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CAPE MAY HERALD.

VOL. VI. NO. 2.

CAPE MAY, N. J., THURSDAY, JANUARY J i, 1906.

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HEAD FOR SCHOOLS A New Supervising Principal For Cape May City

ekceueut »ppoii(t*ei(t**de

C. Krorst D<ciuu>!. » former UMher in ibr Sew Jrrury Slatr Normal School ■nd In »nd for flrr ymn •uprrrUmic prlucipnl of the Bedford, Pn.. ecbooli. wn» on Moodny evenlUK choeee by the Cape May City Board of Educ-ilon •■perTUlng principal of the cite achooU He will enter upon bi» dotl-» at ooc« and htoaatary la *1000 per year. He roc cased* Mr Oroar O. Barr, who waa rroeut |y appointed county mperlnleodeot of achoola. There were eight apolicanta for the local

IMPROVKMKNT KOB COUNTY UoTora-neat to Dig Oat Ooahea Crock at • Oroat Coat In addition to tba #a.as8,*» V7 expanded >r river and, harbor Imprvomenta ^ In aterwaya In tba northern part of Naw .araey there waa apeot op to Jona 80. ISfR. the anm of (IST MO IS foralnillar work In the southern part of the atate. The grand total amount to ti.'al.M'.ffi The amount eatlmaied for the completion of axlstang projects In Sooth Jersey tmll for an expenditure of >!» .T4S and added toll JSBJU Jl estimated for Northern New Jeraey make a total ofll.SSS.tBO Sl which will probaply be spent In the atate In the fnture. The amount extended on Uotben Creek was T? In the report made by Capu C A. K. Flagler, durin i the detaila ot Umwork In rivers and harbors In his territory be says: "Uoahen Creek rises In the oen lr»l part of Cape May county, and dbcharires Into Delaware Bay. In 18QD theoommer.w of this strvsm was valued at MSh.IM>. The maximum draft that could be carried at mean low water on June at 11*15 wa«3fe- t On aoconnt of the shoaling at the bar the commerce dropped off to a large extent. 4 '

Those Who Come And go to Visit Friends

YOU NAME MAY BE INCLUDED

PLAN8 FOR A NKW BK1IKJK To Span Groat hsCX Harbor Rleer at Beealcy'e Point Committees of the Board of Freeholders of Cape May and Atlantic Coanti •> met last week and went over plana for the building of a bridge acroaa Great £ge Harbor Rlvee from Souiea'e Point to Bee* ley’s Point. If this bridge U constructed, it will be the connecting link for the proposed driveway which will extend from the northern part of New Jersey all tbs way through to Cape May City, going tbr ougt Cape May. Atlantic. Ocean and Monmouth counties. A large portion of the roadway will be within sight of the ocean and It will pe a splendid boulevard for antomobilea and other vebidea.

iborofTbe Shame of the Citlea -

At Washington

'ashington as a hunting ground to ruptlon has not herd in high favor fo ay years, but Lincoln Steffens, tb a who basexploml the political Janie on a "graft stalking" expedition. Ir. Steffens is the m«n who wrote "The jne of the Cilia" for McClarr's Magst a memorable chapter of this serifs delug devoted to what be was pleased to term "Philadelphia Corrupt and Couten-

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r Rocbro Party Mr. and Mrs. William R- Sheppard entertained at progressive eurbrest their

weeing and had si their guests City Solicitor and Mrs. J. Spicer Learning. Mrs. James M. E. Hildreth. Mias Mary Hildreth. Dr. Anna M. Hand. Mr. and Mrs Frank B MroTSy. Mrs. Percy F. Roetbell Mr. and M«. Sami. F. Eldradge. Mr.end Mrs. Irwin Eldredge. Mr and Mrs. DeWIU C. Barlow. Mr. and Mrs. Lather C. Ogden. Miss Jane A- Smith. Mbs Marie Y W oore."M i«a Clement loe Hgredgv. Mea. G. Boltoc Eldredge.!. Harry Smith. Earl Miller. O O. Barr. Frederick Price. Clark Bryan and Dr. Walter H. Phillips.

Moving Ptctnvoa Coming Moving pictures are the delight of the pleasure loving people of C pe May. the new ones oat that produce a play with s graphopboois connection, giving the speech as well as the Improvement of the acton Is the Islet devices. It iney pos siMy reach Cape May. bat in lbs meantime gs see Charles A. Swain's full line of hardware and mechanic's tools, as bis store F* —7 Jackson Street. These are all new. ai the hr ices art all right. Maa of Bevaley's Point Stricken Somers C. Young. M. Tears old. of Becsiey's Point X J. dropped dead KiveesUe last Friday afternoon. Young had gone to Riverside to look after

PERSONAL MENTION

of a Weik Among Yon Helafivn andiKriends Tersely ToM—Other Mention

facts rau in Brief

-Scsriet fever U prevalent at Cape May Court Boom. L stitch In time may save a bnuon

JERSEY LEGISLATURE

Crowded Oeaerks See Hundred And TWrtkth Session Open

—Love la a dream, bat matrimony b

r aoorsahars been made at

• •Udy*.

—This Winter has bass the mlldot that ss been known for jmm. —Even lo Winter a girl can wear aa anioma—mobile countenance -The DennUrllb Athletic AbbocUUob has purchased a Bm pboo for their dab -The Cape May Bond wUl glee a eont and dance at tba Windsor Hotel (hie

evening.

-The animal fancier shouldn't growl ml the weather when U b raining cals

and dogs.

—There will be noaeevloa In the P. E Church of the advent oa Thursday svsn-

Inga. January 18aid M th.

—A few of the daring people Ten'a red oat on Tuesday morning with their sleighs

bat the snow aoon mellad.

-Revival services lo the First M- E. Church areldng coodocW-i and ore large-

ly atterded by the people

-George W. Stafford, of Prlermo. has heed appoluled a page lu the State Senate

by Senator Lewb M. Cremae.

-If you would fap aatUBw). read the Cani Mar HagALD. yoq ono always

BOIERKOR HOLDS I LEIEE

ted."

Id making bb Investigation la tba dilea and States. Mr. Sleffent ays he ha found aombtakable signs of tht trial ot oorrupt' ion leading toward the national capital. He will endeavor to learnwhetber or not the grafter has reached Waablng'on and boover bb abiding place and hb methods The Steffens articles wffi appear weekly i the Sunday edltloa of Tht North Ai sin: and It la promised for them that they will be highly enlightening to all student* of governmental affairs. . REAL ESTATE MOVES can MAT FOIST.* Albert L. Molar, et ux to William Henry Griffln. Mna Let S7 In block K. rrpgk rowxsHir. William H. Campbell et al to William 1. Campbell. It Mh Tract of cedar swamp of about I acres adjoining land of the John nd Andrew Corson survey. William Matrix to Mrs. John Tyler oh neon, *1.00. Lot 34. block 8. tract B. Lowgg Towsamr. The Township Committee to The Heirs ( Jan* Scbellenger. fjnlt Claims, a lot of land idjolnlng lands of D. B- Hughes Heirs aod E. J. Hltehoer at Cold Spring. EfBe Palmer to Carrie Trusty. *50. Lot IX on a certain piaa or map of lots at Cape Island.

MIDDLK TOWNSHIP. j. Spicer Learning. & M. to Jay S. Garrison. *40. 10 sorts ot land and meadow near west end of Ceiar Horn macks. Also I acre, la-lng part of lira "Gandy Place" along Main Koail loadtug from the "Levi smith place” to l be aw mill. Peter I* Vandegrift, atal, to Eli Law•nee. tir>« Two tracts of land(No. I) North westerly side of Graagy Sonnd Cba »Oft. northeast ot the Angleaea Ballroad. (No. 2) North water! y side of Graay Sound Channel 250 ft. northeast of the Anglesea Rsilrnad. Geo. H. White, et al, lo Nancy Davis « 70. Lot 0. Block >7 Plan of lots at Whll ne fo Lixxle Holmes•«. Lot I. Bit 17. Whlteeboro. Norris Thompson et ux to Howi rhompsoo gt3 25 Lot 5, Map 2 as annexed to deed made by Charles E. Nicholas B.C. Thompson adjoining lands of the Heir* of J. Fiaber Learning. CApg MAT CITY william H. B igbi. Sheriff to Henry L Peterson. *2R00. Lot of land on th* sonlbaaat Hoe of Washington St.. 198 ft. Mn. from the middle of Decatur St With the right to use of bnd and well of s called the "Well Lot".

Charles H. Dougherty, of Philadelphia, waa a visitor here yesterday. Mr*. Isaac H Smith bill with pneumonia with which she was taken oa Satur-

day last.

Dr. John 8. Mlll-r of PeorU. III. was last week a guest of hb oonsln, J. M. E

Hildreth.

Mayor Thomas W. MlUrt U confined to Is bed with a severe cold, having been

■ken down on Saturday.

Mr. Anthony Cresse of Cold Spring, baa returned from a visit to bis daughter. Mrs

Mundy. In Virginia.

■a Eveline Fenner was taken lo Philadelphia yesterday, for treatment In the li-

ef Pennsylvania. Hospital. Mrs John M. Rogers, of Wil-

mington. Del., were occupying their cot-

Columbla Avenue over Sunday,

French T.H.Finn will be ordain- _ - - - ed a minister of the Protestant Episcopal ( what your neighbor ta doing.

Church by Bishop Whitaker, of Pennsyl- —There are plenty of Jersey eggs Tan in. on Thursdav. Jan. Si. ai Pi iocr of j market and the price dropped eight era

Peace Coape’. Pbii sdelphh. on a doxeti In the past f. w days

George H. Hughes, of Bridgeton, was! -Ex-mayor Thomas E- Lodlam recently elected secretary of the South Sea Isle City, ha gone to California.where Jersey Pet and Poultry Asaoclallon. He 1 be ha extensive mining luterrata. a son of Mr. and Mrs Joseph B. Hngbee -Contractor J. Edgar Blcfceb ha com thb city. He b engaged In rablng pleled the Weaver ooUagn at Cold Spring.

governor, through this committee, conveyed hb beat wtaliea lo tilt senate A little utter Private Seci-etary Gray preeeuled tin- governor's uieaage to tbr

The following ot

were elected:

Ml (tent Krrrlary of the a Stevens Cape T«\g: » rrhant Meeker. I'nlon: clerk. I*. 1. Orant. Ocean: arms Capanln John F. lovm. Mercer: * • a. Oaorge N.

ir clerk. Robert clerk. Harry O.

Mr. Stokes Overran With Vial

l H. Conk ling. Somerset: supervisor at b Charts* L Qrubti. Morns, aasbtaat ■vlaor of hills. Edward E. Smmnltfc.

doorkeepers. Flank U WaSaes. Cumborland: ChArice D Corker. Bergen: C Clay lewis, AOahrie: Waller T. guwart, llngtea; William Killer. Paaaale:

fancy poultry and pigeons Mr. John M- Rogers, of Wilmington, Del. has bonghl from the Fidelity Trust Co. of Philadelphia a lot oo the south aide of Corgte stree- between Charles T Campbell's and Mis. K. H. Beattie * for 81.000.-

00.

Dr. E. B. Godfrey, of Camden: b seriously ill In Pasadena. Chi., wtgee he went in September to paa tba wiotor. Dr. Godfrey b a eon of the late Judge Godfrey, of Tuckahoe, thb county, and a member of the Stale Board of Medical Examiners of Sew Jersey.

aod It b now ready fur occupancy. —Harry Wbaton. who hi

dnlles as Couocllm

—When the State Assembly opened for □tineas on Tuesday. Her - B. F. Bock of Rio Grande, mad* tha opening prayer. -n* Woodbine VoIgMoer Firs Company member* presented the peoaMoot, William Abcahamaoa. ylMi • J—I*

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE.

Mbs Alberta Hall ha returned after i pleasant Tbit with relative* In CamdtO.

wife of Denabrille and Mia- Joteph Mrsaick aod daughter Emma from MI1LJ

Tllb recently

Matthew Hand fbUed bb parents at Holly Bosch on Sunday. T. P. Smith and wife an sotertsitting smpaay/rom Booth Seavllb thb Mbs EUa Hachosy sotarasd hot eek after an *<V*od*d vbjt with rebrin* i Philadelphia and Plarnmnlyllb, The Koerorth League Imld a aooial »t the letbodbt parsonage os Friday evening 1 woe well attended and all reported >cit excellent lime. Tbaodorr Toner bat thb writing abb be oat after a serious attack of Bronchitis Mi a Belle Bead entertained Mb* Hosier orcum of Holly Beech oa Saturday. Mr*. Alex Tront ha been entertaining her niece from Deerfield for a few dsy*. Bee L. Springer and wife and Edwin Z. Mills end wife epeut Tboradey with tends at Green Crgek, Joseph Camp of Pierce* was transacting baslueaa hereon Sotaedsy. Mm. Georga Gray entertained company from Cap* May Chy over Sunday • Mrs. MsrieSey wa an over Snnday

visitor here.

CAPE MAY POINT

am through the constr m eereml foede hoys been found literally tern to p‘

within the peat few day*.

—Cage Meg Court Boom ponots an teplaetheirohUdrenaway from pi"" bool oo a ament of the Prsralene

eeariet fryer and dlptheria

—Wea* Pape Mar Borough «m man bed Moodny eveoior with Thee Beeves u clerk: 8. F. Eldradge, eolk

eod Charles Hagh** ManhaL

-WMi ths Mew Osp* May heeai

way, and several intlegii. '

Jan. 1L activity gad crowded galleries and cor irtretard the oiwumg of th. ear hundred and thirtieth session oi Jersey legislature In the state house Tuesday afternoon. For hour* before the convening of (be la win* k era. scheduled for 8 o'clock, multitudefrom all porta of the state throngad the capHoL On every side there were greetings nud bandehak::

ferenres of vraators or assemblymen and their cututltueuU cuncerulug pros peed re legislation. Govern ne Stokes was overrun with vbllore. Many of the fair sex. which had a larger representation bore than peer before. In elstod apod meeting the governor aud shaking bends with Mol. De*pMe the pressure of hoelueos which ta usual In the executive department on an open Ing day the governor found time to cord tally g».-et every one who sought

him.

fbe orgnniyation In the senate was quickly effected; that lu the boune took time. Within two hours after 3 o'clock both hi bed and the leg bb tor* wgre on their way home, haring adjourned until next Monday fretting, amen the real bual ne*a of the seaalou will cothtneuee. When the upper bouse was'cnlled to rter by. •soaker Tboenes J HlHecy of Morrta, (be Injorlty leader, a few min Dies past S o'clock the senate galleries wet* crowded with vtallors, most tba wives and daughters the aapateew. Their ■ to me cm had been religiously f HIHery rood the of t of the secretary of ■tot tbs

• e duly

ed. The newly ejected senators ftftad 10 wire: Bradley of Camden. (Mby of Eason, A vie of Gloucester. of Re

i at Seavllb has caught

than MOO aeb slaoe October in th* me adfseaot to Lodtam** Bay. Ooa •tog recently he epearod Mf eels. hnl iifT 4- *~ Sooth 7 that do oo* be found to take the place of a Vtoeland High School

Who wee token 111 enddet

Cos owner and proprietor of the iUo Grand* osanlag taetovy has leae^ . aorta cf ground of Joseph Rlehard. sue. end will otilbe tb* eoUre Said *“ -Oo Based ay when the Assembly ot bed, Mr. Hildreth, of Gap* Mar. Strnted the oath of office “ * “

Jr. to giro «p to bta wife kihel Farrow. J welrr which he took from hee aboot r*-

b on toot to hoUd

tar HIHery In o nominated Senator William J. Bradley of Camden for protadant of the

Nelson Bond, of Camden

t. Burlington: calender cl

WE ARE WARMER

Nature Gives us The Extreme Mild Weather

GULF STRUM HOT RESPONSIBLE

Observer* Here Take No Block In Oair Stream Idea-Kvre Milder Than AUaaUc City

Oioucesur.

itic minority for the same positions, by D. B. Bum erlll of ha tarn tar I secretary and Lewb H. thews of Hudson for srrgeuat kt The Republicso nominee* were elected party vote, 1« to A Preeldro* prudley appointed William a Morphy. City editor of tbr Camden Courier, aa hb private secretary. Captain James Parker *f Paaaale, clerk of the house for tba past tea years, called the assembly together at 8:10 and prayer was offered by Bee, Benjamin F. Buck of MUIrllle. father of Assemblyman Buck of Cumberland. The inerahero of the assembly stood during the prayer and thoee seated In (be galleries reverently l»wed their peada. Sixty member* answered tin Aseemblyman James M. R Hildreth of Cape May. a master lu diancery. administered the oath of of lice to Aaeemblyman lion gland of Hotnand the Inltyr Ip tuni admlnlstrrfd ll 1U the aaaemblytnrn. they stand tug with upnbtcU hands os they repeated the solemn pledge. Robbia* KleeleS Speaker, t glowing speech paying eloquent tribute to Samuel K. Bobbin* of Bur ingtou. Majority leader Randoliih Perkins of I'nlon nominated that mein l>eC aa speaker of the house. In a *;>eerb Just a* powerful Asaemhlyman Martin of Eavex. leader of the Colby men trr the tr rt*v. phtt-td lu nomination the name of Austin Colgate of Essex the Colby selection for the speaker ship. Assemblyman Joseph II. Firth of Warren nominated Levi II. Morris (Deni.) of Sussex as the Democratic minority candidate. The vote was: Colgate. 19; Morris. 2 After Speaker' Bobbins had been escorted to the chair and had taken the oath of office be addressed the aaaero-

’ aa follows:

Show Members of the House of AaiMy—In selecting me as your presld officer you have conferred upon to* honor for which I am deeply grateful. It b particularly gratifying to me to have had the support of every member with whom I have previopel:

r b doe to the adjustregnlarly from the

malting in an

veraga yearly range of temperature, thick elands nearly uniform when period* f •»* or too years art eouaiderod aod as la temperature from January 1. 1908. to December SI. IKK,, here waa 417 degrees, aod thb may be so distributed In the remaining winter months a* to prevent excessive or even normal cold weather. The Gulf Stream cannot tie re* ponsibie. for the same relative weather Is all over the country. The mean temperature for December was the same in Philolelphla as here, 40 degrees, •bowing that the weather has been rebtively milder In Pblladelpbb than here or elsewhere on

temperature for

Cape May for December being 88 degrees though normally Phlbdelphb b from five

degrees colder.

A Year Book and Gnlde Yon frequently bear mention of dead languages. Well, some fade are even deader, bat these are not tb* kind that The Tribuoe Almanac deals In. By way of Teritytog that, just lake a cursory glance the bsue for 1900. which i» now oo sale. It b not an Almanac la the dlctocaof tbe word, but b really a ready reference and guide book, containing everything that each a eompilatiou ought bar*. And tbe material be* been geoered and sifted and tested with the utmost care so as to secure abeolnte accuracy, or et aa near to it aa honest, painstaking endeavor will bring one. Herein will be found a perfect gold mine of Inform at too oo topic* of Interest, not ily to every American, but likewise to all who core to know about ns, our law* population, official*, and ao fourth.(And by tbe way. If you have any friends in Europe, just send t hem a copy and ara if they don't appreciate It.) There isn't anything mieaing In the way of record* which tbe average man will know about. It docent matter

what the

of your Indulgence end irglng us duties. 1 shell *•- time* ta preside with eta lute tabu— and imparrialtty and give

It b highly Important that they should he disposed of a* promptly ea oa consideration, deliberate action and elusion* wUl warrant. I trust rry committee end every metnta • house will giro me cordial support I co-operation In my effort* to —•“ from bickering* eod petty *mf*-oo* Oken. by the restate accomplished, reflect rsdtt upon ourselves and uphold and proeta the dignity, honor and welfare of )* state. Captain Parker of Passaic waa again made cleik of the bourn, tbe Democrat*

return*. raUroabs toratfo commerce. Immigration, foreign lies, or New-Yorfc State and city affair*, la fact, it b really not

n Tbe Tribune Altai

Mata of Warren. Other officers chosen by the Bepubtlcau majority were:

‘ Upton a Jeffreys Cam-

gen: Journal clerk. Charies Union: neabtant Journal , .B, Keasbey. «al*m: auper flemi* A. Grover. Esau:

supervisor of bills. Harry A- Grill

CAPTURED A QUEER BIRD Only Specimen Captured In Tbts County Since 1800 H. Walker Hand, of this dtv. who b a indent of natural science, aod correopoodent for the American Academy of ral Science, has captured a corn crake, while hunting on the meadows It b the only specimen ever c*pI In thb eectlon sod tbe eeoood ever found In Sooth Jersey, th* first being mad ta Salem eoouty In IMA Ubaa up

i asked by the Washington

aa* the Cat* MayH —b may he paaatht tauHMit*. hroujUttauFtauw*.