NOTICE POST OPFICX AbhAHUKMXMTH. Office at Cape JUyT'N.".' wiiTmren at I o'clock ^AII^motrej^sk^'d^i^H.y moneyjirteriaed Malla OHM M ^ jfJ^VLlSSJ&Siw. eom^un^ on£e m ami *" 1°" JuT l">M' dsy >nn logs of eeqb month. CAM >u lodge 4. 0. U. W..KO. n, nwi on IM bet and ttlrd Thursday evenings ol net - OMrM^r^oi^Waaninttoo ttrre* Order ol Uw Iras Ball, No. >10, ra.ua on the tr» and third Monday eeenlag ol each month. John Mecray Pool, No. «0, 0. A. B . ataerable on the aecond and fonrh Thursday etchings of Church Notices. Sunday aervices in tbe M. E. church ceil Sabbath aa foil iwa. Prayer and experience at 9 a. m. in cbapel. Preach, ini at 10.80 a. m. Sunday school at 3.80 p. m. Preach inn m evening at 7 o'clock. A cordial invitation is mended to all to participate in these services. Special Evangelistic Services in the Presbyterian church of this city next ' Sunday evening, March lSlh, at 7J " o'clock. The 8d sermon in the present course of Illustrated Sermons will be delivered. Owing to the storm last Sabbath evening there was a comparatively 1 small congregation present, and this ser- 1 mon was postponed. Subject, " The ' Phlllippian jailor." " What must I do ' to be saved!" Illustrations, 1. Awaking oat of sleep. 2. Asking " What > shall I do?" 8. Washing their stripes, t A cordial invitation and free seats for t all. Other services as follows : Prepar- 1 atory prayer meeting at 9} o'clock a.m., Holy Communion Service at 10} a. n> y \ Sabbath school at 2( p. m. f r Now the election is over, and tbfc dust ! and smoke of the battle of the ballot* j blown away by tbe bilzxard some notion may be obtained of tbe rliaiflcea for a movement forward in the line of im- . provementx. There are rtimors and J. Tumors. Some of them will msterlslize, ■ while others will fade away from the J memory forever, like tbe thin stuff of J which dreams arc made. We are assured by the managers of the ML Vernon syndicate that building will certainly begin when spring fairly v opens. There is every reason to believe !' that .other local enterprises will be ' pushed to earhr completion, and by home f labor anil capital. J At to hotds, 3. F. Cake la bulletined t m the It—to of Co agrees Hall tor three Cm. Okas. Dally lias made a fair offer the Stockton. So far as we know, a the New Columbia has not beeu based, n but may be at an ■ ariy date. h Certainly It is p >or policy to change c the management of our splendid summer bostelrles each recurring season. Just as one manager gets use to bis i bouse and the traveling public find onj "1 where to And him, a change h decided I upon by owners, and the work has to be done over again. Such a course of pro- I oedure is productive of much mischief to the steady growth of the town. There I is' no good in It as a system in anyway We hope to see those of our hotel men, this summer that have by long builness relations with us, show themselves to be I of the right metal at their old stands. £ Stormy March has tome at last, and so far bat fully maintained Its blustery 2 character. There baa been wild scurry- I lng winds, deep snows and nipping frosts, that have put to shame the beat > efforts of winter's reign. Notwithstand- <! tng this, the month biTngs pleasant antlci I patlons of grassy lawns, running brooks and the joyful tinging of birds. Qpeak- - lng of the weather, the pleaaant gingle of sleigh bells for the put two days have stirred up the fortunate possessors ( of vehicles ana boraee. and provoked, in | the hearts of girls, a hope that their last , beans would o-me around toil take I them out sleigh riding. Older persons, I housekeepers, depended upon the rather i uncertain chance of getting a ride from • their benevolent milkmen, bnt they I were u a general thing disappointed, i The too previous daffodils, and snow i drops that heard ibe talk about spring i ten days ago and just peeped through i the ground to look for It themselves i hare delayed operatiou till a mora convenient season. Isn't It about time that tbe public school building wss made inhabitable daring an ordinary winter drop of the thermometer. For teachers snd pupils the present plan of heating is found moat Inadequate. Then tbe interruption of class work by tbe unusual closing of school is a great tors in the aggregate. The science of the day '"6iSkt to be equal to tbe tuk of comfortably heating each department. Children with cold feet and shivering bodies cannot study. They may be required to go oyer their lemons Int to assimilate them, under such circumstances. Is not possible. Then the work of the teacher* is made moat difficult under such oondlttona. Discipline is broken np and a general spirit of unrest takes possession of the school.

The spirit of detraotlon has done no little mischief to tbe business interests of Cape Mev. It seems that the winter oi season of unforced idlenem Is used for yi the poor purpose of fault finding and re- K crimination. Cape May merchants and 0i business men must look about tbem for « mutual Interests, snd there sie plenty II of them, if success is to crown their ef- ei torts. Id personal different** should 1, sySKsiSEJs : Is tbe only way to achieve success in n anything. fl • : ' f| ' The ML Vernon Cottage Lot Aeeoeto- 0 tlona are on the high road to soooesa. a Mr. John A. Lonabaugh and some of tl his coadjutors were here on Saturday tl looking over the grounds of the original u company. However other schemes e may be prospering, this enterprise Is go- e lag ahead flrat-otaaa. It looks to us at c though tbe lota that have been sold are for improvement, and such we learn from the managers It the exact case. t Maaara-Lonabough and Bncholix tie en- „ ergetic and capable. If thry see agood q thing they know It ami don't let It get . out of their reach before action. )" — - — I Oahn and unruffled as the summer sea t when not a breath of wtud flies oe'r Its r surface were the candidates who led the t prooemton of .Tuesday's voters. But the t poor fellows who got loft In the blixxard of defeat did not fare so well In their minds. They thought of the combine- c bast not to set tbe affections too ardent- , mr'iva Wdto tS what the otEtf [ candidate U doing, or. ho- popular he , bi till the voter are counted. < Tbe next slecttooia fat school trustee. ' naiad for theplace. If such la the gen- | era! dealre, why we're for her, whoever i she may be. It's a piaoe no one need | to hanker after, but Uaome ot our oom- , patent women be willing to serve, let , th^chame ' * tffias. NeediTwtUoDon hU new Cape

PERSONAL, b Mayor Edmunds is responsible for a 5 Florida fever. i1 Charles Needles finds Cape May still dear to bis attections. - Elder Hand and wife are both convalescent at this writing. * l'asior McCurdy occupied his pulpit - last Sunday, after his vacation. Capt. Gas. Sooy reports no marine accidents within his station limits. Captain John Church was at home J during the week. His new vessel is nearly ready for sea. s Colonel Smith 1 has* taken a gang of painters with him to Avalon to paint the a new hotel at that point- — M. Benckert did not draw a blank in Tuesday's lottery, iluhas been elected a father the sixth time. Genial Tom Ludlam. of the Sea Isle K Tim—, ia a believer in the prosperity of his jwagirt borne, and its neighbor. Avail Ion. A 2 Officer Creaswell of onr local bank is • do s good bit of helpful work outside of watching the big vaults. # Pastor Manchester left for conference on Tuesday, lie is a member of some Important committees, and has to be on the ground early in the session. Rev. Thomas Ogle was a worshipper in the M. E. church last Sunday. He • leaves on Thursday for home, alter a pleasant sojourn among friends. I Engineer Daniel Focer, in attempting ; to cross the meadows to tbe engine I house on Monday morning, became bewildered and almost perished before he found shelter. Mrs. Mary Collins, a charming Phila- : delphla widow, aod well known at Cape ' May, where she is a great favorite, is a guest of Mrs. J. Henry Edmunds for a ' couple of weeks. Rev. Thomas Ogle and wife have been at the Cape for a week enj jyiog tbe society of their friends in thisciiy. They moat heartily welcomed to their ; homes and hearts. Pastor McCurdy gave his people an able discourse last Sunday, from the , " For 1 came down from bcaven i not to do own will, but the will of him that sent him." ( ^ James E. Murdoch, the tragedian, au- i thor and dramatic reader, recently a resident of Cincinnati, has been elected , President of tbe Faculty of the National School of Elocution and Oratory of Philadelphia. B. W. Mcintosh is. at present, at ! work upon the I'kt-burg Tim—. In a letter he Informs us that he will repre- . sent the Philadelphia I 're— at Cape May. • next summer. This able journal has ' made an excellent selection. We ahsli be glad to welcome "His Eye" to the i Cape. ' Colonel ('has. Duffy and Mrs. Duffy were at Cape May during tbe week i looking over the Island. It is rumored i that the Colonel may be the lessee of the Stockton Hotel next summer. We sc- ] s pleasant call from our i On account of tbe blizzardous weather j a light vote, 309, was polled at the annual city election Tuesday. Tbe result as follows, those elected being marked with in • : Alderman— 'John G. W. Ware, 247. ; Council—' »F. K. Duke. 183; "John ' Akins. 152; 'W. Frank Shaw. 106; Wm. Townsrnd, 104; Enoch W. Hand. 104; i H. S. Rutherford. 100; Mark Scull. 95. t Assessor— 'Henry Hand, 177; James ' 119. Collector— 'James E. Taylor, 149; I. , Harry Smith, 83; Joseph E. Hughes, 70. , Treasurer— 'Isaac H. Smith, 274. , Judge of cloction— '8. IL Si ilea, 205. Inspectors of election — "George L. , 54; 'Alfred Hand, 74; Alexis Schellrnger, 68. Clerk of election— 'Wro. Elwell, 299. Chosen freeholders— 'Wm. 8. Hooper, 201; 'riles jah Smith, 196; J. Stretlon Ware, 128. Commissioners of appeal— Thos. IL I Wales. 274; 'A. B. Little, 188; Theo- I Mueller. 186; William Owen, 129; Aaron Scbelicnger, 119. i Overseer of poor— 'David W. Plereon, i 244; JohD Wiggins, 55. i Miss Amelia Hand died last Wednesday at the Conrt House after a long and painful illness which she bore with con- . been a couple of decades since Miss Hand was placed on tbe tick list, her sufferings In tbe meantime being of a . character that developed a complete Christian experience. On that couch of suffering she exemplified what grace ' can do to make the heart cheerful under ; most trying circumstances of physical i anguish. It has only been a few weeks i since the death of her brother, Franklin ■ Hand. Both lo-dir are In tbe world of spirits, singing tbe song of Moses and tbe Lamb, free fiom pain and care for- : ever. Tbey are basking in the everiaaL s lng sunlight of God, from whose presence : they will go out no more forever. Tbe i surviving members of the family have I onr heartfelt sympathy in their deep af- . diction. but while they mourn It Is not as 1 those without hope, for it is well with : their deceased sister. f .... — The schooner Howard Williams, CapL - Kdmuna Foster, from Philadelphia for ■ Norfolk, Va.. grounded off Hlgbee'e 1 Beach on Monday nlghL She started - her anchor up tbe bay and was driven s by tbe fierce tempest towards the Cape ! shore, where she stranded. Cape May r Point Life Saving crew succeeded la ? reaching the vessel after great hardship, a but the captain did not wish assistance. The Williams is leaking, bat will begotten off all right when the wind changes. s The and den drnn of the thermometer sadden °

Monday made a run upon city coal yards, and It was about all that the Knickerbocker Oomnany could do to fill orders. Speaking of th's brings to mind b fact that there were some poor faml- r that passed through the trying wrath- a ordeal of tbe past few days with much s Inconvenience. It is the unexpected b Wa , . , s lis a pity there are not more pegi L upon which citlxens may bang their of- > flcial coats. Its the privilege of each t to possess an office if he can ac- « compllah the job. ami apparently there ' are but few of tbem who do noL at one J or another, make the effort. From the highest to the most humble place i are plenty of aspirants, as a gen- I erel thing. Office holding to a kind of t epidemic among liberty loving Ameri- 1 cans. c -J — » Impecunious voters of the kind who stand about the places where the wags - meet for pointers had a bad day last | Tusadsy. There did not seem to beany > great demand for them, and It's vary . likely that if they voted at ail they did it for themselves. The floating vote of the town may be a desirable thing for committees to handle, but letting those | that comprise h severely stone is the , way to manage such material. , Ttoe peculiar thing about the tempest | of. Monday. was Us jerking power. It , just aoatched the limbs from trees and , roofs from houses aa If they had been feathers, and then would tot up a few moments, only to be followed by a still gust. When one of these flurries , struck uie broadside of a house It seamed : if It would push the whole building ov^Md iitoeed tbe thing was done in j John Maguire. aged S3, was found dead to htobed yeaSarty morning. He 1 had bean IU for a tew dan under the of hie physician, but was; thought to ha in no danger. Tbe im- 1 mediate earns of bto death was paralysis ; of the been. Tho deceased was uamarried. Tbe Bearh Drl ve"ahonld be extended to the westward of dly Bmlta. This | much siumld be done to encourege 1 taUding on ML Vernon CoUageLot As-

SALTSFine bracing weather. New subscribers coming in dally. " The " express" to off for the present ^ Bsysliorc oyster planting to now in orShali we have a telephone this auuiit mer > L. E. Miller has s large Avalon contrect, « ^ Anglesea is boasting of her excellent ^ Every line day brings to tbe Cape cottage hunters. to. — ' Lower township had the longest ticket " —a half yard. It kept the presses busy last week jj printing tickets. Tbe early spring bird did not jgaCthe ,f Cape May City's breed of stump tail u call is increasing. Lu. Stevens gives a present with every , pound of tea boughL 0 We extend our congratulations to tbe f successful candidates. The summer Wavx will be enlarged e by four columns at least. ° The Baptist Sunday-school Is rehears ° ing a temperance service. The family of Thomas Webster are fit r their summer villa in this dly. ® The roof of the Sewell's Point House has been lifted off by the blizzard. The blixzardons weather was the cause > of a diminished vote on Tuesday. Holly Beach manages to keep op some B kind of an excitement all the time. Look for Strawbridge & Clothier's . spring announcement in next issue. ; Walter Roieman is putt'ng up a hand1 some cottage on his Washington street I loL Smith & Co. are still catering to the* i wants of the wedding and birthday ^arThe M. E. Sunday School contributed $157.00 missi rnary money during the year. ' (tope May county M. E. clergymen ; as?"4"""* Cbas. C. Teal will sell his farming stock on the 22d lost. Tuanpl <c, near ' toll gate. It is generally conceded that the tariff will be the issuo in the next presidential ; campaign. We are pleased to note the convalescence of Mrs. Edmunds. She Is looking and focling mncb better. Now ye farmer may take time by the and commence in earnest spring ■ operations when tbe blizzard to over. Boyd, White »fc Co. offer to the public \ splendid line of carpets at retail. Ihe t store to at 1216 Chestnut street. Sbeppard's gentlemen's furnishing s'ore, No. 25 Washington street. Fine stock of all goods needed in his line. For Balx.— The Bishop Farm, at ' Creek. Address J. R Bishop, . 1720 Nl 2nd St., Philadelphia. ml5-4L /The inconsiderate dickey bird that : took three fair days of last week for ; spring to repenting iu folly up to Skunk i Mr. K. Pancoast will remove his shoe i store in a few days to No. 18 N. Second 1 St, where he will further enlarge his 1 business. The popular blood purifier, Hood's ' Sarsapatllia, is having a tremendous sale ' this sea'on. Nearly eve ybody takes it ' it yourself. Pilot James Bennett thinks there were j six pilot boats nut in the tote storm, , tbem being tbe J. Henry EJ- , munds and the E. C. Knight. Tbe young man who went courting night from this city Is wanted 1 at home. It to feared that he haa been i struck by tbe blizzard at Rio Grande. Mayor Edmonds has bought "of E. R. ' Williams tbe lot upon which his carpentershop stands. He proposes to enlarge tbe capacity of his publishing bouse In . short lime. Like the dulcet strains of a moonlight serenade upon tue troubled mental cou- . stllution, to the voice of the election clerk to the candidate who Is leading tbe procession of name*. : It will be a gratification to old and ex1 perlenced anglers to know that tbe new ' fisheries treaty doesn't Impose a penalty 1 on a man who catches a trout that to1 creases two pounds in weight several ' hours after it to pulled out of tbe water. ' We call attention to the old reliable I seedsman of Philadelphia, D. Landreth A son. Tbey are so well and favorably : known as to scarcely need any endorse- ■ meat, but we take pleasure In recommending the house to those who msy j not hire dealt -with it before this year. ( Monday morning's blizzanl blew 1 down the old Kickerboekor ice bouse, . lore s section of roof off tbe new one, _ uprooted many trees about town, proat tiatcd telegraph poles, and hustled e things about generally, e The Lower township elected RobL E. '- Hand and Wm. T. Bate, freeholders; W. s C. R'ltheiford, assessor; Wm. F. Smith, li collector; Daniel Schellenger, judge of election; Charles McNeill, constable. No road money was voted. E. Johnson has a complete Mock of * men's, ladles' and children's over shoes • which he to selling at prices considera1 lily below Philadelphia figures. Don't 0 run any risk to your health.byfatoe econe omy. Keep your overshoes where you y can have them at a moment's notice. St " The cold of Tuesday toned down the ,' ardor of candidates to an appreciable degree. Those who failed to get votes " enough to possess the coveted offices must have cone to bed on Tueedev to Tuesday

night with e double-barrelled chill, from which only summer time will thaw them " out. tl The Electric Light compear claims c that it to mahtog a dividend of 16 per ij cent. I own $5,000 of capital stock, If c one wants to purchase, it will be , sold for $1,000 and tbe buyer may have „ his own time to pay for IL pro* idlog it L comes within five ^eara. ^ 1 *lbe worst Morn; of new year 'J •wept over the ooeat oo Sunday nlgbt , The wind blew a fierce geJe veer. . from 8. E. to N. W. When it got t the totter quarter tbe rain changed to a ■now, end for several hoars those who f ventured out of doors experienced a q blizzard. t John W. Bailey has been elected l mayor of Cape May Point by one major- c H. C.Peckbam end E. W. Swinger c tbe seme vole to oouncil. E. W. ( iu elected by five majority for f collector end treasurer. The assessor i popular favor to A. W. Springer. Tbe bouse sad barn comprising the property of Chas. Teal will be offered t for sale on the same day (between the c boors of 1 and 2 p. m-jlhat Mr. Teal's c personal property to offered. t T. M. Rao xx, < Sec. of Company. t Johnson, Blokes A Co., the enlcrpri/- j seedsmen, of Market Si., PhUsdel- , phto, have published their handsome wed catalogue for 1888. & to brimful of valuable suggestions to formers and I market garoeners. besides iu exhibit ot ( reliable weds, which may he relied upon ) as true to name, fresh aad genuine. I Manager A. H. Hamilton haa opeaad 1 the Cape House at the Point for the < ; spring season. This fine hoeteirie to 1 [ beared throughout by steam, has Urge i [ Tfinewn gallery extends around its southern exposure- It to just the resort for tbow . , seeking quiet- Tbe table to supplied , ; I vioe MuKu leod be desired. ml-ST' ' , ! The spring cleaning has commenced, . j si though lubut the beginning of spring. , It's a good thine to "tal a march on . j time, and notlm puxUfd by belated

The Great Storm. Onr belated mail brought news of the blizzard from Philadelphia and Jeiaey. We learn that business has been seriously interrupted; trains blocked by r- snow drifts; large manufacturing establishments were compelled to ehnt down < i. for lack of help, tbe obstructed roads preventing laborers from gathering at , , their accustomed planes; houses blown ' down; telegraph poles leveled, snd trees tossed about; railroad tracks m wildest : 11 confusion, breaking up communication. It to the storm of the last'flfty yean, and I the kas It has entailed cannot be known for weeks. Tbe blizzard completely | •t interrupted telegraphic communication , since early Monday morning ell over c South Jersey. The navigation of the . Delaware was made very perilous by the _ tempest, which blew the water out tbe 1 nvcr, and the blinding mow which shut out objects a few feet away, il Crews of blockaded trains exerted themselves to make the paaaengere aa y comfortable as poaMWe. W*1 was taken from the engine lenders to supply the , „ car stoves, and food was brought to the passengers from the houses in tbe viein- , lty. The passengers, it was reported, ' were takenfrom ibe train sand quartered with the farmers « ho were within reach, 1 ; rather than they should spend a uight in I the cars. The train men bad instruct Hons to go to any expense in order to ■ make the storm-bound passengers as | „ comfortable as possible. Business was almost at a standstill on , tbe Philadelphia and Reading Railroad ( and its two branches on Monday. This , was e-peclally applicable to the Bound 6 Brook and the North Penn division. All the lines leading out from Philadelphia « were blockaded by tbe snow-drifts, and if the present weather shall contiue a . couple of days will bo required to get i [ the trains in proper working order. Travel to New York was also sus- , , : fended. The last and only train to arrive at Philadelphia from New York ,. was tbe "Owl," which left tbe other end j of the line at midnight on Sunday. ' The authorities of the Amboy division ' snd the West Jersey Railroad in Cam- ' den declared that the blizzard deranged c i their train service to an extent greater ■ than ever before. They were utterly I demoralized on some of the branches, t snd traffic was abandoned. In West Philadelphia the snow driftc(l i very high, and the porches of many of j. , the houses were completely hidden, and r the occupants were comp iled to dig their way out to the streets. The cars did not run satisfactorily for many , hours, and persons engaged in business [ in t le city were compelled lo walk. A f curious sight was presented by the long i lines of people walking oae after the ; otber in Uie beaten path. There was hereby room enough to t turn around in the Broad Street Station t Tuesday. Crowds packed the big wait- t log-room, and the overflow also packed e the stairwaps and vacant places outside ' the entrance gates to the trains. There tl were people who iivgd out ot town aod and wanted to get home; people who wanted to go to New York, to Trenton, to Baltimore, to Washington, and in fact the would-be passengers wanted to get . to almost every station touched by the great system. At six o'clock the crowd l^ked its greatest proportion, for after • fi|y hour, seeing the impossibility of getting trains, the people slowly depart- a ed, and sought either their own homes or beds for the night. i, - The few local trains that managed to reach Broad 8trcel Stall -n Monday morning and Ninth and Green streets » only temporarily cleared the tracks of their weight of snow. As soon as they passed over the rails, big drift* settled f down upon them, and during tbe day • these snow blockades increased in mag- ' nltude for the wind blew fiercer and z Conductor Harvey 8haw, of our morning mall to said lo have taken tbe only , through train to Camden on Tuesday. t There were 78 trains that failed to get there. About the country tho malto . have been delayed and travel impeded ' by the drifting snow. In many instances * i trees obstruct tbe highways, having been dropped by the fierce tempest of Monday. So far no casualties have been re- « ' ported, although there are praye tears j . there may be. ' . Tbe blockade on tbe railway lines centering in Camden s' 111 continued Tues- i day and yesterday. But three trains ar- i ; rived and but four were dispatched dur- J ' ing Wedne-dav. The officials havo hopes of being able to break the blockj ade to-day, but this to improbable, as It seems impossible to employ men to dig ( ' out the itonn bound trains and thus ' open the roads. Superintendant Day- > ton, of tbe West Jersey and Camden & ' ' Atlantic Railroads' says that the efforts • sre being concentrated on opening the ■ - main lines, and that the leased lines will < ' be s secondary conrtdcretlon. There were no trains sent out from | r Camden to any point until tote yesterday , , afternoon. The trouble arose over the , scarcity of loconrottfea. Train Master , - Maybew, at tbe Bridge avenue depot, . 1 staled that thWioIlowing locomotives were frozen up on the roads: Thirteen on the Camden and Atlantic Railroad, twenty-three on the West Jersey Railroad. fifteen on the Burlington county ( roads, and twenty-Mvea between Omden and Borden town. A report reaches us from an indirect , source that twenty vessels had gone ' ashore at the Delaware Capes, and that nineteen llvee had been loeL As there IT Is do communication by wire or rail " with Lewes, DeL, the nimer was not ^ confirmed, although it gained consider- " able credence in shipping circles. It to, however, positively known that there e sre a number of viismIi aground in the r river acd bay this Mde of the Delaware • Breakwater. • .

Tbe Supreme Court of the Bute has rendered a decision in tbe case of Chief of Police McCbotney, affirming his right hold the office under the Tenure-of-Offlce act. The Democratic Council years ago passed an ordinance creating the office of Chief of Polioo without any definite term. It subsequently passed another ordinance putting the whole of the force under the to remove Chief McCbesney, who appealed to the Court. The decision entitles him to bsck salary for nine months, and prevents his removal or that Ot any of the police force for political reasons. have been bul seven changes in tbe force under the Republicans, and these were all for cause. Besides this decision, the chief to entitled to retain office under an act just signed by the Governor preventing the removal, except cause, of any veteran of the tote war who now holds a county or city office. Atlantic City officials and business have offered to make the expenses of tbe "Phillies" very light if they will to their city for practice. It to thought here that the club to eompoeefl of gentlemen who are willing to pay their own expenses, snd that they will properly resent any alma giving oo Ihe part of Atlantic's flush people. The W. J. train's have been runnto* time since the blizzard began. On .nooday morning the express was hampered by telegraph poles which had has jtot through the blockade wtthoot Waat Cape May Returns. May w-'ZaM BpcMsr, sc Oeora* H. Baavsa, sdsiEsasfcBrsfi i d£|&ss;«»s?h& : 9 u.: '

-Sbbouf ihe Sounfj. Cola Spring. ( It's the worst atorm for twenty years. IU a novel experience to be mow 1 in March. 1 lu collector Wm. F. Smith for bis fourteenth term. ,| There will have to be a ieoond planting of garden stuff. Our people mtoa the Tabernacle meetTbe roads are blocked with bow. Miss Theresa Townsend haa been vtoiu friends at the Spring for the past Tbe man "reported as so mad as to have kicked the celling of his house, to ' all smiles this week. Green Creek. Mrs. Jennie James la in with fever. Truman nickman ia at his old home. Tbe Mathtos Foster homestead has told. Among those on the sick list are Ja°. Erricson and Mrs. John Selover. Rev. Mr. Rankin gives a temperance in tbe Presbyterian church on Saturday evening, 24th lost. Richard Conover is improving his , property. He has also been made happy an addition to his family. | Rev. G. G. Senser preached the final of the conference year on Sun. day. but be will return next year much the delight of his congregation. West Cape May. ] Election passed off quietly. Tbe Cbapel exhibition to getting the | of our people. Rev. Thomas Ogle and wife have been visiting among their friends this week. | Rev. Geo. Reeves preached for the ■ Tabernacle congregation jaat Sunday i evening. Those who voted for the winning can- t didates are joining in a general chorus t of "i told you s-l" i Our borough has escaped from tbe blizzard with the loss of a few roofs and t and several bad frights. | The weekly payroll of the gold beat- I factory will again soon help lomakc ends of many family expenses i meet- | Some West Cape May residents were ' so excited by the storm of Monday that they got up and dressed Uiom'elvi s for the possibility of seeing their bouses blown across Cape Island meadows. Election is over and things are quiet. ' No more bean soup for tbe poor. Everybody is wondering what baa become of the hammer that so beautifully graced ' handle of weathei-rain on our new < gold beating < stabllshment. Somebody rays it has gone to look for George's , majority, for mayor. j 'Own n la v M la I te m a . When is Ihe new wheelwright to come? 1 E. L. Rice ape it Saturday at bis old ! borne. Wm. Hoffman purchased a new horse Saturday. It to rumored that we are soon to have | Whew I whew I ! whew ! 1 1 what a , we had last Monday. Tbe barber shop presents a neat ap- i pearance since Bob has repepered its ! walls. v I Miss Prisilla VanUildcr and nepbew, i Frank, spent Sunday with Capt. Firman Ludlam. No public sch'ol Monday. Tbe blizzard was too shs'p for Principal V. O. Miller to face. Another blizzard was let loose Sunday and Monday doing considerable damage by blowing' down treeB and fences. Rev. A. L. Iszard preached hia farewell aerm< n Sunday. We wish him unbounded success in his field of labor wherever it may be. Some of our young gentlemen attended tbe Point party. The good time prolonged their slay so that they arrived home after day ItgbL Miss H. Johnson and Herbert Carroll's daughter, Helen, are prostrated on of « cknesa. The James girls and 8ouder are no better. Holly Bsgoh. Efforts arc being made lo have several streets opened near Wild wood. Many were called but few were chosen let us hope the chosen were the best, Man wants but little here bolow, but wa^ta that little in the shape of a public A much needed improvement is contemplated in the shape of a board walk to tbe boat landing. Tbe question ot who do you Uiink will be elected has -given way lo who , will be the next street supervisor. "Strange snd wonderful are^Mk tales told around the grocery att^^Moves . about horses owned, bought aaQHnl. Gravel walks are disagreeable In wet ■ weather; but boardwalks are dangerous at $11 times, their removal is demanded. It to disgraceful that tbat the borough ' ordinance should be openly and wilfully ' violated by those whose duty It to to j aid In their enforcement. Let ns have leaa public bnaineai dona ^ in grocery Mores and hotels, than has been tbe care heretofore. Citizens desire I ibe public business done in a business , like way, and set their faces against eouu s ell meeting around the grocery stove. Tbe annual report of our local Board of Health, aa presented at tbe last meet- , ing of oouncil, waa an admirable docu- . ment. showine the hoard have a know. ment, showing have know.

, ledge of their duties and that tbe rrcords are kept in a business like manner. J j Tbey should have the support of the t community in their efforts to improve sanitary condition ol the borough. 0 Up Mb CnpwT" i e March weather, indeed. a James P. War spent Saturday night ; ~ and Sunday with his father, Dr. Way. | [ John Hancock has come to live with - * J. L. Smith to work tbe farm tbe com- - lng season — - ^ n Belie, the little daughternf Ike Jerrell. II has been very Ul, but to improving at i a this writing. t " Mtoa Haltie Taylor, one of Tuckahoc's ' * fair daughters, to Vtolting with her many ' * young meads here. 8. T. Coleman has been seriously ill f for the last ten days, but under the care ! a of Dr. Eugene Way, he to able to be out J n Frank Bbaw drove to Mfflrflle ooe day ! last week and brought back the spare 1 a for a yacht being bum for bim by Todd , _ and son, of Clermont. ) U Several of onr carpenters are employed , e at Sea Isle City, and walk to and from • their work. morning and night. One of < them aaid that he could walk It iu one - < Obe hoar and tan mimilee. i i. The trains were all delayed somewhat is Monday, on account of the terrible storm, d No doubt but we shall bear of dreadful u disaster on land and ana. Already we < if see trees uprooted, small buildings over- I A turned, and the dry bow to driven | it through every crack and crevice bow- i ever small, l- \ Than teams to be tome doubt about , the bridge creasing Towaaend Inlet from . Boa Isle to Avalon. Soma people feel sure there vfflV a branch road from » Bwain Btatioa right across the meadows It seems quits an undertaking to build a i : a, Tho man in tha Ufa saving service m aarn and dsaiir sail tha pay they get, and mora, to patrol the beach ia audi a K. Hons of wind, rain, hall and snow as raged on Sunday and Monday nights, „ sS yet soma people think they have such an eaajui* they eugM »ot to here ; j

South Dennis, i Master George Dare, of Tuck shoe, to visiting his sister, Mrs. R. James. I Come again " Spectacles." YourTisil - on Sunday evening waa much enjoyed. r j- Harry Faster, of Beasley's Point to j visiting friends in this place, stopping at ■ the Continental. .1 Jonathan Hickman, candidate for . Road. Overseer, says his bone-rmddtah patch in a flourishing condition. We notice exceedingly long faces on . some of our young maidens ilnce the departure of the seafaring men. 1 I Miss Emily B. Eldridge.returned borne ' last Saturday after an extended vtolt - with friends u Camden. Emily rcDf rts , a good tide. t Hie of our young gents who went to get tbe last skate of ibe reason on Thursday got something else besides a skate. It was a bath. David English, of Camden, was in town tost week negotiating with CapL 1 Lewis Edwards for the purchase ot his residence on Main street. Fishing Crook. 1 Whew ! what a blizzard we bad last 1 Monday. Captain David Oliver is setting out an | extension to bis peach orchard. Mrs. Richard Malthcwabaa been quite unwell, bul is now slowly convalescing. Willis Johnson is hauling logs lo the saw-mlU to be converted into lumber 1 for new barn. Bertie Matthews was the only one in Creek who bad the pluck to try the sleighing last week. Isaac Thompson is materially improvtbe appearance of bis farm by clearing out some unsightly fence balks. M r. Gilbert contemplates moving back to his Fisbing Creek residence this i springy We extend to him in that event | Uncle Bill planted his potatoes in the last Saturday, lie says if there is i any advantage cultivating the moon j People In Ibis vicinity arc pleased lo ' ! note the favorable prospect fur tbe completion of the Cape May Driving Park in 1 . time for the coming reason, i Mr. Hlldreth is fortunate in securing ' i so desirable a tenant as Mr. Morion on , Fishing Creek farm. Mr. M. will undoubtedly develop Into a Orel-class J farmer. Tuckahoe. Rev. J. G. Entrikiu wears an unusualsmiling face now. It's a boy about a ' week old! ' 8. C. (1. Stephens is making prepare- , lions to rebuild and enlarge his residence at South Tuckahoe. CapL Build Smith died of cancer in the ] ' stomach, at the residence of his brother, in law. John Burley, Marahallville, last ' Saturday night. , Capt II. C. Young expects to quit i storckeeping at an early date, and if be " does, undoubtedly T. M. Saeley will be , tbe next occupant of that mart. Ephrelm Stillc and wife celebrated ! the thirty-fifth anniversary of their wedding in a quiet way last Monday even- . ' A large majority of their friends i of the cvehtf but tbe blizzard prevented. 'Squire Shoemaker's old pet horse, - Charlie bad one of bis hind legs broken i Friday by a kick, it to supposed, from another lioree while standing in Unstable of Mr. Drexcl, Ml Pleasant, at [ weich place be had been left by Sheriff Shoemaker who had taken a business trip on the train to Sea Isle City. Two small boys, James Into and Willie Willc-ti, set fire to some grass in a , field belonging to Messrs. J. ('.and 11. P. , Sheppard one day last week, and but for the timely discovery by tiro latter gentleman a large, destructive wood-fire - would have been the result- The fire " had spread into the woodland adjoining r the field quite a distance before it was gotten under control. A genuine blizzard sojourned with us 9 on tost Sunday night and Monday morn1 ing. Tbe cold was so intense and thr snow so blinding thai very few people a ventured out on the streets. Tho Wood- , bine stage was the only vehicle thai 1 made a track here abouls in the snow on Monday. Banks of snow six feet high skirted tbe fences along the highways and fields, making splendid wal- . lowing places for the scbool-boy when the wind ceases. There wss no school here on Monday on account of the , Mors Alms House Literaturec En. Watk: I see occasional mention in your paper on the subject of a new i- alms house for Cape May county. For t one I am in favor of any and all needed Improvements ; bnt according to the in- ^ formation 1 have on the subject, the 0 present buildings are ample to accommodate comfortably all the needy who apply for a home, and quite as good, if * not better than any of them ever pro8 vided for themselves, not only so, but quite as good and comfortable as many * of our worthy citizens possess for themi* reives to-day, who are able to build bet- * ter bouses if they deemed such an outfa lay of money necessary. But they do noL y many of them have raised large and Iho fluential families in the old homes and tbey do not feel like submitting to what ie they deem an unnecessary tax, to build j a large and elegant mansion for those e who perhaps never made an effort to ,a provide s house for themselves. We believe the unfortunate should be cared for and made comfortable, but there Is . no necessity of e'evsting tho "pauper" , above the condition, (in the matter of comfort), of bto more worthy neighbors. comion;, Ol mi more "oriuy nciguoore, '

and far above anything ho ever dreamed J of In bto palmiest days. If Ibe present F quarters are becoming too narrow to ac- ' commodate all who are entitled to the * of tbe connty. then build au f addition at a trifling expense, as many | of our worthy citizens have had to do to accommodate their growing families - We don't f*el like being taxed to build ornament for the county, or any Til- _ toge in the connty; and we feel that we apeak tbe sentiment of a majority of tbe freehold tax payers. A big alms bouse to no great credit to thr county, to say the least of It, better that sre bad no need for any. Better still that we build a college and educate our people to pro- ' vide for, and take care of tbrmselvrs. Tbe high license act having passed the Legislature and all the opposition tbat could be brought to bear against it, us now avail ourselves of tbe benefits of tbattow.endwesbsilsoon have no use for an alms house at all, further than to provide for a few imbeciles, for rum drinking to tbe profile cause of ♦superlam. If we are not much mistaken, you win soon bare rooms to let in the present aims house, unlets you Import rr paupers from abroad. Give the C. T. D. a fair show among the chIL dien and youth aod you will soon have but little use for much of an almshouse. All things rise together. Build a large aod expensive bouse, and you entail upon the county, «n increased taxation to rapport the increase in expenses that naturally follow. A Tax Payxr. Advice to Dyapeptloa. CQN1«HT». Tie aatats Ot Urasepala. Ia sa,. ! "Notice. Tbe spring meeting of tha West Jcr- . ; sey Game Protective Society wfil be hold at Hell man's Hall, 588 Market street. , Camden, N. J-, April 18, at 8 o'clock^ , Ametis Rives wfll contribute her first ' I no vol to IAnirneoUt Jfarasure f<*Ap,u , It to enlitiref The Quick or the Deed r ! described as full of passion and interest. I A portrait _aL the beautiful authoress,

r CAPE HOUSE, t CAPE MAY POINT, N. J. • Open all the Tear. Heated throughout by 8team. Lighted with Gas. Large Booms well Furnished. Thirty Open Fire Places for Wood and Coal. HOT AND COLD SEA WATER BATHS. , f-A3m ° ' * A. H- HHm'iLTON. Manager. for Infants and Children. I 10 ckndreo tb" I gsjmta enrasJMta, OmgpBhm^ Ul Oxford 8L, Brookte&^it. Y. I WuEStojurious madlostke. Tax CxxTAum Cosraur, 77 Murray Street, N. Y.

Boyd. White A Co.. 1216 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. Fine carpets, oil , cloths and rugs. tf , New Singer Sewing Machine for sale , at this office. First-class in all particu I lars. A bargain for (hose who may lawant of a machine. tf , I. L. Sheppard, No, 27 Washington ' street, gents' furnishing store. Patro- , nize home enterprise ana give Mr. Shop- ■ pard your order. tf 1 For ssle on easy terms. An estab- j Halted business stand, wheelwright and paint shop, formerly occilpicd by J. H. j Carman, Cape May City. Apply to Jos. ( H. 1 lanes. tf. ■ John Russell's Cold Spring store is ( well stocked with groceries, provisions i and dry goods which be is telling at I prices as low as the lowest. lie will [ not be outdone in the quality and price c of his goods. tf < When your watch gets out of order ' and declines to register tbe passing i hours, don't send it to Philadelphia. ' just leave it with Jos. Hand, No. 9 and < 11 Washington St. He will set it going < all rigtiL Ail kind of repairs made to ; JeweTry. if Captain Wm. II. Mills is a practical ■ boat builder. He is very successful in ' his business, turning out some of the 1 fastest yachts of our navy. Any busi- , " ness committed to him will be carefully I attended to, and satisfaction guaranteed. ' We call attention to Wm. Camp's new \ establishment at Cape May Court House. - Mr. Camp is ready to make contracts • ' tor tin roofing, spouting, guttering and , - in other departments of his business, i ' He sells stoves by catalogue, and makes | all kinds of repairs on stoves and ranges. 1 Satisfaction guaranteed. Best of mater- - 1 tal only used. tf • The Prescription Department of M. J ' Zincuian A Bro. . manufacturing optic- ' ' iann, of 130 South Dth St., Philadelphia, 1 • is under the management of Walter 11. 1 l'odcsta. late with Borvch Rommel. r Mr. Podcsta is well acquainted with bto ' buRinr ss, and is ever genial, polite and ' attentive lo the wants of customers. He I is not unknown at Cape May, where be " a tew years ago. did work for tho firm he was then serving. Our readers will * find the establishment of M. Z-ueman ,v ' Bro. first class in every particular. Their goods are very low considering quality. ® If there is any trouble reading the cleai " Wave type call on this firm and get flu 1 ted with glasses. , Jos. Eldrrdgc has reopened his store at Cold 8pring with a full line of dry goods, notions, groceries and tinware, " earthenware, etc. All goods of firstI class quality. Flour" at $4 75 per barrel e warranted, best N. O. molasses at 54c per gallon, pure Jersey lard at 9} cents, best cider vinegar 18c gallon, A sugur 6jc., best Rio codec 26c.. headlight, 150 test, 12c. gallon, Vinco tobacco at 88c.. n Spearhead 40c., new prunes 7o. or 4 lbs. ' for 35c. , canned tomatoes 10c. , canned ' com 10c., lump gloss starch 5c. per lb. :l Oleino soap at 4jc. , large sacks dairy salt 8c., best quality of black pepper 25c c lb, and all other spices sold equally low; ~ also muslins and calicoes, from 4}c. up. ° All other goods at very low prices, tf . Reuben T. Johnson is selling at tbe , lowest possible prices at his store at _ Bennett Station. Persons will do well ; to bay of him as all goods are of the best quality. Chicago flour $4.50 per barrel. 59c per 25 lbs. Diamond Hour , $5 25 per barrel. Fancy N. O. molasses "" at 58c per gailon, choice N. O. molasses j at 46c. Marracabo coffee 80c lb. Beat Rio 38c. A sugar 7c, prunces 4 Ibe for d 35c. Latest styles of light bock wall . paper at 10c single piece. Constantly _ on hand all kinds of feed direct from - Alloway Mills. Also a full line of dry d goods and notions at remarkable low prices. Full Une of bats and caps, all ji kinds of oils' and tinware, boots and ,, shoes at very low prices. I have just . received a job lot of ladies kid button J gaiters which I am selling off at' $1.50 u » „-ll, H»I 1 limiolit • loll

Kr pair worth I a job of these shoes last spring mud sold them ail (100 pairs] in one month, every q pair giving satisfaction. These are a bargain call at once ; eggs, butter and fare received to trade. gew aflmtismrntg. M &AKlNC POWDER Absolutely Pure. ( staftwineat slam or pfaoapssu powders, ra I MjFtaam. ^RaTAL BAEtRqJ'owDBm Co.. tos ^ ^ DJOURNED SHERIFFS SALE, « i Wntiee Is Heratiy «tv«n. tool tee sBertffsrale, ^ 1 wherein Alexander Orar M defendant, and g - John H. Beeen« A lire, and eliM are ptauraffs, £ auada adjourned aatu SATURDAY, APRIL 71 k, US*. ' (n t "■""""fAigSBBOkMAKMB.Nieria. »e Dated December kltlS81. Prtaieris P.. use re I tm n/tsr-cuss firm no cm *

%tw gritrcrttgratatg. JN CHANCERY OF NEW JERSEY. To Anton W. VonUiAieey, John L Lot tarsi. 1 Wnsn ji, Jr., Mayer Solsberger and D. iu virioc ot an order or i he Conrt nf Ohnaenry or New Jersey, made on the day ot the dale hereof, la a oanae wherein Lemuel B. MUST to i-oinjiintnaht, and The Cape May |CBjg|Lara the twenti-serentn day o?* April next, or ■ he tald hill wu. be taken aa .ooofeaeed against 'i he »atd hill Is miert to hire The Cane May c-uy LsoJ Company declared UMOIeemj loknee compel such sn assessment upon the Indtetdnal , eleni to pay the Complainant the sum doe upon hh J n, lenient against said Company, rloaeweS the New Jersey Sopreme Conrt Maroh rut .'oTlare ah-f o^jUren'mmu^lofefher'wSh of all otaer credUom of saidCorapaiiy whoiheU Ami you AUUm W. VonUtamey, John ^LLofsulabergrr, William ^Whartom Jr.^ ami MliiyCtnlsMCMMn,0 ^ **k' HKRbEKT W. EDMDND8, solicitor for ComnmaanL Dated. Peb.es, 1888. gHERlFF'S SALE. issued oat of the Court of Chancery, state of Jersey, I wlil expose to sale at pabllo venSATU RD AY, the lith day of APRIL, A D. IM, tl Ihe hour ot I o'cioox p. nt. on said dsy, at IU Ray county. 'and stale of' New Jersey, aa afore1 UIMeeilafc I of Ut^L annate In ji) 'nori b'mfr^e Ifh i^dexiire, TauT'to ity^wo . feel; IhMice (J) south atly-iwo degrees, east one sod ten feel to^ute westerly aide of tad . four M tenths "plawo? beginning', rontamSu , forty-eight hundred aod forty squire feet of i land. Being lot Oftern of Block nfty-fonr on n 1 dan of the eouttiwmt m-eiion of Sea Isle City. - duly Died in the Clerk's office of cape May ; seised a* Ihe pro'ptrly of John A Morris, et I -Ultoi lieutsh's. Nlcequnn, complainant, and b* j^MES ruoBMAKEP, Jr.. Sheriff. ' L. MATLOCH, Solicit rr. Doted Match Ulh, fata. P. P.*. IT.oo. - SHERIFF'S SALE. By elrtne of a writ of PI Pa. to me dtrecti or' New Jersey, I will exnoae to sale sl'pubUe ' SATURDAY. Ihe 14th day of APRIL. A.D.1S87, " j tt the hour of z.13 p. m. on said day, auhe Conrt 9 of^Cspe Msy and state ef New Jersey ess foro- ' die^ianr!d'lo^f^eUoe!ta|^^^y^sfM: I .Imtainlng'ln'nonMw 1 bream on aud*cenxral _ .venue forty feel, and of that width extending ' in length or d.pth north wamerlj heiwsen mi e. psruli. 1 with toe raid Third street one hundred Also all those two certain contiguous lots or • pieces or groand situate, tying sad bang n torso enj, snd numbered ids and SSS, an the „ plan and section aforesaid, beg.nnlnz on the 8 onthmauvly^eiile m taenia. II y°ir m the" mthwesrerty <3e mf Third streer, , containing together In front or breadth on the ' mid Wraky svenoejmte handled feel, tank Ml ir mndfpg'Yn 'ESste or"cbl pih" iwnrheuierly tS .. . ,.i. m— p,.rai:.-i win ihe said Third street, ' .ne hnDdren and ove feet lo s a flees lest wide ^ street, being [mwraliMjthe same lorn of pound J '"i" ' ! t!h* " h '"f1.1" je' rs"a n " ' amlgnsJoeeTCT '^riee y 'i'tee'pronerty of Fran as A. RoMneon 1 ami oihejs. dc-ft-ndauia, ao.l taken ID execution U .1 the aonmi Kate D. Coleman, qempatnunt, 'J '"""""jAhlKrl BflOBMAKKR, Jr., Sheriff. >' LRAMINO a BLACK. Bolt's, n Dated March 1Mb, 1M8. Prtaura fees, gAlL a . —nil re.

You think Your lyee aim Good. If yea have llrem eramlned yonwOl mM fled that there U something wresg with thsm sdJ that glasses wlil bsagrsul Mi toys*. Wo Examine Eyes Free. Solid Clold Bpeetaclea, - liaoi nanal prtoe,l».# Steel Bpectaclse. - - . .10; meual prtee.1.0 Artificial Eyes taaerted , AOO; ureal pries, 10.0 M Zineman & Bro., Optician) No. ISO South Ninth Street. Philadelphia, Pa. "AGENTS JViSS" Orders for «wrTrwsn.Tlnsw. An. gTATC aoc. liaeMUBOB B5r Name this Peps*. I1I1I1IP Add rem, B. e. C BLARE A CO.. _ 1410 Be. Peon Bquare. NliBi»kli, Pa. -. ELYS CATABHH TEYTHEOIiaE ^SSS£5iS£