The Penn's Grove record., 1906-05-18
FRIDAY, MAY Is, 1906.

with paint.
Flies are arriving and screen doors ar,
going up.
Rain is needed badly to increase tn,
grass crop.
Miller's prices on meats are a saving o
&c and &c a pound.
William F. VanCulin has the founda
ton up for a new house on North BroaC
Street.
Shape and Higgins have had a cement
pavement laid in front OF thei mea'
market.
The Trustees of the County Almshouse
elected last week will meet next Monday
to organize.
The demand for gas for stoves is SC
great that the Company cannot do piping
fast enough.
H. S. Titus, contractor has Benjamin
Peacock's new house on South Broad
Street completed.
The County Board of Assessors will
meet in Salem this Saturday. Assessing
will begin mex Monday.
Fine Writing Tablets-Bisbee. \
All the present corps OF teachers in
Penn's Grove Schools have been r~e-elect-
ed for the ensuing school year.
Richard F. Shannon, Esq, had his
first case on Wednesday in settling femin-
inc differences along the shore.
Mrs. Ellen Holton and Mrs. Christiana
S. Rogers have had their homes at the
Cove improved with new paint.
Asa Holmes is building a small house
for himself on the rear of Lewis w.
Holmes tract fronting on North Broad
Street.
Fine toilet articles and fine stationery
at Johnson's drug store. n
The Morton & Douglass Comedy Co.,
entertainment in Odd Fellows Hall Sat
urday evening will consist of several
~laughable sketches, instrumental and vo-
cal music.
OA 1uCoNdy LlOilllHR OlIc VI IllO large
press houses at Carney Point Powder
Works took fire and burned down caus-
ing quite a loss and much delay in max
ing powder.
Il. V. Dolbow has started the foun-
dation for a new house on South Broad
Street adjoining the residence of his son
Gideon C. Dolbow, Charles E. Barber is
the contractor.
Cook with gas. Safer, quicker, cheaper*
George. Sparks pulled a rhubarb leaf
from his garden this morning which
measured 80 inches across and was 10 feet
in circumference. 1t was the largest ever
grown in this region.
Right Rev. John Scarborough d. d.
Bishop Of the diocese of New Jersey will
hold Divine Service and Confirmation in
St. George P. Episcopal Church, Lower
Penns Neck on Sunday May 20 3.3OP. NJ.
John Campbell, who has been living
in H. McKee's house on Beach Avenue
since last September, moved back to Will
mington last Monday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Carney will make a new home
in the house they left.
For a gentle horse and a good driver
call at Dolbow's livery stables on Main
St., Penn's Grove. 2t.
William Wilson, of Pedricktown, has
charge of the base ball sport at PENIS
Grove this year. The first game will
take place this Saturday, 18th, at $50
p. m. at PENIS Grove Ball Park, when
a team from Wilmington will meet a
combination of Penn's Grove and Ped
ricktown players.
Denny Bros. have given the contract
to build their wharf at the upper end of
Penn's Grove to the Franklin Wills Com
pany, of Wilmington. The wharf will
be $50 feet in length, by so feet in width
at the end. They will use it for a truck
line, and the general boating business.
The contractors began work on Thursday.
A gasoline stove is dangerous and
troublesome. Buy your wife a gas stove.
free connections. PENIS Grove Gas Co. n
There was a heavy frost on Friday
morning of last week which did much
damage to the early potatoes, tomatoes
and to the strawberry blooms in some
localities. Some claim half their crop
was killed. The frost did not do so much
damage to crops near the river as to those
further away and near woodland where
1T was calm but coolest.
Try Bisbee the Jeweler-Optician. \
The Dupont Powder Company had an
agent around this week getting options
on several hundred acres of land adjoin-
ing their works on Carneys Point. They
contemplate purchasing Robert Kidd's
farm and all the meadow lying between
that and the river, owned by several per-
sons, also Josiah Summerill's upland and
meadow lying on the south side of their
works.
Miller's Store on Penn Street is now
open with a new stock of goods. His
prices on meats are a saving to all pur-
chasers. 1t will pay you to give him a
call and price the goods before purchas-
ing. X
Repairs Anything-Bisbee the Watch
maker.
Eaton-Hurlburt Stationery-Bisbee. n
| will be at my dental Office in Penn's
Grove on Mondays and Tuesdays only
hereafter. B. B. Filler, D. d, S, X
White Pine Balsam, the best for coughs
and colds at Johnson's drug store. n
Souvenir Post Cards-Bisbee. Il
Buy a gas stove. Connections made
free. PENIS Grove Gas Co. X
Fol- HATs-Go to Dubell, the halter,
No. 2 East Third Street, Wilmington.
Largest sock and lowest prices in that
city.