CA^ElMAYgWAVE— SEMI-WEEKLY— WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1880.

fea ttoM fiMMM mtT WmUT o< Mntir. notice. i£i IsSggffS" A liuodrad years of Cope May UUlory wopld be Interesting reeding, if only to ebow whet e conservative eery going end satisfied people we ere. A feeling of bUMful content end repoee bee MtUed down npoo the pubUc, end It Juet leu thlnge leke tbeir course, eiif we did not occupy AM of the moet important blu of Uncle Sam's eoiL Nothing hu been done by the Federal government recognizing the Importance of the Cape ei e alrategetic point, fat the event of war, nor baa a dollar's worth of public money been expended for harbor Improvement. The subject baa been agitated but nothing ever rrew not of IL The Oape la juat where It waa 190 yearn ago, mlnua the eoll It haa loat by raging north-east atorma. Then In the matter of improvement, m*mk.e I dm county, the thouaanda of acree of jrnu land atteat that agrl ralterlata ban given the county the go by, la rainy Instances, no doubl? to tbeir loan. We ebould like to my that the increeae In local prosperity bed been up to the usual mark of American puah end pro. greae, bat, the facte will not bear out the assertion. Cape May county la roller, in g. from a spirit of content which muet begotten clear of if the future generation la to keep step with the music of pro. grtaa and improvement, without which' aha will surely remain looking at the raar of the procession. Our people muat do better farming, belter building, and better, aO along the line of-melertal effort if this beautiful peninsula la to take lu proper' place io the Industrial hive. Soma lemons of value to the thinking cl Linen may be learned If he will bu: stop and compare the present with the past aa to the Increase In the county's wealth and population. Aged persons are alwaya Interesting characters, but particularly eo Just now while the nation la celebrating tbo Centennial of Qeneral Washington's Inauguration aa the first president of the United Slates. In this city la now living at the ago of 98, Mrs. Sarah Ann Oarrmll.born WUllamson.ln Philadelphia, while denarii Washington waa earring hie second term as the Nation's chief magistrate. Mrs. Carroll retains her mental faculties to a remarkable degree and loves to talk of the time when her father. Wit WUIlamaoo, used to make the sella for the colonial merchantmen which hailed from the port of Philadelphia. She haa a circumstantial recollection of Marquis Lafayette's last visit to thla country, aa wall aa other remark, able events of the early years of the 19th Century. Mrs. Carroll la of Quaker origin and la related to the late Jeaae Williamson, of phDanthopic fame. The Using members of the family comprise Mrs. Hannah Kppelahelmer, Mrs. M. J. Hortar, Mrs. Anna Urqobart, Georgians Mlddletow, and Mm. Caroline Bh sines, wife of Mr. Alfred Haines, bow of thla city. She la spending the lime with bar daughters, who occupy a plnamnl home on Washington street below Madison ayanue. 'hi. Stripes, tor men's' clothes, even for trousers, are doomed. The cheap tailors bay* got on to them, aa It ware, and it km become hard to toll at a gtaaoe the difference between a new $3 *sttL*f ttlmiaal aMIor «ao pair fcom a fashionable tailor. Therefore the fashionable tailors declare that nothing but checks will be the thing for gentleman this season, and all the goods Mr next fall and winter -are, Hie said, being made np In checks and plaids. Mr. a LQUdort wUl repeat his IL hutnted Lecture or Illuminated Headings, girm In the M. K. church on Thursday evening, April Mth, In the Baptist church, on Friday evening, ltd, al TJS P. M„ lecture to commence at S o'clock. Ticket* — adults, 15 dents. Children. 10 oasts. Proceeds for benefit 0. Thomas, the wealthy Market ■real merchant, has rented the Eaton cottage for the season. The deoontors are just putting the finishing touches on the building, which la really one of the handsomest put op of late years. Hand ami Oaaaedy were the builders, Robert Fadhy. the plasterer, and A. a Gila, the painter of thla cottage. fkimpany " H." in bright new uniby Monday afternoon train for Now "Fork, via Canada, to take part In the big Oaetetmlal panda.' Captain Edmanda and hla Untenants looked soldiefy end will no doubt, do honor to the gnUanl Sixth, and Incidentally to Cape Among the tkoneserti who have nsod prates No other water baa given soch prominent endorsements aa msj be found in^cmr pamphlet entitled • Distinguished ftaBattmted Motors to be given at the Bapttat thurch srffi be fagland. InJ; *

, PERSONAL, a Xditor T. E. Lodlsm wss St the Island jr Frank H- HBdrtth wUl make the New — Colombia go. r Colonel Harviaoo and chief clerk Boll aro at tbo Cape. ma m Representative Cole made the Island a . Pastor Mace Is winning golden opinions among hla people. Peter Brick, of Mill vine, took in Ike 5 ! board aralk on Monday. ~ Mayer and Mrs. Edbnnda are apend- ■& lngthe week la'phOndelpbia. M Dr. Gilbert H. Shearer and wife were pere yesterday cottage bunting. Tbey L. M. Hall's Hughes atroet. W. S. P. Shields ins looking over his m Cape May belongings on Sunday. - new responsibilities early in tbe month. * Chss. A. Shaw, now of Diss Creek, it w developing into a flrtLclaaa agricul- £ t"ri»L The family of C. Gallagher aro enjoy. "■ ing a few days of seaside air at their a W. F. MacLeonan. Tresaory Depart7" ment, Washington, D. C., la recuperat- « log at tbe Ebbltt. 5J Engineer Jacob S. Sraallwood haa reported for duty after being on tbe sick list tinea October hut Tbe sympathies of the congregation y are with Mr. and Mrs. Mace because of 1° the Illness of their babe. Ig Herbert Smith, of B.uth Seaville, roX Joyed a saunter oo-titv board walk last d Sunday with hla beat glrL b Col. It. W. Sawyer did not take a part * In the New York Centennial celebration la because of sickness In hla famUy. The moat life Uke and handsome pleU ture shown by Mr. Quldort In his enterr- ulnmenl Is that of William Caaaedy. >■ Mayor Edmunds was In town yester- '• day supertn tending his sale of furniture, d He returned to Philadelphia In tbe after:l noon. '* Miss Annie Hughes, of Chicago, Is * visiting friends at Cape May, slopping 11 with her sister, Mrs. Mary Haghes, on Hughes street, k 8. H. Morrison and a R. Miller, of >a Camden , Colonel J. E. Fay and J. 8. '• Boecher, of Now York, and Mrs. C. 0 Thomas, of Philadelphia, are at the Lafayette. Mrs. Jane Mdga haa returned to Cape * May Court Honae from St. Paul Minn., e where she spent tbe winter and so ranch k of tbe spring as Is past in the family of * her brother. Dr. D. W. Hand. n wnsi is ooixo ox is mi i«cxxt soctmxa J urrxorxD oania nsrruoriu. Archoa Speace fllfis tbe chair with dignity. , Capt. S. E. Ewlng will toon become a noble "I^ep." Who's next. Medical Examiner Leach fills that im- ' 1 port an t position with groat care sod dis- * We undcraland this order will soon ' change their present quarters tor a more ' commodious room. * We hear of qn'.te a number of gcotle men who will soon Join this excellent * beneficial organisation. , There wlU be a lively contest between . the "Hep." and tho Workmen to see i. which will aecure Uie largest number or | e new members fbr the year. Trustee Douglass Is In It with both d feet. Aa 1st Lieutenant ot Company II, ' ,, he'll gel there every time. It is said 1 g that Bro Metric will present him with a 1 handsome bouquet at a] mark of Lis sol- - x dierly- bearing. L Brother Melvla, D. 8. -fc. gave a very x inlurcatlng account of hisNfip to the a Supreme Lodge which was recently held 1 n at Richmond, Vs. lie apeaka In the 1 ,. highest terms o: bis reception and of tbe 1 |. supreme officers of the Hrptaaophs. { a. O. D. w. • Recorder V socman has bold bis office 1 a since his organisation. He has the re- ' r sped of all the member). e The Workmen will meet Thursday 1 t night tnXhetr(Jodge room. Let there be 1 0 a full attendance of Uie members. 1 Foreman Bailey, 2J Lieut of Co. H., a la an old vet, having been a member of 1 1. the companyjilnce Its n-ganlzaUon. He ' a takee great Interest In the welfa re of the i « A. O. U. W a Brother H. W. Edmonds looked every ' it loch a soldier Monday afternoon sa be marched at the head of Company H. to ' the depot He haa a commanding figure T and has the respect of Ibe boys. P We are glad to sea that tbe prejudice '■ that hu existed so long with Ibe Work- ' a men in regard to other orgaaiutlona i< 5 gradually dying out It shows an im- < * other, and shows the nobler forms of ' " that charity which vannteth not Itself ' ' and is not palled op. Brethren let tu 1 work In unison. We have but one pur. • '• poee, and that u the advancement of our friends and neighbors and In aiding and i relieving thoaa who are left to fight the u battle of life. We are commanded by our Groat Matter Workman to love cue another, and let ns follow oat the pro- . ! orpta of our Great Leader. ° Local Branch 870 will meet Thursday 1 . evening and go through routlna bust i , neas. Thla branch is In a flouriahing ' condition. And Judging from the following paragraph the order In general la j t rapidly taking the Mad of organisations . o ot this kind: a The greatest boom the IroarHall svor 1 n experienced hu occurred since tbe first ' ■t Joined the order J d uring ibe month of February 8,S1(, and March 8.O0. The ' figures for tho month .of Aprti have not 1 ban received, bat the reports and lndi- ; cations are that tbe boom continual unabated. Monday afternoon, tbe 30th, at * two o'clock, eighty members ot the * order in Philadelphia and New Jersey will bo paid their final benefit to tbe L amount of *68,500 .t U» Academy ot * Music In Philadelphia. On Up 9th of * May, In Baltimore, final benefit l win be paid to tbe charter members of Branches d 19. 89 and 97. at a public mrttUng, and J Let the new lodgrTJwn he christened j. 'by a full attendance, d A number of tbe staters are regularly j attendants at Urn council morllnga. Council No. 3 wUl meetln Ike A O U. W. room hereafter, tbe trustees bav. ■e Ing leased tbe room for that purpose, t- ' Ooe future id tbe Fraterual Circle b a, the three jJymteU, via : al Ibe end # M three, fire sod sevro years. And It is * owing to this that It amaeting with such The Fraternal Circle Is rapidly gaining ; will beor*kiaad la Oamda'ioafew ,. j <d lb. Wavawuio^aufc o>.

salts. d Shad .re abundant and cheap. , w This la going to bu a huckleberry year. g Oape May cottages aro in brisk doThomu Wales hu luafififflia Centre houaa. j. The M. E. Sunday school la to bate's fine new library. 1C Strawberries aro showing an abundance of blossoms, j. Good now for, uls. Apply to B. C. Tisurd, Bio Grande. aSMt w Foot wear suitabM for spring may be found at E. Jounson'a Flannel shirts.wUl be more worn this u summer than ever baf ore. Cat fish big enough to eat an found I- in Middle township ponds. , M. IL Golt b superintending thc.build. j, log of an annex to the EbbttL j. Some Fishing Croak bay men mate *15 per week catching clams. r. Big business enterprises aro being I, mapped out for next summer. Dennis vilM has the makings of a large u town in Its admlrablo location. u It's a poor day for a Creek snake killer when he don't kill a half dozen. ^ How does It sound to say the Wsra k will soon Issue a dally edition 1 Tbe Marina Villa haa a lovely poa* n lion. It'a now open for guests. ,, Wc hear K aUted that the Stockton will open by the middle of June. ,. Flour and feed at George L. Lovette, Jackson street, near Washington. George W. Reeves, practical machln1 in and gas fitter. Cape May, N. J. D Children's Day la already aurading the aitentlon of the Sunday, schools. The Wave U by odds tho moat com- ._ plcte county newspaper. *1 per year. The last Northeaster that made the .. Cape a call did no mischief to the beach. James T. Bailey, blacksmith and borae . shocr, near Cape Island bridge, on pike. Improvements on tbe beach front are , being substantially made by contractor , Miller. i That President Harrison will visit the Cape this summer is a conceded eircum"We have tried Salutaris and regard L it aa a very 1"' table water indeed."— e Benj. Harrison. Red breasted snipe and calico backs e are scampering along tbe bay side beach , king crab egging. l The pretty maidens of tbe gold beatf Ing establishment came from all parts of lower Cape May. Now Is tbe time to arrange for your future happinou by subecrlblug for the . Semi-Weekly Wate. What ex-tlde- President Hendricks 3 said of Salutaris : "Saiutaris la the finest inter I have ever tasted." 5 Don't fall to attend the Illustrated Lecture to be given at Baptist church on Friday evening, May 3d. Contractor J. P. Henry will hurry up his Job on tbe M. E. Church and have , It done before Children's Day. . Photograph gallery to rent oo Beach avenue. Apply to William King, No. 191 Arch afreet, Philadelphia. tf ' Court House In wealth and population , for the last quarter of a century ? t long lraaea should be sought for by ( landlords. This year-aUs time holding la no good either for lease or owner. , Take your watch or clock that's got tired of running to Samuel Smith for i reviving. He la an expert at repairing, i loaure Your buildings and live stock. . It may be economl-ally done at Uie of--fioes of J. Henry Edmuo-'s, No. 30 p Washington street. The old favorite opera company will I uu the ocean pier this summer. All . bauds may get ready to laugh at the , drolleries of Fred Freer. Tbe long lines of delicate green which cross Cold Spring truck patches are the . expected pea vlnea which have been a . time coming up. Charles QuBas*wlU repeat his Ulua- , trated lecture of "Around Uie World Hi . eighty minutes," at Ibe Baptist church on Friday evening, May 3d.No handsomer hotel on the coast than I tho New Columbia, and Hi tbe hands of . active young landlord It ought to do , a good business Una nanrr. Piles permanently cured without pain. r Send for circular with reference. , a Rkxd, M. D. , feb 1-lr 199 8. 18th street, Phils- ! For a very neat and comfortable addition to the furniture of our editorial dan ) ire are Indebted to tbe kindly conald- . e ration of Mrs. J. Henry Edmunds, i A. W. Springer and son, boOdan and contractors, Oape May Point. ThM , firm attends promptly to aO business r committed to It bv non-resident property r owners tf i Daniel H. Warner was sentenced by . Judge Reed to six months imprisonment r for hla latl wanderings from the path of I virtue. Hla sentence Is already partly l served. r Bring out the llule ones to see the , wild animals oa canvas, oa this Friday - p*bt. May 3d, al Baptist church. AdQamtat Is on deck with a supply of , apparakta, inch aa twines, ropes, etc., for [ head quarters for stationery. An Illustrated Lecture will be given i at Baptist church on Friday evening, I May. 3d. Admission- adulu, 15 oenUi children,' 10 cats. Proceeds for benefit . ot the eh arch. Come and help a good ' Table Talk for May U'here and we , welcome It with all the warmth lu gee- . intelligence and vitality. The compositors ot the Wavi are htt debted to Richard T. Ware and wife for e generous slices of wedding cake. We . take this opportunity for wishing our X esteemed friend Rich and bb better half f a happy and prosperous life. [ Shull WlrobacK A Co., 1 a"OC™*' Pl""DL' P'' W c have called your attention to our celebrated Favorite Table Syrup. We I know If you bare used It yon bare bees plrasnd with It, and will want r mote. Allow us. to aay that we will seep the quality up to standard and you I. can depend on getting It In good order, fresh and good. Aax arm Favoarra Tanut 8xacr. ■ Wa know that every good housekeeper S b pleased whet oo wash-day they have » a good Soep end BtaAA ft) Use. Bart h Oat Soep will salt you. A Urge cake (or 6 rents. Pes it; you will Ike tt. , LQy Starch b rcaa and perfectly white, • in fact the beat that yoe causae. , be does not keep li, tan kim that It b ' of .Goon Comroa » and b known OS the erode aa Obi B. W. * * Oo. OoBre. It M rick aed kiddy a t*^L- — —• — ^ — ; of the beerAweft M troaa^of tka Troy-

-S)bou£ th* Sotmfjj. 7 urean creen. Tbe recrat rains bare made our roads Mr. and Mra Acker bare returned to re their home In Philadelphia. Mrs. Jaztelrord went to Dial Creek to a visit her daughter and while there waa y- Our two worthy fishermen Jonathan WUleta and WtBlam L. Davb made a ~ big catch on the 28th. . — - Welcome May with the singing of birds sod the fragrance of flowers. Charles Rice haa greatly Improved & the appearance of hb pleaswe boat by a coat of paint. L George Creole left for Trenton, oo last Monday rfBUch to the regret of. bis many triads. Do not hide tbe oranges you have foe g your best gUl under a door-etep, but take Utcm to her at once. _ Miss Deeea A brims returned home last week, after tucking a happy vtttt ,r among friends at Mlllrllle. * South Dennis. 1 Charles MitcAl later and wife visited t Dr. G. G. Oarll on Sunday. f Reuben Moore has moved hb family ° William and James Williams visited tbeir homo in Petersburg on Sunday. '■ Dr. Q..O. Carll b steadily imphwxittg under tbe professional care of Dr. Eu- *■ gene Way. Tbe sloop L. F. I'eteraa, CapL Jefs feraon, arrived here on Sunday from Virginia with ship Umber for It 8. Learning's new vessel. Capt. James Nlckcraon and son Uare vey, of Uie schooner Edward Perry, are '■ with their families while their vessel b c discharging cargo at Philadelphia. u There were two people burled in the * Union Cemetery tbb week. The body * of Mrs. Ithoda Edwards was buried on * on Saturday. d Asparagus this week. Bluodbh and shad are heroMiss Ella Bingham came . Jiotne- on a Saturday. b Mr. and Mra. Smith Errickson are off for a visit to Philadelphia. 1- Miss Minnie Vans man, of West Cape s May is visiting triads in our village. Mr. Wo. Ycrrick left on Wednesday r morning lo aetUe his father's eatSte at Among our visitors from Court House s Sunday were CapL Douglass ad bis it two daughters, Teresa ad LI its, Capt. John Rose ad wife ad Mr. ad Mrs i Whitacar and daughter, b Tbe Entertainment giva by the Band of Hope on Sunday evening was tpp preciated by all present. The HtUe ones e did well. We are gbd to note Uitt the Temperance sentiment is increasing. b Wast Cap- May. Fools have made their appearance. e Tbe delicalc little violet is lu bloom. a Jcrrv Rebeau is lying dangerously ill at hb home on Emerald avenue. . Thoe. Stevens ad family, have re8 moved !a the bouse of C. B. Reeves on , Leslie Hud, of Court House, has been f spending a few days with his friend, J. 8. . Eldredge. * Aunt Elizabeth Woolsou, of Fishing "j. Crank, i.^> her daughters, Mrs Albert q Foster, for tbe rammer. The large hotel bring built on the hit. j Vernon tract opposite the Elephant, Is j rapidly being completed. . May of our young men. sport dainty llule side whiskers, which plays such k havoc among the feminine aex. ( Master Ruble Reevr. was the recipl- , tent of a fine organ from hut father, Rev. Geo. H. Reeves one day last week. Mrs. DaicI Stereos, accompanied by I her als|crs, Mra. Llde Sbeppard and M Ira a Emma Eldredge, took in the Catenntal Celebration at New York, stopping with 3 tbeir aunt, Mra. Wainwright. t Mr. Abijah Reeves ud wife Hannah „ were poisoned by drinking butter-milk, on Sunday night. Dr. Kennedy waa summoned ad after three ' bpurs of faithful work relieved them «J their tuff en ng. They had a vary narrow es- , cape from death. ' Enoch 8. Townsend b home again for awhile. , J. Smith Townsend has been home for a few days. Jerome Bowfcer has purchased a horse : for hb stage line. CapL ud Mra. PlaU Brewer, Jr , was I uptown the first of the week. Howard Thompson haa Joined tbe ( aehooner Elizabeth Lee aa steward. Mrs. R. C. Thompson hu gone to ' PhUedelphb to meet her eon, CapL IL Thompson, Jr. Cart ton WasteotL wife and son, were the guests of Mr. and Mra. Smith Townsend, thb week. , OapL George & Peterson and Charles Hearon arrived home from New Tork , oo Friday lam. Miute B. Hays left on Saturday roo route for Laurel, Dal., to visit bar abler Mra. George Jobnaoe. ' Capt. George Sayre ud crew of lire | saving station 33, will please accept j thanks for kindness received. Mrs. David Rodu ud danghlez, Pbetoe. bass bora the geeaU of her pareels, Mr. and Mrs. Jere Gsllaher. John High left for Philadelphia on ' Monday to asabt Hi furnishing tbe new ' |«ael reoratly bultt by IL S. Learning. I We had tbe pteasnre of spending an evening recently at Uie home of OapL Thomas Townsend, of South Boas-ilk, a home whoa hospitality b proverbial all over tbe county. We found theCapf tain's physical strength somewhat Impaired from tbe effects of hb recent Illness, yet bb mind U u clear and strong u ever. As a conversationalist, be b both Interesting aid InalruKtre, poaana. log u be does an extensive fond of knowledge both ot ma ud affairs ' that run back to the long ago linking r the past trith the preset m a very at- ' tracuve mutter. Tbe earlier part of t bb Ufa was iprat aa a ana captain, where U be acquired a thorough practical knowl- , edge ol the maritime buabteaa in detail, and Ibis, connected with the fact that lie '• wee smoeg lbs tooat profiesat naviga. ton of hb day, eaused bite to take front rank In Ma profession. After he retired . from the seafaring btisHtses, ha took ep r a satire mind be possesses, we would state thaw be bu performed a large ; raraEaKE?n."E7 large tree that gives toe genealogy of f theToweeend famUy from the Umc the ' W* *** .weB .le thb h I Tmm °* "

COM 8 prinq. William Walters sprat Sunday with hb parents. ] Beth Chambers says "blulcs" will be b hare in week or io. i Clifton Homu b borne for a two Lo week'a atey off light ship No. M. I Mr. and Mrs. Horace Richardson, of Lo Philadelphia, visited their parents at i is the Spring on Sunday lasL < Our road overate i b giving a tire lo satisfaction- - The roads are Hi better ■ condition Ihra ever before. I Tbe greatest iquiml story of the season wa one toid by • C, B." which i bad 92 young once. How's that? I ■>' Tbe stiooteg water between Most Matthews ud George Dickinson's was i ** ordered drained off by Board of Health < on Monday. Mrs. Emily Camion's T8ih birthday f 10 was bit Sunder, t hose prevent on the t u occasion were : Mra. Mary Spile, Mrs. VlrgU Scbelkngcr. Mrs. Vincent MUIer, t '' Mr. aitlfM," Harry Footer, ad Master t ri ••Chatlc," Mr, .and Mrs- JVm. Thomp- t son, Mias Annir Best. ^ < lt Flahtne Creek. Blue fish bare arrived and fishermen aro glad. t William Holmes, Jr., caught nine ^ sturgeon Saturday night, setting ashore j about 11 o'clock. 'J Tbe first boat race of the season took s place last week. The yacht Temper- 1 A ance, Capt. Walter Shaw, rata the winning boat. 1 IE -—Since Mr. CummHtgt bu sold Ilia t J* house in West Cape May, vie hope he will purchase the farm on which he t now reatdea and make It hla permanent .' ® aboae. '■ Harry Jonea, of the sturgeon fleet, b t quite a muslcidfL He can play almost 1 ay musical instrument. Wc had the 1 c pleasure of tislaing a few eTcninga since to some choice aclectlODS which be ren- ( '7 being drivra out to sea last Thursday, c 'n The crew went well off shore to make U their drift, ud when tbe not had been | shipped the wind waa blowing a perfect t gale, conscqually they were unable, 1 owing to the heavy tea. to alep the ■ ^ tloalion being directly lo windward f gale moderated, which did towards t c night. They were lha able to make 1 sail ud come In safely, much to the i * relief ol their comrades. , I Sea Isla City. j H The young people eojoy the boating t * Mra. Charles Bicker haa been eujoyiog !-* a few day's visit with friooda at Philsdelpbta. L Huntley and Itecvca have the contract I ^ for tbo building of Charles Clouting* *■ Mr. ad Mrs. Miltou Cox, o! Borden- t * town, with their little son. are guests of 10 Condi Cox. ■ Joseph II. Woodruff, of Bridgeton. « who ib tho proprietor of a iivcry stable. I Xharlca Padock Is building at anoez j - will make it nearly double Its former i ^ size. I B Edwin D. Poster, of the Times, and t Washington Godfrey veni to Cape May ; " ™"* : Cotuigcrs are making ready for the ■ season in earne-t. Furniture for the ® summer rcsldemes is arriving in large j quantities. - . t _ Frank Champion, tho popttbr ice | s cream manu'acturcr of Ooean City, was lu town on Saturday calling on Mayor ; Ludlam ad Others. t J Engineer Miller is delighted since t locomotive No. 81 was turned over to , hb care. He saya : " She* the wagon , to make time." He doea It. i Station agont 1*. Murphy attended a | very pleasant evening party held al the I.ife Saving 8tatioc,at Occra City, on , j Thuratlay evening. Ho b held in great | . esteem by may frlemb at Ocean City, i at which place he was agent for a num. ] ^ her of years. * Old Boreas has been trying bis bad 'f at the bellows again ad succeeded in ] ir getting up a big blow, a high tide, and k a heavy sea, but did no damage of any account to Avalon. The forestsof Avalon are donning their r new spring green dress, ad the beaull- | ■ ful trees are oonatatly nodding a hearty , welcome to tbe many visitors. In fact ' ' the trees are clapping their hands for } the soft south breeze ud the beautl- | c ful sunshine. 1 Mias Nellie Finlra b mlaaed from our < * beach. She left lor home last Thursday J In company with Mrs. Charles Lag, i c after enjoying a pleaaut vbit with her t friend, Mra. Colonel Smith. 8 be thinks > ° Avalon b the place for pure air. ' j CoL Smith's daughter, Mra. Charles Lug. husbrad and three children, have ' been down eojoylug Anion* luvlgora- , Hag air the past week. It knocked the t whooping cough out of the children ] * higher than a kite. They have three k lovely children. ' During the storm oo Fridsy last at Sea Isle City, lightning atruck the englT neer of the steamer Lettape, that plys ] between Avalon ud Sea Iile City, ud | ® Uie steamer was laid up. Thb dlsap- i * pointed quite a number of folks that bad 1 started for Avalon to rusticate ud col- J I' leet uother streak of faL The following guesu are at Colonel I Smith's : Edward T- Pugh, wife and 1 " son, L M. Doha, wife ud two chll- * dren, all of Philadelphia. The children : oertaHily enjoyed thomsclrei rambl'ng ' " through the forest, ud rolling down j the aand hills. For be it known you < ' may roll Hi the sad here lb your hearts I con tat without soiling your clothes. J v OoL Geo. W. Smith wis down to ' J~ Atlatlc City bet week with hb corps of ran paiuttagAhc new Etunirxion t 3 House. E. It. Williams b pushing It < " with his accustomed vim. It b now 1 j" weather. board -.J to the cornice. If noth- , ™ ing prevents he will have it completed ( * by the Aral of June. Thb b vtnat you : 3 might call traveling at lightning speed. jj The statement that the new railroad e bridge across Townsrai'a Inlet was finL bhed. and the can were running over It I. b rather premature. It b not finished. I nor hu car. run over IL. The bat storm , kinked ll a Utile, ud will delay the work d temporarily. Tbe cars are expected to P crasa over the last of the week. People * may think the bridge b a long time geL ' ting itwt.K»d but taking Into conxldered Uon the bad weather ud the depth, f e and having to drive tha piling from f * twenty to twenty-five feet into the boL f loin, it's necessarily slow work. e Mr. William Wdb, preatdrat of the a e Seven MBe Beach Compuy ban artbL , r tore. Tbe scene b on Avalon. U b f t bnaoUtul ud natural, and its artistic * merit bnry high. John W. DUlon Is 1 nuwtheownef, having had it en exhibii Uonil Morris Earie ft Co,*, 1018 CbesL a nut street Philadelphia. Itcu be no at e the office of the 8pvu Mlh Beech Coznl peny, 1017 Ghettnat ttneL Mr. Dillon U tbe picture was taken, ud b going to' t bullSa vaty BnegaoOaga. : ^sszsr_"" r— ,

William Bonbam lost a valuable borae nlgM. R. S. Sapp made a trip up the river - N". S. Foster had the mbfortunc to cut els foot quite badly Saturday afternoon. We are glade to ate tbe Immurement . hi the health of Utc sick portion of our community. ' Mrs. Bailie Corson ud Emma Town•end have returned lo their respective i The young colt which recently appeared at Ibe stable of- Mra. Garwood" been christened Maud S. A. B. Smith returned homo-- Friday i night, having spent the greater portion of the week attending court. Somen C. Young ud WUlbtn Goddud ocru;>atlou in going Hi search i of blValres.- They report good successAfter tho first of May F. S. Ashmcad proposes having hu goods sent lo Soroera Point ud- transported across sacks » brge amoral of Mra. Benjamin Hall ud children are visiting at South Seaville. Miss Hannah McDuicls, ot Philadelphia. haa returned to our town. 3D. ad Mi* Alonxo Corson united Willi tbe Methodist church Sunday evenwent 'to Philadelphia Monday morning. Two persons received Use rite of baptism by Immersion at the Baptist church evening. Mr. ad Mrs. William YanQUdor ad Mra. VaGlldcr'e parents. Clerk Hud and wife. Mr. E. P. Had, of this place, ad James Chester, of Goshen, have recently purchased 17 acres of woodlad at Itto Grade, formerly the prop erty of Mr. Clue. Crease. The temperance people are much J B. Huffman for hb clear presentation of the law. which wal the chief mans of preventing the court Our population b considerably increased by the arrival of Ihlrty-tlve to Italians. About thirty of these consider close quarters' for a family of four. The balance are keeping house a box car. The gang b working on stopping at Norton cottage. J. W. llyzcr and Charles 31. Glbba paid their usual "biweekly visit on Bat. paying vblta to bb late hauls. >Ir. ud Mra. Smith, of Philadelphia. Another northeaster to the already of tbe last one, will make thb spring a The track for the new railroad Is be : pushed along rapidly. 31r. Mace Jonas Bowman Esq. the propriety of opcuing ot an early date. The Hereford and Arctic cluba. were visited by a (full compliment of theH their new stewards. of the Hereford House, accom. puled byjib friends We. Harrison, of Sleaars. Christine Wcldy, Judge Lett, man. John C. 8mith and William IL Gaulbert, of the North Pea Iron Works, registered at the Blakemore cottage on Saturday, returning to town on Sunday. Thb b what you ought to have. In fact, you must have it, to fully enjoy life. Thousands are searching for it daily, and mourning because they find , it noL Tltousud upon thousands of . dollars are spent annually by our people io Uie hope that they may attain thla And yet it may be had by all. Wc guarantee that Electric Bitters, If used according to direcUon and tho use persbtcd In. will bring you Good Digestion ud oust the demon Dyspepsia ud Insteady Eupopey. We recom- ' mend Electric Bitters for Dyspepsia ud all dbcaaoa of Liver, Stoptach and KMSold at 60c. and *1.00 per bottle | el Kennedy* druggists. 4 No trains are running beyond Angle- ' on the Five Milo Beach Branch of the West Jersey Railroad. The road b i being rebuilt to Wildwood ud Holly , Beach, ud stages convey passengers to the tattler points. Forced to Leave Home. Over 60 people were forced to leave . theH homes yesterday to call for a fne trial package of lane's Fiznl'y 3Iodlrine. your blood U tied your Hver ad kid- ■ out of order. If you are oonitl paled I ud have headache ud an unsightly complexion, don't fall to call on auy druggist to-day for a frre sample of this grand remedy. The ladies praise IL I Everyone likes IL Large -size package [ 50 oats. • Go to headquarter* for mattings. No. i 32 Washington street, the new store, . where you can got uythlng you vut in House Furnishing Goods at reasonable figures. Good matting at 23 eats per 1 yard cut, or a discount for whole pieces, ' better grades on hud, ud a splendid assortment to select from. Call ad see 1 , If there b not some goods that you need. I 1 Joseph Hall, Jr., offers .'or sale a lot of single and double Tarm wagons of Ids j , make. The}- are warranted to give j satisfaction. *30 for atogle maehtnr; ' all complete lor Immediate service. Call I and examine them at hb (hop, near ! Island bridge. tf

Sporting Dashes, e Wesley IL Wales is at home on his 1 y summer vacation front tbe Uulvertlty of 1 ■t Pennsylvania. He haa been doing some lino work behind the "hat" for tbe it "Varally" Reserves thb spring ud gives 1. promise of becoming oa ot the beat Hi r Campbell, ot Harvard, who will occupy fonrth position la the "Stone Wall Diamond" here thb summer, had flaL e teriug offers irom the New York club early in the spring. Wagenhurat was , secured after thb. ii Some of the home enthusiasts think that the local talent should organize In. , f to a spring club ud defend the "county | q cug" ou which Court House, Green , Creek, Townsend* Inlet. Goshen and \ I. tho Gold Beaters, look with a envious 1 h eye. % , u 3!eConkcy, the greatest second base- ' 1 man who o*cr guarded that bag for I , Yale, will cut them all off Hi tbeir headpi long aides when the season opens here Luther E. Price, our successful cap. tain of H8, has. since last September, been on tbe staff of Utc Philadelphia e Record. He b now assistant sporting Win. C. Price, who played second j last year ud who won the Cuba I J Giant game Hi tho ninth Inning with a | I- score of 8 II, by making a hit and stealing three bases, is wilting for the . hila. r delphia Times ud doing gook work. '• "llyue" ad the "Kid," the speedy h battery, are practicing sprinting si the ^ University ad will make the opposing d fl U^J*ag' SHtea represents nibble l e Ills office la lu the'washtngton HouM. I- opposite the postofficc. f27-tf cterapiti thing ° Edward R. Rice, agent for PklladclI- zincs, Ac* "rders lifT'sl"'^?' "vfax e office Will receive prompt attention, tf t tioneen ft IS lon^ experience in the e adSraot m this city.11 Onhrs'lcft at this ' j Fm ^Szlb fh property recently to J° Heo " Edmun. . . ™Wajddng' most efficient anil rattnoal trealmcnl of some morbid conditions can be treated c successfully only by thb means Hun. >b May. whom T'havJ wW."T 11."^ i '• lleveii by the elecliit 'realmcut sa applied by N. llssn, Medical BortticCape 3Iay. provFit?yr7<hjr twtl">" " n"r llC 9ra 3kdvrrtisrraruts. ; Peculiar ' ^00c|'s ' ' ° truly be said. " tine iluudred tioses One Dotn Bamparlfia accomplishes cures hitherto an* , t^iSarsapari lla n1eh" blood porkers. Peculiar In Its phenomenal ■ Doco.fthe°| Pecu liar ■ y of people. Peeolbr In tho brain-work which j bines sit the knowledge which modem '' sclcnco'has T O ItSOlf . a with many years practical experience In I. preparing medicines. Be sure to get only * JHood's Sareaparflla i! IOO Doses One Dollar d I. yHERIFF'S SALBstzhs hoar or v o'clock p.'m. oa ssld day, at Is taf Mayor's utnoe, lo^rajB^Msy^ nty. m tae ■ei tust^oT New Jer— /. CBvruaioff?aVstake Itandtss to the side walk on the MWkeaal side e nt Wsshlogloo wrest, tern feet frmz tut cam , " UueoTwito^aut^d'ISaSSexeeMlra 1 d SsSSSS ' 7 «mTm fs rre.1^'1 "X SSZS'mJSS; J * degrees, west porattel w*h Wsshlngtoo am: ^ mmjuo ttstnasnonass dej^zw«'lsj!io to Noreranev - seethed premises. j i * james shobmaksr, jx.. I- 1 BxmtSt' Sima, 1st Vs. prafta tt.'« ; HORSE FOR .SALE. c j On* Pair ofj Mulex Ch*ap .for d Cash. GEORGE J. REED. " I Holly Beach, N. J. J

10 $ 12 TWELVE DOLLAR SUITS. A LITTLE PRICE FOR A GREAT VALUE. ' The variety ie law and includes very deairable styles or CAB8IMERB8. FLANNELS. 8ERQB6, and OORKIn correct styles of Back and Cutaway Suite. Our entire Spring Stock of Suitli and Trousers is. ready, and is gathcriug that is malting a good report, and will be heard of more ■ffltLmore for every excellence, every beauty and every reasonable price." VERY SKCiAL— We are sole asenta in Philadelphia for Virgoe. Mlddleton A Co.'a (London) Pure Linen ' Collars and «off«. LET NO DEALER /DECEIVE - 1 JACOB REED'S SONS, 918, 920, 922 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. I AJeo. Important Bat and Shoe QSerinve .

Spring Disorders ^ Palne's /JL a\( Celery Compound V Till I fame* Qefcrr com- m tvcrorierobTWy^.ra. iiiiiMi* g BrtpmerOeaeral w. L Oreroteat. Barttng- PUrlflffiS tH© BlOOd. Iggf Hft|ffpg S3S kzSwonta'egiml.^' " UCI'- ' *** Wxzzl. Btcaxaro^ak, BmSwioa,YV aStef IT IS EAST TO DYE WITH DIAKOHD DYES, CAPE ISLAND GAS COMPANY. Will make contracts lorjall kinds of work in the lineoi Plumbing, Gas and Jteajii" Fitting, NON-RESIDENT COTTAGE OffNERS May have their work Promptly and Satisfactory Done Ily sending an order to the office of the Company, No. 38 Washington St., Gape May, N. J. NORMAL BONE PHOSPHATE. Available Phosphate Acid, - 7 to 9 Insoluablc " - - 3 to 3 Ammon:a - - - 1 to \M Potash - - - 1 y, toPRICE, $25.00 a ton. l or Sale l.y W. R. VANOILDER, Petersburg, New Jersey. JTHONET BROTHERS' AUSTRIAN H. H. CRANE. 1416 & 1416 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. CLINTON SO-UDER. in SUITS or SINGLE PIECES, IitiRBB ill Stoct. mils to Mir, or Repaired. Tarpct Cil-Oloth & Window Shading. CHILDREN'S COACHES for Sale or to Hire. MMiTGsS FOP. SALE OH RENT. MOLSTMG. AWNINGS MADE TO ORDER. CAPE HOUSE, CAPF MAV POINT, N. J. ' Ojten all the Year. Heated by Steam. Lighted with Gas. Fine Large Rooms well Furnished. Thirty Open Fire Places for Wood and Coal. : HOT AND COLD SEA WATER BATHS , tavsna. sn,i u,<« .reus, rem. ^ H HAMILTON. Manager. $3 K, PANCOAST. $3 t-tOehts' and Eoys'M o<FINE :-:SHOESt>^ 41 North Ninth St., Philadelpeia. The Best S3 Shoe ever offered in this City. ' $3 CDSTOH WOEI AND REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. $3 H. S. RUTHERFORD, 32 Washington Street, Cape May Cj y, N. J. Jiff STORE, HEW GOODS 11 LOW P1IEC, EVERYTHING IN HOUSEKEEPING LINE. Crockery, Wood, Willow and Glassware. Torrey's Full Hollow Oround Razors. bak Kaxor laOaarutwri to Bharv iumiiiSi moil jlBcou luarte. Ttt», srs fog, •arraauo, >sd anew on* win be gtvu for nor oaa uut pnmldvrsccre. W. S. WARE. as waamnou otvew; tigjra Mar, n. J. ' SAMUEL M. SMITH, FORMERLY WITH BAILEV. BANKS and BIDDLE, Repairing FRENCH Clocks and FINE*WATCHES a BpeciaMy. A ecoffiau rxnt of WATCUtUXKMS TOOtfi 1« mj «*•?• «»»