The Penn's Grove record., 1888-11-10
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1883.
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Postmaster W. 5. Avis was not I'M
wise in buying a livery stable after all.
TIE friends OF Mrs. VIM. II. Denny
are sorry to hear of her having Il para
lytic stroke last Saturday.
Rev. J. Embury Price, of Scranton,
has been offered the Presidency of
Dickinson College, it is said.
Gideon b. Holton, our champion bet
ter, has his luck to stay by him. lie
will win $500 by Harrison's election.
Miss Verna Black, of Pilesgrove, who
entered Pennington Seminary in Sept
ember, is now home as her health gave
out.
Capt. Thos. Naylor on his schooner
Rillie S. Derby passed by PENIS Grove
on Thursday on his way to Philadel-
phia from Boston light.
jackson Briant, one of the best
known hotel proprietors in New Jersey,
died suddenly at Woodbury., on Friday
of last week, aged 60 years..
1t is not legal to shoot rabbits and
quail until next Friday, 10th, as the
law says they can only be shot between
Nov. 18th and December 18th.
Owing to a rumdr to the contra ~
Rev. VIM. Mitchell requests Us to say
he voted a Prohibition ticket last Tues
day and we are a witness to il.
Mrs. Elizabeth A Reid, mother of
Miss Isabella Reid, formerly Il teacher
in the Penn's Grove public, school died
at Ocean Grove on October 18Th.
Revival meetings will begin in st.
Pauls church tomorrow evening. In
the morning Rev. W. Mitchell will
preach Oh ''Revivals'' an / in the even
ing OH 1.-THE Death of .AhsaiOm."
Rev. Samuel II. Weber, who has Il
charge at Easton, Pa, has been home
for a month on the sick list. lie. re
turned to Easton on wednesday where
he is also taking a course of study IN
Lafayette College.
On and after next Monday, l2tlI, the
steamer Major Rpybold will leave Sa-
lem OH Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day at 8 O'Clock, and PENIS Grove at
10 O'Clock. Returning will leave Phil
adelplria on Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday at Il O'Clock.
The casting of 600 votes or more en-
titles a voting precinct by law to be di.
vided into two. AS Upper Penn's
Neck cast its largest vote ever poll last
Tuesday the question is where will the
township be divided. One of the poll
ing places will be at the Cove some say.
The Mnllica Hill extension, which
was commenced about a year ago, is
rapidly approaching completion, and
the line rs been laid / o point within
about one-half mile of the town. Dur
ing the winter "a trestle bridge is 10 be
built over a %ravine, in order to reach
the town proper. The bridge is to be
800 feet long and Is feet wide.
The law compelling parents to edit
cate their children should be more
strictly enforced. 1t seems to US that
if parents fully realized the injustice
done their children by allowing them
to run the streets instead Of sending
them to school, they wonld not need
urging in the matter. What are the
prospects of a man OF woman who is
scarcely able to read OF write his or
her name?
The Post office Department is soon
to have IA new style of postal cards. 1t
is very much like a double card of the
present pattern. The back fold is split
diagonally and opens out like a four
pointed star. The four corners are
folded and joined i'll the centre When
the card is ready for mailing, with IA
piece of gummed paper. The card
weighs less than half an ounce, and
will contain no more writing than the
present card, the only advantage being
greater privacy.
The Democrats parade in Pe1rick-
town On Friday night Of last week was
the largest and %graudest demonstration
ever held there. The town vas most
beautifully illuminated irrespective of
party and more people were in that
town than ever known before.
LOST, a fiat Yale lock key which be-
longs to post office box E, The Under
will greatly ohlige by leaving it at the
RECORD Office.