llj® * • i. SO per Almoin, in Idianci ' ' ~ - ( SSeLmb and (Sounfg. Notion. * I The Win will be lent regularly lo I nil I bane nbane mow nre ao the sab- c •eriptioD 1M of I be tare proprietor. < unit** id order Jo discontinued H received ■t this offire. Tbe ore proprietor hope*, j however. lo rrlnlo ell oM subscriber*. r Are wbo fnll to receive -heir pnoee rem- ' lirly win plenne notify U* publisher m I l! In surprising bop rreo well bred pen- , •pie will allow Their children In misbehave • in public reewrdlrra of The comfort noil t ■ fretinrv of orient 11 b do Uncommon j thing la new chMreo. wblle traveling on t Ibe ImlD.ronke n cnr fall of people nneom. t forlnMe lir rnHoc up nod down Ibe cnr. f or by dngtn? or nn!«V rbnuer. wblle men* , pwiinit nee en pi red in ending or eno ▼ervnt inc. JYhilr due nllowtooe nhotild 0 be mode for lb» onlornl romlennoenn end , sr-rivtrv of childhood- vet parrots iboultl t hkve suffirirat renpecl foe Ibe frellnirn of (| ofbrrt In keep Ibnir duMree from annoying fellow pmweoeem. Only n Aort lime q ago while traveling no the train winni 0 Inde nod ruwlnnir who were onuixHed R annoyance. A i»dy with two children | were, among Ibe passenger* tbe talyneso. n pied n foil w-nl hentelf. while rnrh child j nlnn appropriated n whale nent. Even be- c fare Ibe Iralo etnrtrd Ibe rfalldren hegan b lo rnnke ibe passenger* oocomfortnble by j, asking question# In n loud looe of rnlcr. , nod nfler tbe train nmried they heenn run- c olur frrao erne eod of the enr In tbe other. b tbe wn'rr coaler *o visited errry flee or b ten minute* everv little wblle I bey woold ( gel Into ■ land diipnie oner Swire piny- a thiogsnffnm lottamntbee rscb complain. Ins <4 Ibe other . A'l Ibln.llinetbe mother , not spmreotiy oblivion. of Ibe fsdthst „ ber rblldren were oinklnr nil tbe psrerafern la the enr onontnforinhle. . Tbe only , effort mode to nbete Ibe oiiirane* won m , occasional. "do he quiet. Mnry r or "do , nit down, Johnny?- The Indy end gralletnen menriooed nbore were reading, , Ibe Indy n book nnd Ibe gentleman Ibe ( daily paper* After enduring, unlij pn- £ tience onwd lobe n elrtoe. npoo rearhlng , n wty weilor . where Ibe Iralo Mopped, ,

they look Ibrir luggage wl retqoetd lo anntbee enr. Eren lbt« reproof wn» loni upon the mother of tbe IrooMennuie children. nud tbey continued to rniplbe nerren nnd drntrny tbe comfort of Ibe retraining pn-enfrra lo tbe onr lo the cod of the Journey. Nq One who rend. Ibln wonlri like 1o be n mtnbrr of Ibnl wnmn'i ftm- ^ Uy. nnd we pity her bonbnod If he has Member* of Ibe fire deportment pre- 00 B-nrar* Ibe new bell n fnilnre. "Il en ' Dm he baud n» fnr nn ibe W an office." mill oueof Ibem. On Tuesday rtxrc w». a fnlw nlnrni given. Afire n hntf bout's ^ vigorous ringing I be men were foileti lo " (el her, not taeniae they had lieord ibe ^ slartn, but pa aorodht of baring tbe won', ' pawed*!.. Ibem. Tbe hell mtM re Tlx Improvement at department bendqunrleri nre nil I bat newd be drolled outride of Ibe bell. Honro nre now kept bnruemod ready J for Immediate use. Tbe whole arrangement with the exception of the bell b Indeed first-dara On tbe Wave's anhacripthra honk« nre fntrad patneon In nil tbe large dtlra within a radian of sevrril hundred milro The pnper b regultrly milled to aeagerideni dliieo. in Pi'tshurg. Wnnhinrlno. Bnli. more nnd Fbllndrlphln nnd many inter, vening town*. We call the alleollon of ndinUwn to this fact. If It in to tbe" InleeaB tbnt tbelr business abould he known nl Cape May. no better medium than the Wan ran be found by which lo any way coonrclrd wilb our city and county abould. If they are not already, become nobneribera to ibe Wsvx. Thuredayevroing there wu a trial of ibe new plan adopted by Ibe city for Ibe Are department. The bororo. which bare only brow In weriiw a week, and are Is ennMan> rradloeiw, were hitched up and tlx engtne ready to atari out of Ibe boane In thirty-Are neranda. Tbta b quick work for no abort a lime for drill. We Judy for ruhdulnr Are at fa;* Mir will com para fnrorahly with many lowni of bry lire In tbe Slate. It b creditable to our loral gomomenl and tboold be duly *p- ■ preciatrd hy clliiesi Mr. A. LPnyne. hat Ju.1 Anl.bed put ~Moit 'a new healer In Ibe Praabyteriau church. Ibe owl of which, number with repairing the aecwl heater. •» notne eighty flra dollan. Tbb amnaot wan nt oore col looted by Ibe UoMcen from Ibe member*, and tbe bilk nettled. In ibi> • lerian'i hare expended wreral hundn.l dollai* In painting, rntumiibrag and mak log general impeoreroenti In tbe ehutcb b'j ldiar.and the money ba* bum prompt"]y rawed and Ibe btlb paid witboul.bringing Ibe ehutcb Into debt Dux* 1'aoMinrriov l'soninn. wa* tbe •ubjrox of Ibe Rer. Geo.^ Wlgbf. tempera dot oddram tail Friday errning in the M. E church. The dbeourw- •>' gireo under tbe nmpiggn of tbe G-»d Templar. ledge thi. city. Mr. WygM miniilrr nol ooly of Ibe gonpel. but of temperance. He held ibeMienti n of bb will be gireu by the .'udent. of Whro-lcr taring oum'rol of dm t^p ETE ai&nairwet. Priora of admlamo wiQ

Council. — Hirp.i1rhiM-|' T- •-* rtMbKf enl.'Mcser*. Benuett. Droliule. Edhiuodi. Bine*. Hud. Mrcriy and Townyod. Prealdeol Mecray prroided. A communication from tbe I'eona (llol e Utbt Co.. lo reference to the bill fnr lighting Ibe nnet* of Ibe ejiy daring tbe mootb. of March and April. 188S. w*. picncpled. read and accdpied. and Ibe bill ordroed paid afler making a deduction of »10. to rep lac* bmpn rrmored by »ald company at tbe commencement of fheir oont — . V Tbe committee no Fire and Water reported rerbally thai they bad recelred the new boiler for the lower engine bonne ra atreet. and that *l*y hoped be able to report tbe wort at completrd wvm. "■ Treasurer Strltb report id a balance on band of *4.841) SI. President Mecray called the atlenliun of omsocH to the dbTrtbmt-n of l!» P.tor and sugjmted that some step* 1c taken to pre rent panic* from obtaining assistance who are not entitled to it. tlx bring designed for tbe relief of tbe alek *nd infirm. On motion of Mr. HenneU. the Orrraecr of Poor and Poor fjmmltlee of council requested to aarertain that applicants positively worthy before grabting reTbe commute* appointed to make inquiry In regard to tbe purchase and bote of borae* f..r n*e of Ibe Are department and other purpuras, submitted a report and asked the actioo of council Mean. and Townseod believed it to be more economical to lib* than to purchase. Mr. Bennett. Ibe third member of . the committee, eras in favor of purabaaing. a* a majority of tbe eotgafttee were faeor of hiring burses be would make a mojino that tbe proposition of II. W. Sawyer, to furnish two good borers and" heavy wsgoo with a good man to he on hand either night or day. together wr-.b end hay to geep burse*, for tbh torn of (71 per mrmib.be trcepled. Mr. Hand moved I bat a regular conl*t ween the city and Mr. Sawyer be executed. So ordered. Mr/Edmunds maile a motion to have the Are plug on Decatur Brrot. bralde the Lafayette, mured to ■ better portion. Which sea* agreel to. Mr. H. F. Donglaw asked tbe permission of council to make a s'aleioent in regard lo a claim of IV m. Essen against tbe City for property taken by tbe city in the widening of Washington atreet several years ego. The matter was referred to The referred

Judiciary Committee Mr. Hand marie a motion to purchase tcll-lalr watches for use of tbenigbt watqjitnan. Agreed to. fsyclte street properly owners who ba-1 lapped Perry street sewer wss Used at 80 Bills amaontiog to 81801 84 wet* presented and ordered paid, cfler which Sad Accident. On Monday a. m. tbe Western Lightship oe tbe Fire Fathom Bank, was the aceoe ber crew, vis : Mr. Heory Sleeens, Jr Mr. Pierre, eras engaged in sloshing down one of tbe spare and was suspend*; in s lyitswtiM chair about Iblrty-Ave feet above tbe deck, when tbe chair hecamr unbooked ami Mr. Stevens fell U tbe deck, breaking tbe letf leg short off abor, tbe ankle and seriously Injuring the ri«h leg at tbe knee Joint, also bruising him badly in otbe* parts of the body. Tbe pilot boat Henry. Copt brak Mr. Stcvcnr 'iff tbe ship into the Delaware Breakwater and there Oransf erred him to tbe Enoch Turley l-y which bo wma brought npposit. Cold Spring Life Saving Put ion. when a signal (if Ctrl"—, was displayed and the crew of Ibe elallos In omiuiand of surf man No. 1. (tbe ke-prr being absent) proceeded lo board the Turley and landed Mr. Stevens. He was taken to his home, and at this writing, under tbe car* of Dre Kennedy and Mi Cray he la reported aa do ng as well at ispowdbl* under the cir An entertainment will be glvrn In tbe M. E chuich. "f this city, on Friday errning. Dec. 38th. 1888. tbe procure Is nt which will be used to replenish tbe Son- 1 'lay-School la hear y. Tlx scholars and reacbers of tbe Sunday-school bate spared no puna in the preparations for the event, end Ibe superintendent feels confident thai a newt enjoyable evening wH. I* tbe revolt to all those wbo can be pres. ■nt. Tbe eotrrtminmrat will consist ot i Dglng of solus, duels. trios, qusrtellei and hnrasei into sported with select readings and declamations, rirkrts, 15 rents; ridldren. 10 cents. Gau- W. fcunt, ' j i^PIOor local artist David Papl Brown ba. a matvnc view to the 1'biladApUia Art Exhibition. Tbe vketch reprtwcoM a erenr at the point of tbe Gape, show iik vessel, paasing in and ouyhe Uy. Th^ picture ha« been favorably Dot Iced I'y tV mvtiagvra of Ibe exhibttion. Foipnr»« of last week mention. David aa nuvy at hie- fa voritc work daring Wanre buurv. An old mill at Nummyiowo is to be Axed upon canvas next week. This will prove a popular subject, bringing tbe artist Increased At tbe regular weekly meeting of tbe Cape May Ckunel Band, held no Tuaaday evening, routine boainras was transacted. TV; service# of E E Kendell at teacher were reported secured. The rumor tha. baa been cirreilated by a tnrmer leader rendered, t. denied, bis receipt la full ft* i earnings bring oo Ale with tbe proper offl- . oer of the band. Hammer picnic panic* rarely lb ink, even i( tbey know, of the eiU'Dtive msnufacta»e no laps to bojd things Here i. s secure a rtght (the amide % patented) making a wooden plate mom from Ibe r nature of Ibtngi be cheap I h... The secret hat born let out by epicure in tbe goad thing, far tbe table, that turT<lT«!i!k,Tl* hrij'li.' cel. ehroproe ot all thh. It I. the garu»h.

6 -Cjlkkv; ever aw a colured tramp? ■■ Ke^rixtjten have been put in the Prev- ( ' terian ehfireh. f Our people are warming op oo the sob- j Jectwf Cbrtttma.. ( ! Tbe Cbalfoote-S register shows a fair ( bud nest outlook. , An Eogll.btoan is riding a frisky bicycle ( ' a-roey Ibetaotiornt. , 1 l/sok lotd lie editorial rooms of the ( ' Wars sod note tbe improvements. - , 1 "No, my dear, that is not IbegorenK*.'- j ' It it tbe sgtnl for tbe latest subscription ( biok. , This ear'y Indian summer December. f ' may be ntereeded later, by ravage "Inter j ' weather. - , 1 S'op at Smith A Ca's Bargain House, t 1 80 Wastilngtua street, and re* those both ( daygifta . ' Three tramps .look up lodgings in some _ etck. lo a corn Acid near the city during ' i — ' Mr. Humphrey Eldredge of Pbiladel. , ' through the sound. ^ Red and brown krt tbe faahidbable cob ( or*, and tlxy are pr.yt>cne« too, combined wtrti woolen material. ' Dr. J.-, N. Walker. Philadelphia was ( 1 down ou Saturday for a nil! of oxooe ( 1 from tbe big' Atlantic ocean. Mr. Geo. II Rrevea still give the lecture . before tbe T. M. C. A. next Monday ' evening. Subject;— "VVotncn." E Ctornmiltee# sud others wbo have posters ' 1. ixiot can havs them promptly, oearty ( ' and cheaply door at this office- ( D • vou want to All those stocking! with , ! Chriamat gHts, tl*n go to Smith A Co. 'a ( ' lUrga-n House, 60 Washington street. Res. Chaa Warwick and wife, of Bo«- ( ■ rletnti. Pa., came down to Cape May <n ( s Tuesday to pay a viat to friradt and rela. ( 'it irons wbo have riiwirs to make, or r buildings to pot up a ill help many worthy ' 1 people by letting the Jobs qui duriog Ibis ] slack time. _ 1 There is nothing more auiublc for a | Christmas gift than a choice hook. Look ' at the eew adveriiaemcnt of J. B. LippinCall Into tbe public school on Wedneadiy or Friday sfiiroounwnd bear tbe chlb ' 'lien sing. It will warm up Hie bran is ""j. '|T Edntunds and wife and C. b. Ms- " gratb and wife bare been absent from - town during tbe week visiting Waahinge loo and other cities. ' •■Mamma." raid a nine year old Mrs. Partington at a recent church wedtbog, ' "are all these gentlemen with white tovthese genlbTDrn ^

Ujnirrtt Ibe gushera.?" Splendid weatbar for shopping. Those wbo make a specially of holiday goods ^ may reach many a customer through the ® columns of tbe If tea. Tbe lime kilq In tbesuborba (Barnsboro) ia in dally operation. IU. product, which is from oyater r bells, contains Til- ' usbie material f.« our lands. The CrhMon, i Deluding whales, cache lots, narwhals, dolphins, dngoogs. por- " poises and many others, without an ex- ? ceplioa hive horizontal tails. A cititcn of Middle township who is " obliged to gel up at 4 a m. to go to bit " • >rk, has a Plymouth Rock rooster trained . to crow him up at tbe exact lime. A grand assortment of dolts and toys of '' esery deacripti m, and holiday gifts in 1 abundance, Suitable far both young and 0 old at Smith A Co.. AO Washington street. p Mr- Usury W. Hand lectured before tbe Y. M C. A oft Monday rreoing of this week, be had a large and atlcnUsc •odientx and bit "Story" was well appreciated. That Christmas U near toerldenced by a |*ep into Smith A Co.'* busy baxasr. Shelves are being packed, and thing" brightened up fnr holiday customers which In snsw rr to a fair inquirer: * Tbe ptoa- , praise bride Invariably tends out tbe In- | citations not later than two weeks before tbe wedding. Tbe bouquet Is alwajs given by Ibe groom. " . I A blazing aword was pictured inJJon day evening's sunset sky, according to Hie imagination of a somewhat supertlilloiu ciliicn. War ia tbongbl to be fotOoUl by . this beavrnly token. , Tbe ladies' of tbe Presbyterian church , will bold their usual Uiristniat festival . at tbe American House, beginning on I Cnristnsa Eve and continuing throng!' . Christmas day and evening. P Leva than two works 1" Christmas. The . poach knows no bounds. It Is tbe ooly . mile alone, to lo speak. Ibst does not reI mlod us that we are growing older. i Professor Brooks, of Ibe Red House . Observatory, Phelps. N. Y.. thinks Iht . -arth may now be enveloped lo tbe tail of a gigantic cornet. Hence the extreme r.-dnow of morning and evening skies. Every enterprise that lends lo help the s youth of our city out of the ttrrrlt sod t pool loom should be eocnuraged. The r organization of n band composed of Ibis s clsss ought to be. therefore, heartily r helped. ^ Go lo J. S. Garrison's for your Holiday ■ Goods, Books. Fine Blatioorry, Glove aod Handkerchief Burt, Toilet C-iara, Frames. 5 Pictures. Albums, Pocka Cutlery. Ac i cvdroos. Shells, etc. Toya Twines sod , - notions. 3 ' Mr. Arthur Burgrtte fell from s scaffold oo tbe oy Brigblon bouse. South Lafsyote street, oo Wednesday raorning . r turuining trrioot injury about tbe bead. ' He wa* remosed lo Ikictort Marry aod L Mtcrty't drug store for turgietl Ircatment. * Our cftiaent may feel justly proud of " tbe titty's Are apparatus and accommodt- ' lions fur It. Tbe department is composed * of men that will do their duty. Il U a * great satis'aalao to know tbnt means are at band In case of Are to promptly subdue it. The V. 11. G A. baa moved Into its ° oew quart era in what was formerly the ' Wart office, lit rooms are now bright. well vent ilaled and aUncUse. Tbe right ° kind of effort shonld bring oor young o folks to each Hnoday evening 'a entcruini) Uqrewda ^ * Tbe old ran. "seeing u believing." had * sit amuiiogMluvtratloo recently In a neighboring town, with a man of fifty-three years returned fur Ibe Aral time since 1* [* left t.i goto California tbirtyfour years ago ualkdof nioerw-n. Sorvlviag relatives ! «• iratived him Joyfully, raving an old aunt, wbo crm id not bs pvrvuaded that Ibe mid- , 5 1 u"tn^^''U**^d* k^'1Sa) j

Schoo?"'obbiea. Tbe moat of people have some plan lo and regulato tbe affairs of others much better than tbey manage their own. Id mooring around (or a aubjea for fault Cmmig. tbe public school comes ie for a ' full share of crilidruL Tbe curse# of ' study and tbe qualification* of tearhere ( au ever present sod prolific i mroe of ( ndrerte comment. These matters nre indeed worthy tbe nuratino of every inb I- ( citizen, not for captious fauluAnd. . lire, however, but thai better wsya and may he devised for more ibornngb | work and ntiafaaory results for money aod labor expended ia public education. has been darkly hinted Id some quarters that tbe teachers of Cape May 'county do not compare in ptofresiootl abllltr with those In other portions of bur favored If this 1* true nil time tbe trot h known and the proper remedy applied. But it ii not suggestive ut fairness or common ton* to select 'a particular 1 branch, whether il he wriUng. which is 1 purely a mechanical art. or any department of the mathematics which it in Hie 1 opposite direction as tbe tooch stones Af A toes*. ■ Tbe subjects taught in our schools num. \ xt about eighteen, each of Ibem being [ quite sufficient to occupy n large part of the teacher's time in study bout* il cspcc- ! excellence In n single line be required . What is tbe overworked pedag guc io j some of our mixed country -schools lo do , with tills formidable list? Borne will urge ; 1 official branch at of first Importance, and some another, all riding their hob! v ' with great pertinacity and obstinacy. If | 1 fix teacher abould ever undertake • the j ' wild tide with any one of the* misguided j enthusiasts he would require the strength r of Alias and Ibe wisdom of Mincrva,*qualliflcalioos nog granted to mortals. . The bunt for Ibe golden apples of Ibe llesprpared with liisNfaaii Let Ibe hobbyist ' try t gallop oo some steed other than bit own, a useful experience may be the i c1 trail. Bui for example, lake wriUng. It is purely a mechanical art. To make il any- ■ thing else is to cater to the schemes of different systems of penmanship, which hyffiAlbr ultimate objoa ItjAMl ropy hooka. Hy Imitation as|d practice il any be obtained with different degrees of excellent* as we see in carpenters, black- [ smiths and olber artificer*. Natural ability found in some make them better workmen 'than their fellows, just at nutural ability In Ibis imilaUve art make a . me better penman than other*. One of the

best and most graceful writers wc ever ' knew informed us that lie oever remembered giving tbe subject any particular ' attention, it was natural to him The ' same it true ot all expert penmen, nature ' docs more for Ibem than art. Take a bun 1 died pupils from our public schools, fir. < come good writers with little or no effort. ' the balance will write with difficulty, some | of tbrm almost painfully, and make little ' and what is made by daily drill ' is soon last. In writing schools practice will prod ace an artificial, style ooly to relapse into old ways when the drill eraser. ' Then writing that it legible and easily ' read it really all that it required. The 1 orthodox slant ot the stem of a "d," or ' tbe loop of an '"f." whether each has a slope one way or tbe other; or if tbey be perprndicular is no especial importance outside of commercial schools where tbe ' writing hobbyist Uvea in green pasture* A few years ago mental arithmetic was rode with such blind fury that It sooo became completely used op, so much so that the subject as a distinct branch is s. Idocn menliooed. Yet persons are found even now wbo to measure a teacher's fit. nera by tbe cup and cover, fox and hound sihI hoodredt of other similar problems of tangled nonsense. - \Ye close by s case in potm. A school director of tblt county, tome years ago, had a commission from bit less favored brethren to engtge a teacher. Mr. applied, tbe several branches were passed over with slight notice, because Ibis partieular truster knew little qMbpn, but 1* was a rider of tbe cblrogra|dJcal bobby, and ou(fc|ricnd. vfflo was, by tbe way, a competent teacher gal tlie plvc* with difficulty. A Good Suggestion. Tu the Kdtlnrol the Wava. Weunllee by your last week's issue Ibst | the Y. M. C. A. purpose opening a read- I ir.g room. Exactly right. We oo1y write ! prof'nind thh query: Would it not I* feasible la sttrt a arculating library ale j Many piseev not at large as Cape Mar have libraries in soconafnl operation. Aod DO one can estimate Ibe stimulating Influence which may go forth. It would be a revelation and a thing ! untbought to some young minds Just to , look upon t thousand bonks ranged side , hy tide and read their tithe. 1 well remember bow Ibe Neap •/ /IsaswtfAa thrilled me In my adlow youth. It Ves found in i , e circulating library. There was anolbrr , boy heart with me to aiander and to read: j Tbe world seemed larger and more brsu1 I ems a< I realized that there wire au'bera who bad anticipated my craving for the ' marvrlous in rbytbm. I I suggest that a practical start might be ' made in tbta way. Ixt twenty five dollar ■ subscriptions be peld In. Each enbreritxr 1 of thst emount to tave • vote in the or. ganlxatioa end to be entitled 10 K pcrpet- ' nel reading right of one book per week. Smaller vubvcriptloov lo give oo voice ' In tbe organization but lo confer a reading 1 right rqqal to ibe interest of the money. ! Bui Ibis right would expire after the due - number of coDOeourive weeks w bet ber a book were taken nol or noL Charge the • public a fee of fire cvots a book per week. : Till* root would make good Ibe wear and ' tear aod occasional las*. 1 If tbe Y. M. 0. A. can furnish a room, E and tome one will volunteer to attend ibe - library faithfully It ought to go. tt might be ke^peo an bour on Moo- . day evenings, ami periapt an bour ooe 1 afuvnonu In tbe week to accommodate - ladies. e Are Unpeople of Cape May ready to ° A holiday gift from tbe'bushend to tbe siife, end from Ibe wife to the husband. ' ! from tlx parent' to Ibe son. and daughter, from llw sua and daughter it. tlx p»' tiu. - • from Hie faHiertbetogTanrtfatbersud great j : grandfather, and vice vrraw A-ro glfu . fee Ibe u exies, aunt*, nieces and nrr'.*« s. * ! and '.( -I* nr-lv married oreplr. A" . ml V. I Bmiib A (V's lUrgsio Houae, AO Wash n | tngton street R Mr John P. Echo. 14S Usnlxtl n 1 Brown's Iron Bi'ttrn aa'a Ikuc and gsitxd Bfwrtt pounds in two mnwhz"

County Notas. large heaps of manure are bring stored *1 Ibe Rio Grande soger plantation ! for future tire. Mr. Lrm. Miller Is improting < his recently acquired property in the thriving village of Green Crcd^xSeveral farms vrdrrportrd si luring 1 been rented aiout-fitVap Crerk 4af Ibe ex- 1 ciusive planting of aurgfitat cane. Ia moat of our county school districts tbe teacher must light his own Area or hire it doue. Tbe custom must go. Mr. J. S. WDIls, of Gape May Court is In possesaioo of e copy of tie . VhiUdelpMa Sun. deled January Hlh, 1848. Rev. S. W. Clark, of Sgpdmy School fame, cond ootid meetings during tbe ^ week el Seavllie. Court House end Green Crook. ... J A large Wore is to be put up near Rio Grande station, rumor rays thst the eucr. | gette superintendent of labor fur Ibe com. ' Wm. llHUngsbead. J. P. F-r- ; rickseu, II. Sdicllcnger and James Miller, j , went to AHan;ic county to auend court . j on Tuesday last. j The Pierces' Point. Bay'Vtew Home, | , i entertains a goodly number of spertamtu. | , j The bote! is convenient to Hie bay. aod is I well managed. Tbe time of bellowing gifts it Dear. ! -: Look through our advertising columns for , ! what you want. It is sure lo be found ■ ! J. 8. Willis, tbe enterprising butcher oT 1 j Cape May Court House, lias slaughtered f j 1.TXX) prunes of pork since Ibe first of I ' Til? lecture given by Mr? Shimp, si , j Goshen, was quite e success, the house , end many were unable to gain admittance. Work on new buildings will be com- . mcncnj it Anglest a as anno aa Hie streets , arc laid out and graded. Mr. E S. Tay- , lot, of -Cape M.y City. i. actiseiy em- . ployed in tnakingaurveyt fur tbe borough. Mr. John W. Hand, of Rio Grande, , wliu lias recently turner! bit farm into a . , ranch '.mi plains of gunnera wlio fire [ among his sheep, and in several instances , wounding Ibem. , The ihief U.a't%h?ul*rly deans out the r tills .1 Court House sturrkiepera ought to I* apprehended. It sranethne# happens that these light-fingered fellowe do nol I euniplrtcly euoceal their tracks. ( Stillc Ludiam, of Ibe Court House, . knows bow lo build a boat. A specimen , of bis handiwork may be seen si Mr. Iierc i i age's ou the bey ride road. It is a big orster nrvcv intended for Ibe sounds. garvey intended for sounds.

The new M. E. church, si West Creek, in ibis county, will be dedicated on Sun. day, tbe 80th inst. Tbe Rev. Wm. P. Uorbetl and presiding Eider Walfpn, of the District, will officiate in the cercmonIt is reported that Hie Rio Grande SuCompany will require more cane Dcxt year than ever before. Tbe mm, ai Grande, is 4o keep up active operations all through llie spring months on West Indis stock. It It quite fashionable lo make a pleastrip lo Hie seaside in winter. We bear of several parties that propose coming to , Cape May. No nicer Journey for tbe bol. . need be devised. Our hotel aocutn- , ntodstious are ample. A change in the law g -vernlng the election of school trustees Is talked of as ou* , of tbe needed reforms in tbe domain of , public instruction. A Township Board of D, rectors wilb duties modeled after the . PenonylTante Idea being suggested, j A large congregation listened atleutirr- , ly. on Tuesday evening last, lo 8. W. , Clark in Hie Presbyterian cburcb. Green I Creek. He may be Justly regarded as New Jersey's Snnday-scbool primate, his I words and works bring a power in tbe [ chosen fields of Lis labor. Improvements to the Atlantic City 1 Narrow Gauge. ■ It is stated by Superintendent Erie that • tbe new management of the Philadelphia ■ and Atlantic City Narrow Gauge propter • to begin work oo tbe alterations of 11" ■ gauge at an early diy. Tbe track will not r be changed at present, but a new broad • gauge road bed will ba graded, ballasted 1 and laid with beavr steel rails, thus gir. ,ing tbe road uninterrupted coramunica Hon between Camden and Atlantic City I While Ibe Improvement Is under wvy. I Six'y minutes to (be sea is to be tbe new [ trade mark, and as tbe distance has be«n 1 covered by the present rolling stock in ' fifty- five minutes, there is no doubt under e i ibe oew management, tbe run ot fifty-four r miles can be made by r I press trains every ' lime. This is tlie shortest and most dld heing fifty nine miles, and Hie Wert Jcr- '• ley Atlantic silly four. Every improrrsey Ainntic tisiy u'ur. s-ws/ luipoov.

ment known in modern railroading will s be utilised hy the new management, and n low fsres.and fast time will no donfat give ' Hie new Philadelphia sod Atlantic a Ire m end- his passenger and freight husinew. 7 : About Ibis time you are beginning to i think of Christmas presents for some friend or member .J your family. No i- move suitable present could be given than -t a '.'Mason A Hamlin" organ, in caw 140 * illuminated, metallic decoration in gold. Mirer and offiars of new process with very * -brilliant and durable effect. Rrmememir ibis company gives you two years and a 9 half t» pay fnr an organ. Beautiful lithr- ngrapli of cms* 140 sent free. 1- Men. Linda M. Titowsus. Aft., dl-tf. Ospe May City. * Christmas Candles. r. Mrs. M. A. Friend, No. 45 W ashington * street, calls altrntioo to the largest and tart Klectcd assortment of Stephen F. ie Whitman A Son's pure ooofectionery ever L before tiff'-red to tbe public of Cape May and id vicinity *i city price* Ine Cream, Oranges, I.emonv. Grapes. Bananas, Raisins. AIn, moods. fig*, tic. Fancy boxes for SuDd^ ie school festivals in quahtRieaJosuit, si reduced price* ' ~~Ti. Captain Sylranua Coeaon, wbo it ooe „ of the oldest and most experienced surf. men oo tbe coast having born twenty-rigbt W jrvara in I he torvlce of she fioveniment, has bean discharged from the position of , j keeper ot tbe Life Saving Station at * ; Cosmos lolet.-thpc^Mvy o-onty. Some v. al tending ' an alhday meeting in the :»• I Hera leys' Point M. E Cfcarch,of which be *!'!•» nx-m'xr. a small schooner struck oo Its ; Coreon's Inlet hario altempriog to run ia. I Tbe Mew did al), piohably. that ouild be : done, but the CapUia'a absroc- oiuing h ! to tbe vara of tta.Gomonwt officials, be ' was discharged, u Mrs, Susan Parol uno, 237 Lamberton I nd . strcee. Trenton. N. J.. avys: "I to* ed j Ikuwn's ^roo Bitters for dysentery and j

Court House Items. Pennington T. HiUretb, son of Sums- 1 gate Hlldmh, has been confined to Ibe , bouse lor a number of days with a Kiev attack of quinsy; Our store* are now abundantly supplied ; with Christmas goods, and prcarau suitable fur young and old can be purcbvst d at reasonable pries#. Sportsmen base enjoygfl the pleasant ] weather duriog tLe past few weeks and | ' large quantities of game base bees taken from tbe surrounding enuntlYTbe members of .Hie Baptist church I aril! bold a festival at tbe Colon Hotel oo ! Friday evening. Proocedv for the purpoe ' of repairing the basement of the ehutcb. ; The Metbrdirt Sunday School have i made amngemrnU for giving their cbildrrn a treat oo Chrirtuias eve in the audi j 1 core roam of the chutch. There will also | j be singing and speaking appropriate to the Rev, W. A. Stuart ia now. holding a j series of extra meetings at Gravelly Ron. ; Much Interest Is bring fell and good audi- " ienc-es are nightly present. Tbe services ' of Rev. Mr. Osborne the evangelist have good work. ' Mf. W m. Garrison, an aged citizen of ' Goabra. was hurried at that place ou Wed1 nesday lad. He was at one time cxteusivtly engaged in ship-building, li'-t has . ' been confined to the bouse ft* a number : ' of years trom tbe infirmitiev of age, liav ing recently passed bu ninetieth birthday. We bear words of praise ou every side In regard to tbe ability shown in the rnaosgemcntof the W av* under lis new con- 1 editorials together with its news columns, 1 places il in the front rank as a family j c rrw# paper, and as ooe of tbe beat in tbe G ■ Stste. We Ixspesk for it-great success. The Mora of Mr. Enoch Edwards waa " entered try thieves on Monday night last, ' and the ccntenls of the money drawer eb- ) " the kind in the village within a short time, ' as tbe store of Ludlsiu Hand was broken 1 * open a few weeks ago from which money I ' was alto stolen. A reward of one hundred i dollars has been offered for the arrest and * conviction of the guilty panic* Rev. 8. W. Cla'k, Secretary of tbe r Slate Sunday School Association, »(s hl " last Sabbath in tbe churches of our village, * apesking in tbe M. Eclmreb in themorn. * Ing and at a union meeting in tbe Bsp. list cburcb in tbe evening. The reverend | " gentleman's address was odc of earnestness 0 and power. Showing the importance of '' early training as Hie hope of the church K and the prominent part Sunday schools are taken in the work. Is nit ~

A Valuable Wrfrk. I Among tbe new publications now in ( press is a work which will be of great rhistorical interest to every Intelligent person, aod especially to those of the "J .. Presbyterian denomination. Wc refer to , Hie Encyclopaedia of Hie Presbyterian f ehurch in the United Stales, edited hy the r. * Rev. Alfred Ncvln, D. D. L. L D. Dr. £ Nevln is assisted by many of tbe most eminrat writers of the Presbyterian chureb, - ' and tbe work should be In every family aod a occupy a place Id every library. Both sera, lar and religious papers speak in tlx highest terms of tbe Encyclopaedia, and the I prospectus which has been shown us I*t . . I ._ kens work of hlndsrorae design aod finisii. | while tbe historical and biograpieai f sketches are written In a clear and comptel( brasive style. Col. W. B. Robertson is c tlx sgrat for tbe work lo South Jersey. Tbe following tostiroooials from two of , the leading (apers of the country ate well worth rea'ding; — [j " "This promise* f-van the speclgtnoa io * 'be a rerv handsome <-ctavn volume, with IS beaotilal portraits of promiDcot ministers. V t etiurebes. etc. Dr. Alfred Nevln, tbe editor of the wort, his many n? tbe me#; eminent writer* of tbe church as assist '' snlt. He is pecullsrly qualified, by tap, >. * experience and ability, tor such an enter a prise, aod will, we doubt not, gl«* to Hie •> d public a t»ok which will not ooly supply „ a an existing need, but reflect credit on ,. himself and honor on tbe cburcb be reprc c II "Tbe project of publishing an 'Eocyclod paedia of the Presbyterian Oiurcii.' com- ( r! mends itself to every Intelligent person • . it wilTTuclude tbe hiographu* of all the t eminent, ministers, history of individual - cbttrcbt#". and a rarge of information so V wide, that it will I* ooe of tbiac books ] r . that do Presbyterian minister or elder t w ought lobe without" n stilu^1l^™riis«*;0do,^4drTy. Dr 1 u Graves' Heart Hegnlsior is a spcrific. 41 , ir per bottle at druggist* I I -T" SBlrrird. ~ | * "tiaU-AHEK— DAVY -On llerxm'xr a 1«. ' '* Oiaitos'wra^'ctSiUJre. ori 8oatb txavu'lv. te ' — :

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