ptr Annum. In lliucc anil (Sjounfo. nan TWoe performed the oboequtes over the old year of 1861 al 12 o'clock oo Monday night- Tk dwlrttrbu Irai burled tloof *116 thousands of 1U fellosrs without hope of returmxion. Tbe records of lit doings wffl Bill remain, but 1883 -will never lire *gsin. Tbe life erf tbe old year went out amid the dreary driz. Hj rain and fog, end In la grave ire boiled mtoy disappointed hopes, many broken revolutions »d many unmiUfled ircbWorn- Bo h always hm* been. i»d so it ■Inn will bo, until Father Time blmarl/ ■bill be no more: Tbe deitb of tbe old. "WW tilth or tbe fi*» JWtaito 11teoded with tbe mil celebriUool in oar own and neighboring cilira, notwiibstindIng tbe mlaerible wemtber. In our Utile city there were no loud demooBretlooi; ■boot the only public celebration being the witch meeting •erricee it tbe Methodist church. Some families remained op ; until tbe mid night hour to me the new . year ; Others went to bed netting in alarm , dock to arouse tbreo that they might wake up and drowsily mlnte tbe new year at bis eomlng In large cities like Philaebrated by the ringing of bells, tbe blow, tag of Whistle* and crowds oo tbe streets noisily marching In prooesaioo proceeded by military or brass bands. Most sensible country people are coo! rot to go to bed at their usual early boar and let the oew year come srbile tbey sleep, and gise j Mm a welcome when they get upffn tbe : By tbe new "lime tabta** oor police ' force of four patrolmen are compelled to step about tosro at a rather llsely rate. ' wod we judge tbey earn tbe mnory el- ' lowed them lur tbeir services. Earl, of these "count vatore of our peace end 1 quietness dating tbe silent wstcbes of the 1 night are required to nlk. between 10 p ' m. and 180 a. m, from eight to nine 1 miles, rain or skinr. for such duly tb- ' pay Is forty-Owe dollars per month. Of ' course tbey are expected to be alert and ' always Jnst where wanted ia ewrry line of possible sreidrnt. Should a patrolman ' fall to pull tbe "tell tale" on his heal be 1 rati to pun toe "ten lite- tit* neat tie

Tbe police Ho not -object Is tbe oew dpartnre. No conscientious men will object to being required to account strictly for tbe lime for which be draws his pay. This is a good mo»* no tbe part of onunCS! under this system it ran easily be told whether each man does bis dnly and nor neglect of doty. We think, however, that under tbe oew requirement! tbe sal sty Is hardly a fair equivalent for tbe art - wice required. We think tbst every man should be required to faithfully perform the doty nselgoed him. and that when be does so be baa s right to expect s fair compensation for aerelre rendered. The atmoaphere of (tape May Is 4eastl.w balsamic odors of bsr native forests We hear of persons eomlng to our shores from less favored climes, with trouble, aome lung complaint* and if not too fata a peg here upon width to bang a pre diction. Tbe day is not far off wben no. climatic advantages will be acknowledged at their tree wot lb, and Oapr May becne tbe Hecra of health SMers. to say nothing of those who will come for health and pleasure bracketed Then in addition In this tbe possibilities of bay sad aounds a' a means of acquiring wealth are only beginning to be appreciated. Before this number of tbe Wavs trachea Its traders the trid year will bv entitled with tbe past. As explorers who faaest be»n pursuing a winding Bream, which freen many points turns hack to the plane from which Ihsy started, no as as eaysgeta no the river of life have made, it la to be hoped enme progress even I! it has hero brakes by many devious turn Inge. 11 summing up for the year w to' - «eer eminence has bees attained shooH of the yean' progress, and Itisaons learned that will be prod table for tbe dew year. The board walk al.ee o,»r beach from needs s thorough repairing or ra buildlne eotmcil thai tbe present would be a good borers could he secured at least twentyspring, wben tbe hussy and rush of spring business makes laborers scarce. Beaides this it woo Id glee work to many who are needy of It at ibis time. Tbe anniversary << the Presbyterian Sunday School on Tuesday evening, i n addition to tbe InleeeeMng exrrrise* appertaining to yearly .meetings of this kind, might be called tbe cake festival. Tbe tuprrto reorient got one, and an did the pastor, besides others who had In the past been actively ooonsctrd wHh the school. Each two nice little apaccltea one en l«- hi If of the givers and tbe other by the receiver Our dltxens should tmke Immediate action in regard to tbe better sBeenMng of Cape May, hat as a winter and summer legally appropriate money for this por■egauy appropriate money tor una pur-

pose under tbe general welfare clause of dtekmelj spent in adeertldng would be well Invested- If this cannot legally be drete let a priests fund he retrod. Who Three is nothing to the housekeeping line mora trying to the patience of its ( bead, than log. t a big washing all ready tS^JtssxEi taaa-mable ptnoo wbo «3i dewy H, tbe MnuitWlb^^rar. m iMUlktiuaofoaean of the lodge of Iron Bitters f.vdvvrarptiaaBd be ve eiptvi- ;;

. i .Sunday Scbopl rknnlyaraary. P fOMlftflfefcr' ilr' iftHPSd t» ' niterssry of the Srfndsy school of tj* 1 Presbyterian ehurch^of tlut city, held on . New Year's evening The churtrfj war eery prettily trimmed' with ereigineus t and fiici and an sbundanee of flwal de- .' utnaUmi around the pulpit gave tbe church a very iovil tag look. In accord, ance with k eery excellent program tbe r exercises of the erentag were opened with 1 staging by tbe school. 1 Bee. Mr. Bishop, of the M E church i xntaoMy. made Ac. opening prayer. Pas- ■ lor Shields made a abort but eery excel- ■ lent addrem to tbe school from the words, t "Behold I make ill thingi new." Hisref marts based upon Ibis eery appropriate - text were Impressed upon tbe minds of - tbe children by very heppy iUattiattont i folly VUliia the comprehension of bis - youthful bearers. After the staging of I several beautiful tarred snogs tbe report ' of tbe doings of tbe sobool was trad by . tbe superintendent. Mr. 8. JL Stile* The ' school has been in semiou fifty Sabbath, f oat of tbe fifty-two of tbe but year. The • total number upon the roll of the school ' Is 140; consisting of 125 scholars and 14 teachers. Tbe arerage attendance each : Sabbath bis been 83. Tbe lollowtag coo tribal ions were msde ' by tbe different ofastrs during tbe past year, for Foreign and DumeBic Missions 1 and Library and Sunday school purport!. : 1 Re*. E P. Shields * tit 2# S Mrs I) Hand-. 8 09 M4bW!i===riH» A Mlm Emma Stubs _Ji.ll ( i 8 Mrs W. B Miller ISM i I T. Mr. Jna E Uogbes It 56 , 8 Mr I a Smith 6 5! » Mlm K Schetlengw « I? IS Mr J M KJiddrasb »ft; T1. Ma. hu-te W (I lam « 26 , 1» Br J. & Ware- &I7 , IS Mr II ro re Hand 651 1 II Ma E. a Wtlltamsotr 9 1« | After the reading trf tbe report and tbe : . tinging of anotber hymn the rJatara were , called up in order bef Are a well flUed t able in tbe front of the church, sad the Superintendent assisted by Iter. Mr. Bisbop, ' distributed tbe gifts of confectionery and ' fruit to the scholars and trachea No member of tbe school sras allowed to go ' away empty banded, and revere! who had not the courage to pane to tbe front with tbe c lamer were not allowed to escape hi 1 tbe Superintendent, who sent tbeir gilts to them ia tbe audience by a messenger. j After the distribution of gifts to the children there were left on the table four 1 and beautiful cakes, which were presented with apjr.aopriete expressions of

sentiment to ibe following ofOoers of tbe . school. Pastor Shields. Mr. J. Q. Wil- , , Hants. Mr. Joseph K Hughes and the Superintendent: with a hymn of dismissal . the exercises closed. Tbe school has bad 1 a very prosperous year, aad they btvr r special cause for thankfulness that death , baa not invaded their ranks during tbe ' . Sunday School Entertainment. a Tbe M E. Sunday school gave a eery n pleasing entertainment on Friday evening p last, in Ibe auditorium of ibe church. Tbe r bouse wis well filled sod tboae who were in attendance expressed themselves highly pleased. The program c. insisted of twen- _ ty numbers, the first beiug an Instrumental f selection, "Religious March" by Mr*. II. i C- Thompson, which sras good as all ef- » funs of this tsleoted lady In the musics* , line are. Tbe scbooiserag "My Shepherd," r "Give Me Jesus," "Cleft for Me." "Reap e to Day" and "Sweet Sabbath School," in ■ excellent style and with spirit. Tbe infant ir class song "Jesus Savre tbe Little Ones" rt my sweetly. Tbe little Muses Annie c and Lottie Tbompaoo aad Eva Etdreelge g rendered trery charmingly "Joy fully d Sing," and tbe former two " Joys of » Spring." in which tbey shewed musical u culture of no mean order. Little May ■- Bisbop sad Etbel Kennedy sang "Child of s King," eery sweetly. "Now I Lty Me." sras also song by Etbel Kennedy. liens 1 Melvln recited "Mabel;" Annie Bouder. " " Engineer llszen;" Bessie Jacobs, "Tbe Old Man's Dream;" Ada Entrikin " Little '■ Dan;" Annie Clark, "Liule Doggie;" " Heroic El well, "Hang op the Babies '* Stncklngs; " Justine Rnartnan. "Selling "• :lie OW Farm," aad Mamie Magreth. "Lip* Ihel Touch Liquor Can Never 1 Touch Mine." "What Care I," by Annie Williams, was sung very nicely. All those young people did well some nf then ex- ° eelteot shore their years Willie Dooilt- •' He and Mr. B. & Band played each a cornet soioja gond style which was duly „ appreciated, the latter also accompanying c the organ. MhaClemmle Wilsoo accept n ably aided la the musical exercises nf the d eveoiug. Tbe prooroda which were satii v factory wilf be devoted to the library .. fund. ' Among Ibepiessaal I tbilgs. which come ' to remind us of: tbe new year, are some * eery pretty Calenders and Almanacs from ' sereral publitlilng houses and newspaper oiBces. We bseehroeierd a eerypretty 1Uh tie work fnan the' *. J. Pnu office, eo0 titled "At Bome> which is filled wilb , illdiratioas well raiculsted to plemro the t little f'llks. Another from the PUladtlph ia Arard. an Altasear filled with 111 us pat loos taken from the woiks of some of Ibe best artists and poets and still soother t, is tbe St. Jaoobs Oil fsraily cwtendar pub. t, lis bed by tbe Chsrira A. Vogaler Oo., 1 cooUtalngoriglnel htuporout pnse sketches and iliustratloes, prepared rapedally for tbe work by tbe leading humorists of >. America. Sqpte of tbe ilinstratiuos conJ tsioed in these pnbkrallaos are really # Last Sunday the sib oft.. On new M P of Wrol Creek ... Aertlcsterf ; church was ,

Rev. William P. Oorbit, of Brooklyn. . I preached the aertnoo, aad with the assist- , ; ance of Frasidag Elder Wm. Walloo and , ; Be*. A. Matthews, of Vtaeland. a former , pastor. , aoncetded la raising *1.813. of wUch ♦*» was cash, a sum considerably , ; | in rxcras of ibe •ociely's entire indrbtiri- , ■ jncaa. Tbe house Is M by 48 feet with a r spire 83 feet high. 830 lo 400 penoos , may find aUltagt in it. Tbe good people . . ; of the ska nit y are eery JuBty proud of , a ; Ihdr oew church building, and from thej , g : and friends responded, a period of greater j i . usefulness is in the future of the society. < k { . — The old and sreU-koown dry -good and : tnllBanry establishment of Freidbutger * Street, wra levied upon by the sheriH oe i 1 Mratdsy last. It taseid Uat their liatdl:- - tin will emnuet to mere thee ♦100000, • ■ Draft ftagra hf wben you me to and :

J Mra A. M. Learning will Iraee Gape Msy ' Deit week to speod the wtnter to the city. 1 Dr. T. SReed, one of our summer resi- ' dents, is spending the winter in Italy with ' bis family. Mr. Wioamakcr worshipped in r tbe Presbyterian church, of this dty. on k latkSabbaih. J Ylr. Henry Shidds. toe of Re*. E P. Shields, is taking a bel^sy racaUon at 1 "j^A^arSie paid a visit to Wilmington. Del., .the first of the week, stopping with Dr. & F. Ware. I CoL J . P. Cakrf wil! control the affairs e of the Stockton Hotel next sraene, if the , property is not in the meantime sold. Mr. William Dooliltle, of Ocean View, , was on tbe Mind Tboredsy.peying a abort , visit to his son Coandlmsn Dwlittle. , Mr. Wra Cummings will retire from . the carpentering and correcting basineas basing taken a farm si Fishing Creek. , C. K. Bams, Bwj , visited Cape Msy . on Sunday last. -Mr. Bums Is the owner I of one of the floei cottages on tbe Beach I drive, v 1 , Mr. C. S. Magreth, former publisher of the Wave 1* about engaging in busioeas in Philadelphia, We wish him abuodan! , prosperity in bis new enterprise. , The Rev. Mr. Coyle, fonncrly of tbe Bridgeton Preabyterian church, filled the pulpit of Abe Preabyterian chinch, of this i city. Ian Sabbath. Pastor Shields being | absent. Cape May for many charming social qusli is filliog a responsible position in the 1 office of tbe Bingham House. Pbiladel- : * Station agent Moore lost ■ Christmas I present by sharing off bis mnuwacbe. If ' be bad let alone this hirsute appendage a I nice top would now be among his earthly I John T. Ryan, Esq .an extensive dealer in real estate has an interest In Anglesea. He expended large sums of money oe the beach when the project of a seaside resort was in iu early Infancy. Mr.- S. B.-Marcy was down oo Wedocs- | dsy, be is connected with the famous Osk Hall establish mint of Wsnsmrier & Browns. Mr. Marcy is lookiofltfA their | advertising interests In South Jersey. Miss Adds Smith, tbe amiable daughter ' of Coloorl George W. Smith, received Christmas presents consisting of so ele- ' gant dressing case, mounted photograph album and other elegant toilet articles.

Tbe Pennsylvania Railroad Company ' has just issued ■ pretty little pamphlet of ( - about a hundred pag.v, doscriptire of the ( tbeir own and other roads. A description 1 Of lbs various resorts from Atlantic City | In Florida is given and Oape Msy appears , I first oc tbe list, and its attractions as s ( winter resort are fully set forth. Among ( the many thousands who euit Cape Msy , paraiirely speaking, are aware of the mild ( r and genlsl winter climate which Cape j ! Msy possesses. Here we bare a climate , ! which cntnparet favorably with Washing- t " loo or even O'.d Point Comfort, and a , ' more even temperature than Florida. , ' Perauns who spend tbe winter iu Florida | ' complain of ibe extraordinary variation of • the thermometer, tbe temperature of tbe : atmosphere often falling or rising thirty or forty degrees in n few bona Such sudden changes cannot but be injurious to ; ' the health of pcraoos of atrocg ooostltu- ' tioos, and those in 111 bealib should err- | | talnly avoid such extreme climatic changes. That Cape May possesses advantages as | ' a winter resort which are inferior to none ' and superior to most resorts, there ran he ( no question, sad in our humble opinion ' tbe only reason why It docs not receive a ' larger share of patronage to which it is ' Justly entitled is a tack of rntrrpriar in J advertising. There is no business which is so much dependent upon the whims ' sad fancies of the public as tbe business ' of a health resort, and consequently the " ■ unrest of any resort depends lerpsfy upon ' tbe fslthfalness with which iu attractions and advantages are kept before the public ' eye. Advertising bat been tbe secret of ! success of thousands of business men during tbe past twenty years. A tucqraful ' business man was once asked the srtret ' of bis success, bs said; "I baes always " kept In mind two principles, tbe first was to get ■ good thing and the second to let every body know it wben I bad got It." ' Now we have the ."good Wing" at ' Cape May, we can challenge tbe Atlantic ' coast, or any other coast, to produce a place which possesses better natural ad1 vaatsgss, both lor a summer and wio tot resort, than we hare bere, but tbe trouble ' is sre do oot let tbe people know it by keeping It constantly before them by libr erel advertising. Some may urge utat it e oats a great deal of roooey to advertise in n this way, and it Is a quest loo whether it x would pay Let us take so instance. . Every ooe knows of John Wnntmsker's . Grand Depot; it is one of the Institutions, b pot only of Philadelphia, but of the oounr try. We beard the other dsy (we do not vouch fur Ibe ttuth of ibe statement) L_ that Mr. Wanmmaker spent 4-300.000 in adif vtrtising last year aad that bis profits srrre r nearly five times that amount. Whether >. tbe figures are correct or me we know „ Mr. Wanamaker bel terra that adrertising a pays him. as be has begun the new year r with advertising upon a scale which is if unprecedented In extent by any bouse oo i- tbe continent, and see venture to any tbst, r as well known as (lis man; moth establishment it throughout the country, he woaid Dot dure to stop adrertising We write this article with the hope that it msy lead

all those wbo sre interested in Ibe prosperity of Gspe May to seriously consider this mailer, and not only to consider it, , 10 take Immediate action for the prop- , advertising trf Ibe place. It is a settled fact amoog all those who ' depend upoc the general public fix business patronage that judicious advertising pays, and if any of oar cilixena feel that tiny bare tnrown away money ia the past in advertising, tbey may le assured that tbe fault Sii that tbe right method! J not pursued. John 'A sua maker ucrer Bops. No is the Christmas-tide over, than, without waiting to catch bis breath, be ia -into something else. This time it ia a great . ! red net km sale— tbe first in six years. He ia too careful of his reputation to. make | ! a roe^d^r^*U°">«'e"''whale^ru U. "It ban lil Wind that til! we nobody good." ' « tier page. «wi the people hare the bar- : ; «•»■£ Njtrara w.^ ^

While W« Think of Itr Extra religious services sre being Add . in ee#ral M. E churches of Ibe county. There is no utter equipped Job Prtotti tag office in South Jersey titan the Wavx. All kinds of plain or fancy printing a done at tbe Wavx office on reasonable Jul u. Ilaora' new saw-mil, si Hie ■ Grande, will be ready for work in three , X weeks. It la said tbst the Mraare Crump wil again preside over Congress Ball next Tbe Grand Jury will re-convene to-day I to make further Investigation into tbe HoSTtir Baltimore Oyster Company Intend t half, to it is reported. Tbe Arctic Hotel on Ocean street is for d sale or rent at very reasonable figures. a Inquire at Wavx office. Tbe Cold Spring Sunday schools will f alera tbe srasea aval gonrlsy aessttag with r tbeir forty-fifth anniversary, b It is said thai Mr. Denlsot has told his Cape Hay House, and that il is to be ref modeled and used as a Catholic Inttitut About fifty gallons of soup sre daily dispensed at Mr. J. Henry Edmnnds' free e soup bouse. This amount furnishes daily r food to about 75 person a i With the proper effort on tbe part of t Cape May people there it no reason why Cape Msy should not bare a permanent : pier and be made a regular port of entry. Orders for Bili-Hrads. Circulars. Letter - r Heads. Statements. Business or Ylsittog . Cards and all kinds of job printing, will be promply execnled at tbe Wavx office. f pair of misfit ttockioga pecked up in a i box with a brick to give weight were rer reived by a prominent Washington street lady as a Christmas present. Tbe usual services held on tbe last . night of tbe new year were conducted in r tbe M. E eburcb, of this city, quite a . large congregation was present, and tbe services were of a very earnest and . interesting character, t The ladies of the Baptist cburcb. this t cby, held a fair aad supper oo New Years r dsy and evenij^ Notwithstanding tbe very bad ^eatber which prevailed, we are r gtad to know that tbey were quite success1 ful, financially speaking. It Is a good time for Ibe public to agi- ] late ibe subject of better roads In some districts of the county tbey are very good, but there are others in which they are at ,.

moat impassible from Ibe sand which „ them from ■ few inches to a foot a deep. Tbe county board of Chosen Freehold- b ere will hold a meeting a! Cape Msy Court ^ loAsy. Ooe item of business to d transacted will be tbe election of a oew - clerk of tbe board to fill tbe vacancy 1 caused by tbe resignation of Mr. W. V. J L. Seigroan. r Mr. Eidredge Johnson has leased all tbe meadow and unimproved land weal of ( avenue, wilb tbe exclusive right * all toe sea drift that lands upon the ' premises of Mr. John C. Bullitt. All per- . are hereby notified against trespassing • upon the premises under penalty of the ' Soa iala City Murmurs. ' Winter la here. Tbe new depot ia ready for tbe pits- 1 Miss Lavinia Hewitt Is quite ill with ; tog fever. t James 1'. Way, our obliging grocer is t ' bappy. la a girl. ] Tbe new year was begun by the sale of ( ' several building lota. A very heavy rtitpmont of lumber camr t • to our place on Thursday. 1 It is said that our resident barber Is , 1 looking for a partner of tbe feminine gen- ■ dev. I C. K. Lnndis, Superintendent Fry and ' Lawyer House were among the arrirsls on ' 1 Thursday. 1 Tbe late storm brought oyster plants i ■ ashore oo tbe point of tbe beach in great 1 : quantities. j ' The daily sxvsgn cf passengers over . ' I lie Set Isle City branch uf the W. J. B i 1 K-7*t about fifty. • Tbe Sea Isle and Ocean Cily Railroad ' 1 Company was organised on Wednesday' , I and directors elected. i Oapt. H. Y. A i Hits, of L. 8. 8., No. 34. was surprtard by a company of bis lady friends with baskets of good things Tbe trarod death which has oocnrml in our little city since iu founds! loo was > that of Mra Irvio Lud lam oc Suodty last A oew hotel of fifty rooms capacity is r to ha built opposite lbs new depot, work , will be begun as tone aa the weather modHrnry Callahan, a painter, fell from thr toof of a cottage two and a half stories 1 high. He sras badly injured but will ret Oapt. 8. Gale, with a party of f oor gen tiemen from Pbitadrlphia. was down Ibe . first of tbe week. Tbe party bagged over 800 docks. Messrs. John Gigsa. Michael Donley and John Qttiu were among tbe arrivals I on Wednesday, tbey were accompanied . by about n dozen strangers wbo came to . buy btts and locale in our city. Oot dude was found on top of a cow sited oo New Tear's eve. wben asked what r be was doing said that Conductor Hewitt r loid htm that cows always kneeled with ? their beads toward tbe r ast what tbe new , Conductor Wm. H. Hewitt while Bopping bis train at Ocean View Station on 3 Tuesday night, stepped Ibe pisiform • and fell about aix feet to tbe ground. . sinking his aide and shouklera violently, j tbe injury, though severe, it not serious p enough to prevent bis attending to duly.

Goahen Items. At this writing Mr. E. B. liarker. Jr., lying dangerously 111 with congestion ■ of the lungs. , Extra services have been held In tbe i , (i.abrn M. E cbnteh during tbe week i pert. Tbey will likely be protruded. i We have two Udira living at Goaben. ' who, wrre bora in the hut century. Aunt i ■ Kacharl Magulre and Ma Deborah Gart rime. Tbey spent ■ dsy together lately. I Mr. 3V. F. Garrison baa moved his' ' S oyster boat, built at his bouse, to tbe 1 IriRtng. a distance of 14 miles on rollers. He has the timber for inoltot which be ; tati-nds building to time for the spring ' Mr. Ssmnel Townteod, one of our en- , tn prising young men, foe tame time in ■ the employ nf Meeera Partridge A Rrob ardaoo, of Philadelphia spent New Years , oay at tbe borne of his fslbfir, Mr. E S. Townarod. Captain Allen Steelman, of Tuckaboc. c and Mire Ells J. Powell, of Qrahen. wrre . | united in the bole bonds ot matrimony . , on Wednesday. January 2i After ■ 1 sumptuous dinner had been disposed of _ : tbe happy couple left oo tbe afternoon c tain with many wishes tar tbeir future Goshen public school is taking advanced I • ground under the skilful asaagement of d i Mr. V. O. Miller and hi" assistant. Miss ' I Bailie Tbompaoo. Oggna. •

— County Notes. I Captain jiaioc Hand, of Upper Xhpc Msy, has Dearly completed at Cooper s - Point, . ressel of 80(1 torn. •50,000 has been qflrrcd for tbe Seven ' E Mile Brach by a party of capithlists, ooe b of whoni livra In Cape May county. Notshpr loog ago when clam shells did ' > duty'for lamps. They were filled with ' r grease sad e bit of rag inserted for a I From present IndicaUnnt building will ' ! be very active at Angkera when tbe spring opens. There sre many lot owners, wbo, ' r will then Improve tbeir properties. Nsmltg a ship after a woman sometimes makes s qnaer reading paragraph as 1 an exchange Verifies by saying thai tbe ' - wreckers sre at work stripping tbe Ar bells Taylor. r While tbe Brectt of Philadelphia were i bluckcd with snow daring tbe whole of last week, there sras not snow enough in 1 Cape May to make an averaged sired j U hall, (tor mrl-t rap teal etiipx1* SOOO disputes of tbe snow, s Members of tbe Cape May Cornet !. Band will bear in mind that the regular i- night for practice it on Monday evening 6 30 so that business may he transacted 1 before i u struct ions begin. c We rail attention in our advertising f columns to tbe card of Geo. W. Grace. This eoterpislug mechanic beiierra to prin- , ter'l ink, and bis wisdom is thus manifest, for while be has work others in bis r line are idle. Oo tbe theory, if you want t ■ job done promptly, tbe basic*! and not the Idol man should be employed. Mr. . Grace is tire ooe to look up, if you coclemplate building, or improving, f There are about two hundred brad of 1 rattle on the Fire Mile Brscb belonging : to Mettra Clinton Hand. Humphrey and a Ben Crease. During tbo week butchers from Philadelphia have been on tbe island making select loos from the drove. The carbine is used in bringing Uft rather wild t creatures to toy. So shy are tbey that a whole day is sometimes consumed in ■ 4 vain endeavor to rapture a tingle one. Tbe Christmas services at the Green Creek Presbyterian church were delayed * till Sunday erentag taB on accoqpt of other e meetings which occupied the lilroiiuu of a tbe public. Pastor Ingram conducted the exercise*, which were of a pleasing and ^ varied rharacfcr. An incident not set t i km*, the Superintendent of the Sundaye saBil. il. VEJland. of a Noyes' patJust think of a railroad rnnning along the whole New Jersey coa»t. "cnootcling . the watering places. Such it tbe Islesi I- rumor. When Representsttve Ferrell'* B bill, which designs to keep a Life-taring service <m dnly sii tbe year, and to take • in tbe Seaside resorts by protecting life in during tbe bulling eeasoo, becomes t

a taw. tbe coast of Sew Jersey will take • new departure on the sea of prosperity, j. Captain Elmer Lake spent Christmas tt f home with bis family. His oldrst son. c Wilson R-, who it a student iu the Media c also joined the family circle during the bolidsvs. -Csptaiu Lakes' Travel. the Aaron Reppard, Is loading al for Savannah. Ga.. whence she trill sail in a week or ten dsys. We wish him a prospenus voyage and speedy , Captain Wm. S. Crawford, of Green , Creek, ia fitting out at Millville, where 1 she was built, a fine three masted schooncalled tbe Luther T. Garrison. She is I owned in pa" by the Captain. J. Henry Scheilenger. Joseph Hand. T. W. Garri- 1 *oo. of Cape May, and Ludtam Matthews, of Philadelphia. This staunch craft it a ■ creditable exhibition ol the skill of her builder*. O W. Wanlall & Co., in naval architecture. She will join our luge ' msstingfleet when fully equipped for sen 1 Msy many prosperous voyages be let dow n her credit. Manr have no doubt made resolves on New Year's day that bore on tbeir coneiencr*. Ttiey were babiu of speech and failing*, rashnesara which needed i i to be challengrd. A better and more careful watch was needed upon thought, word, , action. A tried and faithful sentinel ex- , perieoce has been pot on guard who knows our feelinga and tailings, and will if prrmiurd keep out Ibe rat hers of our ' pace and happiness. Tbe past ought to he to us a isaann not thoughtlessly set ; aside, but a mmiinr to leul into a truer ' > and more benevolent life. Nor should we be creatures of mere influence. Tbe practice that a few young men of that callow age in which it ia hard to diaringuisb tbe boy from the man. base nfgo. ing to pan lea. fair* and festivals, and getting t filled ap on Jersey lightning is one that ; cannot be too strongly condetkned- We noticed, oo too or three occasions during the holidays. parties that no doubt thought ' It manly to drink cheap whiskey from a snda water bottle and get Jnat boozy eoough to make fools of tbemseixaA and , source of annoyance to Indira and chilv iren. and sre may my. aa well, to ail de- '' cent people. Namea might be mentioned, etc. Tuckahoo Notaa. We mlaa the crack of tbe sportsman" ' gun, tbrougb "dale and vale," since the ' dawn of tbe new yrar. If yon base made good resolutions for 1 tbe new year, "d.»'l air" them loo soon, ' wall uulll the Slat of next December. Tbe eetni-aanual installation of cdfioers of tbe Tnckabor Lodge. So. 67, L O O. ' F.. was beid in their lodge room oo Wed. ' needay ermine. Jan. 2d. Ice Cream and ■ other refreshment" were served. Lawyer Huffman, of (tape May Court - House, made a flying trip to Tockaboe last week. The onject of bta visit being r t-usineaa of a legal character with bis client, Mr. Nathan Champion. Mra Btllle. mother or Heaws. James sod ' Ward Btllle. died on Monday, .Hat., at her 1 residence, Borriatown, Pa., after a short 1 illntra, the funeral ecr.icra were beid in thr Method 1st church. Mr. Stokra' preach r ing the sermon, tbe Interment took place t al the "Head ol the River." ' Mr. Tbos. Bsely baa resiaurd bit posi1 km in Italtadclphia. and hat remevrd ' with hit family to tbe home of hie birth. It was Impossible ft* him to lake root oo b foreign toil, having for so many years iu. , hated the salubt loot air of this, hit native , place. We believe he Intends engaging in tbe manufacture of cigars. Mary of oor young men and maidens s of Ihia village will do doubl soon be folU i "ring the example of (ta plain Allan Steelman. wbo 1s the fl.at of our resident! who Ibis year baa taken tbe plunge Into the matrimonial tea. being ou the 2d, uni- t

ted in the hoods nf wedlock |U> MM Powell, of Goahen. i Tbe old year with ha Joys, sorrow!, tails and tronbiea is forever dead. Tbe : new ooe is bere and baa fully taken poa- : session. What deep happiness, peace, comfort and bliss, and what brart-brrsk-ing Borrow, carta and paint baa It folded i I to its hnaom? Even lite messenger of death i . will it bring to aome. Hokwhetber il bring ; and booat Urea. Batv. New RagulatlonaGovarnlng School Tickets ore Camden and Atlani tlo and W. J. B. R. Anotber liberal departure was made ou ! January lrt by the Pennsylvania Railroad ami pray in Striking out tbe restrict Ion as , to age from the rules governing the tasue of school tickets. Heretofore Ibe rale of ' aach commutation tickets was limited to pupils of educational instiiutkma under • eighteen years of age. This hiving been ' abolished, student!, without regard to age, f attending elementary, acico title or art ' schools, still ba entitled to purchase three ' tickets. ° This it aa U should be, and there is lit- * lie doubt but that the advantage will be so d j lton t hU^tbe'toduSnJTof^todruta* over rf dcbtacawOl realy rrault in an tocrraard ■ 1 revenue by virtue of tbe increase ot travel stint ulxird by the reduced rat*.

Court Hpuae Itecna. Happy New Year, if it It sot too tale, j A good time for making new resolutions. , Miaa Clara YosC of Doylratosra, Pa . spent tbe bofidaya with her sitter Mra ' •Partly. Mlaa Helen Harrows, of Mount Solly, has been visiting at tbe residence of Dr. ) J. F. Learning. Dr. J. F. teaming, wife and daughter j dtatd with Dr. Wake, of Coid Spring, oo Christmas day. Our public school building baa been ' rewovatrd with n new coal trf paint dnring the vacation. Miaa Emily Williamson, of (tape May 1 ' City, spent few days visiting al ibg real- 1 , dcDCT of Dr. Downs f Extra meetina .are being held in the , M. E. church under tbe direction of Rev. ; . W. J. Btuart, the pastor. • j , Tbe rumors of weddings for the holidays ! were not without foundation, already four I : have become established facta. I Tbe Literary Society. did not bold iu j regular session iatt week, aa tbe school room was not ta condition for use. A watch meeting Waa held on New . , Year's eve ta the Methodist church, when t the old lime custom of welcoming lbs adi vent of the new year with religioqp arrvice was observed. Mr. Charles Corauvaod wife, also Mra ; [ Ludlam Hand and anil, spent last Sabbath ' . at West Creek, attending the dedication of tbe new M. E Church, they ipeak ta j : the highest praise at the services. An interesting concert was held ta the ■ . Baptist church on Sunday evening last. Excellent music was rendered by the [ f choir, and an instinctive blackboard iec- ; • tore was given by Pastor Cora well. I Tbe members of ibe Odd Fellowt j I Lodge, in connection with other invited | ' guests, made a surprise party at tbe real- I 1 dencc of Mr. George Hutted, Gravelly i , Run. Plenty of good things and plenty j of fun marked the event , Mr. Page Crawford, Br., met with a ' 1 patafnl accident on the evening of tbe j ' 20th Inst., while entering bis bouse, bis j . feet slipped oo tbe icy doorstep, and in I I falling bis bead stuck with considerable j force against a small piece of iron attached to tbe door port, infiictiog a arrious wound : ' of the tcslp; copioua bemmorragtie fob j lowed, and medical attendance waa re- j quired. We kara that be ia improving at ( t A ton of Mr. Charles Hildreth met . with an accident on Saturday U>', ubtle I : auiuing another lad IncuUing hay *illi a ; 1 Intent bay cutter for the purpose of feedcattle, lie unfortunately brought bis

right hand ta contact with one of the which instantly severed the fore finger al tlge middle joint, tbe fragment! of bone seererecinovrri, and ibe wound drcvaod, be ia ppw doing well. .Ian. Dias Creek Dots. Dime concert next week. The Weal End wil! remain <-t* u al! j winter. Last Sabbalh Tom. Erricaon spent at wilb Ma parent*. Tbo presents on ibe Christmas tree amounted in value to t300. Thomas Hewitt entertained a party of to dinner on New Year's day. Tbe scarlet fever continues. MlsePbene | Naiton came home with il last Saturday. ° If soy of our young people have not . called at the parsonage thia week tbey should do so at once, i A nice wire fence incloses Wallace Nor- f ton's property, wtach j uns Captain David t After spending a portion of the holidays 1 I In tbe city of Brotherly Lore, John How- 1 t ell baa returned home. I Miss U incline and Mr. and Mra. Sleight, ' . of Tottonv'llc. N. J.. arc eUiliug their • lister Mra. Harriet Irving. ! Mr. Witaoo Taylor and s'oter of Grav. ' i e'lf Run. bare been visiting tbeir airier ' ( Mra Norton, of this .village. Road overaeee Holmes baa put the ; r causeway In eicvllent order. Wbjr can't , . we have tbe sidesrslks ditto? < Mesats. G. Holmes. I. Tin Mlddlclon and t r Peter Erricaon spent tbe greater portion t . of the week ta Ptoiedolphia. Loungers in the viliege stores were j t frighteoed by masquerade!* a few nigtut ' I ago as tbev were telurning home. ' t Schooner Congress. Captain John Lram- J I tag, and sloop Annie M., Captain Wm. , 1 Trout, have 'laid up" ta Goshen Creek . ' for tbe winter. , [ Among oor visitors thia srerk have been i Mr. and Mra Foster, of ileialervUle; Miss I ' Ada Earning, of Greenwich; Master Wm. i Corson. Bern late City: Mr. Baitinger and ; * Mr. Frank Taylor, ol PhiladelpMa. Wo mention as being al home from of! the ara Cap'ain Al. Dougiaaa. Ears, Bomera, Eidredge and Wallace Norton. Tbey ■ are all breve and hardy aramen. and have t " fully earned a period of real on shore. Rumor has it that work hegina at ooce ! on tbe Bra Die and Ocean City railroad. * Mra Curtla Cotton's friends had the : pleasure of eujying one of her famous j dinners on tbe 1st This is is the time wheo more mistakes . will be made than at a»y otlirrtime lotbe year. Writing a Ibtee for a four. - Rev. Wm. Suck Ion and Rev. E B. , Isske. of Ocran Ciiy. etteoded the guar teriy meeting at Iiersley't Point M. E a cburcb on Sunday last. T Mr. Bradfrad Godfrey leaves bit Lome * in a few days foe Florida where he has D bought forty aore* of laud on which he i. Introds statllog an orange grove. e Our Postmaster Inf.stns us that the change in tbe letter ptwiagv has made but |. little difference in tbe receipt* of hisofiice d for the quarter ending Dec. 81rt. i. Captain and Mr*. W. S. Corson 'eotern laiord n bnat of tbeir frit nds and relatives i- top New Year's day. Feaaling them on e Krkry and cranberry aauoe to their "atos nUch'a control." Borne of tbe reefdenla of Egg Hartair IS township are oot held in very high esteem I- by tboae of Upper. Evpecialty after bar. □ tug gunned, fished and clammed In our It hays, tbey boast that the people of Cape o May couDty would heynobbed If tbey did

tbe same thing Ir^AjJgitic county.^ J Seavllla ScrlOblings. , Mra J. M. Sharp waa presented with a < fine tewing machine on Christmas. ' Tbe young people have been enjoying I hem select ibe past week oo tbe different i ponds. During tbe recent low tides, vast num- 1 ' bere of craba weir picked up by our | . watermen along the flats, aeveral parties getting 8 to 10 dozen caeh. I Some ooe baa been out ta tbe sounds gunning for tbe past three or foar Sun- , days, we ahould think that siz days In the , week would be sufficient for nil such pur- ( 1 Mr. John Broderick is serioualy ill tt i ' the bouse of his parrots, at West Creek. ; A little toddler belonging to Mr. B. fell 1 face down in a tup of water a few nlgbta ' >inor. and would hare drowned, had not 1 one of tbe family beartl Iu struggle*. Il : , A table of good thing* and prevents of , various kinds waa the alt recti.® it* Ibe Calvary church, oo Friday Eve. A , Christmas tree entertainment waa also . held in Mr. B ronton Corson * nesr rrti- * deuce, on Christmas night, which Itighiy ^ delighted our young people, d Ws»h Gandy. tbe genial Captain of tbe el Era St. Clair, has bora treating himself ,to a double breecb-loadlng gun. 8rLrn-

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The Sorghum Sugar Bounty. [ Some of our cntemporariet are calling the repeal nf the act giving bounty for I the growing ef Borghnm and the manufae- « factum of sugar therefrom. ' We trust Ibe ( legislature will do no such" unfair thing. 1 offer waa freely made by tbe State to c rwv so much to the growers f.tr each ton 1 of the cane produced and to much for < each too of sugv extracted within the 1 Sure lor a periikl of five year* Tbe de- t veloptneot .rf the angar industry in New 1 Jersey was domed worth all thai this 1 perflered bounty-would 00ft tbe Stale. A t t'onipaur, eucouraged by this subsidy, cs- 1 tahlisbed works in Cape May Ooomy. and a large amount of money lias been expend- 1 ed in buliding op the enterprise, wbicn has ; grrwlly helped in its experimental W.uk bv tbe bounty extended by the 1 Slate. In the midst of the flee years ex- ' perimeot, while the company are. doing « their lieal to pefect the Industry and tnake < it an institution nf tbe Stale, thougblleea I persons' demand that Ibe Legislature shall 1 break faith and withdrew the bounty. I which has been pledged for a period trf flea vest* If nothing lint Ilia honor ol 1 the State were concerned the proposition 1 should lie fcoulled. Tbe pledge should ! 1 redeemed though the experiment oltimaielr prove a failure. But the lest is 1 anything bp! n fsltnre, and there ia reason to hope that It may prove an entire soc- [ rrsa. The State can well afford lorootlnue . iu bounty for Ibe promise abown in the three yeara' work at Rio Grande. That sugar ran be produced from tbe Sotghum cane has been established beyond question and each yrar tbe work I* becoming mure perfect and tbe results more encouraging, and tbe Bute may well expend » few more ' tlioosaod dollara as its share in the effort to promote tbe ancocese of an industry no ■ desirable to our people. The development ■ of the beet sugar production oust France an.) Germany untold millloaa before the , W.wka levelled a payiog hasi* in Uie rstlmatinn of someprople810.'KI0oi^l2.000 devoted lou Junketing czmirait* to Yotklown. or Ibe like sum to State rarampments end tlfle taDge, are comm rentable disburecnient* but a few thou•amis spent Iu developing a great industry c i! money thrown away.-Mt. Holly Jf>rc WlnrorExcurnlon Tickets, f In view of the Increasing popularity ol 1 winter trips to tbe sraaid* and to Florida, c and llie demand for round-trip lleket. h. the prominent rreorta, tbe l'ennv*lvaota Railroeir.C.«npeny, cmumeodog Tuesdsy. I January Jal 1884, will place on sale, st , principal atatioot. excursion tickets to . Cape May. Cape May Point. Atlantic City. Old Point Comfort, Vs., nod Jacksonville. Florida. There excursion tickets will be r entitled to all the privileges ol other Brat n claw ticket* and permit the li dder to atop . iff co-route where such privilege Is granted r oo other first class ticket* The teturn 7 oonpnris of there tickets will be scrap. e-i 1 until May 31st, 1884. except there to Jaekuntliaiayoiai, lUO* carapt SU'W , »•

aooville. which, under orrtain citctn.pt *u- 1 ce*. have special limitation* detaiL of ] w bieh. aa well at a copy of an Illustrated pamphlet containing rata- and appropriate descriptive matter, can be obtained upon applies! loo to nearest ticket agent. Colonel D.'B. Murphy, inrptitor .rf the Second Brigade, N. O. N. J., computed hi* inspection of tbe three regiments comprising the brigade ou Saturday. Thnlr Name to Lag-on legion of people have bad their lire* made miserable by Pita* This painful ' difficulty ta often Induced and always an- ' granted by Constipation. Kidney-Wort ' is the great remedy tor a!! affect iooe- of I ibis kind. It acta as a gentle cathartic. promotes a healthy anion of the novel* i aod soothe* and beats tbe infisroed ior- ■ (sees. It has cared hundreds nf rases 1 where al! other reroedire and applications 1 bate failed. Sold by all druggist. ( "i am using Dr Graves' Htstl Regulator c with great result* liad Heart Disease for , II yrar* ao lad could not Iro down.— John , McGuff, Pike BUtjoo, O. The Heart . Regulator cures all^f urmaof Heart Dhfeare. , WaVTxq— A good girl to do general j I baaaework lor a amall family. Good if fereoces required. Apply at Wiv* office.

Live Christmas Present*. Tbe popularity of Bitds for Christmas ' presents grows each year. Tbeir tweet singing is a constant reminder of the donor. A good tinging ranary nUffiJO, and a suitable cage from 81 to »5. Five dollars will purchase a very superior rage and bird, so you see live presents are not expensive. For little boya and girl* rabwhite mice, guinea pig* maltose kittens. a globe of gold fish or puppy win be i more appreciated than anything you ran rive; and for a "ady nothing can be more suitable than a bright plumage bird.i pars, rot or a dog or annie fashionable breed: Tbo trouble i* however, to find a reliable store where these things are eold aad wtrore you will not be Imposed upon. There is at lean ooe place where everything it one price aod guaranteed, and Where is kept the largest stock in America of tbe Wooderfui Night Singing Canaries, cage birds of all species, parrots of ever* 1 gold fish and aquari, dogs of all specie* rabbit* guinea pig* mallear rat* fine bred fowl, and pigeon* beside all kin- la of rage* twenty-five per rant, lower than regular price* Tbli store is that of tbe Bum Food Co »uv, 287 Siiuth Eighth Street. Philadelphia. If you cannot rail in peraon. send a twa I rant stamp for their illustrated catalogue. I and you can have your present tent by . express with perfect safety, no matter ■ bow far tbe distance. o6Am [ Mita Josephine Seed* 161 Jeffenoo . street, Trenton. N. J., aay* "I used . Brown's Iron Bitters for headache aod , general debility. Itdid me much food." SMarrUd. 1 . - , LEAMIMi-KUJiiTT.-Oo fteoeiuaer aau. . :>-* St lirakeo U. K. pammsae. by Bey . ft. A 1 Nnrrt". Mr.' John Lesmlng. of nutaOetptts, so r XI ua taw Emotr. of Cape Msy roomy. ■ ^ coatmK-^rtta^j-|jM Jaaa*fy^lw.jmkjt vlmitadf ina 'uaa'kSra if Bremk' o}"5» . tlr*n4*Csp! May eoonty. ■- ruber. <i». W. B. Powell, by Rev. H. B. K«rl* est* Align fortosa, ot Toeaano* toMua Kits J. PoweS. ol Ootbeo, Cspe Msy oooaiy. _ / Ilifd. 5Wtc ^drmisreunts. ;• ^roTicEf ~ ~ 5 it: . n . o* sorTo u? woo tosjr wua to'uxe stock in

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