- Publithed Every Saturday Morning. "OPE MAY, DECEM BER22, 1883-~ ! H» President wit Into the Senate on i W«ir'wd*y week the nomination , of At i W. Dickinvm tor Aaaiatant Our fa*n i -ileclot at Jetwy City. -Mr. Dkk- . lawn wa* appointed during ilir noa. ll i reported (mm Ailannc City tbat acaih 1 (erar it epidemic (tart, ll I here art ; »We.« no* in the baod> id the' pby- 1 aidaL", and right bare proved fatal. Ire acoat-nt of the ware lire public acboni* art I only lialf filk-d. 1 I = — — - I _ Tb ■ Broadway M. R f|mL CartuJeo. I ana Vie; rjnaert |.>r repair* and ex. i tenai- - ahnaix-n- V» re-opened Son- i day v.)tfaapp»i|inaic acrvice. Tbe altera- , tioo* hare tocreeaeri tbe mating capacity I of Pre building. The llev. Dr. Craw i preai hMl in lire moraine »"d "" llev. i Dr. George ltced io the evening. 1 Yl : project if liriaying the Delaware to ' now being ablated by the dtizena of Camden end Philadelphia. Cheap and nay ac- ' ^ ceee lotbeaeaitiea by their neiybbon lathe 1 objetc The Brat eOm^ for ao detirible a public improvcfoerit wen: made as far back aa 1870. when a charter real encored from 1 the i item mint of the United State*. Sew ' J era r and Pennsylvania. The financial 1 dlfflr dime of ttuae lima Jcfated tbe ' wort and the project failed. A new charter I. u been naked of thrgovcromrau io- ' tcrwed by a company of eapitaifUa. Al- ' tboorh there i> oppoaitioo to tbe airucturc on ll e part of shipping Interc-i" lire Ireldye { wiR eodoubt he bnilt. • , Jndfe Sixoo laal week Bled tire i^enlon f in 11* ewe of John Konde and William c W. Winona again*' tire Mayor and Cor- | port ' ion of Jereey Clty> Roudr. whilaal t Matantnrae, Mexico, porcharci *80.000 | worb'ef Jeraefr Cily hood*. which bed • foai year* overdue crapum attached. t Wb n be presented them fr* redrniptibn | the t My refuartjto pey the aoK.nnl claim- , icy hi I thr booth iiad Ireco Mtrlen l>y City Treaurer Alexaodcr Hamilton io 1878 < Judce Nixon held that tbe -only queBtoc | war. erne the complainant" Irene (Me i bub leva? Tbe evidence weal" in alow thai . toe-;. were, and Judgmqnt ... given , agi oat tbe dly for tbr amount ••( the ant- , pot« doe, with internet from the <l*u- of i the refuel of payment I I'mtfTi 1'nyrtm uiakrt itx otiou of a 1 number id dnbutautnra m Philadelphia 1 aocrety, who combine acta of charily with j the pVeaatire of audal intereourae:— "The 'Ruaebuda' are having a gay time of it. and are receiving cooaideraUe atlenilon for to early io the aodal eeaaou. Young India' luncheon., followed ' of ten linren by matinee box-partlea, tea«,danca. etc., are tbe order of the afternoon and evening, ho ae not lo bare out the tieaunt of charity, the Hod.- frequently meof In the morning and prick their pretty finger, for a couple of boon stitching away on garment, for the poor. Prominent among tbla year', deootantea n.-j_ . Mi* Harriet i& K. Mcige daughter of ~ EiaiemMeig., Mi* Maode Kuatia PoU., Mt« Pauline Bambo, daughter of Hn. W. a ltambo, Mi* Ullle Gctcbell. daughter of Dr. P. a Getchcll, Ml* Ullic Slurgto, daughter of Mr*. R 8. Slur, gis Mi* Julia htockloo Hopktna. Mi* >l-ta Hnlcbioauu and Ml* Prior." Gnneral Porter's Case neuator Sewell baa received tbe bill for the relief of General Pirr John Porter, of Marriatown. lie bae brought ll np at tbe very out-net of tbe eeecioo or Coogroa, ao tbal there can be no chance or excuae for delaying it. Tbe iajurtioe done General Porta is one of such locg funding that ll demand, epeedy relief. In the annals of history there ere few oaara where aa unjuat dediii* bae gooe so long unrevoked. It Is not Decenary to u-prat tbe fact io -ti e cans. . Senator Sewell, Senator McP hereon sad tbe late Senator Randolph all nude tbem public. The court martial that tried bim were deceived or etee prejufficcd. General Great, than wbom then .it no Btooger opponent of General Porter at Jhe time of tbe verdict and for rare afterward, ba> confessed that be war w rong, and has aeked for tbe realoringot tbe honors etoteo from General "Porter General Grant Knee be left tbe white Hook, has Hudigd^tbe facte of the case carefully and loog, and has become tborougfaly conrlnced of Gen. Porter'a inooGenenl Pope ru tmquwtlonably largely to blame for tbe degradation imposed upon General Potter. At the time of tbe court martial, tbe telegram, ant^ diapatebra ol Pope were taken at their bat, while tbe , testimony of Porter and hi. alary concern iug tbe events of the day which prove.! a i d.jaetrout weir given but little credence. It waa only after tbe Injustice bad bene • perpetrated soda wbole decade bad pawed that Pone, and hi. frirode were able to • cure even a bearing at the bands of I be Government - Of oourae Lagan and some of the Stalv art crowd will oppose Senator Sewell'. b 11 with tbe venom and pertinacity that . b tve ebaraoterixrd tbem .all akmg. They 1-U1 rail Porta bard nanr-r and crowd out r f eight, not only bis brilliant soldiership red general talent bol will overtook the . high place be occxtpiea lo the heart of every Jeraeyman that knowt^hlm. TV incapacity wtll i* reiterated. All manner •d excuse will be offered for keeping ool • d *gbl the dear, plain faou of the oasr. Yet, nntwitbauoding all these efforts. General Forte--', dtaocr* were never en i right >• t bey now are. Coogreaa will l*^y do bim t^Jj^to ^thal bw tong lias any regard for evidence, booor nod ■ tulh bejwdii jg veto tbe Mil after it bar Christ maabythn So* - There will be nuawreu holiday parttet Atactic ufy^rST wffi beYartrionlfe •aria if you ceo g* together the ngft' lent. Hi kit family reaacoayou do not wirb bofidan. yrt do not twre u, l'« i'bra,g.. by whoiiy nnooeioed. Ami you are away No Crnaaw For Him. UC-—O0 lo g-rai- anlodr'. koraa." yuor iedr. Paikev't Hdr H.iwm VTh

washington letter. ' The Senate being a coclieuou body ' war not dismembered Ian March like the - II outer of Rrpreeenutird, but after an in- , : terval of nine month, went 'quktiy*at , work at tbe beginning of the maino ae if I ; it' had only adjourned from the day bt- • fore. It. Kteioo. each day have bran * abort and mainly givrn In the iotrodoc- t t tlcro and reading of tbe 111 la of kill., re- • 1 aaiutlon. knd memrrrialr. Thne far, more 1 - than three hundred have beat prereoted. f ■ maqy of which areVl local and rimiltd . luterrat. and have been introduced at the I , beginning of . each Ooogre* for ten or . fifteen yearr, while other, are new and of t . national importance. Aruoog ilic latter ' , war one by Mr Blair, of New Haven, r , propowng a r.«t k eial coonitulianai amend f meet* regarding alcoholic liquor". Tbe proposed amrtuhneol prohibit, tbe tnanu- t lecture of dliilllcd akubolic liquors cx- r rapt for medicinal, mechanics l.and eden- s tide purpoara, or for the uac of lire artgin e • any if the aula and lereitnria and tbe I importation of rack liquon except for a the purpose. warned, and (be bill prov idc- I that should Hie amendment not be ratified ( three-fourth, of tbe state* on or before c ( tbe la* day ot December, 1890. tbe pro- a 1 hiDltion it* proposa shall take effect at J en act of Coogroa at the expiration of 1 | ten yean. b France and Germany exclude oar pork a because, forsooth, the poodle peril of a trichinae lurk, in tbe meat, but we re- 1 ! ceire from tbem labeled claret, cognac and k port disease, death, murda.turvalion f and rage, for tbe men, mother, and child, i Activity In the temperance movement i 1. a bopeful augury fur tbe falore of the t cu*. AmoDg aeaociaUuo. tbal are seek- a log recognition Id We Presidential cam- v p.ign of "84 to Hi e Woman's National q Christian Temperance Union. Mto» a Fraocto Wlliard, PreaidenC of the c recently deiirered In tbe Calvary a church on II. street, and eloquent addre* e which the said she had visited, daring u the year, every stale and territory of the I in the Intrant of temperance and e wn confident tbe voice of tbe people t would drdare for prohibition, when the e time came for tbem to vole, a direct vote I . on the qoeat ion pnre and simple. t Tbe next great movement will be to ee- t cure a petition of one million aignafUrra. r ' from women and voters in all the Kate", I requesting \he national political oonven- t lion lliat mrat next epring fw tbe nomi- j . onion of Presidential ceodidatra.'n put a plank in their platform, favoring a prokl. ; < ' amendment id tbe rooMitalion. I Organized Temperance agiution by w - i | is now Jon leu yean old, and tbe pa J tieot peniatent enthusiast" expert hefotr ' J ( tbe year 1900 to be victorious over thr i f liquor traffic in America. . I Tbe reorganization of tlie Senate i s- i • been delayed partly by tbe illue* of Sen stor Antbooy, of Rhode I.iaod, who on i J k.s return to hie eat on Tuesday war i sworn In. and on Thursday Was nonius i j led for President of tbe Senate pro Iran- I pore, to succeed Mr. Edmunds. Tbe fait. ■ ter resigned tbe position Monday, prefer, i < log to be on tbe flour, and bralde. be ex- I prate to aooompany fa to family to the Jk r . t modal after tbe hnlidiya. In point of j t service. Senator Antbooy is tbe reniur t t ■member of tbe body thto being bit fifth , ' oooeecutive term of office, i. In tbe appointment of the officers end 1 t clerk" of the Senate. Senators have ra- l quraed a lluie with civil service reform, i - end there were scarcely so many spoils to , - distributees had been hoped by Senators : wbo have. nevo iirbiDg fur patronage, lo ! 1 . a tepaUican Sruatocial caucu", Senator, i i Edmaode and Plumb cured "-roe aur- 1 1 prise by mylog they did one know why , competent faithful officers .hnulrt l<changed for inexperienced ooc simply he- , r cause tbe majority bad sbirtcd; tbe Senate ' I 4 oTBitnittea have been itinnnnrrd aui . i some feeling waa displayed by Junior Sen- j stars on ecooant of tbe method prevailing . f> wbo have served lunge* all the be* r places. ' i Io a body of tbe magnitude and Im- i porta nee of the National Home if repre- • 1 tentative baste would be woree than i I waste. It would taw d toaster It may, I I perhaps be contrary lo the spirit of our in- i etltulioDS that Coogre* to crowing mote ■ end mure into tbe oootrnl of committee, I 1 but eucb to tbe tendency. Originally tbe t - oommlliea wefe Intcodcd to facilitate and t I expediate tbe fausioe* of the House. Aa l . matter, bare drifted, they mnoopoitee | tbal busioas. from tbe date of iu tnerp- I - lino lo completion. There to far k* free, r dam of debate, lees expression of popular j opinion, iu tbe House of Repraeotativra, to-day, than there to io tbe British Hook of Commons. Debate on Important ' 1 measures to not decisive, bol tbe real | I work of legislation I. reformed In tbe re- . crecy of tbe comroi I tee-room and the re- , . port ot the committee i. generally cooriu- - ' aire. Without discussing the que* km « ' whether thto coodiiioo of things should te, ] - there con be no gainsaying tbe fact that it , . to. and there Uoo wooder that the electloa of a Speaker beccaKS a matter of na- 1 tlooai concern, and then when chosen be J ' should coosider his grave* respoosibilly ] t tbe eriertk* of tbe Oommiuec , [ Io addition to lb* other buoioae of the , . House when it gets Into feir working or- 1 der. one of tbe sabjkcu of greatest gener- | i al importance likely tin be dcit with by I - Ibis Ooogrea is tbe lapsed land grant, of , certain railroad corporation.. There to , some doubt about the poriiioo of tbe Sec- 1 | retary of tbe Interior on thto qoeatioo, [ 1 tod t'qpcrra. •boultT certainly take the | » niatirrrn band. It ia tkk impesibie that , 1 tbe^iandtohmenl of tbcecnmpooiamiglil t he too much for tbe Secretary. It to crcn J • blntrd that they btve captured bim al- j 1 ready, end the elrconwuoce that John In- I 1 galls came to bis defence io tbe Senate , the ether day.wbao Senator Hill, of Colo- , 1 nuK I ffrred bis reanlu lion calling foroer- | 1 taio informal loe, did out bdp toaltoy thto | 1 auapidoo. If Mr. Teller intend, to do i ' Juuice between tbe praqdc and tiioe | 1 grasping rawporaticma. be will Inapire ' greater confideoce liy keeping out of the ' company of lagaDs. whose la* election , I to the Senate was purchased by Jay ; • Gould's money. It to ool impassible that • the oompanira wbo wont to gobble 1 million, ot acres of tond Illegally may , ' be able to buy tfcdr way through Oon- , I cm*; but whatever they may do to tbe . ' Senate I doom their ability to capture the ' Democratic House. IU. e people', body Prominent among tbe ever la of thr ' week waa tbe tenth annual re-uutoo of ( remnant of tbem met In this city, paraded 1 Its agrees., were received by tbe President. J end banqueted al Aimer's UeH. Old. c feehled. meimed. belt, many of tbem 1 t: leaning on csDea they ere bat tottering ( Teyke from Palo Alto to Baena Vista, or ' 1 from Vera Crux to tbe Oty of Mexico. • and whose deeds of vile, endurance and b high Soldierly qualities live ia snog and f "lory. Of the eighty tboumad who parF ticipstqd io tbose bailies scarcely six , F thousand eorvlve, end yet again* e nOI to pensiaa tbera, it was mid too man. of , tbem are stiU living. Paoxo. t Fell Fashion Quarterly. : ' i i.r — .ii -n. 1 e

Rio Grands 'Sugar Company. The Camdea DaOg Courier bss the following in regard lo tbe Rio Grande Sugar f Gompao;. c ' We bad scfgiosed the Rio Grande Sugar [ Company's experiment to Gape May coonty, lo reMng sorgbuiu rune and extracting angar foeti ti. bitbly tuocraaful. but e tbe Trenton TYsus araert. tbal it to a fall , ■ ure sad tbe Slate toe 'illy it receiret to ah XFinr.'svys tb.- company reeeived Dearly olqr pl...a..tel ilolhre from Hie 8tmh . last vi ar and will receive as much or mora this ytar. We sgtye wbhaur cotranpor- J ary that tbe bounty bottoms to about ; played mi. sod thai the line sboukl to , shmrply drawn ou experimenting with molasses and hog.. We Ibiok our eMesned colnnporaries, • tbe Camden f'eararr aod the. Trenton I bat C itltter -teen "mirinfortntd in < prejudiced againrt tins cnlerpnte For wveral years pa* tbe whole coon- , bis been much interested to tbe enterprise of the manufacture of sugar from sorghum cane. Tbe United Stales gov. through tbe Commissioner of has expended many thousand. of dollar, annooily in experimenting 1 tbe manufacture of sorghum sugar, tbr wLicb sfas made by the guvcrnmec 1 Co* filCf" per pound; two ymrs ago the cost ' of prod uo too was pS per pound, and last ' the cost we. reduced lo 8 1 per 1-ound experiment" made by tbe gorernmenl. been mo«ly in tbe manv/arturt of , from the torgbum cane, and with all tbe costly attempts the quality of , the sugar mod tbe co* of man u fact ore t been far from salUfart iry. About years ego the Rio Grande company formed to prosecute this enterprise, s ' small mill was temporarily erected about [ two and a half mile, from Cape May City, , end tbe experiment of tbe fir* year coo- < vioccd tbe company that tbe manufacture c Of sugtu from sorghum cane could be mode a profitable buslaess. The next year, tbe . erected tbe mills at Iiio Grande. C and since thai lime bare expended in tl.c \ erection of tbeie milla, the pu rebate of j maeb'tnery. tbe purchase and stocking of , their farms some WOO.OOO riioce tin c e'tabltohmrni of tbe mills at liio Grande, tbe manmfacturr of the sugar bas been do , experiment. By tbe process dbcovom! , Mr. U. A. Hughes, tbe company'" ; chemise tliey have had no J " ' making a fine quality of sugar from tbr | , sorghum cane, but tbe experiment ba> . in the variety of cone brat suited to I j tbe aoifaad climate and tbe brat metbod" j of aritivoikn. ( ; la* yrar over sixty varieties of , ! were rxperioienled with, hut only t ' well adapted lo soil and climate. J Aa Will be seen by tbe report of the U. . 8. Comniimiooer of Agriculture, tbe Rio I : rande o-mpany produced more than ooc- | ball of the oighura mg«r manufactured i Hie United Statea Is* year. Tbal thr enterprise to far from being a 1 I failure, to evidenced by tbe fact tbal tbe ] company to expending more money to i 1 preparation" fi* a larger on p next yrar. : year was a particularly unfavorable 1 the weather in August I wing so ' ■' end that tbr cane dkt not mature proper. . ; ly.- Ami now in regard lo tbe State : ' tsuinty. Thto enterprise is one which in- 1 ' ; teres'" out ooly New Jersey but tbe cnun- ; at large. Surplv no one can lie so ' narvowonludrd as to begrudge the small which tbr Stale contributes. When tbr . : grnilemro-wbo compow tbia company put | their money iuto tbe cnterprite, they aakid ' I tbe State to help tbem in tlie experiment. ' making the Inunty coolingeol upon tbetr , 1 1 If the bustor* proves a profit aWe one, and io our opinion ll uurtoubl 1 I rally will, tbe State will be reimbursed ' many fold by tbe increase in viiue of ber , | lands io South Jereey, as thousand, of , which are Dow barren ami unliik-d t ; I will be brought into a state of cultlvallno. coterprise 1. being watched sharply j by keen -eyed capitalist., aod a. soon as it that money cau be profitably In. vested to tto- manufacture of sorghum ' tbe wild lamia of South Jereey will the garden spot of tbe Stare. Tbe ; insinuation that ibe "dory of tbr State to I spent to experimenting with "Cuban mn. laaws and bogs." is hardly a fair one. the j Stale pays nothing fur sugar made from Cuban molaate". and If the company era fit to invest thrir own mooey in ratoiog or any *br.- adventure we doo't , wby any ooe should oiijrat. - • ** ^ Patents for Inganloun J-raaymen. I'airuis granteil to Jrrsrymrn during ! week ending Dicrmher 15. 1888, reported for tbe News by Drake A Co., attorneys and patent solicitor., 782 F.rnod jut ret, - N. J.-. Design., F. Bower., New. irk: designs, four patent. W. L. Jaoola. orange; design ., C. F. Wood, summli; trade mark, "Washoe," Waito* Man -j. facturing Co., Newark; label, W. A. Allen, Jereey rily; Soar bell, E. F. field. Jr . Jersey City; ran filling . machine, G. W. Brown, ctaL, Salem; ] manufacture of Incandescing lamp*. W. Harris-os; base or tubing. E. S. I Ferry, l'llrraoo; Item ho making French A. Urbehn. Patera ip; attach- i ment for pants, I. R. Curtis, Newark; elecrieal appliance, three puenta. L' j Daft, Greeaville; ribbon loom. R. KnhePateraoo, Kair pad, ti. W. Mather, , lords let circuit breaker far electnc . clocks O. B. Webb, Newark: ph-kucraph devolopiog pao or trey. Yft B. Adams Hon tela ir; buac reel, A. Bdliogv Berjjrti Point; steam generator, J. E. cfulver, Jer-a-y City; electric alarm foe steam boiler., etc, H. W. Page rtai., Long Branch, canopy bolder f.w-ciilldrens carnages, G. D. Ea* Orange; washing machine. b->-pfiik Bteelmao, Someract; wioduw acreeu, W. E. Brock, Dunelleo; lead or craroo beddar. B. G. Putt. Bayou nc. Lawyer VanSyckel was out on the nreei yeMerday. He looks pretty well, but 1. by no mean, a well man yeL— Bridgtoo He mutt resemble a boy wbo played with mule's foot.— don't look quite so , well hut know, darned sight mora.— lrenA ma* maor omnia feci tbransrlrra gradually failing. They don't know ju* , what to the natter, but they suffer from a combine; H>c of indescribable aches and I 1*lM 'T" TO"1,b wot* Tbe ooly sure remedy known that will counteract thto forling aod restore ; perfect health to Brown . In* Bitten. By rapid assimilation it purifies tbe blood. > drive* out disease, gins bralth and , strength to every portion reached by the , . ciicul.Key sv*em. reoesre wasted Uaoe* ( and rasturcs robust besllb aod strength. ; show you Dr. Graves' Heart Regulator, | . beeo in market 80 years, great mur good uxlm-nlals foan Its use. Only per ! . b°Ule " rua",nf*^u- | , Old curwoity atoqa are brginning to i Open to Jaekawv.ile ami raber Wreter rrauru to Fkwida TVy are of the regular ! clap trap, humbug, iw chprnny style Ik . I which Niagara Ik *. f.u«-n., ,.w tola... . and slmuid ha left m.ereiy *ODe_/7*., . Mr*. H «NPt».«r fuTt MWa Tren.or . rays; "I f-k Brown'. Ir-o. bi t... !.* | vra^naia^ aod I aa ,g apfwute. sad it »

STATE ITEMS. A M. Uratoo has sold" tbe Bridgrtou to Praocto 1L Fitblan, who will • Citolinue its pub!i.atl-u .s. r.puhHcaa r *t- ______ <1 Atlantic aiy m a wtou-r resort I. degen. I crating. Tbe hurrah and fHrcrt to over, *' and subaidrd. Quaker City phyaiciani <1 are few and fa t.—BMd Mail. Tbe Court ol Pardons Newark, four to J B. Gravcsjlbe murderer of Edward c Soder, to laprisonmeot for life. Graves j will be banged January 8. f Right Rev. Bisbop O'Forreli. of Tiro- [ N. J„ b to stated, will shortly eslab- t luh s Catholic college at Vteeland. which will be under Uie direction <-f tlie Older of • the Sue* of Mercy. George M. liobrano. ex-hraretary uf tbe . Navy; has been offered, by the Heading £ atrtboril ics. the presidency of the Heading ' svvrem to New Jmrr. Mr. Hobeaoa hat , not yet signified his acceptance. ! A gang ol 300 men are now at work [ Upon tbe bed of tbe new railroad to run j from tbe Philadelphia and Atlantic Cily Narrow Giuge depot, "t Bulson street, j alaog tbe -river front to Hartoian Mrert to | John I. Blair. New Jersey's millioosire t ■railroad klne. wtoi owns as msny railroad. [ raodcrhilt without making half as ' much fuss I Iter tbem, is making a tout of j io«pertloe over his Western lioea.— 7V*». ( Witch the factories now being erected i In Bridgrtou, Cumberland county, arc- t finished that place will have one plate glaw j factory, six hollow ware Tartaric, and 1 eleveo window giaks factories, nuking it 1 • •nc of the large* glass ware centres of the ( Comptroller Young baa isaued a detailed •tatemcnt of tbe indebtedness of Jersey . City in which it to slated tit* the total 1 buniftdwod flastiog debt amounts to J18 I 503 950 Of tbi.tlte water debt of $4,. ] 883.000 is self sustaining and bss s sink- . mg fund of 81.730. 895. Tnto leave, a , debt of 813 070.650 to be met by taxation. William C. Flak, of Jcrery Cily. has , appointed private secretary to Got- . >-roor -elect I-con Abbett. Mr. Fok t* a young lawyer and acted a. Mr. Abbe:t'» ' mnfidentlal srcrrtaquluringjtbr carapaicu. t He ran for the Assembly in a Repuhhcau , two gears, and nearly allalnc) an election. His father Is tbeowncro! Taytor's Hotel in Jereey City. A fire at Gbtaaboro on Monday ia.1 deal oyed two horn, together with 800 husbels of grain. 150 tons of bay .200 tons of straw and a huge quantity of fanning imple menta, tbe pn<p-riv of tlte Wbltoer brobera, valued 81S.OOO. fully luMtred. One tarn and all tbe valuable live Bock were raved. Tbe haras will he immediately re. built. It 1s thought tbe fire was occasioned by tramps, a. two were seen leaving tbe vicinity early in the morning. Mrs. Elizabeth Lauderback, supposed to be tbe old;-* resident in New Jersey, died on Sunday la* ah ber aon-ln-law's Captain Jonathan Pieraon, at WilliamsGloucester county, at tbe great age "f 104 years. Sbe was town in 1779 In Salem county, but bas resided in Camdea and GloucaBer counties since 1849. She 1 was tbe mother of twelve children, two of wbom are now living. Tbe deceased was never out of tbe State la ber life, ooly on one occasion. Tbe Secretary of War bas sent io tbe. following rati mate" foe tbe continual too of New Jersey's ltlver and llarbor tonI Improving channel between Sutra Wand and New Jersrv. 825.080; Key. nort harbor. 810.000; Rarit.n Bay. 8«0.000; Cheoscqu.kr creek. 890.000; Cohan wy creek. 85,500; Elizabeth river, 816,300; Matawan river, 89.000; Manasquva I river. 825,000; Maurice river, 840,000; I'araaic river, completing improvement* above Newark. 83.000; from l'ransrlvaHailmad bridge to mouth of river. 885,I 000; Raccoon river, completing tbe Improvement from Delaware river to Swndeahoro. 818 000 Ibbway river. 810.000; Renown" river, completing improvr. ment, 822.000: Raritao river , 860.000; . Salem river. 84.000; Shrewd*! ry river. , 850.000; Ninth river. #83.000; WoodI bridge creek. 84.000; Woodbury creek, - 811.500; Delaware river, below Trenton, . #88,000. For tbe o>llrcifa« of internal revenue t in New Jersey tic following estimates are ' made: Fir* District. 8U.800-. Third District. 813.500; Fifth District; 836.500. For the tare •jf-tbppnbbe huildtoga die e*iniatee -are as -fallows; Jersey City, 83.28ffixNcwark.~700; Treotoo, 82.780. ' For fuel, light and water the estimates are: Jeraey city. fuel. 8318; ItghT. 81.- , 012.50. water. 880; miscellaneous. 8347.85; Newark, furl. #464; light. #1 000, 1 water. 875; miscellaneous 8181 Treni loo, fuel. #500, light. 81.200; water, 890,. 72; miscellaneous. #270. Large appropriation, arc a<kcd for the Picatinay powder dep. 4 near Dover. One hundred thousand dollara are asked for tic grading of ground*, erecting magazine* and other necessary building. Fur tbe repair and alteration of buildings at the Sandy Honk proving grouDda an appropriation of two tbourand five hundred a similar amount. Ao appropriate*! • if five thousand dollars tor levelling and oada at the proving ground to to i include tbe tar(Kt ranges, which will eg. tend nearly four miles down tbe beach. For tbe modification of I he old work at the fort at Sandy Hook to receive heavy modern guns one hundred and ATly thou, sand dollars ore wanted, and for the site again* encroach meot by tbe- sea twentyfive tboqiaad dollara. | ..... Statu Temperance Alliance. Tbe New Jeraey State Temperance AL . af tbe Third" 6treet M. E*chHreh*CCW den Tbe Rev. A. E Ballard, vice prasi- , drat, necupird tbe citelr during tbe session. Every county in the State wsa represented. Tbe Rev. 8. Thacksra. of Gloucester onUDty. silted thai tbe alltaoca 1 had succeeded Id securing forty-one cod- ' Tint torn of Illegal whisky-seil-cg in Urn 1 i-oanty. It was stated that there was not a licensed hotel In Qapr May ccanty. and there eras at present DM t prisoner to the ' county Jail. In Cape May City tbe Ucense ' to granted by council*. On Tuesday evening tbe Alliance wa. addressed by Gro. K. Morris Subject: — ' "Wbo to responsible for the Liquor Traffic?" On Wednesday tbe morning wa. | taken up in revtolog tbe ooonituti-n 1 Tbe Alliance re.il red lo act independent of political pvties, and to push lor1 ward to tbe work ol securing oooMttu- - Uunal prohibition without regard to polities. : Three essays were read lief ore tbe Alliance, una by Mr. Choa. Hls«d«,nf Had - doofirld. on "RcBrictlve Temperance Legi"*-*." Another by R Bingham, of Ctomden. j on ••Harmony to Tempera ore Work." and ' , a third by Hev. Was. Boyd rai "Ttie Ctiurch and iu Rdrtton to_ Temper- ; J After the rfpotoe cd ofBoera and thr I adjoorned on Vl edncsday allerooqo. Tlmota Money. Time and money win be saved by ' .keeping Kidney. Wort In tbe bouse. It to ! t an in valuator remedy for all disorders of ' .the Kkiney. Liver and Bowels and for all •fa-raw* arising from ototroettooa of these a'ter^undi^^'dliu'^Lto biiMlr I pb£tei^"t^U»' it ''tora!nto(t*Te!lri.id ti s«a^pwfe--i

Blaine's Plan. NkWTobl Dec. 11.— "Gath" says; "Tbe question raised by Mr. Blaipe in regard to tije dinributioa of tbe amount derired from Jhe whiskey lis belong, to the fat are. So long as' tbe wttoky tax needed by tbe national government, tbe qui* ton of Ha-tranvfcr is not preclirally before tbe fcoph. It to only when tbe qurettoaof V teprai to reached tbat tbe issue raised byTPr. Blaine come. 10 tbe froal. Indeed, this appears by tbe text of his letter to he his own understanding. fixes tbe time at that point when we no longer apply the surplus lo the payment of the natlooal debt, and have osc for tbe tax in the natlooal treasury. Tlie question to otojbMwrsu the nationsi and slate gorerntorats as to which shall hare the whisky lax, but between giving I tbe tax to tbe sum or repealing it Olio- \ gather. On that point there will be a | great deal to be aatd when it to reached. : Mr. Blatoe fn-li sure it would be a great ! folly to lake 838.000.000 a yrar off whiskey and keep It on home -Brat, and fauna, j while, before leaving the subject, it i tn.y be well lo offer a word upon ooe or two poinu or objection urged against tbr principle of distribution. Certain wertern papers make loud complaints thai the proposition Involves the taxation of Illinois, Indiana, Uhio and where the whisky to principally distilled, fur the benefit of other statea In other wards, they maintain that the diutller* pay the Ux. We aupprac. by parity of reasioing. tbe* aamc western Journal' will admit that tba Impute-" of New York, Burton, Philadelphia ao.1 lialttmore pay tbe bulk of tbe 8200,of customs t)oe position is Job as sound— rather i« not so absuid— aa the other. ' An Iutellicrat boy of ten year* .|,«i the coujumer of whisky pays go-al" pays the duty. New York pi}'* a far heavier whisky tax than any of the Bates engaged in distilling. Holiday Excursions Pennsylvania The usual custom of plaftnfc on rale Excursion Tickets during the holidays *tll this year be rtjsetved by tbe Pennsylvania Company; Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad; Northern Central Railway. West Jeraey Railroad and Baltimore and Potomac Railroad, and 1 tnjhat end rdund trip rickets will be so'.d at all ticket stations on the above lioe* on Iisreai tier 823. 33 f. 24t!i. 35th. 39th. 30:b, and .1MB 1888, and on January 1b, 1884, c."«l for the retuiti trip until January 2d Particular » to be had *• the t Idket office of lite companyDyra were ever so populat a" tbe Diamond I Dyes. They never fail. Tbe Black it . are brilliant. Wells. Richardson A Co. : Btnltoglnn. Yl. Warrifrt. ! 3Ucfrtt»fmtntl. : jB THE GREAT GERMAN ■ REMEDY gS FOR PAIN. RHEUMATISM. Neuralgia, jffi^^^^^^^ Scistioa, Lumbago, i nacwaeur.. ■ HLAD ACH A TOOTH AC:, t S0B£ THROAT, Ana aOi«Nrh*Ug *.-_•- » mmn nm cots i Boni • : ^21 ; ; ^otice. . Tar Blath annaal inretlng ol the lira Grow Baiiaw^aM^ran jajrt^ra^wunjvnria oo • IUTS-lri'^*P Trvasarer^Uereura sad 'sevra III- : uura "ztrooter *!OCt " ■ on- u .t,. llt-GIlEX. Seeretarj. ' ~^V7" ANTED — ONE LADY OR ■ * ! ItbiSbS r rilieen Oslnf. it*UMa.«->Cd Car bit'. Prrwh J k-vo:ouo«u^ra\: I Bte^t'jwttraies Eajwaj J ats-it^ tmJOK* tk AUMCt. fymttet^, ■ CHOICK HOLIDAY PRISENIS r Superb French Painted Plaques flower boxes > r° mi'iTut, ""SwamBM*11 ] Tiles for Table Stands, Easels, I "l irx,vrastrr sad satt* Is gifts Inv-thr aaasoo. f dis-u IXB Marl* Utreet, PkUadelpata. ; THE CAPE MAT WAVE ' ISTUE ; OUst Family Ifipayer Published at Cape May GitF. ESTABLISHED llpA. j Eitsllait Family Eealiii latter ; I SPECIAL OPTS* TO SXW SL B8CB1UEKS, OMAT OSCE. ■' will oaU lbs WAVE rare- ! r and date l*v same the FIRST OF JANT AKV, ] . tans gtvmx son the gaper from tSU date auU I [ JiDuarj 1st. rBKX OP CHARGE. j I * _____ J ; TEBIR $i.» ftr Tear in Unit, j 1 1

PIANO TABLE COVERS.! TOHQDIH TABLE C0Y1BS, ;FmMia:al Cloth Piano JCmn' taaa tbr flr* sk . a Live aokl so 'rapUij! ' j liflt Efferent Ciloriip I £S5233&ts*t , am ia. p,ain an(j Varicgatod P orders 5-4,^6-4,7-4, 8-4-8-10 & 8-1 2, j ^ ! 4*4. 6-4. 7-4 and S-4 sires. Raw and Spun Silk and Fine Tapestry Talle ami Piaio Curm Cardinal anJ Turke1' ! IsjiowcrtBptete, and comprise" the tul- RED TABLE CLOTHS ; I I -3, I 3-4, 2, 2 1-2, 3 yds- long, ! jLra"""'1 px^m-wU* " 1 " ^ STRAWBRIDGE & CLQTHIER, • EIGHTH STREET, MARKET STREET, FILBERT STREET, , Philadelphia! 1 ' AT HAULS DRY GOODS STORE A Will be found a splendid line of Ladies' 7. Cloaks, Dolmans, Etc., Etc., Jersey Jackets, Stockinett Coats. New Market Ulsters, Circulars, Walking Jackets, Etc. Also, a full I, line of Children's Coats and Havelocks. All sorts of Double and Single Shawls. Cloth, . Felt and Flannel Skirts. HALLS, 26 SOUTH SECOND STREET, PHILADELPHIA, A MERRY j CH RISTMAS I TO YOU ALI_; SMITH & CO., • No. 6O Washington Street, Cape May City. ^ CHRISTMAS GIFTS, I TEA AND DINNER SETS. • CHAMBER AND TOILET SETS, A GIAMIWASK MAJOUCA-WAIUL J CHILDREN'S TE SETS. 1 SILVER PLATED KNIVES, FORKS AND SPOONS, 5 A FINE ASSORTMENT OF LAMPS. IE HATE JOJf INVOICED a FINE STOCK Of D3LU AND TOYS of aU KINDS, Fruits, such as Oranges, Lemons. Grapes, Apples, also Coiffcctions, S SALT WATER TAFFY, j At surra OO.-a BARGAIN HOI-SB. eo WaatUagtan tto. Cape May. I .. — X "John ■■■■ * -:-| »««» 1 from Chestnut to ■ | = Market Street, _ _ — ' ottd 1 3 th Street to rranamakers Fashionable S~y and Staple Dry ^ -I- CltOrC ^ *••• Goods and Mouse • KJFKSI I,- Furnishings. I1

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9Sfir ^dcfrtUfmfntt. CAIN Health andjlappiness. MS S3f i Are yrear Kidney b disordered? i ^jM^-aiwea - Are your nerves weak? Have ^yod B right's Disease? L"sa ■=-agg£~5 Suffering from Diabetes ? Have^^ou Oomid^t? i lainejtpd aohlng? Have you Malaria? *xi"ae» vA_ro^y^u BiHouB^_ ^ ^ Are you tormented with Piles? Arc you Rheumatism racked? d A? _ LadioSj are you suffering^ ^ ' If you -would Banish Disease i and gain Health. Take . iamagaEEHii Ttn BLOOD CLtawsxa. BEST market PEAR. liEfiS TAX" SALE. aelrot I.andiand steal Katateln inafler dnOfa^JM" Axtw-w. wm. (hflra or) tot n. w' eld" nt WMldhrtoo St. N. R Wni acbriiraera. tx> M ~ Branm, Wm. tat Covgte w joia. ! ! 5 no forty "* t" wde*vfal*iafu« " ^ Cnn^^W^Lo^ Wu*l!*too ' A J.r- " " l>rairi»»k^ Pre«w.lffw."a5eofuriy- * °° ora.^l. Ito "A Lafayrue "Irerv, Haehra. tlnmpK^Tl^BrlSflw iii EL " (*> Urajiea. II umjihrey'^te Bxaa ! ^ . oo 1»» tl-nrr. J—nli. tk£* *de Latayette atzeeti ^ S. tr of Na:. l-rlre ^ -K- ■ • •• lgit««:g '^aoao'd Laiayidia ^ " aa to Wocaea u a Slj *" r-lm-'. Mt"^.'a.. 8. X- aMe Larayrtte " ^ ^ IB| ' ** *° ' vff ''ft'^'r f iCrl" I ' ^ °° Ware. JST" N. w!*«Me'd*aree' 'ml * "" a*ra. w. w„ X. W. *Me Latay-ce M.. ^ Ws»i^?£aS tto john " * JA1IES H. K. HILDKETB, Ctty Lllrttre. Dated September **h. Ilea. aVT-Xai Tfflal adrrrtisminits. gDRBOGATE-S OFFICE. ^TWe gadefBga^dwraid irepiictTqtly tae SCRSGATE OP TBR OOCNTT OP CAPE TTE3DAT AND SATLTtDAV ' 0,jS*7'*t iuLmtrru,_ ^"N CHANCEBY OF NEW JERDated Noremhart:*, tma ot-a