The Penn's Grove record., 1905-11-17
Winter weather struck us before many


Benz. Peacock has broken ground for a
new house on South Broad Street. Ii. S
Titus is the contractor.
Tbs new iron fence has been erected
around the school house. 1t Is a fine i'm
proyement and has been long needed.
Wilmington had a $780, 900 fire early
Wednesday morning at Front and Orange
Streets, when five houses were burned.
One of the ~artesian wells at the Salem
water works has been dug TO a depth of
1,O79 feet, but still no water has been
found.
Charles E. Barber has Charles L.
Smiths new house ready for the plasterers
and Frank Walkers on South Broad
Street is being inclosed.
Mural Lodge of Odd Fellows sold q
shares of.their hall stock last Saturday
for $23 a share. The Junior Mechanics
bought II shares and the P. 0. s. of A.
10 shares.
George X. Pedrick brought to the Re-
coRD office an apple of last years growth
which was quite sound and eatable.
Mr.. Pedrick has a secret way Of keep
ing apples.
Gunners have been out in full force the
past week and hundreds of rabbits have
been shot. From six to eight have been
the high number shot. Parties of four
have shot as high as twenty.
Mrs. II. L. Vandegrift arrived home
from Cooper Hospital on Thursday. The
pistol bullet which went through her
body above the lung was taken III of
= the back. She is recovering finely.
Albert Jameson who is at Georgetown,
S. c.. writes to the RECORD that he has
killed a large deer and will bring the hide
and horns home. Three hickory shad
We're caught last week, something never
known so early in the season.
Three of J. M. Bevis's calves strayed
away and were missed for three weeks.
He put an advertisement in the PENIS
Grove RECORD and found them in a short
time. Advertising brings results.
Fewer Gallons; Wears Longer; Devoe.*
The railrord extension to Carney Point
is progressing slowly, because the mud is
SO deep over Bout Creek marsh. Piiing
forty feet long were driven without find
ing bottom, and pine logs fifty-fiye feet
long had to be used.
Clement L. Taylor who has been living
in the tenant house on the Dupont farm
occupied by Thomas Norton has leased
the brick blacksmith shop at Auburn for
many years occupied by Joseph Poulson,
OF Benjamin w. Cheesman.
Benz. w. Hurff, Powers White, Daniel
Y. Summerili, Jr., Warren Risner, Jas.
B. Summerill, OF PENIS Grove and
Harry D. White, of Pennsville, left for
the Bay last Tuesday to shoot duck.
They went on Mr.. Hurrff's yacht Sweet
heart and returned Thursday evening
with IA ducks.
John r. Wilson got run over and bad
ly hurt by having the small bone of his
left leg broken on Thursday. He was
carting M. Katz's refrigerator to the sta
ton and when the wagon turned down
Oak Street the large pieces slipped from
the wagon and threw him under the
wheel. Mr.. Katz's ten-year-old son Sam
uel also got his hand hurt.
A cold wave struck this region on Mon
day night and pulled the temperature
down to 200 on Tuesday morning. A
cold wind arrived from the north at about
midnight and brought a light snow sqnall
about l O'Clock which lasted for Is min
utes. The ground was frozen and quite
a lot of shell ice was made along the river
shore. 1t remained near the freezing
point all day Tuesday and Wednesday
morning dropped to 300. A warmer
south wind brought a light rain on We'd
nesday evening
Fine toilet articles and fine stationery
at Johnson's drug store. \
For HATs-Go to DUBELL, the halter,
No. z East Third Street, Wilmington,
Largest stock and lowest prices i'll that
city. \
People in Philadelphia appreciate the
fact that the Woodbury. factory is the
real force behind the Blasius Piano bus
mess. 1t is the force that has made the
Blasius Piano Warerooms the largest in
America. People know that in buying
from Blasius & Sons they get better piano;
for less money, because in dealing with the
makers they save the usual in between
profits. People who are near ~neighbors tC
the Blasius factory should not forget this
1t will pay anyone who wants a piano t.
write to Blasins & Sons for their book
Popular Styles of Pianos," $3.50 up.