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OCEAN CITY SENTINEL " /• ' \

VOL. XXVII.

OCEAN CITY. X. J.. THI KSDAV, F lilU AKY 21, l!l>7.

OceanCitySentinel M ORGA?i haxu,

ATTORNEY and

R CURTIS ROBINSON Editor and Proprietor

CITY DIRECTORY. CITY OFFICliy-S

___ u llMUO—l>r. cbarlaa K. EdoarO* ^ M. ““TC Herbert^.. nmllL

o of Uw Uolj Trlnltj, t-rouatam noaMarfMaru^AicoarTnUoUMr ‘o' Ha<. 11. Uuo*. rtoar; W. T. frln«l«. tar. Morniag praj.r aoa Mi

SEASHORE FURNITURE Gallaaher's *3 s. Second Strict* - pmil». E. CLINTON ft CO., BRUSHES. UttET. u< I S. TENTH ST..

Waananoa Camp, Mo. Ik. P. U (aaip It. o. of A., maati ararr Kalur “IJ P- M. la IC.M P. ball.. M- T. H

•rwr Meaoaj alaap at TJB, la It. of p. Hall.

"?«.>4'»C , MatrLabar > aio»Bu!y 2 wtu fta bald U Josa.

SHOEMAKER’S STORAGE HOUSE We*t At*.,

3 > T. ABBOTT, M. D.,

COUNSELLOR AT LAW *“ d *“ r K«-® n ‘

•'•aaM-,’ OFFICE—Corur Ceatnl ud EI(liU SlreeL i

OCEAN CITY SPENDS THOUSANDS BAND CONCERTS LIKELY OF DOLLARS FOR IMPROVEMENTS DURING EASTER HOLIDAYS

JONATHAN HAND, <Jounnellor-ax- L.»\v, Solicitor. Manor la Uhaaotrj. Notary Pablk-. CAPE,MAY CGBKT HOUSE, N. J fjfAMUSOIf H. YuUKHKLS Ooun»*ellor-u| - L.a\v,

X. C. HUTCHINSON. mSd. 1 lomueopntliiNt.— N'o. HS4 Oceati, Avetiue.

I Handsome Buildings Have Been Erected and Many /BSStitiful,Cottages Will b; Sven When Season ^ of v$>67 Opens—A Glance at the Ope£a

tiims^ Present a.nd j^Yl^pective. ,

Wben one alopa lo\aju-IJer l/iv tWTiueiil » HI l* nf'.n.-k Tlie bou*e aUer, It la really aurprlallnt^tHrt ■> i» 1 • lx--f fraim-. ..f altraHIve

N. HOWARD^KT, M. D.

809 Wesley/Ayenue.

L^AW OFFICES Apgar & Boswell, , / BOl'BHK Bl lUlINlj, AlJPtTHt AVKM. K aud rni.Ht H HTRKK1 JJAW offices. Godfrey &. Godfrey,

Room sit. si

N. GRISCC^l, M. D.

j KIUHTH/T. AM) WteatTn AVE.

_ CHARLES B. RIDER ►•Dentint.ro 809 Central Avenue' OCCAM CITV. M. J. Mentholated Pine

and Tar

Best Remedy tor that Coue:h.v.Try it. BOURSE PHARMACY LPH L GOFF, CIVIL ENGINEER.

SURVEYOR.

GONVEYANCER NINTH AMD CENTRAL AVENUE, OCEAN CITY. N. J. MARRY M. RICE, REGISTERED ARCHITECT

C>4S Hutldo CollInKSwood, • ■

G. THOMAS, No. 108 Market St:,

PHILADELPHIA,

01 boolb Jaraay lor

MR. RICHIRD T. THOMPSON Thompson & Company

TAILORS

Philadelphia

Floe Fail!] Groceries.

829 ASBURY AVENUE

OCEAN CltY, N. J.

February and 23d with a full line of Spring; Woolens We aball have on.dlaplay Salting, from {25 to $4U, and aball ofler a genuine CLAY SERGE

Summer Weight

■«j*£i • for $30.00 With an experience of over 80 year*

"iV^awpaia ^ In Fblladelpnla, »e can aaMiie our

mImU prompUT aiundrd to. All I future patron, aatlafarP ry garment,.

b0 ° k orden ’ for ,u,ure d<y

IL'T-.".. CBpa May eoooly,. |llvery. #

THOMPSON & COMPANY 133 S. Lilovasrtth St..

Phlladalphla

- maUer, gratifying

the amount of money that ha- la-rn , xpent here In building Improveinriil, during the laat few month, ami Hie tbouaaud, of dullala that will U' rxItended In Abe erection of new- bunwr J during the coming xprlug. Two of the largeet o|icratio-i- a e tinnew lilgb K-bool building mid'the Ural I'renbyteriau Cburcb, which eie now nearing completion Then, .loo. plana have been draw n for tbs new M. I K. Church building, and It l« | oiM.ible that a paraonage will be ereetid. Only the weather condition> have 1 I kept back the. work on County Colieclor Scull', brick building, i • Joaepb I. Ecull'a new building, to be : erected on the lot adjoining tbr Itourae. | will contain two flatf!, of live 100in» : each, .on both the aecond and third i tioora. The room, will be thoroughly i modern, witb batha, hot water luat, 1 etc. The roomaw lll becommunU-atlng. j doing away w ith the oeceaalty of going Into the hallway,. In Ibe rear will 1 e i porcbea. Tbe building will be ■'nix.'i5 | fret, with two atoreaor ofllee* on tbe j lirat floor. | Tbe contract baa been given 10 j Euglith & Jobnaon and work Mart.d ; on tbe large atore, and apartment, (or j W. Shafer Smith on tbe boardwalk, near Tenth atreet- , N. C. Clelland ha, received t nr |i'a , a for two dwelllngn and atorea h. ko uji I at FUeventb and Aabury avedue. Au extenalve addition li,- teen made to Mr. Fogg', hotel—tlie I airview—on >Dntb atreet;-by Allen Scull Mr. Fogg/lao baa built a large 1 a rage number of Improvement, lo Hie sar. if hi, store. Within a few weeka, work will be -ompleted by Mora. Hourge-H- and \ iarwuodou the bandaome ie-ldenee| it Eleventh and Ocean avenue lor iVm. l.lggett, of i’lttaburg. Capt. Charles F. Wall, of Wall A Ochs, Chestnut street optician., Philadelphia, who Is one of Ocea-i City's sateemed and substantial summer realden Is,has given to Jos. (j.Champion tbe. contract to build a pretty cottage lor two lots be own, on Filth street, uot far distant from tbe-boarif-

,'alk.

Capt. Wall, who Is prominent as a yachtsman, bad a cottage here lur y« at, until laat fall, w hen be dispose! of ll, Itb tbe Intention of building the one for w bleb be has just given tbe cou-

PLANNING FOR GETTING READY

BASE BALL TEAM FOR “LUNA PARK' Committee Appointed to Stock Subscriptions for tbe Secure Grounds for Club Project Are Now Being

of Local Players^ Sought.

»ud t Anbury ;

Isritia It I.ak

t new cottage will have tw, one-balf stories, w Itb banemi-nL building will be 26x88 feet.

“3S£,“

1, Atlantic or UWpsVay oooaty. LOW -pltlOBlS.

MODERN PLUMBING AND HEATING ALLOW AY M. SMITH & CO. » ^Successors to H. A. W. Smith. 1 811 ASBURY AVENUE, - OCJEAlNf CITY, N. J. TELUPHONK, «3 Y.

N. C. GOQ^REY'S Business House, tiym Spring nf 1901, AND AF»«: 0000. Full Line of House Furnishings :

UPHOLSTERING IS People know It sure, 1

1 PROFESSION, and I have 1 tbe work Is rushing In.

or ' hsuipion, I’oatmaaler Suttnii, it. T < saMdiHury, A. V. Iloswell. Murphy. Wm. F Osrdluer, ir Morey, K. A. Coraon and Harry

In Ibe comae of Ibe dtacuaalou tbsl ollowed llie organiratlou of tbe meel■ig. Mr. lioawell aaul that It was if material in Ibia city All that la opilrcd la practkii. If toe boya would pracllee. Oceau City coold have a fairly rrpreaciitatlve team—one that could Hold up its end with auy club In the county, provided the other . tub. did not do too-111 ueb “padding." Mr. 1 saaellK-rry—aid that ll arem, tif have been demuiiatratrd Ibal Ocean <'ll}'I, not yet ready for profewalunkl ball. He agreed with * r. Hoawell

tbe-projectora In Pblladi

tbe principal fea'

r tbe

re. of tbe vtllon. tbe Uaald. la

between {150,UHI and {200000 It I, intended that Hit, pavilion will be one tbe tlr>t things to be built. I^ler will ap|iear a serulc railway, lullle-board alley, and all of -Ibe her all-actlous thal go to make upa Mrst-ela,. modern para. Tbe Hue separating Ibe cou 11 lie, of ape May aud Atlantic crows a point 11 tbe bay near ttie Somers' I'olnt aide, md ll la thought (bal the proposed park will be located on au Island uear Somer*' Point, wineb would be In Atlantic I'ounty. PHYSICIANS MEET

■e I- 1

dub.

for a

inter, will waif,

CHAS. MATHEWS MAY RUN LINE TO SELLS OCEANIC SEVENTH STREET

Large Hotel Purchased by Revival of Talk to Extend John M. Whelan, of Trolley Along the Bay > Philadelphia. Front. Jordan Matbewt, of Philadelphia, Within Hie Ust few day., there ha a, sold." on account ofbl- brother, been talk of Ibe piolwli|lilK of extend Cbyrles Matbewa, the Oceanic Hotel, |„g tbe Ocrmi < Ur EiJbtnc Railway Eleventh and Wealey avenue, thl, || ur a |„ IIK ,| lr ( ,,y („„„ i,,,,,, ,i lr City, to Jv>bn M. Whelan, of Phrairl- landing logjevruih aiml. phU. Tbe sale Includes tbe furniture . , . . The hotel aund, on a lot J00xi2 >. Jff' " fo, fonHderatm,, d ibemreiThrough tbe same agenc,'. t'harlesL Mi o| ( ollu> . l | toounmia evening MatheW8.has disposed of tile twelvewm dwelling 8S5Asbury avenue. | practically Also, Mr. Mathews ha, soil a collage. I ‘-' 1 u ‘ eMel " 1 thr So. 8 Montpelier avenue. Cbebwa. Al-

Tbe toi i2jS0O.

HAS A BRIGHT DOG

vn. Fifth mid Stolh -treel>. , that tbe roiniwuv would know "wliei It wa, at" will, regard Id grade, au in aaaysw-ltb Ibe poadWIIty*

r byrnni SteMikti Storage House

THOMAS J. THORN . Florist FALL BULBS. GRASS •ad CLOVER SEED. •39 Aabury Avenue.

PROTECTIVE PLUMBING Don't' overlook the &ct that good /Sl-ine a the mow e»en:iJ point in modem home buSding. The he» th ofyom fcr.Hr and wlf uwT droend oc the proper ar-rrion ofvour fc.ww and life ipailT of the: WtMh&Sft’ 'izz&zz ^ - _ work whi.h 1a» given

(keo. Taylor Heruard an

SSno (ar canine

'George Tgylor, who la tl Mr. and Mrs. Bradley, -61 avenue, baa w ith him a Western land collie w hich be brought from Preslou, England, and for w hich fused an offer of $500. Tbe dog, which Is cowool, la very Intelligent- It cakewalk to perfection and — t pipe. In addition-loa numbe^of other' marvelous tricks. The dog __ Irom Its owner while be wa- In dalphla, a couple of week. ago. but was recovered upon tbe payment ol

a large reward.

Mr. Taylor, who Is enjorlng a nil here, was In the employ of M Airmdier at tbe old Lafayette Hotel, nlladel

p.hla, a score of years ago.

OCEAN CITY. S-^BeMdea, your responsibility as a nal estate owner makes you ■. de-treble clwzeti. Think It over, then ca" — HARRY HEADLEY, Real Estate Operator, Ninth and Ar

ao It wa_. that ibe trolley Mi-lon fell through al tbsl

almost at ttietr door, an w I, inked over lo tbe tKVau Yacht Club's liesd^uartera aud tbe

braire. on the bay.

iinitr up of local talent. I ■ vor of appolull gauexrci nliiee, wlun^'duty would noney—tlUOor mure—to at, Mr Boswell auggcalcl 1 'blracbera'’ aud charging a

rat t hr 1

d of fu

d ayaiem of • pa»liig Ibe ha < *—clbrirv a|Kike of s plan of rig an ssaoriallun such as was I Audubon wbeube was there, uicuiticra of Ibe aaaoclallo 1 pay If auy member of tbe team unable lo play, hi, place could

be lllled by one of the beat player* lo

be association

Mr Kutlou moved that a committee if Hirer la- a|i|wlnled to aullclt fund,. Tbe name, of Mayor Cbamplou, A. '. lioawell aud Rev. if. T.Caanlberry • ere uirulloued fc» cuuimllleeuieu Mayor t haiupiou said tbat. from be way be bad alrad up lire situalloii, o make Ibe venture a aurr-eri, euiuaed grounds muni be bad. Tbe only way |u gel revenue Is to 1

l>ectalura pay.

Mayor < hmuplou said tbe question rcaojvea Haelf into one of raising lauds V local tea in ought lo be ■elf-support-ng. He lavured charging a small iduilssluu fee. He said be didn't mow much abo-it Ibe details of tbe (sine but be wa, strongly of tbs ■piutoo tbat ibe team. ,hould be run

from a buainro, Maud point.

After talking of se'vkral locatlou, for ic ball ground,. It aermed to be tbe general oplokiu tbat one of the beat

i, would be 011 H. I>. Moore'

grouuda near tbe bay from, between

ulb aud Eighth sire la. Tbe bay trolley line w III cqinc In uea .. aud there Is a probability that local electric railway line wl town rieveutb street Ibt, summer iyor t'bampUiu.Kev. H. T.Camel

berry aud A. C, Boswell were ap poluled to look after ground,. iVwtuiaater c-ulton alw I, a nleuiber of

lug under tbe auspice, of Abe

k'lN^al niollcal prufe»loii In Gape .May

jjouiity will be held In Ogden's HaU.

* , ‘ H “" ' pe May. 011 Saturday evening next

s o'clock. A a pedal Invitation lo allrud I, extruded Ibe member, of pbyaiclau.' hoS»«lrolij*- There w ill be au address by Dr McCormack, of Keuluck-. rrpie^-nlliig the American Medical Aavociallon He ha, been an extend etraveler. Hl.adJrew will be n • Thing- About-Doctor, and Other 'eople Which KVerybatly Ougbt Know.'' and will lie liuinorou,. b irlcal and luatruclive viayor Milieu

III preside.

Tbe committee lu charge consists of Dr. James Mecray. Dr 'Anns Hand aud Dr. M F. Lumtul,.

Ttie uex

meeting w

tmmy " Higgins, w ho, some year, worked for Die irolley and electric liglit companies, wandered Into t luuday night. He wa, cold peuuileu. lie I, an old soldier, aud be strikes Ocean t Ity once or twice a ear. One of tbe Oral men be reeks la t; Howard Tborn, bul Ire couldn’t ind Mr. Tborn on Sunday ulgbt. 'unstableJohnson gajeear l„ Higgins' ipl«al for a place to sleep. He took be old man 10 the Reliance tit bouae for the night.

va ,ialii Mrocsi^-M. r iwCiyel ten ‘ . E. W'right, who la et ployed al 1‘rer 8, South W'barva I’biladelphla, beard of ibe death of bi, brother James B. Wright, wl wa, froxeii 00 Elder Island la-l wee Ire declared that'bp brolber was uol drinking man and Ibal bl, death mi have been due lo foul play. t hief of Police Scull, on Monday, received a IMler from K. W rigbl. In

which he ,M<I:.

"We have rcccived your statement, for wlak-b many thank,. Before 1 left Camden,.I liad puly tbe news aa il anpearavt lu Ibe Philadelphia papers, aud I formed au opinion Ibal there bad been foul play. At tire Inquest,’ however, I found tbat tire rare bad been thoroughly trashed out, and I *a*cuuviuoed that there was no foul play. 1 now want to Bay tbat 1 am fully satisfied you did everything porelbie. 1 thank jmu aud all {■art In-finding Ibe body."

rolley II

• bay.

■d that subarripiloua being sought for tbe I Park" oil one of tbe e line of Ibe railway y and Somers' Point.

W. H. Dnffield, Leader of the Clayton Musicians, Makes

Offer to Council.

*'onnctlatan J. Steelman, of rouwll's 5,Vale t.'omnitllre. iias re-1-rlvrd a leller from W H. Duffleld, leader of ib< Clayton Concert Baud, 111 which Vr I uflleld offer* lo bring hi, band to ibis n— n al Ea.ler If tire -Uy-^Urey lire baud members' exTbrrel* lo be a meeting of Council « evening, and ll 1, uuderabaal that Mr. Duflleld'* propoaltlon III be Mibmitted lo Coupcll al that time It is *ald tbat the offer I, re ■ riled favorably by member, of ouncil. If It I, accepted, tbe band ill give cuncerta In tbe pavilion on

Saturday and Sufeday.

Since receiving tbe contract lb furnl»b tbe band concert* here during coming aummer. It I, *ald tbat Mr. Duflleld ba, been complimented Senator J. Boyd Avia and other a of prominence In Woodbury, Clayton and vicinity. More than IhU, the band leader baa received lei term of mgratulatlon from a number of peo- !• w-bo own cottagea In this city and ho spend tbe aummer montha bare. CLASS ENTERTAINED

.a.aim. (ar Lvllar farTy-1 A Civil 'Service examliigilnu vf, Irrk-carrier will be held In tbU city .y Ibe local Civil Service Hoard -aldVilay, March 21. Those desiring o lake (be exginlureloii should make .pphcatloir'io S. r T. Lutton, lire Secretary^: for blanks aud Instructions All application, must be received by J. J Vogel, Scrielary of tbe Civil Service Board, Third District, Philadelphia, (o’clock on February 28th WILL NOT'bE ABLE TO ACCEPT CALL? Family Reasons May Prevent Dr. Wagg from Coming

to Ocean City.

Ke^. Dr. W agg, of Bed Bank, w a, been asked a, lo bl, feel log. In reference lo aorvpllng a call to tl pastorate of the First M. E Cburcb Ihlsclly, may,not be abl call because of family reason,. I I, learned Ibal be ha, a rltlen lo member, of Ibe cburcb, say Ibal bccayiae of there family teas be la probably u-1 In a position consider a summons from Ihla city. More than tbw, ll U reiurled, Dr. Wagg does uol think It likely Iberc a III be any- change In bla pastoral

retailor,s al Red Bank.

It Is said, boa ever, that Dr. Wagg baa be-11 connected- a lib Ibe Red Bank charge four ycqr* aud Ihft congregation I- looking around -for Ills probable Ibal a meeting Ocean • ity cburcb ultlclaii- -a held within a few days fora'luribei oiiiaideratiou of Ibe mailer of a pastor; 1 oufeieuce uirel- lu Red Rank during the oouitug moutb.

BOX SOCIAL

« Number Eight of tbe Presbyterian Sunday- School, and those who aided In making a success of Iba entertainment al tbe Blacayne on Tuewlay, February Stb, were entertained at tbe residence of Captain J. Mackey Coraon on Friday evening last by Mrs. W. K. WUUamaon and Mie Coraon. Games aud music' were features of tbe evening, and refreshments were provided. Toe following acre preseul: Rev. aud Mrs. H. T. la reel berry, Mr. aud Mrs Lewis K Bmlth, Mr and Mrs. John Rore 11 bantu, Vila, Alice Kisley, Mire Ziegler, Mrs. William M Rauck, Elmer Ranck, Misses Ada Rauck, and Fould,, Mane and Joaepb Houtbroyd Jr , Miaaa, Sarah and Madge Smith, Anna and Alloa Wallace, «. I net and Ewing < orson. All agreed that tbe evening bad been an ijuyable one.

"Dan" Haggarty, Elwood Gowdy, Wm. Mink aud Jo>. Mooney, of Philadelphia, basket ball playare with many friend, bare,were vtaltora early m

verk aud registered at tbe Bl*-

cayne. They ware here partly on

irre aud partly on pleasure.

Tbe Ladle,' Aid Society of tbe First . K. Cburcb will bold a fair some Hma during tbe latler part of July. ommlllees have been appolnlad, and ill are preparing to do eoergetk- work o make Die fair

BIG PILING IN AT SOMERS’ POINT — f Work Completed from Bulkhead to Drawbridge'* - Crossing; Point. Huge piling, forty-five In number, have been driven Into posit too between tbe bulkhead and tbe channel where tbe . draw will begin In tbe bey trolley bridge on tbe Bomer*’ Point side of Great Egg Harbor Bay Operallqn, on tbla akte of Iba bay have been held up somewhat owing 10 tbe delay In tbe arrival of tbe big pile-driver from Atlantic City and tbe bad cuodllloo of tbe weather. Abel D. Scull. Wbo ha, the contract for the < ha'noci work. 1, engaged, a bile watting for good weal bet, in tire occupation of Dxlng op walar-boaU. A lap, be l* making repair, to aud Installing a ten borrespower engine In bl,steamer. Tbe steamer be will utlltu for towing purposes He got iba engine from Jus G. Cbamplou. It formerly wa, on tbe Gnscom. Aa -reou a, lb* weather will permit, "r. ■Scull will jump lu and gat Uu pum|oue as quickly as isisslbla

Room Cottage,

i.o.xl Tln»e T..-rearrare Nigkl. Th* member* of W'a*hiugtoii.Camp, lo. tv P. U. B. of A.,* wtV holt a ok 4h-.I and entertainment In the dge room, to morrow (Friday) evening They have invited tbe members of the auxiliary P. tl. of A. to be present. There will be plenty of refreshments, aud a jolly time I, au U cl paled • embers and their wive* have been Invited to allrud. The committee lu charge 1- 00inured of War r« o W. Brown, GrorgeC* Murphy aud'Enoch Barren, ibey putting forth great eBorts to make aocial a eu^ccaa lo every particular

Fok Saij:—12-room Furnished Cot■ge, 1585 West avenue; six bedrooms; . easouable terms Apply MBS. K. UkkkOX, SD28 Girard avanuc. Phlla.

Letter to John Y. Radcliff, Otma CHjt. ft. J. Dear Sir: A man <f,d bi* ben* ivir iral aud half sawdust; he thought they wouldn't know tbe difference. Hr concluded they dtd wben tbe egg*

A nut bar n>an painted bla koqre with paint tbat a as mad* of hall palutaubstltute* He didn't know tbe ifference—not t«l lie paid tbe painter. He bad 20 gallon, to pwy-fur. 20 Inead of 10. Got Jutted {12.5U oa Ibe

He bad 3» days’ a ages ti lu,lead of 10. Fooled (SO I He got a p-or Job beside loo much for his tgga, hatched a ood peckers. tour* truly,'

pay-for, 2D