The Penn's Grove record., 1895-09-13
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 10. 1895.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER IL, 1895.
Mrs. Cbas. Simkins had a chicken
Matched without any eyes.
A colored excursion from Reading
spent this Friday in the Grove.
Finest Soda in town at Johnson's.+
The farmers have been digging sweet
potatoes lively this week for S1.75 per
barrel.
Chas. E. Barber has bought Jos. G..
French's cider press and erected in the
glasshouse building where he is making
cider for those who want it.
A large quantity of water melons and
sweet potatoes are being shipped from
Courses Landing and along Salem creek
TO Philadelphia. The freight boats are
doing well.
The steamer Ulrica dropped the l
O'Clock trip from Wilmington and 2
O'Clock trip from PENIS Grove on Mon.
day. She now leaves Wilmington at 8
instead Of $50 O'Clock. See time table.
Lower prices on clover and timothy
seeds at Edw. G. Bricks. =
To remove peach stains wei the stain
with cold water and with COM
mon table salt, well rubbed in, let it
remain nver night, in the morning pour
boiling water through it and lay in the
sun.
An exchange says the old legend of
the red headed girl and the white horse
has been %remodeled. 1t has been dis
covered that whenever a red-headed
girl is seen on a wheel there is in the
neighborhoOd a white nan on a bicycle.
The water melon vines are lasting
longer than usual this year and the
warm weather favorable for sale Of
melons. Some of the incest melons this
year were shipped to market this week
and brought from 81 to $40 per 100.
Salem County is entitled to 16 votes
in the Republican Gubernatorial con-
vention. Upper Penn's Neck includ-
ing Penn's Grove Borough, Lower
PENN Neck and Oldmans will have
one each. The representation is one
delegate to every 200 Republican voters.
Delegates will be elected Monday even
ing.
U. p. Neck Townships tax rate will
be this year as follows: State School,
32c; county SOC; special school Sc; town.
ship 40c, total. S1.10. The State school
tax is &c. more than last year, the
Township school tax &c. less and the
Township tax &c. more because $500
more Is raised this year. The dog tax
will be soc.
Truck baskets at reduced prices.
Edw. G. Brick. =
Charles e. Barber has erected his
boiler and engine and some of the ma
chinery which was not entirely dam
aged, in the engine and sand building
Of the glass factory which have been
moved and Joined about so feet from
the pot house. We hope he will soon
.be able to resume work and build up
the business he had when he was burn
ed out about a year ago.
Samuel R. Hughes, of Delaware
City, son of our townsman Peter
Hughes. was drowned near Havre de
Grace, Md, on Monday, aged 80. He
was alone in a small boat in which he
carried tomatoes to a factory. His re.
mains were brought to PENIS Grove
on the steamer Reybold this Friday
morning and buried in Riverview Gem
etery.
Soda Water made fine and served ac-
ceptably at Johnson's Drug Stores
The truckers never had as good &C
commodations to reach Wilmington
market as this year, since John s.
Black, VI .uns the line from the Cove,
began seeing that the truck was on
Fourth street early in the morning
ready for the truckers to go up and sell
oon as they get over on the Ulrica.
Since Supt. McCausland bought George
p. Dolbow's sloop, Capt. Frank II.
Walker ana Mr.. Dolbow, run her from
Barber's wharf and do the same as Mr..
Black.
Prof. l. Nathan, the eye specialist an
ounce in another column he will be
In Penn's Grove next Saturday. Prof.
NathaDs has been coming to Penn's
Grove for several years and the salts.
faction he gives has made him friends.
We a say from experience that we
spent five days and gave an oculist S25
once to find out what was the matter
with u eyes and Prof. Nathan after
wards told us the same in five minutes
for nothing and the kind of glasses
needed.
Every one should know, if they don't
that Hiram Yerger, the well known
picture dealer has removed his business
room 419 Market and Shipley SITS. to
his new store II E. Bird St., opposite
Bradford's paint store, Wilmington. -.
1t is getting to be quite the thing to
graduate and get a position through the
recommendation of that fine school,
Goldey Wilmington (Del.) Commercial
and Shorthand College. Get a catalogue.
Beecher, Photographer, 3l5 Market
St.. Wilmington, DEL, will make for
the readers of this paper and their
friends n dozen cabinet pictures and
one extra in a nice frame, all for two
dollars. =