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IMBN • 14a p»r Annum. In A<T»n 55s(and ani (Soxmfg. Atlantic City editors si- terribly exer•on SI Gup* May Like old women coo■with Uxv own JjouMbnldi. tbry take dr. ttrfp to attempting to be*mfed}.tb«eo( thcir-bslghhan: me knowing, however, jhal lie If will jnd wrrian- -re weighed in tbr tstisoce sod (mod wanting. Igu-v-nnt nf the fsrflbal intelligent minds look opinions with contempt, tbe* editor* poor forth their Ideas oooosnballed and onaaswired. Nothingness, jealousy. envy and eplorn are evqr Ibc acepmpatomcnU of a dtoeout rated are! unhappy mind: and the only way to goaid well-regulated. reapeciable aad honorable ancirty as well as individuals, is to shew np for pubde oplnioc and declaim, the acts o( th at who are ^yr know them"— and by this vary standBm. (tape Hay U willing to In judgndand ^^Mde by ktgkal reanlts. Her fame as s ^Bslde reaort. raltiable alike to the pleassrrker and the invalid cannot be de^^Hled fram. and ibnah wbo would ^^Haspt anch a thing, only give eridencc ^^Vfiteir own weakneaa. and their Inward at not being able to possess gilts Hb honors which alanlotely belong to ^Kar. Wr are told by lbs Atlantic City W RreW that "Gape May is sitting np with J itself." (iraat It. Chpe May can afford ai to do. It can real upon lb own honors; son, ooe where gentility, respectability an-l true talent can congregate, and goal order "bra sea r first law" be obeyed. In the But* at New Jersey Gap* May holds and will erer maintain fheohiefeat and ant prominent place (She asks nothing beyond what God and nature bare giving alOKWpbrrr; I boas who visit her ■boras can krtsoOr t V bwsU o/t/i which Atlantic City cannot obtain. Again — Cape May can boast of the fact —she la not bora of a day. Cape May is 00 mushroom city. Her soil to solid. The very earth apesfea of solidity, strength and the reririfylng ram nee of life. The statistics, both national and Stair, redly the whole uutb that "Cape May sluing by Uatar to the nonpareil of all We spresk comprehensibly and in hut few words — can Atlantic City match u>: and the few solid enjoyments of life, prefers a select retreat, hot never the place where admixture and commonality aietbe chasad erotica This makes the distincTo the man of business, wboar Ms is apeat upon cares sod trials, there can be ■ rreort than that which admits not 'the canaille, nor socfa aa rale Atlantic CUy. Wa apeak baldly and mioca'ab words. Chpe May to by the seaside -the chlrfeat sod the brat In the midst of the murk and gloom which were the character [ring features of tbeUape May or inside pages of last week's Bennett's powerful magnifying glasses and , a borrowed copy of the paper (the Star don't exchange with rum vrprui»), 10 glean the interesting information that the rum orpas ml Cape Hay hail put in SO appear, surest the New Jersey ('• inference the •rrk before at Listg Branch. We merely rrpuhhoh the aulesncot In <cder thai our reterenrel brother nf the Star may be put upoo a cinsrer rvcurd tiutn he is aeeus. timed to giro his own lewder*. and as a I|«ctmen cfcnak of the eatenaioiug matter to weak. Verily the ram organ knows not how to express Its arose of appreeia(00 to its gentle frieod over the way for b to-, moat derate ioterret in out persons! roovsmrela, the more so as the ojuree of SLffl'KSSHil'SrSfflSS toesata mgen appear* 10 nave a taruiaiuug. effrot cm the brilliancy of the Star and to ;

4m matredally affecting the lotiert bnalnrsa. Bat are hope our banted brother sill not allow such petty Considerations 1 to interfere with bis manly and watchful : vigilance in the cam of the mat organ and . Us tmwboiaamne Influence, whether H be . at home or attending the arsstioaa of Utr Sew Jenry Conference. It to high time the thing -as counteracted, and we don't knows! a tnan batter qualified to undertakr the needed reform than our brother 1.: the Star. who, If report be true, has bad all the practical rxpsrieooe ounrsmry (furnished usually at 0. P.to expense 1. A Itoftlir City to using ail amns lu ils power to change the tide of Baltimore's summer travel la that direction, and hare both at home and in the Philadelphia papers, that "a large nutpber ot cottages three had been renledto Belli moreaDJ who patrrniard Cape May in former years • this matter, sod hare found, aa we aatiei-,-rad. all *uch reputation, are ffinwy fabritaMoaa tod intendhlg only to manuf actum the mtmbtonce of a popularity where none etisted.«i ttiltopeneecf Cape oor Atlantic f. tends bad mglectod'to doctor, was the fact that the published Itotof rvmlert, recently toned through the Atlantic press, doss not contain the name of a single Baltimore family, not alone "large Bombers" who were formerly Ctopa Mays patrons." On the oratory, dm stream of •unitnrr premiers to ha heavier than rem. iatbrdiractinnof Cape May. A qureti.10 that is evidently intended as neighbor care the waj concerning the fate ml samr street lamps, which were alleged to bare cum |IM kaa than four ysnta | ' mf As swear the indiriduais at the. comnpor mif : » live hlackeu the repots- i teat .d outaetf rod others in tb* same | dwa and owt the rur'.filtt tich. or ! »M# for the lot- Seven.! of these lampSsHSI ifaesSs: «qaw the order of a- 0 ■iitoas^eommuire t.-, aad la the use of which the city aad the mrbiieharr. toafioare j gufiW* 5 :

j In and around the sugar cane works at I Bio Grande the greatest activity cfaarac- ! terixea the preps rations far the coming I season. Additional buildings hare been : cry has been introduced, affording more than doable the facilities for carrying 00 ! the work of the establishment thio it bad ' torn year. Prom Mr. Lemuel E. Miller, . Jif this city, wbo has charge of the out- . door operations of the plantation, we bare that in response to the adrerttord of- j f« of the Sugar Company many fanners ia Cumberland and Salem counties bare , , already responded, and intend devoting , portions at least of their farms to tbeculr ti ration of the sorghum cane. The ap. plications for seed, he tells us. eotqe from [ an aertinos of the if late and country, so that the works of the company though so . . largely increased to capacity, will be op. , | crated 10 their full limit the coming sea- . eon. The company itself will hare not , leas than IMO ncrre of Its own land under I cultirai Ion, Boat of the seed planted being the orange, which last year's eipnintaau , bare proved beyond question to be the heal adapted for our Gape May soil. Mr. Miller will atoo pat in abool a hundred | acres no his own farm al Green Creek. , There are tome Seventy different varietire of teed, our informant tells us, the ooe , roost generally use I heretofore by the Rio , Grande company lieiog the amltrr, but the orange is destined to supercede il. Some of the Utter aiwo last year yielded a , crop oo what was considered indifferent . land of twelve tons to the acre. A most important advantage to be gained lite , present year to the great saving in the item , nf cxpenae wbrcti.in proportion to that of last reason, will be very materially reduced. Heretofore f« lack of room for ( the clarifying and evaporating pans it iai impossible to obtain but the product of the first boiling!, leaving a heavy perrentage of sugar In the crushed cane , which would otherwise have been run . through the mill at least oooetoore. It is J thought that the product of tha acconil crush lag will, he fully eonthird that of : the first, whldi will be a heavy galp Cud j at comparatively ntlle extra expense. -The residence of Captain Frank Downs, car. Bugba A Fmnklin si reels was 1 damaged about fi ISO worth Tuesday afternoon last by a fire, which waa caused by ' a defect in the ooostraction of a flue with heater attachments. The beater was located In the cellar, and bad been put in service the asmc day for the Brat time Ibis winter. At tbr lime of the alarm the I .ouar wat unoccupied, the family being absent at the funeral of Mr. Iltwo.' tq rr her- The fire started from am* lathing near the register in rate uf the fv.ru 1 cm the ground floor, aprl when tliscovervl Irtd eaten iu way b-tweo the platter an 1 brick work to the rafters of the acorn d story. U wasrxtinguishsd without much trouble sod at little or no expense to lite furniture id the house. Fur the care rxrrcisrd I.J friend* and neighbors in the remoral of his bouaeieiltl goods, Mr. Downs desires to express bis sincere thanks. The fire. department was promptly no hand. but there was fortunately Ou nscd fir its aerThe New Atlantic Hotei oo Jackaoo . street ia undergoing astme iaiporunt changes, which will enhance very materially the value and business status of that property. The house has been unhatunate in iu management, thai of the past two ' seasons having been particularly unfit, and in cnoaequenoe has proved an unprofi table invrstrorot to k« owner, Mr. Me1 OonoeU. The Itrtoae Itself, however, to ' well adapted for. the requirements of a 1 summer or winter hotel; is newly fnrn1 Ished. lata untkrg rouufl draluage, city ! water, gaa and all the modem appoint r menu, while IU luealion ia aprriallr at. ' iractir* and central. New porches are 1 Iicing built tat ila font and two aides. ; reaching the third story, and with lu new r and "fashionable cut of paint. Just apt plied l>y Major Smith, the whole building ' presents a striking contrast to iu former f condttioo and makes a very handaomc apg. The action uf oor City Fathera >0 order. The icuou ot inj rait.rts in oraer- ,

the immediate removal of the electric light poire and apparatus from the streets I and city property was more hasty than ' politic. But there hat coma the "sober J second thought" and upon the strength of t which the uking down of the wires has been suspended, the cmnmltue coming to I the very natural conclution that the dry j would be more likely to dispose of the j "pla*" to better, advantage aa It stood , than after U had been disconnected and taker, down. The poire number a hundred. I with eight miles nf wire, and aUThe seta- ' s vy auarbmeau, are to flrxt-claas order. , The whole "business will be disposed of at ( a bargain, and the parcbaaiag company r given the privilege oftbeoae of theatretu few toy extensions that their business may 1 require. • ! The New Columbia has been leased. *c . understand, for a term of years by Col. I Chat Duffy, Philadelphia Colffoe! Duffy area formerly connected with the Coo- < lines ta! Hotel. Philadelphia, sod for ' twelve years fllird 0* responsible position at manager of the Stockton llotei, this ' city. He has been la the hotel business all bto life, it peTsooallj known to thousands of Cape May s ristiora, and has been j specially fortunate in his career as a successful hotel man. With the prestige Mr. | Duffy brings with him vre consider Mr. Hnoaey fortunate m securing for his magnificent hotel property so able, in ex- , per ieoced a hewj. ■ ^ ' ' Mr. Tbeo. Mneller bean I been heard front M yet on the subject of a name for his new hole! on Decatur street. This InttBiatUcf iudxa along the coast, and I presents every cooveniuuv and comfort 1 fur rendering the stay of its guerit one 1 I prolonged season of pleasure and rccrea- : j Hon. h iu immediately contiguous neigh- ■ JeSw, StrnnSmm vrtfick do honor to . | the thoroughfare on which Ihry stand. 1 j Green, the tobahr well patentee. Us ';hre» heard from axsin by Cispajf.j r property owners. This time he islorms ' ; them that it will cxat every ooe ot them. , treapted open a tree and intefirgsot p-<-r ! p ! ■jg-""-"'""*-

; l/WIAL CHIT-CHAT. ! . M.IUr. We do priaffisp at the W svx offtoe— not 1 • blackwnlthlag. 1 1 Superintendent Crawford, of tto W«t 1 ' Jersey Railroad, registered at the Oral- ! ■ fonte. Our Cape May mechanire and laboring f men were never busier than they are ftto 1 spring. 1 Gas at ffS-SO continues to he no light 1 * matter when the bills come in the first of - : the month- ' "Ethereal mildness" has been admin is- 1 ' Icrod to us so far Ibis spring in bamrr- 1 1 pathic doses. I ' PusUnsdcr liosaell. of Cold Spring, has i ' the credit of owning the hardiest little 1 ' trotter in the county. 1 John D. Ward, lite of the New Colum- i 1 bia Iloutc, thiv city, to catering for the St. 1 ' JsrocsJiotel. Baltimore. r KeprcacotstiTre of nur sumn^r cottage 1 1 population have hern down in unusually I large numbers the present week. 1 Mr. WUlbank, a non-resident cottager, ' 1 been dqwn tire present week looking < aficr his property interest* here. 1 ' The attention of the Cape May boy to t 1 divided at presrnt between Jiis school r ' stu.lus and tbe evolulions of bis peg-top. 1 James R. Wood, General Passenger < Agent, Peon. R- R.. will make his sum- , home .the coating sotvan at the ( A goodly share of the nation's commcr- ' eisl CDd industrial attention is being drawn I to Cape May's sugar cane enterprise at r Rio Grande- t The increase in the freight business of 1 ' the West Jersey Railroad in late years is r 1 without a parallel in the history of New , ^ Jersey railroads. Mr. Eran Morris and family, I*hi>- 1 : delpbia, arrived Wednesday, and are r 1 pleasantly fixed for a few days' so Jours | J at the Obalfonte. 1 According to the prerisioos uf a new ' law the Cooalitution of tbe Doited Statu . ' and of this State arc to be taught in aii 1 the public schools. Chas. E. Kelley aad Wlfej*hiladclphls, [ are nocupying their cosy cottage on South | IafayeUa street, and expect to Stay a term 1 of some weeks at lerst. I , Brother Cooper of the Gamtu is I repot led as contemplating a change of c base, having an excellent opening prearn- ; , ted him in another part uf the country. II you want to take a live, ho in JUG , Cape May publication — a paper wlmac I • outside aa well as Inside pages are printed . in lu own offior. auhacritie fur tbe Wave | George BcGr.wan, Wm. F. McCully. of | 1 tbe A'erntny UulUttn. and tmc or two 4 other directors of the Cape May Ciry I Land company, wore on the Island Tbuts 1 , <W ' c Mr. En OS Schel longer, our veteran pilot t frieod. continues In a aemi lielpl~ condition, but strung hopes of his ultimate re. I , co Very are being entertained try his pbysi. 1 r. elan and friends. . It to always in nexivn 10 bsvo wall . papering dooe.and a fine asacrtmeM nf tie litest designs ol papers to select from may be seen at E. Johnson's bori and si oe » at ore. opposite Ocean arret. * Mr. and Mrs. Ttrnmas Webster have re- • turned to Cape May after a winter's abd acnce and are keeping open bouse as usual e at their elegantly appointed home on o Wasblugroo avenue, near Madison. v No w tint tbe examinations are over and '• Ihe. newiy irromoled pnpito liave been assigned to their respective classes, our . puhUe acboola have settled downdo steady work for the remainder of tbe term. For pure N. O. molasses, qnmixed Ar- '* sbisn dales, fresh from, tire ship, oranges y and levnoos. pure cireese^Kscririor hams, t- and everything else 10 the grocery line^fu I. to Siiirt A Co . G2 Washington street. _ It will be fasliiimable Ibis summer for ladles tu wear bows of different colored ' narrow ribbon co while dresses, ooe on ■ ee-h sleeve and two behind. Some l.mr 1- will have six streamers, each a different * Mrs. Asroo 'Miller, of Baltimore, daughter of our esteemed townsman, C" Captain James C. Bennett, arrived borne Tuesday «u a week's visit— the first since her departure bat December 00 her wedding tour.

I'rofeaoor Wheeler, principal of the . public school, this city, will open an scademical institute here the enming adtomo 1 sbiiuid the proposed enterprise reoeire f tire right kind of encouragement at the „ of our people. Colonel Robert Tloe, nf the Arch Btrer l . House. Kiiiadelphia. formerly of lire House. Gape May. has had the c proffer of the Arctic Boose for the coming t araaon upoo very favorable terms, aad tbe , I probability to that be will decide to take it W. U. Eldredge, Det»tur street, tolls , at the very lawest cash quotations— fact appreciated by customers all ' through the county, who find it to their t ad ran lags to have him fill their orders, even though they bare to drive many . miles to do iu ' 1 Professor Asher, riiilatldpbia, is tobarr ' . charge of the terprichorvan amusement.-, t al IVmgreaa Hall tbe coming season, while 1 l'rofcaaor Loomu, wbo was formerly with ■ Colonel Oaky at Che old Congress Hail, ' Will manage tbe same department al the I Stockton. Mia. George nugbea. aer Mias Mdlie. . eisler to c-rooctlman Kohert Hughes, this . city, has tired Of Chicago aa a place of , residence, after a three years' trial, and is 1 bume- again with her young family of 1 children, to occupy the oM homestead , 00 Hughes street. 1 Mr. aad MreS. A- Vauaciver, Phils. ; ( rh-lphi a, are enjoying a foretaste of their 1 their coitsge No. 5 North street. We are 1 . pressed to know of their continued excellent health, and hope lliry may long be ' preserved in llsfoil enjoyment. In any kind of business rntr-a dsys the • profits are exceedingly amtll. therefore a living am only be made by quick sales, and handling a large quantity of goods. 1 Ttrey that do il for cash, can *11 at tbe r lowest possible price. For goods that . more quick, and brace are alway fresh, apply to Stitev A Co. ; Mrs. Bailie Foster, wife of Mr. Reuben 1 Foster, of the Rtcbmond and Tor* Rli-cr t Railroad, BslUmxre, to visiting family s reiatr-ren in Ibis vicinity, having come on with ber young friend Sirs. A.r,« Mailer. ' the first of the week. Bhe waa Joined " vrwterday by her husband, and miy J poaaiUy leave fur hornr today. s We awgruuUte <»r y.Mag friend 5 Jnarpb J. FJdredge. arm of Mr. Frank Eldredge. this otty, opus his recent advance to the pmteseiuo at 'bto choice, • bavin* pureed bto preliminary ezamins y lion all right, before tbe Stale Hoard of • lliannacy in I'mtisvlvscis. and to now r s2S?ir; « Gotoori and Mrs. ||. W. Sawyer) L* Jefferson Med rest C-dtege'ln Polladelphi* a on Mender, when the l»errre of IX-rctoqxf 1. ' Mrriirinr was ci infra ml open SSI gradu- i >. j Mr. Baurari F. Ware, who is ragageit in.' . ! Bmfrt 9f lAr Frm ky, ami BotTmHfT Surgeon Arthur G. Alton reports . ■ ; t.w the month ci March. 61 new eye and 1 4> new ear patients, an I SB vktu foe : «.tr«gara'. during tbe mon-b. (»pea daily ! nnlii1innia " ^ m *"r!'

The Trvy nsrne of March givers ooe a chilly arusiti-Rr. and'auggeSs the wMe^r ' .of wiods The ooe Juw pato has been , to the genera) record of its predccresoca, and did a little over to tbe Wafer- ; ing line. If anything. Rut since its rods . Maw*, sn far as this year h concerned, are of the peat, and hare ceased.. jrhtothng through the bare and solemn old trees thai bare been so loaf complaining, we may reasoeiahly expect some genial win- . thine and wannlh from coquettish April, 1 which to DOW upoo us with possibilities , of putting matters more seasonably com- I fortaWe. March, with it* disposition for ' mischief, remind* us of axne characters i that live in Urn world apparently to chill i natural warmth, i'ersoaa who* ill- 1 nature gives out. now and then. Just I enough of suushloe to let you know there 1 anch a thing in Ihrm. do go about tbe ' earth, giving it a ehiecrakio to the wiods 1 of March. aoiy mare lasting and blighting; they f reeve you to the marrow with a lire, chin. The little of warmth in them mock's you. and makes tick al heartare yet old Roger Cbilliogworths to I come between the* whb mi^hl be. other- 1 itfT loving, happy and conteql with whs; 1 the returning scavuos bring them. But, wr forbear to pursue this ljpe of thought 1 and go back 10 what provoked It, the 1 changing of March, and what It brought 1 for April, and what of warmth, sag. gestiee of tbe happy spring and summer ; time, we hope it msy bring to everybody . Mr. Tom Errickaou, of Green Creek, has - new store*ioclaard and will soon stock it I with full lines of goods generally found in 1 tbe bnnacss. His opening dsy will be ; duly announced In the Wave. Tom ; suits off with the treat wishes of a large < company. The high price » horses this spring is noticeable. A gcutlemsn of our acquaintwas asked six hundred dollars in 1 for a pair of Urge tarn roadsters, such as his business req tired. Iter. Jas. N. Crancr, of Rio Grande, : was the recipient of » doealioo visit from Thursday night, this week. The damp wcslhcr of tbe past month given objecu exposed to it a peculiar weather beaten look. Citizens themselves , seem a little out of sympathy -with the - backward state nf epriog, and are anxiously waiting for sunshine with H* lifegiving powers' that necessary out-door , work may receive needed attention. The thrifty merchant advertises bii . business, no *t hat the public may know . what inducement be offer* it to hoy his , goods. Toe unthrifty one d en nut patronize the newspapers, ati-1 the |>»TpIe 1 donl patronize him. \ When he graduates frotiijhel^rfVer»iry of PcBBkylvanta. which wiinCdjring the spring. Mr. Jst. S. Ingram will locate at . Green Creek, for tire practice of medicine. Mr. Lemuel E Miller bav the centred frw grading brach drive and repairs on the railroad to Brwell* Point. Mr. James T, Miller, who is well qualified for the work, I will d I tbe job, and b; a guarantee that - the a h vie business it to be promptly completed. X ■ Pastor Jones wifl lecture at Ihc-Ilio Grande Baptist church, 00 .Saturday ercn- . ing upon the *ubjecl;— "D the Bible - Truer Tui* will Da the la«t opportunity I to hear I hi- popular preacher aad lecturer 1 00 the pisiform previous to his departure luranew field of labor in" Pennsylvania. 1 An admission of IS cents admits to the 1 lecture. ' "After all" said a g.-nUcinxn, wh > had ' visited about all the health and pleasure , thing il»uit Cape May that makes a sum tucr residence there in ore attractive than J at any other sea auto city with which I am acquainted." "How do. you acI count lor Itr we inquired. " Hicre are Q aevoal causes that have led to the cuoclu* • lion," remarked our chaooe railway ootn1 panion, "chief among which to the incomparable bathing facilities. My wife and ' children msy enj iy the ocean breezce,snd r balbe with abajiute safety. No dangerous e places on the solid floor of the beach; no - rowdviso. or auttbiox else that would 11

biodor unalloyed enjoyment. Why, my 'J Utile tot* uf five and seven chaw the f up and down the strand with the u freedom of birds. Then all the require- 11 meats for comfort and convenience uf J housekeeping are at hand, good wstec* y exoelk-nt markets, facilities fur communication, ant added to three a climate c most salubrious fills the bill." Arriving " at 8. our Journey's end, we bade Mr. a good morning. He bad been to Cape and verified his faith in the place by securing quarters for his family daring That perfection uf ewaetDcas and beauty wild flowers. Trailing Arbutus, msy now be found blossoming under a winter cover of fallen forest leaves, "while tire areatill votd of even aaembtoaoe of 1 or tbe earth bat produced a spear of this J -Parang of tar forest: r warn rami's gnrl baorrat r>yaer J-wrbfoo'— I The Young Folk's Temperance I nioo | recently organized at Green Creek, has • a membership of sixty. One of the 1 ' things its adherens pledge themselves to ' ; abstain from to the uee of tobacco to all iu | ! fot mt, so we bare been informed, by ooe < : of the managers. The OaictU reports Ihe coooty Jail to . Foot Baptist churches id tbe crruoty ' have been wKhouJ a paaor at some thne ; t since tbr first of Januarv. I — - ... 1 Lh uL jugcue Speace. of "A" company, Burijagtrei, and atladred to tire ome 1 r-gimmU as is our Cape Msy Company , \ "H," to doing lbs insi-to paiotJog of Gap- ! tain George UUdrrth's new residenre ou Jackson street. Mr. Bpraoe make* the 1 interior work of churches and hooare bto ' specialty, and his calculation to to gise j hi* present employer a* creditable aspecit men of hi* handiwork a* it will be possible 1 for hits to do. The cottage to tbe handI aomret 00 the Utond, neithn tine orexf prnaa basing barn spared in its cnoatrucTbe mention made a few week* since t ! in the* columns relative to the painting '' j of the Cold Spring Frrshyterian church * I ban been taken rzorptioo to by oar friend ,! i Mr. Henry, who chums that the credit, re rightty brt.mgi to him. as he sea* the sola r I intent loo to mis lewd the pnblic on the • subjeet.sml npnn the rrprearntaliea since 1 made as would now explain that the rdakaMlqg wa^A^tSta^htopmoSd 4 ' atqa rtoiiiu and diiwcttf. . ' *11 wfen are getting gray. -

SEA SIDE. 1 t. iesntazs front (be Hew Cruel C'jmplainu are being made of Sander gunning ni Sen Me_9ftT. 1 Charlie Upyds habe ha been very sick I but sre are glad torbrtMe- toatrte tlun it ; to growing better and out of danger. 1 The family of Capt. Henry Smith moved r from Townaend Intel to Sea Isle City this ■ week, 00 Wednesday. The captain is ooe of the L. 8. 8. ere*. 1 Tbe wires are now being run into Sea Isle CUy this week, aad tbe new resort • will now hare direct telegraphic oommun1 icatton with tbe outside world. 1 Tbe place of tbe excurticn boo* in . course of construction by the Sea Isle City company have been, considerably altered since iu commencement. : will be about twenty bed rooms in 1 the bouse. Some of the seaside tanners will go csumstorly luto the milk business at Sew Isle City. tbe coming season. The inducements offered to farmers by 1 the Rio Grande Sugar Company for the reining of caiic are not likely to be ncted very, extensively by the farmers. , They ay there is noUrlDg in it for Ihem. though the Slate djft offer a bounty of ooe dollar per ton in addition to the ♦'J. VJ offered by the company. But ooe of tbe Board of Truster* of the ■ proposed new M. E. church al Seulh RoaTilie has made anything like a successful 1 effort to subscriptions toward tbr ; fund required. Why the others have re1 maincd idle eq long it to difficult to conjecture. Tills lock of energy and enter - 1 prise is known tojiavc the effect to retard ' the prosperity of toe place in more ways than one. 1 Robert Cameron's dwelling house took fire from s burning ekimney tbe other day. 1 causing tome damage to roof before tbe In removing some pf the household goods the fire in tbe upper portion of the 1 building. Mrs. Cameron was reriously burned about the lane. The lots iff -propcrty was slight. 1 A wagon load of herring wat caught in ' I'rck'i Bay on Wednesday, and now the 1 upper seaside people will soon find il im- ' passible to remove tbeir uoder-clolhiog , • on account of the bones projecting through tbe skin. Tbe coming of tbe* fish , dto ' posed of in connection with so abundance of dams and oyster*, may precipitate ma'. ' trrs relative to the di-pisying of tbe red flag referred to in our hearing hy a leading 1 chirm of SruUiSjsrille a few evenings There are two IspwUM .toys given to South Seavilie each week— one known a ' "poultry dsy," the other ss "Doctor's : day." On .the former occasion men tnd 1 women drive in from the mrrounding • country with their piuitry, which tbey 1 dispose of to J. N. Kicr. of Clijrtnn, who : receiver them at the station on tint dsy. ■ The latter cornea 00 Fridsy, and to Dm. ■ J. F. Learning A Son'n appoin'meol tl his 1 office. Then again nnmetmu visitors nre " found in the place, mostly ladies. It makes liuainess brisk for tbe stores 00 those ocra- > skioa Mr. WUleta Winston has lust surrounded bis residence at South Searille with a pile fence. Mrs. James Derera has been very ill the r past two weeks. She is under the profrs- : tional care of Dr. Eugene Way. L'xio* Laeot'E, April 2, 1BX3. Dxak Wave:— Il to fitting tint you c should be advised of what to occurring at Cape May Point. Of couree you nre aware that a large cumber of ladies and gentlen men have enjoyed this winter the comforts of tbe Cape Hon*, -and now a livrlj » party of about ooe hundred young ladies with tbeir eacorte from Walnut and Ciicat- . nut streets, Philadelphia, property chaperoned by a number ol married 'Jadies will leave by special train on Saturday, " tbe 7th inat.. for the Cape House, Cape 1. May Point, to remain uotil.Mooday even- ? Mr. Abby, of the Weal Jcrecy Railroad. 1 and Mr. Hamilton, of Cape May Point, • have very kindly provided the moat pcr10 feet accommodation* for the comfort of torn acoommouauous rot ». „ party. They will be accompanied hy

Gcrtnania Band, and tbe German will be led by the charming Mis* O. of * Philadelphia, and Mr. C-, of Wal- c out street. The large dining room of the „ hotel has been prepared far lbs dancing, and a delightful lime ia promised to all * that hare been favored with an invitation n to join the party. The Rev. Dr. Millar, of the Episcopal . church, will conduct service in the parlor of tbe hotel on Sunday. >' - — 0 Was mowing ta* grass 111 ins irM. Bjaanaketrewaabtlten. gad he Sss Just wrturn, >• A lame CMaamsa on she I'seiae, , The Bridgtton Patriot is the oolj West ' Jersey publication which has joined the ( so fir in oor exposure of lire ' Hutted ge Publishing Company's Biblical ward dodge. The Patriot has this to > my in relation to the subject; "We hire been surprised loare tbenum- 1 1 of fifly'txmuin'pratage stanq*>|p*e<Bn 1cm i , than three dollars worth of advertising to a t company which to thus enabled to gather ' in thousand* of answers to scripture i puzzles, such accompanied by twenty ' . renta, in hope of gaining a #30 prize, e The masses whs thus t&apose of their t twenty oenu, and many of them will do ' it repeatedly, ar* only doomed to dtoappoinunenl, while the author of this kind ' of a lattery will profit hy their cunning, c , In our jodgwml U wo«M be better if , ! Mrs Margaret I towns, the relict of tbe ' tote George W. Down*, of Cape May, died ' tiaturdsv tost at the reridenoe of her ton- t . In-law. Mr. E. Godsbalk. of Green street, , Phttodelphto. Mr*. Downs was a Miss Creoe, and had many family coonreiions ( living in Cape May county. She was a 1 > member of Urn Baptist church, this city. • , and while residing here, which she has 1 for the pa* fifteen years, has ever mini- ' " freted an aclivn Interns in church matters. = She was flfty years of age tost January. - and was only arc fined to her roam thn e ■ . or four weeks, tbe can* of ber death being 1 blnod-potooo induced by a kidney disease. 1 " She leaves two cbildira, a son and daughter. Her remains were brought Tuesday e to her sou's residence on Hughe* street. g at Cold sprtog The funeral serricex b were bdd in the new Baptist church, the d. Poweltoq Attaint BspUC church. West. * Pbitodelphfi- * Chapter 86 of the Law. enactr.1 by the ' Isle Legtoiature, am! printed in this wees 1 * toaueafthe Wive, proridee for theetecJ ship* and boroughs baring k* than ooe aletwnu Under tilts tow Chpe May Point * and Sea lata Crty will be restricted to but "> one represent*;: re in tbe eouaty Board of

Mr* A. L. Water* returned home 00 i Ttrr-drry mrrmnf Mias 5 1*1 Crawford. Cap* May City, i r dropped ia lo pay a flying visit to her ' chiklhoud Jjisiir a few rl*J» since. 1 Mr*. Capi. Asroo Niekerwu. met ber ] I bnsbsnd in Philadrlpbis 00 Monday. Miss Alida -Townseod. Plriladelphis, ; I spent Sabbath with'moUirr and rtytcrs at I thrir elegantly appointed remdeoee tn 1 r North DermbviUe. I Mrs. Maggie Lake and dsngblet AMie. 1 1 of Touts River, are visiting ber fallur. ' ! Mr. Smith Curaon. Mr l*kc is making 1 • 1 business tour through lire Wat. Mrs. 1 Like will alto msk« a short visit lo Rev. ' I CV Wesley Ukr, pastor of Foundry M. r K. Church. Millrille. Mta-IUnnsli Ie.ydepreicoled her loving 1 ■poo* son No. I the flrat of tbe werk. 1 1 Lew. ays the first Ihiog be cried for was 1 a paiot brush. Henry W. Middlelno is very bqrr in ' 1 M. Williams' wheelwright simp, iwinting ' and trimming carriages, r Tliete are three new vessels on the wnyt ! : at our ship yard, and Capt. Maurice 1 1 Warwick*' rosarl it being overhauled and 1 rebuilt. ■ 1 I am stuck, dear Wave, fur 1 can't think { ) man, who visited bit lady lore here the other day. Kindly referred lo Miss Millie 1 t Crawford. R. C. Wright, who has been attending I Lawrencceillc Semioary, it at home, exe tending hit Easter holiday visit. Ilany B. Diverty has returned to hit . studies al HackctUtown Seminary. Earnest Connelly, little son of Mr. and 1 Mrs Philip Connelly, was buried on Sun1 day afternoon. Funeral diacourec by Rev. J. 11. Diverty. Our new past.*, llev. Mr. Ludlow, preached bis first sermon in North Drnnis r M. E church on Sunday morning. He to a very pleasant speaker, and the first im- ■ pressures made upoo bis people here arc E favorable. Heiezlcrwf the blissful state r of matrimony a few dart before leaving - his lot appointment, and the bride to ex. peeled 00 Saturday. T. Large quantities of young birth trees are bring cut in tbe MarabaliTtlle woods a lo be shipped to Philadelphia to be made , into cane* and umbrella handles. The t mass of birch found on tome tracts here 1 *veral years ago. g Tbe little strainer Hmnnic Vain, Capt. 1 Craig, has commenced puffing up sod , Nothing n.w sir ml the Rcuirn Potter. d present spring, and tbe spirits of the popg ular driv^ of the line have taken a cor. r responding rise. 0 There is some faith amnog the people •. here in tbe |rromiaed railroad facilities, L which are cxproled to branch off from a the Jersey Southern mud. e A horse owned by Dan. McKeageo s dropped dead one day tliia-rtfijk about the I- close of a daya work. The cause not known. Mr. This. D. Clark visited bom; the flrat of the week, and returned to Phila- , del phis to his butioret-gai fitting and - plumbing -in which he it doing well. We are awry to learn that Charlie Baker ia quile ill with pneumonia in Philadelphla. T. W. Godfrey and Anson C. Camp v went to New York Wednesday where " lliry will lake their re-port ire places od T board their vcskU. '' Mr. Jnoas Steelmsn spent hit Kaater lj vacation home, being accompanied by a M frieod, once a fellow Marten! of the Pcot- nlBgtou Seminary. ^ Miss h snore Hand wm taken by torr I Tine on Monday weeing by a large galhre ering of ber young friends of Tuckthoe D* calling upoo her about eight 8 o'clock, j All bad a glorious lime undoubtedly. Ooe of our retired am captains. Reuben r- Young, was suddenly Jerked off bis wag. '' bj- his hone tuning up. in 'he fall

he broke a bone in his hand, lie ays he ^ will now have leisure lime lo learn to ptoy checkers, if Major Brown will only play , with him until his hand get* well, which. , hope by tire way, will not can* him much paio. Il holts like business and better times ^ stsod in one place and watch three . large achooecrs being built 00 the banks of our river, and two steamboats toying tt tbeir whsrves. Mr. George Shoemaker left home Thura- | day morning, and will travel west again for a few months , the (W rtut. | Dr. E. IL ITiililps, resident homtrpathic , physician, 00 Hughes (Met, will, iu tiie 1 fall, improve the lot coiner of Ocean and Hnghes alreets, adjoining bto present rcildeooc.by the election of a conveniently occupancy. Tbe location will be ooe of 1 tbe finest in tbe city, being central and in 1 a newly improved and delightful neighbor, hood. Tbe doctor ha a large and growing ; practice. The old Baboock Chemical Fire eogine, Ihe first machine that was In possession ol eily, wm sent away on Wednesday, consigned to the Sitoby Manufacturing Company. The present fire depart tpent of this city to in poasraaioo of two of tbe celebrated Sitoby steam fire engines. Tbe Women's Christian Temperance Union meets regularly every werk to work, offer up prayers for the success of the iqirr and plan for the aid sod eocour. agrmeqt of Ihe brethren. Tbe latest and most pop-tar styles of dress trimmings, laces, collars and ribbons to be found ao Ihe count ere of Mrs. It. T. Brown'e, 25 Washington street. No damaaed or auction goods find a lodgment on her abdvea. Also agency for tbe celebrated Staieo Island Dyeing catabiitbA grand exhibition ii on band for Rev. J. T. Diggs, pastor of tbe A- M. E church tbh eily, la take place aa next Thursday erening. 12th inat.. in Hand's Hall, nr. ore Washington and Ocean streets Mr. Diggs will tare far Conference on tbe 18th inet. J. G. Yarns, Steward. Vary cheap goods are generally the dearest in the end, and that's tbe reason Stitea A Co. keep 00 such trash to build a flashy adrerttoemral upon. Good goods £Jr,ffS! ir-iTE'JSWS mistake* bare ooenrred by partia ship. ' ping to them anything Inferior. Wiggiot got badly left in Ihe tornado - borinras. but whoever puirlnam an Estey : Oman, ar a New Home Sewing Machine ; wiualway* blsua their cirenintunoca t which led »o Ibeownereblpof the* excel- ; inn tnuaehoM needs J. D. Craig. « f ' Jackson street, to the anthoriied agent for 1 tbeh sale. . if.

1 Ptiin Euxxamt, Cr uentLsst' Co., 1 April 8d,'19S8. J j Jfr. Editor: — Among the many social I ercnuof this plsdc during tbe part win- 1 l« there lias teen pone that attracted so much alienlirm as the ertetaathm of tbe I T5lh anniverasry of the birth ol Mi. Fran- I Lev. Mr. Lee to a re of tbe lale Hoc. J Thomas Lee, who served u member of I Congress from this district during tbe I prrsidentiil tcrta of XJen Jackson. He to I tHvj brother of the Hon. U. F. Lee, cletk of tboSuprem* Court of this State. Mr. life has bren ooe ot aclirily, and at tbe present time b« retains much of the original vipa- and agileoea of rasnbood. TIk- morning ttains of Saturday last Irroughl a number of Mr. Lc '« relatives and friends from Camden, Philadelphia and other part* uf tbe country, and in the afternoon, to Ihe complete surprise of the boat, came pouring in from the town and surroupding country until, when supper I an bounced a"l fire o'clock, the number had swelled to about one hundred. a bounteous supply ot the good tiling* which go to make the inner tnan would hare made a table al ooe of the feasts of old Betohazxar sink in shame. Supper being over Mr. I-ec waa invited into Ihe parlor, when W. C. Johnson, pro. . prietor of the Eagle Glass Works, stated , m a alight token of friendship be would present him with a goid-hcadcd cane 00 behalf of bis friends in Port Elizabeth, and hoped that tbe present friendly relations existing might alwayi continue. - , Mr. L« replied, thanking the friends for the manifestation of friendship and hoped I that all might lire to lie u old and active si bc._ ifr. John Rus*ll, of Leesburg, then stilted that though hilarity might assert ilaelf, he hoped we would ail rightly appreciate the occasion, and ss a small j memento of friendship, and not for Its in- , Irinsic value, he would pre*ol Dim with still another cane which Mr. Russell got , iu Florida tbe past winter; and hoped , that it might assist him in hto further , walks through the remsindcr of h long, . useful, and weil spcnt life. Mr. Lee aid, "Brother RuskII ought to live to bo one hundred." Speech-making being over the young people came pouring in and tbe * sweet note* of the violin with piano ec1 corn pan iment were beard which aoon d brought the young gentlemen with tbeir e ladies to tbeir feet. Tbe light fanlutic e was tripped with all tbe grace of a modf era passion noli! tbe hands of lire clock 1 « rioted to the Jiour of TEe near approach . of the Sabbath, when ail retired to tLeir I home- believing il gnod to be included in . Mr. Lee's cirelc ol friends, and left Dim and bia two amiable daughters lo live out 1 numerous more summers, doubtless, unE dor the umbrageous boughs of the noted . old "Jackaoo willow." t)SS OF Till Nt-MBU. Where do we live? Give it up; il to loo much of a conundrum. We have been asked the question several timet and each ° several lime we have lied or said that we did not know as the shortest war not of the difficulty. Sometimes we say that we live in -J thai to when somebody asks us that we wish to impress with a , duo sense of our magnitude. But we don't; we live in. wcll.wc live in the lTnitod States. We feel pretty sure of that, and wc also feel pretty well satisfied Hist we belong to New Jersey, tire sandy part thereof, tnd if you wish 10 be tied about '' the fact, why we live in-we can't toll V you any more about iL We asked t ncigh- ° l>»t's boy lire other day where Wc lived, and be said "he'd be hanged if be koew." It's a fact thai we live in the only place in Cape May county Ihat has no name; that due* not belong lo any village, town, borough or ctly; "that literally to nowhere •o far u designation to concerned. Now ^ wc think wc have a right to an iodividu.ality, to enough of distinctiveness at any rate for one of onr children to he able to , toll where we live. Wc are a whole school district with livo schools, and near two hundred children. Jl XV- I..— - church —nil Strnd-v W-hr-,1 have a

averaging largely over a hundred in attendance. We support four grocery stirrer. have a large blacksmith shop, three wheelwright *b..fw, one manufactory employing over fifry hands, one boot and t ah<jc store, ami Hirer boarding houses.' Wc 133 houses with over 000 population. " We own a State Senator sod ancz-Sbcriff, 1 ia also 00c of morcex-Scnalora. We have - a president ef a railroad and one of tbe * beat railroad cnoductora in the country: , enginehra allowed to be of the best on 1 1 tire West Jersey Railroad; a minister of tbe gospel in high standing: a half dozen 1 of fltal-cto* mechanics, men enough fully ' ' qualified to fill all the vacant seats in the ' ■ -tores of an evening-, tbe original small I boy to put tick Sacks 00 tbe windows and . make night hideous with their bowlings; s dozen or so babies new stock) and a ' printer. The devil (printer's) lives just I over the wey. Wcfhera good ioed>. fine [ colleges, pure water, a few mosquitoes and 00 tramps. We bold tbe balance of 1 1 power at our spring r lections and often ' ' contra) tbe "primaries." lo fact wr are < ; m much of a town u any town in Ihe A Rxsidkst or TBX Locslitt. I Beorzot A Brn. hare taken the agency 1 , for tbe -Royal Gas Machine Manufact- , uring Company, and Jhare already *. ' cured several order* for putting tint apparatus into Hotels and Imsinest ratal,. ' lithtneou. The first introduced here by tbem aru ordered by Coiooci Sawyer, of - 5 the Chalfaolc, and bu now been in successful operation two or three months. ' Tbe light furnished givrn entire tatisfacE lion, while its co* of production to ref duced to about ooe-feurih the rates al present charged by the Cape May Gu Company. They are atoo putting in a similar machine to that Of the Cbalfunte for ooe of the hotels of Sea lale City. For f prices sad full particulars apply to Bcoe- , zet A Brother. Joseph P. Henry, fresco, sign and boure II painter, ha just completed frescoing and I decorating the Cold Spring church, 10 ■ which be would call the attention of his - frieode-rad Ihe public, it being the fin Eat job sooth of Camden that bu not coat more money than it has. He to now pre- ■ pared to fresco public hails, churches, li lodge rooms, Ac. Partia intending hser ing work done will do well to call or drop . a potts! card to J. P. Henry, Cape May . «ly, N. J. Sw William 1. Cougalin, or aamer-riiie, Ms«_ j c says: In tha fall ot istt 1 was utra wit a bleed. ' • my bod. is is?s I wm admr.iert 10 IS* HasyMaL il 7WaeoCT'*M'*mIii-»iaa'amy.'°ng Mg as m.!,»r S'rlT^i^n *,! T inaga. I Ft t boule.waen to my suiyrue. I commraM 10 laei bruer, sad to-lay I feel better

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