The Penn's Grove record., 1889-08-03
State News,

The Reading Railroad to Atlantic
City is carrying most of the people 70
that city since it has given the best ae-
Communications. 1t has a new and m
proved engine called the flyer, which
takes a train of parlor ears there in 80
minutes. A new ferry boat the City of
Reading, has recently been built and is
now running between Philadelphia and
Camden. She will accommodate l,50
passengers and Is teams.
Cumberland county has ll,13o chill
dren of school age.
Ex- Senator Isaac 7. Nicholas, of
Bridgeton, has been rendered an $500
appointment at Washington. Mr..
Nicholas. it IS SAID, will not accept the
appointment until the Bridgeton Post
mastership, for which he is a candidate,
Is settled.
William Horton, of Millyille, who
made the highest average in the compe.
tive examination for the West Point
eadetsIip from this district arranged
by ex-Congressman Hires, failed to pass
the physical examination recently held
at West Point, consequently there is a
vacancy at West Point for acadet from
this Congressional district, and a COM
petiye examination will shortly lie held.
A number of applicants from the lower
counties have already been filled.
The light house at Atlantic City is
167 feet high.
The Atlantic City directory for 1889
shows there are five hundred and six
hotels, boarding houses and cottages in
the city.
Asbury Park horses are being knock
ed down by shocks from the rails of the
electric street railway.
The name of the post office at Key
East has been changed to the euphon-
ious title of Ayon-by-the-Sea.
Over 100 soldiers have 50 far claimed
the $500 tax exemption in Camden.
The city of Newark has purchased
the Morris and Essex Canal for 5000,
900. 1t is TO be used as a water supply.
Some new poslmasters: Edward
Keely, at Alloway; John Tubman, at
Dividing Greek; Lydia Hoffman,, at
Heislerville; Harry Bradshaw, at Man
tua, and E. b. Marshall, at Seaville.
The Cumberland Glass Company, of
Bridgeton, states thai 1t will run its
factories with non, union wOrkmen, as
heretofore.
A Columbus Burlington county,
mau has invented a patent fly destroy
er that will catch and Kill twenty flies
per minute.
The Cumberland Nail and Iron Com
pany's works at Bridgeton have start
ed up again.
Large quantities of white potatoes
are being shipped from Mullica Hill,
six carloads being set in M day.
A novel method of raising funds has
been tried by a Sunday school in Bur
lington. Sometime ago 250 new five
cent pieces, called talents" were dis
tributed among the scholars and teach
ers, with instructions 10 do whatever
in reason they could to increase the
sum. The talents have been called in,
and. not withstanding all the scholars
did not make returns, the sun received
was S537.
In all the counties in the State ex-
cept Camden and Gloucester, December
is return day for taxes, but hyia special
act approved March 4th, ls47, the re-
turn day of these two counties was fix
ed in October. A few years ago a gem
eral tax law was passed which was
thought to have repealed this special
Law, but the Supreme Court decided
that as the special act was not mention
ed in the repeater ii could not lie repeal.
er IT could not be repealed in a general
way.
Two applications for liquor license,
from Frederick Hohenstatt and G. G..
Cast, have been refused by Bridgeton's
Councils by a vote of . to-. Mr.. Daley
of the Second Ward, who was elected
as a license member, voted with the six
anti-iicense councilmen.
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