The Penn's Grove record., 1899-05-26

Frank, son OF Chas. Lloyd, fell on a box,
Thursday morning and cut a deep cash a.
cross his nose.
The Junior League is drilling for Decor
alton Day. They will decorate the graves
at Centre Square.
Next Sunday evening, the Epworth
Leagues, Junior and Senior, and the Sun.
day School, will have their usual review Of
the months work.
The Pedricktown Band will attend the
Centre Square festival, this Saturday even.
ing, and favor the company with some very
fine music.
Samuel Picken is again back in Sweeten's
store, his predecessor, Albert Ale, having
returned to PENIS Grove.
Miss Ella Wagg has returned to her home
here, for the vacation. UNCLE JOSH.
Anumber OF the young people of Ped
ricktown gave Miss Anna Sailor, of PENIS
Grove a surprise last Thursday evening.
A very pleasant time was had by all pres
ent in playing games and in general CONVEX
sation. They departed for their homes ear
ly Friday morning voting it n delightful
occasion. Those present were Misses Clara
Gordon, Alice Haines, Edna Currie, Alice
Pedrick, Bertha Morrison. Tillie Cook, Fan
hAS i Ouiithi Sdid DOuShOth, lAtpCtth Ddl
Der, Mary Dugan and Edna Casey; Messrs.
John McGlincy, Morrison Sparks, Jacob
and Harvey Gaventa, Harry Redden OF
Pedricktown. Mrs. Late Sailor, Miss An
ma Sailor and Dennis Fahy, OF PENIS
Grove.
Fleas are doing considerable damage to
the sweet potato plants.
Mrs. Geo. Beckett spent Wednesday in
paulshoro~ VISITING her mother
Help being scarce has caused some of the
farmers to pay So per day for men to set
out sweet potato plants.
Frederick Biddle returned to his home
from Bay Side on Wednesday.
Fish Warden Torton was in our town
last week, looking after offenders of the
law prohibiting stalking nets and belling
for fish in Oldmans creek.
The cold weather has done considerable
damage to the early truck in this vicinity.
Snellbaker Bros. of Woodbury. have cree
ted a nice railing around the lot, and
placed a beautiful tombstone over the
grave of Rev. j. c. Stump in the Baptist
cemetery.
Mr.. II. G. Cooper is somewhat ~indisposed
at this writing.
Farmers of this vicinity report there will
be an exceedingly short crop of hay this
season.
The owners of meadow land in Alspruce
meadow company near Centre Square will
hold a meeting on Saturday evening in the
Nortonville school house for the purpose of
voting the meadows of said company, out
to the tide. Owners of small properties are
greatly concerned about it. The tides now
rise very close to some of the houses.
The Delaware River Rail Road company
have raised Centre Square station and
made the side track much longer.
Jas. Strimple came home from Ocean
City, Md, on Saturday. He returned on
Monday, his son Thurman accompanying
him.
The Pedricktown Public School closed on
Wednesday. Owing to the change in the
Course of Study there are no graduates,
The pupils receiving seals are as follows:
HIGH SCHOOL GRADE-Graves Stump, Mary
Dugan, George Justice, Edna Casey, Har-
rison Holton, Gertrude Reymer, Hannah
Somers, James Strimple, Howard Justice,
Julia Tighe, BERTHE Stump, Carl Green,
Carrie Strimple, Ralph Parker. GRAMMAR
GRADE-Rosa Tighe, Katie Cooney, Nettie
Pichen, James Sparks, Edith Pedrick, Liz
zie Snyder, Mile Reymer, Jennie Hewitt.
PRIMARY CERTIFICATES will be awarded
to John Cooper; Mamie Sweeney, Ned Kill
lie, Howard Cooper, Austin Titus, Willie
Casey and Gilbert Carney.
Alexander L. and Harvey S. Justice hav-
ing been unable to settle their dispute over
their fathers will have submitted their diff
ferences to three arbitrators. Harvey has
chosen James Sweeten. Alexander chose
John NJ. Henderson, of Woodbury., and
these two have chosen Charles W. Star, of
Woodbury.. The arbitrator are clothed
with the authority of law and the sanction
and binding obligation OF both parties inter
ested and will make a division ofthe prop
erty business OF the late William Justice
and Sons. OCCASIONAL