The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-23
Gloucester % nfy News.

admirably every piece IN the-book In
fact his time seems to be to perfection
itself and time is Gift | hope they will
be able to send lin to the front in mu-
sic.
VIM. Vanneman mo ed from Westville
to-day to Paulsboro. Fannelnan's wag-
on is often at Paulsbor loaded with new
furniture.
Charles Wilkinson, IF Thorofare, who
was SO badly burned the explosion of
his store was able to q to the funeral of
Miss Richards his lad clerk who was
fately burned in that readful accident.
She was her mothers support. A year
ago she buried her fath er. The mother
was sadly in trouble th| bn and now the
future looks unpropiti BUS Perhaps he
who tempers the storn to shorne lamb
will look after her wal hts, worries and
woes. They think thal house cannot be
repaired for it's stone walls are Utterly
split to pieces. Mr.. WI lkinson started a
Sunday school to Man tua Grove some
years ago, which has g Fown to such pro-
portions that some day there may be
Church there. He IS there through
thick and thin, sunshi be and storm, cold
and hot May he be estored to health.
family, business and hi b Sunday school.
Pauisboro's lumber d Merchant Edward
G. Miller has matt th-team of black
horses that weighs 81 poo pounds, 1900
each, II hands and mol body knows how
much these beautiful b casts can pull.
John Rambo, Jr's sd le was a success
Corn brought 5Sc. bu shel, good hay $1S
| ton, hotbed hay $12, cattle sold we'll.
We have carload q coal. Doesn't it
beat all, and 250 ordN ers. am afraid
these coal dealers and vdevilers will hear
the unwelcome appl audit Thou art
weighed in the balance and found want
ing when death is pr sing for his VIC
| tim. Mullca Hill on Reading road
has faired well. Last week they had
quite lot OF coal at Sc DO ton, which
some Paulsboro citizd kn's bought. The
Quakers are up to dat( when the good
things are around. In fact they bring
them around.
Tie evangelist Mr.. r ulsome stirred up
| the natives last night at the Baptist
Church. Quite nun1 Der Of Methodists
were out and took Ikart. / like non
sectarianists. There ire too many in
Paulsboro who want I'd string man up
if he is not Methodist.
They can not have 4 xtra meetings az
i Thorofare for want of 4oal.
| saw man filling al ice house with
ice foot thick
There has been exc 5eJlent skating on
the mill ponds at Russ el's and Warning
toms mills
Mrs. DR.. Gilmore spoke at the Meth
odist Church Tuesday hight in Paulsboro.
| Gloucester county swell supplied with
ice. never have kn9wn the like.
The up head farmera are broadcasting
their sweet potato ground this winter and
will put phosphate in fhe HILL Warren
Atkinson claims to be ton top but some
i others are at his heelsl
DR.. and Mrs. Samuel 7. Miller left this
week to spend a month in Florida r.
Nellie E. Tullis, of 0larksboro, has been
elected teacher in THE primary depart
ment of the Gibbstow{l School,
| The need of coal at Asbury M. E.
Church, Repaupo, wad supplied by each.
member bringing ba$ketful from their
| homes.
George S. Turner att Swedesboro, has
sold two acres of land to a firm who will
erect large canning fActory thereon in
the spring.
Robert D. Hughes has been elected
President; Andrew Cardy, Vice President
and John w. Thompson, Jr., Secretary
of the Board of Trustees of Kemble
M. E. Church, Woodbury..
The trial of Nathan H Humphreys, color
ed, for killing John Campbell in game
of crap last summer in Woodbury., was
begun in Gloucester County Court last
Monday and completed -on Tuesday MAX
| ing it the shortest murder trial on the re-
cord of the Court. While Humphreys
admitted that he had killed the man, he
said it was in self-defeHee. The jury eyi-
IDENTIFY believed him, aa they returned
| verdict of murder in THE second degree.
/ James Sites, alias Harry Davis, who
| was confined in Woodbury. Jail for rob-
bing store at Bridgeport, knocked dep
uty Sheriff, F. D. Springer down Tuesday
evening and made bold dash for liberty
After passing through the Jail yard he
leaped high board fence Notwith-
standing searching parties have been sent
out and $50 reward has been offered he
has not been captured.
The following have been elected direct
ors Of Paulsboro bank: Benz. G.. Paul,
Richard Richards, /. 7. }lHaines, Christian
Wolferth, James DeVault, VIM. J. Helms,
DIR. George G. Laws, John Wartman, B.
s. Cox, James Cox. At the reorganiza-
ton of the Board, B. G. Paul was re-elect-
ed President; DIR. G. G. Laws Vice Presi-
dent; G. B. Stackhouse Cashier; Joseph
| Paul teller.
Mantua Grange, at Wenonah, has elect
ed the following officers: Master w. G.
Cattell; oyerseer, G. II. Buzby; lecturer,
Sarah Dilks; steward, ThomasJ. Stratton;
assistant, Benjamin Leap; chaplain, Adam
Knight; secretary, Hiram Lacey; gate
keeper, Jesse Hendrickson; Ceres, Fannie
K. Leap; Flora, Rachel Sweeten; assistant
steward, Abbie Leap.
An official Investigation of the explosion
at Wilkins Brothers store, at Thorofare,
on December 5, was held by Coroner
Stout on Monday, because of the death