S?»Ian6 aith <£outtfg. Oar local politicians »rr beginning lo gd-tbeir blood npond il lcokr u IT II* spring eta-Hoe will be decidedly ing. Tbeie ee*n* lo be oo lack of dlizeat who *re "willing to ororifloe peraoool Interests and at the rarncet aoiicltatioo of frleod." allow tbrir names lo « me before the tiler* of the dty for couocrlnanlc booon. The mentors of ooood) whnev lermi* expire lo March next ore Meter* Mecray. Hose* tod Cossedy. According lo'lbe report* oo !be tticct* oooie of Ibe wire puller* ore figuring down 10 toe point* ereo to the ewpmixatioo of the new conecil, end rumor ho* It I hot one gen I lemon mokes Mo candidature coodltioool upon bit being promised the presidency of Ibe ooanc:!. The craning elrclioo b me of grrot significance lo ibe elle.es peciolly in regard During the coming yeor Ibe molttr of refunding nearly #40.000 of oor dty bond, will reqvire Ibe action of ooooelL besides other mottrn of grrot importance, and it is neormary for Ibe welfare the dty that ben est and c* fable men oboutd represent tl.e people in round. We believe tbol mom of our property owner* ond be*t cillxen* ore nrgtigmt of Ibdr duty |o poHUca! offsire. e*pedolly in regord lo our muntcipol decline* ond toouad of using tb-ir utmnat endeavors lo elect gnod men they allow Ibe e led ions lo be oretrolled by men whose sole object lo thdr own prrooaol "interr*!* In oor oplnloo ir oOr property owner* ond oU who reolly bore the initraou af the dty ot heort. would nolle together for Ibe purpose of electing our beat men to All throe pool I loot much could bo done ond Ibe result ot the election would be much more to the best im dty councilman poyo nomlory.ond do one no oo lory .ond ..

con leasrtfr moke o dollor oat of the (f position, il should therefore be o positioo ^ in which Ibe nOae seeks Ibe men ond ms [( men Hie office, oud it would be o trry safe ^ rule fat the people lo adopt, thai Ike man who mokes si nog efforts to bring bis n name before Ibe people it not the mon u wbo should recelte Ibeir tote* Nr* tbol e mon should be censored for using every h-mnreWe effort la effect his election af'er be it put forwerd te Ibe choice of a petty , or the people, but hU name ebould ool be „ brougbt into the contest by his owe per- „ ounoi effort* wbieh tncl alone oaron e strongly of an Inleotioc to use the office, if f atagad. for Ibe autoecvAnce of peroooal b InUsrot* q What might hare been o serious smsi' - t up happened to 6atirrday rernlog's foot * erprete train. On Its way down, wheu « nror Boo Die Junction ond o Utile after < the signal f.w brake* bod been given. o f , front wheel of the engine dropped off ond ! rolled owoy faeolde the track. Before it 1 was generally known Ibe train had been « stopped ot the station, thus everting o ser. J I .us disastet. If the accident hod rceored ' mie ute^wos'*beingD mode, or if there hod ' been no atop ot ties Us JuncUou Ibe ef- I feet moot ban bren teriaa* The axle I broke as smooth as if cot by o knife about i t inches from Inside the wheel. It war probably coined by o fracture in Ibe Jootnal. o projecing frsg-oeol of which produced friction sufficient to bum il off, Engineer Freer of the disokled engine assisted by Engineer Hand of the oreomro » dotioD showed lbeunel.ee sktltea workmen In o half hour they bod ibebmkm the iojared meebine was pat on the "Y" at Ibe Junction. Conductor Shew broagbt bulb trains lo Gape May without further Occident, on boar behind time. A eery pleomni company of young elan of ex-moyor J. Q Wiliiomt and their friends met et Mr. Williams ml deuce ou Perry street an Tuesday rreoinr ueace an rerry ore**. uo i uewuoy ctuu.uk

las* Among those present were. Mis. it Edith Eseru. MM Emms Strtee, Mise - Rhode hchelleoger, Miss Anns Lodyord, V of Cbeater, Vs., MM tails* Meeray. Mils 'I Lillta Holme* Mm Ellis Soisetleng-r. u Mm Mmiit Mecroy, Mr* Suote Lwdlom, I Mr* Ketones Mecnty. Mr. and Mr* J I B Stiles, Morgan Hood. Esq , and Dr. f W. S. Learning, of Dope Moy Coon I House. Willi. Prath Samuel Moore. Her. u ty B Smith. Jeo. M. E Hildreih and • Wallace OorentL The eveolng woe eery tt pleasantly spent, sod the gurots up<« a leorlng forborne reed that few c-tld 1 exceed Mr. ond Mr* Williams as hurt sod h boetese. while all coooeded that it was r party of young people come together ^ It Is with exceeding regret that we learn t of this dty. Re*. E P. Shield* Is about to I aided oeer the Presbylariao church, of r this dty, far thirteen year* pee* and no I only bee be endeared timer:: to bis own [ the respect end esteem of the whole com- < mualty. Be bee mode very many worm per* tool friOPdo who will regard his de- ^ parture free# oor oUy oo oo Irreparable - lore. We tmdaratond that Mr. Shield. ' has received a onauimoae call to the * enter tolT'bta new chatge ot.HH the 1 Bret ef March. A meeting af the eoc ' gregotloo <d the Preebyteriaa church, of this chy. wBI to held oe Monday ereuicg next, fee the purpose of taking action Attob ngpcnl'q^ OmMO. a reap. j

! Wool Cap* May Uterppr Society, I meot wos giron on lost Shtnrdoy evening by the West Cope Moy JJfemry Society. - The program of the eeeniog woo a mC£k , trial of a cose of breach of promise of e marriage. The plaintiff in Ite.flafe wos ( - MM A- Fisher; defeodoot. Captain John ReercS; Jodgs, Geo. H. Reese* Coon- , eel for proeecutlho, Mr. W.'L. Cummlngi. : Counsel for defence. Mr. It & Rolber- f 0 ford; Sheriff, J. Frank Crowell; Clerk ot ' the Court, I). V. CrowdU; Court Crier, f * Mr. Sbrppord. V On the part of the prosecution lhree | J witoroses were produced lo show the loti- ' mac* which bed existed Igtwcen Ibe , ' plaintiff ond defendant, and were resjwetc ircly Ibe mother or the plaintiff. (Mr* , * Bailie Footer), e heck drirer (Mr. Bert. ' 1 Schtllengtr), ond s frieod iof the plaintiff , 5 (Mr* Maiy Edmunds). Tlie defence ' oleo produced three witnemes, a baording , ' Imuer haqw (My* R J.rrowgO;'o conn-' ' try cqusto (Miss Eila Sbcppard); a cliom- , tor moid (MM Clemmie Eldredge). Tie ' plaintiff sued the defendant for domogrr, , ' claiming 1 10:800 for broken heart, ond 83000 for injury to character. Abegtbe , J t rot i many bad been giren by the wltoeme*, bob for prosecution and defense, the " coanael on both tides made elaborate or.' gumenu. The judge then cTiarged the , * jury, laying paritcalor Slrr-s upon tbe ' injury sustained by tbe plaintiff by the , * (allure of tbe defendant lo faWI bispro- '' mise of marriage. He also rolled alien- f 8 lion of the Jury to tbe roonoer in which * the ••mashere" of the period were playing ( * baroc with feminine hearts by trifling ( with Ibeir affection* charging tbe Jury ' that if they toileted thai the eeidenoe in j ' tbs rose had shown Ibe- defendant to be | ' guilty of the chargm a credits should " to rrodered .far tberoll amuunt claimed. TV case was then gitrcn to the jury j ' who retired far a short time for delitora- ! tioa, after which they rendered a terdict f of guilty and damage* for full amount { ' claimed (#15,000) and coat of the conn. Tbe Judge also sentenced the defendant with the extreme penalty of the law which Wto, Imprisonment in West Cape May "lack up." tan ycore; in Cope Hoy City * -iot - twrnir rear*-, in Court House tail. twenty Jail, (

forty year* and lo Bute Penitentiary, year* The court also expressed , bope that when released the prisoner ( would hare reformed, and that this light punishment which tbe law now inflicted ( might leach him oeser again to trifle with ( affections of the confiding female. A Ptoaoont. Affair. " 1 On Boturdsy ersnlog of lost week there a gathering of sererel gentlemen of ( city at Ibe OboHoote, the oocasloo for ( being the presents ion of an elegant gold watch chain and Masonic Jewel to ( S. Magrath. prerious lo bis changing ( residence to Phlladriphia where he U in boaineo* Coloflel Sawyer bad prepared a nice spread of good things, and when each member of the company seated. F. J. Melsia oo tlie pan of the donor* wbo wars at the board, la Magrath feelingly responded In a neat tittle apeech. He felt the expression of esteem by his friends was of the genuine kind, and to calmly my at ouch times Jam what is in the heart b oo easy look. It may to truly sold that this maolfratian of regard b a really 'bright spot in the swiftly poming sr en 11 of our friends change of boor, and we, with many not represented at tbe CoMbel's hospitable board, extend , <Hjr torn wishes to a man whom we bore . always (ouodofrbod logiee no nnoeilaio sound at the crisis Id tbe affaire of life when the word and aid in season are rood . appreciated. The forty-fifth annlreraary of the Bob- • toth school! Id the Coid Spring Preaby. ' terian church came off finally oo Sunday ! criming las* Lang before tbe exercises began the boose wo. packed with people. ' tbe morn of whom being of tbe younger 1 eiu* Tbe dope neighborhood emptied itself talo tbe Old Brick. Long lines of [ reticle* from that lorollty, of rrerr de* ,i i ripi loo lined tpe road store and Mow 1 tbe church for aeretal hundred yard* Pastor Jobnsno oooductcd the exercises being ontnpooed of reritatioo* song* h

addrasaro, and report of superintendents, a We learned from the tarter official, thai c ■ he schools daring the year pom tod fl."ii •Shed Tbe Gape organisation raised fl #337.78. tod expended foe ell purpoees 1 #30115. baring In tbe Irretury #» 53. 1 Odd Spring collected #133 end paid out #78.70 A surplus of #M10 b therefore 1 its treasury. Libraries bare town well r •uppiicd with books and the general in- J crest in tbe Sunday school wort afforded t abundant sat isfoei loo to pastor and people New Tear b looked forward to with i hopeful aolicipetioa of greater acbiere- . I From fifty to aereolj flre people are fed at tbe toop boose. Mr. Edmunds , acknowledges tbe following contribution! j fur tbe support of tbe igsiiiutioa. IWer , Hugbe* #3 00; Jere. E Moony,#* 00. , Jo* Wlboo, #100, Jobs J. Kmtner. lire hasbeb of potatoes; Alton Adam* #3.00. , of food ormnoey for Ibe par- , pose of aiding tbta charitable mmitutlon for tbe benefit ot tbe poor of tbe town . will te gladly reeeired. Bennett -. Club meets trrry night el depends oo ability to MB tough yam* Officer* are chosen from the ranks ef the scire* is this line. At present George b tbe President, James B. Britro. Secretary; R R Thompson, Treasurer. Mamucao Hughe* Right Hand Support. E W. Hand. Chief Oosk and Bxile ' The InataUatbai at nffioenaf Pom 10. a. A. R. took piaro oe Friday eraaing j bm. Fbr so bod weather iters woo a food a* tendance of gueata Pom 70 wot represented by Comrade* Lyons, Tomlin sod ' iomnuneatal music by the .Star e/tkeCrpe , toad. MM AMU Hiyem reoted Is ex oaUeat myba tebotiisi rolled "The Boy*" . Some people are a««sed with an assort . that b aNrerf loiar.n^'rileie b soma . rtrtus and sympathy lo to .got ten by a

While We Think of IXThe day* are pereepteUy longer. ! Did you go around thai squirrel yet' ; A btnloem boom may be looked for next month. "Uncle Epfa" b a natural breakwater Cope May. The Stockton looks grand earn lo its Bishop b conducting a series of. rcriral meetings. The late mocnMereled the kach off as smooth ol a too r. Look out for tbe next number of the Grande 7tau* How bore your good resolutions suxd tbe ordeal of tbe trial. . There b rot a line in the yAd which eon afford lo ship. Spittoons are out of place in a church pew. .They should go. A half dozen entertainments ore oo the : of public report. Tbe reeenue cutter Hamilton b on duty stoat the mouth of Ibe bay. The Presbyterian Sunday ocbool of this city witl now get a new library. David Paul Brown is flubbing a occaidc 1 ske.ch thai docs him great credit. Tbe V. M. C. A. resumed its regular peeling# on Monday evening lost. A coral battle was fought just inside 1 the Cape during the Revolutionary war. To secure long life, so far as sleeping 1 will do It, the bead should to lo the nnrtb. J. Boyd Nixon, of Bridgrlon. was down ' Boturdsy. He registered at the Cbalfonte. The commercial ralue of a porpoise b set down by the Cape May company at ; #25. Ice of on excellent quality b now to. 1 harvested by our wide-awake business ' Walter C Dean, of Wtllet A Qoimby, Philadelphia, is a frequent visitor at Cape May. Tbe Star o/ tht Capt band did web at 1 the O. A. R installation of loot Friday The men wbo tuck tbtir napkin# under ' tbeir china at table are now rotted lonaor- ' Tbe County (Saattr comet to us week- ' ly-fllbd lo overflowing with crisp and

newsy paragraph* . t ) Tbe boy* and girb are having tttDil fun with tbeir tied* Especially at night , Lafayette street "Sweet Violets" will to played by tbe Cape May Comet Band at tbe public , school entertainment. 1 Mr. C. H. Dougherty and family will ' occupy bb floe cottage on Washington for \ s pinion of the winter. If a merchant seeks rest let hint quit advertising; it will be as sure lo come to as hu tax or gu bilL t A dtlxea of oor city owns a floe btack j and while rot with a perfect creeoent 1 shaped spat between its eye* ! Equal parts of oli'of wintcrgreen and olive oU will give immediate relief lo . 1 rheumatic joints soys an exchange, ' Tbe impression one receivea in an ele- ; valor b tbol all stoat bim seems to to ' ' dropping lo tbe canter of tbe earth. Mr* Mary Hewitt did a good act this , 1 week by gathering up some necessaries of life for a poor widow, bring on tbs turnt pike" Tbe steamboat Ware, Captain Janx* ' Deval, ran to Cape May in 1848. and to ' Lewbtown in 1848, in command of Capt. " Mitt ' "Loot Is Lsmdoo" will to produced at H tbe entertainment of tbe Cape May Com t Bond, besides many other attractive nov. ' cities. The old- sport of snow balling was ' heartily enjoyed by ibe boy* and girb loo, oa lo that, daring tbe early days of the week. j. Our streets hare been mode lively since r. Wednesday by tbe merry sleigh toll* j Not for a decade ho» -there teen ouch a ■% snow carnival. e. It ought to ha worth something lo Cape -t May that tor geographical position secures d Immunity from tbo desire cti re force of if northeast storm* 0- Questions foe tbe so nuol ownty exomw i nation of pabtic achaib are being pre- 1 * pared under the direction of County Bars perintendrnt Shield* c- Stammerer* should beat off their sr Hern and words as if they were singing cp* i p

and down the scale. It b said to be a if faithfully practiced. The receipts of tbe Cape May Foot Offoe tha quarter ending Sept. SOU-, were, from sole of stomp* 8,885 78; "the number of registered letter* sent, 894. Pastor F. R Greul, of the Poweitoo A ven oe Baptist church. Philadelphia, edits a paper for hb people called the Beans* We are indebted to a frieod furs Fifucn men are employed in digging up end reiayieg the gas main ou Lafayette street. Tbta b the beginning of a Job that will pat dorou where they are now badly needed. Mr. Lafayette Ware b having a fine yacht built by Mr. W. IL Milb. Il b to cost about #500, and when completed will ft b expected, told its own with any thing in lbs Cape May fleet. De. E F. Wore, wife and infant doughtee hove been visiting tbeir parent* In tbta cUy the past week. The doctor U per1 maneatly located in Wilmington, Del .

' where be b building ep a large practice. Hyacinth* tulips and snow drops are t coming np in gardens with sunny ex- y , posure* Wild geese are abo flying north. F From these signs we Judge the backbone " , of winter b broken. (| We are under obligations to Professor a | Henry Knock. Deputy Superintendent of z. ' Public Initrucllooof Pennsylvania, for t toTbUtoo unowealtE1 ' p Dual forget It! when yoa ere la need l . of north tog In tbe line of dry goods tl trimming* notion* hosiery or fancy or- ! tide* Mr* R T. Brown keep* a oom. t ' nr^terolock b si way* fresh ud sttrsp- a r tie* b I — n Senator Miller seems to bare, as be c | my* unwittingly, drawn a hornets not I about fab ear* by giving offense to the > 1 printer* and especbjly to those who are fl ' members ot tbe Ttmtograpbioal L'nioo. ' • No 71. Tha roam of tbe afbam bob - res*, ui too which Senator Miller introduced into the Legislature bat week, to inquire - s , - printing The Senator chime that the ' ; resohiuoo we offered ea e Joke end that ( it was so considered by the Senate which ' 1 promptly utoed the resolution. If the . i emulation had beau offered in good tout a liou of the typographical anion, but we < tope thai he wo* not so Ignorant of tin .. • I taw LMto'dsbSTttol

County Notes, i Pottsrllle, P*. looks te Angicen as s I desirable gpot for aeaside rtcrestion. i Considerable scUrlty rzuu lo Ibe ihlp- , yard* at Gotten and Deoobrille. j Cfari* Weidy wiU build Are rot tares at ; r Angietea. work on, them to to commenced atoooe. . » A gflrim af Friday night meeting baa been inaugurated in tbe Green Creek Pre* [ bytrrian church. 1 Tbb b the time year tbol givra teacher* . plenty of work to our public oeboob to 1 country district* , Seven charming miaaet did a beautiful e concert reading si the Cold Spring Sunday school ShuiTcraary. 1 Township officers begin to agitate tbe i public mind. The present collector of Middle will not te a candidate for re-elec-1 lion. Tbe toed of a large family op coooty J i gave bb children a gavd square Christmas , preterit each, and then remarked that he ; , was astoabbed at bb own liberality. If ( also marks the spot where perrons in want of ereryday needed articles may find Augustus T. D. Howell bis gouc to spend the balance of the winter to New ' York and Brooklyn. He will abo, daring bb absence, rbit relative* oa long r kbnd. Teacher* of Cape May county will re. . grcl the circumstance# that will probably rouse tbe resignation of lie*. E 1" Shields a* County Superintendent of public in- '• Stilly Hand delivers goids to hb car a turner* to an old fsthiooed \ inkec jumper. Hi* winter market b well stocked . with the test good* and lib prices are reosonsblc. 1 Mr. Looi* N. Thiricn, brother-in-law ol Captain John Reeves sod wife, died at bb . lite residence, 030. South Third Si reel, . Philadelphia, after a long illoem. He will be burled oo Sunday afternoon al 2 o'clock. The OiW^pring^resbjderian chapvl b nrot* tower oo the aoalh point angle. . Wbea the building b completed it will to a very substantial and convenient bouse of F worship. Tbe resident* of coantiy towns will ior form you that their own is the most *c*n- •- diliuog spot in the unlverK. Tbe plain (set b lbs I all country lown* are Ibble to tbb charge, beesuae each Individual has * seen most of this spirit in tbe particular d place in which te ha* longest resided and i tul re# that tii* own loralitr 1# an cxc-p-judges bb

tion lo s general rulp* Cape May feullalng and Loan Association. At tbe annual meeting of tbe stockholders of the Cape May Ssriog Fund and Buildtog Association the following exhibit of the condition of the association was presented by tbe auditor* Tt tto Praidnt and SltMalderi of (Ac Cape May Sarmo Fund and if niUinj We, your auditor*, beg leave to submit to TOU the eighteenth annual report of tlie finance* and accounts of mid association for the y-or ending January 1st, 1884. I "!•** ""*!! n#" ®S5 'iJjn n ~as »*s.*-s M 1 Overpaid due* in dues in advance. #31 00 f Unpaid mbry Becreury 75 00 Treasurer 85 00 indirbible balanoe 3 17 • #46,118 45 ■ 216 Loan #48.900 00 6 loans see'd by d'd 1,900 00 1 Due from members, 417 10 Cash to treasury,- 1.802 83 1 #46118 45 All of which b respectfully tobmiurd. Dated January 11th, 1884. > Josxrn H. Hxxxs.'i , Micas an 8mTn, Auditors. . j H. A. KxXSIDV. } Diss Croak Dots. r Miss Abhic. Chamber* of Tuckahnf. b - visiting Mr*. Lydi* Douglas#. I Captain Nickrreon anfl daughter are now tbe guru of Mr* Annie Norton, c Mr* Jennie Tomlin b ap-oding a few , weeks at her former home in Erie, P* ,r Much to the delight of friends Min Borah Lawrence It at home for the winter. The mouth of Diss Creek U frequently visited by eel spears and uvater tong* s"t The Dime Bodsl wiU give another- entertaionenl oo next Friday evening. Die t forget It I— Miss U Douglim b at home after S ispending a few days visiting friends in p spending few days visiting Inends in t

Bndgeioc and MiUville. Tbe appearance of Mr* Beoexet's ' handsome sieirb was viewed with envy t - by lem favored mortal* , One lady in tbe place boasts of chicken# - at' large as bumble tee* She it wailing for an sd ranee io poultry. " The opirit of improvement toxins to as- t ten itself among our people In the tanuti- - fy tog of borne aurroonding* , ( Wbea the oold «ui breaks there will I > to a taauering of the oyster fleet now In winter quartet* at Dial Creek. r Than. Holmes b taking oyster* oot of i , hi# pood and tending Ihrm lo Phlladelphi* where they bring #12 per M. Quarterly meeting will be told in the * M. E. church, st tbb place, oa Sunday. Preaching by Presiding Elder Walton. « We are sorry to bam of the illnem of O Mr* Lydi* Dnjglas*. but ooder the o skilled treotmenl .of Dr. Linton Ibe b rapidly cocTslesdog. " Now b the time to out op a good lin Me wood pile for text summer's u#e. Few thing! *o help lo keep the temper of n the b»u#5i old's toad swt« es pboty of r good flue! ooo sen lent for immediate use. From Rio Grande. from mo uranoe.

The Bin Grande Sugar Co. boa been ' leased by Georxe G Polls A Co.. Sagor ' Merchant* of 147 Booth Front Street, 1 Tbb mean# toceem to for ' moo b concerned, is they ore men of energy and knowledge. They will pot I tea to I wrier toot of manure per oa their Isrms besides using fartiii- I In tbe hill, and i( Ihb doo't moke camt i grow It will te because it b not Able. Tbe oompany shipped tbb week to a pork packer oat load of tog*— twelve thousand pounds — which more than pays original expense, besides leaving dear one old tog* and two hundred and ; Iweoty-flre stoats and pig*. Tbe "I told you it would not pay." have token e beck sroL This com pan y^baa^beeo the flnu . not ooly good for togs, bat preferable to 1 -Tbe oy Met uien have teen kept busy 1 thb week oxllectmg oyeters trom tin meadows and replanting them. Tbe Ea— torn the late high tide bore i not been oaffieavy as wua at firel emlmatod. Coshen Items. Mr. Smith Townseod spent Friday st Scaliie. Extra oerrieeaare to program In the M. Mr. Thomas Water* T»Ud Hiltoilie on last. Pastor N orris spent Friday lab to tbe dty oT Philadelphia. A now -Hall b .y tha things talked of. Hope it may prove a renltty. Mr. Cabal Carson delights to serve hb customer* with good* at low priro* James Cbeater and A. Tomlin represco , tod Poet 70 at Ckpe May bat week, i Mr* Sophia Oovtrt boa returned to tor , i SjSavSy' y TrtSj

Court House Items. Mr. Enos Marker, of Gotten, box been ■eriously ill, bat U now ooovaleacent. Oor young frieod. Mr. Abeam* it Kill, to charge of the telegraph office >(Salctr, S. J. There w*g*n abundance of good thing* the 'regular romp fire rations of bran soup sad. -tracker* Command! r Gile. Post 40, tasbted to liie installation Mr. M. Howell, of Diot Creek, bos shipped away about three hundred bushels of Ltmt beans since Ite beginning of winter, and they have netted him about : six dollar* per busheL Mr# Hannah Walker, an estimable lady of shoot seventy-fife year* of age, living . at the Court House, tonk a trip lo Philadelphia tbb week; it being tbe first visit in forty year* Sbc think# tbe faalitle* lor traveling bare improved «idee her lost visit to the dty of Brotheily Love. 1 -Out llf Xllf WMHW or fur CdtifT ' ; House are making from five to ten dollsr* [ per day gathering up oysters which w«c ' brougbt on the meadows daring tbe late ] storm, while stone are thu# making money I 1 those who planted tbe oysters hare loft ak ! 1 they put into the investment. ' The romp fire sod pnhlic installation of i ' officers of Post 70, G. A. R, touk pbec } at the Moj-villc House on Saturday even. ; ing lasl About one hundred and fifty ' gueata were prereet end all thotoognly ' I enjoyed tbe affair. We following ore tlie names of the new I officer* of Pool 70. G. A. K., installed on Monday evening last. Oqmmadcr A. J. . - Tomlin: Sen. Vice Commander— D. D. 1 Hureb; Junior Vice Commaodhr — G. W. . e Grace; Officer Day— P. R. Crawford; AdJotont— A. G.- Willi* Surgeon— J. I), r Linton; Chaplain— ». C. 7'hompaoo; Q. , M-J. Abramr. , The body of Hope ll. Rim. late of 1 Goolien. N. J.. who died at Jacksonville. 2 Florida, on January Gtb. arrived al^thc Court House on Tuesday last, and was . buried from tbe teaidcaoc of bb nncle. , Stephen II. Hewitt, on ThuAtoty.* The rouse of death was consumption. He e bad gone to Fi -rida hoping ttiat a milder f climate might prove beneficial, but il was in rain, flii-niotbcr and sister were on their way to hi# bedside, but arrived too " late fur a lasl farewell, lib tody was ■" embalmed and placed in a oeto! casket, and was in s perfect slat'- of preservation " when it ariivivl A wreath of southren ' looked a# calm and peaceful si if in sleep. Tb«d#hool house toll reeei red on un-

fortunate tap and one half now lies to the The Literary Bwiciy bat adjourned for ft . iog/toing held in the M. E. church. I The laic fill of snow lias given a few ' days good sleighing which has heen much pi ' enjoyed by those fond of that sort of sport. not many sleigh* being kept in the comr munity they are in great demand to time j of good sleighing. The recent storm made sad liavoc omoog t tbe oyster* along the *btwr. The heavy i tody "of ke on the sounds lifting them i cle*r of the flats and depositing them high and dryoo the meadow* amnag which the average small toy lias highly revelled. « Our school trustees have wisely dlr- * carded the old healers from the school ' building, as tbey were found entirely in- lc j adequate for the purpose of heating Ihe .# rooms, beside* throwing off a quantity of J gas. thu* rendering the atmosphere un- „ healthy for breathing purpose*. Good new „ - coal stores now occupy their places. u Q One of the Sunday schools of the village a has token upon itself the good work of f. giving bi-weekly religious instruction to " - the Inmate* of tbe Aim* House, eapecblly _ to the children. Those who visit ttem on II j thb tnimioo report great interest taken in the exercise*, and that those able to to present are greatly pleased that so much is dooe for their welfare. t -The following physicians met at the residence of Dr. J. F. learning, ooThurs- , day, 17th tout., and effected a permanent t. 5 organization- of tbe Cape May County . 1. Medical Society;— Drs. J. F. I --amine. J. Wiley, C. F. I /raining. A. Yonng. G. Carl.J.Mecray.L M. Down* II. A- Kennr. # dy, J. Linton". 11. Swain. B. F. Abbott. J. Marshall, W. 8. Learning. J. Ingram and E Way. The committee on Constl- I tattoo and By-Laws reported, and after . doe consideration the article* at reported anfl amended was read were adopted. ATI * the phytlcbns present became organizing w member* by signing the same and paying tbe entrance fee. At two o'clock so ad- t w Jouromeot was rolled and liic society was . invited to Dr. Learning's dining n»*n i. where a bounteous repast bod been spread 1 jr. for the entertainment of the society. The . tobies fairly groaned under their but den# ' of choice delicacies, and a spirit flf good i cheer was manifest. Tbe society has fixed >- on Ibe mi-nth* o? May and November as the 8- time lor holding the regular meeting* At ; the invitation of Dr. C. F. I/raming the cr regnbr meeting in May will be told at bb in residence: Dr. J. Wiley fills tbe position residence. l»r. j. « ney nils tne position

of prrvidrnL—Dc. Way. Secretory, and Dr. I Down* "IYrasnrer. May success attend tbem and their patient* to benefited is our \savllte ScriDDilngs. r We bad tbe pleasure of a sleigh ride r tbb week, tbe Aral of the season with ns. Mr* Hannah Sack was stricken with " paralysis lost week but at tbb date it mncb 1 I totter. , 1 The proprietor of our stage Tine. Mr. A. T. Gsndy. b said to bo quite 111 with ' [ diplberi* . One of our young men is building a sleigh, one of the old fashioned kind, runi net* made of saphngs. We should think . it would bear the weight of two persons ' easily. , [ Oor teach b literally earned with surf ( dams washed up to the late storm and ( I lide. We saw on* ploor on tbe beach i where wa bebevr tto-y were fully four . feel deep. The majority of oor oyrtermrn think 1 [ their loam lave been slight, and rxpre#. f litem selves a* very much pleased to And them no worse torn the effects of tbe Ice and atonu. Mr. Elmer I'*vne, of Beesleya Point. Mr. Ktmer Irayoe, ot ore-leys num. -

hurled on Friday last. The funeral a# Mr. William Guddard, of Palermo, took place no Sunday last. Both were advanced in year* Oor shippers are happy oyer the prospect of a ststloa bring built at Ocean View. - The lumber and brick bartog ar. riscd we hear work will to commcnoxl as Strum. Palermo Notes, i Kain, windjooow. wind, snow rain. Revival services have commenced at the ; Palermo Baptist church, coed acted by the 1 Pastor. Rev. J. G. Eotrikin. Same people are very curious to know ' whether a certain M. D."a calb in thb , place are professional or ooo-profeosionl. Ttoae snowy days arc made more . gloomy by Ihe dismal whistleeg the Fivr . Fathom iUuETxralLl »;p. /ThiriKi. bsard ; plainly at tbb place) — ' , We odeise tie Breoleys' Point and Sooth Smeille Mite Soeielies to appoint aome other night for tbrir meeting*, as we are to Lave go more fair Tuesday* this 1 A young bffir. or ihb place, had a lively time chasing a brown mink serosa tbe • Adds one day tbb week. He flnolly succeeded in driving It into* tree, where it i was shot Mr. Win. Goddard. ooe of our oldest 5 resident* died on lbs lSlblnsL He had teen to a feeble slate nf health for a I number of year* Mr* Floret ta Coram. ; his only daughter, living lo tbbpiooe. has the heart-fell sympathies of ttoeommuni- ' ty to tor tores vemrnt Bit* I Now Jarsay stata Normal and Modal So hoots. I The opriag term of these schools will ] commence m Monday. Fobnrary 18U.. W. HAS**ot«,PriDCspa'.

THE GREAT REDUCTION SALE JOHN- WANAMAKER, Personally. Principal EstaWislmteitt., Thirteeittli and Sltestnut St&, Philadelphia, ' Has just gotten FAIRLY UNDER WAY. . ' ' THE SALE U not on ordinary clearing sale, but b instituted loMhe purpose of carrying oot some important plans. It embrace* almoit— * ercry departmcntTIU) SADE will shop fresh loU, brooghl forward daily lo toko the place of those sold oat. j TlliZ SiULE * ill keep oo with bona" fide reductiooi in virions departments until the purpose aimed for b oocouflbpl.. .1 I • TIIIO tS/kX.1:: ' catologne of Items will to revised every day and published in the morniog Ixdgrr. 7 Vmss and Jitor-t ! The people mar depend on unusual bargains, nnJ a ebit to ihe store each day is recommended. 1 " s,TE— In sending oot ihb list we took out the small lots that were likely to lost but a day or lw». IV e thiuk, but cannot i prtoiisv. that those retained in the list ire to qoaulitics Urge enough to give everyjmdcr a c lionde ot'the bargain-, if a prompt : JOHN "WANAMAKER

Dress Goods. tc«x^|SqrSto£^e,bn^sit ' Wti^.Nlkj^ w~it»d *11 wool Soretum "3*111. setsad^ond ffigurej Novvluta were ti ' "ft'—- ■— ■ — *~ ouomoa Clot as. in rich sgnre* i "P^mE'Srebia'wCTc Sri: now 1* ^ ^ ^ ^

*< !* aimRM 8^rBcTawPuia m . AUMtor #aalltleyroni 15 to » per cent. IV. All Wool xsr" Cbta caret* 0o^rl^U>«v^ , . ^ '",-il^isr ScMch Glngtismt now 1 •W'"- !1™''; Fuaj teoscD Gingnun* xse.; ort»ln*l pure* Silks and Velvets. 'IT^rTTUxTTrt, poor S.T. uo« I <S°L« MsStbawssse. H.5"; cut m Sail. *«. Rlnelr Rnnrifl

Lot wo yds. Biorx Ctonm. !*.: ""**'■ , Lot 1500 Jit- I I ■<* Lupin's Cashmere, at W. . "*** w/s^HSra'u ^tes*S'tn. Wt-k Mouur OoU. VOW .1 Tie; now L* liev'fiu-x rrenoti CVWtl, 41 In.. SOU *1 Jrrwj Clan, son *t »*SO; "wSfk »«a<« AU vr°°1 binawrs.aisfie. All Woo! Black IMsgood. oom at Tie. Trimming Department. 1 ami M TOM*. swoons* fromss I "tire* 0™ltoio?cL.tiiiirrr EmbroUrry, slsorri TStjfi,"*' - p- ■ — - ' ^if^mcotorol f " ,re. from 11 ; Cre^^totirridw^lromM ^'QO. I Lot CbrBlllc Krtuxe rnunos'to to Z oo. ire SsraMoi rnSp t nam " » ■ 't «• i SXT Oraaxnent* rouncril from Mr to tor. XXT trom'xsr iw. ;

?2ri BMJSS SS'teetoXtof" ' xi^nr tra??rSmu* ma? **'" " i Gloves. I Ire catbronw Lined Glovre. lor toparaluced ; 'TS^tMKI^tooveareMm.t.re: ' <toiStoS*t»t^*atoai'i/Sf1' 1 _ Lot Louie*' Castor Glove* *ob at St.W; now _ ,!Tre LaUlco* KM GaunUpfXTreM at XXJO; now , Ui'rem. redooou' Iran fta to t.ai. Handkerchiefs. " 'T Unro.taraorau.rII ' China.

Ladies' Coats and Wraps. : Rusaas CTrrclre*. rij^trtwjmjj. iittck Bocamete Jarotefl^ ^ Hhilrirpn's Cnats and Wrans. :

Furs. * tir.i.t—1 Satin rtsieni. Fur-Lined. Irom Itio , , Cloths., * trevrt*" ImltortoACloaktw In ntnejgrren au-1 i ire' Wool I'luUi. to In. wale, rotneed fromss ^^^'ctotGrjgoi'ai'^iii.l-.. from sl.To re- | Ire n" ji'oril riom j "rrew 'm. Black cioaimg. lonnerly 1* now | ""jre Flack jWaxonaM. aoM at ss^mw^o*^ Laces. J" Jds- To', nun Lore., to be real al one. j ir.inl Ir— l tun farm-r prlrr* KIWI yil* yiarl French tare, to to real ai * j I. r*A^I^l^K!nnr35«!dWUar*odd'*'le«.*l (. ""ire'EawSJwS'e^* price cut m Half. Krai PWOl ami Rral pachere lace* let* ot I: •l^r^nt^wMtq.- Reduced *hout ooo-lhlrj

"ire intra Ural spinna Lace* reduced oue- ' ''lrelTmraa»^l"'reanfCs;«n'"n Sraei# and 175 io *A0; reour.' l rrocii #4.71 to *00; rvdored Ire arerre cWraroiueed Iram^sto^io sac. Embroideries & White Goods. am jsece* jcsrnoc^ I/lgro*^tnd fuscning* - tot. former peiceti.atorTac. ton IremM om*-Sx>:. wVi ■ sw^b^rel^Ecru" ^ereil^^llocirc ' Ladies' Muslin Underwear and Infants' Goods. toe Muslin CHrmire* nsmtwrg cnmmed.froui " • ire FuVqumcd Soiln stiru.rrocn (is to i*oo. msxsfis&stff 10 "w L^HuH^S^ro'n* Toreb<" '^t"Frtl*hne or™*r[r?f*toora' Voders ear rsngln# from S& to S0.M salrt*prices cul exocltj ire ot Children's Wrntor co*u. Leagug* Cho* t'uderweur. al a rtdoctkm of onet'sderweur. redoclkmofoo*

*03 pairs cot*elt, SI and 1 M; down to He. ire to Mlrare' CTmn^VMtom.^HMctocks. s Gentlemen's Furnishings. targr M to Blact Silt Tyeoou Ties put at : "jaiamsle-l rour-ply Unen Caffs, sc. per pair. ! Pe per Cottars and Cul* »>e Wad log Byte* S to to closed oot at naR price. Sr ^ doaen Euopeuder* Sue. a pur. tweat; ; ^.^iWrt-r-iSu'SK' ..v. -e. ; Hosiery and Underwear. t ; ; , qmuterju Fsory ^uloygsMro's llstl llom. , .^tosFreVosntou Flannel Drawer*«own from ' C°tre'' tun'rarutar "mode Brows Mixed now. , " 4*Lto srartetR01ru'a^rhawur*fl 7S- down to ' ' ' ire Mirers' and ladle*' Cardigan Jacket* sgETL— ' • t ^larg* MS to Lera^re Sgiaa Mtt L^mtowila*

Linens and Blankets. ' m SSSwSSsSSt ^L«Wnile*4 llTret*!* suyy^mi w*ei,4 w*> - " ' lre cir °i^S^So^a50wooOl5^*!t* ' pe/e'rei^o7a3^imkeuji5d.p*1t' wulcob" l.'usMan Down Coiufortatde* 00 per oeai. #"j tot of ctuny toco Xa.!rdered"'ri)wel**Vonoer '"lreoai^[ n*^1!80" T"00!? StSSdfor Table Linen, &c. A no© iot. good quality Barxtsley Table Linen, ! Flue trouble PamaaL cream Cqjpeed Tabic i ^Mii-^tiou' -^lismi.1 cream

; - • MnsUiit.. • A gre-1 T-s lilrartoi MasUn at Scl J v MBfinery Colt. ; Ribbons. ' ; Prire- torxuer ' 1 « D T ^ r " Boys' Clothing. ! rrratAandlt'ack.'wrre j j»tr» Boy's Pant* many to tbem all wool. • 1 ^BqbOnnS&MfiMk care.,were* now*. Upholstery Department. IreTiiotod "JtotSed^NtoUMkom lace ' [(2 '"v'STii I*c* c^r,,u,1■ J, '"w Tsmt-ured Swias curtains, reduced from Finer eradee to ssmr preiporUon.

tw »sr.7. Laiuaee-tnux Furniture piuoa, wea iaoo Emnruidemi coon Table ajrer*: ^lalirotdered carta PlanoCovera: a Bric-A-Brac, EtG flruoxe^ond Bra-sGoiats. togetnerewtia s large I ^ iipera GHss sbatos'tii saire, red need trom Tlj. 1 fre reuIlM FarCBsgftemrclj1,soid "Fancy Card' cam* Ponfotb* Ac.. Ac.; from arenecerearlty sjjtue relied aod are^marted at » Stationery. I xs I'luh Ik.xea to^Iraper^andEnveiopm lor ' ''uai' Pmrti Pbofo"Ani*ms at SX, warumncn I miro !!!^MH!bttir ptupo Albums

Shoes. *' ctttdrroaretele and straight Goat. Sl*re»x "caiSrrow'lvSle and Kid Button Bool* Blocs 7 A^to'tm KM BtoXOO Boll* Blxee T to is.v, "SSto wiwrtoOoii Batioa Bow* Buret ™Ahretor Mi'pwtSeOrex Bottoo Bool* kt TS so 1 cxuMnaa Feteb Gosx nolmorab. xi.wtose !^X'iLSra:rFr4a-h''KM' Bboe* hand rewsd. fromSTAS to *•* Another krt. from t*aeto ire. Men* Franca Oalf, Bmoddiewad lac* "Sf" £yra*"FWncti Calb UandJiewea lace I# io S* ^ Carpets. , wytoi very tout nooBlj Vertm cwpet. Cmpi*'™>wn -TT

i- Vorr marked reeiucriiof have be*n made in tbe too tboarend and new every 3sy and useful articles In "oarekeephlg-Md '' tower IllTSogro -k* to iZved, freight paid, -Uhin . radin. nf 300 mile* during the continuance of lW* Excursiou parties from the country ran dab together and have their purchases delivered in one handle. Il teems qpllc 21 certain Oot no such opportunity as thb will be offered tocb again. Chestnut, Thirteenth Snd Msrket Street* lohli WanaiTiaker. and City Hall Square. J