J island and (Sounfg. •J Notion. . | j The Wxvx will Ik sect regularly to |srvtotlon tin of I he late proprietor, - IudIom an order to discontinued is weired |«t thU office The new proprietor hope*, I however. to retain all old ' subscribers. J Any who fall to recrlrr their pacer regujlarijr will please notify the publisher at | A rumor baa been afloat the past week throughout the lower part of tbe county, that a clua had. hero tUaeooosod lo the murderer of Jooathaa Hnfftnaa. which was committed about thirteen yearn ago. On the ereelrg wbeo the murder waa committed Mr. Hoffman with fall wife bad been spending the erenicg with a neighbor and just after lea ring the neigh! hops house he waa shot in the bowels and Inatantlv killed. HtC affair has always remained a myateiy. and while alight su* pieiiwta of aerrral peraoog were entertained. could be found. From the teat !nf rrmatlno we can pt'r hardly think that there , circulation. The Weal Cape May Literary Society ' met on Tuesday ermine of this week at 1 the realtime* of Enoch Eldredge. The meeting wu called to older sharp on time by MIm A. Fiaber. who bad been elected prrifcirut pro Urn. The program waa a diversified one being composed of apeak in*, reading sod answering qoeatloo* Some strong points were mttV by the disputants on the question of the hour. "Whether tnin wss the architect of his own fortune." John Keerea hading oo the affirmative and II F. Crowrll oo the oegatire si dt of the subject foe debate. The rxrrrlMS of this growing society increaars in interrat at each suecessire meeting. Ko one' will be admitted to this society without s ticket. An orgaolzalion of the Cape May Choral Society was completed oe Thursday errnlug. The object of the orgaoiestion is to beiog out the iateut musical lal«ot of the rommontty. with the especial purpose of a higher morleal qu'tire for the benefit of our tfifferent churches The society I. under the Instructloo of Prof. Fritter, and wlU meet weekly at the Wheeler Institute All who are interested in music sad Its cultlratiou are Invited to become members oft the society. The annual fees, arc for hdiea, *1; gentlemen. «S.

The T. M C. A. of thia city have decided to remove from the Millar building to the rooms formerly used gs the W »vx office.. The removal will he made at ooce an lhat the lecture next Monday evening will be given In the new room. It Is Intruded to establish s reading roam |n the front part of the building, the audience room being in the re*. The A. 9. U. W. and the Good Templars will also meet ii^ the The large double outage bring built no Sooth Lafayette street by Mr. Jos. R Krana 611a up the last vnmot lot on lit. t block hrtween Otmgrves Hall Avenue and South Lafayette street. The ostage la sxuewhmt similar 10 those built by Messrs. E. C. Knight and J.aepfa R Evans last year on Oottgress Hall Avenue, with ihe exception that it is larger than either of those, making two casnplete cottages under owe rtsd Mr. A. B. Ittifc arret for Mr. John C. Bullitt, is shipping the cars, railroad ire and ties, which were uwd In filling In lb. meadow east of Howard street last arinitt and spring We understand that M'. Bullitt has decided to disown In ue the work of rretahntng the meadow land, at least ft* the present, and thai be was • wnrwbat duaaliafled with the ux talus. A. to put upon them thia year by the asOur local politicians are heginning CO train foe the spring elect loo. the three nes o-atadtewe to be elected are the office. retiring rnemhm are Dr. Mctvay ana Mtror* Hues and Gassed j A numhrt of gcatleuen are «<okra of ft* the push tloos.and as usual It is not likely that then Win he a scarcity of taadidala* .. (

Oooduetor Mnllinee had another attack ,. jd Jumbggo on Monday while taking up „ the € CO a. m. train from Cape May 10 , Camden. Upon reaching Camden hi. - pelted to relinquish h-s train to n RtbeU fl tote. iHs -w*» hrrnghl down 00 the , ' Vondgy p. m. train, and has since here , omflntd to the house. A regular meeting of Ihe Cape May 1 Cornet band •» held or. Monday create*, and regular business trans- ' aa«d. Aflsiry arc making satlalnctorj the aervioee <4 Sroumi Keod.ll, of the ' . Wecencoe Bud. Philadeipbia, aa tostroc 1 tor. Thia is a fortunate eircurasunoc. On in* Buoday el the morning- armor, 1 eighteen prubaUuoen were »*— ie.-H teut ' foil membership of Uur M. E church by ' I'asue Btshop. The Impressive oenmney 1 by the pastor vera of the kind which ! should, and will no doubt, he lasting te ' Mr. Wm- K men te puttingnp a earn, ; pmh the buihlio* along to luLpleii m. , Tuis enterprising flrm has jtm finished a . One tare foe Mr. R IL Beauie near Our. ^ Pt^^lf'^ia CV^^Jnteg j r'^l"* s^t^eT ^ ' vrramW built. When the MpsnvrmraU Ihe euroing jror will the. be rn.de. ,°y. ~ *■_ *»—

Why Not Try It. I Every cUixen of Gape May recognize* ' that tbrrr is a rate amount of enforced 1 idtenow among bur Isbnclng classes. at . least from the Cm of SeptembeH^ntll Uk prrpamloos for the summer begins is t the spring. So accustomed have most ot . our chirens become to this fact that thry regard lb la enforced idleness as s matter of necessity and unavoidable. With those - who bold this opinion we beg leave to differ, gad. to be plain, we beKevi thai > this stale qf things is largely osrisg to Ihe . want of enterprise of our people. We know lhat miny of our people will 3 take exception to thia. and it is only after t, careful consideration thai we give public 1. exprensloo to this opinion. We will point :. out what seems to be in oar opinion the t cause of Ibis state of affairs and then let u* try to see if there is a remedy. The attractions of Gape May aaa seaside resort 1 are undisputed, we have beard itgprabct • It 'pasrsvs the dry cat atmospbrff;"we a have died the opinions of those who hsvr • visited all the seaside resorts of the world " to prove that we bare the florst and the " safest -bathing, the hardest and the best J beach, all thia Done can gainsay. Rot ' while this does not give work and support ' to our laboring classes it a rails hut little ■ comparatively speaking. It is true our ls- • boring classes and our business men are kepi • busy for three, four or Are months in the ■ year, bat the question la, can thry afford ' to remain idle the balance of the year, ot ' even with sufficient work ud business 10 1 keep them employed a part of the time during the doll season? It is usually . shout ail a laborer or mechanic can do la I support his family and keep dear of debt . if be baa steady work all the year, and no , one can expect tbem to do so If all the laj hoc they do in a year could be dooe in the , average working dsye of six months. This is Ibe condition of affairs in which we And ourselves to-day and in which we \ have been for years. And now ia.ll.err a remedy? If twenty years ago ocr rvkdrrs ( bat! been told tbal a beautiful and Ibriv. , tag dty would be built where Vteeland . standi to-day, the idea would have termed but mainly through tbe enterprise of i« ntsn It has been accomplished, and Vineland stands to-day a jwnumect to his enterprise. The flffiffi of Vindaod are thriving, indoetrious and eclf supHnrtI ing through Its factories, many thousand - "dollars are paid out to the labot ing classes n every week. And thie bring! us to the e point we wish to make in this article, a Why cannot light manufactories be es f lablishcd bvre as *011 as at Vineiand or ■ scores of other towns which possess no 3 greater natural facilities than Gape May 1. has? Bumr will urge that it requires s Capital. This Is so, but we venture to s assert that we could name a half iloten v men in Cape May who could control capita! enough to maintain manufactories ta! enough maintain manufactories ^

which would give employment to half the laboring people of tbe place. Or course ' it will oow be aaked what kiad of manu- ! factum would pay at Cape May. In our ^ ' opinion there are many light manufactures 1 that could be produced here aa well and ( | as profftably as te tbe average manufacturing towna of the country. , ' We believe tbe manufacture of shoes, ^ liattnos, gloves, panned gords, straw , r guilds and scores of other trucks would psy well aa sa investment. And now for 1 oor suggestion. \t ould it not be a good . irtre fur ail of ocr business men to get lo. . r f iber and investigate the aubjeet? This 1 would certaialy do no barm and might be • Ibe means of doing much good. We | l would be glad to h»*r from our readers ( 1 upon this suhject. Tbe recent tragedy oa the high eras by which the New York pilot boat No. 8, ' , Wta run Into and cat down by the gtcauirr ■ Alaska, and Ma mrc buried io the dark ' ^ watere of lire Atlantic, brings home tl$ danger to which many of our citiseoa are ' exposed to every fireside te Chpe May C'lty It its well known tact lhat te order ' * 1-1 ssvs a few minutes of lime Ibese twlfi | 4 end endanger the lives of pilots every lime . ' they are bnerrted lo the night. Tbe regu 1st Inns rtf the Bosrd of Port W ardent, anrt the demands of commerce require lhat ' 0 Pills shall cruise well nu^I ere Oa^end ■ night reedy to later orpt Incoming ships. ^ s No mailer what the weather rosy he pilots ! r •oust take their Hras ta their buds ao1 ' a when e swift sreemer is lo be boarded. If 1 1 beee is not the moat carefol management 1_ the risk is Increased with the pnerible fae 'at results noted te case of Ibe New York Net Columbia and her ill-fated crew.

Cape May pilots fee! that Ibe mregrr cswnjvrniaijoe allowed by tbe Peonaylva ' nis legislature and tbe Increased risk to 1 Afe. te these days of rapid transit, will ' cause some of the beet men to lean the 1 ecreire. as a few have already dooe and other* ere preparing to do at first opportunlty, and seek s livelihood where e lit- ' tie may he laid dp for a rainy day. and te which ihqy have a reasonable dance to live out their allotted number of days. Since writing the shore il is reported 1 that pilot boat. No. A fast been beard ' from ud te asfr, oucaoqornlly the boai ' cut down by the Alaska must hare bam ' another pilot beat, the number uf which b not known at present writing. | Miss Kriwcca Ware was tendered the i compliment of a smarter party 00 Set or- i dar evening last at Che resilience of ber 1 father, Mr. J. O. W. Ware. The young 1 lady tntst gracefully performed her part of fans! re*, and made all gureta feel al 1 borne end perfectly al their ease. Socgi, invtrumental 'music and the intnziciting t danoe beguiled the boat* till tbe midnight I •tars had peeped shove the horizon. A bountiful lunch «f the kind our young people know so well bow to get up, nicely 1 ^ roonded off Ihe evrnmg"s tnlrnsiumenl ingtoo, M>>> Rene (."buret, Mr. and Mr. Sbeppard Taylor. MM Rhoda El well. - Miss LmrUa Hughe*. Miss Maltle BraoeO and Miss Linda Ware. Maaan. Levy Eldredge. Wm. Chcrefa, Oie. York, R ' ^beree I'ro"", 'Wlre^W1 Ths kctnre given before tbe Young t Mot's Christian A-oeiaUoo-n laal Monday evening by Rev. A. P. Joboeon. r larger audtw. Mr. Jrterw® „ a spreker I which be bandted l.u snbjscs, "Btatet.' Go to J. A Gar. te n". f< r your Hobday U-ioda. Books. Fla* SUU-swry. Glose and • Hrnxtarrehwf Br. I re, T.Jlri (Ws,

While Ws Think of ItJ Rumors of boUding improsemeou fW' the air. I Pilom complain, and for good reose.o! ' 1 dull times. ' We have bad a very well behaved wln- ' ter thus far. ' Digitated socks are the latest agooj. r Men wear them. _ >. ■ There te no abatement te the rage ftb ' insect derigns te Jestelry. ' Yon see three small txxmets on Wasbingtoo slrcet U. one big one. It 1s about time aomebody sal down on the dime novel and cigarreite. [ There are many reasons why parenu ' should visit the public schools. ' The Cape May Cornet Band will give an enlRlsioaenl during the winter 1 There have ben more hoys than girls " bom litis year, thai* a sign of war. D00T forget your km favored neighbor J in preparing ft* Chriitmia festivities. | Mr. A. W. Bpricgw haaaaoauacl for ; putting op a fine cottage al the Point. " DanrtcHoo slil! peep from the grass in many a yard which has a sunny slope. A whole railroad has fawn seized out ' w»t by a man who got kfi at dinner. ' Examination in the public school was 1 held on Wednesday. Thursday sod Fri- ! day. Dr. J. H. Ingram, of Green Creek, was 1 al Cape May 00 Wednesday visiting pa- ' Iketa. The colored -folks are preparing Tor a ' concert to be given Ave" days before ' Captain J. L. Eldredge, of Philadelphia, te at Mrs. Hewitt's, on Lafayette ' street, as a guest. Mr*. Waller B. Ware it payiog a visit ' to her parent!, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. bebdkoger, of Diss Creek. ' There is* some discontent in the town • clock ss between the telling and indlcat- ' teg of the patting hours ' Many ol our peopk are. Just a little tu1 perstitlous over the glaring red uf Ihe ' sunrise and sunset skies. Mr. and Mr* R U. Beattie with some J friends visited Cape May last week slop- ' ping at the Mai I nc Vilte. Brnttor MiUer jiomiuatet Franklin B. ' Gowcn for Die next candidate ter the. " Presidency of the I'nited btate* ' Oqg^emperauce friends ere pM^kring r for In entertainment te be hall of the Good Templar's Lodge, of this city. 1 The snowy poles of Mara can now be ' seen through the telescope. Thai may r account tor the dusky red sunsut glows. Mr. Joseph R. WUtooh boarding bouse te apiiroaching cwnpictioo, tbe house it ' plastered and the Inside wosk 1s being put r °P Congress Hall it to be improved by s ' new c.*t of |WlnG The coulract. It te ° said, lias been given to Philadelphia par- ' Ik*. Mr. E. Johnson has built a lime kite * near the creek in Baraaboro. and is now engaged in burning lime from oytrer T

•bells. O Il is said that a little episode occurred rr 00 ooeof Ihcpilot boats which is likely to di make aotne business (or the United Elates bi Court* >* Father Drgcn was in Philadelphia dur p tbe week buying lumber for the Oath- 1c olic church which is to be baiit si Cape t< May Point. h Mr. Henry W. Hand willgive a lecture t< before the Young Men's Christian Aaaocia- si Hon co next Moody evenlnc 6ubject, k "A Story." si Miss Ellen Terrey'a acting has been characterized as a "thrilling unexpected- tl new." Something like the business pot- d lion of a mule. o Tbe ladies' of the M. E. church are on * hand in every good work. ^Something to a warm the body and cheer the heart of their h pastor 1* tbe latest. il Some of tbe young peopk of our town v organized themselves into a Btar tf lir rapt Band, and have employed a teach- * er to give Instructions te music. f Nothing te maregommoo than to hear o and read directly opposite accounts of the t incident* Tbe diffeieoce ikanotso 1 much in the reported at tbe reporter. 1- ' Citterns up tbe road complain of digs • killing their poultry.. Some nflrro tor- I . krjs hare fallen victims to worthless t inirSyWithin a few miles of Ihe Island. t | w alls, fenora and sidesralka about town r are beiog marked nightly with obscene a figure* Tbe practice h a nuisance that I need, abating. Wbero.re Ihe police? 1 A special meeting ot Company "H,"6<b , Kegt., 8. N. G., this city, will fat brld 1 this, Saturday, evening. Instead of the 1 regular monthly meeting next Monday ( [ evening. It te rumored lhat tbe owners of Con-

gress Hall have decided to improve thia ' famous house by such change* aa will ' make it compare with the moat modern ot 1 hotel structures. A new boiler purchased by the dly from Lnvrgrove A Co., bat Just been put te the 1 lower engine bouse, tbe old one being ' worn out. Tbe new boiler Is about IS feel te length and weight about 4000 lis. ! The teiprovemsuu tl the public build connected with the Fire Department ^ | about completed. The bell 1s mounted, and soon the long-talked of borae* will be ; hand for Immediate use in case of ... Cape May te now engaging in a prokmgrd Indian summer. The public health ' - is exerlknG and thoar who may be look- ' . ing about lot a wider learnt can do do ( - than to turn their steps in this diI The foundations for a Catholic church I at Ctpe Mty Point have leva laid sod the work of building begun. Tbe dimension" ; of tjp new building will be 80x60 feet. It 1 is expected that it will be ready tor oeeu- , paney early la the spring. Gratifying to the teachers of the public - school te the fact that during Ibe bard work of Wednesday, Thursday and Fri- . day (examination) there was 00 dimiau- , of the several d.-partment* The new sterl Amalgam bell which wu r pot ta plaoa kit week, and intended for a . fire alarm, dues not give general satisfaction, the opinion beiog that it k not large the purpose for which U was designed. Those who bare irsocrre* within thesnt selves and who can dtre to live akaewint ' friends the least, but at the same lime ' know bow to prize tbem the roost. No 1 Company te far preferable to had. because ' we are more apt catch vice* of others J than their virtue*, as disease te far mote eij-.tr.gi-.ua than health. There are wane fault* thai bar* hern r termed fan its cm the right ante, so there , are some errors that might might he tie-

I"! Have you paid your tax? , : , Court 00 Tuesday, the 18th -tenant I Look at the W*v* and .Pee*, enmttea- j , tioo- 1 j The arasou that makes every one young j again is tk*e at hand. ! ' • The gqnorrs are reaping a rich harvest 1 1 of game this gotumn. r Holly Beach te prospering. New houses ( arc going op all the time. , Dandelions are blooming in the grass by ( 1 It te t meteoric dust. whatever that maybe in atmospherical pbcoomcu. " s Ocean Yicw hat spread out before tin magnificent vista of tea and shore. 5 Oysters are bring planted in the bottom | of sur meadow creeks with complete anc- ^ Lem. Swain and Son took possession of 1 r their new store this week at West Cape I May. r Four Aa# vessel* are being built in the county. The aggregate tonagr te near s 8000. Sea late City is 61 mite* from Pbihdell phis; oe. about as close to it as Atlantic City. 1 Messrs. Bonder tod Kuthrrfor>. have , - enlarged their residence al Ibe fame ' Pl«*- . . 1 Secretary Burk. ol Holly Beach, re- - ports matters flourishing on his cod of the ' Five Mik Beach. > Burteigh hat been- beautified hy a prct- 1 ■ ty little station on tbe Angteaca Railroad. ' Ju.t west of tbe mala highway. H. H. Eldredge and family hare rc1 turned from Philadelphia after spending a couple of weeks with relative* t The Wavx it getting a big grip upon 1 . public Avor. It is the oldest and best looking newspaper In tbe county, a The glaring red of tile sunrise sod sen- j - set skies te a source of wonder 10 those 'j who are a bit supcratltiuot in their nature* | As long at we have not mentioned it, ] e the roads between Rio Grande and Ben- ! nett'a are sadly in need of mending, or ' Dennis Creek Landing bat three ship : yards, and the money required to pay off ■ I. tbe workmen is no small sum. Vessel j !. building is an important hutinesr of Ibis county. g Rev. R W. Clark, corresponding srerre tary uf tbe State Sundty-Scbool Association, will preach in tbe M. E. church. . e Cape May Court House, 00 Sunday morn- j y ing next. Prof. A. L. Kilburn, M. D., will delirrr t e 1 lecture In tbe Trinity Church, South is Dennis, on Monday evening. 10th lost., 1 it Subject, "Physiology ami Anatomy." Doors open at T o'clock. Admission 15 cents. Lecture 10 be given in the interest 1 a of the Ladle*' Church Aid Sortety. r- Rev. S. W. Clark, corresponding secretary of Use State Buodsy-Sehtail Ask>D tnciation. will hold a union meeting in it the Green Creek Presbyterian church, on

evening next, the 11th lust. , workers will be there, and help make tbe exerriaea of interest. No Sun- h day-School officer or teacher should miss ( prefcnl on this occasion. In many lneslitiea there Is room for tin- , provccarnl in church manners. The ( of the weed should not ky claim d God's bouse as a smoking room, yet we seen cigars lighted in and about the j sacred edifice at if it was a common t or publk bouse. Let the smokers , off their cherished habit In and be- j church building* , I "ay your debt* A dollar set in mo- . in Hie morning will discharge a half ] dozen obligations before the setting sun. ^ only start it going it will certainly do ibe j work. A five cent pitcc changed hands ( at Cape May five time* in * couple of and each time it paid a debt bringing up finally where It started from. But 1 have tokl that before. ■ Tri almost all public assemblies lb, r ■ are ' ■ wearisome speaker* Where there are a 1 gathered, these always think the < other* will ha edified by listening exdn. ] lively to tbem, and who cannot tee that I they want to hear the otter man. An 1 boor and a half was recently used by s 1 speaker with bis afaothcr thought, wbtn i tbe people wanted to hear the waiting or*- 1 think the applause which greeted him 1 on finally finishing was fa exhibition of t approval, and not of relief. W ill you kindly al low roe to make srimc , suggestions through the columns of your p*p"-Ex-Senator Blaine's proposition on tbe surplus incuue question st set forth in s tetter to the Philadelphia I'rtu bat eauard tetter to toe i-oiiatseipnia r rvMuaa r»uwu j

considerable discussion throughout tbe ( 1 country. His plan te to have tbe govern . mcnt collect tbe tax 00 spirituous trd null liquors as u now 1* and distribute j the whole amount, according to popu'-a- , , lion, among tbe Slate* Objections are , raised 10 this scheme, that it te unenosti- [ \ rational to collect taxe* or revenue that is 1 not needed by the government to defray - Itx expenses or pay its debt* We think, f ' however, that there te no necessity for re, i , during the revenue from these source" l [ Just y«- In aeeordane* with tbe soggev. ( ! lions offered in Preskknt Arthur's mas- ( •age, the government should expend sufficient money to batld sod equip a first- ( riast navy. It should build and improve 1 fortifications along our tea coast for tbe ■ better picdiwtten of our many krge ant ] board dtle* We think one pv^utc lhat | sotne of tbe surplus revenue moS| could 1 be put to would he to endow some of our I I inebriate asylum* found a fund for the 1 "t support of sncue of the widows tad or- t phana. made so from the use of liquor: ! pay for tome of the property destroyed • through the iofioeooe of mm; psy the 1 , expense* of the trial sad Imprisonment of , ' criminate, whose crimes have been com- , milled white oader lbs leflueoceof liqu >r. , When these things are done and tbe rev- ; " eooe from liquor pays for tbe damage It cause* then let It per for all tbe hearts it has broken, and after that let the value of : a single soul It hat been the means of : , desiroying bmmpuled and paid for and 1 t iS&.-OTfiJllI tbse reduce tbe tax on 1 Mr. R S- Loper gives mxioc through , - the .columns of the Wxti that the rumor , t that has been flying about the county, and , » wagging upon the tongue of grasiper* » ctmoecuag him with the dre*dful_crime ' by which Jonathan Hoffman v» rent in • a moment to Ihe other w.irid. is falie. and r he hereby gives notice that persons circulating tbe story will be dealt with accord - » leg to law. Mr. Loper live. U/Cold ' Bpring, where he slsnd* ready to omt his iPram the Car* Ma* War* tonus the bead hoe of many a paragraph in the live ""J*U

j Court House Items. J. B. Huffman and wife are 00 *week's visit to Philadelphia. I ] Dr. H. R Tbnmpaoo, of 8t. Lonte, it Ivteiiingat the residence of his anck Dr. t j Wiley. • j We bear only words of praise spoken 1 of our Court House hand as they rend. , I music well worthy of older organisation* 1 Dr. J. F. Learning, our county meujber <4 the State Sunday Behead Association. I gone lo Trenton to attend a meet tec of that body this week. t R. W. Crawford, oor efficient overseer of highway* has been giving hit attention t to the new Dnroitrilk road which is : greatly improved hy bis labor. 1 ] Mr.' Wm. Roa* Mr* Lodlam Hand t ; and Mr* K. Sharp baa visited Philadelphia daring the present week far tbe par- 1 of - replenishing their rtock of afore 1 . good* Mr. L Newton Strain, who te now en- 1 , paged jo holiness in Philad.lpl.is. spen! 1 last Saturday and Sunday at tbe home of his parents. He reports the country as ( appearing very dull since hit residence in t the city. Mr. George Ogden his returned from I , hi" risit lo the burned city of Shenandoah. | Pa. The process of re-building baa already begun, and It will be constructed in I much more permanent-' tad subaiantisl 1 manner. 1 Rev. 8.' W. Clark, Corresponding Becretary of tbe State Sunday School A mo- 1 elation, expects to spend next Sabbatb. 1 Dec. 8th, In this place. Speaking in the morning in tbe M. Er church. In tbe afternoon at Gravelly Run and in tbe Bap- ' tist church in the evening. Wc hope good tndiencc* will greet this earnest tnd able ' worker In the cause. He 1s to spend a portion of the week following at various 1- More than ordinary interest wta taken in the Literary Society last week. The Misses Hatkcr. of Goahen, gave a choice , selection of vocal music with instrumental r j accompaniment. Tbf addnw 00 literature wu a general review of Ibe topic , j both ancient and modern. Science wu , i shown lobe the great benefactor of thehu- , man race and it" departments minutely , • sketched. Music was discussed as one of : the influences of cultiratlon and reflne-tm-nt. On arj tome of the results ot tbe genius and skill' of man in all ages, were ably used u illuslra'iont of the suhject. ; Kcr. Mr. Corn well has been on a visit r to the city of Brotherly Live. 1 ; Deputy Clerk Morgan Hand spent a por- > I tioo of the week In Pblladclpht* ' i Editor Brooks ot the Star and Senator s Miller of your titjr were in town 00 Tuta1 day. Don't forget tbe lecture 00 Tuesday " evening next at Goaben. Plenty of re- " trSkhmrnta and fun. 3 : J. F. Laming and wile, GapUio J. D. 1 . Richardson and J. It. -Steel were among Richardson snd J. II. ..Ttecl among c

the departures of this Week. r M. Howell and act, of Diss Creek, f shipped from tbe Court House sta- c lion 72.000 lb* of fish during tbe year. L E P. Hand wishes the public to know 1 that be did oot dig the ditch or drain he- 1 ween he railroad station and the freight a of Ihe W. J. R. R 1 IL Shi mp and family, agent at Court 1 were ailed away very suddenly 1 tekgram to attend the funeral of Mr* < sister at Trenton on Monday. i i Schooner S. W. Bunnell, Gsptain J. B. Maxwell, with hay from New York lo ! V*. came ashore on Towntroda ' bar tt 7.80 p. m.. Monday, Drc. 8d. • ' vessel te s total lost, the crew waa ; at Life Saving Station, No. 34, Wilkia 8. West Jerwy Baptists. , The annual conference of the West Jerwry Baptist Association convened at tbe 1 ' Third Baptist Chnrch Camden, Tuesday ' morning and were in session from ten ' o'clock until twelve. There wast full re- 1 presentation present from tbe Baptist Churches of West Jersey. Tbe association elected ne w officers to succeed Moderator William F. Batten and Secre'ary Her. U W. Perk in* Tbe new officers are moderator. Rev. C. A. Molt, and ttc- , retary, Rev. »L M. Finch. Rev. II. H. 1 : Gmitemcr read an elegit* of tbe 18lh to 33th veraet, inclusive, of the SSth chapter • of Matthew, which wm discussed by tbe ' ministers alter ward. Rev. Dr. Wynn, of tbr Firm Baptist church made an address 1 the Bible cause, which wm well rcreived. The conference adjourned at twelve 1 ' o'clock and proceeded lo the lecture room | of Ibe church where an appetizing lonch had bren prepared by the ladle* of the

About this time you are beginning to 1 think of Christmas presents for tone i friend or mftiber of your family. No 1 more suitable present could be given than ■ "Maaan -A Hamlri" organ, in care 140 illuminated, metallic decoration in gold, nlver and colors of new process with very brilliant and durable effect. Remetnerothls company girea you t«o years and a half to pay for an organ. Beautiful lith- ' ograph of caw 146 rent fire. Me-. Lixda M- Tnanrsorc. Act-, dl If. Otpe May City. heme of our fua-loving youths played a practical Joke upon tbe sexton of the Baptist cfantcfa on Sunday evening, by turning ll« key which wm in the door and loekinx him in tbechurch. Some of tbe church officials not having a taste for practical Joke* especially when perpetrated upon entered complaint lo the msyor which resulted in bringing the frolkk•rane bnvs before his Honor, when thry received >n' admonition never to play a practical J^ie upon the sexton of a church again under peoalty of having the full extent of tbe law meted oat to tbem. George Powell, a storekeeper at Tucksf hoe. Cape May county, gave chase to s ' deer that passed his store 00 Mod - I day, and caught U by the bind legs as il I stumbled at tbe edge of tome brush. With the aid of a friend be secured it alive, and sold It lo Mr. G lading, at Market A Water 1 street* Philadelphia, tor »30. This te ' equal lo Iht country boy» in the mountains 1 of Sussex catching trout with their bands. Howard James an ' employee of the 1 Itayview House while rait deer hunting 00 I Thanksgiving day near WoodUintsLtion. - was fortunate enough lo make a fatal . shot sad capture bis game after a three I mile chase through the brush. ' Placo Toaxx.— Parties .Idling to engage the sal riots of a piano tuner will plea* apply lo Prof. Potter, Tremoct 1 Ouoaga. ■ ... county during the present season.

Dlaa Crssk Pott. | Somas Norton spent Its: BsMsrih under the parrots. r..J _ , j The Dime riwwlv v Ul give an ratertalnmeot during the holidays. Mr* Horn. Mis*. Mamie and Nellie Tattle are on a visit to Baltimore. Tbe Baltimore Oyster Cosnpany'sahirp. I hare been put in winter quarter* Mi* Oeota lli-hncs and dmgutrc have Visitiog relations at Maurtcelow*. N. N. Ei rick too ha" purchased tbe ax'formerly owned hy John learning. - Sloop H J. May owned by John E raster is bring n built fur oyster Hade. Messr* E. A put EE Urartu are at I work on the Svveo -Mile Beach for tbe | Fashioo lias set ber tral ia cukte. about I all of this Tillage enjvy tbrir daily fiu of , sternntatiou. Road orrsseev 11 .Imca tas got the highIn first-class order through the larger part of hit district. : Much to the delight of relations antt, friends Miss Mary E. Holmes hu "returned \ tbe pareoul domicilt ' \ Dr. Pbysiek and Freeman Douglas* of Cape May City, are atnong us gunning. 1 ^ They are stopping al Geo. Scbcllengrrs. . . Tbealoops Mai tie Roily, Annie Doug1 Friendabip. I). R Harris and M. j 1 are laid up' fur tbe winter in the - mouth of Dim Creek. Scboooer Harry Diverty, Cap* Nidrer- ■ which loaded too the Bay Shore for , New Y'ork, has been wind bound off . ■ Pierces Point for several day* Cap* Bardie has returned from a trip J ■ to New York with his fathcrjlc reports | ' 1 s rough passage home ausfi the loes of I ! • nil* otherwise t pleasant trip was bad. < ' i Among our visitors for the week we j 1 I mention Mr* Ella Keeler, n« Springer, andt ton, of Cape May, Mr. Robert Mc- 1 I 1 Cormick, of Philadelphia. Captain Nick- | b cram and 600, of DennltrfUh, and Mr. . s and Mr* Taylor, of Bridgeton. - Tbe boys did better, while the squirrels ; : were enjoying their Thanksgiving dinner 1 the youngsters caught ten. Cjons hive : - not escaped these young trappers either. - r Rio Granders should make a note snd f come over for a lesson. e Washington Oor. Baton a0.eru.er. Sherman 1s 64 and looks older, but the fsmily is hardy and he la likely to see 1900. Sheridan te only 51. He wm a ntejor grn1 eral at 80. McClel ten, now a rotund man with bending shoulder* bm not ebtnged - much cf late. He1 la rich, and entertain, well in hit New York city home. Roar- * crans and his wife lire, almost unnoticed, on Capitol hill, while he it here as t member of congress from Galiforni* Iirtcom- - plexion te like a youth's aqd bis hair aa !- white M snow. Htwlry and Ligan tie the other twp most distinguished generate I. In coogres* Both are 57 years old, but g neither hM gray hair. Roteoant will be rc-raforcod this winter by on old com- ■ 1 1

panlon in the western armies. Gen. Slocum ' of Brooklyn. Gen. Sickles is practictog in New York and Stoneman is gorerof Calforni* Fremont ls no longer nch. and his wife, Jessie Benton Fremont, forgotten in crowded New York. Carlos Baell runt an iron furnace in Banks tea United Statea mar- j thai. Terry, the youngest of the brigadiers I wbo won fame In the war, will sneered | Sheridan in tbe command of the army. There te a rumpr afloat in railroad circles that tbe machine shops of tlie New Jersey Southern railroad, now located al Maacheater, will soon be reroored to Wiaslow.and lhat the tracks of that road will be connected immediately with that 1 of the Narrow Gauge at tbe same place by Y. Tbe gauge of tbe latter road is lo !«• . w ideaed 1000 to conform to ibe standard ' . of the Central railroad, and entire new r rail will be used, M the heavy freights to 1 be run between Camden aud Window to ■ . connect with the Central and Southern • t will require a larger and bearier track. , • — — • r "Ob. my hack!" te a common cxclatna- . lion and cxproteea a word of misery and suffering. Il 1s singular thia rain arisea , ' from such various cause* Kidney di* - case, liver complaint, wasting affection", . cold* rheumatism, dyspepti* overwork 1 and nervous debility our chief cause* • When thus a'tliqg seek prompt relief. It : ' e in beat be found in Brown's I mn Bitter* 1 It builds up from the foundation hy makf ing tbe blood rich and pure. landing phvsicianB aud ministet suae and recommrod it. It has cured many, and if Jou , C Christmas te coming and don't yon forn get II. The hoys and girls win not, and ' t, tl is not likely they will permit the old e folks to allow il 10 drop oat of Uieirroem-

00 es No danger of that either, for the , great holiday of the year has taken fresh > bold upon the affections of young and - 1 old, and it bM become a nip and tuck ' ! matter which of tbe two foot eagerly an1 tici pates lit arriraf.— Star. Trie Hon. Bills Flint. , Life Senator o4 the Domlnioo Parlia- 1 ' rornt, Bdleville. Ontario Oanad* writes : j ' "I tried 8* Jacobs Oil for ague in my ! - face and toothache. It acted tike a charm 1 1 A few times rubbing it took stray all i •on-neat and pain ; far better than liar, ing tbem drawn at the age of seventy ' Miss Ella k. IV Wan, 12 Ogden street. 1 Trenton. N. J., says : "1 used Browo'a ] I Iron Bitters for general debility and bare , baro benefited." ' CoL D..B. Murphy, Inspector of the ; ' Srcood Brigade, N. G. N. J., and coro1 mander of Battery R of Camden, has ' discharged eighty of tbe men under fate 1 c xnmaod for inefficiency. No disease can show DO such quick re- ' . suits aa Heart disease : do not dely. Dr. Graces' Heart Regulator te a specific. 81. \ ' pee bottle at druggist* r Tbey were speaking tbe other day. be- j . fore an academician, of a prvtly woman • base age no one knew. 'She's 85 ytwrs . old,' said s lady friend. 'No. *5.' 'No. ' 80.' 'i beg pardon,' said the academician. ' -at Parte Hie women are always SO or 60; • but tbe woman of 40 does not eslst !' . i _ ffiarrifd. I ; j sftr gidgntuqwrtg. I, " TflUlI-TlI£t Y£AKt) AMONG | OURWILD INDIANS

| MARINE VILLA, * CAPE MAY. N.-J. NEAHX6T llOCSE TO TBK UKAI H. OPEN PUUSASCCTLT. Booms and Halls UKSoogtUy araioi fur ike srtarer monuu. Mrs. F. HALLENBECK.

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ILSB to Tar il limit, * IF SOT I'AHI IS AbvASCE.M-01. HAND'S i CENTRAL MARKET * CAPE MAY CITY. N. J. C PRICK LIST FOR THE ES8I ISG WEEK. " BenenlEr for CASH anil CASH ONLY. s GROCERIES. PROVISIONS. &c. I s II.OIR A PCD |BVCKWIIE»T. tiln! ''rSLn'mre*.*: t« u'ecbrr'e iteU-IUUlns. package. It eu. L Bew Orlean* prune .Xte. xeltle. IS et* v Pure Wbae t'ioeer llooej Is comb, S5 ct* ROASTED COFFEE* I K^isa*n. SSSSSStase. ( i o^m^ysst'iwe japs,a>a*m,*°a 1*. 1 - -

dried frt'its. firsporrtrit Apgra.1^ %%%%£ Pranea.aBr.1Sc. Ptuod Pmnu. IS ma. Sew Dried Apple* Inc. Sew Drted l'ra Jira.Ite. oi-l Dried AppKe and Pvacbe* I tne. t« * cu ( of iu'llndi. IOC Br tbe Borkrt, 1 ict* I-ll-ra ot an klfid*. l*e. ftmejaoraet. lo cu. met*" CANSED GOODS. , Wbote nn 1 (imund. 1 Purr ho"oe*«c.qt.tb. BxXlax rod* 1 xwc. Ore Amen, PrSt.'VrenUi'."' BltCEEI.AXFOtS. t»der.'s!ctt.%SMllo* ■ rlSaerl'tbr^itmtbeOTlm^iS! 1 ' SSisSt.'Mt.'isse' ! Wamst*Sim>patHmbeLltcu.X pec* I Dried Peo* ID ct* per court. ' « tre^ieaS tlbTi* ae cu. borne - '■SSlBSi^ bsS.-ISE.'B^.t.m* I lJi7r.atlMw.il'. BerabBrtubeatlnloe. ■ per racmg* j i bromrr. J f HAND.

Xrgal ^dirrtisrarats. SURROGATE'S OFFICE. Tbe onderawned would reopoettaBy anOfy tbe pnt.Uc thai be will Ulead 10 tbe bnitaeae do. OP THE^OOUNTV OP CAP* TUESDAY ASD BATCRDAT ol eaeb wen* WILLIAM HILDRXTH. :an*U Surrogate. ^-oticeT : . ' i The Phltadetpbin Naueual Bank 1 H|||^n||| u ^^^roglprStttkdMtfjKBlA^ ed by the "rn0 °t ""pggjJ f ufl^xSr* inuoddue *' tea*1 *" ACJ"'" Jet* JX^CHANCEBY OF NEW JEEMntyjSfi roJw'd^nHaa jtasa ' c aaglaUiul ami"* yoa are def rn-u nu yen are re-tweuti-ect-on-i day ot JaOTarraexx, or taeeatd 1 gg: win be taXrn u conterrrd kniutt yoo. -I'rTwi !o^ ( hi^rtTnqibil »nd yon^WUDemJj. 37hilada. ^usinrss Cauds. ppHOMAS M. SEEDS,

FASHIONABLE HATS A CAPg, DMBRKLLAS. ETC.. tT So. 41 North fd street. PbOadetjk* Je*y J^ETTS, HOY'"* CO.!' " POULTRY, SO. IS FEDERAL STREET, CAMDEN. S. 1. je*y ^I'I^l\1u'wibebauk WHOLESALE GROCERS, TOBACCO AND SEGAR8. SO. II h. FROST STREET, l'HILADELPOht. F. PETERSON. FLOUR AND GRAIN FACTOR |-1itllU"t-E COMMISSION MEKCOAST, hi t. Corner Areb A W Uer Street* I PHILADKLPB1A. jea-wAO-y J Jr. MATLACK, N* « S. SEVENTH ST., PHI LAD A. ■TERRACOTTA DRAIN 2M SEWER PIPE, CHIMNEY TOPS, WIND UL'ARD CAPS, CHIMNEY FLl'gt^OAMDEM VASES, CEQOODYRAB^RUBBEB FELT. HOSE. CLOTHINO, BOOTS A SHOES. D. P. DIETERICH. New York Belting and Packing Company Patent Steam Parting. Betting Hoar, and utber Vnkaatsod Bobber Fibrin* WAKEnol-SR. tot t-mg-TNIT 8TBEET, octlA-y " VuiL*esiJwi* P*

•J^ LEHMAXX Bsnorectarere of OP KVRBY DBSOBJPTION. N.B.-Specul Attrauoo glren to RepLng . allistebt co!, fine window siiadb6, NOV. is AND II NOliTIl SECOND STREET, " Opposite Christ Omre* PB HA DELPHI A. PsusSaatsmJ "^SwMmXe^uure,11™ lei*y /^TDfY GOODS . &SSSSSSS S goal, «"ood, ?inw, tU. ^OAL AND WOOD. ~J laf meads A COAL AND WOOD YARD SCBELLENOEBW LANDING, Where be shall kaen nothing snort or the Bam of Cosh mrtodUtg LEHIGH EGG, STOVE AND CHESTNUT tocetber wtu. a ronstant auppty or PINE, CAE AMD HICKORY WOOD. BY THE CORD, mir-tl. AARON SC'HELLENGKR. pjnnraff I p EPILEPTIC FITS.