' CAPE MAY WAVE— SEMI-WEEKLY— SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1889. -

ll_l I . Mi 11 puutot tmi ffdurtij ua utirtir. k ra^r^ri^ttKeannam. Shall Batter Pay's Come 7 We hope better dnyt hate dawned d upon Cape May, end that property ow- ^ am of tide city may calmly discuss the u business ailoaUon In refsreooe to public r. iaprotcmenu without some one Jumping to Ua feet and raising the cry of g "Jobbery." Thia Journal haeeteradto- b cated the moat liberal policy for public £ Improtementa, belletlng that money ei- « pcndtd Judldooaly, In Ihla way, would prote paying Inrmtmanta, But for eel- ft Hah and partlaan maona & baa had tbe 0 charge laid at Ita doora of being Inter- q anted In Joba whence cr a rolce for pro- b greaa baa been ralaed- la a aenae every Inhabitant of tbaae aheeaa la pecollariy . Interested In eSoctlng public Implore- o menu. If a property owner, tbe In- »: creaaed rrnlne of hlapommdnni la a good * and aubstential reason i or should be be B _ a da/laborer, good woakfeoeee to him by ptaaqr of work for his hands. Tbe a advantage of a spirit of Improvement » would aooo be fell In every avenue of p endoevor In tbe Iowa. The shop keeper. , chilled mechanic, unskilled laborer, all a would fad the Impulse, and there would d not come upon us fornbout eight months of tbe year a listless stale of 'ault tlod- c log. and disputing that makes the town e an object of contempt with men who see ft the petty quarmla which demand so much u of lima to such Utile profit- h WMM on tha subject of progress In d public doings, such Improvements aa are D stanllal manner, built for lime, and not undertaken again tbe following year, a and so on till the mosey and patience of p * tbe lax payer la emanated. b In making tbe attempt to stay ibe In- b \ roads of the ocean upon our shores, a e •good beginning has been made, but I mtwe will hare to be done In storm v threatened places like the Grant street o blghii Tbe sea wall must be built « higher tad. Jetties run off from tbe shore, s so the aMSWhmi leabod to fury by atch t storms aa>a has. just pamcd through, t shall be kapttnltabed- Thla would Imply ,e one acquainted with the facte of shMT r happenings In reference to preservafc" f our shore line will, wcrthlnk-, regard llxla t aa the cheaper'method la the end. a The same rule wUl hold good fo»eoad c building, paving sad city nchlteclural f effort. Bold for time and not patch up e tottering structures any lonrer, let f them go down, the quicker the better, I and on their ruins will arise a new Ckpe t Hay, worthy to alt among tbe moel p»o- t gresslvc of reaorl* Now in all this we f bare no Job, only what may come from t reflex action brought about by having t continuing aeaaoas la which the years of 1 plenty shall return, and onr storehouses i shall fairly hpjat gllh the fruit of what- t ever of expenditure «d ti.ll shall be . made. * w» be » time of fat things, . aad usdo shafl ru* mightily, marching In c unbroken ranks In a campaign of rich ■ conquest. Shall this latter coodltlon ot ■ ' affairsVbtain? Yet; If there be wisdom > •sough tat this old tea girt town to sink i out ot tight personalities, envyinga, and I unseemly strife, and In no other way. The meruit ot the equinoctial storm on Tuesday, hep! the tldec full through t the week. It was a trial on the Ocean | drive to resist them, but It got off with , a few loads of gravel less. For con- , Unuanoe this March gale will go down In , history aa a success. Its an Ul wind that , Wows an one good, as dealers In rubber , foot wear can verify. There ha.nl Win , a day for some tkno who* It was pro- , dent to vgatum auk of doors without , extra protection for the loot. So far no marine disasters have occurred on the Cape shore*, a matter of profound con. gratulation. . The iwdekl soaking has given the town a damp, bedraggled look which will speedily give way to a few hours of sunshine, r if the matter wli undertaken In • business way It looks aa though the government would aid la helping to fight hack the sen from further damaging our shore*. Oepe May Pol t should have a substantial modem Jetty built at public evpenae. There are great cerumen Is) intern Is clustering about these shores, li is thought by scene that a woo. J- «ir.+unp« from the pilch of the Capo wuufc dU a derpMinc of the wrier around U so that vessels could psseeagevs and cargo, if our business plan to cnltrtFedcrel rid Ibe thing might Bk Patrick's Day was celebrated la . the CalhoBc ehumh. thU ehy. lart Sun. day In honor of tbe feast of St. Patrick by Rev. Father Degea. who also made some very appropriate remarks relative to the Saint, together with e very eulogistic sermon upon the gospel of the ' day, sta-i "The Transfiguration of our Lord." The choir under ;tbe direction of Mrs. Mary R. Louis, aatiatad by Mrs. Mary Collins sod Miss Anna Stoddard, rendered Bord've's Nam In Doe Kyle. AI St. Patriot wm Mug, followed by "St. buKnest men. Tmiatae touches - ipis fcnS* nf" J*°bS£ toeuserte*1 No. »

tr " __ < PEBBOWAL. Q *■ Rev. Mr. HacnwUl occupy Ma pulpit Tbo* W. Minct wUl make an electI ecbpol trustee, i . 00 Iter. L. O. Manohnster finally got off to his new charge yesterday morning. — Miss Limit Ware trill visit Hlghtatown srith tbe family of Bar. Mr. Maachetter for a brief Bay. Mtes A- C. Knight. and Miss Frances Ferguson are U Oape May stopping at X. C. Height's cottage. w F_ Misaon la at Uapp Haymaking business arrmngementa for next summer. w Tbe Wars extends hearty good wishes to Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Hltchner, that to the it wedded life may be a happy one. Mrs.' L. A- Holmes, with daughter « Mamie, of Oape May Court House, la Till ting her daughter, Mrs. Daniel Mrs. Ann R. Albert, of Baltimore, waa down during tbe week looking after hex property. She waa a guest of Mrs p! Thomas Webster. J>r. E- H. Phillips reports tbe public an health aa good. Considering tbe state of the weather this specks well for Ibe bt salubrity of our climate. Mlu Carrie Holmes, of Cape May C. bI H., is making a visit with bee aunt, Mrs. J. U. Hues. Miss Holmes Is a very <* attractive brunette, possessing many In- •* tellerttial graces. PaatofJ. B. Mace wife and three cbil- cr wrlfcS brother and sister arrived on ot evening and are stopping at EbMtk Tneir household goods ar- M rivedwmi morning. Mrs. Wm. T. EMredge, lste of Cold and now of West Cape May, nas *>l visiting her brother-in-law, J. L. In Wert Philadelphia, and her ^ M. ud Mia. Wm. A. Batcher with «* will soon return to Cape May and tbetr Columbia avenue collage. J' They were here during the week msk- •" lag arreugemenls to this end. Theodore lbach, the organ builder, Is at Cape May engaged In removing the lh old organ of Ike M. E. church. Tbe Instiument Is to be shipped to Pennsgrove "» when it will be repaired ud re-eom- 1 missioned. John Smalley, Wm. A- Rnlrher and B wife. Miss Ida May Butcher, Mr. ud w M. K. Reed. Mrt. Robert Beallle, PL Mamie Joy. Mrs. W. B. N. Coons, ud Miss Cor.ro> have been at tbe Iaf- ™ ayptte within the put two or three ~ We learn from u interesting Camden exchange that Colonel Jamie Matlock w Beorcl, the WavMs ealeemed Ashing ftt n wUl get a nice warm Federal offlcj K under die new" adminlstraUoo. We hope tills la yfrlctly true. The Colonel w well of hit party for gallant and T meritorious services In the Held. a Jetties are Favored. The effects of the storm hart again gi stirred up Ibe public mind on the im. in portent subject of belter protection to w beach front. The elty cannot afford to re build sea walls and ud board walki each spring or extensively repair them' tl tbe minds of practical shore men w who are well acquainted with the action u of the waves during tempctfnoiu it weather, Jet Ilea built out at right angles from tbe shore will rave tbe K beach from further encroarhmrnla by F the sea They will undeniably have Ibo ci rffvel of gathering up the sud. filling cl JtjMwecn i hem, forming a bar tbalwtij r receive the chock of the breakers in tl ' gales of easterly winds. It Is proposed h some to run a Jelly out at Grant u street. Another, my off Mr. Kelly's y cottage, ud a third a hundred yards re week To stiffen three, lateral I once could be built out from them a few u Tbey would serve to protect the hi foundations of the mjln structures ss 'd well. It seems to us that If a country U Hollud. for Instance, can be kept tt i being Inundated by the era, uil i prosperous end secure when so ; threatened, there ought to be engineer ! skill enough on tela aide of tbe i Atlantic to keep hack the oceu from ^ . the Jersey coast, which l as so many B I advantages over the Netberluds. A lt system prevails there In the building of g, i dykes which Is found to be effectual y. I ud lasting. How would it do to eon- tl I suit u engineer who is acquainted with u i methods precll^d on tbe banks of tbe g ; Zee or Bqrman oceu and get a I pointers A Bad Custom. i those of our citizen' who may be am- ^ > for office to fly to Philadelphia u I the eve of u election sod pour a tale y - of woe into the listeria* rare of non- * ■ resident property owners, who are nl- £ I ready quite disgusted at the manner in ' which public net of tide city wrangle * > with uor another to the detriment of - local Interests For' what Is money > raised In this way to be used IT not to ' corrupt the ballot f Tbe tbin pretense s » of reform in municipal affairs Is too - trans pa rent to doceive uy at all cOo- * Tenant with the facts. How B Is that ~ 1 gentlemen who may be Interested In * > Cape May, not all the-yrar .round real- * dents, can be Induced to contribute a ' penny, aa lt la alleged tbey have, to suck a questionable enterprise Is n problem J mort difficult of eolation. Can not tbey aee that they are being made a eat'a paw " to pull from the fire of our local dlrceoteal aotmbody dee's chestnuts' It la . reported that parte s In PtibdelpUe " " who chipped in to defray legitimate p) expenses are wondering what ooe of the defeated candidates did with the foreign aid said to have been rendered. Evtj dentiy this begging buslnese should not g , they have some personal pique lo gratify j In encouraging ibe pawing around of I lb"taL . I Mr. and Mrt. E. J. llltebner aeada to t Ibe Wave ateff a moat generous slice t ■ from tea wedding loaf. They rtart off I . their wedded life under bright matri- 1 0 raoulal skies, and wills the bast, wishes [ t of everybody. They aorta so cxaotiy ' . fitted for each other teat a broad smile l m at approval baa spread over tbe pubhc ' ,r face of Cape May, and Cold Spring, ! „ where wc presume they will start In at ' I. housekeeping. '• New Jersey' boya and girts may now '* go to the public achoolt of lh» Bute till ° they are twenty. Governor Green having '' signed Mr. Cole's hill to teat effect on * Monday laaL Tnoae who wish may , la, Itea tor aB adnentino. " The lliwllilw WJWH aa the masculine ■' "foots are not all ded yak" Certain '• hifalolln women In New Yorkorgulsed ta what they called a "HaDdsotOf Society." " to which only those of good iorm ud * facial beauty are admitted. i- Oo ti. Benetet & Urn's, and si the o okx Una of wall papmrn. Mr. Gsrpsnter ■1- is prepared to give you estimates for of bote material and wafk. 11a la a p. finished artist is fcis Use and hla wall : »««lWB»Me»»ffnmlUtee^r. - hi Coast men iartratted iu tee protection ^ InuoundV of saving shorn Una MM> fari; hh-t damage by tea .» wJU, Jeloff rt right angla. from tee j

Colorado is the baby no loaftcr. " Poverty beach has some bad tears. Coffee ooloe ■ tes faahisnshle brown tt Now local option U no more. What ^ oext 7 Tbe ocean pier and wooden elephant d defied the liner. „ Privlte Secretary Halford U retiring, tlrnld and aenmtlve. u it's a wise bluebird that doesn't make t| too early a apriag call. tl March came in tike a lamb. April wBl bring Ibe green peas. b Oh, that our people would hate sin as „ do u extra collection. „ Snow drqpa and lilies are again en- w couraged to go to growing. 0 Cape May came off well compared wlte tome of her neighbors. New maple sugar, in Mg cakes tike beeswax. Is SO cents a pound. ,, Walt Whitman's English admirers are ^ for n visit from him. ft Girls who nae powder don't go off u uy quicker than those who don't. a It may sound somewhat contradictory, the Brat thing In n boot la tee last. tr Mrs. W. II. Vandeebllt gives a fflOO * bill each Bond sy S» Bt Bartholomew's. A Nice line of bed-room suites Just re- g cctved at Benexot 4 Bro., chy-ap for h, A specimen of Bert Feeler's artistic T crayon work may bo seen at tee War a f, If tels should reach tee eye ol James q Micbesds, will be sud bla address to Ibis office.' All the county news In the Wave, ud * all local news worth tbe name Is pub- a ltabcd. «1 per year. w Five women cart Ibeir voles for Tbos. „ Millet last Tuoaday for School Trus- u He bad no opposition. m The sun came out bright and clear tc yesterday, causing pcoole to forget the ft, storm recently cxperleoeeu. w Sections of tee bull of tbe old ghortly ft, Brtmiga hare been s> t going again by |0 equinoctial high tides ud sea. The trostees of tee M. E. church will ie re-seat the gallerr. which will add largely lo tee seating rapacity of the church. The Semi- Weekly War* offeri to advertisers a very desirable medium by ft which ihey may speak lo the buying public. p Fishermen are looking for an early of sbad- Opposite Pennsgrore on s< Tuesday fifteen were caught In two gill nets. p Lost.— A allk (gloria) ombrelK some- b where about Cape May City. Tlic wUl be rewarded by leaving It at si office. SI a Cold Spring market (garden en are watching the skies lor oetler weather, u present state of things, atmoapheri- n calty, la against the growth of early gar- tl den vegetables. A county subscriber writes": "I am e greatly pleased with your new departure h giving ua the county news tend- ti weekly, and with your frogrenrive Ideas a regarding Cape May." Bo are we. g Go to Benezet A Bro'a. for gat filling tl and plumbing. Estimates made on now wotk and all work guaranteed. Cotowners will d J well lo consult with firm before patting out contiacU. c Upon motion of Herbert W.Edmunds, the Chancellor k«s decreed Samuel P Ware lo be purged from oontempt of court, and has ordered him to be dls- v from tbe custody of the Sheriff. o Never pern.lt your check-rein to be to that your horse cannot put bla U up kill. How would yon tike to hare bead lied up with a tight check- n rein? * Tbe storm la over, and residents ot seaside reeorta are thankhti- It waa the d heaviest that has visited Utla place since n The beach front can he put In bet- b shape than ever before at a coat of • twalva hundred dollars. p Church Notices. 1 Preaching In the Bapiut church on J next by the pastor. Rev. W. H. lew , 10-30 a m. and 7p.m. Subject tbe morning. "Tbe Advent of Chriak" Sunday school at S Iff p. m. Subject ft tbe evening, "The Exist race of ■ Fu-" ft I.lfe, or tbe Royal Robe. Come ' with us, and we win do thee good, f free, and all are welcome. ( Set vices In the Methodist Episcopal 1 Church on Watelngton Kraat, above J Ocean, on Mar. fifth, as follows. Prayer , and experience meeting at 9 a. m. . held o In the chapal. You should attend tela service. Preaching at 10 SO. by Pastor J Macs. Sunday school at i-SO Young , people's meeting at 0 o'clock. Evening, t service at 7 o'clock. The public geoer- < ally are oordlatiy Invited to be present 1 at all the services. , Divine services la tea Presbyterian J Church of this city next 8abbath, Mar. | M. will be aa follows: Preparatory t Prayer meeting at 1 80 a. m. Morning t service wlte termon nt 10 SO. Babbath ' school Kfi.80 p. m. Bpcclal evangelistic services In the evening, commencing at i 7.30. A cordial Invitation, free seat and I hearty welcome for all. tsmuuou *- a. oaswu. , There wbl be a praise service at the i Tabernacle on next Sabbath inornlng at I 10 80. and prajfir meeting nt 7 10 p. m. J The flirt Quarterly meeting will be J held at Green Creek on next Saturday I sad Sunday'. Preaching on Saturday < at S.SO followed by tee regular quarterly | Conference. Love feast on Sunday , morning at 0.30, followed by prcachiog i at 10FO. Tba Presiding Oder will ot I throughout tee terraces | nanus siaaai II x. cucncn. | Sunday, March Site, will conclude | the service of Rev. C. A. Tlndley In the Franklin street M. E church, for IftU conference ye*r. "The program lur tbe day wUl be aa follows: Genaral ex- ; perlncc meeting at 0.30 a. preach- . lag at II a. m.; Sunday school, at 2.30 i p. m-i special dltcouraa. at 7.80 p. mr All tee friends of tee cburck and paa- , are Invited to be prewnt during tee . day. Oorae ooe. come all aad help us Songs are being prepared for tee occa1 lion. OpsnUlttr. Mr. F. SUiut rvwmsead. newly JtelpeJ 1 CKairmaa o/ fit I Canoed, par 1380. Dean 8nc-I lake thn method lo ex. ' press to yon my sincere thanks for tee ' marked dteptay of yonr Judgment In ' selecting ma as Chairman of Committee on Education. I shall hope tbak by aid . of my worthy cxilleegnea, memhere of j said commltlre. and by your usual bent , of mind In looking doaely after tbe • proper performance ot their several j duties, to do honor to tbe appointment. You bare now assumed tbe duties of > teer member, of your 'body, feel to lmr pore in yuu our mort ImpHeileoafidenee r knowing teat in you we have " all in a all." "So let R be." (Signed) a - A. L. Harass. n tremcly senior, It Is a curious fact that » they are freely found upon tee plate

Thn Orlp and Password. Council No. 8, has forwarded their Tbe A. a C. W. met on Thursday night and went through roti tins business * Tbe F. and A- M. wm meet on Tore Ulght uexk OOte lnatank Let a fall c representation be present. Any of our secret society friends In 0 county sending us Items of Interest * their orders wQl find a place la this column. - * Assessment No. llfi. of the Iron Hall 1 been forwarded lo tbe supreme offiTbe memben of this society feel ' much encouraged by tbe growth ' of the order. New branches are btlnfe organized and tbe membership of others ' built up. . ' Tbe "Heps" initiated {wo candidates last night, nod others will send In their ° application soon. This order a incrcav r very fart all over the country, now e are being organized everywhere, ami tee society generally Is la a healtey 1 condition. I Owing to tbe storm of Tuesday night ■ very few attended the Circle. There ( one candidate trr Initiation. Tbe Fraternal {firclc has bees organized but about tilde months, but lt had remarkable growth, having now a membership of about four thousand. 1 ul opera tlou)qnd a number of others are 1 in course of' formation. Cape May Is In a (flourishing condition and ' Is rapidly growing. , c Madam Rumor says that R. S. Hand will put up a building on Ja-kson afreet 1 Washington shortly. Tbe first floor 1 will be used for store purpose*, and the 1 second will be handsomely fitted up for A. O. D. W. We irust the rumor ' be correct. One of the needs of tee ■ are more commodious and better 1 rooms. The ball used by tee I'm. 1 ternal Circle, Iron Hall, Hcptasophs, clc-. u disgrace and not fit nor suitable for lodge* purposes. Let the trurtees wake * accommodations for the orders. 1 Ocnz.n View. r The tides still come up to Ibe corn ' Mrs. ( has. Sayre waa visiting in the * place on Tuesday. Cspt. David Townscnd ia quite poorly. Travel la slopped on the Bea laic turn- » bridge ouk ' 1 Chicken pox prevails amongst tee small people, several families being ■ afflicted with Ik W. Bcott Whcaton went to Sea Isle I tire. < Tbe Weldmtn Brothers are about erecting a shop where they will keep on I band all materials for doing first-clam • In their business of tin roofing, I and a$ branches of tin work. They are " good workman and have glren aatlafac- i tlon to all who have employed them. The greatest fall of snow we have had commenced on last Tuesday. I Tbe sou of Chas. Porch still lies In a < precarious condition wllb pneumonia. I Mrt Lydia Domcrltt, who bss been very low for some time past, is now i Isaac Pcridgo of Blgtown, departed I Ibis life last Monday, being stricken down wllb pneumonia. Nathan Jackson was confined to tee limits of Ibe grave In the Asbury , E. Church yard lart Wednesday. We cannot understand why it la that . Avalen Improvement Company do not start a road from, shore rather than , delayed by tbe spring storms In crossing tee Iolek W hen It Is once com- j pleted from the main road it will Hand, rt^arehlg^weti, cross from , ONE PURB ARTICLE OF FOOD. Roy*' Bsklnn Powder ^OrtlStntn Board of Hnstlth. The action of the State Bcarxl of Health la publishing tec names of tee alum ' baking powders told In tela Bute will be 1 commanded by all who are In favor nf ! and honest food. Bcarcc an article sold enters more generally Into the daily . of everyone than baking powders It la well undemood teat tbe alum and ( the alum and phosphate baking powders detrimental to health and consumers , only require to be informed aa to tbe of these unwholesome brand In ' order lo avoid them. This Information tbe manufacturers of ' the slum baking powders have tried, , however, to auporees; one of them going far aa to seek for an Injunction pro- ' hlbltlng tbe State authorities from pro- 1 . oeedlng with their recent Investigation lt la particularly gratifying to consumers lo know that tbe baking powder which th«y have ao long been "ecus- , , termed lo using, the Royal, bss Invariably gone through these analyses not only without a reflection against it of ' Impurity or unwhoiesomeneas, but each • lime more emphatically endorsed as tee , superior of all tee baking powders of toe ; "Tbe health antborilies of a number of I other Slates hare alio recently made exI eliminations of tula chancier, and with tee uniform result of finding the Royal superior to all others. The Btates Government Cnemtsk afi an examination lor tee Indian Detest "Tbe Royal Baking Powder is tbe purest In quality sod highest in strength ' of any baking powder of which I have ' knowledge." The authorities of Canar da have Men making an elaborate study . of tee baking powders sold there. Tbe official analyst of Ontario aaya as the re- ' ault of his Investigation that be "finds E the Royal Baking Powder far superior . the otners," and goes so far ml to recommend lis U-e in preference to lav other. Likewise a series of over five teats for strength made bv pubs analysis and other chemists of promt1 Bvnce throughout the country show lt , to produce an average of twenty-five per oenk more leavening gas than any ' of Its competitors. A company test maintains this high . standard fur lu product against the n temptations of the enormously greater " profit that W -uld accrue from the ute ' of the cheaper materials employed by - others (for the alum bah ng powders b are produced at a coat of three cants , i>er pound) la aniitird, to thl* .public Wnohsaaut Gnocmts. Philads., Pa. We think R.voy Important matter d that every housekeeper should see teat tbey get the full worth of their money I. In purchasing groceries; also to get a quality of goods that Ihey can depend « on as bring pure and good, for Ihlaactu n son, ere emu your snnbtioa to our 8. We 4 Co. No. 1 Coffee, whhA la strictly d ftakclass, and highly flavored. Jt will it grocer for a W. 4 Co. No. I Bret Cote fee. and use no other, o We have mid n great deal shoot our Favoralc Table Byrup; In fact wa always bare a good word for a good * thing; consequently wc cam recommend >. rids syrup to be tbe best on the market. . ItwlU be to your Interest to arit for Favorite lable Syrup. U your grocer ' does not keep It. teQ Ua wVre be can n get It Tor you. Lily Laundry, ud lily Core Starch, axe pnre and while, and give Use beat k lad of satisfaction; in fact they are the '■ Me would recommend it cause wa have made a earful selection iW gps Suru. WiaxaaCK 4 Co. :

-&bouf the Soimij. Rio Orandn. Wm. K. Palmer la quite Ul. Fred Scale waa re-elected school Wm. Crease has purchased a new road cart of parttaa la Philadelphia. Blacksmith Brown sold Wm. Haines, ot Odd Spring a new market wagon this week. Dave Golf la confined to tbe bouse with a gathered face, tee result of a tad tooth. Une of tee bridges on tee HoUy Beach road waa washed away by the recent high tides,! On account of the WS ter raiting so high about tea premise* of H. C. Buck, he has been obliged to vacate hit stable. Owing to tbe storm tides IcavlnS drifts of seaweed oo tee Angleaem ratiroad. thr train was considerably delayed on Wednesday morning. Tbe farmers have about concluded that they were a little too previous in planting their early potatoes Tbe late storm wdl probably rot them In the Local news la very scarce. The equinoctial storm did credit to its derivative for once. Tbe meadow between the beach and Geo. Rutherford baa a fine three-year, old colt which be Is breaking to harWr. would again call too attention of tee borough officials to tec fact that Sib should be pui In condition for tbe travel of pedestrians. The delay which caused Ibo Social Glass to be behind time, was caused by Tbe Social Glass came off on Tuesday last, notwithstanding tile inclemency of rangement of static, costumes, etc. lie spring campaign. That "Creek Wltippoorwill" has re- , Joseph Baymorc, of Philadelphia. i bis Goshen porishonrra. . speakers than any other village In the I for their new charge In Ocean , was s surprise psrty at tbe par- . is reported. Uncle Bbep Gsllnbor sports an en- , Now is your time, girls, improve it. I Clarence Gnllahor. J. C. Burk and Laura Gallaher attended the wed- : ding of Albert Cltnrck and Miss Marine: both of Burlolgh. i 1 he scbra. Roinhart and Uncle Dan, making regular Iripa between here and Delaware, bringing cargoes of corn I for Messrs. Gallaher and Grace. ' tain baa lefk C. Weacou, of Seavtllo, was in our ' village ou Tuesday. ' Dr. G. G. ceril will soon build su ad1 dltlon to bla residence. Our village Is lonesome since toe doI Aaron Nickeraon, Jr.. lias llic finest ' baby In tee county. Mrs. Rhode Hutchinson, our village postmistress la convalescentThe schooner Geo. L. Broon, Captain " Chance, is undergoing repairs. ' R. B. Learning Is so much improved u to be able to go out on fine days. ' The practice of cutting the out budd" . inga on tee public school grounds should I be stopped. > Alonzo Hewitt, of Cape May. was with r friends in this village on Monday, the | guest of Milton Peterson. I Mr. CUas. Maori later and friends, of 1 Clermont, were lo tela village on Mon- ' J. H. Dlverty was elected school I Trustee for tbe next three years on Tuca. . day evening. Owing to the Inclemency [ of tbe weather there was a very small . attendance. . i The ship yard of Hon! J. H.' Dlverty is being rapidly filled up with timber, ~ sud preparations arc being made to be- . gin work as aoou as possible. The J udge - baa lost none of his old time energy and ' h personally superintending tbe work. ' Frank Wentxell. tbe designer, baa Just s finished tbe model ud tee ring of tee 5 axe wUl soon M a welcome sound in the I m°miD**ir' * B The long storm effectually Mopped r farming operations. ; Miss Laura Holmes, of Dias Creek, to J visiting her parents this w. ek. r- Charles Matthews talks of using wire 1 netting for his pound this spring. " W. F. MrKren bss employed Joseph Robinson to work for bin. tills season, s Thfi new store seems to be receiving a " fair sbitre of patronage from Use general ; public. k Wm. Holme* Sr. attended the wedr ding of bis neice, Mrs. Ross, of Burlclgb, Notwithstanding tbe Inclement wrath,1 er, mtU carrier Eldridge minsges to got y Fishing Creek meadow was comp ete ft ly submerged by tee high tide on Monc day and Tuesday. ir Charles Howard goes to Balem neat * week to assist In bringing on tbe boats J and nets preparatory to the spring fish, a Ing. e Wm. L. Cummings has been hauling Ume from Bennetts station during tee part week. Mr. a la one of our mort ' aueeeeaful farmers. Rev. J. L. Landts will, if the weather * Is fair, give ua a lecture on " Hymn J? and tbeir authors " and use hla atertopi Una to Illustrate It In tee new school d house Saturday evening. The old and *- young are Invited. We hope for a very " Interesting evening. 6 Jacob Harnett waa re-elected trustee IB without opposition at th/annus! school f meeting. The district formally accepted tba new school building from tec ir building committee and taodered them 1- a vote of 1 banks for Ibeir services. *j which wss acknowledged by Denlcl ft HchrHltqE" in a neal little speech. W. tr L. Cummlogi. contrartor.slao received >r a vote of thanks for the substantial ud * workmanlike mutter of tec erection of ft tee building. He responded wlte a few K remarks, thanking Ute district for their * appreciation of his work. 01 Twenty d liar, reward arffl le paid ^ for toe arrest ud convtcfioa of pgraona • - -*■

to work. " s Jeny Scull is happy with the rest of ,, his friends. It's a gicl, P J of the public school Tuesday utgak Oapk Theo. Wddbn, of tee sloop Ml- tc { Vernon. Is leading hay for Jaa. L Bud fr , in East Creek. Captain Lewis Shaw, of the schooner tl , Four Sisters, Is loading wood for Dan. m j Bishop In Weet Creek. Waller S. Gaff -will leave tee farm of oi I, Joseph L. Springer, Jr., next week and di I move down In the village. Beth L. Hud ud wife have been on ni , a visit to friends In Camden. Pbiladel- w pixlaand MlllvlUe tee past week. ti Colo Spring. ^ Wm. Weeks is to till the land con- „ j necled with tec parsonage this year. ^ Mr. and Mra. Clinton Buck commcnco d housekeeping In Wirt Cape May tbe j first of next week. ft Our young friend, Augus'us Harper, tl baa tee sympathy of all bla acquaint- tl C ancraln his lingering illness. Wo are glad to know tint he b cheerful sod hop:- „ Mrs. Usnnab Smith, the aged ud y very cttimnblr mother of our Uclgbbor. ,, Wm. F. Smith, has been very Ul. but u proved considerably the but week. Mr. ud Mrs. Ellsworth Hughes, at- . , ter spending a few days with Mrs. ft Hughes' slater, Mrs. Doctor Miller, at A l( Tuckcrton, N. J.. ud visiting acvoral ,. ft other points of Interest, relurnad lo b |r their home on Wednesday evening. „ tl The spring is near, the wo "dcock la r here. t- The oysters in tbe cove are said lo be ^Mlss^tosa^Blngham. of UelflcrvlUe. t J is Walling her uncle. Peter Bingham. c ■' Mr. Foster of East Creek, visited his , * friend Writer Bingham, the first of the '• Mono o lsard, of Philadelphia, and , r Augustus Knight, of Baltimore, iits-ie , V. N. Errlckaoh s visit on Tuesday. , Presiding Elder will preach at 3 p to. c Our minister will be here next week. i in Dins, he cu cul your whiskers blsa. j t. CapL Jas Holmes an, I TUos. Hewitt, d son. attended" icVcdcting of Miss Mamie ' Rom on Tuesday. , three yurs. It was also esrtied to raise ( a- not enough current to Jake ,t away. II , I. the mouth of tin creek was dug level , n> Robl. Brattle, of Philadelphia, was • m J. A. Nelson Is rather belter which 1 wo were pleased lo learn of his estimable wife Wednesday. He has been under |v tec core of a physican for several days "r three years, ud A- W. Springer lo fill ^ Mr. Hamilton mulfcsta energy in go. P Re*. J. W. KWylioP of PhUadclplda. Springrr and son. paid tbe Point a visit •j ^1'iralay looking after tee eonsuuo Mb ses Agnes and Cora liudy, daughters M. P. Handy, arrived Wctlncsday to ,ft spend s ivw weeks si Mra. Sloan's cottage, while' their parents are taking a' trip to Europe, they having sailod from New York Wednesday morning. Samuel K. Stokes knd wtfe, of PltUso) Mentis with them looking at the new ^ cottaj;e ud giving directions nbottl colon: of paint, and olbcr mnlters tbey ^ wished to ito done. They dined nt the O. B°C^se, formerly ot Cukl Spring. |r but now of West Philadelphia, is doiog a succossful busloraa at alorekecpiug. was down Wcdnoaday In e input with a ^ PhUarlcIphla gentlemu, looking at some M S«a lata City. M Mra. Townscnd Wells Is now convalescent having been quite unwell for some .J L. S. Cheater, one of our (enterprising grocers, made a business trip to Philadelphla this week. Sixteen carloads of ses wall material n arrived litis week to be used In the con. structlon of that work. . J. B. Crudol ud wife, ot Ocean View, were tbe guest* of contractor Jacob Petereoo on Monday. . Contractor Preston, of Avrion, Is frequently noticed upon our streets. He , Is s mechanic of no common ability, ft Conductor D W. Hlckey, of too Iocs! ' train, is off for n few days with a severe . cold. Conductor W. E. Brown la ably filling bla place. "" Mr. Jules L. DraOrdet, another worthy citizen of Avrion, Is often seen with ua. 11c is a gcnticmon of rare manners and noted for bla sociability. n Miss Martha Toamaood, oJ . Burleigh. IU visited her borne on Maaxlay. She Is . Ute capable atilrtut tracker of tee |*ib11c school and a'*e-y attractive young lady. Miss Tberea* Bittnor, daughter ot Chas. Rlttnex, proprietor of Use bote! DeBellevtie, returned a few days ago having been visiting friends In Phtladel. phis. M. J. Kelly was down lb la week mak- ^ ing arrangements for the repairs to his . bud soma cottage, north of the Continental hotel, which waa quite seriously 7 damaged during the recent storm. A conundrum comes to our mind ud we will repeat lit 'Whoa is a man piinianl. and ntun In'hr mad; — Wbrn 7* be asks you to loan him matey— and ' when yoifla.sk Urn to pay It back. tJ We recently bid the pleasure of a . | call from our young friend. K- J.Jenel. „ of Oceu View. He kaa recutiy been ^ general aaalriut In Use agent at Bridge- * SSErS-si?!: sw life. cti A great deal of interest Is manifested in school matters here, and teem waa a large attendance at (he sanual meeting on Tuesday. A committee was appointed lo audit the accounts for tee lart S »&S3fci853iS!S*"f " sinking fund. Joseph B-reker ana ElT oaax" *'teePl*1*nte1 D^ar,*tee |

HMly Baach. The fiiet step of tee new council war disappointment te a worthy official. J. Swing Wlills. of Court Houae, proto open a mi at market here in the early future. Jamae.Carr Is making arrange m. nts to remove tus cottage to a location rafrr tee high tides. Frank Smith is erecting a meal gtore Anglraea, where be proposes to'reTuesday night, ud all day Wednesday. accompanied by rain, bail ud snob. Tbe railroad waa repaired and in runA recommendation signed by numerated with courtesy ud consideration St the buds of our sppointing ppwer Tbe high tides of ibo pest week fully Ute urgent necessity of action by the Borough authorities for the prol- ctlun of the beach At UteorgmnitatiuD "I tee new council appointed Borough msrabril. ud Peter Parted supervisor of rtrts-ts. Tbe Spiegel lights of the profession. Our lady frien.la were out In CuU force at tec school meeting on Tuesday even. wss elected tru'tee lo serve one serve three yce re. Some opposition Bridges but it was quickly disposed of.

Learning I Jo; ,1 has la-eu en plot - d by ' glorlos sunset, is the wish of their many ' Al the Tiustee minting oil Tiksday subject' ' ,'"U,W "" Q < The heaviest snow squall of lbs |»>t year suuck us Wednesday night. The stormy wt altirr of the pest week - will be under entirely new management ^ the coming ecasou. ' school boas* every evening at 7 30 All t our people are Invited « quarters, nt the Her: fori!. Numerous parlies have been out black 'c'; t duck shooting the psst wrek John _ u Taylor, as usual, heading the successful " school trhstcc for 11 years, and II Skimp »' Coiector Hewlett Brewer snhrby anr. n tlou the contents ol two bed-rooms ou Tuesday last, for taxes due borough by v " Mrs. A. Levering ami parly from Phil- f * adclpbia. are stopping al the Hereford, ' 1 gratifying Utelr expressed wish of viow- ^ )" tug old nepluot- at war with the clt. TV Ulbb ud J. W. Ujrcr, are ( pleased to find that their eolugea had i s not sustained lite ti ghtest damage Irom the late storm* | ,f cessfut bidders fer a lou from the Court I house Building Socioly ot their sale lart Monday night, he having recently purcbaacd Mayor Hewitts' residence. ** corner 5th and Pcnu. nvcnite. e About t o'clock on Sunday afternoon a partition was discovered to be on fire ® nt the residence of school tcseher F. T. "* Norton's, which was promptly extinguished. Had the fire occurred s' night, no doubt l terrible confisgraiion wottjd- - " %ttc 3iflpfrtlsmrnU. ; 1 ■n rai«T/\a tnu season nraSy'every cms needs a is good medic Inn to purify, vitalise, and cnrl.-h ft. the blood, and Rood's SanapariHa Is worthy J your Matdora^uis porallrt In^TOt in ^Itahd^isussjartilalsaote'bf afidragflst* m Ftspsred by C. 1. Bnod * Oo.' Lowell, Mara. td IOO Doses One Dollar JN OHANCBR Y- OF NEW JERSEY. | * -afta&Efctat'ttegsnf: 1 rS?iS~"™~Si£ martt*> "* ? ' - . ' C

Beware of Qlntment of Cartarrh | that contain* Merotiry. Aa mercury will surely destroy tbe sense , H ,. of smell and completely derange tee ; lis whole system when entering ft through ~ the mucus surface* Such articles should Slower be used except on prescripUoaa I s from reputable physicians, as tbe dam- : r age' tbey will do are ten fold to tbe good | ;ou can poaalbly derive from them. ; __ llall't Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. : H r J. Chener, Toledo, O., contains no mcr- J" ■- eury, and ia taken internally, and acta aS directly upon tee blood and mucus sur- , a.t faces of the system. In buying Hall's \ Catarrh Cure be sure yi-u got the gsuu- rt >- Inc. lt Is taken Intemally and made In ■ -. Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney 4 Co. H , dfTBold by druggtsts. price 75 eta per H t bottle. ■ h Paper milk cans are manulactured nt I @ Bclvid-ire and it Is claimed that mllkj ~ it houra loogertean In tin cans. ?j " The Homlleat Man lp Cap* May ij, Aa well as the bandaomeat, and others ! 4 ata invited to call On any druggist and j| 11 gct/rrv a trial holtle of Kemp's Balsam if t- for the Throat and^ Lunga, a remedy j gg '-'"ii <1 dissolved tilts dsy by mutual' .-.'.uscut . Jt CRnlon Siuitrr^L aulboriacd to collect , ^ n- ' ,c il Mc'soudcMrlil continue Ute furniture i ° >n stand No. fi Msnsion sitecL j do..? te teewtak I I |T ^ War in the ranks of the Wall Paper I " I'nStUon^ frnoter1' Fldellre' R'ril"l^p?r | "* ,d ho^ J d* i, d'^t^^te j ^ the grading of the'und1' ofta'c ' Aralon j °* Md? 'lkwJb" Capo Why" court™ N.* j! ; ^

t j|nc ^([pfrttsmgd*. TYfE-WWnllB. jwgmm MADE WITH BOnJHQ WATER EPPS'S GRATEFUL-COMFORTING. COCOA HORSE FOR SALE.. One Pair of Mules Chaap .for Cash. GEORGE J. REED. Holly Beach, N. J. jJuOLI VER, Rak Carpel Manfjctmr, / I nSticara Anti - Paia

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