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>»•— PW Annum. In Ad.nci Ian 6 anil tSoiinfg. Service* will be held in. mm row (Sueday) in l he Bcptl-t church, morning and evening, -at fA80 a. n>. , sod 7 o'clock, p. m. Preaching by Ret. Tbsnpliilai Price, Jr.. of Tnehenou, ton of Dr. T.' Price, formerly of ibis county. The public are cordially invited. When professedly members of church. In order t. engraft on the body politic certain political ud «ocUl views ud opinlooi which Ibry advaca'-c, rcoort to puttie charge* against their fellow membet* of violating their dulie* at dirirtkn ' their ran, they arc morally (if not legal - W golliy of slander, ud cxpoae their own religion to pwMic orn.ore and condemnation; bat when they for the aame renaoo, io an ooderbanded and ungrntirmanly manner, circulate dx-timeoU among Ibe JxMit, giving the namea of citirea., ■who hare bad the courage to exercise their own rlgbla at frermrn under the la we of the land, and inainuaiiog in term' not to be mtanderat/xxl. thai the* are Dot good member* of church or good cititeni, without at the aame lime having tbr tmWt, tber rxpoac thrtntelrc* In ihe jmlUe, at men who would ttonp to uy mean and enolemptible tcbrme to carry out tbei: own vkwi. and do arrioos damage to the): own oauae. Each one of tbem while wrapping bimaelf up in the garb of aanotily. ahd raying In bit fellow men, "1 am holier than I boo," bat ahuwn that be bat no and but little knowledge of the duties of • good citiien. The pmhUt know that extremists arc ever the lane of good govTbe life Having -Service a at origins led by the State of New Jersey. When the ideas of a few men were presented to the then Representative from the Trenton DkUiti, War. A- Newell, Ihe hill embodying the tome was introduced by htm in 1847 to tbe American Congress. Since the paaaage of tbe bUl the terrier has beoome one of a nailonal diameter; its duIlea have been well performed, and great rtauila lave flowed fromamall beginnings The officer* and men who have been faithful In bringing that service up to Its present standard are not dispoet-d to be < trantf erred bodily to a department in 1 wbaee superior they have no confidence, J and who never knew ibe value of such ; a service until it bad been made to prove I Itself by those engaged in it. No lands- ; la entrust arautand even to a 1,—nrt 0f a department who koowa nothing of tbr (Ustirguiablng prints ol veearlt of ever) gmile ud rut Tbe idea that tbe Life Saving Service, and more than that, tbe Revenue Marine Service, should be transfenod to Secretary Chandler's tender care, ' is ons act far a moment to he entertained. Nooe attached to either terrier daaire such a dutlgs We speak facta. Coogremmu-elnc! Pencil, of tbis insisting 10 tbe Life Sating Service, and In order to obtain a practical Insight into its . working and maoag- roenl he proposes via. 1 lting our Chpe 44wy stations as soon as bis fi dutie* as Senator from Gluooeater oounly are concluded, and before assuming Iboae which will call biro to Washington. In move-nation with Mr. Ferrell at Trrntoo ■ Monday he assured us that one of tbe ' first mossurm which should receive bis 1 attention would be ibe securing to tbe i men composing the Life Ssving Service along Uk Atlantic coast better pay than they are now receiving, which it is well known la scarcely sufficient lo keep their famines la maim decency ud comfort- | "A victimised young man" write* as '• bow he has been doped by the wilt* end I ■ fascinations of a certain young lady living ' la the Immediate vidnlty of tbe Island, and desire* to warn bis male friends to beware of tbcae heroic feminine* who carry butcher knives about them as a protection against panthers, sad are in Ibe room while entertaining gentlemen' visitor*. Said yoong ladies, be writes. J, art frequent promenaders on tbe board- , walk along tbe turnpike, ud may easily * be recognised by tbeir forwardness before > ' , ! Tbe Coast Ptiot oorreependent from ' QspeMaymekee tbe following rvdereno to our iooel chief magistrate.. which we * lake pleasure in transferring lo tbe columns of tbe WarsHoc. F. J. Meivio will be a popular . people's ewndidatr to suooeed himself, in the spring c3eoUao.lt be desires tbr place Mr. Metvin has dooe much for Cape May. ,i as is chief municipal officer, hia nomina- ^ lion would be abocl equal to a victory t srs/srs : iii.roials have been pnweuted to Ui Honor. bj admiring friends daring bis locumRegular monthly Parting of tbe dime- » tors of tbe Cue Mar Saving Fund A c iljUnicf Association next Monday creo-intt-wbro aohacriptiooa to new eerie* of c snefc will be received and cert i Scales is- ,, sued. Panics wishing to take stock in , the new Htisa^nd not ounvcoieatly eble to attend the meeting in parson, can - bare tbeir names presented cither through tbe , S-cmarr - -Mr. K. C. Price— or Uirough , tbe Trrwsorer-Mr. I. H. Smith. ,, Thie M the kind of wrwllxu that require# ° the warmrat kind of clothing tor the chlldres, especially Ihe lltlic ooce. Parents q taking oxagha and colds, scarlet fever and '? diphtheria, will do wrl! to eee to it that t! Tbeir tret an comfortably shod and the . legs warmly covered. by Councilman Hughes, art Dementing j IhtpiVA jsibersrs lhapmesi wurk at the „ Pennsylvania State Capital. A hffi re- , .. jwvtof s lose the Ixwtaklure, and with cvrry pros- , pert o' lis becoming a law, as It certainly The lWi utmafenoampmrnl of tbe department of New Jersey of the Grand ,. Army ut tbr Kepu' .Ik wiB be held Uie j naming wash in Traot,ic,*(muueaciu«! „ Tbunday and eooiinmn* in seaman two , higw stieu-ievi gathering of the kind ye; , bald a this aula, c Bow ussy do spHw and wtggk ud P twua fim Wv: furecaast and then tali fixenaoat. but tots *ih ge* skituxd for all p that-^Vou wrart ft* eaiurf ihoy » }, *0"1* 41 lu* j b f

s*) Al a regular meeting pf Edward Town- 1 f"> 1 need Post. No. TO . G. A- K-, bedtf BaturI day trcning at the Coort House, the*following Am were dnly installed by. P. C. Duke, of Post "W^Com mender, A. E Lyons; Senior Vice Com mender —John — ■ Spalding; Junior V. Ccumaoder— D. D. : Bitch; huigeoo— Dr. J. D. Linton: Chap j lain— Rev, W. L- Jones; Adjotut-R. 8. =r JSIiimp; Offlcp-.o! ibe Day— George ^ Grace; Sergranl Major-, Alex Douglai*;' uo Quartermaster Scvgt.— John Learning. md Considering the unfavorabisoeai of the _p weather and Ibe dlataace moat of tbe ccmcz, ndoa had to come, the allendaooe was rr. Very good, among tbe number being a delegation of four eomradca from Post "•40," of Cape May City. .jj The public installation of the officer* of tlc John Mrcray Poet, No. 46, G. A. IL, this D(j city,' whidi took place last crrnlcg at tbe armory of Company "H," was In every particular u enjoyable affair, and diaracmn ten tod throughout by ibat spirit of aocta- ^ bllll/ and good humor whidi iiermealca l]. all gatherings lo which the oU -soldier tiedr ment Is tbe osotmlllng feature. Moat of | tbe comrade* were in their uniform suits ' n( of blue and looked like the veterans that f lt tbey were. Senior Past Post Commander , nR A- C. Gile, assisted by P. C„ F. K. Duke, ( u installed tbe officer*, making an appropri- ^ ale address. The following are tbe officers ' bl. installed:— I'nat OtMunande-rll. W. Saw- ' n, yen S. V. C.-J. W«ley Coraoo;. J. V. C. — Whl Farrow; Quartermaster- J. H. t u. Csrman; Surgeon— Dr. James Mscraj; I Adjutant— C. S. Magralh: Officer of the « h. Day— Samuel C. Bartoo; Chaplain— J. D. c ^ 'Ayet*; Officer of tbe Guard— John Spen- , ccr; SergU Major— John Reeves. c Ad dresses were made by the newly in- t. ^ stalled Commander and other of tbe com- » p. fades, after which refnahmenis were j. passed sTouo.1, and then followed tbe in- , ■j. formal exercises of tbe entertainment, |, >„ including music and romping. In one of n f, Ibe addresses altenlion was called to the * 3f fact that tbe work of tbe G. A- IL is to 11 u extend a beiping band to tbe needy, <*c_, (i , ud that iu work of beneficence la not ;, confined to those opoo lie rolls, but ex- •! t.-nris to every soldier wbo bad fought for 1 d his country ud whom mivfortune makes J, ^ a proprv subject for the care of hia com- ( rsdes-in-armt. No union soldier, whether

enrolled is the G. A. R. or not will be al- ° I .wed lo suffer nor hia body wul decent :- burial while a comrade of tbe G. A. R. B has tbe power to perform tbear duties -Nix ere tbe widows ud orphan* of the 1 dead neglected. ' At tbe regular session of Ibe Poet held |. prior to tbe iosullatioo thl following re*oi lution was adopted ud ordered to be pub- * liabed:lixaDOt'aBTue Job* Mbcbat Post, > " ' No. 40, G. A. R s Braoieed, That tbe members of this Poet e desire* to exprem tbeir iinocre and rarrxat n thadks to tbe laojewand gentlemeo who so kindly volunteered their services as ul- ' rnt al tbe isle enienainmerii in aid of this Po*t; alto to tbe ladies who took pen in 1- ibe tableaux, and wbo, by their kind exerof the entertalnmrnt. 3 A. C. GIL*. ) » J. H. Casks*. Cammillee. , & C. Babtox, 1 Kea Grove Holloing Aasocia1 tldn. ' Tbe eighth annus! meeting of the stockholders of the bca Grove Building Asaociatiun was held Maoday evening, when ihe following officers were elected for the to- ' ruing year: President- William Beatty. \*loo PreMdent-C- SimpaoB. Secretary- W. G. Hughes. Treasurer— J. Harry Hugbea. i Directors — C. Sinipaju, Robt. Reatty. ■ jis 11. llama, John II. Bcnezel, J. Harry - A. IL Hamilton, A. W. Bpriogrr. i abstkact ov acditobs' kbiobt ox thk ubs , obovx bi-iuj1.TO saaociATios. i After a careful elimination Ibe udltora , report the codiiion of. the amodaiion j January 1st, 1S«, as follower— 1 Dees pM IB sjrisn r Tlie asawstion has 865 active shares . divided into four aerial, the value of each aerie* bang as follows: I ■-! srett* ire stares t-<r « per •Saretr;,MS l I E - 5 - ' 'SS " > W. G. one hbs, > " > Robt. Bbattt. ■ Auditor*. DB. H. A- Kbxxxdt,) Cause dye Hoax coupling. Tbe Sdntifc Anurwas of the 18lh insL gives an Illustrated deacriplioc of the destruction and manner of applicaiioo of tbe new boee coupling recently invented ' and just pa ten led by one of oar City ) Coonci Iman W. F. Cassedr. of the firm of WUIiama A Casaedy, arefailecu anil builders. Tbe new coupling is s dended improvement over toe one flrvt i.uwn et tbe Peleot office by Mr. Casaedy and with which tbe trial teat was made in ill.# city some week* ago when it sucoraafnlly Mood a pressure of 885 pound* to the square inch. Tbis coupling is designed to simplify the process of uniting sections of fire boee, and it it not saying too much that In more than ooe reaped invention is all that could be desired. The two halves of the new oeopling are exactly alike, an that it makes no differeacebow the ends of the boas sections are arranged. This obviates the delay and inconvenience of baring to change the length* of bone as tbey nave to be ererv time User ere put in service with tbe oklfajfaiooed cnupiers. it also does sway witb the use of * spanner, and one pcr*oo tiooa, wlthoot the ft *c of tools of any description. as easily and much quicker than at present. This am even be done readily in tbe dark, owing to its thuplicity of cocsrrootkm. Lach half of the coupling baa latch h breed to it, which partir encircles it, and is aprrtnmd near its free end fit over a beveled nib on the other half "I tbe ooopHng. In the face of each coupling there Is an annular space for tbe pacaiag ring, whnb makes the joint tight. The coupling is adapted lo steam as well as w^ur pipes where a temporary cooneclloo u required, and In ordinary service there is nu pnesUaHtyof Ma flying apart. For all kinds of drf gauds, trimmings bees, and notions of every dracripUoo. r» to tbe old reliable More of Mix R_ T S3 Weabingtoo street. Her Mock r.notat the chaup, washy Had. tbe adds sod crwM^ a tackrapt eaie or ea aocti m • wholesale eaubliahments. and paid fori upon^a cash ta«--a^Oustixnere areinrii.it Tbe Behooner D. M. AnOtmf, Cap- 1 1 tain Evana, went ashore on Hereford uf Cajx. May Court House Saturdiy lAst. hut was p* off Moodar, by 1 tbe GoaM Wrecking Cuaipany. with Hie aa*iaooe of tbe crew of Isle baring 8UUsn No. 8A she was mrrying a general «go, the bulk of which were fiaMmn ap- » ^ 4 [ ,TV.P«»J. »bc «o*k by miMaka tbe ! paw) thaw; frem the paaseogar earnf the | tbe owner

J liOCAL CHIT-CHAT. r- I'oln In V'ersouu! and General. How many poonda make a ton of cuaT J this year? It it always In order lo growl about ' , y°°r ge* bill. ' Itnmenie acboola of codfish have been , scsaioo of lau along this coast. . , . Jiajor G. W. Smith and wife have been "vBitiag New York Ibe prevent week. '■ There ere teid to be 818 dlfferet ways ' in which a quarter of a dollar can be changed. S Tbe frec-liM on tbe Del. Bay road has been cut down conaideiaCly. under lu new t management. ■ There it every indication that there w IU be no scarcity of candidates al the ensuf suing spring elect ion. L might to be^m good frail yea r.^ There' has f been abundant tleeL Ex-Sheriff Adams and Sheriff Cotton were among the passenger* deposited hare , by the morning express Tuesday. ; circus ever organized. It'll same- , lime* start a pretty lively -ne, loo. Tbe netripaper Maieim-xit thai oooduc- . ' lor Mnlliner bad re*ign:<l hia potitkxi in ihe Weal Jersey Kail on I service was incorrect. Mr. Wm Kw n was taking no risks on 1 tbr ice qucatliui this year, sod so. managed i be the first u> secure a crop sufficient to ■ fill hia house since Monday. | Tbe storm of last week inflicted cooild . "*1 lie damage lo the shore front at Allanlie City. Tbe property destroyed included a portion of the boon] walk, and will ' com 680,000 lo replace. _ , Lawyer Barrows, of Moult Hollv, has , viailing among Cape! May family connections the pat! week. aM is said to contemplating a removal of hi* family 1 and professional interests to Cape Mar r City. Tbe grmjet portion oHbe board-walk , places there 'are dangerous breaks S which should even now receive the alien- f lion of Ihe committee on streets. j. Mr. Frank 8. Eldredgc, of this ctlT.haa i. selected by hi. brother Cape'May pilots to act as tbeir agent in Philadelphia 1 the winter, tbeir regular agi-nl, a CapL J. L Eldredge. baring been called f lake bis old potttion as caplain of the . Ice Boat NoTi. *

j' Bcatlerlnx Notes. l Seaville Hmtion. e Mrs. Mary Hewitt and daughter of South Seaville, are viailing at Surrogate d Hildreth's, Court Uouac. 4 Mr*. Jennie TaoGilder has returned from a long visit to her former home in KlleovUIc, N. T. Bbilding snow men was a favorite di- * hmMxeek!'00* "" °' Tie* J At 6oaib Seaville, a family including the pet dsg, ate lunch In a csve which j bad been excavated and carpeted in a a huge snow drift. Aunt Hannah Buck finds her energies i taxed in supplying tbe demand for those Travel on Ihe Sea Isle road bad lo be - suspended for several days after the recent high tides, owing to Ibfrioe which bad hsiprd on it. Boat Deven is an experienced railroader, axis well attested by the excel - . lent condition of hia section. The sleighing was of short duration. Parties wbo found themselves out from home on Sunday, stripped the belli from • tlx ir horses and returned the back way. T «o gentlemen living in ibe snburhs of South Seaville, visited the Life Saving Matitxw on Lodtami Beach this week, wioch may account for the extra amount ol supplies recently transported over to the Island. Salutation* of the wed: r "Good Waning." Good morning. " "Good afternoon." 1 "Good afternoon." I " "Hioaby, tert it?" "Tea, ii la so." "I guess wc are going to have more tt snow, aren't we?" > "Tea, 1 cuees to. Looks like 11, don't > ur ; A poultry raiser, near Seaville Station, - flock of less than aevrutyI, yet some will cooiinue to lay that it dont i pay to raise poultry. ' Notwithstanding there was tome snow in tbe ior, quite a number of bouse* have > been filled since tbe cokl snap. Their owneri fearing the risk of waiting for i another freeze up. Mlnce pie* may be dreadfully uuwbolcI entile food, but the pCW seem ulterly oblirhxis of tbe feci whrtwic pic it filled witb the compound manipuWed by "I'reme" Pleraon.thc Dennis villflnilrhcr. I-etter from Holt, Beach. bollt Bxati Crrv.KJ, Jan. it. 1sex. | To the /Otter of the Wave. There* the Lite Sarmg ttlauoe— usulnol by ^Wtth a^ziUAD' ana esed-tooaty anr, ^ ^ A ndf ' Bi eare me y d all Ute to Hex yon. The Usee Baa a |0«. ana w*U dee* It know r, AM flrt* htm tkt praise that Is doe; 84 vrhea hS m'SrScavro*'" 'Sronx^*''01 ' These mur^Hsfly Bsaehm. (do* «bs of iBam That through the dense nadergrowth nth. Thrtty haS?w*n?hBi'gwhit'i?B " hoS""1 " 8m I WUjoothe :,ct a, ih„ an na,ct u. p.*. ■ 1 °®' 1°"™ Them as ] do. youM nke them as welL t'm*ga','M*a a, B. UriTVT. Al the residence of Mr*. Nancy Leamimg. Perry street, there was an interesting little family gathering tbe other evening. The party consisted of three perrons, two brothers and sister, whose com- < Lined ages aaxitxalni 284 year*. - Ail < three were born iu Cat* May and have lived here all their lives. The senior ol i : ibe party waaMr. Jmt. K. Mrcray, oaner ! ! of tbe old Centre House winch was doi stroyed bj ibe fire of "TB. He I* 78 yean , I old, and to-day it regarded as ooe of the heart ires and mom active of our people. 1 Then contra bit younger brother, Mr. 1 James Mccrey, a retired pilot and father of Dr. James Mrcray. President of Coon- , tweutfl'e*JilB ^ fit?' bul knol', ! is, however, not at m«nd as it baa berJc,' and in -dbnsrqoenoe wa. ohiiged to rdln- , q«mh reh iiiig a few years ago. Tbeir ; zaag. fca. Ismml'Vi U^wo j. eis ^uungll"" ha ftxtdl" i. 1 they had oome tcg«hcr. Mr. Japtre Mc- f cray betn* ahxn to have wit day u, , .sssuSsgss-g-ssii

Wodnoday was snow -day, ihe reads all *• over the cxwatyr-were about iiii|a^itili In „ pedestrians and rarriagvs. Sea Liy Oily . was cut off from oominuoioalion with the lt j ootaidcwcxidli) thMr*ck being submerged i in aoow and aalcr. In many locaitlies q I the public schorls were closed because tbe , children Build not get to I hem. Take il D ail in all ibe day standi out as ooe in one f x several yean. Later in the wcrk r lLv merry sound of -Jleigh bells rang oof in the Mill winter sir. as gay partir* of a' young and old glided past over the smooth The old telegraph poles supporting lhe-j Q wires running from Seavilk- atatloo to I Ocran View arighhqsbrud are one by one j falling down, generally acrom the road. r thus making navigation shag Ibe puhiic a highway difficult and daofrtJui. What misery oamea n|«io the leader 1 can only be known unlesa by actual ex- » perience. Tbe chronic borroarrr that only loans your favoriie umbrnla for a few '■ minutes doe* not tend il back f, .r ai many ■ weeks I'crhapa yuu have-*' pen which is just adapted to your band,-tbcn lo lend it ■ and KC il ruined right before your eyes ' it a trial of the grace of patience not easily borne. Habitual borrowers bluot thur sensibilities so much as to stretch honesty I and fair dealing to the point of breaking. 1 Tbe old Quaker lady thai filled a box with lea to supply a neighbor that wanted 18 jusi a drawing iy lo the point. When the aforesaid borrower returned tbe "drawing"] il was put in tbe box, after a time It was found that not even a pinch of lea was left in it. and tbe good Friend declined lo replenish lite emptied cheat to be again robbed under the garb *f borrowing. Pily it is that an Agricultural Society and Annua) Fair could not be maintained in Cape May county. Of course we can , grt on without either, but then what is , fertile in good rettrila elsewhere would be ( ThW thought though not particu- ( larly timely as to season (ihe snow is two ( feet deep) is suggested by eeeing scattered , about South Seaville the buildings of the society. One is used as a stable. ( another has been converted into a dwell, ing, and a third answers as a shop for the ( ing, ana intra as a shop lor the

ute of a toe of 8L Crispin. Petersburg plum pudding is tbe latest * novelty io the canned goods line. |f Tbe Rio Grande Sugar Company will j e build a narrow gauge road from tbeir ( works al tbe station to the limits of its J plantations south, or aoow three tbr four 0 miles. This improvement will effect a ' great saving in wagon transporta'inn. ] Tbe Grand Military Allegory, "German f Volunteer," at performed at the Arctic g House on Thursdty and Friday evenings b last heartily pleased tbe large audience a present al each performanqf. Tbe Post [ treasury is swelled tiy tbe pecuniary sue- J J am of the entertainment and general satisfaction it manifested with the abilire of * . tbe actors. The performance of fir. f t Sapbar was especially well received as a . 1 bit of nalural realistic art. Tbe scenes 1 which the hero was on guard as a wound- 1 ] cd Union soldier and where he made ihe 1 guerrillas prisoner* were funny in tbe ex- S ironic and provoked shouts of laughter. 9 Sane good hiu were made during Friday 0 1 evening, the one upon "Charley While" a * character of tbe play receiving hearty ap- . plause. Tbe amairara of ihe play, repre- r , tenting local talent, did well considering v t the short time allowed fix rehearsals. Tbe n ' music helped along the entertainment with l' Mr. '.lushnell at tbe organ. There is no use ot throwing ibe Bible 0 at every discovery of modern science, U wrought out by the patient toil of re- 1 search. "Rsgnarok," "Tbe Age of Fire J and Gravel," an entertaining and fascinat- b ing volume which piauriMy. any way, aecounts for former animal life and its dc- Jf ' si ruction on this globe Is being charged w ( upon by imprudent persons with old Tea- li lament scripture text*. Tbe ancient a , churchmen buried tbe Bible at tbe auu ? t wad iiiiAtn, but truths concerning tbem „ j stood, nevertheless. u A gay company of young people of P r both arxes, passed tlirough South ScavUle e on Thursday night in sleighs. It was a ' bound for Dennisvnie, al which point in ir ' the excursion a rearing place- was foand P with mine host Williams, of the Galzmer ^ j House. Tbe night, or that left of it, was „ , spent by members of the party in feasting g ' and merry-making wilh probably a abort f ■ bop thrown in towards morning. We ^ mention that the alelgb gotten up for tbe |J occasion answered all requirements, and b tbe voyage was pronounced a big success. 01 Tbey were out sleighing. "Guasie, £ dear," aaid she, as she leaned a lender u check on bit manly-checked ulster, "wby fi r are these snow-flakes like your mustache?" ft This plrased him, even to have it noticed. fl » "I don't know, pet," be murmured inno- „ cently; "why arc they?" "Because tbey a _ are slow coming down." Ho drove wilh ° both bands, after this. [ Tbe Cbalfonte, al Cape May City, as a g winter hotel has all the comfort* of a first S class city hotel. Colonel Sawyer has the * knack sf making his guests fed at home jjj The old fashioned coverlids hanging G over tbe tack of anciently constructed * sleighs and the box occupied with youth, ' beauty and loveliness generally is what » kapt oo# looking upon the pttMie high, hi 1 way si! day of Saturday. Now and then " a dashing culler would brigbleu tbiugs. ■- i and provoke tbe enmity of less favored q, Capl. diaries Lloyd, E. Vast and Mr. « Ladow, of Atlantic school district, hitched ^ 1 their bones to snow plowa on Tbunday si morning last and made paths lo tbe public bi i school building, so thai from tbe borders of the village tbe children could attend to tbeir Mudiuu This service, so far as wr know, was dot» without compensation Tbe school folks hereby return tbabka. 13 Il is great waste of moral force to keep ooe -side of a church misunderstanding down while tbe other stands by and pro- . v, kingly taunts with unchristian and uncharilahie words and conduct those who la desire gnally peace and good-will to tlL James recorded ibe vows made on first at of January by th.irohctiighttdold heath- at Tbe Magnolia lak.-, near South hrmville, j o Mis— fog wrih gay abater* of brati arm. t w during tbtse crispy, cohlffanoary daya . Tbe Gilbert family which made such a ' t* 1 stir some yean atnoe in Ihecuunly.is again pi giving solerUinmcnlA, the first ooe being I given at DetmlsviUe. jm Tbe next qoration it. "How ranch ! ;e Another qneetira >* how our 8iitr« A " j Oo. scQ rroocrics at such low pricx*' • ^Tbe new five-cent piece will have a ring hj ' DooT be a -fusewr dost w.xry al J wliat you cant help ; hold your bead up w and do right. 4i» ro rister* ftx:, «• i. , Waabingtap Street, and buy yqur grocer- 8c I* , be

__ "* For the cape May Wavs. Much has been raid, and justly raid, ^ alsxut the benefidal. industry recently Introduoea into our county through the in- - flbeocv of Senator Miller. There is no ™ doubt but that this "Rio Grande Sugar j Worlq: and she sugar interest in New I Jersey. If properly protected by 8«*te and ^ j United Sutra legislation, will prove of j untold benefit, not only to our county bat -.to the caasss«nuUrffti part of the Stale. ° I Senator Miller deserve* tlie hearty comI mendaiioos of all met for this noble work , in this direction, and now if be is u sueJ cessful with regard to the fish and oyster IC1 industry, be wjl well deserve promotion, ; and n .thing leas than a seat in oar oslino'i 'c legislature would be a proper reward fat rorricrs. to directly In tbe intcreM of tEe. IC people of ibis Congressional District, irrrtjwetive of party lines , T But it was not our object in writing 'bl* artidorto sprak pa^icolarly of Mr. J Siller, or of Abe sugar interest, bu! rather ■ among us until il is beginninr to awuine ' 1 quile stalely proportions. Some twelve ! | /ears ago the Great Fin: of Chicago, in iu j ' fearful ravages destroyed Ihe tools, slock j !f and flxuirot of a couple or Cape May boys ! who were doing business in thai city. One r of these brothers, after an ineffectual struggle of a few years with the adverse 3 circumstances under which te was placed, and feeling himself broken up, both pby- I sicaliy and financially, determined lo leave I c the scene of bit earlier triumphs and later Biisfurtunn for Ibe Lome of hit boyhood. , j Here, after a year's trial at farming, without feeling quile sore hi bis mind whether ' turnips ought to fie provided wilh poles I the same as lima-beaos, or whether his j potato crop was not a failure because tbe i ' vinra Lire sothing visible but a Urge crop j of blossoms plentifully iolcrs|)ersed with 1 he came io ibe conciutioa thai farm- : illg was not a congenial pursuit, and, after ; ' turning tbe nutter over iu bis mind, do- j " tided that tbr business lo whlrh be had I Ixoxigb: up oxuld be carried on as well in Cape May as in Chicago, with ihe j additions of a lieailhy atmosphere and all ] the attractions of a seaside borne. Presto! j in think, was to tel. and in a few daya the ! tools and apparatus for two workmen were . in position in a little shop, size bzl2, and i ibe sound of tbe gold beater's hammer ' was heard in our midst; a sound to new i and strange, that it attracted throogi of visitors to IheUtUe shop near the tolfondc on tbe old paternal bonraalead. Soon | after a contract was entered into with the Mrasrs. Hastings A" Co., of Philadel- 1 phia, the largest gold leaf manufacturers in 'he w eiq, and the ihjfo^bop had to | be enlarged. ^aJraads wetq employed, five beaters and five cutters, and thru people began lo talk about the foterpriae. j Some were beard to ray, and 'truthfully, j thai It was a good thing, a steady, whole j industry for young men and women, : paying the girls from three io acven dol- ; lira per week. according lo tbeir proficiency io (be basincas, and giving tbe boy* the ' ' regular apprentices' wages, wilh no has i limeutbe year round wilh a Iradc, and j ] guarantee of work al the end of their ap- : prenticetbip at wage* cq tal to Ibe wagra ! of other mechanical pursuits. Others, j again, look occasion Io criticise and find j ' fault with everything tbey could not un- ; ] demand about ibe busiuia*. "It would , ; ruin tbe health of the operator*." "Young 1 i -people kept tor ckoe," etc., etc. Bul , notwithstanding these critics, there is not , 1 to-day a more healthy, light-hearted, > i cheerful set of young people in any see- j t tion of Cape May, than those that turn ool ( of tbe gold bearing abop fix a frolic in open air, lelwoen the hours of twelve and one o'clock. Nor it there a set or operatives anywhere, thai have learned to thoroughly the inestimable lcasoo of 1 being prompt on time- ■ Applications for positions kept pouring t in ro rapidly, and Ibe demand for tbe t found expedient lo move from tlie j Utile shop at the toll-gate to buildings , pretentious, and the present tile on near the turnpike, was letted of Mrs. C. B. Reeve*, and apprentice boys f and girls, and journeymen workmen were ' taken on aa fast at tools and apparatus ' C<iuld be procured and put in position Tor their accommodation. During this, the first year after the re- ' moral, a greai deal of pressure was brought J boar upon the proprietor for the purpose of crushing out ibis growing industry, and Mr. Reeves labored to great dis- - *8 l intage. The critics and the croakers ' our own people croaked and ' groaned dismally, and some even gave ' voice and influence toward eradicat(aa tbey called) this mushroom enter- a prise. But through all these discourage- t menu a steady froot was kept and the < steadily increased until at ibe end T of the first year il was foand neoesiary to x enlarge the building^in which^tbc business g made to iu dimensiona. ooe part 80x30 feel the cutter*, and another 18x20 feet , an engine room, and a farther lease for j years was Ukrn of Ibe premises. Mr. Reeves, by bU indomitable energy and peraeveranci?, lias made this bntinras . a success in Cape May. He baa jow a . constant working force of forty-two op- ' eralort. and during the busy season when j Hie demand was urgent, bad a total o> bands employed, paying out of a night Ibe nice little; sum of c 'During Ibe psM year Ihia business ' has paid in wages to resident! of Gape ' May Oiy and vicinity over f 1 1,000, near- * ly every cent of which is circulated in ' May. In addition lo this over 4400 2 aa* paid to the West Jersey Railroad for freight and rxprearage, and near 4500 s more for necessary Improvements, making » with urcrasary incidentals over 412,000 that r working class of Cape May dtizeBS, and c this lo through what has heretofore been c a great measure a non-productive els- t to iu pre*enl proportions; and oul 01° Hie t ashes of tbe Chicago fire has arisen an io- j dostry which, if properly fostered or Judiciously lei alone, bids fair lo rival Uk great . enterprise of which to much has ' said and wriueo. " C. j; That to make good friends one should make tbem slowly. That no difficnliy will Ire CGOOunterod hereafter in securing names of property owners lo petitions for license Thai cz-Represenlalive Kichardaoo will 0 he oar next city oalkctor. r That the lines win be drawn at Ibe en- b suing diart^eicctionbetwecD Ilcuuc and That B would he a great raring to the I city every year to have iu streeU cleaned. ' ■ wwtravd «*d s*p*ire<l by roaisaeli | TTiat SuperintcDdcol Edmunds thinks ■ will be a farther reduction in tbe h ; [irfca of gas r That as a mem her of tbe finance Com- ° I miuse Councilmaa Jobnaoo't place will B i he hard to lUL Thai tbe country grocer wbo object* lo h porple aitung on Uk counter of an evening, anoner or later cranes to bankruptcy. ]] The Urea: Female Remedy iz prepared by Uk Women's Medical InMilule of Buffalo, N. Y.. sod is ibeir, favorite pre*cripticxt fur Indie* who are suffering from any ■ex. Ii h sold to- druggisu at 61.00 per u Xadies can obuio advice free. r. stamp for namea of those who have '

Ha aide. ' Mr. Seth Townsend, formerly of StaJdi I Tilk neighborhood, hut of Ute years doing buainras in Philadelphia, it about to return | to Ma old associations, and it looking for a on suitable place tif naidcnce, ^ j There U a "grass widower" within tK range of our Seaside Note*, al whom we od are constrained lo fire. He is troubled with cold feel when sleeping away from Int the aide of Ma beloved spouae. and by way & of a substitute takes Mrs. Rous (smoothm. ing iron) to bed with him. He says tbe ,k old lady it a warm companioo and a splendid bed-fellow, in tbe abaeoce'of anything cr more substantial. "To what base uses," Ac. Miss Carrie Holmes, Townsend Inlet, has entered Yindand public school] where ^ she began her sludira on MomUy. Her I1C ; balurdaya and bondayt will be spent at .It is thought that tbe route surveyed 'g bT ,*!ln*d vpnecra nearly two yc*re ago r ftom ML licasam station to Beealrys c, I'olnt and Uoean Oily will be occupied by a branch railway before fii* tummw *f shr ' X ' present year i» readied. At least matters ,r | atein progress -Vs Aitig to that end. t I Al oo distant day improvements will in i allprnbabilily bebegun in tbe neighborhood k of Sen Isle junction. Toe road leading ; rs from South Seaville known ar Jbc "King's • Highway* wilT be opened as near direct t . as possible, building lots will be offered | fix sale and other iutprovcmcnls be made. . « A blind and aash factory is already talked , 1, of. Dr. John Wiley, of Coort llouse, is the owner of the principal tract. j ,c j It is aaid a gpoO article of tand for glass < mauutactury purposes has hecn discovered , near Sea lak Junction. Don't be surprised , If a glass factory should be erected in that • I- neighborhood ooe of lb<*c daya j ■1 Travel over Ibe Sea Isle iurnplke road I ,, has been entirely obstructed ever since the ( • failing of ibe aoow. From snow and waler the obstruction has taken tbe form of t V ! ke. Il may be tome daya yet before the t p road becomes passable. , Ii Word from Somera Poinl has readied t . luxe lo the effect that a large ship il ashnrv I on Brigamine Beach. Wreckers have c ' gone lo ber assistance. < 4 Two of the tnuM prom'iainc young ladies I d belonging to Hk Atlantic Public Schail « have been ail this bad sssather plodding I p i their way through two mile* of snow and ' , slush in their eagerness to store Uk mind 1 J with useful knowledge. Those girls are 1 -' ] a tuocssa, and will make tbeir gnark in r e I any sphere of life into which tbey may be I e i placed. a i Dr. P. M. Way has boen filling his ice I house at South beaville witb three and a I ' 1 half inch ke from Magnolia Lake. [ " Mr. J. F. Ron ham, of Blinko ikouajl f ; South Scat ilk, is this week enjoying a e visit from bis father and mother, of s , Rridgutrra. a i Schooner J«l Cook. Captain W. L * I Springer. Townsend Inlet, arrived at Bat- J ' I lirnore Thursday evening. d 4 . Bectlcy's Point Hotel it an unlinccnsed 1 > ' liuuse.but drunken rackets continue there. A man named B. F. Led was seriously ! lawirn there tbis week by name of his ' drunken companions. Lord is a*good fd- ' ; low, except a weakness for drink, and If , j Ihose accnracd plam* are not looked after r Ihere is no safely for any who are given c 1 lo temptations of thia kind. Must the r • cotnmoQity endure it ? o TlK wife of Kev. J. T. Prior, of Rarnear bore, mother of Mr. Tenlxooks Price, of t ! j Townsend" Inlet, a lady well known lu I , . Cape May people, died suddenly uo Wed- t nesday morning Mrs. Price was a native b ! of Goahen, Ihia county, and was a sister c " to Mr. Yinoem Miller. ' Tbe remains will v t be brought to Sooth Perm Is for interment, v We have heard il stated that on Satur- " I t day night of Ihia week there it lo be a » I grand gathering of members of tbe Msaooic fraternity in this county al the o: I I Mayvltlc Uutei, when supjur will be o I served by mine bast Lyons in his usual c excellent style. Tbeprior will baoo* doL , Jar rach, but Lyons always pnaaota a rasnv ,, which capture* the affixtiuos of men ,| i tlirough iu bierard and charming inflnenre* v ' over tbeir appetilea. Lyons is a success Professor Purely, Ihe popular and ii: esleetned principal of the public school, this village, luu ben incnpacitaleit sickncs»<ln- pail week or ao from attending lo hk duties as teacher. . „ Mr. K. F. IL-TNgrenreiher ol our well- 8t citizens, is also on the sick-roll, re and confined to bk house. he Tbe schooner Anthony which camt ashore Saturday morning on Hereford tfa bar, was laden with an assorted cargo, fu and to lighten ber somewhat some seven- ih ty-flve barrels of apple* were thrown bt overboard. Of these about sixty were of washed ashore near hare and were rapidly m captured, ooe man securing fire barrels, en bul Ibey turned oat to be log-wood: ju Tbe newly appointed Captain of 8laliou No. 80 rendered effective aid witb hk m in beiping to grt the grounded res- m ael out of danger, which tbey succeeded oi iu accomplishing Monday. T Your cortospondcnL WAX caught by Ihe ci storm last week while making a short trip to Deerfield,and in consequence obliged to aiay over his sllotcd lime, a to tbe ill oughlf Ulricas of kind 1 neighbors Ihe folks at home were not forgotten, io opening for them communication , Uirough lite snow with the outside world. Ex-sheriff Adams waa iu town this week, and looks resplendent in that fashnew tile. Post "70." G. A- It., had another picasant reunion Sautrday crcuing, the occaa- au ion bring the iastallktion of its officers, '■ and was attended by a delegation of Hie a, comrades from Poal " 40," Gape May at Oily. J Good, practical advice k always iu or- t;< ner, aud by way of illuatration our read- I* should not forget daring the prers " of such suggesiirc weather it sr h at the rate of 4^*24 a"touo' pounds. >ii Il affords your correspondent much " aatlsfaction to lesun that our friend Harry nt has n-r. quit railroading aa was sit "The acbooner"/!. I!. Itnttuny, fa Three- ^ master). Captain Joseph Erans, bul in p'cliargeof first mate, bound from Tauu- rj Matt., in Philadelphia, ran aground M on Hereford liar early Saturday morning, the male mistaking the light on Fire ae Mile Reach for tbe light-ship. Mr. L P. Errickaon and Mr. Newton, Creek, and Mr. V- Hand and Tb. ar Ctoraon, Court House, left for Philadel- ■? phia Tuesday . Mr. Tboinai Ludkm, of 8aa Isle City, was IB town Wednesday. „„ Mr. M. Howell, returned Tuesday from " hk snow -bound trip to Long Island. u> Master Frank NicboH son of our townsman Mr. C. E. Nichols, baa hen appointed one of Uk pages in the House of Aaembly through the influence uf Rcpresentavive Ludlam, and enlered upon duties last Monday evening. R. S. Au Ordltiancr. Ai An nrd7aaact Aalkonuag Ibe PlSAaox Commit - J :r- lo ria^^Psii oMairysxvea quci wo o^lhr rWrtrU light. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Jj; ^£H«^^SHf|sw»o™illilt JJ b mtrmtaeniy Uir vkgri^'k*'. AlIrwc. °'^TB°IIPS>>fiwlii r. toH-C. Wiiriiisov A oo_ us an t 1ST Fulton ^ Street. Sew fort, » OfoAfo rtl

Cold (SprtssB Kljera. a. The young man from the country who j g wants lo arrange for a grand upper for a | u party of akighera at one of the hotels up a the county, al the rate of a dollar for three, and the use of the parlor and dinn ingKoom for a dun thrown in, had betr ler hurry up his arrangements, as Uk boj lei miD is anxious u> know bow many a oodfiah be will have to engage, f Tbe largest stock of groceries and dry j . g wis in any ooe country store: k to be e found in that of John M. ltuiarilv Cold - Spring. t ML S. F. Ware, having Itaard bk fart* ! . to a gentleman from Salem county, bat at 1 , . length determined to take things casr.and 1 : i will now go in for enjoying a quiet r»*l. j. Mr. D. B. Hughes. agent for Kev.'J. V. ! 1 IL Hugbea, of Iowa, tuaa sold flu- ituck j place, al the junction of the New England I I and Bayaide roadajo Oiaries T. Strmtton, ! i tbis oounly. I Monday evening a well-attended saeel- 1 ing was iKid In tbe Cold Spring acbool I Union Suadiy-scbool, which was diaconlinurd some time since. Officers were elected as follows : —Superintendent— Wm- B. Ewing; Assistant Supl — Sims Huffman : Treasurer -James Ewing; Secretary --W, V. Rutherford. Much tntereat in the propnard effort was majiifested. and as the result the Union School will bold ii* first regular session next Sunday iu the afternoon in Ibe acbisx.l house. "Craddle robbiog" is the term applied io this neighbor!,, » .d lo tire practice too aire .ug the precocious young girls' of entertaining masculine cranpany. Parents w!«, allow tiieir thirteen or fourteen - old dsngbtera to have oomiwny of the kind are crammings grin. nu mistake, and ooe which Ibey may have occasion to regret all tlKir lives. Surprise parties afe very nice affairs in Ibcir place and under prope- restrictions, when it comes io having three a week and all oo one unlucky household, as w*s the case in this vicinity tbe past -week, tbey are apt lo become a trifle mopotonour. and at the; same lime !osc| somewhat of their interest to the parties surprised. The rain Saturday evening waa as a wcl to the pleasure of many sleighers who were caught a distance from liumc. party of two couple frofb this uelghborbood who visited timber! In Ihe aflerbeen far more desirable than runners, and an umbrella or iwo i ban buffalo tobes. They promise lo look out for such emergencies better in tbe future. Miss Ithoda Beesk-y has been called on a aad errand, to attend tbe funeral of ber Utile nephew. Ibe four.ycar-oid of Dr. E. M. Bceaky, Brividcre. N. " Tbe doctor's wife and tbeir litlle ' are also ill with that terrible disMra. Charles 1. Parker and Mr. J. E. areata seriously indisposed. Indeed ■bore are an unusual number of cases ot sickness in our neighborhood. Our popular butcher, Ptcnoo, out-gen-erated the storm and readied his custom^ ' by placing bk meal wagon body og ' Tbe arrangement was a complete Tbe Gilbert Family, tbe popular colored troupe of singers, gave iwo concerts in this week, though not under i the meet favorable auspices, owing 10 the condition of tbe street*. Tbeir con- | cert*, however, were even batter Ihjta tlie excrileul uoca given here several years since. Tbi-y are wortli bearing, nuaiDt songs ixing abanluiely riiann- ■ lug. Tbe company uunibcra eight perenns. I CapL Jas. Sliti-s lias been very ill since I our last letter, but under tbe professional I of Dr. Eugene Way be U slowly I jo val racing. I Bobrat C. Wright baa also been acrious- I llltbc |au4 two weeks and lias been dn- I able io return lo bk atndics al iAwrcncr- ' viile Seminary. A donation party will visit the residence of Pastor Elder al Sooth IX-nnkvillc on Rauirday evening. There will be a good limn and a good deed will be done. Tuchahoe. Mr. John Evan* nu|Knlcr, wbo was wilh the Messrs. YaoGilder and auo, " SproUl's Bridgi", N. C-. araisting in the rebuilding of Ibrir mill, has returned ? borne, bring driven by cbiik and fever. = Economical eticouragement is a great " toward Asking a church festival a ,, financial success, certainly more than one » of the receipts ol the laic one held ; should have la-en a net protlL Wgnl [j care, good Judgment, and pcrficl bar. A mony twlwcru the different committees " engaged in 'this work are important ad- „ Mrs. Eva Taylor w jll oondoct a private " jniUiuery at her reside nee, make the inm- i miog of bait a specially, and receive " otdrts for any goods in tbe millinery line . TBR should be a convenience duly aiipre- " by tbe ladies ^ ^ SopplfTOeot lo an ootinance entitled "An cxdl- t naaoe xranllax the -era Shore HaitreaU ompaaj the Statu to txuld.or have l.ullt. street raUwaya, and u, operate, or Hare 0|»rated :ne aame. m may surer aow laid out. or to be last out, wast o* the tu* Bret-re llotoi property, skmU of Capr lalaa l crrrt.jn-1 to CMJ-ta*W*arthsb'-w«^rKXel r.'aUroail "oomlao, r" . to extent In, oculOr hlieot I to soullurtj Ikhio- "" of Beae^Asrooe. an: to coaaini.L oper- o, Muju'^uThrreirbjr^ir MA*- o*'k ^ £ompaMB^^rea^exVo^^^rouilDU That a, S'SSkESSHS; v drive aa.1 board walk, and ra-l croaauws atmtl 'h ooororm n> tM xrads ot aal t Jleact, dr.ve. and J" aecrptahle to tbe remunltuKs* timt< . . j] a!a. virnf So aM « gSk sSd*l|*dtaa.-.'re'Ss mar oonfiirt with this sapplenqu, M hgehj it- „ reSl. TTmfSff or"lnai5S roap la£T»»S 1m- u s aaare ume the Sam oTetlidSuraffW) Ic r taS I use ot the City ot Cape Nay. JAKES KEi J P.J.KELVIN. Mayor. ™ AUesn U. c. 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