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The Penn's Grove record., 1888-11-24
GLOUCESTER COUNTY NOTES.

Patrick Cunan. of Swedesburo, has
So I IL Pfrsidrnr-elect Harrison, a bar
rel nf Jersey sweet potatoes. One head
of tie barrel Nas decorated with an
American flag. and the other with two
Growing IoosteIs.
During n discussions of "Falm Labo'
by tie Gloucester County Agricultural
Society. at Mullira Hill on Saturday,
several farmers stated that good help
for farm work isscaIce, most laboring
men seeming to- prefer working in fac
tories in the cities, and, us a conse
qupucp, higher wages are asked than
the profits Of farming will warrant.
Joseph Jennings recently drained OFF
his carp pond near SwedeSboro and
found great numbers OF that species of
the linry tribe with which he had
stocked it some time ago. The fish had
grown amazingly. these beauties are
large, lively and three years old. Mr..
Jennings became Interested i'll ilsll u
ture and secured Il quantity oil small
fish from the Government with which
he began what has proved Il successful
experiment.
The citizens OF Muliica Hill will hold
a meeting next Monday evening to con-
slider the proprjety of changing the
name of that town il IA MAJORITY be fav-
cradle.
The Jurors for tle December term OF
Gloucester county court have been
drawn. john +. Trnitt, of Bridge.
pnrt reuiesrnls Logan township and
w. Cooper Kirby and Albert II. Tai,
man. OF Swcdeshuro, represent WOOL
wich township on the Grand jury
Charles Huber, George w. Feaiherel
and Henry Dunk represent Logan and
Israel J.. Black and George Jones re
p1esen, Woolwicl "n the Petit Jury.
The general stole Of Joseph Higgins,
in Glassburo in which the post otlict
was kept, Was entered by burglars
ransacked, and robbed of some dry
goods on Wednesday night.
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Diver & SUMMERILL.
EXECUTORS SALE
OF
ALUARLEREAE0TAT


TIiE subscriber. executor Of The last will and
lteSfdmenl "i David Shoemaker, dt"d late
of Pedriektowu, Salem county. Y. j., viii sell
at public sale, on
FoUKTH-DAY "wednesday lth MONTH y
vcmberJ. 18th, lsss,
In front Of Charles :. Planners store. In Ped
rckt0Wn. n. j.. between the hours II u and :
o'clock p. NJ. to-wit. at = O'Clock u. ~. NJ said
day. the following described real estate:
No. IA valuable farm IN the township of
Oldham county OF salem, situated about mile
from rrdricktOwn. on the public road lradinEto
WoodStown, containing - !r2-lub acres, more on
less, adjoining lands ul Henry Shoemaker. John
:. Hampton Chalkly Sommrrs and others. Said
farm is IN Il high state Of cultivation. good build
ings, fences. orchards. &c. There are about y
67-l0D acres Of good meadow IN The Borden
Meadow Company, belonging to the farm.
No. 2-Is a small farm in the village Of Ped.
ricktown. containing about 8 acres of good land
available ion huiidIue lots.
Improvements are a tlree-story mansion. Y by
% feet With II room. kitchen. barn. crib house
sheds, : gardens, large yard of fruit, sc.
No. lis a house and lot Of about 45-lON of an
acre, adjoining No. :. on Northwest side.
No. lis a house and lot OF about 25-lU of an
acre adjoining No. ,, on Southeast side.
No. lis a lOi Of meadow containing y. acres
more or less, in the Borden Meadow Company,
adjoining No. l, William II redrick. and other.
Persons will be shown the above lands by call
Ing ON VIM. II redriek, ESQ., at FedIicktown.
Conditions made easy.
ALDER BASSETr,
Executor Of David shoemaker, deed.
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NEW JERSEY CANE LAWS.

The game laws Of the State are a
source Of considerable perplexity TO
sportsmen. The following synopsis
may be- useful to those ignorant Of the
laws. The State, as is well knowh,
has been divided into two game section.
TIE southern section comprises the
counties of Atlantic, Burlington, Cam
den, Cape May, Cumberland. Glouces-
ter, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean and Sa.
lem. The following is on abstract Of
the laws in force OH July 4th last:
Applicable to southern section.
Hare OR rabbit. gray squirrel, quail,
ruffied grouse, from November 10 to
December rs, penalty $2Os Woodcock,
the last fifteen days Of October and
November 18th to December 18th, pen-
atty $40.
Applicable to the whole ssese. feall
bird, September 10 December ], penal
ty S.. Reed bird, August % TO Decem-
Der l, penalty s.. Marsh he'll, August
25 to December l; penalty 80. Euro
pean pheasant, European partridge,
European grouse, killing wholly pro-
hibited until 1889. Open season then
from November l to December 81.
Not to be killed without written Con-
sent of land owner; penalty S25. Deer,
killing prohibited until 1889, open
Jason then from October 10 to Decem
Der l; penalty $50. Wood ducks, sep
TENDER l to December 81; penalty %.
Grass plover, August ! to December 81;
penalty 8 Prairie chicken, Nosem-
Der l to Deceniv- -,ialty Wv.
Black bass, May 80 to November 81;
penalty S25. Trout, March ! to sep
TENDER 80; penalty $40.
Always unlawful-To trap any kind
of game or game bird. To have any
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he will be nominated by til, c"nvcn
tion and will be elected by the people,
b, cause he will come the nea. est h. I'LL
ing their ideal of a Chief Magistrate,
Electric Bitters has been given the high
est place, because no other medicine has
80 well Allied the ideal of a perfect tonic
and Alternative. The people have indoors
ed Electro Bitters and ,ely upon this
great remedy in all troubles of liver,
stomach and kidneys. For oil Malarisl
Feyers and disease caused by Malarial
Poisons, Electric Bitters cannot be too
highly recommended. Also cures Head
ache and Constipation. Satisfaction
guaranteed, or money refunded. Price
6Oc. and q At Johnson's drug store
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DEATH OF .~.LAkCEwooD.r

Lakewood" mol 446, the we'll
known thoroughbred stallion, died OF
rupture at the farm rs. c. Allen. at
Halltown, on Thursday last. Lance
WOOD" who has been in this county for
the past fourteen years, was bred at
Bellville, N. Y, and was sold to his
present owner, Mr.. KerDer. Of New
York city, for $3.50, in 1870, when a
two-year-old. His get are numerous all
over this county and South Jersey. He
had never been handled for speed, hut
in 1885 he made mile in 2.4O. Lance
wood" combined excellent strains Of
blood, being by Rysdyk's Hambletoil-
ian, dam, Lady Rockafellow.
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SATURDAY. NOVEMBER "a, 1898
10 S.

Thanksgiving next Thursday the 30th.
Several of our citizens are busy gath
ering Christmas greens.
The fishermen have begun making
net for next springs fishing.
Revival services continue in both Elm
manuel and St. Pauls churches
r, d. Hughes is having a new pack
ing house for cans built at the Cove.
There will he a total eclipse of the
sun visible all over America on New
Years's day.
The township committee has patched
the road south OF the Cove with a barge
load of shells.
Parker Fennimore is building "A boat
house at the C we in which to build
fishing skiffs.
Augustus Cook killed a hog on We'd
nesday which weighed $50 pounds.
Who has u larger one?
Fisk and Brook received 2I3 instead
of 1853 as given in our report of the Of
fetal returns last week.
Now il the coal Dealers harvest. Lay
in your coal as it is likely to rise in
price during the winter.
Rev. Powelson gave Il very interest
inp and instructive discourse last sun
day evening Oh "a leaf"
A. cold Northwestern gave us a fore
taste of winter on Wednesday by freez-
ing the ground for the first time this
year.
The vote of Lands township, which
includes Vineland, shows the towns
population has increased by about2 ,1oo
since 'S4.
The oath Regiment New Jersey Vol
unteers will hold a reunion in Wood
bury on Thursday, December 18th, at
10 O'Clock.
Andrew Cook has purchased the
Bates property in Lower Penns Neck
of Charles Crown. for $1,000. He vii
take possession on the 25th of Marcl
Next.
Rev. l.. 0. Manchester, of Cape May
spent Sunday among his former parish
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10 refuse to sell an Over
coat for Thirty Cents less
than the prices (which we
had to do but it is a mat
ter of principle with us.
We advertise to have one
price, and by that we
mean we have our very
lowest prices marked on
our garments. There are
many people who can't
get into that way OF deal
ing, but most people pre-
fer it. You save time and
trouble and generally get
a better bargain. You'll
find the best assortment
of Suits and Overcoats on
our counters and you will
find almost any size you
want. We are in the bus
mess 10 please the people
and you know we've been
here long enough to have
an idea of their wants.
Remember, we have the
largest stock Of Fine
Clothing in the State,
Overcoats and Suits to
order and made up at short
notice. We have Il big
force of tailors at work all
the time.
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To THE EDIroR-Please inform your
readers that I have a positive remedy for
the above named disease. BY its timely
use thousands Of hopeless cases have been
permanently cured. l shall be glad to
send two bottles of my remedy FREE to
n Of your readers who have consump-
ton il they will send me their express
and post office address. Respectfully,
T. A. Slocum, 1S1 PearlSt.. New York.
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BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERs

The November meeting Vas held at
the Court House on Wednesday of last
week.
The Board of C~anvassers of the
County of Salem presented n petition
that the Board OF Freeholders use its
influence with the incoming l.egisla-
ture to secure some less complicated
and more effectual ballot box than the
Hall q Wood box HOW III use in our
State. The petition was signed by
every member If the board of Canvass
ers. On motto i the petition was re-
ceived and filed aud its prayer referred
to the notice of the Senator and Mem
Der of Assembly from tins county.
The Clerk brought to the notice of
tile Board the remarks Of Judge Reed,
at the close of the recent term of Court
relative to the bad ventilation and 9TH
er Inconvenience of the present Court
House. No action was taken.
: Mr.. Willis, of Philadelphia, brought
to the notice of the Board til. system
heating and v%emtilating public build
ings, known as the Smeed L Willis sys-
tenn, and invited the Board to examine
its working in the Public School on
Grant st. The Board accepted the i'll
vitation and examined the system with
much satisfaction. Fresh air is con-
stantly injected and foul air elected by
this system, and the cost is moderate.
5. p. Carpenter, Treasurer of Aims
House, asked for 500 to pay bills OF
that institution. So OF deIed
The term of Clement Brown, a pris-
oner in Jail, being about to expire, on
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REV ANTHONY ATWOOD DEAD.

Rev. Anthony Atwood, the aged and
venerable Methodist minister, well
known throughout New Jersey and
PENNSYLVANIA. died at the residence OF
his |snn.uu-law, Andrew Zane, l52S
North 10th ST., Philadelphia, OH Thurs
day of last week, Nov. 18th. lie was
borli at Tucketton, n. D., i'll June lS0l
and spent nearly all Ills childhood days
on IA farm. Al an carly age he went to
Mount Holly and learned the Shoemak-
er's trade. When only about nineteen
Years old he began 10 preach, ma
the Presiding Elders direction. About
$50 he WAS admitted intu the Method
list Episcopal Conference, and filled
many important charges IN New Jersey.
He preached all over New jersey us IA
circuit preacher in the early days OF
| pioneer MethOdism.
Soun gaining for himself a reputa'
ton as IL brilliant and forclble preach
er he connected himself with the Ihll-
| adelphia Conference and filed many OF
the urincipl.. appointments in that City
befnre his retirement from aggressive
work for his divine master IL years ago.
Mr., Atwood was noted not only as a
sneaker but also as Il writer, lie having
done much to sustain and strengthen
the doctrines OF John Wesley III news
PAPER articles and books. He was the
author of "A Manual Oh Baptism, "
The Young Mans Way to Honor
"A Pastors Legacy" The Abiding
Conifprter,n and his last work Causes
of the Marvellous Success Of Method
ism in this Country within its First
Century" His works will live "a long
while after him.
MIR. Atwood married Rebecca,
daughter of Daniel Vanneman, of
penn,s Glove. WHO died i've years ago,
OnIy cue Of Daniel Vanneman's family
is uow liyiu,. Mrs. Hannah A. Sum.
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COUNTY

A Post Office has been established at
Alliance Colony, Pittsgrove township.
Geo. Seldes is the postmaster.
The Register says: Woodstown had
few funny election bets. One of our
young men promised to marry II Ger
tain young girl If Harrison was elected.
She has released him from fulfilling his
promise.
Salem has 40 vacant houses.
The Salem Republicans have decided
not to have q demonstration to celebrate
their victory.
The audience room Of the First NJ.
Z. Church in Salem, founded in 1854,
and rebuilt In 1888 and 1888 will be re-
dedicated tomorrow, Sunday, by Bis
hop GoOdsell.
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BE sure OF number 315 Market ST.
Wilmington, DEL, when in want of
pictures. Cabinets 50 a dozen, and a
frame size given extra with each dozen.
'stomers from Penns Grove will be
IN two extra pictures which will be
than their fare On the Juniata. 9-S
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DIED

CRISPIN-In Sharptown, on 10th
Month, 10Th, Samuel 5. Crispin, ST.,
inhis 74th year.
ROYAL-In Lower PENIS Neck,
Salem Co., N. j., suddenly of heart
disease. on the 18th inst, Catharine A.
Royal, in her 69th year.
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1Hanamakfr's
PHILADELPHIA. NJ, nday, Nov. IL, 1888.

The December Book News,
ia pages, richly illustrated,
will have complete lists of Hol-
iday Books for big folks and
little folks. You are likely to
save 81 or more on every S.
you put into Christmas Books
if you let Book News help
you. Can you do better with
S cents?
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The annual report of the United
States Commissioner Of Pensions gives
the following returns for New Jersey:
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Cords are the newest of
the Dress Goods. The only
chance to change a plain stuff
is in the weave. There
fore Cords. From fine thread
size to shoestring-six distinct
styles. Mostly lengthwise, one
across. Too neat and hand
some to go out as freak.
Cords have come to stay. We
have them in every desirable
shade of the season. 40 to so
inches wide, 75c to $3.50. In
some cases precisely the same
goods were IS per cent. higher
a couple of weeks back.
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NOTICE. 3eeves and hogs killed at
your homest at the slaughter house.
Hides and fat bousa. Hog scaidss to
hire Of W. SHOEMAKER.
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The finest Serge is AZ and
SO inch Cassimir of delicate
twill at 75c and 81. The heav-
lest, strongest, is 46 inch Drap
DIES Danes at 75c to $I.25
Between them a pleasant scat.
tering Of varied weights.
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SO or 81 will get a liberal
Dress Pattern Of some of the
handsomest plain and plainish
goods of the season. YOU can
pick blindfold from about three
hundred styles and eoho17mgs
of Aalfa-aoAAar a 1ura stuff
and draw a prize every time.
Many of these stuffs were
90 and 65 cents only a little
time back. Some were a good
deal more.
Here's serge. We never
heard of it at retail for less
than IS cents. It's generally
been 81. Plump so inches
wide, in a handsome line of
colors, and right royal stuff.
AT SO cents it's a wonder.
Another so cent Serge is
extra heavy, springy, hard, So
inches wide, and in s shades.
Half dollars are just as big
wherever you stop at two long
counters. Here are two kinds
at random:
Atwood stripes and plaids
in several styles; good, relid-
Bile stuffs. so cents.
Atwood notified stripes,
unobtrusive but full of wear
worth. so cents.
And the weight of any of
these goods dosen't come from
the dirt and grease in the wool.
Pure fibre, honestly put to.
gether, and perfectly dyed.
The Handkerchief Harvest
is ripe. Eighbfonr feet of
eonnhe, space and ranks on
ranks Of sheia1ng 6ehtnd held
the samples.
Little more. As the crowd
OF buyers thickens there must
he more and more counters.
There should be now, but yet
awhile we'll make shift with the
samples. It's so handy to the
big stock room up stairs-iust
as If there were a thousand
feet more OF counter room a
couple ofminutes away.
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FxpLosJOy OF AN ABSURD STORY

sunday paper contained losg story In which t was At
tempted to show that ecial had been sheltennK
green goods rom arrest anil prosecution eena
shares In their gsen gsins reward for his services
II shadowy official had receved al least
ST. 900 In OF successful opsrat ors;
th. thsrs ba, bsen I'm fact regular combine" 10 nuy
rho efforts officers who have attempted TO bring the swim
ders JUSTICE anil taat priso1cr IN the Ludlow street
Jail the authortr startling The ONCE OF the
United states Attorney mentioned AZ the scene Of
the csnbnes abors and the names OF several ON Gals ara
mentioned In mnscfioB with It.
TRIBUNE reporter called yesterday To SIS District Acr
nav Walker at his house. No East TIL lsnst, but not
finding hix, at hone went 10 the home OF y As lnt .
tricf Atornsv BENJAMIN Foster WIS - nae ~ w. ~
No lI3 Me uonoughst, brooklyn M roster an is "a
NOT article Whom was $40 u him. 14ii'
kaow what founiaton there for these ','s
that lawyer has helped ti'so men
and for doing But We havs
nor heard such tang az tho DstrcfAtforns oMc.
Eve has bssn roag t has been promptly ref
ard ~ pr mptly convicted except the man Hess OF ayss
who's, DO heard by The United States sr rene
ooart January do not bse.s tasrs 10 any tfata %
me ntorr q defeat the ends OF nsce bat knew
perfectly the OF these swiaders have cns
before Ike ali oor cases. ana nave bsch sposei vi IN
way"
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MAKING 4 WET BEGINNING.
~ Avn WIND usuyn IN 1sss-p.MAGE TO

RAIN AND WIND USHER IN 1SSS-DAMAGE TO
TELEGRAPH WIRES AND DELAYS TO MAILS.
II the whole Of the wear Is to DO Ike the Sample
Of It presented yesterday all right minded people will
be sorry they did keep the they had Scarcely
had the bells done ringing the old year out when 1t BE-
came evident that II the moisture should continue to
increase the year would soon require wringng out
as we'll There Is old SUPERSTITION that the weather
on the "wc,e DAYS If Christmas Is prophetic OF the
weather for the twelve months OF tho coming year.
IL this DO true, the weather Yesterday. the eighth day
of Christmas lays open fine prospect for next
August.
At 10 O'Clock on Saturday night the Thermometer
stood at 90 degrees that point 1t rose steadily till
Yesterday afternoon. when 1t stood at oil degrees
The light snow, which fell dep OF about an linen
and half in this city. turned to rain at about O'Clock
Yesterday morning. and when 1t was time for re-
spectabo people to get I'D there nothing left In the
streets but running water II was as unpleasant day
as could we'll be. The rain fell In torrents rom carly
morning till late In the afternoon and the strong wlnd
blew 1t under umbrellas and around corners 10 tho
tho discomfort of everybody who had 10 venture
out
glance at ths bulletins in the Signal Service ohi's
told a d,earv tale of wind and wet for the whole
country Tho belt OF reached from New England
through tho lake regions and extended In width from
Pei rsy ana to Canada The greatest depth was
about four inches. and la most places IL was loo"en
by a good deal OF rain accompanied by much N'"a
In New-York there was an lnch anu naii VI n'oi' "a
rain and the wind reached maximum 'eioe'S Va
thirty five miles an hour In the afternoon There was
IT'LL, snow I'm New bu; many clouds and mueh
raIn Chicago and Montreal had from three 10 iour
inches Of SLOW.
At the Post Office there was complaints OF deiass
to the mails. Nearly all the trains wers more Oh cS
behind time, and mall ON the Ncw-hofH Gem. s IA
and Hudson River Road due at . y. w. was ABOUT nvs
hours late There trouble with IN, te, a apn
lines too 1t was reported al the western Ciion o'H.o
4 hat hp
the wires caused and the moisture on mo
nsuIatos and the bars and DO Is drew on INC
| current These things were especially troupiesohio
because tho many New Year congratuiaiohs sent over
the wires made the amount Of business nearly twico
what II usually IS on Sunday. ., ,,,o,
| The prophets at the Signal Service once bcneVed
that the wind. which blew from the southeast an uaS
would change to the west and that tho weather toudI
would be clearer and colder with possibly htte sno"'
but net much, before the clouds rolled by.
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speed ITO be nineteen knots an hour, with PEN
atty Of $50, 900 deducted from the contract price
Union Iron Works people recommend several in
portant changes in tho English designs for the
engines and machinery Of Cruiser No. D.. Not al o.
one important modification consented to II the
lcngthening Of the boilers. o..
The Navy Department has received from Ss
architect. completes plans for huls and machinery
for two ships-of-wsr. They have been furnished
upon an agreement between Secretary whitney
and Sir Edward, who refused to present plans IN
competition for the $15,0o0 prize offered several
months ago. The designs arc for high freeooaru
turret ships, with protective dome decks
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MURDER ON NEW YEARS EYE.
rA1AL END OF A pRuKkEN QUARREL Foun BROOK

FATAL END OF A DRUNKEN QUARREL FOUR BROOK
LYNITEs HELD FOR THE CRIME.
quarrel with fatal results occurred late Saturday
night in the grog shop of Mckinney at No. 90 Pros
pect-st, In the Fifth Ward OF Brooklyn. number OF
men had carousng In the place and after they had
drank to excess began to quarrel When hot words had
been intcIchanged OF the party struck Jonathan
Henshe an iron mOuider Of No. III Jayst powerful
blow In the face Henshe fell backward and struck hs
head on the rail in front OF the bar fracturng
his skull He was hastily carried hons In an uuc'r
scious condition and Dr. f. H. Ross, Of No. l34 Sands
&C.. summoned.
The efforts OF the physician to revive him were I'M
awaiting and tho police were Informed OF the Affair."
They at sought owen Gerrity, OF No. SO sandsst
the but he protested to be unable to remem
Der the names of any OF the men who were with
Henshcll In the dram shop Henshe fingered until
about 10 A. IN. yesterday when he died He did not re-
cover consciousness sufficiently TO tell who struck hn
lie was years of and left wife and chill
dren
(ierrty was locked UP and the police made acii 70
search for tae who struck Henshel After nvesti-
CATION 1t was found that four young men were In tho
place. and all were arrested They Patrick Larkin,
age twenty-one, No. l0s Prospctst. Michael Larzin.
age nineteen No. 100 Jayst.: Thomas Mckecrer. age
twenty.One, No l03 Jays, and Daniel FITZPATRICK age
TWENTY-FIVE of No Prospect terrace The last named
admitted knocking Henshell down. but claimed that the
Others struck him also. All were looked up