Sea Isle Pioneer. X. E. LUVLjL H. Local Editor. — • >1 ^ K* — — TERMS: §1.50 A YEAR. riZlD- IX\ FEBIiV-LKY 16, IS S3. — Thb liltl* city it looking forward to Urel* Lzz«a during l-o couung summer. — Geo. Elak* b progressing rapidly w;ih th* eetug* cfi Henry T. (Xrvo, corac of lulu »lrwl u4 Ua<iii Ave. — Dewpilo tho rough weather of lv* and rsia storms tho business cf the JsUnJ -u hardly for a raiment entirely caa*eJ. — J. 3. UackUJ, lb* AuUUntG«nftnJ Ticket Agent of Wo. I Jersey IUad, •»*% ca lb© bland recently, on Loua ex* of ibiccnpAflf. " — The excursion hcu»© b nearly Tab•J, acd prvvubc* lo be, »h«n <x-mjCet-•d, oat of tho the £nr*t building. of tlio kind on tho Atlantic cvuL —Mr. Button, tho renowned architect, <ru on the island Sat unlay, and wu highly pleaaxl with tho class of foal dings being erected here. — Our collector vu an Land promptly with tho amount duo the county and state, and paid it into tho county treasurer as pro tided by law on tho day SpOC&Otl. — Twonte-ono or -two hotels and Hoarding houses will bo ready to re- f c*it* guests during tho summer, the locations of which aro all airy and pleasant in tho extreme. — Loads of IcrsUr and building material sjxj arriving dally, and tha probabilities are that tho number of buildlag* pal up will exeWKj that which tho most sanguino had anticipate. — Mr. V. II- Crellin, and his »co E. W. Crellixv, wsre hero oe*' Friday, looking up matters preparatory to building, which they hare decided co doing soon as tho weather Is mcro favorable. —Mr. R. if. Atwaier, of Millville. tkis Stat*. U hiring his cottage, corner Marino Place and Minsrra street, rtXuo.ltled. Chea. Protco, tlio original architect and tuiiier, has tho work in Charge. — The hotels cf Jno. Gegan and Cha*. L"»nginctt«, as well as the cottage cf Turn Loilara, are being cowered with m m % purer fba them. —We shall Sad o er town chared among tho -Rambles by Rail," a volume issued by tho peers. Railroad Ox, giving a list of jeipxlar excursions. Tho company's artists have been hero faking views of different parts of Sea Isle. — Tho unfavorable weatlier- that has prerailed during the winter, though a hinder** on to Tork- at the time, will * znaxe times all tho more lively when it does corns plram!, and it will hurry 0 »me of oar contractor* to ccmplet* building* they have taken. — Linse are being run, and tha slake* set fur the p leaser* railroad to Town send* Inlet; this wjl? -undoubtedly bfy c:ma a very popular resort during the summer. Wo. hear It reported I hat there will be a hotel built at this point bwfere the commencement cf the season. —A Icvriy party were on tho island ftitorday last, consisting of Ed. Duncan, Joe. M. Holt and "Mr. Crocs*, of PhlU. Thsae ft ! Tows are not troubled with tho blow, judging from outside appearicrvs j they certainly don't allow any such eorapasics* when they visit 5oa ^ lata, anyway. —The stoma that w*j to havo ccmo off on the 9Urfas*n has been postponed indefinitely, on account of the pleasant weather prevailing at the time in this locality. It would bar© bo*n far better If the prophtt had" waited until th* 10th | be could hare arrived at the truth more nearly. ♦ —The new hoows are as follows; lowgeoottiv' 7r«nch-roof hotel, corner Driphin and Landis street* ; Angusto* Land is' cottage, Coral 9L ; Mr. Scheie** boardleg house, Pearl between Landis and Railroad street*; Gegan'* FrenchrW hotel, rrtmrr Landis and Frits j Cspt. IL T. Corson's rottage, corner of Landis and Italia; JlnesT cottage. Railroad and Pari* street* ; Botlo and Fackl*r are making additions ; and thus it goee on with quietnee* and promotion, with • r lew to fu lore suoee**. • V — The maamMh structure f Excursion 1 loose) will be one of the. finest of its efewonthe Jersey ' eoast, overlooking toagjwjt height not only tho ocean but the whole extenl of country lot many mi!** around. Cape May, Atlan"^t^Ctf, Hereford light*, and the Ifgftt from th* lightship on tho *a*t end of fire-fat bom bank*, will all be plainly seen t\ night from tho hurricane deek of thi* beautiful building which is now in the course of bring raised, and la being hurried forward b» It* completion.

—Wo liaio twenty hotels and U'sruit g hoc»<4 ai»}<lc:(d si f n-a-.it, aud a lively season Is anticipated ;<vu4©qugntly hotel men arc in pxvl humor. —Travel on tlio turnpike it on Ihr in crca>s; tj-lho way, the ivu-1 is in g-vnl condition cctwldering tho lad weather j *# h-io e.\j»crirnocvl tho [ait winter. !— ' The accommodation for boating, fishing, eU?-, will l« superior. New lw*3» *rv» in course of luiM.ng tor tho summer, and Ludlam'* lUy will otfor a dr.» uppcetuniiy for utiliu^ ; Wing sn inland Lj soma ihrvo miles acrtws In evsry direct km). — Tho mo* this winlnr whiclt has prvned such an annoyar.oo elsewhere has out Veen a serious hindennro to butinrw hero, inumacb as it melts in such a shctt time, owing to ll^e prevailing winds alone tho coati which am charged with valts. — Tlie hotel %,( l^wi* Tar.s. on Ma rinc Place near hud lam St^ is alcut complrt.-*I,»nd Mc»ars. MacNult A' 11m!-dx-k, tho builders, have dona them- ' selves rrc^lit in building tha same, and j w« have im doubt that C apt. Smith will V-* equal 10 running it in a successful and va|:«fact«ir>' manner. — Purir.ctlielot jc.ir.wetbink in August, Mr*. Charles Busier had tha uiis fortuno to h>»c hrr wedding ring in the *and in in? vicinity »-f hrr rrahler.co on Marino I'Uc.% near tho upj«cr Govern ment lb'tie, All search for the nil»itig ring pravrd unavailing at the time. About tw o weeks ago, 31 r. H »nvr being down looking after his pro|«*rty, | said in jo-t to A friend, tl.at he was go- [ ing to find the rxng; he picked up a stick and scnij*"! a^v*y *waesr.nd when the ring was fully rxjiosri. This i* ihe rocm singular fror.x the fact that Mr. Ik had not the remotest idea where th? arbdclisd been lent. —The new pleasure Rail TloaJ from • Rail R<**.l aXcnua td Town-ends Inlet, is al»o in pr*»grwv«ioii, having l*-*en mews- | ttmd and leveled by our worthy old friend, Chpt. K^rrand, tho ctmipany'a surveyor. There ha* nothing jet been done in cur Oj inlcn which "ill add to tho convenience aud plr.tsur* cf plenum seeker*, a* well as to tho interest rf ' ■ . | tho place, as n:!l this jr.'jcet wlie* , ccnij'Icle.l. TownwuiU Inlet and its ( •urrc<^;>.li::gs cannot Ik* »urjiiw^*.l in ; point of beauty and !«y*ati»>» fur a sum- j mer rr»nrt. TJio facilities for fishing, J sailing, gunning, and in fact all the I pwibvs of th* summer arv unbounded. With one or nvrr largo hotels at this painty and with tho uc-v Rail Ihud runertiy foir.t ; as tin* read surriy would He paTcnir.-d by not only city vHtors, fjut a!-4> by all thorn fr'tn the surrounding <x*jr.lry wIjo ri»it the place. Tho distance i» tw<>aml cno-qturl*r miles, with • g^vxl Tiew cf tho ore in tho entire dislance. Wo are prepatcl and wo«]J bw glad to hear the "dummy" sonrting and spluttering along at a lively speed amid tlio joy and mirth of lu .followers. Thrro is ito in this, and our worthy Suporitittndcnl i* the tnsu to "make it go." COMMUNICATION. Mx. Euiro* Wo not:ce«l an article in the **Wavo" of last week in regard to a scaru which »>T*rirr>k on a certain evening, Prof, buck, nt tsxa I»l« City. We beg leave fss no* know something of tiiis occurrence) to stato tliat the author of this mtt't have hvl given to him soma very wild information, as it seems' to bo in msny instance* very !ar from the truth. A district IV.lsgogue, whose businrta it is to teacli the "juung idea how to shoot," abrrald b* careful how ho Uoache* out into too wide an etpant* until he f nt arrives at matter* as they are, and not bo instrumental in leading tho more formidable "ideas" into error at the expense of tlio partle* concerned. W* w^ubl stale, however, in behalf of tho Prof<e»«or, tl;at allhcuvji) ho may not always run, yet hi* doors will ever be found locked against all drunken men and women. B. lie Tt'as on Hand. When tho bill to extend tho South Washington Railway was about to px*a, a man In hi* shirt sleores, without any collar, with a towel round his neck, and half hi* whisker* gone, rushed down tho ait!# of tho Unite*! .State* House of Representative* and protested against tho amendmsnL Another man in a white apron aimn aJcng afterward and put his coot on fcr him, but without further change* In hi* apparel ho made hi* tp#ecb tad d# footed the amendmetsL It wo* Mr. Ne*l, CI j air man of the Dsslrict of Cclambi* Cr.mmittee, who was in the barber's chair when he heard (I>* amendment propsted and ru»he-l out to prevent Ih •• ? + * . TViC Folk* O rer Cut Wn\j. Do you *er lhi« - woman? She is the weak confined iriMof the r#solulj man whom th* is rsprrter.te-1 a* od«IreT«Ing. Tliry lir* just over the way. II# ma man nt string nerve, of imn will *©-1 indomitabU energy, lie ho* much politi-

■ col intluitico iu this ward, ;» conucctvsl with o railcivad cut«irpti>o uud interest- ■ cvl in a plcklo factory, lie is Grand Cast Mast« r, relrcsiK'itivA warden and preto.splupcrfvH't chsj lain of scvur&l svervt onirr*. Yet in the pr**sence of this timid woman he is yii Iding a# clay in the hands of the potter, or »a weak a* a |\nt otlL'c clerk in the kwfnl piox'nco of a circular fmm Jay Uubl-cll. As wo ! have th-j-icluvl them, ho Is lasting in the morning for his ctHoe and sho is in the art of telling him to "bo sure nnd scud up »omo lard ami a box of crackers, axul coll and see if my fan is monded, and don't you forget tlio baking js>wdcr, and wo are out of ccsl, and bring x screw driver lo Sx the piano. Now, don't forget as \ou always do." And as ho s tfj for breath, ntul h* l^ack* d.iwn the slr[a trying to get sway, she fiv^s hint a ki*s not tlio luxurious, tn«dletr, uiKiuuird ki«»,M«al n lifeless, mattitiuciia! peek — the glio«L uud shadow of tho picnic kiss of long ago — ami when tie get* out ofjlie gitc and begins to | walk erect .-.ml is fixing his z;v*>uth lo j whistle h# is hultedr and his ulrc.vlr lumlctKKl memory overloaded with, "And U stir,* slid mail ihat letter, and don't carry it arvxitxd in your jsxkct for a moxi tli." A PILOT. ROkr AT KtOHT* r?ux w r«4warl all ul^bt tnvlrr short id, t.tsicg cuti of the bad at short iulen rals. Soosi afb r l«-n, ll>« aSmo^pber® twing tlikk, bat c#t •«» un:h astoprevcul n» fretn dxcniirj olijrcU nl the ii_-.tai»c<j cf a mill, we Ji*'o*rre»l a xvding-iship ahead, criJeatly maulng for New York, axxl prol*%bly ia ncwl cf a piL t. Etging away toward Licr, va Lt oar torc\ x id hvl tha utidivrtioa of weiu.; b.*t se-a;l cp a coup! a of nwki-ta iu rorpctiex At the atrae time she fovrkrd Lcr roefsd laainfop^vil auj Urve to. Rnaoing J-.iwu en L^r ItM side, we sl-o hovo to rvry set? bf, an I pnswdM to Isr.uch tho pvl It was A »i| I ^-eao A* tUo bills U\U vauishcd into Lhs il'uknr*#, rvrLajw never to ba seen again. Hat hrr crew carrifd a loutrnt srith Ihr nx, and after Uiry had btt tho pilot | oa board tb? ship, wo were aide to ships | szr movercntv l»y this liUlo glimmer bobbing up and dowa l\e an ij/ii's /ufuvs ia tho mUiy Jark. a« the night mure o:i, tho fi'Kj grew so d-a»v Ihat wo Lrv-ught up car rix-jouud Ira* piece from the forri[*o\k, a=4 Cr-vl It At diorl Intervalv ; bMs w.a< Jnno, noc. as cze mi, ;bt suiqxaie, to keep vr**cls ' from ccxniug iLlo cxMidoa with llio sclioou- ' at, but to iaTena them tint there was a I *-;i>bbast ia tlio virinity. lint Ciis very j fact rrquir.-l redoubled vigilaoco oa oar part, ia ortirr tba! we might o'->t l-o run 1 down. Ia the tzidllr vaL-b wo vrro start* J led, Jnd after firing Ids# cannon, by tho answering wLUtlo cf a etecairr hnarwly co ruing down Lie wind, and close al Ixaod. The eiciteracst of th* moment was iultr.se. Ii^hU cf a slmtnef looaoi out o T tho *drfpl'is;j mist, aid fcer bug® l«ow emerged from the gloom, so near that it actually seemed to overlu-.r.g our deck. I*a*»irg clovj alrmg* title, sho sl-jwcd up the palpitation of ho# aiSgl.lj eagiaa a moment to tasks suro of oo r podlien. nt«! then vaguely |^id*d out of c^hL— Ct nt dry Afagori'nsu Lot Owners Read ! :0: Harry I.udjsxn docs all hinds of hauling and grndlngnL rca«nnal»lo rales. Ccr. Dolphin and Ls.ndis Sis. PIANOS AND ORGANS ! :0: Pancoast Allen, — OCSt.CC IX — PIANOS AND ORGANS; Informs the residents .vf .S#a Isle City and Capo May County, that ho hxia located at 1'carl And J.andis Avenues, wlirro ho has ontno very fine Organs, which I will sell , low for cash, or on easy monthly And quarterly paytn'l*. Keiid for cirailar* and riitto list. Addret* Sea Lie Llty, or "Wilmington, Del. "Music hath charms to aootho tho savage hrcaai." Try tlirao iuttrumenf. UNION HOTEL, Cape IVIay C. H. Thi3 long established Hotel i3 still open for * the reception of permanent and transient guests, where all attention will be given to their comfort. i William Eldridgc. DcbCIrr, t

bl,(K)0,000 SEA SSLE CITY luiprovciiiciit Company ! :o? FOR SALE AT Six per cent, interest ; pa ya blc sent i-a n nu ally ; and perfect security. Apply to C. K. LANDIS. 402 LOCUST ST.,

Mall Jrke &Gq., Yinel'ancl, N. J., MANcracTtuuca or anu tuur.Lsa tx Building Lumber, Doors, Sush, Blinds, Mouldings, iVuils, Rockland Lime, Cement, &e. ■ ■ ■ — >o< ' ■ — Estimates and Designs Furnished. o ErSlg^All orders avill bo promptly attended to."g5§3 Scpt.lSor

fiETTHCBESt> h^MIES pSn^l %t and giinraiitceiiicj lite lowest jmccs, j:£ % ST^awbridses? CLOTHIER # Going to Summer Quarters. Important notice to families and travelers generally. Thc courtcsics of the entire establishment (in close proximity to the Broad street Station for the New York, Baltimore, Washington and all western trains) are freely extended. Beside the vast stocks of ladies', gents' and children's suits, dry goods, fancy goods, carpets and house furnishing, there is a spacious waitingroom; picture gallery, lunch-room and toilet-room. < The new department of public comfort, with wash-rooms, closets, new lunchrooms, for both ladies and gentlemen, will be opened ist August. Baggage can be left and checked while persons arc visiting. . . Philadelphia is so cheap a place for shopping that 'there is often a saving of more than railroad fares. John Wanamaker. Thirteen ill and Chestnut and Market Streets, Philadelpliix

------ J-JJlLf SEA ISLE CITY,' - Ludlam Island, IV. J," ENGINEER'S REPORT1. f ■ - ■ — a. Sea tilo City i> bw.tird on tho Allan4 licikvjn, on J.mlUxn l»l*r:d, on th* .vart of Not* JcrM-y, 3t/° l!7' N. IilUtudoj »nd 74* 4'J* R )nn^itndo,0Q milr*»oulLo.i>t fiom rhiladelphSa, arid f«4J mile* by mil. It b fo miU* tiorlh ca»l front Cajtt May, and about the uuu* di*> Unco from Allan lie City. Tlio m van temperature of I.udlatn DIuimI duo* not vary much from (hot of .Mhutjo-Cily, which i* 3lf* K. * Tlio humidity of tha aluuwphtro \t ilmilar to that ol Atlantic City, bring equally dry and ial tibiiou*. Il b wrtll I oca led for both a winter nnd tunuurr r«-Mirt, oil account cf it* climatic adt *i>1*8*05. Tlio bland it f<] milot in Joiigth, *nd r»:k« from I to If inilot in width, rx* toi.iliug fiom Corton'* Ixilct, on tho north, to Towritrnd'* Inlit, on th* foiilh, and it mtroutjilrd by the Allan* tic Uci an, l.udlrtn Iby and a liartgablo cliauhol called tho Thoroughfare, fur' nithing vxeollrnl adrantcgo* for fhh' mp, tailing and rtillwafor bathing. A Lcarh lf»0 foot wido oxlonds thd rntiro lnigtii of tho blnml, gently thriving, of very hard, chwo-j^cko<l land, ufTording a fine r. alum I dxivo for uxoro I bun C miles, and umuual facili' titw for walking and bathing, which arc not excelled, by any watering place on tho ccaal. In walking, or driving; indentation la made u|»on tlio »and, affording, In tlil* rvapeel, k alriklng rentra»l io tunny other trachea, where the Mini b 1oo»c and tri achrroui. Tho advantugoa Iho U-ach aP.btdft fot bathing, arc excellent, there being no under-low I'meplillc, and in ihia soaped peculiar. Tlio bottom deaeenda «o gradiiilly, thai thallow walrr ex(olula h great dblaiico from tho rhore. In bathing, no rope* ?ro n quinsl, and It li safo for women and children. It iv ■ulliclciitly north of Delaware Bay to t»o entirely Irec fxeni tlio mud of tho bay, tr«d bathing can alnay* be bad lu ;)ean, clear Ur.ter* Tlio "foal land" of tho Bland contitltf of low KUIa ahil ridgca, with level jk>p tton* of aand, which aro found by aclttal aurvry tn vary fsota '2 loot lo *27 foe I, iho highest iu tlcvalion^ mtovo high water. Tho mcr.dotr jind* are never overflowed by high woler^rxcyi't hy alorp) tha vicinity hn» mxdo Iho Island fol year* a favorite rreoTtof sf-orbtnen, Tho inland bay, known us Ludlam Bay, affords safo still-water bathing, having a gently thriving aHcrr, and 1 1 »o safo yerhtlng, and abounds ill fi*h, ay at era, crnfo, clams, Ac. On* portion ar ik in only ll&O fort from tho aes beach, so thul ou ono aido surf batliing can to hail, and upon tho other aid* itill-waicr halhinp. Tlio site selected for Sea T»l© CTly n on tho northern half of tho Island | extending to tho contro and tlion southwardly. It will hi?o rv frontage on tho Allarw tic of thre«L rnllea, ami extend Inland to f.udlarn Bay anil tho Tlio roue 1 1 fare, along which it la prnclicablo, and il i* jirnjxrn cd to lay out and conitrnct rv carriage driro for tho distance of moro than two mile*. U b nroj»o»ed lo prelect the City from Ingli tide, by a substantial sc.* wall on the two side* moat ox jx>*cil,and bv embankments on tho remaining side*, which can bo dono nt a moderate expense, considering tho economical and olliur advantages. Absolute accurity will thus bo obtain- * ed against encroachment* by Iho sen, that haro occasioned much dnmaco at Ca|»e M*v, Atlantio City, ifonmouth Bead), ifnnhaltan Beach, and other place*. No other seaaido report at tho present time, hat the protection that U proposed for tlila place. Tho Island b uninhabited ; there being no houses on il except two Gov* eminent Slations, and no ccai poolsj tho way is clear for carrying into operat/on n thorough system of sanitary regit la lion ; such as you preposo under tho supervision of an efficient aod experienced sanitary engineer. The Island can l»e very esiilv con* neetcd with iho West Jrrsey B. ]l, by a short branch read from 4J lo 6 miles in Icnclh, there J»ring but a narrow Thoroughfare to crotss with a bridge. A Government Lighl-houte should 1»o establi»hrd on thb Island, a* numerous wrecks here occurred on it, and by a litllo expsnso on tho part of government in 111# construction of jellies, two excellent harbors can !»e e«tab1i»hr<) on tho north and south ends of tho Island, at Corson's and Towasmd's Inlets, which would become Important commercial point* by connection with railroad, and a safo refugo for vessels in a tortus. The'plin upon which von propose to lay out the (.jty is calculated to «uhs.irvft tho purposes of cotiveulenco, health and Ix-nuty. With proper railroad focilillr*, and Iota offrrfKl at a reasonable price, I do ndt see why this place should not boon mo a* great a resort as Atlanlla City, by reason of it* proximity to I'hiladelphla, and th* cnararlor of tho !»each. And when tho sanitary question is taken into consideration, a plan* of ivr n greater resort. Tlio West Jersey Railroad can make tho ram* tloio to Rea Js!*» Oily from Philadelphia, as lo Atlantio City. ^ RM|»#ct/ulIyr II. FA BRAND, Chief Engine*.