OCEAN CITY SENTINEL.

THURSDAY, DEC. 21, 1893.

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LOCAL NEWS.

A merry Christmas to all. Council will meet in adjourned session to-morrow evening. Holiday hours will be observed at the post-office on Christmas day. Councilman Hand is confined to the house, suffering from rheumatism. Lewis S. Smith is painting Miss Matthews' cottage on Wesley avenue. Dr. G. E. Palen, Treasurer of the Association, was here this week viewing improvements.

Rev. S. W. Lake, President of the Ocean City Association, was on the Is-

land Thursday.

Mrs. William Lake and Miss Rena Gilbert have been spending a few days in Philadelphia.

Mrs. William Shriver and son, of Frankford, have been occupying their cottage for a few days.

Rev. E .B. Lake, of this city, preached at Trinity M. E. Church, Beesley's Point, last Sunday afternoon.

Abel D. Scull has this week sold a lot on Ocean avenue, near Seventh street, to Ellison Elmber, of Bridgeton. Jordan Matthews, of Philadelphia, spent a few days here during the past week looking after his interests.

E. Brucker and wife have closed their cottage in this city and will spend the winter months in Philadelphia.

Miss Emma Lee left for the City of Brotherly Love, where she will be present at the wedding of a friend. Miss Jennie Massey returned to this city Thursday evening after a short visit in Philadelphia and Palmyra.

Fred Carter and family have taken occupancy of a cottage on Asbury ave-

nue between Eighth and Ninth streets. William Wilson, of Millville, who is building a cottage at Fourteenth and Central, was among Thursday's visitors.

The festival given on Saturday and Monday evenings by the W. A. Mana-

han Cornet Band was a decided success. George A. Bourgeois & Son have the contract to build a cottage on Central avenue, near Eighth street, for C. M. Wert.

Messrs. Lake & Gilbert have greatly improved Parker Miller's property at 728 Asbury avenue by an application of paint.

Mrs. A. B. Ranck, who is to take charge of the reading room, is suffering from injuries received by a fall during her absence.

Walter H. Hays, of Philadelphia, who will build a cottage at Fourth and Ocean avenues, came down on Tuesday for a brief period.

The Christmas festivities at the M. E. Church will be held on Monday evening. An interesting programme has been prepared. Samuel Schurch has been enclosing with a neat fence Jordan Matthews' property on Wesley avenue, between Seventh and Eighth streets. David W. Hickey, who spent Sunday at his home in this place, returned to Philadelphia on Monday, where he expects to remain for a few days. James H. Linn, of Philadelphia, came down on Tuesday to look after his property interests and view the many improvements about town. Rev. E. B. Lake and family went to Philadelphia on Wednesday, where they will attend the wedding of Charles S. Corson and Miss Swackhammer. The public sale of property in this place by the Collector for unpaid taxes, which took place on Tuesday, attracted quite a number of strangers to our town.

The artesian well has reached a depth of 800 feet, where a flow of 140 gallons per minute has been struck. The water is pronounced first-class in every respect. Mr. and Mrs. Willets Godfrey celebrated the thirty-sixth anniversary of their wedding on Tuesday last. May they live to enjoy many more such occasions. Several of our citizens left for the Court House on Tuesday morning, some to serve in the capacity of jurors while others had been summoned as witnesses. A. D. Sharp and William Chew, two aged sportsmen, returned on Saturday from a deer-hunting trip. Mr. Sharp succeeded in killing a three-snagged buck, bringing the hide and some of the venison home with him. James Steelman, father of Hiram Steelman, well-known by our residents, died at May's Landing on Tuesday. Deceased was wharf master here for a number of years, and was held in high esteem by a host of friends. George O. Adams and Charles Adams on Sunday took a spin on their bicycles, going to Beesley's Point, thence to Ocean View, across to Sea Isle City and up the strand to Ocean City, covering a distance of about twenty-seven miles. The evening services at the M. E. Church last Sunday were given over to the Junior Christian Endeavor Society on Sunday, which consisted of music, recitations, and an address by the Rev. W. A. Massey. Miss Emma Lee presided at the organ. The society is under the charge of Mrs. Charles Campbell.

Dr. W. L. Yerkes, dentist, will be at his office in this city next Tuesday.

Lydia Lee and daughter, dressmakers, corner Eleventh and West. Sewing of all kinds will receive prompt attention. Give us a trial.

BRICK! BRICK!! BRICK!!!--Orders for brick left at Thorn's hardware and furniture store or at Glenn Cottage, 8th St. and Haven Ave., will receive prompt attention; or with Abel D. Scull, contractor and builder, Thistle Cottage, Central avenue, above Seventh St. 5-11

ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT. Thirty-four Pupils Graduated at Pleasantville Friday Night.

Thirty-four happy young graduates from the Atlantic county public schools received their diplomas from County Superintendent John R. Wilson last Friday night in Red Men's Hall, Pleasantville. The commencement exercises were very interesting. Rev. C. K. Fleming said prayers and Fred Peterson, of May's Landing, delivered the salutatory and Miss Pauline Doell, of Egg Harbor City, the valedictory. Miss Gertrude English, of Leeds' Point, recited "Whistling in Heaven," and other portions of the programme follow: Solo, Miss J. Fletcher; essay, "Self-made Man," Arthur P. Ryon, of Smith's Landing; recitation, "Widder Green's Last Words," by Miss Lena Vaughn, of May's Landing; idyl, "Twilight Shadows," by J. Albert Snow; recitation, "The Fate of the Indians," by Alfred Ang, of Smith's Landing; recitation, "The Stray Sunbeam," by Narrie Robinson, of Absecon; waltz, "Haunts of Nymphs," by C. W. Bennett; essay, "Our Country," by W. M.

McClain, of May's Landing; recitation, "Jimmie Brown's Prompt Obedience," Hubert Kane; recitation, "A Young Hero," by Lizzie Williams, of Elwood;

recitation, "The Last Hymn," by Bervenia Smith, of Centreville; recitation, "Woman's Rights," by Mabel Somers, of Oceanville; "Sincerity," by D. W. Myers; recitation, "The Well of St. Keyne," by Mary Brownice, of DaCosta; "Class Prophecy," by John Bachr, of Egg Harbor; solo, Miss Josephine Fletcher; annual address, by Thomas May Peirce, M. A. Ph. D., and march, "Our Boast," C. E. Daniels. The graduates were Pauline Doell, John Doehr, Bertha Victor, Fred Thomas, Bertha Ohnmeiss, Joseph Kraus, George Schultz, Egg Harbor City; Narrie Robinson, Absecon; Fred Peterson, Lena M. Vaughn, John Scheck, W. M. McClain, Laura Barrett, May's Landing; Eugene Scull, Scullville; H. Mittlesdofer, Germania; Arthur P. Ryon, John Barrett, Alfred Ang, Della York, Smith's Landing; Harold Higbee, Hubert Kane, Gertrude English, Leeds' Point; Lizzie Williams, Elwood; Mary Brownice, DaCosta; Irving F. McCon-

nell, Walter L. McConnell, Newtonville; Ion English, Joseph T. Smith, Israel J. Lee, English Creek; Rebecca Conover, Annie Smith, Centreville; Sallie E. Con-

over, North Absecon; Mabel Somers, Mortena Matthews, Oceanville.

The Fire Laddies' Parade. The presentation of the hose carriage and fire apparatus recently purchased by Council to the Ocean City Volunteer

Fire Company, No. 1, took place Friday evening in front of the Council chamber in the presence of a large number of citizens and amid the roar of fire crackers, the glare of calcium lights and the ringing of bells.

The members of the fire company as-

sembled at their regular place of meeting at 7.30 o'clock, and soon after that hour, upon the arrival of the W. A. Manahan Band, formed the line of march, with Harry Reinhart as marshal,

proceeded to the house wherein the carriage was housed. The "machine," which was decorated with Chinese lanterns, was taken from its resting place, the members of the company manning the rope, and the procession moved off down Asbury avenue to the place appointed for the presentation exercises. The line was here halted and drawn up in semi-circular form, and soon Council, headed by His Honor, Mayor Moore, made their appearance and took a position within the circle. When silence was secured, Mayor Moore read the act which vested the right to control and operate the apparatus in the fire company, and concluded by turning all the appliance over to that organization.

William Lake, as spokesman of the firemen, responded in an eloquent man-

ner, picturing the danger attending the faithful discharge of duty on the part of a fireman, and asking Council to give to the company certain rights whenever their services might be needed in fighting the destructive element. He alluded to our water supply

and expressed a doubt as to the capacity or ability of the present water mains to withstand the pressure that would be put upon them when the crucial moment arrived. He expressed the hope that Ocean City might never be visited by fire, but rather that Father Time might be the only destroyer of property that would mar the history of our city. At the conclusion of the speeches, the firemen, preceded by the borough officials and the band, resumed their march and proceeded to the place where the carriage is at present quartered and the parade was dismissed. Ladies' Aid Society Sociable. The entertainment given at the Emmett House on Friday evening last by the Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E. Church was one of the most successful ever held in Ocean City from all points of view. The exercises were opened by congregational singing, at the conclusion of which Rev. W. A. Massey offered a prayer. Miss Ella Cronin rendered a violin solo, accompanied on the organ by Mrs. L. S. Champion, which merited the liberal applause accorded it. Miss Jennie Massey read a selection in a very creditable manner. A vocal solo by Mrs. E. A. Bourgeois followed, with organ accompaniment by Mrs. H. G. Steelman, and the lady acquitted herself in an admirable manner. Miss Mattie Boyle's contribution to the evening's entertainment was a humorous selection, which evoked considerable laughter. The W. A. Manahan Band, which kindly tendered its services for the occasion, played some appropriate music, contributing materially to the enjoyment of the occasion. Refreshments being next in order, the audience was served with cake, fruit, etc., after which all were invited to visit the art gallery, where the exhibits elicited much merriment. This closed one of the most unique events in the series of entertainments given by the Ladies' Aid and reflects great credit upon the management, owing to its originality.

ATLANTIC COUNTY GLEANINGS. News Notes Gathered Through the Villages for the "Sentinel."

MAY'S LANDING. Cards are out announcing the wedding of Miss Mary Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Simpkins, to F. Walling, of Matawan, to take place in the Methodist Episcopal Church Christmas Day. Rev. Joseph H. Boyd will perform the ceremony. HAMMONTON. A big black bear, the first seen in this section of Atlantic county for several years, is terrorizing the farmers living on the outskirts of this place. The animal has raided pig pens and chicken coops, and the farmers arm themselves before going out at night. POMONA. Anna P. Rauch, a nineteen-year-old girl, of this place, has brought suit against Frank Thirion, a wealthy farmer of this vicinity, for $5,000 for breach of promise. Thirion and the girl first met in 1892, and in 1893, under the

promise of marrying her, he took undue liberties, with the ensuing results. The case will come up at the April term of court.

ATLANTIC CITY. Martin Gillan, a well-known hotel proprietor of this city, became enraged at his invalid wife Sunday night and beat her brutally until her screams attracted the attention of a policeman, who arrested the wife-beater. Gillan's little son jumped from a second-story window, a distance of ten feet, to escape his father's fury. Mrs. Gillan's condition is considered critical.

John Parker, an ex-policeman, has become insane on the subject of religion.

ABSECON. Mrs. William C. Cordery and Mrs. S. Henderson have the grip. The M. E. Sunday-school entertainment and treat for the children will take place on Saturday evening next. It is said the programme in course of preparation is an excellent one.

John Bates, accompanied by a lady friend, went to Wilmington on Monday on business.

The tax collector is busy collecting taxes.

Wesley C. Smith has a new wagon. J. W. Cordery, of this place, is the builder. Our physicians are very busy now.

BAKERSVILLE. Captain Charles Campbell, wife and daughter, of Ocean City, are spending a few days with Mrs. Homan, Mr. Campbell's mother.

A birthday surprise was given Miss Hannah Harris on Saturday, it being the fourteenth anniversary of that event. A large number of her friends were present.

Mrs. L. C. Lake and daughter are the guests of her mother, Mrs. John Bur-

roughs.

Somers Adams has gone to sea again.

Henry Lee has returned home for the winter. He has been to sea for two years as mate of the schooner Wm. K.

Park, Captain L. C. Lake. Mrs. Marty spent Saturday in Philadelphia.

LEEDS' POINT. Rev. Eels, of Pleasantville, who is giving a series of illustrated lectures in the Presbyterian Church, preached in the Methodist Church on Friday evening to a crowded house.

Robert Leeds and wife and John and James Higbee and wives attended the entertainment and supper given by the

Brotherhood at Absecon on the evening of the 12th. All report a good time.

Commencement exercises for Atlantic county held at Pleasantville on Friday evening, were well patronized by Leeds' Point people, over thirty persons going from here. The two youngest graduates from the county were from

Leeds' Point--Gertrude English and Hubert Kane--and both did themselves great credit in their recitations.

Thomas D. Kane lost his best horse on Wednesday.

C. P. English's trotter, Prince, is sick.

EGG HARBOR CITY.

Ella Davis, a nineteen-year-old do-

mestic in the employ of August Faust, a farmer near here, Saturday attempted to poison Mr. Faust, his wife and four

children by placing enough "rough on rats" in a pot of soup to kill a dozen persons. The girl had been repri-

manded by Mr. Faust in the presence of a lover, and she had committed the deed in a spirit of revenge. She placed

the poison in the soup while angry and repented as it was about to be served.

She then begged Mr. Faust not to place it on the table, refusing to give her reasons for wishing to prevent it

being eaten. Mr. Faust was acquainted with the circumstances, and suspected something was wrong. He accused the

girl of doctoring the soup, and declared his intention to have it analyzed. The girl then confessed that, blinded by anger, she had put the poison in the pot. She pleaded for mercy, and Mr. Faust decided not to have her arrested. She

was at once compelled to leave the premises.

STEELMANVILLE. The Bethel M. E. Sunday-school will hold their Christmas entertainment on Saturday evening.

Captain Henry Smith is home for a few days. William Kern, wife and son spent a few days last week with Mrs. David English.

Mrs. Joseph Gaskill, of Atlantic City, visited Mrs. Smith Clayton. She re-

turned home on Monday, quite ill. Miss Bessie Somers has gone to Camden to spend Christmas. Captain Walter Sooy took possession of his new house at Somers' Point on Monday. The different Churches in this place are making arrangements for the Christmas festivities despite the hard times. The funeral of Mrs. K. A. Thompson took place on Monday afternoon, 11th, inst. Services in Zion M. E. Church, conducted by Rev. Joseph Austerberry. Interment in the Cemetery. The porkers in this place are suffer-

ing from the butcher's keen knives.

PORT REPUBLIC. Several of the young people of this place attended the commencement ex-

ercises at Pleasantville last Friday even-

ing. They report that an interesting programme was successfully carried out;

also that Miss Midie Collins, the best scholar in Port, fully sustained the rep-

utation of our district school by standing No. 1 among those who took the

advanced course. "All hail" again to our pretty little town, which we hope, ere long, to see stand at the head once more.

Captain Uzz Endicott has about finished improving his pretty home for

the present. Mr. Young, our popular carpenter, who cannot do a poor job of

work, has given his employer perfect satisfaction, as usual.

Miss Maggie Rose, who has been visit-

ing friends at Roundout, N. Y., also her sister in Camden, N. J., is expected home in a few days.

The long-looked-for wedding will soon take place.

Captain Lewis Blake arrived at home

on Thursday evening, reporting an unusually lengthy trip for him to take.

News has arrived of Captain Joseph Endicott receiving a fall on board of his vessel, thereby sustaining severe in-

juries.

Captain Samuel Huntley will soon proudly step the decks of a handsome new vessel built by Captain Peter Reed.

LINWOOD.

Central M. E. Church will hold a Christmas service on next Sunday even-

ing. The treat for the children will be given Sunday afternoon.

C. M. Powell is confined to his home with the grip.

The boys are practicing for a game of base ball on Christmas Day.

Harry Risley has received a new bi-

cycle. Mrs. L. Vansant has gone to her daughter's in Hammonton to spend the winter. Mrs. W. E. Bowen is convalescent. Mrs. Emma Fisher, E. S. Smith and John Sanders are on the sick list.

Dr. and Mrs. Edmunds entertained a few of their friends on Wednesday of last week.

Captain Cramer has returned home after a pleasant visit at Woodbury.

Mollie Risley, of Philadelphia, has been visiting friends in this place.

Mr. Loss, of Atlantic City, has bought the Risley property, where the late

Robert H. Risley resided. He intends fitting it up for raising poultry. Captain James Ireland visited Philadelphia on Monday. Mrs. Peter Reed is still very poorly. Captain Job Somers is very ill. Master Earley Doughty has a beautiful Christmas tree. Captain John Saunders and family are sick.

Captain John Ireland is having the wood cut on the Morris property.

ENGLISH CREEK.

Rev. F. A. Howell will commence a series of revival meetings in Asbury M. E. Church on New Year's eve.

Charles Harvey is spending a few days in Bridgeton with his sister, Mrs. May.

Mrs. Sarah Scull will spend several months in Atlantic City. A large monument was erected in Asbury graveyard last week over the remains of Phillip Lee, who died a few months ago in Atlantic City. E. S. Ingersoll visited Philadelphia last week. Mrs. Scull English is numbered among the sick. Alfred Scull had a valuable hunting dog to die last week.

PLEASANTVILLE.

It is rumored that Asa Adams is contemplating getting married shortly and is in Philadelphia this week making purchases. He will not disclose the name of the bride elect.

Preparations are being made for a shooting match to take place on Christmas day. Live pigeons are to be used as targets.

Miss Anna Thorne, of Washington, spent a few days with us last week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sage and little son Russell will return to Camden this week. Miss Etta Garrison contemplates a visit to Camden in the near future.

Miss Bertie Lake spent Thursday with Miss Alberta Fenton.

Miss Emma Reeves spent Saturday in Philadelphia.

Mrs. Halsey is suffering from a severe attack of the grip. Charles Garwood will take charge of the post-office on January 1st. Rev. W. B. Crowell preached a very interesting temperance sermon in the Baptist Church Sunday evening. Mrs. Frank Webb is suffering with the grip. The Presbyterian Sunday-school will have their Christmas entertainment on Christmas night. Mrs. Lewis Lake spent Friday and Saturday in Philadelphia with her husband. Miss Etta Garrison spent Saturday in Atlantic City. She attended the funeral of her aunt, who died very suddenly a few days ago. Miss Alberta Lake contemplates a visit to Philadelphia soon.

Miss Mame Craig returned to her home in Philadelphia Monday.

Harry McGann is much improved in health.

Don't forget the Baptist Sunday-school entertainment on December 26th. An excellent programme is being prepared.

Miss Alberta Lake and Miss Laura Reeves spent Sunday with Mrs. Harry Mickle, of Absecon. Captain John Blake spent a few days at home with his family. He left on Monday on a business trip. The magic lantern exhibition in the free reading room on last Saturday evening, notwithstanding the rain, was well attended and enjoyed by all who were present. There will be another panoramic meeting next Saturday, entitled "The Come to Nothings."

The Christian people here are circulating a remonstrance against having a

saloon in this place, there having been application made for a license. William Lake was the guest of his brother Henry on Friday.

CAPE MAY COUNTY NOTES.

Items Plucked Here and There by Our Correspondents.

WOODBINE.

The cloak factories are now running on full time, employing about 350 hands, two-thirds of whom are females.

SEAVILLE.

Miss Eva Gandy, daughter of John W. Gandy, was married on Saturday last to Levi Price, of Atlantic City. The

ceremony was performed by Rev. David Gandy, grandfather of the bride, at the residence of the bride's parents and in the presence of a few immediate rela-

gives. The happy couple left on Monday morning to spend a few days in Philadelphia and Bridgeton, prior to

engaging in housekeeping at Atlantic City, where they will reside. The presents were useful and ornamental.

The bride and groom have the best wishes of a host of friends.

Y. Corson and wife and R. C. Robinson and wife, of Ocean City, were guests of Josiah Sack and wife on Sunday.

TUCKAHOE. Don't forget the Christmas tree and stereopticon entertainment in the church on next Monday night. There will be a lecture delivered at the same time. Admission, 10 cents. The officers of Tuckahoe Lodge, No. 67, I. O. O. F., will be publicly installed on Tuesday evening, January 2d. A grand wedding is to take place in this neighborhood soon. Miss May Little is very ill. We hope she may soon recover. The ladies are getting up a Christmas dinner for the poor of this place. Eldredge Goff has purchased the David Rennett property and will soon take possession. Captain Richard Youngs has tried up his vessel for the winter. Rev. Mr. Camp, the Presbyterian minister, will take possession of the Elisha Godfrey house, near the Presbyterian church.

CAPE MAY CITY.

James Mooney, owner of the New Columbia Hotel site, which has been covered with debris of the burned hotel since September, 1889, has, it is reported, sold the property to the West Jersey Railroad Company, and a handsome depot will be built upon it. The site is three blocks south of the present winter depot will be built upon it. The site is three blocks south of the present winer depot and near the handsome summer depot. The owner has been trying to effect a tax settlement this week in order to give a clear title to the property. The three-masted schooner Lizzie H., of Boston, from Philadelphia to Boston with coal, which was abandoned Friday night by her crew, was not discovered, owing to thick weather until Sunday morning, when the Cold Spring Life Saving Station men found her on Mecray's Shoal, eight miles southeast of the station. Her starboard side was badly damaged and she was headed toward the beach in seventeen feet of wa-

ter. The crew had escaped to the Delaware Breakwater.

Cape May Farmers Organize. The farmers of this county met at Cape May Court House on Friday last at the call of the President of the State Board of Agriculture and organized a County Board of Agriculture, with these officers: President, Dr. E. H. Phillips; Vice President, Andrew J. Tomlin; Treasurer, Volney Van Gilder; Secretary, Professor C. L. Sabsovich, of Woodbine; Directors, Amasa B. Walter, of Cold Spring; Frank Harris, of Burleigh; Hollis P. Mickle, of Petersburg, and Azariah Stratton, of Beesley's Point; Delegates to the State Board, Dr. Phillips and Professor Sabsovich.

Cape May county is not, as many suppose, a sand barren, but has as diver-

sified production as any in the State.

Francis B. Lee, Esq., of Trenton, whose family interests have been in the county since colonial times, and who is now

writing its history, credits it with all the fruits and vegetables of the tem-

perate zone. The market is the seaside resorts and Philadelphia. The county

is also the centre of the Baron Hirsch settlement, which brings not only to its town of Woodbine but to the entire county the interest and advice of its Superintendent, Professor Sabsovich,

graduate of the Polytechnic School of Zurich, and lately connected with the experiment station of Colorado.

The meeting of Friday was opened by Franklyn Dye, Secretary of the State Board, who, after reviewing the capabilities of New Jersey as a producer of the necessaries of life, reminded the farmers of the county that they were in possession of one of its most favored portions; to be successful, they must have faith in their business, under intelligent management; faith in natural law, endeavoring to understand it, so as to work according to its requirements; faith in location, there is no other better; faith

in the markets to cater to them; faith in each other, hence to organize for mutual protection, and faith in them-

selves.

The paper by T. F. D. Baker, Bridgeton, upon growing for the market was received with marked approval.

Professor E. B. Voorhees, of the State Experiment Station, explained, in briefest terms, the purpose and uses of natural and artificial fertilizers, show-

ing the constituents of each, and when to use one and the other to best advantage.

The closing paper was by Professor E. N. Smith, State Entomologist, upon predatory and predacious insects, tell-

ing the farmers it was their own fault that they were troubled with the potato bug, the codling moth and the corn, wire and cabbage worms. Combined intelligent action could rid the State of these and other destructive insects in three years' time. _____ I am prepared to furnish a first-class red brick guaranteed to withstand the frost or climatic changes, which has no superior in the market at the present time for use in paving. Not only are they a superior article, but the cost is much less than those of other brands now in use in our town. YOUNGS CORSON. Parties contemplating having their houses moved to new locations, or elevated and rebuilt will save money by corresponding with Abel D. Scull, builder and general house mover. Houses moved in any part of the county. Address A. D. Scull, builder, Thistle cottage, Ocean City, N. J.

THE GODFREY CASE SETTLED. The Widow is Awarded the Sum of About $1600.

Vice Chancellor Pitney has filed his decision in the case of Ann E. Godfrey and others vs. Anthony Steelman, executor of the estate of the late Judge Godfrey.

Many years ago the Judge borrowed money from Mrs. Ann E. Godfrey, who was then the widow of Thomas S. Stites.

She had acquired some funds through the sale of property which her first husband, Mr. Stites, had left for the benefit of his children. Judge Godfrey subsequently married Mrs. Stites and gave notes to her for the money loaned, which were renewed from time to time, the last notes being one for $1015 and one for $100, given in the years 1888 and 1890 respectively. When Judge God-

grey died a few years ago he left a will appointing Anthony Steelman execu-

tor, and devising the bulk of the estate to his children by his first wife. Mrs. Godfrey filed these notes with the exe-

cutor, claiming that they were held by her as trustee for her children from her

first husband, Stites. The claim was disputed, and Lawyer Stephany brought suit in the Court of Chancery to establish this trust and recover the amount of the notes for the widow as trustee.

There was a noticeable difference in the signatures on the two notes, and Law-

yers Abbott, Douglass and Huffman, for the defense, contended that these signatures were not genuine and were forgeries, presenting several documents purporting to be signed by Judge Godfrey in which the signatures varied from those on the two notes. Testi-

mony was taken at Tuckahoe, Camden and Newark, and after a lengthy argu-

ment the Vice Chancellor stated that the discrepancy between the signatures had received his attention, and that he had no difficulty in accounting for it by reason of the advanced age of Judge Godfrey when he signed the notes. It

was shown that hardly two signatures of the deceased Judge were exactly alike. He accordingly decided that the

notes were given by Judge Godfrey for a valuable consideration, and that the Court of Chancery was the proper forum in which to get relief, and that the complainant was entitled to the full amount of the notes, with interest and costs. The amount of the decree in favor of the widow is about $1600. The parties to this suit are well known in Tuckahoe, where they resided for a number of years.

The Free Reading Room Opened. The free reading rooms, under the management of the W. C. T. U., were thrown open to the public Friday even-

ing last. The W. A. Manahan Band was present and contributed to the enjoyment of the evening. Coffee and cake were served as refreshments. The

ladies have provided amusement for those who may avail themselves of the privileges of the rooms.

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D. S. SAMPSON, DEALER IN Stoves, Heaters, Ranges, PUMPS, SINKS, &C., Cor. Fourth Street and West Avenue, OCEAN CITY, N. J.

Tin roofer and sheet-iron worker. All kinds of Stove Casting furnished at short notice. Gas-

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OYSTER AND DINING SALOON OPEN FOR THE WINTER SEASON.

Bellevue House, Corner Seventh and Asbury. Oysters

served in every style. Meals at all hours. SAM'L SCHURCH, Prop'r.

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JOHN BROWER, Painter and Glazier.

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