The Penn's Grove record., 1901-09-13
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER IS, 1901

George 7. Harbeson has broken ground
for a new house on North Broad Street.
The Epworth League OF st. Pauls
Church will give an oyster supper on Sat
urday evening, Oct. 9th.
Miss Emma j. Harbeson, who is a
trained nurse, is very sick with typhoid
fever in the hospital at Atlantic City.
Thomas P. Morgan, of Wilmington, has
moved into half of w. A. Sacks double
house, vacated by Jas. d. Dolbow.
Rev. E. L. Somers' morning subject in
the Bethel NJ. P, Church Sunday, will be
Eternal Life" evening subject, ia
cob"
The two young men from Auburn who
who were fined 81 each for fast driving
last Sunday night will go more moderate
hereafter.
The largest pack OF tomatoes at Hughes
can house this week was on Tuesday
when there was an S-hour run on Is tOns,
making 1900 cans.
EA-pTItSl JOil.l IdllIlltf WI bdlbiilIpiti
will lecture in Odd Fellows Hall, Penn's
Grove. Thursday, Friday and Saturday
evenings, Sept. 26, 81, rs.
An entertainment OF songs and recita-
tions, illustrated by stereopticon views
will be given next Tuesday evening in st.
Pauls Church. Admission 15c.
Fall opening of fall millinery goods will
take place on next Friday and Saturday
Goth and Dist at Mrs. Title Smiths, 22l
Main st.
Jos. L. Wright has raised the biggest
melon in Upper Neck this year. 1t is
a boulder, "A inches around, 81 inches
the oblong way and weighs g. pounds.
w. Bert Dougherty, W. Earle Walker,
Charles P. tanning and Charles NJ, Hill
man, former members OF the Hawk-Eye
Mandolin Club, will hereafter be known
as the Crescent Quartet.
j. Wilmer Clark was bound over to
court under $500 bail last week by
Squire Smith in Salem, for assault and
battery on his wife and Mrs. Chas. Os-
borne, while intoxicated.
The Chester Councils Jr. Order United
American Mechanics and other Councils,
will hold a large street parade oil Satur-
day afternoon, Sept. IS, in honor Of the
new High School which has been erected
there.
towing to TIE scarcity OF tomatoes buy
ers have been throughout the country OIL
fering 20 cents a basket, twice the price
contracted for by the In some
parts of the country farmers have broken
their contracts and sold.
The caterpillar plague is eXhausting
itself by the fuzzle devastators %devouring
all the leaves on the tree attacked, and
partly by the cooler weather. Some
young trees which had all the foliage de-
voured are putting out fresh leaves.
During the heavy thunder gust Tues
day night lightning struck the telephone
wires at the Cove and burned out the
batteries. The lightning made such a
cracking sound for such a long tim that
some got up to see what was the matter.
Harry Pyle has sold the harjer stand
IL, tls- SikIiIton jtniding at the foot OF
Main Street to Julius Whipf, who has
been conducting Holiness barber shop at
Uuion Corner. Mr.. Whipf ~solicits the
trade OF our townsmen by a card in an
other column.
Lamertine Longacre, Jr., was cunning
on Oldmans island last Saturday. He
stood his gun against a fence and got on
the fence to look at some sheep. When
he got down the gun fell down, went off
and shot him in the right side, tearing
the flesh off badly above the hip.
Justice d. II. Smith in Salem on Mon
day bound Sallie Murphy over to court
under $500 bail, for selling liquor illegally
at her boarding house in PENIS Grove,
The principal witness was Detective Ben
nett who testified that from July Ii to
Sept. ! last, he had purchased beer and
~whiskey a number OF times of the defend
ant. Thos. II. Wilbraham, of Alloway,
signed her bail bond.
j. W. Pratt has thrown up the contract
to bore a hole for the PENIS Grove Water
Works, after finding no water at a depth
of 1913 feet. He took his machinery away
this week. He has worked to the amount
of $3.50. jeremiah Haines, of Mickleton,
and Chalkley Haines, OF Woodstown,
put their engine in place on Thursday to
put the well 800 feet deep if necessary to
find water good and plentiful.
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.