The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-23
FRIDAY, AUGUST %, 1901,


One more week OF summer.
Peach festival at Central School Houes
this Saturday night, oath.
Lewis Tomlin is happy since the arri-
val of twin sons Wednesday night.
Henry Barber has sold a house and lot
above Union Corner to Alfred Rain.
Cherry Ripe is fine, at Johnson's. y
MIR. and Mrs. Smith Halter will cele-
brate their golden wedding next Tuesday,
eth.
Capt. II. 0. Weber began his truck
line from Courses Landing to Philadel-
phia last Saturday.
The Bethel NJ. P. Sunday School will
hold a picnic in Hewitt's woods on next
Wednesday, Aug. 2Sth.
st. Peters Roman Catholic Sunday
School, OF New Castle, spent Tuesday in
the Grove. About 10 came.
Ice Cream Soda at Johnson's on Sat
urdays,
The stone masons have claimed a 8
hour day in this region this year and
there is talk Of the carpenters striking
for a 9-hour day next year.
Albert Brown, charged with stealing a
team belonging to Joseph Newkirk, was
sentenced to five years in the State prison
on Monday by Judge Sinnickson.
The Valley Athletic Club, a junior base
ball team, Of Wilmington, played the
PENIS Grove Juniors at the Penn's Grove
baseball park, last Saturday, which re-
suited in a victory for the PENIS Grove
boys by a score of 10 to 2.
Rev. DIR. B. C. Lippincott assisted at
the marriage OF Miss Martha OHanlon,
daughter OF DIR. Thomas OHanlon, Pres
ident OF Pennington Seminary, to Dallas
ii. Platt, OF Philadelphia, on Wednesday
evening, in the new Shaw Memorial
Chapel.
Owing to the storm last Sunday eve
ming few were present to hear Rev. John
Rannie, ex-priest, give the story OF his
conversion to Professionalism, in the Bap-
fist Church. He will preach there next
Sunday evening at s O'Clock on ''The
Power of God" Public invited,
The truck market continues good.
s $50 per 100 was paid for melons, SOC a
crate for Rocky Ford cantaloupes and
81. so a barrel for potatoes at the station
on Thursday. In Wilmington canta-
loupes are worth from % to 40c, tomatoes
500, sweet potatoes 90c-Sl 90, egg plants
35-40c; melons 81 to $l5.
Hon, Henry J. Blohm, state President
of the Patriotic Order Sons OF America.
attended the thirteenth annual encamp-
ment at Phillipsburg, on Wednesday. He
was elected a representative to the Ma
tional Camp which meets in Camden next
August. The delegates from Penn's
Grove Camp were Harry S. Barber, Fred
Gentieu, ii. f. Crompton, Geo. L.
Coombs and Theo. b. Paullin, Jr.
j.. W. Pratt reached a depth OF 100 feet
with the water works well on Thursday
with little prospects of good water. Al
ter reaching 10 feet, the depth OF the
other well, the gravel was only 5 feet
thick. Then he passed about rs feet OF
excellent brick clay, which would be very
valuable if within 10 it. of the
surface. Five feet of yellow clay, 2 it. OF
sand then black clay was reached,
Doctor William Ziesel, Dentist of 1859
North Franklin Street, Philadelphia, will
be at his Penn's Grove office, Delaware
Avenue and Pitman Streets, every Thurs
day. Crown and bridge work, filling,
extracting and artificial dentures, APP
pointments by mail or otherwise.
John McCarson has been digging his
crop OF sweet potatoes the past two weeks
and selling them at a good price. They
turn out 2 baskets of large and / of small
to 100 hills. He is the only trucker who
has potatoes large enough to dig in this
region and, strange to say, these potatoes
were grown with fertilizer alone, without
any manure in the hill or broadcast. He
has presented the RECORD with some fine
hniSc sWcots, tHc iafScst ohc weighing II
ounces Nh. McCarson will accept our
thanks also for a fine water melon.
The finest fiavors in Soda at Johnson's.*
Seven business firms alone employ fiji
ty-two Goldey College graduates. Write
to-day to Principal II. s. Goldey, VIII
mington, Del, and ask for new, free,
beautiful catalogue. See adv. this paper.
Their Secret II Out
All Sadieville, KY, was curious to learn
the cause of the vast improvement in the
health OF Mrs. s. p. Whitaker, who had for
a long time, endured untold suffering from
a bronchial trouble. "Its all due to DIR.
Kings New Discovery" writes her hus-
band. ut completely cured her and also
cured our little grand daughter of a severe
attack of the WhOoping Cough" 1t pos
itively cures Coughs, Colds, La Grippe,
Bronchitis, all Throat and LING troubles.
Guaranteed hotties soc and S1.OO Trial
bottles f,ee at Johnson's drug store.