— 1 1 ,■ JJta f |> *3 Ti* t , .* . '. V * C v ijp v '..^ *& • ... ' . *i U ? : W ' ■ M* 11 M to *! l /tll HVl^ J 1 ILilAliil PUBlisaBD KVK*r *ATWAYt AT CAPE JUT COCRT HOUSE, If. J. Tbkxz— Ono Dollar a year, payable in advance, or $1 50 afrer three months. Transient Advertisement*— Twelve linen, (one inch space) 50 cent® one insertion. Eu^^dit^nal innerUon, Anonymous com muni cations will not be noticed under any ciitsiunstancei. < Slight rain on Thursday night. Heavy frost on Sundhy niglit last. Run-away on Thursday afternoon. No one hurt. Friday morning at' 6.30 the mercury stood at GO0, It is very injurious to eat rice pudding late at night. • When0 dogs die they go to the "happy land of canine^ Farm and garden improvements are visible oh all sides. The post office is well patronized since "pyxio" and arbutus are in blossom. A * Fresh eggs have a lime-like surface ; stale eggs are glossy, with smooth shells. Mr. Newton Swain, is studying medicine under the direction of Dr. John Wiley. «» If a man's intimate friends are all good you may be sure he is not a very bad mau himself.

A little over twenty miles of the new road from Ncwfield to Atlantic City has been completed. By an act of the last Legislature licensed physicians arc exempted from service on juries. Purchase goods of those who advertise in the G azette. They are. the ones who keep up with the time*. Youngsters are looking forward to the last day of sohool, and the joyous days of leisure that will follow, _r Winter sat down bo heavily in Spring's lap lost week as to nearly knock the breath from the maiden's body. Wo'we JiidoWd "tfr Stnivell Eltfrf3ge for late copies of Denver papers. He reports business lively in that-city. Several cases of wines, not noted in the manifest, were found on board the bark recently wrecked at Peck's Beach. There are some things that are not needed in tb is town, and among this ' class may be considered billiard tablos. A writer commences a poem with "Across the water comes a thrilling wail." How should a whale come if not by water ? The woods along the West Jersey rail road, between Westville nnd Woodbury, caught fire on Monday, and burned a very large tract. 4 Trying to do business without advertise -v. " Vv\ '>»• »— '• £ " V in *l- d*rir. nobody else does. Those who have carefully examined their pear orchards think that many of the blossom buds are killed. The frozen buds are dropping off. The "Royer Club" left their flag up on Saturday night and by Sundny morning all laid vanished but the field.

Cause, too much wind. The bark reported in our last issue ss being ashore on Pock 'A Beach, has partly hurried herself in the sand. The crew has been discharged and sent home. Rev. Mr. Colwell , pnstocofthe Baptist church, prekched an excellent sermon on Sunday evening last. His text was taken from the 8th verse of the XIV chapter -of Mark. We are sorry to learn of tfie sudden death of the infant son of our friend L. T. Entrickcn, of Caj>e May city. The child was apparently well on Saturday night and died on Sunday morning at 2 o'clock. The West Jersey Railroad Company are building numerous side tracks along the main line, also along the new line to Atlantic City, so as to insure the utmost safety in the running of trains in the busy season. On Monday evening a large prrty of Morgan Hand's friends surprised him by entering his residence, laden with cakes and other eatables. The evening was spent in games of various sorts, and all reported a good time. The report that Gen. Bewell had been superseded by Josiah Hackctt as Superintendent of the West Jersey Railroad Is altogether without, foundation. Mr. Sewell still continues at the head of £be affairs of the road.

I Whv iWitifl tvA * nitl/M is ailvtrvi rw# i . ' ib | £mvu is without doubt enouiri tal nt that an fcllort has beezi made to get uptoltss o< 24, W1<1 that tweuty munes h*ve already boon secured. The Wood. to wu Reoistkr taya that '{a letter weighing ho more than a »il»er the„old vwut.of guessing at the weight of our letters, as it would be dillicuit for us to borrow a half dollar. On Sunday afternoon last a fire w as discovered in the woods, along the lino of the Went Jersey Railroad, about one mile below Millville. Before it was extinguished about 500 acres of bush land and small timber wcro burned. It is thought that it origijiated from the railroad. .* 'i Is 'Klf m^Pff * Look out for counterfeit $100 notes on the Pittsburgh national bank. They are said to be the most perfect imitations yet issued.-— Ex. After reading the above we immediately examined our cash assets but did not find any of the suspected notes. Wo will be careful for a few weeks. On Monday afternoon, last, at the farm of Mr. Edson, a short distance above the Court House, Chas. Armer, (colored,) was thrown from a load of marl, underneath the wagon. The weight of the load was estimated at a ton and a-half, and passing over his back several ribs were fractured. He is doing well under the treatment of Dr. Wiley. On Monday afternoon a fire broke out in the woods along the lino of the new railroad to Atlantic City about three miles East of .Bucna Vista. The high wind blowing at that time caused the fire to spread rapidly and by Wednesday morning it had' burned over About 10,000 acres of timber land including the well known Wulker tract, J _ a* _ A i l. _ war . * « *

and a portion of the Mr. Luddington, of the firm of D. D. Mallory 4t Co., of Baltimore, spent several days here last weak. He has been prospecting along the bay shore for a suitable place to plant oysters. Ho intends to bring Chesapeak oysters over to our shore, plant them in the Spring, take them up again in the fall, carry them to Baltimore' and pack them for use in different parts of the country.^It is said that while oysters will grow but very little in Chesapeak waters they will, in the course of a few months; gain nearly, one third in size if planted in the Delaware. This is only one more point in fay r of Cape May. The annual Institute for the teachers of this county will bo held at the Court House on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, May 3rd, 4th, and 5th. The rule of thcSt&te Board of Education is, that "All teachers arc required to attend the Annual Institute held in the , county in which, they are teaching, except for cause satisfactory to the * County Superintendent, and no deduction shall^ be made by Trustees from the salary of teachers for the time they are in actual attendance upou said Institute." Maurice Bcesley, Supt. A HORRIBLE DEATH. Harriet Townsend relict of late Henry Townsend, living at Ocean View, in this county was burned tb death on Thurs- • »»»•- |> yf- w Slio lived with a daughter an<t was quite feeble, being 71 years of age. The duugKter had left home but a few mo-, ments before the accident intending to go to the Post Office, but stopped in at a neighbor's house. She had been there but a short time when some one remarked that* there was a volume of smoke issuing from her house. She

immediately ran home and on entering the door a horrible sight met her eyes. There in the middle of the floor stood Mrs, Townsend, nearly all the clothing burned and torn from her person and the whole body with the exception of the face, burned to a crisp. She died after five hours of intense pain in the arms and hands. It is xot4$own how the fire originated as tho unfortunate lady^ was not sufficiently conscious to explain the cause of the accident, although she was at times able to recognize some of her friends. Tho buriel took place on Sunday morning atCalvery Church. « ♦ # AGRICULTURAL BUREAU. In accordance with the announcement in our last issue, a meeting was held at the Court House on Wednesday afternoon last, for the purpose of taking into consideration the "Stat© Agricultural Experimental Station." The firstspeaker was Thos. H. Dudley, Esq,, who explained, in a conoise manner, the objects, purposes, and probable results of the organization. He said that New Jersey was ahead of other states on the question of Agriculture. Agriculture ir the most important of all interests and for the very reason that all other interests depend upon it for tho material to feed upon. Now Jersey with proper cultivation will become the garden of New York and Philadelphia two of the largest

^ ^ . j . . PC of tJ« world. It U not «l**y» rf"2' There is not a manufacturing establishment on &* UUnd. There are in many place* where cranberries are cultivated. Cranberries have been scalded, sweet potato* have deoayed, the clover crop has tailed and many other of our products have been injured by decay. There- is some reason forjtheee failures. You have heretofore been 'ieft entirely to yourselves to find out the causes. Our object and intention is to try and find out by careful chemical analysis what is the cause and then, when we have done that, to go to work and discover the remedy aud apply it. Then about fertilizers i It is just as important that we should have information as to fertilizers j many of them are actually worthless, and as w<& con hot tell the gdod from the bad by simply looking at or tasting tiiem, the only way is » to analyze the different kinds offered in the market. These investigations will be published for the benefit of the whole state and you can thereby profit by each other's experience. In the Btate of Connecticut they huve a like institution and it has already been of great benefit to the fanners, One of their- experiments showed that a certain firm had been selling hundreds of tons- of the socailad fertilizer at $32.00 per ton and it was found when analyzed that the cost of making it was exactly $1.08 per ton. Thus the agricultural interest received the benefit. 'The gentleman then proved to the satisfaction of all present that there was no "ring" or "clique" in tlmLu-eau, Prof. Geo. If. Cook then followed with some plain, matter of fact statements in reference to the objects of their visit.

Said when he first entered Cape* May 26 years ago it was in a far different manner from that of to-day. Instead of a comfortable railroad he was conveyed by an old horse and wagon. I have been en8°8ecl watching {he advantages and progress of different parts of this etate since 1854, and know that Cape May county has very many advantages that are possessed by no other county in the. State. Improvement b fart making its way down the coast and you should be ready for it when it reaches here as it must inevitably do ere many years. These experimental stations are not gotten up by the legislatures but by the farmers themselves. One former in* England has expended over $2, 50ft, in this kind of experiment and he found at the end of a few years that lie was more than paid for his trouble. In Germany, where the fanners wore not able to bear the expense individually, I they clubbed together and persucd the investigation of the different points. . There are 80 such stations now on the Eastern Continent. Several states on this side of the water have them and several others have the subject under consideration. New Jersey has more mono}' invested in the manufacture of fertilizers than any other state in the Union ; one firm alone producing over 40,000 tons in one year. Every former must use some fertilizers and it pays to know which are the best. Cupe May j has a better store of natural fertilizers ; than anv county in the state, excepting \ - t i\p, '&■•* •- ' running tu.ougti i,»<sin.. You un^t great quantities of oyster shells and no lime can be found which will equal shell lime. I have heard it said down here that stone lime is tho best but is is a groat mistake. One cause of tikis mbtake b the difference in the weight of the two. Stone lime is much heavier than shell, but the right way to test the two is to use them by

weight. I . will guarantee than one hundred pounds of shell lime will do ' more good than the same weight of stone lime. Cape May has been furnishing phosphates to other counties for several years and there is' no reason why you should not eomo out far ahead of some of tho other counties. Our office will ho in New Brunswick with a branch office at 20 Market street Camden. We want a committee appointed to attend to -getting ready and forwarding samples of Cranberries affected by the scald, sweet potatos that arc rotting, fertilizers of all kinds, soil, cattle foods, etc. It will not do to have euch fa rinor working independently as we would have too many duplicates and the expense would be too great. Prof. Cook was followed by tho Secretary of tho Bureau, Mr. Nelson, who spoko for somo timo upon the benefits derived from this work, Mr. J. B. Huffman of our town then arose and moved that a committee be appointed at once to attend to tho matter. Mr. Reuben Townsend was chosen chainman of tho meeting and Alfred Cooper secretary. Dr. Y oung said that instead of appointing the committeo at this meeting it would be better to appoint a few good men in each township and leave the selection of the committee to them. He then made a motion that five be nominated from each township in tho county, «nd five each from Cape May

j lelty And (1 irJ Imously decided that these daWu* I t itl r W flilmll '■ — UpporTowiubip.— Anthony 8t««lm»n, TJ»d. V»« Gilder, Thorn*. 0*ndy, Hpw!nUOUn<:' 8r'' SilVa°UJ' VonQDDooUttle, Dr. C*rl, Jo., h. H«ndf ' John W. Young, Richard Learning. Middle Township.— Dr. Wiley, A. F. Tomlin^ Sumner Marcey, J. N. Tomlin, Tfownzend GanreUon. Lower Township.— T, Edmunds, Win. J. Bates, Edward Crease, Jos. Shaw, Cornoeius Learning. Cape May City,— W. B. Miller, Mayor Williams, F. JL. Richardson, H. W. Sawyer, George ilildreth. Cape May Point, — Mayor Simpson, Samuel Wiley, Wesley doraon, Alex. Springer, Daniel Godfrey. Thb matter js one of vital importance to kvruy citizen of our county and it b necessary that the ooinmitte to be appointed shall be composed of men who are not only competent but- interest**! enough to give the matter that careful attention which it merits. In order to do tlib we must have a full meeting of all the delegates on Saturday next, (April 24th,) at the Court House. The opportunity now offers itself for us to make a strike for improvement and, as we value the progress of Cape May County, let us make the most of that opportunity. LITERARY. Programme of the Court House Literary Society for Friday evening, 16th. instant: - 1st — Music, Miss Maggie Hewitt. 2d — Essay, Miss Addie Beuezet. * 3d — Comic Reading, P. T. Hildreth. 4th — Lecture, Subject, "Progress" by Prof. T. Purdy. RECESS. 6th — Instrumental Solo, Mba Helen

Learning. 7th— Facetia, Miss Ella Bennett. » * 8th — Essay, Alonzo Hewitt. 9th — Charade, Mr. E. C. Hewitt. 10 th— Music, Boys. State News. Princeton college b to have a new telescope to cost $25,000. The employes of the Mantua creek bone works wanted more wages. They censed to lnl>or : and now they receive an increase of 25 per cent. The Woodstown Register will soon give a history of the various cemeteries , rianr tbat trT»,nr>il tin nf-ynii*»i« and families buried there during the ; past century. According to official report, there is 51 Republican, 45 Democratic ami 5 Greenback newspapers published in the State. There are 15 papers published in the German language. • ■ ■ They have a good sized business l>ooin in Bridgeton, nnd as a result new glass ! factories, now canning factories, and a large opera house are in proce.ss of construction. CAPEMAY" ^TY^~CArE MAY~C."lL AND MILLVILLE MARBLE WORKS. MONUMENTS and ! < ' /. . .. * Iron and Galvanized Fencing and 1 all kinds of Marble Coverings for graves, j All orders will receive prompt attention : by telegraph or letter. Flag for curb- ' ' ing work done at the shortest notice. Call and see. A discount made on all work by calling at the yard. L. T. Entrikin, Proprietor. — 7 r

W. H. Van Gim>kr, Manager of the * Millville yard, aprlTSOtf. New Carriages ! J. P. Brick of Millville would respectfully inform the people of this county that he has just received a lot of new carriages, built expressly for him and ordered before the advunce in Materials, The collection includes Buggies. Jenny kinds, two-seat Carriages, and Phaetons, all of whieh must bo sold at once. lie also has on hand and will make to order First Class Harness of every description. None but the best leather used. Satisfaction guaranteed. J. P. BRICK, Millville, N.J. Vprl02t. Assignee's Notice. Notice I* hereby given to the creditor* of KA M.CONOVER, of the city of MUIvIIUn county of Cumberland, Htatr of New Jersey, thnt All claims against snlil estate must be exhibited to the subKcrlber, their lUoJiineo, ' under onth "or nfllrnmtton, before the third i day of May next* bHng throe-mouth* from the I date of the assignment, or 1m- forever barred t from e«mlng In for a dividend of thces-tAto; I and wdd emiltor* «re fhrther notlfled that a list of the claims Against the sttld R A M. Conover, will be filed with tho feurrogHte of the county of Cumberland, before the enduing May term of the Orphans1 Court, when exreptlons thereto rony ho filed by any person Interested, Goo, B. Cooper, Piled March, 1«. 1*30, Assign**.

.A, Xif U jEa^' JMJ; JL* jL if Ifillnl mm T0 1 WMM ":r " & CASH BUYERS. ■"{ f» i wiLso.v & co., Tinder Wilton t Sail, it the Place to bay RELIABLE CLOTHING ! HATS AND CAPS, BOOTS AND SHOES, GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS &c., &c. 0 NO GOODS MISREPRESENTED TO MAKE SALES. Poizts in Faver of drafing with WILSON k €$. We buy direct from Reliable Manufacturers. We buy no Shoddy Goods. W e are under n6 expense for Rent or Clerh Hire. WE GIVE ALL THESE ADVANTAGES TO OUB CTJSTOMEB&. WILSON & CO., MILLVILLE, N. J. mcli27 tf.

A LARGE REWARD, Will be paid to any one in Sontk Jersey who can find CLOTHING as cheap as can be bought at A. .T. STEEbWATVS, .... No 12, 14, and 16 High Street, MILLVILLE, NT. J. FORTY GOOD UNION CAS-SIMERE SUITS FOR MEN, - - - ft 5 00 EIGHTY GOOD ALL WOOL SUITS, 10 00 NINETY SUITS FOR BOYS, - - 1 . . - - $150 to 5 CO THIRTY-NINE CHILDRENS' SUITS, - - - - . 75 CTS. to 4 50 We also keep the larg st line of ■ Boots, Shoes , Trunks, Valises, Hats, Caps, Umbrellas, Oil and Rubber Clothing. Cloths, and Cassimeres , of ANY ri,ACF.SOTTTH OF Fill LA DELPHI A. No rent, no inrcrcst. but clerks well paid. We havr eugaged Mr. Vm. 0. Johnson, formerly of Johnson A Son to manage our Custom Bool and Shoe department, which is a guarantee tbat all will be as represented. ^ ' v •*" * - tne o*v»i and most styhsii.cuitei 111 the Statr, to inau.^. wf Ctv*.iing Custom department. Our stock of CLOTHS A OASSIMERES for excotnls our previous efforts. Orders received bv mail or stage will receive prompt attention. We also send iustruciionK for self measurement and sampler of cloth when rcquei-ted. mci.6^"" -^A. J; Steelman.

THE "GAZETTE" - OFFICE I ^ . * "• is prepared to do all kinds OF JOB PRINTING, in the most approved manner and at very reasonable rates. ill VE ASE IS 1 TRIlLfe us a caL