y CAPE MAY HERALD.

THK BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM

VO».. VJ. NO. 3.

CAPE MAY, N. J.. THURSDAY. JANUARY 18, 1906.

Subscription—$ 1.00 per Year.

WORK IS PROGRESSING

New Hotel Being Pushed fjw An Early Finish WORKING NIGHT AND DAT

FIRST DROUGHT IN CENTURY Cape May'* Thirdly One* Ca« IHT _ Vran Orlaka The order* given by l)r Ware, the new realdent ol Otty CoaDoll, that all ealoooa mat remain cloaed on Stiodey or I oar mirlleerue. jiad Ihe effect to keep the aataea*•Ipaat' Uaht all day. The Coaocil uy that the order* are aiuoere aod that Uooo men moat obey lb* law which they did thl* aa well aa laat Sunday, and Sunday doting U likely to become a fix. It i* probable that la

p’Ctrlc I.lght. He ret

fbr M*btwc 11 Appearance

t'llla^ye

Work on tor taoo.au 00 hotal.being belli tor the Cape May Hot*I Oompaoy. at P.tiahurK aod Bearh Aremu i.h*«haen pru~ greMlng rapidly Id tbr paal moulb. Xlorr than five buodrevl men are bu»ilj vugaged there working io rvlaya oi algbt hour* each. In the nigbtime Iheeletcrlc lighta.uudar which the work aea ar* laboring pmmt an appearance of a village and iubuj people rialt tha place lu the early eveaUg to watch tba pmgre»v of the work. Mwrrt Doyle and Doac, of Pbiladelphia. wbo are bnildiug the edifice, expect tc have it completed la time lor oprnidg the laat of Jane of thl* year. The buflfiIng will be eight alorie* io height and aa baodaome a structure a* there ia along the

South Jersey coast.

SCHOOUi HIT BY DAN Cl'PID

Two Teachera Soon to Bcoome Itridr*

Board orKdutafion t'neaay

The anoouocemeot of the eugagement to marry of a second one of the corps of teacher* of the High School, ba* been made. This lime a be U Mima Mame Bohui who baa occupied her poyitiou for iceeral year*. The proapediec groom ia Waller John, of Washington. Mlaa Bohtn Taa advanced thia' vear to the moot madr vacant by the marriage of Mia* Btcic T.

room will be much nought after. The Board of Education it becoming uneasy at three lo*ae* aod fear that there will be other*. Annonnt-cd it of Mr. Oscar O. Barr, county an perl otradan t of ecboolt. and Misa Marie -Yerkra Moore. D announced.

Ilallroad OAotala Vlalt Cdpe Jeay (XBciala of both the Philadelphia and Herding Railway and the Pen nay I van U.‘ Railroad were at Cap* May but Friday going orer the grounlit for the local.im provemenu of both compablta. There were abant 2S persoa* In both parlieOa Monday work waa begun on laying the doable track from Wtoalow Junction dswo to Cape May Court House ojer the right of way of the Reading Railroad, and which track ia to be uaed by the 1‘enosy: ranis Rfllraad lor runniog expreaa trains between Broad Street Station and C»pe May. The track ba* beea laid to Tucfcaboe aod will be eomoleted to Cape May Court House within tbr.-e week*. The Raarilgg Company 1» also building a .pur from Caid Sprt.gaUHcu lot*' Eaat Cape May to acoonunudate 1U increased

freight traffic.

M>r. Hiatth Advfhra Hlatn to TSlkr Dp the Work ’ Prof. John B. Smith. State Rnromolorularrxplaining It detail why be want* »3iS. 550.00 to rid New Jersey of moaqulto (irveding places. Hb eatlmate for Cape May Coanty is aa follow*: City from Inlet to 57th *trw.-t : and depre* Iona. fUono tB rbemeadoa bet a pen Tuckanoe r-rek. Tnckaboe. Pvter»hurg and Beealey'a Point, |B out) 00. Pecks Beach, from 57tb at ret t U> Poraon* ilet: meadow honndrd br Beealey'a Point 9 tbe north aod Ocean View on the south; lOstly filling. «b.aiona Meadow sihI d>pre»sioiia from Coraona del to Towoaend. inlet, w.at of Seaville. #5.000 00 btrotch between Townsend* Inlet, Ur**I lund and Hcreforl inlet. ►‘.000.JO. Marsh area between Orest sound. Cape [ay Court Honae, Great cbaanal and Pennsylvania It. R. to Kire-Mlla Beach, ♦t.ooo on. Fire-Mile Beach to Thoroughfare: much (it has bean reclaimed, aod work la yet going on. *2.500 00. adow between the Pennsylvania R. it. Bio Grande, the county road and Richards and Grassy aoaoda, *S.«U0 00. ' <* between tbe oontity road. Cape May City, tbe highland and the bay anti sou mis on the east, SSJlfiO OD. Twq-Uile Beach. $1.500 00. Cape May. from tbe city to the Point,

DU 00.

Tbe Cape marsh. $1,500 00. bom* of lb* wont breeding territory ba* been eliminated by Ihe work done at few Cape May. Area between Port Non-U and Dennis treek. along Delaware bar. to.OOO K). Area between D.-uni« creek and Hlgbee's aading: aeveral detachr-1 tnarmbeMlojIM-

Blg Hticks Otae Ixir.g Diataeoe Three ar load* o t heart pine apod*, which arrired her* laat Friday for a dred; gmg company, came all the way from tbe State of Waahiagion. and were tbe largeet sticks ever seen her* They were 50 feet In leugib and-Uk lacha in diameter. Tbe shipment weighed nearly M tons and tbe freight charges were almost 11000. The ■ticks are used Io anchoring and shifting hesry dredge* and there U always moch difficulty In obtaining the sort of material

Wedding Halted Prayer Meeting Bee. J. 1. Roe. poator of the First Mrth o 1M' Church at Vlnelaod was summoned frimabe miffR of bb Tnnradty eeening pnyer mretlnglaM wank tp Join in Unlock Walter Weeks, of Cape -V»y Coon House, aod Mias Eliiabetb Garrison, of Port Norris Mr. and Mr*. Weeks went from there to their newly furnished homy

mty^ug. ;

Moving Piet urea Coming Moving plctnri* are the delight of tbr pleasure loving people of Cape May, but the new one* out that prodoc* a play with a grapbopbooie connect loo, giving “

^ t lta . . sibly roach Cap* May. bnt igtlut maantimr go are Charles A. bwaln'sfoll linsof hard

Angleaea Has tbe City Ferer

petition asking Senator blymao Hildreth to ha* having that rcaoH

fonrih clam dt] Wildwood City.

Prwwonlod with Watob Chain 1 Th* members of the Cap* May B uad on Thonday evening la.t present*I Mr. William Porter, lu leader, with a handsome watch chain and locket. In appreciation of Uatatermtln the development of that

yiYA DICATK MOHQCn

Mias Uiia Lrngrrl, of Philadelphia. U a goest of Mlaa Mary Hughes daughter of

Pilot Mrmucan Hugltr*.

Officer George Hickey baa concluded bl» vacation spend at Ardmore, P.t . and Phi-

ladelphia and other terms.

Mrs. Edward de P. Caatel has been a guest of Mr. and Mrs W/C-McDonnell at

tbrlr Hag hr* street ootlaxe.

Dr. E. H. PHIHpe was lu attendance yew leniay at th* annual meeting of the Stale

Agriculture Society at Trenton- —Tbe West Jersey and Senabore RatlConnty Snperintrndant of Schools O. O. 1 rna I Cura pan* ba* pnrehaaed over $3U OO Barr passed tbe rod of laat week in Phils- | worth of proper.y abnUiug lu right of ; delphla and other places on business. i way at Holly Beach and Wildwood, where- | Assemblyman James M. E. Hildreth j on train shed* anti new freight station* as made foreman of the D. 6- Grand will de erre-rd. Jnry. which assembled In Trenton on I —Pilot Mrmucan Hugbrs of this city. Tuesday. j god Joshua L.Shoemaker, of PLiladelpbla. Tbr new double cottage being built oo | wbo own a doobje oouagr oo th* north urea street for Everett J. JcrreJI and | side of tbe Slockloa Ayeanr. near JefferSidncyC. Goff will be ready for oocupaocy I sou street, have raised the cottage and

A Birthday Party and Mrs. John W. Mecray gar. a birthday party for their daughter. Miss B wait, on Thursday ereoiue of last week aod entertained tbe following frloods; ie Ware, Bessie Entriken. I.vurs Hughes, Carrie Poser. Jeanette Hand. Anita Hand. Fannie Thompson. EatelU Uoyd. Beeale Mecrar. Rve Curtis. Octarlar*. 'Emily Mecray. Leroy Wilson. Ralph Schelleogrr. Samuel Scbrllengrr, Aidert Rutherford, Jessie Rutherford. el Matrcy. Iwmuel AULsr, Dudley Moore. Albert Lb lie, John Msersy, Jay Mecray.'

Improving Hie Property

—WIKI itn J. Po: ter. of XewYdrk. wbo recently 'etught tbe Rosenbaum pro pert So. Lafayette atrert. baa made a splendid Impr ivrmeul by addiog an upper story basement aod by greatly rnlarging the cottage. It It a spfeodld addllioo to western section of tbs town and an imoro 'emenl wb'wb all Cape May appreciatesMrs. Posher ia a daughter of Mr. aod Mrs. McDonald, who ate now residing at Oape' May. but. who. for a number of year*,

Head In Brooklyn. N. Y.

Howard W. Ludlam. son of Capt. F. Ludlatn. of South Dennis, has entered Into partnership with Alsx. W. Gerhab. under t|je firm name of Gerbab am) I/odlam. in tbe sals of carriage and wagou material* iud saddlery special He*, at i 5 Cherry street, Philadelphia. Mr. Ludlam has been thirteen years with Kennedy, Willing * Co., dealers lo harness and carriage specialties. His home laat Weatmont, N. J. Mr. Gerhab lias been ia tbs bualt.ro.

si yaar* qblte snocnafnlly.

PERSONAL MENTION

Those Wbo Come Aod go to Visit Friends

YOU NAME MAY BE INCLUDED

Happenings of a Week Among Yon tlr-latlrra and FVicnds Trrsely ToM —Other Mention

Mayor Millet Is gradually Improving. Mr*. Isaac H. Smith I* recovering from her attack of pneumonia. Miss Jenkins of Philadelphia, is a guest ..f Mrs James E.T-ylor. Frank Mutb. b (u Virginia, where hs Is building two Urge bouse*. Mr and Mrs. Lewis W. Hildreth are residing lo Brooklyn. N. Y.. this winter. Councilman F. Sid ns r Townsend Is enlarging the automobile statloo in lbs rear

FACTS TOLD IN BRIEF Sewa Gathered at Ba adorn by One

—San Isle City's new post master. James f. Capman. has appelated Miss Jessie Gardner bis assistant. —A yawl, bsloogiag to the wrecking tug North Amyrioa, was picked np no tbe

-Julius Anderson a Holly Beach carpan ter. almost ssrsrsd khrrv of hi* fingers

of a hatchet. H. Smith has

again elected a director of the Security Trust Company, of this city. —Floe catches of pike ar* bring made lu tbcTuckahoe Hirer had Cedar Swamp Creek, and the fl*b are of good elee. —A farmer's Institute will be held at Ops May Court House on Wednesday. January 81. beginning at lOAO a. m. — W i'd wood Borough Council has madr an appropriation of $17,000 for tbe expenses of the resort during tbs ensuing year. —A snooesaful revival service It bring conducted In lb* Baptlm Church by tbe Rev. J. E- B Folsom, of Atlantic City. —Every two weeks Ihe rest of tbr winter the Deantsvltlr Athletic Association will bold a Berrios of social gathering* and

auterUlomeuts.

—Edward W. Dal* has completed a row of ooUagrt on Jefferson street, brtweeo Osborne end LafayaUa afreet*, which are substantial Improvements to that section. —Tbr cottage of M** DmMPHaud, oo Jackson street. Is nearing oomplrtloo and will he a handsome addition to tbe itn provrmt-uta In Ihe central wetlou of the

JERSEY LEGISLATURE

Statehouse at Trenton Bursting With Bills of all Kinds

REFORM LAWMAKERS' SLOGAN

Administration's Kqual Taxailoi Measure Introduced by Majority l-radr-r Perkins

in another mooth.

Mr. Charles H. Dougherty. Mi» Dog gberty aod Mr.aod Mr*. 8lov*lI are opo. rpylng toe Doaghrriy Mansion at Washington aod-Jefferaoo street*. H. Hughes Johnson, a non of former CUr Treasurer Kldredge Johnson. Is a rising Lawyer in Cleveland, O. and Is ■ecnlng ■ Urge.practice there, Mr. and -i re. CDarla A. Shaw, formerly of this city, but now of Atlantic City, are passing the winter In Washington, with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Robinson. Mrs. Sal He acbellengrr, wbo baa been seriously Ul at bar Pug bn street boas. Is gradually Improving, although she l*confined to her bad most of tbs time. Mrs. T. K. Brooks, the popular Dos tea of Carroll Villa. U the guest of Mre. L. H, Washburn, atSaugenies, N. Y..where she will spend th* remainder of tbs win tar. Mrs. Aaron Betinari, of Herkimer. N Y. this week visited bar parents. Pilot and

apleodld Itnptv

building.

-14re. Mary R. Sa«vj«* ha* ba>l made of h-r collate oa Waohlngwi street, r Franklin, ■ doable dwelling, come which la an important Improretncnt Ip of the i l>r bis scon as oom* plrted. which will be within ■ short time, 'be pottage will be occupied by tenants. Tbe School Prisedpalahlp Tbe Philadelphia Record on fatntday last contained the following “City - * Reboots Wltbont a Head ‘Caps May, N. J., Jan. 12.—(be schools of Cape May are at present wilhofficlal bead. O. O. Barr, recently appointed county superintendanl. resignad the BQPsrristag prioclpalthlp. and bis

Prunsyl-

Tanla. doas not bold a New Jersey oertlflAs the CM ate Department has ds-

greeted by a larjre number of acq uactanMr. and Mrs. John W. Mecray hare been visiting PhUadelpbla and Atlantic City this week. They aUended tbe West Jersey Presbytery at Colling*wood.

Monday.

H. E. W acker man, who became editor of tbe Ware tbe Bret of she year.is making

not be iesoed. Principal-elect Deebant win

sequlreh to pass certificate before be

> .la a

re*fV*le and appreciative

is now residing with Mr. sad . Spfeac bsaaiiag. bag Mid bis Cage May Court House bom* to Lawyer Joseph

Douglass. Jr.

Albert W. Foster, son d) Mrs, gain* A. Foster. U In Booth America, where be is commanding s poelttoo with a aviary of ISOno. Hr issuperinb ' loo of electric rallroai Tbe Pbilapelpbia Iwjwlrer of Sunday gave Illustrations god an article on tbe work erCiwood C. Kotecbman. tbe basket baH referee- Ifv. Jtutech man b one of our best known summer resMante Joseph R. Lass, of Philadelphia, a regular summer visitor at Carroll Villa,

Ralph Peterson, of Scftith Dennis, has msorfd with his family to Philadelphia, where be has taken apartments for the wlster, white engaged Under a painting contract with Dr. Charles H. Bead of that Mr Peterson 1* a youug man of exorlleaPstaudlog. gad has a fine rrpotatloa as a mechanic. He expsete to be absent about two moothx- Dr. Reed la a Cape itsteer cottager ot many years'

•tending.

Wh»n Herbert C Jacoby and hie pretty wife Florence, next come to tbe oommoJIJacoby enuawr. Colombia Arenne aod

Caps May eh u robes, has aui engagement to • charm log girl of W*

Pbllsdtlphla.

The Be*. rr.l*aooard J. Leey. ofPItla. burg, U In Philadelphia this weak, where on Tuesday ba officiated at the wedding of Mia* Soeltenburg, of North Broad si real, the seremony taking plane at tbs Ma}estin. Broad street cod Girard avenue. Richard R. Thompson.who recently graduated from Lehigh Uolrarelty, U sow In the engtoeering department of the Cape May Real Estate Com pan tea. Hs Is a son of R- C. Thom peon agent ia charge of the Cspe May brauch of tha Seeurilr Trust Co. Hobart Stoddart, a tor ner Cape May bay, who reealred hla first Masons U telegraphy ia tbe Wearern Uctec office here, asd who foe a number of years ba* bran employed In Phi Intel phla. has gose to th Phlllpptos*. as tetegraph operator In th War Department of the U- B. Goremment 'Bob'' has a hoM of warm friends whos mod wtehee follow him. He Is stlU un-

largely ia anUdpatten of its growth.

-Tbe degree team pf Bad Men of MO!rule will go to Gao Hhf w SMnidsg

-Tbe cartage af F. B H cUattUte, N. J.. on Stock Joining that of Mrs J. ft

Tha Capa May oorraapahdaat of tha Record is Aaron W. Hand, wbo waa last weak defeated lor the prin-dpalship. Mr. Baod M ateo adltor of tbe Btar of tha Caps, of this city, which contained the following editorial paragraph laat Saturday: "Tha State Board of Education has decided that tbe bolder of a ProvLlooal State or First Grade Coanty Certificate te Hot eligible to appointment a* Supervising Prinalpal of aobools. A Provtelooa! CarBeale can be issued only to a teacher." Tbe Slate Board of EdocaUro has doIded uosoefa thing and tbs statements given appear to discredit tbe newly electpriuolpal. Mr. C Earnest Deebant. A tetter sect to Mr. Samuel H. Moore, Uslnnao of tbe Commlttes oo Teachers of tbe local Board of Education, by Prof. M. Groan, principal o' tbe State Normal School, slates that Mr. Deebant is emitted to a certificate by i having taught fly* years In tbe New Jersey State Normal School- In wl ' school Mr. Dschant samd from lags

1900.

The State Board of Kxamlurrs decided that Prof. Deebant was tolly qualified tor a State Certlllcate before be was elected by tbr local Board of Bdocatkm. A Biff Social Brent ie time the men of the Presbyterian Cuuruh bars had in fnlod a big •oote! rally with a cbtekan pot pie oetiirs aWrscUou. Tbe time Is at hand for tbit event to ocur, and th* date U fixed (or Tuesday even log of next week Jan. *Vd. Tbs ladles wlll/be allowed to halu bat ke men will be largely In erutei Mroars Thro. Keerea. Frank Mecray and Dr. SickterwiU be a reoeptlon < gres. the banqueters at the door, and Mr. Jowpb Stiles will serve a waiter to ■« that srery body Is flretl ami the wsela kept bussing. The prioaonisksta will bt balfiSosnU. los Cream * csks eatrs. Let everybody sad be happy .

MISS EVA M. BUSSELL WEDS

I

(Special Correspondence 1 ‘ Treutou. Jan. IK - Tbe product of lltr aerond week in tbe legislature—tha first real week of tbe session—was s mass of lillte of every dearrlptlon, uum boring aareuty In all. Many were reform measures Introduced both by tbe administration port) and tbe Colby fnctlon. Reform was (1m- slog in of tbe h-glxlators. Tliere was a MH lo regu Isle tbe manner of taking fish from tbe aea. one to provide a way to put men III tbs I’lilted States senate, an art to give tbs people of New Jereey purer drinking water and another to cut down their llqnor allowance. After baring Introduced moo surra to reform everything In si gut tbe solous breathed a sigh of relief and went borne for tbe week Tuesday at noun. They will come again to Trenton n«H Monday night to give tbe legislative mill an-

other turn.

There were four equal taxation bills introduced, four limited franebbte measures as well a* five bllla for tbe prevention of ramipt pnacticcn in New Jersey elections and a Joint resolution for tbe Investigation of Insurance oompaniea and allied ooqcerav Of tbe (yinal taxation bills two—the administration bill and a Gloucester county bill—provide for tbe taxation of first class railroad and <*nal property at local rate*: tbe Income to go to the state for state and school usca. Tbr two equal taxation WHs—one the polby Mit and Hie oilier a Hudson county bill—provide for tbe same manner of taxation for this claaa of proj*erty. but tbe money la to go to the taxing district In which the proiM-rty ao taxed la located. mrnnal Taxation Bill. Tbe administration equal taxation bill, which waa tbe first bill presented Monday night and which was pot lo by Majority I.aaiVr Randolph Perkins of Union, provides aa follows: That all anal corporation* shall report to tbe state board of aaaeaaors ‘larch 1 of each y#w a __ schedule showing, first, |ba amoxnt of capital stock authorised be cumber ot shares Into which capital stock Is divided: second, mount of capital stock paid upi third, to* market ralna, sad. If no mark«t veto*, then tha actual value of tbe shares of stock: fourth, tbe total amount and tbe details and particulars of all Indvbtednros. On or before tbe 1st of November In each year tha state board of aaaeaaora shall value and assess all tpa above described property. Including tbe french toe, and upon such value. smeut shall compute tbe tax upon tbe entire a aa eased valuation of tbe property of each company and upo« which each company shall pay to tbe state for general state purposes a tbe “average rata of taxation." Tbe average rate shill be compared by certifying te tbe state

Farmer Cato Syrisi V*s*t U4> ike Brito *1 Uswarg M. Swalky Mis Eva Kassel, grand-daughter of Mre. Daniel B. Hughe*, of Cold Spring. wsi married on Tuesday evening, at 7.80 at the home of l>er an it, Mr*. Edwin J. Cummings, 4.’>88 Fine stieet. Philadelphia, lo Mr. Howard JtacdevlUe Swalley, formerly of Krla. but now of PlnladilpbuL Tbe bride had b- an a member of Hie Camming* boheebold since the death of her mother in her early cbildbood and was r gsrdsrl in all retpecla as a

dacg liter.

Tbe residence of Mr. C jmmings was eautifol with palms and • of dower*, ihe color eobeffte'-tteiug pink. Tbe R*v. Loyal V. CLahsm, II. D., peator of ihe I ride and ul the family, perfuimed ihe oeremxuy in the mnsit room belore a bank of palms. Tbe bri ie wore a gown of white lace en ' silk and carried a shower bocqnet ol Ini*a of it r valley. Her tonslu, Mi*a Hurencc H. Conmiogs, ■ tmed in a white uei mud silk gown, atteude 1 aa maid ot honor and carried pink tote a. Mr. Ueuiy A Warren was be*l mnn The bn.la was givrn •way by Edwin J. Lmumiugs An eialorm'e reception and dinner followed Ihe ceremony, CUe (able being

MAY REVIVE OLD BOROUGH Again Apply to tbe Present

Legislature

BONDS NUDE RAISE IN TAXES

Cape May I'olut llewklenls Will Ask lM-glnUlare For Their Charter May be Ulvea Back

The gi

1m red

I7i,

ly from

tills telphla. Among the Cape May ‘nerds present were Mr. and Mre. J, Henry Eduiohda, Mr. nod Mr*. William L. Cmumiugs. Mr. am Mis. Luther C. Ogden. Ihe Mirot-s Lou and Lilllai Mi'hr and Mre. S. Rsrutlt. Mr. sue Mre. Walter Phillip*and Mies Georgia H. Edmonds, ol West Chester, we: Ami I ■ vhoxt-r of rrer sud the b«i wishes of a hu-t of filends, the we( ded i>slr took the bight train for cum MKNH AIIKV I'lltATAhi

in--r* plea - lug to I br people of tbe He ouuulir* iitai> ihe recommendof lire E i'h «*ud Gaiue Commlssioa <bal ii be amended lo prohibit fisbipg for ; Ilisimpouiblrlosorp up great schools ( menhaden witnout catehiog l->od fish. » tbe Icod flsli are always lo br found frediug on ihe mrubadeuued among them The menhaden ar* the most important food lor the various game and food fish which freqneol these waters, and wbeu they arc caught up th* food fl*h leave the waters to seek food where ll may be found elsewhere. As proof of thia It to noteworthy that those wauling good fishing and to catch tbs large fish that forml j war* to hs fonnd In ihe spend*, go fan her off each year to gel Into waters In which they may be fonnd.

ba mar* in an

When Brr. Frank B. Lana, of Vlaeland tltodlo order the saestisg sf tha Wato Jersey Baptist Association, at tbs Firs) Baptist Cbaruh Millville. Tuesday after delegates from dlffrmi sections of Salem, (tops May and Camber . - .Mambtod. : " called for the purpnar of dtooasaing sad formulating plans to do

>9

made by tbe member* of the Missionary Committee—Rev. Frank B Lwre.ofVln-lMMl; Rev. Philip Clifford, of BrMg-toa; Rav. A. E. Dougtoaa, of PauleWo: Rev H. B. Warring, of Vlaelaud; H-r - C. F. Hahn, of Newport.

Hood WIU be Halit

'•• a gracral daoiand tor the re bol dlug of Ihe roadway north of Boh* lisa- , ger’s Lending Bridge. Th- road U too ) low, sad Cape May ooanty ban taken i thtorovd to mate a coanty hlffka of It. Jhe'saBM as H has tome wish

Tbe ritirens of tbe defunct borough of Cape Msy Point will again apply to Ihe present Leg) els lure to be rrincor pointed into a borough government. Last year tbe matter was brought np. but tbe borough committee of tbe Assembly did not report favorable on tbe bill, a* there wa* considerable opposition to it because of (be stiempt to lake in additional territory. Since the old borough went out of •xistence, over 32 per cent, in taxes lave been raised especially lo pay ofl tbe old bonds issued by the former

HKWKflM BKFOItK TOWN HALL Kecrwl of Opposition to Bond Issue In West (tape May It i* believed that the apathy displayed in West Cspe May over tbe matter of building ■ borough ball has been doe not eo much to opposition to bonding for this expense, (be borough having daring Its existence of twenty years remained free of .>11 bonded debt. ■■ to the desire on the pari nf prominent cilixens to make no bonded Indebtedness unless for a suffivystem and proper sidewalks on the main Tbe borough is pruned with water bv

xceptiug sewers, sod I btar h lamorrd for for fears Council is preparing to place a ion on tbe subject before voters.

NKW CAPE MAY CHARTER onffict of tews. Owing to Kepealera. Cause* Ikealrv tor Change A number of Cape May dutens will ask tbe present Legislature for tbe incorporation of Cape May into a aty. under the—12.0U0 City Act," and thus .way with the present charter, which was passed before tbe present constitatioD of tbe state was adopted. More than three-quarters of the presit charter baa been repealed by different legislatures, and there is such conflict of opinion as to tbe proper laws Cape May that tbe new move will be taken. There will oo doobt be considerable opposition to s change.

The annual meeting of tbs Gaps May Building St Loan Association waa -held oo Monday evening, when the following (Boers wen sleeted: President--Mayor Tbomsa W. Millet. Vice Pres. -Jama* M- E. Hildreth. Secretary—Henry S. Rutherford. Treasurer—I. H Smith, Jr. Directors—A. & Bash. W.L.Cummlng*. os. H. Hanes. John Moony, Goo. H. Keeees, B. L. Scbrllengrr. W. S. Shaw, Peter W. Smith. Walters. Ware. Auditors—Gilbert C. Hughs*. William G. Blattner, Lewis T. Sierra*. Mr. Smith ea treasurer, souesad* his father wbo has served tor 88 years.

Deserving of Appointment Joseph L. Creese, wbo was appointed last week by Assemblyman James M. E. Hildreth to be a doorkeeper In tbe llonae of Assembly, la a Republican wbo baa voted a ticket since tbe first nomination made by tbe j*rty in I8S6, and before that time be was Whig. This is the first political office which be has bdd during that period.

Plan* are well perfected for th* onion revival meetings to begin Tuesday Feb. 6 In th* Metbodlst Church. Evangelist Arthrr J. Smith will be accompanied by bis singer Prof. Roberta of New York, wbo will bare charge of the big union choir and render some alining

oloa.

It la cuufi Irmly believed that the ival wars ablrh Is now sweeping thlWDffb Atlantic City will also deluge

May.

Snrely> our city needs abore all al genuine revival of pure religion.

Map of Splendid W«

We are In receipt of a copy at • map of ftntbern New Jersay. Issued by th* Geo-

logical Surrey and

Henry B. KommeL aUte gaotogtot- This ptoudld work and t. oo* of a sartos toaned by the scats as u smell prim of aficasbsrt, which to sett '

Ml Washington Strew

t be Taken Off

with tha ahlp to her destination at Urerpool. Ha will spsod rovers) days there if he returns with the same ship and tha owner* will be required to par tbe Pilots for bis time.

r. Fraud* T. H. Finn, formerly of

ohanre of the P. R Church of tha a ba ordalaud totte priesthood by Bishop Oil W. Whitaker, of the Diotwro of Pennsylvania.on Thursday, i nary 85, al the Prince of Peace Chapel

Ite Upper Township Cap* May c klutnni Association hare elected allowing offleers tor Ite eotulug

Mrs. EUa Moore, a Bible student here, m termed an orgaalxatloc of Plymouth Irethern, oa Important article Of the faith of whtah is that Soripturs <