The Penn's Grove record., 1888-09-29
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1888
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Read-bird shooting is on the wane.
A puzzler: Who burned the Juniatar
Fire, of course.
The steamer Delaware discontinued
her trips yesterday.
John W. Trumbull has enlarged the
rear Of his residence.
Uriah Diver has begun erecting a
new house at the Cove.
The steamer ReybOld now leaves
Philadelphia at 2 instead of 3 y. m.
The Volunteer boys made SIS by
their festival last Saturday evening.
Jonathan E. Moore, OF PeEnsville
has received an increase IN his pension.
William p. Denny has had a new aud
attractive sign erected at his carriage
factory.
Peterson & Borden desires all farmers
to read of Farmers Bone Phosphate in
another column.
The Pedricktown Baptist Church
has been received into the West Jersey
Baptist Association.
Leaps cash system means the lowest
possible prices for goods. Read their
interesting advertisement.
The institute for Salem and Glouces-
ter county teachers will be held in
Woodbury. on October 18th, 18th, and
10Th.
J. d. Whitaker represented Upper
Neck in the Republican State conven-
ton on Thursday and W. p. Somers
Oldmans.
John Redstreake has build a new farm
house on the U. p. Neck side of the
Courses Landing road with the inten-
ton Of dividing his large farm.
Gentlemen, expert with a thimble
and needle will, no doubt, make a live
ly contest for the prize at J. D. Whitta-
ker's next Monday evening. So see
them.
The school tax in the Penn's Grove
school district is 36 cents On the 800,
which with the "a cents township tax
makes $1.30 on the 500 in PENIS
Grove.
Henry Stanton showed a sweet pota-
to at the RECORD office on Tuesday
which was a sweet jumbo 1t was
raised by Gideon Stanton, near Perkin-
town, and weighed A. pounds.
Electric Bells have been put in the
PENIS Grove school house, connecting
each room. With a complete code of
signals the teachers can communicate
with each other and give commands to
the scholars.
Eleven colored and six white men
were whipped and pillorsied at New
Castle last Saturday for larceny and
burglary. This is the largest number
of convicts that have received either or
both punishments for many years.
1ut SltdLltl Hlild ~ hdiy nv" iuiio
to Wilmington every Tuesday Wednes-
day, Friday and Saturday leaving
Penn's Grove at 6 aud 10 A. NJ. and 4.
p. NJ. Leaves Wilmington on same
days, at Sl,ipley st. Wharf, at s A. NJ,
2 and 5 p. NJ.
Oranges were never SO dear as now
because the yellow fever, at Jackson
willie has 80 terrified the people that
help cannot be secured the large crop
which is lottiDg on the trees in Florida.
If they were picked they could not be
shipped worth because of the quaran-
tine restrictions. Bermuda oranges
are the about the only ones in market
and sell for S. per box.
The Republican county convention
to nominate a candidate for the Assem-
bly will be held in Odd Fellows Hall,
PENIS Grove, next Thursday, 4th. II
John C. Ward declines the nomination
Geo. Stanton and J. d. Whitaker are
spoken of MS candidates for the n"mi-
nation by their friends. G. a. Bergen,
candidate for Congress, and Judge T.
A. Armstrong, will be present to address
the convention.
The tug W. W. Graham, Capt. lsaat
Tracy, was sunk in the western channel
opposite Penn's Grove on "Wednesday
morning. 1t was the Impression OF
those who saw her that IA tramp steam
er ran into her but the captain say
the small tug got into the strong eur
rent of steamer Arecuna's propeller
and engulfed her before she could gel
out of the way. All the crew was saved
in the life boat except the engineeI
Seth W. Long. Of Phila., who was
drowned. The tug was owned in lhil
adelphia and will be raised.
st. Pauls Parsonage Debt Society vii
hold a rainbow-parlOr sociable at Capt
j. ID, Whitaker's next Monday evening
Oct. LIST. The gentleman who hens al
apron the best gets a prize.
life becomes almost a burden whel
the body is racked with the suffering
which arises from scrofula. If an.
faint of this disease Inks in your hloo'
Ayers ~SarsapariIla will expeI it, III
entire system may he thoroughly re
noyated by taking this medicine.
BE sure of number 3l5 Market st
Wilmington, Del, when in want q
pictures. Cabinets So a dozen, and
frame size given extra with zach dozen
Customers from Penns Grove viii b
given two extra pictures which will b
more than their fare on the Juniata.9-