The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-22
FRIDAY, JUNE %, 1894.

Thursday was the longest day of the
year.
Are we to have a Fourth Of July cele-
brationp
Fourth of July is only 4 week from
next Wednesday.
The city cousins have begun to take
delight III their county relatives.
Millet Seed for sale by E. G. Bricks
The steamer Thomas Clyde began
running daily trips to Woodland Beach
last Sunday.
The club houses along shore have be-
gun to fill up. They are usually crowd
ed Oh Sundays.
J%ohnson's Cholera Mixture cures all
Bowel Complaint.
The rains have kept the grass grow
ing so that clover has been slow about
coming out In head.
The hot summer weather the past
week has made vegetation grow rapidly
and the dust to fly.
The Woodbury. Lodge Of Odd Eel.
lows will make ar excursion to Penn's
Grove On July 26th.
Edw. G. Brick has had some neat
signs painted on his agricultural ware
house by G. W. Cable.
Those wishing registry numbers put
on their dog collars can have it done
cheaply at W. b. Kille's.*
The peach crop will be small this
year. The crop up Jersey promises TO
be t'e Vest in the country.
Trumbull has had his house
torn ~ IN and will have a neat new
residence erected by Hudson S. Titus.
Joseph Alloway has reopened the to-
bacco store vacated by Harry E. Hig-
gins and is also agent for bicycles and
repairs.
William Wei,ber, at Courses Landing
has the finest sweet potatoes In the
County. They had vines a foot long Il
week ago.
E. S. Harris will begin running his
line of truck boats to Chester on July
End. He solicits the patronage of
farmers in another column.
Scientists say u person stands ona
chance in half q million of being struck
by lightning. Some of late think their
chance has been much greater.
Reduced freight rates Oh farmers
prodace to Chester and Philadelphia by
steamer Reybold.*
The large steamer City of Richmond,
which will accommodate 1900 Iassen.
gers, runs excursions from Philadelphia
to the fishing hanks every other day
except Monday.
The Dix 81 Hart Specially Company
of Philadelphia, had a very slim house
last Saturday night and took only
enough 10 pay the rent for Odd Eel
lows Hall.
Edward E. Smith and son are ahead
in the truck line. -They picked ii bas-
ket of ripe tomatoes on Thursday and
II hundred baskets of cabbage. Who
can beat it ?
Paris Green and Plaster for sale by
Edw. G. Bricks
IL will be noticed that the Republic
can members of the Election Boards in
Upper Penn's Neck have not been ap.
pointed. Can it be because SO few de-
sire the plums?
A sweet potato weighing Az pounds,
and a peach that weighs % ounces, are
California products exhibited at the
Midwinter Fair la California, Jersey
farmers will have to stretch their i'm
agination to believe that.
The Government Quarantine station
tried to get the Delaware court to shut
up the fish oil factories at Lewis, DEL,
on the ground that the odor from the
oil factories is so vile that. unless the
factories are closed the station will have
to be abandoned. The Court refused
to close them.
The County board of Registry have
appointed Charles ID. Burden and ID. p.
Leonard, democrats, to be members of
the Penn's Grove Borough Election
Board and Albert Summerill and J..
Ford Thompson, Democrats, on the U.
P. Neck Township Board. The Re-
publican members have not been
named.
1t is reported that the young men
who stole the can of ice cream from
Wiley festival were from Woodstown.
They took the cream home and invited
some friends in. 1t is reported that it
may prove a costly set out as the festiv-
al committee has made complaint to
the Prosecutor at Salems One of the
young men went to see the committee
to settle the affair, offering $50 which
was refused. ,
At a meeting of the Trustees of the
Penn's Grove School district, No. 50,
on Wednesday evening the following
teachers we're elected: j. Harry Smith
principal; Miss Ella Murlin. Miss Hat
tie Hoffman, Miss Abbie L. Kidd, and
Mrs. Anna F. Barber, assistants. Geo.
X. Biddle was elected janitor and Geo.
S. Kille, District Clerk. The Board
recommended that the Borough, under
the new law, constitute one district and
not consolidate with the township.
In another column we publish the
report of the Almshouse treasurer
which furnished food for thought on
analysis. II will be seen that 1t cost
the county last year $106. 81 to maintain