' CAPE MAY WAVE— SEMI-WEEKLY— WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1889. ; ' ' ' " ■ • ' ■ ■ ^

FOttt* hbt v*sata ai smrtar. R-H »W Asm. !■ Mnm NOTICETOUT Oman AKkAJKlZaxSTt. 5ll^|ps£S?~ ass®Ip2ss« ^gasTa^si^fesrs SSssKHMsWiss: £&gS^s3£S "BS5S'"* : How Copo May Light House No. 2 , Woo Tokon Down. j The contractor who bad Ihe job of taking down the second Cape May light i honae waa troubled for a long time bow i lo accomplish It without going to the top and removing a brick at a time. L He itndled about it when be ihould I hare been asleep and worried bis wife by his reatleaaneaa.- One night he star. I tied his better half by erring oat: "I've g got 111" "Got whnlT" aaid she "Why bow to take down that peaky light c boose." The next day he started for 1 Cape May and jregan operations by tearing out one sbhsuf Its foundations a t brick at a lime, and shoring <>p Uie eaca- a ration as he went along. When be got about half way around he stopped snd C waited for a fresh breeze to blow the H right way then building a dm ha burned away the shores, letting down the struct- L ore with a tremendous crash. The plan r tloo with Mr. Jerry Meersy. be will re- I! membcred the general plan of rumoring a the old tower No. 2, but has no reoolecllon of the names of those who took c part In the transaction. The Uape May and Delaware Bay 'Navigation Company held lis annual £ meeting at the Landing Hotel on Mon. ^ day p. m. The report of the old board of directors, treasurer and auditing oommltte ware read and accepted by a ■ majority of the stock holders, many of f whom were represented by proxy. The new board comprise*, Lorenzo 11. p Cone, James Whlltker, It. V. Busaall, C. H. Mason. W. F. Russell, A. K. Wright, " Samuel M. Beek. The officers for "SO are: T. II. Cone, president; Ckaa. H. Mason, treasurer; Randolph P. Russell, " secretary; Wot. F. Ituasrll, general ^ The report of the finance account v showed that s (llvulcnd of 8 per cent had beast declared, dear of ell Usee, for ° season '88. - * Samuel H. Gray represented .the majority of the stockholilci* and Samuel M . Oox, m fninority. p The Cape May and Delaware Bay Navigation Onmpany la making czten it aive improvements at the Steamboat C Landing by putting up new bath houses, b repairing depot, and placing the wharf a' tbo steamer Republic, which will make ir bar lint trip on June Mb. Mr. Camp- j< bell, of the Landing Hotel la getting V thlngi est to ri{hu about bis bouse. 11a II did the thoughtful thing on Monday by the gentlemen of the steamboat snd h railroad companies In the substantial > lunch he bad ready (or them. " , h Lower Cape May public school girl j, graduates In til the freshness and beauty of sweet sixteen, and robed In the new- „ eat and neatest style, formed an attract- p. ivo feature of last Monday morning's express. The neatly rolled parcels they „ bald In their hands were lengthy essays ,, occasions They no doobt represented much hard work, and in preparation and delivery did themselves snd teach, p era large credit In another place in , this Issue of the Wan will be found a B report of the commencement exorcises. At en AMwTIh Hug oi the Dels- '< were Ban snd Cspa May 1'otat IUilrosd " heldM fl|camboat Landing Hotel. On * Mondsy p. m., these gentlemen were elected e board of directors for "8#:— E Win. F. Russell, Alexander E. Harvey, " Chas. H. Mason, John W. Paxson, L. H. * Cone', a P. Russell, and Mutual Hen- * Wm. F. Russell was made treasurer; 11 L. n. Cone, secretary; and J. Henry p Edmunds, general manager. John Meersy Puat No. 40, snd all v hooorably discbsrged soldiers will take g special train on Memorial day for Court K House via- Cold 6prlng and Tabernacle ,i cemeteries, where addresses will be made l>v J. M. E. Hlldrrtb and others. At tl the Court House the Cape May oontln- n gent will be reinforced by John Kernpn ^ Post, when the usual Memorial scrrloee (c and addreaaea will take place. u Oontractor MUler will finish up re. pairs on the beach walk and drive this " week. It la t good job snd ought to stand Ihe worst aaaalta of the heaviest weather likely lo turn up In the yeara to come. Mr. John W. Thompson has ' been Mr. MUer-s superintendent of eon- " •traction, end be bee shown by his management tbat he possesses other abilities besides sticking type. ^ should hav. been haarel by tu£ who a are badly behind band In filial duly and f, atraed tq yauib only, but adl ages. Per. ,« tinrnt examples of great persons who g hare bteeaed the earth from the Pious n Acuoas down to our own timcu, very d Mgyor J. Henry Edmunds, proprietor " and manager of the Oooan Pier has scoured the services of Mr. Wm. Porter asjpsahksr m charge s: ticket office. ^ lie O^Msy's youthful soei«y WkTwil) u glee e full drene bop as Tuesday even- u log. Jose 11th, on ooean pier. Proles- * eerOufe noted or£c*tra wlU furnish " - The New ToritWoridb about In oc v copy the large* end handacmeet e«w> tl SjlpS! e

PERSONAL. 1 Ik. MoCleilaa's court of inqulrj-is still I Inqtlring. Oaptalb Alexander Ludlam has s neat _ place In the Borough. Postmaster Richardson will taka fall possession next Saturday. , Mr. snd Mrs. McDonaeli arc at their _ Cape May house far the season. Charley Williams Is fitting out the Oriole cottage fur summer business. Hsrry I.udlsm is sbout opening s J school of oratory at Los Angles, Oal. General Wm- J. Bewell was looking over Cepe May Improvements lsst FriLlentensnt MeTettsw was an attentive listener to Pastor Mace's Memorlsl ser- , J. W. Dunbsm was at the Ebbltt yefr terdsy while on a Cape May burinews t trip. ' Mlaa Gallagher baa been visiting her , friend, Mim Daly, of South Lafayette ' Edward Howell, of Diss Creek, la ■ experimenting with the prupogation of " gold fish. ! Walter A. Barrows, of Mount Holly, has been appointed CUy Solicitor for i Burlington. ! Mr. Max Riebenack and Mrs. Rlcbenack occupied rooms at the Lafayette over Sunday. Cspt C. P. Foster is sure he frit the nibble of a aheepabead #hile sounds fishing last week. Pastor Senser, of Cold 8; ring, was on the Island s few days ago greeting bis numerous friends, i C. F. Quin, of Philadelphia, snd famwill enjoy the heated season In Mrs. No kind of weather stops Mr. 0:car Blatiua from making bit vreekly pflC. W. McSUsne Is Ihe obliging chief j clerk of Colonel Tracy's Washington ; Philadelphia. L. XL Cone, one of the directors of i the Navigation Company la abroad, : spending his honeymoon. Judges Garrison and Weatcott, of ; tat UU a UU In parlor car ol | evcnlng"a express. Mr. and Mra. Wm. McKcan left i tbo Point on Monday after an extended I residence at the Cape House. Organist MUlott and choir are getting ; the young people down '.to tbo bard , worfc of CbtldTra'v -Oaf preparation. — Colonel Duffy la already at Sea Isle i City. He will make the Continental bo- c tel of thai place a feature of the town. 1L J. Thompson la one of the moat | popular of our advertisers. His place i of business, at llUt and Chestnut Sis., Is s busy place. R. H. Beellie and family have taken . poeaeasinn of their Beach avenue cottage, which baa been most elegantly fitted up ] (.'has. W. Thompson, cbslrmsn.ol city councils finsnce com- 1 mittce. was s guest o( the Lafsyctte I early In (be week. At I be public service* of M. K Church ■ Sunday evening, Mrs. Blsnch WD- [ llsms sang "When shall I be free?" ( General Sewell's family are at their ■ svenuo summer home. The ' cottage has been beautified and the < grounds neatly fixed up lor ike season. Seven year old Alloc Hand, the pet of t the household of Robert Ilsad sue- t combed lo thst dread disease, croup, on I Frldsy and was burled on Monday. Captain Henry Crawford waa attend- •' the meeting of the Delaware Bay > Company on Monday. He preserver I his youthful appearance to a remarkable degree. Among those who were seen saunter- ( Ing along the avenue last Sunday, en- ' each others society, were Charles McShsnc. cashier of Washington t snd Miss Abbie Sboppsrd. ■ K. B. B. Dlsmcot. of Allowsy, spread I bis autograph on the Kbbitl register. Monday evening. His estenslvo man- I ulscturlng establishment keeps him i largely on the road, bis l-rother attend- i to homo Interest*. Miss Elra Fow, ol Philadelphia, ac- I oompanlcd by ber brother, Master Clar- I ence, spent Sunday at parents cottage on < Broadway. Miss Fow 1* deeply inter ted m the study of botany, if the ■ of wild flowers wblcli she took s homo Is s criterion. ■ John Kcrnsn I'o.t No. 01, Court 1 has arranged the following program for Memorial day. Ifttall will I meet at Headquarters si 0 o'clock, sharp, and proceed to ;thc Ebenesar cemetery; 1 Users to the Asbury. Another Da- t tall will dacorale the graves at Goshen. I The Poet will assemble 'in Use Hall «l 1 o'clock find proceed _tr> the station sod i Escort Post 40 to tbe'gruve, where the i Mr. Edwards will deliver the address, falowed by Rev. P. i Randolph, when they wUl proceed lo decorate the grevm in the Baptist reme- 1 The public 'are Invited to take I part In the Exercises of the day t The New Galxmcr houio at Dennisvilla U now apea for lha rootpliou or guests under the pro)>rietorshlp of that i of Cape May hotel men, M. Wll- ' This admirable house la situated ' in the must delig blful and famoua section of tbe county. There are gunning. 1 fishing snd sailing facilities of rare r merit. Near by are the celebrated buried i ate of bstlsajnic juniper, which when I uncovered front tlielr long aepulture emits moat refreahiag fragrance. Dec- i nhrvBle la a pretty hamlet, handy lo the i bay, and not far from railroad stations i ot Ihe Weat Jersey. For a quiet, enjoys- t high order. Write to Mr.. Williams I for further partlcnlare. U t The funeral of Mra Harriet Sawyer, ' took place on Monday, Inlerment being made at Cold Spring cemetery. There r la large sympathy with tbe family In j days since the deceased left home 1 for a visit among Philadelphia friends. While brr health tea not been very good ol late, no one thought the end to Mrs. Sawyer at Ihe time of her waa sixty .one years old." Her Ufa ' moat excellent wife and mother, and 1 given to deeds of Chriatlin charity. j The Weat Virginia gubernatorial con- \ teal seems tq be hip and tuck between : Golf and Flaming. The farremlgatioc has been in progress for some weeks, favor of Fleming by one vota. The incloae, provided tbe Investigation continlo be as Impartially conducted to the end as It has been so far. lib loci much lo expect thai God wUl be panalUod to coma to hb own. j. Capo Mat't"480."aacbuarnby "Bip," , the ocean pier June llUt. The affair is already provoking food nntkipeli™ of gg;

SALTS. Judldoos advertising pays. Artistic becks In jobbing In this A WUdwood ponnaalna is a pretty >n Uule lake. Pigs for aalA Apply to Dr. EU B. Ir Wales. Cold Spring. roS-Si Memorial day exercises promise to be ". unusually lnlerestlog. tu Pink and pretty are some o! tbe cotlagea recently painted. Cold Spring ha* a number of caadi- « dates for the village P. O. >■ Farmers are in (he dumps over the long spell of wet weather. 'r v Steam motor- 1A the Wsrx office. Prompt execution of ah jobs. Tbe past few days has not been very f- favorable for seashore business. " Tbe most of folks who go to the mountains do so vu Ihe shore. r George W. Reeves, practical orach inO 1st and gas fitter. Oapc May, N. J. Rio Grande plantation la rapidly dels vcloplng Into a fruit and truck farm. >f Grand Army Bull* 810 and 81S at I. H. Smith's, opposite the Wxva/iffico. '. The Wsvx is by odds the most com >r plete county newspaper. 81 per year. Jamas T. Bailey, blacksmith and boric >■ sbocr, near Cape Island bridge, on pike, o Capo May county did well this year with ber thirty power graduating class. c Tbe Warn seuds out tbe earliest re. • port of county commencement exercises. To inqohcr: No ; tbe Wsvx la one 0 dollar In advance, not one dollar snd a s hair. We shall have something lo say on i - the subject of circulation In a Utile time - hencely. t. Now for strawberries. They are ■ - slrable. -' 1 A branch of the C, M. & D. B. R. R. ' f into the Driving Park la Ukrly to be a 1 reality. > It wlU surprise no one 11 the big hotels ' I are open on tbe lStb of June. An early '■ What John Sherman says: " BsluUris 1 f Mineral water Is received snd . I gives entire satisfaction." The twice a week Issue begins to stir > ' that part of tbe reading public who 1 I think much of enterprise. . Some Lima beau fields wUl hare to be f planted over again, a circumstance 1 1 chargeable to tbe wet weather. - I r next week from our far off missionary t - correspondent Dr. J. H. Ingram. Mr. Wm.Essen opens bis lea cream I parlors on Bsturdsy. June let for the . : season. AU tbe delicious flavors. I , Fou Sals — Ihr.e milch cows, fresh, ■ with calves by their' aide. Apply of j > Alfred Creaaa, Greek Crack. ml84t i Contractor E. R. Williams wUl com- t I plete bis Chrises Ilrach hotel contract 1 this week ■cverSf days ahead of time. t I An elegant single stick ocout yacht p ■ for sale. Address G. W. Lord, 81» • i street,. Philadelphia. mlfii-tf fc Hbeppard It offering tome very detlr- a i able lots of aU wool outing shlrti at o ■ prices which rango from SO cents to ( ' 88.7S. I Tbe Wars stands ready to acknowh v - edge merit when It comes Into view. | - a decidedly improvement In dec- ( s oratlvc art. 0 Tbe schooner ltoxana Hand wUl enter L ! this week upon a season of Angleaea Vessel and captain are all right g i for the buaineaa. A very attractive program for next j . Sunday evening's Children's day exar- % ■ cites of the Baptist Bundty school la t . rehearsed. | Insure your buQdlnga and live slock, i It may be oconomi-ally dona at tbe ol- i . flees of J. Henry Edmunds, No. US r . Washington street. \ |, i "Too busy to talk pvli.lcs now," was p i the reply of s local slate maker when (. asked a day or two ago about what tbe i I might bring forth. > the Stall besides tbe Wsvs which gslh- B i era and publish the news it tbe price of . penny an impression. E. Page Stitea represents reliable Insurance companies la this city, e . office Is In the Washington House. \ i opposite tbe postofflce. f87-tf f lHble Society meeting on Thursday - St the M. E. church. Business meeting , ; at 1.30 p. m. snd preaching In the eve- e nlug by Rev. J. R. Mace. Piles permanently cured without pain. » t Send tor circular with reference. ^ It. Run, M. D. I febl-ly 120 8. 18lh street, Phil*. t W. Boon Hand, Fire lnaunnce at i, ; mien. Don't worry over unpro- , . tected property but send to him for pax. E , Uculan at Court Houae. if. t Fox Sslx — 100 bush-la choice reed r I potatoes, Burbsnk, Peerless and Mam- p i moth Pearl; iu lots to salt. t Tnoks* P. Kaicaox, p . m22(i Green Creek. , i What L. Q. C. Lamar, Jr., says: I c . of no water more deUghtful for c ■ table use, or which agrees with me better than Balutaria, and I shall continue t to ore it." t la Saturday's Issue of lha Wsvx, r ! liberal extracts from Pastor Mace's com- : rmncement address wUl ha p'i::ted; . . were not received in time L-r this p I number. t J. W. Eagsn, No. T Mansion street, d reopened his bakery snd itaudi ' ready to supply residents ol the oily 1 with bread and cakes that will be found i tu beat. it i Arrangements have ban perfected by the Pennsylvania Editorial Association ] I visit Cape May for three days com- p meaning June 35, with headquarters at - the Stockton. . a The chaperones '.ot the May partka, a i generally tbe children's Sunday school teacher*, da not come from the days , ramble in wooda snd on t a strand look- „ ing very much refreshed. New flowers, ribbons, dry goods snd j i notions, at It. T. Brown's. Hats and r I trimmed to order In tbe moat . fashionable style- Washington and I Perry streets, Cape May. ml44>. , "Another wonderful sHsoovery has * . been made and that too by a lady in this , county. Disease fastened Its clqtcbra ^ t upon her and for soven years she withI stood Its severest tests, but her vital or- ^ cd Imminent. For three montlis she B coughed lnoeaautly and could not sleep. , She bought of us a bottle of Dr. King's j New Discovery for Consumption and , sraa so reach relieved on taking first ' dove that she skpt.il night and with one " bottle has heen miraculously cured. Kar ' name U Jlra. Luther Lutx." Thus w rite" * ' W. C. Hamriek 4 Co., of Bhclby, N. C. * ; Get a free trial bottle at Kennedy's " j Drugstore. _ 3 1 i Our correspondents wUl confer a a •pedal favor upon as if they will be I prompt to aamling forward news Item* , ' coming urfder their notice. p J Forced to Laavw Homo. ' . Over 80 people were forced to .leave 11 thtir bomaa yrkcrdsy to call for a frrt « ' trial package of Lane's Family Medicine, t silgffe-g,

The Seventh Annual Comm.-xccnwnt Is of the Cape May County Public Schools took place on Saturday, May 2Sth, lflBS, y at Cqort Houae. An interesting program composed ot L essays and oratloc^lrom IS Post Graduates and 28 Graduates, Interaperaed e with good selections ol vocal and Instrumental music comprised the mental [- menu. TheaudiaooaSi|M was tastefully and artistically dfgwn^rd with i_ flowers vines snd flogs. The young lady graduates presented an attractive a appearance In tbclr pearl, cream, old rose cashmeres and green silks, com bined with their rosy dimpled cheeks. At 3 o'clock the exercises began by Prof, y D. C. V seaman, County Superintendent MUlcr being drfamed at borne by sicke nesa. Miss Laura Say re, au attractive young lady oTCourt House, presided at i. Uie organ opening the morning session by an instrumental solo skillfully rendU ered; prayer by Pastor Edwards of M. E ' Church and vocal solo, "Sweet- Heather , Bella," by Mlm Theresa Towusend. These papers were read: Miss Frankie i. Taylor. Post Graduate, "IdoU;" "Klectridty," EJward Colemsn. recitation, C Belle Bishop; "Ways of obtsing an Ed. I. ucatlon," a very gootf composition, Jane r Camp; "Trulhfulloesar Nora Royal; . Solo4 - loatllule March," Ethel Meredith; "Water," Eddie Post; - TobogganiBg," i Matthew Jefftrsoo, Poat Graduate; recc itallon, "A Toast." Charles CaftoU; ■ "Ilnpurtance of Perseverance," Mary McCraven, Poat Graduste;"187»-1889," i showed marked ability, Everett B. B Towusend, Post Graduate; vocal duett, "Music on the Waves," sweetly sung by j Misses Grace snd Blaley; "Flower.'' . Huldsh Woolaon, s paper that would do credit to s botanist; "Beauties of Na- . lure." Hannah Cranner; recitation, i "Eulogy on Gen. Grant," exccUently spoken,' Sadie Tyler; "On Reading," i Salile M. Cbraon; Solo, Post Graduate, r Rae E. Hand, Well performed; "Man" William Weeks; "Bcbo.l Days," Lidic I Smitfl; recitation, "Troublo in the I Amen Comer," Annie F. James; "Woman Suffrage," Jennie Long, "RaU- • roads," Geo. Spark-; Solo, Jon-s B. I Hand; "Courage," Walter 8. Coraoo; "Seashore." Emms 8wslo; recitation, "Our Minister's Sermon." Ullle Cresse, , wcU rendered; -Patient ToUlng," Ssllle , ■ Warren Ilughes; lostru- ■ ureal.; Solo, by Misa TbereuTownsead i closed tbe morning session. I The atlrrooon session begin at 1.80 : ' sharp, the bouse being crowded to lis ' limits. Exercises commenced by an instrumental dnet. " Oohlen Bind • ' March," Mis. Laura Bayre and James i Hand. The essays and oratioos of this session excelled those of tbo morn- 1 log. mostly comprising post graduates- I Original oration, "Self Reliance," pist graduate, J. 8. Eldredgr, well delivered; ! - " SUcnl lnflueoee," Edith Gregory, ex- ' tbougblful originality; "Life, Failure or a Success," Rae Smith ; oration, " A Century of Constitutional < poat graduate, Edmund Bennett, delivered in excellent style; ' vocal solo. Pearl le Grace.; American ( Heroes, George Wallace ; essay, " The of Reading." Salllo' VanGUder; : original oration, "Tbe Civil War," D. f Le Roy Reeves, post graduate ; " The '■ Three liutax," Joale Nickers on, port graduate, won applaus.. ; ctray, "Immigration." Luther F. Garrctson ; " Free- | Bessie G, Fuatcr. post graduate, s welt worded .pom position, and easily and distinctly spoken ; oration, " Good Henry Spencer, was well put together and cooly delivered : " Alter the Noontime Sunset." Mary M. Csrll, ( post graduate ; "Anehored," was excel. ' sang by Geo. P. Foster. Deliverof diplomas snd certificates of honor by Professor Ysnsmsn, and address lo ' the graduates by Hey. James R. Mace, pastor of Cape May City, H. E. church, were the do ing numbers, and no doubt ' made a lasting Impression. Stray Notes. \ On TueMdy lastlMr. J. Eagan rccelv- | ed his new Baker wagon and harness VangUdcr, ol Petersburg was tbe ship- ' Mr. W. E. Lafferty is well pleased with bk new riding cultivator. Van- ' gilder Is selling lota of tbera. Mr. Sam Ewing will now have bay to aell this season. That mower and rake ' rent him does the work. ' Mr. Nelson Garrison wUl now try rid- ( instead ol the old way In cultivating his crops. Those cultivators VangUder Mils saves a man every day and does not take long to. pay (or itself. ; Dr. E. H. Phillips wUl attend bis J patients lo his MwTimkin spring buggy, is s daisy from Vangllder'a. > Cumberland Oo., Is not lo be out done 1 riding cultlvslora. Mr. Geo, lloblnof Leeaburgh sod Samuel Boggs, ' of Port Elizabeth, both purchased one - of Yangilder bn Friday. | Wr. Isaiah ilcffmsn knows a good thing when he sees it. He usod his y knowledge when he purchased s Buck- 1 eye, of Vangllder. i Mr. P. Oensel, of Sea Ide was at >snrider's Saturday stocking up, purchas- ' one of the finest Ladies' phaetons m | Uk Bute also a Brewster buggy and I wag « not forgetting harness. K. Angleaaa. , James B. F. BcUows is again on a . visit to bis friend, P. Jay Munro. t Tbe baggage smasher on the Angleaea is having a lively lime of It at 1 Gunner* are enthusiastic over the fine I spurt they are having. Birds are plenty ■ snd plump. ' r The Hotel Anglessx is receiving s s good share of patronage under lu ac w t management. I . Ex-Judge Weatcott snd CharloJ D. are getting their ammunition the Hereford House. ' F. H. Hewitt will open hbt new store c this week, oo First svenur, with s choice stock of groceries snd provisions. I Dan Cox's barber chair has traveled around considerable of Isle, but hj hopes ' In soon have It permanently located- ' The schooner Hewlett. Captain John ' Taj lor made a very successful triple the Baking banks on Saturday, returning ' with a huge cargo of sea baas for *hlpThe W.J. H-R.fJn.have finally do- 1 snd Second avenues, west ol Now ' Jersey s venae, and have a force of men ' at work grading same, it being their exprose intention of making a firei-dast " job of Ike dap it ami. It* aurrouadlng*. 1 It remain* for lha borough authorities to take Immediate steps to make the ap- 1 proache* In keeping. ' Es J udge Weatcott and Dr. Buchanan, of Camdao, accompanied by Charles D. ' oama down on a gunning ex- 1 psdifloa Saturday. Tbe weather prvr- • unfavorable, the two former not " baring blood enough to remain over, left the secretary to go H alone Sunday ' night, with lbs result that be made the ' bag of the season. Dry Go^^rimnDs^S^nprd tio--,;!. Noikms. Pretty Ribbons. Ihdaty Svw.'l ;, i mlUiacry at i-wrvt prices forapot cash r

-Sbbouf Uie wT-oiinlg. In Weat Cwpa Mav. The delicate white powd lilies are la >' l"rof. Yauamxn has been visiting I- relatives at Court Houae. d Mra. Q. H. Reeves with son has been visiting her parents, Mr. snd Mrs. BuiA croft, of Oamdan. t- Ethel Meredith and lluldah Woolaon, 1 b two pretty Misses or our village, have I g been visiting friends at Court Houie 1 c this week. I J1 "aouttt. Dqnnlal I 11. W. Ludlam v ultcd ScavUle Sun- , i. J»J- i ,1 James Jefferson is visiting st Cape | "'J , c Our place was wcjl represented st , ,( Court House on Saturday. , n Owing lo sickness Su|it. MiSrr was ■ unable to be present si the Commence- j ment st the Court House on 6a!urtlay. , T Pcrsnq^wantlog lo buy good milch . L cows would do well to see Edward , e McCraven. We bear be lias lour fine ! _ ouen lor sole. 4 '• Captain Ezra Norton Is home on s . e visit. 1 !i Game is very plautlful sbftg the _ A number of our young peojilc aL ;* tendod commencement at tbe Court , ■ House. >' Miss May Vsnamsn, of West Cape May, visited ber cousin, Mis. Lens ] - Usod, last week. Misses Rachel Norton . 5 Smith spent tbe first ol tbe week under , the parental roof. J Clarence GaUsbcr and Miss Mamie * " Ross were tbo guests of Miss Belle ' Hewitt on Sundsv. I Mrs. Lizzie JohnaoV rcluincd on Bat- ' urdsy from s vlsit anWg friends and • relatives in Camden and Philadelphia. Monroe lasref and daughter Julia, of c • Philadelphia, was here on ;Fridsy, the ' ' guesl of bis sister. Mrs. V. M. ErtickOoshan uairtsT" 1 i CapL Lilbern Grace was home the • Uncle Frank Covert it here after an ' William HoUingabcad and wife, of 1 I Gram Creek were in town tbe first ol the ' Graud entertainment at tho G. A. IL c I llall on Saturday evening nexL Come ! and enjoy lb Mra. Charlea Y. A. Thompson and „ I son, Master Harry, ot Camden, are i friends here. . [ Pastor Wartbman pn ncht-d an excel . lent sermon on Sabbath morning from Deuteronomy. 88d and 2Stb. Mrs. R. 1'. Thompson has some seeds " from India, said to be pulse seed, on |( A program entitled "Six Steps to the r Throne" will be carried out on Cbll- , dren's day In the M. E church. Carlton Weatcott, wife aod son, Mas- * ter Clarence, of South Seavillc, were Ihe r guests of Smith Towusend on Sunday, , Mr. Joseph Brown and Mrs. Deborah Xherinn, of Philadelphia, were the guests of Mrs. Enoch S. Townsend on spending the week with John Sapp. Horace Townsend left these parts the L first of the week to spend the summer a at Atlantic City. 11 Tbo annual school commencement at >' the Court House Saturday attracted 11 quite a number of our young people Mra. Sarah Blackmaff was stricken a with psralj-sis on Thursday morning, c and laid in an unconscious condition " untU tbe following afternoon, when she H liassed away. Funeral Monday afternoon at 1. 80 o'clock , at the M. E. church. S Another wedding to chronicle this d week, making the third that has taken E place this month. This time the con. o '. ranting parties were Mr. Frank Sharp. » of Seaville, and Mi-a AUie Young, of K Petersburg, who were joined in wedlock * at tbe borne of the bride last Thursday afternoon by Rev. L, A. Boarmore. Tho happy couple went Immediately to their future home on the Seaside, which was n \ already furnished, and eiflcred at once upon the duties of houss^fcplng with h tbe best wishes of tlielr many friends for a long and happy life. p Capo May Point. a 1 Rev. J. R. Wilson la expected to g preach next 8abbatb evening in the i Baptist chapel. , Mayor BaOgy mailc a large catch ol j menhaden on Monday. A. H. Haralli ion buys them for frrtUlzing his farm. (| F. T. Walton, of Stockton hotel farm,- , was driving through the borough on ' Sunday last with some gentlemen 1 New bath bouses are being buUt for r i the accommodation of tbe hotel st the Q - landing. Wore 4 Kldrcdge are doing Sam Msgonsglc Is down gelling the cottage in order for the " i to occupy next week. Look out I for the President soon. A. II. Crowell Is progressing finely c with the steamboat wharf and will soon It ready for tbo steamer Republic. u , Judge Downa Edmunds la captain of the 11 wh*rf during the summer. c Geo. Cornwall, ono of Capo May summer residents, died suddenly of heart disease on Saturday lsst In d Philadelphia, last week he was down at bis collage, bringing with him a lawn tl to help beautify bis yard. He a brother of Rev. Wm. Cornwell, a c former pastor of tho First lliptist church at Cape May C. H. u mwi crwxsr~ F Z Thomas P. Enlcson offers a fine lot u of seed potatoes for sale. Jame. Scbellenger has tho lirlksl „ pioce of truck in the Tillage. We are pleated lo note thai Ephralm . Cresee Is getting much better. Mr*. E. ljand n improying her promlies by rooting barn and bouae. Tbe king crab crop baa boon harvested v It has been sboy* the average. H The Presbyterian church is in need of b a coat of paint outside and a toning up Mrs Ellen Wdlctts returned home 'on u Saturday after t long visit to relatives . In Bndgeton. Tho young people of the Sunday •ckools are rehearsing for tbe delights ofOrildron'sday. Uaptaln Qaath Nnrbury and Mra. Nor- r bury manage to .keep their cosy look- , ing borne attractive. Something should be done with the before legs or arms are s A few dollars sad a days work r are aU that Is needed lo put It In good ,. shape. J, On the train from Philadelphia on b Saturday evening destined for the Creak . Jsmes Roa«, Alonzo Willetui Edmund 11. Norbury and sister, Mlaa ADla o One of tho moat industrious of men ' this village is Frauds Crease. He manages to do lha work of M least two P ordinary men and keeps up with Ihe tisaa in making thing, look neat about

Cola Spring. John Soffa, ol Auglaasea, spent Sunday with bis mother here. , Tbe remain? of Mrs. Harriet Sawyer, . wife of Col. U. W. Sawyer, of Cap: j May, pasted through here on Mondsy. She was buried at Gold Spring ccroe- , tery. Mrs. Gibbons, an aged woman of this place, died very suddenly on Friday night lasL She baa been s lung and , patient sufferer for weeks. The de- : ceased was laid to rest on Sunday at I cemetery. 1 Mrs. Margaret Walter died on Sun- i day morning last st tbe ago of 63 st er '■ ' prolonged lllncas of four sear*, the three months of which lime she bait 1 1 confined to her tlcV room, llcr I patience and resignation during these 1 1 mcnlha af waiting were bright i and ablolsg < samples of a Christian. ' 1 The tuners! takes place to-day, mctt- ' ' ing at bouse st 1.80 p. m. Interment in Cold Spring .cemetery. Mrs. Walter ' 1 wus s member of the Brick cburolj.' She 1 leaves a large family to grieve for ber ! loss. - - • The Chapel Sundsv school la prepare i lug for Children's Day. ; W. F. McKcan cbrls'.ca- d bis new * market wagon at the picnic last Fridxy. Mr. and Mrs. George Roe., at Bur- I | h igh, were tbe guests of Mr. and Mrs. < Wm. -Holmes last Sunday. I The Isle blow gave flab snd borsclect i | pounds s general shaking up, and left 1 them In a delspidated condition. < ^ Mrs. Emma Holmes rut Schellenger I , has been keeping house for her mother. Mra Daniel Schellenger^jrbUe she was i on s visit. I We noticed s paragraph recently is 1 1 Ihe paper thst strawberries were very I sour. Thai is what tbo fox once said i j concerning grapes. I Tbe Shaw Brothers bsvc just pure i . chased a tract ot wood and swamp land I of the Smith hcira They will utilize I the swamp for a cranberry bog. Quite a large excursion from Fishing I Creek to Pierces Point last Friday. There were single teams, double teams, ' snd four io-bsnd teams, withbells, llaga 1 things tempting to the appetite, which I had been prepared for the noontime I Tbe day was all tbat could be I desired for an ouiing of this kind, and : every one seemed to enjoy the trip. i Avalon. 1 A large excursion Is coming down on , Thursday next. | ber cottage on the boulevard, | Contractor Duke lias the new hotel , raised and sheathed in, and bas com. | mcncad weather boarding. , S. F. Freeze was- down last week , after bis collage and getting 11 ready for occupancy by his family. | eats of tbo company. * President RummeD, of Uie Anion , Plenty of sport here catching fish, j There ere any quantity of the finny tribe walling to be hauled in. Crabs toes , seem lo have a hankering to bo lie riled, j There la a fair prospect of old Boreas , reconciled to summer and , smoollie bis winter wrinkled front, and , in the deep bosom of the ocean buried. j Tbo locomotive's whistle la beard at , all hours of the day on Avalon. Every , arrival of tbe train bring* many admire , era of this beautiful place. Tbe railtracks every day. c Mr. Thos. Bray, Sec'y and Treas.. ol ( Mile Beach Co was down on Sun- , day last with his estimable wife. Mr. , Bray's ever smiling face la always welcome on Avalon. 1 don't suppose there , is a man la this nation' more fond of a j good joke than he, leave It be on him- , "Those that live in glass bonnes should y Cspt. W. Springer is sojourning with | his family for a season. g Tbe Ice cream saloons of this place proved almost a failureFrank Church, of Fishing Creek spent Sunday with his aunt, Mrs. Martha Stephens. If rumor is worth anything Mr. Amoa ( Browcr will occupy a position st Cape i May this summer. We would like all who arc Intended - the welfare of the Asbury M E. ! Church to come out and take an active j part in tho exercises Children's Day. ' Our Road Overseer L. T. Swain is j greatly improving the condition ol Ihe one of the best districts In the county. [ We learn that Everett Townsend will [ soon leave for Ospo May where he will ' occupy Ike position as clerk at Sea ' Breeze Hotel the corning summer. J There are representatives ol the Aseo- < elation for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals in this place who let cases come j under thoir observation without ever what Is III Sea iaia~city. ( Mrs. L. W. Black, of Philadelphia, Is , The wet weather la Interfering with , work oo the mud walL Miss Emma TownsentTs acal double t cottage Is almost ready for occupancy, r A- Kumoraski, manager of the alec- f light station, made a flying visit to ' oo Saturday. Colonel Duffy, proprietor of the Con- r Hold, is now here with his I servants, and Is gattlng the buUdlng ' ready for tho reception of guests. , Our new matmsster, J. M." Chester, c his office's tted with all modem iro- ' pruvements and everything llisi will facilitate the handling of mall matter. William Devise, who Is engaged with i Wdls, takes tho train for Occam City afternoons. There appear* to , a great attraolloc for Mm In that dL Contractor J. A. Iloee la now puttkg finishing' touches on Samuel Byrnes' line hotel which is situated at the cor- 1 nor of Minerva street and Lendts are- . Louis Cresse, Jr., of Cold Spring, who succeeds cashier Carl Voelkcr, of the ' People's Bank, Is a young man ot sterling quantise. and Is making many warm ■ The excursion which was here on Sunday waa given by llie Sea Isle City of Philadelphia. Soliciting Agent sick, of the P. R. R-, had the matter | In charge, and brought a greater sun- I ber of people than composed the excursion of tho preceding Sunday. We are pleased to note the recovery of Cspt. Than Townsend. of South Sex- • ville, who, we have been Informed, has ' been quite uowell for a long time- Or , passed through our town Saturday en' - his way to take In the lights at Avaieu. ' A Green Creek hoxaekccprr urea bmg ' crab aballa lor hanging Soxsring-plpotra j 1

Sporting Pasties- . \ Manager Johns ia anxious for the Indines to open the aeason st Cape May. . June S3, lo case the- Princeton CoUege . contingent of ihe Cape May club can be . ready by June S3, the Indians will play . there on that dale as well as July ft.— Phils. Press, s Max Reibcnsck, treasurer ot tha Cape r May Chy.AtbWUc Club waa iu town last I week. Yale with be usual good luck, has at. I talnrd first place lo the Inter-collegiate association. Thgy defeated Princeton . again last Wednesday and Harvard on ■ Princeton defeated the University of I I'enna., at Princeton on Saturday In a r game tbat was characterized by free bxti ting by both teams. King came to the L rescue in the fifth Inning however and , tbo 'Varsity boys otily secured four safe . hits from bis delivery. , DureU'a record. In tti< game was three - r Jinli krrbocker who will play shortstop here sbo "pump' an orreries* in!, of the Cape May's, looks as fine ■ silk. He says De will make the George Barnett superintendent ol the ■ ball grounds will commence operations . the field in excellent trim by the time t of the opening. i Slagg. of Yale, ns> struck bis old gslt st lost He retired Harvard with only r three hits. i ed between Cape May and Townsends Tbe match will be at the Court I House at 9.30 a. m„ on Decoration r Day. The Cape May team will drivcup 1 a 'bus snd will be composed as lol- ■ nett, lb., Hsnd%b.. Campbell, 3b.. I rf., G. Uepnett, sub. , World for Msy'lB, we notice an excel. , likeness ol William Montague Per. i C. Y. M. C. A. 5*Mr. Pert.lt is "will s list year undlx Prof. Jan.™ RobinI son and a* w inner of the 120 yard handicap. He Is on Kuglishiusn by Mrlh and Is now in bla fifllh year. He llr.1 cuter1 Harriots." o! L- I.dno. Upon waivs prominent^.. . n in a New York ' dry goods house he caino to this country ^ eighteen months ago. Ik-iiig transferred C. A., and iu his Initial attempt finished 1 After Ibis he came to* Cape V xy where J log here In Au^lst lie ran iu I'nilad.-l-r doublcdiy duplicate bis record of last ' handsome medals. : The Wyunewoods claim to hove a ) far this season who has r.!bi*/n club | without a bit. This Teat was accomplish. 1 Probably no greater rivalry exists beany clubs.morc than Uordentown ; and Burlington. Three two clubs mitt. A great meeting was thst In New York on Saturday last when the -collage be champion of the largest number ol ' and Yale ffcl-bal! 'elevens met on the ' Polo grounds last fall bus there been co college men. W. J.Dobm, of Princeton, wligm Jim Robinson has brought to tbe front, won I the 440 yards run in New York on Saturday in 50 seconds. Mr. Dohm it will i ' H. M. K. | ytk'imSwS/S^^a kaMaraSeuSaS SSn^WksMlta^^^wi^ave. ! rnandoUOD^roai^acil ill reniic . " ' - r .1-^ - Tho celebrated Austrian bent wood . Is now for sale In Phil: clphla 1 si 1410 Chestnut street, Headline building. Tbonet Brother*, Vienna, are the 1 sole manufacturers, exhibiting their goods for the first time in this conn try si 1 tha Centennial eipooltiun. For aeaeidc I residents, hotels aod lecture rooms these . goods are unsurpassed, being light, , strong aod highly ornrmcntsl, besides belng^ very moderate in price. ^The - medals for superiority, including Ibc i Centennial ot 1878. There Is a great . variety of styles lo choose from, which may be done by a call or from an Dlut- , trated catalogue, sent free to nppplL ranla. If Sft» ^flrtrtisoBrirts. "Wea kpik Merit Wins arMtorxSaa tbsS at aa'r vthsr Um4 varUWr. IS ewrea ScroTulo. all taW D7tsafal0.au. mgares ratr »r c. L Bred s Lena. turn.

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