• s.So p*r Annam. la tdiinn * .. T ■ * « Iceland anil (Sounfjj. f The mntreeiforteytae'hf flnnr.rrecMns * mm) finishing rt* building* nf tlx Cape 1 Mar Ooran »Vr tu hevo awarded by ita* * rffirxr* o» rtx eooqmy » Mxwtw. Williams 4 Cexedy, of "this «Hy. Tbe 1 eneriraa for tlx mad work *u executed oo Mcmrtsy lax, and work ni hegtm tod * tbe HnnberoederedUwaameday. Drellrta f wondea pier te being torn down and it* T lumber fnr the approach and entrance building' te oow no-lbe ground and In a o day or two tlx cnolraetot* arlll bow a * lam* fort* of men al work . Tbe terms of d tlx oootract rrooire I be buildings lo be h completed In rrery detail not later ibao P the frwrtfc of July, upoc which day it la a ' expected Ul opai'tbe pier to the public, c Tbert U little doubt twl Measra Williams ' 4 Oaaaedr will eomplrte the woak aritbiu ' the apec fled time. The Btocktpn annex 1 am built and completed by tbrm in fifty- * arren day*, and tble lon.in aplte of tlx fact 1 that twenty-fire of tboee day* wprcjaonny. J The Phrenlx B rider Company report thai S tlx manufacture of tbe Iron ia piagu'tata); « and that tbey.expret to begin tbe erection n of tbe Ime woak tbe laat of ncxt.wrck. a It will require Dearly ear en bundled and u fifty tbouaand prarads of iron and about c tbe aame number ot frel of tbe beat yellow c pior. Imnber to be o*rd-io tbe eooatructioc fl nf the pier. Much «t the lumber can only be obtalbed In Ux Booth and tbe order for t It waa arm down by telegraph on tbe day * tlx contract war signed. and U already k ahlnprd and oo the way North . " Tbe firw eaaewamenl oo the subscription* n to tbe atock of tlx pier baa been collected t and paid oeer to tbe Phreolz Bridge Company. amounting to $S000- Tlx- autiacnp. a tinea are locreaaing each day aufl only a t eoaparatlvriy small amount ia now needed * to complete tlx eoterprtee. ' There ran be no doubt that the atock of n lb* Pier Company will pay a bandaanr a dieidand. and we feel no beaitalion In a recomendtag it as » aafe taveeunent to all t thoac Wb" bare targe or email auma to f -In eeat. A tide from l he fact of lu being a good tarexmrnt, ail of oor citizens t and property nwnera ahould make it a I matter ef doty to help forarard an enter. * priae which will, berocd doubt, be of " satold benefit to Cape May. 1 Tbe meeting- cat! led in tbe Armory on t Monday eaeolng to take tbe reception am! I entertainment of tbe Birth Kegimrnt Into f moaideralion area prodded oeer fay Gototxl 0. W. Bmllh. After an interchange 1 appointed to manage the whole butinee*. 1 Their name* are: Mra. 0. W. Smith, a Mrt. Newell. M re. E. Clark. Mr*. J a inc. I Bail*. Mr*. Barry Doollllle Mra. Baraorl • Swain. Mix Etnma Btltea. Mra. Harry • Rereea. Mm G Olark. Mix Linda Ware ! ami Mr*, l.tr/ie F-nlrikin. Herbert Ed. I mnnda and B. W. Hand conatiwied a committee to aralt oo city council in refer. 1 enre to aid and reception. The meeting adjourned to con erne again next Moo day ' earning at the Armory. ' Tbe committee appointed to make ■ arrangement* foe the ralerulnmant of the ' Slate Medical Aaaoclatlcn.which mreta in I thtecKr rat June lttth and 11th, met at i the office of Dra. Maretr 4 Meony, on i Toraday evening. Preliminary arrange- | ed. The aecretary of the meeting waa in- • X rimed to reqoeat tbe Soperinteodenle of | tbe local railroads to arrange for an exenraioo to Oapr May Point and Bewella Point for Ux benefit of our elailora. and alao to reqoeat life krrprr of L. B. Station No. 39 to gieg an exhibition drill. We treat that all of car citizen* will tend a helping band In pmridtng fnr tbe entertainment of our medical gtxata. Now tliat aurceaa ia crowning tbcefforla rxceaa effort* »

of ibnae who haee tern foremost In « working UP pier Work, and placing Ux >h hnpnreemeot on a firm financial baste. it 'twill be in oaater to ceaae finding fault with ' OepeMty jdnck and poWie spirit It U •! an eary to onofleann. The woada Bow to *; clnmlly. in mex cm*, as In quite be- 1 wilder one when tbe aoereaaful teemlna- " lion of Ux pier project baa been affirmed. But now ltd* Improertnent ia placed be- « wood A reasonable ehanoe lor a failure, n JoNJreT *bO0ld l0j° gCOer*' it lart^'^Srlsl^rtiS^'S^he'Thi^/" C foe want of uxaoa to catch them oo the « "fly" an to apeak. Tlx memory ia too g treachrroua.it will not do to troat toll Tke bewt plan for the dlfficqlty win be to b haee at band a pencil and table*, then . what t* tbougbt to be naeful may be Jotted A down lot future lefeiaoce. Our dally out. b lit for gathering tbe crumb* of thought c that fall m our war aflnuld never be re t, garded aa. campieta without Ibese bead y J Tb# practior of uainr vacant lota In tbe q 5SS£Ss£€2 5 of Ibebkxebaaoa tbe fair face of our city. , bare a eery centra) kymtlon.tbe matter of t deeming them op by manebody aliould be „ •tiandrd to without delay. Ami It could , all ba aconmpliabed at amali rrpeoae hv , mooring the rabbtah. pkxghlng, and r aprinkiing of lawn graaa aeed. Three May , akowen will aoou -bring about a wander- „ fnl cfaanfi* If tbi* ba float. Hereafter the New Oalomkia to to be an r ali-tbe-year-reond-booae When it* door* f are opeoad for gomt* tbli anmrnar, tbey , are apt to be dcacd al the end of the i faattonab'x araww of anmmeryna aide life. , but will remain flgoreatlrety awung hack , for the whole year. Thia fine hotel b , well arranged foe a winter residence an I , It will be no doubt largely pXrooized by , tbe trading public and by tboe* who may „ ariah to try a winter by tbe ocean Mr. W. P. Walton The* been ia town th» work ia tbe buainex Intcrnaa pf the Philadelphia /Vex. He U making arrenrc- i meota faraaeurieg a full tbare of public , patronage for that Metropolitan Jonrnal. < Tha p^» h. wide|T , malmL Beridm Ua otiUty iq ll.ie direc. : paxnd toreltaaa whm"ibe*umm*rie*»-» ' arriea*. Tbao aa a work of art Ox px* - J

Obttuary-^EKgnou-iU mdhiiMCT Km*. Cenarwe'lMt Me to tbe *M yrar of nu I Jodre Reeeea ana born In thia muoiy In 1802 and fired here nearly all hx life • , i For a cumber of *tar*brbaithemaffl>cted ' with axhma and breri dieraar which , cauwl him a grtwt deal of pain in hi* lax ' "S, oner*' are* held hi Odd Spring I Prpabyttrtea church oil WednewUy. lie ff tn*f . bt* [ww or Ree. A P. Jobiwno . officiating aaatwrd ly Ree, Par*** TAewl and Judge Dtecrty long time , acanajniapor* and friend* of tbe deceaaed. The text ne-d oo tbe occaalou waa in Gen. 23; 8 1 "Then Abraham rare op the gboataod in a good old age. an old man and < full of year*, and waa gathered to hi* people." 1 He gaer up the ghoat. thai la. breathed out bit life, and thia waa to blm UX hardeat part of drlng. for erery breath waa drawn with difficulty and pain during hia dan. But hi* pain waa wholly c phratcal. for he bad no fear of death. He wailing with patience migration tbe ' call from lahor to refreahmeal. Desiring depart and be with Christ which waa ( better. He waa eminently a good man. Thia waa reident not because of what be , •aid. *o much at from bit manner of life. area a man nf frw word., but a man of principle firing tip to hi. principle*. Hrre profession was nothing, but firing .fit eeerthlo* with bio. He was a akl • nntlring adencate of total abstinence from all thai intoxicates, and did not fear to i uar 111. official influence to Ufialodge tbe of Intemperance. In his- death tbe , cauae of temperance baa lnat ooe of ita . supporters. He waa a good man in all Ua relation, society. All frit that in him tbey bad [ friend. The thia by wbtcb be was best ' expresses most clearly tbe feeling of the community toward hit He wis ' not known a* "Judgr Beeyeat l eyery- t body knew bim aa "Uncle Afi ' He took a deep interest in I ' Sanday . schools from their first cstshlianmcnt in • this county and was connected with Ux school of Cold Spring church for mere , than 40 year*, being lt» Superintendent for , more than 16 year*, and when unable to and only last Babhath arss elected aoch in ' the reorganizing nf the school aa It entered tbe first lime tbe new chapel. This old church brld a large place In I his affections. He became a member of I May Soi.lfitfl. 44 yearn ago today, lie elected s ruling Elder and ordained | May Tib. 18M. and aa a Member and an c Elder baa been faithful to bta truau. He waa a firm supporter of the weekly , prayer meeting and preaent when it waa , possible for him to he. ready to dobia part to the bml of his ability. Tbe Bible can ae waa dear to him and : be eerr sought to promote lu inlcresia. late war in going 10 look after tbe "hoy*" ' aa he called them, to care far tbe sick. and i lead aid asd onmfort to them as be was able. Going and rrtnrning with them and , cheering tlxm in tlxir erdnrex struggle | Many today cherish with tender regard his arrrieea In Ibla particular. , So are find In l anyguod work be waa a . beloer. doing what he could. 1 He neeer accumulated ranch of this worlds gands so that It was not for bis ; wraith that be aras respected. He had no great adraatage* of learning i and it araa not educational aquirement< which won the hearts Of tb* people. It , waa not bis oratorical power*, nor hi* sectarian or party attachmenu.for bo waa a man of catholic spirit. The estimate of tb* people a. to bis character la clear from . the fact of bil appointment aa a Judge in . our county corn* with no thought of tbe r matter by himself, and bl» reappointment . being secured try a petition signed by three t fourths of tbe legal yotera of the county. i Irreapectiee of party affiliation. A fact ) which gaea bim more real satisfaction t than any ooe thing that occurred of late 1 year* because It was a manifestation of r reepret and confidence by hi* fellow Htitens which ba highly appreciated. Friend*. It la well for ua to sak foe lb* a secret of thl. confidence and reaped. secret ooufidenoe am! respect, u

What more fully anrwrra tbe question ii thief he wsa befieeed to be on konat saon. tbe "noblret week of God." o , There is In all ocrbearts something that a arnroefa of a atraitforward course in firm „ adhereno* to dor enneidloaa of right This he did. He was a Cbriamin man. strict In bla integrity before Oo,! end man. £ Earthly tltk* sod bnoniibebridln light r esteem. Ttx pomp and shew of rartb bad no attradion for him. Principalities and had IHtle Influence oeer bim. but * 'he faar of God asd Arm trust in tbe Lord " Jtsns Chrtrt w*a tbe diatlngntsbiDg char- b adrei.'tc nf hit Bft Self area DMbing. was all and Ip all. To lire be wa. « wlV 'In*, hut in flte seas gsttL And be was c gathered to bla people. » Many of tbe crenganlon* of hia youth bad gone "on before, and be fell that tbey , were wsl'inaJor l.lm oo tbe better shore. ( those® ort dear to bim were bb , breslxrs Da.id ami Andrew, whose death greatly affected him. so that, be erased not , to think and apeak of tbem during bb life. died younger, and perixps waa not ni atroogly attached fur thia reason. One sister alooe of hi* fathers family. Mrs. Teal. 74 yearn old. remains here betow. ' and be it added to the happy company ' of the redeestxd in tbeir bl-aa d home. ' At lest. In peace. In that bright world 1 where pains and sorrow* are unknown We think there moat bare been a happy c meeting laat Monday morning as bis freed t spirit with lu retinue angel* from Ux i realms ef the Messed. Tbe hallowed association of earth are renewed and , mad* purer and more abiding than err r. , He will be mbadd greatly. here. In the , church. In the Sunday school, in tbe | mourn here only because of nor own lew Bat we shall bear bis euice in coonsi 1 and . and warning no more: But If we will, we may profit by whet he has been to ot, and it remains for ns to aay what that profiting shall be. Let u. cherish hia ' as blessed and let h proee more ' and mere so as the yean mil on till we meet bim and the hired redeemed with ' out Redeemer la that world of Joy. Col. Geo. W Smith, baa door aa am mount of work ia bb line thi. spring, and baa done much to render our c-fitagre and hcteb atlrartiee. Among tbe building* tha'ha*ererwi**d tbe iwoefll of hi. excellent taste and workmanship b Congress Hall, which baa been imaxasurabiy improeed by a cost of light pearl crib* with bronze green trimminga. which baa always made aoch an nnfaei*j!^M^uondb° b^UhTl'^w^illa. 'ba. ' also painted both outside and In.id# in a manner that is highle creditable to Oil. Smith-Bod b a real specimen of decnraliee i Skh^retarnmkST'lmprtxS^C? ' Smith, asd bb rffleieol corpo of paiotera. ' Mr. Henry C. Lea's fine cottage oo Grant > at res*, drab with chocolate colored trimming". Ux Wood collate oo Wood street, dark buff with bronze and red trimmings. ' 1 and there are many other Job* which re- ' | flrd greal credit ap-u |C» ktdgbi of the ■ We are glad to know that the offior Is 1 staff of the Sural'*] b to be. partbfir at • least, filled whh Cape May men. Mr. McCWiao. [be proprietm. baa wiwly rogagrd Ux aerTiors of Mr. A P. HlWreth. I aa chief room Mark, and Mr. Sorooel R. ilSfSSEDSp r I dert^m^Ooogrre. HalhMd^Mr. d j MF. UornerisdSgaiiiriy bnaioeaa. i iw SbSJffiS.Sl.1 £T3

Cottage* are being rented dally. There are tlOO boys ia Girard College. | Clam chowder II a faeorile aea shore ' diali. St. George's Hall b getUng a coat of paint. Tbe early aiTleal ef tbe cackoo presages weather. , Tbe indications for a proapernua amaon are mnltiplyiog. Clam-roua aea gullaare most noisy when tbe tide b out Ttx A M. E Church building b.aow undergoing repairs. Ttx "Light of Aab" begins to loom up the Wearers horizon. An arrage reader can pronounce from to 880 words per miaulc. Preparations are being made for opening tbe Stockton at an early day. Tbe Medical Amocbtion wUl bring to hboreafitO represents tire men. Subscriptions are piling up for Ux entertainment of the Sllth RegtmenU Froth slock of good Wall brushes at stationery and rariety More. The gold finches are banging tbeir neare topmost brmodxa of tbe loftiest trora. Capital b now tending to tbe am short asd Cape May b getting a fair share of iL Cape MaT b bobbing arresely up on the surface of the summer am of prosperity. Both tbe Stockton and the Windsor will open their doors oo the ?ih of June. Nop that tbe^grax^b gTOwingu will be Tour*. Tbe king-crab baa received lu scientific tame from tbe manner in which lu eye* The ff.n prioUng house U fully equlped to do all kinds of work knows to tbe guild. Congress Hall Lawn has a new flag pole which aboou Into the air to tbe height of feet or mine. The- iron pier marks a forward more, mem all along tbe line* of Cape May 's , business interest* , Next Sunday areolae b tbe regular monthly children's aorrloe In tbe M. K church of thb city. Mr. Thomas William*, father of Mr. E. William* of thb city, died at Atlantic ' City oo Tuesday last. Tbe am fog reils tbe afalp and ber aatU ux sight much quloker than the departing day can do it. Decoration Day will sooo be here. The C. M. C R. boyi will parade oa that day ' in bright new uniforms. ' Tbe strawberry festival given by tbe C. I M. C. B., oo Friday and Saturday evening* last was a financial sooceaa. Last Monday, for acrtarly In tbe spring ' drcidely. warm. The thermometer I shot up to 80 in tbe early afternooo. ' There will la all probability bean rxI cars ion train to this city an tbe day of the Sunday Befool Ceoveolloo, June 4th. 1 John Aklns gifea notice to tbe public that be will open bb popular ice cream 1 parlor* oo Tuesday next tlx 13th lnat. . Mr. M. C. Swain, baa Juat completed a , job of paring for Dr. Phynck. which does him Urge booor as apkilled mcchaolc. J The gentle south winds, and summer ■ skies of oor fashionable season make the t satis in the distance blii and tall like I moths. i Memucnn Hughes' cottage oo Hughes f street baa been leased for the reason, i President Pous, of tbe Rio Grande sugar a works. ' We call attention to tlx new adrertlae1 meat of H. Harris, practical npboburer. r Mr. Harris b prepared to exacntc all orders • promptly. „ More men were lynched tor Ux laat year in our common oountry tbaqjfere legally executed under aeotenoo of courts , of Justice. *Tbere will be a special inspection of e Company "II" on Moo day evening next t. the 18 lnat. A full aUeodanoe of members IX mat, A lull ..cmaM VI UJUVVOI r

Mr. L. A. Scott has rented lb* Gregory " cottage corner Ocean street and Columbia „ and will bring bb family down next week. The first drum of the season has been . caught by Burr Bennett, and tbe flm shrepe biad by Wa Townrend and A. ^ P. Hildreth. 01 Birds are enormous feeders. If a man ate aa much as a robin in proportion to his size be would demolish a whole ibund of beef at a meal. James Thornton has bad a successful P1 operation performed upftp bb lip for " oo Wednesday last at Ux Uolver- ® •its of Pennsylvania baspitaL r Black haw fishing beguile tbe boy* to _ wayside streams with rod and Una, Bome ' specimens are caught In Ux fresh ■ water creeks op Ux county. The Stockton staff thb summer will be A largely composed of Cape May men. long and favorably known to our summer x guest*. We note thb Item with pleasure. TbaCarbton House, Cape May Pniot M will open for gtxata oo June 25th. This w fine hotel b pronounced with all modern ta oooveoienoe, and Ua location b within a few fset of tbe sea U church, and why U b that aay ooe should ► use that tarred place t* bring themselves into unpleasant oooaptcnouaoesa was o always a marvel b> oa Rev. A. P. Johoaoo, preached in Ux pulpit of tbe Presbyterian cbnreb of lb it city oo last Sabitatb. Hit sermon both morning and evening was highly apprecx- , ted by tbe congregation. ° Tlx 810 Grand Army suits oo Ux counters of Ux People's Reliable More „ svsys E stand all kinds of exposure. j The citlzeni of Moont Holly will enter- t i tain Ux Seventh Regiment on Ux oocarioo c . of Its visit there for Inspection oo Ux 81st li . Inst, and tbe citizens of Cape May will ' tlo the same thing by Ux 81xth,afew days [ later. ' " Tbe office of the Pronaylvania Agency ' of A & Barnes 4 Oa. Publishers of Ux ' * new National Series of school books, baa ' txen removed froot WO Market street to . t 1086 Arch street. Philadelphia, wbara Mr. 1 A. P. Flint will welcome all visitor*. ' Mre. Fnrgnaio, formerly of Newklrk't , cat age. West Care May has rented for t ' tbr sraaon of "84 the old and favorite * "Titmpnt " Rhe b now Uving it , tboro^hly cleaned from 'roof togronnd ( * fl wr. Tb* bouse ought to do a good | I Captain Snrntxr Marey b a candidate for by Judge of Ux county, to fill tbe E eecancy caused by tbe death of Judcr | , Keeraa. He has qualification* for tbe . L place, and would no doubt fill tbe office. , If appointed, with credit to himself and , ,t aatbfactioa to Ux public. i A more perfect trsbm of Lite Baring , , Service abqutd ha devbed before Ux tea- t 1 ton enmnxtxea. Tbeatyoagtrt tortgu- * reapooaihility, as b ntoally managed it botthe necessary element of confidence, that tb* pabtic baa a right ta demand. jj Oor gifted young to wna woman. Mix r A beta Haymat. pronounond ber new ire- _ tut* "Srif Riliance." at Cape May Coort ' Hooaa rat Tunredav evteing. Tb* C M. t C. B. furni^rd t^^moalc^^r^mlng j * lecture spoken of by those who weir ' i- p™<»« " • aaceraa. re Mr. Bamoel Linmweavs, of tbe firm of r. Lice Weaver 4 Wallace, pntribbna of the I a featm, waa oc tbe Island oo Thunder. . . The first baut of tbeir spier hnb paper may be looked fx oo Ux Cane May ex- ■ Ptrea train. <x Ux lfitk hast. Tbe Strum . « b already being dbtrfbutod oo Ux^Atbn1* tic City rexta We omitted the names of amar pmral,A are. workers in Ux Band of H«pe when tn akriMreportwra I

; neigbborbood. j " Tbe king-crabs are here mochto tb* : drligbt af Ux pigs and ch bkena. It A fish hawk has as scat rtghl over the , road in tha Talxrnacb txigbixubood. j l Tlx comer at ooe fx a Catholic church ! waa laid al 6ea laic city early in thia week- n Owb are easily tamed and are iBaa « interesting pets. Tbeir solemn air* mat*' _ tbrm very amusing The Dot Creek Relief Asaodaik*. pre- ■ ° sent* each ot its member* with a oral certificate of meqibrrehtp. ' Due of Ux prettiest and moat wide- ■ awake viltafm b Green Creek. What, P with the oyxeriug buaineax and Sugar b Catx industry, the peopk are kept busy c A Middle Towaahlp man's Insurance r g policy expiring be nodertook to aatid Uto I tbe office of Ux company for renewal, but p „ Instead, by mistake, forwarded hb mam- s age oartifloate. That was a renewal Uxt was promptly declined- C Fishing Creek Drum beds are stocked o with an enormous growth ofebros. brought t. 1 to the spot by tbe udes wban Ux hi reives it were In tbeir first stage* of growth. Bury a * worker* are raking them op for future '• margins in the market i, * Tbe Presbyterian church, at Green a - Creek, b M be improved by 4 tower in c e which there will be room oo Ux lower a . floor /or vestibule and library room. Tbe i; » work b lo be begun at once, and compleled in a couple of moolht. The coat , will be about floflO. I ,» Tbe Young People's Society, of Green h Creek, gave reading! from Longfellow's J . Evangeline on Satordfy evening last, on- 3 dor the management ot Pastor Ingram. * There waa a good attendance. The pro- ( coeds of a generous collection will be de- , T voted to tbe reading onion of the society. , ° Soch periodicals aa 8t. Nicholas, Tcnlh'i , Companion and Harper's Young Folks ( a will be circulated at once. This is a step f in- the right direction, and good result must come from tlx well directed labor* , e.f Mr. Ingral^ and bis oorps of young ( , belpcre. "Successful men" is tbe genera! euhject of the society'* present work ^ is tbe literary field. Bay Sid* Billows. Farmers are busy pbnling corn and Ic Lima been*. i King-crabs are abundant where no oysb ten are planted. t K Weak fish are abundant, and tbe home I market bglutlcd. is Tbe public schools, of this vitality, I T will close next week. Patient drum fishers have been rewarded ' -• Ibis week by s small catch ( Tbe sail meadows along Ux these are ( now of emerald green color. 8 Mr. O'Ouooer, of Baltimore, sod Mr. '' Dilk* were amoog our visitors for tbb , Brack parties are oow in order. Angle- t 3<" sea Menu to be tbe mrat popular objeclive point. 1 10 Mr. and Mra. F. T. Norton, or Diss 1,1 Creek, have been spending a vacalioo at | Ditclxster. Tbe Greeo Creek Union Sunday-acboo1 " will bold iu tiHirib anniversary on Sunday evening. May, 18ih. " Mix Matiie Tuttie, ooe ot Baltimore's fairest daughters, is to spend tbe summer at Captain Tuules, Dial Creek. Tbe Piereee Point oyrtcr grounds are said to produce plants of most ex- „ celient flavix. You may gel tbem at tbe Bay View House _ Tbe late heavy north-west wlods was hard oo tbe oysters planted sdong tbe shore. Th.*e put out sine® are doing Aral ciax and making rapid growUt. Tbe Delaware si, ore now presents a „ busy scene, oyster and fishing boats arc striving and departing baurly. There are thousands in tlx bay, and oar people Xnow bow. to get tbem out. ™ To be sure of getting your order *; promptly filled for what may be needed ip tjic economy of the household ia a great. in economy of houwbold is hi

scab modal ion. T. P. Errieaon, Green Creek, squares up to tb* riandardof «x- pi West Cape May items. a ' Tlx Literary Society held it* last meet- g; ing for the season on Tueadsy evening, fitb inst. o At Ux last met tag of council John b Johnston was apprinted street supervisor o and John O. Bbcppard maranai. at Mtwar* Hairy and Walter Kelly, employe** of tbe gold-braUng eatablianroent, with their wive*, returned bom* on Tuesday evening from a visit to friends in . Philadelphia. V Rev. G. H. Reeves spent a few days in » and Camden, visiUng tlx t M. E CoDferenoe now In aeastoo ia Phils- p dalphlax He waa railed home on Monday, d 6tb inst., by Ux death af bis uncle. Judge II Abraham Reeves. Mr*. Furguaac has moved from tbe a kirk Cottage oo Broadway, and U t now heated al tlx Tremool House, Cape t City. Her little daughter. Florence, a will be greatly mixed by Ux Oapr Sal- a bath action!, of which six waa a nxmtxr. i Ttx West Cat* May oorre*|xxd.ni of [ riu* hat not had tbe pleasure of not- t Ing any new arrivali from "baby land"for aontetinx- It la rumored that be took a 1 trip to Chester, Pa. for Ux tow purpose 1 of gazing on tbe fal- face of ooe of these. ■ to bim, indispensable articles of bouae- t keeping. . At a meeting of tbe directors of Bra- i ville Camp Meeting Association beta I April 8d 1864. tbe following preamh e I asd resolutions were adopted: ' For aa much aa it bath pirated Al- I mighty God In bla ail wise and afi.cti: g I providence to take from us our much t loved and crteetned brother Rev. S. B. 1 be it' therefore resolved. That in i death of Rrv. 8- B. Jarman this aaaocialioo baa lost noe of its most useful, re- i as sjJ waveallte that weare deprrejd social and deemed ftiecd. and that we will ever eberiah the most eanxtt affection for Ux many christian virtues of our firar departed hrotber^ and fellow taborer °8rd. Brmlotd, That we sinoereiy aympalhlw with hit deeply afflicted widow, and- would fareok* for ber tbe choices: ioaa of Ux widow's God. 4Ut. Reariaraf. Ttrat a deceased and each of oor county papers pobHcatiQB. Comnnncamtnt. The graduating exercise* of Ux pupils : in Oat* May County for 1881 will take 1 place as follows: On Monday, 18th fnaL; ; ft.) At 8 p. m., at Booth DeoaU for 1 schools 5, 8. *18. (8.) At 7A0 a m at Cape May Court B tsuae, fat schools 16, 14. : 4 80. Oo Tuesday, Ux 18th ta*L, at . i . 0a HapH. 1 Mr. A & Little bat Ua band* full of i 1 buainex in bla line. He baa Juat com- ] plrttd Ux painting of tbe cottagea of : I bete now applying hU artistic brurti to t*a ; - Marine Villa- j t j . Mr. F. Bonner, Aortal, willnffrr at pub- 1 t lie aala on next Saturday. May 17th. a ' .! large variety of plants, trees, flower*, t hanging baskets, 4r. See poster*. This I wUl be a rare chance for oar people lo secure ptenu and flow*** for brauUfying r thvir raid*- -! The C- M- C. Band-txreby exprex tbeir * hearty thanks In Mr. Nash, for the ux of i ball, to Misses Unda Wa re. Lootea Ware, 1 Lraitea F'.x. Mamie Gila.AboaBmkh.Mrek !- Koenlg, Mr. and Mrs. Quid-xt. for Uxir n ms nuance a'- the Band's Itqtlral last week. !' If yea fnl languid a «*T tired as tha

Sbb Isle City Murmurs. ' E Sil renin* and family are stopping at ; tbd twin cottage. < Mra. C. D. Bell pill open her cot- ; tage next week. I A. Gordon opened hia hotel oa Bator- 1 I day last and is all ready foran early arasoo. Friend Jobs Giggan it ben making arrangement* to open bis lfiuiadriphia Bouae oo June lstReaara CbariaBcbehingerand Richard Tbompaoo, ot Oapc May City, made ua a 1 Mtort visit en Turaday Mr. J. B. Young baa taken Ux Roadaic ' outage. It Is handsomely fitted up tor a ■»i3mb boarding house. Mr. John Qutan. or PbUedelpbia. ia , lots graded sod bis couage put in complete oroar for the seaaxn Tbe Sea Isle Cornet Band ia making rapid progress, under tbe training ot Manahan. Tbry were able to j play two pxena Is a wery creditable manoo Turaday evening. Tbecnratnietion of tbe Sea Me and Ooean City R. R. ii progressing, over mile of tbe track lias been laid ao that tlx construction train can carry lira, and other materials Deeded for the In every direction oew cottages are seen conrve of erection. By the time ti,. acaeofi opens at least ooe bandied new cottages will have been .built since last bra! dra scvetal hotels and boarelAmong Ux arrivals of Ike past week, D. Hollland. B. Eiflrth. D. A. C. Seaman. 8. Cheater. W. SilberMix Carrie Holme. W. C. Lloyd. Bcnczct. 11. F. Doohulc. Profemor Mix Anna Learaining. We are glad lo bear of.lhe safe arrival of Rufus Godfrey, with hia Dewjveaai I and crew, who have been missing for Their aafe arrival was reported Wilmington. N. C., oo Tburaday. About five hundred people witnessed tbe imperative ceremonies attending Ux laying ol the corner none for tbe new church oo Suoday. A large excursion was brought down from Philadelphia. Vineland and MiUrille to witness tbe event ^ S^avllle Scribbling*. Several of our f aimers have finished planting tbeir corn fields. Nearly all Ux Italians at work on tlx pew R. R. bavc been discharged, this bethe reanlt of tbe strike last w eek. Our setae fishermen are happy, weak flab having arrived. Mr. J. Wright caught twenty-seven string* ot weak fish one day I tbia week. About two hundred people attended tbe . iocs connected with tbe laying of the corner stone of the new Catholic church at Sea Isle last Sabbath. Captain I. Sharp, of schooner J. G. ■ Schmidt, has been gone over five weeks since be left port, a vessel which went lo - sea the aw dav arrived the- past week. At this writing no tidings have been reeeived from Captain Rufus Godfrey, he , w ua reported by a vessel as being spoken [ six hundred mile* cast of tbe Bermuda Islands. on UX 6. L and O. C. It It bridge. The pile driver and pile* having been towed 1 of piling have yet lo be taken down from ' Ludhuns thoroughfare. i Tuckahoe. [ Now te Ux time fnr tbe inevitable pedMr. J. Huffman. Court Hguse. was In j. town on buainraa last week. , Daniel Smith and Samuel Hand paid AtbuiUc City a flying visit Utis week, a Mre. Joseph Camp and daughter have e gone to Snow Hill to spend Ux summer, e Mra Rae Marshall and Ell* Birdsall are a both rapidly Improving. Mr. Prank Stifle is still very HIT Mrs. Jarman will aoou bare a sate of ii household goods, the exact dale of which l has not yel been fixed. not yet oeen nxeu. Tuckahoe has always been considered a 7.

pretty place, and tboae who ace it bow in „„ its spring attire will verify ita claim. Sp Mra. George Ogden, or Philadelphia. . down Mondsy crenlng, accompanied _ by her liUle eoo, to vteit her mother, Mrs. , Sarah Steriman. / Colonel C. IC Powell will remove part , of bla store stock down lo Ux new store m the river. He will alao have a sale go next Tburaday to which, of coorac, ail «!I " A ~ ra Justice to our insurer* to demands an to tbe blackmailing card of S. F. Ware, pub'ishgd lo the Cape May B'aee. far aa ba claims their policies to be 11 void because their assessments were not paid in thirty day* after Ux name were We never made aay aoch claim— on contrary. Ux subscriber distinctly lettilled, al Ux trial d! Mr. Ware's case, thst _ looked upon any policy as good /rem -r thl moment we accept tbe assessment an J. tbe asms, no matter bow loog it might be after such axrasmcnl was due- -and thst bad paid several losses without dispute, where the SXI x III! ill bad remained unpaid much more than thirty days after tbe same aras due. _ The temple facts, briefly ax ted In tbe - case, are these: Ha refused for a I Umo to pay hia aaarasoxnt. bat finany. two months after it waa due, paid, S under threat of suit, one-half of it. Some time afterward, on Sunday, his house burned down. On Monday morning be. sent a friend up with halanoe of „ the aaaettroenl and paid It, wc knew nothing af Ux fire, nor did we hear of it _ until TueadaT. Wbeo be made claim fix are said to bim: "We owe you umbing as your assessment was unpaid at lime of fire, bat we wilt pay yon the San a portion of tax that yon had paid ns of i assessment." Tbia. after consultation . with oouDCii. be declined, u we under- . stand, arguing that an taxuanae company. would not offer cntJtotf unless they ' thought tbey onuld be made to pay sit I Oo being notified of thia we look paini " , to ware him that If be west to law be - i would bave to aooapt what thecosrt gave I hi m, as our offer esided then and there and r we shall oolv pay what tbe Coort might : ay we owed him. The esse was tried ta Oapc May Court. . be being reprwxnted by aa able counsel , a there w*. ta tbe Biate-and tbe verdict t was no cause for action. Oe this it waa carried to Ux bigheX tribunal of the t Stele, tb* Court of Errors and Appeals. r and tbe deciaioo or tbe lower court con- ] ■ firmed. Then be began writing abusive , letters, threatening if we did not pay him 1 what our highest court said we did not ! owe bim, be would, by advertising uata , . Ux newspapers, leave as "in Ave ot(9o. years wilboct a corporate guard." . these letter* we mads a# reply. ; H. L. Howxu, Secretary, M. M. M. 4 Fire In*. Co. A Card. 8 wan* do too Having bees cheated out af my inL • u ranee of fourteen hundred asd fifty . duller* by tlx MiUrille Mutual Fire , I Insurance Company, I deem it my duty j to inform the public and especially those " i wbo are ta tbe aame ailuatino. and think i ! they are temped ta that company , that tbey ° 1 maijanaider whether tbey are Dot oo tbe * i aamTfStiog. Their plea ta my case being, that' my policy was »oid. Dot brcauac J_ laid net pay Ux assessment of 1680. but I fx the reason It aw not paid in thirty a I days after doe ooi lce roeotiooed tatbepuite ■ ky. Tbey advert ixtbrirpoiicy 'a x ao I wrlo ! third swindle In tbem, when Ux facta in s my ease, I think, prove tbem to be a whole a-tsdle. This h Ux tax alluded lo In ! their circular* U> nxmherxthey would not ir bare lo pay because asaoaamenu had not of been paid. Yoa that did ace pay ta thirty e, days look to your Interests and avoid like a revolts. It aenma issrlox lo go lo the tew ir Whh aoch cumpanies tatbte State aa they k. : tbe, generally bare eooogh ta those bouex Doltctea to get a verdict ic tbeir favor, ba The ratly remedy in ray ratimastan te to 7. 'let sock severely alooe and peiroolx* those x. wbo are known to pay Uxir Wware. a- i 8x*c*L F. ffizz. I

Croatian Item*. j Mix Lizzie Maul, of Millvtlle, has been | vis tang relatives at thia place during tbe . past week. Paster Tullte and family spent Taadav . and Wednesday al Dividing Creek, visit- J Ing hit aged mother. Mra Eiix* Abb. ti, cf Pbiladrlrfliia. it ' , Ux guoa of Mre. Dr. gaaln. sbi exptcts ! w remain eeveral day* I Mix Itobroca P. Burke. Ux charming , daughter of Captain W. Burke, has been absent for several day* visit! Dg friends ta . different parts of Cumberland county. , Tbe new ball bring built by G. A- R Post. No. 70. aasutad by tbe dtlteot nf Uoaben and Dtas Creek, area seised oo Thursday last. Mr. Hugh Holmes, of ' Diss Creek, it Ibe contractor. At tbe close of the service* ta Gosbeo M. E church oo gabhalb evening. Mr. ' E E Uarker was presented with a hand- ' wax allnnn. It was prevented by J. A. - Tomlia ta a mat little speech in which be recounted tbe plreaant asanciatlons of I tbe past, and also expressed tlx b »pe r tliat Bra H. end family might be |xix- > pcroos and happy ta tbeir new borne. Mr. Stacy Tyler bat charge of the r king erablHttg interests of Mr. I- D. Smith. A bouae baa been creeled for tbe j s ona pees built in nhtdi to throw tbe r crabs. From two lo three huodred thou- - into three pros to die. later in the re stun tbey are ground up at tbe steam mill of Mr. Smith and shipped to difforem [ parts of the country. They make an cx- '. celient fertilizer. i Townssn'd Intat. . Captain M. Shaw, wife and daughter ' spent Sunday here with bis relatives. 1 Iran Sunday afternoon services were r lie id in tbe M. E. church, ot tbia piece. 5 That Ibe PaMor ia a favorite with both a the member* and citizens is demonstrated by tbe fact tlix a litUe rata does not prcd vent a goad attendance upon Ux service*. r We are jriad to h»ve Captain Say re and " liia crew off Ux L. S. S. at home again. - Tbey form as good, atroog. Jolly crew as " can be found along the coast. Tbe cap- * tain makes a dally «iiit to bis station to \ make sure that everything ia ta trim, lo "^ee of emergency, thus iffirting himself a tarty 'officer and well quSrfied for bis d poeltioa „ A S-20 Biblical Reward. Tlx publisher of J!u Mft i UmtXlj, V offer twelve valuable rewards ta their „ Monthly f.r May. among which is the _ following: ' We will glve'SuOAO totbe pcrsoo telling us boar many timer Ux word Paradise occurs tn the Nxw Tarrxxevr Scripture* ... (not ibe Nxw flivistox.) by May 10tb. 1884. Should two or more correct an»j were be received, the Rxwixp will be • i divided. Tbe money will he forwarded 10 to tbe winner May 15th. 1884. Persons trying for tbe reward must send 20 cents , ic. silver (ne pottage stamps taken) with ,, their answer, for which tbey will receive ^ tbe June Monthly, in which the name an! address of Ibe wlan6r of the reward and Ibe coned answer will "be pobltebed, and - in which several more valuable rewards will be offered. Address Rmxwii Pra- ^ t isniso Courxxv. Easlon. Pcona. m jWarriffl. KVAKPKI.P— LC'Tt'.— On the Uta«.reUiWt d jff^yjxePrUla' J,n" ot |p ?Rw Sidrfrtlsmrnts. Jd rpo TIIE PUBLIC. „ W I U ». KUUtEDOE. St W. B. CAKKtn.1. ^TOTICE. C)l Koure^ ttajerehy gtrentto^thesal* ot propI Say, N. L tra^xn-ptymro'."' UM ro&rplace' cio 'fhkl'aai-. Is aij'irml

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