OCEAN CITY SENTINEL.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1894.

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LOCAL NEWS. City Council meets in regular sessions to-morrow evening. Mrs. A. Wert, of Philadelphia, is the guest of her son, C. M. Wert. Mrs. Minnie Singley is on an extended visit in Pennsylvania. Harry Chandler, of Vineland, was in this city Monday on business. Enoch Clouting has moved his family from Beesley's Point to this city. Dr. J. S. Waggoner and wife spent Thursday and Friday in Philadelphia. Mrs. S. T. Champion, of Atlantic Highlands, is visiting her sons in this

city.

Dr. D. W. Bartine and family are residing at Somerton, Philadelphia, for the winter. A. D. Scull has been awarded the contract for building the addition to the Brighton. A. D. Scull is building a stable on the rear of his Central avenue lot, north of Seventh street. James H. Linn came down Saturday evening and opened his cottage for a few days' pleasure. The Ocean City Building and Loan Association meets on Saturday evening in Steelman's Hall. The Misses Young, of Philadelphia, are occupying one of Mr. Burrell's Central avenue cottages. Mrs. Godfrey Ang returned home on Saturday from a ten days' visit to Philadelphia and Camden. Horace Richardson and Parker Burk, of Cape May Court House, were guests of Godfrey Ang on Monday. A Mrs. Cook and family, of Philadelphia, have rented and taken occupancy of a cottage at Fifty-second street. Our public schools closed Tuesday for the balance of the week on account of the Teachers Institute in session here. E. A. Corson and E. C. Boyle, young men of this city, are now employed at Strawbridge & Clothier's, Philadelphia. William Shriver is greatly improving his cottage, Asbury avenue, south of Twelfth street, by an application of paint. R. W. Wilkinson, receiving teller of the Corn Exchange Bank, Philadelphia, spent Sunday here, the guest of Mrs. E. S. Asher. The foundation is being laid preparatory to the erection of a Catholic Church on Asbury avenue, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets. At the Christian Endeavor Society meeting Sunday evening G. P. Moore was elected a delegate to attend the State Convention at New Brunswick. Mrs. Houben's cottage, corner Thirteenth street and Asbury avenue, is being improved by the erection of a large porch on the Thirteenth street

side.

Joseph O. Down and family, of this city, will move to Camden soon for the winter. Mr. Down has accepted a position in a Front street wholesale provision house. Rev. H. H. Bodine occupied the pulpit of the First M. E. church on Sunday morning and preached a powerful sermon. In the evening, Rev. E. B. Lake delivered the discourse. Mr. Ford, of Philadelphia, who is employed to gather rare shells for the Academy of Natural Sciences, returned home on Sunday after a ten days' sojourn in this city. Mr. Ford finds many fine specimens on the Ocean City beach. Cards are out announcing the marriage of Miss Annie Ellen Cronin to Hazael Mayhew Newkirk on Thursday next, 18th inst., 8.30 p. m., in the M. E. Church, this city. A reception immediately following the wedding will be held at the home of the bride and groom, No. 443 West avenue. At the Republican caucus on Monday evening, Harry C. Sutton and Henry Reinhart were elected delegates to attend the Republican County Convention, held at Cape May Court House yesterday. Quite a large number of the voters were in attendance and the delegates, by a rising vote, were instructed to present the name of R. C. Robinson for the House of Assembly. | | Taxing the Hokey Pokey. The strong-lunged and unpicturesque young men who make child life at Atlantic City worth living during the summer, and the bathhouse proprietors at that great summer metropolis were well represented at a hearing before Supreme Court Justice Reed, in Chambers, in Camden Saturday. They were up in arms against the City Council of the City-by-the-Sea because of the imposition of a tax. The bathhouse keepers had been taxed twenty-five cents per room and the hokey-pokey vendors $10 each. As they resisted payment, the City Council proceeded against them, and they now want the proceedings stopped by a writ of certio-

rari.

"But what is hokey pokey?" asked Judge Reed, as the hearing progressed.

Everybody looked blankly at the Judge, pitying his lack of knowledge, and finally Lawyer Joline informed him, adding that it was good. The Judge held the matter under advisement for a time.

BRICK! BRICK!! BRICK!!!--Orders for brick left at Thorn's hardware and furniture store or at Glenn's 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

ATLANTIC COUNTY GLEANINGS. News Notes Gathered Through the Villages for the "Sentinel." BAKERSVILLE. Theodore Price is taking a vacation at home, with his mother and sisters, from duties in Camden. Edward C. Ryon has returned from a pleasure trip to Niagara Falls, Buffalo and Watkins Glen. Winfield Moffat and family have returned from Merchantville, where they have been visiting relatives. Central Methodist Episcopal Church was recently presented with fifty hymnals by one of our prominent citizens. PORT REPUBLIC. Very much discouragement is felt here among the oystermen in consequence of thieves. Several men spend all they can accumulate during half a year in order to plant, only to realize, when wanting to harvest the grown oyster, that their money and labor have been spend for naught. How strange it is the ignorant thief thinks he is not well known. How foolish to think that the face and eye tell no silent tales. It is reported that James Lee, of Tuckerton, will not ride his bicycle so often through Port in the future, but that James Hamilton, of Absecon, will be the successor in Mr. Lee's hotel at the former place. Horace Rose has gone to Camden to conduct a car on the trolley line. The new buildings of Messrs. Leek's and Blake's are nearing completion. Each in its way will be an ornament to our town. LINWOOD. Mrs. Joseph Steelman has returned from Brigantine, where she was called to the bedside of her daughter, who is sick with typhoid fever. The Odd Fellows' fair is in progress this week. William Bird's new house is nearly enclosed. Captain James Ireland and wife visited Mr. Bowen, of Leeds' Point, last Friday. Mr. Bowen is dangerously ill. George Terrington has taken charge of John Sanders farm for the coming

year.

Mrs. Loss, of the Waverly, Atlantic City, will move into her Linwood cottage this week for the winter. I. G. Adams entertained a number of friends from Atlantic City, Absecon and St. Louis on Sunday. Miss Luella Robinson, of Atlantic City, spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs. Charles Powell. R. Fulton Powell paid a flying visit to his brother on Friday. SMITH'S LANDING. Enoch Price was elected the delegate from St. John's M. P. Church to the twenty-third annual session of the New Jersey M. P. Conference to meet October 16th at Como, Monmouth county. The Junior League of Salem M. E. Church, under the superintendence of Mrs. C. K. Fleming, and an efficient corps of officers has resumed its regular weekly meetings with a promise of increased usefulness. Parents should see that their children regularly attend these meetings, as they afford a rare opportunity for the training and instruction of the young. The League holds its session for an hour on Friday afternoon immediately after the close of the public school. The children have just secured badges with which they are much pleased. Next Sunday, the 14th instant, the church will hold an old people's service in connection with its autumn anniversary. All the old Methodists in the vicinity are expected to be present and participate. A sermon appropriate to the occasion will be preached by the pastor, Rev. C. K. Fleming, followed by a Love Feast service. The church will be decorated with autumn products, fruits and flowers. In the evening the Epworth League will give a special service, with sacred song, recitations and readings by members of the League. The trustees have purchased a handsome iron fence for the front of the Salem cemetery at a cost of $375. The marriage of D. L. Collins and Miss Lizzie Ryon took place on Wednesday noon. ATLANTIC CITY. Harry Monroe and Frank Oldey, two Inlet fishermen, had a narrow escape from drowning Thursday afternoon as they were entering the Inlet upon their return from a fishing trip. The waves on the bar capsized their sharpie, throwing the two men into deep water. They clung to the bottom of the upturned craft, and were much exhausted when taken off by the Government crew of life-savers. William Wright, a motorman on the electric railroad, pitched from the rear platform of his car Sunday while adjusting the trolley pole and landed violently upon his head and shoulders. Internal injuries of a serious nature were sustained, and it was at first supposed that his neck was broken. An alleged disorderly house on Maine avenue, kept by Sarah J. Fisher, was raided Saturday night and the proprietress held in $300 bail for court. Atlantic City clergymen are talking of organizing a bicycle club. Several are riders of the wheel. City Council is thinking of purchasing the sewerage plant of Chelsea, in the lower section of the city. The plant has been offered to the municipality for

$5500.

The Atlantic City Prohibition Club has been organized for the fall campaign, with these officers: David C. Johnson; vice presidents, C. C. Hood, Captain Thomas McGuire; secretary, M. S. Graisbury; treasurer, John A. Ireland; chaplain, John J. Mason. So many valuable dogs have been poisoned recently that Mayor Stoy has offered a reward of $200 for the arrest of the poisoner.

We do all kinds of Painting. Graining and Sign Work a specialty. B. R. Smith & Sons, 1046 Asbury avenue.

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Judge Hudspeth's Opinion of the State Reform School. Judge Hudspeth, who presides in the General Sessions Court in Jersey City, objects to sending boys to the State Reform School at Jamesburg, Monmouth county, unless they are incorrigible. He has a high regard for the school and for the manner in which it is managed by Superintendent Ira Otterson, but he believes that boys who are not hardened criminals become more versed in crime through their association with boys who are hardened, and that when they leave the institution they are worse in many cases than when they enter it. In denying the application of a father to have his son sent to the reform school the Judge said it would be a pity to expose him to corrupting influences. The boy had not committed any crime, and his father wanted him sent away because he was unable to control him and could not keep him at home. "I dislike," the Judge said, "to send such a boy among boys who are bad at heart, and who do all they can to corrupt other boys. I am very sorry at times for some of the boys I send to Jamesburg. They are usually homeless and must be sent somewhere. There is no other institution to which they can be committed for safe keeping. "I think it is a rare thing for a bad boy to come out of the reform school better than when he went in. Some boys are benefited in the school, but the boys who do really become reformed are those who are indentured to farmers or tradesmen. They get away from their evil associations, and, in nearly every instance, grow up to be respectable members of society. "We have gangs of young criminals in Jersey City who give the police a great deal of trouble. When the police raid any of these gangs we find that the leaders are generally graduates of the reform school, and are clever enough to keep themselves just beyond the point where the law can't touch them. They have learned in the reform school to cover up their tracks. "I have found many times that parents want their children sent to the school to get rid of them. This is frequently the case where a woman has married a second time and has had children by her first husband. The stepfather don't want the children, and persuades the mother to try and have them sent away."

Atlantic County Political Drift. The Democracy in Atlantic county is hanging together by shreds, disrupted by petty quarrels among themselves with no leader who possesses magnetism enough to enthuse and organize them into battle array. The indications all point to the sending of a Republican Assemblyman to Trenton to take the place of Frederick Schuchardt, of Egg Harbor City, the Democrat who was elected last year on a tidal wave of resentment against the party nominating Baake, who voted for the "racers." The county naturally is Republican on a straight issue by from 300 to 500. The election of a Democrat is an exception, and with the knowledge that a United States Senator is involved in the political complexion of the next Legislature, it is more than likely that all petty dissensions in the ranks will give way to harmony in the interest of having Atlantic county's representation Republican in both branches. Additional reason is supplied by the leaders in their circulating statements that the Legislature is likely to be close on joint vote and they have appealed to the voters to make their best nominations and get out their fullest vote. There are a half dozen or more candidates for the nomination. The county convention is called for the 13th inst. at Egg Harbor City. The leading candidate for the Assembly nomination is Councilman Samuel B. Rose, of Atlantic City. He was one of the doorkeepers of the House at the last session. If it were not for the fact that the county will have a majority of delegates in the convention, an incident that has not occurred for years, his nomination would be practically assured. The puzzle to be solved by the coming gathering is whether the countyites propose to stick together. If they do, as is most probable, ex-Assemblyman Sheppard Hudson, of May's Landing, who has been elected twice before, will likely carry off the prize. His strongest opponent is M. L. Jackson, of Hammonton, the present director of the Board of Freeholders, who has been a candidate for several years, but always had to give way for party reasons. Jackson purposes [sic] to make a strong fight for victory in the convention. Besides Councilman Rose, Atlantic City has another candidate whose name will be presented. Joseph H. Borton, who is president of the Board of Health, and proprietor of the Hotel Dennis, is the man. Other names mentioned are I. G. Adams, of Linwood, and John Anderson, of Hammonton. The only other work for the convention will be the nomination of a candidate for Coroner to succeed George Breder, of Egg Harbor. The officer will probably remain with the county, through W. E. Edge, of Atlantic City, is out for the nomination. Little is heard of the Congressional campaign. Congressman Gardner, who belongs in Atlantic County, will receive the full party vote, and more likely will run ahead of his ticket. The Democrats, following established customs, will renominate Schuchardt for Assembly.

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.

CAPE MAY COUNTY NOTES. Items Plucked Here and There by Our Correspondents. OCEAN VIEW. Rev. Joseph E. Klucker, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, at this place, has resigned from the pastorate, to take effect December 31st. TUCKAHOE. Schooner Mary S. Bradshaw, VanGilder, from Jacksonville for New York (before reported), has accepted tow to destination for $600. Will proceed if suitable weather. CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE. Cape May county farmers are getting $2.25 per barrel for sweet potatoes in New York, and are shipping thousands of bushels there.

Residents complain that they are compelled to buy school books, despite the State law requiring free books in the public schools.

CAPE MAY CITY. The Star of the Cape made its initial appearance Friday under the manage-

ment of T. R. Brooks & Son, Mr. A. W. Hand having retired from the business. Senator Lemuel Miller was greatly disappointed in not being renominated by the Cape May county Democrats on Saturday, as he had elected a majority of the delegates favorable to him. The body of Peter Eckstrom, a surfman of Cold Spring Life Saving Station, was found Monday morning, on the west end of Two-mile Beach, only 100 yards from the place where he was drowned last Wednesday morning. | | W. C. T. U. Annual Convention. The twelfth annual convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Cape May county was held in the M. E. Church in this city on Thursday afternoon and evening. Owing to the stormy weather many delegates from a distance were unable to attend. The address of welcome was delivered by Miss Mary Lake. Miss Fannie Holmes, recording secretary, responded. The address of the president, Mrs. Ludlam Hand, was an able one. After receiving the reports of various officers and committees the following programme was carried out: Scientific temperance in schools, Mrs. Eliza D. Hand; juvenile work, Mrs. Ludlam Hand; health and heredity, Miss H. Champion; evangelistic work and Sabbath observance, Mrs. Hattie M. Carroll; young people's work, Miss Florence Godfrey; fairs, Mrs. Sallie Foster; for-

eigners, Miss Fannie Holmes; tobacco

and narcotics, Mrs. Robart; press work,

Mrs. Phebe Rice; literature, Mrs. J. C. Sheppard; Sunday-schools, Mrs. Edgar Smith; unfermented wine, Miss Alice Canfield; franchise, Mrs. Eliza D. Hand; recitation, Miss Emma Corson; short talks by clergy; reading, Miss Hattie Carroll; address, M. E. Bourne, State

President.

The officers elected for the ensuing

year are: President, Miss Alice Can-

field, of Ocean City; corresponding secretary, Miss Fannie Holmes; Dennisville; treasurer, Miss Lydia Slick, Den-

nisville.

The delegates were royally entertained by the Ocean City Union, most of them staying over until Friday afternoon. The quartette singing at the evening session was excellent.

Democratic County Convention. The Cape May county Democrats in convention at Cape May Court House on Saturday nominated Samuel E. Ewing, of West Cape May, for State Senator, and Captain Reuben C. Young, of Tuckahoe, for Assembly. Edward L. Rice, the present County Clerk, was nominated by acclamation. The convention was a rather lively one. Senator Lemuel E. Miller was a candidate for renomination and made an active canvass, but Ewing won with apparently little effort. He is a member of the present Board of Freeholders and one of the most active men in the party

in the county.

J. N. JOHNSON, PLUMBER, STEAM AND GAS FITTER. Repairing a specialty. Bath Tubs and Plumbers' Supplies. 730 Asbury Avenue.

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Female Pugilist. Mrs. Georgiana Malin, an Atlantic City milliner, had Miss Lottie Earl, daughter of Clement Earl, a jeweler, arrested Monday for assault and battery. The two women, who are neighbors, quarrelled about a trivial matter and Miss Earl, who is a tall, heavily built woman, it is alleged, threw the other upon a blazing bonfire and told her to lie there and die. Mrs. Malin's face was badly burned and her hair was singed. Justice Gouldey held the defendant in $300 bail for Court.

Fall stock of Wall Paper now in. All of the latest designs. Over one hundred different patterns. Popular prices. B. R. Smith & Sons, 1046 Asbury avenue.

NOTICE OF REGISTRATION.

Notice is hereby given, that the Boards of Registry and Election in and for each and every

election district or voting precinct in Cape May County, will meet on

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16th, 1894,

at the place where the next election in their district will be held, at ten o'clock in the morning, and remain in session (recess from one to two o'clock) in the evening, for the purpose of making up from the canvassing books two lists or registers of the names, residences and street numbers, if any, of all the persons in their respective election districts entitled to the right of suffrage therein at the next election or who shall personally appear before them for that purpose, or who shall be shown to the satisfaction of such Board of Registry and Election to have legally voted in that election district at the last preceding election therein for member of the General Assembly, or who shall be shown by the affidavit in writing of some voter in that election district to be a legal voter therein.

And notice is hereby further given, that the said Boards of Registry and Election will also meet on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30th, 1894,

at the place of their former meeting, at the hour of one o'clock in the afternoon, and remain in session until nine o'clock in the evening, for the purpose of revising and correcting the original

registers, of adding thereto the names of all per-

sons entitled to the right of suffrage in that election district at the next election, who shall appear in person before them, or who shall be shown by the written affidavit of some voter in such election district to be a legal voter therein, and of erasing therefrom the name of any person who, after a fair opportunity to be heard, shall be shown not to be entitled to vote therein by reason of non-residence or otherwise.

Done in accordance with an Act of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey, entitled "A further supplement to an act to regulate elections." Approved May 28, 1890, and the amendments thereto.

EDWARD L. RICE, County Clerk. County Clerk's Office, Cape May Court House, N. J., September 25, 1894. 9-27, 4t

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Note the Cut in Prices of FALL AND WINTER CLOTHING, AT M. MENDEL'S 1625 ATLANTIC AVENUE, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. The Tariff Bill which lately became a law has knocked the bottom out of prices, and the purchaser can now secure reliable goods at our house at ruinously low figures. Investigate for yourselves.

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Y. CORSON, REAL ESTATE AGENT, AND LICENSED AUCTIONEER, No. 721 Asbury Avenue, OCEAN CITY, N. J. Properties for sale. Boarding Houses and Cottages for Rent in all parts of the city. Correspondence solicited.

WM. LAKE, C. E., REAL ESTATE AGENT, Surveying, Conveyancing, Commissioner of Deeds, Notary Public, Master in Chancery. Sec'y Ocean City Building and Loan Association. Lots for Sale or Exchange. Houses to rent, furnished or unfurnished. Deeds, Bonds, Mortgages, Wills and Contracts carefully drawn. Abstracts of titles carefully prepared. Experience of more than twenty-five years. Office--Sixth Street and Asbury Avenue. P. O. Box 825. WM. LAKE.

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