Ocean Citt Sentinel. Mr«. J^Eudcr Coraou mrl Wllb >: — : —— P«liiful »ccldmt recciilly, ■(inlniug: thurshay. hkptkmher » iBoo| l> !^‘ n | tl ** 0 *^*** “ ntble to »*»■■ * _ I Berviow Mill be bfId u uiiul MSI S”";? ,T. E aewa and commonlnatlniia of intt-rmt ellur,1 ‘ * u<1 Augiiallnf II. C. l•lllllrll to till* community and our rcadrra ^ rv - ■* A. Jruklua, of Cheater, I’a .v.rywtmra. «|| occupy the pulpit of llw >|,ai

■ attend.

MPE MIV COUKTT NOTES. a DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.

re cordially It

faith.

V

I'aper hausen are i-ommenrlus to he ' ... ' -e cream dealer la atltl «urklu| A a|>ecial meetluR of commou council

,a held la

Ml I UR.

I y«a- . hy rail,

and other plan*.

The Ocean Volunteer Eire Company, No. I, of lhia dly, made a «•«*! ahoaIns In (he flremeu'a |«rade at Atlantic City yeaterday. Tlie Ocean City Cornet Baud accompanied the lire iBldlea. Mra. Char lea H haler, wife of Ma|or Whaler, of Coiled Htateaarmy.atalloried at Indlauapolla, Ind., accompanied by her Iwo children, baa arrived In thia city to ai«nd the balance of September. OeoiRc K. Welaa, an exleualre coal

piatea U

Abel I). Scull laerectiuRa laige building on Bay avenue, below Tenth atreet. Two new cotlagea w III be erected on Aabury avenue, near Tblrty-nrat atreet. Mlaa Mary C. Mtxire liaa Rone in Kaet OrauRe to take charge of hei

*^A little'cooler weather will be wel-1 W . lf * * fr " * mu,| t t

corned by the retd and rail bird

guunera.

A number of our cltltena attended the flremeu'a parade In Atlantic City

the HrymNKi. and they whl I*-cheer-! dU,ll ‘ K , ** 1 fully publlalwd. | >“•' dudltaat the A new American flax, liUlM feel, w ill 1 au Ml

be floated over Mie actnail gruuuda neat i

Monday morulng.

Char lea \V. Boyle ‘ * "

aanlowi

The one hundred and elghlli arm •ary of Ihe old church at Head of Kiver will Ih- held iin Sunday, October 7. ,An all-day aervloe haa been at ranged for Ihe occaalou and a grand time la exfieclcd. Kev. John S. ilelaler, D.D., The ladiea of Ihe Tuckahoc lUptlat church will give au oyatet cupper on church gruuuda Friday afternoon evening of Ihla week. Oyatera beamed loonier—fried, clewed or —alao fried chicken, Ice cream, ■a, etc. Should the day prove my It will be held on Saturday. The proceeds are for file beucfll of the

Palermo.

KredeiIrk Uodfrey waa Ihe gueal of lohn King on Sunday. Waahlugtou Coraou apenl Sunday vllb hit family. Kev. William O'. Koblnaou, of Saudy Bldgc Bapllat church, preached In Ihe

Baplt

I'rnlral •'

'laltlUR k

J. E.

Phlladalp

Boyle over Sunday. Captain Amaaa Coraou, of Catudei vialled Ida brollier, Young* Coraou, I ihla dly, on Sunday. Dr. B.,T. Abb ill, accompanied b, Ida wife, vialled Bev. William Abbott i Ocean Grove over Sunday. Captain C. A. Campbell and Corre Doughty, of Atlantic City, wereamon recent vlaltora to tbla city, Mlaa Mary 1-ake, accompanied by hi Monday night claaa, enjoyed a day'a outing at I'rteraburg Friday. Cbarlew Uelnbardl la making honorable Improretueula lo hia collage on Aabury avenue, near Thirty -third street. It la rumored that a ablrt factory will lie located here utidi mrlit of D. f. France, of Philadelphia. Hey. Daniel It. Harris, of Bridget! accompaQled hy hia wife, are enjoying the pleasant September day*

The folka

a bo have returned from are a hit sorry that they anotln-r whill of Ihe sea

George <>. Ada foundation this w on Aahuiy aveu

■ A Bro. |mii k for a new collage , above Sixtern

Mra. M. J. Kddowra, of Philadelphia, la occupylug her collage, Aahuiy avenue, below Fourlraulh alreel, for a l.luueua Towuarud ha* rented Ihe •lore and dwelling, 749 Aabury avenue, for Uteyear, through the agency of V. Mra. Fox baa returned lo tier home in Brklgrlon, after spending Ihe aummA month* w lib her aon, J. P. Fox. In

this dly.

Kev. A. W. William*, of Philadelphia, will preach at the Presbyterian church next Sunday, both morning and

evening.

Mlwi Mattie A. Boyle left this city Thuiaday afternoon for a trip lo Boston. Ml- Boyle will be abaeut about

ten days.

Mlaa Nellie Bedman, w ho 'acted aa clerk In the poet office during mer moutha, haa returned to her home

-In Frankford.

John Fletcher and wife, and Joa Fletcher and wife, of Philadelphia, making their annual September ' The Woman's Cbrletlau Trm|>eranre Culon held Ibeir regular monthly meet lug at the Ka|4ial church yester-

day afternoon.

Mis. John Johnson and Mra. J. P. Fox, w ho have been seriously III for several weeks, ate now greatly im-

proved In hrallli.

The Cape May Ouuuty Sunday school aaaoclatiou will bold Its annual cuuvrnlloti at Cape May Court House no Wed-

nesday, October S.

Mm Samuel It. Couvef aud Mlaa Hannah Jrflrlew, are vialllng relallvra In Brooklyn, N. Y. They will he ab-

sent several weeks.

C. Cooks Wauamaker, of l be Philadelphia Times, accompanied by Mra. Wauamaker, Is spending a delightful

M-aaoo at Iheaboee.

A. D. Stidham, of Hie guverumrut prlutlngoffice, Washington, D.C..and Mr*. Stidham are spending a delightful

araauu at the Bligblou.

The Prohibition county convention will he held lo tbe Young People's temple, lu ihlvcHy, on Friday afternoon,

September SI, at it o'clock.

Her. K. H. Mouut and family, of Woodaluwn, have been vialllng at restdeuce of B. K. W boatman, Filth

atreet aud Central avenue. - Mm. Ella Kvrrlngham, w ho haa

aiwudlug aeveml weeks with parent* In Ibis dly. returned to

home lu Brooklyn, Friday.

J. K. Hnbn, manager of Ihe tek«mph

department of tbe t’ntled Stall* i

“"Washington, with bta wife, hi en|oyiug the beautiful autumn wmlber at this Mm. Evrrtou A. Comoo entertained her mother, Mm. tleiijamlu Mambi of Turkaboe, and Mm. R. F. Smith, Mar mom, at her bums on Eighth atreet.

Tuesday-

A gaaulrne stove In tbe d selling lumas ,rf Archibald Campbell, k&4 Aatmry avenue, caught Ore ou Toe-day morning aud created considerable niemeut for a few mbiulea. Ml- Eva MuuTe left yeelerday In vult fnruda la BuBalo. Slw will go lo

home on account of Ihe severe lllm-a of Mra. Burrell. Her mauy friendl* in thia clly ho|ie for a apecly recuvery of

Iteallh.

Mi—ea Grace H. Sawyer. Mable It. Canon, Marie H. Canon, Kninia Maxwell, Anna A. Milligan and Brriha DetwHer, six prominent school teachera have spent their vacations lu Ihla have lelururd to their Philadelphia homea. Ihe Flml M. F.. churcli m-xl Sunday, Ihe Kev. Juhu H. Ituawell, paelnr, will preach. The morning subject, "The Slufulnm* of Sin or Deanou* from Ibe Galvesluu t'alamily." Evening •object. "Which Side?" Au illustrated •our servlet will precede the address. A number of urw subscribers have lieeu placed on Ihe H KNIT Km. niaillug Hat during the past week. It I* a good way lor the property owners to keep in touch with the aflairs of the elty during the winter moutha. The Skktinki. w ill he mailed lo any address U Hie Colled States for the amall sum if |l per year lu advance. Uur public reboot will open on Monifrssor T homaa It. Fretx, prlocl|ial; Mia. Mallle A. Boyle, amiaUul : Mra. Hattie Smlih Kdwarda, Ml— Sara S. t'autiilder. Miss Bertha I.. Ho— and HI— Mattie B. Roberta. The exterior ■f the hwildiiig haa been nicety |ialiiled, tud Ihe interior Ihomuglily cleaned Hehauce Volunteer Fire c impany: No. 2, i dikld_a special meeting Tuesday ulght Ip bear the report of the cuuimili site. The re|K>rt was approved, he oommltlee autborlied to lease of F. P. Canfield, on Aebury le, near Sixth street. A committee waa alao appointed to arrange fur build a Are house. Building operalloua will be commenced at 001*. A copy of the Ocean CUy Dally Keporlcr haa reached our desk, lu wblcli find a complete report of the banquet of the hoard of trade on Auguat II, at w hich the Times was represented Mr. D. P. McOutllan. The U cw Are engine la to arrive soon aud Ibe tax raleot that clly haa been lowered. It undoubtedly the Ideal resort fur number le— people —Woodbury Dally

to Washington to take up bar trufk. Mrs. Gainst P. Mu

Pa . where she at traded the fin era) of her staler.lu-taw, Mm. Henry D. Bufflugton, who waa burled on Saturday

family ai •if Ores I

•uraglug to the lead era church to he a—lated by auch a number of

■mon to a large audience li lully M. E. church last Sunday Mrs. Dottle Godfrey and dau urued lo Ibeir home In Merc

Cape May Cltv. for Thomaa W. Milletl, of thia city, will be requested hy Ihe bu.lne— •pie and cill/ena of Cape May lo beuc a candidate lor re-election when - municipal contest rolls around, waa elected Iwo yearn ago aa a Belillcan over J. Henry Edmunds, who

General Manager John N. Glaapell, f Ihe Amuaemeut and Pier company I Ocean CUy. baa hern highly aucc—ful thia year. It was the first ra*ou of the enterprise, and It lias ■ruveu a winner, aomelhlug Ibal waa lot ex|ieclfd, as Ihe flmt year of tiie*ichemes aa a rule ends a lo—r. Mr. Gla—|iell will wind up burlur— thia game, and the property la worth thuuaauda of dollars more than w hen jHer waa flml complelsd at Ihe beginning of the season. There are iny colilrmplaled Impnivemcin* for It aeaaoli. — Bridgeton Dally Pioneer.

l»clal meeting of tt«e hoard of education waa held on Thursday evru-' tlie pur|Mwe of taking action ou supplies needed for the arhoul. l>e. B.T. Abbott, G P. Moore. S. B. Sampson and R. H. Timm wem present, ■as Supertuteodent I—ke aud Secrets! y Itoblusqn. City Supcrlutrudeut l.ake read a list of supplies ueeded, which list had been prepared and forwarded him by Prw-

fewsor Praia.

On motion, lira secretary was luatructed lo imrclia— tlie aupplww.

AdJouruoJ.

The regular muilhly meeting of _ja hoard of educatiou waa lieW ou Tuesday evaulug, Praaldaol Abbott, R. 1 H.. Tboro and H. H. Sam|-oo being

Tba mlouli August IN and a and Seplembrr. 11 nad. and each mlnule approved

curtains,

had Invited fleuras frutn Charles E Adams A Hm , A Baker and It. II. HmMb A B-o*. that lb# latter wore tba only on* give au —tUnite, nmarqiwolly would Uav* them do lb* work Charles E Adams A Bro. were mu dealing

curtains.

official retained tbal t The following bills were read aud .rdrred paid: Ooaaa City House and Mgu Painting do., painting school bon- and f>Mii4all.ai. El». K- Curtis Ibibluam, advertising and Job priming, II was reported that a mpra—nlatlvr ol tbe Hmead A WUla Warming and itllattug IY». waa ben Monday and Ibe ayatem, and “

tow days

cblirrli Im-i

mday e wife, o

Tbe hxcunlon Hook Entirely Connimej Early Saoday Montlag. Tbe Are which con*umed the Excur slou house at Elerenlb atreet and the boardwalk on Hunday morulng was Die mint extensive conflagration that lias occurred in Ocean City lu yearn. It.broke out at IM a. m., and lu flfleeu minutes afterwards tlie eullre building raa wrapped In flames. Tlie Aral man who saw the fire waa baric* Wlsham, proprietor of the ceaulc hotel, who immediately aroused tlie guesls and servants. •mime Ihe alarm had been given by Hamuel Carbart, who waa ou duly igiue boaae, and wllb John Marls, George M. Hrecklry and Jacob C. Hlrelmau reached Hie Are Aral with be cliemlcal engine, followed by 'Union Breckley, H. A. W. rimlih and others of tbe new fire company In -liarge of Ihe hose carriage. Tlie flatties now mounted up ao aa lo Illuminate the lieavrus, and the oiler it the power luxiae started Hie fire duly at Ihe Weal Jersey round house 'head of aleam ou lu one of Ilia engine*, and he alao had milae enough folng In wake the erven sleepers, and u lew Ilian half an hour the rnlirr H. M. Kalbach, Ibe electrician waa imuiig Hie flmt lo arouae aud he prowled lo Hie power houae and ordered be Incandescent curreuli turned oft aa 1 protection lo Hie nremru. I Of ram, Hie man on guard al Hie Excursion house w ar aroused from tils ilumbera hy Ihe crackling of the flames ind had a narrow escape, It la said. The fact that It was au. unuaually lamp tilgbt aud no wind blowing la denned fortunate, a* Hie sparks and burning cinders from tbe flic were carried over a w ide area aa ll waa aud fears were held that Hie Illtviota • on - Hie --Strand, Hie Hwarth-

■uld fell a

prey lo Hie devouring element. Tlie Indian glrla at Hia Illinois on-le-straud allowed their heroism lu a remarkable drgree. The roof of tbe la flat and nerved aa a lodgement lundreda of aparka, some of them •ge a. a mau'a hand. These girls mounted to Hie roof and kept a conply of water to tvwdlne— and fearless and osil throughout

Hie datigi

adjourned meeting of common council wa* held 011 Friday evening. Members prtnem —Bake,Williamson, tioru, Barrows aud Hand. The clly solicitor gave a verbal upturn ou (he camp ground dedication. After considerable dlecuaslou the foliwlug motion wa* carried, Mr. Williamson having hia vole recorded against ll, because he deemed It luadnaatile pending present litigation •City solicitor he Instructed to make application to Hie Chancellor of Hits order lo aell the lauds lu Ocean City, dedicated to tbe Inbabltanta thereof by the Ocean City association, excepting auch lauda aa may be excepted by the alatute under which ealre f dedicated lands may be made." The clerk read the annual report of the board of education, which was placed on file. A communication from A. C. Grew, lltorof Hie New Jersey Gaxelle, retiesilng au advertisement at a coat of |7.LH lor the special edition on Heptember 31. waa read. Tlie request waa luudlmau William—in called attention to numerous complaints about Ibe garbage routmetor'a lallum to collect garbage. Tlie matter waa referred chairman of Ihe gart—ge comicllman Hand reported that lie had conferred with Dr. Paleu about tbe settlement of the Fourth street wharf affair, and Hial Hie only eetlleI Hie doctor would make would be -ll tlie wharf lu tbe etty for |S3lO. The questluu of the city’s uwotrablp of this w liarf and Hie probable outcome of Hie suit lo determine ownership waa referred to Ibe solicitor fur a writ

opioluu.

Councilman Barrows Introduced ordinance directing the raising of looey by taxation for Hie flacal year. Tbe following bills were read aud

ordered pawl

•■'Utuu Wlllets, «S814; B. C. Godfrey, t^O; Hiram Ktee'Jiau, fS; Daniel K. lake, <£; Ocean Clly Volunteer Hm Co., No. I. MOO.

Adjourned.

opcHtna or ncitooi.

The earnest attention of parent* aud

ailed lo Hie opening of ■ola of Hits dly on next

Monday,Beplember 17, al ulue o'clock. Hally Important that all pupils should be ou baud promptly. Tbla especially applies to student, of plntb, tentb aud eteeeulb grades of tba btgb school. 'Tbe course* luuklug towards graduation next May am long and dHJIcull. and require couaUut aud dlllgeut application on tba part of tb*

wlwilam Willi belong to the*

braes paten la and guardians, especially of Hie older pupils, am urgently qtie*ted by tbe euperlntradeut aud prturipal to eo-.ip*rmte with tb* tracb•r* In having thetr ctilldrm punctually

|. ralogAll pwmiotUw can b. only by examl

natlou^njBetlt.

AdverU** lu Hi* HaattnxiG.Luawi A 1-awu—Uad*rUk*rsaud »ml—lm*rs. Uffio* and resident*, M& and M7 AMmry avanua. TTi* T»l-I ■iv I* casket always ou band. Hud fee - -- —h. botota, board Ing^k—

of ai

( life 1

I prr

Hie Hwarlbmore aud .Etna Hie mmuagrm quieted Ibe gueela and aeri, and there waa llltla excitement Hie situation waa gtaa|ied. In tbe adjacent cottages, while the occtipaula w ere grewtly alarmed, as a mailer iume, they made their preparalloua departure quietly and without liremeu aided greatly lu allaying Ibeir and when assured that the danger would not reach them (heir Joy wa* unbounded. 1 crowd that flocked to the acetic e disaster was a great aurprlae to those who thought Ocean City a deserted village. The boardwalk uear a Obran pier waa black wllb people aud ao waa Wesley avenue be Tenth aud Twelfth atreeta, while oof* of every cottage aud every hotel lu Ibe vldully contained numbers of people who acted aa a volunteer Are brigade and paused buckets of water to those uear them, which were used- lo queucb Hie burning ember* which ime down lu a constant shower on

lelr heads.

Tlie work of Hie flremeu of bulb impanlee waa worthy of the highest raise. How they ever got to Ihe scene 1 quickly waa a marvel lo those who ved uear. Tbe beat was intense and tbe Are gained aucb rapid headway t waa aouu aeeu that all efforla to Hit Excursion bouse would be futile. Tbe men then gave their attento saving tbe nearby cottages. Two amall detached bouses uear were ■uglily drauebed with water and thus saved to their ownera. Tbe names t men In the building at Hie time are William H. Ingram, Harry Moore ud George Bmllh. Tbe Ex curs loo houae waa the oldest amuaemeut bouse In tbe'piaeeand waa built In June, HBM, by Anderaou Bourgeois on a thirty-day contract for the Ocean City Excursion company. Tbla company constated of Kara it. I*ake, H. Wesley Lake, Parker Miller, J. G. Halter and otbem. This company operated It at a loaa for about six yearn aud flually sold It to tbe Ocean City aaaociat loo. At Ibe end of three yean tbe datlun sold It lo Messrs. Kiddle and Brown, whooparated It for a year, lieu Brown sold out to Kiddle, who held ll for another year, when be sold It to Hie pneent company, which conof J. K. Huaaell, Measra. Cray aud Frasier, of May's I—tiding, Mr. Howall, Mr. Coomb* aud Joseph Hutton. Mr. Hutton, who to president of tbe company made the followingelatemeut, to Hie representative of tbe Hkntixu.

o Monday.

"1 cannot account fur Ibe origin of lie Ore. Ou Haturday night at 11 'cluck Hie Ores were drawn from Ibe oiler and ihe bus* turned on tu tba burning cinders This waa usual on Haturday evening*. Tb* hour at which flm broke put would toad to Hi* belt*! that som* careto— •ed a lighted clgai ahsre lu lb* building, property was Insured lor wbteb ■rate Is— (ban one ball tbe of Ibe building."

Iltlam Hewitt, Jr . baggagsmaater ou Ibe Handing's Atlantic City railway, was InatanHy killed at IbeHea Isle City station Haturday albrnioun. Tba raglne was backing down lu counsel wllb tbe train wbeu llewltlaiepped between

Dewitt waa only SI years old, and ai ■on of William H. Hewitt, - Cap* May. on* of tb* uld—t conduct on x lb* West Jersey and Hsaabor* illrund. GUkart A leak*. fttMtal directors, of this clly, look charge uf Ibe body and shipped ll to hto tat* bom* at Cap* mat

tTUNTIC C0UNn_ GLEtNINGS. MURDER AT PLEASANTVILLE

Oarnered by the ••Seatla*l" Correa-

Satlm* Simr-UtUf.

| Coroner'* J*rj Fladt Two Men Golly - •'J"*” Wrlxhf, Ear

steady, wbulr-salled bm-xe

tb* officer flually gut bar locktd up

r*r Taarn AdJwnraeM.

Poitit, Iwlfied alonjt by a etruug

LAW OFFICES Apgar & Boswell,

PURE ICE BEST COAL

BOARDING

STABLES

oyster planter of Pleoaautvllle. Tbe

Office, No. 634

Crowley Stables

SAMUEL SCHURCH,

WJH. B. CURRBY.

Great Clearing Sale

Gtitr Finiiku

OcaHCiq

CHAS, E, MAMS t W.

GEKTlfiLTIKIEIIVQT Ocean City, N. J.

M. MENDEL,

FOR SALE

CO IT AGES AND LOTS

CENTRALLY LOCATED