The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-07
OVER THE COUNTY LINE.

OVER THE COUNTY LINE.
Lincoln Park closed on Monday.
A Council of the Jr. Order of Ameri-
can Mechanics has been instituted at
Hurfville.
The killing of William Howey, at
Mullica Hill, recently, by a bull was a
terrible happening and cast q pail over
that section.
The tax rate at Glassboro has been
fixed at S1.73 on 500. The county tax
is so cents and Glassboro has recently
built a new school house.
Chicken thieves have stolen about
800 fowls from Bridgeport residents,
the heaviest losers being Joseph Kirby,
Albert Pedrick and Michael Crow.
At the election in Greenwich town.
ship, Cumberland county last week the
ATTEMPT: of the "drys'. to raise the hotel
license to $1,000 was defeated by 14S
majority. The colored vote went wet.
A black insect is playing havoc with
fruit growers in the vicinity Of Glass.
boro. The insect eats off the leaves
and prevents the fruit from maturing.
The late pear crop will be IN almost
total failure in consequence.
James w. Reed, who disappeared
from Paulsboro about six weeks ago
has not been heard FROM. This is the
third time he left his wife and children.
Once was in Australia and another
time in California. He leaves his wife
to support six small children.
The Republican nominating election
in Gloucester county for an Assembly
man and Coroners will be held in the
various wards and townships on Sep
TENDER Is. 1t is generally conceded by
| Republican leaders that Hon. Solomon
II. Stranger, the present incumbent, will
be renominated.
At the election of school trustees In
| Vineland the women were not allowed
to vote. The council for the womer
suffragist appealed and OIL the advice Of
State Superintendent Poland and Attor
ney General Stockton County Superin'
tendent Hampton will decide the cleo
ton null and void and appoint trustees
The Trustees of Woolwich township
Swedesboro, wanted $3.50 extra scnoo
tax but the tax payers decided thai
they were The masters and not trustees
and voted $500 for their servants tt
spend. The voters of Deerfield Town
ship, Cumberland county, refused tt
vote any money for school purposes by
vote of 300 to so.
The Trustees OF the NJ. E. Church.
or Woodbury. have purchased the pro
perty of Mahlon w. Newton, near thu
church, which will be converted into
parsonage. The congregation has Ions
been agitatlng the necessity Of having
a parsonage, and the property purchas
ed is on a most eligible site. The pur
chase price was $4,000.
Stafford township, including the vii
lage of Manahawkin and the summe
resorts of Harvey Cedars and Lonl
Beach City, have voted for % $1,000 sa
loon license fee, under the Werts law
The vote stood: For high license, 113
against high license, 104; majority, 9
This makes three dry townships il
Ocean County.
In the Gloucester County Courts
Tuesday. before Judge Clymer, the fol
lowing were sentenced to hard labor il
the State prison: William Proud, for
gerry, two years and six months. Elme
Porch, larceny, Is months. Edwar'
Jenkins, larceny, n year. Hughe
Hates, larceny, sentence deferred.
On the farms of Thos. J. Gaskill be
tween Bridgeport and Swedesborc
swept by the hail storm, not a dollar
worth of truck has yet been marketed
A few late sweet potatoes will compris
the entire crop on both farms. Iii
peach orchard, of four hundred fin
young trees. was completely killed b
the hail. The orchard gave promise G
at least eight hundred baskets Of peach
es before the storm.
A. NJ. Bailey, a well known citizen {
Eugene, Oregon, says his wife has for yea
been troubled with chronic diarrhGa an
used many remedies with little relief unit
she tried Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera an
diarrh9a Remedy, which has cured hi
cor.,d n.d LII ILL., - 4.inl nnd 70