fma» ^»TT<gl ranmrtmtmtx u aoaarad frcra ah wSS saasrsr-wsss LOCAL AFFAIRS. I'wttf Grem! «Ut preach to-morrow in the B*ptl* church, sad preach oe £ tollowlug subject! Morte«Mlia— "Tha Friend* of Christ." Erenteg. 7.46.— "8h*l! we Know Our FriewtatThoeTw." 71m public U cordially lu riled. Tbe following ladle* end gentlemen conconKituled Ibe editorial pa" J wbo werr the gurets of Ibe PeomrTlrania Hailrrad Company upon Ibe excuiaioo to Ibla place Jamas T. ?1I ogham. Hit Bladen. (Sunday TimmX and daughter. Dr. Gelcbell. W. R. Balcb, R. K. A. Dorr af Tht Pr ear. John M. Fenr of (be JYortt American, Henry R. Edmunds. wife and threw club dice ; Joel'Cook. wife and two child/to. of (be PmlRc ledger; Robe" W. *U. Wade, jPeMft Lady*; U. Richard? Mockle.Jamra (L Chamben and wife. M. W. Olllain aod daughter and John W. Bailer aod wife, all of Ibe Philadelphia Reeord ; J. L. Riagwait aod alalei of the Philadelphia Railroad World; Herman Diet* and wife, derma « Drmoerat; BL. Booaall and H. L. Baneall and wife, Oamdeo, (K. J.) Pod ; H. G. Donnelly and wife, Mutiny Ban ; Colonel Tbotnae FUagoald, The If m; Dr. Woodcock. Profeaaor Aaber, Dr. Korcber, Edward Bparka, Cliarlas H. Wayne. John S. Mockle, Eawfl Bbeppard. Mia. O'Neill. Bamnel WetbarDl, 8. P. Wctberill. Captain F. D. May, O. P. Bieknell and wife, John Harris aod wife, J. 1L Reynolds aod wife. Mist Then** Carroll. 6. W. BeWe and wife. Charlae R. Deacon and wile. Isaac W. Kaho and wife. Bamnel 6. JMUfe; A. M. Bpanyler and wife, (be Moeatag Mm- ; C.J. J. 1L Taggart and daughter and Mrt. Harry Tagged. (be Baadaa Tin*: R. D. Eraoaand wile. WretChmter Record ; B. W. Bemple and wife. Oamdaa (N. J.; Vomoerat ; Jnllus Chamben and wife, New York Heroet ; Coi. a N. Winalow. Oommtnial Li* ; J. Barton Charnej. Wilmington Et cry Ma mtuy; GBrar Troth, CheaUr Monday If am; Blnnickaon Chew, West Jermy Prom; Joseph Roldnaoo and wife Ikrpdrer; H. A. Weils. Nrw York Aarodale Prcaa ; Frederick E. Bach and wife, Tta Mental If mo; Y. a Walter and Wife. Delaware Oamaty RepakieoKj Goo. M. Wallace. Buuok J finer; Edward Raine and wife, W. H. Dane and wife. Baltimore Bon ; W. H. Tammen. Cap. lain M. R. E- CUpperton and wife. Her Britkto Majraty'a Consul, Philadelphia, and James R Wood, genera! paimngcr *g*ul Pewnaylvanta railroad. OtySwawclt. Ewij wtjctsaflgte A^cornmuclcaiion (rem Paator Gnu I. mquagteg priv^^^ojx^i^reoirtii U ^s^Bnstsrtr^i SaBsaJs^uii waa rend, and on mottoa of Mr. Bennett the enml deration at the subject-matter A fo-tuad transfer of for righi and title be J. U BaUlu to Hfnckioa arrnue, from. Howard street to Madison arenoe, dedirating it to ti.c um pi the city wt< c

rrcamd, and oo metion of Mr. Hughes cify'aS ttTtWrnTlMi "a 'kf An official Katemret certifying to Ibe •ale of the J. W. Barker loU oo North sireeifar^uopaid aagesmCTts,^roni Law. aCroetcd to oontrea'for Ibe remand 'of TVpyd tta engioern'wMjtefld at again reoelml alUoUoo. aod the stalemrotwasmedetoallt would be fifed in """^sagigatfat tSlm 10 'bU SKSsSHS tanea of 7« blOmltaa ism Bsade In 78 n.icutea-. that bctw.c, lAo .lbory and "Awsap 1.'^ ortjemorte.of «.lb nfrnna^t^-'rr'-d t'l- m"e rttrrt'Ihi. ?

seL" rfSTLbeen put Into newapaper ciregiatioo of lata toothlne (be piloting inlerrau of Use hay and riser Delaware. Much r d tbia _ baa emanated from certain alementa which - by aom?meana er other base ^KMned Um - ^^!k<lnl0atrewl,hw7tbia pa pn J1 pobliabed an artlela which porported to be a coodnwrd hiatorr of the pilot grierance, 01 hot was ao full of laacoeraciea and groaa s. and glaring perreraioas of facta and daU aa to ba acaroely warthy of notice. Our - Lie oppoattdna on «be part of the pilot ?ooopolyv."" *"d W0""1 i, Gorernor Hort. The ojospWed meaaurr - Was a wtak of mmoal coeceaaicn, and waa edeemed aa la)raa pasTAe to all tbe inter. „ eateeaoeerDeu?" Now I'm truth of the mat- ° trr la that Ibe bill aa iatroduced contained . whenever a veaael waa uwed from Phiia- « delpbU to the Brandy w me light or from . ihc Brandywinr light to Philadelphia- - This daoae waa mob a barefaced attempt to leaWstele favor of a certain Ann Interesiadtn towboats that the friedOa of the bill aaw that U would defeat it, and 11 waa accordingly stricken out. That was all . the "mutual eooecufliai*' there waa about P it. and here let na add that this same tow. 1 boat internal is tbe little lobar in the game 5 now being played by Mr. Frank Neal and one or two others at JiU aasocialea It la charred time and again that tbe , Delawnre pifctl ace dereilcl ia tbair duty. , because lHtaa happened that veaaals bound . to the port of Philadelphia have been . spoken by New York pilot boate out to , atw. Bnme paaple wbo are not acquainted . with tbe facte ea they eiiat might natur. i ally suppose that our Delaware pllou were . not alive to their lntereeta, But bow la It? . A New TSck pilot baa a channel of S3 i milea to aati while hia Delaware river t brother las to take hia veaael 108 milea, i but that ia net tbe only difference. The . farm* for hi* aasvioea receivea 8182-60, , where the latter geta 8104-50 upon a vear *e] baring tbe aeme draught of water. . For tbe information of our reader! we i rjy.issffivSift'saiffi , pbia. New York and Baltimore:— . raiLaDELPBIA. la ward. OolwanL TotaL ■ , yr-fiu ",'S sta 1 w - te'js Taso nam ; WW TORS. 1 * - taw taw w.eo . » •' iiw_w . rs.es tsaas , w - iaa» uan asaw pi BALTtMORS. ! 11 Thus will be reen that New York ' " P*M he^^aad^ baring • tbe Delawai* pilata they can afford t* - cruiae out to aea at it ia claimod they are ' in tbe habit o( doing. Beaton's rates of f gVAagr are about the same as tbeac of A greut deal is alaoaald in relation to the ' pilot kusineaa Icing a aart of family mo- ; nopoly, aod that they are all making 1 mooey faatcr than any one riae. Behave I It fromfood gntbonty that at the number 1 of pU6u (lean than a hundred) forty-five of ' tl.*ra are In no way related, not even l>y ■ marriage. Aa cgxtd* the other complaint. r ao far u we have boon ak'.e to And, tbrre ■ are not five of them wbo on lire without ' following the botineaa, the fortunate five bei.g over riity years of sgr, and having followed tbe businere over IhlrtyAre yrers. There aie plain facu which cerI talnly disprove tbe idea of piloting being . u mooey-making businere At rrgaid. the "pot eywem-aboot which snore or lere bat been said, it can he ' simply explained that iU adoption was tbe mult of aa efloe to leaaen Uw expenL set Id the way af railroad fare* and board , bills. Tbe pile'.* louad that since the pas- ■ sage of tbe Ull of June, 1861, they were I not making enough to pay their expenses boa that Mom aatfl BstmfeB bat. three : station heals running iota debt to the extant of 81.200. After careful eeaidamtion f they concluded to tie them to the wharf, that being the only way to keep Ibem from being sold for debt— Ibe only expenae . they would then be under beiag whar- , fsge. A* t* Um statement that aame pilots r have aot worked for vena, but were euppmted liy the oooallcti put, it is an error, . for no one it paid unices be works, and as ; to vreeeli being affected In any way, ; either In coming or outgoing, it ia p,e- , paatfTOOS from lb* fact sbal' nearly all . own shares in the boats hod each man , the and each

. haa to take bis regular lure whether be 4be>ntbepotacoutofh.' • I destroyed by fire. Tbe building and mart , of tbe stock were weed by the timely ,» wareing af a visitor at a neighhoriog cotlag* who happened to look out hi* winn dow about fire o'clock before any one was H through tbo windows and door* of the . store a hundred and fitly yards distant. 1, The struct waa instantly girrn, and by the well directed efforts of a few of the neigh- . U,— Ihrrslrned ctirestrr was sTtrled ,. and tbe property sarrri. Tlie Are was „ evidently tbe smk of an inceodiaiy, belog atarted from uoderemtb tbe store, r bureing a bote through the floor and dem- ' aging aome of ibe goods The lore was s I few hundred dollars to the stock sod ' building and Is covered by htsurmnue. Ikst Saturday's Philadelphia JKrro.-. bml under the here) of tie "Gape May Notes" the Mowing mentien rfa welf- • known aod popularly eppteeUtcd friend s of our city by the arm :— J. S. Benson (of ■ Benaou A Co..) tbe old relbable tobaccou. f 1st. on Eighth sheet, below Marital, la e akcatt iomaka a "new deparrere." Tbe ; • "lone fishermen" ia aa busy as a bee pre- • isssaLsrssNiarz; - U-catur streets Gape May. far the season 5 <■! 188A For tbt past five years Mr. 1 Scujso lias (akan the lead la his business , s on tbe Idand, catering chiefly to the taste. - ^vcofne^f Uw'ttiE1' This ] , .sis to add «b»: tbe* base bean doing a , good work. Tlicy are ipiick to drewver a waul, and prompt tu supply IS if UMb , . treasury will permit. I>uring the past ! wort. The lecture to be given under their auspice*. « the 4th of May. ought to be \ j well patronised. The fodowitg officers i wwe <^ndj^bctusulag yrar-^Preti-tor R>bort Pse . Greul and wife, Mr. r — ^ Ito 1 WtatkMa WAaOOai JearieWsJm! — ' New spring style, of rihbooa and koe ' n^s 5°Sl ' ^yncv toi t^ New Y^rt^eTlshuei - Oram* received ' iT.iS'.'sy SSS2J°"* 01 i i

LOCAL CHIT-CHAT. c m — >f MXMOM Tories MMIMTLT TOLD. m Daooratiao Day h right oo us again. * Tabk cutlery at Ware's hardware stare, ■>- 53 Washington atreet. T Tbe street sprinklers should be in readi- * nesa for Inslam service. „ It was tbe largsat attended and longest , tens of oomt for many yearn, e The brat time U pare mutilated silver ia if to paas K when it Is offered to you. >- The carpenters are still at work on Dr. >- lVeightman's real dee oe, foot of Ooeae s street. 1 ' Mr. Harry Coward, Philadelphia, baa ; e leased tbe New Inlet House at BeweU'r A number of new boat* kin be added , j to tbe fleet of yachts at tbe landing this ! W- B. VaoGilder, la ia New York tbia \ s wtak^bcying stock far his agricullnral i « Tbe nwb of tagwosemcnu U keeping - all i lissi i of mecbasncs and laborers full i • of boainms • Mattiogs of tbe brat grade can ba aalerr J tad at Ware's hardware store, 53 haab- ! ington street. : Seven applications for tavern license { j were before tbe Court Toeoday, and all ; went by tbeJMhid. The yachlmen are gelling their boats j . out of winter quarters, aod giving tbem a • 1 thorough overhauling. ' Bucceasfiti men are those who always , > mind their dwn busieess. The same may * be mid of school teacher*. * Buy your'aboe* at manufacturers' prices i J at tbe Philadelpbia shoe store, cor. "'ash- i , ingtou A Jackson streets. | r Major lee, of the BUth RreimenV B. N. G. iaapected Company "H" at the ' ■ armory Thursday evening. The percentage ia deaths tbe past year j - baa been much tower in Cape May than in • any other part af tbe State. ' Mr. J. S. Garrison keeps a full Hno of , 1 blank hooka, stationery, aod notion* of a „ ' thousand and ooe different kinds ] A reduotioo la tbe railroad fare* ba- 1 , tween Cape May aod Philadelphia is poal- , lively pledged by tbe West Jersey. • Straw hsu are not ao ooosplcuour. At ' least not since tbe two counciluMD from , Um "4th Ward" donned tbdrs the other i d*j ; > The Weal Jereey Rsilrnad Company ^ has issued orders to Its saenu^lo^sell po J ' Tbe largest asaortmenl of dry goods in ] SOape May dly will always be found at . Mm. R. -T. Brown's 86 Waahingtou , e Mrs T. F. Towneeud. wife of Otaerver , 1 Towuaend, Phiiadclpbla, baa been visit- > 1 ing her old home bete the past week j or to. ■ ' The common idea is that there is only ' " one das* of men in Um world that don't ■ ; know bow to run a newapaper, and they < | are editors r Four tons of paint have been used in j , tbe improvement of tbe bets' properties of the Cape May Point Association tbe | ; past winle*. t Real Estate Agent Garretaoo has been , ; s^s'?.'£Kr,'S»,T«i,rt£ ; ! tiooal cottages The oatimgeous accommodations of tba < t Ooort House were again made the subject t of censure and justifiable criticism by tba ( 1 court at tbe late term. ■ | The com petition in tbe boot and shoe - trade baa bad tbe effect of largely Increas- ' : lag tbe variety of the goods kept in stock < by our local dealers. County Clerk Hand gave his Cap* May ' , CLy friends a pleasant surprise Saturday . last by coming down this way to take a . look at tbe improvements, i Mr. J. P. Shannon, ehief clerk of the t . Carrol ion Hotel, Baltimore, list been as- j i signed a petition of responsibility on the , s office staff of the Stockton. , Parties fixing up their gardeo* and ( 1 grounds for the season will 2nd a full Uoe < ■ Fred. Boeroer's nursery, sear Ibe isilroad < 1 depot- i 1 VanGUder's stores at Petersburg are 1 ; stocked with three thousand different 1 j kinds of goods,from ao needle to a Buck-

j eye mower, including pbwtoos and eultilt is encouraging to note Um fact thai the Wats haa never enjoyed at large an t advertising patronage aa lrdoa^gt^jire*r Tbe demand for lots is eastward hrersnii - Madison avenue, and moat eligible collage • sites r.n now be secured along Stockton, i Kearney and Benton avenues, by applying t to Mr. Ah Little. • For Ibe finest and purest coffees ia the • market ask for "Dam Pedro's Choice," or I For eale by all grocers. 1 Assemblyman Bhlnn, of Atlantic Oily, ^ has been in attendance at Oourt the prea- ' until yeaierdsy. H* made bit haadquar- [ lata with h'n council, ex-Mayor Slape, at 1 Um Mtyrille House. It affords us much pleasure tp note ibe fact thai Mrs E GrifflUi, Philadelphia, ; baa renewed her lease oo the Boeklaa Oatr will b* opened for tbe season June 1st. All our landing hotels and baardlng- ■ houses are new provided with underI ground sewerage, and in their aunoanosi It is an errriWt card. aad^me which the I public is beginning to uaderauod and aySaturday last United Stales Senator 1 Be well, with one or two of tbe younger ; members of bis family, registered >1 the > Cbalfoote, bit ttoy being limited to a few boon. He expressed himself highly : pleased with tbe evidences be naUced sj The experience of tbe preeeat week with na bee been that there la more dltI comfort to tbe square inch (ban anything > else in trying to run a newspaper and I serve as a juryman at one and the same I time. Tba next Uiae Sheriff Corson no- ' there-. goto" (-."uSSST Gent J. Cone, Bristol, Pa.; George E , Overton. N. J.: E 8. Wykoff, 1 Beverly. Alex. Ralph, Philadelphia, and | others, remrnrentiTMtV Delaware Bay R. R.. Sewella Point R. E and si earner Rt- ' psiilfc cosnpeniea, vialled tbe laland the | first of the week registering at tbeCbalR ia to be regretted lhat tbe J. T. School properties, oa Lafayette street are bcgianlng to Show the evideeos of DC- , ijrjftgas'a.KTa ; tenhoo ere It he oompiaioed ef by toe " here toe psat week.amocg whom we would I particularly daarify Cbartie WHUarea, of ■ and Wash. R. Hngbaa, of toa Delaware . Bay House. Mr. B. F. Busbneil, ibe popular boot and afane dealer of Denntarille. wishes to . inform bis friends through our columns 1 that be baa no woo hand the floret stock -gsi'ug.-'as -

Tuesday la« Ibe ooorta nf this county . convened far tbe April term. Justice Reed presiding, with aasedsU* Divtrty, Oandy . and Reeves, thst last named gentlemaa beex Judge llughes, sad therefare oocupy- , Ing a seat en toe bench for toe flat time. Tbe venerable crier was el bis post, and eclipsed all former efforts in toe display of forensic elaquence -in his dellreryof toe Ume-hooered proclamations ' Tbe ' limited apace within toe bar waa aa usual crowded to repletion with toe legal fret- » ernity, those from our own county show. ing up la fuDtoroe. Tbe visitor* were I'. . L. VooriMTO, & a Grey. Judo D. J. , Paocoaat, Mean Learning and Black. and Jonas MlDer. of Camden; Mr. Siape, . of Atlantic ; James T. Nixon and J. \ ao , ' Byckle, of Mill rills; Oonroelkw Houae, of Vtneisod; Col. Potter sad Prcaoemnr . Hoagland. of Bridgi|Mo, and Mr. Ricb1 ards. of Philadelphia. 1 The following constable* reported in rei Gaudy, G*Ddy Robinson, DickinI son H lid ret h, Samuel Barneu aod James J. Doal; Tha follawing is toe list of Grand Juror* ' I

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The Grand Jury was not addressed by j the court upoo any particular issue. Cammao motiocM were next disposed of. I In the case of Ed. C. Foster *• A. Bowe, i i tor counsel for the defendant. Col Pot- I applied for noo-auit, which was granted. t Two other* of like miner importance . bmrd, after which toe court got | their bend* together in consultation over i . tha matter of tavern licener*. It wu soon , , found that through toe outspoken oppoai- , lion of Jodgs Reeves, uooe of tba appii- | , cations for lioena* would ba granlod, hJ , vole* making tbe vote a tie, when a ma- , tola to* court staled that no application* Koenae* would be granted. Tbe list of room were called, thai of ] Frank Bale egainat ex-Major Williams , , sad ex-Pobosnma Donnelly, of Qape M«y . City, bates lbs flret ordered to Irish Tbe ootmael in tbi* rose srer* Judge Pancoaa and Mr. J. Miller for toe plaintiff, , sad Col. Potter and B. H. Grey for toa ; defendants. Tbia was the famous license I suit Instituted in August, 1872, for toe re- I co very of 810.000 damages, alleged to ' been sustained by toe plaintiff In hia t eelf-impaaed role of a martyr In to* cause i of outraged freedom and American lode- I pendence. Tbe City si Gape Mar at toe t time mentioned had but JaaS peases! through i a fearful ordeal Irons Ore, aod in oooseqococc its revenue resources bad mater- t ially suffered, sad it* treasury bad be- I depleted oo account of many ex- 1 traordinaiy expenses. Taxes were high, i aod In view of fbeae circumstance* council deemed It expedient te increase iu I revenue by means of a special ux upon I all businesses, including peddlers, buck, t tier* and truckers. Totbal end toe flnan- | rial committee prepared an ordinance, had been In force for years ia Atlantic i City, sad under which toe antoorilie* of I that place continue to called tbe greater I portion of their revenue. That ordinance i was altered to meet toe requirtsronu of . Cape May City, «at then submitted tp the I toon City Solicitor Jndge Pancoa*, of i aod having been by him revised and amfinded waa next made a local law. I Aa roaywa expected tbe new measure not pdpsfcr. No law of tbe kind , ia It waa, however, generally ao- i quiesced In, until it cam* to strike toe peddler* and hucksters of country produoe. when the authorities ras agaiart a ■sue. Tbe amount of toe license fae in , torse caaea was 83.-* certainly anull j figure, and very alight compensation for . toe damage done toa avenues of toe town I toe dally traffic at aome two hundred wagons. Some parties there were wbo pretended to be opposed to the Imposition of any Hoaoar.an principle, aod It was by (belt 'effort tost a spirit at stub- I borneass was sstgendered among toe track- i which eventually culminated in an ' organised movement with toenvswed ob- t of doing injury to tbe oily aod its in- - Prominent among toe tracker* wbo ■ ,,-U . i.r.H to Ik. mstrsr of I rromioeot among rue rrueaers sihi « . took drtermiaed stand

opposition waa Mr. Frank Bate, a proa- ' parous young farmer of Fishing Creek, t ' and be it wu wbo offaad himself toe I martyr in order to bring to an issue toe I : disputed question of tbe city's power to ■ impose a license within its corporate ltm- < its. As shewn in toe hearing of toe case I 1 Mr. Bate declined lo pey hia Hoense. He t c had at one time declared bis Intention to ■ , do so, but u be said, his oooarience would ' t not allow him. He wu willing lo coo- t tribute a dollar er ao towards toe repair- I ■ ing of the streets, but toe Imposition of a I r 86 license fee wu an outrage which he, < ■ u a free-bora American ritixen, would go I . to jail first, sooner than be forced to pay. I The effort wu to make It sjiprar that ; toe arrest of toa plaintiff, and his subae- t ' quecl 1 octree rati JC, were tbe result el i , malicious persecutioo oo to* part of tha 1 . city aatooritiea, but ia this he aignaljy t , failed. Ha claimed to have lost frran $10 i U 820 a day during toe three days ot Ha ■ . martyrdom, ton* making K appear that t - hia absence from business caused him to I ' lose that amount nf produce daily, when t ' It wu a well-koowa tact tost hU arias! I : loss wu nekt to nothing. I ' Tbe case wu gives to tbe jury abont I 1 o'clock, Mr. Ortj daring tbe argument < • for toe defendants and Jange Paoooart oe I - behalf of toe plaintiff. Tbe judge sped- ■ flcally charged thai tbe plaintiff wae not < ■ entitled to punitive damages, and nothing I ' beyond I what b* bad lost pacuaiarily to hia I Fifty dollars would have been iSra! com- ' r penaauon, but to* latent prejudice exist- 1 r lug against tbe Island oo lbs part af to* ■ i county was brought to toe surf sea u aa- < t liripaicd. and upea which the whole plea ' r ef tbe plalatiff wu really baaed. The < j verdict given was ridiculously large, and t r beyond all reason, u U certainly wu be- ' , ' the plaintiff a likely to have to content 1 himself with to* shadow of ooe-uoto of ' . much Mr. Bate bu gained by hia ingior- I tout course in Ibe metier. Ibe profits ot I , which be will never be able lo ratfte* in < dollars sod cents, aod all for toe Bake of ■ ' * Tbe^trt'onaedispoaed or wu tost of ' ! French A Reeves, of Oamdaa, *sl N. C. 1 Price, of Cape May City It wu an ac- • lion U recover toe amount af a hook ' ' account, toe correctness n< which wu > qariff Mfi by tha MftME Thr difference , ■ in Tolred.'wu nominal, ani the jury allowed 1 to* claim at toe defandaot. CoL Potter , • wu nrsinaai for Mesara. French A . 1 Reeves, Mr. Dougiats for Mr. Price. - Wednesday oaurt opened at 8.80, with j i li'ara^-sfe.a-i ; sassa/^SHhS^: \ a ptenof notogaooe beoausa of toa ah , kged failure of toe dafeodanl to give him • J timely notion In the matte* nf . claim ' I which toe mid defendant had promised ' to laok after ia toeuttkmeotaf aaaatale. e Tbe WD wm fur boop-polre ordered in ' favor of toe plaintiff. The next case reached in tbe Urcnlt Court wu on an action of replevin to recovecattle alleged to have been Impounded • Contrary to isw. The plsuntiff in tbe suit 0 wu Mrs. Martha Whilldin. the defendant « being George W. Blake, one of toe poond 1 keepers of Lower Township. Tha plan ' waa fanaed upoo toe statement that toe eat- ; tJEiSEass ffsnt:. - sssi TJzzrsxzzz - The evideoca showed that toe cattle were I, rriuraed a vertet in faror'onbe'defadl Three casta agalaat to* West Jereey

^ The Grind ^Ju^ cODduded^ their labor* ' porting true bills .f 'indictment again*'! ' ■ the following:— Robt Maider.P. Koenig. - R!S?*d °oraoB mxl^'m. Moore. Jr. The casnof toe8tateas. Nalbaa Micklr, ' - W**"1, "Wrnti In the criminal court - day, end roacbiqt Ibe jury Freday morn : lug. The verdict at tola writing bu no: ' reached u*. Tha cooriuaioG of toe pro- ; oaadinga wiO be given in next iaaue. | baartllc. P. M. Way A Sow are doing an Its- . mm* business Fire orotber* are en- . gaged ia the store, and mow of toe time , are '-busy u nailers." Toroday of «aeb week ia known in this 1 section u poultry day. whoa J. N. Kiev, . of Clayton, receive* his freiods u the ' freight room of tbe station and exchange* - cash for poultry nod eggs, which ara usually brought lo hia a large quanlilira. Joe. Suttoo Jr. .proprietor of BoeXley's Print stage line, ia again tbe happy father ( of a darting little giri baby. One old gentleman here declares be bu , all the 'mosey be wants, nod therefore. Tbejlnrge boiler for Smith A Jan.cs' new afjram aawunul was received oe MooKay, and on Thursday, under tbe direction of that prinoe of mechanics, Mr. Wil. let*, the 11.800 P Kinds of iron wu unloaded and mov- j fll^bi wagons^from the and two muics were required to draw lire huge piece of mechanism The friends of lbs Sea Isle City im. prominent are quite elated over tbe pros- ' pects of a speedy completion of tbe braoeb railway from tbe Wot Jersey road . lo toe new city by ibe saa. Tba rail* base , oow^becn laid from the junction lo the > A young nun named John H an cock. - employed in Kendall's aaah tactary, while ' working at toe saw a few days ago, atuml and fell with hi* left band against ' tbe aaw, cutting it terribly. Two finger* t nearly severed, and it ia doubtful if • of tbem will ever be of any use lo Jobs hu bean remarkably uufortu- > Date, having just recovered from lame- - nesa caused by accidentally cutting bis foot I with ao axe. ' Tbt aiuin* down on bqoor licenses by tbe . lodges bu made some long countenances In certain quartan np hare. While aome are blue over tbe matter others are cor- ' rsspoodingly happy. Car*. Samuel Young's retari. bow I building at J. C. Sbeppard's ship yard, la . toe largest and best veaael ever built at i Tuekabor. It bu been rumored that t tba* would be difficulty experienced in : taking her through tbe draw-bridge, but . tbe (wptain himself does not anticipate : any trouble in tola direction. The veaael I oow beiag palsied by Messrs. Lewis Townaeul <2 Bsaaleji Point, sad Jahn . Champion of Tuckaboe. She will be ready launch about tbe middle af May, and - will probably be named after oae af toe | There ia serious thought of cooatrucit log as entirely new bridge ova toe Toeksi river at this point, aod lo tbe event i - of Its being done a wider draw will he [diced therein. Tbe fretival held in tbe chapel at Mar i ahallvllte las Saturday evening wu liber- ' ally attended aod tbe receipts, which were ' be devoted to toe purchase of new ■ books for toe Sunday School library, quite : encouraging Owing lo tbe late arrival I of tbe freight train to* tor cream came t being too late, but It wu ail sold 1 out after nine o'clock. I Our merchants are laying in larger and • Mocks af goods than ever before. I Work la plenty, likewise mooer, our proI pie ara rood livers, and Sore business is unusually brisk tola spring. 1 Slinging, smart ing, irritation of tbe uri- ! nary passages, diseased discharges cured 1 by Bucbupaiba. 81- *' druggist*. Prepaid by express 81-26, 8 for $5. E 8. I Vxui JWWK- JGeorge Henry Seymour Lansing, for- i , Colonel of toa 17lh New York Vol- ' . unleers toe regiment of which toe writer ! died at Burlington, in this Bute, two . weeks since, toe firs intimation of his ' death being received through our Barling- , i exchanges Saturday last. General a ' Tanstnr wu a New Yonter bv birth, aid • New Yorker

. wu tbe founder af toe prateot military B system of tbe National Guard, of that i At tbe outbreak of Ibe rebellion . wu Captain In toe 18th U. 8. Infantry, . and in May, 1861, wu oommiariooed Coi- . onel of toa Seventeenth New York. July i tbe ISto, 1861, Colonel laming wu or- , dered with bis regimen: to Alexandria. and i amlgnrfl to toe command of Fort EllaI worth, la which capacity be rendered val- . sable service in cbeck'ng toe pule in toe . retreating forces of General McDowell afi tar toe battle of Bull Ron. Subsequently, Colour] Lansing's regiment wu attached I General FiteJohn Porter's divisioo, iu ; BrooflritoIn'i>«togbto«f wi^CTri 18fil *2 . toe 17tb lay encamped on Ariingtoo ! and lata* took part in toe cami pains of toe Army of tbe Potomac un- 1 • dar Generals McClellac, Tops Buraaide - I and Hooka, iu lam of service expiring I June, 1868. Golooel Lansing wu recom- ; maided, for meritoriooa service, from toe _ i field three timet foe the full rank of briga- I i dia general, and ooce for tbe additional 1 | nf major general. He wu finally breveted by President Johnson oo hia reI cord. After toe discharge of hu oommand, ; General Loosing wu engaged in forwardi troops lo Pennsylvania when toe rebels ■ . made toe iurarioc, and II wuta hit efforts - i that toe New York draft riau were aop- • pi inaml Duriog toe Outran 1*1 Exhibition. I he held toe position of auditor to toe Board . ofFlaaaoe. He wu in his fitly -ninth year J- . when ba died; wuan active member of ' . George J. Meade Post. No. 1, G. A. R.. i and alao of toe military order of tbe Loyal . Lagion. He wu taken aeriooaly ill aame i montoa ainoe on hia way to New York, i and not being able to go farther, wu re- : jtiK'sariifE i It ia evident that a large portioa of eur S uiss°« kU^^Kkmej.Won u nature's a . gnat rerasiy tor tasm an. 11 joe mow sore a 1 ' irll rkras tkal KUarj-Won u s certala I cure- Tbotr leal caaaot are pare ike Cry ea a | ZSSS^my. e« tUIMf, coteaMnat Wmttrtll, c* ■ 'tsuvsst 3|l5^ a 1 sSS. SjKl^'S 1 i ooow btqo, nw . i _oas yws^au . cm. re a u. ' t ,"™" AUyeeeSgbbeollUycaa. it I* now .in order for farmer! generally I I lo look after toeir implements and field t machinery, and take account of stock in t to* wny -of needed repair* and fixture*. I Tnry will bed in mind that Mr. Van t Gilder, at Petersburg, make* a specialty . at tola season of keeping oo band a full i line of all kind* of agrfaultnral machine ' e i quir*3*for mowers of tbe Crawfero* and - "KAey* pattarn. , r fTrrta Bast* SaurOj XrrtUat Hah.] Mr. Geoega Knoebr after having tried | ' Jrasmoa. ^ *rat tppBranna af Ucb no ;

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