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VOLUME I.

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, NEW JERSEY, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1880.

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COUNTY DIRECTOR Y. JUDICIARY. Pmmioino Jcoca-Hon, Alfred R**<J. Lav Jcdozs— Jos, E Hughe*, Cap# May eHyj Jmm H. Diverty, D^nnuvilic; Soiners G, dandy, Tuckahoe. ClHIIIIMlDNtl SoarLUt Kvnd — J B. Huffman, Court House dsi£i rp — William H. Benezet. >fouiitr Collmctoi — l)m v ill T. Smith. CoOPt tfoUSC. *3PP£' ; ■» v Omjitv Cisax-— J onat h&r. Hand. I>»rctt * — Morgan Hand. PaossuciOK Plus— Jam** R. Hoag Uo. Si" I N STKCCTIO.X — Dr. Maurice Bceslov, lfonirisvilUs. ; BUSINESS DIRECTORY T _ Br. Thee. C. Whratoi. | U. S. Pension Examsuuin J EAViLlc ,, iT. A 11 Soldiers who Are ^upturad liT'111, can be supplied with trusses, free of charge. Apply to above. _ '. 1 OcttSy J. y. Lwunl n«. M. D.t D. D. S. W. M. Letiinlof , t). D. S. j if. P. Learning, *So«. DENTISTS. OFFICE DAYS: CAP! MAY COURT HOUSE, Tu««1«Y», ; Wednesdays. and Saturday!. CAPE MAY CITY, Tueadavs, and Wednesdays. SOUTH SBaVILLE, Friday*. nichClyr. mLY,Y, Physician and Surgeon, CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, S. J. mohfilyr. J. R Huffman, COUNSELOR AT LAW, i SUPREME COUfcT COMMISSIONER, AND MASTER IN CHANCERY, 99- Win bo At bit offiit at Cape May City •tsr; 8at«rd«7. mchftlyr.

Jas. H* Nixon, ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR AT LAW, Orrrci i* Insurance Bru.pi no, MILLVILLE. N. J. Mrs. S. R. Conovcr, 1 Fashionable Milliner, Hian Srstrr, Below Pise, MILLVILLE, N. J. mch61yr ' L. B. campbellT" dealer in 8T0VES, n EATERS, RANGES, TIN WARE, CUTLERY, GLASS WARE, Ac., Ac. Jlian Stkbbt, Milltillk, N. J. mch^Iyr J. P7 BRIIK, | # ^ Dealer in HORSES, CARRIAGES, HARNESS, Ac. HAIJV HTUKET. NEAR THE RRIIHJR, MILLVILLE, N. J. mcbGlyr in k CAPE MAY C. H. • + LIVERY ATTACHED. Horses always on hand, Far Sale or Eiekange. L. Wll EATON. mchBlyr N» PATK\T, \0 PAY. PATENTS obtalBwl for mechenlr«l mniirei or ottaroonipouBAi orooamui ti«-*iuu«, tradetn«r1it and inbolf. rUtMH, Awibrninenie. IntirftfiflM, Infiingemenf!, nn<l all mail*' m rotating w> J'ateuU, pmnpUjr Kiu>.«i.(| io. W« makrt Brollmlnary as ami natlMi »«n-1 fur- < nffh CpIMmM at to patentability. fre« of "h»rf* aoU all who ar« !nt«retu«d in new Inventionf amt i**i#nti» are Invited to fllid for a etopy of o«ir Ou Id# for ohlalnlna fau-nU," Whffih f» sant free t// any add nam, aMOrmralt - a<itsiplet« Intimation! how in obtain Pal«Mi!t. and otbtr valnatjif m»tir.r. During ilia pmmt 1 Mv* yeam wp have obtained nearly tnrea S oaten d Palentt fbr Amerloao and Forrlan v'AtOre. and oan flvt ta<ltfant/,rv r^o r ^neet In alrtott arm mant/ln tbe Cnion A ddrte# : 1/4 ii ' Dt fvAOOBftli Ob. , Bolleltort of Pa'onta and AMMMfl at law, Ia Droit Batldlaf. Watlilnfton, D. C. I I

UNION A a HOTEL, Wu. ■ ti' Cape May C. H. I , . ~~ 1 This lon^ established Hotel is still open for the reception of permanent and transient guests, where all attention will be given to 1 their comfort. fW ' V ^ ' «•*•«» tyr. A. YOUBISON, lUDB MAKER. AND DEALER IN READY-MADE HARNESS, (APE MAY C. H., K. J. Please Call and Examine Our Stock! W o have on hand a good asMortinrut of [ Ready-made Harness, Collars , Bridles , Sad- i // //) jm ii /j i kxtk _ W tr#^ tv ft f y/o ^ J trpf/rn, Nets , Blankets, Va-

lise sy Trunks, Etc,, ALL OP WHICH WE ARE SELLING AT LOW CAS1I PRICES. Open Wngon Unrnein ox low rh p 8 00 Carriage Hurtioiw a* low a« 10 00 1 AND MANY OTHERS OF DIFFERENT STYLES AND PRICES. a#- Oall and iw bi-ft»r<- |nirci>n«lng rlaewhera, mohoivr. -A. Yourison. J. L. STEEL, MANUFACTURER OF LAMES' A\0 (SEATS' FASHIONABLE BOOTS ul SHOES, GENTS' BUTTON CALF GAITERS ONLY $3.50. j NEXT TO THE "GAZETTE" OFFICE. CAPE MAY C. II. Repairing neatly and carefully done, mchftlyr. PURE Flsli €lua no, FOR RALE BY FRAXKLIX HAND, junao.tr. i R. L. Howf.IjL, SURVEYOR AND Civil Engineer, MILLVILLE, N.J. Bpecinl Attention paid to leveling; ptDihliahing the overflow linen of pro noted pond* for mill aitc*, cranherrv ikign etc l drainage work* cto. Firm , nutde, ontimato* fnrnl*lie<l nml Npcclfl cation* drawn for Mill*, Bridge* ; Water work* and all tiniilar oon*trttction* or work# at ihort uolh a. mfhftlyr •

POETRY ==^PF Look Up, Not Down. I.tf# to some U full of «orrow— Half Is real, half thoy borrow ; Pull of rock* aud fUU or ladgca, l "o roars sharp and cutting odgus. Though t ha Joy t>HU may b« ringing, Not a song you'll hear tham singing ; baclng uavur ttutkes tham whki, i mx I* lor «Hit from downcast eyes. All In vain the sun Is shining, W ater* sparkling, blossoms twining ; They but scs through thus# sums sorrows ttiul lo-duys unit worse to-morrows ; | 8ee the clouds t Jim i most puss over ; V-1 free Clio weeds aming t ha clover-— Everything and anything But the gold the sunbeams bring. | , Draining from tho bitter fountain, lx>! your mole hill seem* a mountain, Drops of dew aud drops of rain Swell Into the mighty main. All In vain the blessings shower, And the mercies fall with power. Gathering chair, ye tread the — ^ - •*' aud royul, WD ^oor. up»a* you ana uuu labor. Not for one alone woe's vials ; Every one has cares and trials. Joy and pain are linked together, I .ike the bur aud cloudy weather. May we have, oh, let us pray. Faith and patience for lo-duy. — Sklkctkp. The Starry Heavens. . - r facts concern txo tim planets in kovknbek. Tho ProvidonoJ Jovr.vai save : Saturn is evoning star, and though a leaver light than tho glowing Jupiter, surpasses him in interest during the month. He has passed his opposition or nearest point to the earth, but is still traveling towards liis perihelion or nearest point to the sun, which he will not roach till 1884. Therefore he will appear bright- * er than be did this yoar at the next op ^ position of 1881, and still brighter at 1 each succeeding one till 1884, when lie will be a hundred million miles nearor 1 the sun than at his most distant point, 1 and put on his most glorious phase. ' The rings will continue to open until ^ imu, wrien tney .rmmoa mmr wmwi . extent, and the planet will also reach 1 tho point of greatest northern declina- .... . i

tion within the same period. Tho years 1881-1885 are tho golden season .for astronomers of the present to make a special study of Saturn. When in 1907 the conditions of tho present aro partially repeated, tho vision that is now clear and far seeing will become dim by the pussago of time, and, if twenty-five years is the. average length for an astronomer's vigorous power of observation, when Stfturn sweeps round again ! towards perihelion, a new race of observers will take the place of those who now wonder and admire ns the glory of the iSaturnhm system is revealed to • thoir enchanted eyes. Perhaps by that time continued observations and im- | proved instruments may determine whether there is a triple ring besides 1 the dusky ring, whether the rings are made up of clouds of satellites too small to bo seen separately And close together to allow the intcrvuls between them to be visible, or whether the rings uro approaching the planet. Wo never »eo this magnificent planet through tho tolescope without wishing that the picture of , surpassing loveliness could bo painted on tho nightly sky, and that 1 all who gaze upon the starry depths might hchold tho entrancing spectacle — a glorious orb, encircled by golden rings and surrounded by glittering points of light, tho coloring so clear and softly toned that the brightest earthly tints seem muddy in comparison, the grandeur of tho spcctAclo transcending tho power of the pen to paint. Saturn and Jupiter aro both moving south, and Saturn's slower 'motion will increase tho distance between them, so that he rises aud sets about fifty min- ! ute* later throughout tho month. He | sots now not fur from five o'clock in tho morning ; at tho end of the month about three. Neptune is evening star aft or the 4th, when ho is in opposition. Though too ■ distant to bo seen with the naked o ye, he is in excellent position for telescopic ' observation, showing a decided disk and 1 s coloring of bluish white, lie also ic traveling towards perthelioir, which he reaches in 1884. If wo had eye* to see , the other planets as they roll, we should behold three of them — Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune— almost in a line with th<* earth end sun, their masses uniting in a pull upon the central orb. The disturb ance in the movements of Uranus wan tho mean* of the discovery of Neptune, | for this most distant member of the ! brotherhood was pot really Introduced to bur Arquuintnie* till 1848, and it will 4

take him till 2011 to complete hi* first circuit round tbe euu since bis existence waa detected. With our present eon* ditiona of being, we shall not be in has to to migrate to Neptune. Tho eun at that distance appears a liHle largor than Venus at her greatest dimension*, and gives one-thousandth pert of the light with which tho earth is blessed. The j planets, as seen from this distant jH.int, i srp all inferior, moving like Venus and Mercury in straight lines, approach ! ing and receding from the sun. Tbe Neptunian astronomers, with eyes like ours, may, perhaps, see Uranus, Saturn, and Jupiter as star* of the sixth magnitude, but the other planets are invisible. They have, however, one advantage over us. They can measure the distance of the fixed stars without much trouble, for their - base line is thirty * • im HP* I MM * an observation. Astronomers aro sighing for more worlds to conquer. Neptune has pertubations indicating an outside brother, aud systematic efforts are being made to gather the far-away wan derer into the system. Mercury is evening stAr till the 23d, jvlicn lie is in inferior conjunction with tho sun and passing to his western side joins tho morning star*. His move menu during the early part of \h*> month domand special attention. IIo reaches his eastern elongation or most distant point from the sun on the 4th, and is more favorably situated for being seen a* evening star than lie will be. for the rest of tbe year. The best time to look for him is on tho evening of the 4th, soon after sunset. Venus and the : crescent moon will help to point out his ' position, which is about one degree, or twice the diameter of the sun, south of . > Venus. The moon is in close conjunc- J tion with both Venus and Mercury on 1 the 4th, being, when at hor nearest l point, only seventeen minutes south of i < Venus, and forty-nine minutes north of " Musnnxy Tha .UMImUy in iwmij ^ I planet lies in not knowing whero to look, but with Venus and the moon to 7 — " - ■— ■ ' lllWii IV

point the way, a careful observer may hope to be rowardod with a sight well worth watching for, a brilliant white star, shining with a light resembling Sirius, and yet so hard to find that astronomers like Tooho Draho and Copernicus hare died without the sight. It murit he remembered that Mercury may be found one degree south of Venus, j between her and tho horizon, and the moon will bo between the two planets. Meicury will set about an hour after the sun, the moon and Venus within a few minutes of each other about a quarter after six o'clock. If the weather be unpropitioua on the 4lli, the planet may be fonnd for a few days before or | after. Jupiter is ovening ttar, and, though shining with royal grace as he mounts grandly to tho zenith, presents no new phase nor perccptiblo diminution. The great spot still lights his disk with its ruddy hue, and, though ho has passed perihelion, believers in the agency of lite planets in producing solar coninio lion will see evidence of a retreating pull in the battalions of snowflakes that in mid-October overwhelmed the West and blockaded the trains with snowdrifts ten feet high ; in tho terrific sea that raged on the Western lakes ; in t lie unseasonable severity of Canadian -nowdtorm* ; in the shock* of earthqunko on the Spanish peninsula ; and in the frightful warfare of the elements In Buenos Ay res that caused the death of more than a million of cattle in midSeptember. Jupiter is now moro than an hour above tho horizon at sunset, and sets shortly after four o'clock in the fnormng ; at the end of tho month about two, Venus is evening star, and will be charming to behold in the southwest throughout November. Venus aud Jupiter are so situated in regard to j each other that they form tho most nt- i tractive feature of tho sky in the early ! evening. Noon after sunset Venus ; peepa from hor hiding-place, and hang* like a lamp *u*iH>ndod by golden chain*, shining In the twilight glow. At the same time, and l»eforo nuy other stai> aro visible, Jupiter rise* slowly in the cast, gorgeously brilliant against the dark background of the sky. Am Venus sinks toward* the zenith, and tho plan clary play may be watched for an hour. Jupiter is now the moro brilliant, hut his lustre4 is watting, and he will soon { be eclipsed by tho radiant queen of the stars, who, before many moons have waxed and waned, will reign without » rival. Ventib '-ets now about a quarter .

i after six j at the end of the month, about quarter before seven, more than two hours after the sun. Mars is morning star, but there is little to oouitnend him to notice during the month, as he rises and sets so nearly at the same time with the sun. Ue rises now a little before half-past six, preceding the sun only a lew mizuites : at the clone of the month about a quarter alter six, nearly an kour before the sun. Uranus is morning star and is coming toward us, but is still too far away to be of any account among planetary notabilities. He rises now about two o'clock ; at the end of the month about midnight. The November moon fulls on the sixteenth. The new moon of the 2d is in conjunction with Venus and Mercury i he wi» I*ptllllc us r«Jt, she n»in conjunction with Lrranus, and the day before her chauge, on the 30th, she is again in conjunction with Mercury. Thus it will be seen that the Novera l*r nights will be full of interesting planetary incidents. The evening of the fourth will be specially noteworthy. A fascinating picture will be painted on , the early evening sky. The two-days old crescent moon, tho radiant Terms mm! •«Ui (ooi«4 Uxumy may be seen if the clouds do not conceal the celestial canvas. At tbe some time Mer cury reaches his most distant point from the sun, and Neptune reaches his opposition, when he is most favorably situated for telescopic observation. Jupiter and Venus will be most delight ful to watch, as one advauces and the other recedes over the celestial road. The clear and crisp Novenibor nights aro inspiring to star-gazers, for beside* the aspect of the planetary brotherhood, so personal in interest to the dwellers on this little planet, tho sky is slive with clustering coustelUtions, including of the most radiant stars that lM»>fal> ii Ilia 1 ■■ill ■■■ ■ ■■ I \mm m J Fires that Cannot be Quenched .

' cnmcft a bl'knixo mink. ? , g A special despatch from Pottsville, Pa., says : The failure of all the attempts | to extinguish tho fire which has boon t raging in the Keeley Run colliery for . several weeks, it is feare<i, will add another to the |>erpetually burning mines | ! that now exist in the Pennsylvania anthracite regions. The greatest of these , . is probably that in the jugular vein, near Goal Castle, thin county. This ha* ■ been burning since 183.5. Lewis F. Dougherty npon«*d this rein in 1833. The upper drift of the urine wa* abortwater level, end a huge fire was kept In a grate at tho mouth of the mine in winter to keep the water from fleeting , in the gutters. One night in the above year tho timbers of the drift caught fire ; from tho grate. When it was discovered tho fire had been carried down the ; air hole to the lower drifts, and was be- j . ! yond control. Two miners entered the mine, hoping to recover their tools, j They never came out. The mine was abandoned. No effort was made to 1 mine any of the coal near the burning vein, although it was considered the best coal in the region until 1858. Then John Mediums put in a slope on the east side of it, Inflow water level, lie struck the vein at a place where the coal was so thick tlial two minors could kocp a large breaker supplied. When four hundred yards of gangway had bem excavated the heat from the burning Dougherty mine began to bother tho miners. McOinnis attemptto open an air hole. The heat became great that the inen were poid double wages to induce them to work. They worked entirely naked, and were relieved every ten minutes. Finally the heat became so intense that work was abandoned. The mine was flooded. After being pumped out, men could again work for a few days. The mine was flooded nine time*. M«4iinni* final ly failed, and the mine was then abandoned. The fire has been raging in^the vein eriU' »it\oo. An area or% in every direction has been euVneu. No vegetation grows on the surface. In places the ground has caved in, forming i chasms a hundred feet deep. There it j but a thin shell of earth ever the jut of fire. At night blue sulphurous flames issue from the crevice* in the ground. . It is dangerous to walk merogs the spot. Several )*er*ons have mysteriously die ! appeared in the vicinity during the past twenty years. It ie believed that in a | : majority of the cases they have fallen I

■ ' 4 •- '* x . , , into Um burning tniiu- Dotigb.ny, 0 the original proprietor of the mine, attempted to go aenns once He sank to hi* annpiu through Um enmt, »ud wm 1 ! only saved by courageous friends who ventured to bis aeaieUnoe. The stone* on the ground are hot, and snow never resu there. Rain turns to vapor as as it falls on the roof of the burning mine. Million* of dollars' worth of the best quality of coal have been consumed by the fire. The Summit Hill mine, near Maueh fire years. It ie U-lievod that' this mine was set on fire by diaoonlented miners. Thousands of dollars have been expended in fruitless efforts to extinguish the flames. The Butler mine, near Pi its ton, has been hurling three years It was sot »- * **' , •»- . -tie ultrm, thought that the fire would exhaust itself as soon as it exhausted the out cropping* or exposed portions of the anthracite on tbe edges of tbe cave hole in which it broke out, but it required only a short time to show the fallacy of this theory. It made rapid headway t hrough the worked -out pot tions of the i-oUiery, where it was fed by wooden props ana puursorcosl, and the rush of air through the numerous cave holes caused it to gleam and roar like a furnace. The sulphur flames emitted through the cave holes furnished a picuire>que scene at night, and gave the place the appearance of a volcano. At length the company became alarmed, and their alarm was increased by a notice from the Pennsylvania Coal Coml»any, whose property adjoins the But ler colliery, and who notified the proprietors of the burning miue that they would be held to accouut for any damage done by the spread of the fire. The Butler Coal Company then secured the services of Mr. Conrad, a practical engineer, to devise a plan for extinguishing tUm Ummmmm mm \ sT , 9 O. . +k . , | cd disaster. After various unsuccessful ex peri

ments, Mr. Conrad became convinced that the only effective way of arresting the progress of the fire was by isolation ' —namely, digging a deep trench around 1 | the entire area of the fire and sinking 1 it from the surface below the burning vein. The work was undertaken and carried on at an enormous cost. In some places the ditch had to be constructed as deep as from 80 to 100 feet ) and correspondingly wide. It was a great task. At one jtoint, owing to the great elevation, the place had to b* | tunnelled through for about 100 yards, aud it was feared even tlicu, owing to the rapid progress ih&t the tire waa making iu that direction that it would secure a lodgment among the rocks and ''bony" coal overhead and cross the tumu l to the workings beyond. It is still burning fiercely at thb point, but it is hoped that the fire will not extend outside the limits of the isolated area. Just now the greatest danger is that encountered by the miners who are working the second vein, directly under thv burning mine. Tbe beet is so intense thst the men arc compelled to work in these chamber* almost naked and the sulphurous nature of theatmoeI phere has prostrated many of their number within the last year while several have boon com|>elled to quit and set-k work elsewhere. A few months ago the water from the roof came down u|*on them Ixriling hot and after Mine Inspector Jones visited tho scene ho caused a susf tension of operation* and had an air shaft sunk outride the burn »ng area so as to introduce a fresh supply of air to the workmen. But even thi* is ineffectual now owing to the terrible heat overhead, and again tbe sulphur and caloric are unbearable, Mcu are in peril of their live* every time they fire a shot, and in some places it is impossible to blast because of the sul- ( pliur and great volume* of dangcivug ga*0* generated frem above. The vein oi coal bring worked at preaent is so intensely hot at some place* as to be unbearable to the touch, and frequently orktnoti are compiled to let I vosl lie for hours before they can land it on the ears, owing to its blistering heat. The situation is really terrible, and aven if some sudden and awfhl ca I amity d*»ea not ensue it will crwt many I men their lives if they work there much longer. It is like working in an oven. Nothing but their extreme pov* orty could possibly induce the miners ; and laborers to accept such labor. The eoal they mine comte up hot out of tho i coTlkty ,