II 1 1 .1"' - - I - ' Sea Isle FjonEkr. r. K. LVV^AM, I^*cal Editor. TERMS ; #1.50 A YEAR. Stat mm IrfO^xr". FKIOAV. HAY —Tl»# UUI gibs® In* U»n AhM off • tl.r vacant lot# imu the ilvpoC, #"<1 the look i of tbiugs har® beau improve I Uwrrbjf. _We sec friend Whitney ha# vcgr toblas of Sea Ma growlh l»r sal©. Thla i« pratty good for our soil ; mid vegetables wore raised by J no. lelford. — Tha rotlago of Jo®. A. Bond, of Wilmington, Bel., i® about commencing. Mr. T. Bullock ha® the tuilding under hi onto j it wiM face L*pdi> Avenue and Pearl alrvL — The largest number of people com ing to Sea Mo in a ®ingle #ay this ®eaiod, came 9# the train Sunday inoru Ing. and it was not to be wondered at, c«vt*ld®ring the beautiful weather. —The Mrwri. Crallln were down dur ing the woek looking atler their building® here. From present indication®, wo shou'.d judge they wmihl have a* .any a cottage a® any on the Ulund. —The statuary h«® l»een removed from tho middle of Landis svenur, ami n>w by clearing awav some of the tree® that are standing 1n the street tho view will be unobstructed for nearly n mil®. - * — Th® white hst fever ®ecm* to hare struck Sea We. If.yaW hid® were a little higher in the crown wo might he induced to believe that tho palmy days had returned, when the Greeley hatraged. — The family of E. J. Thomas, have occupied their cottage, corner of Marine place and Swain street, and la«t Saturday that gentleman arrived, driving a stylish team, bo having driven from Phihida. — It is hardly probable that one man _ can get through with the railroad huainesa to be transacted at Sea Isle, during th® season, •« the work even at the present time occupies about all the jioura of daylight. — Dr. Clarence T. Smith has been down on a gunning expedition of some days duration, and during his stay succeeded in lagging a nioe lot of game. The Dr. Is a thorough marksman, and rarely return® empty handed. — Dolphin street ia being graded, and presents a fine appearance indeed. It is found, on applying the instruments, that land at this point i® about the highest on tho beach ; also tho water in the virinity ia very fine, ko.q ing perfectly stfeet during the entire season. — Goo. W. Unpihart, M. D., of Pliila., has rented and taknn i<oesee*i<m of Beaumont's Cottage on Pejrl St. and between 1-andis Ave. rfhd Bsilrowd St.

We understand he Is going to erect under his own supervision, during the summer quite a pretentious eottago 011 Dolphin street. — Ths Philadelphia House is shout completed, *nd will shortly b« o|M*ned for guests. It has been fitted with a Koyal Uas Machine by Bencact A Bm , Cap# Mar, owd nuiguig lr. .m the, quality of go® rmmVoV ftffrhftichine J# nil' good investment, even if tlie first cost were a little beniy. —The sidewalks on LandU avenue, which are being nicely graveled, will have flower borders on either able ; this will give an attractive appearance from the station, the example ®et by Mr. Lamlis In thi® matter will be followed by many oilier pertie®, ®ome of the flowers having already arrived. — The oyster schooner, K. II. Blackion, came a®ltore while attempting to enter Townsends Inlet on Thursday evening. The ere w were taken ofl !»y the Near York wrecking company. The cargo, consisting of about one thousand bushels of oysters, and veeeel, will be a total loss. The vessel was sailed l»y Cept. Lewis, of Cape May. — lfr. Lineaweaver, of the "Season," gave u® a eall one day recently, lie was on the Island on business pertaining to his paper. Fern i« e good fellow, and the Heaven Is a spirited sheet, and any one doing bndne*s at eeaaide retorts reached by Weet Jersey would do well U> advertise with him, remember ing, of onurve, thai "charity begins at home," and giving your home paper a liberal share of patronage. —The new railroad to Towneend* Inlet haa assumed a shape that even the most skeptical must acknowledge means IrtMlpc**. The engineer odrps of the Pennsylvania railroad, commenced work on Monday last, and are pushing it right along. Th# building of the road will bs wmh-r the Miperintvndeno* of Mr. Vnndeveer, who bae ioafruction* ftotu President Roberts, to complete it if poseihlr by the flmt nf July, -iff* have Wen shown the wrree ponlen.e brt+ttn tV#i, A. House, our

' - Borough Solicitor, and the lie v. E. P . Shield", county Su|wrintendent of Public School*, in relatioo to the forming of a new school district out of the Borough of Hea Me City *, from which itap pears that Mr. lfou»# acted promptly and did all he could to have the district established at once. The County su|k»i iutemlcnl refused to eriablish the district until we should have seventyfive children between the sgas' or five 'and -eighteen. Mr. Shield* re furred the matter to the. SUta Superintendent, who 1 ef use* 1 to giro bis consent. We hope that when our chuui is taken, the latter pert ol the month, it will show thst wo have the required nuuilw of cliUdr. n ; if not, ®te|>* will be Liken to have a branch school established. Where He tialant. In a town up in Maine a New Yorker ws® lost Kali talking with a village merchant in regard to trade, ami filially asked hiiu lu»w he loMiglil good*. "Well, in the *oium>-r I get about 9'» days, and in the winter some thing like a blind red," was the answer. "|«l}'l that Oild timer' u Yes, kinder. odd, but you see f buy on ninety days, .end when time i« up 1 write to tho Mrui end tell vtu to find enclosed amount so and so. 1 don'tenclose, you kuow, and in about five days 1 receive a reply, statiug that 1 probably foMg, and so forth. Then I enclose and beg pardon. In ths summer the reply comes in about ftvo days, but in winter, especially if Providence favors us wiili storms and railroad blockade* and freshets ami accident*, 1 gain ten days and get a .Spring start." Ext u ten of the luknotcu. Three men cl:tnl»ed tne stairs at 49 Beck man street. New York, to the Public Administrator's office, one ol them hcn«>ath a heavy load of valises and I Kindle*. These he dumped oil the flo«r m the office. "Effect* of u demd inan," ho said, as he straightened Up. One «>f the other men who proved to be Mr. D.itttels, purser of the steamship Colon, then explained that there bad come siioaril the "hi|> at A«piu*all an invalitl by the name or ti. Scbiicitler, the head of ths firm of fScliiteider A Martin, proprietors of the greul International Hotel of that city, ami that lie died the following tiny. His remains were buried at sea, and, after an inventory of his effects had l»een taken, they were tied up, scaled, ami when the steamer reached her dock, brought nt olioe to the office of the Public Administrator. The assUtsnt in charge of the office was making a minute of these facts when the man who brought the effect® interrupted him. "Hive ute a dollar and lei me go," said he. "How can I give you a dollar?" "Wkv, I In* re's plenty of money in that envelope," the inemcnger replied, iMNiiting to «n envelope thai the purser had put on the de-k together with a oollsr Tic*, slid pnekri book. The a*si. taut tore the «nrH<*pe j»|a-n and took from it l»ills and gold pieces amounting to $150. IN- gave Hie memenger one dollar. Thou he ticked Off the items in the purser's Inveutory : line hundred and fifty dollars, gold watch, gold chain, atnathvot ring, diamond ring, $l.4i) lu sol®, three shirt stud", |«ook<-t book, vali"«<s, ete. He gave the purser an itemise®! receipt, end tbe |Kirsersai<l •S'linei* der1* brotner lives in New York. "Now, wlmt will the Public Admin-

i"traior «lo with these thing* T" the asfistanl was a«k<-d. "Fir*t we will enter all the facts in what we rail our rough look, and next w" will put I be valuable* ami monej in the safe," said he, "and "tore the good" in Hie back room. When the brother has qualified ss edniinis*rutor wr will turn the csfaie over to him. If there had lieen 110 hr<>tli»r or other relative here we would hare *eiH the jewelry fo Lire safe de|Osit vaults, slored the va.fiw in our store room in Buane street, and deposited the nn»m«y in hue of thr hunks, which under the law, tku Comptroller s|>ecifieN should be u*e<l for that piiqiose. After a certain time, if we hail not heard from the relatives or friend" of (he dead man, we should hare sold his effects and turned the proceed* slid other money over to the t.lty Chamberlain, who would hold it in trust forever for the next of kin. We very often go through thi«, and our sales, which ere by public suction and advertised, are attended each time bv about the same men and women. The* are dealers in second band material® and are our regular customers, "O to speak ." * "You had a right to pay thst messenger for bringing these things here?" "Oh, yea ? just aa we should hsve had a right to buyy Mchnelder ami pey for the funeral 01 his body had |V been bnmglil here. IT hi# brother administer® on the estate we will account to htm, but If we administer npon it wr will sol exactly as if ws were a private parly, paying the deMi of the deceased, collecting whst was due to liim, and selling ht» property to the brat ad ran tag#, A 001 win could qualify as well asa brother, If lie were next of kin. The lew Is, first the wife, next the agflt dren, third the father, next the mother 'then the brothera or stains or cousin*, malse ot the neatest degree of relation ship being preferred t« female®. The Public Administrator eomes after, the relatives, but ahead of creditor-, friends and all other". We hod on hand tne esse of John D.Mradv, who was a receiver of Molen goods. IIU •fisnce" was a sort or iewelry or pawnbroker s shop in Sixth avenue, lie died, leaving eels Uvea, but they were not able to give scruritf . and a man named Heiighton, who rlnim- that Hrndy had prope»tv that iiimi been stolen ft un him, suplkal for Inters of administration. ^\e applied "Iw, and th#Hnrrogste appointed U*. We hold the eitete and dtapnte Hsugl. low's i h«l..i "In the I "*t annual report of the P#Slie Adudnkaratoe ere very many name* of persons elassifled #s Unknown; annas- eaur#e are represented by sums

- - — mmmm-rnmm | m j, rangiug from $5.fi9 dowu to ten cents. What about them f They are co»e# of iiiom who die at sea — ufU'ii sailor*, vagrant* who die iu the streets and in the public in*iiluti ons. persons who die iu hotels and l*Mtrding-bousr«, and Coroner*' os*e# of all soru. The master of every r easel upon which a death occurs must report and surrender the estate ol the dead person to us. Ho tuqsl board ing house and hotel kea|wr». Abraham Uncoln'* Hcllance on IJatL The following uit»rcwting letter of l're*id#iit Lincoln is worth prraqriiug. EsKi'tvivK Msxstox. WaahingUm, Svptembi r 4tli, 11164. KM** 1*. timnr)'. My E*tkkmku Fries u.— 1 have not forgotten, probably never shall forget, the very impressive occasion a lion yourself sutl friems* visited wo on a Habltatli l0f#O#pw I*# e*0« ,lor ha* your kind letter, written nearly a year later, ever loreii forgotten, lu oil it ho* been your pur|io»* L» streugllien uiy rulisHCe on thai. 1 aui much in-dcbU-<l L» the ('lirhuian |a"»pU- of this country for lh«ir constant prayer* ami cmi-ointiuns, mid to none of them more than yourself. The punwie#* of tlie Almighty are |>erf«H-t, ami miwl prrv*ilv though we i-rring nwrtals may fail to accurately |»crceivc ihctM in advance. We lio)»ed tor u terihmuti«»n of litis ter riblc war long l«efore this, but Qel know* Itest, and has ruled other wUe. We shall yet acknowledge His wisdom ami our own err-»r therein. Meanwhile we must work earnestly in the best light lie gives it*, trusting that so working will conduce In ttfs great end* oidsin*. Surely He intends same grrat gotal to follow this mighty ooiiViilsioii, which no mortal could make and no mortal could stay. Y »ur people, the Friend*, have had, and nrc having, a very gre.it trial. In principle *nd faith opprwe«l to Imth war ami oppression, they can onlv oppou* oppression by war. Ill this bant diletnma soma have chosen one horn anil *01110 the other. F«»r those appealing to uie on conscientious grounds I bare done, and "bull do, the l»e*t I could ami can ir. my own conscirnc*, under my ostli to the law. That you ladieve Uiis 1 doubt tool, and. believing it, 1 shall still receive for our country gml wvself your eamo*l prayers to our Father in llearen. Your sincere fiiend, A. LINCOLN. It It* flTttipereiL — That chicken cnspicttes in which liain is intimluoed are not fit ®erv«. — That fish dinner* will I a« In' fashionable or»liT this summer at the seap side resorts. f — That the wise summer hotel man 1 will put Ida house in the brat sanitary condition. | — Tlist the fashionable exndtt" In Euro)>c i- now assuming real old-lime proportion". Asx tmr Old NVoxax. — A gentBrnqn ■ traveling out west relnlra the following: 1 Hiding horse back ju*tal nightth rough the woods in Hingor county, Michigan, ■I came into the clearing, in the middle J of Which Hood a log houoc with its own- , er sitting in the do«»r smoking his pipe- , Stopping my horse I w fore him,- tlie lulI lowing oonvi rmlkm ensued : , 1 Oond #vei ing, elr,** sa'd I. ••(ioort evening." "fan I g«-t a gist" of milk to drink f, "Well, I don't know. Ask the old . woman." By this titne hts wife was standing by . his side.

"Oh, yee," s*nl she, "of courae you can." While drinking it 1 asked. "Do you think we aie going to haves storm T' "Well, I really don't know. A»k the old woman — she km«w*."' "1 gurra we shall get one right away," she said. Again I asked 1 "How much land have you got cleared liercT" "Well, I really don't Vrnnv. A*k the old woman — she know*." "About eighteen mrra," she replied. 4 Just then a troop of children came •» running ami shouting nround the corner of the shanty. "All these your children Y' seld I. "Don't know. Ask the old woman — she know*." I did not wait to hear her reply, hut drew up the reins ami left immediately. 1 Have Your Tickets STAMPED 1 All tickets purcliooed on an order from I*. K. Landi*. mu«t he stamp* d by the agent at Sea Isle City before cnt r ing the -train. 5-1* tf ~~ CKO. A. BLAkK. Contractor and Builder, Sea Isle City. M9> Estimates furnished at short no. Itioe. .lo|>Hing promptly attemled to. &-1B, Sw>. . SEA ISLE" CITY Bakery k (safrrliosrn. A *upply of fresh bread, cakes, and confectionery constantly on hand. HOTELS & C OTTAGES - Her nan w, Fackler.i I * . . . . — :f CHESTER COTTAGE* I i Now open corner of Vlnrhtnd Hki lAfj I J lleaaure Railro««|. Ibsird by tlajr or week ; ahe -table *r, wmmocWtfansfj trrm- reasonable. •*' rnw 0*nntn<. a*hlo« awl raiuog gerWr*^ lake* ysehi "lb ii. a>i I 1 | is a at ' tomllnr • 5-10 $t#. Trftpt #t#t -::.lCapt*:n. | %l ■

$1,000,000 BONDS OF— SEA ISLE CITY leprovmrst ( onpssy ! n ,> — FOR SALE 'r AT-—- j PAR! — m Six per cent, interest ; i payable semi-annually; ' a jut perfect security. Apply to C. K. LANDIS. 402 LOCUST ST., i 1 IX* — 1 -L - 'I '■ i 1

■I I. ■ I I 1 Eimball, Prince &Co., Vineland, N. J., XAWcracTr iiu or axo SULIU iv Building Lumber, Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, iVails, Rockland Lime, Cement, &c. — to: — Estimates and Designs Furnished. glS All orders will be promptly attended to.-^ffi 8ept.lB.j ^ me— antg - « * ■ « — ■ ■-

: (jsr-WB^ mais |f»S 9 scad lo thehottse, haciiig ihe largest Stock ■ 9 and guaranteeing Ihcloiccst prices, B Strawbridge Clothier. ■

Three Strong Points. Point One: Men's Spring Overcoats; a big nock ihat take* in everything from the very plain low priced to the finest, from the lightest fancy color to the plain black, from the smallest youth#' to the largest of large me#*# ti*e*. A com- > ,'p manding stock that every light overcoat buyer muU see— if he ' * care# to know ths market, r *"* ^ • •' -iK '.;.d Point Two: w Fifteen Lines ©f Men'# nu*»ne«#SoHs. Alittlemcney rl is a powerful thing in Oak Hall. Witnes# tbe following: Fancy Caastmere Sack Suits at $8.50, and the same goods in walking coat style, at £9.00. Our only boast on them is that they are good for the money. * , Manhattan Cheviot# in six full lines, both sacks and walking coats, at $taoa The buttons and trimmings of these suits arc worth special attention. Plain Cassimercs ; three varieties, in sack style, at $iaoo. Very reliable. Five styles of Harris Cassimcre Suits, of quiet styles, and in both Sack and Walking Coats, at $ 16.00. The well-known reputation of these goods speak for themselves. These fifteen lines are not fragments pulled together for an advertisement They represent two thousand suits, and goods to make more. There is business in them. 4 Point Three: Custom Made Clothing, a uig# d»puy ©f piece good* to order. Thar# or# very grnni bargain# in all tha • following line# : Gas# A, in any ordinary business #tyk\ $i8xx> Class b, " m " kxoo Gas# C, " - * **50 Ctaas d. - * 15.00 Our ** points " are made short and sharp for practical people Wanamaker & Brown, ;.iq , Oak Hall, S, e, Car. Sixth and Market Street* Philadelphia.

1 J" "g SEA ISLE CITY, Indian IsUsd, !t. J. engineer s report. 8n Isla City is located on th# AllsnUc Ooaan, on LudUjn Island, on lb# I coast of Now Jarary , W 17' b . Ult.tudo, j and 74" 4 T E. looyiluda.fiO aulraaoutbj aoat from Philadelphia, and 64| lailoa i by rail. Ii is 18 rufW* north-aosi from • Cop# May, and about Ibo soma dmj taaca from Atlantic City. Tha mean temperature of Ludlafli l«iaod doaa not vary much from thai of Atlantic City, which »s UT Y. Tha humidity of the aimospbors is similar to that ol Atlantic City, bamg j equally dry and soi ul<rioua. It Is w«U i located for both a winter and summrf : resort, oa account of tu dunaUc advat - i lays®. Tha Island is 6( milra in Unyth, and varies from A to 11 miles in width, exloading from Corson's Inlet, oa th# north, to Tow nasnd'* Inlet, en th# south, and ia surrounded by the Allaatic Oeaan, Ludlsm Bay and a usssfhi# channel called the *1 borough feoo, torn niahing excellent advantages for flohing, sailing and stniwster bathing. A beach 150 feet wide ex lands the entire length of tha Island, gently . shelving, of very hard, close lacked sand, affording a fine natural drive for mere than 6 miles, and unusual facilities for walking and bathing, which are not excelled, by any watering place oa i tbe coast. In walking, or driving, j indentation is made upon tbe sand, affording, in this respect, a striking contrast to many other beaches, where ! the sand ia loose and treacherous. The advantages the beach aflorda fo# bathing, are excellent, there being oc undertow perceptible, and in this rw •poet peculiar. Tho bottom d ascends so gradually, that shallow water astends a great distance from the shore. In bathing, no ropes are required, and it Is safa for woman and children, ti m % •efficiently north of Delaware Bay to be entirely free from the mud of th# hay, I 1 and bathing can always be hod in dear, clear water. The "Cast land" of tha Island consists of low hills and ridgee, with level portions of rand, whieb are found by actual j survey to vary from 2 teel to 27 feet, the highest in elevation, above high i water. The meadow lands are never ever- ! flowed by high water, except by storm tides, which era of rare occurrence. The abundance of game and fish in I j the vicinity has made the Island tot j years a favorite raeort of »portse>en. I 1 Tha inland bay, known as Ludlsm ; Bay, affords rafe still-water bathing I having » gently shelving shoes, and . #loo oafs yschting, and abounds in fish, | oyster*, crab*. cUm®, Ac, One portion I of it is only 1200 foot from tha eca beach, so that on one side surf-bathing ran be hod, and upon the other aide still-water bathing. The site eelected for Sea Isle dty w on tha northern half of tha Island j extending to tha centra and then south- ' wardly. , H will have a frontage on the Allan tic of three miles, and extend inland to Ludlsm Bay and the Thorough fwra, along which it ia practicable, anu it is proposed to lay out end construct a carriage drive for tha distance of more I then two mile*. It is nre|«oae<i to protect the Qt) from high tide, by a aulwtantial sea wall on the two sides most exposed, and bv embankments on the remaining aide#, which can bo done at a moderate expense, considering the economical and other advantage#. Absolute security will thus be obtained against eweroeebmenu by tbe see, that have occasioned much daman® at Uapr May, Atlantic CStv, Monmouth Beach. Wan hat tan Beach, and other place®. No other eeaaide report si tho prevent time, has the protection that h proposed for this place. The Island is uninhabited | (her* being no house# on it except two Government Stations, and no eras pools | the way is clear for carrying into opera toon a thorough system of sanitary ragulstion ; awch as you propose under the supervision of an efficient and ex pari meed sanitary engineer. The Island ran be vety eaailv ooarooted with tbe Weal Jersey R. K, by a short branch road from 4|lo 5 miles in lencth. there being bat a narrow Thoroughfare to erases with a bridgs A l Government Light-hoasc should ha oatablished on thi* Msmi, aa numerous wrecks have occurred on it, and by a Utile exponas on the part of governmen! in the construction of iatliae, two excellent harbors can he established on the north and south ends of the Island, | aft Oorson'a and •Towsrand't Inlets, I which would become important com nrarowd points by connection with f#Tro*d. and a safe refuge for vesrals In The plan npoa whi#h yea propose tc lav out the Okf 1® calculated to sub servo the puiporas of couv»nteeca) health and beauty. With proper railroad fbcllitles, and lots offered at w reasonable price, I da not see why this place should not become as groat a raeort as Atlantis <lty, hv reas-wi of lis proximity to Philadei phis, and tbe character of the hoorh. And when the sanitary question » token into mnrideraitou. s place of even greater raeort. Ihe West Jetway Bailraed ran msks ihe same time to fw 1*V ftn fkevn Philadolphis. sv m A i Unite City. Boapectftillr, U- KARKAN1X Chtef Uriassa