San a >4*4. ana mm mm asasMa*'—®^taer jL i Churqh rioUe*.. , Service* liT'lhe Yfethodlat Episcopal j church on Washington atftel, ibovo Ocaan, on Nor. 10th. Prayer and eiper- , loaot meeting it 8 a. nx, held in the < unto thl* the first terrlco of the day. !' ranching it 10J0 n- m.. aobjeet— "Tbe t People hid i Kind to Work." Bunder I lobool it 3.90 p. m. ' Lot there be 1 full j Preaching it 7.(0 p. m., subject— "What f la Oonreralon." We seek to mike theeo 1 aerrlcet pleasant ud profitable. All to- » riled -eld everybody wnloome. nimer oiroicu. 1, Rer. Flaber Wilson, of Cbeeler Co., g Pa., wW iceln ooeupy the pulpit c4 the „ BepUit Church «U Sundv* Kwrirnof to. Baptist Bonder eohool in requBlif to te preeent next Sunday R end tike en active pert hi tha ear r* lire. {, Her. Fit be. Wilson ud H. W. Iliad q hot. ruber wueon loo u. w. itinu

win pretent eome thought! on the lemon In abort reriewe. Cap# Mey'e i Advantage* all ■ WinNatose hu be* «ry Uriah of bar Isrom upon Dope May. She fan glren lo It i dry healthful climate tree from who hire weathered the Vigors of more aortbern wiitera win Bod on theee ■bona no dlfioultym keeping comfor. able, without being moled up by double ■mill and oerre wading artificial fires kept it i full glow for the entire winter, .'ape Hoy htaraa ire not robbed of their "■yy'-' hnca for more "**■* 1 few weeka, tnd Indeed they are auggeatlona "of, prtng ill through the cold port of the rear. Them ire phyalcil renioni for Ada. The great dlmillc lereler, the AtanUo ooell, tgBi right up to the Imlti of the town laden with vivifying noae thit aoon brlnga back to the tided ibmk Urn roey hum of health If there be toy foandatlon it iD upon which to rafld. The Ootf Stream, that remarkable omalo Mvtr, ta not far amy- It, wpoterfkUy worms Iptho wlndithat mairry Iter It, and girm them a balmy eemlroplcal Saror peculiarly grateful to the nralld, or raletadlaarian. Cape Hay uu high foot land, not subject lo tauolaUon at arery epilog lido. Tbta la an* Uwr big adrantage, and one not poemeed by other rmorti which liy claim o to much and really mrtilda of what rt hoi done for thorn, pomem little but rid waolaa of wblte shifting land. No place cam lay claim lo patronno pace can toy claim to pairorr

ge oa a health resort, notwithstanding .00 regard la had to a foil Supply of rater. OopeHay bat tote, ud If on Imroremenl be made lo acme defect! of a aearage ayetam, on eoay thing would I be to ihow thai aa a eanrida health reort, faeored H no other locallUm are, ; la iboolitely peetiem. Then la warm talk thai latpllm some■lag more than talk about opening one ottom of this ochame an of the right lad of yard wtdo all wool alull to mike a laaema. Tbtp haee the knowledge, ■none and patience to thia end, and no at need be lurpriaod lo aoon am Sooting ran hotel flog ataffa the long pennant poling Uie good cheer within the n»n Mount Vernon gnterprlaea. Many of tntr nljhem araunacquatntcd, r penoanl observation, wtlh the Iroaprorememti already made by Urn Ml 'arena Load Company. It bm a mile I so fine a atrip of ocean drire and aea «D 11 may be found on tte com. and i grading already dona giree amur. ace that the eOmpeny ha. greater daga fixed upwto accomplish right On Friday loot wu the oocoaion of the until meeting of the organisation in . Cop. Hay 0*0,88 Water tngtoo Mm* tetcBowtag namffgtireM. ™ , anted to mrre tor the anaulng year. imMmt, X, Bookholi; V. P.. J. E. Donbangbi Secretary. 8. Bardaley; remurer, Bamaal Bailie; Krortora, ao. K. Cnmmlngt, Min Wlfaoo W. H. mdetilat,?*. a, and Ohm. B. Wind■erri. 1 muanmg, ja. u., ana etnas. n. n ura■erei.

An improaemant Oompanr with a copU Mock of 840,000 wm organised »t e mm time. Officered aa followt: aUrtt nmr myiT. P., Charlea er, W. H. Sebdemng. M. D-! DtreerCa Baflia, O. K. Cummlnga Ed--artlUgu, and John Orr. Ilia the totantloe of them gentlemen go rigbt ahead and put op a fine hotel ad baring beaamcured for that pur'marking that will Indite*. that then • hoop of H(e ornd pu* In Um Ml AUenKcOty aim oot lMo a diewith a cBtsen at the Oape, a day or ■go, on too mpectrra merits of the ro tow. The Cope bludar pointed tth Jnat pride to the otrand. boardalk, hmch drim, high foot land, water ipply, woodrn alepkant and dry almoama Than there wm rebucal erierne ear ahead waa, nligael botelr thing, yachting and flitting, the world MB .me the llhn. The poor Wander Weewnremly drtmUKl he 'rbe^Au ■M, hmbemednnn feKkm egdn to B ntm^m7 mk-ngyVjrtl^ at the * ?T ' M

PERSONAL. 3 B. G. Godfrey wm at the bland aa 5 Tumd.y. P Mayor and Mm Edarandi are in PbU- _ ad^pbia far a ten dayi atoy. Miami Adda Blyton and Katie Farce. m at Tlndand, bate b. en visiting Cape ^ May. FTUcb Tracy Toblu and B. B. Swab of Philaddrbia. wen at the Ebbitt thb, n Jullua Chambcra, late of ^be New York Herald, bm Joined the elag of the r. World. a Kim McC ready was down on tm of the fine dnrs oflast week enjoying the bracing ac« air- " Mlm 8nllle Bterens, of Camden, N. J., . a la rloltlng Mayor and Mra. Edmunds, st "■ their Jackson aireet rllle. a Colond O. W. Smith. Prohibitum caoJ dldate for Amembly,* beamed upon his < Cope May frltndl on election day. • Wm. A. Butchor and family retnrned I a to Phliodafphla on Thursday lose Mr. ' Bataher will spend a part of the winter <■ , In Mexico. ► i captain Andy Irey and family hare I ■noted into their city home for the wioj ter, where they will be pleased to aee 1 their friends. Mra Jot. B. Honrs and Mri. Daniel f fooar are expected home jotter. from Bakhnnrc, wbcro they Iter, born riatt- ' ' log Mra Aaron Miller, i Superintendent Miller of the public o • schools Is officially visiting the schools 1 of Lower Cape May. He finite litem in t I a mtiafactory condition. L. T. Stereos contribute! a very -In- p 1 teraating article to thla weck'a Wava on Henry Clay's villi tq Oape May In 1847. d may be found on the first page. Leslie L. Hand made a call upon his li young lady friends of West Cape May on Monday. Hi stayed away from them c, II. C. Thompson, of the Bank, is be- tl lng treated for eye trouble by Dr. John Btewart, of 1712 Arch atreet. PbUadel- la phis. Ha finds this popular occuliit ikillful and courteous. _ ci XeT.,0. A. BreWfler prcaohea the annual Thanksgiving aermoo this year si in the Baptist Church. It occurs on Ibe 20lh, according the Pres. sc " 2Bth, according

® Ident's proclamatlom. Mrs. M. S. Swain has been appointed a matron In the New Jeney Home at Vtneland for feeble minded children. Sbmle well mtapted to thla work having the neeemary <piallfications of heed and n '•■tM L Newton Johnson and hu alda, Wal- I lace Corson and Wm. Hughes, did their I m work promptly and well on election r night. Dlrpalchrsweve oonstantiy com. i s log and g iing nearly all night, but they i 9 managed to keep their files dear. r Mrs. J. Henry Edmundt entertained I r at dinner on Sundiy Mra M. B. Swain, I (i late of Ashland. Pa., Mrs. Louis Eldredge and son, Master George and Miss ■ ^ Maria Crowe l. It wm a friendly reun- i pr toe of Mr. and Mrs. Edmunds' personal p frteada. < m Mim Delia Emen returned home on ■ Friday last from a Philadelphia vUU d among relatives and friends. Miss Ea- I „ sen la a young lady of many graces of f 0 manner, and a great favorite In society. She la a real pretty blonde of handsome c t flgure.aijd la much admired by those who ■ look upoa her stylo of beauty as of the y tnoet winoome type. 1 1 Master Arthur U. Keerea, the four. .1 a teen-yeor-old son of Captain Oeorge W. r Reerea. baa bad tbe misfortune to lose I J. oee of bit eyea by the unfortuuale dr. I u cumalancee of rough playing, which boya aometlmea delight In. Dr. Stewart, 1 n of Philadelphia, la bending his energies < ( in saving the other eye which u suffer- |( lng from sympathy. c Arrivals at tbe Ebbitt for tbe week < r were I J no. Lonabaugb. Eduard Bucb. hols. S. Bardalev. Geo. E. Cummlnrs. 1 Geo.

j Samuel Bailie, Jno. Wilson, Cbas. Al- ( goe, Edward Hsgan, W. H. Bender ling. M. D., Jno. Orr, Wm. Bardaley, 0. T.F. I SonderHn, Peter Day, Ueorge Schwlnn, j C. W. Plagge, Cbas Bans, Chaa. R. b Wlndboevel, Choi Backner, PbUadeL adelphis. George W. Blake, of West Capo May, died loot Friday morning at 02. Hli 1 Interment took place on Sunday afler- ' noon In Cold Spring cemetery. Mr. ' Bloke leavro a large family to mourn ' hit loss. HU mother still survive, be- ' lag Mar 20 yenn old, but ,wu too feeble ' to attend the funeral. Mr. Blake waa no 0 ordinary man. He had large Inventive 1 talent arm kept hit retentive memory ' well etored with the facte of past and tbe Baptist chore.,. In the abecnce of J. L. Landla, E. P. Stile. aTd IT. ' Woolaon officiated al lite funeral which waa a large one filling the Weal Cape ' May chapel to lta utmost capadty. ' Mention sboold be made of Mr. IBake'a J auooaaa as on apiarist, lie no doubt knew more about bees than any other ' man wRbtn the Ihniu of Cape May , [ county, lie had the palna-laking quality , I and IntaUlgant-fatiajaoe- to study the habits of ibeso naefuL creatures and , ' mike them contribute lo hli support , ' and the pleasure of many who yearly , 1 Kike will be missed from bis so- , ' customed places Bin lira was pa.sed , peacefully among bb neighbors, all of j whom regret his disappearance from ^ I OapL Wm. H. Tyrrell, late of llfitb |

Penn. rob., now of this city, bad the - sensation of rending aa neoount of his * own death Ju« after the battle of Fred- • the color-sergeant of his regiment and - Being Struck down with fire wounds, " he dragged himself to a place of shelter, eoroplng notice tin night when he waa • helped off tbe field, and then learned > that be had been bulletined killed. ' Though eererefy wounded be rejoined - hte regiment the following June uod ' ESSPXfi • in art collections ud anlea, baring trav. - clod extensively oyer Europe making collections. Be, with hie mother and sister are now residents of Cape May's r so oalled " Fourth Word. | On Wednesday evening teat screen! ladles ud genllmeu gathered at the " residence of Mr. Wm. J. Bennett, Lafayette street.lo celebrate HaUow'ecn. " Music and dancing were the important " fenturoa of the early part of the evening until cloven o'clock vriun those present were invited to n table loaded with all the delicacies of the season. After doj lag Jdattoe to it, Mbv llattle Hud ud Mr. Newton Johnson sang Kvornl duels. Among those present whreHtee Florence * Bud, Mlaa Rebecca Bennett, Mrs. W. J. Bennett. Mtee Beanie Bennett, Mba ' Sallie Bud. Mim H attic Hud, Hemra. ■ R. L. English, Newton Johneon, WHIM. * Hughes. Richard Ware, u,l others. - hooks enrrted bj the ehUdran. "oermu children carry thdrbrwiotoilnmpoook. , The police are now ordrrtal to atop ebil-. , dren v-a4ghled too hearlly, get their adt JP oouri

fiAhTfi m " I toldyou.ao." The country la still mfe. U- Did you win a new halt Ail aboard fur Salt River, e. Excelsior Market for fresh meats. pe Butter a opeclalty at tbe Excelsior. Big rock still wait asound the aounda b WhoiVthe matter with Green Creek f b Let your gun repose till Urn Ulh InoL Thanksgiving day la only three weeks w ahead. I re Orugea promise to be plentiful rand ■ cheap. >f The leave* of a winter hotel b work- < ic lng all right. Plenty of new bats may be looked for ., next Sunday. 1 I Too much mouth b a bad thing for I i. How do you like the way things went' 1 i Tuesday? 1 Ten berries giro a pleasant fragrance ' j the breath. c Caps May' has yicldod a satisfactory t r Cranberry crop. h Don't put your core away la the crib 1 0 tin perfectly dry. An unusual actirity b notlcable In tbe I • retail trade. * Try the new store of Ua'pio 4 Bro. a 1 for your groceries. ' , The pumpkin Iter la baring u easy * . time of it this ymr. '' November IS is tbe beginning of the i gunning season. P i -Who1, that West Cape May brick top 8 i that kicks about flour t 5 Sweet potatoes ore too cheap to be " . profitable— to the raiser. T i Our adrertteere may be relied upon to fairly srith customers. 11 A good bit of challenging ud swear- 1* i was done on Tucoday. ^ Contractor Shaw la making the Episcopal church look in fine shape. al Rio Grende baa a future that will star. " folks about its neighborhood. Tbe man that mid the I mat daring the Tl campaign hu least to regret. u It's a good plu to lay In a supply of P Now see If a little business cunot te stirred np by way of Improvements. M The country is safe notwithstanding "I voters wbo lest tUnk otherwise. M . some lest

Tbe reported shooting of ex-Mayor 1 Fulton, of Pittsburg, proves to be scant ard. Tbe leaves tall In antnmn, but the ; autumn doesn't leave until tbe tall b 1 over. Our readers will mim the portrait gal. . made up of candidates, wbo hare i Curious though It be, It b not uucom- . on to sec a cold water man boll with , rage. Indian summer 1s upon ua with lta ' I balmy brasses ud luxuriant almos. ' i PbwoReliable fire Insurance at the office of I J. Henry Edmunds, No. 88 Washington 1 I There b a cry going up about the ' county for the organisation of beneficial 1 i societies. I "I regret that cooperated phenomena 1 . a fond recollection,'' mid a blooming 1 | graduate. ' Political oratrra may now giro their 1 > overworked Jaws a rest, ud that will ' , rest the reet tf us. 1 West Creek pond is a aholiow affaire ' a forest of stumps projecting ' . through Its waters. < Porpobea aolm along shore during • I Iheoe fine autumnal days within a stone's 1 . throw of the strand. 1 i John Halpln has opened Urn Excelsior < , Market with lull stock of family green- ' i riea ud prerialoni. Game U not entirely exempt from the 1 cupidity of our over anxious sportsmen, 1 thb clou season. We ore In receipt of favors from Rev. 1 C. Peters in Uie form of oonles 1 I, Petere in ooplea

. of hb sparkling sermona. Two Cape May pilot boob were caught ! in tbe presidential fog on election day , off in the mouth of tbe Boy. From all that may be discovered lu tbe , department of cold weather signs, the chancel are for s cold winter. The Ifm Hook magaxlne contains tbe , brightest of etorleo. It b published In " Lowell. Mass.. at fll per year. June* Fiaher bis left at thb office a • bunch of red onions, Um largest warn r 1 saw grown In Cape May eon sty. The man wbo has set a good watch 9 upon the door of bla mouth for the peat ' week or so baa Utile to repent of. Cbn you truthfully my that your ugry ' pulsions have been kept down all < 1 through the late political campaign? ' That big tnako story of a eounty corf respondent If too much for November. ■ We shall pot It away for future refer1 *" It's only a question of time." ud a 1 t short time/too, aa lo when yqnr rhcu. 1 ■ mallam wUI yield to llood'e Senaporilte. 1 1 Try It.. i Washington street sidewalks ere do- 1 clilcdly ragged In spots. Thsy should 1 ' remodeled Just here in a substantial I ' t ' The amount of wind eralred from the ' 1 mouth* of campaign orators would be 1 1 sufficient to start off a second March ' j ' rates commensurate with security at the 1 offices of J. Bury Edmunds, 28 Wash- ' ' Ington atreet ' 1 The way things are going on m tbe of West Cape May, a portion of 1 will be submerged before the winter 1 lira te su emergen uetore the winter rains are over.

' Pock 4 Son adserttee In tbe Warn a patent loading block which la a useful contrivance for sportsman. See their J ad. In another place.' """ Tbe yonng ladles of tbe M. E. Sunday school are making preparation! for a ' grand festival on Thanksgiving day, for | Betting oa the result of the National election b a good deal like laying a wog- : cr on tbe probabilities of a woman bit , ting a mark with a atone. When t us b thrown upon his own , resources the man somadmes usffen; but usually it b the resources which got ' the wont of tlse encounter, j A man In Nebraska Is In Jail for steal- • re* * quutlty of sausages- Tbe evidence against him b said to bo conclusive. Not a link U treating, j Then will be a lecture delivered in , Baptist Obnreh, of (tee May Oty, en Monday evening, NOT. 18, by Mr. L. W. Raymond. Adnrisatno, 25 eta. , On account of the premure of election news the publication of on interesting t letter from Holly Bench en the dUBonlj tire of that borough baa been deferred. Tbe Agency for the National Fbe In1 eurence Company, of Hartford, Oonn., has Jnat been received at the offices of J. j Henry Edmunds, 88 Washington street Last Sunday was a typical Indian , summer one. Tbe stinoephere was moot Invigorating and balmy. The town took advantage of It and enjoyed the MUmWOlte a MmCs agwey far ihn •* > of the PuMfc Tcdper U at th* old gtsnd, I 41 Wasltihgtonavrqet Thara wbo may ■ wish tha paper should leave their names 1 I srHh kite. Frland, who will soe thot it Is i • "Ete&Sut Brother have opened ! 1 pi^i1^!faUCT,rin"n*'boacni ;

Editor W. C.T. U. Wava Column. It baa been said by some, that the W. C T. B. has given tbe causa of temper. legtince to tbe party of Prohlbltioo, adopted for tbe fifth time, at lie late NoL tiooal convention In New York City. Anyone allendlng that con veo lion with . inch an idee, no doubtffeld it ehtirely , dispelled frgm thelf minds, as the repute from tbe forty different depart1 menu showed more and better work done daring the year just closed, than . during any previous ytar. The convention op, nod on Friday, 18. . The auditorium was filled with tbe dele galea, numbering over four hundred, . gathered from every stale and territory, , and the officers and inriled gneata-occu-pled tbe platform, while every box and | all tbe upper tiers were fillad to over- , i Tbe bouse wu beautifull dec- ■ orated with Ufe Stars and 'Stripes and the coats of arms of the 8tot t, and a liberal sprinkling of Ibe emblematic wblte ribbon. Tha address of UM president, Trances j Will ard, waa a master. piece, covering j aa It did every phase of the work, both , as to tbe pa t and tbe future. She has ( tbe president nf the organisation ( tha last Um jmra, and is truly a won- ( Among the n table persons on the platform waa Mrs. Mary A. Wood bridge, Secretary of tbe National, ■ la also president of the Maine W. C. t TV*- . i Mra. Bnell, of Connecticut, Core, spond- 1 Secretary, la a favorite speaker, es- t peciklly In Virginia and Maryland, where 1 la very popular. c Mil! Esther Pugh, Is the Treasurer, 1 and la a woman of marked bu-ineas abil- c i Mrs. Clam Hoffman, of Missouri, la a 1 very popular aposkcr. She was, before r taking up the temperance work, prlnci- r pal of one of tbe finest « bonis in Kan- 1 saa City. 1 Hn. Mary Lxthrap, president of the l W. C.' T. C„ is a eery brilliant speaker. She la called "Tbe Daniel of Temperance Reform." c t> coitcr ot temperance Kerorm.

r Mary A. Live, more was well known . during the civil war, uod was one of the leading spirits of the Sanitary Cotnmis- ] slon. She la an eloquent. Impressive I speaker, and one of tbe most girted women in tbe country. Mrs. Mary H. Hunt, of MnnaeliusctU, . superintendent of tbe scientific Instruction In tbe public schools, scoured the - . passage of the first temperance law ' i through Congress. Mrs. Judge Thompson, eighty years , old, led the first praying band in the There are many others of whom we r would like to speak, but time and space , forbid. A prayer meeting of one hour : was held each day previous to the open- , of the morning session. Tbe Sab- , | services were so follows : Sermon , the forenoon, by Miss E. Greenwood, , , of Brooklyn. In Ibe afternoon, meeting , the Intoroata of social purity, delivered , Dr. Kate Buahnell, Dr. Mary A. Al- | • Frances E. Wills rd and others, j I evening, address by Bishop Sam- , uel Fallows, on "Tbe Ecclesiastical | i of Women." These meet- . were all largely attended by attentive listeners Tbe day sessions of the ' convention were largely given to bear- ' , reports from superintendents nf the ' different departments of work. Amoog 1 . these departments are those for evange. I , work, scientific temperance In- < amotion, Juvenile work, work among < . foreigner*, literature ud many others. ' work has teen done, ud more do- < partmrnU of work created than ever te- 1 Muy a W. a T. U. woman as < she tat there ud Hstened to tbe insplr. 1 , she

lng words of our superintendents and t organisers, thanked God ud took on f new courage, resolving In their hearts to stud against all wbo directly or ins directly give sanction to tbe liquor trafL lie ot this nation. J the exception of Tuesday evening which , had to te given to business), with speeches ud mddramea from members , of the convention and others. Saturday r evening being given to the young ladles. Among so muy that were good It la i , difficult to select, but those of Mra. ' I Livcrmore, Mra. Lathrap, Mrs. lloffmu, t Gen. Flak, John P. 8l. Jonn, Hon. Neal I , Dow and Joseph Cook, were especially t I good ud Inspiring. And now, as to t Uie future, much has been done In the t . poet, much still remains to te done, t "The fields are white for the harvest." t . More workers are needed, ud more con- i secretion among those who are already , in the field. Still the cry of Innocent . children, ud lu Bering women, vie I ma ' of this nnboly traffic is sounding in our 1 (Art, ud who shall "say ua nay," If wa 1 . arise In the strength of our united wo. ' I ntubood nnfi my, this evil shall te outI We bear a great deal being sold about being tired of this W. O. T. 1 stay at home, that Is her place. Granted. ' Is ter place. It la her kingdom. And true womanly hearts would choose ] , to remain within that kingdom were H , , not for one awful fact. Wonun's king. ( dom haa teen Invaded by a fiend, and her | shine* dnecrmled ud destroyed . , To-day the monster who tee done all ( ; this erouetea In data along oar thorough. , fares, or dlsgulred as u angel of light, , - alts In nalacea of beintv. an fair. *n , z u* uiaguirm, as so anger ot llgut, ao

, charming, that the nation Muds ready 5 to do ter bidding. "And we, the wives, r the mothers, the sisters ud daughters, wUTett we a«rt<nid #«r kingdom of y lta toe ? " "When a woman haa gone , forward day after day until her feet r pram the allppery banks of the riser of life, and In weakness aid agony, bend1 lng over Its watora, anaicbes a young .. immortal from Ha warm and lands him _ upon the shores of tune, well knowing Ural ter feeble feet may slip ud the 0 fiver of life become to her the river of . death, think yon that lilti- life la of all a mother's pride she sees him grow- , lng Into young manhood, and in ter . busiest days builds beautiful castles in . wUch te slts'the central figure, ess you fatham the agony oTlhat mother's heart J him, ter boy, helplessly writhing in the " eintotea of Ibe rem fiend r"We bare appealed to those who have , aver claimed to be our protectors, ud . whose protection we' desire. To us It . seemed they only off ere J to sr'l our souls al a greater price. Then w. man's . lore above and In all ter dignity sot up- ' ea the throna-and fear, timidity, mlaapprehension, bowed before their queen . and went forth to do her bfjtdlng." , We believe God la with us la onr t work of lore, and wa go forth strong In [ his strength, to do hb bidding, firmly . believing te is nring us to help bring In that happy day when not one den of 1 telqotty la any lornt shall te protected by onr nation's flag. This Is God's , WO*, mid let man beware, and not coo. , tend against 1L We my with ter Maty , "There new was a revival thia world to a higher spiritual I Iqrei that eorpmeea the Women'a Cm- , aode. Thar* never wis a church bore I la a whiter tent of the Holy Ghost than t w»Mhe Women's Christian Temperance

- earthly reformers, that kept clow to the word of God thu haw these wo. r. men as they hare gone out oa their r- widening way. And any man or aay L womu that fighto with ttoW.aT.U-, i, In principim ud lis methods, is canX tending with the vital principles of the r. tertnon an the jxponnt ud the swift h eternal forom of PentecoeL E. D. U. J Joseph Hall.Tr., got back from bis wedding Jaunt on Monday avowing occom ponied b/nls bride. Some members of ito family conspired ud made the I borne nest of Mr. ud Mn. Han ready t for the reception during the afternoon. The slaters of Mr. Hall, Mmdimm a A- < Shaw, J. & Warn, M Church and E. I ' Boll worked lovingly to get the feast ' ready in time fortke newly wedded pair. 1 j Besides those present already named, ' 1 were, Mra. L,K.Mlller, Mr. ud Mra " M. Bell, Joseph Hon. Sr.. Mrs. H. ~ Sawyer. Mr. udMrmJIall start off their wadded life under the brightest of ' ' aklea. They ore in estimable couple, - amiable ud reflaed. The ladles have c Jail fell In love with the new Mra. Hall. <! ' and in fact everybody is won over to : both by ,°tlee of kinship or friendship. 11 ' feast was gotten up regardless of * 1 but Brother Hall cheerfully run 1 his hands lute his well filled wallet ud 11 ' paid the bill wifiiout a murmur. He Is • the hspplett man today In the town. - I Miles Postiethssite, who says he 1 c a first cousin of Lord Sackville West, „ i spent a couple of days at tbe Ebbitt thla t week. Evidently te had taken a cue , from his Illustrious kinsman, Ilcr Brit- • Majesty's late representative at for if there ever was a ret. of them. His baggage consisted of a leather grip, ud Judging from tbe r te exercised in keeping it within sight. It must bare contained matter of » , value. Mine boat Golt utl a rep- t raaentatlvo of tbe W»vi found out by a real worming process that this highborn i : the dtlm of the West. t Lemuel E. MUler has secured a Gov. F eminent contrail tor digging a three (

' to Indian river bay In Delaware. The ditch la to te 80 feet wide ud six feet "s deep below mean low water. Tbe con j tract price will be about »128.000 He will begin operations January 1st. of tbe I require eight months lo complete the q Job. We congratulate this enterprising ( citlren upon his success. There were five otter bids besides bis from well ' that Cape May lisa another man wbo , business ability. ? To fully convince one of tbe popular- ' lty of the Wanamakcr stores Phllsdel- - phla, with Cape May shoppers one has - only to take a gland In the crowded Isles 1 of the great store ud he will aee them ! examining goods which they are free to ^ do. To be able to get about whatever j - Is wanted in tbo domain of house! ce p. • convenience ud la likely to maintain the , 1 largo popularity already achieved. Messrs. N. SnellcnbergA Co., the well , clothiers, of 5Ui 4""Soulh streets, . ore distributing among tbe , , folks, copies of drawing books thai r their skill may be tested in works of j . plain drawing. For the beat three pages . of drawing Ibey will award a firm, aee- . ond ud third prixe In Ibe older of merit. A drawing book, paper and envoi- ; . will te given to any one who may °'^Dl 10 on »PP»- I February lit, "88. 2t | .. February 1st,

1 The result of tho game of ball playod ' " on Saturday morning Is aa follows : 1 Wavx-.v. '..8 5 8 1 8 0 8 8 4—84. ' Star........ .0 1 7 1 8 0 0 0 4— 15. ' Wava players— Haml c, G. Hughes 3b. Garty p, W. Hughes lb, Carvallo as, 1 Crowell 3b. Stoddard cf. Weeks rf, 1 1 Clark If. Star— Elwcll, Wales, Her. 3 mudex, H. Lovctt, W. Lorett, Marry- ' J ott, Mecray, Hess, Learning. Jomot WUda, Jr.'.'i Co. hare opened ■ a new clothing bouse at Tenth ami . Chestnut streets. They invite tbe ttten- , tlon of particular people, and claim to ' I bare Ibe means to please t em. George r C.McCall is tbe manager of the new en- 1 > terprise and If experience, polite otten- ^ ■ tlon to u exacting public count for ny . thing, success la not far ahead of thla ' ' cudldate of the buying part of tbe 1 • community. ^ L Now that Insurance la ao cheap no e , prudent person will neglect to make k himself secure against the possibilities , of fire. He will take no risk* in Utls c J. Henry Edmunds, S8 Wash- 1 Inton atreet, will write yon the moat v liberal policy. It will cost but 811 to c insure your buildings far 81000 for 6 ; years. Tharv tsau uotatoaigs, or otoer r I rxpense after a policy la onoo granted. a Cm a lad who. In tbe youthful exu- " 1 or bla spirits, playfully unbangs £ 1 gale ud suspends it upon a lamp pool ■ a tree te interfered with by tbe po. ' See? We Just ask for information. No offense is Intended. Some aay yea ud ^ 1 others aay no, ud the noes seem to hare * ■ 1L Will tbe unprotected householder > wbo found hla gate In bis neighbors cab- k ■t WHO tuuuu ma gate in nts neignDora rah- 1

10 garden lost Thursday morning, fr pteoae scna In hla vote. I, . 1 , ,, One of the pranks of Dennlnille boys , ,f of ■ generation kgo Waf to unloswl a te wo°d wogon, take Its parts to tbe top , tl of the village school house, pelt them to- , Jf gelher, ud reload the wood. When tho , \. owner saw his wagon calmly reposing g on the peak of the roof te waa for some t a low Quite daaed. , g Washington street wss almost do- t ^ cu ted of gates when the light of All ,( Saints D*y broke upon that thorough ( rf fare. Some were suspended upon trees, 1 h Others reposed In vacant lota ud not a , p. few tef* not turned np yet * A Cold Spring householder waa troub- ' " apHc of the madlelDe ho took foond no 1 relief tB he renewed an expired ire In- * surueo policy on bla onog home. Cold Spring Preabyter1ans~are deter- C T mined to pay off the debt oo their chap- n A el Thoee who may be llbcraly inclined R and here the means will find here a * * worthy object of their benevolence. p . S. C. Cheater, Oape May's popular x photographer, haa otaoed the (tape May „ n branch of bis brtilrii— for the saeaon. He invites bis nt stem en to caU in at , his Mlllville gatUvy where he may be n found all ready for bu^mea. Jt r The Ospelfay Ooaniy MTOlcal Socio ri D ty holds lu regular semi-annual meeting 1' <[ in this city today. An Important papa h ° upon the practice of medicine ud suf1 gory In China by Dr. J. n. Ingram, will A '• te read. The meeting will be Mid at n r the Devon. / t> ; ■ u husinem on the Delaware. Camden, Saw y n Jersey. Mr. Moniaan by Jils targe Iran- d sections Is able to txmSCd .Wad- U * vantage la the market Sod to sell at o * lowest price*. £ b

" ^bbottf ihe Stnmfj. * J. F. Goff ud wife spent Sunday in Bupl Mlderpnt in hlk appearance on Monday afternoon at the school horns*. Mra John HlbbiU, of Philadelphia, is visiting ter lister, Mra. D. Chamber*. ■ The slqhp Constitution, Capt. Samuel . Wescott. la loading hoy foe L.D. Smlib. i The schooner Four aiatara, Capt. Lew- ! Shaw, left port on Monday moroiag r for Dataware. Wm. Christian ud wife will visit their daughter, Mra. Thomas Stake , at Higbtown this week. 1. O. Goff ud wife ud sister paid hla D. E. Goff, of Rio Grande, s visit on Saturday. Along trie Shore Road. James C. Ron ud sister EUcn made flying trip to Philadelphia loot Friday. We noticed the smiling countenance '' " "t " " The farmers rejoice to have a few more of floe weather to give tbem opportunity of getting a little hay. wood out snow buks, and lo avoid being placed in auch a dilemma, Now that election la over onr politicians will te able lo go to work wllb renewed energy, at least those on tbe victorious side ud the poor defeated ones will be obliged to make the beat of iL F. B. Buahnell Jr. ia home for a abort Stay. Tbe frame of tbe new bote! will Inraised this week. W. E. Young opened his tobacco and night. ville spent part ..f tbe week vi.itiug K. James. Mrs. David Christen will have one of the flnost cottage* in loa n when completed. Mra. K. II Lewi* will go to Philadelphia next Monday where she will reside next atouuay where sue will restile '

9 Copt. Ilarvy (tester and wife spent < s R. S. teaming ha* taken a contract to > 9 build another marl a* *oon a* thl* -ne t '. Mr. and Mrs. Shaw have gone lo Hoi. ' ' Mr ud Mra. Coraou. of Court House, * , vltited Mnejhoma. Sayre on Sslurd.y, j t The fellow that vtaltnl the rciilencr 1 > she wa. al Uiureh helped himself to „ r apples. The young man that goes around poo- • John 8. T. Hurke is borne f r a few . t day*. |" ' Mrs. R. P. Thompson visited South " 1 Supt. V. O. Miller paid our scoool an " - official visit on Monday. Next Sabbath will be Bible day al the " - lmmanuel Baptist Church. ' Miss Fannie Erricson. of Dyer* Creek. ^ - been among friends here. • Misses Baliio Swain and Ella Tyler 1 teen to Philadelphia on •shopping " have a a hopping

, expedition. The jxung people's mealing oa Bah bath evening was was one of great Intent end profit. Woman* Foreign Mlsaiouary Society will te organised here In the near future. Jno. Erricson nnd wlfo of DtnnlsvlDc. and J. Clem Foster ud wlfo, of Court COM Serine. Look out for uothor "concert" in the near future. Mr. Ludis and family were present Mr. Vinccat MUler celebrated bis 78 birthday Tuesday lost He enjoys the best of health for his age. Mrs. Charles Soffe and Mrs. Nntnaniel ' of Diss Creek, were the guests ' of Mra Mary It. Soffe. ou Thursday : The young folks scored another sue- ' ceaa al the chapel Friday eveoing. 1 They deserve encouragement for tho condnctedThuks are due to the frlenda who remember ua au kindly wltii their fees, although unable to te present and enjoy the "feaat of good things." A few more . contributions wHl make it amount to the anug anm of 825. soariys«aviii*T i A mi niter of ' sportsmen have already : out after quail ud rabbit. t Mra Eetma Alexander, of Manumus- i kin, wax visiting her borne hero last .

E. S. Titum boa teen apending a few daya with hiafriend, S. T. Coleman, al I ! QsmXkft., i 1 Muriel Coraon ia stiU al home wlthbcr I 1 mother. It la doubtful if tbe goes back I to New York this winter. She ia tin. The family of It. C. Godfrey at Ucean < 1 ore slowly Improving the Dr. aay a. I We arc glad to hear it as Ibey have t greatly afflicted. 1 The beautiful Indian summer weather ■ hu been too lovely to stay In doors ud < muy hire takoo ad rentage of It f go to the woods for leaves ud berries, j Another society wedding U talked of 1 Thankagivtng. We have had more I weddings in (tape May county in 1888 thu ever wu known In one year. t South Dennis. , Miss E. B. Eldridgc, of Cape May 1 City, is spending n few dnyt with her p mother. t Marcus L. Edwards, of Philadelphia, o •pent loot Saturday and Sunday with hla a Capt Jos. James of Green Creek hu moved hla family Into part of tbe house occupied by Jesse Hud. Cept. John Champion, wife m.d little ion. of Philadelphia, were In town lut li week tbe guests ot exJieoator Learning, a Those young people wbo go straw , riding wrmld gr-otiy oblige the public p in general if tbqy would leave thaip o born* at borne. p DenntaCreek landing la improving. 5 coal yard ta being started, ud the gj new vetMd of ei -Senator teaming la S lng occeasary to glre room foe a rioter craft of larger dlmendons. The bowsprit for the now resect at „ penult Creek landtag arrived on Eri- „ It te a magnificent specimen of a bend tod ITFKte. squorc.^^^ «

Green Creak. Election passed Off very -rjuitiy to-thix locality. Tbe time for gueoring tbe weight of tbe fatted hog has come. in From the constant popping of guns there must te violation of the gome el bouse Is shaking this village from atcm ti. toaiern. r. Green Creek boasts of the biggest ig county pumpkin, and the prettiest |r The recent wedding of Mist Crawford *. ud Mr. Shaw provoked quite a actuals The men you see tramping over the fields In the early mot nings arc probably going to their traps and snares. Levy Foster bu changed his mind 0 Philadelphia business and will stick lo '- home at the Creek. Farmer* are busy harvesting their r full cropa and getting reedy for. winter. t el present. „ Mr ud Mrs. Knoa Tomlln. of tewer Mra. Borah Matthew* Is away .m her * The people propo«c building au addtI>aniclgSchctei!ger haa the contract e for plastering Clem Shan's new house Tho reputation of Mr 8 a* a Anurias* panted by Mr. end Mr* Williant*. gue.u Clement II 8h.w and Mi** temora '

them much Jny and prosperity in their , The Fishing Creek llind of Hope met t week The meeting «*• iddrenec.l by .

lng of a franchise to the West Juisey II. , t II for the right of way ,.f the proposed , , change of railroad route. Mayor llcwtti ) ell were present, also Ibe Borough Suite. \ * llor. E S teaming, and Mr. Thompson. , i ordinance was passed on its third read- . , granting said Company power to f ough grade. | It was so very foggy on election tlay ' thai the Bench Homo rrews dUl not - I Mra. I. E. Whelm bu gone to Vine- ] land to consult bcr physician. Dr. Adam*. She wUI stay all the week. 1 ci'untr with hla^ncw horoe, and buggy. ' CapL David Tow mend hu Improved | Captain for many years.

Miss Uexie Van Gilder returned home ; Philadelphia on Saturday night, ■ the happy event will lake place If rumor correctAfter loolay we will know If we arc to loose our faithful teacher, Mr. E. C. Cole. While we hope with all our ■ thai he will ho succeasful In hi* new undertaking ud know that no min ia better fitted to direct ud help our slate and county affalra ud that he wUI gret losing so good a teccher for our people ud cu only hope wo may fortunate in getting u good a man to fill bis place. There Is a case for the 8. P. C. A. In this place ot In South SeavlUe. A party small rou horse to a new phaeton ud the way he rushes it la unmerciful, the ' uimal la always dripping with sweat ud the driver urges it to tbe top of ill speed through heavy sand up hill 1 ud down till the poor Utile beast looks aa If It would drop down. Why do oot some of the member* give It aome alientlon? Isn't Thla What You Need. The Indlu Hemp Bitten, combine i a peculiar manner the beat blood pitri. t ud strengthening qualities. They < purely vegetable. It is one of the < of remedial, and succeeds when t other medicines fall. Those Bitten wU ( purify your blood, aid the digestion, ud . rbrenewJlfo and vigor to Ibe body. ! Good for dyspepria ud liver complaint, 1 tuff la a ui initiate of cononmption. 1 by Jonx Fiairrxn, " «» . - Green Creek. • John T. Craig wUI clean ud repair 1 sewing machines. Also repair ud tune ud pUnos. Organs ud sewing machines Tor sale on reasonable term*, . sewsMSE.-'-'wi.

Us Ulf-YoUrAre 8lok_-l - KKptacm P*«y Paralrti*. or Nvrvons Proa- •; Paine's Celery Compound * Jaa L tV'w*.*. Sprlnxflald. Maax. wrUaa r— A~ rvvr-madr, and STtn mora bdltiam *ni aStSo'ldS: l'taPma^ aS*a eolora Oik fur tbo XUSaaoad, and tab a. w ) r™ Stati S ftJaSHTJa L™J'1*S^>,hS'*Sta/. ^ Coat Colond > " criar^wnpoond " * Qarmenis Renewed J cents, J > Will. Cure You! A Child can use them I Bold bj dragrha*. st .Ozt Sae SS. Pranaradjmly r;.»a<juaa»o tor a« r**cj and art Work a For lire Aged, Nervous, Debilitated, i wtus!^^«oso^t'k mrfceta*. Vt HIGH OUflLITlES LOW PRICES. r 77 T V have one of the l.trgest and Best Stocks ^ of Clothing in Philadelphia. ; f STYLE, . : quality, UNEXCELLED. fit, i S JACOB REED'S SONS, LEADING CLOTHIERS, tu 918, 920. 922 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA.

Tr. had. a hoary fog hung over tend I deprived of Ibe privilege of going : Zi"e I 'ta'in7;^'.7' ".lippld

* or lovely VhlW flowers Mia. Mlnulr. ! ' *o in a cream hcnrielta cloth with full ' draperies, flue other young lady. Mlaa 1 Blud. Harrington wore pink aureh with j ' pink chryaanthemuma. Illcourae Uie j ' gr.".nu.man wm hudwmdy attired ud ' acted well bis part as did tbe ushcra. I I'crcy Tow use ml. tewis Townaeod ud ! , Sea Isle City M E. church. Thal'.-c^j . eel anything over heard of hero. Tbe ] I to Washington. The present* were |

" '7 PU' 'IOV*n *°U ",re€ mlnul,,, J there, llelng much excited when he I r in trim for flghL So he accused the pro. , prietor of hiding the gun and insisted , that be pul It down right at that door. Ho threatened ud went for a warrant, I j™' "iaput an<1 wlien Joke was J day or two was^'notlfled that hla gun , waa there, ud coming ud got It, yet , he threatens to make It warm when he I Onda out tho fellow that hid it. 1 A man who haa practicod medicine for 40 yean, ought to know salt from sug. ar ; read what be says. ToLino, O., Jan. 10, 1887. •Messrs. F. J. Cheney 4' Co.— Gentle, t— I have been In the general practice of medicine for most 40 year*, ud would aay that In all my practice ud experience, have never seen a preparation that I could preocrite with as much confidence of auooua aa I cu Hall's Co. tarrh Cure, manufacture*! or you prescribed It a great m*qy timet and lu effect ia wonderful, and would In conclusion that 1 bar* yet to find case of Catarrh that It would not cure, « they would take It eooording to directions, Yours Truly. i ' L. L. UoUsrcn. ». IL.- I Cflloe. 815 Summit St. , We will (ire 8100 for any coae of Cu. ' j that cannot bo cured with Hull's I Catarrh Cure. Take luteeaallv. II F. J. Chewy *Cok Hsopa., Toledo, O. I j 'arSoldbjDrugit.^75,:. * j]

d ■ May County Teacher'* Reading Circle ; ! at their incrtlng on Saturday. Nov. 3rd. g I arranged Local Circle Directors as fol- " I Nos. I. a. 8.4, and 0. Metara. F. W. .rjj.mc.udK l.^lliee Itennl.vUle, Ine | J* " Sherman C.£ „ ] lorluding tll.it teu Soa. 18. 10. 17. IB. a I 80 and 31 Ml * Adda Benexct ud Mr. t in-1 districts N'<>* 22. 23, 24 ud 35. Mr. „ C. ( . Reeves nud Miss Emma Coraon t t ( a|te May City , including tililrlcta Nos. lC j Citric as sa aid '"to the profcuslon, and g J the next meeting ol toe County Teach. r j Board ailjournrai to meet al Court House J | oo Saturday. December 8th, 188S. I, I Bruise*, Sores. Clcers, Salt Rheum, Fe' ,, ver Sores, Tetter. Chipped Hands, ChU* bistna Corn., anil all Skin Eruptions, , and p.Mtively cure. Film, or do pay^ re- . I *ati»f action, or money refunded. Price, ( | 85 eenls'per box For sale by Marcy A

■a j Poller a and Farrta No. I Oil Cloth. 1 J j Alao Stove Rug." or Pritenu^ln OU te j 58 Washington StreeL it yarrUH. Ifm, ^akiK6 POWDER Absolutely Pure.

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