The Penn's Grove record., 1893-05-05
.IDAY, MAY 5, 1893.

The bountifu blooms on the cherry
and pear trees indicate % good crop.
Mrs. Edwin Leap has a chicken three
weeks old which has four legs. 1t is
growing finely.
Sawed wood for sale by G. e. Turner.
Edw. &. Brick tells in another col,
umn the many things he keeps which
farmers need.
The Legislators of Delaware receive
only So per day. The present session
has lasted 100 days and cost $10,S00.
W. p. Lippincott & Co., Will sell q
head OF cattle at Woodstown Fair
ground next Friday, 18th. See adv.
Arbor day WAS observed at the Cove
school. Exercises weie held in the
school room and three trees were plant.
cd.
The fish Matching steamer Fish Hawk
is expected to arrive in the Delaware
this Saturday to begin the Matching Of
young shad.
Bicycles, Lawn Mowers, Refriger.
ators for sale by Edw. G. Brick. n
The Auxiliary Society of st. Paui'S
NJ. Il ShulCu VIII EOiu d y
festival on Saturday evening May 18Th,
in Odd FeilowJ' Hall.
Joseph ii. Clark, Jolra Summtrill,
Samuel NJ. Justice aud Geo. j.. EeYis
have been elected Trustees of Emman.
uel Cemetery for three years.
Joseph A. Robbins has been appoint.
ed census taker for the Pcnn's Grove
spl,nhI district aud Goo w JIoniIt ia,
the rest of Upper Penn's Neck.
A full attendance is desired at the
W. G. L. U. next Thursday to make
arrangements for the noted W. g. Il.
U. speaker Mrs. Marion Baxter, Of
Michigan.
Mrs. r. NJ. Davis's horse fell down
Oh Thursday while being ridden by Al
bert Peterson, who was thrown off and
fell N by the horse SO he has to go on
crutches.
Room No. 4, in the I'enu's Grove
school, Miss Ella Henry teacher, mas
been closed and the scholars divided
between the Principals and Inlermedi.
ate rooms.
Mrs. Title Smith las a very good
milliner from Wilmington whom she is
quite sure will suit the people, as she
has had five seasons experience
Emmanuel Church was crowded last
Sunday morning by the large number
of relatives and friends who paid their
last respect to Joseph Diver by attend.
ing his funeral.
The Penn's Grove w. e. L. U. has
presented the Penn's Grove Sunday
Schools with II copy Of the life of Mrs.
Sarah j. Downs, the late president OF
the State w. g. Il. U.
The tenant house belonging TO John
Moore. near Long Bridge, i'll which
Michael Askins lived, was butned
down OH Monday. Mr.. Askins lost
some of his goods.
The citizens of Upper Penn's Neck
are waiting curiously to see who will be
Penn's Groves next postmaster. Jos.
A. Robbins and d. V. Summerill, Jr.,
are the candidates.
A crowded audience greeted the
peak Sisters" Of Wilmington, in
their entertainment in Odd Fellows
Hall last Saturday night. 1t consisted
of reading, recitations, singing and act.
ing, of dry humor which many could
not appreciate.
Edw. g. Brick sells Johnson &
Stokes garden seeds.
John G., Henry has two common
COWS from which were sold $104 worth
of calves, milk and butter besides sup
plying a family of eight with butter
and milk. While it may not be up to
some yet we think it very good.
The steamer Delaware is being re-
planked, thoroughly repaired and newly
painted previous to resuming her trips.
The new steamer Ulrica is expected 10
make her trial trip this Saturday and
begin running between Penn's Grove
and Wilmington next week.
List of letters remaining in The Post
Office at Penn's Grove, for the month
ending April 80, 1898. Mr.. james E.
Sample, Alfred Miller, G. G. linton,
Capt. r. Battersly, Miss Mary Burris,
L. Hallenbeck and Mrs. E. b. Cook,
Persons calling for the above letters,
please say advertised.
We have received a postal on which
is this message s'Send my paper to
2436 Frankford Ave, Phila." How
that subscriber expects us to know who
he or she is among hundreds Of others
is more than we can tell. We must
have the name, and also desire the old
addresses to make a change.
Bicycles, Lawn Mowers, Refriger-
ators for sale by Edw. G.. Brick. \
AT the annua! meeting of the Della
ware River Railroad Company, held in
Woodbury., Thursday, the following
were elected Directors. W. S. Conner,
Colonel II. A. Dupont, Alexander JUS
tice, J. S. Gerhard, A. L. Foster and
Z. ii. Shuster. The Board organized
by electing w. S. Conner President and
Treasurer, and 5. L. Miller, Secretary.
On Wednesday Harvey Watson rode
Nathan Fawcett's horse to Union Corn
er. When returning on u run the rein
broke, 50 he could not guide it into
Divers lane and threw him off against
the pale fence between the horse sheds
and close to the iron fence. His right
temple struck the fence and he lay in
sensible for over an hour. He is
all right with the exception Of a black
eye.
The last meeting OF the OLD Board OF
Chosen Freehoiders was held On Wed.
nesday, when the usual business Of
paying bills was done. The terms of w.
II. Denny, in Upper Penn's Neck; Ed
mund Lawrence, Lower Penn's Neck;
Jos. X. Waddington, West Ward, Sa-
lem; David b. Grier, Warrington and
w. Winfield Patrick, l.. A. Creek eX-
pire. The Board will be reorganized
with the new members next Wednes-
day.
Another feather for our cap. Mr..
VIM. Borden, of Glassboro, formerly of
Penn's Grove, has been cured of a ter
rible cough of seven months standing
by using live bottles of Robbins No. 3.
We have lots of other good local testi-
monials. Try a bottle and be ~convlnc-
ed. Robbins Pharmacy.