The Penn's Grove record., 1893-06-02

Mayor Wiley, of Wilmington, is SUI
preme Treasurer OF the Order OF
Knights of Pythias and had $4,000 de-
posted with banker Robinson, who
failed recently in that City. Wiley is
now under $50, 600 bonds and it is as
serted that the Order is not in danger.
DR.. II. NJ. Flanagan has three plants
of veratrum viride or American Helle'
| bore now in full bloom. The flowers are
pale green, six pointed stars, very num-
erous, outline of top shaped like that
| of our common corn, nearly four feet
high. Ii is Il rare plant under cultiya'
tion.
Many of the fishermen continue TO
cast their nets. About 30 was high on
Monday and 20 to 80 the rest of the
| week. Jos. Ale has made the best
catches during the week which he lays
to having a Cleveland & Stevenson flag
on his buoys. Shad were worth S3O
per 100 during the week.
The township committee has pur.
chased three boat loads of oyster shells
and put them on the Sharptown road
from the Pilesgrove line nearly To Wiley
School house. They were landed at
Courses Landing. Upper Neck viii
soon have a good hard road from
PENIS Grove to Pilesgrove.
A young lady of a neal village,
dressed as a lady stepped to the ticket
window Of a station on the line of the
Delaware River Railroad and asked If
she had to pay full fare, The agent as
ked her age. She said 81 would rather
pay the full fare than tell my age.
Please give me q return ticket to Penn's
Grove"
Jerry Almont, 2.2G3, has been put TO
pacing and may be expected to cut a
wide swath in the New England show
classes this year, says Clarb'S Horse Re
Uiep. VIM. G.. Summerill raised him
and his getting a record makes several
other colts standard bred which Mr..
Summerill has raised.
Owing to a change Of lime table on
the West Jersey Railroad Penn's Grove
and other towns along the Delaware
River Railroad have lost their early
morning mail which is needed most in
the summer time. Efforts are being
made to get o chaHge of time table on
the Delaware River Railroad So as to
get the early mail and quicker train
service.
AS the jersey farmers have been de.
priyed Of Front street wharf Whining
ton, on which they have sold their pro
duce for years, Il meeting of truckers
will be held in Squire DeGrofft's of.
fee next Saturday evening to take ac-
ton to procure u wharf III Wilmington
on which TO land and sell their truck,
See the call in another column.
George II Pedrick, Of Pedricktown,
has shown us u bunch Of his new clover,
the Italian variety, which has n beauti'
full pink bloom. This variety was
ready to cut last week, three weeks
earlier than the old variety. The plant
dies and has to be renewed with seed
every time. 1t is an economical variety
rs it makes a large crop and early
enough for another crop to be raised
the same year.
List Of letters remaining in the Post
Office at Penn's Grove, N. j., for the
month ending May 81, 1893. Mr.. Hal'
ry N. Wells, Master Clarence Headley
Albert J. Hoher, Mrs, Helen HORIZON
Mrs. David Straughen, Mrs. Henry
Strimple, Frederick Fisher, f. S. Dol
bow, Samuel Rain, Jr. 2, Alfred Miller
Charles Belknap, Harry Parvin, Johr
Pedrick, Geo. Collins, VIM. Boiling
Mr.. John Aguail, Geo. w. MuDyan,
Persons calling for the above letters
please say advertised.
Jos. d. WHITAKER, p. NJ.
The Mite Society of the Bethel M. p,
Church will hold a fair and festival il
the church the last week in June, be
ginning June eth and ending July LIST
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