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CAPE MAY HERALD.

VOL. V. NO. 41-

CAPE MAY, N. J., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 12, 1995 —EIGHT PAGES.

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STEAMER FOR RALLY DAY NEXT SEASON AT CHURCHES

Much Confidence Felt In The | Usual Autumnal Exercises Held Proposed Movement Last Sunday

WILL MAKE DAILY TRIPS MUCH INTEREST WAS SHOWN

U Beinjc '>*7

Hui People H«»e OonUdeuce

In Ttir Morciuen

The Vulur or Hunda) Work lo Tt j lU-lltfloua World The Great OtvJeot la-aaon

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Tba Lean Pilot ot last Saturday aaid. The oiroe'a of the trau»|«ort»Uon pier, prominent among vbotn ia J Howard Taylor, of PhUad Iphia. hope 10 hare a ateamer running between Lewes on or hefote next araaon. The plan U 10 iodude Cape May m the stops if it It found profitable, to do so. It u'umored that the steamer in new Is the Pokoaoket which, it will be remembered ran betwee r Lewes andPhiladelphia a few summers ago. It is a very good steamer and would gi** satisfactory service. •There is not a great deal of talk heard ..-oacerning the project for the fie-sons connected with it are working very quietly. The people at Lewm lisve a great deal of confidence in the movement, however, because of Mr. Taylor d in It

WII'E'H JCDGMKNT BATHS *2000 Secretly Insured Hf-r Husband's Slock On Kre or Big Blase The far-seeing sagacity of kis wife has saved Charles Hutchinson, owner of a general store on Main street, at Coart Haase, sreeralthoasanddollarstbai would otherwise bare been lost in the blase that destroyed his store and contents or, Monday morning. In spits of all solidtatloaa. Mr. Hutchinson has always refund to lusurs. and a few days agohla wUs.kseuly apprs-ciailre of business affairs, called in an agrui while her husband was away and placed insurance on the stoct. The pajm-nt of a single small premium brings sufficient returns lo enable Mr. Hnteblosoo to again reestablish bis store and stock that b. found reduced to ashes on hi* return from a visit to reiallm* this morning- The au tboritirs believe burglars plnodervd the store and set fire to It to hide the crime. Adda lo his Property Here Mr. Nelson Z. Graves, of Philadelphia one rf Cape May's weaUbiest cottage At ners.i- still add ng to his posse-udons ^•re. His latest'purchases are the bath ■house property at Congiess State and Beech Ave. and the Hoot cottage on Oongias Place He has also expressed a willingness to take over the twin cottages of Mrs. Minner and Dr. Rome seilr opposite the Devos, on South I-af-ayette street, the rear grounds of which joins those of the Hunt property. Mr. Graves returned to Cape May last week, bringing his team, with him 10 enjoy the lovely drives theeea ntumnal

Special Hally D»y the Methodist aud Pnssbyisriau churches o» Sunday Use At tin- Methodist church ■ here were-fMcial autumnal decirsUoos, pleasing and sppropr'ste. The Sunday school work seemed to be the leading thought of the day end In the afternoon the Sunday school met In tbs body of the church. Superintendent Ogden coudnoting the exercises In a manner that was Interfiling and profitable to a marked degree. Several addressee were made la which the topic of the Sunday school lesson was brought on: and much good Counael was prssented to the minds of the child ran. • The evening serrice drew a largr‘audience; this consisted of platform exercises interspersed with special suslcal numbers besides an exhortation by the pastor, Her i. B. Wilson, asalstant Sunday school •uperintendent Frank Sheppard and H IS. George D. McCreary arid rewed the oongfegatiou, the latter's splendid talk being accepted as- a prominent feat evening's exercises. The pastor's choir of chlldrsn added much to the special programme The Rally Idea in conorciion with this chorch bad Its Initial ex pension on Thursday evening last, when a Sunday school banquet, elaborate and Interesting In Its ebaraotsr, was given In the beoqnet ball of the church, in connection with which there was a feast of reason and a low of tool, the pastor. Rev. A. W. Spooner. Snpperintr orient John W. M re ray. Elders Swain S. Reeves and Theodore W. Reeves, making pleasant and Instructive heart to heart talks — On Sunday evening the Sunday school rlsases were given front seats the attention and Interest of the congregation being, centered on Sunday school work. Putting sable the regular sermon Pastor Spooner spoke eloquently, h la the ms being “Small Things With Gnat PoasibiliUn." '■CharBuilding'’ by nine little people

of the

nambarsoftbeeveoloK programme. Theta las Edith

was a dart by Miss Besrie Mecray sod MtseUclgvIne Ware, and solo* by Roth er. Emily Macrsy and Rslsn Smith. A collection for the support of the Qosps) mg communities of foreigner* In this

intry was taken.

Law and Order League Organised The Cape May County Law ami Orde League has been organised by the elec lion of i be tollowtng officers: Preaiden Her. J. W. Came, of Cape May CotB House; nee piesidente Rev. A. V bpoooer, of Cape May City, and Rev. John E Bead, ol Cape May Court House; secretary. Rev. J. W. Waluwrtglit. ot Goshen; treasurer. Her. D. K. YandrighL A public meeting will be held at Cape May Court House lam jrrow evenlog sod another one will be held at Tockaboe on Oerober 2S.

Yoqng People's I n Ion Acting on Instruetkets from the various ruuug people's societies of Capo May, a wnlailvecommiueefrom said societies has prepared a oonstllntlon and noml anted officer* for the "Toaog Proplo’s Christian Uuloo of Cape May. N. J.” The flr-t meeting nf this uni >n will be held us II .prist churc.i u,.n .rruw even) 1'be leader will fie Pastor H. P. Creao. At OSS of the devotional boar there will be a short basiuess meeting for the sleet Ion (Beers, etc.* be business meeting will b* followed i social boar. In charge of the social imlttee of the Baptist Young People’* (Jnloo. AM young people, and those In'crested la young people. In Cape May and riclaUy, are cordially Invited to attend. Tbs Tabernacle sod Cold Spring churches

»te~appoininJf-.il .. i wcrvain e Btete Board of Edocattou at Its it meeting tailed to r»-S| point >a W. Hand as the County Kuperinenl of Public Schools for this c unty decided to let him serve until his hsaor is chosen. His opponent for portion Is Hon. Eugene C. Cole, ber of twenty yours standing and who Is eminently qualified to fill

D HL-MTHRIN Ql'AUMIRB

Whits Benjamin Taylor, ot Cups May Court House, wag ■ bay ahors Ms had d death In the qi He kited a Usd and stertsd to galhar It, wlMo hsmuk almost ant of sight. He wnsiwsmmd by a<

Hip Mrs. Elisa Braady. a resideat of Southwark. Philadelphia, an aunt to Mrs. U. L. W. Knerr, of UHs oily, died on Friday test lathe hospital to which she had been taken suffering from a broken hip, the rssult of Bring past seventy years of te good health, she oonld not withstand the shook of ber tnjoriaa. The faneml took pteoe ou Tuesday. Mrs. Braady to tbs late Jgha H. Thompson ad like him. was of sterling Iroagly devoted Ur her family

THE UTEST THING IN CHAUFFEURS.

PERSONUl WEHTIDN Happenings of a Week Among Your

Mlw Corinse Sutton, of Ocean View. U visiting her annra Mrs. Golt and Mrs

Brooks at Carroll Villa.

Mrs W. A. Poucher. of Brooklyn, who owns a oottag* at It S. Istfatette street. Is. baring It raised and Improved. Mr. Charles H. Dougherty and bis daughter. Miss Mary T.. rein rued to their

I FIRE IT COURT HOUSE

Grocery and P

b Store of Chaa.

and Mrs Cbafles 4- Shaw, of Atlantic Pity, have teen vi-IUng Cape May friends and relativas for a few days. Miss Paulina Whitney, who has been | ■riously HI for aoreral wssaa. Is now past the critical stags and |s slowly improving. Mrs L. P. Oak. and her daughter*. Mrs Johnson, of Cincinnati, and Miss Cake are occupying the Hrise cottage on Ocean St.

for the winter.

Mrs Georgia Garreteon and ber sister. Miss Sue Hildreth, will pass the winter In Philadelphia, rrstding With Mr. and Mrs.

Hatchlaaou Burns ia the Ground Fire of unknown o'igin destoryod the grocery aud provision* store of Chaa. Hatchlnaon, of Pape May Court House, about two o'clock Monday morning. Sunday Hatchlnaon and bis entire family went to the Connty Almshuose to visit bit fatner, Edward Hutchinson, the keeper >4 'hat institution, god remained away all day and al! 0brill- Hutchiaaon knew nothing of the dest' action of store until meeting people od the road on his way down to open for the day. The neighbors Who saw lbs Off sgy fhgt when It was first discovered the whole Inside was a

All of Hutchiason’s

household goods as well as bis stock in and building were destroyed. The lorn U estimated at gSOO.UI with an

insurance of f 1200 00.

r-Wra. Harriot S. Hughes will oocqpy the cottage of Mrs. Caroline G. Webb on Hagbesstiest daring the wtatar. while ber

BARB HR KILLS A BEAR Bunting fbr Woodoork.MIlIrlllr Man

arsorauDTtng their »•» «*>nK 00 Jackson street dill travel considerably this winter and pass some time In Florida. Vflfrs. Charles Humphreys, of Norbertb. Pa, daughter of Mrs. M- E. Kennedy, nrrived oo Hntonmy with her two 1IU1* sous, for s visit to extend to the close of the

a has returned to

the State \ormal School hi Trenton Her mother. Mrs. M. L. Richardson, will pass a port ion of tbs winter with Mr*. Cr.swell

i the Wyoming anesa,

Mr. George G. Mercer, well and favorably known here, has furnished a «oo» in tbs Bapltol Homs, at Seventeenth and Norris strreta. Pnltedriphia, Is honor of

jurv of hit mother.

T. Chapman, borough clerk of San Isle City. yt4 for several summer seasons a resident of Cops May City, has been appointed post mast er at Sas Isle Cltv to succeed Edward F. Duocoo. Supervising Principal Barr, of the Gape May High School, and three of his geottemea friends, arg about to begin bouse keeping, having rented oottage Mo. ill cean street for that purpose. Pilot and Mrs. Harry B Hand returned n Monday evening from a two weeks’ pleasure to«r spent lathe mining regions of Pennsylvania, visiting Potter Ute. PoiU-

Wl.lle Charles Steelman, a Millville barter, W** hnatlug for woodoock near tba baud of the Tockaboe nver, Monday, he kilted a latge brown bear. Steelman's dogs vent hunting ahead of him on the brow of a hill, when suddenly he heard a low growl. Tte ■Wter dogs ran behind him and be was nnsble to drive them away. Going stealthily forward, Stoaitpan discovered a bear in tba low branches of a small tree. He fired both tenvls of Mrdshot into the large »cin»ol t ri filled him. Steelbrought the hear to that city and will send the skin to a taxidermist aad have It mounted.

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart J

Ui* city, will start os Saturday for a two

cation. 'Tbey.wjll spend mnob of In Providence, New York and Jersey City. Proprietor W. H. Church and wife, of the Col-olel Hotel, closed their hostelry

popularity greatly the pari summer. Mr. aad Mrs. James M. R. Hildreth last wsek enjoysd a visit to frisods In Ml. Holly. Mr. Hildreth minent imHOeUas who visited the ML. Holly Fair on Thursday aod there hie

Dr. D* A vlguoe^ dlritngulehed pbysMaa on of Aa Itehte. M. Y.. U expected here this week, acoompeeled by hU wife, who le a stater to Mtos Francis Hart.

The waning of the summer season is, by toaoo of the time aod opportunity afforded, coadodre to re* sol 11 n upon the cloring sctirKtas pod their results. lathe main, results to Cops May boslnvss people ora insloem feature, however, that has within .wo or three roars of summer growth reached remarkable proportions. Is (bat of tbs tends lu souvenir postal oarda We of adequately estimating it of salsa la this commodity hers the past season, bat It to known that the “Postal Osrd Crass,’’ as It bss be recognised, has not tagged behind tba rage of tbs mania In other sects a fruitful field for the prosecution of a business of this Migratory conditions ora eontlndvr growth because the moving throngs te their searofa tor novelties in tbb * any aod every poHrt they may rlsll. We need nor hers speak of the great maonfactories or depositories of these good* which by reason of the gre<t demsnd for them hare sprang ap In both this country To return tpjhoughu of oar own local trade. If rnmoura that hare come to ns from various points ore correct, the soles at Cope May the present season moat have ‘ * thousand Ispooad of “three dry-goods boxes fall," os stated to the writer, which, thgqgh rather Indefinite meliy thousand* of oarda. Six or eight otb^ depots far their sole wese to

be Boutored

Jt la understood that the family ol the Ute Wiiliam King, owners of the long established Excelsior Warm wateF Bathe, with entrance on £ Ave. and Decatur street, have decided to >ve the establishment, and erect instead a ooople of oottages on the Decs tor street side. ThU will neoeMt*te the removal of the little oottage adjoining the bathing bouse, now occupied by W F Borxeil, who u now aerki g nes

Sew Voting Machine fbr County Secretary ot State Dickinson has anon need the location of the additional voting machines to be placed about the state. One additional machine has been ordered placed In Chpe May county and will be nsad for the first time In Ld Township. The voting machine which formerly been used In West Gape May has been ordered transferred to the First Ward of Peaaa CKy otthe axpaaee of Ooraa Oixy. With this placing of the machine Ocean City will bare machines in bach w Sea Isle City, Holly Bruit and Lower Township, making Jive machines la aU.

Tax Coltorior Sol Mssdtos wiU shortly be busily Mils for tbs eurraut year’s taxes. Hto Industry during tbs

taxes due foe those two years small number ot ahoat tarty | ■s aa excel toot ofitodal aod many of the citis-ns of Cape May thUkfortbe of Urn tawg. tba* be '

SOUVENIR CARD CRAZE

‘T. R. B.” Discusses This Popular Subject

Solemnized In The First Pres- ’ Don’t Kill for the Mere Sake byterian Church j of Killing

ENORMOUS SALES HERE

MARRIED AT HIGH NOON WHY THE BIRDS ARE SCARCE

Fad That Mae Its Bdncatlona Keatares But Needs to be Kept Within Bounds

■ The Presence of a Number of Ii vlted G a eels Rev Dr. Hpoooer lies Nuptial Root A wedding In which prominent families °f Cipe May county are connected w high noon yeaterday the First Presbyterian Church when Mis* Kldrrdcr daughter of Delaware River Pilot and Mr*. Obsrles P. Eldrsdge. became the bride of Mr. Samuel SUlwell Dusk, son of Coancllman and Mrs. Jame* J. Dook.of tbl-city. The Her Dr. Arthur W. Spooner performed the iy in l be presence of a fashionable and trace which filled the church to overflowing. The be de wee a*tired In white point dr •prite over taffeta aod wore white satin hood embroidered slippers, s gift of the mold of honor. She carried white rosea. The briae was attended by Miss Luortaaa EL Hughe*, of Atlantic Ofty. end the molds were Miss Rebecca Dock. Mbs Clara Fendersot. Mbs Maude Corson and Visa Ethel K. BUttner. The groom's brother, Harry H. Doak. acted as best man and the asbers were William C. Hall. Clinton 6. Rutherford, W. Scott Eldredge and Harry H. Eldredge Following the wedding a reception was held ol the residence of the bride's parents. The happy ooupie left on an afternoon teain for on extended wedding tour. Upon their return they will be at home al the isr ot Lafayette street and Madison joe, where they will reside. The bride the recipient of * large number of ol aod beautiful presents. The groom >* of Cope May's best known business l The families of both the bride aod 'Is of the original oonty.

log such matters. Detect! vesJNce pat te work and both lakers and traders tu the objectionable trd* brought up wtoh a round turn. Only the other day a stock of a million card*

destroyed. The deulen ware let off from to refrain from fa to re vttB«to«s Of

oet has boon g opalarintd by This soavtulr idea, which originated te bis country, has been agtwfio) te parts of the world, until now ai try has arisen In ths mnuufnriu of albums mads nspecteUy for thsii ration. Oats havs bsoo formed .principal dltop. the members of ghloh

. hat

which tofs sirs to ol

ulair sslargs a library, ws might n

A grand lecture of groat Interest sod dctiefat will be dallvarsdot lha Cold Spring Presbyterian Church no Friday svealog. by ths Rev. Dr. Bolton, of Abssnou. This lecture was glren In the Tahsmacto M. «L Cbnrch a fcw wssk* ago te a aompnrntlv*ly email and leone, and the wish to that tt bs repeated. Dr. Levsrty soys It to the floest torture Of ths kind he has heard for

— •*1- -tohtanyroehndto* Msstegj— has an tens seem peftag f »UM*tajLa4| '

PRETTY FALL GAME IN WEDDING OUR COUNTY

I TOLD IN BRIEF

There was a heavy frost throughout Cape May county Thursday morning. -The West Jersey and Seashore Railroad will build a handsome $3,000 00 c At Aagtoma during the present winter. MV. EU Gifford, former pastor of the M. K. Church here, w*s dangerously injured recently by being struck by a block of wood while Inarming a tree at West Long Branch, where he is now

Plenty of Good Laws. But Wholesale Slaughter by Reckless Gunners Should Now be Stopped

Now that fall is here, aod the open sea•on for shooting game In Cape May county so near. It would he well to remember the game laws. Do not kill more game than you can use. The law permits a man la kill mud bens to toe number of thirty, and then he must stop, lo the matter of other game, Incladlng quail aod rabbit, there teems to be no limit, only In the judgment of the gunner. The remark is ften mode by frequenters of the fields and oods, 'There used lo be gome here, but •here Is It now » Why. only last year I killed fifteen qnail oat of that briar patch." Is It any wonder there is no game there sw 1 Sorely, yon would not call him a true sportsman. It would be well lo build pen for him, and make it good aod strong >r bis grant resembles very ranch that of "game bog". How can be expect to go sek to the favorite haunts of the quail, and find more of his so-called sport, when be has killed the lost bird In the oovey. It iy sound big to himself to tell bow many birds be has killed oat of ooe oovey. but to true sportsman bis talk suggests bristles. It would sound better If be would drop bis of his hogglshness and tell bow be > that nice shot oo a brace of birds, and bow | reUlly his setter haq retrieved them. may all complain about the scarcity of game in Cape May oonnty. but it Is all ■wn fault. The legislature has done Its pert toward the protection of oar game. It has made laws, giving os a fair open l- It has stopped foreign gunners from carrying gome oat of the state. It has protected ths yoang game by an act led April 5. 1*M. that “It shall be unlawful for any owner, lessee or custodian of any dog to permit such dqg to ran at large In woods or field Inhabited by rabbit or game birds, except only between the' first day of February following; provided, however, that at all times daring the year such dog or dogs may be allowed te ran.

—Gape May County is Cast becoming * county of homes of successful farmer* by reason of dose proximity to U e rap-

idly growing seashore resorts.

This neanies* to a market enables the

to profitably sell the produce of

with sach dog or dogs: bet at no time shall any dog be allowed to run rabbits at night, under penalty of twenty dollars for each offsooe: and it It to farther provided that this act shall In no #toe apply to fields or woods Inhabited by deer." v that the lawmakers havs every precaution for the protection of ov game. It to op to the true sportsman to respect them aod the good old banting days of Cape May oonnty will return again, giv-

of outdoor life a chance to enjoy the pi of a day's banting with some rest —Wildwood Son.

-It Is Sold that WilliamH.Thompson, who •* the regular Republican nominee for coroner and who wat endorsed by •at convention, decline to accept the

Interesting Books publishers at the preeeot time are

therefore only appear on the ticket. —Giris, don’t say a word shout it, at we want to pat yov wise if yon mtern piste marriage. In such on rent by all meant chore the Methodist form of cawmany, for in that the woid Robey "does not appear, you rnetelv promise to ‘iove and honor” your hued. ^ -The Sea Isle «ty Times, the organ of the Damoaoite party in Ospe May Oonnty, oompbdes in Us Issue of last that ooly five daly elected delegates to the Dearoerstic Convention at lb# Convention. Matt Jefferson, the editor of the Times, who nominated at the convention for Asaembly, thus complaint of the lack of Interest token la politics by of hta party.

ths market and ths assortment to varied. May people easily have a chance to rood those good books through Its two libraries, sod also a chance to read about where to boy stoves that have a guarantee to keep you warm by looking at ChartoaA. Swain's advertise men I oo another page. He has just put them In aod they are

Notice. elk* Amarisas las Cempoey rasmest tt* foUewiag Cool Price* tt eotim* mull farther Mtio*. Igi, ftort red V«t OmL $7.76 psr tea- FMOafil'te.OOpmUB. 10 par ocot iimout lfp*U latesAgyx. Orom Tifiittf lUnp* Eira vttt oil caak ortton

u—I have a bargain for sola. A modern hotel, forty bed room*, folly for utohed. Incladlng silver aod linens; rear Immediate pnsssssliwi; only a small ■t of cash required. See