The Penn's Grove record., 1914-12-25
STATEWIDE
JERSEY ITEMS
Cosby BreyItles Which ChrOn-
icle a Weeks Minor Events.
BUILDING BOOMs REPORTED
Real Estate Transactions Indicate .
Business Awakening In Many
Observation-Disclosures Raising
Funds for Worthy Objects.


section@churehes Raising
Funds for Worthy Objects.
Mary Donegan has filed a petition
In the ~Surrogate's Court, Newark, to
have her brother, James Donegan, be-
lfeved to have been drowned seven
teen years ago, declared dead.
The report of the Banking and In
surance Commissioners shows that
there are TOT banks and Insurance.
companies in the State, with a total
membership of more than 10000 and
assets OF $13~2,456,556.
The State Road Department has
turned over to the Mercer County
Board of Freeholders SIS, 1 so to "a
for several State roads which were
built in Mercer County.
The sum Of $1S5.57 raj realized for
the free milk fund for Trenton babies
by the committee in charge of the
gift shop which was conducted last
week.
The report of Principal James NJ.
Gregory, Of the State School for IN
dustrial Youth at BOrdentown, shows
that the enrolment Of the last year
was "a, of which AZ were girls. The
report further says that the admin
istration cost was S15,538.46, while
other expenses brought the total up
to $~26,199.78. The State gave the in
stitution $4,000. The remainder OF
the expenses vas made up by the stu
dents.
Nearly five hundred students Of
Princeton have signed a petition ask
ing the faculty to recommend a mill
tary course OF instruction.
Oscar Flicker, aged IS, a salesman
in a store in Newark, was fined $50
and paroled for two years for stealing
81 from the till.
There is considerable ice in the
creeks of South Jersey and naviga-
ton is almost stopped.
Although the debris has been delug-
ed with water, flames still a e in the
Recovered ruins Of the Ashby mills,
destroyed at Burlington.
Members of a joint committee of the
Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce
and the Hotel Mems Association de-
cided to postpone a banquet scheduled
for January, and hold the function
either in late May OF early June, prob
ably in conjunction with a two days
carnival to celebrate the long-awaited
establishment of the port.
Acting for anxious relatives, police
officials of Atlantic City nave SEM cir
culars all over the country in an effort
to find Samuel Miller. Miller disap-
peared on August 1, leaving a meat
market where he was doing a profit
able business. No reason has been
assigned for his disappearance. His
wife died during his absence.
At Plainfeld, Gideon Fountain found
Is pearls, IA white and 4 black ones.
IN a single oyster which he bit into
while eating a cocktail in a local
restaurant Six of them are said to
range in value from $50 to $500, &C
cording to a jewelers. appraisemenf-
George Banghart. who, despite his
n~inety-one years, lived alone at Wash
ington. was dicovered dead in a chair.
William Miller caught ffty-two doz-
Ell turtles in bitches about PaulsborO
during the week.
At the annual hog killing at the Sa-
lem County Almshouse twelve hogs
were slaughtered, the combined weight
being $40 pounds.
A Bridgeton man has been bold
enough to serve notice In the news
papers that he knows who borrowed
his umbrellas. and that unless they
are returned he will call around and
get them himself.
Miss Esther Marsh has been elected
editor. and Miss Helen McNeal
ness manager Of a paper to ,
by the pupils of the y
School.