The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-07-04
STATE NEWS.

The new water works at Perth Amboy
we're opened on Thursday The event
was the occasion of general rejoicing.
The body of Ravel johnson was
found in the creek at Haddon6eld, on
Thursday. 1t is believed he committed
suicide.
Oakland, Camden county, has been
made post Office, and the name changed
to Oaklyn. E. B. Hollingshead has been
appointed postmaster.
The fourteen year old daughter Of
George Earle, formerly chief of the
Hackensack police force, was drowned in
the Hackensack river on Thursday after
noon.
-Ex-County Scnool Superintendent S.
r. Morse. of Atlantic City, now at the Chi
cago Fair, was robbed of his cash and gold
watch and had to telegraph home for
money.
DIR. Isaac Barber, of Phillipsburg ;
DIR. William Burd, of Belvidere, and DR..
Van SICKLE, of Hackettstown, have been
appointed Pension Examiners for War
rem county.
Paterson now has 720 saloons, and
the mayor, who is brewer, is leading a
movement to have the number reduced
to 400. No more licences will be granted
during the year.
"A movement is on foot at Red Bank
to reorganize the town and secure a new
charter. The Board of Commissioners do
not think that the present charter gives
them sufficient power.
"A number of strange birds have made
their nests in the barn of Mrs. George Bat
ten, of Swedesboro. What tribe they be-
long to is mystery though they resem-
BILE Virginia horned owls.
The peach growers of Hunterdon
county will meet at Pittstown. on Satur-
day, July Sth, for the purpose of organic
ing and discussing what measures shall
be taken to develop new markets for the
unusually large crop this year.
The canning factories In South Jersey
will not make up any more big cans this
season, owing to the prospective shortage
of the tomato crop, which has been
greatly damaged by the dry weather.
Many patches of early plants are entirely
burned up.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter D. Moore, on Wed
nesday, celebrated the sixty-third ami
versary of their marriage at their home,
near Etna, Bergen county. Their chill
dren, grandchildren and great grandchil-
dren to the number of sixty-two gathered
at the house.
The schooner Hester A. Seward, OF
Baltimore, came ashore at Chadwick
during the storm on Monday. Captain
Petit. of the Chadwick's Life-saving sta.
ton, and Captain Treux. of Montoloking,
with a volunteer crew, rescued the
schooner's crew Of FIVE with the brooches
buoy.
Walter Munyan. Bridgeton young
man, was committed to jail on Thursday,
charged with maliciously throwing Louis
Meyers, a 1S-year-old boy, overheard into
the raceway. Young Meyers was rescued
Munyan accused Meyers of lying about a
boat. Munyan was committed in default
of bail for court.
Owing to the fact that not single
case of pleuro-pneumonia has been found
in New Jersey in over a year. the author
tiles at Washington, it is understood.
have decided to abolish the Bureau of
Animal Industries in this state. Two
meat inspectors will be retained in Hud-
son county, as will the cattle quarantine
at Garfield.
Florence Hand, the seven-year-old
daughter of Joseph Hand, of Atlantic
City, while standing on the steps leading
from the boardwalk to the beach on Tues
day afternoon, fell off into the water.
The water at the time was at high tide
and about three feet in depth. The child
was being rapidly carried out. when her
twelve-year-old sister, Irene, bravely
jumped in the surf and caught her. Will
ing hands assisted in pulling the little
heroine and her charge from the ocean.
Irene was the recipient of quite an ova-
ton on the part of the big crowd which
had assembled and saw the rescue.
Edward Foley, one of the four men
accused of stealing $4,000 worth of to-
bacco in 1892, was tried in Jersey City on
Wednesday. The case was given to the
jury about noon. At three o'clock there
was great deal of noise and hilarity In
the jury room. Tie court was disturbed
and Justice Hudspeth had the jury
brought in. He reprimanded them Sc
verely and sent them back. An hour
later he found it necessary to summon
them back into court again. Bottles of
whiskey and beer had been Struggled into
the jury room through window, having
been hauled up to the second story with
string As they could not agree on a
verdict the Judge kept them locked up
all night.
The New York, susquehanna and
Western Railroad has struck legal OBJ
stacle which may delay the completion of
its tunnel through the Palisades. For
about 1000 feet of the distance through
the hill the proposed tunnel lies under
land owned by James Day. Commission
ers appointed by the New Jersey courts
gave Mr.. Day $4,000 for the right of way.
Mr.. Day, thinking the award altogether
insufficient, has moved out of his Union
Hill residence and into New York, out of
New Jerseys jurisdiction. and will trans
fer the case to the United States courts.
In the meantime, the contractors are at
work sinking two shafts on Mr.. DAYS
property. He has warned the company
and contractors that they are proceeding
at their peril. If the litigation can be
kept in the United States court, Mr.. Day
is in position to dictate to the tune of
thousands.
GENERAL NEWS.