The Penn's Grove record., 1893-06-23
FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1893.

The fine shower on Thursday even
ing was badly needed.
Henry Blohm tells you how to keel
cool in another column.
A. J. Trumbull has had al attractive
sign painted at his butcher shop.
The early cherry crop WAS nearly a
failure. The birds got nearly all.
Edward S. Harris will begin running
his truck line to Chester after July 4th.
A banana skin is said to be the best
thing with which to polish russell shoes.
Now that the sturgeon and shad fish.
ing is over, the post office at Bay Side
is closed.
Charles p. Kidd announces the open.
ing of his new shoe store in another
column.
Elwood S. Layton is ahead with
sweet potatoes. lie has vines running
from hill to hill.
The steamer Thomas Clyde stops at
the Wilmington & Northern Railroad
wharf this summer.
Reduced hats at Tillie Smiths At.
Nathan Fawcett, John Divers truck
er has shown us ripe tomatoes picked
from his patch in the field.
Mrs. Rhoda Shannon is charging the
dwelling part of the store property oc.
cupied by W. ii. Denny.
A new time table will go into effect
on the Delaware River Railroad next
Saturday, July 1st. Look for it.
The steamer Richard Stockton will
make Pennsville the end of her journey
this summer, except when she is chart.
cred.
Tuesday was the hottest day in June
for several years. The mercury stood
at $50 in the slrlde in the RECORD Of
flee.
The Jr. Order of Americas Mechan.
les will lay the corner stone of Il new
$15, 600 school house in Glassboro on
July 4th.
Owing TO The smaller appropriations
received from the State this year the
salary of many school teachers will
have to be reduced.
On Tuesday evening Constable Nun
yam took IL lousy tramp to the County
House who was II very depraved speei-
men of humanity.
Bicycles, Lawn Mowers, Refriger.
ators for sale by Edw. G. Brick. \
The tieas and cut worms made a
shortage of sweet potato plants. The
dry weather has made u shortage of
tomato plants for canning purposes.
Miss Essie Strengthen has a cactus
blooming beautifully with 155 blooms
and buds on it. Mrs. Z. B. tanning
also has a cactus blooming beautifully.
Capt. Elwood L. Kiger's new steam
barge is nearly completed on BARRIERS
wharf and contractor Townsend ex-
poets to launch her next Thursday
about noon.
1t rained all around Penn's Grove on
Wednesday and only small sprinkle
in town. South and east there was a
nice shower to within two miles and in
the night Oldmans township had IL
heavy rain.
A Salem c~ountiarwas heard boasiiug
of the fact that Salem county has IL
larger delegation at the Gloucester rae.
rs than Gloucester county.-SUedeSbor0
NeuS. penn's Grove has its frequent
ers to the races.
Miss Norabelle n. Paiisen, grand
daughter of Rev. II s. Norris, has her
card in another column. She has good
reputation rs a musical and art teacher
and we commend her to those desiring
instruction.
The dry and extremely hot weather
the past two weeks has been very de
%structiye TO crops and vegetation. The
strawberry crop and hay crop were cut
short and the early potato crop has
been greatly damaged.
jesse D. Claypoole has moved his
marble yard to Union Corner, between
James Cunningham and DR.. Flanagin's
residences. DR.. N. II. Barnart, who
has purchased the lot next to the old
Hall, will oon begin building OIL it.
John Stiles has in his front yard u
maple tree which measures IA feet in
circumference at the butt. 1t was set
out by the late William ID. Smith in
1S47. This is a remarkable maple tee
for its size and has attracted some at
tentioG.
Bicycles, Lawn Mowers, Refriger-
atOrs for sale by Edw. G. Brick.
A siX-year. old boy on the excursion
from Camden fell overheard in front of
French's Grove Tuesday afternoon.
Another boy about twelve years old,
who saw him had the bravery to jump
overheard, caught the little fellow and
held him up until help got them both out
On Thursday afternoon while load
ing hay on Matthew kidd's farm Bar
mey O'Neal fell off the wagon back
wards when the wagon was started.
His left collar bone was broken ana
side injured. lie was taken home aud
DR.. ID. Garrison set the fractured bone.
Saladin. owned by Jos. b. Green,
over at Wilmington, Del, paced the
half.mile track at Wawassett Park in
1905, last week, setting a new worlds
record for half-mile tracks. He is by
Sultan, 2.24, (sire of Stamboul, 2.0740
dam Ella Lewis, 2.27. He got a race
record last fall at Philadelphia of2.113.
At the city of Philadelphia authorities
have prohibited the storing of manure
within the city limits and as the Board
of Health have prohibited the storing
of manure at Swedesboro, Harry o.
Weber has begun carting green manure
from Philadelphia to Courses Landing
for storage to be sold next winter by
the ton.
Our former young townsmen Alfred