aWlllbtdtcp- . an; Mend, in U.ta inn! j, I* C.fi- Gconc HuHl-nTCkp. iUj Coart Boum, muter of th. eeboooer M. Wurer." of

phi. to Bangui, Mam., with of 325 ton. of coal. She left P phia on Saturday, March ISth, and wu .1 rock by the terrible

ouL A few mlautu after Mm my. a Long Branch eorrmpoodent of the Pblla. Star, “the menatthe Ught

n pot OCT from the remel.

deck of the Khooner and in an inalant Um boat dlmppearcd. It went down In an inalant and nothing more wu aoen of either beat or crew. ” A Mr. Beebe who happened to be on the beach near where the doomed

paired, obrnryedaeoliUry man on the wrecked remel, who hastily left the lee and .prang into the main rigging, at thi. time the TemM wa. lifted by a tremendou. ma and drifted a .hort di.tanco to the north and again .truck "a little nearer .bore, Mr. Beebe mn]Je algo, to the man In lb. rigging ' toward the bow of the yemel at

for Cod’, mke, •to ma,’’“w«re

tinetly hmrd on .bore.

The Life Saving crew, of atatiena No.. X and 2 were won on the ground and did all that men could do to mve the

. The n

FIRE INSURANCE! #■*— JE.SE M'COLLUM S

1

1

gmi'KAKIV .thWT »»»

CAPE MAY CITY. X. J.

nlabllih a ^ m) Oniform rale of legal mlrertWng, which | em^epoodinglT hirse at preridre that the price mtablndied . vi>ion . aD ,| { tm pn»luci» ’ •hall be pnbllabed with the adTerllm- j qnlred hrre lo fc,d <mr Tl.l!

The mechanic.' Ilsn law Wll pamed

i They win ra

The bill regulating llabing i State wu placed upon the calendar of

the Hooee.

,g $10,000 for

ecking it

Bute,

The bill relative to the better preservation of the early record, of the Slate of New Jereey, providing for the printing of a volume of the Council, of Sefcty, paved the 8. The bin proridmi

i .hall be

of ni per cent., and that no greater he charged except when the I. in writing, coming up on

,11. Or

a vote of 19 to 32.

An act to prevent bonce, cattle, cep and twine from running it large the public highway! wu introdoeed lo the Home, which give, power to any pereon ever sixteen yean of age

ge, and fixe, the compensation of the keeper of the pound at twenty-five cent, per bead, fifty cent, per head

. g the llfo-

line fell acroee the hew of the achooner but the mau in the rigging roomed pay no attention to it and continued to ihrick for help.. The Llfo Saving crawe attempted to launch a boat and

they puebed their craft into a moot ter billow caught It and oaanoa it on the ahore with such tremendou. force u to unaah It into fragmenU. About the aame time an overwhelming wave »tnsk the ecbooner and fairly llft-M her nut of the water. In

four boo re; thirty cent, for nittk ten cente per bead for aheep, goal, and awlne. The pereon impounding the animal .ball receive twenty-five cenU for each horro and far each head of cattle and ten cent, per head tor aheep, goat* and swine. An act relative to the incorporation of townehipe, regulating their meetings and designating their power, waa Introduced in the Boom and provide, that hereafter no ballet for tho tlan of townahlp com milled, < th. committee conMeU of roveu psrson., Mull contain more than lour turner and in cam more than tlut number ia voted for the ballot .hall be null »nd void; end the roven pi who ehail receive the highest number of vote, .ball be taken to be the snmittee; In townMilp coi tern coneiatiag ef five perron*, no

aholl. Her .hot np toward the aky, the form of th. sailor tremblad for a moment end then dropped out of eight In the black, terrible. pltHeae

for, Ac.

The MU calling a Stale Const!tut It al Canvtntion wu lam in tho Hot

>to ofS3 ayoa to 27 nay*,

act to authorlaa the Board of

Thu. periahed Cupt. Geo. Hud and all of hi. crew oa the third day aftar leaving PhlUdMphi. in good health and with bright anticipation, of tba

futura.

C«pt. Hand wu about 23 year, of age and nnmarrtad, of roller, indurtrlou. and atmdy habit.. By indn.tr economy he had accumulated $1,400, all of which he had Inveated In purohaMug a .hare In the "Maggie M.

countie, to renew

duced In the Senate. The bill .imply center, authority In the Freeholder, a where outstanding bond, be-

d this wi

, or hi. firat Mr. Walters. Worth, ofbreenCreek, whe wu married a littla a weak before be Marled ted voyage. Ae to wb number, of the crow wen thl» writing no Information. Only

ana Uhdy washed

tot th. payment, to imuo new bond, payable at a time not exceeding 30 year, from the date of inch imue, bat ro issued that it lout three end onethird per ccntnm thereof (hill become due and payable every year, with legal reel, lo be Ironed In inch sums u Boarde may determine; such indebtednam te be paid by lax annuity levied together with the ii.tere.tA Joint meeting held on Thureday, ippointed Felice end Fire ootnmlaalonere and a- Board of FnbHc Works

for Jereey City.

The Public printing Mil paeeed the Hoorn by a vote of 3T to 5. i MU providing for the darning of the Delaware at Trenton, wu

•upporod to be the cook. A reward hu been ofiarad by the brother! of tba , captain for the recovery of the body. Tin tether of Capt. Hand, who wu

Atlantic Cltj. Max Adeler, the humorist, telli of the wonderful thing! Atlantic City

twenty yeere ago. He waa at ttw In command of the echoooer "Mary J. Hoyt," from Philadelphia for Bio

May that would a

» himself to blnoh. For M"Tho great thing now being begun i. the erection of an Iron pier, located

body about Cape May hu yet any thing ef that •‘Iroa pier." _ m Grove, this well

a drive of lew n«d a _ end all ia one hundred feet wide." The reader w

hku, telle ne In •‘Sea Grove ia only oae and a quarter mllee from Cape May propar.' yet be

kiiiiag a man earned Mien, ordered a . -mamUm t. Impti.—I terMte.

city for ell kinde "f

vegetables and temi truck, mllk^egga poultry at good payinrf i>riom. Our hotel and boardihg house |w«ple cannot depend tlii« year (u they often do) in drawing their .upplles from Philadelphia, mid the Inmicra of tho

New Jarmy produced 2) bushel, of wheat. 8 bushel* of corn, »nd 6 bnehcl* of potatoes for .vary man, woman and child in tho State, and waa tho second value of market garden products, and the eighteenth In product, of the orchard. VALUH or VAR* LANDS FEU

fToys, Fi:h Lilies,

. . beuciil rhttrrli at that plat occupy thei •'

3.1. That tho word* bo selected and pronounced by some disinterested ;*cr-

o forms, wit;

HS. ::

1. nearly 5,000.000 acrea, of which 3,000,000 are ia farms, and 2,000,000 .till In forest. These lands an capable of great improvement, ami their product i. increasing every yenr. FERTILIZERS. The term yard manure, made on all tba forma of the Slate, le worth at lout $3,000,000. $3,000,000 worth oi superphosphate* are made In the State yearly, together with $150,0 0 of bone duM. There are 300.000 tons of marl, and 300,000 btubeU of lime used with-

nty of boaiiwas. The chairtuni •lug hod Ms turn al trying to proy. ronl in proaeculiug when- Peodle waa likely lo be hurt, the commit

. now finds lime lo give other wound ed dueka a chance. Ex-Governe

■pbclt, of Wyoming, having latet icwspuper paragraph wlilcl

for agricultural purposes land, in any other Bute, and tbia, too,

notwithrtanding tt ritory oon.hu of

pine banana, which are competitively valuetess, We rank amongst the leading States la the production of corn, wheat, rye and potatoes to the acre; firet in Cranberrlea, and in the quality intro- and value efhoraee, mules and c

~ our State I. in tba advance, gent dovelopcment of our ab advantages and resources will

place u. beyond the reach af competi-

on as an agricultural State.

(Frosn the uddraro of Hon. W. A. Newell, tyon Ou Stmt Aprteultural

Sorte!)/)

Esq., who in the course of bb professional duty came upon the manuscript eootaiatng them, iroong the old papers of the lata Judge Joshua Brick, of Port El it* bet h. The houeo tt af Ellis Hughe.' wss old Albntle," which Mood at that time, and until within fire sm. where Mr. McM.ktn hu Me new hotel. The old buildremoved to the opposite side of t, and b now placed end t

• that a Mr. Hughe, kept a public t an the Island In lBM, and prethe Hughe, therein mentioned to be tba same aa the Etlb Hughes referred

reraenta that the roe gained fast bad te a period of twenty-five years no feet. The gallant Commodore Stephan Decatur. Jr..

Ha»—An ir

n which there bi

trained to take the bait without dabata, apd to ha caught by hook Has—(Jtami wkich have been trained, and taught to eat oat of vtslton' hands, and JellyAah which run

unfortunate duel, on March 22 d therefore the three bet dab have been gathered by some oae e

Has-An atmosphere in very dry tm. a trot: 138 h

engine to keep It from catching fire. Su! i—Silver-plated bath bouem with J;}!; mother of-pearinaoee and tapeatey ““

carpets.* The haaeb U alw cov ed with oil-cloth to keep it out

the wet.

mil-water baths heated

That there be un gcogra|

n-Sn-raar-sss'ro.MM ! Stationery,Fancy Goods

lercliants of Newark,

■ igllllliirn f 111 rTtllll IiiTiiiii li I TL« Department, wltinu tnsnv rooms The BovV

k 0 T i ons

ASStTIS NEARLY 11,000.000. !

J

DWELLINGS, STORES AND

SUPER-PHOSPHATE, STANDARD l/AL'RAKTEKD.

Clothina ! Clothing!

tying dropped te In behnlf°of

tnled Lit

t lie Imd U

tlwnye t they nt1

PhilodrlphU

go before tho committee r tlmt the newspuper story These plasters for such a cheap, and if they dr> nt ‘

BARGAINS! BARGAINS!!

„pZ' all that is'deslred,

re Clytuer comm it-

is hie previous

neut, and adds such dt tho committee neglected to . ‘ Sire. While he fo.tens cot . _ Belknap, March convict, hlmrolf of having boon folly conscious of the

crime to which tin was It party. The

further Marsh goes the more conspicuous bccomca Mr. Clymcr’. blunder iu allowing him to escape. Now that he is back, end shielded by immunity, re hope bo will be tued to the host

The goods must he sold to make room for the Centennial.

AORl CULTURAL MKKTINQ. — Tilt meeting of the Cape May County Agricultural Society, which was postponed on last Saturday nn aceeunt of the rain, will take place next Saturdr April 1st, at 2 o'clock P, M.

New Advertisements.

gHKRIFF-8 HALE.

otatv'f.f'.Ncw Jmcy, in-

wanJIy still- or JaekM„PWH*g** S' :, "r;r.Srr3 UnVofI^^SSwwtiyL thfore

fesS:' UsUuirv at >- u fiaekraawMA!te?t*r

to. Them statistics wUI •cicntlfic point of view; '*r of feet gained by the tm OB the Beach M Cape May, Man red by Commodore Deeaur: la 1804 the estimate wu DM feet from

1 : 1 : il

The following b the annual report of the Secretary of State, of the Mnba,

the rovcrel

It will he mau that Qtpe May ew Saratte^gly thlrty-aaveu a

Friday, the 28th day of April, A. D..1876,

'i.'iiSL'Iij.

irrsii

^NNCAL STATEMENT LOWER TOWmHIF. The Township Committee be* tea' ubmlt the fill lo win. m their report fii

M poM out by Cot ice lor 1

saasy ymmen-....

iILo.Hucbes^i

, Si°SSe-. fc . - u.

.moantpMd l ollertoi -

;

C, T. Oodirej. tor Ifiterrlfl. JeremlJoho MyeriL ftir in'lievrtng ar Cold fiK;H?Sy , SSt£5T»"SJi:«

utrrrf-ij-el Ueloo eravejaM..

3ring Stock Just Rocaived, which will bo sold at he Lowest Cash Prices. the Sew ClolUlne Store, remove.1 from No 51 to No 1» W*.hington Street

eep on bund Ml kinds of

rXaTJMBIia-O. Teire Cotta Ware

Insured at low rates. JESSE M’COLLUM

PELICAN GUANO,

HOTELS. *’“”"SS£' = ™' i Price, $** Per T

iiorontewt Analyst* OR Eartla*«.

BM'lyouwilh^..prtag.mtnni >> ,

BENEZET & BRO’S.

We are selling some goods at HALF what they cost, so as to have a New Stock for the Spring Trade.

Come and SeeforYourself

/ Iroceries.

Q.R.AND EXPOSITION I^IL.Xo-VILXu'B -AT THE— MUTUAL MARINE CHEAPEST CASH STORE FIRE INSURANCE CO., lower cape may.

AND IF YOr I

r in no we wii-*- make you a

Handsome Present,

Three Stores,

Cape May Court House, Cape May City & Dennisville.

jours B. JL>AVI>*,

Practical TinRoofer

MANUFACTURER OF TIN-WARE, AND DEALER IN

Stoves of the Latest and Best Styles,

And we Invite the people of Ctpe Mey City end Coontr to give ui a call an tee our stock and our work, at our TIN AND STOVE DEPOT.

So. 67 Washington Street, next door to JohMon'a Shoe Store.

|gy“TlN ROOFING AND SPOUTING A SPECIALTY. eepl22-ly. JOHN B. DA VLB.

Tk*6bmi s Van fyitMA*, Petersburg, Cape May County, New Jersey.

BEATTY-

PIANO ! UKAXI> MIYAKE * CPKIVHT.

Aoum Waktsb ■vraTwaiaa. K MYUif. P. BKAm,

W. E. RAYMOND. Court Hol-hk asdTi'ckaror.N. J.

ManntWcturer of every description MARBLE WORK MONUMENTS, , Tombstones. Tablets, Bio.

TOVB8TONK* r

E. & H. T. ANTHONY & CO;. 591 Broadwat. Nrw Yoax^ (Opp. Metropolitan

ALBUMS.

GRAPHOSCOPKR and SUITABLE PHOTOGRAPHIC VI 4T^KIAL. We ere hend-qirertere tor everyUiln.

BTCRRomcoxs a an Magic LAtmnuca,

hterko-pa somoos, AtlUlCRTIHKJtit STEREOPTICON. BCnOOL LANTERN,

B lank and miscellaneous BOOKS, STATIONERY, KOTlohA Wgj. plffljplt. SAUILV MINIATURE SHIPS, tec., tec.,

.3SETS, JANUARY let, 1816,

,k

^i,377,H«e.3:5.

FIRE AND LIQMTNINt One, Thm^Tin or Ttn Year Vessels, Targe s and Frelgbls

ee-NO TRUST.-se NELSON 1 T ELDREDGE.

i |,'AM!LY STORE, ALL CAPE MAY

COME ANO JOIN THE PHILADELPHIA MUTUAL

Beneficial Association.

THE REST OF MANKIND C ordially Invited to Visit /

KTHIW STOFtE.

Clothing.

yyu- C. PATTERSON,

DRAPES ml TAILOR,

cap/may court house.

AShORTHBNT ef BROAD CLOTH.

0AS8IMERES. VESTING, p i

sod TRIMMINGS.

t FIT WARRANTED.

w. c. Patterson.

POWELL’S GENTS- FURNISHING STORE REMOVED TO Decatur81- tpp Greenwood C ittage,

CHILDREN'S CtAmilW^ ^ Demur «L oppfoYeenwend C*xi*f Clenaln. and Beiwlrln. panotnelly

>C$1> BED 8PRISB,

VlSESA^COEFOUfe :

228 South Second Street,

PHILADKU*HIA, P/

th century which e/hl bepplneee m

L PerteeUy nolecHee. Nn hiding place

OHOOERIICSS. ' Dry and Fancy GoouS.

DJ O TIYTTHT. Ja5-3m D. F. CROWELL. M v _

IT. O. PS.IO E,

DRY GOODS, NOTIONS '^‘wroe.'twnned Prnl l U?I?e»!ee l !8ptenI ,n *

*Tr„',. T 7^: u ?r

Builder, and Pnintcra Take Notice

Japan, Painty PnU^amt Window OI

‘•STILL AT IT.” WIRE i ELDREDGE COXTKACTORS te BUILDERS. CAPE MAT CUT N. J. COMPOSITION ROOFING on hud and For Sale.

BEATTY-"*-'™' a HAND, RQU ARK AND UCTUaHT.

CHiRIES P. WETE, Seoeroeerte d. H. Leeda

CLOCKS, WATCHES, JEWELRY AND; SILVERWARE le. H Weibtagtec »trmt. Cap. May City

REFAIRIRO

E. McMAKtW,

WU.*-*

BEATTYS-