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CAPE MAY COUNTy TIMES HAS A LARGER CIRCULATION THAN ANY OTHER NEWSPAPER IN CAPE MAY COUNTY

CAPS XAT OOUTI TDDC8, PEIDAY, AUGUST tt, 1884

Many Children in Sea Isle Parade nsrisi m.

Uaefol PMm AwnU

Matt Jefferson Injured

Matthev ittttnm, of 8m i*i» aty am Mr. aa« Mrs. C. J. Lake, rt BrM«otoa. were Injured when a Word Mdaa. which waa beln* drlrer Y **• • tn>ek *T » troUey J* HwtMeldi late Thureday nfyht of

i recetred a fractured

j rt** 1 »»lp aad iaeerattona. i oato from a fracture oa the ^ the «* and reaeral ahock. h laat Wedaeeday afternoon Mr l^ta waa Injured about the ikoU

■ ta the morning, the 116 twwilil.

■m abox.* f irlghtly and the Board- T** Mrty waa <a the way to Ocean walk waa twept with a refreeMnx at T » fter attending the Lah* family breaue. not too cool tor the aeantlly reunion in PlaeeantvlUe. where Mr. clothed tote, but enough to make the La* p tad ad4rtiHg the gathering, pwade enjoyable for «actat^<u and Aa they drore doWh the Shore road, conteetanti ranning with the Mt wheels In the •Of Boardwalk waa thronged. tr * ct th * “^mobile met a' Many of/tbe rial tore were fron. near- 5«turbaa trolley oar head on.

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Convict Escapes From County Jail

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Obotty Bnstfle m

Sprung Big 9im1 Door

Harry ltoao n . ^ a fuglUre am the Bute Penitentiary T arreat for ahooUnf Chia. » Oobb. of Wildwood, and other oimea. eeeaped from the Cape May County Jail Utt Sunday night, and haa not yet been apprehended. Maeon waa kept la the ••mm

e*n.“ In solitary

strongest in the entire Jail.

evidently planned hla escape eral day*, and waited until Sunday night aa the favorable time, as Sheriff Bedding waa , in Wildwood.

Warden SpaulUng was also in Wild-

’wood, and Deputy waa In the front part of the SherUTe residence, attached to the Jail. Maeon placed the steel cot which be alept serose ike cell, i the top of the oot fading the d Then he fastened one aUe of the bed

Manaets and bed clocking 1 other ride to the piped of tl

[ *. Lake and Wesley Lake, • atawrtars 4 2^*. SS*^ Crossed New Bridge daughter of Mr.

This, then, fanned a brace

and It U evident that he braced hlmeelf against this aad with hfas feet

apper half of her costume beea eompMpd lart sum

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•rot ffne la her rlaai in proceet on January Tth. ’

Wet But Dry

Dp until this week, no on qsainted with the facta, would ever class the fishermen of 8m We as advocates of prohibition. Their trade naturally kept them wet outside, and with tow exceptions, they made valiant efforts

, but

now everything has changed. The atrongeet advocates tar the enforcement of the prohibition lawi now are the fishermen living in the vicinity of the Hohnm

t Co.

It all happened Mke. this. Last Monday prohibition buWmmiMl officers Milton K. Stanley, Jsmee Talbot and Jamae C. Brook, who are now located at Wildwood, inspected the Holmee Pteh Oompanre Cold Storsgo plant aad the Well's Ice Comps house and padlocked stored In each place. The next morning, after having the beer analysed and finding it above the prescribed one half of one per cent, proceeded to destroy Tt half-barrels of bear. At the Holmee Fish Company e beer was poured a poo the floor of the building which la located over the water. When the fishermen Warned what waa trickling between the cracks in the floor they quickly mustered all available help beneath the building with buckets, dish pass, wash basins and ‘•what nots" to oatch

the fluid.

The officials proceeded on their ty unaware of what was transpiring under the hollaing. As as they were out of Sight

drank to the < prohibition lawn.

Petition County For Libiaiy

taatffea Submitted to the

Votm in Hovember

Other Freeholder Business

At Uio meeting of the Board of

at Court House, on a petmor waa presented,

by fortpweven residents of

the County, requesting that the Freeholders have pieced on the ballots for the November election the question of establishing a County library. This library, if Toted upon favorably, would be maintained by a tax of one-fifth of a mill on all prop-

County Collects

i Fine aad twit qf 0«e at WOdvwd

When officers of the Couaty Sn ■Water’s office raided the 'Manh ‘ Oak a*

Club' of Henry G.

war Pacific, Wildwood. «

Saturday night the County

was enriched

The County Conner' reported that the petlton, under the law. would have to be signed by at least three hundred legal voters, aad that the Board could do nothing with the petition as presented. The County library 1dm has the endorsement of the Cape May County Chamber of Commerce, aad various other civic organ 1 rations, and It is anticipated that no difficulty will be encountered In getting the required number of signers.

Irfaiahtf in Abnahouse

County Physician, Dr. Julius Way. appeared before the Board and told

Repudiate Statement of Bright Endorsement

Learning, a well-known County character, to the Alaashouse. He stated that while Mies Learning had property, aad was therefore not technically admlaeable raa In each a pitiable condition v^ea found, that she had to have

care at oriee.

the place they found a gar progress, with 91ES.S0 on the L. This sum they took, aad aWo 1 Barnee. and landed him County Jail, under ft.*00 1 _ by Justice Byrne, of WUffwooC On Wednseday before Judge 1 redge. Barnes plead guilty aad r_ fined »600, and ordered to Wave t

Fined 1^00 for ScDinf ttaaot It coat John Griffith. Slid Pad* avenue, Wildwood. fSOO and coeti to sell a quart of Lawson WhWh» for »t. on May 21th. Griffith, wfa conducts a bakery, was arrested « Memorial Day, and held under pal after entering a plea of not guOty On Wednesday, before Judge 1 redge. Griffith changed hW pis one of guilty, and waa fined |

His plm of guilty ' ling, but for illegal

he wen left out on this, J dredge stating that he had

been taught bis 1

Gas Leak Overcomes Two }

Neighbors, he stated.

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Mr. and

McLaughlin, of I2T *

a a "Pow-

a silver troths of the Swein Oompcay. eonis wen by tractors, pnased serosa the epaa.

, la a beautiful Host So far aa known the car of Mayor wers raprearnitleg an "Old Fa- Shivers’ was the first private ear to

Garden,” Tfce prise was a »“• “■*

waa awarded to the ‘•Covered Warm." Larathy Dr ban. She received

tor travel, will six

the distance from the Male Sees road to Wildwood by about three

White the opening date of bridge has not yet been set. of North Wildwood are plaa-

a vary prettily arraaged go-cart- The of Bodaey ▼aaGUder. aa teacher Arms feathers were hundreds of the SmvIIW school, resulted In a Ptoses ct clipped gaper cleverly at- public bearing conduct*! by the tasked to flu go-cert. Mae. kalis Board of Education In the SmvUW mt. a* lie 4 wrim was waa by Omnuuitr Hall oa Monday, Batto O’Doanel, age 2. 2402 Grays gust 11. At this time the pcUUo

Philadelphia, as a were given an opportunity to pro- - * * - - - , j,, VanOUder’a

At the eooclosion of the hearing, was largely attended, the

by Jaae Setpt. os “Bed Biding Hood." Board at Bducatioo took e secret balm* was awarded a bracelet. The lot, and re-elected Mr. VanOUder for

aaassril prise was won by Kathryn another term.

shown by the fact that tl- aBgfatast

■e would hsvp kaodhed hla i wedge out aad the hMvy r would have sprung shut, him like a ssl In m trap.

But he did act makmet false move. ,

i body c£v»fi clothing, all over -to make the .

At a meeting of the summei _

eembly of Urn W. C- T. D. of Cape May County, held la Stone Harbor, laat Friday. Mrs. JBtsabeth Swain. President of the organisation was directed tr correct the article that sp-

in the Philadelphia North ». on August Tth, stating

that the County W. C. T. U. would

Senator W. H. Bright, for

and they found her la a chair, suffering from

and on the point

John Wright and Clarence I two employees of Sm Isle City 1 overcome by gas while repairiag leaky main a short distance from tl gas works last Wednesday a The men were work low ditch when they inhaled the

of starvation. Medical attention

t at her home, but

for repudiating

In the article, which waa read at the meeting, it stated that William Sheppard, of Cape May. a constituent

donemant of the W. C. T D. I

rn tor Freeholder

with the problem

the building, for every window is barred, and a double-thick steel door Is the only connection wlthjhe outalto world, aad this Is always locked.

jek was with

The Jail is built to hold atxtem

allowed to sleep In the tween the kmvy steel outer door and the cells, but as there are ao toilet facilities In this corridor, n signal waa agreed upon which would call one of the officers to

This signal was received at about I o’clock on Sunday night, by Harry Spaulding, assistant wardea.

a p Ir of «

* nrot Ag ®^ Fidbennan Dies Sudden

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prim mm by Merrtam

a Glided Cage.’' She waa awarded sudtoaly last Friday evening nt the a stiver drinking cup. Bemud prise Yacht Club, where be made his home was won by Mario* IGulltvan. a 12- since his houss was destroyed by fire

Keodarson was e widower end la _ tr SuIUvan, of Flaama tvfUa, are the Hvs In th« West He made hla Uvparenta M Mario*. lag by riemmlag aad Bffrwl White, age 4. of Break- has hem 01 tor esvanJ tya. wm the fcwt prim ta the meet was under the ears of Dr. CnUka Way. He wap troubled with heart Ms wm buried at Leesburg.

anramma won « Mt W, fern * a* Bug the Oaastoa Beadag at Sm. IMh street aad West e Omm ow. k. J. “Lc ■ MgB-—a#r.. tftf.

out. and Immediately lei _ A few mlnut-w later he

again unlocked the door, to let th«

; in. All this time Maout of hla oriL and was chance to get through

that heavy s*eel door that had lust bean opened and again closed. Spaulding remembered that some women prisoners on the second Boor (When the “murder cell” la r-te- ipeated) needed drinking w-.Ur and 'ook a pitcher upstairs -nen he

door wedged apart. He

at thhJftotM {£tor Instead of an endoraement

days she had to be

stated, was refused hsk at the Wildwood Hospital (Mam’s) and the Almshouse wm the only alternative. “This proves again.” said Dr. Way, “the need of a County Welfare

of this

kind can be taken care of. The Hospital Committee of the County Chamber of Commerce and of the County Medical Association have held a meeting, and will soon report to your Board their plans for the establishment of such a Welfare

effort would be made to make public the fact that the organlsarinu la nonpartisan, aad hi bot to be

Mrs.

Superintendent of the State Organtan spoke oa the W. C T. D.’s at4e to political affiliations- She emrhaslxed the fart that the local organisations should not take active part politically, as that is no longer In the W. C. T. D. program and the league far strictly non-partisan.

The stork made a visit to the summer home of Bicaard McSortey, on Ariadne street, on Monday and left a prospective entrant tor next yeer’s baby parade. The little daughter will be named Mary Bit* McSoriey. The mother la doing well. Mr. MeSorley is a wen-known attorney In Philadelphia.

The matter was referred to the County Counsel to take stepe to protec. the County for the expen* curred In Miss Learning’s care, la insurable. lunlcstion from the State Highway Commission stated that the State had no funds to aid the County In paving the Seashore Road, planned from Erma south, but the County could proceed with the work at Its own expense. The County Engineer and Bond

Fortunately tor the me*. Dr. enee Way quickly answered su^-uons for medical aid. While Dr. Way wes reviving Bailey. Wright, who was eottnlalnlng of feeling etch

was suddenly alrteha*. Wright exhibited ikf

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*n gamed. He toll to

his knees and started to pull hip

clothing from hla

eesary for four . _ him. white Dr. Way injected a dermic into htm and restored him by

artificial respiration.

The men did not Buffer any carious injury after being revived bat still under the physician's ob-

'‘Daily Dozen" Class Receives Publicity

An exteostoo of thirty-five days me was granted to E. BUcy Mixner

Company, for pavlag Asbury avenue.

Ocean City- This contract

20.

Tall Cedar 1

t at Avals*

A musical entertainment by the Cape May County Tall Cedars will

Immediately rushed to the front of

Thursday evening. The Tall Cedar

‘ be In atteadanoe and a

Deputy

Sheriff Hoffman, leaving the outer door unlocked. This was Mmaon'i chance, and he got away while Hoffaa was being summoned. Traced to Xah Seuhsn load In a very ttw minutes State Fo-

Wardena, and the Wildwood Police had beea notified and had started In eh of Mason, and his course was traced down Main street to Meehan-

whare he told the ticket agent he wm e Philadelphian, who had come tow j to fish and had lost hla wallet aad wanted a ticket to Philadelphia TkU was refused, aad he started to

program of singing and spdrkllng

musical acta will he

DEATHS

Sr. Eobert ft. Field Dr. Robert B. Picard, tor mar summer cottager here, died at the Jef>n hospital. Philadelphia, on Au- . 6th, after an operation for

appendicitis.

Dr. Picard was the son of the late Mrs. Josephine Picard and a brother of Dr. Henry L. Picard, who has also been a cottager here for many yean.

Mias Florence Kbkbride. daughter

of Mr. apd Mrs-Joseph

Mr. and

FUueoce ha* been a lafferer of

three morthaf OetalM, toe c*

funeral of Irvin Faunae, aha took cold, which remltad la bar death.

showed 91«.24T.M maintenance, with state aid. during past month, and MM4I.U spent so far this year. The Director of Highways wm empowered to eater la to a contract for the repair of Beach Crack bridge.

to have it In shape for the ope of the Grassy Sound Bridge, which it scheduled this month. The cost of this Is to be 9746.

Friendless Children Enjoy Outing

Fifty odd children from the Northern Home for Friendless Children enjoyed their annual outing in this resort Tuesday The outing was

under the auspleei

The children arrived by aato bus about ton o'clock in the morning. They came directly to the beach, where they were fitted with bathing suits through the generosity of William F. Shiver. After a dip off Tenth street, the youngsters were served with lunch and spent the (fternoon taking in

To W. Ward Beam goes the credit for establishing one of the mead' original and yet most result ring publicity stunts •

In this resort.

This Is his “Dally

i the 1

off Tenth street. Although Mr.

i the i

the pleasure received, men. publicity experts,

phera. and others have _ this idea and has brought untold wealth to this resort by the ad*er-

r U t

ho >s a physical t*>

struct or in Philadelphia during th*

than. phyMeml instructor at the Haddoc field High School. Inaugurated clam surly In June, rom twenty-five members the few days, the class haa Increased to two hundred and fifty acre The Interesting feet about this Is that the same members return each day besides having new faem added to the throng. The reason for the older members returning is the unique and in term ting holding system used by Mr.

rh ether it is a modified old exer-

:h keeps the people Interested. Mr. Mathers does the asms tor the children, fifty or more are In the

The dam usually opens overnec t until they get w

then the intricate body building ex-

are staged and then the

Bll HM

lass Is dtoi at ll:td

t IS

Baeently. Interest wm stimulated this class by the awarding of n sliver cup by the Memra. Heller and Wolfe of the Hippodrome Theatre. Other prises were awarded to the next beet. The to Attelie Nelde, nor Staff, second. Gables, third.

94,6M,Hd.OO

en. I surplus over 9476,004.00. lewr At the oonchmlon at the after- moasy M auto with them. To* can ' • noon's plmgura^ they ware served deposit hr “ "