VOL. XIII.

OCEAN CITY, N. J., THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1893.

NO. 18.

Ocean City Sentinel.

PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT OCEAN CITY, N. J., BY R. C. ROBINSON, Editor and Proprietor.

$1.00 per year, strictly in of ince. $1.50 at end of year. Restaurants.

MARSHALL'S DINING ROOMS

FOR LADIES AND GENTS, 1321 MARKET STREET, Three Doors East of City Hall, PHILADELPHIA. STRICTLY TEMPERANCE. MEALS TO ORDER FROM 6 A. M. TO 8 P. M. Good Roast Dinners, with three vegetables, for 25 cents. Turkey or Chicken Dinners 15 cents. Ladies' room upstairs, with homelike accommodations. BAKERY, 601 S. Twenty-Second St. ICE CREAM, ICES, FROZEN FRUITS AND JELLIES. Weddings and Evening Entertainments a specialty. Everything to furnish the table and set free of charge.

NOTHING SOLD OR DELIVERED ON SUNDAY.

H. M. Sciple. J. M. Gillespie. H. P. Sayford. H. M. SCIPLE & CO., DEALERS IN Boilers and Engines, Every Size for Every Duty. DUPLEX STEAM PUMPS, Third and Arch Sts., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

D. SOMERS RISLEY,

No. 111 Market Street, CAMDEN, N. J. Conveyancer, Notary Public, Commissioner of Deeds, Real Estate and General Insurance Agent.

Properties for sale and to rent. Money to loan on Mortgage. TELEPHONE No. 16.

PETER MURDOCH, DEALER IN COAL and WOOD,

Ocean City, N. J. Orders left at 806 Asbury avenue will receive prompt attention.

Artistic Printing.

Material--The Best. Workmanship--First class. Charges--Moderate.

R. CURTIS ROBINSON, Ocean City, N. J.

L. S. SMITH, CONTRACTOR IN Grading, Graveling and Curbing.

PAINTING BY CONTRACT OR DAY. Eighth St. and Asbury Ave., OCEAN CITY, N. J.

Plasterers and Brick-Layers.

W. STONEHILL. G. O. ADAMS.

STONEHILL & ADAMS, Plastering, Range Setting, Brick Laying, &c.

All work in mason line promptly attended to. OCEAN CITY, N. J.

Try an advertisement in the SEN-

TINEL.

Physicians, Druggists, Etc.

HOWARD REED, Ph. G., M. D., Physician and Surgeon, EMMETT HOUSE, Cor. 8th Street and Central Avenue, OCEAN CITY, N. J.

DR. J. S. WAGGONER, RESIDENT Physician and Druggist, NO. 731 ASBURY AVENUE, OCEAN CITY, N. J. Pure Drugs, Fine Stationery, Confectionery, Etc., constantly on hand.

J. HOWARD WILLETS, M. D. Cor. 7th and Central, Office hours: 8 to 10, 4 to 6

DR. G. W. URQUHART, 2265 North 13th Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Will practice at Ocean City during the months of June, July and August.

Attorneys-at-Law.

MORGAN HAND, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW Solicitor, Master and Examiner in Chancery, Supreme Court Commissioner, Notary Public, CAPE MAY C. H., N. J. (Opposite Public Buildings.)

ALLEN B. ENDICOTT, COUNSELOR AT LAW, Rooms 1, 2 and 3 Union National Bank Building. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.

LAW OFFICES

SCHUYLER C. WOODRULL, 310 Market St., Camden, N. J.

Solicitor of Ocean City.

Bakers, Grocers, Etc. JACOB SCHUFF, (Successor to A. E. Mahan,)

THE PIONEER BAKERY, No. 703 Asbury Avenue, OCEAN CITY, N. J.

Fresh Bread, Pies and Cakes daily. Wedding Cakes a specialty. Orders delivered free of charge. Nothing delivered on Sunday.

HARRY G. STEELMAN, DEALER IN FINE Groceries and Provisions, No. 707 Asbury Avenue, OCEAN CITY, N. J.

Contractors and Builders.

S. B. SAMPSON, Contractor and Builder.

No. 305 Fourth St., Ocean City, N. J.

Jobbing promptly attended to. Plans, specifications and working drawings furnished.

JOSEPH F. HAND, ARCHITECT, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER,

Ocean City, N. J. Plans, Specifications and Working Drawings furnished. Estimates given on Application. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Nicholas Corson, CARPENTER AND BUILDER, OCEAN CITY, N. J.

Estimates given. Plans and Specifications furnished. Buildings put up by contract or day.

G. P. MOORE, ARCHITECT, BUILDER, AND PRACTICAL SLATER, Ocean City, N. J. Best Roofing Slate constantly on hand. HENRY G. SCHULTZ, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER, 2633 Germantown Avenue, PHILADELPHIA. BRANCH OFFICE: Seventeenth and Asbury Avenue, OCEAN CITY, N. J. ARNOLD B. RACE, UNDERTAKER, PLEASANTVILLE, N. J. All orders by telegraph or otherwise will receive prompt attention. Bodies preserved with or without ice. Office below W. J. R. R. at the residence of A. B. RACE. ARNOLD B. RACE.

Plumbers, Steam Fitters, Etc.

J. T. BRYAN, Practical Plumber and Gas Fitter, No. 1007 Ridge Ave. Philadelphia. Circulating Boilers, Sinks, Bath Rubs, Water

Closets, Lead and Iron Pipes, Pumps, Etc., fur-

nished at short notice. Country or City Resi-

dencies fitted up in the best manner. Sanitary Plumbing and drainage a specialty. Orders by mail promptly attended to.

ROBERT FISHER, REAL ESTATE AND Insurance Broker, CONVEYANCER, COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS, AND NOTARY PUBLIC.

Agent for the Aetna Life Insurance Company, of Hartford, Connecticut, and some of the oldest and best Fire Insurance Companies of America.

What's the matter with Ocean City? She's booming, that's all. New water supply system; new electric street railroad; electric lights; new hotels; new cottages; new tenants and new guests; every-

thing is on the jump, and Fisher is rushing the business.

Call and see him, and put your money in Ocean City be-

fore things get up to the top notch.

Fisher is one of the few pioneers of Ocean City and among its first Real Estate purchasers and Cottagers, in-

timately associated with all its history and identified with every step of its progress and the operation of its Real Estate,

has extraordinary opportunities for the transaction of all kinds of Real Estate and Insurance business.

FOR RENT--Having very extensive and influential connections, he has superior advantages in bringing those who have properties to rent and those who require them together, and at present has some of the finest cottages and other houses on his books at liberal prices.

FOR SALE--Long experience and personal dealing in Real Estate has made him expert in values of both improved and unimproved property. Occasionally even in such a prosper-

ous town as ours some one wants to change or get out. Then we help them by helping some one else to a bargain.

From Ocean front to Bay, and all between, you can be suited with fine corners or central building lots. A few cottages, new and well built, now offered at cost.

Write for information of the Lot Club.

Headquarters for every house-hunter and investor, Fisher's Real Estate Office, the most prominent corner in Ocean City.

Insurances placed on most advantageous terms in best companies. For any information on any subject connected with any business enterprise write freely to Robert Fisher, Ocean City, N. J.

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COUNTY POLITICS. Aspirants for County Offices.

OPENING OF THE FALL CAMPAIGN Candidates for the Several Officers Looming up from All Quarters. Three Coroners to Be Elected in This County--Republicans Likely to Fill the Places.

There is not much interest in Cape May county politics at present except

that the faithful are still waiting patiently for post-office plums. Sena-

tor Miller has another year to serve and is not giving himself much concern about his renomination. Virgil N. Er-

rickson, of Dias Creek; ex-Sheriff Charles E. Nichols, of Cape May Court

House; and Colonel James Bancroft Stites, of Cape May, are suggested as being eligible for the Democratic nom-

ination for Assembly. Nichols is likely, however, to be Deputy Collector of

Internal Revenue and Errickson wants something more tangible than the empty Assembly honor this fall. Ed-

ward L. Ross, of Cape May Court House, will probably be renominated

by his Republican friends for Assembly. Ross is also said to have his eye upon

County Clerk Rice's place when that official's time expires. There are three

Coroners to be elected next November. They will probably be Republicans, as the Democrats do not seem to care for the places.

There are several Republicans named to succeed Senator Lemuel E. Miller when his time is out. Dr. Walter S. Leaming, of Cape May, is the most likely one to be nominated. Miller

may be his opponent. If he should there will be a lively campaign. A Sheriff, Assemblyman and Coro-

ner are to be elected in Atlantic county this fall. Among the candidates for the first-named office are L. Cramer, a

clerk in the County Clerk's office at May's Landing, and ex-Sheriff Smith Johnson. Freeholder Tobias McCon-

nell, of Buena Vista, and Enoch Smith, of English Creek, are also mentioned

on the Republican side. Charles Baake desires to go back to the Assembly, but will have opposition, as Mayor Joseph C. Farr, of Pleasantville; Coroner Robt.

H. Ingersoll and M. L. Jackson, of Hammonton, are also seeking the honor. For Coroner the only known candi-

dates are Lewis H. Barrett, of Pleasant-

ville; William McLaughlin, and Jus-

tice of the Peace Harry Williams.

The Democrats who would like to be Sheriff are ex-Sheriff Collins, of Smith's Landing, who acted in that capacity nine years ago; Councilman Harry H. Pastoll, ex-Police Magistrate James Tilton, of Atlantic City; Anderson Bourgeois, of Estellville, and John T. French, of Hammonton. The Assembly nomination is likely to be tendered to either John M. Campbell or to Oyster Commissioner James S. Beckwith. Wilbert H. Fenton, of Port Republic, who made an excellent run for Coroner last year, is the only prospective Democratic candidate yet in the field for the office. The Typical Yachting Girl. The typical yachting girl is always a popular young woman, for to be a good sailor she must be in good health, and any nice girl who is pretty well physically is generally merry, agreeable and companionable. The active girl who can do a bit of everything from taking a reef in a sail to dancing

a breakdown on the snowy deck, is the real sailor lass for the summer cruises.

She is, as a rule, slim, brown as a berry and merry as a cricket.

She bids good-bye to white hands and frizzes when she leaves town

and tucks her hair under a Cowes cap, and doesn't care how it looks so it is

trim and neat. She is ever in good humor, doesn't have to be coaxed to sing

when flying before the wind and half drenched with spray. The typical

sailor girl can swim like a fish, row like her brothers, and even manage a

40-foot boat if necessary. She plays a banjo, like a plantation darkey, and

when a big hop is on hand this rough and ready specimen of genus girl puts on the daintiest of French gowns, vastly becoming with her brown neck

and arms, and dances like the graceful nymph she is.

Captain Joseph Ludlam Injured. While taking soundings off Hereford Bay early Saturday morning, Captain Joseph Ludlam, of the sloop J. M. Campbell, was struck on the head by the club on the jib and severely hurt. He was landed at the steamboat pier, Anglesea, and removed on a cot to his

home at Cape May Court House, where his wounds were dressed.

FACTS ABOUT THE SOUTH JERSEY

The Road Was Really Started by Morris Boney.

The South Jersey Railroad, which is now in successful operation, was really

started by Morris Boney and other well-known Philadelphians over four

years ago, and was practically finished. The road-bed was being fixed, stations

were being erected and a turn-table placed in position, when through delay

and the failure of the contractor to fulfill his contract, the road was seized by creditors and all work stopped.

This occurred in the summer of 1891.

There had been, however, an excursion run down over the road, amid great re-

joicings. The West Jersey Railroad bought the railroad when it was sold,

and operated part of it, tearing up all the road in Sea Isle City. The road has lately made new connections with the Atlantic City Railroad and the torn up track has been relaid.

The success of the new line seems assured, if the travel so far can be taken as any indication. The officers of the company say the number of passengers has been considerably in excess of their most favorable expectations. On both Saturday and Sunday they took down five well-filled cars on the special $1 excursion train, and two additional cars on the regular train. A new feature introduced by the people of Sea Isle City is to give a free dinner to every one holding a return ticket on the railroad. This enables people to go to Sea Isle City, spend the day, have a good dinner and return to Philadelphia, all for $1. The new arrangement will go into effect to-morrow, and continue for ten days. The road-bed, with the exception of a few miles, is in first-class condition and is rapidly being fixed up in the other

part. The station at Sea Isle is nearly completed, and work has begun on the

other stations along the road. The trains are now running on a regular

schedule and everything is working very well.

The route of the road is as follows: Over the Atlantic City railroad tracks to Winslow Junction, thence over its

own tracks to Richland, Tuckahoe, Corson's Inlet to Sea Isle City. It is

proposed to run a branch to Cape May, the work to start this year. The new road has been named the South Jersey

Railroad, its predecessor having been

called the Philadelphia and Seashore Railroad.

On Wednesday last, the first excursion train over the road ran into Sea

Isle City, and on the same day a large excursion from Tacony and Bridesburg of "Knights of Pythias." On the whole it was quite a lively day to usher in the South Jersey Railroad.

Last Week's Sea Temperature.

Old Neptune behaved somewhat er-

ratic last week and gave the bathers alternate doses of warm and cold sea water. Even when the water does get

a temperature suggestive of proximity to the freezing point there was no appreciable diminution in the number of those who indulged in a dip in the

waves, and those who did risk the cool water said that the feeling of exhilara-

tion experienced after they came out amply repaid any slight inconvenience

they experienced in the surf. Observer Blythe, of the United States Weather Bureau station, had the mis-

fortune to break his deep sea thermom-

eter last Thursday morning, when the

water was coolest, and was forced to temporarily forego taking the day's ob-

servations of the temperature of the sea water. Some bathers thought he was

in league with the bath house keepers

and wanted them to find out by actual trial the temperature. About the Ocean's Depth. A number of visitors at the Brighton

were disputing as to the depth of the ocean, and some of the amusing opinions

were expressed. One landsman contended that the greatest depth could not be less than fifteen miles, while another declared that science had proved that the ocean was in no place deeper than five miles. The fact is, that the greatest known depth of the ocean is midway between the Island of Tristian d'Acunha and the mouth of the Rio de la Plata. The bottom at that point is 40,236 feet, or eight and

three-quarter miles, below the surface.

In the North Atlantic Ocean, south of Newfoundland, soundings have been made to a depth of 27,480 feet, of 4580

fathoms, while depths exceeding 34,000 feet, or, six and one-half miles, are re-

ported from at least three different places. The average depth of the Pacific, between California and Japan is a little over 2000 fathoms; between Chili and Australia 2500 fathoms. The volume of mail matter that passed through the Ocean City postoffice yesterday was the largest ever known in the history of the office. The Heavens In August. During the past month the general aspect of the heavens, as seen at 9 o'clock in the evening, has noticeably changed. Antares will now be found nearly in the southwest; Spica is near

the horizon, between west and south-

west; Arcturus, in the west, is about 30 degrees high; Vega is near the zenith, and below Vega, toward the southeast, is Altair, in the Eagle. The Great Dipper is tilted over some 30 degrees farther toward the northwest than it was a month ago, and Cassiopeia, on the opposite side of the Polestar, is at a good elevation in the northeast. Stretching across the heavens in a direction nearly north and south, and forming a conspicuous feature of the evening sky, is the grand arch of the Milky Way. The most interesting of the constellations now above the horizon, is the Swan, sometimes called the Northern Cross. It will be found directly beneath the star Vega, in the east. Lying in the thick of the Milky Way, the Swan (Cygnus) is the richest of the constellations in stars visible or invisible to the naked eye; and it forms a particularly fine field for opera glass survey. Its six brighter stars are arranged in the form of a St. Andrew's cross, or leaving out the lower star, in the form of the ordinary cross. Other names by which the Swan was known anciently are the Kite, the

Bird of Jupiter, or simply the Bird; it also bore the unpoetic name of the

Hen. All of these names were given it, apparently, on account of its crosslike figure, this being a figure by which birds are often represented in a rough way, one stroke representing the body, and a cross stroke representing the outspread wings. Other instances in which a somewhat similar arrangement of stars seems to have given rise to a like name are the Eagle--the two stars which flank Altair were probably the wings of the original Eagle--the Crow and Noah's Dove. A small circle on the planisphere marks the position in this constellation of one of the most interesting stars in the northern skies--61 Cygni. It is a double star, which can be "separated" with a telescope which magnifies no more than 36 or 40 diameters. That which made 61 Cygni particularly interesting is the fact that it was the first star to yield up the secret of its distance from us--or at least the first of which this discovery was announced, some thirty years ago, and it has pro-

bably been more closely observed and more talked about than any other star,

except, perhaps, Sirius. The star in question is of a deep orange color, and is the uppermost of the three. The distance of 61 Cygni is now commonly

given as about 400,000 times that of the sun, as large as a paving stone or larger,

more often perhaps not as large as a marble, is moving round the sun, just

as a mighty planet revolves in an ellipse, so this small object will move round and round in an ellipse, with the sun in its focus. Yachting Trip Spoiled. The schooner yacht, J. O. Smith, of

Bridgeton, commanded by Captain Whittaker, having aboard a pleasure party, went ashore shortly after noon

Saturday on the bar at the entrance of the Absecon Inlet, Atlantic City.

Aboard the boat were Charles H. Moorehead, a retired Philadelphia iron broker; Mrs. Moorehead, Mrs. John Haas, and Benjamin Badger, also of Philadelphia, together with a crew of four men. The situation of the yacht alarmed Captain Amasa Bowen, of the Govern-

ment Life Saving Service, who immediately launched a lifeboat and gathering a volunteer crew, went to its assistance.

All was excitement aboard the craft and it was with difficulty that the

ladies were transferred from the yacht to the lifeboat, as the latter could not

be brought close to the yacht, which

compelled the ladies to jump several feet. It was accomplished, however, without mishap and they were landed on the beach. Mr. Moorehead remained aboard with the crew and succeeded in getting her afloat again without material damage. The yacht left the Bridgeton last Thursday night for a cruise along the coast. She stopped at Lewes and then at Anglesea. After leaving the latter resort the sea became heavy and caused the craft to roll continuously. The gentlemen registered at a hotel for the night and the ladies declared they had quite enough of the pleasure yachting and proposed to return home by rail.

Nicholas Bowden, of No. 2307 Jeffer-

son street, Philadelphia, fell from an Atlantic City train at Absecon late Sunday night. He was badly cut and bruised, and after being treated at the

Cooper Hospital, Camden, was sent to his home.