The Penn's Grove record., 1889-08-31
Central sehool begins next Monday.

Inc CONc SclIpol utRliS htAl MOlludy
September 2nd.
Geo. w. Davis has built a second
story to the rear of his residence at
the Cove.
Hughes canning factory at the Cove
has been in operation three days of
this week.
st. Paul's Church cashed S207.34 at
their Harvest Home and have Il net
balance of $3.50 So.
The great Wilmington Fair will be
held every day next week. Don't fail
to go see the immense show.
On our second page today will be
found a striking and instructive illus
tration of the comparative worth of
the various kinds of baking powders
now in the markets.
Capt. MAYORS schooner Rillie S.
Derby, was raised last Saturday and
floated onto Reedy Island flats so the
hole in her bow could be Temporarily
stopped. The hole was II K II #. She
was tloated and towed to Camden for
repairs on Friday.
Ebenezer Sparks, nea Pedricktown,
has the best sweet potato crop heard Of.
He dug $4,000 hills last week, which
turned out about 4 baskets to the hun
bred hills and cleared him over two
cents IA hill. Eb is the best sweet pota-
to raiser in this region.
Warren, a three-year-old son of Will
liam Dolbow, Lower Penn's Neck got
into the horse stables Oh Friday and
was severely kicked about the head
by n of the animals. The little fel-
low was badly bruised, though it is
thought that the results will not be ser
ious.
A pig with only two legs is said to be
the property of John Lobb, living neal
Yorktown. His hogship was born a
few days ago, while its brothers and
sisters were perfectly formed, this par
ticular one is minus of hind legs, hay
ing, however, two feet where the legs
should be.
Next week the Delaware River rail-
road sell tickets from all stations for 81
which will take you to Wilmington
and return and into the Fair. Last.
boat leaves Wilmington at 4 p. m. ex-
cept on Thursday when it will leave at
6.25 and connects with a special train
at Penn's Grove.
On Thursday John Summerill & Bro.
had two car loads Of lumber to arrive,
u from Michigan aud the other from
West Virginia. The cars came over
the Baltimore Il Ohio railroad to Viii.
mington and were towed to Summerill
& Bros wharf at the Cove on n barge,
being the first to arrive that way. These
two cars at the Cove were a novel
curiosity.
The Missionary Band of the Pedrick-
town Baptist Church will give a Mis-
slolary concert tomorrow evening list.
Mrs. LYDIA IL. Gaventa, President; and
Miss Louisa 5. Gaventa, 0rganist, are
taking a great deal of pains to make it
Il success. Rev. X. Ii. Bnsmajian is
expected to be present to address the
Mission Band. All friends of the mis-
sioiiary cause are invited to be present.
There VIII be IA collection taken for the
JeluJn MISSION.
The following persons are the officers
of the Salem branch of the Shad Fisher
mems Protective Association; Presi-
nent Samuel Thompson; Vice Presi-
dent, John Crow; Secretery, Il. A.
Hall; Treasurer, George Sheppard; Ex-
ecntiVe COMMITTEE, Albert DEM, John
Merron, VIM. Hall, jeremiah Bacon
and Wilbert Ale The association
starts with "a members which shows
the fishermen of Salem are alive to
their own ihterest.
A physician in writing about drink.
ing water, says: g II in l. house there
should occur a single case of typhoid fe-
yer or diphtheria, test the drinking wa.
ter at once or have it tested. A few
cents will buy AL ounce of saturated
solution of permanpa of notasb at a
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