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v B/vjA? and Breety Paragraphs Gathered Throughout / Cape May County by the Herald's Reporters.

CAPE MAY POINT. A. SchrilenjM is the proud father o s bouncing baby boy. Mr. U. K. Kndlcott, has rented thi cottage of Mrs. Springer. Mrs. H. D. Sloan • leased one of her cottages this week for the season. Kumur says that the Cape May !m prorement Company, (lately incorporated), will more the Carlton hotel and lay out the grounds for building sites. CAPE MAY COURT MOUSE. Uea trice Springer is wilt-ruining Miss Edith Craig of Philadelphia this week. Win Hewitt and family of Falsom spent the first of the week wilt; his parents here. Miss Florence Mingin entertained company from Ptyadelphia Saturday. Miss l.uella Hofluer of Millville u this week visiting’ at the home of her Bister, Mrs. Clarence Turner, on Mechanic sL Walter I.ndlum of Anglesea and Richard Burke of Woodbury were visitors at the home of H. S. Ludlum Saturday. Rev. B. F. Buck of (jreen Creek was seen in town on Sunday. Thomas Ludlum of the Lightship Zi- - zania spent Sunday with his wife here. Edgar Douglass ano family of Burleigh spent Sunday with his parents. Ale*. Douglass and wife. •Elmer Willetts of Dias Creek made a business trip here baturdav. Carl ion Park of Woodbury made business trip here on|Saturday. Ed Scull of Idas Creek passed through here on Monday. Joseph Camp of Pierces made a business trip here on Monday. Ospt. Charles Vanaman of Dias Creek was a visitor here the first of the week. Charles Hutchinson and family spect Sunday with friends at Uotfcen.

WHITESBOROa/

Henry W. Spaulding, the obl.ging

postmaster here, is one of. tne busiest

met in the colony. He is busily

gaged these spring days in fixing up and cleaning the underbrush from his propr

Mr. H. E. Gibbs, who recently arrived

in the colony from Ohio, is also a busy man. He slates that the winter out

there has been a very severe one, a the spring is very backward. He is copying the annex to the posloflice. General Askeu, who is the owner

one of the cozy cottages situated near

the station, is an ideal hustler

way of agricultural (arming. He has' 1 considerable new ground broken for his

summer garden.

One who is always happy, and has a pleasant word always, is Mr. Mitchell. He recently built a new bouse which is now inhabited by himself and family. The Misses Askeu were .out of town visitors on Thursday of last week. A fire which sta.-ted in the woods not far from the Reading railroad on Th day afternoon in our colony caused people some alarm. It rapidly spread, as the wind was blowing a good breeze from ibe west, and if it had not been lor the hasty arrival of several farmers, in all probability it would have done aiderable damage, but after a hard struggle with the (lames it was finally extin-

guished.

DIAS CREEk. Dr. Stevens of West Cape May came up in his automobile on Friday last and made a professional call in the village. Job Heritage and a Mr. Thompson of Leesburg came down on Saturday even’ ing and called on their best girls in this

village.

The M. E. Sunday-school elected five delegates to the Middle Township Sun-day-school Association convention, which will meet in the Burleigh M. E. Church on Tuesday evening, April 26. The oyster boat J. F. Penney, which was built by the Howell brothers, has been sold to Artis Hughes and Joseph H. Wells of Goshen. Miss Minnie Norton entertained her friend Miss Barnett of Holly over Sunday. The Independent Mechanics of this village will attend the M. E. Church in .a body on Sunday afternoon, May 8, at 3 o'clock. All members are reqi to be present. Mrs. George BcheUrnger, who recently moved from (’ape May, is quite ill at she residence of her son, Alex. BcheUin.

ger.

Percy Douglass of Philadelphia Is-vis-iting his grand-mothsr, Mrs. Clara Erricson, this week. Frederick Keim, who has been gatekeeper at the Philadelphia'baseball grounds for the pest fifteen years, has accepted the position for this a Mayer Tfaoa. Ludlam sad wife of Sea Isle (Sty were visiting Mrs. Ludlam’ sister in this village over Honday. Mrs. Levi B. Hewitt is visiting her parents in Ocean City this week.

RK) GRANDE. Joseph Thompson, while playing recently, sustained a very severe fracture of the arm, but is improviug at this' writing. Cupt Silas Shaw was in Philaidelphla the fii>t of the week attending to business matters. There will be preaching in the M. E. Church on Sunday afternoon by the Rev. B. F. Buck Mr* Frayne, who has been residing in Millville the past winter with a sister, return.-d to her home here laat week, where she will reride this summer. Mrs. Em ms Hams has returned home after a two weeks’ visit to relative* at Iona, N. J. Mr. ami Mrs, Frank Hand were called to Ph ladelphia laat week to attend the funeral of Mrs. Hand’s brother, who ■lied at that pli Miss Laura Taylcr of Cold Spring was the guest of Mise May Neal on Friday evening. Mrs. Josephine Reeves of Sea IrieCity jras visiting rvlntivea here Saturday. Miss Rsy Swain of Friday as the guest o Harry Turner was Saturday attending to It

FISHING CREEK. William Bate spentSe.turday at Ocean

Oty.

Richard Matthews soent several da;

with relatives in Vineland.

Meadames Annie Woolson and Maine Foster of Holly Beach Sundayed with

Frank Barnett and wife.

Enoch Garrison and wife of Erma vis-

ited tier parents on Sunday.

Mrs. Hannah Thomas spout Sunday alternoon with her mother at Erma. Misses Edna Woolson and Maude Yearicks spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs. Emily Thompson at Green

Creek.

Eddie German of West Cape May called on John Snyder and wife Sunday. Mr*. Cynthia Matthew* vi'ited John Cresve and wife at Rio Grande a few

days*

Messrs. Herbert and Henry Shaw and their wives spent Saturday at Holly Beach.

Foa Salt—A splendid building lot on

i thenprsli side of North street, 40 ft. - ■ffCnt by 100 ft. deep. Will be sold on

reasonable terms. Apply to I^ewia T. Stevens, 609 Washington street.

DEMOCRATIC TROUBLES.

As the delegates of It on filed put of the SU le Hears! managers <x

Out-geueraled. outvoted, defeated at every torn, ibe Hearst followers In the New Jersey Democratic Slate Convention last Thursday held a “ rnmp ” convention of their own and elected contesting delegates to the St. Louis Convention pledged ttheir heal endeavors to make a show t ’. the Congressman before the Democracy of the nation. The regular convention finlahrd Its work, amid great confusion, shortly before S o'clock, refusing to wrap the delegation in any sort of instruction, although it was plainly manifested that Judge Parker of New York bad the call upon the mass of delegates. The unit role was adopted, and whoever shall be deemed the heat and strongest man for the 94 Jerseymeu to support will get it* entire vote

the National Convention. the regular convenState Street Theatre corraled their flock

mbly room of the Masonic Temple and proceeded to read the riot act to the managers of the party organization, whom they accused of andemocratlcally abutting them out of all consideration. The Hearst managers', with Mr. Dulin eery much In evidence, mustered, all told, about 140 delegates from the counties of Camden, Atlantic, Cape May, Burlington. Essex. Passaic and Sussex, and proceeded to declaie themselves the only sure Democratic Stata Convention for the election of Na tlonal delegates. They made no nominations in those district* in which there no contests, but coufined their operations to the election of fonr delegates st-large and delegates for the districts In which they claimed to have been deprived of rep-

resentation by fraud.

The aomlnatlons by the two conventions

follow-

BT nf* KEGCLAK COyVE.VTIOS At-Large—James Smith, Eases County: Howard Carrow. Camden; Robert Davis' Hndson; Johnston Cornish. Warren. Alternates-at-large—Nelson Y. Dungan, Somerset County; David B. Crater, Mon mouth; E. E. Grasscup, Gloucester, and Robert S. Woodruff. Meroer. First district—William J. Thompson, Camden; James BtrimpU, Salem. Second district—M. E. Devine, Atlantic; B. Frank Hires. Cumberland. The Hearst bolters nominated these del-

At-large—Joseph E. Nowrey, Camden; E. L Price, Eases: James H. Bncbauau, Eases; J. Clark And rot*, IHriaalc. Finn district—John A. Smith. Camden: Jama* Nichole, Gloucester Second dlatrioh-Jobn T. French, Atlantic; William Brown. Cumberland. The BarlfDglon County delegation seemed to be about evenly divided, while 14 of the Atlantic County men withdraw from the organization of that county. Cape May was likewise divided, and Camber land waa In the same position, so that h »« long after the State Convention got '• t the Second district

Untie; B. Frank Hlree and William Brown th^wT'o^S^ SrilttfcT

SATIS TC IT LOOTS WOILS'S f AH. Ticket* te to Sold at very 1st rata* via TtumyIrani* Eailrcad. For the Louisiana Pnrehaae Exposition to b* held at St. Louis. Mo., from April 80 to December 1. 1804, several forme of eurrion tickets to Be Louis will be placed on sale by the Pennsylvania Railroad on April 95, as follow#:— Reason - tickets, good to return until Deerinbrr 16. 1904. to be sold dally at rale of tatl.ao from Cape May. Sixty day excursion tickets, final limit not later than December 16, 1004, to be sold daily at rata of 882.71) from Cape

May.

Fifteen-day excursion tickrla to be sold at rate of I0G.5H from Cape May. Ticket* of the forme named above w III he no Id from other stations on the* Pennsylvania Railroad at proportionate

rates.

Ten-day special coach axenraion llukeis will be sold on May 111, and »n other dates to he announced later, good going only on apeelal coach trains, or In coaches on draiguated trains, and good returning in coaches on regular trains, at rate of 830 (in from New York. 818.60 from Philadelphia, and proport kina te rale*, approximating one cent per mile from other points. Excursion tickets by variable rente*. Season tickets and rixly-day excursion tickets will be sold via variable routes: that Is, going by one direct route and returning via another direct route. Variable ronte ticket* will be sold applying through Chicago In one direction at the same rate* as apply for season ana sixty day excursion tickets to et. l<outs. going aud returning via the direct routes. On all one way sad round-trip tickets, reading to point* beyond Si. Louis, a atop ov< r of ten days will be permitted at St. Louis on payment of a fee of 81.00 and de posit of ticket.

—The proudest child wears Sol Needle*'

ORDINANCE.

Donu* to me amount 01 one nunareo anu forty thousand dollar* for the purpose of retiring certain Boating indebtedneu of Use City of Cape May, whioh said floating in-

Avenne from Madison Avenue _ _ Point, and improving and protecting the iamr: and extendfl* and improving the water system and fire equipment of said

City.

Section t. Be it ordained and enacted by the Inhabitants of the City of Cape May. in City Council assembled, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that there shall be issued and sold by the City of Cape May bonds to the amount of one hundred and forty thousand dollars, in denominations of one hundred thonsand dollars in one thousand dollar bonds, and forty thousand dollars In Bve hundred dollar bonds, bearing interest at the rale of five per centum per annum, payable semi-annually and maturing in thirty year* from the date thereof, which date shall be the first day of April nineteen hnndtcd and fonr. the proceeds td be applied solely to retiring that certain floating indebtedness of the City of Cape May, which was created for the purpose of the construction of a system of tewef age for said City, and for the extension of Beach Avenne from Madison Avenne to Sewell's Point, and the improvement and protection of the same; and the extension and improvement of the water system and

fire equipment of said City, a

Section x. And be it further ordained and enacted that the said bonds shall be in substance and form as antborixed and directed by the first section of an act of the Ixgislatnre. entitled "An Act to authorize any "city of this State, to raise money, cither by temporary loans or by the Isaac or issues of bond* for any sum not exceeding fifteenper centum of the taxable value of the real and personal property rated for assessment in such Citv, and to use the same for the purpose of retiring floating or matured bonded indebtedness for the enlarretnt ~ and improvement of the pnblic butldin, water works, sewerage system and for other lawful purposes of such City," approved

March xznd, 1904.

Section y Be it farther ordained and acted that the Mayor is hereby snthori to sign the said bonds, the C tty Clerk

attest the same and to affix the corporate seal of the City thereto, and the City Treas-

urer to countersign the same and sign coupons thereto to be attached. - Section 4. And be it further ordained

and enacted that the Finance Committee arc hereby authorized and directed to f-—

pare the said bonds ready for execution the officer* of the City herein ' * — And upon their execution as ;

ed. to sell the same for the best price may be obtained therefor, not lea* than the •— thereof. and upon the sale ** *

ANCIENT MAnniAOM. A Record of ThtuMt of One and Two Centurie* Ago. Below we give a list of marriage license reeorda in the office of the Secretary of BUte of Sew Jersey. These will be Uuurd from week 10 week and ought to be Interosting to those who want delve into family history. Yoa will want the Car* Mar Hksai.d ’to follow these UaU. They began in the issue of August 30th last. (cojmat'sii ran a last wkzk.) Henry SchelUrger and Rebecca Scull, November 80, 1775. Jams* Bcbelllnger and Kboda Crowell. June 97.17W). Thomaa Scott and Rebecca Evans. November 9. 1(70. John Scull aud Pansh Smith, November SJ, 1776, Philip Scull and Elizabeth Stllea, April 18, 1700. William Seagrays and Eatber Kent, October 8,1787. William 8c«Krave and Arabella Coole, . 1740. John Sharp and Sarah Reddy. April 27 1767. Elijah Shaw aud Jemlmah Hand, April 12.1708. John Shaw and Mary Eldredge, Janaarv 4.1771. Joahna Shaw and Anne Forman. May r. 177b. Richard 8baw and Jeruaha Garritaon, Jnne 10. 1704. Thomas Shaw and Hannah UoS. July 5, 177a William SLaw and Jcrosha Hand,March 8, ITffl. Elnatban Shepherd and Mary Townsend, March 8, 1700. William Simkins and Mary Edmunda, December 10, 1759. Astdiry Smith and Mercy Hughes, Noember 8. 1780. Christopher Smith and Esther Ludlam. September 2, 1768. Christopher Smith and Lydia Badoock, October 84, 1774. Ellbn Smith and Jnditb Billings, September SO, 1774. Elibn Smith and Hannah Matthews, Joly A 1780. Enoch Smith and Prbclllah Godfrey, September 5,1780. Jonathan Smith and Abigal Ludlam, Jnne 87, 1758. Jonathan Smith and \lathsu Ludlam, December SO, 1701. Josh us Smith and Naomi Oaborn, February 10. 1782. Joshua Smith and Charity Billings, Deember. 8,177a Joshua Smith and Mafy Ireland, March 5.JJ7T.

1X1 ben a (Dan Carries

all the Life Insurance he can afford,he shows proper consideration lor his family.

The

Prudential Insurance Co. nf America. Eoai Office : Newark, V. i. JOHN P. DRYDEN.

President

LESLIE D. WARD. Vice President. EDGAR B WARD,

e Pre*.

EDWARD GRAY.

Secretary

H. E. Richaxdson. Asst. Snpt., Cape May Conn

(to BX CONTIS I XI) XEXT WEI

ureewa to preor execution by

Trust Company of Camden. New Jersey,end applied so far as may be necessaty to the pa yin cal of the indeUedaea* of said City to such company, sndAhe balance to the liquidation of the indebtedness above herein

referred to.

Section y And be it further ordained and enacted that there shall be mixed annually by taxation a mm sufficient to pay the interest on said bonds and two per cent thereof into a sinking fund for the redemption of

aatd Bonds

—inxnccs inconsistent with the provision* of this ordinance be and the same are beretri repealed and that ordinance entitled. An ordinance to authorize the issuance of bonds to the amount of one hundred and twenty-fire thonsand dollar* for the purpose of constructing a system of sewerage for the Citv of Cape M tv. and for the pr

Beech Avenne from Sewell's Point, and Improving

sod protecting the same." approved March ' -Uso an ordinance efilitlei to authorize the issuance of bond* to the amount of one hundred and forty thonsand dollars for the purpose of retiring certain floating indebtedness of the CUv of Cape May, which said floating ' debtrdness was crested for the purpose constructing a system of sewerage in 1 Oily, and for the pnrpooe of extending ' * r from Madison AvcagS

Mat, and imj

pngactiag improviug

old F:ofT Ontro&T, eicexovd and washinotcn. Six Day Tew tU FtmtjlranU Eailrcid, The third persoually-oonduoted tour to Old Point Comfort, Richmond, and Washington vis the Pennsylvania Railroad for >resent season will leave New York and Philadelphia on Saturday, April 23. Ticket*, including transportation, meal* en route In both dlraetloos, transfers of passengers and baggage, hotel accommodatloos at Old Point Comfort. Richmond and Washington, and carriage ride about Richmond—In tact, every necessary expense for a period of six days—will be sold rate of fcafl.00 from New Yorx. Brook, lyo and Newark; 854.50 from Trenton; 838.00from Philadelphia, and proportionle rates from other stations. Old Point Comrout Oiclt. Tickets to Old Point Comfort only, including luncheon on going trip, one and three-fourth* day*' board at Chamberlin Hotel, and good to return direct by regular trains wiihln six days, will Be sold in connection with this tour at rate of 817.00 from New York. Brooklyn and Newark; 115.50 from Trenton; 814 GO from Philadelphia aud proportionate rates from other points. For itineraries and full information ap ply to ticket agents; Tourist Agent, 803 Fifth Avenne, New York; 4 Court Street, Brooklyn; 760 Broad Street, Newark, N. J.; or Geo. W. Boyd, General Paaeei'ger Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia

PenLiylvxcli Bailrctd'x WasMagtea Tear*.

The Pennsylvania Railroad's eighth

three-day peraouallj-condncied tour to Washington will leave New York, Trenton and Philadelphia' April 98. Round-trip rate*—only difference being in the ho'el selected in Washington-are 810 50 or 818 from Treutoo, 80 or 811.50 from Phibxle' pbia. and proportionate rale- from other poiuta. Ticketo cover railtond transport* tion for the round trip antf hotel m-com modatfous. A special aide (rip to Ml. Yc -

non may also be ukan. All tickrta goo

for ten days, with special bote] ra<ea a 1 aspiration of hotel coupon. For i In*.--and tall Information apply to liAet

ir Geo. W. Boyd, General !*#.*• u it. Broad Btreot Station. Piilladel

Mattings! Mattings!! We have an abundance in China Mattings frt>m $4.50 to $13.00 per roll of 40 yards. Japan Mattings $7.50 to $13.00 per roll of 40 yards. I CAN SAVE YOU $3.00 PER ROLL Less than the Department Stores of Philadelphia will sell it for. - (J^^’Call and examine it.

U'Jl^lSio gla Local Phone, 65. 305-7 Jackson Street, CAPE MAY, N, J.

Queen Jewelry Store, Jewelry ^Hatches anb Clocks. Repairing Neatly Done by a Skilled Work man; i ■ MC. F. KUHN. ! SOS ’Washington St. Cope SKay.

Dentistry.

Office of Dr*. Loreuce aud Scbull, ■son to Waller J. Learning, coper of Ocean and Hughes aim**, open for the practice of drnlisiry iu all its branch**. (Dr. W. B. tickler, associate.) Office boars dally, from 8 to 12 a. M., 2 lo4,r. N., 7 to 8 evening*. Naroottod air for the painless extraction of Ircih. domed by the medical fraternity of

Philadelphia.

flANAGEIe WANTED.

Pierson and. ©on.