Him accepted

amile, and InMantly piro ■> wan, Itttle, old woman who had been atandln; for ton blocka, whereupon the young men did not know whether to got np again or apt. and beat not to look roolUb. Hut tooim remain to be ]»!d of the »100,000 contributed by New Jertey In aid of the Ce State hna taken a more lively Intercut in Ha aucceaa, and It will be one ot the plearant reeollectlona of the Jeracymen of the future that their State bore to honorable a part In the proper celebration of the ouo hundredth nnnivoreary of the nation'a birth. It haa been made the aubject of warm commendation by onr nclghbon'of Pennsylvania The Sea G irt Hotel at Squan la rapidly approaching completion, and now presents a maul re appearance and can be seen twenty-live mile* at sen. Two seventy-feet flag-alnd'a hare been raised on the wing tope. The building will be lighted with gaa generated in the cellar. The dining-room will eent 500 guests. The Spring Lake Hotel Company bare commenced the foundation of the structure and a 111 push the work forward with vigor, employing some

100 carpenters.

The following story is told of an old 8t. Louisian abroad: "The old gtnin IFaglu) went to the Oriental Bank (English) to purchase exchange, nnd offered to give a check or draft on tboKirat National Hank of St. Loais to pnynumi. 'St. Lonla f St. Louis 1> !> replied the '"** *

’ ' i

ah amazement for a miouto or two, and then, raising himself to his full height with clenched list, looking the very picture of Tom Hentoo lo palmy days, replied: 'St. Loula, air. la a great city on the Mississippi river— a stream, sir, which, if turned on to the Islands of Great Britan, would the sea In twentyfour hours!' Faglu got his exchange, but not until the bank lied telegraphed, at Fagin's ex|>eose, for Information.”—Lou isriib Conner-Journal,

dt of the election

and the defeat of the Hepublican party in old Cumberland:— •'The following shows the result of the election In Cumberland County. Lika the handle of a Jug the ballola seem to’bare been all oi Hampton, DemocraMias nearly 1,800 majority, a rather siao/f affair. Rich man, Democrat, for Assembly in thi First District, is elected by 878 majority. In the Second Assembly District Payne, Hepublican, has 270 majority. It seems to be a peculiarity of Cumid County of late to be obatnmerUst Fall when nil the mat of the it Democratic old Cumber'tally go« Hepubllcai •be acts the fool again the Democratic ticket.”

About Bnau. P*ks.-Fcw persons

, wllro ^ lhe „ at thc BWUlor of Steel Pens Is still * Joeiah Mason, now iho

great pen manufacturer of Birmingham. England, enjoy, that distinction. ’ He is now very old, being above eighty.

This result In Vineland, la measure, due to the spirit which if,'' will sap the very foundation of the party in that Hepublican strong hoi and it behooves the leaders, ns well i all good men In the party there, nako all honorable effort possible, wt down faction, and to unite ar build up the party on a solid basis of

unity.

‘ af Cortis wo think, (hoi it admonition on this puli and his defeat a sufficient peace off log sscrafice to allay the passion of thc By tho official retame for tb be seen that Mr. W. Doolittle, one of the Kepubllcan ca. didatce for Coroner, runs behind bis ticket and is defeated. This is plained by a look at the vote in Dennis township; there Parker the Demcandidate. made big efforts to and we are credibly in formed, that a few hours after tho polle opened, the regular Bepubllcan tickets disappeared, and s substituted, with til Mr. Doolittle left out and that of Parker belog in I la place This fraud

B. Brown killed

Tucknhoo on Friday. Tho Major gives twrnty-Bve cents for every ' hawk brought to him. This la o lhe features of game protection. Dr. B. T. Abbot, of Tuckahoe, his horse stopped by a highwayman, and requested to •‘shell out- 1 ’ Doc. replied he would shell out a ball or two for the bcoeAt of the gentleman's brains if he did not let go of that horns. He “1st go," when tbs Doc.ay with a dash, leaving the ■e road to watch foranOthei ,rd Learning, son of Dr. J. F. g. Is leaching tho West Creek Public School. The^blg girls'' think haf* splendid. - / U.

done, and the swindle had secured enough rotea to elect Parker. In all the .other townshipa, Mr Doolittle ran Hilly up to his ticket, and In Lower township ticket except Jo Sheriff who liad no opposition. Tho Hon. S. S Cox ii be Speaker of the House of Representatives. That's not new. Ho says the contest has narrowed down to himself and Mr K*rr. That's decidedly new. If any such narrowing down haa taken place tbouaands of American elli-

aot ta

We fancy father fo.that thought." Mr. Cox, there la another fketor that onght not to be left ~ " ’ J. Randall, of Pennsylvania. The “

Tb* Grakp Akmv —Of who stand around tbeChnreb doom after thc services are over get the folA N.ca Crowd.—It always doea good to aee that noble army chnrehea after the Mow very grant' they do look, with their beat “duds' and each individual'a hal. sleek and nice as though it were gotten up for a funeral. And then to

Joatllng, crowding

tho church- It ts really a pleasure gnae upon these < wo readily see why young ladies delight (7) in meeting their modest For the purpose of protectbold laddies wa would orga that a constable be stationed near them so that they be not InauHed.

WISCONSIN. MINNESOTA. NEW MEXICO. CALIFORNIA. NEW JERSEY. PENNSYLVANIA. RHODE ISLAND. NORTH CAROLINA. NEW HAMP8I

Ta* Caps* or Otnt Tboculw. Railroad towns, and vast public wot have been bnlU fcr in advance of the la of population. While the inttrm this huge debt could be paid by ig bonds abroad, a fictitious prosy was created. When the st was overstocked with sy oonld ha obtained, explosion was inevitable. The colts came two years ago, and the untry was brought face lojace with e sternest of realities, that it had

irded by a strong di a burglar alarm, but they left that unmolested, and entered through tho top of tbe vault. This Is occupied by three strong spherical safes, hich were blown open with powder ad rlfied of their contents. Includlnt "Lackawanna and Bloomaburg Railroad bonds amounting to 811,800, Wilke?barre City bonds for85.000, and Pittston Seminary bonda for 81.000, besides some 820,000 worth of bonds if tbe Oxford Iron Company of X< 'ersey, and a quantity of cash, amounting in all to over 840,000 in iney. The thieves were surprised one of the neighbors just as they re escaping, at 4 o'clock Wedneaday Iruing, but they managed with their beoly, leaving complete set of burglars' tool* California Vinrtariw in*%.kTbe wine interest in California is oe of growing Importance. We haru been for several years manufacturing, five million gallons and upwards every and California wlnos

-putalljn -for ibroad. —

devoted to vineculturo has increaahig from year to >3lr, at pcrlnwniA with different varietieaof foreign vines have been conducted on in all parts of Die m culture of profitable one several yearn, and although the aggregate vintage this Tver will probably be above the average, being estimated ' Sonoma Democrat, mt' ' ' considerable attention ject, at 8,000,000 gallons, f r grapes ii.in such a depressed condition that growers will apt hare much of a margin lor profits. And right on the tap of this discouraging outlook vinecnlturitU are beginning alarmed eonaarolng tho safety oftheir . wfcfcb haa dona so much damage to the French vineyards, having made Us ap-

The Abe capful manufhctnred, against thc Freeholders lost year, dldn'i

Let the bond play.

The Democratic politli good time In looking Gil lad. to heal tbe sore Cape May. and in last they go for each other li

years ago. Little attention wa It then, no danger being anticipated from iU ravages. But it has since in-

trtcts,-bj- three majority, Instead of Wm. Lawrence. Democrat, who was s "

" ree maforHy.

regular meeting of the Pioneer Fire Company, held on. Monday evening. a rveolotioo was adopted Increasing tb/actlve member* bom fifty as first agreed open, to' ore hundred, and thefollowing gentlemen ware el

Sunoifta^D^fitairr'Sk*!!ai - 'KOt'EBTY. known as fhv -Bnslera Point Greet aa Harbor Htvsr.la UppecTowa&lp. Onpn Mar (Xronly, Nvw Zener. eonlalnfeMr a ,, , w r. *. Iw<, -j-il.lr'i p. r,-!tv, KSgaS'Si'SS’it— ’iSSSSSSec! ! - —"’Zsj&pa”

J^IME I LlilEII LIMBI I CORY A SMITH,