| . CAPE MAY OCEAN WAYS, WBDNBBDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, lttC8. .

I™ I®'1' 1 | HOP ' ■ K. MAOOSAOMC, roniunx and ruon iietub. Weanter.ltritBkerl.lMI 1 ~ VS^^SSS."-™ pHti of opeifcfibarfshl* .WW AW] evidently Admirable enierprlne Al».ut to bbrtartfidMtUhpe May, -#e ■<*"• tb" L ffawtafl *"*■***■■"<* " •<*•» The eaffltal 'fort- the Association to oftrnwumrH *rr subscription oo Mock. The parvslue of em* »foue,'.rt** -fully paid up, b WOO. TBfl iaStnhtient sW»ctl|>tlon I. only fifty canto a weak fljrsnoh share, . piy«bWVlWr*e«My or monthly. Aa fast AA money accumulslre in the F utaatrfy'lkUartiBad afch#totb»|«if- [ chaac or eractlon of email and medium •tied houatk." The** houte* art fore, ■did ot'dteftOtofi Sothd bimrfosic *a ho paid tor by monthly loitatmWta .fctrtd^WwlraFthe'reat of stmb I propertyJ,MMl8 be: ' ptepsHIm ; rnocHWiWWm'andllbadaWetcdefiy w<M<h^cMtUa Saaoetetonwtth h>- { tercet at fi par cent, added Psrtbe time" IurtMiafiCT iiwiiijdfaSi awd«w. Id' litta* WdMt-fite ■HmetiUM dtociemtS Ifenfc. «i* W tJhWbrts tor' § - pModAfJWW. 'ja»t-ak-h btfck dierdbnfe' iSfiffi* Ha' dUMMtM' tor 'a' I "liftf if MlMiir' timV uira WjSV W1 Htok« H ton dor in I eonVehMSf UfiUdy tefbOtaento, retalntogTrtfiLfm hguftf the- property aa accurlty tin paid. TM Vttfc M*uiaadadlamfW.b'Cr fliteta ota»m» ofcourae, MM »Maa fli snoteity by an eaAuaaa itotemppcnsd raUaWUty and soiufthirig maadr'bacnjiar ltd 'tateto ita Interest 'hn> advUnoi, add this to cam great puuterwfjkai paafl ta. *..» — 1. -r . Ma of tMsiAfeti ledao. b cbarpee Ita IntoaaM to—ioaes, — ,1 tto profits -for » dstafi-tera ■**! ■ prapo.tion.toly ItaMwaattotlna W proportionately lTb3I^«ltow:h aa it holds Baal Mala adt MdrBammaaly aa iu seenrlty instead of • mcraaodoaaar. It wtflthdobfefesa'lhm the pian upon Whisk K Is based ' I* » well known and .hteCdMM HftvproPtablr— d legitloarta^kbd'ln no may donbt Ail, eaparipaid la on IM share* draa^not go^to however; ion Uto'wlndtogitip. latum to Iba aubaortbar. Ai careful oolcototloo.showhtg font she profits on aba erary thereof*** worth at baa* WU. F Four-share* are required to obtain j rrom thai AsteNdUitlUhsaas tuffiftg L nTllda ■toMinddiUmi-TTi-ill-k-irnH tor L of thto'baaeatoUeni'WimHi eepaat w

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DisijiaDiis fibeT; CAFK Mdl- IX XL AMES, n a 's-j » — U»- M<M <3 IinilinMI HI PBVTKKTT « o — — — ° LOHBOTEK»aBO,Onp ii ' ehvii mm a lfiilfic i*mr o * rr — ^ Tmro Entire Blocks of Store# u , 9Afl cotttgw^piysuro^j » The 31aI day of Anyoat will be a i memorabb day In'tha lilaiory of Capa i t May. Abontdf A.M., Tneaday morning, tho itattftfl esy of fire, a Tory tin- * usual eoood on the llhmd, waa b , beard raoandini: through o«r quiet » , atroeto.. Ixaving our office we pro- ^ reeded ,ly .the tccne of the fire end S found the dame* oonfioed 10 tho flrat > ' door of the building oocoptod by the e Pearl' DlTer, on Washington atrect c ' It contained the moat inflammable material, auoh aa paper kltea, lacquer I bozea, cotton gooda, laaterna and other J light material A tow men had a»- j ' acta bind, aad with any organisation I 1 the fire could' hare been confined to I 1 this low two-eiory buJfiSIng. Bat with- ' 1 out a Under each eet to Work to break J 1 In wlndoit*. knock, down doora and i 1 create a vent for th* fir* lo reach the I ' adjoining ooeeVvy .building on the 1 writ, whbh waa aoon enveloped in " Same*. By thla tlrnc the Hook atd ladder truck waa on dhe ground, but , it wm'WJ "pftofly pld* MM with dsea f " or tool* DO ^ork with, and again I S through mladlrectcd energy the Poat f ^ Office building waa broken open on the '.tb* flamed to reach the United States 1 Hotel. Tha Mayor, Hon. W. B. Mil- , * ler, Ml off tho ground aad endeavored c ' to the brat of hl> abOrty to bring aome ^ •ort of, orb* put of the chant ie atate of . r dfiqin, iiut the fire fiend had atlainrd 0 J too taoch hraJway. Wetblanketohad 0 been .hung orer .tlic. balconies of the t ' State* toparda the Post' Office , build- fl ' ing, but the (wait waa eo lotenac thai j 1 tho yaet ^luiiiiog waa pnvdoped f ' In flamya and tliat magnificat etrur-ture.-wae aoon doetroyed. When the t 1 fire commenced very little, wind waa ( ' > tiring, bat eoon a brisk wind >tartqd ( [ n p. towards the Ocean, Although the | wind blew In thla direction the Intenae J boat soon carried off all . th# buUdlng* j oo Washington street as ftu as Oocsn, ( " where the wide gap of that street and , the heroic effort# of Mr. Edmund ( J Snader, Mr. Jaitm Stiteo, Mr. Jcaeph , Han, end eorne other gentlemen wheae ( nanira we hake been unable to obtain, " arretted the tpread of the fiamra hi that r direction. The wind eoon carried tho . ' (parks from tbe Scatra to the American | Houiw bonding, oa th* other aldo of . ' Decatur street, and the New Atlantic J Hotel near tho beach, both of which J we're aoon datroyol. Th* fire spread with dreadful rapidity alongWaahlog- * ton itreA, dratroying-th* row of Mores ' In the American llonae Building, Ell- , 1 maker ( Hotel, Koenlfa Saloon and ' tho beautiful atreetura on the corner I of Jackaon atrect, occupied by Mr. Hufnal aa a Drag Store an the first . llufnal en the

[ floor, and Mr. , i'roakaiier as a. hotel . above. Erary thing in the path . of the Bra waa destroyed, from r Odcan street oo the eaat to Jackaon ' .trert oo the wert, and from Washing- , ' tcfi street on the north to the beacti-on the tooth, exeept Ihe Columbia, which Wtsd aarad by the admirable arrange- . menu made for preservation again* t ■ . Jha hoee attached to the fini depart- : roent of Congreae .HaB was bconghl ' 3 Into u»e at the Ccnlre Hottoe arid by It ' I t^f.Oeqtre and. Ooran Holies wsre | trera .'.ih .fronk of the Osntrs ' " k^gtUJ^ Utospraaaoftbeaemee | j. in that, direction, and saved the Ocoan n^andOmrres-iun. The. La .Pierre House waa eared by . tearing upjhe carpets, wotting them j 1 and .preading them oo tha roof. The , |i row of bulldlBgaoaWaahtagtoa street, 1 opposite . tb. old Arneriran Houa* 1 i rr~ - MT*dbr' j > the Engineer, Mr. Bd.^ - FVapatHck, ' ' aaaistod tre Mraara. Jamra T. Smith, I i Lew la SuilwcU . and ooe *f iwo other 1 R AoUaqen, Tmppad '~in , 4if ■ I bbnketo, kept their posts do' the roo& < ' of tire adjoining out-bhildlng*, though 1 ' erarybody was driaeuoffby thelotooae 1 haal. Tha escape of <th* OolnmUa 1 ' Houes from daatractl«» Is looked upon 1 v a* tho nsoat -woadscful pocurrence of t this tarribca drama, and is altogether , ' owing to the clear toceelghtodnae* of i ' two or three of lu eaiployera In tear- 1 ■ lng awmy k*ne Smaller out-tadldlnga, , ' dha fa the joffirfbus use Of tta hotetH 1 1 auppty of water. Tbe eoeoofrom the ] rtoTof the Oohuhfafa waa terrifically I eohilmo. The n« fiamra checked tbe I fidl of the frame bandings; and the I ■ huge clouds of smoke, lntenperaed I i yrithipark^ floated out to ara. and 1 I hung like a pall above the aurt 1 ; , Tho. following are tho estimate^ i 1 Iparas as toyaacan be aacertalnod at 1 ; gi.fii»La ,... ( Batons J. Swain's Houee ... . MJOO i , SMllMW. >»« 1 I tWurnHJeHfyeoodeBiore. $&,ooo I as: i SSi, l SuA,'ssf,,r,,n£,T, w ' :nas IHE"*' ' Jraj*>k&ri^«al estate l.OQQ I wl rfgiFmHJ,«Mll*w*a «na,r. miih ' Greenwood OaStoas,, lfbQW I » Johnson's SST?Z.*™!!T. 1J300 < i ItolWimT. fa ■■ i , £*£» Z'. . » : fwgfc „if« j itiK OUCc^iL vd i'lJuja i

might fa required, but their acrricra J reached tho acme. The Camdan 9lre u Ccmpanlaa arrlred on a ipedfii train u •bout aoon, when they at ofce |fo- w ceeded to extingnish the Itin hmodldcr- n ruins of tM burned boUdinga. 0 Cuc-tourth of tbe buainraa |»rtlon u orOfpTMay SIP*.^ B The very heart of the city baehccn do- T raatated by the devouring fiamra. The territory destroyed is bounded on the t north by Ocean street, oudha west by , Washington edict, on d^Sst by the , Ocean, and en'lhe south by | Tha United States Hotel %a» rained t at abont MO, 000, on which there were , to the amount of $47,000, . which were placed by Mraire. John Wilson, Jr. A Brother, of No. 121 t Fourth street, in tho name of , Mr. Aaron Miller, who owtsAl the , entire ratabllahmcntA, In the following , companies : OK Tin Btnu>INO. Co. of N. America $5,000 . Imperial. 5,000 Spring Garden 8,500 1 Ituznix, of Philadelphia 1,500 i . 2,500 i Mutual 2,500 City 3,000 Commonwealth, New York.. 3,800 1,600 United .States. Baltimore, Md. , 3,000 Hartfuid, Ibiiliiuore, Md. . 2,500 1 Baltimore, MA 2,800 , Total .$35,000 1 OB TUB ri'UNlTU JtE. ' IVaahington, Balllmora, Md.. $2,800 Baltimore, Md 1,800 ' BalUmore, Md 3,000 ! Associated Firemen, Bolt., Md. 3,000 , Potomac, Baltimore, Md..., 2,000 , Total...... -......$12,000 ; Tbe Hotel waa Erst opened in June, | ' I860, by A. W. Tompkins, who re- j otained at Ma head until 1B52, when it ' baud lo Jamra Brown, of Philadelphia. It next passed Into the hand* j ' of Miller A West, who managed it j ( until lflOfl, when Mr. Aaron MilWr | Uie aula proprietor. The | Original cost of the building waa 1 and a tow years ago It waa ' refurnished at a cost of 130,000, i ' The United SCatra Hotel was sold j | week by th* recent occupant and : Mr. Aaron Miller, to Mr. , ' Conway, of New York, for | The cause of the United States burning so rapidly waB-Thnt Mr Miller ( endeavored to mvc tbe first bouse which took Are, and used 27,000 gallons | of srater, which hie tank contained, aad by this means had bqt little for his | Mr. Townscnd's store was insured ! to the amount of 81600 in the Cumber- , land Mutual, besides having Insurance ( , on his stock of goods lo the amount of ( $1000. With the exocption of a quan- , tily of goods stowed In the cellar, f most of Mr. Townscnd's stock of goods were eared. ' „ ( Mr. Young's lnae, we underslaod, I after deducting Insurance, will amount ' about $2000. Ho" ' will proceed at 1 once to rebuild. The United States Cottage, occupied si' the Poet Office, was so spradlly , aa uic s <»b unsn, waa so spewuiiy (

wrapped in fiamra that It waa barely possible to secure the mails and other , ' valuable papers before the frame was . ' consumed. Mr. John McCann's Greenwood , Cottage waa Insured for $4000. Loss ] ' abont $10, 00a , 1 Th* handsome corner building occti- , " pledbyDr. Hufiud and Mr. Sloan, and i owned by'Moaara Anapoch A Stanton, ] of Phlbdalpbia, is aald to ba fully In- , [ sured. The latter named gentlemen j , at once erecting another struct- | , ure, the toe-simile of tha aua destroyed. , The row of stuns, known as tbe | A men cam House Block, was, with a | tow axcepliooa, owned by Mr. Bol- • too, of the Columbia. lib lose b cav- < ered by insurance. . , There wss no htottrahM On th* At- , Untie Hstel, but Mr. McMakin baa had aavtral friandly odkl of pecuniary ' aaabtoncs, should he propose to rebuild ; www-w-. , Mr. Barrett's bmbrd room* and ■ boWling-allcys were Insured to a limlts td amount Ho intends erecting a r building during tha winter mouth*, j which will hare fill the modern lm- . provomento Introduced. W* rannot i help Statlag afket In coetneeUon with 1 [■ Mr. Barrett, whfth has raised him cow- ' , sldcrablo In the mtlmatloo of the earn- j , munily. Almost the Bret act after < i the destruction of hb property, was to ( , himt up hbcredlton tor tho purpose of ' , payliig off ootiitanding debts. j r Perhaps tho most aqnoylag circuui- i : stance In tho shape of pecuniary lo**, ' r attending the fire, waa thdt sustained , > Mr. Chat. Ruhicam, of Philadal- I , phla, who was staying at th* Atlantic < i Hotel, having com* down for Lh* pur- 1 i *f paying the sua of $8000 for | ' tha Diamond Beach Pork, which he ■ i a few days before purchased at ' i sole. Tha money which, was j 1 Government braids, not registered, . I had placed undu hb pillow tor safe , end through earn* unacoouo t- < aide orereight was forgotten in tbe 1 Mr. Soytoo, braider hb slock of I Japanese goods, lose* erne thousand I dollars in rash, $500 of whkh was 1 preaanted him by th* gaaato of J . the hotel* aad cettogra, la token of , I thrir appreciation of kb valnabbdar- j | Among thoae present A the fire who \ I were most active in saving property, | » were Got. Sewejl, Aldermen J.yrott 1 , and Masaey, ex-Mayor Williams, Cap-.. . , G. \Y. Smith, John T." School, Peter | Pi Boytou, Wntfauh Leggeti, Winiam i F. Chaaldy, AWn P. Hildreth, Jen- ' mlah E. Mecrey, A. M. Ivey, E. j I Hand,'K- R. Williams, Samuel Dilka, ! ) John Spebe, Edward Speba, Isaac i | Vanneman, and others whose namra ' J hare town unable to obtain. J ) Mr. J. T. School, of Phlbdelphb, , ) 'efforts' to 'stay the prJ^^tftiw ! I do rourlng clement if hb retiring UlUe , I cottage bad been aMuatedln the path I of the fire Instead af the eaftqtmrtor < iggSlgj

w^wvrenre^R In IHc escape of the wratare side «f £ Washington street we And a JwacflmJ which «e trUMIfc cOy euthori- h wrilal Uieawflere of property, g will never oteriook la the layiog out' streets. For were It not for the* y additional strip of from six to ten tort e Ukcnin widening the street but Spring, F nothing Under hexTrtt eouM hare pre- t vented tbe dratruction of that thickly d built-up pdriioa of our city at the time I tbe American Row waa In flames. Th* ^ and adjoining eotoga, would t speedily followed, and imagination can only picture tbe probable end. | As it was soren^pf the stores became ( dangerously heated, and one or two I to' such fearful intensity that they tg- » nited. Fortunately the fiamra were ] rendered harmless by the | tearing away of tho burning timber j 1 the interior of the bouse*. Tbe I embraced in the above facts has ] beeo dearly purchased ; let us not forget ] it! Wc must hare wider streets, and ; the sooner the better. Tbe proper ' , authorities will see that Decatur atrret : to he of sufficient width when build1 operations are commenced. AITKB THB rtBSr. 4 On Tnraday, Vr. Peter P Bo* too, known as the "Pearl Direr," 1 and proprietor of tho store in which , the Are originated, was tobpamed me a witness In the ease of the conflagration. ' , A hearing took place at the Mayor's I i office, the result of which was that ' I Boyton was held to boil in the 1 sum of two thousand dollars to appear 1 the next morning for a further hearing. I The ball was promptly entered by Mr. , 1 J.'M. Moris and another gentlemaa from Philadelphia, two perfect Strang* I I to Mr. Boytoei. The Mayor's room | was ornwded. the audb-neo bring meetly I composed of women and children--- | | Mayor Miller (vaunted the investiga- 1 a mired. At the eUno of tlie exam I n- ' atiem, Mr. Hirst, of Philadelphia, as counsel for Mr, Boyton, desired the | Mayor to Observe tb* distinction l«v 1 j l worn a charge of arson, bated upon an i I j oath or affirmation, which was not the i [ which Boyton has been taken lotorua- 1 ' I tody and held nodrr PJilOO bail for hto ' not evidence to warrant such a pro- 1 cording. He an id Hurt there is no | charga against him whatever. His ' 1 character for honraty and integrity haa 1 tuffired by tbiv proceeding, and It may I ' in ftitaro Ills honest eflurta in tho dischuge of his business pursuits. 1 finder these circuntstanraa, Mr. Hirst deemed It eminently proper lo Mate ; tbe precise position 'or the case, and ' concluded by mxkiug the following motion, which be requesled the Mayor to place on his record, vis : "That Mr. Boyton be honorably discharged from farther custody of tho law, having besn held simply aa a wife In behalf of the HtaU- of Now Jor- , • : ,e, i. ■ .i Uie Honor the Mayor said "I see no reason for tho fttrther detention ofMr. lfoyton, aod^ho is ao cordlngly honorably dlreharged."

There immediately followed a tremendous buret of applause from all 1 present, a large proportion being bullet. All sorts of rumors hare boen in cir- | culalion since tho morning of the fire, , nothing on which any reliance can Wodocsdsy morning a man teen In a very snspicious position 1 behind the Catholic church. Captain j 1 Theo. and AL Juvenal immodl- ■ ately gave chase, toil did not succeed , catching him. Some suppose h* t Intended firing It, hot tha moat natural enppoaitlon Is, he intended hoping ' himself to the store goods stowed away ■ i that vicinity. 1 The Mayor, by request of City Coon- • cil, haa Issued a proclamation offering _ reward of 81000 for . the arrest and conviction of the Incendiary. ' wwAV TNK rasas saw. j We take the following from the Phil- , adelphla Press of Wednesday "The conflagration at Capo May yesterday morning, dyeing aut the ' Is notPwitEout its warnings soVcom- " pensatlons. Such a mass of wooden structures dlratiyon tha stormy .bmch a sort of standing provocation to 1 , There haa been so many of these disasters that one would suppose the lenaon had been sufficiently taught— , Island la no longer a village far • away Gram dviliastion. but a growing c city, euay of eooeaa to the great centres , of population. It deserves something . bettor than a concourse of light and InflamOble bnildlng*. Brick and stone - aba not so cheap and acerosibie aa the I adjacent pinenca, but they can bo t transported there at a price that sinks Insignificance compared with their safety,- durability and beauty. The sand -stone at tha Delaware "and tbe J granite of Virginia can be bad at very < low retaa, and bricks are made by tho , < rpilitim [u spd near Camden. Lot tho . d*w men who have taken Gape Island charge, who awn the railroad, and < have Invested an heavy la tb* city Itself, bear these facto in taind as they , i to cover the space* once mere, swept away by the devouring ele- , ment." I The Msrsisy Pa«, at the tame day, r Ito leader, eays "Another disastrous Are gives, of 1 , couraa, mvuitasdty tor owethar series , of suitable reflocttam. The horse bo- , in-.- st"!cn out of II-.*' ( ope May stabl-. \ ! l*ople aB over tho land, and topedally . STSSHS&S:,"?S^3SS . them carefully locked for a tow days, ' loudly talking the while, and then th* , ; premkaa wiUh* aa negligently looked , ; after aa be fare. Wt bare o* idea that we MmUbaatagularl* referring to tbe Cop; May ennfiagretion tbin moraine i the present termA On a rough eS- , i cvrtoHon, about Svs hundred tage and . sober moraliato are at tM* moment 1 wriung out, for the (Ms* tunc, 0* to sincere convictions upon the suMact of ■ the dangers of Hit for the enlighten- \ : mattoT th* American peopfeTVkw- , tenths of Ms army at i^iiowiphea ' scsa®ra«5 : mammoulh betel structures of wsod, ■ < to be built su table iron stairways coonocUag with the areond. But what is lliw a*w tssder (hi tola t Fire is an- t etent, and md-s stupidity itoelf is an • origtoPsl tha'eroense'of troth, and to 1 Ms Wtth tbe a*M* army meotoened • ■ivsatn aomauaiof loss it dignity— 1 ^^^5^efo"tbsU1hhrf«l '

In toct, tho poaelMe horron of $1^ * cannot be codlly ffitoct^tod TboEresUgNbitotdflitoMtiaeto ea the following remarks « th* iato • The destrnctire ftreat Oape" My. u. ^^l|^tem^8toePon Horea^ to ta half ofthesuflkrere. ^ Tbera to a practical leaten taught by „ great destruction to property could u easily bare been pre re* tod by the ex- JJ ereis* of a little boldnere and prompt- t« nssa'of action by those who were first ta upon tbe ground. On* or two don ! and strong hearted men oould k directed and sftetod the dsmod- , lion of one or two of the fragile Hroc • . tores Intervening betWvcn the United I , State* Hotel and tha building whsre si • the fir* originated, and so hare ooo- p 1 flsed it where It flrat broke out. But XI r there seems to hare been nO ohe With JJ , force enough about him to take the „ lead aad reaiionaibiUty, and ao, while si luca ran stupidly hither and thither, ' without purposs or diroction, tho flames r swept raoidly to the adjoining buildingv andAhe United State Hotel was n soon a niasa o( fire. After this there ' was nothing to be done In that dirsc- ' tioo, and tbe conflagration raged a around tho block until there was Both- p I '"Vhat was possible to do was shows I by the proprietor of th* ' Colombia ' House. Between tho United State* i. • | and Columbia v- P-Hlv gymnaar t ' nm. and between tbe gymnasium and , P ' the hotel was a neat of ftamc buildings- «' ready to convey tho fianua to the rear , of the Columbia. Mr. Bsltoo asaera- I • bled his whole fofco of waiter* and • other employee*, and, with tbe aid of s I a 'tow friends, "took tbe rospooslhU- | I - I lly" and tore away the intervening | , | building* that would soon bare born j a i a bridge of lire. The valuable proper- ; J J ty of the Columbia Hoase was saved 1 - j by tha prompt energy Bad tha well-di- i ( . j reeled efforts of the tow gentlemen j j the nrv^weoU^»j,re*iI this^way^or that | ] a make thereselves safe by Uie onty effi- 1 J , cienl means within tbeir mwcr. Pre*- j , _ rnc* of mind and a readiness to take ■ rrvponslbillty in the right way and at J 1 1 the right time are the practical lessons ' s of the (kprMit fire. - tltr late fire lh the following rather Irf- 1 1 ■ I a*ed language : — 1 , ■I Tur Fnta at Capt. Mat.— The' j a Iv—n marked by a destructive fire , J amoog the hotel* at Capo May, rtduc- , , j ing three or four of them to heaps of ] I ■ ; ashc* Tliongh only partially insured, 1 \ f I it It doubtful whether the lost of these tide of liuthion which .rent res at Fhila- . , ' delphla. Quaker* ami all, luts liecn di- ' 1 verted from Pajie May b> I»ng Branch ' ' e bv the superior attractions of the gay | i 1 world from Now York. Thus, in re- J . gard to out watering places, as in ev- 1 , erything else, tlie fickle goddess of , J 9 fashion, we see, Is not to be trusted. J Many years ago Cap* -Mot. of nil our I J seaside places, was the fashion ; but | J e Ito glory has deported, Still, by a ; ■ cheaper and more popular hotel sys- i - tern than that wtiioh fiuhinn has I | brought Into genrral •practice, c«pe j i May might be restored to ito, ancient , j prosperity. , i CABD

CoLtmiA Hpt'.-a, 1 Cat- it Mat, N. j;, Seiit. 2, 1889. J I take this msthod ut returning mv heart-felt thanks to my friends who , served so faithfully in assisting to save the Columbia House, on the night of, I the great fire at Cape May, 'Aug. 30th, ' To our guests, to the cottage ' people, lo the resident citizens, and to , each and all of our employers, I feel ' under lusting obligations ; and while ! all done nobly, I must not hmitate to 1 among those who took the bad danger and endurance, Capt. James T. Smith, Columbia Hnttso Welshman j I*wls Stm well, Col umbia Honte coachman ; Edward Harris. Cyras Saunderaand Benj, Wiggins, (col'd) Columbia House dining room men, and Edward Fitopatrisk, Columbia Ildus* Engineer, who gave us steam ta twelve mftsutes, and worked the pomps carefully and socossaftinj amid great confUtlon and sxcltcmenC Gao. J. Bolton. From a circular IsssodAy Edward M. Davis, of Philadelphia, ITmidcnt of a Loan Association tn the. rural ■lit trie to, we clip tin following aa to tho advantage* of Balldlog and Loon Associations IU says the Building and Loan Association It a sa/s pines | to invest your money, because it loans ; on real aetata. It IS . a good pise* Is Sorrow smb«|— i Bacauss you can get in cost tho value of the property you give aa ao- : curity. | lit fid. Because it will not ooat over , eight per rent, ptr year interest. 3d. Uooauss it eon bo paid back In ■.^■ii sums. 4lh. Bscansn you participate In the profits mfie by **— *werivftr"' Ath. Because ovary payment mode lift lis the amount ytm owe on your r >« , ; Money paid for ant la JosL Money • paid for* homo is tared. Kcntara, on an average, jiay over eight per cent. . interest as rent, generally too percent., , and year after year hare no return. | who do not want to horew to gat pto1 to Jala who do want to ban*, i Women are generally of tho latter ; chuw. They can do better in those ao- * socia lions wfth tbdr money than they If yoa know of any persons vtfao (on r afford To Join, but who do not belong ' subscribe 'for as many shasre a* they , can keep op. You win be dotag them r a service for whkh they win ever be grateful. It may get them into habits ! of economy, it may be of sobriety. I Josh Billing* rays there are only three classes of people in Ihe world ; Those who my It is so ; those who soy | It to not so; and (hose who do not care "cuss" whether It is to or not the heated term the majority belonged to the toller das*. Had it 8—Wr r ,1— - ;■ r

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