W«MMW ALL EOT* or PBT OOOD8 SEll>~TO STKAWBKilkCE T CLOTHIER;- - „ " — . T30HTH.AKD MARKET WTRXBTS. PHI LAflELPHlA. AMP WMEEIH.

-Soome and iSountji. a. rn'iiese^dosoc* pte**15 •SSsSit Z Ju»rni t ntxiHEP. iw Hum. Uallroad Vim Krduccd. liy-vwtsn: cxxogra in excursion ticket rate* <m the West Jeete-y Railroad went lain effect Thursday tan per order of lire Paracugra Deportment. Tlx rater be. imti C*jk- M.y and Philadelphia bare been reduced from #2.60 to #1 lor a round trip ticket good tor ten day*. The fare one way baa been reduced from ♦1.75 to 1.80. At Ihwvflxurra our people will enyj the Imw raie. nl tare In Ibta coon, try. and in rneomi'.n ariih the (-"tempo. , raor-nt* rq'tsiizxli.ra of the tariff between , Camden and Atlantic City, must un- , qoeriloBoblyredimDad greatly Pi curlcacflt as a popntar nw.rt. We are satisfied ■ tbii oweaaion on the part of the rail- , road company will be tecelred with great ■alidad toe by tbe traveling public abd . thorn iatereated in tbe various business , entrrprieri of lire Island. It has alao i been directed that tbe train facilities Ibis •raxon .ball be of tbe liigbrat character, J and reccod to ibnar of no other road la the j oonotry.

Ode that a result of tbe purcbaac of the oontrotting Interest in the Philadelphia and Atlantic City Railroad by tbe Camden and Atlantic ia an agreemrat by tbe offlciala of tbe latter and the Wol Jenny Railroad directors to Ion-ate tbe fare to Atlantic dijr at tbeaame time tbe reduction ia fares to Cape May went into effect. For ■is months all tbe roads bare been selling round trip' tickets, good (or three dayr. lor #1.00. Hie rale* a ill now be increased lo #1.80 for a round trip ticket good tor ten days Tbe fare ooc way on both rnada will be Increased to #1.00. This will restore tbe fare to tbe rates thai Were charged last summer Oeuetat} Walsh, of tbe proposed new railroad from Camden to Cape May, boo. ored our office a abort time since with a TiriL Be came lo see u» on tbe subject efAbe proposed railroad, upon which point we found the gentleman lobe qui'# enthusiastic. He thought the Wave Bight glee lbs enterprise a word of eocouragement bow and thco.but upon tbe proposition be was not mnly ratburiasUc. In fact be expressed his doubts that the War* was la farar of another railroad, a* be bad bees credidUy infonuad. be staled, "hat both Cape May's paper* were controlled la the interests of Pennsylvania Railroad. Replying for tbe Wate wb hare no beslIadct In declaring that its column* are cuo trolled by no railroad or other corporatloo ; and further. thai a ben we oreisatisSed there w wxaething beaide ridonary abd impractkmble pledges to build a railroad to Cape May with, tbe WaTe wil not be backward in-lending its support to tbe enterprise This talk about tbe Pennsvlvani* railroad interfrriag with the course of our Co f- May paper* is tbe abtyteat d-iiIciit Tin- c un pa ny Ins acre r atfempM) It. Ifis not that powerful corBiret lie's way of doing binlntra Cap* ay'* mtcrwu are our Interest, a. well u * throe of tbe railroad cwii|mnv. an. I wlmi. e.er tend* to the adrancrtoent and bwicAi of tbe place baa it* corresponding in- . florae* ou all other Interest* here represented. flu (sr. therefore, a* tbe railroad company'* policy i* to enhance tbe busib«cimc*onn' *nd -te >houM be ?nd«<l aborurigbted to follow any other course.

Squire Barnelt, acunradf of Post "40." who keeps store at Cold Spring, and aUa administers lustier to the satisfaction af the am rounding community, w as aroused tbe other mceniog about 2 o'clock ftoui hi* slumber, hy the aoise of the key of the front door I ailing on the . flooc of the h-nway down Hair*. ■ Listening a moment be speedily became cognisant of tbe faci tbat be bad a vtotor who war tamperng with the lock frem tbe outside. .. From Ma room window be ooold couimai.il a frost view <a bis pMnlsea, and taking hi* gsn from it* bonk Co next more area to rsiaetbe rash for tbe psrpcae at noes nattering tbe ail ire: ion. In doing so, bow am, Mr. burglar OTcrbrtrd the uw of tbe muring window, and before our friend Harnett, who was alone in tbe bouae hi tbe time, ooukl get Id* gun fairiy in pcolUon, the rebhe. wa« out on the road and beading at a lively pee* toward, tbe bland. Tbe Suture gare him a warm salute anrbt'W. sending after bim tbe coo ipSvHht* had tbe effect of butcuing hinwvranrata, aed may possibly bare rear bed him. Tbe Squire -bl* as Idea tramp who Tinted a blacksmith ttlop 'it! tbe seigLborbuud lbs same day to get a key Aged, are one and tbe same, and would For tbe treat atoatb or *o tbe Siockb-u lure bees tin: scene of busy preswratim. if.r tbe comiog ntot It was Mr Boothby'. Idea, .nda ouomesdable one which Other* of our hwtel magna! « might with prom copy after. W begin hi* prepars troy operwtlou. in good lime, and a* fir a* practicable to furnish employment iS'sr-^h spx-as where be make, it, and fro that tare «Hh iatt^and wiU be officered ufoliowt H. B. and nSTritr Iriil Ctara^ny —James S. McCartney; Room Clerk— J. 8.

P. Sbanami. of tbe Carroltoo House, of the Btnrterant House, New York! Fro tbe beovS: of rortala parties who ereWwajrewround poking theh mmm Imp bearr^^mrat^ the y^payr «M*eJLK U7^ ^--°Trby j I'SHf Bret retalai m.vii?-. ww ooeflrrued. ^ Mr. T.'H. Winiire.n lUa dg. ba*

j ■ No acre ice ,ir more nuing than that by I which a people commemorate* tbe ralro I of tbe patriot-soldiery who eared their common country. It ia bat right aad - Joet tp remember how aobly tbey acted, " and bow grandly and uaaelflriily tbey died. And it would be a burning blot * and shame if wc allowed those fragrant _ memorie. to lapse Into forgetfulnea?, end our caatamary annual tribute to tbe dead become a thing of tbe pa at. Only by - cherishing tbe remembrance of tbe great ■CTtflcr which tbey made, and by performing every dirty that tbe proper obeer ranee of the bcoored ceremonial of i « strewing tbe graven of tbe dead soldiers* t with flowers Imposes upon ns. can we i . hope to arecrt our right at citiacn* lo eu- ■ Jo* tbe pririlege. that were purchased ' with their blood It j. much to tbe ' credit of tbe people of this ooounuaUy . that each returning year finds Ibem ercn more' wllliog to make Decoration Day i notable a* the occasion of expreaaiDg the " heartfelt thankfulness of the bring for the ■ immense benefit conferred by the dead. The dey ww all that could tw deaired. t | There was only one draw-back— tbe cold j 1 weather bad delayed tbe coming of tbe : flowers. There ww not tbe usual prr.fu- . ' lion ut bloom, but there WW no falling off * ! in the spirit of Ibc occasion. 1 Tbe interesting ceremony ol decorating t ! Ibc sacred grates of the heroic dead in tbe * ' cemeteries at Cold Sprieg and Cape May ' Court Houar, ww performed w usual hv ■ ' the comrades of tire Grand Army Post, . ' Cktpe May City, assisted by the rrcrmly orgaaited ladies' Auxiliary Corps, under escort of tbe Military Company accaat- f ' psnied by tbe Cape May Corni l llaad. " These orgasixaliona, with their usrictuui friend*, were conreyed to tbe potnu dea. V igntlrd by special train, leaving tbe Island t Reuse by regular down train at 6 o'clock. 0 At tbe Cohl Spring Presbyterian church an impressive address was delivered by „ Johnson at tbe conclusion of tbe decoration errrieu*. Tbe soldiers

° Irere buried numbered some thirty. The « Tabernacle hurying-grouod ww then * TisiWd, and after the decoration of the ■ gm*re. 'be assemblage was called lo order under tbe pleaaant shade of tbe reneraklr ' elm* frunt of the church to lialen to a ' B irring and patriotic oration by M r. James HE. Hildreth, Cape Mar CSiy- , It ww three o'clock when the county a acat ww reached, le find a large and reh speetable repreeantation of the people of ° tbe Tillage, and surrounding country 'r Awaiting the coming ef tbe risltora at the ° station. Here tbe impreasireoeetof tbe ei- * of no stand baring been erected at either. of the orator of Ibc day. Colonel Jamne * M. SeoTd. Not eren bad tbe location of the crave, of tbe deceased soldiers been * marked, a rircumetance which prereated ? tbe carrying out of the decoration program. ' As it was "tbe flower* and plants were de- " f^rited^wiiboot order or ayatem, and the [• waakeo^C°cSx2CBcorera addrew was „ a maateriy elfort, sod our only regret is ° that we are not able to lay It before our J readers. The decoratUn of tbeaoidiera' , grave* at tbe M. £. church ccmclrrv si* j auigned tbe comrade* of Edward Tawna tad Pont, No. 70, who will hereafter attend - to tbe duty hitherto performed by their - comrade* of Post 40, so far w tbe obaenraw* of tbe *erricet at tbe Court House U [ eooeerned. ' To the ladies of tbe auxiliary corps Ibc ' comrades of Prot 40 owe their tineere : thank* fur their Invaluable cooperation ' in attending to the B >ra! requlremenu of ; U* thy. ' A Peel of tbe Grand Army of tba Ite- * public WW formed last Monday evening b et tbe Mayville H Tbe mtwrr wa» I conducted by ctsnradc Geo. li. Peikler. - Jersey City, chief mustering officer of tbe - department ; awaited by tiie Department - Junior Vina Ootomandrr. W. G. While, * of Vtoetandi comrade C. P. Lord, chapI Iain Post 10, Vim-land: and comrades * Mecrsy. Carman, Bpeaoe. Pile. Barton and 1 The* Tonowing"~mccr* were "eictcdX . Commander, Jamea Cheater ; Senior Vice Commander,, JnbnSpauIdlng; Junior Vice ~ (Srmmander David Rnreh- OiLiuvniiL. David C

a ter, BicbarU flhluip: Officer of the Day. f Geo. W. Grace; Officer of the Guard, c d Page K." Crawford; Adjutant, A. K. „ n Lyons. Tbe position* of chaplain, surgeon l if and quartermaster aersrant, will be BlkU , r at tbe next muster. Tbe number asaigSed , it the newly orgtniied Post Is "70,'^and ' :i tie uame tdectcd by lu comrades is that . of Edward Townatnd, a sergeant ol Co. f n I, SStb llcgt., N. J. Ooia, who wat killed 1 a at Kredertckaburc. and a nalire of Cape * is May county. Po*t "TO" wiH bold it* ' 0 next muster oo tbe third Monday ereniog 1 In OtD uiootb at the Mayville Houre 1. Every old soldier |n the lownahip should [ * make it a matter of peraooal pride as well t it aa internal lo come out on thai occasion, f * The member* of Post "40" are remind- ' r- ed that next Friday evening will be regular 1 * muster, and a full representation Is don "ired- | a Mr. Witmon WhilbKn ba* purcbasad j a the valuable property on the west side ef a bis Market Struct Grand Bazar In Camden, , d and it arranging it for a Urge clothing . n bouse, which will he oounecled with the j d all the property back of bis Market ttreel ' r. dspro to Colombia avenue, which will ' ir probably be ouu ifuprovuk aad added to xkgatat apieebouae which eutbrilcea near IMUlf tbe entire block. If our Cape rn May fiirnile aisli losev what thtsplucksf • I" i Kir'uiua^u in wU-n'ririU^ ' b tbe cit», . and took ibfuigh Wbilldin'e b Graad Btsar at Fifth and Market street*. I l- Bilks, wllna, ribbons, trimmings, drew i I good*, millinery, borirry, underwear, 1 )V clothing, bats, -abra*. carpet*, ell cloths « r. trunk*, clove*, jevrelrj', At, all bare i j sepdrete oepartmrnts.and can be boagbl a at the lowest PhUaflelphis prices. Mr. < * Wbiildia i« now one of tbe large real j e. estate owneri of Camden; la it I ca*b | e buyer, manages all bis b urine**, and is , l: ooe at our meat successful Cape May | l baysJ. Amtmg tbe gocst. of tbe Sew Atisntk ] AniiiiK inc («*• m , iim row Auinuc , this week nl Dr. Thorns* Reed, of Bix-

t leomh asd Obealnut atreets, I^hiiadelfibia, Dr. Keed came down In bare bis beautiful cottage on Lafayette street put in reatli- , ore* lor occupancy on tbe 1Kb int.. and . J yacht, lb. Flirt. The new craft is decid- „ rdly tl>e prettirau cf it* kind evar seen in r lltcse w at. rs. It was built fur Maxim. , the electric light man, oa deign* prt-f arr-1 ' . hv Mnwrlf. and lias a reet*d of upward* , ni ten mib..n boor Dr. Herd now ba* f t wo strnm yarhl* litre, and expects friend. I enough down to keep both bu«y dnring , tbeamnturr r The acbo.Ja in this dirinrt ritwrd their . year', wotk Ud week, c-ir.Ting a |"-riod of nine rewe-rntive nnntiiv The pupP* L who bare bees In attendance are now at „ liberty to do l*eUy much aa tbey |ilfa« , tbe ensuing tbrer moutha We may I* in i. -errur. hot our iuiporairoi is that wi long aa e unbiterruiurd bottdav iv led -for tbe cfcil. V dren. A« a tnauar of face we think t lot , if Ihry lad tbelr studie* sprea.1 eoate . creoly over the «■* year, It would be d ; ' •1 ; Mia* SaPa Murray, who for acme lime d j ha* rendered faithful service in tbe cboer k | of Ua I^atrotutopwrob. rity. job a Guard agamri efi^ll JOO And • Tfy urawar'ram. i

LOCAL CHIT CHAT. r srrjrojt topics suznr told. i PolBts Ptrsoul ud Oencrat. ' White bau are again in fashion. I Another advance iu ibe price of beef! t Fasbion authorities tell a* tbe bustle is in- \ evi tabic. ' ^ Hand-argan grinders are lock ward like Tbe Fifth Maryland is expected loar- ' - rive Jaly 18ti. Lima bean* are aaid to hare raued in . tbe ground this Bring. > Pastor Greul preached to a Baptist con - : gregitioo in Buriingtan Sunday iasi. Tbe exprcK wagon* of tbe Union Company wnived Thursday . Mr. Ward of Ibe New Columbia, i* ooe of tbe masr affable of hotel landlord*. I I M*y manifrttly hnabandad all hro " neantie* to make a perfect Decoration Day. 1 The Cape May Cornet Band did apien- 1 didly with iu new raoric Decoration Day. ' Mr. Al. Ludhun, of Denniiville, regis. I tered at the Cbalfnatc Wednesday even- • I M. Stafford, of lbs Colsonade.Pbiladel- < pbia, is to be cJvf at Coegreaa Hell this I Owing to the weather our trackers are ' inocb behind baud, and cariy vrgetabics are high. < 1 tegular communication of Gaps Iaiaod ! duff nau evening, ( Major P. B. Bootbby, tbe Btockton ' manager, wa* in Baltimore on business . last week. The reduction in passenger rates on tbe i Jersey lo'Cape May went into effect 1 the first initial. j A most welcome viritor U Mr. John M.. Rogers, of Near York, who lias been t the Island the past week. Comrade John diver claims tbe boner of baring caught tbe first abeepbead in ' Cape May waters this season. v-apc stay waters tuts season.

e TTte most contented man on the weather n question tbat we bare beard form, it our £ enterprising neighbor, Mr. Win. Essen. :t No ooe can blame a merchant for not e advertising when be has nothing in stock wonji bringing to tbe notice of tbe public. 1 "London Purple" fefebes tbe potato bug* every time. For sale by Fred. T Boerner, florist, near Jackson street railroad station. ' A. L. Mellon, of Ibe St. George Hotel, ' Philadelphia, formerly of Congress Hall, ' ibis city, la a gaesl of tbe New Columbia r The centre of attraction this evening „• will be Benexei'a New Amusement- HrnO e on Decatur street. Entrance also from { Jackson street. n Mr. C. Blount, of Koxboreogh, Phil* 1 delphia. has been spending a few dan l with bla aoo-in-law, -Mr. F. J. Green, at :- the Ocean Brecxc Hotel * Under tbe reoently promulgated regue latlonx of postmaster Hughes, the pent S office will be kept opeo fro tbe aocommo- * dation of the public ufctil 9 o'clock. Tbe Excelsior Hot and. Cold Be* Water Bathing esubliihrncnhBeacb Arcnu«,aear Jackson street, is apes for tbe coorenj ience of Invalids and tbe public generally. r Tbe law prohlbltlag tbe digging ef . oyvtror during tbe months of June, July , and Aagost, iBiaWes a penally of #100, or tbre* months' imprisonment, and will be c strictly enforced. c Tbe first strawberries in this market * made ibt-ir appearance Thursday at WUf liamson's store, and were appropriated to tbe use ol ^hi* customers *t (be rate *f For tbe finest and purest coffees in the _ market ask for " Dom Pedro's Choice, " or My Choice," put up iu pound psckacet ^ Andrews, \>hi lade] phiz e Tbe Ladies' Parsonage Aid Bodely, of t tbe M. E. church, inaugurated I heir annual , strawberry f rati vol season last evening in . the chapel, bat not till this evening will * tbe main attraction* be presented. 1 r^Pocfto bis Cap* - kin*. Die of the" Arctt'cTIoure.'acTOmpoos led hy hi* wife, 1* now visiting Long c Branch. last week be took in Atlantic week be Atlantic i

Tbe stockholders of tbe Cape May. A 1 Landing Railroad Company met tbe other day al tbe New Columbia, what tbey propoae doing about tbe read this tumanr is still a matter of eonlecture. Mr. P. J. Green, the clever young bori of the Ocean Brwse hotel, has been bury tbe past two weeks getting things lo right* and in brigbieuing tbem up generally around tbat old established and popular land-mark. Tbe roads in Lower township are being put in first-rate ooodittao thi* raring, parlicuiarlv tbe turnpike, through the Cald Spring district, which we believe la under tbe supervision of road overseer, John Rutherford. Tbe Steamer StpuUic Will make iu first trip to Cape May tint season on tbe 18th init, by bringing a church excursion from Wilmington On tbe lStb she will bring a^ party from Philadelphia, returaTbe PlcaaantviUe and Ocean CUy Railroad wil! past into tbe poesemaon of tbe Jersev Railroad Company to-day. Freight to tbeee poiota, formerly shipped a tbe Narrow Gauge Railroad, will be pped from Market street. Hetwcea three and four thousand cubic yard* of Manumtukln gravel bare been ordered br the Cape May and BeweUs Point Railroad Company for their new brack drive extension. Several train have already bean received. Tbe ansoal meeting of tbe stock bolder* of tbe Debware Bay aad Gape May Railroad Company, wa* held at ibe office .of tbe West Jersey Railroad Company in Camden, on Monday. The incumbent management wa* re-elected. Couase families as tbey arrive will fiad W. & Ware's hardware and bouae furnishstore, Ka 63 Washington street, next Catholic church. s greet convenience. New stock of mailings, oil cloth*, wash tub*, basket* and cutlery of all kinds Tbe contract fro tbe extension of the drive, from Mineral Spring Hotel oeacn anvr, inao tniocrai cprrag now* r east towards Sewell* Point, ba* bran ■

awarded Mr. N. C. Price, who began op- t eratiooe Meodty last with a ferae of fifty * 1 men. It is to be top-dressed with Mann- r : mnakln gravel, cow being brought bero * tbe Weat Jersey read. Tbe summer rffice ol the Wee! Jersey ] . Expire* abd tbe Union Transfer Com pan- 1 lea, cornef Waritlngtroi and Jackaoo Bu., \ , wa* re-opeoed Thuredav, with Mr. PbU- 1 , lip* rcprracatlag tbe Transfer Company | in bD old peailion, asd Mr. Hickman in , charge at Ibc business of the Exprts* • Oronpany. - | Yesterday a large party of our young I«ople, urarTkvl abd single, joined ia an . m (rawed hv boat to Five Mile Beach to , apend ibe day in picnic plcsvures aad in . vrewio c tbe Impnivrmenu si Acgiesra 1 and Holly Beach. Tbe affair waa coder t ; the experionprd direction of Mr. and Mrs. ] . iramuel Btihw. , Mr. Wm. Emcn gave apecDl reiot Dal . Saturday evening to the opening of hi* \ i ica cream pnrtora. Eerrvt.riy and hi* : s i sgagsg—1 The PhlUdtlpbD Preuht KsO^M.y | J »w»mpj»Bt' t< tba Hew^loSsjn i^S 1 (me thing which tba New Colombia baa ! . needed ever since it was built baa been a f Mr. Gsoett 1) Ward, fromeriy of tbe S!. j r Gwwge, Pbilae.-lph». be already started ; quite a bwrn in business ' bi. regUter : j™f , ' Wng list oT arrivals fro the , i s^.'wrsfST.-'£.: ^ tro UtSsnataatro riaaerxtot umaaar. It km.

TIB lily TqplA-a. Hie Bey View Honae at Pierce* Point, ! . under tbe management of 8. Irwin Mid- 1 dletao, D now fuiiy opened for tbe recrp- . lira and entertainment of gtxaD. .The bouae is new and commodiou*. lmten of fishing will 8 Dd bere ample opportunity j for exercising their skill. Tbe DeDware . Bay, a few feet from tbe hotel, abound* ' lo a great randy of flab, from tbe drlil cioui "gooder" to mandating sharks Srone fair fisbers graced tbe Dram Bed* . ooe day Dal week. Ooe of them caught three large drama. It waa "nip and tuck" , tor awhile, which end of tbe line wa* to win tbe battle, but a little of retafroce- . meal decided in favor of ibe fair fisher, and tbe drama were secured, i We tried to trace tbe track of a lone silver dofiar oo Saturday. It was paid by : u* to a man wbo did a Ut cf work; be in turn gave H to his wile; tbe seal it lo the atnre and aatlied a bill t tbe store-keeper took the came dollar and paid a man for . tbe hire of bis bone; tbe owner of the animal bought a bushel of feed Iran a peddler, when it waa lost sight of. Quite early in tbe afternoon, when the feed man took it off, if oo miserly person locked up thi* lively dollar, it didmany another i good turn on that one day. Suppose iu whole life amid be brought lo light, or still, let tbe ertn tell iu own ttoty : Mine beet Lyeos and his amDble wife, of the Mayville House, make a stay at their bamelike hostelry most enjoyable. Tbe betel ahow* tbat iu executive trader•land* bow lo do iL Lyooa D an expert oo game and fish. He knows juat bow to 1 enuce tbe feathered and finny tribe* lo embrace, and then to prepare the , creature*— done to a turn— for his table, i which ia first-claau Try tbe "Mayville and reduce tbe matter to an ex- , perience. That's bow we know. Borne of our people are yet of opinion tbat the state ba* do right u grant or sell i to individual* and corporation* tide. water j lands. Tbe fact tbat tbe Legislature has ] patted a Dw under which it U door, and ; oar higbeat courts hart sustained there transfer*, made undert iu Provision:. . made proviatoos,

' counts for nothing. What are yon going ■" to do about Uf To cross swords with tbe commonwealth on some phases of tbe Katioo, reams like folly. "But," say* malcontent, "tbe state can't do iL" c. And "But" aaya tbe dtias. "tbe state u> does do it." i. It muinda us of tbe philanthropist. 1. who, in visiting a prison, asked a bard looking convict, as was his custom, why 1 be was in such a place. The rogua con. j fessed rase petty offense*. "But," aaid |J the benevolent peiaoo, in a tone of expostulation, "tbey can't put you in prison fro 8 that " "But tbey hove though, " answered the Injured InnoeenL Tbat is about the way of there grants The stale acting under the sovereign authority of law, does make tbem, and tbe courts uniformily i- sustain ber action. Again, what is to be • done about it f It ix wire to yield grace. it fully to tbe inevitable. , . "Decoration Day" was bright and dear, i- ibe early moving son chased owsy every , it cloud from tbe sky. Tbe dv proved a . benediction. No attempt in this piaoowt'J be made to report tbe proceedings, only a T mere mention of tbe impreerire eyeot. „ Ae tba years go by, more interest is mao- ' if rated in there memorial services, and ' . without doubt this will prove true in the 1 j ymre to come. A pleasant feature ef the I ' day was tbe attendance, for the first time, I > ol tbe Ltd lea' Auxiliary Bodely, te toe ' ' G. A. R. It rendered moat valuable and ' accep'abie aid: Tbe several addreeera by I A, P. Johnson, pastor of Cold Spring 1 * Presbyterian church, Jaa. M. E. Hildreth, I - Esq.. and General Bcovel, were excellent, I 0 and lo Ibe point.. Just enough of tbem, 1 ' of tbe right length and roust appropriate ' in word and sentiment, is the verdict at < c all who heard. (Ye were pleased al the r eeoeral good order preserved throughout t a the day, only a trifling annoyance div ■ L lurking the even harmony of the occasion. < Pott 70, (E-Townsead ), just organized, i ,f «as in attendance, and aided in the aerri1 era. aa best it could, oo aooo after Iu or- : q ganizathm. H. { 11 _ ' ,'*■ . ' Hcrvlce al Rlotirande e Hie rcunloa service held at Rio Grande ' 'kr.'ii'i'f 'linPrtBff^'iCtaiV^i'' AstwtU ( g evidently the red letter day of Methodism | c at Rio Grande, and H irflecu much credit . : Grande, reflects

upon the pastor. Rev. G. K Hancock; alio . tbe at ber brethren, who did much to & ■ bring* Ibe affair to a successful issue. , As is well known tbe shore meeting was , j held for tbe purpose of railing funds lo . be uted In paying off tbe debt of the M. E. church, tbe amount required being , #380. J Rev. D. B. Harris, of lladdoofleld, a [ , former pastor of tbii (barge, preached so , , eloquent and interesting sctmoa to a Drae r sf^rral,ledlB lbe P#V' • ' A special Sahhalh school service wee 1 I held in tbe same place in tbe slier noon, J ; addresses bring delivered by Rev. G. 11. 1 Tallis, of Camden, and Rev. D. B. Harris ' I Tbe service was a profitable ooc. n la the evening lbe meeting was held in the church, and but a small portion or lbe a oJUgregatioD onild obtain admittance- The < e audience was treated to some very fine ■ n music on ibc organ, from tbe Her*. G. II IL TullD and D. B. Harris Tbe amount i i- of money raised during tbe dsy. In money I ana' subscriptions, wss #368 iter. G. ] I. IL Tullb, of Chmdai. wn* lb* founder . e of lbe M. E. chuich at IUo Grande, and ■ it D needless to lay tba'. his rid friends : d were glad to ase bim. He returned to his e charge Mtstdor morning. Rev. D. B. Harris was slao pastor of : . tbe she re choreh in iu earlier days, wa* * much attached to tbe people ef tbe Taker- ' , nacle charge, and who received him with _ great pleasure. „ Rev. G. E. Hancock, the paster, who has been on tbe drceit but tew months, is deserving ol much credit in Id) efforts !* to dear one of Uh churchr* of debt lie has tbe thanks ot tbe ceunsomty tar his " labor*. He also Intimated as mucti tbat D tbe occasion would be rerasted. If such l( be tbe cue, tbe time is Tan approaching when bis entire charge will be clear of d debt. B. x Tbe "Q. O. B." is tbe mystic name ip- " propriated by a band of fourteen little mlwrr '• of this city, wbo oo Tbtt.sday evening last held their first public reception b> tbe parc lots of National Hall. The go rats upon the 1 occasion irere s select number of their boy n riwwlnMlM anrl In mnl tfvlettievarilpr. ud tbey enter- '

rained tbem. tbt riris providing tbe feast J ud conducting all tbe arrengetneora. The | children participating were MDsea Bra- ! ate Tawnsend, Iter Mrcnr.Co-r. LwOam. : Justine Rceenisn. Ubbie Beouett, Mami" | Jennie A. Smith. FVmvire ! Kennedy. Julia Taylor. Ann* Heben thai, BepbD Ware. Bailie Hon.! Bertha i Willie ud Bddk Shields,' Frank ! Bishop. Pool Mecrsy, Horry Kennedy. Harry Jobnstm. Bwatn Garritao. Harry LudDm. Herbert Richardson. Wraley Wales. WUlieliugbcs. Walter SoiUi and , John Ware. Decttur Btrerf Amnirmmt Hall opera fro tbe eeaaon. Tbe place ha* im-n much improved ud several new trstu:.-.-introduoeil srncnlaot Tear. Tbe bond wiH be present this evening and add lo Ibe hiDri'.y of tbe ocrasion_ by the perfora.- ; aoce of a number of their newest sdrclioos. A popular oUraetino wiU ba Uv ■booting gallery, where a Guitcau largoi baa been mtrorinced, tBe Iwll'a eye bring . located In the tnpposrd region of Use aa- . rassin'e heart. On Ute outside an ,.b,r gallery wiH shortly he opened fro ttw sc- . ! long range prarilce^ltk tte" regular tifla , ; Tbe length at (be proposed gallery will , be 45 yards Entrance to ball also from I ! Tba Ittdira Auxiliary Corps, G. A. K . t r i Cape May City, aad friends, are reqora- j : led to meet at the rrasdeoce of Mil J. j ! Henry Edmunds, Jackson skreet, Momhty ! evening. Sib 1ml. at# o'clock. Mra. Era Burnt, Secretary :;5gayvr>sg^

t. Hie recent high tide* bare been the ' 1- 1 subject of more or leas discoashm ever ' * want to relate stories and iaddrnu ^on- * peered with high (idea which occurred y in their earlier btaory. Ooe rid gentle. e man whose memory aad word are relio- 1 » bje, aaya that In 1821 the waters of the c*me °P higher than we have uy reerod of before or since, aad declares that » It was the prevailing belief at tba time t tbat had tbe wind continued to blow from tbe same quarter and with the same 0 strength for, ooe hour laager, the waters I- wpuld have swept aroras the county Btme week, since we noticed u loci. ' * dent which occurred within the circle of 1 1 the Oyslersucn's Protective Association. f giren ss represented to d*. It seems ibar . J rager watcher* did not ouch uy , c oyster Ibterra on that particuUr Sunday . 1 * but merely found ooe of tbeirnumbar out ( r taking a quiet row aad picking up a few . oyster* from bis own bed, aa be bad a pwfect right U do. We say this in justice i = lo UtegcnUemu wbt» bka l«cn ibe sub. 1 jeci of misrepresentation tbrougb a (ID ' tort ion of tbe tree facte of the case. [ Mr. Thompson VaoGilder— will open a . lumber ysrd ud ice depot for tbe sccora- ; modatkui 01 Sea Iste Oty people. Copt- 1 laker Corsoa'e new yacht. Ma. t trlda, built by OopL Mills of Cape May, . ha* been given a trial trip by tbe owner ; . and bis family. It it though; she will t need same change in cuvaas to work with , entire asliafartlon. She cost #806. > Knickerbocker Ice Company bare se- I : cured four lota at Sea Isle City on which , tbiy will pDot an ice and coal depot. . Tbea, Iredell, from Malaga is tuuniog ' ' stage line between Sea Isle City and Seavillc station. ; I Mayor Well's coll reared uppDytally I the other day, and 'striking tbe top of the t far. tore tbe crown from it with l I hoof. It waa a narrow escape fro Ilil ■ I Honor's bead ' JEsflHSassflfKisqitii siitt .wary tiuguea, oi Lspc atay uiiy, : k visited this neighborhood "id Tuesday. We

I noticed alao Mrs. Mary Huffman, ef Mil- I « ler cottage, paying a brief visit to her e former neigltbor Mrs. Brook* • Fro the sttebpted theft af Mr. Steve. I learning's tram suspicion reals upon a one e armed tramp, af whom it is related that he called upon a man residing in tbe neigb- ; brobood. quettiooed bim as te wbo bad lbe 1 beat trotters, and being informed that Mr. r Learning bad, tried to persuade bitp lo • help steal tbem. Tbe tramp ba* not been 1 seen about this aecOeo since. Whether be - had an accomplice is not known. J About twenty-five young ladies hare 1 arranged to make a pilgrimage from tlie » Seaside neighborhood le 8ealsle City on - Thursday. Tbey term It a deferred May • party. At thit writing it does not give r promise of fair weather, and the novel sf- •- fair la likely to be Mill longer deferred. Tbe railroad company's force of carpenters begu work oo lbe station plst- , rorai at tbe junction of lbe Sea Isle City ' Railroad above Seaville oration. Tackihoe. Hie steamer Beuben Palter made u . excursion to Ocean Oily oo Tuesday, and I three on board enjoyed a very plmul i trip- Roe. W. 8. Zanc. of Brtdgelon, . formei ly pastor of the M . E. church berr, been visiting bD old charge lbe pis: week. Harry Baker met with a painful I accident tbe other day while engaged in toiling linseed oil, wbicb ignited and ; burned hit faoe. Rev. Wm. II. Burof Cramers Hill, i* visiting relatives The schooner Chat. E. Vovr.g, built at Captain Sheppard'a ship-yard. . Dunclied Wednesday last. A large ouoeourie nl spectators were in attendance. • Tbe new vessel goes to Philadelphia, soon as a tug lioat arrives, lo be rigged and . equipped for boaine** Another eicursi on vent down the river by boat Wednesday evening. Mr. James Willed". . whose death reoently occurred, wa* 78 >]d, and one of lbe oldrat mew- - of Tuckaboc Lodge, L O. O. P. Captain R. W. Godfrey- lias en-' i gaged some of CbpUin fiheppard's force of ship-carpenters to work oo his new \ vessel he i. now building, ud wldd. will I fcraifrr'TnC oW tier* di itn 'm« sn*n1 which D expected jo arrive In 1 few days, i* almost reedy with his new days, almost ready his !

pier, wlucfa D class by that of Ibe RrufciiY The schooners A. M. Bailey and May and Era arrireil ol tbD port this t Flora Lee, a young Ddy of eighteen summere, died Wednesday morning, surroand- ( ed by sorrowing reDitrcs nod friends. She died hsppy. trusting in tbe merits of ber blcieed Sseiour. To ber young oompnn- . too* *hc tusde-u argent appeal tbat tbey Sroold not be as neglectful aa she had been, but seek tbe Lord early, Tbe funeral will take plooc Saturday at 2 p. m. ' Her young friead* will proride a beautiful floral pillow. Flora'a denlb D one of the saddest errata tbat ha* occurred in tbu • community ft* a long lime.

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i Horn a*d Lot voe Bau. — Will be I. arid at private rale, a desirable boose and . • lot, comer M&diaon Avenue and Lafayette r atmet. Cap* May City. The bouse cootetos twelve roam*, targe, dry cellar, lot 332x160. Wil! be sold cheap. Apply « J. "W. TaoKraoN, I Office Btar af the Cape, u Or L A. G*bket»os, . jrMw . Real Estate Agent* t return tbe ranac there will be no trouble, .. otherwise U*tr will be.

38wdg Clolhine. UPSET SALE. Commencing first week in June.! AT OAK HALL, 6ti AND BASKET STRUTS. PHILAB1LPH1A Scoich people antf old-time folks all know what is. the meaning o! an "upset sale." It is "a term nscd when, things are to be sold ' out to close estates, partnerships, etc. Wc propose a sale of this nature. The prosperous season so , far this year, the largest we ever had, encourage us to RING ALL THE BELLS. i and call the jtcople in to close out. before the 4th of July all of the ( $750,000:'''E1:^°,°OY3, 1 I 1 WSJlt to Sell OQi to make purchases for fall. m_ 1 _.ii -„i

; We want to -sell not to keep plenty work going. | ffH 111 to Sfill Bit ■drnt cttai. - WE Will! Ill Sfill OQt to start again with a new stock. I Wb ni to sell ant to do a larger business than ever. j Wtiewliataiiiii. - - to carry out our plans when we are in the right, and if the prices idust be cut down to gather 1 c ' the people, DOWN GD TEE PRICES. , v . Even if wc sacrifice our profits for one month, the people have done 1 generously by us for many years, and Vc arc satisfied, in a nut-shell, this is it. The practical' point of all this is a radical reduction in prices from June 1st. They arc cut, some ten, some twenty, some thirty 1 per cent., and some, on goods prepared specially for this sale, not at all. Compared with April tst the average deduction is twentyfive cent. Of the S750.000 merchandise now held by us, about ' £500,000 is involved in this sale. From the great list which might ■ h~ "-3i&"p£rabf'8& ttoaiflBgfe Yflfibuutu, .aauc ami mraq, ' strong, neat, durable, lately worth £3.50 now £2.42. strong, neat, ourauic, taieiy Wire ill py.yv. uv —

600 men's suits, real standard Sawyer's Cassimcrc, made and making, late price £15.00 now £12.50. 750 men's suits, eight styles, every garment freshly made, some . of them sold freely at £12.00, £9.25. I Our intent is simply to tell alS the jtcople that quick trade prices I arc on all our clothing for this sale. . I WANAMAKER St BROWN S. E. Corner Sixth and MarketlStreets. i PHILADELPHIA. "• mi'f' ■ ie_(.

NEW COLUMBIA HOUSE. CAP* MAT CITT. S. J. 1 I». ""-rrreptaieat gasra TaMEX MOOXKT. "wdto SJH Profrtrtor. e jj. Ute at H. tiporrr'* Hotel IHltatelphla. WEST JERSFYJXPRESS CO., : MONEYS. VALUABLES^XND MERCHANDISE. CAPE MAT OPPlCK-COBXn WASIUrttmiB Attn JACKSON BTRErr*. CAPS MAT. PROMPT, SAFE AND RELIABLE, la casts'- uf Caretal awl Ksptrtroced Maa*a|in. Ml tXZDTB qt K"K USUVKUUB": BV rxst I'ASSSSOKlt TKAIKI-: ^ COTTAGES and OL B-TB uUoee^mW^ ^ T|/rT>ERS |ll<n„nlw ctothtag to be laswtnal vtn be umM brovraa pkUwtaipaD and oape Ma; si tee $1.00 FOR THE ROUND TRIP. lr mrf-wta Aajotelna L'ppar froiy BnlUms. JOS. H. REYNOLDS, Oeneral Agent. McOABTY & HTJBLBURT, in HOBTU BBOOKD HTTtSET. PHILADELPHIA. WATCHES AND JEWELRY, Wholesale Agents for Sihrar-PIatad Ware. lm C' sprotal aueattaa even te BOTBL OBDIM POR 8POOBS. POSES AMD HOLLOW-WARE.

>ttc ^drulismrnts. PHENO^SOg^UE. tejancmK1"'"" ' ' PHILADELPHIA Wisiov fflas WusbDus BINJ. E SHHHfAmat. It Siltit, FUk'L CiqiiiiK tqliii iSti, ui isria: Siia Oftra for Bala, at Low Prinas, tbe Laarataod 1IU1U1 T1XNV GLASS. Stick ui Mk. n»CI f!ll»a CLASS. Siuk. far fithra rtUCB GLASS, NtUc ffek, is D tttft FELNCB POLISHED PLATE C11& PUSCI UtttKS. PU1CI CLASS (k PMbtruAui' «n. rUVCI CRYSTAL PHTl 316 Ukt. PU3CI rum CLASB, 516 thick. '\CLISS NUO CLASS. 1-f, 5-16, dUitW. ncusa ma cuss, kh.1 14 ia m. rtriRi riranatt euro n l_j

EACLISl CLASS. tab. I mn f ATIMAl CLASS, X* srf rai cdm. rsExn c#uu) oass, pium u< pm mm IMHli) CUSS, flrsr iM tfcarct | EDHSD'CLAS, k Dran ui firfm (Annul OA« ii Leei TmL Sterol ku CBIAS IIBHS, Kit aS lilf ifbT ' PMM CLASS, 54 n6 1 ixlkki; iB nt Tofttber with every variety of Glass orad ra the craistniriion of PwUlngn. Obnrebee, -Steamships, Poaaonger and Palace Oare, rattoany Mm or shape, in lots to mit pur205, 207, 209, and 211 North Fourth St. GUNS n .'h 1 n e VL',U|aifte*Ura.1!*V<^ Kafro*!"' ' Larg* lUrairarrai UttLgtt jiuE. GREAT WESTERN GUN WORKS. ' riTTsar UGH, pa. AGENTS Arttet... l-ritet. tera. LUarUuT : B»«IU Has Wd. PtSSk.Pa. ScedUb Insoct Powder Will. POTATO PUGS AND ALL TROUBLESOME VERMIN. LEwaiifl" as tdsctp-r

M USUAL INSTRUMENTS of allklndeforaale very cheap. CataloRues free. AJdrot, Rliaii& HULLtXtL Box80S.J-UsbniEh.Pa. ^ATARMjDWraillBIll 5!T ELT8-CKEAM HALM CO.. Owata. M. T. - "piREE DISPENSARY! EYE AND EAR DISEASES TEEATED Ma u MUKTH Till KTIUtET, PIUJJ^IA. PIMPLES. J:,HBSdM*!3SSR?sSf|K£g: HxrtJBa^myTcn^lravDc^stui^n;__, DcSSl'telmiSn .1 : II KS . V A N DELK A ox * Beetman et.V.T PATENTS. Provtfa {CwmiT WjlWtjpiliLDtL. ^Adtbrax ^gss.Sspsgagg^5 EEEOBS dF YOTJTH^ A x^£-mxn «M_iegired tarjamftvnjtrr^ Iriut™ to'^r^theadhrer^S' tXfSSS drt-y rt>i?^BroS5lM. SoSar 6L. M.*^" PATENTS T^M*xffa*daB ^vS^SiJSam'trSlpllr c.'a.'^^i'oara^ ra*a''*» ' ^ SSStH NmjomjrBSwb ffraara* hry C. A. SHOW A^CQ.^ ^ , YXTM. n. DOO LITTLE. B. H. " itTrWAlU^H^Ca.AUTOMya^Lsw ,'SS3^ALl??a5ST1Si|i.