FISHING CREEK.

Mr*. M»r llemlnf and children of ( ape Wav vlaited her paresU, J. Barsett and wife over Sunday. Clarence Howard ol MiuvUleia agueat

hia brother Chariea.

ofMiaa Mattie Barnett ta yialUng rela-

tiyea at Holly Beach part of the week John Gibaon and l«dr friend of Cold Spri"K paaaed through nere on Sunday. Frank Matthew*, wife and aon apent Friday with relatiyea at Holly Beacn. John Jamea ia (pending a* few daya with hi* family in Philadelphia. Ralph Yeancka U very ill with ty-

f hold-pneumonia in Camaen. We hope

ir hia *i>eedy recoyery.

John WooUon and aona of Holly Beach apeut Sunday with hia uncle here. — conn sraiMG orakqb Cold Spring Grange, No. ISS.'holda ita mretinge on Wednesday eveningain th> Mechanic*’ Hall, Cold Spring The Grange haa been eery buay aince the New Year. It haa taken in a -cla.** > f nineteen in the tirat and aecond degree* and this week it ia expected to give the third and last degree and at the close will invite all present to a sumptuous

C. R. It-’B 1NTKBKST1NG REPORT.

Earned In JtKW About IS Per Cent.

On Capital Block.

The annual report of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for the year 1903 la, a* stwaya, a aonree of great Interest In local floanclal circles. A synopsis of the report <« published Large figures make up this report. For example, the gross earning* or the 10,913 miles of the system were *2,M7,757 This Is an increase of 923.«2«,7 over tturt. Net earnings for the year err 967.IS*.330. The is 9401,101 less than ■e preceding year, but the surplus of 1.0(17.347 was 1173,396 more than 1903. rattle statist lea loom up with magnitude, fbere were nearly three hundred .million

t carried In 1903. This la an

increase oi about twenty-five million tons. The Penosylvauia Railroad Company disbursed for extraordinary expenses during the year 921.H72.M0. or nearly Tif per

.pltal stock.

o very goed papers a few weeks ago " "

tM’o" ry, by Mrs. H'

RIO QRANDE. . Joel Fisher of Dias Creek, apent Sun^ day with bis mother. • OMrs. Emma Harris was a Cape May visitor the first of the week. Joseph Norbury cut his foot quite severely while cutting wood in the . w wds last week. -Mrs. Mary Gofl is convalescing, aftar a severe illness pf over-a week. Mrs. Sallte Gilleon was a recent visitor to the county seat. Master Ralph Denn entertained a nnmber of his friends to a party on Saturday afternoon, in which all the little folks enjoyed thtmselves exceedingly. Mr. William Kimble, our enterprising grocery man u one of the busiest men in town in the way of attending to hia already increasing grocery business. A surprise party was given in honor of Miss Rita Neal by her friends on •Friday evening. A merry time was experienced by all.

taken from tl and f12.362.530 from the pr t he saje of 975.000,0U0 of n< Profit from the Utter nma *17.962.550. and 95.000.000 of It wi

bnylni

DIAS CREEK.

Mr. Stephen CarUss and wife of vide came down on 'Saturday last and

stayed over Sunday.

Redman Stiles went to Dennisvllle fox banting on Saturday. He chased reynard all day, but was not lucky enough to capture the brash. Frank T. Norton is visiting friends in

Salem this week.

Prof. Byron Bradford, our popular voung school teacher, spent Sunday at

bis home in Newport.

Large numCers of K dog by onr villagert the creek thia week.

villagers at the month

L. Howell was staking oyster ground in the Delaware Bay on Monday Nearly all the old stakes have been pulled out or broken ofl by the heavy tee this winter. Mrs. William Woodlin ot Holly Beach was visiting friends in the village last

week.

A. T. D. Howell went to Tuckahoe on Friday evening last to install officers of the new Grange recently organised at that place. Capt. Ezra Norton and wife of Court House were visiting their sick brother Howard Norton on Friday last.

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE. Jos. Kewitt and family are thia week entertaining company trom Falsom. Richard Ludlum and wife are visiting their daughter Mrs. Parker Burke at Woodbury this week. George Springer of Millville was

Sunday visitor here.

Miss* Eva Hewitt was s visitor to Cape

May City oD Saturday.

Mis. David McPherson and daughter of Cold Spring are thia week the guests

of Mrs. Alex. Douglass.

Melvin Erricaon of Dias Creek visitor here the first of the week. Dr. William G. Hand made a business trip to Woodbine on Tneeday. ^ ^

h Alex. Springar

and wife on Main street.

&ATZS TO IT. L07B WORLD'S FAIR. Ticket* te to field at very lew ntet Ha PanBEylvsnis For the Louisians to be held at St. Loo la. Mo., from April 90 to December 1.1904. several forma of ex eumioa tickets to Sc Louis will be placed on sale by the Pennsylvania April 29, aa follows:— Season tickets, good to retun December 15,1904. to be sold dally of 939.X from Capa May.

aot later than December 15, 1904. to be sold daily at rata of 993.70 from Cape May. u tickets to be sold n Cape May. i wfli ^ ^ _ > oa tha Pao-

ANCIENT MARRIAGE

A Beoord of Tboee of One and Two Centnrlea Ago. Below we give a Hat of marriage license records in the office of the Secretary of State of New Jersey. These will be continued from week lo week and ought to be interesting to those who want to delve into family history. You will want the Capk May Hhuld to follow these lists. They began in the issue of August 20th. (ooimxcKn vrom laht wick.) Alatharc Ludlam and Jonathan Smith. December 96,1761. Beulan Ludlam and John Crease, May

1*. 1739.

Esther Ludlam and Christopher Smith,

September 3, 1768.

Pbebe Ludlam and Elisha ElUrrdge.Sep-

. ... tember So, 1789

This wentinto I Pbebe Ludlam and Henry Reed, Fair-

i-Tax Col. SmTtli :-Tsx Cof! 7 Smith -_.,»orfund, Received from County Collector etrte school tax. 1897 -*—■* * County Collector

Received from e:

addl'lon*! track-, ahopa, j flebl. October 31,

ill tending toward irreater rty- Pricllla Ludlam aud Aenry Yoong,

;ouomy of operations. Of tbi» j Tnwoaeud, May 9. 1769.

fit realixw stock, uuted to • spent in

New York for tbi

terminal.

on the Pennsylvania Railro<kd system during the year were of a wholesale character Between New York and Pittsburg there waa spent 944.000,0X). half of which was charged to capital account. West of Pittsburg there was spent 916.382,651. In order to reimburse advances made by the Penhaylvauia Railroad Company to the Pennsylvania Company in thia connection, and for other corporate purposes, aggregating about 933,000.000, the Pennsylvania Company arranged the *50.000.000 of 4X per cent, note issue recently announced. The net earnings of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for the year were equi 12 per cent- on the *296,418.250 of stock of the Company outstanding.

The Prudential's Big Bnsincaa. The Prudential Insurance Company of America has again beaten its record —« kind of habit It haa acquired—having in 1903 written no lew a sum than 9293,000,000 of paid-for life insurance, fkis a greater aum than has written in one year by any o nt of the same age as The PradantisZ: This record ia truly astonishing, and there can be no better evidence of the vaat and growing popularity of The Prudential among the thrifty classes. While most ot its business is done among the industrial poplation, it has also a large Ordinary business, in policies amounting from 91)100 up to 9100-

000.

It would be difficult to suggest any improvement in the way that The Prudential has met the necessities of the public in the matter of life insurance The Company has always been in the -habit of settling ita-^Mp* l» the 1 satisfactory and prohlpt manner, policies are very liberal in their V and convey many substantial beni which, it ia qnite evident, are wai appreciated by the insuring pffblic. Write to the Home Office of the C pany, Newark, N. for information concerning ita policies, that not only furnish guaranteed protection to family, but dividend* to the policyholder as welL

Mary I/upion nnd Thomas Hnlge*. February 16. 1762. . John McCormlc and Mary Twylrr.April, April 20. 1759. John B. McCormlc and Priscilla Bam-y August 11, 1775. John Mocker an* Elisabeth Young, April 25. 1746. Joseph Mason and Eaater Loser. Jannary 7.1763. William Mason and Judith Brooks, No* ember 10, 1766. William 'Mothews and Betblsh Mills, e-camber 18, 1740. Elijah Matthews aud Martha Smith, Oc>ber lo; 1770. Isaac Matthew* and May Hand. Decemer 17, 1774. Richard Matthews and Jndith Hughes, July 10 1772. Samuel Matthews and Temperance Stitaa. August 10. 177L Thomas Matthews and Hannah Cr January A 178'. ^- Arcblble Mlckel and Mercy Doubleday, February 18, 1762. James Mlckel and Elizabeth Ready, February 12.1768. James Miller and Susannah Kent, Jana A 1755. Beuoni Mills and Lydia Hand, April 10,

109.

Jeredlah Mills and Elisabeth Stile*, February 18,1757. Jonathan Mills and Judith Eldredge, December 90, 1767. Jonathan Mills and Amy Johnson, Jana 1768. Samuel Mills and Mary Cbeasney, April *7. 1779. (TO BX qoMISCKD SKIT WEEK.)

FOLLOW THE WAR.

of keeping pa© events that go history of tbej

The “North American's*’Chart Will Help Yon to Trace the Conflict. Wh.t n»an> h„v* von at your diapt ic daily inarch ot np the fascinating iflte "■- In the Far East I Sow do you permanently fix iq Tt_. memory the losses and victories of the stliving nations, the movements of their troops and fighting craft, the vessels that have been disabled by the Japanese, the stations oOhaf ' " ^

or Tokio. or at.the wills of their comm

neen suggeniai in mesa-quesuoDs—iu m ear,, word, to transfer in minis tare the theatre of war from Korea. Manchuria. Japan, or wherever it may extend, is to the hom«F“The North American" next Sunday will area involved in UmVar. With the map srill I* provided Cao-eimllea of all the Rna-

00erectly named, together Russian and Japanese sol, The war chart will be first page of the magazine

The edition ia limited, and yAur ordir should ha filed with your newsdealer without delay. This war chart oas be obtained with no other newspaper.

will be aoid on Mey 10, end on

Mnllte.-The Ideal Wall Pahrt. 1 >malite la en Oil Paint pat ap in e form to be thinned with water. It ■de for both inside and outside exire. It is durable and haa stood five a 00 exteriors with seaside expos- . It ia flat (without gloaa), washable, hygienic and gives e very artistic ety finish. It was adopted by the U. B. Government Building* at the BnfExpoelUon. Later the Government Romalite for Ita buildings at the Cfcarieatpn Exposition. The Committeeon Exporta on Awards, awarded BomaUta the gold medal. For sale by A. C. Gita,

Received from County Collecloi railroad tax. 1897 Received from County Collector railroad tax. 1898 Received from County Collector railroad tax, 1899 Received, from County Collector railroad tax. 1900 Received from C onnty Collector railroad tax, 1901 Received from County Collector railroad tax, 1901 Received from townsphip treasurer in 1899 Received from sUle comptroller Received for library fund, 189S •• ,899 “ “ " |9«>

Township Treasurer

Trivial to Them; a Felony in Law. The Harrisburg “ Patriot ” of the 4th Inst, has a statement of bow four boys remit-red themselves subject to a heavy penalty by mischievously removing the oily waste from car journal boxes to start

complaints had been made by es of both the Pennsylvania and Roads that the boxes of the rolling stock were from time to time stripped of waste containing lubricating oil, and the detectives by aquletinreailga'.ioaaoon * <cated the offenders, who were arret nd taken before Magistrate John •ales, who held them for a farther heat

■S

The boys took their arrest very quietly, >r. a* one of them said,. “1 don’t care if my mother does know I gat pinched. If 1 been run In for stealing coal it wonld Iffcrent, bat what does it matt did pall a little waste out of a jonrai arraigned before a ma| they they discovered that they had State law which classes the offeni •lony. punishable by a fine of 9500 and five ears imprisonment at hard labor. WHT THE PEHAX.Tr IS *0 HEAVY The reason that the Bute law ,. so seVere a penalty to the theft of waste from journal boxes Is not because of the c value of the material, but because oval may result In very serioi to trains. Wfien the waste is taki left to bold the Inupon the axle, and o qneatly nothing to prevent friction. tha journal I are thns quite frequent! r melted

•e In

The beat of them

a the Iron sxltsand frequentxt to snap. The results quit* ive been eery anions wrecks

metal tempers the Iron sxltsand

**

frequently have

in this

had traveled aa abort a a* flea miles after the waste was from the'

Office of Dm. Lorauoe and BcboU, oeasot* to Water J. Learning, corner of Ocwanand Hughes street*, open for tha practice of dentistry to all its branches, (Dr. W. B. Bickler, associate.) Office boors daily, from 8 to 12 a. M., 9 to 4 r. X., 7 to 8 evenings. Narcotised air for the painless extraction of teeih. en* by tbs medical fraternity of

The Cold Spring Grange is Increasing nemberehip vary rapidly, and ia likely n to Include all of the farmers ii lower part of Cape May Oonaty.

Auditors’ Report

LOWER TOWNSHIP.

Disburse men u

■;sr

:s

Teacher’s salaries.

-S

Miscellaneous school

wTordtt,

H6 395 . KS , 133 91 . ST

■1! :g'_ 636 ya

:g is

es

Library fund. 189R ' “ “ 1899 - ! “ , 9 00 1897. Assessor 19 '’ Commissioner of Appeal West Cape May school tax Smith per pent Collector’s fees 1898. J. M. E. Hildreth botoogh bill

Poor fund Collector’s fees y West Cape May schools Coleman Corson

Banttwl F ... Middle Township West Cape May

Commissioner of Appeal 1901. Transfer of children Commissioner of Appeal 1902. Poor fund Balance reported on band st February settlement. 1903

Balance in favor of Collector NOTE—In the sigsiasi m _ man she charged with whst part of thia ami 1896 tax only, he being e 1897 tax collected *- '* -

of appeal, 1899 'SS? 1899 By commisaionris of appeal. 1900

-* for the various Tears:

ss 1“

Lewis T. Btevcwa and Stillwell H. Town-

$293,000,000

ol paid-ior Life Insurance was written and received in 1903 by The Prudential. The figures indicate the popularity of Prudential contracts.

The Prudential Insurams of America. Eos - Cf£:e: Kewark. y. J JOHN F. DRY 11

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FORREST F DBYDKN.

Prerid

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H. H. Riciiaroson. As*

Supl., Cape May Com

A REDUCTION IN OIL HEATERS

Gpust icAen ij-oxl ncs<£ them.

&i£d£i, 305-7 Jackson Street, CAPE MAY, N, J.

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ICE

sffmerican Jce Qom-pan^ OF PHILADELPHIA. Supplies Hotels, Restaurants and Cottages With Pure m&m'smMM mm* Asd Also With The Best Quality Or GO AIL! * - GOAEa! Carefully prepared for family uae, at lowest price and full weight Guaranteed. Send your orders to the branch office.

No. 626 Washington Street, Above Oceaa, Cape May City, N, J. Thok W. Millet. Superintendent.

HIED Tint Sinn.

SOL NEEDLES' STORE 508 Washington St and make a purchase of One Dollar or more, I will give TEN (10) STAMPS FREE in additiotj to those which should be given with your purchase. This only good until

-flARCM 1st, 1904 - , only the TW&51J®P!1,

-rpJuat Received^*NEW LOT OF VAL2L2 PAPER All the latest designs 'tad t fashionable colors. Let

Your Choice OF Saving Your Money or Filling Your Stamp Book We will give DOUBLE STAMPS on all regular goods until the purchase amounts to Three Dollars ($3.00), after which we will give TRIPLE STAMPS, or ia# per cent, discount. On Coats, Suits, Skirts, Hats and Pure we will give in addition to the donble

Ehotmtg Sxfra om Srerg 3>ollar cson FEBRUARY 13

Mrs. £. TURNEB. DRY 600DS. MILLINERY. 516 Washington St.

Note* ia hereby given that I meeting of the Board of Cbosau Fnahokl*rm of the County of Cap* May. N. J„ will be held st Court House to said County, on -HirwUy. the umU day of March. 1S04. ul o’clock A. M., fur purpose of sMAteg * acoouats of the County. hawrtM su-