The Penn's Grove record., 1906-05-11

Cattle have gone to grass.
Tie trees are now in full foliage.
Frank Vanneman moved to Bridgeton
on Tuesday.
Samuel Nj. Hunt drives a handsome
new grocery wagon.
Fine Writing Tablets-Bisbee. \
Superintendent j. ]. Kennedy flushed
the fire plugs on Monday.
Southern strawberries are in Penn's
Grove market at two boxes for 25c.
The bloom on the cherry, pear and
apple trees indicate a good crop of fruit.
The Fire Company had their hose out
last Saturday and did some good prac-
ticing.
Sarah J. Barber has sold a building lot
on North Broad Street to William F. Van
CuIin.
The Delaware Valley Naturalist Union
will hold a meeting in PENIS Grove on
June I'd.
Fine toilet articles and fine stationery
at Johnson's drug store. y
Shultz x Vanneman have dressed j. X
DoIbow's building in a coat OF pink per-
lection paint.
The mild winter gave protection to cut
worms which are now feasting on the
early tomato plants.
The strawberry blooms indicates a large
crop. Colonies Oh Italians are being EN-
gagged to pick them.
Albert Stetser, Jr., has broken ground
on Broad Street, opposite the school
house for a new house.
Warren Homan, OF Philadelphia, bur-
led a one-year old son in Riverview
Cemetery on Wednesday.
Cook with gas. Safer, quicker, cheaper*
Ii. II. Holton & Son of Pedricktown
are Frightening Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson's
property with fresh paint.
The plate collection taken in st. Paurs
Church last Sunday for the San Francisco
sufferers amounted to 1884.
Several farmers in Oldmans set out
sweet potato plants last week. Some
around Swedesboro have all theirs out.
The Morton & Douglas Comedy Co.,
will give an entertainment in odd Eel
lows Hall, next Saturday evening, 18th.
The fine weather the past two weeks
has brought many to the cottages on the
shore, especially on Sundays.
The Willing Workers, of st. Pauls Sun
day School cleared about $500 by their
festival last Saturday evening.
For a gentle horse and a good driver
call at Dolbow's livery stables Oh Main
ST., Penn's Grove. 1t.
Some PENIS Grove citizens have put
in pave washes. The sprinkling Of
streets on a warm day is refreshing.
The steamer Sylvan Dell which runs
between Bridgeton and Philadelphia,
stops at PENIS Grove. She goes up one
day and down the next.
The proposed boat line between New
Castle, Del, and PENIS Grove and
Pennsville has been abandoned because
wharfage could not be secured.
The drizzling rain on Wednesday was
accompanied by a cold northwest wind
which pulled the temperature down to
400, and made a heavy frost OH Thursday
morning.
A gasoline stove is dangerous and
troublesome. Buy your wife a gas stove.
free connections. Penn's Grove Gas Co. n
The steamer Ulrica broke her shaft
last Saturday night on her late trip COM
ing over and the tug Emily, Capt. Jos. G
Denny, ran in her place, until she resum-
ed on Wednesday morning.
Poultry dealers of Salem county have
adopted a new method of buying squads.
Heretofore they have been bought by
the pair; now it is by the pound. Birds
weighing eight pounds to the dozen are
worth So. So; seven pounds, $3.50, and on
down to 70 cents.
Try Bisbee the Jeweler-Optician. \
PENIS Grove schools will close next
Friday, when a public exhibition of
school work by the children will be given.
All parents are invited to be present in
the afternoon. For the accommodation Of
those who cannot, the exhibition will
be continued in the evening.
At the annual meeting of the lot hold
ers OF Emmanuel Cemetery the following
were elected trustees for three years;
William q. Summerill, Vincent Sparks,
w. a. ST mmerill and George w. Davis.
The Boar 4 of Trustees organized by re-
e%lecting William 2. Denny, President; 5.
M. Justice, Vice President; W. A. Sum-
merrill, Secretary and Treasurer; G. V.
Dolbow, Superintendent.
Repairs Anything-Bisbee the Watch
maker. K
Mitchell Lopez, recently in the en-
ploy of the United States Express Co.,
Wilmington, has been appointed purser
OF the steamboat Ulrica of the New Jer-
sey q Wilmington Ferry Co.. and enter
ed upon his duties last Saturday. He
succeeds the late Capt. Clayton, Reybold
whose death occurred in the latter part Of
March, The position has been filled fol
the past month by Capt Lackey, the
general agent for the ferry company.
Knowing ones now doubt that the West
Jersey & Seashore will be thoroughly
equipped with electricity by July l. A
railroad man has stated that the new
schedule will 60 into effect, but thaI
there will be a mixture OF steam and cleo
trio trains. The undertaking has devolp
ed into a much more gigantic affair thai
supposed, and while the contractors vii