The Penn's Grove record., 1896-12-18
FRIDAY. DEcEMBER * 1896.
Christmas next Friday.
Monday is the shortest day.

DAY morning.
The snow storm on Tuesday night
made genuine winter.
Read Steelman's new departure at his
furniture store. \
Howard B. Green, of Philadelphia, is
home on q few days visit.
Mrs. Jacob Wainwright, Of Philadel.
phia, spent Sunday with friends here.
Mrs. Emma Shaw, of Brooklyn, is
visiting Mr.. and and Mrs. Job Barber.
The aorkmen's wages and time have
been reduced at the Edgemoor Steel
Works.
Johnson's White Pine Cough Bslsam
a sure cure. =
DR.. Doolittle, dentist, of Paulsboro,
will be at Johnson's Pharmacy every
Saturday. =
Thomas Barnett, Of Philadelphia was
buried in Emmanuel Cemetery this
Friday.
Gospel Temperance meeting in W.
G. T. U. Hall this Saturday evening at
1880 O'Clock.
The School Board of U. P. Neck
Township has adopted the vertical sys-
tenn Of writing.
Nj. and Mrs. Henry Barber spent
Sunday with her brother Matthew
Boyd, in Chester.
A neat granite monument has been
erected ove the grave of DR.. Mayhem
johnson in Emmanuel Cemetery.
New furniture at factory prices OPP
posite Odd Fellows Hall, every Satur-
day. See adv. If.
The school children had three days
extra vacation this week while the
teachers attended the institute In Salem.
Sweet potatoes are bringing only zoe.
a basket retail in Wilmington market,
and New York Baldwin apples 81 a
barrel.
A full attendance Of the members of
the W. 9. T. U. is requested at the
Union next Thursday; as thereis bust
ness of Importance.
A cantata entitled "How We Wait.
ed for Santa CLAUSE will be rendered in
the Bethel Church by the Sunday School
on next Wednesday evening.
Read and take advantage Of Cum
mings' photo offer In another column
]. d. Claypoole has erected for the
heirs, . very pretty granite monument
over the grave of Capt. Thomas Albert
son in Emmanuel Cemetery.
Frank Munyan left on Tuesday for
Georgetown, s. e., where be will buy
fish for Mccormick & Co., in Philadel.
phia, beginning with shsd.
On Sunday evening, at 1880, Rev. ].
H. Clarke will deliver a present day
Christmas Sermon In Bethel M. p.
Church. Subject. "Nsw Things.".
For pictures and frames 60 to Hiram
Yerger's. IL E. Sd St., Wilmington.4 -M
1t is reported that Denny Bro. are
catching but few fish off South Port.
N. C.. and that they may bring the En-
deavor home before the winter Is over.
Emmanuel Sunday School will hold
their Christmas entertainment on next
Thursday evening the Path. A program
entitled ''Story Of the Christi is being
prepared.
Christmas greens which have been
shipped to Philadelphia, are slow sale.
Business houses which usually trim up
are buying none because business is
worse than ever before.
Aluminium napkin rings, hair pins,
tea strainers, thimbles, side combs, pen
holders which make pretty Christmas
presents for sale by Augustus Weinacht,
Harmony st. =
Leap year will Vol be ended. Those
aged maidens who have not done SO
should be quick to pop the question or
their opportunity will be gone for eight
years. 1900 is not a leap year.
MIR. and Mrs. Isaac Ridgeway, of
Greenwich, spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Sparks. They took in the
reunion of the survivors of the Oath
Regiment at Paulsboro on Monday, as
Mr.. Ridgeway is one of the survivors.
The Christian Eudeavor of Bethel NJ.
P. Church will hold a masked social in
Turner's Hall, on Friday evening, JAN
uary / 1897. Admission 10 cents. Re-
freshments free. At 10 P. M. q Pillow
Dex Match. All entries for the match
will be free. y
Dupont's Powder Mills on Carney
Point are now running day and night,
it is supposed to make explosives to
blow the Cubans or S~painards up, prob
ably both, On Monday ten new men
were taken on and the entire number
will be doubled. Joseph Sparks has
been appointed assistant superintendent
and has charge at night. Five new
buildings are being put up and when
finished will give employment to many.
Beecher, Photographer, 3l5 Market
st., Wilmington, will make for his Jer.
sey customers one doz. cabinets for 500
and also give free an extra half dozen,
or make free q half dozen OF a friend OF
any member Of the family. 5.29"