, 1903-08-26
ANGLESEA PENCILINGS
BITS OF NEWS GATHERED
HERE, THERE AND EVERY
WHERE BY THE JOURNAL
MAN
ABOUT THOSE Who COME AND GO

" Sallie b " from Mace's wharf, has
Just had a slX-horse power Globe gaso-
line engine put in the boat. He cares
not now whether the wind blows or not,
as he can use either sail or power.
Capt. Coapman makes a speciality of
blue fishing parties. The month of
September is a good one for this tooth
some fish.
An immense drove of drum fish was
caught III the pound nets a few days
ago.
John ;. Carrow, who has been occu-
pying the McCarty cottage with his
family, has rented Mr.. Ottens' cottage
and will remain until October.
Archibald A. Sheldon is spending
the summer III Anglesea.
Lot of fine japanese China ware for
sale at Mech y Cos.
At a meeting of the Commissioners
of Appeal in Taxation on Saturday
last at Cape May, Assessor Howard
Otter repudiated the duplicate pre-
sented by the Collector, because, as
Otter claimed, many alterations had
been made in the valuations. 1t was
charged that they had beer made by
Collector j. Henry Edmunds and that
properties owned by his opponents
were principally the ones raised. Mr..
Edmunds asserts, however, that every
alteration was authorized by the
Finance Committee or by City Council
Itself, and was necessary because of the
inequalities in the assessment, some
properties being valued at thousands
which should have been valued at hun
dreds and some at hundreds that
should have been appraised at thous-
andS. one of the members of the
finance Committee charges all the
difficulty to the incompetency of the
assessor. Council will investigate the
matter and there may be an appeal to
the State Board of Taxation if local in
~vestigation should prove unsatisfactory
or to the Courts TO set aside the entire
assessment and order a new assessment
on the grounds of ~illegality of the pres
ent one. The clerk of Council was
called upon by the Commissioners to
produce the minutes of the meeting at
which the duplicate was formally ac-
cepted, but no record Ofany authorized
changes appeared in the minutes. The
city charter provides that in case of too
low a valuation on any property the
Collector shall be notified by the
Council to give 10 days notice to the
owner that an appeal will be made to
the commissioners of Appeal, but this
formality seems not to have peer OBJ
served. The assessor pointed out
changes made by him in ink as the
only ones authorized by the Finance
Committee. The alterations in pencil
made by the Collector We're numerous.
-Phiia. Record.
The patronage of Hotel Royal is in
creasing at such a rate hat Mr.. Mace
Is obliged to enlarge the house. Ar
engagements are now being made for
the improvement.
The Arctic Ice Company is doing "A
good business. \ carload was shipped
to Stone Harbor the other day for the
fish pounds located there.
A party from Trenton have been
stopping at Hotel Royal and enjoyed a
fine days fishing on Tuesday of this
week. The party is composed of Sam
uel l. Atchley, whose term as sheriff
of Mercer county expired last year;
VIM. w. Rogers, John Sykes, VIM.
Sykes, Russell l.. Atchley, and John
w. Tindall. Other guests at the Royak
have been T. H. Albertson, B~ethayres.
Pa; p. +. Maggie, l.. H. Rogers, james
Snath and Frank Huss, of Phila.
EX-Borough Clerk Harry MCKINLEY,
has a substitute at the Life Saving
Station for the month of August and
has been sailing the Yacht Vincent
with John f. Johnson, Robert Abram-
son, James Brickley and Charles Rob
inson. They returned from a success
full fishing expedition off the coast of
Delaware on Monday evening with
5000 pounds of sea bass. Capt.
Mckinley reports % smacks from New
York in those waters looking for blue
fish, which are as yet scarce. Septem-
Der is the month for blues.
Another hearing in the Wheaton will
case will take place at the Anglesea
Borough Hall on Friday of this week.
The hotels and cottages have been
well filled for the past fortnight.
The southern flight of BAY birds are
attracting the sportsmen out on the
meadows and the crack of the shot gun
is once more heard.
DR.. Howard Tees and family. of 81.
Davids, Pa, are spending sometime at
the Deb Richards cottage. DR.. Tees
is a son in law of the late artist Deb
Richards.
Mrs. Julia \. Potter, of st. Joseph.
Mich, is visiting her brother, Druggist
George w. Dougherty. This is the
first time Mrs. Potter has visited Angle
sea and also the first time she ever
viewed the ocean. Mrs. Potter's nus
band founded a town in Michigan
which now is a fio%urishing city.
Harry Brannan has the contract TO
build three houses on the Ottens tract.
west of the railroad. One is to be To-
ated at Twenty-fourth and New York
aves., II on TveLty-third street and
the other on Twenty-fifth street. The
names of the are withheld for