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55etan6 anil (Sounfg. Berry booera ami patnrtk: ritlzen will approve the action of rh p I'nilad State* -Senate in demanding • eroplete lie of Government peasinoers and claimant'. Ii » veil known thai our preaent peurlonB« embrace* • large proportion of pendriorra win are acamlly defrauding lb* govevoioeni. «or1 bringing diagraa- opor, tbr bound *o Idler wbo merlu tbesuhrran tUI raeogoltr® of lb* country. Io Ibis and la every community (bare are caw* of pnutoMr* who are no mora entitled lo a petition than the smallest school -hoy who mat (be srrael. 411 sorts of fraudt are perpetrated opon (be Pension Bureau which would be prompily brought to light wore the um of (he peoiiooeri pub. Babel in foil. The plea of delicacy it •imply rtdlcukiua. The buccal ao Idler bat no rraaoo to hlotb for Ibc recognition given to bim by the GoTernmeol bit eouragr pnatrved, and ooly tboae who fear J ml criticiam <rf tbeir merit. at proaiuoera. can IV pro lion roll. The pebainn ltet tboald be published 1 State* tad counties, girlng names in alphabetical order, wound, or dfaabilitir. for Which prnai-ma are graced. and toch fa, tbr courts of eeery oonyQr. Tbe local papera everywhere will publish tbeir local pro woo Uata, and tboalorlte acre Hoy. ami U tbe tneaoa of raring the country mil ■raws of dollar* that are now eyaternati. rally •Mm by mean (Mem who prey H«B tbr nation 'a generosity and patrio. By all span* publish (he prntir.n litt, errry trnaanMirr and rrery patriotic chiaea am approve of It. Io fact no man caa hornet ly oijecl to 111 publication r* enpt (hone wboae namrs are not entitled lo I* there. It can wrong no honest aotdier; and it will help onorign to Infamy aod ponlabtaeat the meanest if tbe nation's thierw. It feU to the lot rt'tbe & C. Knight to be on duty crui-mg during the lair gale which ri tiled tfala man on TOoredsj night of hot week. Pilot Copt. James C. Bennett in (rem. utthal it wat blowing 1 a regular hurricane hem the north-neat, timing erery thing op. the real anecping the deck, aad lrweio»fliem a aolid canting of ice. The KotgU «•» obliged to mil ' under • three. reef foresail, the loweat cantaa the baa rrar carried. Friday mornlog the ateamer Yadrrtand from jkntwrrp for Phtladeiphia waa aightrd, about ailty 1 mllea from Oape Henkyxfl, bat it waa Impracticable to rend off a pilot, a. no ' •mall boat in the world would hare bred a minute In auch a tempeat. Tbe iteamri Waa unable to obtain the rerrleca of a , pilot till tbe got well op ike bay, when abr waa boarded by a boat from the H'Arif*a TMa i* raid to bar* been Ibe rough- , era spall at wlatrr weather tbe Knight , haa errr menu furred, bet aba atood it all . the met, withdbf a Brain or the lorn of •par. and eery naturally her owner, are if poadbie prouder of the noble craft than em. ground f,ir coenphdm becaureol the short jmutr at the misoianagvmtnl of the reboot i krelf. make a mistake In ma ukingrbr , grievances to headquarters. Tbe trouble with wane parent, f that tbey are too it their burinna to Inquire Tbey jump at otmclmiona upon the fltarieat pretext They aaeome It* graaud that ••crjbcdy o It. thing, and wuhlbeiracber.be onuae of another, and issued at appraltn* tolb* proper f„ the- nredrd reared} •■Myipt'mloS^imn^ ami Ire;. nrata in the Sure, bra Urn favorably re oasnaodad for (ha peril*® of Judge of Wrat Jwaeya— notably among them tbr ' "re'" Pram. How a certain editor In One M-> wiB docshtkra regard tbia ioet Wwnd- - m«t an taqwHtoeni outrage, and l , , entitled to impactful cuoridorarion at the ; hand, of Ookmel. Hamilton-, political , : rac-xnoeautod by frie^/opp-.rie po■nw fril.1 rn Hriif turn tha New li.-un.wiak Timm ha. ao timely a Jocai apptiewdce that wa tranrfer it to <mr ool. « «* •' *b° "^r^ rT*ri,: at. ihwrad aad trebf-wpioridieole, hi. motive. rnhjuigwi aod h« txmdnct as- , railed, thro w- fro! only a rem of tbrar- , about tn an totinAle friend But, whet, i jj-rasaar.t Wriie rahoul .ewre-ira la jSew Yeakara .-nnunare whipping manot be loo who peed bare the har'rd plpriat £ '*'*• m\ ■ghran nf the be« of tanchen- trnfalamr?

KrJcetN toy trie widow . F George iiildrcri., of CapnHay.oo Wed--3 neaday hrmght auk in lH> city agaiut Mra. Sophia OgJiiU for brench of proeaire — of marriage. Mr. Hildrefh U a widower, aixty odd y ran old. and Mra. Oabni. (ha " widow of the late Thomas E. Oahill, president nf the Knickerbocker loe Company. U fifteen yaara yotmger. Mr. - Oahill died cMkliea In Auguat. 1878. He left an relate rained at more than •500,- ... 000. which waa dirided between fala wife ^ aod Iklrtem CMboBc inrtilutioa.. Mra. , Gahili Hrae at 1W0 Walnut atreri. labia ' . aOdarit Mr. HUdreth declare, that In Mar*, 1881. he, with her coant. began pcying hi. atteation. tn Mig. CahllL In . June. 1881. be met her at Atlantic City •ltd afced brr to marry Mm. Henya.be " acvpted, -hot deriined at that time lo nam* tha day. Borne daya later be gire ' brr an engagement ring.aod abe promiaed " to marry hita in September, and In the meantime induced Mr. Hlldreth to bufld an addition to hia bourn at Cape May. ' At berreqaeat the performance Of the enemy waapoatpooed from Septamber, ' 1881. tn May 80. 1861, at Too* Hirer. N. ^ J. Mr. nndreth declarer that on May 30 ^ abe aaked tor a paatponetneot until Srp- ' t ember. 1883, and be agreed. They D met at Atlantic City io Jnly, 1883. r and abe. a. be ray., without amigniog any caore, broke Ibc engagemeol. aayic •: "1 ' anything more to do with you." On Auguat fl, 1880/ abe refoaod paaklaaly to many bim. He reya tbe buildm- aoe " cauaed bim to put up coat StOOO and be baa liad other lorere to a couriaerahie amount. Mr ICI/frwth d-ww nn! Hlate the ■nvsin' nf ' Mr. ldreth «a Bate amouo-

, damagra he daima. He ia still willing to . marry Mra. Cahill If ahe will agree- On ibe iar iauoeof a capias Thursday John L Kugcn, entered 83000 bail for hia diem, who moat emphatically denies all the uid man's assertion, and declares Ibc will 1 fight the cara to Ibe last. Tori "40." a A. IL, elected Us oBcer.' ' a' its last meeting held Tuesday earning ' I natal latino take* place Friday errning, January I&h. 1888, toaitond abich in ' vitation. will be ireoed to wlrre and friend> : of the comradga. ' Tbe weekly drill of Company "H" l.nt 1 ' been changed from Thursday lo Wadnea. 1 -Uy ereoing. The membera will (to sell 1 , bar this io mind. In accordance with orders from brigade . headquarter* an Inspection nf frxnpani , "H" will be bald Saturday eroning.Jaou 1 , ary 0th. 1883, to he coodocted by B'lgade loapecut, CuL D. B. Murphy. It will t> imperatirt upon erery man to aboa a 1 uroBdeocy in drill aad to hare uniform arm. aod equipment. In perfect order. Weather permiuiog "Company "U" will bare it. annual target practtoeChrut mas d.y, when three prism will be awarded Ibe beat sboU, betide the prise 1 . mcdaU, Ore of which are Ibe property of the Company, and are distributed In the ~mc ™J Mr. Ireac Shaw, of the old retabluh.-u bakery os Jackaoo aueet, waa ooe «A.a party of noo-nsld«t property owner* who ritted tbe bland Wednesday. He It engaged In making tome est entire allerailoot to hia old Band, mad also to lately acquired property connecting therewith hunting on Wuhtngiaoatrir'i. Three improroneoit are being agperin tended by C<*Uactur W. L. Cnmminga and now well idTaneed toward* comple- - uoo. Tbe Jackaoo Breet bnildint be hat greatly enlarged aod designs for a heart* - boose, the More and saloon part being re I modelled into parlor and diaing-room The hntlocsa of the bakery and ice cream i department will be conducted in tbe Watli- • , logtoo street building, which will be , : handsomely fitted UP '°r the purpose. Mim Josephine Buck, daughter at Prof. ( Crawford Bock, South 8earille. wa. mar- , ried to Dr. Edward Humphrey, on Thurt- ( dsy evening Tbe riupli.lt were orlr- J hia to.; at the residence at the bride't' , parent t. by Rev. Charlre Warwick, ol BuBlelun. Pa. The allalr waa a very telect. only rriatWrs of Ure bride's family. , with tbe esoeption of the parcel, jf the , actor, Dr.' W. 8. Learning, aod Mr A1 . bed Cooper, of the QamtU. and Rer. J. \ W. "aykr and wife (rnre^prnrant. Thr bridal party took train for Phllndelpbtaoo , , Friday murning^ ^ At tbe adjourned meeting of oouuril ' . beld Monday eveuiug. a fell board being ; . urewmt; appuan-.hr ft* lcenee were granted H. V. DWitlle, of tbe Watbing , ton Hoar; J. L. I ranting, Philip Koem'. 1 of the American Hoore and J. Franci- ' ' Green, of the Ocean Braeae Hnlei. An .dinar** waa alto lnbodoced extending ! certain priviMgea to tbe C M. A Delaware K It. Cooipany. for operating along tbe 1 each, atari of tbe 6ea Braeae. ^ Tbe young people of tbe Prrsbyteriac . Church congregation, tilt city, are areang t mitoriianeout ebaracter, to be beid hi tbr < new ball, «*Qtr Washington A Ocean i MreeU. aw Haatfi grocery a ore, on I Thursday eaering. 36th loB. Ikamd »«u may now be tecurad at Robert Hand's tegar Bore, or at S. F. Ware'. I-ari *etk BnU. Chambers of Life ' Saving Bullae Ho. 8», captured a soft , tbeB crab in the aotmda while longing ' for nptoa Taking P"T « «'» captive- J on account of Ibe uistaa.inhic texture c. f , the auiioo where it war properly prori- I tied with werssr qnarterw . have oecnrrad. mtiash In tbe regret of ixjth ' Every maa that haa a good wife ia rich : : ' 8. F. Ware, of the aMtonery Bore, J nest tbr pwt^ov. bra bran getting is . ; ' •" Mk. A Co.. « are doirfa;

LOCAL CHIT-CHAT. ^ Four licenaa granted " Council riood six to throe. ^ Court will open on Toesday. ^ The iwoust letter pottage is bound to '■ Hand's new market bouse b Immeeaely Ie attractive. Po« C. A. R, will install officer. ,e. January IStb. ^ Candidate t foe nest March election are cropping out. 8 Church fairs and entertainment, are now in order. " Tbe city waa Bock badly on !U electric r light innovation. * There will "ere long be demand for 8 It is tbongbt tbe day. of fano nail* are pretty nearly numbered. * Ctpe M.y City l.wea several hundred There will be a civil service reform aaa. '* woe of Coogrea* if e doo't miu fire. Experience ia Often a dear teacher, bat ' tbe i. certainly a uerf id ooe .1 limea A wry elegac: 1. - at silverware will be found this week at ibe Herxberg store. r How Ural tbe lie. re- boaiorra hat been diapoaed of seven,] our City Pa! hem ' breathe caller. 6urtling diadoamra at to tbe late elec- " bipt are Bill coming lo tbe surfaoc. 1 Tbe meni'v-re of Company "H" will ; I hear In m lr«l that regular weekly drilb 1 are held ev. Wednesday evening ' 1 Now let C Hmdl take ad ion in tbe mil- c . Now let i-unril take the

ler of thai Stockton avenue sewer. To ' delay unto alter elect km will be tuiddal. ' Tboae aauaagrt of StiUy Hand', are Certainly fine, and I. uut> keepers from up I tbe county are tun tending orders ft ' At Mtrcy A Micity't drug store ao elegant «n.,rtineot of fancy and useful artieVw, just tbe tblnga for acceptable C'brisif nut prracnta, will be found. It I. aJtouithinc. at ibe dreulatloo nf license petition* bat dcmouitrated, tow many properties on tbe Island are reoorded in tbe owners' wives' name. Mr. Joseph Page, Philadelphia, wu , down Tuesday to Inspect tbe jirogrera made by tbe carpenters ia the alterations his Stockton Avenue cottages. Cape Island Lodge Ha 80 P. A M. elect. In iffic .ra Tue»d»y evening, Mib in«. loitallBka will lake plaoe tbe following evening, aod be public a. usual - It nqnirea (10 000 a year to ruo Atlantic CHy'i police department, exactly fuur limes "the appropriation it lakes to maintain the same department in Ca,c May. Major E. A. GilleK, after a. few days' .-xperienee in tbe office of tin- new Laf.ytie, Philadelphia, baa returned to bis old n silioo in tbe office of Col no trade in tbe trmecUy. We oongratulale our friend, M. Tiermy, of tbe Duet WaTxntafl.oo Marctn-i omotiou to ibe second lieutenancy of > company, In tbe Secood Peon. Begi ent, N. G. Coundlmafi Hugbea. u the leader ol ic asti license element in council, bed lo atend againB heavy odtlt, but for all tbe enemy considerably. Mr. P. 8. Boutbby, tbe well known ,.ttl manager, of tbe Stockton, ha. been (lend the management of tbe Indian -larbor Hotel at Greenwich, Coon., , a next season, aod hat tbe otter under ,-.m»idemtioc. , JuB received a very elegant assortment of dress and .fancy good., toilet snicks, trimmings, lace*, ailk and monogram handkerchiefs. juB Ibe tblnga for Chris! ma. preaents. at Mra. R. T. Brown's, 35 Washington Brcet. Ex-Mayor J. Q. William, attended.tbe of tbe WeB jerley Prrsbylery beid lo Bridgcton M I Tueaday lad; aad report. The meetinglo bare , bum ooe or (be moat interesting be has ever participated in. D. K. Patteraoo.-PreBdrot erf the Cape May City Laud Company, accompanied by T. M. Reger. Secretary and Treasurer, aod severs! of tbe director, of tbe company, rialloc tbe island Saturday last, t opping at Ik* Chaifoote. One secret of business success U never io mianprearnt the quality or quantity ol your goods, aod this is ooe of tbe feature, which baa given auch extended prestige to ibe well-known raubUthmeut of W. R. VanGtlder A Co., at Petersburg. An ever wdoatne visitor Mapped into the Wsvs aanctum Wedneadsy In the perero erf our erieamed friend Mr. 8. A. Budoiph, owner of the paper mills at Kanayuok, Philadelphia lie waa down on bualnera for tbe day with aome friends, and registered at tbe Chaifoote. Lawyer Dooglam, accompanied bj Corporal Scbellenger of Co. "H," and young Joseph Scbclleogrr, of tbe Landing, tried tbeir luck lstl week iu the sounds, remaining out four deya and bringing back with them as ibe fruit, of tbeir expedi- . Hun « docks of which 43 were erf the .peciri. What wat intended for a home-coming at a certain domicile to tbU vicinity on Saturday night last turned out to he « genuine surprise party, as far as tbe vicwiat The chief conspirator* laaoed tofrirods, and on the strength ol their an ttdpaitoni had expreaaed from Oape May City a goodly supply of cakes and coo.'ec tioua, which proved a very intern ling feature to the evening's program. Everything passed off nicely till JuB before Um guests prepared to start foe boa*, when it ment bad been ordered by their fair bos5 llemen shelled out. A. Vim*. A few q oesllnei. to Parrots, Children. A unit. Cousins, Friend.. Fnat to parrots Do you want to buy tome utcfu! protect foryuur cblhiiro; ' To tbe cbildre-u. Ik) you want to buy - sand useful prearau loe your pararasf T- amstt.- D.'. y.-.s want to buy pretTu oourira radfrituds "ftTyon want hoy praoeau (or your reUlbmt and ^|fan p. WMtmsn-t etorfce oootaxiooa, ■ U* bsSdays. Mrs Fi«*i pi^arv-l to M roy prices. 8t

Dennis Garrison, Esq., a former vrai- '• dent of Cape May, but for tbe past twrn-ty-six year* doieg a Ihrirtog Jumberin^ husioe* at Mtoaeapulit, Minn., ia now v sailing bit aged mother who live* to Cold Spring, Mr. Garrison note* many change* 0 oo tbe Cape atocc be left, and iblnks that our usually cooaerTsilTe papulation nuts'. y he waking up to the fact that tbe world is moving oo. After seeing relatives and county, be will ret urn to bia northern homo e 1° January. . Mr. Geo. W. Johnson, of Green Creak, , list two (harming children— Mollis and Cnttir agud respectively five and three. . Tbe older ia g blue-ejed bkode witb golden sunny curW and cheeks lika ripe peaches. Tbe younger is a black-eyed brunette, whose cherry dimples look JuB . too tweet, slmoB bidden, as they are. to a wealth at dark brown crimpy hair. 1 If it was not far provoking tbe Jealousy of other winter days, we should my that last Friday night' was tbe coldes't for yean. Then the sudden Jump downwards j of tbe temperature added to the discomfort of tbe almost Arctic climate. I The pathetic narrative of suffering u set forib in tbe evidence of Hon* of Arctic 1 fame, brings on Ibe scene tbe loving act of a woman. When tbe poor fellow, after ' exposure to atarvBiou and cold for to many weary days, waa given water to wash bis hands and face, be waa 'liable to do It. A woman of tbe company pity, tog bim tenderly bathed tbesr for bltn, tbui Blowing I bat ber loving band and i Sympathetic nature are JuB tbe same all ' the world.

p0 Steel rails fur tbe Aoglrsea R. K. have l( been h night for tbe entire length of the ' road and tbe work of grading and tracklaying will go actively forward till the m work is dooc. After all, it will not be very long before tbe historic and man of tboae that respootled to tbe country's call in tbe gloomy daya of 40 and '61 will have born muttered with tbe great majority of hit n, oomradca who were ooly a little to adw vaoce of bim. j Tbe late political blixxard terms to bare made itself felt over a wide tspante ol JJ Tbe serere gale ol Thursday and Friday „ did d« a Uttle of mischief to the bay flee!. Tbe Union Oyster Company (had tbeir I fl-ri ol five garvey's tuok. loaded wilb b oyaiera. Tbe acbuoocr D. B. Harris, I bound Into Here fold Inlet, ancbored on Thursday last ouuidc tbe bar to wan few. _ high tide. Tbe gale Brock ber, parted j. the cable aod tbe violeol wind blew tbe e an hour. Fears were entertained for ber safety till Monday when the Borm toased craft reached tbe roaB and waa helped into Great Egg Uaibor bay by thn crew of Life j String Banna Ho. 33. The captain and e bia ship's company of ooe man, besides hiutaelf, bad a rather bard time of it, and .. barely escaped from going to tbe bottom. , Judgiug from returning shoppers this ,{ might be appropriately called the handi box, bundle season. Erctybudy aeenu happy oxer it except a few old Gisdg rinds ,j who are doubtless indulging lo tome vary Q unparliamentary language at what tbey II term useless extrarsgance. a Doo't forget to plan some pleasant surprises for tbe children at ChriBmaa. Make , it lo them a aeatoo of joyous expectation i and happy realisation. , There U nothing meaner than meanness, aad it don't pay giber. r The recent cold soap baa suspended operations to tbe bay. There are several I thousand bushels of oysters along tbe shore V that will be loB If tbe winter proves a j severe one. Uoioo religious services at the Green : j Creek Presbyterian church though next ' week beginning on tiabbalb evening. 1 i Lota of folks seem skirmishing about ' . the edge of matrimuoy. Christmas sea- 1 . sou ought to bring joy and duct la into Ibe ' c* paBoria purse, ' , Cape May is steadily being denuded of ; " MTTUfbtLX by tbe ruthleas baud of mao. . Soon a sizable oak will be a real curiosity. 1 Court House. Among the late guests of tbe Bay View House, Pierces Point, were George Heft. . J. E Maxwell. Cbarlet Greenwood aod T. Wilaoo, Philadelphiaoa. who were r down oo a gunning expedition. Tqey ' I were very ancoeaaful. Madame Oeleatca gave an evening's reading* at the school boose oo Monday 3 night. Pom ■IV elected officer* for tbe enau tog year at last m osier beid Hnaday even. > ing, as follows,— Commander— A. E. ; Lvooa, g. V. Com.— J. B. Spaoiding; J. ' e V. Com.— D. Birch; Officer of ibc Day- - G. W. Grace; Q. M.-J. Abrstna It. 1 Sblmp waa appointed adjutant. TbePoH . will bold a general muster and camp fire at tbe Mayville House. Monday evening. * 85tb Inst. All ex-aoWieta, tailors and marines are cordially invited, whether , . membera of Ibe order or not, and can , bring tbeir wives with Ibcm. A special . invitatloo Is extended to tbe comrade* of 3 Port '40," Oape May City. Master Fred. Bennett, son of 8. H. B . ni oett, bra returned to bit Bodies at Eliza- ;. beth. e Mr. Taylor's gang of workmen from N'ewfieW are down tins week putting ia tbe necessary switch and fr.« for tbe new branch road to Aogioaea. Eogtoeer Bannard, of the W. J. R. R., auperinlrodcd ; tbe work. □ Griffith Gandy liaogfaterad bia well Jed t porter tbe other day. It wrigbed dmaed 484 pounds. Comrade Shimp u ahead yi-L a Magistrate Pole, of Philadelphia, with _ Mr. Clarence Koyler. tbe well known oytu trr dea'er, ia down after the birds and . other game, their brertquarirra being witb , friend a U Howell. Dlaa Creek. Joa. tJchank. a colored araman, abip:<ed g with Captain Culleo on Thursday of i>B . week, and next day frosted bit fingers ao r badly as to disable bim, when be waa pot I ashore. Lawyer Huffman baa been to Lebanon, - Pa., this week, at leading tbe funeral of - ooe at bis rotative* residing there. " of tbe bui'l'T.v the oyster trade. Captain Mills, of Cape May City, is (be bulkier. Our old Meod and fellow townsman, i, Mr. John L. Steel, baa been confined to >. hia bed tbe past two weeks with tbe rbeuOn roooant of tbe freezinr and Bttw1T quest bunting of the pipes of tbe railroad lank, Ckpc May City, Engineer UatKLr vr - compelled to bring bia asgioe all the warup to Ibeatslioo bera for water the otlwr < night aad tomato Iffi next tn I claim lo own (wo of tlx meat valuable '■ "O'ipla known to medical science, and I S tills rf Sea worth Bitters aad Bra worth Cough Byrup. TWy expect to bs able io raua^tbtir horiixaa upesatlaoalo *11 porta i prdgrvraTcw a lahraSy At. tot tbe pre- - pnratimrcr the nralirmra Mr. (leu.

i .e^V"^"1*"" n- Middli Towxatnr, Dec. 13. 1882 J To the tow, or tka Ware. r I promised, U ueormary , at aome Tut ore d time to ventilate more fully the gauzy, ^ flimsy shorn editor of tbe £for of tire Copt. For tbe good of Ibe Republican party to „ Cape May. I deem b necessary to admin- ^ itter to this lynx-eyed variet ooe more d opiate to quiet kia extremely nervous t temperament aod then leave him to tbe ( tender mercies of tbe party thai be baa cajoled,- foaled tod brought to such a dire . extremity si we find ouraehes io to-day d After this Jet him enjoy bis obiaa aw iifniUU. By jrtmr permission I will sdj" dress myself directly to Ihle sham Bepublican editor. ; r, w. r. r. , . You did sot condescend to Inform tbe q Public that your Initial. W. V. L. stood (or anything else than Wicked. ViliUnoui Leech. Tranapoaud from any siand-point i you are tbe samq like the tree-toad you , . bare the look d. your bark ad Ibe tim* ' . and in every direction. You cowardly cajole, you assume Hot to like tire rarue medicine you have been administering to t every poor wigbt who baa happcoed lo . come within resell of yoor lash errr since you were hoisted into position by the Re. r publicans of Oape May. It woald bare , ( been well for tbem had tbey exam lord | j into your history and pedigree. You do , , not roodeaorod lo Inform tliem that you I were not a renegade Democrat when you , came into oar county and proclaimed { j yourself tbe blatant Oampiou of Repuhli- , I tooiam. You offer do argument or proof ; IbB you hare not done tbe Republican , uortr inlurv. and thai eoalinuallv Y.m rc party Jury, that

w do not attempt to convince us that you bare not aubtiBeil off of ibe Republican K l*ny ever since you polluted Oape May atmosphere with your vile presence. But T instead, like the dog returning to bis vom- .. it, you Indulge to your natural propensity „ to ibc use of auch epitbeU as "file, maq Ueious, atrocious, infamously false, wlcks ed, unmitigated, liauinablc, viliianouBy I. lying moral leper, cowardly poltroon," Ac. Silence would have given you aome e appearance far diacrctiun, at IcaB wben 4 you ooukl sot refute the charges by argument or proof. Y'ou bar* disappointed y erro your beat friends, (or those at IcaB L who were afraid of your slanderous inuour do who despise you to tbeir hearts yet [, fear you). Tbey bad hoped yon would ^ hare arisen lo tbe dignity of manhood, j aod assumed a virtue though you bad it ^ uol; and that If you were possessed of priI rate character, public sirtoc, or even com - e moo dcooocy, you would cither defend , yourself in your slimy paper w to a court r of law. Aa a rult il is daogerom to gel I into a coo trovers}' Witb t Ik. publisher of a 0 newspaper, whose moral diameter, skJUtj e aod bounty arc recognized. But cao you 1 lay any claim is these cfaaractcristicaAbat 5 adorn a gentleman of bonorf I trow not. j Your whole course aa a public Journalist to the county of Cape May disproves 11 , (JuB here I desire to make an apology . to tbe public lor making use of tbe ungen- , ticruaoly epithets 1 did to my former artl- , cfc, and in ibis, raj saly excuse is Ibal I fed ibe subject can be reached to no . other way than by using the same weapons this man it in ibe babil of using, and . I Bailer myself |w has felt ibe force of tbe , to feeling besmirched like Ibe fellow who ha ml led a dirty Wick, but ibe neceatity ol Ibc case demands it. lam following the I rantur. Like Peter Cartwrigbt when he I look off bis cool and aaid. "Lay tbeir . Methodist while I fight." Y'ou muw fight , Ibe devil wilb fire. Tblt loathsome, coocerous, gargreoous nicer muB be removed , from our body politic by ibe free uaa of t tbe scalpel, even If tbe opwaUdb is severe and uopieasaut. Tbe Uepublican party of Cape May must be raved from this foul, -false, hypocritical woo id-he leader, who iu , the language of John Randolph, "Btoks aod abinea, and shines and Btoks like a r rotten mackerel by moonlight.") Now iben Mr. Wicked, VUllaooua Leech, commence your libellous prosecution and give me an opportunity lo ventilate you fully be! ore a court of justice- Tbe half . bis out been told; language IS inadequate. , The time was wben the greater tbe truth I the greater tbe libel ; but now, thanks I c a more euligbteocd Jurisprudence, tbe 'arts cao be put to evideoce. aod I r you. I fear you ool, you loathsome snake, born of Satan, you can no mote be slandered than can your progenitor. You have a fair opportunity to spend a part of tbe : eight thousand dollars you bare received - for publishing laws iu yean post. i Would it not be mere manly, injured, . innocence, lo assert your southern cbiral- , ry by challenging "Republican" to mortal ! oofobal? Il would elevate you iu ibe eyes of your ootompurarioa. Ikoihtkra you I would have punned tbia course did ool [ your craven soul abudder and shrink bade with horror to ooulemplatioo of that fcar- - torn leap to tbe dark, aad the baity pano- - ramie view of all your paB life vividly a presented. 1 would recommend for your , r.nlrmplallnc Hamlet's soliloquy, "To be Now, answer me this ooe qoestioc, lane lbs Republicans of Oape May ever placed ! in uomtoatioa for any high office any i candidate whom you ban properly advocated until you were bought aod paid farf t (I now ask the Republicans of Cape - May to addition to wbat 1 aaked to my J former article to petitioo tbe Legislature or do whatever it pi narary to take the I publishing of tbe laws away from tbia 1 patent oat-tide obrvt and give it to Ibe > Cape May County GaxtU, whose editor ' recently nailed a rilliaooua lie upoo this W. V. L , this bouraHogn. wbo caa ooly ray to reply to tbe accural tom, "You are another." I know that to a subsequent . issue. Editor Cooper deprecates my form- ' er article, yet I do not blame bhn, for "dog ' doo't like to eat dog," dot editor does not like to eat editor.) Again ie\ me ask this ' renegade of an - editor, bare you ever advocated ooe single public measure thai was to tbe Interval of j the people of Cape Mayf Have you not , j by year rile aim ridiculed every measure r | that did not bring grist to your^'burdif j gurdyr Hare you not repeatedly aaid ' you bad no interest to Cape Hay, and ' didn't want to own any property ben? . to rympatby with tbeir imrtea!, not a r hypocrite. I am through with you now, e you precious lamb, you drltcaW kid; now , whine aad cry to yoor flbby columns. 1 I leave you lo ibe leader mercies of the " Republicans of Cape May oounly who b wfil doubthra deal wilb you to tbe future 0 as your port conduct deeerves1 llxmucis ' CLriatmas la riaise ai haad,"aDd If jou - - would base musses lo sprasd, rave ym aSSE^SS"-" ^

Webave been shown Ibe work of Oa*v* Composing ibe Atlantic public school. Mr. ! H. W. Band, teoohar, on tbe occasion of . an examination fur grade held at tbr rinse ; of its flrat term. Tbe school U tbe iar-.-rat ' of its class to tbe county ; that is to ay there are eighty pupils in altrndanc. »• ^ an average, all under the care pf a single , tracbar, io a room badly adapted and worse furnished for beB work. Hotwitht atanding, we ihink ibe reauha obtained in . tbia school. Judging from what we bare •ecu, compare favorably witb the heat in ; tbe county. Appended are tbe averages of two of Ibe dasaet which we have takro tbe fiterty of copying from the teacher's ; report. Tbe studies examined in were— arithmetic, geography, languages, history. ! res ling, orthography, oral binory and I . familiar science, map drawing and writ- ; lDE „B.CLi8s. wv ; , bvap.oraea «i(!5Sgsraons!I;."-!i;u I • » ' ^TOT.' • tony osernq). . . !*k Aau^Vulw'.^.V.'.'.'s) h Mr. Wesley Sbrpparsl and his gwrr-t- , looking Utile bride, are Miss Ada Hum. of fulem county, ore visiting hisnn- , cie Mr. Wm. Sbeppsrd, South Sea VI lie ,, j W. B. YonGildcr, the young Pelcrabtr^ „ ; merchant, is creating quite a furore of ex- t cilement to business circles. Both whole- „ ' sale sad retail dealers declare be is cutting into their trade fearfully. Traveling , agents even find their orders ocbsidcrmbir , -- agcuis even nnu uicir orocra c^uviugraniy

1(1 sborteoed. Mr. YanGiider is carrying an ,u immenae Bock, and is enlarging his Bore ® building by an addition of 40 x 50 feet. - 'Y Before placing stock in tbis building it 11 , will be occupied during tbe holidays l>y I"- tbe ladies of tbe M. E. Church for the holding of a fair and feBivai. Tbe acbr. Edith B. Eteraurn. Captain Lloyd, was laid up for tbe winter in IVnY nU Creek oo Wednesday morning, and the crew discharged. K Mia Julia Adams was greatly missed B from ber Interesting circle of young lady friends while visiting Tuckaboe tbe prfM t* week. She returned home CD Wednesday. • Tbe poles upon which the bed of Hie . t" turnpike road from tbe main-land at Bres;l leya Point across Us- meadows to Ocean I City iato be built, arc being cur. and soun '■ tbe desired wagon-way lo tbis religious , II -seaside resort will be ready for ure. , Revival mectiDgs continue in tbe Srwville Methodist church, with increasing tod trrcst. Several young persons are seen a: , I tbe altar nightly for payers. 'l Mrs. Amos Wbeatoa, Jr., died nt ber , lale resideooc at Sonlh Scaville oo Friday y night of lost week. The husband waajn u North Carolina, where news of ber death | II could not reach bim before Tuesday. He • arrived home . Thursday evening. Mrs. | • Whcstoo has Urn in exceedingly delicate f healtlr for a long time. She leaves an iu- i y fanl cbild only aix weeks old. ( Mrs. Capt. Aaron Hand and her dmugli- , ter, Miss Belle, returned to their borne at ; 1 Townseud Jolei, on Tuesday evening , " The two charming daughters of Captain , Jos Holmes, near Townscnd inlet, started , 1 oo a ten days' pleasure trip lo Pbiladel- r E pills on Tburaday. , ■ There will be numerous fcBire occasions j 3 all along the shore during tbe holidays, „ ' groaning Christmas trees, ice cream frsti- , c rals and oyster suppers will present their i ' respective attractive features for the gas- (. -' Irooomic enjoyment of tbe masses. j Prof. Crawford Buck, South Beavil!. . , 1 will move into bis new residence at S.-n D J Isle City on Tueadsy next, weather per- t, ' A mr-tting ia called for Ibe purpura ,)I ! contiderio); the project of building a Me- i, ' thodiit chapel at 8onth Scaville, to be held , • next Monday evening y^totie railroad sin- c ' tion, and to be presided over by the Tro- , ' aiding Eider of lb* diBrict, Rev. Wm. » ' Waltou. This ia a movement of much im- c porlance. and it is hoped a general atleml- , | anoe will be given. r Tyjitsy.. ' Dr. Alfred H. Blddle, of Philadelphia. " ■ spent a waek amoog ibe game of this c ' neigbboobood with bu fritmd T. S. Clark, , and returned oo Wedueoday, carrying a t fine lot of quail. I We are glad to Bale ibal Mr. Hand . ' Slllle has folly recovered from bit recent , . illneaa. Mr. John Crawford, aoo of Mr. George > Crawford,of Marahalville.is cooraleact-ot. , : TbU week notes the change in ibe loca- , ' tiooof oar paat-offiec. We coogalulaie , post-master See ley on tbe increased fa- , r ci lilies afforded for conducting Ibe busi- , - ores of tbU department of tbe public ter1 Tier. ( » Tbo new acbnonrr Mary A. Gorf/rry . 1 uipistoatcd rrraaidrnlib. difficulty In be- | t ing towed out tbe river, and was also dc- , C layed In reaching ber destination, Phils- , - dclpiiia. owing to the high winds prevail- , - ing outside. f Tbe new bridge is so nearly cranpletrd, 1 as to allow tbe passage of vehicles, since s Salurdaj last. Tbe Young People's Association will : 1 give a fair and festival on Ibe afternoons ' ■ and evening! of tbe 23rd aod 35tb Inst. j ' The weddings of iwo others of Tucks- ' - bor's f.-r dsqghtera are on (be taj.it Jot ' ■ an early consummation. 1 One of our young men wa* recently t token to oak as to tbe truth or falsity ci f tbe rttmor of bis having been caught in ' the meshes of Hymen. His reply was, ; • "Well, if R be so, I bare ooly to ray, t e that 1 waa not present at lb* wedding." ' This rattled it and tbe caiaihumpians did | • not lore out. r Ooe of our JollieM young ladies is ! » well known »ax>og«or young frtoods tn ' t have a special fondness for that particular i ' vegetable known aa Ibe turnip, "and abe ' I baa bean iubject to many "guyi" tn oont sequence. On tbe occasion of * recent surprise party, wben refreshments were > served, trr surprise was to find a spedt men *4 ber (a*ori|e. vegetable served in | f nice little slices tor ber special benefit, t Her Thanksgiving present waa a small D package received by ex press. Unpacking - U, abe discovered to Lbcoenlre of a great 1 bundle of papers, ooe poor liule shrivelled J up turnip - C. t ( T "I-rasJIe*' Tontc." • Tbe Great Female Remedy is prepared , by tbe Women's Medical InBitule of Buf- ' r laio, N. Y'., aod Is tbeir favorite preset qw tioo for iadiea who ore suffer lug from any : _ woakarea or cnmplaiDit common to tbe „ sex. It is aold by druggiau at 81.00 par ' " bottle. Iradiea caa obuin advice free. , Bamjatan^for aamaa of those wh^haa* j • mAL^wiiiaraw aoo, » aad ir. roaro \ ■treat. »«w Tar*. H* j 1

s Sir. Wm. O. Town-end. cf Woodboty, . ; visited bit motber and slstrre oo Tuesday, f Captain P. WilliLma bar laid uj bis 5 acbonorr sod reached home, on Tuesday 1 evening. f Miss Alida Tuwnseou. wbi it actually t "making m-mey" in ii d.iuliie sense at the e U. S. Miat in Philadelphia, spent Sunday 1 last at the parental homestead. -- . Tbe skmlng was very fine here oo Sari I unlay evening, aod all tbr yuunf people ■ took advantage of tbe opportunity to enjoy i tbe delightful sport. Among the merry • skater* we observed C R. Brooks, of Wocaiblne, aad Irrin Ludiam aod wife of Sea Me Cily. Mr*. Maria Rice, wife of rx Senator IM. Rice, departed this life oo Tuesday j nigbi at 11 o'clock. Her tfiraase was I pneumonia. Her family wcicalT at home at tbe time .of brr death. Tlie Itinera ! will uke place on Saturday at 10 o'ciork. j at Union tiemetery. South j. Dennis. I Mra! Harriet EldrMgri who lias been ' . time suffering fro*, a nerroos d I#ee- I der of ■ p-culiar ihsraclrr, nadakrn to I Trenton for medical treatment tut Mod- ; day. She is a moat estimable woman, and j prayers fur her speedy aod permanent re- 1 are off .Ted. Mr. Hay and ra-o. of Winsiow, N. J.. i and Dr. V. A Kingsbury, of Philadelphia, | were down with gun and dog at Ibe close | oi lost week, but the cold wave destroyed j their anticipat ions and tbey r ' i-ned with- 1 oat having cotemi field or pnqd. The scboiner Juhn Ii. Adsmo, recently ! abandoned at ■d.-ru * DennisviUc built j veasel. nod comparatively new.: io which

" Mr. Ii. S. Learning wat part "owner. '' We would any to yoor .Seaside correapoodcatthat DrnuttTl.lehas-IPrcanioc*, ' though not altogether so gifl^: with intclr ligenee as thtise of bit list. • Ire. TownB scud has the largeB and fine*:. He is a 1 Oapt. Blizzard's is selfish, and crowds everybody off the lounge when he wants Stagcmoq Stiles' "Frisk" will get upon the sewing machine at the window when r his mistress goes out, and watch ber "fad1 lug form," and wben out of sight will cry until ber return. Mr. Stiles' other dog is : a cat, with for nearly three incites in ' length. She will Jump through your 1 hands like a trained pony through a bpop. W". Hoffman's spitr formed loo en. 1 dearing an acquaintanceship with Mr. Goo. Kohtosoo, and was executed wilb a shotgun. the butcher passes through. How we v.-nuid l-kt lo go gunning nfrer dogs. * Duuncnct. A X-'cltne IToetlKOI (Son. In ILe summer of 1881 a Bristol (Pa.) family named Wiloon moved lo Cape May f A the season, taking wilb tbem tbe bousebold cat, a fine Thomas, called lieu. Beleaving Bristol Ben bad always liccu of exemplary morals, uever indulging in tbe dissipation of midnigbt concerts or moonlight flirtalioos; but it seems the seduction of watering-place lire soon winked a change io him, aod after several protracted sprees witb the hardeoed and viciously -inclined cats of Southern New during which he was out not ooly all night but ufteu for several days at a time, Benjamin took tbe final plunge into Ibc vortex of am and disappeared altogetber. Tbe Bristol family were much depressed at the loos of their pet, and searched Ibe town in quest of bim for days, but all to vain, an witb bemvy the Wilsons returned to Bristol, anil all through the long winter that followed a cloud of sorrow bung over their hitherto happy household. Lost summer ucy again sought tbe cooling breezes of May, and again tbey searched to rain for Ibe missing and tnouroed-fur pet. , and ao witb Hie last spark of hope exlinguisbed in tbeir breasts tbey returned to tbeir aorrow stricken borne . . Time passed oo, and lien's beloved image was beginning to grow dim when one ereoing. , a short lime sincr, a scratching was beard : B tbe kitchen door, which on ts-ing opened afforded entrance tn a worn out nod dilapitated. cat. "Torn il our ! trail ical 1 exclaimed Wilson perc, glaring at tbe intruder. Bat the caf Wily looked up and uttered a plainlive mew— a mew thai caused noe and all I ) start lo tbeir fret as if an e'.tctric spark had darud up tbeir respect: • spinal columns. Il was ibe long lost Ben. travelstained aod weary, but unmistakably their own Ben. Hia identity discovered, Ben was received witb open arms and food carcases, and the fatted calf was killed witb promptness and dispatch, that be might recuperate from the cflccta of hia and wear}' Journey, it is claimed tbe family that tbeir darling auricd after them seam after tbey left Cape May In tbe summer of 1881. and Hut lie baa footed it all tbe way" from that point to Bristol. An Age ol Truly, tbia is an tier on suspicion. ''apt F. M. !!>>•■*, of Ibe si earner William Crane. Mrivbuta' A Miners' Transportation Line lieiwern Boston anil Baltimore, wbo suffered severely from rheumatism, caused by the exposure inehtenl to his pri.frsritm, was cured fay St. .Ira.:- <■ : picion.— Bfton Oubt. Oararaa 1 telt.'ra!'.* imlS-'iXR'lftir pre|wraliim* aavr UDoe^ Il trill choorc llfW or Wows. Oak yoaT^druryi-i^tov IL EartiUoliiv Asrreu. HOUaarlpOw,' aad H4U. *" Ilt CKEU New Ynvt. ;yK-v ^tu: ^fli'rrtisrrarnts. C. PBICESDBTOBES, No. r. I'EitKY ET^ fitM BAY OTV. DRY GOODS M NOTIONS; OILS. VAItNISIlCH. OLBVs aad JfTTY, No. SI rgtttlY STKEET, FEED STORE, oata nar, ifjajtwirn mill nzv. WOOD YARD. WOOD LIT A 8 PUT. CKDAK POST alt olaaa. JJVB AGENTS WANTED. ^lrK-'i'il^siiS.r,B? ' 4N i I

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I«ira .it lreai''t°itiv*u.)™'^ Is'ra *. "raif mTuS,°Vrf° b*" ' rtB.M le Ifrl sbllUr refreSS!* usl 'who A liai- mads tbe iiratih sad itlra ■•(• of woraeo a '• IrJuVtM'Sl Ls'tiea ^es a^ be ^ aueaaaalall v tMrireiVI'rs M,d'iMlil»ih!s from ladles wbo base been i<-i n.aaeall. ears f „ "LADIES' TONIC" Is the Favorite Prescription of the Woman's Medical Institute tut Prolapse- t'lrrl.or PBIlax of Ibe trotnl, r Cne Pint Bottle Is Euftlclent. Fo!J It Drueeist'. Price. $1.00. patents: fejMjasJaEsjipr'jtB .a^fS^i'-Sssass's GEORGE E. LEMON, EIGHT BATTLES. ; lint lux I'aase d through 'ike liar, ran Old Soldier C on-tti-Twir.™»ra*tolnra Matvrro^H in!*Sara*« ^ Mau.te, Muelowr^UdaaoM Uarrtana* Larat- ; S' iSslSsSSPfe-S I- Tea. tbe .lortovs prerariv. as ihrjIwapPwili u " ■'kdumi.'itMmt^xemuM' Ike cap-sin's j a h b 1 d uiriu'wi d ql'^'—i'x'uc iT'lt'''' r'"" ml'llMlV'"'!" : MALARIA , fever and ague, ; I. C. Monroe's Remedy Without the use uf Quinine, WARRANTED A BCBE CUBE. » Which many Rtuminent Citizen, can ^ Ask year lrruuiat far It or addreas » I. C, MONBOK A OO, , r almost as bad.* " . Mbal Ibe Perplexed Phyalriaus Do I* Cause* of emergency . i SSsSwSs"""-' Tbe Ood re spiAi. bj the card, Tbe Quonc I lie »..rJ CAPCINR ral In Ike IbkMW Of Ike sgrgpr ssstm? vst , "y"ALUABLE 1HOPERTY' FOB SUITABLE FOE BOARDING BOUSE SCHOOL OR SEMINARY. Tbe peeped e Anoo-n as Whtla ltsil.al tbeoaew I- ; nprnre. sou tnusua u .leepm * rooms. EIGHT SOOM ItKIIH trtVXLLINi;