West-Jersey pioneer., 1879-11-27
SOUTH JERSEY NEWS.
CAPE MAY COUNTY.

CaA ~ MA tOo1tA l.
Plans have been prepared for a large new
hotel to be erected in Cape May city, on the
Mount Vernon property adjoining the Sea
Breeze House on the west. The probable
cost Of the building, without the furniture,
will be from $45, 900 to $50,OOO.
There are in Cape May county over TO-
900 acres of wood and brush lands of most
excellent quality for farming purposes.
There are also about the same number of
acres of marsh, swamp and beach lands a
large portion of which could be utilized for
agricultural purposes. The lands now
under cultivation in the county aggregate
about 80, 900 acres.
More new cottages and farm houses have
been built in Cape May county during the
past year than there has been in all the four
or five previous years.
SALEM COUNTY.
Rock fish, of good size, are now being
caught in a seine at the Dutch fishery, on
the PENIS Neck shore. The fish retail in
this city at twelve cents per pound.
The appended items are taken from the
Standard.
A bicycle rider rode into town on Sunday
afternoon, he having started from Glouces-
ter City at 8 o'clock that morning, and
reached this city in u hours. He reported
that the roads were heavy, and fast speed
was impossible.
One night recently, while the steamer
"Sarah J. Fleming" which plies between
Quinton glass works and Philadelphia, lay
at the wharf at the latter place, the Captain
Amos Padgett, was chloroformed while
sleeping in the pilot house and robbed of a
new suit of clothes, including valuable
overcoat. One hundred and thirty dollars
in money and other valuables were over
looked by the thief The Captain says lie
was perfectly conscious of what was trans
piring, but was unable to protect himself in
the least, although revolver lay within his
reach.
CAMDEN COUNTY.
The Camden and Atlantic railroad is send.
IuS EdtlS uOWu buC Lo1u W UO ldiu U0GW6eU
Egg Harbor city and Absecon. The double
track to Haddonfeld is still on the forward
march and other improvements are limited at.
What are supposed to be the skeletons of
three aborigines were found by workmen in
the Eighth ward recently, who were dig
ging an embankment. Several arrow heads
of A;pt xuaro foup6 OF tho co y,,n +;c>o
The Democrat has the following to say
concerning the ingratitude of tramp
Andrew Souders, on Spruce street near
Seventh, gave stranger a square meal on
Monday night. When finished he begged
with tears in his eyes to be allowed to sleep
in the house all night, fearing to go out in
the disagreeable and wet atmosphere. Mr..
S. consented if he would sleep on lounge
which he did While the family were snug.
ly enscohced in bed, the migrate gathered a
gold watch and chain, Bible, two over.
coats, two revolvers and other articles, and
made off with them. People should be
careful in adhering to the old scriptural in
junction about being hospitable to stran.
gers and thereby possibly entertaining an.
gels unawares. Angels are scarcer than
Williams in this progressive age.
|. ATLANTIC COUNTY.
The Mays Landing Reporter has the fol
lowing items concerning DEER
A hunter near Ooughty's tavern, ON Mon
day last, shot doe and he was surprised tc
see large buck spring out of the bushes
and while in the very act of leaping ovel
the dying animal he shot it, too, with the
charge in the other barrel, the buck actually
falling on the doe.
A party consisting of Ed. Woolbert
Charley Veal, Dan Rape, Penn Taylor and
Mr.. Kinsman, were out deer hunting OF
Monday afternoon and succeeded in killing
one of the finest bucks killed in Atlantic
county this season. Mr.. Woolbert shot the
deer and so was entitled to the horns ano
hide. The deer crossed the river early il
the day down below town short distance
and took the direction of the cemetery anG
was killed about four miles from town.