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

full loads OF passengers this week. GA
Thursday over 100 got off at Penn's
Grove, over 900 at Augustine Pier and
800 or 400 at Woodland Beach. On
Wednesday she had a larger load.
The schooner Two Brothers, Capt.
Peter Hughes, took The first lot OF
truck from POEMS Grove to the Phila-
delphia mar kets on Monduy. He loads
on Mondaysand Thursdays. Capt. VIM.
Blacks sloOp loads on Wednesdays and
Thursdays.
Allen Jones, a prominent citizen OF
Woodstow u, is dead at che age Of SO,
and was buried in the cemetery at
Colestown. Mr.. Jones was formerly
one of the leading farmers OF Burling-
ton county, and served three terms to
The Legislature.
A young man about % years of age,
named Frank Nittenger, Of Dobbihs-
vile, DEL, was drowned off a tug off
Elsinboro Point about midnight last
Saturday night. His body was found
Oh Crispin's beach, Elsinboro, ON We'd
nesday and buried at New Castle.
The schooner Aura, Capt. Daniel
Lawrence, commenced loading truck
ut the Cove OIL Wednesday for the Phil
adelphia markets. The Aura loads on
Wednesdays and Saturdays and the
schooner Bessie L. Stull, Capt. l. D..
Hillman, OH Thursdays and Mondays.
The agreement for the removal OF
the wreck of the Juniata has been sign
ed by Freebooter G. w. Bevis and the
Mason Wrecking Co., of Philadelphia.
The company will go TO work as soon
as they are through with the wrecks
they are OH.
Freebooter G.. W. Bavis put a new
bridge in the road above Wiley school
on Wednesday. The old bridge was
only three feet wide, but the new one
is eight feet and will ven the water of
freshets and prevent so much washing
in OF the bridge as heretofore.
The dearth of farm produce is no.
where more prominently shown than at
Swedesbo,o. This time last year the
railroad company was taxed to carry
away the truck, running HI extra
freight train to accommodate truckers.
Now four cars a day hold all the ship
ments.
The Reedy Island jetty will extend TO
Rays ditch, a distance of nearly five
miles. Each year the contract calls
for 1000 feet. The work is progress
ing rapidly at present, two mats being
built a day. The brush is obtained
from New Castle aud Kent county.
Emmanuel M. E. Church will be clos
ed for about three Sundays while it is
being painted. The prayer meetings
are being held at private houses. AS
there is no provision made for Sunday
services the communicates will have
an opportunity to attend elsewhere.
WIN. Wallace, of the Philadelphia AZ
senaI, is engaging men to assist in 10y
ing the guns from Fort Delaware to the
western wharf. They will I've taken to
Philadelphia. Work will begin next
week and is expected to last for some
time, AS there are Il number of heavy
cannon on top of the Fort.
Produce brought the following prices
in the Wilmington market on Thurs
day: Sweet potatoes, IS per basket; an
talOupes, %; tomatoes. %; lima beans
in the pod, rs; peaches. Is to SIPS;
squashes, 25, egg plants, S1.00; wax
beans, Is; apples, 30 to so; pears, 60;
prime melons from $11 to S25 per hun
bred.
The steam barge Palermo, Capt. Ell
NOR Kiger, began carrying truck from
Courses Landing last Saturday She
loads also OH Wednesdays. The steam
barge Victor, Capt. Jos. Webber, loads
on Mondays and Thursdays. The steam
barge Sheridan, Capt. Bowen, loads at
Wright's Landing on Saturdays and
Wednesdays.
Mrs. Mary J. Clayton, formerly OF
Penn's Grove, died at her home in
Camden, Oh Thursday of last week
aged 81 years. She was taken sick
while at Atlantic City three weeks pre-.
! vious to her death and vas confined to
bed two weeks with a complication of
diseases. She was buried on Monday
in WoOdlawn cemetery, West Philadel-
pbia.
A law is proposed requiring all rail-
roads to advertise in papers, published
along their lines, the schedule of the
arriving and departure of trains. Such
a law would meet with public approval,
and have common sense to back it
Further than that they should be re
quired to have a notice published at
least u week previous to the change to
time table. Often but few know of
the changes until they get left.
Woodstown Fair will be held next
week on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, 9th, 2Sth, and 29th. 1t
promises to be the best ever held, as
the managers have made rearranged
the schedule and improved the grounds
which should be inducements for bet.
ter patronage. The races will be as
follows; On Tuesday 3-minute and
2.35 races; Wednesday, 3-year old trot-
ting $50 pacing and 2.40 races; Thurs
day, 4-year old, $50 and $50 races.
Samuel Ansink's trotting stallion,
Indicator, sired by Indiaman, is now in
training ut Tflunderbolt track. In the
past two Ncths Indicator has reduced
his record about ten seconds. When