CAPE MAY HERALD.

VOL. 1. NO. 6.

CAPE MAY CITY N. J.. SATURDAY. MARCH 23, 1901.

Subscription—$1.00 per .Year-

ON IDE EVE OF A BOO*.

THE QUEEH OP SEASIDE RESORTS HAS A 8PLEHDID EUTDRE. JasproTement on Etcry Hand and Lot* of Promise* for the Advance' mem Lonp Dwirtd. ' - v With the oominc of ►prinj' there eecmi to have Middciiljr buret lonh upon Cape Ala; the tralisalluu that it will Out Utout! Ircfore the place wlfl advance In the Hat of Ante! loan aeaaldc reaurla at a rapid

|>ace.

The hindrance* are craduall; Itclng left In the rear and they are loaluj* their grip.

o to K|*sak, at>d cterybody who lot

i; to aid It lu the

old place la striving

tojMMltU.

The rvwilta of hard work done In the pant year or root.’ by Cape May cltiv" 1 ' and tu frlenda who have intcrwla here, both in property and anticipated pleaaure, have worked a wonderful ebanj-o In the ottuide world. Two year* aRo.atiy perwon with a Cape May eliterjtriae to fn*ler, when an eftiut would be made to aoliclt capital, would Ve met w itb a aneer. A ctuiiiye baa now c*npcover the buidmwamenof tbeoiiuide, ami they are now w illiiu: -to lend a band to Cape May, (Mint: that lu own people •re doing more than lalk. It la predicted, and righlfullj »n, that (tape May will have during I he M-aiiim.or . 1001 a repetiiioii of the crowd* of lavt Kummer, l«it the repetition ,'will tie of k inure aathtfaciory manner, becauae the crowds will be bigger. $ . • V Hut while We are all praWing tbe new thii.ga 10CUOU-. Tilr. llEtui.p iuaids that we must mil forget to keep up What *•- bavehad for yean, and not ix-glect tbeae b> taking can; uf the new. We muat a!*.renutuber that for year*, and Borne id them pretty piuap'-rou* ot^ca, ton, wc had but olio railroad line, and that was tbe ri3t>-»\LrA9i* H*ii t i:OAU which gave lu t ape Alay excellent aery lee, and haa tad in the least lowered It* ataiulprd i< UKtdt, or Utoa iK-d any of it* tJfnr.*

to hi

hring busiiir

pemia annually a large a^anuut of money

in advcfliaiug Cape Me

r* this Ycaort.

~e mm

[avAand tpe dficietit

jialrs In order to Ws ready for use early In, June. Sly eras ptta-hax d by, Mr, Miller

C.tnrra^paai^nter' ag«d i>f^c<rmpanv. for *80.000 of tl~; oM flay Unc of th. Mr.J.K. Wmal. and the flnpular .^Waiii Clxwapr*ke. and - pnwmariced by Baltipowetwl paiaeiigrr agent. Mr. Otv.rge W, mureaie. to l« a doe l»»l for the travel

Boyd, both

U t4 wbmu are regular ’*uminer

v tali uni, and the Utter one of Uni moat firm frieiaU which Cape May can claim.,

take a pereonal kitercM ip u*. and aee that , . , , ,, r , « i ir . j i menu are to Iw placed up mi It, and a life

zlz *r»•‘‘i r. r ^ ^

May branch; J. 11. fxiomU, the real eat it. agent of tbcsotnpany; Kuniiee Briggs, the diriaiou freight agent, and O. A. Wcld. n-. er, the'tralnmaater of tbe diriaion. They informed T v,t ilfcKALp reprcaenutlvc that a new freight slat bin would be bpilt Immediately, and a* soon as time would allow the new terminal property would be converted into the uae for which it was

purchased.

Sin^e the system baa become a part of the J, 1*. Morgan syndicate of rsliroada,' 'that will give to Cape May many sections of the country, which will be uacd to feed thta Hue, which bring* shoreward (hou,

*audK o£ visitor* et 'Turning to the

TAK BUDGET FOR MEVEAR.

CITY COUSCIL BEGINS TO MAKE APPROPRIATION 8.

At a Special Meeting on Thnndaj Evening It Pataei Second Reading

an Ofdinanqs for SCAV^OCL

City Couti »r iofonni

South t

ape Ma ear lu tl

May's hope* began to bo realit

ipenlng up of the

QfKKJi ANM:'a KAIinOAP, from Baltimore to Lcwca, Del. At haa been stated in Thk HEnALp'before, that road la building especially for Cape travel a vestibule train of ten care a special locomotive. Their roadbed has been bettered, ami is an excellent piece of road. Tbnsparof the road from (^uevostowu to ^aive Point, Md.. is being built, thuscuttliig off ooliLalderable time between Hallitunre and Ef wea. The Waaklngton cxtriisiuii Will be luitlt later. Last yeat the company used a leased pier at Lewc*, but this year a new 000fnpt pier i* to be Imllt oat frdm Lewes Intv the ocean, beginning' ApriLT, to be rxtfppicted by May V>. This is one of the (pvceu A, tin* rail mad'a project*. The

!t b»i

is, of

icW with (ieorgt (or tbe piling

iWs been awarded to Sapfurd^A

autt.

rga R Viokar

cwe», far the piling ueoessary. ickara moat have all the piling unloaded

Brruks, of XViltimore, _jrho have contracted with (ieorga E Vickarw, of

thff idiot The pier

ilte by Aprii S

1 will c

tend out until a sulEcien; depth of w

i j tide

wili ha

:c a key et»d and w

^ient lie]

ia readied In areninmndate at any tide ihr

J Ca| Helm

ca to tbe new Cape M^y Ocean pier at

Built

large steamer Virginia, of the

and

E*

pe May

New Jcras-y Coast Rloamship Com*

w ill run apnan the bay from

d"ay, buiU'laal summer

by cg-Suuatnr Lemuel E. Miller. Tbe

tutu vim

the font of Brnad»i

atnr Len-ui

SVTiAll Kit VIUOIKU

ndrrgoing rrmo ali'in and re-

i•real-* to be a tine Imal for the travel for which she will be uiml. The

KKW CATK MAT rt*R

will lie enlarged and improved before tbe

o|ieiilug of theaunnner'aeaaon. Amusetnent* are to l« placid up mi It, and a life

™ i.. p w, w.,».

' 1^' ZT" ZJ ""‘ I"

rsnt Un-in. The company, with It* great | Intaork of mad* ail over the Middle and

Ce4b

tprevementa tl

Aloog the Hue of Iptpn

have made great at ride* during the

la they

dr great aindraduring the winter They Kara laid heavier rails on a

eiitral atatea, is an immciua: feeder lor

palronagv for pa.

Along tl

mad* bey hi

portion of their route beiwqen type Mar f and Philadelphia, and beautified Ihr «*joe by adding new ai)i(Mip« along lt,and at Cape May their«|ulp|«ge and symnier and winter station*.air splcndidlyhicaieri for the conditions AlthnuUi without

t lil.liAI.Ii believes that in

l the

uf.ach mtyrr tbou.ct bo.id,

a eprpa of eogiiieor* being at work an^ - veying for the imprnvemcota to lie made, e, Some 880,000 are to be expended, it ia j said. New rail* will be laid, new rolling stock will be added, and some extensinsa 'will be made. The owners of tbe n^l w ill also develop other enterprises Soon.as well as inaugurate improvements am) amuiinnenl* which Capo May baa dot

heretofore had.

.authority, iuc iii.uai.ii oeiacves mat in r j. the coming summer tliere will be a reduc e j^ (1 two of time. At Uw Camden terminal fbc new ferry house will be a* good an advantage to Cape May as to any of the

other coast Rporta.

Another good stgri for Caph May baa l«en tbe gradual Umoster of all the right* pod property of. the old South Jersey rallrosd, which w*» succeeded legslly as the Beaooset Railroad, to the • rMILAlIKI.riltA .4KII gF.APINO - RV»tcm, ondor Which aystem it has liecn operated for three years past under a ieaac. Reocntly all tlie tH.ldiugs «f the Harlan A Hulliugawurtb Coropanv. of Wilmlogum, the Hethlehra Iron IVmka, of Tbntnaa Boldi and of John C. BplIfU. of Philadelphia, were iranafcned abaulutely to the PuiUpbrlpbi* and Reading ..fli

ciala.

Blnoe the purchase by the latter onopmv they have, been doing ranch Work.! Along the line of tbe road they have made' iroprovenwuta la tbe road bed. New and heavier rails have been laid, and already this early ia the saMoa they have given a nuiek connect km. Via WiosloW Juucllou. to New Turk, giviae ba the ass of l^kewiaal and Atlantic CKy exprcaa train*. They have purchased at Cape May on W aabUigtoa aural all tbe prot«ny east of

their alation at the head of Occpo street ti> the property ot UwPlm M. E. cbnrcb. {torn Charles dTuvIlIkcrs and the Provt<W«t Life and Treat company, trustees,of BbiUdelpbla. Tbe prnpefties oreupM by Aaliww Doerner, Klwell A Klwetl, Miss L. J. GanWaad John W. Mecrsy A Bre. wiU ha iwreovad la Dm*, sitkio

i SBW RTATKIR. .

the statMMi they re.a uae i and hom. fur another t'Mk tpade. On Twyaday a Munber uf 8»w .A.ml-of the (uad were here kmklag •t the pwN'kaar. • They wew; dopartn<t«M«t A. V. MwCswalaad, of the AUare laa City divahiw, wbiab hmiodsa the (^pe

Surely, with all of thla railroad (er-

ne, tbe t

c old resort must do well.'

only baye matter* been active io lilways, but in real mat*. Much

ty has c

but in real eslat*.

nged banda,‘bu_t a larger

amount haa'bpea improved, ilaov dew pottages have been built and hotels Im-

proved.

Laud cot>ip*ulc« hare again her rune active. Tbe Cape May Heights I-and ipany la an outgrowth of the Cold Spring Land company, and that syndicate, beaded by 8. 8. Cord, of Philadelphia, w 111 develop about Cold Bpring. The Mount Vernon Land company will again move to develop ita wsud west of Broadway In South t^ape May. At Cape May Point much property U changing

hand*. -

Tbe Madison Land company, which baa. acquired Guruev B-aeh (old Poverty Beach) from the East Cape May Beach ipany. will, il ls said, lay out the land develop it. There waa placed a large mortgage op the propertf, but whether the proceeds of th* loan will be naed to develop the land ipto bpIlAlng

lots wc are put able to say.

-Cap* May, a* a rreult of this work and

The Oaoe Ma* HsnM. Prom the Wiki hood dun.

We Wave received a copy of The IIu»lo. puldiabrd at Cap* Mar City, by M, A. fteull, and selcoms K to our sxchi Hat. Tag Hualq is anrigfai^wgvd

nrewyM k»h U«kr a (hM*. Tkx* baa knaw a

indl met in the council ebam-

Wedpesriay evening to

lible tbe annual

iformally on

make up aa near as puss!

appropriating ordinance. Owing recently made law extending tbe terms of all ofijccra to December 3\at, tbe ortllx nance for the year lilPl is made to exteud

lit to December 3J»t. *

from March

period of Von moiithi. Instead of twelve. The ordinance waa passed through aocoud reading at a apccial meeting of Council ■held ou Thursday evening. It carriiw with it an autliorlaedexpendllure of 800,432.00, aa against 140,973.00

last year.

Tbe flret Itoma lo It arc: Mavor’a salary, 8250.00; Recorder’* aalvy, 8750.00; •’a salary, 8200.00; Collector’* valary, 8280.00; Treasurer's salary, 1384.Hng Inspector'* |alary, $84.00; City Solicitor’* salary, H0.7.0o'; Engineer uf water forks' salary. kOOP-OO; AaalatEngineer of water liorka' salary, 8500.00; twiengiuoeni of fire ijepartmail, salary, 81000.00. A'l °f thevc arc for firc-alxtbs of their yearly salary. The other Hems appropriated, with tbe amounts appropriated last year, placed

ir comparison, are:

1001.

7,700 (

3,500

.beside tl

Police.

Lighting,

Streets,

Eire and Water,

Property Improvement, 2,1 Incidental*, 0.500 Interest on Bond*, 7,7G0 Siuking Fund, 2,730

4.000

Paytuuut School IknitU, 2.000

lut. on School Bund*,'

;ooo.

83,000

8,000 8,500

B.8Cti 2,000 2,000 2.000

Sut'iiuwry,

Fire Dci^rimenl, .

P««ir Fund.

Memorial Day, Board of HuaHh, Music nD Bi A. fi,

1.825 V000 2,000

4,008, <

124

-JS

3 500 6.500 2,730 4.0.10 1,000

400

LOW) 2.500

FACTS 01 RRIEF-

Matters of Geheral an^ Local Interest

Mentioned.

Mr». S. A_. Foster haa leased the Sea

L F.

in. ''

Geo. 1L Reel w*U tuauage the Hotel Columbia this acasou. Tbe cod season, just closed^ ia reported by fi*liennan aa having been the beat in Capo M»y citixens must bear lu mind that they •nay yet have two bljj fight;

bills to pay.

Eight pretty cottage* have been completed at ilojly liuacb for Hour; Uold-

steiu, of, Philadelphia.

gp* Isle City young tpen are preparing fo lualllute a lodge of ike Junior Order

United A.uiericau >foc ha tiles.

Ex-Seuator Jame* Butcher, of Saltjm,

ill build a 49Q lout oocau

the Casino at

Ex-.\aaemblyman William. T. ^teveos will build a 35 fool alcam launch tor a number of Cape May apor Councilman Charles Norton, h** been awarded the contract for building a Presbyterian parsonage at (lyjly Beach. Huutera kroU«d Tuckab.ic hare killed tweuty-five foxes this winter, ali of which were klihrd. by James Pilgiitu in as rasuy

ah ota.

Contractor Curtis Is bury with a gang ' meu laying the sewer uu Lafayette atreet ancf down l^uueu lo .VYaablugloo i

street.

The Cape May cnuutv pound net fiaher-

a 40Q loot oocan pier lu front ul

at WHdwoyd. .

SYNDMETERSIOCKION JOHN F. BEX2. ITS OWNER. HAS BEEN OFFERED SHO.OOa A Well-Known Syndicate Opglnator Has Offered That Bum—Offer

Under Consideration.

One day this week a prominent man, well known aa a friend of Cape May, made an ofler to J.o^n F. Betz, of Phiiacjplpliig., the owner of the .’mammoth Stockton -Hotel here, to purchase the hostclrie for a ayndi • The price was $tio,opo. It is. Being considered by the owner, wHa paid $90,000 tor it six years

SapeMi cu will ill VC tpeir net* 0111 several weeks eaitler this acasou iu oyUor lu catch flrat run ol abad. Tbe Car* *Iat Hera,lp ia*t work con-

readli

! ipatl. l>.G*pe

talued ten coluqfus mure

than any other ocw(paper printed Ui'

Slay City. .*

Jl'he Yachumen’a aaaoclation of Op«-a,u City will rebuild ail the wltarvnaand

lauding plauca before Uic

of the auaa.Ml.

Two hundred books have been added, ■cciuly to the IaiIIWi K. Graves memoal library of Flrat P/eabj icflau church

Sunday School.

Tint Uermau Home at Cape May- Poiut, founded by the venerable John D. Lanke, uutt. of PhUfidelphU, h.V i

dlirhqf tbe winter.

The pua(iua«ler at Oc^an View has l/cen In receipt pf many couiuiaiiioatiunaiu ref-

tlie str*iige man who.

Thu* It will be ati-n tbe ii.crcufc of the amount la largely cauiavi by-tie Miiioput

f>rede«l for m hixil building ayd iulcrrei eri_. , and for the exieiisiou of 1 be w Jter inaju*, J there neoeu(ly and wbustled like a bunted

and for Inchkuilals. Th>» moi.;ey i* to l>* felon, derived frmu the rollowlus sources;.water renia, tlOVOQ; license*, 80,50.); Taxes.

848.1)32.

The ordinance will be filial) r passed Monday uv-nlng. - oj

BCHOOL NOTES.

Edncational Matters in Whidrall Should

Be Interested.

The s u|eclric»l machine soon to be added to Xfte department of physics in our ppbUk. schools will supply a ilt wanlV With the aid «•! this

apparatus thelmicher of tliia.subject

will be enabledko impart edge of things instead ol mt modern way o! tcHchipg.

I a knowlwoida, the

New books for the pt;b1tc school j library have been oroeretl and yviUj arrive in a ehort time. The laying of the carner-ator\e of the- new school house, which will uke place soon, promises to be a great event in our school hiatory. County Supt. Aaron W. Hand spent part ol two days visiting our

luring last week.

schools ol this citr di „ While it would he impossible to aped the work o| all grades ant| classes in so shorf a time, we tt he may reaew hi* visit ere long, and

grai

time, wc (rust

^ , >is visit ere long, i^nd by his presence stimulate all engaged

in educaliitg the young.

School Election, At the regular alecUon for iMraber* pf the' Board of Education the following members were re-elected: Charles York, 185 vote*^Samuel T. Halley, 186; Charire F. Qqidort, 184. There was uo ojipoaltioo. The board I* 00yr coroponed of Hr. A, L; Leach, S. IL Moore, 8. R. St He*. Here bert Townsend. A.$. Haynea, A. Wajter Roman, Samuel T. Ballev, Cbarlea York and Cbarlea P. QtridortThe HvitAjn will b* glad always to print any Item ««f new* given It comineod-

■ore of fhae* H **«•. Sh. frMhip U tovwra 'aC ikk eharreta. mM4* re-

A. G. Uloe, George ^hM 0 «lShi«k R. Robbiiis, Freeman Ricraon, Dr. NDavis aud lsaac Tomlin h«^vi been elected trusteca ui the Sea I»ie City Methodist

Cuitrch.

petillpp Will be preaeuted to the Board, 'ardoiu by resUleuu of Cape May county-Asking for the commutation of tbe Mrs’ sentence of John ilavelow.

TheCvurt of Error* and Appeals ha* I rendMvd a decUion by a hicb Cape May Poiut borough, mow defunyt, will ba^H pay Its 8tB,9Q9 uf bunds, batted twenty year* ago. ^Fuverty' Reach and Setyell’* Point, the properly ol the Majisou Laud company, owned by Philadelphia capitalists. Is to be graded up. It is said. at>d tbe lots py t lu tbe market. |Suprvpic Court Justice Charles E. Hendrickaou, of Moput .Holly, who was ro■mtly appuiutyd. for tb)a judicial district, ||tll iuake AUaut p City hi* permanent home lu the future. | special eteclluu was held at Wildwood ou Mttrch. ;0 to decKVe the question of irsulug bowls to the amount of 87000,1 to be expeoded iu purchasing a site and "dliig'.s acQooibouac. Jstrswbttrry festival, the first one of tfak fmun to be piven at Capt/May, will be held io' th* b*sepicnt of She First Iprezbytvifap church to-night. Kaaen’a Ice cream will also be served, I | Th* West Jersey and Seashore Railroad Company ha* trains at work canning thousand* of ton* of gravel to tbe • Cape May countv seaside resorts, where it Is mlpd lu replacing the toad beda,- - ^ | rr.lbold,t.> The adjourued meeting uf the County Board of Freeholders waa held at Tbe BreAtoo on Wednesday. There were no uterw. - Chalrpian Rutherford preaided. A very l*(g* nypiber of bills were paid, and tbe contract with Jo*. Sutton to furnlah tfee gravel for tbs county read wt» aigned. Tbe next meeUugwtil o to »toy- , On e*v*d»« • 8any .waa given at tbe bupe of Ai*xb Schfllugw, ice cream aod oak* was reread. Tbowprre--4 V—i Vtmmmm aad wife, Wre. Cbareh Bad Wife. Usd bballre.

THE HEATH ROLL.

Friendi Who Have Departed, to, the

Great Beyond,

OF PERSONAL IHTEREST.

Goeeip of tba Retort in Which, Ton Maj

be Mei^ioned.

Ex-Tax Collector Albert B. Little >. was n visitor bo Ailuny- £j[ V ot^ iri

Tuesday,

Lawyer Jiurjea Si,. E,. Hildyeth ’ was at Atlantic City on Monday op,

legal business.

Dr. Thom a» Hay i* confined to, hia room ut hva home on N01 th street suffering from grip, Mr. hikI Mrs. Joseph. Cohen, ot Philadelphia, were gucsta at the ‘

Aldinc this week.

William C. ^Jlison and wile, bt * Philadelphia,. Were Iterc on Monday.

selecting a Xtimmer cottage.

Miss Jennie S. Wales has leased• '*» the West End Hotel on Congress.

street lor the coming season.

Mrs. George D. McCreary and thtt-J

Misses McCrearv, ol PhiJadel were visitois to Cape Mayovei

dav.

MRS. CAEOJ-tN'K HEIIgVTUAL.

Mr».' Caroline Hebenthg). ip her Mrs. I. 67th vetrtv d«d, early last. Saturday Royerelord, morning after s.ivflering_ lor aevcrsl parcnUi (jh

mo/tthy. She was during her laLil vVm. illness tenderly cared for: by loviijg ' children. Mr*. HebynUutl was the

of Wiftiam Hclienth:il, Sr.,

:b hi

adelphia^j iver Stin-

Miss Frances Wright, of Philadel* ’■ pjiia, i* a guest ol her coui*in, Mrs. jB John D. Thomas, Jr., on North at.

: 4

Past Master Thomas H. Taylor,^ of Columhut Lodge, Independents Order Mechanics, attended the State j .Grand Lodge at Camden on Tue»- | Var- 'Vh A public rectrption was tendered to Rev. C. B. Ftshtr* at the M. E. . if parsonagu-on-WedtiCMlav evening.ua'ig litrge number of the members of the

congregation attending.

Francis B. Lee, ot Vincentown, is engaged in writing a hiatory of New jap Jersey that will be the most complete SB historical and typogtaphical work .S

that has yet been issued.

The family ol the late Mrs. Giroline Hebentha.l desires to expresajr^ through The Herald their thanka^vl for the sympathy and kind deeds done for them by friends during jS

their sad bereavement.

•ff* J a--vjBr!w -Iwp. thev m.m«l and -ntln( „ f , hc S'ock'.n Hotel *

here, ts now in charge of the Hotel ; ^ GiDtyeite, Philadelphia, having been '.:j

appointed receiver.

Pi

rwidt

and. was, tyith her two-band^ well known and bclqyed by tlie people of this community. She <jjrd, at her hotpe. No. 509 Frankli^ street, Irom ayhere the fuit^ral occurred, on Tuet

rjiy afternoon. . -—

Mrs. HelxmlbinA wa^ a native of Germany, and when a young girl •left hec,Futbe.laud home to come to America. She was shipwrecked on Hie Upper Gtpe May County qoast, without monev or friends, nope of her personal effects bring saved except a German hymnal, which she

ul iv.-iyrralter prized high!

a wl

that she met William Hrbcnthji,

driver of the Tuck-

nhn© i-tiy’c, running between Cape

Mm r

ship.

....... ... 'iTt,''. J

She Was taken to live ^'ith friends near Scitvilly, and it was while here

ship, they were mame io Cape May City, v sided until th,c Angel o

ere married and settled,

where they rc-

. „ of Death Came.

Mr*. Hebenlhal wa* a consistent Christian woman, and waa admired by all who knew Lev for hvt worn* unlv ways. She was a good mother, a deyoted wifc and an excellent

1 friend.

She 58 survived by four daughters, Mns. Eaven W. Mvers, Mr*. Robert S. Hand, Miss Rache* Heiicnthal and Miss Annie Hebenthol, and four sons, William, Frank, Jiarry and Herbert. unrral services were conducted by Rev. Cliarlcs 1). Parker, of the First Btyplist church. Interment waS mad* Qt Cqld Spring cemetery, beside the remains of the husband. MRS.- SARAH JANE CROWELL. Mr*. Sarah Jane Crowell, aged 63 years, wife ol Daniel F. Crowell, of Wert Cape May, died suddenly, paralysis op Wednesday morning at the home ot her daughter, Mrs John W. Cox, in Philailejphitf. leceascd was a daughler of the late Hon. Richard D Edmunds itevens, his Wife, And was born at Cold Spring on December 13. 1837. On January «• 1859 she became’ the w M e °f Daniel F. Crpwell- Shewn* beloved by fill who knew her, find vvqs n consistent member of the G>ld Spring Preahyter'ion Church. She is a sister o( Mr*. Coiytlapd Reeve*J Mr*. Wtr; H. Reeves, and ex-MfiXu.r ?• Henry Edmunds, of this city. She (• •VrV'ved by her husband, two cons, James F., autl Albert F.., and one daughter, ifin John W. G>«- / The funeral wnl take place Iron; the CnM Spring P^e*h\ terian yhurch this Saturday mornipg at eleven

clock.

REBECCA WILI.KT8. Rebecca Melton Willcts, daughter of the bite Captain Janie* S. and Roxana B- Willcts, ot Cape M*y county, died in Philadelphia on Sal* unlay lad. The iunetal occurred on Wetlncvlay aftcmooo of this wpek at the residence of her brother-in-

law, W. H. Ridgway, No. 114 Pine Street, Phitodalphia. WALT** A-

T01

Walter A. Townsend, aged *3 rears, (son of T-. S- and Emma R. Townientl. died at Goshen on Thttre-

day ot last week. The funeral curved tram the Goahcn M. church on Mtaodav filtontoon, waaepeimtofieswgrefifi. TheafireNl rewaH^btlir Treaaare

H. Whaaawseritoafaleft),. aknw* a tooisky lUaaatol ^.adl^re A that area** TW-«*a drerea** af 844UI to tk*

Merritt Schellenger, of Pa., is a guest of her’ j 'hid of Police and Mr*, i

'roj. J. Durell Hoffman, of Fifth*. ing Creek, a former director of the Board of Freeholders, while out driving last Saturday was kicked bv 1 his botae and sustained a broken . j km-e-c.ip. It wa* broken in three J

places.

Rev. Charles D. Parker, of this

city, was one ol the Council of Rec ognition ol the West Jersey Baptist Association at Wildwood on Wed* «dl nesdav, when the First Baptist ‘JH chprcli' there was recogniied ss a -J

church of the association.

E. D. Sch'on, of Saratoga Spring*, “t N. Y., and executive head of the.

Society for the Prevention -- - Chi ,J — ’— '

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(hia city.

clasamates in Yale, and'

America(t Soc

ol Cruelty (p Children.

giVSt thvs wpe^ of D/. V. M. Matey, of this city. They were .

Yale, and wcrc graduin 1844. Mr. Seldoni

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ated together in 1844. Mr. Seldon i* en routp to visit another classmate -j

in AVthfimn.

ssion oj ihe Grand: J r Jcraey ol (he Ancient ^

A^a hams.

At tfte session Lodge of New Jera

Order ol United Workmen, Henry S. RutheHnyd, ot this city, w.i* chosen 00c of the three Grand rep- | resentativea'to go to fytialo m Junc :xt,. Hp. will be there two weeks; -j and takeM r& - Rutherford along with 1 him. The Grund Lodge decided to 1 make no change in the manner of J

making aaNeMmcnts.

As s mark of esteem, the iriends^aj ol ynited Stare* Senator Sew-ell pre- I aented ‘him W'th “ pair of hfindaome^S cut glass vases when he entered upon H his third term *<> Ujtlted $|at« Sena- '.-i tor! The Vfises stshd about inches IS high, and vyere made expressly for j the occasion by Bailey, Banks and Biddfe, of Philadelphia. On the tty ^ Senator Sewell was sworn in . they 1 stood on his desk in the United Statcfi j Senate filled with bcautitul roses,and !

between them was s handsome basket of flowers, the gilt of Mtidstpr

William F. PowdL of Haiti.

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_ itors, pioh. ably occupies as hp;h a position in.; financial citclca in Philatk-lpUU afi * spy mjra at his age. In addition tt being vice president o( the Phibwkjl pbia National Bank, he 1* - dtre of the PenusylYSUW .Railroad e pony. Western Say mgs Fund, i ’ FuimI and l*hiUdel,Ju*T._ »y. Mr. Godfrey has bod « rrauirkaUy.soccesslul caicer. Hois a very items, nian. and tm* «u It nitre ff a splendid ujuiUrion. h»V Dg •« rwerefed sequamu the Inistoess wnthi, he ts abre p . U* vireieJ Upe M«> sit