The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-14
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER ID, 1894.

Kidd, furnisher, Agt Woodbury. Laundry.
Now is the time to cut weeds before
the seeds mature.
Robert Murlin has been building an
addition to his house.
Miss Jennie Gordon, of Woodstown,
Is teacher at Perkintown school.
The recent rains have given the farm
ers as much water as they want.
The days are growing noticeably
shorter. The days and nights are near
ly equal.
Monday was a scorching hot day for
September. The temperature was 900
In the shade.
The 12.45 trip from Wilmington and
1.50 trip from Penn's Grove has been
dropped by the steamer UIrica.
Reduced freight rates on farmers
produce to Chester and Philadelphia by
steamer Reybold.*
One of Samuel Jess's little boys cut
three fingers off of his smaller brothers.
hand last week with an AK.
The game of base ball on Saturday at
PENIS Grove resulted in a score of 10
to s in favor Of the Pedricktown club.
Dresden McCarty is having a large
map of Penn's Grove borough engraved
on which will be views of several resi-
dences.
Landlord French has had a boat load
of stone put at the foot of the stone
wall to keep the waves from breaking
into the Grove.
The Delaware Iron Works, of New
Castle, are busy on large orders for
trolley poles for Western cities, in
addition co other work.
The temperance instruction requires
all school teachers to pass an examina-
ton on the nature and effects Of alcohol
and narcotics after January LIST.
Hudson S. Titus is putting the finish.
ing trimmings on John w. Trumbull's
new house near Union Corner. 1t is a
great Improvement to that section of
the town.
Isaac ID. Hillman has been elected
sexton of Emmanuel Church TO succeed
Thomas Holeton who will soon move
TO Pedricktown and live with his son
William.
You can get a fnll line Of school
companions, tablets, pens, ink, pencils,
colored crayons and school supplies of
all kinds at Johnscn's Drug Store.
A lawn tennis club of sixteen mem
hers has been organized in PENIS
Grove. They have decided upon the
name of Crescent and white and scarlet
colors. The court is on Harmony
street above the railroad.
Mrs. Maggie p. Bilderback, of vii.
mington, has bought half of the double
house of the late Mrs. Tillie Pierce,
and DR.. Joseph tombstone. OF Philadel-
phia, who has been summering with his
family in n part, has bought the other
half.
The Penn's Grove Board Of School
Trustees met on Monday evening and
opened the bids to supply about 20 tons
of coal for the school house. AS John
Summerill & Bros. and .Edw. G.
Bricks bids were both $3.50 per ton
the contract was divided between them.
Sweet potatoes are being dug now in
large quantities as the tubers are ma
tured and the Southern sweets are well
out of the market. It has been owing
to the bountiful crop in the South that
the prices has been SO low. The price
is firm at 81 .25 to S1.40 per barrel for
large and so to Coo for small. George
Kille made the largest shipment ever
made for Justice s. Sons from Penn's
Grove on Wednesday 494 barrels. Jos.
eph Ale shipped over 400 barrels for
John Burk on Friday.
The Harvest Home held in Sheble's
Grove on Wednesday by st. Paul's
Auxiliary Society was a successful and
entertaining affair. A large number
took dinner and supper and Toasted on
refreshments. In the evening Rev. j.
d. Wilton, of Harrisonville, gave an
address on Home" He said the ma
tion was an aggregation Of homes and
what the homes were the nation would
be. He spoke of the protection that
should be thrown around the home in
keeping off immoral and bad influences
and protecting the land from foreign
scum of Europe. The choir sung some |
choice selections. Miss Name Layton
recited, "Curfew Must not Ring To-
Night, " in a spirited manner and Miss
Bessie Killie sang a solo which was ap.
plauded. The mandolin club also gave
some fine music.
LosT-A pair of spectacles in a case, |
it is thought between Penn's Grove and
the Cove. The finder will be rewarded
by returning them in good condition TO
w. A. SUMMERILL.
Beecher, photographer, 315 Market
ST., Wilmington. Del. win to the read
ers of this paper and their friends, make
one dozen best cabinet photographs for !
50. |