The Monitor-register., 1897-03-26

PennsgrOVe.
Capt. Samuel Denny returned home
from the South on Tuesday.
Mrs. John Simkins and daughter, Ella,
who have recently been quite ill, are now
reported as being much better.
Schooner Rillie s. Derby, Capt. Thos
Naylor, after a very stormy passage,
arrived in New York on the 23l, from
Charleston with a cargo of lumber.
On Wednesday, the 18th inst, Mary,
daughter of George Biddle, died suddenly
at her home from neuralgia of the heart.
She had been ill but a short time, and
was not at any time considered to be
dangerously i'll.
VIM. Lawrence, one of our oldest
citizens, tell down the cellar stairs on
Friday, the 10 h inst, and injured him
self quite seriously. His left side is
entirely paralyzsd, but he is thought to
be slightly better now.
Nearly all the fishermen have left for
the bay, and quite a good run of shad
was reported from there on Monday. The
season is exceptionally early, and there
are only two nets fl shing from the Cove,
fishermen having gone in the bay this
year.
Ammon RAine was stricken with
erysipelas the latter part of last week,
and on Sunday his life was ~despaired of,
but he is now reported as being somewhat
improved, though suffering Intensely. A
small boil recently appeared in his ear,
which he picked and thought nothing
more of the matter, but it appears to
IOWA hoan gLa -, of IL. raeo,A oo,I;
tion.
Miss Eva Dillon, of Camden, spent a few
days visiting Mrs. John Summerin this
week.
j. Walk, a resident of Germany, who is
extensively engaged in the caviare bust
ness, was in own last week.
Washington Camp, No. At, P. o. S. of A,
held its first quarterly meeting on the 26th.
A graphophone entertainment by Mr.. Ii. E..
Crompton was the feature of the evening ,
and was greatly enjoyed by the members,
their wives and friends.
A special meeting OF the Borough Council
was called on Wednesday evening to con-
slider the report OF the committee on the
proposed opening of Railroad avenue. A
communication from the President of the
Delaware River Railroad Company was read,
stating that the company contemplated
making improvements to its property which
would necessitate the use of all the land
which it owned. A committee was appoint
ed to give the matter further Investigation,
and when they haye rendered their report it
may be possible that the railroad company
will be willing to come to III agreement
with reference to the extension of this
street. 1t is difficult to see what d~isadvant-
age the extension of this street to the river
would have to The railroad company and the
advantages that would accrue to the town
are so manifest that as it seems impossi-
Bile but that some agreement will be reached
in the matter, and the street. properly
opened as it should be. 1t might be applica-
bic at this juncture to suggest two improve
ments which the company could make at
very little expense to itself, and to great
advantage of the citizens of the town, and
one is the extension of its slip so that cars
of powder could be moved Immediately on
their arrival, and not Kept in the centre of
the tow all night as was the case again this
week; ana the other, the building of a sid
ing outside the limits of the town on which
cars of manure could be run until they
were u~nloaded, making both a saving to the
streets of the town and the oltactory nerves
of its citizens.