The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-29
OUR OCEAN GROVE LETTER
August to Be the Banner Month-The
Meeting Of the Fifteenth National Tenn
perance Convention.

August to Be the Banner Month-The
Meeting Of the Fifteenth National Tenn
perance Convention.
sh,tr Core. pond encc of the Republican.
OCEAN GROVE, July 49,
As the closing days of July approach
general feeling Of pleasure seems to be
promoted by filling the hours brimful OF
business. For to some persons there Is
both executive ability and much work
needed to bring these convention pro-
grammes to perfection.
Tho anniversary exercises are not yet
concluded before the fifteenth National
Temperance Convention meets in Ocean
Grove. Hundreds Of delegates to the con-
yention have arrived and are scattered
over the Grove at the various hostelries.
Tho Auditorium platform was decorate
ed with white lilies and potted plants. The
first session was held this morning. DR..
Stokes gave the body cordial greeting
and expressed great pleasure that Ocean
Grove should have been chosen as their
place of meeting. Responses We're made
by Joshua l.. Baly, Rev. c. H. Mead,
field secretary, and others interested III
tho cause Of temperance. The evening
lecture was by John G. Woolley of Illinois,
A large audience greeted him with Ell
thuSiHsm.
Tho next public movement on the part
Of the regular visitors will be the enlarge
ment Of the Temple. About 1000 were
present this morning. The holiness meet
ings conducted by Rev j. h, Daniels are
well attended and much interest is shown
in them by the older visitors to the Grove.
Many prominent ministers spoke this
morning.
DR.. ]. Embury Price, the dean of the
Summer School of Theology, has prepared
rich and varied programme for the ton
days session beginning August g. DR..
Dean will himself give one lecture on BIZ
bllcal theology and physical science.
Rev DR. Joseph Agar Beet, professor of
systematic theology, Wesleyan College,
Richmond Eng, is one of the corps of lee
turers who has been secured for the sum.
mer School Of Theology
1t IL said Il man at one Of the Ocean
Grove hotels, who cuts tissue paper and
makes paper flowers all day long, which
pious old ladies buy with the understand
ing that If he gets enough In that way hc
will study for the ministry. Baptsts,
Presbyterians, Epscopalinns or Methu'lists
may talk to him for hours but nobody has
been able to pin him down to preference
for any one form.
Mrs Matthew Simpson, widow Of tho
late distinguished Bishop Simpson, of the
Methodist Episcopal Church is at Ocean
Grove with her two daughters, Miss Smp-
son and Miss Ida Simpson. Mrs. Simpson
who was not in good health has improved
since reaching the seashOre,
AsBURY PARK IN TIE STORM.
Asbury Park caught the edge of tho
storm that visited the region last night,
The cornice Of the Waldorf Hotel was
struck by lightning, and n portion of it
clipped off. The Ocean Grove cottage of
Augustus Morehead Of Philadelphia, WAS
struck and the turret OF the roof destroy
ed. The Oxioid Hotel, at Avon WAS also
struck and the flag pole shlvcred. At
Long Branch the Broadway theatre WAS
struck by bolt and the building caught
on fire. However, the flames were soon
extinyuishel
Deep sea fishing was fine to-day and
anglers were made happy by big strings
OF bass and tloundGrs.
BRADLEY AFTER MERRILL.
Fl. w. Merrill, IL leading confoctioncr Of
Asbury Park, whose store is on the beach,
was arrested to-day Oh the charge Of dis
tributing obscene advertising cards The
complaint was made by senator Bradley,
who was handed one Of the cards.
Merrill will be prosecuted to the full ex-
tent of the law. The case will be brought
to the attention of the next grand jury.
Mr.. Merrill said in explanation that no