The Penn's Grove record., 1894-10-12
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 70, 1894.

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 70, 1894.
The northwest wind has made ex.
tremely low tides.
The eisction officers have been can
wasting for voters this week.
All kinds of feed ground at Whita-
ker's mill next railroad station.
Peter Keen has been having a new
roof and weather boards put on his
house.
Capt. A. NJ. Strowbridge, Of Auburn,
had one Of his scows repaired Oh Bar
ber's railway this week.
T. H. Peto's fire engine arrived in
town on Thursday and was given q trial
On Friday. 1t failed to work.
PENIS Grove has q young minstrel
troupe which give creditable street en-
tertainments considering their size.
Kidd, furnisher, Agt Woodbury. Laundry.
Il. d. Hughes had two carloads and
o schooner load of tomatoes shipped
from his factory at the Cove this week.
Charles Woodley has bought a build.
ing lot OF Asa G.. Turner on Delaware
Avenue and has broken ground for q
new house.
The heavy northwest gale on Tues.
day night filled some Of the small boats
along shore and washed the river banks
somewhat.
Full line of Fall and Winter hats and
bonnets at Mrs. r. j. Divers, opposite
st. Paul's Church, 2t.
Charles Barber, whose sash factory
was recently destroyed by FIRE, has made
an assignment for the equal benefit Of
his creditors.
w. L. Lippincott & Co., will hold
another Of their popular sales Of COWS
and bulls next Monday at the Woods
town exhibition farm. See adv.
J. Walters, Flank D. Wright and
John T. Wright, Philadelphia Popu-
lists, expect to be In Penn's Grove on
the eth and talk on their 9 political
gospel.
All members Of Viola Council, No.
20, Jr. o. u. A. Mechanics, are re-
quested to be present at Odd Fellows
Hall IN Wednesday, 18th, ut 4 O'Clock
p. NJ. G: A. HIeGINs, r. So
William Seeds was greatly surprised
when lie returned home on Monday
evening TO see his friends celebrating
his birthday. His friends presented
him with a present TO remember the
occasion.
Call and examine the new fall hats,
trimmed and untrimmed. at Mrs. Til
lie Smiths opposite Odd Fellows Hall.*
Tue Norris Square Choral Society, of
Philadelphia, will give a musical enter
tainment In st. Paul Church this Sat.
urday evening for the benefit Of St.
Paul Sunday School Piano Fund. Ad.
mission Csc.
Hazard D. Ludwick is entered In the
free-for-all bicycle rae in Wilmington
this Saturday. There are about fifty
entries and the course is twice from
Wilmington to New Castle and return.
There are thirty prizes given.
Denny Bros. have withdrawn the
steamer Bridgeton from the run be-
tween Marcus Hook and Philadelphia
after running a week because the pat.
ronage was too small. She is now laid
ap on shore above PENIS Grove.
You can get a full line Of school
companions, tablets, pens, ink, pencils,
e0lOred cray0ns and school supplies of
all kinds at J0hnson's Drug Store. =
An enterprising Jersey trucker has
worked up u private trade in sweet pc.
Ssatoes with prominent families in vii.
mington. He is now getting 45c. n
basket for his sweets while others only
get zoe and Csc in Wilmington market.
Sweet potatoes have fallen to 75c q
barrel for large and Goo for small. The
slnHti PVtotocb Woutu .hus W WOtti ally
thing II it were not for the factories
which them. All are usually dug
by this time of year but owing to their
late growth and poor market there are
several thousand hills to dig yet.
DR.. 4. b. Rogers, Veterinary Sur
geop, OF Woodbury., will be at Bricks
hardware store every Wednesday and
Saturday. Calls left with Mr.. Brick will
at all times have prompt attention. 5t*
While at anchor at Hampton Roads,
the schooner Henry Lippett, from
Georgetown. s. c., for Boston, was run
into Tuesday night and sunk by the
schooner Red Wing, from Charleston,
S. c., for New York. Captain Howes,
The mate and steward took to the rig
ging and were rescured at midnight by
the crew of the Bay Line steamer Ala
bama- Five Of the crew took to the
boat and have not since been heard
from. Captain Howes thinks that bat
two of the men reached the boat before
the vessel sank, hut he could not tell,
owing to the confusion ami darkness.
The Red Wing is an iron schooner, and
has he bow stove in. Captain David
johnson, of Penn's Grove. sails the
Red Wing.
Beecher, photographer, 315 Market
st., Wilmington, Del, will to the read.
ers OF this paper and their friends, make