The Penn's Grove record., 1908-06-19
HOME HAPPENINGS.

Rambler roses are plentiful and bloom
ing profusely.
Several farmers set out asparagus il
this region this year.
Farmers are disposing of last year
crop Of wheat for 95c a bushel.
The farmers crops look very promis
Ing, hut the prospect is for low prices.
Jacob x. Dalhow picked three to
matoes last Saturday the first to ripen il
this region.
: The Baird Presbyterian mission Sun
day School OF Wilmington, came owe
and spent Thursday in the Grove.
One farmer sent some early cabbage t,
Philadelphia last week and received onl,
25c a basket, a very low price.
The Office of dog killer is the dog -gond
est business a man can go at. No MAJ
holds down the job long. Few want it.
Mrs. Asa Holmes had both feet badly
scalded by unfortunately dropping hot
water on them last Sunday evening
About 800 went on Franklin Flitcraft'
excursion to Betterton, Nd, many O
them being from Pilesgrove and Man
nington.
Wilmer Pedrick and Walter Carter
opened Morris building on Penn Street
last Saturday evening as a dance hall and
Ice cream saloon.
Geo. F. Snyder, & Co., the builder OF
the State road has it graded from Biddle's
creek to the Pedricktown-Pennsville cross
road at Bevis's corner.
Lewis Prash sent the first basket OF
peppers to Wilmington on Thursday. 1t
sold for $l.25. Cabbage brought 25c.
squashes 9Oc to ST.. onions 75c to 81.
NoTICE-On and after June LIST, the
Penn's Grove National bank will close on
Saturdays at IL o'clock, noon. *tf.
The heavy thunder shower on Monday
relieved the sixteen days of dry weather
which had cut the berry and hay crops
short. Two inches OF water fell.
Fl. S. Titus, contractor, has the cam
ming factory building building, 25 x so,
on Railroad Avenue completed for Harry
A. Dalbow, agent for Ferdinand Hansen,
of New York.
The combined potato and wagon house
on the Danser farm owned by Ebenezer
P. Zane was burned down on Tuesday
morning of last week. The loss was
covered by al insurance of 5000.
Capt. George P. H. Dolbow, a native
OF Penn's Grove, who has been pilot on
the steamer City of Chester which plies
between Wilmington and Philadelphia,
for several years, quit there some weeks
ago and is now master of a Washington
Park steamer.
After four days work the derrick,
with which to hoist stone for the state
road, was erected on Wednesday. A
scowload of % inch rock arrived last
Sunday from the Brandy wine quarries-
and unloading began Wednesday after
o on BARRIERS wharf.
pann,s crovo cronoo continues
grow Twantv.tbroo NOM uo,nho,s 80
river the third and fourth dooroos ~
wednesday evening and refreshments
were served at tho c,oso 70 obo,t ooo
members and ~v;s;torS Thoro ,ho,.
forty visitors present from Sharptown
and Salem Oranges: Viola Band dis.
conrsed mus;c drr;no ho,o,ot pon.,a
aooS .
oioVe oi"nge no" mas LOO members.
The grand entertainment to be given
by Miss Alice CLAYTON. elocutionist.
MISS May Clayton, soloist, Mr.. Ivin
Filtcfait,. vioiinist Mr.. Howard Hitchner,
P,alist' an OF "oodstown, IN Emmanuel
EnuIch SATURDAY evening, June 10Th for
Ihe b1othefnood ana Ladies Auxiliary,
sllouiu oe appreciated ny a large audience.
of the pipe organ fund. Il 9t
m
Inc Couft OF Errors n Appeals has
reversed the Court of Chancery and de-
take hack tho stoamor Mo;or ponhoIa
and the wharf properties at Salem and