied her intention
of being present at the coming Inter
state Fair at Trenton.
Quite a number of South Jersey
glassblowers have gone to Atlanta,
Georgia, to work.
South Jersey growers generally re-
port IA good crop of cranbeIries, and
picking will begin in a few weeks.
Eggs are already being put in the in
cubators of Hammonton 'broiler"
r~aisers, being a month earlier than ever
before.
The local option vote in Cape May
county was 1889, of which 104S were
for the sale of liquor and SAL against;
wet majority 207. There are nearly
$500 legal voters in the county, and had
there been anything like a full vote
out the result would, it IS pretty gener-
ally conceded, have been reversed.
Tie West Jersey Railroad has de-
clared a %semi-annual dividend Of three
and Il half per cent, payable Septem-
Der Is. This is an advance of one
half of one per cent, and makes the
| annual dividend rate seven instead of
six per cent, which has prevailed since
March, 1885. The dividends aggregate
154t per cent, or an average of seven
| per cert, per annum, the rate at times
being as high AS ten per cent.
Warren county liquor men have de-
clared their intention through counsel
of contesting the recent local option
election, They claim that il very large
percentage of the vote was polled in
the old ballot boxes, while the law re-
quires that the burglar-proof register
ing alarm boxes should have been used.
The official returns of the election
| place "dry" majority at 1901 ou; of "a
total vote of 1912, Thirteen bngus
tickets were used.
The Burlington County Board of
As SCISSORS on Monday fixed the tax rate
at so cents on the 500. The total val
uation of taxable property is given as
S25, 091 $40, which is 100000 less than
the valuation last al, The falling
off is attributed to the depreciation i'll
the value of farm lands and he mp
ton OF lirrmen. The pi ~irciiHl loss in
valuation is i'll ii"r irntomn, Bnilng-
lND ditU MUM ii''h. hhS -
he raised is $2UO,0JJ.
AT the weekly conference Of tie
| Methodist ministers Of the Cam len dis
tr.ct, on Monday the presiding elders
showed the churches 10 be the
in u prosperous condition and that
new churches have recently been dedi-
| Gated at Spring Lake and Beach Haven.
! Arrangements were made I IT a deba g
next Monday on the question Are
| Christianity and good morals in them
selves us maintained by Prohibition is
sues, at stake in The near elections, It's
important to the welfare of the nation
AS the tariff, fisheries and lilEnces?"
Rev. DR.. Graw will maintain the al
| irInatiye and Rev. A. Lawrence the
negative.
Rev. William III. Jetferies, we'll
known in Camden, where he resided
many years, died IN Trenton, where lie
has been sick Tor ii long time, late IN
sunday night. lie was actively en-
gagged in the Methodist ministry for a
| quarter of a century, being stationed
at several of the leading appointments
in The Conference, including Stale