The state journal., 1884-08-16
Crowds at the Seaside-Political
Recognition - People at the
Cottages.
ATLANTIC CRY, n. j., Aug. IA

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days have witnessed the largest influx
to Atlantic City that we have had
this season. Saturdays trains were
greater in number than any previous
Saturday, while those Of Sunday and
Monday exceeded all former records.
There were more people on the
boardwalk Sunday evening than the
Oldest inhabitant remembered to have
ever before seen at one time at high
tide. 1t was almost impossible to
maks ones way through the throngs,
and wide as the boardwalk is there
was scarcely place for a mile in
length where one was not compelled
to carefully elbow his way through
| the crowd. At some points the scene
was grand and people stood for hours
and looked upon it with awe and ad
miration. In front of the ocean par
lor bath house the picture was pecu-
liarly interesting. The electric light
sent its rays far out over the ocean +;
the angry waves came in and struck
against the breakwater, sending their
silvery sprays some forty feet up into
the air and occasionally sprinkling
those who had ventured too near the
edge of the water TO have q better
view of the beautiful scene.
Large crowds of people are still
coming here the cir is now cquable
and Strengthening and gives life and
hope to the invalid. I also notice in
my walks that there is a Blaine and
Logan Club with a membership of
nearly two hundred. The club will
be uniformed and they propose to
take part in the torchlight procession
in this section OF the State. Accord
ing to the census of 1880 there is in
the State of New Jersey a colored
population of thirty-eight thousand
seven hundred and ninety six,
Heretofore we have been, as it
were, without recognition IS politi-
cal element in the government Of the
Commonwealth. Knowing that we
cannot be raised to the plane of polit-
ical, educational and religious eeuali-
ty, only by personal effort and unity
of purpose and action, we desire to
bring the best minds together prepa-
ratory to leading the colored voters
of this State to work, and vote to the
best interest and the we'll being of
the Commonwealth of New Jersey
and the States.
Mr.. John Turner, the tonsorial ar
tist, ls doing the grand thing at A. r.
Coots' shaving and hair cutting sa-
loon.
Atlantic City is the Mecca of poll
ticians and the seaside home of those
of moderate means.
Men find it easier to scale a fence
than to scale fish; but with women
it is just the opposite,
The man who beat an egg is mean
enough to whip cream, thresh wheat
or lick a postage stamp.
Owing to the dull season hereeome
of the proprietors now charge guests
extra for mosquito bites.
THOSE VINO ARE HERE.
Ar CLINTON COTrAGE--Madame V.
Odell, Montgomery, N. Y; Mr.. and
Mrs. James Harris, Baltimore, Md;
Misses Maggie and Rose Jacques,
Baltimore, Md; Mrs. f. J. Shadd and
daughter, Washington, d. c.; Mrs.
II. e. Bell, Washington, D. c.; Mr..
Joseph Z. Hill, l. Ware, PhiIadel-
phia; Mrs. L. Whitehead, New York;
Mrs. w. Bell, Pittsburg; Mrs. U. NJ.
Burks, Louisville; Mrs. M. E. George,
Connecticut; Mr.. and Mrs. John r.
Pulsner and daughter, Allentown
Pa; Mrs. J. A. Purnell, Camden;
Mrs. S. D. Brown, st. Louis; Mrs.
Z. J. Anderson, Washington; Miss
G. Wright, Springfield, ILL.,; John
Dorham, S. Baker, Mrs. Andrew Ste
vens, son and daughter, Philadel-
phia; Miss NJ. Clark, Pittsburg; Miss
Florence Lewis, Miss Dora Ii. Cole,
Henry Tanner, Philadelphia; Mr.. and
Mrs. w. Fl. Wilson, Mrs. P. Ray
mOnd Williams, New YORK; ~. u.
Brown and wife, Baltimore; Fl. w.
Williams, Washington.
AT HAvELow HOUSE, Abraham
Mckinney, wife and child, J. B.
Adger, George Ii. Brees, Andrew
Moore, Lewis Moore, E. E. Green
wood, G. Woodland, Walter Mar
shall, Philadelphia; Mrs. Giles, War
rem Giles, Brooklyn, N. Y; T. A.
Wanamaker, Albany, N. Y.
AT SUMNER CoTTAGE-Mr. Cert
man, Philadelphia; Miss F. Bradley,
Henry Bradley, Harrisburg; Charles