CAPE MAY HERA TT)

VOL. IV. NO. 50.

CAPE MAY, N. J., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, [904.—EIGHT PAGES.

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COL. SCOVEL DEAD.

Col. Jamea MalUck Score 1. a«c(d 72. dM | IMtV. ibr laat year of hla term. Senator Soo■addroly on Friday moraine laat. about j * el wa« elected Prealdent of the Senate, tee o'clock, at the boardlne houae of Mr. . When Horace Ureely ran for Prealdent. Koeoie. on Hngbe atreet. On 1’bnrsday 1 Colonel Score! waa active In the Greeley orralnK be waa taken III and called In a morement and waa State Chairman In

phyalcian. bat had been In the beat of

TOU AND TOUR FRIENOS. Social and Pereonal Chat About Our Roaldenla and Vial term. Mra. Ixjrana S. Hall la rtaiting Philadelphia and Clayton. Mra. Frederick Boerner baa con eluded a abort eiait to Philadelphia. Mtaa Alloa Bennett baa returned from a vlait to Miaa Rena Gilbert at Ocean City. Mra. William Begley haa returned borne after a twerdaya’ rielt to the Quaker City. Former Sheriff Samuel K. Kwlng on Friday made a vlait to Philadelphia and

eae Brown, our well-known Unman, in Philadelphia on Friday pure baaing

a line of winter Block.

Lewla.J. McGrath, of Philadelphia, la Improving bia cottam bn Beach arenoe,

eaat of Jeffereon aireet.

Miaa Florence Jobnaon. daughter of Eldridge Jobuaou. la enjoying a riali to Phil-

adelphia and other pointa

Mr. and Mra. Joseph H. Snyder, of Coft Spring, have returned from an extended visit to Philadelphia and ofter pointa. Bev. D. H. Lafferty, D. D-. pastor of the j Cold Spring Presbyterian Church, la spendlog hla vacation In western Pennsylvania. Albert Harris, one of Wildwood’, moat prominent business men. was in Cape May on Friday looking after bnsinwu

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health np to evening. Mrs. Kneulg catvd for him tbronghunt the night, and bis

death came peacefully, of apoplexy.

A telegram was sent to his son. Assemblyman Harry S. Scovrl. at Camden, bat be was in North Carolina ahnotlng when weed reached him of hi- father’s death.

The body of Col. Scovrl laid In

Sunday at tbe undertaking eatabllahment of William H. Thompson, on Mansion atreet. Tbe remains were taken to Camden and tbe funeral waa held from tbe naideocr of hla eon. No. 418 Washington Avenue, Baddonfield. at 8 o’clock on Monday afternoon. Tbe interment, which private, waa made In HarMgh cemetery,

Colonel Scowl waa born in Harrison, Ohio. January •W, 1833, his father being Bev. Ur. Sylvester F. Score! and hla mother Hannah Matlack. of Woodbury. N. J. daughter of James Matlack. a torn member of Coagrees from tbe First district. He was educated at Hanover Col hge, Indian a, of which institution his tether wee preeident. He wee graduated ad tbe age et seventeen, taught echool Memphis. Tenn., for two yean and then removed to Camden, where be became e etodent-at law In tbe office of Abraham Browning, in bis time tbe foremost lawyer -at South Jersey. Admitted to practice in 1856. tbe young lawyer, by Us natural gift of eldqnence and his popular personality, soon came to tbe front at tbe Bar and in tbe arena of polities. It waa tbe Storm end stress period dpon tbe eke of tbe outbreak of dril war, and an a Free SoUer and then an dent and aggressive Republican, tbe gifted yeong lawyer became an active partisan aadwaa is great demand aa a stamp

Beeted to the 4

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stun. Lawyer

Lincoln by a aeries of speeches enUtled “New Jersey for tbe War." Tbe President seat (or him and aa a result of their mast-

ing Scowl

the Draft tor tbe First Congressional District Lincoln later sent him abroad on a special mission. He was e candidate for Googrees in tbe Coogreaslonal convention held at Bridgeton In 1864, but waa defeated by John F. Starr, of Camden. He nominated for Uie State Senate and elected, being tbe first Republican to repemmt. Camden oonnty in that body. In

Tbe next three Matures of the Cape May Centre of tb« Society for University Teaching will be intereadmi from the faethat Piet Sorrtts will neP a

that campaign, which resulted in tbe dlsa«.trons drfant of tbe great ed«tor. He renened ills Republican allegieaoe later and was appointed by President Arthurns| ial sernt of tbe Treasury Department. Olonci Scowl obtained bis military title as commaodt-r of the old Sixth Regiment of tbe National Gnard. preceding tbe late General Sewell in that command. During tbe second Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania, Lawyer Scowl raised within twenty-four hours a company of volnuteers In Camden, and took them to Harrisburg, Pa, where they were received by Governor Curtin and enlisted for thirty day* In the emergency force, which helped drive tbe army of Lee back across tbe Potomac. After tbe war Colonel Scowl devoted himself to the practice of law In Camden, and figured In many prominent eluding tbe Banter murder trial. A brilliant writer, be waaa frequent contributor to the newspapers and periodicals and of recent years bad done some notable literary work for tbe magaslnes. HisremluU erases of Lincoln and men of war time appearing recently in tbe National Magazine were widely read. Colonel Scowl was twice married, his first wife being Mias Mary Mulford. of Camden, by whom be had three children. Assemblyman Harry 8. Scowl and two daughters, all living. His second wife waa a Mrs. Moore bead, widow of a wealthy Philadelphia financier and tormer partner of Jay Cooks. For the past two yean Ifc had lived at

Cape May.

His death ends a life of many viriaeitudea. No man in his youth possessed Room winning qualities than Mr. Soowl, who when be name to the bar leaped Into gnat popularity aa a lawyer and public speaker. He waa a brilliant orator when hla subject called for It, and It surprising that when be turned bis -«»ra tlon to politics be should rise rapidly the front. His aervioea 00 tbe bastings in ly Presidential campaigns took him in-

Mrs. William K. Holman is improving her cottage on Columbia avenue near Howard street by raising it and adding new verandas State Comptroller J. Willard Morgan waa a visitor to Angicara over Sunday, staying with Judge Harrison H. Voorheee and other ffiends at tbe Grassy Sounds Club Hon-e. -Kdwin K. Hart has returned from St. Ixmls where be superintended tbe repacking of tbe Stale Institution Exhibit of Pennsylvania at tbe Fair. He bad charge of tbe preparation of this exhibit for the State of Pennsylvania and is reported to bew prepared the best exhibit along that line which was shown at tbe Exhibition. It was awarded tbe grand prise medal by the Fair commissioners.

Mrs. Powell Laid to Rcac Tbe fnneral of Mrs. Diana Kearney Powell, who died on Tuesday evening erf Met week, occurred from Sc Mary’s K. C. Church at noon 00 Friday Mac low uum being said by Bev. Father D. J. Kelly, Rector of the church. All the mem be the family of Mrs. Powell excepting one son were present at tbe funeral as well aa wee her brother. Geo. John Watts Kearney and Judge Charles V. D. JoUne, of Camden, whose daughter married Cape ” ’ a son of the deceased. He I paymaster In tbe Army and is stationed at Washington. Tbe interment was made . of that church at Cold Spring. New Hite fbr Boat House. Mr. Henry D. Jnstl. of Philadelphia, who haa bad a handsome house built at the ooruer of Ocean street and Columbia avenue, has purchased for himself a piece of Mad 00 Cape Island Creek at Scbellragers Landing where be will have el built, Mr. Jnstl expects to have all

acquired thereby to a certain extant _ national reputation. He had an intimate acquaintance with President Lincoln and with many of the most eminent states of hla active politics' career. Some y ago he became interested la religious work He wee of a generous, genial dtapostUon, and his death will cause a boat of friends

Merchant H. a FMMchbauer, who Is Mtmaater at Cold Spring, M one of tbe joet active boaineas men In Capa May County. =— *•

fifea’a Meeting to Oonsmenoe.

Next Sunday Rev. A. W. Spooner 1 begin tbe Men’s Meetings which w conducted by him last whiter. They will be held this year In Ogden's Hall and all Of tbe men in tbe day are invited to be present. The meeting will be held at four

o’clock 00 Sunday afternoon. G. A. R. to Hold Campfire.

John Mecray Poet, No. 40, G. A. R., will hold a campfire on next Tuesday evening lathe Auditorium. It has Invited City Council to attend. On tbe earns day tbe reunion of tbe 86th N. J. Volunteers will be bald at Ogden’s Hall It will be the snnlyermary of tbe battta of Fredericksburg.

Adam, Lucullna, Julias fgiesr. Alexan der tbe Great or any of the thousand, of prnonages embalmed in tbe pages of ancient history, sacred or profane, could have dined—and probably some of them did— very comfortably upon tbe rontentaof one ' f •be huge clam ebells which are being murrected in large numbers at present et

{Mi*- May.

Dudgee are at work deepening the harbor. In pursuance of tbe plana for tbe Cape May. From depths varying from thirty to forty feet tbe dredges suck up shells of monster clams which participated in the civil activities of clam communities under the skies of ages so ancient that they are remembered chiefly in tbe dry archives of geology. Ten thousand years or more have ripened end civilised tbe earth since Iba men of that prehistoric epoch, wearing garni of skins, in which sartorial beauty was aacriflced to the demands of utility, roamed the beaches of what ta now New Jersey, perhaps bolding antediluvian clambakes. It didn't require many of the -1-™- Hki thorn tbe shells of which are being drawn through tbe euction dredges at Cape May to make a respectable - deed bake Tbe meat of tbeae clams most have weighed more than a pound, for the shells mea from erven to eight Inches long and from five to six Inches in width. Tbe ordinary beach clam of tbe present to from two to three inches wide and from three to four

Inches long.

One of tbe foeaU sheUs was submitted to Dr. Henry A. Pilsbry. of tbe Academy of “ ‘ a. Philadelphia, who M an

MRS. CRESJEJjUTS CHILFONTE Well-Known Hotel to Have a New

and Krperienoed Managrr.

Mrs. Hannah A. Crease, of Pblladclpbu. widow of in, uu J. Alvin Crtamr has purchased the Hotal Chaifontr. i n 0,4. city, through Real EaUte Agent Gilbert

C. Hughes Tbe price p.W t, uot

but It is. no doubt, so mew her. around

•80,000.00.

This is one of tbe most comfortable hotels In Cape May and wa. built about 1874 by tbe lata Col. Henry W Sawyer, and was known for some years as Sawyer’s Cbalfonte. It was afterward sold to Thomas Robb, of Philadelphia, who iolturn sold It to a Mr. Charle*Cox. of Camden, biooe that time it has bad four owners, the laat

one taking it aa a mortgager,

j Tbe house ha. been managed for tbe

Ago By 8lowi U * t,hrr *J*» r * b r lata 8. W\ Golt,

' who died last autotnu.

firs. Cresae has had shout twenty years’ experience in running popular boa-ding bouses In Philadelphia, brr present one being located on West Logan Square.

1 Tuewday

Dr. Pilsbry reoognlxed it immediately ae n old friend. Heeaid:

to a variety now el moot extinct, or very rare, of tbe ataetra

tbe post-Plloorae age, when it lived flourished in eandy pUoee. The post-PHo-

10.000 years before oar time, which is an doabiedly the age of this shell, at the very Meat. The aaeetas la charactaalaad by the black or blue tints which pervade the abelU and (heir enormous aii “It lived with othler molli . great age whMhare now being found along the Atlantic ooaet, below Hatterae. Unusually large Clams.probably three-fourth, tbe siss of thesa, belonging to u* present geological period, have been found In yarioos beaches from Cape Cod to Florida, but these oQthe post-PUocene age an of great

variety, „

‘This M tbe largest clam abell of that species that I have ever seen." Dr. Amos Brown, heed of tbe geological spartment of the University of Pennsylvania. who inspected the abell, asym: ’Tbls shell Is that of aa ordinary beach am, the technical name for which to oclra MUducuaa. Its uaoaoal else, the texture of the clay, the presence of a Mae

geological etandpoint, to hot a short time ■fi®. ‘This shall to at Meet 10.000 yean old. It may be aa old ae 86.000. but lOJIOO would pvobabiybei

MakM.uaufMSsusn.Mad a, M. fc-X-ll till. torn-Mta «rfcM M, Ktn- IWJ -*■—Uj —^■*■1* *7u*rt-k-UmuamdmA.B'ml.'.tZTImrtS. Dews rf mmt Fur Rawt. chaos. *—* »-■— mud troee up the river eetttod on the eebA funatohed cottage, with staaes haattag toara how you amy get owe of the beautiful »•**■* kaaah, wverta* ap the oheiL”

CITY CQl'N'CIL. Met In Regular Beeetor. <

Kvenlng.

City council met in rrgular seeslon am Tuerfay evening, with President Townsend presiding end other memlieni prtsenl being Messrs. Creswell. Dosk. Hand. Tsylor sod Sharp. 7 A letter was read from George C. Deitrlob stating that they bad fully completed their contract, nod that they would withdraw .fter the 17th of Mat m .nth. end Mr. Beriow. eseiataut engineer, .-.aid that the work was practically completed. Geo. Ogden & Son notified council that there was due them 13861(6. which they a«ked that the sain be taken oat of Dritrich & Bowser's contract moneys, and payment was held np, pending tbe oplntoo of tbe city eollcitor. Treasurer Smltn reported *1,223 77 on bead. Tbe repute of engineers on Improvements were that Canto A Church had on November 88 completed their work on the •ewer along Columbia svenae, except 88 fee* on M. C. Swain's land, end that then was doe Curtis A Church on this contract *1133.15; also, that Deitrich A Bowser had c -mpietad the pumping station et Madison •▼wus.except fixings leak in a roof and patting a latch on a gate, and that they were entitled to 83,770.73; also, that the Beech boulevard, boartwalk and drive were completed, except leveling 1 off some ■and, and that there to doe them mans ta. Kills D. Thompson, De Witt C. Barlow aad N. C. Price resigned as supervisors at

nothing further for them to do. Their ree-

Oommittte on property aad improve lent was antorlsed to pay the trolley company 11-83 aa hour for power at the am ping state on on Madison avenue. President Townsend called attention ta the fact that owing to the loeqnality at ■amenta there ougot to be a reopening ta many were not paying their taxes, bat appealing to the State Board of Taxation. CoundJ paid salaries and adjourned un-

til next Tnaeday evening.

A few very dcslrabto cottages sttnated la the moot desirable part of tbe town. Aim some bargains in lots In different eectioM of the city. Now to the time to bay your

Charles T. Campbell.

e members of the State B<mrd of Taxation have presented their annual report to Governor Murphy aad In shows the total valuation of property in Caps May

County the p

a gain of tUajQOjOO over II

A pair of goata. don hto set of harness seated surrey, tenting sulkey, one i tat of harness Apply to

Sol Needles,

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