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CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, NEW JERSEY, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 8, 1880.

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JUDICIARY . Piumidino Jcduk— Uoiv Alfred Heed. Lay Juuntts— Jo*: E. Hughes, Can* ^ May city ; Je*p H. Diverty, DonniavilU; *0*0. Sower© C. Gandy, Tuckohoe. .... ... CoMuiatfioxicii Surplus FUNI> — J. B. . Huffman, Court Houhc. > jShbiuke— William II. Bnnozet. Cocxty Collector — David T. Smith, Court Hon % ^ , Couxtt Clkrk — Jonathan Hand. Dkpi'ty " — Morgan Hand. :7;: i<*oasct'TOit I'lkah — J &uies Ii. Hoagland, Bridgeton. 8vr*«xjatk — William Hildreth. Co. Hie'r. Public IxixaccTiox — Dr. Uaurico Becdey, DeimLville. buYiness'diIecYory.^ ®r. Theo. C. Wfaeaton. U. S. Pension Examining Surgeon. — —SOUTH SSAVILLE,:if\J. K&+ All Soldier* who aro ruptured can bo ©applied with truuses, fr©e of charge. Apply to above. • A, Oct2fty . . . » J. F. Learning. U. D., TVD. 8. ✓ W. a. Lwunlnsr. D. D. S. J. F. Learning, §' Son. DENTISTS. OFFICE DAY'S s CAFKMA Y CUUliT HOUSE, Thursdays and Saturdays. CAPK MAY. * CITY, Tuesdays, and Wednesd.-.y©. SOUTH SEAVILLK, Fridays. mohClyr. -vrVwLY, Physician and Burgeon, #t-" CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, N. J. *** mohfilyr. J. B. Huffman, COUNSELOR AT LAW, SUPREME COURT COMMISSIONER, AND MASTER IN CHANCERY, CAPH Mat C. 11., N. J. 4TWJII cifloo ui c«\|>« Mny City every Eaitmlay. mchftlyr, Jas. II. Nixon, ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR AT LAW, OSflCLS IX IxSUBAKOK BuiLUISH, MILLVILLE, N. J. Mrs. S. R. Conover, Fashionable Milliner, Hion STKKRT, Below PIXK, MILLVILLE, N. J. mohClyr L. B. CAMPBELL, DEAl.Ktt IN STOVES, HEATERS, RANGES, TINWARE, CUTLERY, GLASSWARE, Ac., Ac. Jlian Stkki.'t, Mim.viu.R, N. J. jnuhSIyr I p. ffiiuiS," Dealer in HOUSES, CARRIAGES, HARNESS, &c. MAIN ^TRTCKT, N1 CAR TOR HRIDC9S, MILLVILLE, N. J. mchfilyr mm usi CAPE MAY C. H. * . ! » LIVERY ATTACHED, j Horses always on hand, For Sale or Exchange. ... i | L» WlIEATON. mrhfilyr CAPE MAY CITY, CAPE MAY C. II MARBLE WORKS. MONUMENTS and TOMBSTONES. jBSgr Iron and Galvanized Fencing nnd all kinds of Marble Coverings for graven. All orders will receive prompt attention by telegraph or letter. King for curb- j Sng work done at the shortcut notice, j Cell and fee. A discount made on nil j fverk bv calling flt tbo yard. L, T# Entimhix, Proprietor,

UNION « a HOTEL, - Cape May C. H. i This long established Hotel is still open for the reception of permanent and transient guests, where all attention will be given to their comfort. „ William EldridgcA mcbdlyr. A. YO&JRXSON, HISS Mffl, AND DEALER IN READY-MADE HARNESS, cape mat c. a, % J. ♦ 7 , Please Call and Examine Our Stock ! We liaye on hand a good awortuieiit of Heady -made Harness , Collars , Bridles , Saddles , Whips, Hobes, Nets, Blankets, Valises, Trunks, Etc., ALL OF WIIIOH WE ARE SELLING AT LOW CASH PRICES. n Open Wagon Harness us low us $ 8 00 Carriage Harness as low as - 10 00 j AND MANY OTHERS OF DIFFER- 1 KNT STYLES AND PRICES. I CnvI I and see befura j)ur<rhtMUtvg fW(«wl>erc, „4iy A. Yourison. ■S. L. STEEL, j. w-'V i ''/+'■ '■! tf'*.',* • "v" 'I MANUFACTURER OF ums Afa mm' FASHIONABLE BUR Hi SB. BUTTON CALF U A ITEllN ONLY tV3.u0. NEXT TO THE "GAZETTE" OFFICE. CAPE MAY C. II. j Repairing neatly and carefully done. mohClyr. Now Squeal S The subscribers have just received a large lot of young Chester Whites <f » Jersey Red pigs , which they offer for sale at their Meat Market on Mechanic Street , at very reasonable prices . WOODRUFF A- WILLIS. no v 1.1 tf. R. L. Howei.L, SURVEYOR AND Civil Engineer, j MILLVILLE, N; J. Special attention paid to leveling;! establishing the overtlow lines of pronosed jvonds for mill sites, cranberry \ ] nogs etc • drainage works etc. Plans i i made, estimates flirnished and speeitli cut lone drawn for Mills, Bridges ; Water- | works nnd all similar coiwtrueUoiiH or ! works at short notice, liifhClyr

POETRY. The Closing Year* Thii mullow year U bOMtlug to IU dose, ?bo ltttlo birds buvo aCinoat suijk their loot, Thoir small nolo* twitter In the dreary bliuitrTbot *hrllj«plp#d harbloger of early mows ; Til© ptttlont beauty of the scentless rose, OA with tbo morn's hoar crystal quaintly glasNod, Hangs, a pale mourner for the summor past, And makes a little summer where It grows. In the chill sunbeam of tlicXaint, brief day The dusky waters shudder us they shine: The russet leaver obstruct the struggling way Of oozy brooks, which no cleep banks define ; And tho gaunt r,-o*Kls,ln rug god, scant array, Wrup their old limbs with sombre Ivy twine. — IIAICTLEY COLkkipuk. ■ ■ For ill© OAZgrjrjs. "JACK." A .SKETCH BY O. W. H. Jack was a dog ; my recollection of him is an excuse for this sketch. This famous animal belonged to' the whale ship "Daniel Wood," and was regarded by the crew as a part of tho ship's company, receiving his rations nnd being treated with much consideration by all, from the captain to tho cook. With the latter individual ho was on the most friendly terms, but was never known to betray any confidence placed in him. In short, this intelligent creature pos.saftscd all the best points of his breed — the Newfoundland. In July, 1806, tho "Daniel Wood" fittod out r.t Honolulu, Hawaii, for the J usual summer Arctic whaling voyage, | and under most favorable circumstances sailed for tho cruising ground in the j Northern Ocoan. Five days from port \ in tho first night watch ; the trade wind blowing freshly, and a great swell running as is common in the Pacific, the ship ran on a iow coral reef, and became • a total wreck. Some of the crew noticed ! "Jack" barking furiously from tho bow j before the accident, but it was not noticed, us no danger was anticipated, j Some unknown currents had thrown the ship's reckoning in error, but the fi*.i tli ful Jack no doubt had seen tho low lino of breakers, and his excitement grew out of that circumstance. The crow, after much difficulty and, risk . to life, succeeded in getting safely i on the sand forming tbo top of tho reef. ' Some water and provision wore saved, j the latter in a damaged condition from j salt water. While the men were launch- ! | m I ! ing the boats, and trying to save their J clothing and provisions, the faithful j "Jack" whisked around trying to show ! that he was not afraid. His last eiiort j in that direction was to deliberately I jump over the side and swim to shore ' where he set up a vigorous barking. Tlio poor tired old whale-ship soon broke up: in the morning not a trace of her was to be scon. A little material had been cast on tbo shore nnd this was j carefully gathered for fuel. It was • judged by tho officers that the ship had i been wrecked upon "French Frigate' Shoals," so named from the total loss of a French nmn-of-war a few years before. This surmise wits afterward proven j true. Theso dangerous shoal reefs arc in some places two or three foot above the soa level. They aro some fifteen or twenty miles in length, extending in a N. W, and S. E. direction, 30fl0 miles from San $th>» 5Km- > olulu. They aro exceedingly dangerous to navigation, being carefully avoided by navigators. As before remarked the "Daniel Wood" had been thrown from her course by a' treacherous current. There is not a speck of vegetation upon these shifting coiwl sands. A poor place to make much of a stay at, as wo shall soe. Fortunately the whale boats of tho lost ship wcro saved. Tho next morn1 ing the captain, a picked crew of -five j men, nnd •Mack" started hack for II onolulu, 4f>0 miles over the Pacific ocean, in a small open boat, and a littlo water and provision. It was n dangerous voyage. but the risk must bo run. tbo poo- ; pic could not stay long on the shoal, and relief must bo had. Early in the morning watch, one week after the Daniel Wood ran on shore, the offieor-obt h<vdook on board tbo "U, 8. | S» Lackawanna," which happened at j that timo to be in port, saw a whale- ' | boat slowly pulling into the sunny littlo ! harbor of Honolulu. On tbo boat's bow I was seen a tioblo specimen of a dog, that j set up, as they quietly glided past tho j i Hhip, a joyful barking as much as to say, j t "llcro we aro all safe, w© want yon to go after our ship-mates." And after (be thing was made a little plainer l»y tho • captain, our gallant craft was soon ! bonding under stonm and sail, upon her (

errand of mercy. On the .evening of the 1 1 third day from Honolulu we sighted the j * rcefj and totno rocket* wore clearing the < air to let tho people know that rescue j was at hand. About midnight a boat i was seen approaching tho ship and it j proved to !>o the first mate and some of tho wrecked sailors, in tho morning i th$ company wo* cmbarkod and the " Lackawanna" started on her return to port, where she arrived in duo season i without accident. Jack returned with i us and none seemed to show more joy I than ho at the final relief of the Daniel I "Wood's crew. An account of thoso cost-away mariners, on a barren Island, far out si sea : with no natural sources from which to obtain water to allay their thirst, excited by a tropical tun, and With but a : scant supply of provision?, may be inter- | i osting to tho reudcr* of the Gazette. When the captain and his crew of i five men embarked on their perilous voyage of 450 miles, oyer a tempestuous j ocean, the stock of provision left on the < shoal, for the subsistence of the remaining twenty-pin© souls, consisted of about j ; 240 gallons of water, brackish as it was, j and bread enough to last two weeks, if ' used moderately. The bread, however, got saturated with salt eea water, jiud ; was in a pulp state. This constituted j i all the provisions, except what the cap- i ; tain took with hint in tho boat. * As he disappeared in the shade© of night on the afternoon of the 1G of July, various were the emotions of those left behind. | Would they over see him again, and would not bis boat bo upset or swamped Iin the heavy trade-wind sea that rolled ! between them and Honolulu? Any accident to tho captain might coxulgn them to linger out for a few weeks a miserable existence, evidently to perish | in time, as the place was avoided by | navigator? on account of its dangerous i character. All hands were on regular ! allowance ; to each man a handful of | soaked bread and a pint of water per | day. A little canvas-duck had been saved from t lie wreck and was used to make a rudo .tent. The climate was warm, ho no inconvenience from cold tva» exporioncftd. Fortunately the shoal was frequented by what ©cam en j call "Molly-Mocks" a kind of gull. The men of tho "Wood" found the eggs of i j these birds a great help to them. The j young birds proved to bo tine food, after j they were skinned and hung up for a | time. Huge turtles came on the shore of 1 the lagoon and some wore so largo that j j it was as much as one man could do to j turn them over on their backs. When ' j oneo in this position they can not es- | | cape. Some fish wore also caught, and ! a few cooking utensils from the wreck j and bits of her timber© supplied them ' a scanty faro. But where was tho water , supply to come from ? Before many j days their scant supply would be entirely exhausted, then like tbo ancient mariner, ••Water, water everywhere. And not a drop to ilrlnk." But yankee ingenuity partially overcomo the difficulty. A distilling apparatus j was rigged up from twj old gun barrels , j and an iron pot saved from tbo wreck, j These men with only a chisel, saw and ! hammer had made themselves compar- j ativoly safe by their ingenuity. Sure- I Iv, "necessity is tho mother of invon- : tion." So with nr.nda somewhat at • ■ tiently for tifo cry of "Sail ho!" from, thoir lookout, which was constantly maintained. At length on e Sunday evening u staainor was seen approaching tho reef. Tho sailor© said they "could ; see tho glorioutOstars and stripes:" this I ( must have been a mistake on account : of our distance. All doubt as to tbo , character of the approaching vessel was j sot at rest, when rocket aft or rocket was i ! sent into llio night uir. The first officer launched a boat ami was soon on board | the "Lackawanna" as before stated. 1 "Jack" was almost, beside himself with joy when lie saw his shipmates safely on ; board tbo "Lackawanna." lIcNjumi>od | and barked to such an extent that ho ; was at last sent below to g»-t calm, soon , ho was on deck again ©bowing bis joy J by licking our brave old captain's bund, 1 "Jack" was duly BhipjXKl as a member of our company of blue jackets, and re- ! mainod on board till the "Lackawanna" : went out of commission in 18f>5. nt Sun Francisco. Jllsr intelligence and fidelity j to our ship were always subjects of remark and admiration. A Crowd (tf a Thousand . The other morning two gentlemen were looking out or tho window of a bouse on Market street, when they oht »

served a cabbage roll otf a market wagon that vvau |XLS©iiig. Inatantly over a dozen wulbdreajsed and apparently a an© i person© began yelling after the wagon a© though the vegetable bad bean a j gold watch or a thousand dollar bill. The driver ©topped about a half of a m square of, looked back at the cabbage, i < yawned, and drove on. "What an absurd fuss people in the street make oTer trivial occurrence*," ■ ©aid one of the gentlemen. "Now. I'll bet a silk hat tliat I can get a crowd of j i five hundred |w»rfK>n© around that oab- \ , bage inside of- thirty minutes, and yet j not leave tlii© room." "1 take the bet," ©Aid his friend, pulling out his watch. "Are you ready f Tho proposer of tho wager led his friand to tho window, threw up tho ©ash", and^wirkmg a catic pointed earnestly at the mud-coverod cabbage witL n terrified expression. Presently a hack-driver noticed the action and began to ©tare at tho vegetable from the curbstone ; then a bootblack ©topped, then a bill-poster, a inessonger-boy and a merchant. "What's the matter ? inquired a German, approaching the innocent base of J hi© national dinh. "Don't touch it ! Look out thare I j Stand back !" shouted the gentleman i at the window. At the liorror-aticken j tones tho crowd fell back precipitately < and formed a d«n©o circle around the I innocent cabbage. Hundred* came | running up and the excitement increas- j ed rapidly. "Look out there!" frantically ©cream - | ed the better, waving his cane. "Take tliat dog away quick !" Several ©tones wore thrown at a cur j that was sniffing around th© cabbage. "Take care !" said a car-driver to a ; policeman, who was shouldering his way through tho uittis. "It's an infernal machine, nitro-glycerino — or ©ome- ; thing." Meanwhile th© ©idowulk wa^ ! blocked, the street became impassible, woman scream od and ru*h«fi into ©hop©, and a storekeeper underneath began to tie a bucket on the end of a long pole with which to. pour water on th* derilUh invention. The crowd by this time numbering over a thousand, tho two j gentlemen movod away from the wini dow and sat down. In a few moments I there was a hurried tap at the door, and : : there appeared a man who had boon ' • scut as a delegate from the mama meetJ ing outside. j "I should like to know, gentlemen,'" j ho ©aid, "what the facts aro ?" "What* fact© ?" "Why, what there ia peculiar about j that cabbage out there ?" "Nothing in the world," was tho soft reply, "except that it seem* to be surrounded by a\»oiit a thousand of the i i biggest fools in town. Do anything | els'© for you ?" The man reflected a moment, said bo ■ "guessed not" and retired. Before bo | handed in his report, however, Captain j j Short's watch had dispersed the mob ami elublied two hundred and eleven j separate persons for creatine a disturbj anee. — San Francisco Eveninl; Post, Cousin Sullie Dillnrd. nv iia.siu.toH c. joNC&* [The following w- svcA viw, lufi'iaj: , ! gone the round© of the pajvis several I years ago. It will bear a second perusal, j however, by all who have no objection ' to risk the loss of a few buttons; while . it will also Hfc found to bo an excellent ; remedy to ftnugh and grow fat" for I ! those who have a disposition at tbo j present season of the year to freeze and grow thin. We do not know where | it appeared originally. — Et>.] y Scene — A Oovrt ok Jivrtet in N. C, A boardle*© diaciplo of Thiuia arises, ' and thus addresses the court : "May it please your worship, and you, gentlemen : of the jury, ©I nee it ha* been my fortune 1 (good *»r bad I will not say) 10 exercise ; ! myself in legal <li©qnisitions, it has never | before befallen me to be obliged to pros- | i eeute so direful, marked and malicious an assault — a more wilful, violent, dan- j gerous battery, ami finally a more di»- i Imlical breach of the pence has seldom j been your duty to ]>ws upon one ©o i ©hocking I© benevolent feelings, as this which look place over at Uaptain Rice's I in thi* county, llut you will bear from ' the witnoasea. | The witnesses being ©worn, two or three were examined, and <lfqn>sod one said that ho bad heard the noise and ! did not see the fight ; another, that he | saw the -tow. but didn't know who ©truck j

- first — and a third, that 1* waa very drunk and ouoMn't <cy much about thfc ©krimmage. Lawyer Chop©. — I am rery , gentlemen, to fiarc wscujnod your time with the ©tupiditf'of th* witoc«ca examined. It arise©, gentlemen, altogether from mUapprehcnsioo on my p*rt. Had I known, a© 1 now do, that I had a witness in attendance, who was well acquainted with all the circumstance© of the case, and who was able to make himself clearly understood by iht court and jury, I should not so kmg 1mmf« twepaased on vour time and patience. Come f orward T" Mr arris ; and be ©worn. 8o forward comoe the wjtnee©, a fkt. chuffy looking mats, a Tq^.tW corned, and took his corporal oath with an air. Chops* — Harris, we wish you to tell about the riot that happened the other day at Captain Kieea, and as ©good deal of time lias been already wasted in circumlocution, we wish yoa to be compendious, and at ibcys&me time a© explicit as possible. Harris. — 'Exactly — gi r i ng the lawyer a knowing wink, and at the same clearing hi© throat — Captain Rice, he gin a treat, and oouiin Sally Di]lard,ehecame over to our house and axed me if my wife she moutn't go. I told cousin Dillisrd that toy wife was poorly, being as how ©he had a touch of the rheumatic© in the hip, and the big swamp was in the road, and the big swamp wa» | up, for there had been a heap of run i lately, but howsomever, as it was she, > cousin Sally DUliard, my wife ©he inout , go. Well cousin Sally Diiliard then ; axed me if Moee he moutn't go. I told I cousin Sally Dillanl that Moee he was ; tho foreman of tho crop, and the crop ; wa © smartly in the grass : but howioni- ; over, a© it was ©he, cousin Sally Diiliard, | Mosc be mout goChop©. — In the name of common *en*cT Mr. Harris, what do you mean by this rigmarole. Witness- — Captain Rice he gin a treat, and cousin Sally Diiliard ©be came over to our house and axed me if my wife she moutn't go. I told, cousin Sally Diiliard. : Chop©.— Stop, sir, if you please ; we ! don't want to hear anything about cousin | Sally Diiliard and your wife— tell us about the fight at Rice's. Witness.—' Well, 1 will, 'sir, if tou wall let me. ; Chop©. — Well, «5r, go on. Witness. — Well, Captain Rice he gin ! a treat, and cousin Sally Diiliard ah© ' come over to our hous* -ud axed cue if • my wife she moutn't go. Ciiops.— There it cs again: witness, I witness, please stop. Witness.— W oil, sir. what do you wan' t ? Chops. — W entrant to know about the | fight, and you toust not proceed, in this 1 impertinent story. Do you know anything about the matter before the Court. Witness. — To be sure 1 do. ■Chops. — W ell. you go on and tell it, and nothing ohe. Witness. — Well Captain Rice he gin a j treatI Chops. — -This is intolerable. May it j please the court, 1 move this witness be committed for a contempt ; ho seems : to be trifling with this court. Court. — Witness you are now befor© a I Court of J ustice, and unless you behave yourself in a more Weouuug touui©c, you will l*o sent to juil ; so begin and • tell what you know about tho fight at Capt. Rice's. AVitnoss. — (alarmed.) — Well, gentle- ! men. Captain Ri«© he gin a tveat, and i courin Sally DiiliardChoj*. — 1 hope this wllnop may b© ortlorod into custody. Court, (after deli l*erat Ing.) — Mr. Attornejs Hie court it of opinion that we | may save time by telling tlie witness i to go on in his own way. Proceed, Mr. | Harris, with j our story 1 but stick to the J point. W it new, — Y ea, gentleman ; well. Cant . Riee he gin a treat, and cottdn Sally i Dillinrvl she route over to our Inmse and axed ate if my wife she moutn't go. I - toklcourin Sally Diiliard that my wife : she was poorly , Wing as how she had the rheumatic^ in the hip. and the big swamp was up ; but hows ome v©t^ a© it - was she, cousin Sally DyitatNl, my w ife : she mout go. Well, cousin Sally Milliard then asked, me if Mo>v he moutn't ! go, 1 told coudn Sally DiUiard as how Moae. he w as tho Toreman of the crop, and the crop was smartly in the grass, I but howvomever. as it was ahe, cousin Sidly Diiliard, he mout go. Jv> they goes on together. Mo©*\ my wife, an<i cousin Sally Diiliard, and they come to the big twamp, ami it was up as 1 was telling you; but hemg as how there was « log aero©* tho big swamp, cousin iSally Diiliard and Mo»«\ like genteel fblks, i they walked the log, but toy wife, lik© j n darned fool, hwtcd her ev^ats and j waded through— ano maT^a all I know j inet T THE i ujwt. * a