The Penn's Grove record., 1889-09-07
Produce brought the following prices

IOuuLt DlOukilt ttiO y hhS hhS
In Wilmington on Thursday: sweet po-
tatoes. 50; egg plants, 60; apples, Is
to 80; cantaloupes, 80; sq%uashes, Is;
pickles, 25; pears, 40 to 10; cabbage,
25; peaches, 81; water melons $40 per
hundred.
PENIS Grove public shOol begins
next Monday with the following teach
ers: Principal, ]. Harry Smith; In.
termediate, Hattie F. Hoffman; Secon-
Diary, Jennie Layton; 2nd Primary,
Mrs. Annie f. Barber, LIST Primary,
Abbie Kidd.
s. II. Shoemaker began barrelliDg
sweet potatoes on Monday at Penn's
| Grove for Justice & Sons. Mr.. Shoe
maker handled about 5000 barrels of
potatoes of last years crop for Justice
& Son last fall and winter, which were
worth about $1,000.
The people of Pedricktown will hold
a Harvest Home OH their school ground
next Wednesday, 11th. Rev. Henry
CheeseDan will speak at l0.3 and Rev.
Jacob Price at $50. Dinner, supper
and refreshments IN the ground. Pro.
ceeds for the M. Z. Church.
The annual convention of the Salem
County Sunday School Association will
be held in the Elmer M. Z. Church, Oh
Tuesday September:l7th. An interest,"
ing programme has deem prepared,
worthy the attendance and p~articipa-
tion Of the Sabbath-school workers of
the county.
list of letters remaining in the
Penn's Grove post Office for the month
ending August 31th: Jos. BarbeTy,
John w. Craig, M. II. p. o. Davis,
Miss Ida Featherer, Harry Given,
Harry H. Colt, Mrs. Amanda Loumis,
E. E. Richer, Mrs. Elizabeth Stevens.
Persons calling for the above please
say ''advettised."
Reed birds are plentiful this year
and some of our local gunners made
oin big days cunning this week. Ed.
Dougherty, Jr., shot % dozen on Mon
day and 20 dozen Tuesday. They
brought % cents in Penn's Grove and
30 cents in Salem on Monday. The
price advanced to 40 cents a dozen OH
Friday.
Every one who goes to Woodbury. Oh
the T have probably noticed the large
new brick building just south of Green's
medicine factory. 1t is not Green's
building but will be the new home of
the Wells s. Hope Company, Autograph
ers and manufacturers Of picture
mouldings and frames. The company
will move from Philadelphia as soon as
the building is complete.
A tenant house on the farm of John
Redsteak, on the SharptOwn and Penns-
grove road, was destroyed by fire on
Saturday morning last. The fire was
discovered about six O'Clock, and as it
was u%nOccupied, it was supposed to
have been fired by a tramp. The build
ing was insured in the Fire Associa-
lio.i, Of Philadelphia, placed by 1. o.
Acton, of Salem.
Thursday was a big day with jersey
men at the Wilmington Fair and there
were lev SO many horses and wagons
left in Penn's Grove to be taken care
of, excepting on a picnic occ ,sion.
There were Al wagons at the hotel, SO
at Lanning's Livery stable, Al at STAN
toms livery stable and "a at Joe. v.
Clark's, making 142. There were As
horses at Stanton's and 81 at Clark's.
Besides there were several horses and
wagons left at private residences.
The regular quarterly meeting of
the Salem County Historical Society
was held Tuesday afternoon in the
Library building, in Salem, a fair at
tendance Of members being present. DR..
e. O. onaip ieau very eAcel,en' paper
vi 'he Locai Usage Vi y o'ueh A'me
Ah.ei'or " .he Ni'e'een'h cehtury'
"i'I"ni a.'eisoh ieau a 'niiu paper
Oh MafAeI STREET, giving q history Oh
.he o"i'elSnip Vi VIC lope''y oh 'he
io"er ehu VI tne otree'.
The Wilmington cotton mill which
is valued at $4,000, and employed
about 100 hands when in operation,
will be moved to Reidsville, N. G. This
is one of a gradual but steady move
ment of the cotton manufacturing busi-
ness southwark to the section where
cotton is grown. In addition to their
proximity to the cotton markets, the
southern mills are made sharp COMPETE
tors by reason of lower wages and long
er hours of labor. All of them are
busy and pay good dividends.
The steamer Haber gave the New