The Penn's Grove record., 1894-08-10
FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1894.


Only a few Jersey melons have been
sent to market.
Misses Hannah and Sarah Summerill
sport a new Columbia bicycle.
There is something new and interest
ing each week in Edv. G. Bricks ad-
vertisement. Read il and see.
Mrs. Margaret DeGrofft, of Camden,
widow of the late II. II. DEG has
been granted an original Widows pen.
siOn.
Johnson's Cholera Mixture cures all
Bowel Complaint.
David Perry was the first to send
Jersey sweet potatoes to market last
week. They sold for from Is to soc a
basket.
Mrs. Charles Woody has bought a
building lot of Asa G. Turner and will
soon commence building a dwelling
house upon 1t.
Vincent Biddle has purchased of his
father the single house on Mary street.
That's right, Vicent. Get the cage
before you get the bird.
Chas, 7. Norris, eldest SOL of Rev.
Hamilton S. Norris, recently of Penn's
Grove, died at his residence in Phila-
delphIa, on Saturday last, aged SO years.
Great reductions in hats at Denny &
Smiths. Call and see them.
1t pays better to be dog-catcher in
Wilmington than Mayor. The Mayors
salary is $500 a year while the dog
catcher's fees last year amounted to
$1579.5 80.
W. P. Lippincott Il Co. will have a
sale of cows at the exhibition farm,
Woodstown, on next Monday, 18th.
Those wishing COWS should attend this
sale of well-bred stock.
The c~antaloupes on the few early
plants which stood through the wet sea-
son have been very poor food owing to
the dry weather but those from the Sec
ond planting which are now ripening
will i've fine.
Reduced freight rates on farmers
produce to Chester and Philadelphia by
steamer Reybold.*
DR.. George PierpOnt, Of Salem, has
bought of W. L. Hilliard the Samuel
Thompson farm Of 113 acres for $25O0.
1t was recently sold at Sheriff's sale for
about that amount to satisfy obligations
of about $1,000.
The Iroquois Medicine and show
Company folded their tents and left OH
Monday after being in Penn's Grove
three weeks. Notwithstanding the
hard times they took between $500 and
$500 from our people.
For a cool refreshing breeze lake the
steamer Reybold for Philadelphia, on
ly 25c, round trip 40c.
Capt. Henry Webber has begun run
ming Jos Humphreys steamer Fannie
II. from Courses Landing to Whining
ton. Capt. Frank II. Walker is run
ming the steamer Gazelle on the same
line for Hysore & Co.
The citizens of PENIS Grove were
greatly startled at an early hour Thurs
day morning and several were aroused
to see if there was a fire OF somebody
being killed. 1t was Don discovered
that it was a water (2) melon party re
turning from John Norton's in exceed.
ingly high spirits.
All wishing pigs should call Oh F. j.
Gayenta, Perkintown. *2t
Elijah Jr., the a-year.old son Of
George HARRISON, near Auburn, vas
drowned while swimming in a ditch on
Tuesday. lie got in a hole and could
not swim. Some boys with him got
scared and left him and when found he
was clinging to a post with the top of
his head out of water.
AS a Blood Purifier, one bottle Of
Johnson's Liver Searcher will do more
good than four bottles of any other Sar-
saparilla. 1t cures Malaria IS well as
Dyspepsia and all skin diseases.
A Jersey farmer this week saw a
Wilmington commission merchant take
Southern sweet potatoes, put them in a
Jersey basket and sell them for Jersey
sweets. Southern sweet potatoes will
not sell in competition with Jersey
sweets, but this year the Southern
sweets are better than usual owing to
dry weather making them dryer,
The Board Of Freeholders on We'd
nesday appointed Messrs. Lanning,
Smith and Doughten a committee on
Courses Landing bridge. 1t lie intend
ed to drive some snubbing posts to as
sist the boats getting through. 1t is
not likely that the bridge will be
changed as 1t should be until there is a
change in the political complexion of
the Board.
Capt. Harry o. Weber has stored
about 1900 tons of manure at Courses
Landing the past two months which
will be sold to farmers cheaper than
manure Is landed at PENIS Grove on
the cars. Capt. Weber will begin
running his line of barges from the
Landing on Monday to carry truck to
Philadelphia. The barges will be tow
ed by a small tug lie has chartered.
Beecher, photographer, 315 Market
St., Wilmington, DEL, will to the read.
ers of this paper and their friends, make
mi dozen best cabinet photographs for
g.