OCEAN CITY SENTINEL

\ OL. XXX.

OCEAN CITY. N. J.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1900.

NO. 40

Ocean City Sentinel

R. CURTIS ROBINSON Editor and Proprietor

4TT *** r -'**»T.uiw. nKuiedtJ^[ORGAN HAND, g T. ABBOTF, M. I).. ATTORNEY and ' , COUNSELLOR AT LAW, ph y*«***“ •"d «ur K r«n. ■r ~j 0FF1CI Cdrsir Uttnl ud El(blt StrNl Nolarj fubUc- | ,TI||

JONATHAN HAND, T- C HUTC * ,,NSON M 11 ,, ,, . XlomoeoputhiMi 831 tVESLKV AVEXVK

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N HOWARD BURT, M.D. = . — *809 Wcslt-y Avenue. RESORT’S BUILDING BOOM

Permits for $135,000 Worth of

Work Issued Since Last MANY PUPILS TO

September.

A Merry, Merry Christmas to You \r

, MRS. CLARK W^DS SALARY ORDINANCE

KEEPS CONTRACTORS BUSY FORMER DIPLOMAT PASSED BY COUNCIL

Only Few Friends Present at ( As Amended, Some Officials Pretty Ceremony in SCHOLARS WILL Will Get More, Others Less, Denver, Col. Than First Planned.

RECEIVE PRIZES! GIVE A CANTATA . -

l lied tbe fuliuoing: l-rklmjr erenlog, the ealerj ordluauoe

came up for eecoud reading ami waa

Christmas Batsrtaliimsnt la “'.“iu "”t? First M. E. Chnrch To- than »a- Intended, according to the

Interesting Exercises to Be Held in First Presbyterian

Chnrch Basement.

The <3

Presbyterian Hi

be held in the church baneroent on ,!*aturdaj' evening, beginning at 7 SO j o'clock. The entertainment a III coils

i-<»l more titan S7.0U0 ! »l*d of. a cantata, ‘Te Hauls Clau. a John P. ('adman, of lira city, I.' Fraud?" The |iartlclpanta will be building a prelty frame cottage on members of the acjjogl. Weeiey avenue, below Tetilh «lr«-l I Following I- Hie • of character.: It will coal about SKMU | Judge,Frank Hchnelder; Crier,Klmer Italph I, Cheater', ne v tiou-e 1. Hanck; Uaher, Lather iVallaije; Proaenearlng completion. |curing Couuael, Norman Hrullh: DeK. M. Kemp U building a wnnmer ’ fendanl’a rounael. (ieo. Hlllea; Father cottage In the rear of .HH Wet avenue. I Time, (ieorge Norcum; Mother (ioo«e, Mlaa NMplic Wanamaker, of Phila I K-4her Carhart; Sandman. Nare Lutdelph'a. a .ummer re.ldeut of thta ton; Parrot. Wilfred Hooy: May Queen,

MISS CLARA tIPMAN

Hat apartment on Fourth atreet, to 1 Jack O’l^nlern. France Wtntcrhotco.tatnutS.tOtM I tom: St Valentine, Iselle Taylor;

‘Iflrinrv'c Unthpr" The Ocean (,'tty Itulldlug and t'011. 1 Fairy.Mildred Keeve.; April Fool.ItohmttlJUIJ 0 BUIUCI j .true!|ou Company, of w hich J It. |ert Lntlon; (iodde*. of Liberty. Klta o rise tr art.... Is. taili-ss ot ('hick I. general manager. !• prepar ' Hand: Holly. Mary iseslte; Mistletoe.

ilng to erect three tw in cottage oil Kvelyn . Kvrritigham; SauU Clan.. t Sihi|ssou avewiie. between Kleventh | Ewing Corson; I lame Kumar. Irene " ' , and Tweinh /trvet. The house, will Zelgler; Hlalory. Olive Krnat; TradlI he two atorle high, containing modern j tiou. Mary Fox; Poetry. Margaret

' .re, Inez Corson. 111 lata la given there by John Schneider

■d I be folloi

John H. Fealer, formerly president of the Firat National Bank of Oleu-j wood Spring-, miutater to Amoy, China.under Prealdeut McKinley, and former Stale Treaaurer of Colorado, and Mr. Pauline H Clark, of 1716 Ka.t

alnraenl of the : Colfax avenue, were married at the lay School will j bride', residence la.l evening at 6

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HOT WATER BOILER. How are you ? Olad to s-ee you, and hope you're well and all your family. Yea, indeed ! THE WHOLE BOILER TRIBE are always In good condlrion if they are pul In by thl. plumbing entablli-h-meut. You cau wager your pile uu holler, from here aa well aa ou our work. Reasonable. ALLOW AY M. SMITH PLUMBING AND HEATING £46 Asbury Ave., Ocean City

CHURCH SOCIETIES

Dance Every Wednesday and Saturday Ni£ht

The Excursion House

MAIN STREET and . . . NEW JERSEY AVENUE SOMERS’ POINT :: N. J.

G ETTING a fourth hand for “bridge” is only one of a thousand social uSes of the Telephone, and Telephone Service promotes sociability and good fellowship because it btings neighbors closer together. Your friends all live within talking distauce. It is the same with your out-of-town friends—ihe universal sendee oi the Bell System makes them your neighbors, too. Your voice can reach all by means of the Bell Long Distance Set vice. The Delaware & Atlantic Telegraph & Telephone Company S. H. AVIS, Agent Hi- Vernon and Pacific Avenue,, Atlantic Caty

D the Center of the Syntcm

c a recitation wo dialogue,

ren will take part. lidrirkaon | T,iere •" '»*“«* member, of the hi. lot. : Sunday acbool who have been prawn » received at whool SO or more Sunday, durtui , W«l*ef^nue , 'to?A I the y ” r ' • ,,d e • c,, ,f ,b «* «IH be .of Philadelphia. It I.! w«h a gold atar. modern hnu-e | There will be the uaual preaeotatlou if gift, to the children and teacher., I Th<*e not membera of the church -'and wtut dr-lre to attend the enterare expected to give a .liver

I'clock.

Mr. < lark lathe daughter of Captand Mra. Knott, of Ocean City, N. J. Only a few of the naar friend, fll the couple were preaent, and the ceremony wa. performed by Ihe Rev. t.'. Irving Mill., paMor of the Church of Ihe Aareualou Kpi-copal. The couple left ou Ihe 7.06 p m. Cnlou ParlHc train for Ihe Pacific coart. where Uiey will .pend their honeymoon. They will be at 1713 Kart Coifa

morrow Evening.

The uaual Cbrlati of the FI rat M. E. Sunday School will be held In the chnrch tomorrow evenlog, when a fine program will be presented and gift, will be given to the member, of the Mmol and of-

Agjala.

Following la Ihe program prepared Cantata. "Santa Claua' Home." by membera of the ren lor department with the following cart of character*: Mr. Vim, William Morrla; Mr Walt. Harry H. Lake: Mr. Scribbler, Eugene Miller; Mra. Veruer, Mlaa Halite

March 1,1810. j Stepbeoaoo: Dick Redhead. M. ItoblnThe quick departure for Southern | «°u; Heeale. Koxanua Uoutiere; KveCallforula after the wedding ceremony ! Iloa, Sarah OolT; Elate. Velma Headwa. a mutual arrangement Iwtween ley; Blanche, Eleanor Donnelly;Oerthmhrlde and groum long before the ! (rude, Rnlh Scull; Minerva, Minerva marriage took place Mr. Feeler la a I Adam.; Clara. I-Ula Moore; Percy, popular member of the Denver Club, j IxirneCJofTHanke,Carl Moore:Panko, and he knew what hi. friend, would Harvey Mart.; Harry, Itwac HolTman: doahould he remain In Denver alter! Snowdrop, Ruth Moore: Frort QaAn,

they learned of the marriage. They , Bertha Adam..

had promlwd him a jolly time and he The Binging give, every promlae of eluded them 1 being excellent, the dtoruaea having

Mr.. FnleCha. been engaged In pre-j haen well drilled,

paring for wedding for over Ihreej A feature of the entertalumeol will raoutba, but refuted to tell her mo.1: be the exerclaea by the member* oflbe Intimate friend, w hen It would take; primary department. The word, o place The event had been dlarumd of welcome will he epokeo by Almt » long that they bad crated to hope to P>H jngjodc

reading of the original ordinance, and two other* of tbeae offlctala will be given a Hula lea* than wa* at tirrt

planned.

Before the ordinance waa taken op ou aecond reading, Couodlman Headley .uggerted that It would be much better H the ordinance read that the paymenu be made by the mooch. Tht* would do away with oonalderSble confualon and would make eaeler the work •if Counrll'. finaare committae. Councilman Headley aald be did not ■ev why the dty’a exeenttve oOnala ahoold not be paid by the month, the ■ame a* the policemen and firemen. Aa H now la. mine of rite official* draw their money two or three time* a year, and ocea•tonally tt happen, that them bill* come In toward the doaa of the year, when the ■

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They w ere well 00

cloaert friend.

It may be added to tba above that Mr.. Knott and her daughter, Idella. of this dty, have been with Mra. Clark m Denver .luce October, and they w ill remain there until the latter pari of

greatlj Deove

(iarriaoD. Others

B-mle Weak*. Ella Campbell, jorte Benton and Helen Phillip*, who will give recitations. There will he .Inglug and pretty exerclae* by other

member* of thl* department.

There will be three maaae. celetr In 81. Augurtloe's Chapel by the re the Rev. John J. Sweeney. 00 Ct

maa Day. The first

OCEAN CITY BOYS TRADE BOARD AftOUSED DID GOOD YYORK OVER PROPOSED BRIDGE

Schneider Won Five Mile Marathon in Atlantic City’s Athletic Carnival. Member* of the Ocean City High School Athletic A*socialluu did good at Ihe Y M C A. a'liletlc carnival In Atlantic Cltyrtiu Thursday night, and they were lurtlly cheered ' tbel- friend. In Hie large crowd. Frank Schneider ea.lly won Ihe five mile marathon race. HI- time wa. 1 minute. He won out by a quarter a mile over hi. nearest competitor. Hancock, a new meralier of the local .chool amoclallon. at the I*.! moment decided to enter the high jump route.! and he came out second. HI. Jump wa. 4 11. Originally, be waa •lieduled for the *bol put St. Clair Thnra wa- third In the hurdle.. SOLD TWO LOTS

Kolb and Jullu. Henrh-h. of Philadelphia, have piitx-hamd two lot. - «>n Fourth street, near Atlantic avenue, through the agency f Harry F. Stan-

ton. real estate operatoi

The n build t<

will

collage., coating about f-'iOU eoDlracla for which have

been awarded. -

Wennmg‘lavliatlsna Owi. Invitation, aft out for Ihe wedding Samuel Fries Aabelman. I). D. H. id Ml*. Anna Kllx*Bcott, of Philadelphia, a summer rertdent of Ocean City. The weddlug will occur at the Friend.' Meeting Houae, Thirty-filth .treat and Lauca.ter avenue, ou Saturday. Jaueery 1. They will reelde at Port Ca*oo, Pa. Ml*. Scott ha. a ■umber of friend. In thl. remit.

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RED MEN GIVEN OYSTER SDPPER Also Entertained With a Talk on Gettysburg by Sqnire

Rash.

The members of Kalula Tribe, No. 220. Imp O. R. M„ of thl* city, bad a fea.t of oyrter* in their wigwam last night A big lot of bivalve* here preMinted the tribe by George Campbell, a member of Ihe order from Leesburg, who ha. been In this city for some lu addition to tlieoyater •'■et-out." the member, were entertained by Justice if the Peace J. 8. Rush, who a talk on Ihe fight at Gettysburg, Illustrated by a chart. Squire Rush md hi* wife spent nearly a w eek Ueriy.bnrg last autumn. OPPOSE LONG WAIT Tradt Hoard Krrk* Xrlirr ■< vice on Wborr l.lnrIhe Board of Trade mealing Saturday night, there wa. a dlscuwiioii over the electric tralo connerth Pieaaantvllle. There I. a particularly long wilt for the 6 o'clock car af&rnooua, H wa. stated by mxdi member* of the board. It wa* decided to communicate with Superintendent Ackerman and endeavor to bava him remedy Ihe

trouble.

The Rev. H. T. Camelberry. pastor of tba First Presbyterian Church, who I. chaplain of the Ocean City Yacht Club, sent a pretty and very appropriate Chrlrtroae "greeting to —

member of the yechl Ctah.

Many Members Favor New Structure From Somers’ Point to This City. The regular monthly meeting of tba Board of Trade on Satnrday evening 'aa fairly well attended and there waa general dlscuaslon of the subject of Ire propoaed aecond bridge acroes Ihe bay from Somers' Point to Ocean City.

be the consensu, of

opinion that If a bridge la bnllt, it should be between Ocean City and Point Instead of from Paint to Beesley's Point. By build lug the bridge to thl* 0ly, there would te a laving of $60,000 In lu construction. Such a bridge. It was stated, could be built for tJJO.OOO. It waa bluted that the recent eetimateof belf million dollar* was fearfully aud

wonderfully mada.

City Clerk T. Lee Adams aald there a growing sentiment In Atlantic County fur a bridge between Somers'

Point and Ocean City.

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It's dignified aud give* you clous sense of security to ow

OCEAN CITY.

Reside*, your respou.lblfny 1

estate awuer make, you a desirable rltixen. Think It over, then call o

HARRY HKAPLEY,

Real Estate Operator. Ninth and bury avenue next to fir* houae who. The Lp-to-Date Tnmmrtal Parlors will show you the very bert way and will remaln open ChrUtma.Kve unM 1 some of tba grratert bargain, to be 10.M o'clock In order to d*e Lbri. found here on the eastaet term., j" > *J •» noon. - Phone connection. 1 8. F. Selvaun.

The member* of the local post office ve, and especially the letter carrier.. . have hern very busy during tha last

* T?' few day*, taking care of the big Chrirt-

ma* holiday mall.

On motion of Coundlmao Headley, seconded by Councilman Sampson, the Mayor's salary wa* made $360 a r, to ha given him In tides ithly payment* of $&. Thl* luses the salary of this official $18 a year. The collector of taxes la to reoetrs *6 a month, or (800 a yaar. There I* no change from the ram named In the original ordlninee. The dty clerk'a salary, by the

the two other* following el-

BOARD OF HEALTH INFORMALLY DINE

Members Were the Gneste of the Retiring President, Dr. C. B. Rider. ie member* of the Board of Health 1 (Ivan an Informal dinner by Charles B. Rider, the retiring president of the board, atIiIb home on Tuesday evening. Following Ibe dinner, a short meetIng of the board was held. Only routine bnslneee was transacted, leveral bills were ordered pehd, and Dra. 1. N. Urieoomand C. K Kdwardi were elected auditor* to go oeer the account* of the treasurer of the board, E. W. Burleigh.

OLD STORE BURNED

The general store of James L

Rill* H. Marshall, at Heavlllr. one of the oldest and heat known eatabllBbmetils of Its kind In Cape May County,

expressed himself «aa destroyed by fire early Saturday

>ppo*ed to a furibet rutting up of' morning.

the bay by the construction of another bridge Another bridge would be a to this resort. ,. GoO raid that Ibe proper location of a new bridge would be arrive the bey to •'evenlb street On motion of County Collector Joseph 1. Scull, II waa decided to)appolnt committee of three to ascertain the probable cost of a bridge between Ocean City and Somers' Poiot. City Engineer GotT waa .selected aa chatrof this committee. ■eph G. Champion expressed tba that there Is 1 lot of polllie* among the member* of the AtCounty Board of Freeholder*. He suggested that It would be well for Ibe committee to gel all possible Information and report back to the Board of Trade. Freeholder John P. Fox .uggerted that It would be well to have committees appointed by the boards of trades of the different resorts, these committee* to have e conference with the senator* of the two counties and aome of ' he Stale official*, Including Govarnor

Fort.

ib U. Champloo and Connctl-

co-operate with the committee. Lost.—Black comb, gold trimming*.

the dredge lu the upper •wctlon of this city, and they thought that another of

ipany'e dredge*. In Ibe bey Sixteenth street, wa* ablaxe.

One of the IlUley brothers mounted a wheel and rtarted fur Sixteenth street. Stopping oa the way at Ibe Ninth atreet fire bouse, where he aroused Samuel Carhart and Charles Watson, and told tbemof tha fire. They. In turn, notified Fire Chief Denver end J. C. Steel-

1 her of the company liv-

ing near the fire house. Before the firemen got to Sixteenth street, they raw that tba fire wa* aome mile* away, and they returned to the fire houae.

A special meeting of Council waa held on Monday evening,

■' proposed Increase lu the city irer's salsry bee hen cut by tba ordinance a* amended. The treasurer was to receive $760, including (160 aa custodian of ibe public school funds. By 1 he pro via km. of the new ord 1 nance, be will be peM%oly $80 a month. It waa decided to pay the First Ward s*r*eor $40 a month, instead of $600 year, as in the original ordinance. Councilman Stanton moved that tba pay of the Second Ward aaaaaaor be the same aa that of tba FI rat Ward ■earar. Thera was no second to tha lotion. Councilman Headley asked if Council did not think there should he a difference to the pay given. His expressed thought was that tba Second Ward aaaaaaor baa more work to do than lbs assessor In lb* Flat Ward,

Second Ward aaaaaaor be p< of $46 a mouth, or $640 a year. Tha in wa* seconded by Coundlmao Sampson and carried.

cepted Sn ■ to third and final read lug. Mayor Crasaa signed the new ordinance ou Saturday. SHOWER A SUCCESS

Tire kitchen shower held by tbe Ladles' Auxiliary of the First Presbyterian Church In tbe racial room* of tba church, ou Thursday evening last, waa eee* In every way. Thera was a large attendance and a gnat number of kltcben utensils were presented In tbe auxiliary. A very pleaaaut time wa* enjoyed by all. Following tbe games, lu w hich all took a lively luterart. refreshments

t In Mon-

Fred. Hrunyate, away ot tana, will have a Cbrtrtmaa box that will pleasantly remind him of bis parents to Ocean City. Fred. I* engaged la work for the Government Forestry Comnflasloo. Re t* tba youngest ran of tbe Rev. Dr. and Mia. Bniuyate.

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Lady leaving town will Lynx aet fun. $1* 60. I nun. OUca.

Tbs First National Bank task** tta lepodlor* feel at home lu tbe bank. Fon Saul—Parlor stove, $10. (Ml It D. 8 Sampson'*.