OCEAN CITY SENTINEL. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.

R. CURTIS ROBINSON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OCEAN CITY, NEW JERSEY.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1894.

Entered at the Post Office at Ocean City, N. J., as second-class mail matter.

OCEAN CITY'S SHAME.

The new Council, which organized Tuesday night, has inaugurated methods and established precedents which have

brought down upon their heads con-

demnation expressed in no uncertain manner.

We had expected much from these gentlemen, but their inaugural actions have shaken our confidence to its fall. With undue haste they proceeded to the election of a Borough Solicitor, a procedure heretofore unknown at the first meeting of Council, and without a moment's warning Schuyler C. Woodhull, the gentleman who has so acceptably filled that position, was given notice that he had been succeeded by H. O. Newcomb. In view of the plain facts in the case, three of the Councilmen have placed themselves on record in no enviable light. It would seem as if they were redeeming promises made previous to election, and were anxious to deliver to the bosses the goods agreed upon. H. O. Newcomb, who has been selected to succeed S. C. Woodhull, confessed publicly that he was not versed in the laws governing boroughs, but notwithstanding this acknowledgment Council elected him to fill the position of a gentleman eminently qualified, as his actions in the past have proven to discharge the duties of the office, and one who has ever had in view the greatest good to the greatest number. The power behind the throne is becoming visible but we are much deceived if the people in their might do not taken matters in their own hands and call a halt to such high-handed

outrages.

Then the selection of H. G. Steelman, one of the late candidates for Mayor, to fill that position, displayed a lack of sound judgment. As Mr. Steelman and Mr. Fisher received an equal number of votes at the recent election, the part of wisdom should have suggested the selection of a gentleman, acceptable to the masses, who has not prominently identified with either party to the late contest. This would have shown a spirit of fairness and evinced a desire upon the part of our Councilmen to gratify the wishes of the people in preference to their own feelings in the matter. Had Mr. Steelman refused to become a party to the scheme which has made him Mayor pro tem., he would have placed himself in a position to command the respect of his fellow citizens; but as he has displayed the vulnerable part of his nature and allowed himself to become the tool of scheming men he has thus signed his political death warrant. He will discover too soon that the coveted honors of the Mayoralty have been purchased at the expense of future aspi-

rations.

Hardly had Mr. Steelman taken the chair as presiding officer of Council than he committed an act which will be remembered against him in the future when he comes before the people as a candidate to succeed himself. Losing sight of the fact that he is the servant and not the master of the people, he pettishly attempted to arrogate to himself powers which belong to the people and the people alone. No man whose equanimity is so easily disturbed is fit to occupy the highest office within the gift of the borough, and an attempt to carry out his threat of ejecting the people from the Council chamber would have precipitated such a row as would have forcibly impressed His Honor with the knowledge that we are American citizens and as such know no despotic rule. When the oath of office was about to be administered to the Clerk-elect, E. A. Bourgeois, the retiring Clerk, H. B. Adams, attempted to bulldoze the former gentleman by claiming that under the law he (H. B. Adams) was entitled to serve two years more in the position of Clerk. While making this claim, H. B. Adams knew he had no valid case, for he was informed previously that as he had served two years, the time specified by law, his successor would have to be chosen. This was a direct attempt to thwart the will of the people as expressed at the polls. Mr. Adams will find, if he attempts to pursue such tactics, that patience will cease to be a virtue. The actions of Mr. Adams give

proof of his selfishness.

Mr. Adams sought office only that he might advance his own selfish interests and bolster up the backwoods sheet over which he presides as editor. Mr. Adams attempted to extort promises from at least one of our candidates previous to election, naming his price the printing which belonged to that particular officer, when he found he had approached a man of principle who could not be bribed. Then Mr. Adams cast about to find an avenue of escape. He sought out some of our best informed legal lights, thinking to get from them a single ray of hope upon which to base a contest. But in this he was doomed to disappointment, and knowing he had no law upon his side attempted to frighten E. A. Bourgeois into quietly withdrawing his claims. Here he made another grave mistake. As he found Mr. Bourgeois could not be coerced into promising whatever he

commanded in the line of printing, so he

will find him just as firm in insisting upon his rights in the matter of the

clerkship. Mr. Bourgeois was the

choice of the people, and as the choice

of the people he will take his office. The people have spoken. On all sides are heard expressions of condemnation at the high-handed outrage perpetrated by Council, and as the people are now thoroughly aroused we may look for some startling developments before the matter is finally

settled.

WANTS PEACE. The News has hoisted a flag of truce, but we will accept nothing less than an unconditional surrender. We are prepared to fight the battle to an end on the lines that we have mapped out, even though it take all summer. Our contemporary has evaded every point raised by the SENTINEL, simply iterating and reiterating the hackneyed phrase "falsehood." If our statements were false and misleading, why did not the News refute them with the correct version and not seek refuge behind that flimsy barrier, "falsehood?" Our readers are too well informed to be deceived by such argument when plain facts stare them in the face. The News will have to produce some more convincing reasoning than "falsehood" before it essays to champion any cause. Facts are stub-

born things.

The News delivers this parting shot: "We claim that such articles are not relished by the public and does our town more harm than good, therefore we will not notice them hereafter although we stand ready to defend Borough Council and still claim they have done every thing conscientiously and for the best interest of the town and have not done anything unlawfully." A visit to the SENTINEL office will convince the editor of the News that the foregoing, like all his other assertions, is another blunder due to his distorted imagination. We have received the strongest kind of proof that our exposures are relished by the property owner. But on the other hand, we knew they would be most distasteful to those whose unlawful acts we brought to the attention of the public. We have determined to wage war to the bitter end against every public official guilty of violating the law, regardless of his position in society, and we cannot be swerved from our purpose by threat or bribe. Unlike the News, we exacted no promises from our incoming officers regarding official patronage; but the SENTINEL stands ready to uphold their hands in the work before them, and we devoutly hope these gentlemen will not rest satisfied until they have made themselves masters of every detail regarding the business in hand, and when anything that savors of crookedness or dishonesty is unearthed let it be probed to the core and make the guilty parties suffer the consequences. Much depends upon our new Councilmen. They will have to meet a peculiar condition of affairs and evolve order from out of chaos. The appropriations have been overdrawn to the tune of nearly $1600 by the outgoing Council. This of itself is a criminal act. Then there have been ordinances passed illegally which cannot be enforced. These should receive prompt attention. First, clear the deck for action and then get down to work in a businesslike manner. Legislate for the masses and not for the few. See that the interests of the property owner are protected, and where privileges have been granted upon certain conditions, look well to it that the grantee fulfills his part of the contract. Remember, you are public servants, responsible for your every act to the people. Yours is a responsible position. Acquit yourselves like men, and the record of your actions will be the best defense possible for you to make. As the editor of the News is fond of quoting Scripture, we would commend to his consideration that passage which says, "physician, go heal thyself," before he undertakes to defend wrong-doing.

THE LIFE SAVING SERVICE. On Thursday, in the House of Representatives, Mr. Caruth, of Kentucky, asked unanimous consent for the consideration of the bill extending the period during which the life saving stations on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and on the Lakes shall remain open. Objection was made by Mr. Sayers, of Texas, thus postponing a meritorious measure which has been warmly supported by everybody conversant with the importance of the service to shipping interests. The precise ground of objection was not announced. The Texan Representative cannot be unmindful of the fact that there are seven life saving stations on the coast of his own State. The bill cannot be successfully assailed because it imposes useless charges upon the Treasury. The service is the most directly useful of all our public institu-

tions as a property saver, and of inestimable value as a life saver. During the past year the life saving service cost the Government $1,231,893. The value of property saved by it along our coasts was $6,442,505. The service was thus instrumental in saving the year more than five times as much as the service cost. Of the 3565 persons in jeopardy from shipwreck during this period only 23 were lost. These facts need no commentary to bring their importance to public attention. The stations are open for service from September 1st to May 1st, eight months. The bill now pending in Congress extends this period to ten months, adding May and August to the yearly term of active duty. Severe and disastrous storms occur during these months in some years, and the presence of the life saving patrolmen at that time might be of incalculable advantage. The succor which might be given in one disaster might exceed the cost of the in-

creased service many times. A refusal by Congress to extend the time, as the bill provides, would be therefore dangerous economy, like inadequate protection against fire. The present bill should not be sidetracked to give the right of way in Congress to legislation of little comparative merit. If the desired legislation increasing the efficiency of the coast life saving service be postponed until after the present year of the service expires, the legislation will not be operative until next year. This delay may involve loss of life and destruction of property. The character and object of this bill

should shield it from objection to its present passage made to advance other bills. It would require an extraordinary

degree of hardihood to object to such a bill on its merits. An institution which has saved nearly 57,000 lives since its founding deserves the most generous treatment from Congress. It is a national disgrace that legislation increasing the usefulness of such a service has been so long delayed.

CAPE MAY COUNTY NOTES. Items Plucked Here and There by Our Correspondents.

TUCKAHOE. Angus Hoff and Garner Goff will build a house for Mr. Durrell at his cranberry bogs.

P. M. Wheaton and Anthony Steel-

man and wife were among those who attended conference. Dr. Joseph Marshall and Charles Peterson have purchased the Peterson property.

The ordinance of baptism will be ad-

ministered next Sunday afternoon at 1.30 o'clock near Tuckahoe bridge, Atlantic side.

CAPE MAY CITY.

Application for a new election for Assessor and Tax Collector of this city was made Saturday to Supreme Court Justice Reed. Irregularities in canvassing the vote were charged. Mrs. Anne Faulkner, who died at this place several days ago, at the age of 85 years, was a descendent of an old Irish family, and was thoroughly conversant with the Gaelic language and its literature.

Atlantic County Jurors. The following petit Jurors have been drawn to serve at the April term of the Atlantic county courts:

Absecon--John Bates, Daniel Walters, Jr. Atlantic City--James Calloway, Silas R. Morse, Richard Risley, Judson A. Whittier, Arthur Knauer, Henry Higbee, Warren Somers, Joseph DeLeon, Henry Endicott, Lewis Steuber, John W. Bogan, John L. Young, Charles Horner, Van Buren Giflen, George W. Channel, Harry Amole, Charles Forrest, Fennington Doughty.

Buena Vista--Richard Cake, William W. Phillips.

Brigantine--Isaac Smith.

Egg Harbor City--Harry May. Egg Harbor Township--Harry Turner, Henry Dennis, Henry Scull, Evan J. Jeffries, Jr.

Galloway Township--Mark Higbee, Jonathan K. Johnson, Caleb Leeds, William Kreig, David Doughty. Hammonton--Herbert C. Hill, Matteo Campariello, Michael K. Boyer, Ottis Small, Joseph C. Johnson.

Hamilton Township--Edward Gas-

kill, Andrew Stewart, Melvin R. Morse, Jr. Linwood--Joseph Steelman, William Lear. Mullica Township--J. Herbert Filer, Lewis E. Stone, John T. Irving. Pleasantville--William Bowen, Harry Hilton, Daniel Edwards, Robert L. Race, Charles York.

Somers' Point--Nathaniel D. Vaughn.

Weymouth Township--Merrick Steelman.

Wanamaker's.

PHILADELPHIA, Monday, March 15, 1894. Black Dress Goods.

Three figures in black--Chestnut street window. May-

be you hum "Three fishers went sailing" as you pass--many stop and admire the group with waxen faces.

Just a bit of realism in Black Dress Goods. Meant to make you realize our stock of them.

You'd call it boastful if we told the whole truth about that Black Dress Goods stock. But we wouldn't be. Only honest between ourselves and you.

For it is the richest, rarest, most complete, largest, cheap-

est stock of Black Dress Goods. Plain honest truth is not vanity. Read on. There's news. Crepons--Black. The touch of the heathen. The Chinaman's loom shakes --Crêpe, beautiful Crêpe. And Crêpe touches the world just now. Bouclé Curls, Gauffre

(waffle cake) effects, Swivel Embroideries, 75c to $5, and every price between. Crepe de Chine--Black. Chinaman again. Artistic touches transform a staple to a novelty. All Silk, many weaves, swivel and woven figures. Plain, $1 to $5; figured, $1.50 to $1.75. Grenadines--Black. 'Twould take a big volume to tell all. Dots, scrolls, twigs, interest*. The precise ground of objection was not announced. The Texaii Representative cannot be unmindful of the fact that there are seven life saving stations on Hie coast of his own State. The bill cannot be succc«*fully assailed It imposes useless charges upon the Treasury. The service is the most directly useful of all our public iustituproperty saver, aud of InesUmable value as a life saver. During the last year the life savtiig service cost the Government fl.tSl.SiB. The value of •perty saved by it along our.roast* was Fb,442,5tK. The service was U>UP instrumental in saving in Hie year more titan five lime* as much a* Hie service cost. Of the SottS {lersou* iu jeopardy from shipwreck during till* |*-n<*i only 2i were lost. These fact* need no commentary to bring their Importance lo

leaves--qualities by the score, sorts galore, galore.

Plain Open Mesh, 65c to $1.50. Plain Twisted Silk, 85c to $2.50. Fancies, 75c to $1. Armures--Black. The great collection of these stuffs has been the object of much labor and scrupulous care, and great sales result. More than a hundred designs, 65c to $2. Summer Woolens--Black. All the favorite sorts. Challis, Nun's Veiling, Batiste, 37 1-2c to $1.25. Camel's-Hair Grenadine, $1 to $1.50. Silk-and-Wool Tamise, $1 to $2. Silk-and-Wool Clairette, $1 to $2. Silk-and-Wool Carmelite, $1.25 to $2.

Standards--Black.

None of the proved kinds are missing. Whatever should be in a perfect and complete stock is here.

Eudora, $1.25 to $3.

All-wool Henrietta, 50c to $1.50.

Silk-and-Wool Henrietta, 75c to $3. Silk-and-Wool Melrose, $1.25 to $2.50. Drap de Alnia, $1.25 to $2. Whipcord, 65c to $1.50. Serges, 37 1-2c to $2. Cheviots, 75c to $1.50. Hopsacking, 50c to $1.50. The aisle in which these Black stuffs are sold is bright with light from above, cheerful with mosaic floor, and attractive with white maple furniture. Awnings and Slip Covers. When the sun begins to sizzle everybody will be wanting Awnings--everybody but the wise ones who gave orders before workmen were on the jump. Will you wait and run the risk of delay? All the new

Awnings stripes are in sight, and the colors warranted not to run. We've no use for the "seconds" that so many stores are selling.

Awnings for ordinary size windows, best galvanized fixtures, begin at $2.50. Slip Cover stuffs include new importations of Belgian and Algerian Linens, Dimities, Cretonnes, Jacquards and the like. Latest colorings and designs. Slip Cover price for ordinary 7-piece suit begins at $14 and we guarantee the covers to fit every time. Send postal card request and our representative will call with samples and give estimates either for Slip Covers or Awnings.

The Viking Age. It was long the belief the fierce and hardy Northmen--

progenitors of the Englishspeaking race--who overran Britain and North Germany and France, just as the Roman

Empire was going to pieces, were little better than wild barbarians.

Hostile or prejudiced histo-

rians set such ideas afloat, careless or ignorant writers copied them until almost every reader thought of the Vikings and their leaders as savage crea-

tures whose supreme delight was in butchery and rapine. It was left for Mr. Paul B. Du Chaillu to set the matter right. In a work of surprising amplitude and research--2 vols., 8vo, 1366 illustrations

and map--he showed that our Northmen ancestors were as pre-eminent in the arts of peace as in the science of war. All that mounds and cairns could tell, as well as the testimony of the Sagas and Eddas, were drawn upon for the early history, manners and customs of the Northmen.

The Book was originally published at $7.50. To-day a limited number go on sale at TWO DOLLARS Bicycles. Think of saving $50 or $75 on a single Bicycle, and getting a strictly high-grade Wheel at that! The Continental is thoroughly first-class in every way. Full Roadsters, M. & W. tire, $70; G. & J. tire, $75., Light Roadsters, M. & W. tire, $75; G. & J. tire, $80. JOHN WANAMAKER.

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Railroad Time-Tables.

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. WEST JERSEY R. R. In effect FEBRUARY 10, 1894.

Trains leave OCEAN CITY as follows: For Philadelphia, 7.40 a m, 3.10 p m. Sundays, 4.40 p m.

Returning--Leave Philadelphia for Ocean City, 9.00 a m, 4.00 p m. Sundays, 9.00 a m.

Leave PHILADELPHIA, BROAD ST. STATION

FOR NEW YORK.

Express, week-days, 3.20, 4.05, 4.50, 5.15, 6.50, 7.33, 8.20, 9.50, 11, 11.14 a m, 12 noon, 12.44 (Limited,

1.06 and 4.50 p m, Dining Cars), 1.40, 2.30, 3.20, 4, 5, 6, 6.50, 7.25, 8.12, 10 p m, 12.01 night. Sun-

days, 3.20, 4.05, 4.50, 5.15, 8.12, 9.50, 11.03 a m, 12.44, 1.40, 2.30, 4.00 (Limited 4.50), 5.20, 6.50, 7.25, 8.12 p m, 12.01 night.

Washington and the South.

For Baltimore and Washington, 3.50, 7.20, 8.31, 9.10, 10.20, 11.18 a m, 12.10 (12.35 Lim. Dining Car), 1.30, 3.46, 4.41, 5.16 (Congressional Limited,

Dining Car), 6.17, 6.55, 7.40 and 11.33 p m, week days. Sundays, 3.50, 7.20, 9.10, 11.18 a m, 12.10, 1.41, 6.55, 7.40, and 11.30 p m.

For further information inquire of ticket agent at station. S. M. PREVOST, General Manager. J. R. WOOD, Gen. Pass. Agent.

WM. R. ELLIOTT,

Successor to MRS. R. MORRIS,

DEALER IN

Groceries, Provisions, CANNED GOODS, Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes. A FULL LINE OF CHINA and GLASSWARE, No. 714 Asbury Ave., OCEAN CITY, N. J. Summer visitors are assured of efficient service, fresh goods and Philadelphia prices.

JOHN BROWER, Painter and Glazier.

DEALER IN Lewis Bros. Pure White Lead, Linseed Oil and Colors. First Quality Hard Oil and Varnishes.

Roberts' Fire and Water Proof Paints.

Pure Metallic Paints for Tin and Shingle Roofs (and no other should be used where rain water is caught for family use).

All brands of Ready Mixed Paints. Window Glass of all kinds and patterns. Reference given.

STORE ON ASBURY AVE, OCEAN CITY, N. J.

D. GALLAGHER, DEALER IN FINE FURNITURE, 43 So. Second St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

M'CLURE, HERITAGE & CO., Successors to Finnerty, McClure & Co., DRUGGISTS AND CHEMISTS 112 Market Street, Philadelphia, Dealers in Pure Drugs, Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, etc. THE OCEAN CITY SENTINEL. $1.00 PER YEAR. Good Advertising Medium. FIRST-CLASS JOB WORK OUR MOTTO. We are well-equipped to do plain or fancy work. SMITH & THORN, Plumbing & Gas Fitting, In All its Branches. Satisfaction guaranteed. Underground drainage. Terra Cotta Pipe.

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