•ci»»rat» psici: »»«» Wr !■■■■, «■ SJelani) anil (Sounfg. Congreet Hall It vithoat t unnr or ' ft prospective ooe tt prevent. Tlx Umn . Orump, of tlx Colaaaafe. Philadelphia, I diort™" pr^pri^[*' f*** poajliveiy de- i liihmest for uolixr year. Tbto Ihrowt I the bend bock on the Lucd. of Ibt owner*. I who. sooner than pal the hexue la proper ' condition. yould Io*e (nod mull tod | ran the Htk of doing Irtrpareble injury to I Ibrif property by delegating iu manage. I botal adrrolurer, whole only intereat in ' Ok honcan would mow likely be to Ret ' • II be rould out of it reRardlett of tbe flrat-clau bote) mu can afford to take tbe property In itft prow el ftbare, and an. drnake 10 do Junk* by tbe data uf people be would draire to caler for. Tbe Messrs. Crump hare done all that it were poaaible for money. presiigc and corrgy to do with U. Tbey bare succeeded In securing for tbe bouae under all iu dto. adruiatea. a naikxal reputation, but to Maintain which it will be absolutely hoceaaary to proceed at uocc nritb tbe -tearing out, remodelling and improving of tbe pretnlaet. ahich aioee tie Ir erectioo .bare been a eluding discredit to owners and a poaltlee Injury to (be flnest hotel alte on tbe Atlantic coau. Will I be owners awake to ibe proper appreciation of their opportunity before It be too late f Mr. Joaepb H. Wilson is making a fine improremrnl oppdaile Congress Hall, sad adjoining bh prleale residence. Tbe location U a deairable ooe. one of llie trust saluable on the Island, and specially adapted for bTardiog-boiiie purposes for which the new bottdlog is designed. This b four stories high, with spacious basement for kilcbrn and laundry, and.-rang'-meni forty odd rootut, of which"" thinyarrrn are sleeping apartmeoU. Tbe \~ bouse has iwo fronts, that on Congress Place, and ooe opening on n lawn extending to South Lafseette street, ft tome ~ *>my

errands bs to each ff aw add materially to tbe architectural effect! of both frootr Tbe bollding will be equipped with all tbe modem appliances, while special Bttenlioo has hern gieen hs drainage and emulation. Tbe contract b in tbe hud. of Comrade George Grace, of Cape May Court House, and is being pusbed forward with all the energy at bb command. That tbe improvement will be a credit to contractor and owner b already amtd, tod to the ooe we hope It will be but tbe same Hod; to ibe mber tbe atrpplngftooe to fortune and prosperity. Tbe Editor of tbT«ap, Mr. Seigmu. errs fit In bb boor of yesterday to make an outrageous and ridiculous onslaught on Senator Miller as being the writer of neeeral articles which beer appeared in the columns of the War* orer tbe signature of -RepabUoan - Mr. Miller we learr to drfeod himself. He is fully com pel rot. and thai be will make it warm for our venerable brother the public of Cape Mar may rest assured We base this to say, hoarser. Mr. Seigmu is at fault; or, to put It in plain Anglo-Saxon, after tbe muner of tbe late Greeley, be I la. And now to Mr. Beit urn. before be shakes the dust of Gape May tea off bis feet we base this plain appreMon to make. litany* those article# were libellous. Let birn time s Indicate bis Injured reputation as a man and a cillreo in ibe eyes of the public. We have court, of law which be can appeal to at any time, and see certainly bare plaoty of lawyers who will gire bim all ibe council be requires— at a T,- insider alloc of owi rue. Is" bim go abend and sue for damages. That b tbe only way to settle an iasue of tlx kind No use in talking. Brother Seigmu has , got It had. His frirndt thinks it must be the rffrcta of malaria which -has got into bb syatam while down in Virginia a few weeks in This malaria Is o-w s desirable thing to base In any family. It U . postUreiy dangerous, and our ad rice to our unfotnnate iwiaber is to get back at once to "Old Vtrginny." on tbe tmmoi pal hie theory, if for nothing else, that Ibe place or thing whmh will cause will also w resile wllh I he rhllls mil fevee and Vw . , wreatlr the and been

our prirlh-ge to wllorwa before the exerncbtlng agonies of a victim under tbe influence of malaria. Blnee Tneedar citiiens hare been bosy dlacussiog tbe remits r f tbe late Awrioo. and going ospptbe ways tod memos (bat* brought about Ibe auroral of some and Ibe defeat of rahera How it mbtht bare been otherwise is now plain enough. Tbe wire does of Job's com fort era are now polling In tbeir work. Tbey remind us of tbe oM lady who lapped off erery sodden! o, disAppwnimrui with tbe senleooa "I lobl rushing Into tier preweocr with the as. founding inlelligence that the old o6w bad eaten Ibe grindstone. "I told yon an," Was the ready answer. "You an always Its ring things laying around • We doot know exactly whether the new addition to tbe city's Are engine bouse on Washington street will properly cmw under ibe head of ImpioTemenls, but that it will prove an eawmial coovenieni-.-to tbe 1*1 tew working of the department wn Ihlrk then will be no dispute. Tlx new-building I* ooe story, same as tbe old bouse, the front of which il covers an-f laps over on elibsr side. It la designed I- vies for lbs use of tbe Are department, and for tbe storage of other trees" -the. appertaining to tbe same service. The enrpenurwret wss done under tbe super latendyaor of Mr. Win. T. Stevens. Mr. SeigmsD ylmss a son of a farewell Mot in Ista paper this week. Dtm't occasion to say anything concrrn&g you but what was substantiated by tbe unadu!. tented truth. That's I -en the trouble. 1* the truth which always cuttdrs.-pesiai.-t lingwale," "bxj" to ."fleE ^"peculiarly your own that we have never sought to eocniMhaa yam lohcraol rights. latbmt palm to yoot noble sS?. Fkre tLe srel i. i ™kV £,"0: AotiiStod ganlciwr. provssnenisto bis green bouses m Howard .tre*. Hit smaller cottage which hi. family oroupietl in the aummer months, be has sold aud roored away io order to make plaoc fnr an additional b-rtbouve He has alto imiwoved tbe preintoe. and t*ri^Ux^*£of «* of hla bousi-s'm'o Laaeadvhms reach us as to tbe financial standing and basiwns ".ildity of the that Use coocern i« good for all hs obliga. Gone. Tbto we are tlihn bear, and it i. ir£Sn to all aa ngraesied.^ -

Tha Raaulta in Cape May. I or wriUrn. It vurSof tbe quietest and- most uninteresting events of tbe kind : Which Cape May freemen lave ever participated in. The day was favorable to , getting out a foil vote, but there was no apodal effort made on either side, and the consequent* was that hundreds of voters throughout Use county neglected, or were indifferent to, tbe exetpise of jlbeir frao- - cblse. On Ibe Island it was exceedingly • tamest be oo^y aitr really made Iseing thai the cause of Ibe prohibition ticket . Tbetr . efforts told iq a practical way, and actually astonished themselves. There sir llUle or DO mooey In tbe field, and as far we have been able to eaccrtalo. none used on either tide for corrupt porTbe vote in tbia city foil tome i fifty or sixty brbiod that of lax year, and the stay -at- bnroes were about in tbe same proportion through Ibe county. Tbe resuit in tbe county was at follows— *?r C3B> i " ■ In OB ffiitfls i ? ! rn f ? ■ 1 si sis ' fine ■" .8. 'Jtof.lW ado « ai sSs j £S azi | 1 ei si -txuassj w h « ssl S«ii 1 _8a "|g f % ^38 ■ • ""•-••'•mi • S S Wtosfto "

} It Is Commonly Remarked J j That ft tsjxot what is said thai tells u. I 1 Thai reputalloo and not mqril keeps ' a many at the top of Ibe heap. ■ ' That a church it not Ibe beat place In 1 - the world to debate upitj politico. That much "righteous" Indignation is 1 ' provoked by distorted jealousy. ! That tboae who know «Varything bare c fulfilled tbeir mtoaiuo in tbe world. ; That It It not always tbe strictly lemperatc man that ftvon probibitlon. , That general apathy bad much to do , with the result In mioy districts on Tots- ; I day but. 1 That now tbe W.VX and tbe Star will i be io cnodilioo to dwell together in peace p sod barroooy. , That It la belter to provide against tlx < rain of to (toy than dream of tbe sunshine I r 01 ks-twrn*- | That Stilly Hand continues to keep tbe finest and do tpevt^ suck of family fro- < That If busiDeas doot improve Ihroogh i I the omniry tbe American Sag will win i That competition In trade may aornetlmea be carried to an extent which will ' '. rebound to tbe hart of n community. ' That Comrade I>uke is likely to he a ' strong impedicnt In the way of Alderman Wain's re-decfioo in tbe Spring. J 1 Thai Cape May Republicans will look ! iq other localities than Cape May Oily for t ' candidates for some year* to come. r ; a That It was bis vote oo Senate Mil No. ( ' 1 wnieb led to tbe defeat of tbe late can- I didate fnr tbe Legislature on tbe KrpubliUckfL - ... .^ ' ' Cape May County Sunday School ! Association. The aetainnt of the Cape May County ' ■ Sunday School Aaaociatioo will be held In 1 ■ this dty on Tuesday and Wcdoesday. I November SOlb and Slst Inst. Tbe fol- < lowing program haAwrn prepared by tbe I executive commiuce subject to modi Ilea- " ) Tbe first seaaioo, Nov. Sfith, at 8 p. rn . r i after addressee of wrinome and response, t rn will aileod to association business,

rn Tuesday evening. 7 o'clock. he Paxraasnos— Orgnolntioo- (l)0f the School, led by Rev. A. P. Jobnaw. (s) Of tbe Township, led by Dr. L M. Downs. ■7 g)Of ibe County, led by Rev. 0. F. •If ' Wednesday morning. # o'clock. M Plsktixq— (1) llouie Religious ln«rucm Hon., lest by Rev. E. P. Shields (2) Pri•v mart Cum. Work, by Mrs S. W. ClartT jjj (») Tbe Chuiph's Duly, by Bev. E. B. ■* Wrdoeedsv Aflrrnona, W Ccixivsiuw— (I) Diffleulitee to be w Overowoe. by Ker. 8. W. Clark. (2) * Noo-Ewentiato of Smutty Sciuwd Work, id Rev W. J. Stewart (Si TV- EmenllaU to buecraa, Rev. G. H. Ingram, r* Weduewtoy Evening. 7 o'clock. Tnx Vnrrsna — The Relation of the Sunday School to Ibe Church, by Rev. >e Wn, VSarlow. >e Cloaiog address by tbe Conductor. At ly will be noted he to not yet named but it will be In a few days and mention made. * The meetingi will io all probability be in it the M. E. church.. Prof. Potior of ibe e Wboeler Institute has conaeoird le crc id duel the ersvieee of toog. F.s buuka. •' numbers 1. 2, 8 and 4 of the Moody and J Saukcy series will be used. J" What tbe Wavx had to any last week •>KWI1 the ingratitude of a certain veDera- * bte editor appears to have produced a disturbing influeooe oo tb* overly tenaitlve nerves of our brother of tbe Star. _ What we said was Intended to be written - In a plain, mallar-of fact way, nod <*». 1 laliiiy without tbe iolroduetioo- of nny- ° tbing in Ibe shape of "billinvMate" or ° "slimy venom." And Ibis it what Mr. J' Seigman accuses oa of having dooe. He " don't any a word about tbe real Issue in 'l dispute. We charged bim with a petty ™ exhibition of ingfatltode to one who did him aaprctal botineaa favor, and we were f led Io do ao because as we stated at tbe " time tbe Wave happened to be the tamo. J cent osase of oar venerable brother's in- '• in the matter. What our opinion is of tbe Star man. and what be thinks of in has '• no bearing on the question, and therefore " tbe omaidmui-io of those points we dia- ™ miss from notice now and for nil time. 'r They eay tbet ooe improvement ii«uilly begets nnosber. A case in point to tbe " n.wl,le crtmgr just begun for Mr. Joaeph f R. K.aoa, of PblUdelphia, pa tbe lot joioining Mr. Joseph R Witooo. fronting oo South Lafayette street. Tbto will be a handsome building, somewhat similar In I style to tLe owner's other ootlafe. and will bate as that two attractive fronts Ex-Mayer Williams, n-prrwenllng Mr. r Evans' rml estate interests brer, baa the . entire control of the work, and has assist- ; s ■ktisi;; i ts now almost rend J- for the carpenters to begin toying their freme limbers, though il was only started tost week and covers an ' I—' ***" ^ bn'hjing. ioclu.1 t — Sodtoy eiretoa in Philadelphia were e Mtto^Sarah Pba^T'ibi'd.'^S^ *a . wasde HiKcl. and of C mgresssHaDrCapc , iwtitisirsss1,*- ' - :. i . • . ::

WAyELETB. j? '^^'irtg^flfi in'uj'' ' al^Tlferey now be4 cause be didn't redlgn. d Drenoctntie Dennis did itself prood by r. IU "favorite soif' Jetse oo election day. 1 Ben Boiler will "oaf be ^ Mtt lotted for 0 President oext year, nor any other year. * Pennsylvania don't teem to think mocfa * of Democratic extra Legtalatiye sessions. , Mr. Wilsoo's new boarding boudk on j Con^eU Place wU be known ta tbe Qg Cape May will now go np bead la tbe r Prohibition riast as Ibe banner oounty in ' There eppeare to be rouse need of Ker publican fence repairing In Cape May r county. - Mr. Stevens thinks be will now retire , from politics, but hit memory will "bold go-d .11 tlx same. Tlx unusual brig klneas of tbe western, horiaoo Ibcac bights attracts mnCfa aUetC ' . ti >o until after sunset. Geese nod ducks are flying southward— a pretty sure sign that there is Cold weather to tbe north want. Sow that dealer* bare forgotten In watch for tbern. tbey arc occasionally Imposed upon with trade dollar*. L>ik out for 'bargains, ye sons and daughters of men. at Smith's bargain house, GO Washington street. I'rofrasor Potter's singing Classes arc . dlirir growing larger as his skill in teach- , mg becomes more generally known. ■ j Tbe musical drill ttoys In the public i school are proving of great advantage to | tlx pupils, and no doubi gratifying to parOur Prohibitory frWnds are much en- i tbuwd over the vole given tbeir candidalc ' One of the coming questions t<> be de- I cidrel on in the near future will - fx ' whether prohibition is actually going to 1 prohibit. Reliable rumors reach us which will J gratify ever* family and fireside, tliat , hurt wheat <aars will be plenty and pbcap People who bare become unduly excit- { down by trading Ibe de|wrtmeut reports, | coming in, c Now is Hie time to get store work done

and windows wialhi-r -stripped. Very , (teradl'jobt.11^' ^ bU*> 10 ^ Il has been io order since Tuesday for i one-half Ibe Republicans of Cape May county to re-mind Ibe olhcrjbalf of tbe fact It it a breach of etiquette to enclose a , stomp for return postage when writing lo friend, even upon your own business, but il't Ibe square thing for all that. For plants infected wllh lice or insects take s weak eolation of coal oil and milk ' in plenty of srnler and sprinkle tb* leaves and dirt io tbe pots. It to very effective. Rock to besng caught In large quantities • in this vicinity, Monday tost shipments amounting to two thousand pounds being I trot by express lo Itiitodrlpbta markets. Try t package of triple X lea at Hand's store. Only 00 cents s pound and k hsad1 cbina cup and saucer, suitable for a ! present in ibe family, given wllh every package. Tbe lea to said to be excellent. No forest firta yet reported. The re. - cent c-wlloned damp weather bat prevented tbe brush and leaves from becomi dry enough to catch from locomotive i sparks or Ibe pipe* of pawing tramps. Officer Bennett killed while gunning . Tuesday upwards of fifty black hirds with the cooteuts of ooe of bit barrels, tlx other missing fire, else he thinks be should have bagged a hundred. Mrs. R. Bmilb. comer Howard and i streets, has disposed of tbe back which has for ro loog a lime been a disadvantage to tbe value of her cottage pi open;, tbe purchaser rawing il off the premises Ibe past week lo another i locality. * Tbe young folks of West Cape May will giregn entertainment on Thursday even- 1 log Txxt iu tbe Cape Cbapel. The program consists of dialogues, declamations. ' 'ablesni. music and song. Our readers 1 will da well In put in au appearance aod i for themselves. There will be a public installation of ibe ' officer* of tbe Lodge of Good Templar* at tbe cbapel of tbe klctbodlst church on ' evening next, 18th Inst., at j of 8 o'clock, afire which an address will be made. A general invitation to extended ibe public to be present.

Pilots who are now on shore waiting fur their turn oo tbe cruising boat, find profitable pastime in fishing. Sam Bailey • IS the boat in this line. His luck bat been ') ro good that be keeps the borne market ' well supplied beside* adding lo Ibe stock • of fish in Philadelphia. Samoa} Bailey, Be-n Johnson. Samue l M. SolxTle-ogerand Judsoo BcntesU.pihiU. [ showed their skill in marine affairs oo -1 (Saturday last by hauling to the beach, np. I" pualte the dty, 400 pounds of fine rock. k which brought fifty dollars In tbe Pblla. delphia market. r Insurance risks placed oo Cape May ii pmpertwa through tbe agency of Mr. J. Henry Edmunds foot up nearly 2&00-000. „ This from a business which was nut in existence four years agn shows well for tbe indefatigable rangy of that gentleman, e Mr. Wm F. Potto. Philadelphia, bar. '. Ing become tbe owner of Ibe Tbomaa Birch property oa South Lafayette street. I adjoining thai of tbe former gentle awn's it Ocean Villa, to arranging for tbe Improre- . roent of the same by tbe erection of n another medium aire board log -bouse. PERSONAL, j Mr. Vict or.Deo toot to jut recovering from the painful rffrets of a severe at rugg'c with tha^teri|ble malady— Inflammatory 1 E J. Frank; Philadelphia, ami a pop:,. ' lar property owner at Ceq* May Point, by been down (bis way the present wee-B Miking aTler hill real estate interests in ; that Vidnily. Wm. Fenderroa. ooe of our Cape Mar . boys, and steward for eometlme past of , Ibe Arlington Hoexe. Washixwjoc, IL C.. to home oo A brief visit, tbe prime object , through another department of our paper. • Mr*. Ariem Bailer reforoed from the 1 cily oo tost Tuesday wUb tbe product ot , two day's •bopping. Her genial husband I struggled away from tbe atatioc freie'—l . with a donen bandies which affliction Ix . tore witb charscirririic gond nature. Tbto . is the newwiD wbeo heavy drafts upon the f domestic purse are made for new dresses , aod bonnet •L ' Swavllln Scrlbbllncs. " Your coreeapemdent regrets to Dole tlx r spectre, inhabitants of ibis place— Mr. r Amos Gaudy. Had Providence extended , bis toare on life till next February be l would have reached his seventy. lounh Tbe wild docks and geese are very > plentiful in this neighborhood, which re. I mlnets ax to inquire who was It out in Ibe • bay gunning tost Sunday t Oat of oor neighbors baa green peat In , bioem, in bis garden. A puny of firs of Ibe boys ol tbe Til. I togs went coon hunting Saturday erred, w I hat. and managed to get lost during the I night. Tbey didnl get borne till next > tire after sunrise. - > It was Ibe quietest election in tbto townJtKT-" Extra mretlut are in progress at | , I 're crab,, rg M. E church, under tbe dlrec- ! ' tioo at Bar. Mr. Brnnyate. Srtnt I VertoeWsraT" '*'■ j Tbe Star of fAr Cape hi Ibis week's to- ; "X says the Probihilioa Te-mpersnoe pe-iplr helped to elect the rum Democratic candidate for Governor of New la. ; "Tbe Prohibi tioo tots woo# like to aik w bo helped def ret Wm. T. Steven, tlx uTl^toStS? ' WUl ibt eelilor °trf ite Wale whether Ik has done his

. In Council Aaaernblael. A regular stated meeting of council was convened oo tbe evening of the 2nd lush Tbe following members were present: — 1 Messrs. Bennett, DoohtUc. Edmnnds. Ifsnra, Hand, Mecray (PreeUewt), Town- * send. A harnl— Messrs ( assedy and . Hughe*. I, On call of committees, that on Fire and t , Water reported tbe fire plugs, with une t exception, to be In goexl order ; that tbe - : extension to engine bouae was program eg \ as rapidly aa possible: and thai a contract t with Lovtgrotre d:J>x had been clueed to , * furnish the water wepks with a new boil- I u a. of the bcHionul kind, which was lo | ems: 2.700, - City Solictor Hildrelb told before coun- , y ell a detailed report of the proceedings in , tbe matter if, tbe sale of properties fur t t beck taxes, together with tbe several deeds , ' Tin motion of Mr. Edmunds the report i . of tbe Solicitor was received, the tale of , > -the several properties therein mentioned , * CBafinncd -, Ibe Solicitor authorieed to ( - take poeeaalon on tbe part of tbe dty at , - once of all properties aofd foe Uxea, and , I lo employ other coonscl should it be nee- . essary to enforce his iustructioos iu the t . '"'Tbe Recorder reported in reference to [ unsettled toUs against property owner* j J notified than in accordance with inrtror- t lion* of council that unless said asuc-so. menu were paid their Sewer oooneetiises „ ' would be cut at once So far be bad been a ' unable lo collect a single talLlhough some promised to pay forthwith, while g : others claimed tbey had already done so. „ >' bat could show no receipts. . Tlx Recorder was given io understand , that Any further delay was unnecessary , . and that be aboold proceed forthwith and ,| i enforce tlx order of council in tbe mat- 1 Mr. Towniond called attention to the £ poorly draioed condition r.f the vicinity p Queen at met, south of Washington, and , moved that the City Surveyor be in- j, structrd to examine into the time and re- p port what had brat be dooe to remedy tbe p complained of defects Which was agreed ,i Mr. Edmunds stated that some drain- p pipe would be necessary, and moved that the Committee on Protection of Property be autborized to purchase one hundred or more of twelve inch pipe. So "a Mr. Edmunds moved that tbe special S| t -nr. MtnttMi niovca mat tne apenai

- ooiomittec to whom the matter was ref" . red some months previously, he instructed to purchase at once a pair of good . borees for the use of the fire department. , Mr. Hanes opposed tbe motion and ad. , vucated the hiring of a team by tbe month or year, at bring the more economical plan. An am rndrt.cn id that a ' team be bind at 275 a month was not 1 seconded. The question being called on 1 tbe original motion, il was declared lost by the chair. 1 The following bills were ordered pai d : ' ^ 1 1 , A bill X (-outlet aod ^Koihcrfnsd II* was referred back. II being explained tbnt (be deceased, bad died in the township and was conveyed to tbe Island afire her ; dra'h. Tbe treasurer's monthly report gave s balance on hand tbe first ins!, ol 2G,184 74. - Mr. Edmunds called attention to the ' unsafe condition of tbe board-walk over tlx bridge leading lo Wert Cape May .and • suggested Itist It be put in order, i* the cujr might litre to pay Ixavy damages I smuc day in case of accident to any one. Mr. Brnoclt thought tlx beat way lo : remedy tlx matter would be lo take the ■ walk up entirely. Tlx chair remarked that il ought never Mr. Hanes opposed the repairing of the I walk, aod thought it would he In iwder In . tell it as it suods. Mr. Hand advncaled tlx repairing of the walk as It could be done at a smell ! people living in the vSniiy of tbe Island. Tbe matter was finally disposed ot by , the committee on streets being autbnrixrd to hive the walk put in repair. Council •djouriM d. County Note*. A holiday was given oa election day to tbe hands employed in tlx Rio Grande . Surar Mill ,,

,5 ^ Tlx Baltimore Oyster Company has - tlx bayntauu. . Tbe plants bare laren of : [t annual excellence, aod the company will . 4 continue the btxiues* next yrar. i Eggx bs*e sharply advanced and prom, j rl The hardest thing wnorcted wlih many ■ priae abwtoa to tbe rending of Ibrm. 10 Tlx summits df tbe fences along the C-Kinly reeds ere ornamented wllh runs In j tlx bands of bqjr* who little uowBstand 1 '• the implements they to incautioustv \ handle. ! Tbe temperance people were very active [• at the polls oo Tuesday. Worker* were <• present wllh hallou to put Into the bands i 0 of those who were willing to vote tbssn. ' x Tbe scboooer Iwugnr Itiortty. Captain | Curtis, from Richmond. Va , gnmudrel on i r. Hereford har on Tuesday ulght Of tost : x week, but was toon gotten afloat without ; . Tlx cane on tlx Bio G ramie plantation ' m will ail be cut this work, and put in the . ,f miU. , Pan or Craner, of the Baptist churdi. ! Rx Grande, prrwchrd at Green Creek ' oo Sunday tost in Ibe Pnabytertoa chare)- , His text was from Malilxw, VI: 21. i < "Where your treasure to there your bean J ■« will be also." Mr. Craner oo tbto uocas- , T loo proooonced a logical sermon of great ■ practical value to all who beard It. ■ ,- A careful survey of Cape May county , t, and ajaoent waters to now being made try i B government r-fficials. n On these fine autumn days hundred! of ; oyster basts rosy be teen bribe bay dredg- i now being cangbt in abend- j aoce in tbe water* of tbe Delaware. 1 The meetings of the Cape May County 0 Sunday-school Association hare been fixed . for Nov. Sfith. and 21tt. ,T uesday and 1 Wednesday), at Cape Mav Cily, In tbe „ M. E. Church. 0 A beautiful aurora illuminated the I q northern bra rent on several evenings of ' c tost week. Tlx peculiar redoret of earth , lt and sky f.» several day* past, morning j Last Sunday was Quarterly Meeting at | Green Creek. Tbe village was filled wllh j •lirodauta upon tbe severs! services of the diy from G ahen, Diss Creek. Tatxrna- : « dr. Fishing Creek aod Rio Grande. i Win Whilldiu's Florida cottage begin. ' • to give It* neifbboihood quite a semi i ^ tropical appcaraoce ao far aa "vie Is con, j " La* week Mr. Smith Create, pf Green ! Crock, digged 115 barbell of floe peach ' blow potatoes from a scant one-fourth of j " an acre. Can this be beaten lo tbe county! , e Holly Beach to reached from Angleaea < Station by a stage, tbe distance bring 11 about four mi lea. It was Ibe quieten election ibal has ac- , w|thW~,l'c nxraory of the oldest ^ ' Tbe porpoise ought hack of tbe Sewn '• 1 Mile Beach in tbe p-ctet of the big net, < is on exhibition in Industrial Hall,' Phils- ' - delphia. Il attracts much attention. j ' Tbe late election has placed a few I ! former leaders In party polittoa In do fa- • ' ' vntwble light before tbeir fellow dtizeos. Tlx telegraph operators were kept very ! busy on Tuewday evening. Mr. Spark -.at the W. J. Depot, was at hi* p*. and j ' waiting kept tbeir petxfla at work etpbci ' ij Tbe United State* to now tbe only cr x 1 - sidrrabx stretch of territory io tbe world ; ■ Where s wood srxed row cat be gotten up1 i and roughl out without Brittoh interven- | true.

A Porpofae Captured. • After several Ineffectual aftempto lo put - Jjto practical service the Immebst- seine - Mught on here some weeks ago from > Baltimore for tbe purooee of catching • porp .ises io our Cape May waters, the 1 partita operating the seme concluded to make a final experiment before the winI let's storms would interfere,, by taking ' their seine to Seven Mile Stwdi. off which - t was said to be a favorite feeding ground I for tlx wilcy fish they were after. This 1 they succeeded in accomplishing a few ' days ago. and with what result will per. be better understood from the follow. 1 lng account written by an eye witness, than from anything we might be able to lay oo tbe aabject from aa outside "and- < point Tbe writer states that for some I ' time it baa appeared as though tbe arJoc would be a failure, but that this was owing to tbe limited facilities of Ibe company ( carrying on their opb-aUiMto. He then ret to say.— "Tlx gentlemen engaged in the enterprise are all inexperienced in meot of tbe net to a few men. »lsi are ; said In be the best fishermen on ibe cuasi. j After sereral attempts were made, the ? take St In their own hands. They left ibe I 1 sleamhoal landing and wen! off Seeen Beach for an experimental trial. Ar. ] J rising there they were met by a heavy ! t 'wwTuMbleto float tbeir net. *5Ttx>«onn t w'a« not altogether without its advantage, > II give the men In charge an opportun- J ity of watching Ibe movements of the Careful watching and patient wait- - lng brought soeoess. Wednesday of tost week the seine wax laid and the porpoises I surrounded. Several genUcrocn Conner- j J1 with the company were on tlx abore and ' scene was thrilling in tlx extreme j , fish made the most desperate Strug- 1 ' gies in tbeir efforts to escape. Suffice il ! u to my tbey were caught and the enterprise I is a 'success When the first porpoise hauled in Ibe boat, hats were tossed * in tbe sir, and tbe air was resonant with ., the cheers of congratulation fur tbe own- v shipped to Philadelphia and is now on ; * exhibition at Industrial Hall. It is im. "■ movements of tlx company will be, as y aliliou'gh filers are freely made for it ! '' at prices far above par. The specimen a shipped to Phito- to seven feet in It ng h [' J seven I,

- aud weighs 500 pounds. It lived several - days out of water with nothing to cat or 1 drink, refusing both, the breathing Pto«' - is in the centre of the forehead, opening - and closing like ai, air-tight valve ; the * shape of the ut«c is an elongated horse - boof : the mouth is ten indn-s long with" I 1 teeth simitoato that of the saw fish. When ' the male and female were separated by 3 the seine, the male stayed within twenty ' fret nf tlx lost until his mate was hauled in. tl en with a w eeping sound left. They j sic an exceedingly powerful fish and un- ' lews much caution is cxi-reincd iu fishing, s sereral men will he damaged, lt was by » the mere" accident that one of tlx beats ' was not swamped and all on board dragged n into the meshes of tbe net. „ Doo*t let any out- convince j%u that 0 those peine around your heart arc not ° heart disease, they arc, do not delay but t procure Dr. Graves' Heart Regulator. :t0 [ years have proved its value. - Eogtoud mu" be a paradise for cranks ' and ruffians In three distressful days. AH 1 be ascribed to the Irish' revolutionists. SHarrifd. r R"V. Elwin If' llnitjysx, Mr. Edwin flrsrtltsnd , Mix Ltxzte A. Vsosant. dsortuer of the Odlrt*!ingcxrarnme, beta of Peeersearg. Cspe MiT- : tobre^t^Tssx. n^Krr. J^H. Ugmr. Mr. tx>. 2lftr ^drrrtisfmrnts. ' BEST market PEAR. gPECLAL ; MASTER'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE. a'

> Tutu7EyS a* ttxowin'oi [ tXt»roi'ir0 A. p"l -rtjn'i renx whrt Mn II ogi II. i m ; SSH'SHS ! t oaT'l^'llitvT Ue'Vsth 'itaTypa. ' > * , rejet. or unl?^» the 'ippurteaanrea Ulu.lv.! 1 ' sad just* rsf »w Jersey, sod IxuDdrd sod 4emt he -,-n -M. n" f nlaTfnso^w'lloI^lx'wSlX^^S'rolr J Irene ' Oonosk IBM ro the Prospect Landing. ' S3S3S. ■ EH/r . iSeSS'Sro'MM* tZrunxatw wtS^'rn'S : 1 SS" dtpwtfwa to ttehvxjnomx. coolnimns^rxnt I ._^^A^^^^^bAPL't»ieeUl MtsMV.^ ( TSFsUN," i NEW YORK, 1884. J irota^tM,lD»sTwehJjxeven;w'w*U!-el«at j tSrftS.' swwretaWX ^'^.(*01°*!^ I : i : i WtOta^ WntSgWM j 1I--U-... tin new, you hie ll strssdy. sad ■ TgHMS TO MtTTgl BrSTUBkMS. ! SESi&i j | y^to^MMs^^xtreresxasmjo- '

idrrrtlsmfnts. - ' HAND'S CEITRE M1RIET cape May city, n. j. PRICK LIST FOR Til It E&SriNO WEEK. ! Remember far CASH and CASH OILY. GROCERIES. PROVISIONS. 4c. lI.OfR AND BICEWRKtT. Cut Los!. L pa PultmseJ.^n eta ■oiaasHs ^ ^ | no.taTI.il COFFKtvS. ^eV'tit^Pwctu-silo . I 1 Old lined Appirn and IVwehea, S tlx. fur SS eta. |

CtHMID GOODS. r 1 - ' • Cti'rs 'l's. r< a a, eta Meau! St. eta f klSSr^Sa : • Canned bnrfinp. IS eta r Wtat"f^nd - » PureKDte-s.aa.qt.lb, Bskmxttoda.lnxe.sc.lt.. q Sftan^S.''isSa,C' curro' Pors. nr. | - ** Csrujes R^" s .ta j "^jtepns. r res^s^bos. |C Fajl crrea, CSrear^tw^ 'IXr^b l^hts, s wgi j ^ s HAND f

YOUNG MEN AND LADIES! ' Learn Trlegrsplunx. and take poaiuuo. when ] j sad TELEOKAPH CO.. J cS-4t lwwChrasnotntreel. PniUdrlphts. 1 JT.^NlOTOLAS^ | plsiturra. sad romnssnds I or J tola wrrlrr voder j lllanrstc^Uisn* be the rxtraoidlasry list of°at- j 1VW. The fullowuix wUl be aurac of the lemdlhg ] "captrtn Msyne Rett! n)JmaVu!','h DnyMoo. t Msnnoe Tbotopson. Frank It. KioeStno, I Elreatxth Ktusrt Pheljx Mra.A-1, T. Whitney ' Mary Mat*. U:rt*e. ' IJeaL Fred. Kchwxkh. Koae flawi borne Uthrop. A K. Brookh. George W. Cable. Clxa G. Lr tared. , an happtty tdended with reefeathx lad ' SHmTSES 1 THE CENTURY CO, New YotV* n RELATING TO BRIDGES. 1 1 ereuTww'whrwxwwawtataaK J SajM^iSMLarhUNuk^ptoStahSta- ! tng thereto, or h part of aa" brwxe, dra w. paala. , or ahall remove any n ooe wort iwtonrns m a as" bndr>. or othrrwtoe wlllaBy limn or ao j SSSSSiSpSSre' untoadtts any hayTifraw. brfcSx or Rusher ol anyliDd erhatsojere. be or IhsyaoaCsaOUg Its naaaags itat^xar tajj^Hc^thepry^a ^ uiy^heiywaM S < ■wMbanidb SatffiwS^D ssdwqb Uoriu fortah ysart CD°oaa^rf*.hidy* ad , <p:XTS W AMTKD TO SBLL ^ jlThoWbs I

I QUEER BUSINESS.". 'IT CAN'T BE DONE. . N « | Fruit of- the Loom Muslin, Bleached, at 9I cents-' per yard, city price, 1 1 cents; 8 cent prints for 5 cents, and 12} cent Canton Flahnel at 1 1 cents. IT CANNOT BE DONE IN PHILADELPHIA, But it CAN bedoneat YANQ.ILDER'S ' The simple reason is because where city expenses are dollars, VanGilder's are cents. : Then come to sec VanGjJder's stock with good nerves to withstand the shock of unheard of Low Prices. YOU MAY LAUGH, * BUT VANGILDEB HAS GOOD BlilfflS JOE $1.90 A PAIR. | Do you sec your neighbor's all with new dresses on? Do not for1 get VanGilder is receiving constantly more and nicer goods at the same old prices, S, 10, 1$, 18 cts., &c. Ladies' &. Gent's Underwear PILES UPON PILES OF LADIES' SKIRTS. GOOD SUBSTANTIAL SKIRTS FOB 75 CENTS. But Oh,. What Beauties for ,$1.25. But the Nicest Ones in South Jersey for $2.50 & $3. VANGILDER HAS MORE HARD KNOCKS. CHINA & GLASS SETTS . ONE TON FRENCH PRUNES, v AT THREE POI ND* FOR aj CENT*. ONE TON OOUBLE CROWN MUSCATEE RAISINS, AT THREE POI ND* FOR *5 CENTS. WHICH ARE FIFTY PER CENT. BELOW THE MARKET. GROCERY PRICE LIST.

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