The Penn's Grove record., 1889-08-24

A number of Jews at Alliance, it
stated. have been swindled out OF about
SlOO by a man who represented himself
as the agent of Delaware peach grow
ers in need of pickers.
The largest corn-feld in South Jersey
is said TO be that Of Eli Earl. near
Bridgeton. 1t contains fifty acres ana
takes the farmer Just a week 10 eulti-
vate the corn, row by row.
President Hammell, of the New Jer-
sey Odd Fellows Home, has issued a
circular calling on ODD Fellows either
in their lodges or indivually to aid IN
wiping out the debt of $1,000 Oh the III
stitutlon.
A Fishing Creek fish hawk has built
its nest squarely across the top OF the
parlor chimney of Jonathan HOFFMAN,
The mother bird sits by her brood as IL
she WAS one of the family, which on
sents to the intrusion for good luck
There were 2,Oj2, 900 bushels of oys-
ters marketed in New Jersey in 1881,
over one-half Of them being Maurice
River Cove and Delaware Bays. LII
thai locality there are $1,000 acres oil
natural beds and 10000 acres of plant
ed grounds.
There is a new industry at Trenton,
the making of dynamite guns. SIX OF
these guns are now being constructed
by the New Jeasey Steel and Iron Com-
pany. The guns are to be fifty feet
| long. eleven inches in diameter andwlli
be made in three sections. They VIII
be constructed of cast steel plates bolt
ed securely together. The guns are to
be completed by January next.
The peach crop in New Jersey will
! not be as large as anticipated. In some
localities the yield will be fair, while
in others the orchards will net nave
more than q half crop. If the season
is favorable the peaches may make up
in size and quality what is lost IN mum
Der, About HightstOwn, Pennington
and Titusville the peaches dropped In
unusual numbers during the month OF
June.
The historic old townof Bordentown,
N. j., is stirred up over the report that
the Bonaparte estate is to be purchased
by Miss Gwendolen Caldwell, who with
her sister, is well known as tnefounder
of the Catholic University at Washing
ton, d. C. The report is coupled with
the announcement of the forthcoming
marriage of Miss Caldwell TO Prince
Joachim Napoleon Murat, grandson OF
King Murat aud granddaughter of Napo
leon Bonaparte. The park is in good
condition, although the elegant a
sion where the King of spain resided 10
almost a ruin.
The settlement of Carmel, near
Bridgeton, is steadily advancing. Three
thousand acres are now being cleared
and titled by the settlers, mostly Rus
sian Jews. These Jewish people are
very industrious, all members of the
family working either on their sewing
machines making shirts or out in the
fields. They make about S. per week
from their machines, and during the
berry season many persons make 500
picking berries. They have a synagO-
que and a school and are good citizens.
The appearance of a gang of Italian
laborers, hired to take the places of the
men who struck for an advance of %
cents per day for digging trenches for
water-mains at Mount Holly, preciplta-
ted a row in that town. Citizens SYM
pathized with the strikers and a crowd
of halfgrown boys and men followed the
foreigners enchanting; "Down with the
dagosl Run 'em into the creeki' Sever
al stones were thrown, and it looked for
a time as though a serious riot would
result, but cool headed men among the
strikers averied it. They placed this
placard lei the scene of operations:
"This is protection to American
labor. This is how the tariff helps
Americans"