home, Ik- .pent nearly no hour In remlinn With Mr. Price mud fiumly. ami after engmulnE iu family wormlii|> J le retired at about 11 o clock, abartly aftcr Iioiog to bla room, l.o warn Ixard to make a nolae, and then.in ap dimtrcaa, called fcr him dmught. Price, who had not yet gone mhe went InmUntly to him di? lound H Jemlcuod on tlw Inmldr, Price ovlled to her huaband In tin m and he came immediately gramditance but found he couWI not open the door, and eolnformed Mr. £<lraunda who warn entreating them to come In, and Mr. Price warn In the act of forcing the door when lie found that Mr. Bdmnnda waa about unbolting it, and which heanecceded lu doing, but at Inmtantly fell to the floor, though , nnd retaining tlvc pomrer ofapeecb, and informed Mr. and Mn Price, that he waa euflering with terrible pain In hlahead.

On motio« Mr. Snyder warn ordered paid for slxty-elx bu-hele of mlwlle. The appointing of market mlanda poatponeiHo order to — ^ ““

Adjourned. ClTT VOKNCIU

t Monday afler-

mlnutee. Dr. Mercy wa« i ed, but no amount of could arail anything, and forty-five mfnntee after going Into him room appearently In very good health Mr. Edmundm breathed him lamt. —.rir warn done on earth, and l " wended lie way to the ureal who gave It. The diMaec wa» np

plaxy.

The funeral eerricea took place

Sunday afternoon In the Cape May City Prembyterinn Church, Bev. Mr. Shield*, pomtorof the chprch, and the Her. Mr. TVUftunaon, (retired pamtor) Key. Mr. Dewing, pastor of the Cold Spring Presbyterian Chnrch, and Rev.

Mr. Hoc. pamtor of the M. E.

of thlerity offldatSng. ' concourse of people wi Mr. Edmunds united

Presbylerimn organfrmtlon in Phllmdclohia in IS -mod has been an active

r in the church

_ r an active earnest wot live Sabbath School muse for many yeara, nnd devoted much of his time - Sabbath School .. neofble s> Secretary of the Cape May County

Slide Society

A QaamT CmTASTBonra—Pour Vn I. so us DraraoTun—An appalling acc dent oecurrcd on last Smtnrdmy mognlnt. In Hampshire County. Masaschusciu. by which four vlllsgct were demtroyed, mbout 150 lirem were lomt mad ofer a million dollars worth of property swept OU On^ Tbe*'upper l«rt of Mill tmsll tributary of the Conae •• •-re County, there are three Urge s(bribe are 1

which )inr t

m along Its whole ! bum suddenly bt mu, and the Impriso— hurled with tremendous vtokneo upon --- ->e]ow, while some of the tn _re not yet astir, and it going to thely work, half of the village of Wlllbunsa 'almost obliterated. Thence the torrent swept over SkinnersvUle. J/aydenville. and Daeda. destroying all the principal fcetorlea, and a great num her of dwcmag-lwusea. The tbsaater waa ao audd.n tliat bardiy anybody had thlme to get out of Ha path. The flood iasssdsf&ss,: ed timbers, broken machlnorv. trees, and mangled eorreea. itFlon five mile* bekiw Wllllamaburg, country becomes more open, and i

naa

Sxroajt'lira Mavos—Some fifteen sssrs" -

The elty oounctl ■ ipeelal areslon on Ua

toon, Mayor MUler lu ...» »— Mambera preaent—Mcaar*. 1 Hughes, Smith, Swain, Ware, WUThe Finance Committee reported Uat of delinquent taxable. The report upon motion referred to the Jndi-

•ttee.

of Mr. Smith. It derad that on all queationa of licenac, Icenaea for hotels and drinking saloons ha granted for four months and ;r. Agreed to. ipplicatlon of Philip Koenig

The application of Wm. i keep a public houae near Jackson St.

Application of E. C. Cornell (hr license to keep a hole! In Banoaker House, was referred back to tl

' petitioners

The report ol the city nun read, and ordered on file. B. T. Miller’s bill for legal servlcee, amounting to I92.C6, waa sead. rejected at exhorhUant. Connell eubeequently adopted a lion tendering Mr. Miller $5'1,00' it payment of hia claim. On motion council adjourned. • THE PUBLIC SCHOOL*. , For the benefit of our readers general, and the school authorities In particnlar, we give below a copy of the act supplementary, to the Pnblic School laws of thla State by the Legjs-

lalureat IU last

Been by the supplement that on points' the law has been materially The first section ■‘apportionments of

On motion of Mr. Shoemake erk waa directed to authorial the county collector, to draw on Joseph luard, for the earn of •18,80, balance doe on settlement. The committee on treasurer accounts, having audited, that o IB ecru, account correct, presented their report, .KU4, ro mad. placed on file and ordered printed. The special committee, appointed to inreetignle the cases of certain paupers in the Alms House, offered their report which was accepted, and the committee

discharged.

On motion of Mr..Shoemaker, the chair appointed Mr. Dougkua, a com-

ratiicing member.

Sfwilml. That In parting with our How member. Judge bboemake. we *« *n honordd ami re^wcled member hoord. and tliat while we deeply •mines of bis valuable counsel

Chosen Freeholder, te ourselves, ami the

Freo*lder, we gain In his ludleial position Just, honorable and Impartial Judge Unanimously adopted. On motion of Mr. Sd alter relative to a temporary at Ludbunl Mill, waa refuted fYom Dennis township, with

approprir at Dennis Creek dd over until Monday iBth li . Eldredee slated tliat there two prisoners in, the county jail, who ■ ul served out thoir time of sentence at were held for payment of coets, and mved their discharge. Lost. Mr. Ware moved to discharge one of them—Selvey, on the payment of 15 - nets, which after some discussion agreed to, and ll ord adjourned.

North, that it ts ever a bounding In wit and wisdom. In order you an Ulnstralion of wo might die severnl well knowt ■lances In which it lots been displayed. There is, too, aorae person or persons iur Immediate ndghborhood who ess a wonderful ; to much so, na to forgot the poor the lowly; as such they call th Claiming to bo of a higher origin t the greater part of Adar ’lwould be well indeed if they could remark with the post:—‘-lam

COMPANY* OF PHILulDELPHlA. Aa»ctts *1,000,000. lerciaats of Kewaik, NEW JERSEY, ASSETTS NEARLY $1,000,000. And several other Companies. DWELLINGS, STORES AND HOTELS. Insured at low rates. Apply to ' JESSE M’COLLUM. CAPE MAY CITY. S. J.

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INKga IlEPOT

A llEPAIItlb'O

Horse Tuirisliing Goods

BIGLER& BRO„ ORGAN FACTORY, BRIDGETON, N. d. FIRST CLASS ORGANS.

FIFTY DOLLARS to U,r perchaier. Orsmns dsllvired free to any part of Cspe May OoDnty, free utebarae. end warranted tbrnre ^ LI«LER A BRO. . May, lAAip Bridgeton, N. J. FLOUR AND FliKI). pablfe'wItn'Swkeefju«7uid < VeeS I tn the

IIAV AND STB AW BY TREBALE Beat quality Lehigh Coal. AWMtUa at Cold Htrios; atore and waraJACKBON STM XT. CAPE MAY CITY. OEOBOE U1LDRETH.

blank; books. STATIONERY, Notions, Pocket Cutlery, &c., * Pine PBIGES, J. S. G ARRISON. Poet-Offlcc BulldlDg.