The Penn's Grove record., 1895-06-14
FRIDAY, JUNE IA, 1895.

NOrHlW ccnOOl VIII Jake pidce next
Wednesday.
The Baptist Church has had window
screens put up owing to the service be-
ing interrupted by insects.
The Junior League Of Emmanuel
Church cleared about S13 by their festi-
val last Tuesday evening.
The wheel of the grand mothers was
the spinning wheel. The wheel Of the
grand daughters is the bicycle.
James Simpkins killed a large water
snake In FIench's grove last week
which measured AZ inches long.
~ Finest Soda in town at Johnson's.@
We venture to say Penn's Grove has
the youngest Mayor in the State. What
town has II Mayor under 80 years Of
age2
The Ladies' Aid Society Of ST.. Paul's
have handsomely papered, %carpeted,
painted and furnished the parsonage
parlor.
Ralph Smith while sweeping out the
glass factory pot house fell down a
hatchway and broke his left wrist Mon
day evening.
The retail price of bread in Whining
ton has been advanced to SC. a loaf, be-
cause of the advance in the price of
wheat and flour.
II. A. Christian will start sail max
ing in job Barber's boat house. Those
wishing sails made or repaired should
call on him at Mrs. Murphy's where lie
boards. 1t.
A merry party of young folk from
the Cove went to Pedricktown We'd
nesday evening and paid George Cook
q visit. They were chaperoned by
= John s. Dolbow.
The body of an unknown man, APP
parently about 60 years age, was
found floating in the Del ire River,
off Gordon Heights, aud buried in
the potters' Field.
Nokomis Tribe of Red Men will
make an excursion from all stations be-
low Paulsboro TO Germania Park. next
Thursday. You can go and come on
all trains and in the evening an extra
train will leave Paulsboro at II O'Clock.
At least so milkmen, of Wilmington,
are defying the milk inspection ordi-
nance recently passed by City Council,
which requires milk dealers to take out
licenses. They will stand prosecution
and test the legality Of the ordinance.
The w. c. T. U. will hold a pot pie
supper in their hall next Saturday ev-
ening. Supper Csc, children, loo. All
invited.
G. E. Barber's horse took fright at
the cars on Thursday evening and ran
down Harmony st. scattering a load of
lumber along the way. The horse was
stopped near J. P. Higgins store and
no harm was done.
The schooner Rillie S. Derby, Capt.
Thomas Naylor with his son Charles as
mate cleared from Philadelphia on Fri
day of last week with cargo of coal and
arrived at Charleston, S. c., on Mon.
Say after a run 81 hours. This is re-
markably quick time.
Colder than Ice, Robbins Soda.
Asa G. Turner has rented one of the
glass factory buildings to a man in
Camden who runs a small shoe factory
there. He will move his machinery to
Penn's Grove next week and start a
shoe factory here. 1t is hoped this will
be the beginning of a successful factory
in our town.
Frank r. Hammet has a very pretty
and natural pastel drawing in Mrs.
Title Smiths window. 1t is = scene
of the ice gorge and Penn's Grove
wharf as the end appeared last winter
wrecked by the ice. The view is from
the Grove. Like drawings are sold
very reasonable by Mr.. Hammit.
Those wishing Mines Extracts,
lera Mixture, Cough Medicine,
dment and Machine Oil can get
them at Mrs. Gideon B. Holton's store,
sole agent for Penn's Grove. =
Strawberries have been so pleatiful
this week as to sell as low as Sc and 4c
a box in Wilmington. jersey raisers
use to get as high as zoe and SOC a
box at the beginning of the season 20
years ago butathe quick freight lines
from the South has turned the cream
of Jersey truckers to SKINNED milk.
Divers bargain prices next week will
be eye-openers. Having purchased
Nath. s. Fox's entire stock at a very
low price he will give the people the
advantage, Go before they are gone. :
Josiah A. Kidd informs us that he
will give an acre or more of ground a.
long the railroad, just beyond the Dor.
ough limit to any n who will start and
run a factory there on. Surely this
shows an enterprisiag spirit in him and
those who wish to avail themselves OF
this offer should communicate with
him.
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.
Every n 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 IL E. 3rd St., Opposite
Bradford's paint store, Wilmington. :