The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1892-06-07

State NEW s.


The Sussex county freeholders have
adopted plans for a new Jail, to cost SILL
600.
The roller-skating fever has just
struck Mays Landing and big rink
is being erected.
The proposed street railway at Red
Band is dead. The interested parties
could not secure the right of way.
"A committee is at work at Freehold
getting up a troupe of one hundred horse
men to take part in the 4th of July pa
rade.
The Asbury Park water works are
now self-sustaining, it being unnecessary
to raise any money by tax for that pur-
pose.
"A petition has been circulated in AS
bury Park asking the street car company
to run cars on Sunday during the summer
months.
The largest school district In the State
is Jersey City, which has 10000 children.
The smallest is town in Ocean county,
with five juveniles.
Hard stone roads will be built from
Long Branch to Eatonton, and from High
street to Elberton bridge. The roads will
cost about $4,000 mile.
"A Salem county fisherman few days
ago caught a sturgeon that measured ten
and half feet in length and contained
about twelve gallons of roe.
The engineering party at work in
Sussex and Morris counties are locating
direct line from Culyer's Lake to Jersey
City, to supply that city with water.
The Salvation army has secured the
Madison avenue market building, at As
bury Park, and will hold evening and
Sunday meetings there during the sum-
mer.
"A Newark banana dealer was swim
died with $40 bill which had been
raised from one by FASTING the figures
10, cut from revenue stamp, over the
one in the bill.
"A resident of West Long Branch, who
carelessly left lighted pipe in his car
rage, returned to finish his journey and
found a robe, two blankets and the top of
the buggy burned.
Another 'get-rich-quick" concern, the
Plymouth Rock Benefit Order, is defunct
and about four hundred bookholders
living in Newark and vicinity will mourn
the loss of their money
Charles O. Morris. Jr., a New York
broker, living in Elizabeth, lost two boys
on Saturday by malignant scarlet fever
They died within one hour of each other,
and had only been sick two days.
The board of freeholders of Passaic
county has appropriated $1,000 toward
the Paterson centennial celebration, to be
held on July 9Th. It is said that the cost
of the celebration will be over $4,000.
Joseph Leitch, a coachman employed
by Mrs Anna Worth, of Philadelphia,
at her summer cottage at Elberon, has
disappeared with a valuable horse, buggy
and other goods belonging to Mrs. Worth.
The town of Rutherford, Bergen
county, at special election on Tuesday,
voted 1913 to "a, in favor of bonding the
town $4,000 for matchmaking the streets
and $25, 900 for building main outlets and
trunk sewers.
The Ridgefeld and Englewood town
ship committee have accepted the propo-
sition of William Walter Phelps to pay
one-half the expense of matchmaking
the Cedar Lane road, the townships each
to pay one-quarter.
Joseph Koppland, Newark butcher,
took a large kettle of boiling lard from
the stove and attempted to carry it oyer
his head. The hot lard spilled oyer his
head and body, burning him 80 badly
that his recovery is doubtful.
Articles of incorporation Of the Les
lie E. Kelley institute OF New Jersey
were recorded in the Essex county clerks
office on Friday. The places of business
are to be Orange and Chicago, and the
object is to treat inebriety, the opium
habit, the cocaine habit, the tobacco
habit and neurasthenia.
There is considerable excitement in
the village of Lodi, Bergen county, over
what appears malicious persecution of
John Burke, grocer and member of the
village council. Somebody poisoned all of
bis chickens, some three dozen innumber.
On Saturday one of his horses dropped
dead on the street and the other horse
subsequently died in the stable also with
the symptoms of poisoning.
Mrs. Bridget Mccartney, centen-
arian, died at Passaic ON Friday. She
was born in County Rosscommon, Ire
land, 104 years ago. She married and
raised family there. Her husband died
during the early part of her life, and in
1850 she. with her family, emigrated to
America She was an active woman in
her old age. Her eyesight and hearing
were remarkable. She attended church
regularly, and died of old age.
George Brown, 80 years old, an en-
ploye of the Phoenix Powder Manufactur-