The Penn's Grove record., 1893-05-19
FRIDAY, A 10, 1893.
Wilmington has lis saloons.


Wilmington has lis saloons.
Edward Sites did not apply for a
license as expected.
Bicycles, Lawn Mowers, llcfriger-
ators for sale by Edw. G. Brick. n
Some of the shad fishermen have
moved their cabins up from the Bay.
Eighth Square school, Miss Florence
Strengthen teacher, closed last week.
A kitten with wings where it should
have front legs is a West Chester freak.
Decoration Day is next Tuesday
week. What are you doing to aid the
old Vets celebrate it? i.
Trout fishing is excellent in the BY.
1t Is reported that 500 bushels were
caught on the Delaware shore in one
haul last week.
Mrs. Title Smith has a very good
milliner from Wilmington whom she is
quite sure will suit the people, as she
has had five seasons experience
Sheriff Newell, Oh Saturday sold ten
acres of land in Upper PENIS Neck,
the property Of Philip Curriden, to
Milton Jordan, for $3.50.
The Ladies of the Bethel M. z.
Church will hold Il Strawberry festival,
IN the basement of the Church On Sat
urday evening, May 9th.
The thirty-fve Sunday Schools Of
Wilmington will hold II monster picnic
on July 3, in Brandywine Park, to be
addressed by John Wanamaker.
The steamer Fish Hawk, of the U. S.
Fish Commission, is now at Gloucester
City Matching shad to be deposited in
tie Delaware and its tributaries.
Bicycles, Lawn Mowers, Refriger-
ators for sale by Edw. G.. Brick,
The final examination of those COM
plotting the first grade course in Penn's
Grove Public School has been complet.
ed and there will be about eleven grad
yates.
Geo. Biddle Wright has purchased
103 acres of land opposite his residence,
which formerly belonged to the James
Wright estate. of Thomas S%innickson,
Jr.
Do you want your stove or heater
taken down and stored for the Summer?
Ii SO call on w. b. KELLIE. n
Shad fishing has ieen poor this week.
About so has been the high catches any
day. They were worth $40 per 100 on
Monday and $2S and 500 on Wednes-
day and Thursday.
To prove that property has increased
in value Gideon Holton says that
twenty. seven years ago he rented the
John Sill farm of ten acres for $3.50.
Now it rents for SIS per year.
: 1t required nine cars to carry the
people home over the Delaware river II.
II. last Sunday evening. Nine two
horse and five one-hOrse c%onveyances
carried the people from Lincoln Park
to Paulsboro.
Some rascal uncoupled two cars last
Sunday morning while the train was on
the outskirts of Woodbury. heading
southwark. Fortunately the act was
done on III up grade and a serious &C.
cldent was averted.
Rev. J. II. Clark's subject in Bethel
M. Z. Church Sunday morning service
will he prayer" In the evening a 30
minutes talk on some practical subject.
Sunday evening service will be just one
hour, from now until September.
The new steam propeller Ulrica,
which is to ply between Penn's Grove
and Wilmington, made her trial tripon
Wednesday afternoon. She brought
many TO the river front by her blowing
as she passed Penn's Grove wharf. 1t
is expected that she will begin run
ming on the line this Saturday.
Edw. G. Brick sells johnson &
: Stokes garden seeds.
Mrs. Marion Baxter, of Michigan,
who has been speaking throughout
New Jersey under the auspicies of the
W. G. T. IT,, will speak in Emmanuel
Church Sunday morning, the 2Sth, and
in st. Paul's Church in the evening
She is one of the bast w. G. Il. u,
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speakers in the land, some think the
best they ever heard.
Another feather for our cap. Mr..
VIM. Borden, of Glassboro, formerly OF
Peln's Grove, has been cured of a ter.
-rible cough of seven mouths standing
by using five bottles of Robbins No. 3.
We have lots of other good local lesti'
monials. Try a bottle and be cOnvinc'
ed. Robbins Pharmacy. \
Captain Plat. of the Fish Hawk.
says the catches of shad in North Caro-
lima waters had been enormous. In ex
planning the scarcity of fish in the Del
aware this spring, he stated that it wa!
undoubtly due to the severe winter aut
late spring. When the thaw did come
the cold water rushed down the rive
Just rs the shad were coming in from
sea, and they sought the first f.esl
water tributaries they could find ii
which to spawn.
An exchange observes that a eoot
many years ago when a boy vas whip
ped at School, lie received anothe
when he went home. These days TIN
father and mother wipe his tears away
and go before the board to make a com
plant, OF with "blud' in their ey'
start on IA hunt for the teachers. Blu