The Penn's Grove record., 1917-02-09
ABOUT HOME.
What Is Occurring And Being Talked
About In The Borough and Township

Florida strawberries are in Penns
Grove market at Is cents a box.
Boys have peer enjoying skating on
the river cove. The ice is rough.
Good old winter time. The kind old
iolks remember when they were boys.
A fire burned q building entirely down
at Plant 2 on Wednesday night. No one
Was llnrt.
h. d. Turner is having extensive sheds
erected over his coal bins aud the drive
way thereto.
Those who II go to Florida and
enjoy the floral scenes may see AZ beau
tiiul in Charles L. Smiths greenhouse.
The alarm ON Thursday afternoon was
Tor a fire IN a shack on Railroad Avenue
at the crossing. A bucket OF water put
it out.
The moving ice broke the platform
aud shack belonging 10 L. E. Hunt at the
south side of the wharf where he loaded
shad.
The failure of the ferry boats made a
shortage OF bread, meats and vegetables
until extra orders were got from Phila-
delphia.
The severely cold weather made lots OF
work Tor plumbers and doctors in the
Villages. The water pipes in 375 houses
were frozen.
The Ladies' Aid OF Emmanuel Church
will hold a chicken potpie suppe i'm the
social OF the church on Friday
evening, 23d.
Matthew Mitchell & Son opened their
new meat market at Union Corner Ihuis-
day morning. In fixtures, furniture and
high-class goods it is o surpassed in
any city.
The severe cold weather last Friday
night troze to death five rabbit dogs be-
longing to George Mitchell, on James Di-
ver's farm near the Borough limits, They
were i'll hay beds.
An Italian suffered ruptured intestines
by being hit in the abdomen by a plank
at a circular saw at plant l on Wednes-
day. he died iii great agony at Della
ware Hospital where he was taken.
1t has been twenty-three years since
the river was ice-bOund as it has been
this week. The water was covered solid
from the Jersey shore to the western
channel which WAS filed with floating
ice on Tuesday.
Notwithstanding the temperature was
u last Tuesday morning some in dupont
Village wanted ice instead OF coal. To
see Barber's ice wagon distributing ice
revealed d force OF habit rather than a
necessity.
The Torpedo boat destroyer Jouett is
stationed OH the river below Penns Grove
under orders from Collector OF the Port
of Philadelphia William H. Berry. 1t is
the purpose of this patrol to see that no
interned German ships put to sea.
Oliver Cuff, who has been feeding his
hogs OH Penns Grove garbage, has had
about forty to die. A veterinary says it
was the result of poison. 1t is q big loss
to a hard working, thrifty colored
man who has done faithful service to the
Borough that no other could be procured
to do. NM H*kgI
Clara KimbaH Young. the famous &C.
tress will be shown in 1.-THE Common
Law" at the Riverside theatre on Tuesday
night. This picture is based on Robert
w. Chambers popular novel, one of the
best sellers. The program for the re-
mainder OF the week is given in All attrac-
tive advertisement on another page.
1t took a ton of coal eaci, day to
heat the high school building with twelve
rooms with the hot airsystem on the cold
days this week. Not SO much was need
ed to heat the old building with steam.
The hot water heater i'll the garage build
ing did not make the temperature above
40 OH Monday and Tuesday mornings.
No school was held. 1t was 60 Tuesday
afternoon.