The Penn's Grove record., 1892-05-06
COUNTY

There are j horses and colts now at
lIedgelield stock Farm. A cal load of
mares from Colorado will 500 arrive ut
the home Of famous Bellman.
Jas. Featlerer. of Auburn, has toma-
to plants 3 feet high and sweet potato
sprouts q inches high.
There ale at present confined in the
Salem county almshouse thirty-three
males and twenty-five females. Six of
the inmates are insane.
DR.. L. L. Frost and wife lett Woods
town ON Tuesday for California where
they will reside permanently.
Howard Harris, of Elsinboro, has
had 81 head Of cattle dP'Iorned.
SIlem's city Council has granted the
, permission 10 build II branch railroad to
the Alya Gilrss works in Salem.
WIN. H.. SOIL of WIN. i. Carpenter
of Salem, was one of the medical grad
yates of the University of Pennsylvania
on Friday.
salem citizens gave concert of home
talent Thursday evening for the
benefit oi the starving Russians.
Millard +. Riley has been appointed
postmaster at Shirley.
Landlord Murphy, at Elmer, has had
IL cancel cut from his lip without TAX
ing ether.
y branch Of the State Mutual Build
ing and Loan Association has been or
ganized in WoOdslown with Richman
Coles President and Charles Ii. Rich
man, Secretary. 200 Shares were tax
en-.
Charles II. Walton, aged 10 years, ot
Philadelphia, was committed to the
Salem county Jail on Saturday after
noon, by Justice Bacon, of Elmer,
charged with stealing IL hat and coat
from Alex. Ware, of Alloway town
ship. He had been employed by Mr..
Ware as Il farm hand.
The east wall of the bridge over the
railroad at the upper end of WoodstowD
caycd i'll Oh Monday and stopped travel
over it.
Woodstown has been granted another
mail which closes at 6.55 A. NJ.
The siding at Woodstown railroad
station is being heightened several
hundred feet.
A union chapel, to be used by the
members of all religious denominations,
will souu be built at Shirley.
Tx. Lirpincott found the entrails of
one of his horses hanging out two feet
from il cut in the abdomen Sunday
morning and the horse had to be killed.
lie does net want to believe Woods.
town has Il human lieud and having
found part OF a teacup ill the stall
would prefer 10 think the horse was
cut by laying down on it.
Rebecca r~rickett, Of Woodstown,
celebrated her eUtil, birthday on the
36th ult.. and the gathering present
was noted for there being thirteen pre-.
sent who were each over 60 years of
age.
At the band festival i'll Salem a large
cake handsome iced was sold for
s.. Willard Mcdonnell drew it and
when !.e went to treat his friends it
was 50 tough it could not be cut. 1t
was a cheese box coated with icing.
The large driye-well of the engine in
Coles a. Bros, saws mill bursted last
saturday 10y Il belt slipping off and
there being no governor to arrest mo-
ton. Fortunately no one was hurt,
Notwithstanding three men we've in The
mill and uh, had his hand moi a foot
away from the Wheel. One piece was
hurled $50 yard, aud che engine is a
complete wreck.
At The last meeting of the Almsluuse
Trustees on Monday it was ordered
that Cnroners Of the county be notified
TO bury unknown dead in the county
cemetery on the county farm and that
the Steward lave the graves dug free
of charge. The RECORD was the first
to advocate that.
Ex-senator Wyatt W. Miller was ont
of the e-Presidents at the recenI
state Republican convention. d. Har
ris smith, Of Salem, and e. W. Starr
of Woodbury., are the alternate dele
gates from this district to the Mime
apOlis convention.
The shad Matching steamer FISH
Hawk has arrived at Gloucester.