The Penn's Grove record., 1897-04-16

Samuel y. Springer died suddenly
with heart trouble last Sunday aged CT
years. He was stricken on Friday. In
walking across the room on Sunday
morning he fell and struck his head on
the bedstead and soon expired.
= MI. Springer was yffG0 the prOmi.
nent farmers Of Salem County for 81
years. He was born near Penn's Grove
on the farm now occupied by j. Pedrick
Sparks, and was raised In Gloucester.
county In 1861 he engaged in the but
cher business in Penn's Grove and In
1852 aud '63 he conducted the store
stand now occupied by S.R. Leap &Son.
In 1864 and go be engaged In the ship
ping of truck from Penn's Grove and
was Township collector. In 1867 he
moved to ElsinbOro and followed farm
ing. In 1883 he moved onto a farm near
Penn's Grove, which he left this spring
While living in Elsinboro he represent
ed the Township in the Board of Free
holders, and took an active part in
Democratic politics
He had not been well for ten years
and we one year sgo he had a paralyt-
ic stroke from which he never fully re
covered.
The funeral was on Thursday, the
services being in tho Episcopal Church
and the burial in the Lake Park Gene
terry, SwedesbOro.
Dresden McCarty, n of our Oldest
citizens, died quite suddenly last Satur-
day, aged II, with the dropsy and was
buried on Tuesday. He came from New
York State to Penn's Grove in 1856 to
teael school in the old Harmony school.
He followed school teaching in the pub
| lie school houses 10 this region for about
20 years, as an old time pedag0gue until
| the new systems and modes Of teaching
| came into vogue. Since then he engaged
| in fishing and taking boating parties out
| for a sail or across the river. He had an
| old time knowledge of surveying and
| civil engineering and will be longest re-
| membered as having made the first map
| Of PENIS Grove Borough two years ago.
Casper Schlag, who died at Bridge
port on the 7th inst, was born In Wur-
temburg. Germany, May IS, 1922,
where he lived until ABOUT So years of
aee, during which time he received an
| education with a yi3w of entering the
| ministry in the Roraan Catholic
| church. He came to thk1s country and
| settled in Philadelphia, chen about 26
wears old. After arriving here he
| changed his religious views and enter
| ed the Baptist church. ASsar residing
in Philadelphia about Fight years he
| moved to Pedricktown, Salem Co., snd
was appointed missionary for Salem
| and Cumberland counties. With q
| few Of his country people he laid the
| foundation for what issn0w a very
thriving congregation at P~edricktown.
He carried Oh the sboemaking business
| in connection with his ministerial work
| for a number of years ,sBhat place.
| He moved to Bridgeport iHP1S63, where
| he carried on the shoe making business,
| and for twenty. five yearHwas pastor Of
the German Baptist chu4 b at Pedrick.
town. Very often, however. he ex-
tended his visits ClarksborC
which he regarded las n OF
| his charges, and until his hearing be.
came SO much embarrassed he consider.
| ed it his duty to teach Gods word and
works whenever and wherever oppor,
| tunity appeared. His rem3Ins were In
tered at Bridgeport Cemeasry Oh the
18th. Thus God has again called one
| of his own. w