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Ts. o»« Dollar a joar, M»**> in , . a . _ *¥1 tl>G - tHnf it ri;rst»tKn 1 ITui jn* iuSni*.h aSuTt ! userLku. 10 v nfc L*. ... *r jdv*rtiavui«ute by fp*oi*l ooutiact. L<m*1 Notice $ cuaU per | I lino t'u.invm at comittiuiettkmfi w ill uot , fa«MUo*<l U»UcfWum:u^S j a] rHKi) CYkJPKR* K»m« *«* Pet. » * 1 ^OTTURDA.^ MX%EM B£K iTiSSoT m* T kMui Ham*. Court Houh, Ii*» J**z !♦ ■ -<•! v«4bv a- hoonof *Moi ..«« HW.-iUlfi lot Li l^Sa^J Venu* t« brightening. J^a.rUf.l.mgp.Uc Ti» fruity toe yrokmftd obtcryitioni j nt uji guic. -**Uiru ©lowly unveil© "the wonder* of its ring*/' 4 Oo to Murphy'* *4 Millville for Christ mia gifts etc*, wc. Deo. 44 1. The house* i:e will shortly be up to h«r elbow© in in income©!.. Lot everyone utteinJ church to* morrow, in spite of the elements. 26 beautiful cbromo card*, with nimu, for 26 cents at the Gaxkxtb office. When in want of a sty liah •bonnet, call on lira. 3. R. Cunovar, Millville. tf. Wa call attention to a nsw "ad" of Msasra. Woodruff Jk Willis, butchers. A. H. Jarxnin ia getting to be one of South Jersey's most popular clothiers. It ia apparent about here that lear«s have a time to be raked up as wall as a '•tuns to fall.*' The seTare «torm and icy walks pre vented a Ml attendance at our churches on Sabbath laaU Capt. Wm. Row visited Burlington on Wednesday to attend the funeral of his * brother, R- If. Rosa. We are glad to hear that Mrs. John Steel, who has been iUforseveral weeks, m improving rapidly. Mr. Ifsnry Hand, one of the crew of Life-saving Station 36. kilted two plump wild geese on Tuesday last.

Always give the the first meal. If it is well fed with manure it will feed ell else, plants, animals and men. Do not forgot that the ladies of Gravelly Run will hold s grand fair and festival during the Christmas holidays. 26 beautiful chromo cards with name only 10 eta. 3. nd 3 cent sump for samples. James D. Godfrey. M llvillc,H. J. oet30,3m. You wili find the beat assortment of ladies' and children's coats and wraps at Mrs. 3. R. Conor sr's 102 High street, Millville. tf Rebecca Godfrey, adm. of J esse C. Godfrey, will sell the personal property belonging to the esUlo this morning at 10 o'clock. Bachelors are beginning to breathe freely. The strong-minded female has only six weeks more in which to exercise her prerogative. Mrs. 3. R, Conorer, MillrUle'* popular Milliner, has now at her store, 102 High street, a new and well selected stock of millinery, trimmings, etc. tf. Meetings have been held in the Baptist church every evening this week under tlie direction of the Rev. Mr. Jones, who will occupy the pulpit to-morrow. The "gwff.'rrg re*'>y for hf this neighborhood is about accomplish* ed. Our farmers are too wide awake to be often cxtoght with unseasonable work on hand.

Grasshoppers are eating up everything hut cast iron boilers in Big Hole and JeflWr son Valleys, Montana. Tliey would eat tliem, but there ain't any there to lie ealen. Our cittern* will rile**© note the fat that Saturday the Ifith inst. will be the last opportunity to pay their taxes before return day Tne collector will be at the l.'ii ion Hotel on that day. An exchange says that a Syracuse dentist has a large mirror before his operating chair in order that patients can sae toe expression of their faces as the tooth begins to start at the roots. A young man on Mechanic street says 1m is going to attempt the feat of going forty days without working. He say if bis employers do not watch him he thinks he can accomplish the task. Mr. Benjamin F Lee, Clerk of Supreme Con rt, has been ill for some weeks at Hotel La Fayette, Philadelphia, with malarial fever. He i* now shin to be out, with prospects of speedy recovery. Mr. Jos. Ifolmos lost a valuabbyoung c«*w on Bunder night lest. He Hi unable to decitle whether she fell on the ice or was honked by the other owwsl He found her with a broken leg en Sgrlif morning,

ttnUi ih.» it «u to 4<x In »occr.Uuio» w.«l» <Wtm (Vow lietri- | J . 0*t. Bi»h«wi Uuiu.,- , u„. 1 j town has accepted the position. S. P. Murphy, ol Millvilb Um thr largest stock of uaichwschkka, p-wi-lry, ■iivorwuro, vase*, Unultal insirumenta, etc., south of Philadelphia This w just the diet tor Gape May people to secure tueir holiday {ftllBh *4 *ow • t figures.^ lk»e.44 w. We regret to loam of the severe ill tiess of Mr. William S. Tovrneend, Deun is v ills. At last accouuta he was alow ly Improving. Mr. rowueend has been in ratner poor health since early in the fall, bur it is hoped he will ere long have Rilly recovered. I e By ordekof General Supenu Undent Kimball, of the United Stub* Life- ( saving Skniiv, one additional man i* t«> be placed, on Dec. 1, in the crow of eacnofth© 40 Life-savinu Station* on the New-Jersey <nhu*I, making a total of 313 ui«n in tho New Jersey Lifo-aaving Ooefit Guard this winter. There seem to be great anxiety and 1 impatience on I ho part of tli** i-cople to * *ee the revised adit. on of ins Bible, Jul they may *c© what changes have >een made. * The trouble with most jxoplo will be that they don t know enough about the old Bible Ui^recog- , uizo the change when they a*e it. It t* with regret that wo record the death of our worthy friend C. H. Jlsnd, at Beverly, N. J. on Tueedav last. Ho ♦ faai been living with his nephews, the Meexra. Holmex, up to this Full when ho , went to Beverly, hoping that a change 1 of air would benefit him. Being flltel- f ligent and agreeable he w.*« respected by all who knew him. A chance in the proprietorship of the Bees ley's Point and South SeavtUe stage line is rumored. The bumnoss : over thia route is not what it once was. in the davs when tlio Post Ottos dei pnrtment paid $500 for carrying the mails on tnis route, and Uncle .John ; Hildreth had plenty of business for his four-horse stage, which .is now doing duty as a flour and feed wagon. Rot. Thomas Harrison, the revivahst who figured conspicuously at the campmeeting at Gape May Grove last 8oj>temoer, has been conducting revival services at Scoti M. E. Church, PliilaI del phi a, where 30C soil* have been con | verted, and in comm9moration of which an all-day jubilee meeting was held on Tuesday, then Rev. T. Dewitt Tahnago. of the Brooklyn Taberna< ie, pi cached morning so<l skhitosn. Mr. liarnson ' . goes next to Mehdeu Conn.

It is with satisfaction that we- present the new advertisement of the Miliville Mutual Mariue and Firo Insurance Co. This company has, !n spite of all opposition ana slanderous abn.-e, cobqo out victorious ; and that with a stirplii* that in our estimation makes it a«fe from assessments for a number of voars at least. This has been a»-complixlied only by hard work and earnest endeavors on the part of I*. L. Molford, Evj., :uid R. L. Howell, both of whom have earned oogn uiondatioisa from tho j»oricy- ; holders. Conaidersble freight for Tuck alioe | brought down by vessel* from Pbtladsl- ' j»hia to Dennis Creek lauding, wr.irh is 4j miles beyond Tuckaiioe's nearest railroad station, making 10J miles cartage, which in tliese days of steam railways seerns hardly the proper thing tor ' an *nterpri*ing village like TuekaLoe to be under the necessity of doing, but ruther smacks of the olden time, when railway facilities were unknown, and « long cartages were compulsory. Verily, I railroads <u> net in all reenects meet the I cletnvnds of business in tne matters of : tmnsporfiiiioin, or they would not, us j in ilua case, be given such a ''go-by." Neeley E*rnest, Dennisville, who was 1 * soldier in the nine month?*' service during tlte war, has reccivpdab.ick pension amounting to over eight hundred dollars. Elva D. Westcott of the same plaK^e will prot»ably rat rover about $1100 arroarsges, and eight doll*/* per mouth hersufier. Israel Gilford, in the same township, who suffered si* months in I Libbj prison, sn<l came out within almost » hair's breadth of death, is also assured that fiis cose has b«-en acted , uyou 'AHoeaUVy , iv.vn A ' otiie/ poor men who reuoivo tlteso bountiert from the government but make good use of them, it may be proper and right they should have them; if not, * 'twould be better they should not thus receive His nation's gratitude.

LITERARY SOCIETY. Programme for the Court House Litdrmry Society for Friday evening, December 3, ISfiO. 1st— Muifa - Society. 2d Refutation, Mr. Clem Foster. 3d — Spelling Bee, Conducted by I'rof. Purdy. 4th — KB<gp*. fidft — Mdslo, Miss Learning. f»ih— Essay, Mr. Morgan Hand. 7tb — Reeltetjen, Mr. John Jenkins. 8th — Answering Questions. 9th — Question Box, Miss Bennett. 1 0th — Composition, 3fiss Norburyfltb — Music, K. C. Hewitt. The Society will meet nt linlf past seven o'clock, in ilie school-house. All are invited. Heats free. DYER'S GREEK ITEMS. Five weeks old, and not named yet, — our blacksmith's baby. The seseon for Ohri«tma*< tree#, exhibitions, fairs, and festivals is Isst ap- ' proarbing. The eo\i\ spell took tho nsople of this place by surprise, and froie some Of their potatoes ignite badly.

■y i ■ Ji- JI X ■■ - If people would find less fault end do J moro praying wp think the Lord would j crown them with greater spiritual sue- ; cess. Mr. T. H. Lemming has recently to- J eeived a fresh lot of store goods. They j are extMudally for tlie Fall and Winter trade. t Cant. J. D. Learning mad* a flying visit to this pi HOC on Siturduy last, ieuving his vessel, the schooner "Congress," at Phllailelphia. From Murcy's corner to the upper end of the district/flight be very appropriately called dog* town, as dogs are so numerous that not even u dry bone might be lound in the place. To those who would adopt the sentiment of the poet when he wrote, "There is pleasuro in tho juitbleas wood#, there ia rapture on tho lonely nliore," we would a *y sj^end a day on the bea4*li at this season of the year, when the wind is howling from the north west. Wg mention as two contemporaneous events that took place in this vicinity on Monday evening of last week, tho serenade nt ('apt. M. Howell's in honor of the rib taken by his son B. L. Howell, and tho carpet rag sowing at the Bay View House. Nothing unusual happened to mar the enjoyment of either party except in one instance, when h young man attempted to discharge a gun by striking tho cap with a hammer. The cap exploded mid a small quantity of powder found it** way into his five* burning his oyo somewhat, but by luck the accident did not prove various. \W trust a lesson wiTl b.* drawn from it and hojxj a revolution will soon take phtce in tiii^ gunning line. 1 17 axd 27. Our Washington Letter. I from Our Regular rorrrspondont.1 W amxixotox D. C. No*.*. 27, 18£0. Senator Bla re, of Maine, had a long private interview with Gen. Garfield to3ay. The conversation URw#»>n them was or the most frank and friendly character. It i» understood that Mr. Blaine gave his views of mat let* and things with great freedom, as it jo probable those gentlemen will n »t meet again until about the time of tho inuug" u ration. 8ti< h being tho cose, Gen. Garfield was anxious to have now whatever suggestion* tho Main© Senator tv blied to make. After their interview i Gen. GorfiaUl whs asked a* question in » ! regard to his pvnvpectivo cabinet, and ^ ' replied that he should not agree in his f ' ok ii mind *i> to mcmburs of his cabinet • before Febitiary : that he thought this was abundiililly soon to come to a con1 cludon u|rv.ii the important question. * An intimate friend of his supplements j this by saying that the general has not \ at this time a single fnan in his mind s ' eye whom he has concluded to ask into his esbilioU

A statement which has boon issued from tho Department of Agriculture, says that the returns of tho 1st Instant of the department show nn Increase in tho flrheai crop/ of the United States t of 31,000,000 hush els since ls7«». The ; ^ yrefd per acpir is somewhat less, but tho • jfieieafle in area sown more than coun- • terbalunces the lose of yield. In the j State* of Minnesota and California, tho vield per aero, as well n* tho itrreage, show# an ineroa*©. The r«-ports from the cotton belt wore more favorable this month than last. In tho States of North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, tho weather has been good and the pro4pects are for an Increase in product of from fifteen to seven per cent. | In Alabama ami nil the states bordering on the Mississippi, there is reported too : much rain and damage from rot, indicating a decrease in the product since last year. In Texas the weather ha* been generally favorable and the crop promises an increase of eighteen to twenty per cent. Tho principal complaint there is scarcity of labor. Frosts nre generally reported, but except in a tow localities tlie damago ha# been plight. The are a planted in cotton, a# i reported to this department last spring, wo* seven per cent, more than last year. ; The ott crop of 18H0 show* a slight de1 Mine as compared with the crop of i 1B79. At the coming ***«ion of Congress it is said an effort will ho mads to suspend tho navigation law* for a period <>l several years, that toroian built ships may I.* registered and sail under the Anionc«n flag. The idea Is to make on oxj periment, for a Stated tin*#, with th© J view of permanent legislation for thi restoration *»f our currying trade, it is urged that the tolly of endeavoring to ' foster iron-ship building In this country | ha* I >een demonstrated ; that tho lint- ; ish possess too many advantage* in tills particular to suffer "*nr from cmnpati-

__ . _ ... . SB HUHB 3WW fiS • v v \\ W BS nl li 'L.:\ .^1 ^ V'| w. ADIES! jCome ami see the New and Beautiful Styles in Millinery, Cloaks, Shawls, Dolmans, Dress Goods, &c«, &e. at Mrs. VanGilder's department in the cheap New York Store /it Petersburg. Alpaca and Modes, Prices only 12 j> cts. WM., . . rr — . , ■ '■ j. - - - -

tioii on hi* country. At th© present time the British are building oua mile | of vessel* fa the North Atlantic trade, ! several of which wore ordered by and ' will be ownod by American*-, but Kill 1 sail under the British ting. While ; making an effort to give the stars and Ktripci their rightful place on the high M*aa, t .'on gross must keep ill mind tho iutorasU of our coa*t-wi*o trade. There is n vary general demand upon the part of business men and finnr* tor a national bankrupt l»w that will protvot creditors against fraudulent liens, trans- j tors, etc. The failure* of Garwood A J Co., of Minneapolis, Minn., with lialfilitieaqf over $lU9|000, and tho discovery that tho memhebi of the firm had given i4pnor lieusM to menihcra of their own families and intimate friend* sufficient to cover all the ossein, Minphasteed the demand of business interests for the reenactment of a bankrupt, law ; and prominent members of Congress, among j whom art- Senator Edmunds, Thurman and Conkling, intend, it is said, t<» bring | the mutter before Congress during tho 1 coining session. The public debt statement tor the month of November will probably show a deore$te of less flun $2,000,0( K). bor November of last year the reduction wo* $799,823. 1 3. The receipts thia month up to dato considerably exceed j those tor the sain© lime last year. The j : expense* have, however, been very . heavy and may bring tho reduction of the debt for the month to even lowor than $ioo,ona At the cabinet mooting yesterday • Secretary Evarts announced that the Coit-d Si'.Vcs commi^ioncrs had negotiated two Ireatit:# with China, rotli of j which liad been signed nn<l will be sent I to the Senate immediately ulier it convene*.

The inauguration committee held' a meeting to-night, but did nothing except elect sub-committees, the names of which will not be announced until tomorrow or next week. Tho meeting wo* not a public one. Some one has just set afloat a story that a combination has been tor-nod in which Fair, of Nevada, is to have a part, i to enable the Republican* to organise the Senato. The conservative elements necessary to tho siicccm of this scheme ha?©, it is said, dofinato and satisfactory | aeeurnnc©" ft* to tho character of the coming administration. The loading new ipaporsof fcbecountn* j will have vor> full corps of correspond- | unts here this winter,— not so large, per- ' 1 haps, a* t he exciting event* of 1876-7 . bn night, but larger th.in at any time ! previous to that. In point of number* ! of person* sent here, the New ^ ork 1 oxcced nil others, but in tho employ- j meni of various agencies through which j the news and sensation* of tho caphol nre gathered in times of great interest several of tho Western nepers exhibit more energy and liberality than oven the New York "Herald" or "Sun.' ? Political events nro those which m ike IVwliington life worth ex;>en^ivo reporting, I and t^ie Interesting figure* in our lat«? National politics arc* Wfttern rather ! than Eostern, and the re;idillg popu- • lation of tho West is rapidly increasing ; while that of the East i* nearly stationI ary . Many influential citizen# of tho l>is1 trh.t will this year repeat the effort of the Inst, to*ccuron liberal appropriation from Congress for the improvement of Washington harbor That harbor i« becoming u mat$h, slowly- but surely. A comparative small sum judiciously expended now wdl prevent the total ruin of our water front or save an ©nm - mtifas expenditure at a liter date, It ii a curious fact every President during tlie post generation has earnestly rooemmondvd government action in thi* matter, and tliat nothing moie has been done than might have been don© tor th© trout stream* annually provided tor in tlie River and Harbor bill#. Reports roceived hen* do not confirm rumor* of a revival of "Exodu* ' feeling i among th© negroe* of the Southwest. 1 am able to say, from personal obocrvo* tion, that the North Carolina craze i among negroes on thi* subject it over. THE CHURCHES. r BAPTIST. — Hoy. — Tii.tor. Service* everv Sabbath at 10,30 A. M. j and 7.00 V. M Sabbath School at 2J o'clock P. M. Prayer Meeting on Wednesday evening at i .30 o'clock. M BTHOlHflT. ~di©v. P. Provost TaGor, .Service* ©very Sunday morning ^st I0J o'clock, end in the evening fit 7, Sin day School at 2.30 P. M. Prayer ; , Meeting every Thursday evening at > | 7,30. -- . I 100 pound* of old newspaper* for **1© • • at thi* ofttoe. Price, 5 cents a pound.

- >■ — - 1 * " ~ : r 1 r?r: Wier—r— — 33-r=T— WHERE? M 7a Bilder I k': ler-M Sim, PETERSBURG!!, A. J. - 40,000 yds. of 8 cent dark prints, in remnants of one to twelve yards. Only 5 cts. 400 horse halters. Only 25 cts. • 140 barrels of Family Flour. Only $5.50 300 hand-scrubs. Only 5 cts. 000 brooms. 2 for 25 cts 200 men's and boys' hats. Only 25 cts. 240 buckets. 2 for 25 cts. 30,000 New York brick. OYER 12,000 DOLLARS a In General Store Stock, and for 6ale At New York bottom prices.

For sale, or to rent : tlie Grocery Store & Building on the corner of Main and Mechanic streets, C1. II. l. wheaton. GKTCO. WOODS CO.'S Upright Pianos & lLviiLou Organs. ® Jff maH ' ' i ! v X 841* aIlN* *■ y n v * ' ' AO "l\r f , / i p.» ' ■ i ; ^ '. Ijj . i j^lv " f Uf . K uCja - 1 \ -*i P" ' *1 1 K i v V r pfVjP f' U'v. a ^1' KkS' Tho pmduelleo# th!* mjmtotlonfor thrrmrwhtMM \ t4 i]w| o.«S «to ftfl'rfOi 1 \ o.erj inNlWM Wid muilffl «k»Ui Th» y oomiwind MllilbW »" Mradoj.1 ( -!llr itxl Art and the'r #uh»!antU| »r« ruch llui OM will nulla* — -JJU at lft» ordinary or Inferior inMr mwnt* •-> lorarJy ro'.d. RED: WOODS S CO.'S UPRIGHT PIANOS "POSSESS UnoxunipUxl Sti»ongth au*l Solidity, A Mo*t l^anliAil Quality oiTomo, and th^ Brimsmoud Perfect Chock Ropeating Aotiog^i GEO. WOODS A ro:s PARLOU ORGANS RAVF BOTH TTPT, AHD ETTD BTOffi, A»vl »ir© tTiiaqtialled tor their Great Variety of Mttaical Fffecta TV. ^fnptov U>o ealv iWrrmnful r^ejbt«#t»on of PtoMHtd n«e.U. ami to t*urr)MM«\ b* morh 1 1 a. I ciufrter* • f t-»>i »»h#. »nd m j*nlr«d b* thftn beinu lh«> » i co t ^ipidal W_*J rj. !<•»"• f vim I i l»r • ^mtr> . ko i«rm ^hoiUd purrha^ Oiya^Vllhoi U*WWJ*| , -«m*rkat»ki loalru.iaii.l#. OKOIIOK V OOTm k C?0M Cwnb ndiMwrl. Mi. ©o WMURtmi h-rvtt, P-tnn. WABE1K>3Mfi « X4PFUAL T Kit MR TO AUBNT", T'Ho ATtK WANTED IN C1TT W LUCRE THFVE INSTRUMENTS A Jltt : 0T UKPR N8RNTKB a