The Penn's Grove record., 1905-05-05
FRIDAY, MAY 5. 1905.

ERlDA 4, MA D, 1SUO.
County examinations were held thu
public schools this week.
Frank Dole has accepted the position
as manager of the gas works.
R. F. Willis lad good luck to befal
him on Tuesday. A son arrived. Con
CALCULATIONS.
The heavy frost on Monday and Tues
day mornings of last week killed many
strawberry blooms.
Witch hazel cream for chapped hands
at Johnson's drug store. \
The annual meeting of the County
Board of Chosen Freeholders will be
held next Wednesday.
Frank Rutter who has been clerk on
= the steamer Ulrica for six months, was
succeeded by Clayton Reybold on May
LIST.
Miss Sarah Thompson, of Course Land
q ing, has been elected principal of Sharp
town School and Miss Gertrude Whitsell
primary teacher.
William F. Yeager has filled in ten
feet of the lot next his residence for a
driveway and erected a fence along the
entire front OF his vacant lot.
For HATS go to Dubell, the halter,
No. 2 East Third Street, Wilmington.
Largest stock and lowest prices in that
city. \
The Penn's Grove Gas Company began
putting up posts for the street lamps on
Monday with Russian laborers and Coun-
Gilman John L. Corson as foreman.
John G. Richman of Salem whose card
appears in another column has been ap-
pointed a commissioner of deeds for
Pennsylvania by Gov. P~ennepacker.
The New Jersey Society Sons of the
American Revolution has appointed Prof.
William G. Armstrong to gather inscrip-
tions from grave stones in the old ceme-
teries of the State and have them pub
lished.
Mr.: William HI. DeMar, of PENIS
Grove, was granted a divorce last week
from his wife, Hannah r. DeMar, by the
Court of Chancery of this state, on a de-
cree advised by Vice Chancellor Bergen.
Harry B. Ware, of Salem, appeared for
MI. DeMar in the case.
Liberty Fire Company No. l, of PENIS
. Grove, has filed articles of incorporation
in the County Clerks Office. Elmer
Curriden is named as the President and
Agent and the Trustees: David P. Feath-
erer, Josiah Smith, Thomas P. Morgan,
George Watson, Charles B. Whitaker.
You know ~Snelbaker Bros, the reli-
able marble dealers. Place your orders
with them for Decoration Day. Drop a,
card to Woodbury. or Woodstown. They
will reply. n
The project for the improvement of
the Christiana river has been approved
by the chief of engineers at Washington
The project call for a channel IS feet
deep and 200 feet wide to the Brandy
wine creeF, and Is feet deep and 25O
feet wide from the mouth of the Chris
tiana. The work will cost $4,000 and
bids will shortly be asked for.
The PENIS Grove Water Supply Com
pany began laying water pipes on Tues
day with abont twenty-five out of town
laborers, mostly Polanders who deserted
from the Russian army. They began
digging trenches GU North Broad Street
at the head of Pitman. Slow progress is
made because the ground is quicksandy
and full of water and iron ore and gray
ell have formed aeoncrete which is hard
to dig. The pipes are six inches in d.
ameter and are laid four feet six inches
below the surface.
White Pine Balsam the best for coughs
and colds at Johnson's drug store. n
To neglect placing your orders with
S%nelbaker Bros. for marble and granite
means disappointment on Decoration
Day. Write for them to call on you at
once, at Woodbury. or Woodstown, N. j. y