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belaud and (Sounfg. • •• bird lo my 8 PUItT tUI Of Skill Wbat the Coart Pilot bu puned know•oljr nod expert net el mm, thin** and Jh- wrwW ; when V can grasp in all In length. breadth awl depth the mraning it 'b^.lwa, i bra be can say to himself l.e hat fully learned our fcaxm cot qulj in • 'Mimalbaa, bat In Ml*. In tbn exeretoe "I a* >1 be toeraai aupsriur wUdom, br, t» « long and bboreil tslilorixl, attacked • be Witjl, brewww of lu drfenre "f (V|< Mut again* tmpruvuked and uncalled. lor rohaigw publicly made an mat iu aaoimrr Moling I bat It aria not pursufcnn eatSmitmlii, "«daaAnbat ss *-'"r jn 8od nr.. p. para who U.iak to ailrow rf hbeCW Pilot openly • •realm I* the pmpte w« ool)> of "five I w*iuilca f-ff. whirl: be claims lo lie the i •aptcW «tan) but of ibe" world, bit ion* r , nature— a creature devoid of principle and , all the aiuibMbt Vblcb KOlo make up Un btaieti and honorable loan. Wbeai U , made each a charge azainat the De-wans. , lieta of Oapa May ami AllantSe Cilv, he , elaaiki bare been neti enough at lean to ! bring furth Mm pread fw hi* aseerllou; but 1"! » trni replied to by Ibe Wsrg. be sliokt i Imrl mvanldtkc. raU bie ban words, and i hiuitelf "xhJIngcr of mud" alcoe tipteci. , la bit torn* uf laM fialunlay, both feeling j and know fug tbal he btrnmlf had been t both •' lnteenperate and lojudiciofls," but , larking that nobility of aoul which rrer 11 i attarbrd to troll, booor, mad lo lotegrilv t of |«iac<pte. be tails In acknowledge hi* , r."^ dtaS. lb? tCrtSSfB^HadlcUed ' tu right to •• elHlfy anything or reery- t thing, Indudiog Atlanflc City and the , f.W< Petit " The W ave did no audi , tiling: I ml hew truth will oat! The t Wave did my tbal Atlantic County war , fir at «u «be ll»l of Ibr POetr flee eouotir* ] wMrb It dale-'d to rrpraacnt, and It ways ( biUlll ( Thrcriib* of thr/'tM baenoalBnlty.o.' < liH ndly lading for (tape May or ita icier- , , rau whatever, and were it In tala power a b would take away all lit palrooage, lower K- •epuiallrm and make It play arc- f ood fiddle lo Ibe Mdi aelllab and inter- ] reird Idea of a seaside reran. Hence ta , it Iliat ba wae touobed upon (ha raw,— 1 at u.-k Up.*! a Sore tput, when Ibe Wira i pirliinbed extracts frets Ibe Slate Hoard ■ Id Health. the Piter* owa article of , lir.MK. of

lam Saturday peoee the led. Tbe truth rwla Ipta tbe rrry eitale. Why not as): ll* State Buard tbe mensi for publishing if reports, Instead of aakiog tbe Wave why It ra- printed extracts therefrom? ('■to, kt. fVot, leli tbe people »by. A# to tbe -ware apnt" which the JJeut l'llot bat itkaet ao deeply to heart, "it h-»b-in tbe fact tbal much in lu chagrin and ■ I c ewfitOT. the State Hard » indicated t ap. May and arubllshad III hfealttiy «n. Mary ofidHkm. and tbe Wava happened U. rvpuWisb if ending*, herein mar the bead and tr.an of tbe Wave's offending, and herein tbe eplecn and comity ul tbe Pilot In regard totbeWara'a brine oooaulted at the InccpUra ^of tbe^ PUot^ar giving editor diaclalmi any eticb thought or idea In this miller br bar sot g d the preaun.pu.ai id tbe Pilot. Tbe Wave oooalde Id any county tan bnoeatly or faithfully represent the interest* of th.l rounty. Tim Coeot Print on put this to its pipe and mukc it fIn wane matter. 'Mir authorities may be. c-ane calpal ly lenient. I'mtlcuUrly U Una tbe <a<c in Ibe deparinieol of aidew.lk*. Certain of those In different lo-t-aliiiea through I he bran are in a deplore would call attention. The ride walk froottng Ibe late Atlaolic Hotel property <« Jackaoo it met, war tbe Mew Columbia la nraouly a disgrace, bull* breaming a p •TOee Dtinanrp and omacquen: dettina-nt Ia tbe i»"( -Tt>^ aruwwh acme of^ahlch f.mod any wbr n aloof our enure oaat. IV land la fumatrm la ruppoaed (a be b«t lo Mr. L C Knigbt. a gentietnan a ell able lo afford tbe neceeeary expeodltuie lo plarw b in a pnaealablr enodilioo if nothing Hee.and LU neglect In Ibe nutbr abould be made a tost of IV right* and |oeretaa>« iff owincil lo protect ihi »• far aa Ibe aideaalk la cooorrnra tbe ■■waer h deeriy smeaahie in the <dditunca of tbe city, and the authorities is auplnely noBKnting to lu tolerance arc ' "u'-'u aMiftu. £y 01 * **" A party ouenpoaad of' Miaaee Mai tic. Sallia and Liuie Mccray. Jeuuic klarcy. Ada Crerae, Edith aod Beelina b«en, Mary Miller, llahualt Hand, Ella Taylor, baffie Ware, Sutie HiWreth, Alice ltroan and Mmar*. Jamea Taylor, Willia Pratt, Smith, JrTfiwbard Tlaard, Jamrn M. E lliklretb, Wm. Hand, Aabtoa Williime, >f °c5T lley MgSbimrwrti beet young people taok a trip b> the Court iasaws?ss!is"SK Scssssf nadba hy the carriage wheel*, being a pltwmul feature of the day. Island Gar Company which V represents, baa arranged few openin- a mearcrios wilt. Ibdr worky'and ei[»*-t loheaWeto furniab bolter aerrioc and at thktammUy V b^i Uti yreua. tbdera left at the office of the company, «8^ Waah-cgloe greet, wiirV l^m«*-«ayaCape ^a£^m lead all IV Mrom «b?mM it bflllr^'iS'Si round trf gaiety will be an broke, tram the lat of June lo (be 1st of Srpirtn ber.Pr me Wm. K. VaoGtlder, Petarahurg'e wKleewake nwrebant. buys for cash, sella for mmm and ttbeupeat dine of bouaebold article* of crerj dcacriptton ^fany More In tbe tSS VmUeriraemee eerailrd upon tbe recnrit A fen and elagut ara rt,:,.«n of dims J-U by Mm. K T. ■t-wn. *5 Wka^oav. gM, rtb* ■■ 5

Mwenorlal Day . j Oecuratw. Day came this year at the ► rtoee of a spring that baa nut "been f.«i ward in lawnring the rnrly growth of ' fltnrera-aTV aesiimrat, j.f which the _ Bower* are bat the otr.wsrd and riaftle - eigs, bowerer, waa nOBC <he lew manlfeated. none the km Mrohg. Some yean ! Z&T: l»S^iC Day" away the fcrror uf lu .dmjrance would fade out, but Jndgiog from the record of iu obrmantx tbn and presiding years, it - would accm, on Iho contrary, a* though It bad been accepted aa a natUusl holiday, only wound In importnooa ta Fourth of July. Ita method of rafafcrnitoo la deddedly iu iu faror. It has been BtUog'y placed at the end of May, when the apnug flowers ere iu bloom and nature ta re. d Tiring with life and beauty (run the a winter u! death, e acttaoo full of the sue. ( grationa of life and Immortalilr. It u a c day whose memories appeal with more or n kaa of petaoral intensity to ercry Amerie can. and aa long a. the country afiaiJer,- , dure three will he a! way I some one found d to crew the grama of those who died fur c the country's sake with the Sowers of r lowing remembrance, r Tbe ohaerrance of tbe day in Cape May - waa marked with alwl lbs same featw.e t n in lair years, tbe program aa giren lo t there odium, last week being crictly I darned .wit, Tbe day waa one of the I pkwrautest of the arawin, IV beat of the r sua being tempered by Ibe cooling ins Snenctw of n bracing atmosphere, which, . Mkwrrer, rendered open-air speaking a ! matter of son* liule ioe-ioe. oieoc* lo > IbuK assigned to thai duty. Tbe Pus:* . r of tbe Grand Artny, Now 40 and 70, reo- i ■ dczyouaed as announced at ibe bead- ' quarter* of our local military organ iaatioc ' in this dly, where they wtee escorted by , Company - II " and Cornet band, tearing ; : by ►J.rc.l trwln at one o'clock. Tbe ] of tbe Augfltay tlorps of Post "40'* 1 also accompanied the Oumradca, and gaec , efficient aid in the ohaerrance of t V after- ; nW. aidH TV Umin of four car, ■ were emptied from front to rrer platform, ilw ouuiber of tickets taken up Ving ' about twobaudred, rxeluaieo of tboac of Port "70" which were sold at Court I ' n*«se. I At Cold Spring cemetery tbe sere Ice | conducted by Comrade ^ile, P. C., ' and indnded a abort address hy C-wnman-der Lyon*, of Ib**t " TP," prgyer by Her. I P. Johns-ru, decorating Ibe grsrca by I comrades aaaisted by ladies of tbe Am- I iliary Corps, aod closing witha.mibury 1 •a'.uie of three rounds of blank cartridges by Company " H." This order of exer- , cites wag also obaerrod at the Tabernacle , M. E. cemetery, the prayer bdng ofl rcJ > by Iter. J. RTVHaoo. Arririog at Court liaoar the Potts, l military and accompanying friende, were raceired by a large aiacmblsge. many of whom bad driren In carriages from Ibe tillages lo tbe north aod south ofrtbr county scab Here, alter formalloo o! * fine, with band In front, the organized 1 bodies proceeded direct to the llaptiit cemetery, near where Uie principal eerrioc i of the allernoon waa held. TI.e opening c addres* wa* made by Commander Duke, c acting for Commander Sawyer, of Post -40." who was not aMe In V present. f by prayer liy Chaplain Ayret, of * Pont 40, after which llee. O. P. litsVp, , of Cape May City, delivered the oration. . speaker labored under Ibe dinmdraaUge^ef eat being able to read, the ears ol which was holding high revelry among * f among

b the l.afy brioches ot tbe trcua orert.esd, | k and In r mwqnvnce hi* remarfca had not « tbeeiiroded Influence they merited and . a which it was hoped they would have ex- ■ I? erpiaed. The effort waa a masterly one, /■fll ■•( earnest eloquence, patriotic ta- » arrucli m ami practical applicability. Up- | • »n one |»iui iu particular be touched. , U which rtiurk a •aat'-nairo chord in erery d aymi«tv ir lawrt wltldn tlie reach of his , - ruicr. Tub was tbe tendency on the part I uf ao many of our people lo am vert the e day Into an tadasiim of hilarity and bi isIrriHiscelihratNio. It was uever designed • fur audi purpose. Ou tlie contrary, tbe ^ wry object which the day was Intended » troduo'im^T'uae tVuwctrotuiaL ' " " j a Mr. B abop-a able address was followed ' '• by singing by the Court House choir, " aume bricl and appropriate remarks by ; Re*.. 1*. M. Randolph, with a selection or - two br IV band. The graves of tbe de- 1 ' ceased soldiers, to Ibe number of nine, II were then shewn wilh flowera, the cere- ■ n moor being attended, lo by a band of children nndef escort of ibe comndea of : tlie Grand Army, Three vulleys by tie b mlHtary Bring detach ibent closed the exs efdaa of tbe day. School Matters. L "The trVtrrs'iif the public schools, thb _ dly. held their monthly meeting for May a "n twiurday last. Tbe following appoiot- , meats were made for the next school Tear, TOOitnendnt September 17th, 1863 - , Piindpal, Henry W. Hand; Brat asalatb sot. Mi-a Em:ly W.lliamnon; second a*. aiaian-. Mrs O. R Ilaynes ; third aaeiuant. MIm IwuTa Warwick ;'fim disisiun. I piimsiy department. Miss Justine Johns „ woond depart nicni, Mlas L. Blabup. TV : . aalarlea <4 the acTrral teachers, with IV „ except on of that of principal, which waa . Bard at (400 for the school year, were , made tbg *wme as last year. t Tbe rollowmg bills were ordered paid : • £ k'jjarSu'ai'ilt'Mlsa* ai»g pnatVial- tu ages of Sand 18 eo rolled wa* rc|«.tied by the district Clerk to be 484. an i nervate of SB over Ian year. • For Ibe poaitkm of priocjpal I V board • wag Calksl upeo lo contidar aix applicants, 7 the unaoim wt choice falling opuo a gen- • Hcmaa long knowogo our paople and fur many years Intimately identified with 7 Caiw Msy-a edurajKnal interests. " Visiting M Hit la, Co. D., First Regiment Penntylranis 1 National Guard, in amuuand at Capt.i .n • Hastiog*, bringing tbifty-flve men, arrived at Cape May by special train In • charge of Conductor ltigersoe at 11:05 oo t Wednesday. Tbe onmmand were accoin0 paoied by Ihe Carl Senix Band of fiflern a pieces, and about thirty friends. Among Urc soldier toys waa Mr. IL 4. Crump, one of the proprietors of Oongrtan Hall. • Target practice on the open ground below h the Sea Bretxr Exru.-sioo House was ina dulgrd in until nbe o'clock', wbro the line 1 of march was taken up for Sawyu'a 1 Cbalfimif. a bait Ving made at IV toura- | ids of Cungreas Hall, where ice a.!d lager f waa served. TV company made a fine e appearance aod .marched welL Tbe atlra ring nraratof masic bringing to the sidoa walk the people all along ibe line. After doing justice u> t V Inner man at ■Sawyer'* generous board, Ibe company 1 returned to Cneerea* Hall Jawn, where aa - exciting gamr or, bote ball was enjoyed in . until fire o'clodr^tbe time set I.e Ibeir " urday evening last— Ibe occnriun of lu annual opening. TV eauUuhna nt never . looked to better adrantafy aitb Ma beauli- . I ful dowering plant*, orn.rn.nlal walls and • ceiling, and elegant furniture. Uf IV r quality o! tbe anide diaprnwd it ia null . uvoemary to aay a wdrd. Thai it ia of tbe a ■ Ia'all that sre an able' ,u ray. a The ladies of tbe preua aaruraiou of last Saturday each picked oat a cottage at Cape May and made up tVir rnlnds Usst 1 a tV -For Rent" card should be called in, ; t , spring. ClHtagera auniijrm'lSB* IallS i • S5?™« " *wd ewe taiy tbe I ' aaabTbin* - Pariart •

LOCAL GOSSIP. J,- Watturw of Horn* mtarwat JJrtufiy j» Jt* Xcw CofumUa opens next Sain.u day week. 1 Mb hat. [J Uaooratiiw day bad all th* appevunce 5 of opening .lay of tfauaeaaoo d Tbe repairs •« the Imard-waik nbouid 4 be pushed forward to early compldun. it Tbe ligbliag of tbe stm-ts under tV b present arrar.puirnt b giving general aau •' Largeet stock of rwinl era' materials, ■- paints, oils, glass, etc., at N. c. Price's ' now, Perry atrm. 7 Try W. B. Eldrrdgv'a family flour put " up In bogs of lSj and « Iba-tbe beat , , and cheapest in the market, Scud to VaaGUder, Petersburg, fur Hat i e of prices of groceries He knocks all < ' £Sr"ln° Il,C rrti" bis I d TV watering of I V rtrceta at this early ' r stage of tbe season is an innovation which J i b tmrtUy appreciated by resideut as well aa visitor. r Wyoming cottage, South Latayeur J • street, lias been leased thb rear by Mrs, ] Hal pin, foe many yean the" land-lady of r the Eagle Hotel. Decatur street. * TV Prtabyterian church b lo be band- i aomely painted Inside and put— a tircum- | lance which will prevent Ibe holding uf , j Service for tV ensuing I wo weeks. < Strawberries are quoted at Hand's gro- 1 I eery store, corner Washington and Ocean I - streets, at the lame prices as paid for I - them In Philadelphia markets. 1 1 Manager Root, of the Arctic, has been * ' engaged for aomr weeks past in giving ' his personal attention lo the prvpwnriaua 1 ; for the reception of its expected gueata. 1 TV massive pillars, twenty-eight hi J number, of the new Holel Lsfsyeitr, are c | In prwltloo- and give an Imposing effect lo the front elevation of ifegt handsome ftroc- . •oreTV streets and avenues are being put c ; good shape for the aegaoo, thanks to tV t. committee of council oo streets, satiated g . by tbeir executive officer, Buperviaor das. r BStitaa [ TV paymasters who aerved in the Uo- 0 Army during Ibe war have lately el- h ted an association, and have arranged a holding their first annual meeting at ( May some time in August. d Carroll Villa, the handsome and mod- ^ boarding-house built last year by Cap- * tain George Hildretb do Jacks, n street, ' been leased this season by Mrs. J. A. ' Myers, of Baltimore, tbe lady who kept 1 tbe Wyoming in former years. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. ^ Reuben F. KoUoana. of Tttckaboe, a a valued friend of the Wsvx, waa oo the 1 Island Thursday. I Captain F, F. Wcatoott, Seaville, baa '• through the sounds bordering along ' Cape May Coast the paat week In his official capacity of Fiab Warden. h W. N. Baouard. superintendent of tbe { C. A A. R. R-. late uf tbe enghwer service „ ot tbe P. H- It. , accompanied the jouraaexcursion which visited our shore , bat week. ^ Dr. Thomas Reed, recently hade from A a three month.' ybtt to tV Weu Indies, i. no the Island Mondav to arranee few ( E waa tbe Moods y

ring bis cottage here In readiness for coming of hit family. 1 -We regret our absence Monday de- - p rived us of the pleasure of acknowledging lo peraou the oompllment of a call - from our esteemed friend. Mr- John R. - Senior, at the firm of Thocnaa W. Pnoe I. Company, paper, blank book and card ' manufacfurera, Philadelphia, who wss ' down no a social visit at his hratber-in-I law'a, OapL Douglass Gregory, pilot. Among tbe arrivals of Ibe week la that J of our old and esteemed friend, Mr. J. 8. . K. Hand. tbe veteran Jeweler and lapldm. I He baa been coming to Cape May for many years, but on account of failing lieallh, it not now la a condition to five . bit business hla personal attentloc— a responsibility he has transferred to bis aoo, ' Mr. Joseph Hand, Jr., who ia also here r aod getting things in order lor the araWlth pleasure sre note tV re-appewr- . anee atnoog us of Mra. E- Griffith, known | to many Cape May friends aod visitors aa I the rrieemed landlady ft the popular and ■ homelike boarding house, bearing her . name, ailnatrd on North street, near Otmgrtm -She ia here for the season, and i bough Dot long from her tick room, the i* busily engaged aa ever in giving ber personal overaighl to mattaraapperuining | to the management ot ber eaubliahtnenl. - Fifth District Sunday School Convention. TbeFlrat District Cooveotkn of the New - Jersey Sunday School Association closed . Tnuraday nighr with a meetiDg that filled , 'lie hue tower ball at Clayton la over- : flowing. Tbe work uf the contention be. • can on Wednesday evening by a*acaslon e "f great interest. On Thursday morning ■ delegates from tbe Fifth district, caa- : pririug the counties of Cape May, Cumta riand, Gloucester and Salem arrived on : I V several trains from above and below i the pretty town selected by Ibe executive ' o-snmltire for tbe work of this coo rent ion. : Wm. IE Bodloc, a member of Ibe DtoI t rid Executive Onqimltlee from Gloecvsler, presided over ibe meeting with grace " and becoming dignity. 1 TV State Secrer tary. Rev. S. W. Clark waa present and r materially aided In tbe work ol Ibe day by f his practical knowledge of Sunday -School work In the State. Delegates from Cape 1 May county were present lu Ibe pernios , of Rev. G. F. Bishop, who by tbe way - made a telling temperance talk on the ' subject of training the youth in babita of " sobriety and decorum, and pointing out Ibe dancers that beset their path; Rev. A. P. Johrnon. S. R. Stitaa, J. Swing WiOb and H. W.' Hand. The ladies of Clayton provided a bounteous lunch which waa served ta say 800 persons, in tbe basement of Ibe town hall. ' Au informal invitation was extended to the convention to meet at Cape May City : at iu next anonal convection la *84. ] The cyclone business since the spring " opening keeps-up pretty steadily. If tbe I (luring the spring opening, there ought to lie nothing left of the western stales but ' ibe aoU aod atmosphere, and two or three . men with tbeir hair blown off trying lo get somewhere where it la calmer. Our ' old friend ana former townsman, Mr. J. , 8. Eldtedge, at present in the furniture ' business lo Springfield, III , sends us a thrilling account of tbe way things were scattered by a tornado which struck near . there abos three weeks ago. Bet pea, be stales, fails lo carry anything like a ' true concept ioo of ita effaces. Aa an ia . stance ha narralas the experience of e farmer friend who bad his thirteen cows carried a distance of a mile and without killing them. He also tails of ao apple orchard which stas torn up, and scattered 1 along tbe trank of Ibn cydooa for a mile - or two, tbe trees befog stripped of tbeir 1 bark and twisted into shapeless sticks ' baring the appearance of old ropes. A ; specimen of bow the branches tasked ' after the blow, V baa sent as by mail, and t furnishes a striking Ulustnlroo of the - terrible fury of one of Ihoat atmospheric IriSS *^ht° mares. Na riaiaos of riding the witches through tbe ... of snap-subs. One , more meal properly cooked. Ton know how it is yourself. All you will have -to Chart ie Wlllrams' Merchants F.xciisnge .looks aa bright and mvtting as It did tV r [day it was first opened, some five or six > i years ago, which reminds wof tto'wt • that to- day is tbe day of his regular an- ' • ' nual opening, and an nccaaao on which c ' the genial host will be delighted ta aatrr- ' "I'.'T " rrieDd( wb° ^ •>

JournnUatic Vteltorat -looked brighter out of a^asou than it did oe Friday last, tbe occasion of tbe annual visit of tbe press representatives of Phlla- " delphia, Washington, Bsltimove, Wilroingtoe, Camden, and other cities. A ; speoal trala of four cms, carrying ooC himdred and aixly puaengen, arrived at 1 Hie Sea Breeze shortly after fire o'clock. There tbe party waa transferred by Ibe * open rare of the Delaware Bay A Cape . May Railroad to (Ape May Point, where at the Carlton and Cape Houses. A liule \ ' later a sumptuous supper waa aerved at the Carlton, at which, though tbe bodac , lurd only hern opened for the day and , 1 night, almost every delicacy that one ' I Could wish was aerred under tbe superTisim of Mr. C. H. Hamilton, the affable I and enterprising manager Of the company I owning tbe greater part of the property ' of tbe borough. After supper a grand 1 bop took place ia IV music lint: pavilion ' . on IV bluff, which wa. illuminated with 1 , electric lights. TV music was provided I I by tbe Germanla orchestra, while Prof, a Asbev, of Philadelphia, acted as floor ! with bis accustomed urbanity ■ and aurma If wtf not ttrnf! k fate hrtur ' , that tbe visitors retired for the night. 1 Eariy next morning they were all alout ! promenading tbe beach of inspecting the ' bouse and other features of the 1 ; Point. After breakfast and* hearty vote 1 of thaokl to Mr. Hamilton the rlsltors 1 taken by carriage and train to Cape City wbvre tbey paid aa boor's visit 1 tbe Stockton Hotel, and were there en- < tertalned by iu popular manager, Mr. J. Cake. TV can were again boarded t at half pas: ten nod cur guests were hor. , ried off lo Atlantic City at tbe rate of f forty- Ave miles aa boor, where tbe pleas. c of the trip were rounded off by din- r at tV Brighton and Dennis, tbe party ■ returning to Philadelphia the same afternoon. Accompanying tbe excuraiooistx were , some twenty or thirty representatives of . tbe Pittsburg papers, including several f old friends ol Cape May who of late years hare drifted lo other resorts, bat now regret baring done ao and promise to re- * their old-time allegiance to ber. The ' and Washington delegation was composed aa follows :— Win. fly me and <; of the .taurihaii ; George Morrow I and lady, fiwn ; Frederick IkIu. Herald ; k J. Wiener and lady, Herman Correm a- I ; V. F. Meany 'red* lady. The Ho, ; r F. Powell, Arses.' Charles M. Oregby, Beety Saturday ; W. I. Cook and lady. . Telegram; W. IE Ruby and ladv, Mary- t land Journal; J. T. Enaor and ladies, t, Baltimore bounty Herald; John Loog- c nccker, Towaootosra Onion ; E. S. Riley i and lady, Annapolis Adeertuer ; T. V. r red lady, Chicago Hem; E. c W. Koch and lady ; H. Soowdrn, Alex- b andn. OaieUf ; W. B. Shaw, Boston - Tranrerift ; Cadet Taylor, Illinois : M. c Helm aod tady. Washington JtemMiem ; A. Pope, Wnahiagtoo CriUe : T. ( L. Morrow, lady and son, Washington , GaeetU; C.Relneckc red lady. Washing- ' Journal; J. C. Itiley and tady. f Waahlngloo ; S. W- Curiden, Waahington ' RemMiean. All IV Philadelphia Vm- S nals were reprasealed, including John 7 W. Forney red MIm TUlle ForaH*, el Preffreoe ; IE G. DonoeUf, Sut.ffar JflrrarjK. A. Dorr, Press 7 -fl ro. l'erey, ' American ; Bro. McConnrll, Earn. ■ •"} Star ; Col. Fitzgerald. Sunday Hem; 1 Iliaileri. Sunday Tone, Bro Bailee r Mrs. Bladen, Sunday Timer; Bro. Bailey!

r Record ; E. Spark*. Truth ; and about 1 forty others. Uf the Camden press tire 1 . H'. J. Prett wag represented by iu genial | . proprietor Siunickroa Chew, IV Port by I I If. I- Booaail. Jr.. 00c of iu proprietors. I , red the Hemocrat by IU editor. Samwi | TV trip for IhMe participating therein , 1 was a most enjoyable one throughout. | . aod was, aa we stated last week. Under . tbe management at James H. Wood. ! . General Passenger Agent of the I'enn IE j K.. wbo was assisted by George W. lljyd, AraistSnt General Passenger Agent, and ' Otuge De Haven, advertising agent of ll:e . Company. . ^ ] ' COURT HOUSE. r . Newell, of MUItUM, have been making tbe Bay View House thair bcadquartrrs , , tbe present weak, being attracted tbltder , to take advantage of the splendid Billing J season now opened along tV Vy aide, i l^u>*m*«be*ueUieyVvebeeovrry ( C. B. Cunovcr and wife, HiPviUe, are ! I tbe guests ot Mr. George Whrmloa Mr. t * C. lm* had quite a run of luck In tbe hag- ( rlgluj! of tbe meadow bfnk audi V booking < g of tbe alieepbead during hla sojourn. 1 Mr. Wilbur of Philadelphia, in com- ( panv with a friend, and Under guidance t " ol E. C. Wbentoo. one of our crack gun- I nerw. baa been killing tbe birds at a lirely r »<' <b« fTOnil "«k. t I TV average daily ahipmenta of fish r I from this station the paat week or ten t - days baa been 1000 pounds. t Never since the Incept toe of Uie very ' I bemotiful custom Una there been the in- ] E trrest in Drenntioe Day aod its attendant ' - exercises as baa baen manifested Hit. year 1 - by 1 V people of this village and surround- - 1 ing c- immunities. Exclusive of our own 1 ' people your correspondent would estimate ■ * tbe attendance from Cape May City and I - other peru of Ihe county, on that d»y at 1 - not leas than eight hundred ptopie. " But for the umreing episode which nc- ' curved at the BUtlne in which a young ' I while man and a colored woman were Hie ! principal actor*. Decoration Day would 1 have lieeo marked a* re occasion of gnwl Interest snd unaBoyed pleasure to all wbo 1 participated. i ! About twenty of (V comrades of Ed- 1 * ward Towoatnd P<at, Na 70, this place. ( attended divine worship In a body at Ibe ! I G°ahen hL E. church on Sunday last. A . nxat excellent discourse was preached by 1 , Rev. Mr. Vsnaanl. The cfaurch wu crowded to its full capacity. An attractive feature of Uie exerciwa ' B Decoration Day were tbe little girl*. . twelve of Ihem, dreaaed io while and 3 crowded with flowera, wbo resisted in IV T decorating of IV pares of IV Soldiers in IV Baptist cemetery. Fourteen dram flab were shipped from E Sere Tuesday to aa many different points, ' Mr. J. Swing Willis of Cape May Court * House, ia re enterprising husinea* man. ? and wc are pleased Ui note that be is prtsu ' pering acenrdiagly. His stock in trade ia ® the Va« afforded hy IV market, and tbia, J with obliging ways, gains and bokts boat* . 1 TV agent at tbe railroad ration here ia , g reported 10 have one at tbe "soft snaps'1 a of tbe road, but u. lake a bird's eye view r of bini aa V prances about during ibe' ' •hipping bear from fl-50 lo 7.18 p. m. , nobrdy would ever suppnee for a moment . V knew what trouble or annoyance waa ■ 1 Tbat'wa* a md affair which occurred a in a neighbor's yard the other day, which I terminated In IV decease ot a venerable r little bantam hen. It waa -all owing in I loo much lime in IV whitewash 00 1 e fence, thereby causing pink-eye. Tbe ' r bird sent nearly leu years <*L IL 8. * VaaGUder ia ad ling mailings lower I than tbey caa V bought at retail ia lTiii1 adelphia, and considerably below uy of ' Cape Ma.Va bouee furnishing stoma. I. Knopf boot red shoe dealer, wbo , 0 of ^Washington A*jiIdMoatroda hure^ - sumdoecupiol ' W^b?bu ,uccrofcd "dotag^^d^' 1 , which drcumitauct be desires lo call tbe 3 attention of hi. former frianda red pa- ' ' j IV corner of Waahlngloo iPm^arwuI afewatepa from Onogrepi Hall, red m ;i3!»«ast.,w'S£' ■ t Afnillinaof hoouandnh.ev. tadles *Ip ' ' ^1 seaside '«(«*■ manager, i'lanra. Eat.y Orgmna. 1 ..ggrttfaa'a/aB 1 'ST*— oa--wr~.li

BRIEF MEMTION. t We have not heard a word concerning i IV celebration of IV National Birthday. J "d R la only little nxwe tSTa mmtb off. - SErxsrSiSsss.'iS: ' fce cream, cake mad patriotism. Belter ' celebrate the "Fourth" under tV guise of f filling some empty ehoreh treanury, er by ' pulling ducats In Ibe cash box of IV ' Sunday-sdiool, with Ibe pretense of : magnifying Independence Day than not ' at all Whichever it may V let IV com- ; miller* get lo work; there ia not a spare day. Erery big live by IV roadside • ought lo have a red-bo< poster ou it, held ; in place, aa It were, by tbe glorious bird ; of freedom. Wr frcl that this bint will bo 1 gratefully received. Wbo speaks for the r first Fourth of July fesrival, wtih all Uie ; cumbiuaUxn'r TV weather dees not seem to know iu . okd mind loog enough to settle down I and give us steady going spring With soft, , south winds. The dry spell tasting through May waa against agricultural [ prosperity. Seed long In tV ground for seeks, giving no aigu of tV life that was . them, from want of bent and moisture However, "It's on ill wind that blows no . good." TV waathM has discouraged the potato beetle. TV rolateym family now take a rest from Paris green, sou the pest it ia intended to destroy. To ; make a long storj abort we may as well dispose of things almoapberical toe tbl* l spring by saying little about them. Wm. HoHtngabend, of Green Crack, . t valuable borsc last week from tbe effects of castration. Secerof our yonng people own riylisti red gay steppers. Pardonable pride is taken in eveniogridra upon out highways. Mr. Jno. K. Errickaou ia tbe owner of a pretty pair of ponies. It is * real pleasure lo take a ride wilh John, so those dial have ha:l lhr experience. TV pulpirpf IV Presbyterian church. ! at Green Creek, was occupied ou Sunday morning and Wening by Rev. Mr. Ingram, and in die afternoon by Mr. Craner, Rio Grande church. Drum caught in lhr bay find ready axle ' at from a half 10 a dollar each. - Good are made in' fishing for them. - Master Henry Hand, of Green Creek, ia quite an amateur fisherman. In preparfishing gear on Saturday last he cut leas for a lime aHraX The fid! may uTe TV king of tbe tramp tribe passed through the- same village ouSundar. Wc met bim on our way to church. He looked aa though be hadbeou in an old How H*e man got along with ao much ra him ia a problem. He did not E along very fast- To give an Idea of beam, when be took tV middle of tbe road the apace between tbe rftta just Inclosed bim. A large class presented Itself to Ibe Board of ExabiiDcrs ou Saturday generally young perrons, and Uie most of Ihem were not disappointed in obtaining certificates. County Superintendent Shffdds waa present and managed affairs with bis usual urbanity. Angleaca is dcsUoed to be very popular for excursion panics. Several are now waiting for Ihe railroad to leach IV beach Gist IVy may enjoy a day by Uie lea. Boya thnt Ibiuk, naturally inquire why |

; many stories are Bred al'lbem with an ■ : awful example of a bad boy to give 1 poiola. Seldom are girls mcnllracd in \ ■ Ibis illustrative line. They, to say the i are a always good. Captain John Scull la baring success ■ with bit new venture ot pound flahlng Picrece Point. Comrade Scroll sirt- | fered tbe burrows of Andcraonville prison t for near a year, coming out more I dead than alive. His experience there \ bare left tbeir mark upon him. Tuckahoe. Mr. Samuel Maaaey. of New CaaUe, , and bis son J. M. Clayton Massev, t it Wilmington, Del., also Mr. Henry P. ; Maaaey. ot Smyrna, Delaware, were pres. J sol su'the burial at (hair aiater. Mn. but- , . too, last Sabbath, to Ibsrn a tint under t ; very sad circumstances This family of J | Masters are descendants of an aristocratic , English family. Their father, Thomas ) Maaaey, waa a wealthy manutacturer of • linen goods at Roacdale, Del., tbeir moth- a Ving of tV aoeietyof Friends. TV faitv.- waa killed by a boiler explosion on c hoard a steamer bound down t V Delaware 3 Cape May in 1851. There worg .eight ■ children, aix sons aod two daugbtan, er. a nor of whom waa noted for personal J booor and large hearted benevolence, t Only three now survive. Tbouiaa, a re- I Urol farmer at Middletou, Del., aod the J first mentioned. , L'ncta Mark Champion, a venerable resof Sleelmanlown. well-known and respected throughout all Ibis section of tbe county, ia lying very Ul, wiib but lit- i lie hope of his recovery at this writing. ' wife, wbo died some ten yiars aince, , was a member of the faoiilyof Steelman-, - from whom Ihe little settlement received ita name. . Knde Enoch logeraoll is 78 years of ia almost aa erect aa in bis youth, ba* . : fresh, pink like complexion, iaU>ra daily I the field .or meadow, and. Vat of all, ; Urea lu the glorious work of the Master, and no ooe is more prompt and regular io attendance upon Device Wnr- t , ship in lhe.M. E. church, of which V has ' ; i-en an active, oontlstrnl member over J TV old homestead of t V Tbomaa Mar. ' > shall, at IV Marshallville cornets, to Vrepa'red aod modernized by tV pre-*- . ent occupant aod owner, Mr. Frederick I Marshall. When oanidew-l, and tbia i ; pleasant residence receives lu new color- ] ing of paint. It will Va rarat attractive , : and delight I ul place of rroidencr. i 1 TV May party last week ou tV Young J farm gave a thoroughly enjoyable day ■ , and evening to the ac.ires of young persona present ftpm tbia village and Petersi burg. Tockaboc ha* s mlntotrriog sngel in i the peraou of Miss Maggie Powell Pusrossing au amiable dispuelUoa. gentleness , and kindness beam from ber countenance. Hera ia a generous sympathetic nature, ' with a heart thai goes out after afflicted . • and bereaved ones, and many a "God • Ursa ber' lias wrllvd up from ib» hearts ' of those who have known tV blessings ' ber minrorallnos have brought. SV will • t anion three cxpreubmt— tliey me lieart1 Teh. Mrs. Captain John I. Smith continues ' ! in quite a feeble cuoililioo, . Rev. S. B. Jarman baa the sympathies ' . of busts of friends in bfi enfeebled coodi- ; thro of beallb. I Dr. Frank P. Glover, of Maya Landing, : . does luouilc'rablc dentistry here, making . I wakly visits. ' A Dangerous Counterfeit. ' 11 "'"^crelt ! r ; ' ; pS^MflBsull KomSLAN«W I ) aalaaxtata. 17»-J ' ! TV filly ooe aecoden of lbs M. E ' I Church at Moorestown Vve b*d a large _ ., let, opposite the Baptist Church, preaenb led to them, and tbey Intend to erect a 1 new Methodist Church. Meanwhile they . : refuse to alleod :V church to which Rev. : Mr. Wbltecar bat been assigned aa pastor. I 1 ; (Ape May's largest hotel. Uie Stockton, ' . ; will this year be under tbe Inanagemeal ! of nae of tV most popular hotel men that • ! ever set fuot an Jereerwsl- TV . gentle- 1 man In questioo b Mr. J. P. Cake, of old i<-«grraa Hall fame. — Philadelphia Prem. I . | Since tbe tax has been taken off of to- 1 | Umuo it to gratifying to know that a tel. , , | eraWy good a gar can ba bought for flf- - i jnra^:IVusi '»ro5?n>"!roa^Ss

SEA SIDE. * * '• C loaning* from th* San Coast VII- . *— '• ' Ex-Sheriff, Albert Adams, has moved . with bto family from South Seaville to Tuckahoe. baring became the owner by ' purchase, we are Informed, of Ibe bome- , stead of tV tale Dr. E. L. a Wales, at T totter place. CaM. John Wright tauoobed his new a boat taat Tuesday. TV launch wasa per* e feet anccesa Aa she glided off tV ways j amid the applause of tV mulUtude. she 1 was named tV William Blgga. J. lilies was master of ceremonies. * Ellis n. Marshall, pott master at Scott vUle, ia a happy father. Boy arrived ra Tuesday morning, i Tbe liule son of oar pastor, Mr. Bran- , i yelte, ia very 111 with pneumonia This is ' , IV third attack. At ibis writing Dr. ; : AbbotLbaa slight bnpra of his recuse ry. il Scboraer John Anna, (Apt. £. Uortra. ' is at Shell Bed Landing with a load of . ' lime consigned hi T. -C. Sharp. Mr. 8. informs us V will have ecveral'loads 1 brought in this summer. 1 The Sea Die turnpike bridge It Wfl ' to V in great need of repair, as the Sea ' Isle end is tculing very rapidly. Some I of our hucksters are talking of taking ' aometnisbap while crossing. I Two city chaps, boarders of T. F. ' , Sbute. got in a friendly dispute aa to t v , time it could take to walk to Ocean View from Mr. 8. 'a residence. Pinally one ; 1 wagered ten dollar* be could Walk it in • * twenty minutes. Distance ooe nod three ' 1 quarter miles. Lost bis moecy by cue ' minute-anil a lialf. 1 . Will Bachelor aod Alex. Smith caught j 45 weak Bib oa Wedneaday morning. Have sern several parties going home * - with targe strings of floe fish. 1 Sir. and Sirs. T. If. Gandy are very | much pleased with tVir new grand son. | CApt. Cbaa. Lloyd la carting lumber j , .from Seaville Station to the Ocean City i turnpike bridge. The contractor, Sir. Willets ii beatoo, thinks Uie bridge will be completed by tV 30lh C'f June. j " Mr. Sylvanus (torabn la improving the J looks of bis dwelling yery'much by bav- j ing it tliorouiritty painted. Our vouog j ' acnif1rVf"" | 'ril'D<'' Iw*"* R- Town- . The central part of tV county waa blessed wilh gentle showers of rain on ° Thursday. j Mr. I'atrick M urpby, late atatiou agent I at Rio Grande, bss been transferred to , Seaville station. He is warming up to ! tV work of heavy ahipmenta of clams f and oysters. S. * murmur. Thsnoueetbcraociwaittnofutr, ' imtoMlgfrt n< s *t*re' warilsycom- _ arte, assnnng tbem thai her i>eare **» nrrftrl, thai in Uie waa slmpij lalUna a.!«ep in £ ana* ol JrSUi. - Brtnalnfng coasctoaa to Us last, tier nartiat wiuU* were given lo the slin—i Woken sreeUi ivabaow .

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I HARD FACTS and PLENTY Oak 1 hill is simply a great retail Clotliiiig HqaLcv^-tiic greatest of its kind in ihe country. Our Clothing is made ; ij»on honor. We would be yorse than fools to expect to : build and hold a business upon other titan honest goods, at the I .east prices. We neither hold not buy tlie remains of wliuleiale stocks to 'run off at retail, but make-ev'ety gamfent to sell i iirect to Uie wearer, under uur. cast-iron guarantee; a bond i if good faith original tvith us and perfectly well known to I I jverybody in the vicinity. NO PRICES REDUCED. KVe are not advertising reduced prices, but we are in , Kisijon to offer the best bargains in Spring Clothing of every . .ort and upon many items very great bargains. In a very ! ' :rue sense all our PRICES ARE REDUCED. foil line V Srai ^lu^ZiTZTJ~L'~ZZZ ZZZm !£ Two full 111— at Men'* Suite. -SI 700 ^raniiTOMjramwButM ."^T »t am mn iira^,v&lS«Sfl,SSu:ri'.'.'.'..'.: zzzzzzSi V* igggtgjgmsgg-- j a Twu lull linrwurtirnell Boya' Hull* " .1 a.«0 faajBsauwaBh . a s This small list represents nearly five thousand suits of • Clothing. If we told the whole story we would need the I whole newspaper. j Twenty- two years Oak Hall has been serving the public, ind in all that time has never offered a stronger inducement 1 j ibr trade than this. WANAMAKER & BROWN, Dak 1 lat > . S.'E. Cur. Sixth and Market Sts., Phila. £ BECK & BR5„ 1 Sole Agent' tor Cap* Mi*. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ALLEN & GINTEES* TOBACCO AND CIGABETTES^

THE GREAT BARGAIN HOUSE IS THE NEW KKICKERBOCKKB Bt'ILDISOn, NO. 00 WASHINGTON STREET, jfc APE MAY, K. J. ViiigvKf Great Bariaim in PENS & GLASSWAHE, /f'TmBOL GREAT 1IAKGAIN8 WmJMftatEfciA In OW Fashioned EARTHENWARE. wusnEBrt'L MHiim tlLIOHT HSwUCT1 OIL"! "we hareil FIVE CENT COUNTER Ol Extraordmary assortment. We also have a Large TEN CENT COUNTER. IMMENSE BARGAINS Eitrauriinary Bargains in Wood and Willow Ware. I£fmm62jf lin-ai Bargain* u i ANS'EH OOOD8 and EVAPORATED FRl'ITB. evnt cake to the ane«t TOILET SOU'. Real Genuine Bargains PAIST HBt'tllEK. DCST BHl'BDES. WIIITEWASD BHC8UES, *c. ALSO TADrtb large and small nnanUUna^WIMK) W^ULASS in au^slze*. ^tirear Ilargalna taaOraat Variety Aprti- SMITH & OO. CLOTHING STORE STOW OPENED. No. A I Washington Street, Cape May City,— — CHARLES KEEDLEK, MANAGER. Gents' Reaiy-Sele iotii aid FnnilsliiiE Goods. A Guaranteed Hiving of tram TWENTY TO TUIBTV FEB CENT, to eartemen buying OUR READY-MADE CLOTHINQ, Call and price OUT goods before going to phlladetptiU or having yonr ovders alaawhma. M

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