The Penn's Grove record., 1893-08-04
FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1898.

FRIDAY, AUGUST a, 1873.
Thomas J. White has a fig tree which
has ninety-six figs on it.
The Grabbing season is at its best and
the butchers now get rid of their old
meat.
Cooper j.. Sparks was made exceed
ingly happy Friday morning because il
was Il boy.
The steam barge BERTHE, Capt. A. NJ.
Strowbridge, is wait to go on BarbeI's
railway Tor repairs.
Geo. S. Kille will begin buying pro-
duce at the PENIS Grove station next
Monday for VIM. Justice & Sons.
VIM. Justice & Sons are building a
large platform at their barrel house, old
wagon factory. and contemplate barrel
ing potatoes there.
Gasoline stoves are the best for hot
weather. Get II of W.. b. kille.*
"A canyaser wasin town on Wednesday
getting the names of the business peo-
pie to put in the directory of Salem and
Gloucester counties.
Workmen have been putting steam
heaters in James D. Torton's fine new
house this week. He will move there
the middle of the month.
The friends of Harry E. Higgins are
pleased to know he isso successful with
:. his new tobacco store that he has hired
). a cigar maker to help him.
Hudson S. Titus is rapidly building
DR.. N. II. Barnart's new house to c0n
pletion. 1t will be a big ornament to
Penn's Grove when finished.
Since John Dolbow began catching
GERMAN Carp in paying quantities
Frank Munyan, Edward Dougherty
and Alfred f. Layton have fitted out Il
seine for them.
George Hancock run into a gate post
while turning in the lane leading to
Furman Fenton's early Monday morn
ing, wrecked his wagon and broke the
harness.
Truck baskets for sale by Edw. G.
Brick.
The RECORD imilding, which has been
so .attraetively painted by G. W. Cables
workmen, Leon Somers and Walter
Kirk, was beautified with Chiffon Paint
us advertised.
The excursion from Reading Pa,
numbered about 700. Counting those
who came from Wilmington and Phil
adelphia there were about 1000 in the
Grove last Sunday.
The Little Vernon Brothers, three
small boys with extraordinary musical
talents, will give a musical entertain.
ment in ST. Paui's Church this Satur.
day evening, the 9TH.
This time last year tomatoes were
worth 80 cents n dozen cans; now they
are worth S. .35, and the price is rising
With the prospect that it will be beyond
that of any recent year before the new
crop can be put On the market.
Don't sweat over IN old cook stove
when you can get a gasoline stove cheap
of w. b. Kille.*
On Wednesday night a thief or
thieves broke into Olipbant's mill at
S%harptown, drilled Il hole in the safe
below the lock, blew the door open and
stole about SIS in silver, all the money
in it, and scattered the books over the
floor.
The Directors of the Penn's Grove
Glass Company offer their factory for
rent or for sale. If not rented nor sold
at private sale by the 18th, it will be
sold at public sale on the 18th. There
is not a i.ler located plant in New Jer-
sey than this.
This Township is worth n million
of dollars. That is why the community
can support a good shoe store.-NEw
SHOE STORE.
A. G. McCausland told the Reading
reporters in Penn's Grove two weeks
ago that Deep Water Point will be fit
ted up for excursion purposes next
year. The location is a very desirable
one. The beach is the finest Oh the
Delaware for bathing.
Mrs. Anna M. Kidd has a hen which
laid two eggs at once. The larger was
a soft shell egg eight inches in cireum-
ference and inside was another large
sized egg six inches in circumference.
They are the largest hens eggs laid at
once ever heard of.
Paints and Painters supplies of all
kinds at Edw. G. Bricks.
Elijah HARRISON had quite an excit.
ing experience with a peculiar snake
one day last week while picking buckle
berries near Perkintown. 1t was about
four feet long and four or five inches
thick. 1t stood up and darted at him
several times. He being defenseless re-
treated at the lilst opportunity for his
gun. When he returned it was gone.
List of letters remaining in the Post
Office at PENIS Grove, n. j., for the
month ending July 81, 1898. Miss Mar
tina johnson, Mr.. John Myers, Mrs. l..
Burden, Mr.. Geo. NJ. Dunn, Mr.. Hen
ny Sayres. Persons calling for the
above letters, please say advertised.
Jos. D. WHITAKER, p. NJ.
GUNNERs NOTICE - Gunners for
reed birds and other games can find
shoes made expressly for the business,
also ladies' oil goat lace for poultry
yard at the New SHOE STORES,