»«. JO per Annum. In *d<un ^»Ian) an 5 (Sonnfg. SI. JoHn's Episcopal Church. jxr -< r. ins rtn h. hrtd every suodsy dure* . Ilowe, "I Baptist Church. , ' Imyovi. Ugher oiriirr, Ospe M»v should be msdc a still more comely town as a whole- By this **airmebt It is not meant that there slemhi l« I are and there bright spots, but thai the city ought to be beautified in carry part. Ho unsightly shanties, or - nrghClrrt has should disfigure tbe fair taor and fame of the town. Our material pn-iwrily depends as mucli upon whal art I «*. and still may do for her. as upon her natural advantages of locatiirt. Citizen* indifferent to the felicities tnd beauties of things Aoukt be required by statute to brightrn and clean up Uii ir pre crtirs. .whrtbrr they be neglected lots or taraMo-dnwn huts of which tbrre are Ipo many here and there about town. Level and sow lbs recant areas down in lawn grass This will glre them a pretty and auractlre nppcarenor, and increase tbe chnnoea of sale and for a better prior. Oxer a recant kg la tbe buzincss center of tbe town was noticed, since tbe month come in. n wagon load of rubbish in tbe shape of pkces ot boards, brick-tats, dilapidated cart wheels several empty barrels and a ouoglomeretion composed of lata of paper, fragments of mortar, and are not unhealthy they are not n hit residart or risking. Tbe jrtblic property should betidyed up and beaoUfind. if that he poastble, in tlie Jammed stale of things up by tbe big tank. How it is possible to much longer neglect divorcing tbe school building and Jail we annol tell, but that this in owgruous fellowship brings us Into dip grace oe me free to affirm. If tbe water w.irha are beautified by Modern art, there can la* no reaamahlc objection to their proximity to the temple of learning, but away with the Calais *wr, anywhere rise would boa more fitting location. Our city fathers should rite to the progressirc lerrl of the day. and do as much at lean lerrl or toe day. ana no mucn at test

to make the city beautiful as priralr ]( CW*0Ofc A la a few dpyrs tbe fine addition to the o New Columbia will be completed, and di then- Colonel Duffy will bare or* of the finest buses on tie: cuast- There Is to j t«- an extension of tbe dining room into || the oew wing; this wilt gire a sealing u rapacity t.w Ore hundred guests An W ekgant park* U to front Perry street. « CommialkMS cbarolare faring tbrforcaa 0 will beafeatore of the nppcr stories. |- Deep porches about nd skies of the bofrl u not only girt a fine promenade, but add beauty to tbe exterior nod make n pretty finish ret wjtb tbe tower and other proJecUcns City Council has <l«s well In ordain- '' ing that the boar) w*k along the ocrirs. _ front and appartenanec* thereto belonging, shall not be defaced by the placing * or painting of ndrrrUsroenu andjKklcea ^ thai 'be rwpiiiemenU of the measure are 1 cart led into eOcet Pew rioialing them a B penalty of twenly-firc dollacx it to be r inqvmed, or in ease of failure to pay the " fine the offenders me to be oommitled to * Jail. A number of ucsigbUy signs and ndrertisememU are still allowed to disfigure the line of the board-walk. They " should be moored at once. h The Stockholders of the Upogrras Hall II Hotel CBmpany held their annus! meet- li Ing Saturday erenlng, with president IL n: J IkibbSrt presiding Mr. George M. « Moore, of the Olrard Houie, Philadelphia, V secretary. . Messrs E. C. Knigbt, A. M. tv Moore and Jacob li. Knafie were also in pi attendance. Matters m rrimkm to ths se future disposal kc of the hotel property si were crer iSrtvd, the result of wbleli wi fc are not at liberty at pnwent to disclose. A It is rumored tint Mr. K C. Knight has p madr an uffsr for tbe property. it If you By a flag from your establishmeal, whether it be hotel. BeCe or office. A ar to it that the emblem is hoisted soug ^ up m tbe msstbeud of the stall. It don , red soggist pk-saaol things to see tbe na- jc baud any flag if it ia prjrtnitlod to fkut * any wtsro* between the ground or housetop. and the place where it sbouU flutter ^ to Or Iszse is snug up to the block on the mart brad. Tbe West Kud. under its ocmtnooa man- k acre. Mr. L K. Johnson, is rapidly filling C up with old JaWuM. This hotel Is Dried o tor the excellence of iue-uisiaeud tbe » paiewtaking cure exercised in cacfc depart- . meat. Mr. E. Clinloc Hewitt, who has I. brat for so many seasons at tbe West Bed j i is again at bis okl post- v The Bast Caps May Beach Company ' prepare pustda* their real ortaM tnieresas > With -twrgy this sraron. and bare ar- j . ranged for putting in shape (or tale be , Hreoi fire hundred and a thousand of its . his. An tbe particulars relating to Uk property can be obtained at the office of tMHupsriMM. Kex 1* W«ita*ro J - Tbe fat ri Critages to rent is bring re due.*! to amy small dunanriirtl, indeed. A® a walk ornr town, life and activity k , mm

A BRILLIANT OPENING. - I ? diery. ri^SciVnc!^'™ KOsf j _ Pennsylvania, numbering two hundred and fifty tnuakctannrf aereretpanirei by its ' r drum corps of twtaly-ctglil mctnlicfs and _ the Wercaene Iwn.! artivci at the Grant ^ strert depot on Saturday at 4:50 p. m.. under the zraninand "I Major llyan. The ' mibtmy was received by' a dctecb- ' meat of Company IL, of this dry. A st the stsikio to welcome the gsllani ■g Pbiladclphiansua their antral in our city. 1 Preceded by their escort and the Bat-. t tsiion band playing inspiring aim. s ' * line of march was taken up aloof lk-ari, arrenie to the Stockton, where ranks were ' Ivr&rn tbd the ormnund assigned to (juarlrfa in the hrid. J The 'best jumde at 7 S0 was n'rerirnl 1 », <sf the spk-S'lul militsry parewnls of last z. Runnier. The lirauliful lawn of the grand ' - hotel sras BKhfaTaboM if wIIL aomlnng citizen* (fnd frirndl'of the military. - Proudly, dpi to the time of rauh.-ir J drums 1 be Tour companies composing the w bsltslion ftirmei! in line with a precisioo " of steps asni inoremcnt that sras admitable. Il sews a pfctly sigh! indeed to * witness the evolutions of li*, f eocibtos. " Esch epmmsnd being executed with s ■r promptness sod supuncy of derail that . showed the effect ot drill and disipliue. t " The Weccscoe .etfidjd itself, the drum c major prrforrnthg some sstoolsbiug feala [ ' with hit men ta the way of marching. I c The nnlform of -the whole command g ' was bccrimutg and wo should think that o ' one measure would do for the entire line, t an near ia size wero the nistt onmpoamg ' ' IL t It ess without ssying that the martial e | bearing and rlrgun: npja-aranee of the t offlrer* merited and iccgired tbe admlrs- t tk'.-i ijf all Iwlmld't*. We congratulate 1 ° till: uianagrujenx of the ^loekton Uriel, g j the re/.Tt sdhU jffws a bittingindiing I feature nf il^. "grand eommeneetnent." a Nut li in the history of Cape May was 1 ^ Hi" sea*on. Tlie large hotels prosr-nted o , (lie life sod gsycty of ni id-summer, and d ^ in no one thing are we indebted for this a , Ireppy sod satisfactory state of affaire c . than to thoriiitof tlw f*laie Kencihles. h On the part of everybody st Cape May !' 'r the organizali'is spu extendeds wrlcesne. * Die grand ieritaliao bill compUownt tary to tlw military waan real mid-nmmer affair. Tbe large dining Ml was crowded s ' srith cilizrns of Capo Mty, ami boats oT j suangcra. At B.80 tlie Slate Fcnclblcs in , . full uniform marelied into the room pre- * . ceded by lire regimental lend playing a n ' marching rinks were broken and the ( business of the evening lagan In earnest. . Tlie dancing wax splendid, being kept up , . till a late boor. Outside tbe band pcr- | formed choice aire in tbe Music Temple J Here the. .people were congregated in large numbers enjoying the enchanting ' music and reveling in a fairy world of jj delighL Among tlie prominent guexto nt p the opening foMlrilins at Uie Stockton we , ' Geo. Wm. J. Sewell : pr..fi»a..r llad- , ' data, Baltimore; 3. W. F.-sroey,* M:n „ , May Forney, I*hiladelphia ; Hon. W. „ Budd Deacon. Mount UcHf, David Sxr- „ ' uny and sgife, IMlUbilrg ; J. H. WooFT ,, [ Ocx Dc Haven and wife. Hex W. Boyd 0 and fife, ITiiladriphta; W. J. Ilnioa, f noil wnc. limaunpuia : sv j. iiruoa. ,

; A. L. Sehan, U. S. N. ; Miss „ Sherlock. Baltimore : Jame* S. Mc- t and wife. Miss Mnlscl E. Mere- c dilh. 11. A. Weils, John I- Dale. Haiti- t more; CapL Jose|h Sleek. San Francisco; . F. Tsbins, Msjiw Hymn sad wife, Wm. | B. Stnllh and wife, Philadelphis : Wm: , IL K nail and wife, D. I'inkacy West, r Wm. Piokney Wat. D. II. CoHisr,* k W. Ihydcn and wile. Baltimore; U. J , and wife, George IL Crump. , and a Urge delegation front" | the cottage homes of pcrmsoent and out ( The Stockton Hotel. ' Wbin it i* mid that Ibis manmto'h devised t'v tlw health, pleasure, and en- , venieDce <>t ih>«^ who find temporary , boniea in h dels, i: w.aild teem that nt.il-- , Ject. ll li, after aifith a largz ooltay o! , r (Md.flOO) in Ike way of cleaning. , refitting. %nd introduction of . sya.esn ol , which, is the light of taodorn , ariracr, iaalanit jeirfhct. pwrttoular ailin- , Uon should he dimrtol again to a wihjrvt . which is of so touch Importance to wn- , side visitors gun-tally. , Tlw ayrtem of hygiene ah ad the house , an expert In sanitary engineerErsry basin, tea pool tod viuk is , must perfsetly trapped. Bach floor ami , sen km lias Us special conduit leading off ( tlie main a:wrr, which cnoiloit in Its twin ia rkstbly trapped. Not only thl'. where the crmduits enter the lush: t pipes leading to tbe sew ere there 1s in- i •cried a Urge ventilating pipe lending to 1 inches above the roof to cany nil any ' air that could possibly be generated ' a spen man of sanitary drainage and ' plumbing it stands today the finest hotel ' tbe world. Tbe hnpi ivsroeots for the pleasure or ' guests are .if' the moat unique character 1 with tbe verandahs, five tbopmnd jmreuos J 1 n oo*ufort«ble manner. . litre will he 1 given tlw air •morris and grand mnslcal 1 fastivala ol the **l mi . The yucslisi* 1 tilul music "tsmple id oew design and t Fltesaur Slawo Haukr. so kstg well ' to tbe uinaic kiving pr.flk' td j will dm vs. pcraewslly. the j ( umkr ha skilled training ' i • To sum up the w hole busiciv* of the ; Oaks, so well known to th--.- faiuilinr I 1 I with *>hl Congress Hall an I Wilusrd's | I Hotel. Washington cdy. In 'h- 'ar.iu.mi i I sum goreta "Mr. Cskr will toir. rbe v.1- ! uahle aaaiautt/ • f Mrs. C-tr. win l* j I pliahtd hoitrekeeper. I Ho from the mitkadt of " lht begin sing ibe great he* el has pnaptu that will culminate is a aesauc unprecedented . in its eventful history. Ho may it be. The opening at this popular favorite for of MtrerxuT 4 6. H. Ik^pTih.' Odasade, IVdadrlphi, was nri kss brO- ; Han! tliaa expertoL Nature has done | modi far tbi. hotel in ibe way M high

itself is a substantial structure at jg^wiih eyerythinj^teghl, yd .nyw Mlkapreh rti i-jjss -vW 1 1 ft * UJil-.i... . has a ptsseneer elcvn'V. Buck hoard I bulletin, t- l"gia|di-.e famnaawwlina and general set vh> .,»Ue unexwfirfi. ! Satunlayev. nine prof Kmuin1fr.n 1 d.T^,d rn "T.u O'hw«; w-iki which was of r-"ira- rnr-.nrd Many ; familiar ' farm were ecu .-njoylng the oe*ax*tno of ojwning and ihmtiihsa reviewing old ami delightful nu-rraaioa. lTnf. Asbrv will manage dm pleasurable tm- ' livitics at this brie) fur tbe aessun ot US. Gsrroo, tbo originator nf the new hever- ' ire rrrsni nvta. baa a place in the . hall whldi is fitted up In elegant atyk. A fin" rntx.iual box it an a.lditiooal We name a lew amoog tbe many guests who rnj. yed the hrspilaliliea of Congress da II on opening day, a* follows i Wm. B. Krout sod wife, Baltimore ; J. it. Murphy sad A S. ShaUercaaof Phils.; H. P. Wert. Baltimore ; W. W. Drydcn and wife. llslUmore ; I- C. Gnlx and Dr. D. Davidson. Philadelphia ; D. Cotlttr, Baltimore ; D. Liodaey, W. W. Cooper sn.l lady, of Philadelphia. A Pleasant Episode. One of ths very pleasant episodes attending Ibe visit of tbe Fencibds to this city on Saturday and Sunday, was the presentation of Major Ryan oq behalf of grosscd-testlmonial to the Messrs. Crump, nf Congress II all. . Tbe occasion calling ibis exchange of courtesies was the vi.it of the Fcnciblcs to Congress Hall at Uic done of the season of 1H82, which event (lie genial hosts made so pleasant that the BsttalitMrieiermioeil to return the kindness by tout public testimonial. prescnlsiion speech was msdc by the gillanl Major in very choice ami appropriate vnnli, dweUiog upon the occasion and the courtesy received- Mr. George vein, and referred to the -founding of tlie orgsnisstian, its innumerable services for country, and 'its growth in efficiency and reputation. The parchment was en - closed in n massive gold frame and now in the office. The following is tlu CTAnjraawitfL Ijl?u2^a!w Sd'iuCl roramaMUUs iSSnonjol Its slnomsM hcanj Tne Warm Prisonal Aarniian *n-l rmsroos au-1 Xlu.ll* rourtra/ ram exlrndol ^^5^5^.,*,, The Dob Ordinance. - In an interview with Gen. Scnell on subject of mad dogs and the nrdinsnreparted by council, lie expressed himself adrcrsdy to council's action, ssying lie did not believe there was any need of such na ordinance. Mad dogs were beard of hut he was of the npistos that il sras only n distemper fatal to the animals themselves, liis children had dogs, and played with them all the lime, without any evidenoeof so-called madness. IX*. I, . H.S.II. i. II ml . rreurse, Is diffcrroee opfnhnt

the subject; but be believed Utc coin- 0 and hanplnea of his own and others' c children ilcpemk'd largely upon tbeir pets. 4 tbe dread of losing their favorites ; by this foolish onler of council, his Irouse- , itoid ami children arc In n fever, and if j ran- find no other remedy, he will ^ rrmoTT fretm. 'tht City. OT caurse, tbcre "j kn two aida to this question, and much t ran be said for and against the ordinance t complained of by General SewciL Others c bare mmpliinod to us in this mailer j, b-.-ides the (icocraL Pjaslblv svur rc~- c lief may be found by coancfla whereby t safely may be aecured without severity. 0 1 Ir flc unreasonable in the mailer of coo- 1 v. rtinr tlie sldejjalk In font of thrit re- f olive plans of buslorss Into ware- * are designed far the lire nf the public, if We understood aright, atul 41 the public , rights in the pnniiars they ought to ^ respertetL it is a matter whidt rbouid ] tx- ti'v'nl libcndly. y«S tairly. We j i arid out propose the curtailing of I . Singh- prrvikjp: which ssoold advance the j idoiss iuirrests of any man, but it must , i !«• denied that Is Hie teguhilion of r s. mil things ilPh-Mivenieor* of Ibe public B •iorwalks ere narrow affairs anyhow, nr.d c iri lite appropriation of tbeir limita to In- c dividual purposes, a Just cnSeepUos of t wliat is due the poblk should be re- ( gardcJ. A word to Ihc wire, etc. c A centlrman from Ike interior under- 1 l.ek to lathe inthe'surf Monday, lie ' iw.de some shirt tlp-toc ueps Into the • «»trr, and then with n shrug of bis I shoulfjgra, returned to 'the bench, where be fortified hlmfclf frsKd the rvrntems of t 0 He then made n Srcoud tad' a , third rtlempt, taking spoil (resn his fire k L before each one of tbem. In tbe ntml j ■ trial fie was harried out by an unusually c rrje breaker which submerged tbe mem- > b< r from ths Warbash up to bit koexix c 1 brtugfil laUHvgnMlion, but by Uils C titnelH- wa* n llKroughly aaakro mado J The weather yesretday was of the us- c ox' kind found oowkere else but here. ' was neither too but nor too cool, but ' . the mercury wax gali ranting nhout Just 1 j to please everybody. Ttaousands enjoyed ' ' I the man lath and as many more looked 1 l.aitlie spnru in His water. Altogether I i the day was a rra'ide sueorss. i ' I Mr: J. B. Aikins. 29 Washington rtretrt, . j enlarged bis aim, tod businert Joint- I , !> , a say proper thing to do. The annex i , j be has fitted up as a first-dart cigar 1 ) rrrporium, nod placed up>« hit counters I , j all the IsvtwUe brand* of cigars and * • | Tbe l pj*r Jan of Ibia couoiy Is pes. 1 ; terolisiih thieves. Not nstisficd with 1 ■ i r bYng SrnviOe ttnlioa Ihey have turned 1 t : their sttenlkrt to live stock. A valuable 1 I ! bone disappeared oc a night of Ian week. '•From Cape May to Atlantic CNy* is ' tbe title of a handsoorely illustrated 1 r pamphlet iaued by tbe Fennsylranit ; t Railroad Company, in which the charms , c of the Jsary ooaK are mitkingiy act forth , The dog sue Aon Us Usjung mug, j aud the brat hrg.ro to pour •trimmering h wav« (4 cvkjrk over dty ridewaikA It I * C"re ™T *

■ SBIfD TO fiTBAWBBIB of Fun on Congress Hall Lawn. * The Cunt tv of attraction uo Wcdnadmy ' j chin: - >: was the mere gotten op by the j BOona .i the hotel In the delectation of I "VcryUxly who rboae to look no. and the j choice i.i <i. ' *u w xi I mult by. my a rouplc 'j many llfn- dtiklr. rx Hoc nf tlir pksrtlight fit rach suoocrtive westdcr. '> To get on, tbe flnt race was a dash around tbe lawn over some hunbra. Ths * contestants, colored etnploya of the hotel, ' ' were well started, and they seemed in *" good (Vtnlitioo for the serious struggle before Ihrut.' At I to word "go." sway they wnut on tlie wvcral beau. Johu 40 Martin won the first prize, fill; Horace Wilhrun* the sccmd, ft. 50, and Alnnzo ** Smith the third; tlThr next unnbrr on the program, so ** to spirit, was a fori rare, first prize woo " by Raymond Cramp, fit); reoood by John nopkins. 11.50. and tbe ' third Robert J' Miles. *1. The sack race followed; tin* wnz ooe of n the heal frsltires oT fbe whole business and "brought down tbe bouse." Iautgbr> log It ratctiio);, and when n "hat ha!" on a the w est red of the Congress HsU porch, near the storting print, announced that tbe boys -had commenced bopping, tbe 1- whole assembly of thousands caught on lis and three were shouts of laughter. Tbe JC first bop one unfortunate athlete gtvt nf sent him rolling over on the grata ; before a- be could assume the perpendicular the ft, laurel hail bseo won by Robert Miles, ig who got Tbe rest of tbe hoppers got tc n dollar each. it Tbe "barrel rollera" next "electrified'' h the folks. A stake was set up in n "clearat ing" on tbe lawn, and the several n spirant* n for tlie pockrts of money, blindfolded, L began to roll empty tarn !* towards it : tc the lucky misttbrr wto Ire who shmfld ltH p. It first. It vs* bliml work, and so in tbotigbt "oc "roller," who pullrtt away ^ his bandage, got a bee lute uo the stoke. tc r.y "full and by." This brother Jr was promptly bounced. Another Matt j and the Ixtys went cautiously to work. 3- The crowd, which became highly excited, w was inclined to «*tipy II*e ting, shouted tc nSd cheered tbi- .• ntesuof. ■njftasll.v I'cter l.iacn*, by acamful ralcuShoii "f re the law of chanas, made n desperate "dash" and hit the stake, winning the purse, g.V l. The festivities closed by n "l'uuclt and Judy" ahow greatly pirating tbe children/; i The liberal gt-nthancn who umnagrd the 1 fun as n caretnitUc of arrangemcnta, are i T rntltleit to Ihc Hunks of lbc entire core. , munilv in tliua generously contributing to , J tbefestlvIUes of tbe day. Tbclr name* are is follows: r. G. IL Crump, who was Ibe efficient : starter; D. Finckney West, marshal of tlx- , day; Clias. I'olls, Geo. T. Bradsburv, II. Avery, \V. W. Cooper, Dsn. Cooklin, , Frank Rodgera. S. C. Gratx, W. W. Dry. I, den. Captain Wm. Taylor, J. IL Pugh, H. G. Briffitha and Pro Ashcr. ,f Tbrgsadual sulxltution of Uw canvaaa d nwninc tor ihc old aod dreary looking J wooden slied along tbe bprinesa portion * ol tbe city is a step which merit with 0 unircraqi approval, and the hope la frrI" qoently v'xpreaaod that the work of Intro- ( L ductioo will not stop till every store and ths! dcvs place in town is equipped with

ooe. Landlord Williams, of Use Mer. chants' Exchange, started the good work a few years since, and then followed: Dr. II. A Kennedy, and Dr. 8. F. Ware, around their respective dreg: stores; the Hcrxberg Bros., U. T. Dillon. J. Sem >n. 'Isaac Shaw. M, Levy and Adam Loper, and this year wc hive added another atretcb of canvas through the enterprise our friend Knrnig of the Ameri- ' . House, no improvement which enhance* materially the appearance of that ' establishment. The nest move we hope see Inaugurated will be the abolishment of those hanging signs, the majority of L which are shogotber too low and only Idtended lo annoy and tooourenieooe the underneath, who may happen lo n pernio! or umbrella, or perchance , mty wear n high hat. ' Oa Monday evening a preliminary ; meeting was held by aevenl of our lead- ' cltiacni nt the office ot the Cap* May 1 Improvement Compkny, to take ' steps for tbe organization of a 1 bank here. Tbe papers bsvr : beep secured from tbe government, and 1 "we bear that tome *10,000 is already [ pledged no aerewtrt ol Ihe *50,000 necee- - before business ran be dooe. That ' needs Is known to all who art In any wsy ' connected with Cape May, whether for ' a paying investment, and should receive the encouragement it deserves from that reason. Let oar citizens respond . liberally to lbc project ol ettohlixbiog s . National bank nt Cape May. It is n , positive demand of our business Interests. Satarday r trains brought to the Cope 1 . orrt three thousand persons In five express ' sod four other trains. Sunday added to ' the list st least a t hours nd more. This 1 company found elegant vomers at ' our hotels aod cottages without daisy or ' of any kind. Stockton Uriel got - fire hundred guest*, Congress Hall 1 four hundred. New Columbia two hunI drvd and the Arlington fifty in the two 3 days It will bt sera br tbrae figures , that Ihc season has opened srith a ruth. Chandler 4 Scheeu, tbe well-know ■ artists, tnve made a splendid portrait of Dr. Jama Mncrsy. President | of oar Ospe May City Council. The l picture is true as life, and has bees on I exhibition in a magnificent (Ut frame for I few days st the 7Ystn office, Philadclr phis. The doctor hod Ibe picture token as a pleasant surprise for bis wife. A number of the 6oulh Jersey Porta of - Ibe Grand Anny of the Republic are art ranging to give a Joint exetmkm to Cape r May some time this summer, similar to t thai of Mat year. It is not likely, how. i ever, that our IX pa. May Post will rake i far active interest in the affair it was m- < dared to do last year, and from the dis- ^ astront financial effects of which its i has not been able to recover . Hon. & & Learning. <f Dcooisvlllc. J of eight hundred tons nearly completed, 1 i onset. 8bc la owned by Mr. Learning ' a and others in Cape May sod Atlantic ' ! 7h I tinkle of tbe stieat cor bdlsplrat- ^ sntiy snoooooet that a ride raty be bad . Ti through eur atreeto to Hehnlfccgan Land. , ing and intervening placet. , *

I » '• k a CLOTH l Eir. Pennington Seminary. Tills Instilnlirai of learning for bath : sexes, aader the management at Dr. Haar km, is tetori . Jew miles north of Tren- : loo, in this Stole, in the mldrt of n beau. ; tlful country, and t* directly on the line i of railroad from New York to Pbiladcl- . phia. It ia owned liy the New Jcr»y Cnoferrnre of fa M F- Omreh.'"Xod . omlmllnl ly * Imoni nf irnxlera ricctrd by Una. It* alndewu during Ibe pail i year hate been gwibcved fmn nine Males, r briidra a. frw from foreign roaotrtev, much the kirgrst number being fnsn Newi Jeracy. Several of the youth »f our ; eoanly liave boeo iustrucled nl this semir uary in I hp past Ave of whom were stu1 dents there during Ibe year just cloanL : Thc-forly-fodrtk enmmeneement.excrrir** i took place on Ibe S8lh of June. .1 society from amoog lbc male uudenla. called ) the IriUlomathrani. Iirid their asnivcrsary i on Ihe evening preceding commencement, t xt which Mr. Elmer N. Toenlin, of i Gaahen. delivered tbe salutatory and Mr. Win. C. Price, of Cape May City, an ora- [ tioa, " Jphn C. Calhoun," both of which i woe creditable to tbe young men. In i ■ graduating etna* of thirteen our county i wu represented by three of the number. , Miss Lila M. Bishop, daughter of Pastor ; llfcbop, of tbe M. E. Church, this city, • graduated in the "Ladies College Course" i with ibe highest honors of tbe clasa, dc- : llvered the valedictory, and received Ibe : degree of M. I*. A. Mr. Aimer N. Tomlifa of Goobcn. in the " Latin Scicnlinc : Coiirae," deilvored oa rtst ion. " B'hUperinga of Science,4 an if Mr." Jonas Steelt man, of Tuciabne, in the " Commcrcii! Course." This is a new course lately io- ' uoducnl iu Ibia school and Mr. Slerlman . was Ihe first graflualc. Tlie faculty of > last year were spoken of a* being excrp- , tionally goqd. Our youth vliould he en: : cat raged 10 enter such selsjolx. as in ibeae L days they need a few- years at least of • pubilcNclr * il* furnW* to suilsbly prepare , tbcm to the requirerncnts of ordinary Uie. , The f ourth or the Stockton. As to I lie wealher. il was of Ihe ideal . era aide -kind. Tho sky was s dome of , blue wilhnut a cloud. A gentle sea breeze I sprang up in the morning, freshening up ■ in Ibe afieruoon atrivenlng. At 10a.m. r the Hevenlh Iiegim^nl Band played the t National airs, after which Frank 11. Troi-s-t dale, of Washington. D. C., rend lbc great Declaration of right*. M. Hall I Stanton. Esq , our genial fellow citizen. f made a ten minutes address alluding to tlie associations of the day. tbe great im- ■ general, aod ocr favored town in partii cular. i Crowds of pcuplc listened to the excrcisoa of the hour. In the evening the : Hevenlh Regiment Band gave its last nnd • one ot lu best performances- Kvery *>pmre fool of Ihc great pavilion wu oc- , copied with delightod lismerx. No finer musical performance has ever , been given at Cape May. The solos, cornet and piccolo, received each an encore. The last number on the musical pro- ' gram, the "ritar Spangled llxnncr," wu a ' grand success in Its accompaniment of ' rolnred fires, bombs and rockets. The 1 lawn was ablaze with red. while and blue fires, which, with the magnificent strains " of lbc band wu deliriously bewildering. After Uie concert the grand pyrie dis--xitcr uie ooucera tuc grano pjnc ois. -

' pla^ still more delighted the people. The wind wu against a moat complete L and aatbfactory result but as a whole the ' frstures of thr evening. ... I Extend the Lines. . ' We direct attention, thus early in the 1 1 season, to. tb« oeoesrity ..f more fully ] representing Cope May's liuiincu interests ' in the city ot Bnltimnre. Delay, or any • balfjwartcd business methods will hu»rd J tbe certainty of securing to ourselves a ; larger patronage from that dly- So far ' u informed there exists no agency there - for the lease or sale of property located here. Our hotels and boarding bouses ate ' advertised to on exteoL but not u they 9 should be to keep square with tbe day's E piagieox "Whgl-|urprises me," sold a ; gentleman doing-* large real rotate husl. j nesa la Baltimore; "is ibat your people do . not establish an agency with ua for the r sale or lease of hotels, cottages and buildr ing Ms, and yrhere oar citixnsmsy obtain z noenrate informatioa .of your city and . what you have lo aeff. j Improvement companies will certainly r find il to their advantage, if Ibey extend . tbeir lines and take in, not only Belli - l more, but all tlie large cities within s ^ radius, say of five hundred miles. Tbe j Wavx believes In an aggressive boancu r policy hi behalf of Cape May. and in it I feels the elbow touch of nil active citizen*. , We abould move forward to oew con3 quests hi the Urge field before na wltboul j the delay of a rlogle day. * Councilman Edmund.* takes the cake for tbe variety and extent of tbe bnstnesa interests he represents. Beside bis official e duties as chairman of the Committee on * Streets to uocupy his "attention, he is aiao 0 Superintendent of tbe Cape Bland Gu s Company, tof-*""*"* *»- flan. 1 May and Sc well's Point, and Cape May r and Scbellengcr't lauding Railroad.*; local t agent for thirty odd insurance companies II and one express company: Genera! - Manager for the East Cape May Bead. 0 Company, and a regular encyclopedia of * all matters appertaining to Ibe political * Mann's Ifiiiladalpbis Ex press Company x ha* rstabliabed a branch agency here e with their office at SS Washington street. n Express matter of every kind will br "hipped during the season by stesn e: I. Republic. Orders left it the office will D be promptly k«3ked after. HuperlotrnEdmund*, of tbe Hewell'x Point nnd Bcbnllenger'a Lauding railroads has charge if of tht kical businert of the Company. 't . Mr. Wm. M. Brown, a guest of tlie 0 WiniMor, was aeixed with cramps Toesday while bathing. After struggling in c 1 the walra for bit Bfe till quite exhsuated, t the wna nacued by tbe Congress Ball boat u which wot at some distance ; be wu then j taken to the shore where prompt medical t service restored him lo usanl health nnd wrenglb. Ooe of the most wctoume nniynl<ame t to the home of Mr. J. F. Pedcraco, 130 E. ! L Tenth strert. New York (Sly, on June b ! 23. Tbe little stranger weighed ton * ! pounds and was at once named Claries ; c ; Corano lYxJerwax Mother aad child are ; doing Wi U. Father ditto. 'j I Tire Wava will eatrewi it a fav« to be ! 1 kept informed of tbe presence of visiters I ISST-JET"* "*"H

Tuckohoo. b Mr. Howard Ireland, advertiaiog agent ! I. with Slrawbridge 4 Clothier, ia a native ] ,. Of this village. In addition to the largely 4 i. remunerative position held with the e above firm he ia a large dealer in small j I. domestic animal*, birds, He. Kccratly ! y be offered n tvtlllire here eight hundred , it dollars a yeJr toViperiotond tlie rrtab- 1 A lishment for Ditft.. Generally speaking, | n Tuckahoe boys are foil of pluck aod i. It is raid that Mr. Sutton ia seriously •- considering tbe matter of selling his stage ' r line. Several good offers hive been made ' |. for it. Tbe line is in good cooditioa. i. Miss Mary Sutton spent the national L lioliday with fiieads in lYiiladelpliii. v Madam Rumor has it that a wedding ia •- about to lake flare la which she Is an mil Unrated party. y Reuben L. Van Gihlcr. aco of tbe late I, Capt. Frederick Van Gilder, of this town, if has for several weeks txyi located ia r. Millvillc, wliere be ia doing a rapidly ini- creasing business in groceries h The gran of the much lamented Floss x Lee, who died over a y.ar ago, lias been y kept green, and strewn with flowers daily since her burial. The Sea Isle City foci dip was graced 0_ with a visitor this week. Said to be the ,r first since its erection. ,. Mr. Cbas. Istwrencc nnd family came ^ down on Saturday last, lo occupy their il r»r»A boat race to Beesly'a Point no Uic i j, Fourth, llavc not beard tbe name of ; ,f the "inning yacht. v More man rating sharks io Ludiam's i; bay. Wonder if they affect the wckk ! ie fishing, na we hare not been catching ! if many this week. e over the trad*- dollar qurwtion. Ranks : w ill not acoupl them, and the railroads , will only give eighty. fire cents f<* than, j Who is to blame * . ! z) Wc hi* nil Iwcn growling nbout the ! ,f season being an lock ward ; and yet, wc ; x dooT think weevcr aaw com looking any ._ p better on the 4th of July than at present, l. Amelia Wiileta, of I'alcnno. I ie was borieil on Wednesday last. S!ic | 1 *- leaves quite a lazgc family to mourn her * l<«». "* j' Congreas Stables, o Mr. Henry Willtcn, proprietor of t'..u1. grraa Hall Hlablcs. has a line of vrbiclea - I, of fashionable design and elegant finish. 0 His stock i* tiring daily nngmentcr! to . i. meet lbc demands of his customers. 31 r. Willten has n stable of fine nailstcis inr- eluding two saddle boraco, wlilcb will ie satisfy every demand from the tiirecd minute stepper to Ibe more quiet family ; y : atendy goer." For the childn n the ;. ponies are just the thing, nnd they will lie , " in brisk demand. His carriages are built | tr t» order ler a well-known manufactun r j r. of expedient reputation. We mention i 3. some of them as follows. Two ladies' j ( 3. pfaetooa, elegantly trimmed, several dog j I carta for children, four village carta with i >f elegant caparisons, new chalrts, two ir Victorias, one vis-a-vis, two rxtcoairn ic pbtirons. Ilia facilities for supplying all I ts rrrpitrmtrnts arc huge, and no one should I go awav from Cape May without taking n ' *. dash along our really fine drives.

On Thursday evening of Inst week n party of young folks visited Misara Deborah, Mat tie aod Widdie Hoffman of Coid * Spring. Tbe young people present had a fine time, enjoying themselves hugely. f Refreshments were of tbe most varied and abundant character. The company sras ' made up of the following lads and hzaaes: Wm. Huffman, Geo. Hughes, J. [inward Brant, Jas. Reeves, iti chard Ware, Willie Hand, W. Vogtnburg, S. Eleredgr, Jos. Rutherford, Will Church, W. Barrett. Geo. C. Eldredge, F. Vodcoberg, Misses Elida Hdrodgv, IJila Hughes. Electa Eimuuda, Katie Bonder, Rtioda Elwell, M attic BennelL Llrxic Swain, Mary H ugbco, Maggie Paraooa, Emma Parsons, Emma Create, Belle Crease, Mattie Hoffman, Deborah Hoffman. Tbe party extended ita visit into "the small hours," I returning home bring ooe of its pleasant- I est feature*. The attention of proper authorities is called to tbe unsightly condition of Beach i avenue, west of Sea Breeze. The drive itxelf it badly cut up and rough in places, and stuff, tbe refuse of raxroad repairs, is scattered about iu large confusion. At this port of the boulevard la one of Ihc moat public of iu entire length il abould at once he tidyed up by removing nil waste and unnecessary matter from in Tieinity. Mr. John IL I'ugh. the accomplished | elocution tit. of Colonnade Hotel, lfiiiladclpbin and Congress Hall, Cape Mar, give a lucid recitation in the parlor of Uie Liter hotel on the Fourth, of Daniel Webster 'I celebrated oration, entitled, " Tbe Responsibilities of American Citi- ■ sens." Mr. Pugh was introduced by W. West Drydcn in appropriate wards. Tbe parlor trot filled with the guests of the Oures *1*1 muss. Mr. I'ugn received trie Just praise of nil his hearer*, tlie ladies I ring particularly complimentary to him in bis character of Fourth of July orator. Tbe Messrs. Crump, of Congress Ilsll. have arranged for keeping tbe office of the Western Union Telegraph Company at their hotel open day and nlgbL C. J. Waters, ooe of PhiladdphL'a experts, assisted by Mr. Beheelx, of Doylcrtowu. IV , has charge of the office. A valuable acquisition to Cape May's fleet of pleasure yachts this season ia lbc splendid sloop yacht IXda, of Camdan, owned by the distinguished insurance agent of that city, IL H. Miller. Tbe lid" is n beat having a rapacity for forty passenger s. Il will be sailed during- the season from Sewell* Point by the experienced Captnigjakry Iti/fiardaor,. CanadjanBaxazar. Mr. John Osborne, Musical Bazaar, Toronto, Canada, writes that hit wife was entirely cored of rheumatism by the great pain-baoiahcr, St. Jambs Oil ; that he has found it an invaluable remedy for Flags gaily flattered from n hundred house tops on tbe Fourth, the principal oa nil rides was manifest s spirit of real enjoyment. Not ia an age has Cape May , presented go animated on appearance at oc the one hundred aad seventh anaiverIMisa Belle Lyfotd. 48 Pcrrioe avenue, Trenton, N. J.. sura: "As a rtreogthening medicine nod tor weak ocrvos Brown s Iron Bitter's is good."

"IHE 1NNER.7WN, ' 7v*a OftK.'KALVFQR.-rHg OUT Summer Prices at Oak Hall. Lower now than for years past. To speak with our rural friends through the out-of-town press is too slow to tell our daily story. Wc can | only give general facts here, and claim a visit to Oak Hall for details. Of this be certain : — Oak Hall will always i give the best bargain. The best service at the least cost is our purpose, regardless, of profit and loss. To-day the popular bargains are Men's £6.00 TrueBlue All-Wool Flannel Suits, Men's $2.00 fancy Cassi- ; mere Pantaloons, and Large Boys' Ayrshire Cassimere '•.Suits at $4.25- Half prices only. They will be continued, , and are only referred to here as specimens of what WQ will | do for you when you visit us. Wanamaker & Brown, Oak Hall, ' South-East burner Sixth and Market Streets, ^ Philadelphia. PLANING MILL, j SASH FACTORY & LUMBER YARDS. Doors, Sash, Blinds, Shutters, Mouldings. BRACK1TS, SCROLL WORK, TURMGS. ITC, BU ILDING LUMBER OF EVERT DESCRIPTION. have a tirgr stock cocwtaatly on hand, under rover, wvti eraxoocd,xnd sold si town! market WILLIAM C. SCUDDEB & SON, FKONT AKO FEDERAL STREETS. CAMDEN, N. J, JclLy ' C. B. COLES, LUMBER MERCHANT, ktANTFACrt'RERS OF Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, Boxes, &c. BRACKETS AND SCROLL SAWING. Office, No. 14 Kaighn's Avenue, Camden, N. J. Jelfi-y SAMUEL H. FRENCH & CO., Paint Manufacturers, PAINTERS' AND BUILDERS' SUPPLIES, CROWN REAM-BED ipT. BEST SEA-SHORE PAINT MANUFACTURED. ^ wxtre tewl. andjrto** ot^Kvvr, Irteretiiloo.^! <>Ucra ImJSoriar.^glxu Mantel*. SAMUEL H. FRENCH & CO., >»' V oltli. AVKM'E. Fot'KTH AND CALLOWHILL STKEETS, I'BILADELPUIA. CAPE MAY FIRE Incuranoo Agency, -J. H. EDMUNDS, N^38 WASHINGT^^TREET. CAPE MAY CITY, N. J. Krorraratinx run, or me mmt relixblr rompank* or the t'ntlod Stair* sod Europe. III.*. orcepird wnhlii ihe limits ol IM enj ol Cap* Mty tar one, three sod are years at kowssv country n»tsisk< n as low s* mix rmizs on thenrxpaao foes period ot rtvc years. 1*^ Losses <10 Fancies Issari uuoOflClhls acvnry 1'KOMITLY and SATISFACroBtLT^ADBECK & BRO., WHQLE.SALE AND RETAIL iLL£M 4 GLNT1BS' TOBACCO ADD CIGABITO^ ■ a. w, middleton & co, WINES, BRANDIES, &c„ WHKAT, BYE AND BOURBON WHI8KIB8. :a WAUfCT ST_ AND tl MAEEET ST. FftlLADEFHlA.