The Penn's Grove record., 1889-11-16

wOODSTOwN WAITS,
The Salem County Ramona Grange
will hold its next session in the room of
the Woodstown Grange on Wednesday
afternoon, Goth inst.
At the recent pumpkin pie" festi-
val held by the ladies of the M. E.
Church about $45 was cleared. The
money will be used to paint the parson-
age.
John Durham, Of Alloway, will
shortly open a meat store in the lower
room Of the Register building.
John w. Lippincott, president of the
base ball club of this place, last week
presented Gil. Viekery, of Burlington,
with a souvenir Of the series of games
batween the Woodstown club and the
Fenwicks, of Salem, consisting of a
card bearing the score of the winning
game, attached to which was the ball
used during the game. Vickery pitch
ed the whole series for the Woodstown
team.
Fogg & Ricbman, real estate agents.
have erected a neat sign in front of
their office.
Jos. G. Stretch placed a new machine
In his planning mill last week, to be used
In the manufacture Of window cash.
Miss Amanda Abbott y i'll move her
trimming Store to the room now occu-
pied by William Clark in Turner's
building about Jan. LIST. Clark will move
into one of Massey's new store rooms.
Lewis Shoemaker, a young man who
hns been employed at Disston Il Kill
gore's stock farm. has suddenly left the
town, taking with him about $40 which
he borrowed Of some of our residents.
"Thrown upon the World' will be
presented by 4 irst-clas Company in
the Opera House on Friday evening of
next week, 22nd. b.
GLOU CEsTER COUNTY NOTES.
Rev. james Trickett. of Alloway, was
stricken with paralysis willie preaching
In the Baptist Church on Sunday morn
ing.
The name of Battentown station, be-
low Swedesboro. has been changed to
Ivyside.
John NJ. Saunders, an old and we'll
known business man of Woodbury., had
his shoulder dislocated and All arm
fractured, OIL Monday, by falling down
a steep embankmelit along Hunter
street.
The annual meeting of The Glouces-
ter County Temperance Alliance will
be held in the Woodbury. Baptist
Church On Thursday of next week.
A lot Of trimming stone for the new
Methodist Episcopal church at Wood
bury having arrived, work on the
structure has been resumed, after a
cessation Of several months.
Sheriff Ridgway, Of Gloucester cOun-
ty, on Tuesday renewed his bond for
$40, 600 for the third year OF his term.
The bondsmen are Stacy L. Pancoast
Jos. B. Jessup, Jos. l.. Reeves, Samuel
Hopkins, G. A. Rulon, Joseph Paul, w
Harrison Liyermore, JOS. II. Duflield.
A pleasant room has been opened in
Woodbury. by the kings Daughters
for the entertainment of the young men
Of the town, The girls will be there,
and there is little doubt of the success
Of the plan.
The jurors for the December term of
Gloucester County court were drawn
on Tuesday. Wilmer Dawson, Charles
Norton and Charles Storms represent
Logan township. ana Hugh Rainey,
snd Alfred Bradshaw. Woolwich.
Joe Hillman was hung III Woodbury.
on Wednesday morning for the muir
der Of a Jewish peddler, Hermann
Seideman, a year ago, On the scaffold
lie said: "My dear friends l am here
and l am about to 60 10 heaven. The
words / have to say are: My wife had
nothing to do with il. am the only
Hillmxn who ever touched him.
have forgiven you all, and hope you al
have forgiven me, and some day hope
to meet you all in heaven 1t is re-
ported that he made a statement to his
watchman, Constable Dohson, on prom
ise that he would never tell the true
story Of the murder.
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THE NEW POSTAGE STAMP.
Postmaster. General Wapamaker has
awarded the contract for furnishing
new postage stamps for four years tC
the American Bank Note Company, Of
New York. The award was made fol
stamps OF reduced size, about one-eigh1
inch smaller than those in present use
The designs will be changed to con
form to the reduction in size and new
engravings throughout. The new con
tract also calls for some changes in col
ors. The one-cent stamp will continue
TO be printed in blue; The two-cenl
stamp, now green. will lie bright car
mine, and changes win be made il
some other denominations.
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StraUbridge d. Clothier's Monthly To-
November, certainly makes good it
| claim To he a for women